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Without the skeletal warhorses, Lex's warriors had changed their weapons as the bulky and long heavy weapons need not be used anymore . Even Wild Bear wielded the spear Saleen had crafted for him . With the warhammers and poleaxes put away, the warriors had only three weapons left; the Qin Eight-sided Sword, a short sword, and a miniature alchemical crossbow .
Bain had also appeared beside Lex and he stopped concealing himself . Wild Bear remained the pioneer paving the way while the two Black Metal Grand Swordmasters followed closely behind . The team was split into two groups as they walked forward along the city walls on the left side .
The city walls appeared to have a height of more than thirty meters . If these walls were installed in any other location, the city would be majestic . It was incongruent with the huge reputation of Lorga though . It must be noted that many of the creatures captured by humans were almost one-hundred meters tall . To such creatures, these city walls would only be a sill .
It was not known how long ago these walls were built, they were unlike those in the mainland cities now . There were neither horse roads nor reinforced slopes . After walking for about a mile, the team spotted a covered bridge . This bridge extended from a tall building on the right to the tip of the city . This wooden bridge seemed to have decayed, and there were only a dozen pillars underneath it .
"Stick to the left side," Eleanor reminded . Holding onto a spear, Wild Bear followed Eleanor's instructions, walking through the left most pillar .
The scenery at the front immediately changed . This was a small square surrounded by short houses . Signboards hung from the houses facing the square . Their windows were also opened, supporting a row of stalls .
This was a vintage trading market, only Sikeqinya still had such places .
"Ha ha, how many years has it been, food has actually appeared!" A voice filled the air, it was echoing and annoying . This voice obviously originated from a mouth, but it was so booming that it made people cringe and have difficulty thinking . It was as if there were thousands of people chattering beside one's ears, even a mage would be unsettled listening to this sound .
"Who are you, show yourself!" Wild Bear waved his spear, his eyes darting to the left and right . He couldn't understand the ancient language it spoke .
"Right here . " The strange voice changed to the Myers language . From a magic array at the center of the square, a colossal shadow emerged .
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Wild Bear raised his head, feeling depressed as he saw an enormous figure . Of late, the monsters he ran into were always much bigger than him causing his build to appear extremely frail .
This was a classic demon-type creature . The horns atop its head were well-proportioned while the skin of the face was blue with natural magic patterns . This creature was about three meters tall with a thick tail behind it . A gigantic image of a grimace was naturally generated on its naked torso .
"A Mendel Supreme Demon?"
Lex's mind went into a flurry, the first guard was actually a supreme demon . This spelled big trouble . Demons were cunning, while supreme demons possessed tremendous powers . This obstacle was too onerous already .
Letting out a squeal, Nailisi laughed . She leaned in close and whispered into Saleen's ear, "This is an illusory demonic spirit, he is even weaker than an imp . He is not using the Ultimate Shapeshifting Skill . If you were trained to a sorcerer's standard, you would be able to see through the façade using your own eyes . "
"Why do I feel that this illusory demonic spirit is more like a death creature?" After coming into contact with many spirits, Saleen was very sensitive to the scent of a spirit, and this illusory demonic spirit made him detect the intense scent of death .
"Master, there are many types of demonic spirits, but they do not live for long . The longest only lives about eight-hundred years . This city was built thousands of years ago though . . . "
"Mm, it seems like the goddess used a method to prevent their souls from dispersing so that they can still preserve their original appearance and skills . "
Noticing Saleen and Nailisi whispering to each other, Lex let out a cough .
That illusory demonic spirit was still trying to scare Wild Bear . "Human, are you planning to sacrifice your body, or your soul?"
Sika was already very impatient . An illusory demonic spirit might deceive a mage, but it could not trick a Caucasus priest like her . The abilities of this demonic spirit was too inferior to hers, and she could not be bothered to take any action . Thus, she yelled at Wild Bear, "Big guy, this fellow is cheating you, hurry up and take him out so that you can ask for directions . "
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Hmm? At this point in time, Wild Bear then felt that something was amiss . This big fellow might be imposing and had exerted effective psychological pressure on Wild Bear, but after blabbering for a long time, he still had not taken any action .
Wild Bear was fixated on the thought of himself being a chef, but his combat instincts were really sharp . He could not possibly have advanced to a high grade swordmaster after a short training by Lex otherwise . Such progress was not only dependent on a good teacher, the student had to be very gifted too .
The moment Wild Bear heard Sika's reminder, he immediately swiped his spear, perfectly displaying that technique of controlling the Sword Aura which he had learned from Jola . The Sword Aura had gathered at the tip of the spear, but it was not released . Instead, it could produce even sharper cries in the wind .
The attack speed was not high because the swiping technique was employed . The strongest attack of a spear was of course a straight stab .
To a pugilist, swordsmanship was the highest level skill . Swordsmanship was in fact derived from spear techniques though . The chops and swipes of a longsword were all inferior to the power of a spear .
Even if a wooden spear was used, the force from the accumulated power was also really great . That illusory demonic spirit moved about swiftly . Wild Bear intentionally slowed down his attack, and the demonic spirit avoided it effortlessly .
