In a corner of Ancient Forest, the once deeply rooted ancient trees disappeared.
In their place rose a massive nest, approximately 50 meters long, 30 meters wide, and 12 meters high.
From afar, it looked grotesque and terrifying, like a giant bizarre insect.
It constantly received blood, flesh, ores, and other resources carried from all directions by Demonic Creatures, and in turn continuously birthed new Demonic Creatures.
Soon, the surrounding resources were completely plundered.
When Ling Yue, the Shadow Archers, and Treants arrived, they saw exactly this scene.
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[Monster]: Demonic Worm (Demonic Creature)
[Level]: 8
[Skills]: Corruption Attack, Venom Spray
[Description]: The lowest-level Demonic Creature born of the Demonic Nest, usually used for resource gathering, but with surprising combat power and vitality.
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[Monster]: Demonic Warrior (Demonic Creature)
[Level]: 9
[Skills]: Spear Thrust, Sweep
[Description]: One of the most common Demonic Creatures from the Demonic Nest, not to be underestimated in combat.
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[Monster]: Demonic Mage (Demonic Creature) (Elite)
[Level]: 9
[Skills]: Magic Shield, Enhanced Fireball
[Description]: An elite Demonic Creature birthed from the Demonic Nest, mastering a powerful enhancement magic.
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As Ling Yue and the others examined the Demonic Creatures around the Demonic Nest, the enemies clearly noticed their presence.
Without hesitation, the Shadow Archers launched their attack first:
[Shadow Arrow]!
[Five Shots]!
The arrow rain pierced through the advancing Demonic Worms, pinning their corpses to the ground like javelins.
Blood, black and red, flowed like a stream.
For archers, range was life, so the Shadow Archers did their best to prevent enemies from approaching.
Seeing many Demonic Worms slain, the fiery glow in the hollow eyes of the Demonic Mages brightened as if receiving orders.
In the next moment, more than a dozen basketball-sized enhanced fireballs launched in unison.
At the same time, dozens of Demonic Warriors marched forward like a disciplined army, wielding cold four-meter-long spears, charging like a city of steel.
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Even through God's Eye, Lin Yang felt the terror of those dozen fireballs.
Demonic Creatures born of Demonic Nests are generally one rank higher than common Endless World monsters.
That means elite Demonic Creatures like Demonic Mages have combat power comparable to leader monsters of the same level.
The combined power of a dozen leader monsters releasing enhanced spells
was unimaginably strong.
No matter what, the six-level Treants at the front acting as meat shields could not withstand them despite all their effort.
However, just as the fireballs crossed the sky, a clear, pleasant ringing sound "zheng" was heard.
Then, a sharp sword light shot up, sweeping across.
In an instant, the fireballs vanished without a trace, as if never existing.
The sword light suddenly split: one became two, two became four, four became eight!
The eight sword lights thundered toward more than a dozen Demonic Mages hiding in the back.
Slash, slash, slash—
Several mages who failed to raise shields were instantly killed.
The others were left in disarray.
And all this was the doing of Ling Yue.
After reaching level 10, she comprehended a new Sword Dao skill:
[Sword Light Differentiation] (lv1):
Can split condensed sword Qi into multiple sword lights to attack enemies.
The number of sword lights depends on level, spirit attribute, and control.
Originally Ling Yue could split one sword Qi into four sword lights, but under the [Mastery Through Comprehension] Entry's boost, this skill maxed out, doubling the number of sword lights.
Though each sword light was weaker than the original sword Qi, their sheer number was overwhelming.
The eight sword lights flew back and forth, breaking the magical shields of the Demonic Mages in less than three breaths.
Under the sword lights' cover, their sturdy bodies quickly became riddled with holes.
Meanwhile, Shadow power acted like a bone-deep poison.
Shadow Archers' continuous shooting added Shadow damage to all enemies within ten meters.
Though these Demonic Warriors fought fiercely, unmoved by comrades' deaths, steadily advancing, it was all in vain.
While Shadow Archers' leveling pace couldn't match Ling Yue's, after many battles, even the lowest-leveled Shadow Archer reached level 5, gaining nearly 300 strength.
With growing Shadow power, even Demonic Warriors comparable to elite monsters were helpless.
But sensing the tide was turning against them, the BOSS that had long stayed hidden in the Demonic Nest, absorbing power, finally appeared.
This BOSS was a humanoid standing three meters tall, covered head to toe in metal armor, exposing only his mouth, nose, and eyes.
Behind it trailed a long lizard-like tail covered in countless sawtooth-like barbs.
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[Monster]: Lower-Rank Demonic General·Carlos (Leader Monster) (Demonic Creature)
[Level]: 15
[Skills]: Demonization,???, ???
[Description]: The true controller of a first-tier Demonic Nest, able to continuously absorb the Nest's power to strengthen itself.
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