CHAPTER 779: CHAPTER 735: ZHU SHI’S COUNTERATTACK

Zhu Shi spoke these words, seemingly aiming to sound the horn of counterattack.

But I’m not quite sure, given the significant disadvantage she is in, what kind of tactic she can rely on to reverse the situation. Excluding the Yama Sword in her hand, Zhu Shi herself should not possess any power sufficient to alter the fate on the battlefield of Great Impermanence and Great Demon.

Soon, Zhu Shi handed in her answer.

She suddenly abandoned her long-standing combat tactic of evasion and defense and charged head-on towards one of the enemy Great Demons. This sudden change seemed to be something that even the opposing Great Demons had not foreseen. Throughout history, a surprise counterattack has always been easy to exploit the psychological vulnerabilities of those pressing on with their advantage.

However, the reason why such surprise tactics are difficult to anticipate is due to the innate flaw they contain. A weakling in an evading stance might catch a stronger opponent off guard, but ultimately, they also put themselves in an extremely perilous situation. In a one-on-one scenario, this might be a reasonable approach, but given the adversaries’ superior numbers, this tactic inevitably seems like throwing oneself into a trap.

In the instant Zhu Shi’s strike was about to hit the target Great Demon, the Great Demon God Tu emitted a dark magic power that suddenly turned defensive, narrowly intercepting the edge of Zhu Shi’s sword. Even this desperate strike was unexpectedly unsuccessful. The Great Demons immediately focused their attacks on Zhu Shi, who showed no sign of discouragement, without retreating or dodging, continuing to plunge her sword further into the enemy ranks.

This seemingly life-risking straight-line assault temporarily avoided concentrated fire while plunging Zhu Shi into deeper peril. At most, within three exchanges, Zhu Shi would be torn apart under the subsequent siege of the demons—yet the situation ultimately did not turn out that way.

The five "Catastrophe Demons" at the rear used the Fire Sea on the field to perform Flame Transmission, closely following Zhu Shi deep into the enemy ranks, simultaneously emitting countless flame magic powers, cleverly intercepting the dark magical power attacks from all directions.

Six against ten, with the latter’s numbers nearly double those of the former, unexpectedly failed to break through the former’s defensive circle.

This shouldn’t have been the case.

Although the Doomsday Demons summoned by the Great Demon God Tu lacked rationality and tactical wisdom, their instincts alone could manifest extremely high accuracy and judgment.

The five "Catastrophe Demons" I provided to support Zhu Shi relied on automatic programs formed from preset command sets for their actions. Perhaps in the future, I can create "Catastrophe Demons" with genuine intelligence, or even step back and equip them with advanced action programs like editing artificial intelligence, potentially allowing them to surpass Doomsday Demons in intelligence. But these possibilities would only be achievable in the distant future; for now, the intelligence of "Catastrophe Demons" remains rather rudimentary.

Yet the reality completely contradicted my understanding—the reason why the defensive circle around Zhu Shi was so solid was precisely because these five "Catastrophe Demons" demonstrated battlefield judgment that even I, the creator, found incredible.

Perhaps no one would believe me saying this, but even placing myself in the position of those five "Catastrophe Demons," I might not be able to observe and grasp the timing of strikes as accurately and skillfully as they did. It’s worth noting that I have now absorbed and digested a tiny fraction of Xuanming’s experience, no longer the person severely lacking battlefield experience I once was. Now each of those five "Catastrophe Demons" seems to have turned into seasoned and cunning warriors.

However, the scene before me seems somewhat familiar, as though I’ve seen similar phenomena somewhere before...

In just a brief moment, I retrieved the corresponding memory from my mind—it was the battle with Xu Gou in the Southern City not long ago.

At that time, Xu Gou, leading three Meng Zhang avatars to engage with me, showcased similar phenomena. Despite supposedly having no knowledge of deployment tactics, nor having communicated with the surrounding Meng Zhang avatars, Xu Gou forcefully led the three Meng Zhang avatars, displaying exceptionally distinguished troop maneuvers.

This is because he used the metaphysical concept of slaughter power. Even without any systematic learning or training, he could instinctively become an expert in the combat field, knowing how to cooperate with his aides for more excellent results. Even his aides fighting alongside him could instinctively act on the battlefield, regardless of whether they originally possessed any basic war knowledge, even if the original intelligence had severe flaws, they could unreasonably overcome them.

Xu Gou’s Golden Killing Power was merely an imitation of the White Tiger Killing Power. Ying Lingyun presumably never intended for him to lead troops into battle, and the display of such combat talent was likely just an influence carried over from the prototype.

What Zhu Shi is currently using is the original and genuine White Tiger Killing Power.

Fire has Artifact Refining, Water has Alchemy, Wood has Cultivation... And now, the Golden White Tiger’s path of slaughter is beginning to unfold here.

