CHAPTER 428: CHAPTER 428: KILLING THE GIGANTIC DEMON GENERAL

"I didn’t expect you to find this place so quickly..."

BANG!

A Nether Butterfly suddenly appeared beside the Demon Clan spy. With a palm strike to the spy’s chest, Star Power surged, instantly sealing the spy’s circulation of Star Power.

A year ago, Wang Lan would have needed to activate his Phoenix Form just to stand a chance against a Demon Clan spy. Now, a year later, Wang Lan could easily kill a Galaxy Stage Demon Clan spy in his normal state. If it weren’t for a Demon Clan spy to test his skills on, he wouldn’t have truly noticed how much he had changed.

"You... I haven’t finished speaking..." The Demon Clan spy was immediately dazed. Why isn’t this Tianjian Bureau operative following the script? Isn’t it normal for you guys not to attack while I’m running my mouth? TV is indeed full of lies.

"Save the rest for the interrogation room."

"All of you, die here—" The Demon Clan spy suddenly let out a roar, and the Star Power within his body suddenly went haywire.

Wang Lan’s expression changed. He increased his Star Power. "Suppress!"

But strangely, the harder Wang Lan tried to suppress it, the more violent the backlash of Star Power became.

BOOM!

Wang Lan sent the Demon Clan spy flying with a palm strike. The spy exploded instantly, turning into a burst of fireworks.

"Wang Lan! Are you hurt?" Jiang Xinyu immediately asked with concern. From her perspective, the Demon Clan spy had exploded almost right in front of Wang Lan. A closer look revealed Wang Lan’s body was now covered with a layer of ice armor.

"Could the Demon Clan have developed a new Skill Form to counter our sealing techniques?"

"Wang Lan!" Yu Ruoyun suddenly said gravely. "It seems we’re surrounded."

"And their numbers aren’t small." By then, Wang Lan had already sensed movement underground. The ground was trembling slightly, as if countless things were stirring and rapidly approaching them.

"Rice Planting Skill!" Yu Ruoyun raised her hand towards the sky. Countless wooden sticks, like javelins, stabbed into the ground. Upon contact with the ground, the sticks instantly sprouted numerous roots. These roots possessed an offensive capability similar to the Mandala Flower, but their attacks were solely directed at subterranean targets.

"ROAR—"

"ROAR—"

One by one, figures emerged from underground. They were around two meters tall, their bodies covered with sharp bone spurs and thorn-like armor plates. Some of these plates even gleamed with the cold light of sharp blades.

"Fifth-generation Biochemical Demon Soldiers!" Jiang Xinyu exclaimed in a low voice.

"Not quite," Wang Lan quickly corrected. "I’m afraid they’re not the fifth generation. There’s some discrepancy in size. They’ve made further improvements."

The Biochemical Demon Soldiers suddenly charged towards the seven of them in unison, their speed like the Speedy Wind. The S Independent Squad instantly engaged. Their first moves unleashed a slaughter.

The Biochemical Demon Soldiers were stronger than an average Star Martial Warrior. However, among the four members of the S Independent Squad, Yang Yang was at the Star Sea Stage, and the others were all at the peak of the Galaxy Stage.

Against such elite strength, the Biochemical Demon Soldiers were clearly outmatched.

"Leader, these Demon Soldiers have the strength of the early Galaxy Stage!" Yang Yang urgently shouted.

"They’ve indeed been upgraded. Ruoyun, don’t engage directly; just provide cover. Since the Biochemical Demon Soldiers can be controlled, there must be a Demon General lurking nearby. Watch out for a sneak attack from the Demon General. Xinyu, let’s go!"

As Wang Lan finished speaking, his figure scattered, transforming into illusory butterflies. Nether Butterflies flickered into existence, instantly appearing beside more than a dozen Biochemical Demon Soldiers. Almost simultaneously, Wang Lan’s figure reappeared. His Zanpakuto swept through, striking down the Biochemical Demon Soldiers almost in unison.

