High Martial: I Grind Professions

Chapter 253: Chapter 161: Four Years, Seeing Fang Chengwu Again

Without any further orders, these members of the Demon Race, whose commands were already ingrained within them, sprang into action the moment they arrived beneath the surface.

Led by a Late-stage Bright Moon Realm Tiger Demon, they began to move.

Without a word, savage power erupted.

Giant demon claws and coalesced Demon Power rained down upon the earth above them. Under such absolute power, the hard rock layer was as fragile as tofu. A massive tunnel was forcefully blasted open, leading straight to the surface.

"SWOOSH—!"

A comparatively small eagle demon, its body covered in iron-gray feathers, soared into the sky.

It hovered at a low altitude. A tangible, eerie light coated its sharp eyes, which swept across the horizon like a pair of scanning probes.

In just a few breaths’ time, it locked onto the outline of the distant human settlement—Bluestone County.

"SCREECH!" The eagle demon let out a short, sharp cry, precisely indicating the direction of Bluestone County.

Without the slightest hesitation.

One hundred and twenty figures, cloaked in a monstrous demonic aura, surged forward like a black, bursting flood. They hurtled toward Bluestone County at a terrifying speed, nearly breaking the sound barrier.

A distance of a few dozen miles was nothing for members of the Demon Race, the weakest of whom were at the Peak of the Flying Star Realm.

As they sprinted at full power, the wind became a piercing shriek in their ears, and the ground blurred into reverse beneath their feet.

From the moment the demons burst forth from the ground, to the eagle demon locking onto their target, to the horde arriving beneath the towering walls of Bluestone County—the entire process took a mere minute and a half.

The interval was so short that by the time the city’s alarm sirens began to scream through the air, terror was only just beginning to dawn on the residents’ faces.

Many people hadn’t even had time to drop what they were doing and run to the nearest shelter.

In that instant, destruction descended.

"BOOM!"

"CRACK—!"

The outermost buildings closest to the city wall bore the brunt of the attack.

A colossal bear demon roared, its palms slamming down with immense force. The sturdy, alloy-and-concrete structure collapsed in an instant as if it were made of paper, sending a plume of dust mixed with fragments of flesh and blood into the air.

A dark green blade of light, condensed from immense Demon Power, swept through the area. An entire block of houses was sliced in half, and the screams of their inhabitants were cut short.

Despair washed over the districts nearest the city wall like a flood of ice-cold water.

Cries of pain, desperate sprints, and the final wails of the dying wove together into a scene of hell on earth.

But at this moment of carnage, as countless lives were being extinguished, a silver point of light appeared on the horizon. It magnified rapidly, arriving in the blink of an eye.

The aircraft came to an abrupt halt at the edge of the city, its hatch blasting open.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lin Zhan and his five companions transformed into six streaks of multicolored light, shooting fearlessly into the heart of the chaotic battlefield to meet the raging tide of the Demon Race head-on.

"Kill!" Lin Zhan’s furious roar drowned out the din.

The skin of his entire body instantly took on the texture of Profound Crystal, shimmering with a blinding, silvery-white light.

The Upper Grade Divine Art, *Profound Crystal Battle Body*, activated at full power. It wasn’t designed for defense, but for pure, unadulterated offense.

Wielding a massive Profound Crystal battle-saber, his Body Technique was like a flash of lightning. He ignored the harassment of the surrounding Flying Star Realm demons and charged, locking onto the Bright Moon Realm Tiger Demon.

Each slash carried the power to shatter mountains and split stone. The blade tore through the air, leaving a piercing shriek in its wake.

Simultaneously, a heavy, earth-yellow curtain of light unfurled, covering an area several hundred meters across.

This was the work of his teammate who specialized in the Upper Grade *Profound Yellow Undying Body*. The toughness of his Divine Body granted him unimaginable Defense Power and regenerative abilities.

Within this domain, he was like a mobile mountain fortress, forcibly intercepting several fatal beams of energy aimed at his companions.

Even when claws tore his arm apart, revealing the bone beneath, the earthy-yellow halo would flash, and his flesh would visibly writhe and regenerate.

As long as the vital points in his head remained unharmed, he was practically immortal, holding the front line without fail.

Another teammate was wreathed in roiling, turquoise winds. His figure flickered unpredictably, and wherever he went, countless small, sharp wind blades materialized from thin air to slice at the Flying Star Realm demons, greatly relieving the pressure on his allies.

Yet another cultivated the Upper Grade *Blazing Sun Divine Fire Body*. Raging flames enveloped him, and with each punch, he unleashed roaring fire dragons that incinerated any demon they touched.

The six of them fought with perfect coordination. The one with the *Profound Yellow Undying Body* served as their core bulwark. Lin Zhan and the Fire Attribute user acted as the vanguards, leading the charge. Meanwhile, the Wind Attribute user and the other two, with their own strange and deadly techniques, were responsible for flanking, crowd control, and targeted assassinations.

The moment they clashed, the Demon Race’s ferocious assault was brought to a halt. Of the few great demons of the Bright Moon Realm leading the charge, three were instantly cleaved in two by Lin Zhan’s incomparably fierce Profound Crystal battle-saber.

Lin Zhan’s will to fight was frenzied. The silvery-white light of his blade flashed across the battlefield as he specifically targeted the great demons of the Late-stage Bright Moon Realm, each slash a life-or-death blow.

He abandoned all unnecessary evasions, putting his complete trust in the protection of his comrades at his back.

With the terrifying explosive power of his *Profound Crystal Battle Body* and the selfless cover from his teammates, he reaped the lives of the Bright Moon Realm’s great demons at an astonishing rate.

In just a few short minutes, nearly half of the Bright Moon Realm great demons, a full ten of them, had fallen under his blade.

However, the Demon Race’s advantage in numbers was simply too great.

One hundred and twenty demons, the weakest at the Peak of the Flying Star Realm, surged forward like a relentless, fearless tide.

Lin Zhan and his five companions were like six boulders against a raging tsunami. Faced with such a huge disparity in numbers, every clash was a dance on the razor’s edge between life and death.

The fierce battle, the desperate counterattacks from the High Tier demons, and the massive drain from continuously maintaining their domains and Divine Techniques... all of it was madly consuming their True Essence and stamina.