Under the leadership of Zhu Shi, the five "Catastrophe Demons" broke through the formation of the Doomsday Demons in one go.

Zhu Shi seemed to have become increasingly adept at this "leading troops into battle" style, with the team’s combat efficiency gradually rising, faintly exhibiting a trend of overwhelming the enemy despite being outnumbered.

Initially, my orders to these "Catastrophe Demons" were merely to protect and cooperate with Zhu Shi. The reason for Zhu Shi not displaying such leadership abilities in the first few rounds could be attributed to her observing the interactions between her actions and those of the "Catastrophe Demons." Now, she has completely grasped all the secrets that should be controlled.

Suddenly, a wave of Dark Magical Power broke through the defense circle and landed on one of the "Catastrophe Demons." However, this strike didn’t cause any significant damage. A silver-white shield appeared out of nowhere on the surface of the "Catastrophe Demon," blocking it from outside. It turned out that under Zhu Shi’s leadership, the demons didn’t just become exceptional fighters; Zhu Shi’s own mana was invisibly shared among all the "Catastrophe Demons."

Such battlefield performance might still not be the limit of White Tiger Power. You must know that Zhu Shi is only using the Yama Sword to exert orthodox White Tiger Killing Power. If it were a true Great Impermanence Level Liangyi Inheritor with the White Tiger Seed, it might show even more miracles in this aspect.

In my mind, there’s always been a question—why did Zhu Yi, the ancestor of the Zhu family, dare to lead the other three Liangyi Inheritors who hadn’t become Great Impermanence yet to besiege Shan Liangyi?

Even if Shan Liangyi at that time was in the weakest form of only possessing the Yellow Dragon Seed, it was still an authentic Great Impermanence, even possessing the essence after the third threshold, as well as the ability to freely switch its own magical attributes. Even now, with everything at my disposal, I wouldn’t dare to claim that I could securely defeat the weakest form of Shan Liangyi. Not to mention, facing the Liangyi Inheritors who hadn’t become Great Impermanence yet, Shan Liangyi could reclaim their Power Seed with just a thought, and the other three Liangyi Inheritors would be nothing but complete burdens to Zhu Yi.

Yet Zhu Shi’s performance gives me a hint of a possibility—that perhaps a complete White Tiger Inheritor could not only share their mana on the battlefield but also has the ability to temporarily elevate allies who aren’t Great Impermanence to the Great Impermanence Domain, enabling them to exceptionally perform seamless teamwork.

I remembered Zhu Shi once said, the name Yama Sword means "casting the sword of Great Impermanence"...

Judging from her unfamiliarity, Zhu Shi might be formally using this nature of power for the first time. Is it possible that in the future, she might have the ability similar to a complete White Tiger Inheritor through the Yama Sword? Although it’s hard to predict to that extent, her power is already more than sufficient in the current battle.

Taking advantage of the other nine Doomsday Demons being suppressed by the five "Catastrophe Demons," Zhu Shi charged forward with unstoppable momentum to confront Great Demon God Tu, silver-white dazzling Sword Qi surged into the sky like an endless waterfall.

Great Demon God Tu was caught off guard, the gigantic body formed like black soil was split with an extremely deep wound, and numerous wounds erupted all over its body.

Immediately afterwards, the severe injuries on its body rapidly closed up. This too was the Super-speed Regeneration Ability. The previous Great Demon Xuanwu was like this, although the prototype Water Navy Xuanwu wouldn’t regenerate at super-speed, the individual presented in Great Demon form possessed strong regeneration power. Perhaps every Doomsday Demon has such an ability.

The truly important aspect wasn’t this. The key lies in the fact that now Great Demon God Tu had to focus all its energy on Zhu Shi, and due to the tremendous magical impact it endured moments ago, the mind-disturbing sound waves Great Demon God Tu constantly emitted paused temporarily.

Zhu Shi did not cease her attack, silver-white Sword Qi was continuously fired like a machine gun. Great Demon God Tu had no choice but to fully engage, unable to divert extra power for distant interference.

This allowed Mazao, nestled in my embrace, to finally escape from the turmoil of violent mental disturbance, her expression became remarkably peaceful, and her gaze regained its bright and clear willpower.

"Thank you, Zhu Shi..." Mazao declared in a powerful tone, "Next—it’s my turn!"

Following her words, the Power of Destiny Vortex was mobilized by her on a grand scale once more, transformed into immense power descending upon her.

Her mana fluctuations intensified rapidly like riding a rocket, altering the world with each passing moment. Finally, at a certain moment, it was as though she burst through a huge and heavy door, her mana irresistibly reached a new realm.

Mazao’s power ascended into the Great Impermanence Domain.