Sword light danced, blood rained down.

Beneath the royal city, mountains of corpses rose high.

After activating [Soul Descent], Xu Huaishang was like an Asura soaring through the sky; wherever she passed, death spread rapidly like a gale.

Although Xu Huaishang was also fighting with cold weapons, her speed of killing enemies in this army was not something that Xiao Tan or Bill could match…

As a master whose control of energy had reached the pinnacle of perfection, Xu Huaishang could imbue her weapon with "blade qi" whether she was making a basic attack or releasing skills, and this blade qi could be fine-tuned according to her wishes at any time.

For example, when she wanted to harvest miscellaneous soldiers, she would use energy to amplify the range of her weapon swings, so that when she slashed horizontally, she could directly cleave through an entire row of enemies. When she encountered a Scourge, she could use energy to enhance the power of her moves, quickly killing the opponent with overwhelming force.

Currently, in the [Soul Descent] state, Xu Huaishang's available energy far exceeded her normal state’s upper limit. She almost single-handedly reversed the entire battle situation.

On the other hand, since just now, Xiao Tan and the Billy brothers had also abandoned the "inefficient" clearing of troops and turned to selectively hunting Scourges.

Clearly, this was the most reasonable tactic. Their abilities did not show any superiority when used to clear troops, but they were perfect for dealing with Scourges.

And as the number of Scourges decreased, many of the King's army's AoE (area of effect) specialists could also exert their abilities more safely and easily, which indirectly increased the efficiency of clearing monsters.

In short, thanks to the efforts of two players and several NPCs, for the first time in this battle… "the speed at which our side was killing enemies" exceeded "the speed at which the enemy was replenishing their forces."

After this phenomenon continued for a period of time, naturally… the pressure on all fronts of the Kingdom army lessened; they finally began to feel that the enemy was decreasing.

"Citizens of the Monster Kingdom! The time for a counterattack has come!" Mr. Hanky seized the opportunity and shouted loudly in the battlefield.

He knew that this was the last cry, and the last chance. If this wave of counterattacks could break through and eliminate seventy or eighty percent of the enemy's current forces on the battlefield, then perhaps… they could gain a chance to catch their breath and buy Feng Bujue more time.

"Fight them to the death!"

"Break their bones!"

"Kill them all! Avenge our dead compatriots!"

"Orcs will never be slaves!"

"Awoo~"

"For the Monster Kingdom!"

For a time, the tens of thousands of scarred, nearly exhausted monsters squeezed out the remaining strength in their bodies and launched another round of counterattacks.

Although this wasn't the strongest charge so far, it was the fiercest. Some monsters had lost parts of their limbs in previous battles, but they still charged fearlessly towards the enemy, even using their mouths to bite a few enemies to death as fodder.

In the face of such determination and such an offensive, the Redundant Troop… showed signs of retreat for the first time.

The remaining Scourges, through the evaluation of the tactical control system, had decided to order the troops to retreat and return when the number of Redundant Troops at the front line had reached a certain value again.

If… they really retreated at this moment, in a sense, it would be equivalent to letting "victory" slip through their fingers. Because by the time they regrouped, the Kingdom army would have also received some rest and recuperation. Moreover… by that time, Feng Bujue should have already returned.

The Monster Kingdom didn't expect to wipe out the Redundant Troop with its own military strength. Their original goal was to buy time… only by gaining time would they have the capital to hope for that last "hope."

However, things did not develop so smoothly.

Just as the battle was about to turn around, a black demonic figure… appeared on the horizon.

At that moment, the fighting around the royal city suddenly stopped…

The Redundant Troop, which was already retreating, withdrew from the range of the city walls, and the soldiers of the King's army did not continue to chase after them.

Everyone's attention was involuntarily focused on that demonic figure, whose monstrous demonic energy made it impossible for every living being to look away.

"He… has come…" King Dian Hao muttered to himself as he gazed at Dou Mo in the air, "It seems… this is as far as we can go."

The old King, who came from the last era, knew the strength of Dou Mo best. In this era, he had also fantasized that the other party would have changed somewhat, but… after witnessing Dou Mo's attack at the Reasoning Club, the old King once again confirmed… after so many years of sealing, Dou Mo's combat power had actually increased rather than decreased.

It could be said that King Dian Hao at this moment was more desperate than anyone else present.

At the same time, Xu Huaishang's [Soul Descent] state had also reached its limit, and she had dispelled it. The Xu goddess's soul skill was similar to Ruoyu's Extreme Efficiency, both of which were very mentally taxing, and she couldn't continue to use it indefinitely.

"Hoo…" Looking at the approaching Dou Mo, Xu Huaishang adjusted her breathing and muttered, "Can anyone really hold back the footsteps of something like that…"

Her question was immediately answered.

In the blink of an eye… while people were still stunned by fear and wild thoughts, a figure… rushed towards Dou Mo in the distance like a thunderbolt.

It was none other than Wang Tanzhi.

"What is this kid doing?" Freddy, who had arrived at the front line, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Howdy~ho~" Mr. Hanky was also shocked.

Of course, not only them, everyone… even the Scourges, could not understand Xiao Tan's actions.

From every perspective, he seemed to be going to his death…

"Hmph… ant." Dou Mo's thoughts were the same as everyone else's; looking at Xiao Tan rushing straight towards him, he just coldly snorted with disdain and continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.

In his opinion, no matter what kind of attack Xiao Tan launched, it would be futile…

The Dou Mo of today was no longer the Dou Mo who had just come out of the Gate of Nothingness, nor was he the "Eyeless" Dou Mo, let alone the Dou Mo before he was sealed…

The Dou Mo in front of him had grown to a state stronger than his peak in the last era, and for himself, this was an unprecedented realm.

Now, he could resist unbelievably high physical damage with just his body density; he could evaporate most energy's impact on himself with just the demonic energy unconsciously revealed outside… even if he stood there and let the opponent attack, there were only a handful of beings in the main universe who could kill him.

No one knew what kind of methods Xiao Tan could use to fight Dou Mo, except… Xiao Tan himself.