They soon arrived at the Abyssal Blood Tree grove, choosing to go around it to cut off the blood horned demoness's force from advancing.

By going round it, they arrived on a botched land where the surroundings were filled with cracked earth and sulphuric fumes. A few smoke vents would occasionally spout out jets of smoke. Moreover, the deeper they headed down the valley, the more hotter the atmosphere seemed to become.

" Strange..." Yi Heng suddenly said.

" What's strange?" Ning An inquired.

" Didn't our Intel mention that the blood horned demoness's group had already begun their advance a day ago? So why aren't they here by now?" Hearing her words, both Zhen Bi and Ning An's expression darkened.

Since they were avoiding the Abyssal blood tree grove, they had to take a long detour through these treacherous lands filled with hazardous hindrances. Which was why the scouts believed that it would've taken them at most a day to reach here. Unless the blood horned demoness was brazen enough to risk losing all her forces by blindly charging through.

" You don't think they're planning something else, do you." Yi Heng turned towards Zhen Bi who's brows furrowed tightly.

" I don't think they're planning something but that they have planned something." Zhen Bi cursed beneath her breath. She believed Yi Heng was right, this situation was really suspicious.

" Then what should we do, return back the way we came?" Ning An said.

" But wouldn't the master be skeptical, if we returned halfway without knowing what truly happened. What if the enemy decided to retreat mid way, wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity for us to ambush them and take them out in one swoop?" Yi Heng suggested, looking reluctant to head back now.

" And what if they decided to invade using a different path. If we kept heading forward only to meet an empty land what do you think would await the masters city?" Ning An said, traces of anxiety in her voice.

" What's there to be worried about, Sister Yang Lan is stationed back at the city." Yi Heng didn't see the reason for an impromptu retreat."

" Yang Lan is all on her own! Even with the forces the master left behind, how can you expect her to protect everyone while dealing with the blood horned demoness." Ning An turned agitated.

The both of them kept voicing their views and opinions, with neither side willing to back down. Yi Heng mostly wanted to show to the Master that she was capable of taking care of his enemies while Ning An was worried their home would be defenseless.

Zhen Bi was the only one who remained silent, while the both of them were arguing, she was trying to figure out why they hadn't encountered anything during their march.

RUMBLE....

while the three of them were occupied, a violent tremor suddenly awakened their vigilance. The army as well we're alarmed by the sudden disturbance.

" Ha! I was right! They left some troupes behind to protect their base Incase of danger." Yi Heng suddenly yelled with enthusiasm. She hurriedly reached behind her and wielded her weapon that had been crafted from the Lvl 2 building: Weapon Smithy.

Ever since Su Ping had created the weapon for her, she never failed to use it when needed, whether to chop down trees needed for construction or stones and minerals needed to procure concrete for building.

Her muscles became even more prominent as she wielded the weapon with one hand. Ning An and Zhen Bi didn't wield flashy weapons like her, for them, their claws and fangs were enough, not to mention the three of them, were already dawning on some armour crafted from the weapon smithy.

The faction only had few materials so only a few demons in their army, were clad in armour as well, but theirs were simply leather armour, unlike Ning An, Zhen Bi and Yi Heng's metal armour.

ROAR!!!!

A loud beast cry suddenly attracted their attention towards their horizon, the smoke filled atmosphere diminished their view but The three of them were able to see the faint outlines of hundreds of figures on beast back ridding towards them.

" Is that what I think it is?!"

" Impossible! Those aren't simple defensive troupes! They actually left their main force behind? No... They never left in the first place!"

"How come they're still here, our scout's said they'd left awhile ago!"

The girls expressions turned into ones of disbelief when they saw that both demons and beasts were covered in blood red armour and the riders had weapons in hand, moreover, the auras of the demons riding the demonic beast's were all Lvl 1 Rare tier and above!

At the helm of the small garrison was a demon with an aura that caused their bodies to stiffen out of instinct, as if they were bunnies before a ravenous wolf.

Lvl 3 common tier.....

The leading figure was a demoness with a listless expression and like the demons in her garrison, her body was blood red with black markings all over, red eyes and a spiral horn protruding from her forehead.

They didn't need to think twice to understand that this was the demon ruler they were tasked with defeating, the blood horned demoness.

" Tsk! These bastards think they can scare us! They're only a few hundred strong while we're more than 6000 strong!" Yi Heng's voice snapped the army out of their stupor.

" There's nothing to fear!" She said as she swung her axe through the air in a magnificent display.

" Since they've decided to offer up their lives, who are we to refuse!" Yi Heng's fearless demeanor caused the army's moral to return once more.

" Lady Yi Heng is right! How can we possibly lose to such small numbers!"

" I say we make a bet, whoever cuts off the most enemy heads gets the most rewards from the master!"

" Hahaha, then you all better watch and learn, I'll show you all how it's done." One by the one, the demons soldiers began mouthing off to boost positivity. They were stunned earlier by the enemies grand get up but now their courage had returned as well as their growing bloodlust.

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