The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1588 452: Another Sacrifice (2)

Watching the dense fog drift towards his face, Gunter didn't spare it a glance before thrusting his great sword forward.

The icy gleam hadn't even hit its mark, yet the howling sword wind had already scattered the fog!

Seeing no escape, Jean could only grit his teeth and turn to fight, two sturdy arms splitting from his shoulder blades to grab the short sword and knife for defense!

"Clang—!"

A crisp sound shattered the short sword and knife in his hands; he couldn't even see from where the sword blade came crashing down, and he flew back over a hundred meters, rolling until he lay prone in the forest.

"Cough—"

Jean spat a mouthful of fresh blood, using a nearby pine tree to stand up stumblingly from the ground.

The previous strike not only shattered his weapons but also cracked his wrist bones.

Furthermore, the scattered iron coins and sword Qi had left wounds all over his body!

Watching the Sword Saint slowly walk toward him, a fear that cuts to the bone finally appeared on Jean's distorted face.

With just a single blow, he had been reduced to such a state as a Chaos Chosen... Is this the strength of a Demigod Level?

What he didn't know was that Gunter had actually held back; otherwise, he'd already be dead.

"Did you cause the events happening here?"

In the distance, rocket shells continued to roar and rumble; hearing the sound carried by the hot wind, Jean trembled all over, yet still managed to muster a defiant smile on his twisted face.

"Heh... so what if it's me? I merely brought them relief. Anyway, they would starve to death eventually; better that their useless flesh be offered to me..."

He had intended to say at least that he could stop Saint Sis's lackeys, but it was clear that even his utmost effort hadn't stopped them, so he didn't bother saying the last half of his sentence.

Gunter looked at him coldly, suppressing the fury in his heart.

"It seems you have no remorse; I can only send you to meet that devil in your heart."

Jean: "Devil? Heh... if not for the devil targeting us, you wouldn't even look at us!"

Gunter cast an unexpected glance at the guy still actuating defiance despite tremors.

"I see you recognize that voice as the devil."

Perhaps realizing his imminent death, Jean let out a hysterical roar.

"Haha! Do you think you're the only smart one? I certainly know what it is, but who cares what it is! At least with Saint Sis, survival is impossible, but following it might ensure survival!"

"Really?"

Gunter took another look around, then shifted his gaze back to the hysterical guy, his voice had calmed, tinged with a trace of pity.

"I don't agree."

That's merely another dead-end.

Suddenly, Jean found the surrounding forest vanished, replaced by endless yellow sand and desolation.

Seeing the Sword Saint standing atop the sand dune, his pupils shrank sharply, but then relaxed as if relieved.

So, this is the domain of a Demigod.

The feeling, it wasn't much after all...

Jean charged forward with wild laughter, subsequently cleaved in two by the incoming shadows of the sword, disappearing into the sweeping sands...

...

At the same time, in the distant Jing Shui Beach Territory, tumultuous artillery fire roared across the wilderness.

Raging flames crashed into the distant front lines, and plumes of explosive smoke soared one after another into the sky!

Those were Dwarf mortars!

Their accuracy paled in comparison to Campbell Duchy's cannons, but their power far exceeded the latter's.

However, unfortunately, the Dwarves' bombardment was all for naught.

The Green Forest Army skirmishers hidden in the front lines had long used tunnels dug by Ratmen to retreat to the rear forest, leaving only a hundred or so corpses behind, hardly a regrettable loss.

Simultaneously, the dwarven artillery positions suddenly caved in, several mortars fell straight into the collapsed tunnel!

Those tunnels were obviously not dug by the Dwarves themselves but were excavated by Ratmen sappers, who, while the Dwarves were busy supporting the front lines, burrowed directly from pre-prepared passages to here.

Before the Dwarf artillerymen could react, Ratmen warriors clad in cloaks leaped out from the pit, catching the Dwarves utterly off guard!

Unlike ordinary short Slave Rats, these Clan Warriors stood over a meter tall and were blessed by the "Gluttonous Rat" Geluo, with waists even thicker than the Dwarves!

Against these Dwarf artillerymen who were inept at close combat, they suddenly gained the upper hand.

"Roar—!"

A Clan Rat Warrior bared its bloody maw, emitting a foul-smelling rage, swinging its long-handled hook scythe furiously to bisect a Dwarf artilleryman!

Entrails scattered all over the ground!

The Slave Rats swarmed behind, stuffing the flesh into their mouths, utilizing this sacrilegious desecration of bodies to undermine enemy morale!

And this wasn't the extent of their prowess.

Aside from acting as cannon fodder on the battlefield, they also served as sacrifices for the priests under the "Gluttonous Rat" Geluo!

Behind the feasting Slave Rats, a Mouse Priest wearing a human bone mask stepped forward with a bone staff, shaking a human skin rattle while chanting eerie, obscure spells.

Ghostly green Soul Fire grasped the necks of dozens of Slave Rats like the hands of the Undead.

Using the flesh and blood of these Slave Rats as sacrifices, a three-meter-long "War Giant Rat" charged out from the blood-soaked altar, flinging the Dwarf artillerymen who tried to form a shield formation with a single lunge.