The man was clearly the commander of the demon army attacking Wan Lei. His face was beaming with a confident smile, and his arrogant gaze swept over everyone.
"Look at the army surrounding us. Do you think you can escape like last time? We've sealed the space here, so your distress signals can't get out.
Moreover, your Base Number Eighteen is currently under siege by the main force of my Hou Pi Legion, struggling to fend for itself and calling for reinforcements.
Times have changed. The situation where countless armies broke through the encirclement to rescue you will not happen again.
If you surrender obediently, your companions won't have to die, and we can save some effort. It's a win-win situation for everyone. Why not?"
The shamelessness of the demon commander disgusted everyone. Win-win? On the battlefield, it's a fight to the death, one side wins and the other loses. What win-win could there be?
Wan Lei, while killing the demons outside, coldly snorted.
"I'm quite curious why I, Wan Lei, a mere ordinary disciple of the Five Elements Hall, am constantly remembered and coveted by your Demon Lord, and why your demon race repeatedly targets me.
After a crack ace legion was annihilated, you still send another legion. What have I, Wan Lei, done to deserve such importance?
Or is it that your demon race is just bored, sending tens of millions to capture one human in the Immortal Realm to prove your combat prowess?
If so, I must say, your demon race is truly formidable."
"Hahaha, you flatter me, you flatter me. I also think our demon race is very powerful. Of course, it's mainly thanks to my Lord Jidu, who has foresight and a keen eye for talent.
He said that as long as you, Wan Lei, voluntarily surrender to our demon race, we will spare no resources to cultivate you, making you a supreme existence in the world. He always keeps his word."
"Oh? So you captured me to make me surrender? You should have said so earlier. Why all this fighting? I thought you were going to capture me for dissection and research."
Wan Lei's words made his companions around him astonished, not knowing what he was thinking, fearing he might actually agree to surrender to the demon race.
The demon commander's eyes lit up at his words.
"Oh? Does Brother Wan Lei also intend to defect to our demon race? That would be excellent. If I had known, why would we have fought? It's so unpleasant.
Whatever your conditions, just state them. As long as you surrender, I will speak highly of you to our Demon Lord. We demons like to cooperate with pragmatic humans like you."
Although the conversation seemed pleasant, neither side stopped attacking, as neither took the other's words seriously.
Wan Lei didn't believe the demon race would spare any resources to cultivate him, and even if he did, he would never surrender.
The demon commander, naturally, didn't believe that Wan Lei, who had killed so many demons, wouldn't worry about the hostility and hatred from the demon race.
No one was a fool.
"Cooperation is easy, but I'm a man with great ambition. I aspire to become a Venerable Immortal. Of course, after defecting to your Negative Realm, becoming a Demon Lord would also be fine.
Since you say you will spare no effort to cultivate me, is your lightning-attribute Demon Lord willing to die and make way for me?"
"Hmph, you court death!"
The demon commander's expression turned cold. With a wave of his hand, he ordered,
"Front ranks close in, Hou Pi advance, shatter his formation!"
"Yes, sir!"
The demon army received the order. The demons in the encirclement quickly opened several passages. In an instant, hundreds of black bears, ridden by demon beast tamers, charged out ferociously.
"Attack, full attack!"
Wan Lei shouted, and everyone immediately intensified their attacks. Dozens of Positive Realm soldiers plus the Thunder Rain team desperately bombarded outwards.
However, the black bears were too fast. They only managed to focus fire and kill a few before the bears, heads lowered, crashed into the formation.
Boom!!!
With a deafening roar, cracks instantly appeared in the formation.
Wan Lei immediately went to repair the formation, while others used their divine abilities to attack the enemy, as they were now at close range.
Another large number of Hou Pi died, and subsequent Hou Pi rushed forward, relentlessly attacking the formation.
After just three rounds of attacks, the formation shattered with a bang. The subsequent Hou Pi, unable to stop their charge, crashed directly into their defensive fortifications.
Some of the weaker sections were directly breached, and several special forces soldiers were sent flying with broken bones and torn muscles.
Fortunately, Wan Lei reacted quickly. A few hammer strikes killed the Hou Pi beasts that had broken into the defensive perimeter, allowing everyone to stabilize their defenses.
The Hou Pi beasts retreated, and the demon army advanced. Everyone fought bloody battles. Wan Lei unleashed his sea of lightning, charging left and right, slaughtering the enemy on a large scale.
He had also considered taking everyone into his Life-Controlling Diagram and breaking out with Xiao Yu.
However, the risk was too great. If they couldn't break out and were captured alive, it would be equivalent to everyone else being captured alive.
Even self-destruction would still result in everyone being captured if the enemy obtained the Life-Controlling Diagram.
Death still offered the hope of resurrection, but capture by the Negative Realm meant that even an Immortal Venerable couldn't save them.
Therefore, it was better to fight to the death than to gather everyone inside, as that would be self-defeating.
The surrounding demon army advanced steadily, shrinking the strategic space for everyone. The Ling Xin team had already lost nearly half their members, and the Thunder Rain team was each injured.
"Captain, request reinforcements."
Bao Bao turned to look at Wan Lei. She was truly exhausted and in pain.
However, she was only saying it, as the spatial blockade prevented distress signals from being sent.
Unless Wan Lei risked his life to charge outside and send the signal before returning.
"Captain, let's retreat."
Retreat? Heh, could they retreat?
"Captain, you guys go. You and Sister-in-law have divine abilities, the demon race's spatial blockade can't trap you!"
Wan Lei looked around. The four little ones, Yuan Jun, Qing Wu, and the others, were all looking at him expectantly.
Beside him, the brothers of Ling Xin wore tattered standard armor, all injured and in a state of extreme disarray.
Da Da had reverted to his true form, his hundred-zhang imposing body smashing enemies with every punch. His new armor made him even stronger.
The Fire Phoenix was also in its true form, charging through the demon ranks and unleashing flames.
At this moment, a soft, boneless hand rested on his shoulder. He turned his head to look.
It was Fang Xiao Yu.
Fang Xiao Yu's face was covered in blood and dirt, looking extremely disheveled, but her eyes were still bright.
She took his hand and stood resolutely by his side.
Wan Lei suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar, as if he had experienced it before.
He became somewhat confused.
This sense of familiarity was too strong.