Jiang Xinyu was covered in ice armor, two ice swords extending from her hands. This was the Ice Snow Warrior Form she had mentioned to him. In this form, she could engage in close combat and launch elemental attacks, making it a Star Martial Skill highly suitable for the battlefield.

While rapidly reaping the heads of the Biochemical Demon Soldiers, Wang Lan kept an eye on Jiang Xinyu. Her strength had barely reached the mid-Galaxy Stage, making her the weakest on the investigation team. Even Bai Xu was at the peak of the Galaxy Stage.

Biochemical Demon Soldiers are fundamentally different from Exotic Beasts. They were warriors created by the Demon Clan specifically for combat, possessing formidable fighting strength. So, even if Jiang Xinyu had a level advantage over the Biochemical Demon Soldiers, at best she could only defeat one in a single engagement. Facing two simultaneously would undoubtedly lead to her defeat.

Just like now, apart from Yang Yang who was still handling things with ease, the other three members of the S Independent Squad were locked in a stalemate against three Biochemical Demon Soldiers each. Only Wang Lan, with his Dance of the Dark Butterfly and Zanpakuto, seemed unstoppable, swiftly reaping heads.

Watching this scene made Yu Ruoyun itch to join in. If he and Wang Lan performed Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious together, they could undoubtedly end the battle within three seconds. If Wang Lan knew what Yu Ruoyun was thinking, he would certainly reply with, "In your dreams."

Jiang Xinyu is right here, and you’re talking about Dragon and Phoenix Auspicious?

A thousand Demon Soldiers are just like chopping vegetables in the eyes of a great genius like me, Wang Lan!

When the Biochemical Demon Soldiers first appeared, they indeed seemed densely packed and numerous. But no matter how many there were, they couldn’t withstand Wang Lan felling ten per second.

In the blink of an eye, the number of Biochemical Demon Soldiers was halved.

Suddenly, a powerful aura surged from beneath the ground. It carried a frenzied Star Energy Fluctuation, making no attempt to conceal its presence. Wang Lan’s expression turned grave, and he urgently shouted, "Everyone, scatter—"

In an instant, Wang Lan appeared beside Jiang Xinyu, scooped her up, and in the next moment, they had retreated outside the farm.

BOOM—

Following that, the ground shook violently, and a gigantic bladed leg emerged from the corner of the farm. This bladed leg was highly distinctive, likely belonging to a Biochemical Demon General. However, compared to the bladed legs Wang Lan had seen before, this one was vastly larger.

The Biochemical Demon Generals Wang Lan had encountered before were, at most, five or six meters tall, with bladed legs about six or seven meters long. But this particular bladed leg was over a meter in diameter, and that was at its thinnest section.

So, the moment Jiang Xinyu saw this section of the bladed leg, she was stunned.

Soon, with violent tremors, a colossal Biochemical Demon General nearly a hundred meters tall appeared before them. Looking up was like staring at a skyscraper.

A hundred meters—how tall was that? If one floor was three meters, it was equivalent to a thirty-three-story building.

"Not good, Ruoyun is still inside!" Jiang Xinyu exclaimed anxiously.

"She’ll be fine. You stay here; I’ll go help..."

Jiang Xinyu, having just returned from abroad, didn’t yet have a clear understanding of how truly powerful Wang Lan was. Although incredibly worried, she didn’t tell Wang Lan not to go.

At this moment, she was a warrior; logic had to take precedence over emotion. Moreover, even if Jiang Xinyu didn’t know the full extent of Wang Lan’s strength, she had learned a fair bit from her senior classmate during her fourth year.

"Wind Dragon Kill—" Wang Lan’s figure flickered, and he instantly leaped into the farm. Yu Ruoyun had already activated her Dragon Emperor Form, simultaneously unleashing a wind-attribute, super S-grade Star Martial Skill.

