Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 2071: Chapter 213: Little Princess Zhao Yu of the Demonic Dynasty

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The Outland Demon Realm.

The air here is perpetually filled with gray-black demonic evil energy, even the sky appears gloomy. Only the light of the blood moon blankets the wilds, casting everything in the world into a mysterious and grim atmosphere.

The demonic evil energy has a corrosive effect on human bodies, making it nearly impossible for ordinary people to survive. Only cultivators at the Vital Energy Refining Realm can barely endure staying one or two years. After that, they must be rotated out to recover.

Human Immortal Base Number Three.

East Line Defense Zone.

Southeast region.

In the perilous terrain of the gorge entrance, there stands a pass.

This pass is adjacent to the Red Crystal Saline Land. The surrounding mountains and valleys, soil colors, all present a faint reddish hue, hence the name “Red Gorge Pass”.

The location of the Red Gorge Pass is one of the march routes of the Outland Demonic Clan.

Due to the march through the opposite Red Crystal Saline Land being extremely difficult, unbearably hot, even demon realm plants struggle to survive, remarkably barren, and the supply lines are hard to establish, from a defense standpoint, it is truly “easy to defend and hard to attack”.

For countless years, Red Gorge Pass has firmly curbed the advances of the Outland Demonic Clan.

But because it is easy to defend and hard to attack, the East Line Defense Zone has stationed only one battalion at Red Gorge Pass, numbered “The Eighth Battalion of Eastern Defense Zone of Human Immortal Base Number Three”.

The Eighth Battalion is not a main force battalion, its commander “Luo Yangyu” is a cultivator at the early stage of the Divine Power Territory, under him are five to six thousand troops constituting a standard battalion setup, with soldiers having a minimum cultivation base at the early stage of the Spirit Platform Realm.

Such a battalion would be considered an elite force in a small nation of humans, but on the true Outland battlefield, it can only be deemed an ordinary battalion.

At this moment, Red Gorge Pass is embroiled in a fierce battle.

A demonic army of over ten thousand has risked crossing the Red Crystal Saline Land, launching a vigorous attack on Red Gorge Pass with few heavy weapons and no logistics supply line.

An army with no supply line is extremely dangerous; they attack with the mindset of either succeeding or dying. Once their attack fails or they plunge into the quagmire of an unsuccessful prolonged assault, they often face the bleakest fate.

At this time, the protective pass formation has already been breached by the opponent’s demonic artifacts.

The demonic soldiers and generals are highly spirited, fearlessly launching wave after wave of assaults on Red Gorge Pass.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

On the walls of Red Gorge Pass, new-style “Divine Might Cannons” continuously roar like thunder, and explosive shells burst in the ranks of the demonic army.

Even though the demonic soldiers are incredibly strong, they were blown apart, limbs severed, bodies flying about.

This batch of over a hundred Divine Might Cannons was procured by Zhao Tingjian through sheer persistence and pleading.

Unfortunately, although the Divine Might Cannon is formidable, the demonic clan is even fiercer. Under the command of the overseeing demonic generals, they seem entirely indifferent to life and death, launching charge after charge toward the walls standing over a dozen meters high.

Yet against the desperate resistance of the Eighth Battalion soldiers, they fell as corpses from the pass walls.

Suddenly, skilled demonic generals launched themselves onto the walls, while on this side, Purple Abode Realm commanders flew up to counter them.

Both sides plunged into a brutal fight, the battle extremely dire.

“Where is the reinforcements? Haven’t they arrived yet?”

After finally repelling a demonic lord, battalion commander Luo Yangyu, covered in blood, roared furiously.

“Commander, we’ve already urged them!” The vice legion commander also shouted hoarsely in response, “All fortress passes are facing continuous demonic attacks, forces are extremely scarce. The command center told us to hold on for two more days, reinforcements will definitely arrive after two days.”

“Damn two days! Whether we can survive today is still an unknown!” Luo Yangyu was beside himself with rage, yet helpless.

He knew quite well, it wasn’t that the command center didn’t want to support urgently, but they were simply unable to. The human race’s defense line is currently facing unprecedented crisis, battles are erupting at all passes and strongholds, manpower is severely stretched, much of the time even when wanting to support, there is simply no means to do so.

Reinforcements arriving in two days is arguably the result of many people’s desperate efforts already.

Nevertheless, knowing this doesn’t change reality—a fact he is painfully aware of.

Now, the only thing he can do is put all his efforts into defending this pass. Even if they battle until only one soldier remains, they must hold out until the reinforcements arrive!

After wiping the blood off his face, Luo Yangyu once again brandished his blade towards the battlefield, a fiery battle intent surging in his bloodshot eyes as he shouted furiously: “Brothers! Kill! Kill!! Kill one is enough, kill two is a profit!!!”

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

The intense shouts of killing echoed through the pass.

Amid one wave of assaults after another, the human soldiers have long been utterly exhausted, yet not a single one has uttered a word of hardship or fatigue, nor have any shirked or retreated; they continue to fight fiercely and desperately against the demonic clan, with passionate courage and high morale.

The demonic clan’s physique is robust and inherently fiercer and stronger than humans, such ordinary battalions suffer heavy casualties when engaging in head-on confrontations during open-field battles. Only in such defensive wars, relying on the advantage of high walls and weapons, can they manage a one-to-one ratio of losses.

Regretfully, the demonic army of over ten thousand is composed of three demonic lords, their total combat power almost equals three times that of the Eighth Battalion.

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