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Chapter 153: Speak of the Devil and He Shall Die

An Abyss demon fell dead from the sky, and a human figure appeared in the air.

He gripped a dagger gleaming with sharp white light, very dazzling.

A platinum weapon.

Not just the weapon, but his equipment was also platinum grade.

This was a high-level career holder who had completed second transition and was over level 40, an assassin type.

He had killed a level 38 Abyss demon with just one strike.

Only after the demon died did he reveal himself.

He had been in stealth state before.

Here, there were many career holders over level 40, killing demons to earn military merits.

High-level demons over level 40 rarely appeared here, so it was safe for high-level career holders.

After killing the Abyss demon, he coldly scanned the surroundings and quickly flew away.

"How can he fly?" Lin Moyu wondered.

How could an assassin career holder fly before reaching level 40?

Ning Yiyi quickly raised her hand, "I know this!"

"After level 40, there are several ways for career holders to gain flight ability."

"One is a Sage skill called Wind Wing, which can give others flight ability. But this skill isn't easy to master, many Sages don't know it."

Sage was the title for Prophets after completing second transition.

"Another is flying potions. Taking one allows flight, but the speed is very slow and duration very short."

"There's also equipment called Wind Wing Rings, but they're expensive and only have the flight attribute, not very practical."

Ning Yiyi quickly shared everything she knew, looking like she was waiting to be praised.

Lin Moyu patted her head, and Ning Yiyi narrowed her eyes in enjoyment.

This information wasn't very helpful for him.

Sage skills couldn't be used on skeletons, so skeletons couldn't fly.

Just him being able to fly was useless.

At least he understood how it worked now.

According to Ning Yiyi's judgment, that assassin just now was using a Wind Wing Ring.

Lin Moyu had also seen wind elements swirling around his fingertip.

They continued advancing along the black line.

They saw many more career holders.

Some in teams, some acting alone.

Those acting alone were mostly high-level career holders over level 40.

It was very safe here for them.

"Really, there are more people than monsters here."

"They say hunt Abyss demons, but we can't even find any. The rare one or two we spot get snatched up by others."

Ning Yiyi complained a bit.

They had been walking for half an hour since arriving, but only killed some Man-Eaters.

They hadn't seen a single Abyss demon. The occasional one spotted in the distance was killed in the blink of an eye.

There were more humans than demons.

Lin Moyu comforted her, "Don't worry, we'll keep going deeper. We'll find some eventually."

Just as he spoke, screams rang out, piercing and carrying far.

They looked towards the source of the sound.

A group suddenly appeared in the air, devouring a human career holder.

In the blink of an eye, not even bones remained of the career holder.

Even his equipment was completely devoured by the demons.

They knew Abyss demons could eat anything, but didn't expect them to even eat human equipment.

A ring fell from the sky.

The ring flashed with the unique light of platinum equipment, with wind elements swirling around it.

Lin Moyu's pupils contracted sharply, "It's him!"

Ning Yiyi was also shocked, "It's that assassin from earlier."

It was indeed the high-level assassin career holder from before, now devoured by demons here.

"This was a high-level career holder! How did he just die?" Ning Yiyi couldn't help exclaiming.

They had just been saying high-level career holders were very safe here, just earning military merits.

How did he suddenly get killed, with not even bones remaining, eaten completely?

There were several demons feasting, one particularly special.

Its whole body was like smoke, floating indistinctly in the air.

Lin Moyu cast Detection.

[Abyss Shadow Demon (High-level Demon)]

[Level: 40]

[Strength: 18,000]

[Agility: 22,000]

[Spirit: 5,000]

[Constitution: 15,000]

[Skills: Entangle, Shadow Form]

[Traits: Ability to see through stealth, Physical damage halved]

Seeing the attributes, Lin Moyu was slightly shocked.

It was actually a level 40 high-level demon.

These attributes already surpassed many dungeon bosses.

Overall, it wasn't much worse than the level 39 Elemental Queen.

Level 40 and 39 were truly a huge divide.

One in heaven, one on earth.