BOOM—

The Demon General’s body was mottled with molten lava. Whipped by the wind-attribute Star Martial Skill, the lava soared into the air. The powerful torque of the wind spun the Demon General in place twice, as if it were a massive compass.

Theoretically, even if a Demon General was powerful, its body shouldn’t be able to grow so huge. The Demon Clan wasn’t stupid; there wasn’t a necessary correlation between size and strength.

While the colossal beasts encountered in the East Sea Pioneer Space, including Abyss-level behemoths, were often immense, many Abyss-level behemoths were not large at all, some even smaller than average.

Therefore, unless the Demon Clan had lost their minds, there was no logical reason to create such a massive Demon General. But this doubt merely flashed through Wang Lan’s mind for an instant before he immediately activated his Phoenix Form and donned the Phoenix Saint Cloth.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! After the behemoth stabilized itself, torrents of scorching magma gushed from its mouth. From the Demon General’s perspective, it might have merely spewed a column of magma.

But to Wang Lan and the others, this column was like a bursting dam, a torrent from a collapsing galaxy. Instantly, Wang Lan slapped the ground. "Hades Bone Card!"

Countless Gates of The Underworld rose from the ground, in the blink of an eye encircling a one-kilometer radius around the farm. The sprayed magma crashed against the gates, sending up plumes of acrid smoke, but the Gates of The Underworld stood firm.

"Mandala Flower—"

Vines surged out instantaneously, growing stubbornly across the river of magma. With Yu Ruoyun currently attracting the Demon General’s attacks, now was the perfect moment for a sneak attack!

The vines instantly entwined around the Biochemical Demon General’s bladed legs, spreading rapidly. The Biochemical Demon General immediately sensed the attack on its legs, and its bladed legs danced, fast as lightning, slicing at the vines.

Meanwhile, Yu Ruoyun’s frontal assault continued unabated, S-grade Star Martial Skills relentlessly bombarding the Biochemical Demon General. Attacked from two sides, the Demon General was eventually immobilized by the vines Wang Lan controlled.

Suddenly, ripples emanated from the Biochemical Demon General, and its size began to shrink rapidly. Seeing the Demon General’s size decrease, Wang Lan’s expression drastically changed.

The devastation caused by that shrinking beetle last time was still vivid in his mind.

"Ruoyun, dodge quickly—" As it shrank, the Demon General’s body slipped through the gaps in the vines, bursting free from the Mandala Flower’s entanglement.

The Demon General had just burst into the sky. Before it could even savor the joy of its narrow escape, Yu Ruoyun’s prepared attack arrived.

"Purple Flame Dragon Cannon—"

A dazzling array materialized before Yu Ruoyun. A torrent of purple flame erupted from her mouth, surged through the array, and unerringly struck the Demon General in the sky.

The fire dragon seared through the air, leaving a distorted trail in space and a stiff, crimson Demon General in its wake.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

One after another, the bladed legs suddenly detached from the Demon General’s spider-like body, crashing to the ground like meteorites. Then, the Demon General’s body plummeted from the sky.

"Assisted in an above-level kill. Reward: 20,000 experience points, 800 skill points..."

Wait a minute... that’s it?

Wang Lan stared in bafflement at the Demon General, now thoroughly roasted—cooked beyond well-done—lying amidst the Mandala Flowers.

Wasn’t it supposed to be stronger after shrinking? So why did your power weaken as you got smaller?

WOO WOO WOO—

The commotion from the battle alerted nearby residents, who promptly called the police. Soon, police officers and Tianjian Bureau personnel arrived together. Wang Lan retracted the Mandala Flowers and the Saint Cloth, took out his credentials, and liaised with the arriving team leader.

Wang Lan was already a well-known figure within the Tianjian Bureau, so there were no complications. The Demon General’s body was taken back for research; it was the first time a Demon General had been slain in the outside world.

Wang Lan and his team searched the entire farm again. They discovered that not only had the farm’s inhabitants vanished, but so had its tens of thousands of pigs.