Gao Wu: My freshman internship was a battle on the front lines.

Chapter 77 Fight to the Death

Cao Keyuan, at the peak of the fifth rank, dealt with these low-ranking Heavenly Demons as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

With each swing of the blade, more than a dozen Heavenly Demons fell.

Director Zhou and Old Zhang also joined the fight.

Both of them were no weaker than Cao Keyuan, and the three of them joined forces and quickly killed the first batch of Heavenly Demons.

But nobody was happy.

Because this is only the first batch.

Less than a minute after the first batch of Heavenly Demons were wiped out, the spatial rift trembled again.

A second wave of the Heavenly Demon Clan emerged.

This batch is a level above the first batch.

There are mid-stage and late-stage Tier 1 creatures, and even a few Tier 2 creatures.

The quantity is also greater, at least twice that of the first batch.

Cao Keyuan gritted his teeth and continued fighting.

He killed wave after wave, until his arms started to ache, but the Heavenly Demon Clan continued to pour out.

The third batch.

The fourth batch.

The fifth batch.

The number of demons is increasing, and they are becoming stronger.

When the sixth wave of the Heavenly Demon Clan emerged, the second-tier members had become the main force, and there were also quite a few third-tier members.

Cao Keyuan is under increasing pressure.

Wounds began to appear on his body.

Although the wounds were not deep, blood kept flowing and physical strength was being constantly depleted.

Director Zhou and Old Zhang weren't much better off.

Both of their clothes were torn to shreds, and their bodies were covered in wounds.

But they dared not stop.

If things stop, the people living under the city walls will suffer.

"Commander Cao! The seventh batch has arrived!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Cao Keyuan looked up and his face darkened.

Among the seventh batch of Heavenly Demons, there appeared beings of the fourth rank.

And it wasn't just one or two, it was more than a dozen.

A fourth-tier Heavenly Demon is equivalent to a peak fourth-tier human martial artist in strength.

A dozen or so of them together are enough to pose a threat to a peak fifth-tier opponent.

Cao Keyuan took a deep breath and gripped his sword tightly.

"Come!"

He rushed forward.

With a single strike, he killed a fourth-tier Heavenly Demon.

Two strikes, and the second head is slain.

With three strikes, the third head was slain.

But just as he was killing the third one, a fourth-tier demon pounced from the side and grabbed his back with a claw.

Hiss!

His clothes were torn open, revealing five deep claw marks on his back, from which blood gushed out instantly.

Cao Keyuan groaned and staggered.

"Guard Cao!" Director Zhou rushed over and forced back the Heavenly Demon Clan member with a single sword strike.

"It's nothing," Cao Keyuan said through gritted teeth, "just a superficial wound."

But his face was frighteningly pale.

That's a sign of excessive blood loss.

"Old Zhou, the eighth batch has arrived." Old Zhang's voice came from the other side, tinged with bitterness.

The eighth batch.

This time, a fifth-tier Heavenly Demon appeared.

Five early-stage Tier 5 Heavenly Demons, along with hundreds of Tier 3 and Tier 4 demons, surged out from the spatial rift.

Cao Keyuan's heart sank to the bottom as he looked at the five fifth-tier Heavenly Demons.

A fifth-tier Heavenly Demon is significantly stronger than a typical fifth-tier human martial artist.

He can handle at most two on his own.

Director Zhou and Old Zhang together can handle both sides.

There's one left.

"Commander Cao," Director Zhou said in a low voice as he walked to his side, "he might really be going to die here today."

"Are you scared?" Cao Keyuan asked.

"I'm afraid," Director Zhou laughed, "but I'm not afraid of death."

"That's good."

The two exchanged a glance and rushed out at the same time.

Cao Keyuan faced off against two fifth-tier Heavenly Demons.

Director Zhou and Old Zhang each faced off against one of them.

One remained, and it lunged at the people below the city wall.

"Stop it!" Cao Keyuan shouted.

Meng Hu and Han Lie rushed forward.

They were at the early stage of the fifth rank. Facing a fifth-rank Heavenly Demon alone, they could barely hold their own, but winning would be very difficult.

The two of them joined forces and fought a fierce battle with the demon.

But just then, Li Wanshan and Zhao Wuji led their men to surround them from behind.