Its Entangle skill could greatly reduce a career holder's movement speed, drastically lowering attack power and preventing escape.

The trait of seeing through stealth was the natural enemy of assassin-type careers.

Combined with halved physical damage, it was even more fearless of physical attacks.

Its existence plus some other level 38-39 Abyss demons explained why that assassin had died so tragically.

Lin Moyu's Detection also attracted their attention.

The Shadow Demon let out a screech, "A little level 26 brat dares to come here."

"We have extra food today!"

"Extra food!"

The Shadow Demon and over a dozen demons grinned viciously, charging towards Lin Moyu and Ning Yiyi.

One person wasn't enough to share among them. Even counting Lin Moyu and Ning Yiyi, it was just a snack.

In Battlefield No. 3, demons over level 40 rarely appeared. They didn't expect to encounter one so coincidentally.

Lin Moyu was completely fearless. Since leaving the fortress, Bone Armor had never stopped.

With Bone Armor, even if these demons gnawed on him, it would take half a day.

The only problem now was that he couldn't fly, and neither could the skeleton warriors.

If the demons wanted to escape, he couldn't catch them.

So it was best if they came close.

Faced with the fierce oncoming demons, Ning Yiyi immediately hid behind Lin Moyu, pretending to be very scared.

The more she acted like this, the more excited the demons became.

"You don't need to hide, it's useless."

"You're dead for sure. I'll bite your neck and drain your blood."

"Get lost, you're not a vampire demon. What blood? Without blood the taste isn't good."

"I want to eat the thighs, no one fight me for them."

"I'll gnaw on the head, I love brains the most."

...

The demons approached with vicious grins.

When they were less than ten meters away, Lin Moyu raised his hand.

Red light flashed.

Skill: Slow Curse!

A huge red net fell, crimson shackles appearing.

All the vicious laughter stopped abruptly.

"C...ur...se..."

"What's...go...ing...on..."

The sudden change in speed made the demons unable to adapt.

Unable to stop their momentum, they all crashed down.

With loud thuds they hit the ground. Several crashed into Lin Moyu.

Bone Armor flashed white light, bouncing them back to the ground, making their falls even worse.

Before they could react, dense ranks of skeleton warriors appeared.

They surrounded the demons from all 360 degrees without blind spots.

Pressing down where possible, pulling where possible, giving them no chance to break free.

As soon as they appeared, the skeleton warriors burst out skills, hacking with their blades.

Then they entered meat-chopping mode.

The demons' screams rose and fell.

The Abyss Shadow Demon struggled constantly, then suddenly vanished without a trace.

Its body turned to shadow, like smoke.

Skill: Shadow Form!

In Shadow Form, the Shadow Demon lost physical form, becoming like light smoke, immune to all physical attacks.

"Want to escape? Not so easy!"

Lin Moyu snorted coldly, flames rising from his hand.

Skill: Soul Fire!

Even in Shadow Form, the Abyss Shadow Demon was still affected by mental attacks.

Screams rang out as the Shadow Demon's body constantly distorted.

Skeleton mages had appeared, countless spells focusing fire on it.

First it was bombarded by skeleton warrior skills. If not for its halved physical damage trait, it would have died on the spot.

Then it was hit by Soul Fire, and now over a hundred skeleton mages were focusing fire.

The Shadow Demon was unwilling!

It had thought coming to Battlefield No. 3 with its subordinates, it could kill freely and eat its fill.

But it died before accomplishing anything.

In its final moment, it saw Ning Yiyi's delighted expression. Where was the fear? It was all an act.

"We were tricked!"

With its last consciousness, it died.

[Killed level 40 Abyss Shadow Demon, Experience +2,000,000, Military Merit +1000]

[Obtained Demon Crystal]

A level 40 Abyss demon was worth 1000 military merits.

He and Ning Yiyi each got 500.

Ning Yiyi's military badge emitted brilliant white light.

Stars appeared one by one, quickly reaching ten stars.

Then the white light turned to silver.

Ning Yiyi's military badge turned into a silver lieutenant badge.