The people standing behind Wild Bear were very anxious . The swordmasters had aimed their alchemical crossbows at the illusory demonic spirit, ready to attack anytime .
The illusory demonic spirit dodged the spear, and Wild Bear was actually relieved . If the enemy was very powerful, they would not have dodged this attack . Because this was the renowned Dragontail Spear Skill .
Wild Bear's spear swiped the air, sweeping a huge arc, before jerking back vigorously, continuing its assault on the illusory demonic spirit . This rebound attack moved more than two times faster than before . Other than speed, the power was also higher .
On the battlefield, where enemies were coming from all directions, this spear tactic was very horrifying . If a grand swordmaster used the Dragontail Spear Skill, he would be able to dominate the battle with just a spear . With each rebound, the power of the spear would increase, until the spear could no longer support the stress . The illusory demonic spirit's forte was not offensive power, and he was also not as strong as Wild Bear . He knew that the best time to disrupt the Dragontail Spear Skill was in the first attack, but he did not have the guts to touch Wild Bear's spear .
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Saleen spectated the battle from the back . He only saw that Wild Bear's spear was drawing several arcs in the air, and the Sword Aura in the tip of the spear had not been released despite having converged . The speed of the spear got increasingly faster, causing the demonic spirit to be very distressed . He tried using a mental illusion spell to influence Wild Bear's actions, but the moment Wild Bear's Sword Aura kicked in, Wild Bear would not be affected no matter how much trickery was attempted .
Saleen had some knowledge about the source of Sword Aura . In order to understand the principles of the Sword Aura, he had attempted repeated experiments on a Silver Grand Swordmaster . It seemed like his understanding was not sufficient after all .
Wild Bear was only at the standard of a high grade swordmaster, it was still very difficult for him to release the Sword Aura . The power of the spear was getting mightier, it could even destroy the Magic Shield of a grand mage in just one hit .
This situation was unlike how Sika broke Saleen's Water Shield . At the very least, Sika had partially relied on her powerful weapon, but Wild Bear was using pure skill .
"If the skills of pugilists were constantly refined, then they might one day become real powerful characters, just like the mages . "
Saleen sighed in his heart, but it was not because he was worried, as mages also possessed similar skills . His Water Shield could be adjusted to achieve maximum defense based on the enemy's attacks . His level-4 defense spell in fact had the toughness of level-6 magic already . Before becoming a sorcerer, the Water Shield was the safest defense spell Saleen could use .
It was no big deal if Saleen could only defend . As Saleen possessed powerful calculation ability, he could even deduce the principles of the operation of Sword Aura, thus he could use low level magic to destroy a swordmaster's attacks .
Even though Saleen was merely a grade-5 mage, he had already come into contact with the secrets of an expert .
The power of a sorcerer did not lie in their ability to cast forbidden spells, but because they could use a level-1 spell to achieve maximum possible lethality .
Once a person had advanced to a sorcerer's grade, their magic chord would have grown to a special height, so casting a level-1 spell would not affect the magic chords by a lot . If only level-1 magic was used in battle, a sorcerer would not even need to rest . As long as their mental strength permitted, they could continue battling .
Saleen understood all these principles, but he never had such impactful emotions like today . As Wild Bear utilized his techniques, he had given Saleen a lesson .
Wild Bear got more and more exhilarated as he fought on . That illusory demonic spirit did not dare resist anymore, he simply relied on his speed to dodge Wild Bear's attacks .
"Stop hitting, stop hitting, I surrender!" The illusory demonic spirit could no longer hold out as Wild Bear's spear got increasingly swifter . In at most a minute, he would be hit .
Bam!
The spear struck the illusory demonic spirit's shoulder ruthlessly . A cloud of black air dispersed as the illusory demonic spirit howled in agony, prostrating on the ground . On a second look, he had already reverted to his original form .
When Lex saw the original form of the illusory demonic spirit, she could not help but giggle .
It was a very adorable demonic spirit, small and exquisite, while his body was filled with white bristles . He had a pair of purple eyes, and a face which highly resembled that of humans . He was supporting his shoulder in pain, as he pleaded with Wild Bear to show him mercy .
"Tolesi, go and ask him . " Nailisi ordered a demon to conduct interrogation . As Tolesi's forte was mental strength, the illusory demonic spirit could never deceive him . A demon also had great terror over demonic spirits, Tolesi simply needed to release a little demonic scent to make this illusory demonic spirit give up all notions of resistance .
Tolesi's original form was a fair and chubby demon . Now that he had transformed into a human female, his attractive figure could not be concealed despite having armor on . He walked slowly to the front of the illusory demonic spirit, before releasing a tinge of demonic scent .
The illusory demonic spirit shuddered . If he was not transformed into the appearance of a partial death spirit, he might have peed his pants in that instant .
"I will ask the questions and you shall answer . If I am not satisfied with any of your answers, I will hand you over to my master . " Tolesi's words struck even more fear in the illusory demonic spirit .
Besides a supreme demon, who else could become the owner of a demon?
"First of all, how do we get out of here?" Tolesi went straight to the main point, he would not allow the demonic spirit to play any tricks . If the demonic spirit said that there was no way of leaving, then he would be worthless, and could be slaughtered already .