"Commander Cao," Li Wanshan's voice was cold and smug, "Stop struggling. Just accept your death, and I'll give you a quick death."

Cao Keyuan turned around and glanced at him.

Li Wanshan wore a smile, but the smile looked incredibly ferocious on his face.

"Li Wanshan," Cao Keyuan said, emphasizing each word, "you will go to hell."

"Hell?" Li Wanshan laughed. "When the Heavenly Demon Clan's army descends upon the mortal realm, the mortal realm will become hell. What difference will it make whether I go to hell or not?"

"Let's do it!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Wanshan summoned four or five hundred experts from powerful families to rush forward.

The Night's Watch and the remnants of the military put up a desperate fight, but the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great.

The battle was one-sided.

Within ten minutes, the night watchmen's and military's defenses were breached in several places, and people kept falling.

Meng Hu was struck in the chest by a fifth-tier Heavenly Demon, spitting out a mouthful of blood and flying backward.

Han Lie was surrounded and attacked by three fourth-tier aristocratic experts, and he had seven or eight wounds on his body.

Cao Keyuan's physical strength had reached its limit. His sword was getting heavier and heavier, and each swing felt like lifting a mountain.

"Commander Cao!"

A voice came from the crowd.

Cao Keyuan turned around and saw Xiao Zhang, a communications soldier, stumbling over, holding a communicator in his hand.

"What's wrong?"

"Live stream! Someone's talking in the live stream!"

"What did you say?"

"Speak of Ye Feng! Ye Feng has already set off! He'll be in Jiangcheng soon!"

Cao Keyuan was taken aback, then his lips curled into a wide grin, revealing the first genuine smile of the day.

"Good! Good! Good!"

He said "good" three times in a row, then turned around and roared at the Night's Watchmen and soldiers who were fighting!

"Brothers! Ye Feng is on his way!"

"Let's hold on a little longer!"

"If we hold out until he arrives, we'll win!"

The Night's Watchmen and soldiers were greatly encouraged by the news.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The shouts of battle shook the heavens once more.

The Heavenly Demon Clan poured out of the spatial rifts in an endless stream, their numbers increasing and their strength growing stronger.

Among the Heavenly Demon Clan, a mid-stage fifth-order being has appeared.

Cao Keyuan fought with all his might to kill the two beasts, but he was also seriously injured.

His left arm was crippled and hung limply at his side. There was a deep, bone-revealing wound on his chest, from which blood continued to gush out.

Director Zhou was in no better shape; his longsword was broken, and he could only continue fighting with a sword he had taken from the enemy.

The others weren't much better off; they were all seriously injured.

All five of them had reached their limits.

But the Heavenly Demon Clan continued to surge in.

This time, a sixth-tier Heavenly Demon appeared.

Not one end, but two ends.

Two early-stage sixth-tier demon race beings stepped out from the spatial rift.

They were twice the size of ordinary demons, with thicker black scales that exuded a cold and terrifying aura.

Their eyes were no longer blood-red, but golden, with vertical pupils, like the eyes of a snake.

The moment they appeared, the air on the entire battlefield seemed to freeze.

Sixth order.

That's a different level of existence.

Cao Keyuan's smile vanished completely as he looked at the two sixth-tier Heavenly Demons.

He couldn't even defeat a late-stage fifth-tier Heavenly Demon Envoy, let alone a sixth-tier one.

"Ye Feng..." he murmured to himself, "If you don't come soon, we really won't be able to hold on."

Two sixth-tier Heavenly Demons attacked simultaneously.

A black beam of light shot out from their hands, heading straight for the people below the city wall.

Cao Keyuan tried to stop him, but his body wouldn't obey him.

Just as the black beam of light was about to strike the people—

A golden light shot from afar and collided with the black beam of light.

boom!

Golden and black lights intertwined, resulting in a violent explosion. The shockwave spread in all directions, knocking everyone nearby to the ground.

Cao Keyuan was thrown several steps by the shockwave, but he didn't have time to regain his footing. He immediately looked up at the direction from which the golden light was coming.

Then, he saw someone.

The man stood on the city wall, his back to the blood-red sky.

He held a silver-white battle sword in his hand, the blade shimmering with golden light.

The man wasn't particularly tall, but standing there, he was as steady as a mountain.

Ye Feng.

Cao Keyuan's eyes suddenly felt a little sore.

"You've finally arrived."