189: Chapter 189 The Enemy is at the Gates

As the night ended and a new day began, Su Lin's team continued their non-stop journey. They were still two days away from Yanyun City.

No one dared to remain idle; everyone clutched a jade slip, striving to learn the formations appearing in their minds while they traveled.

Difficulty was etched on every face, yet no one dared to give up easily.

Su Lin observed their expressions and pondered.

"I've already simplified their portion. Is it still too difficult for them?"

"Well, two days should be enough."

Su Lin recalled the steps of the Burning Demon Heaven-Incinerating Array once more. His part was the most difficult; to simplify the steps for his subordinates, he had taken all the complexities upon himself.

While this put significant pressure on Su Lin, fortunately, he had the help of his milk tea. With its constant assistance yesterday, he had mastered all the steps of the Burning Demon Heaven-Incinerating Array in just one night, as if he had practiced them thousands of times.

As long as his team of five hundred could complete ten percent of the preparations, he was confident he could instantly finish the remaining ninety percent.

Furthermore, after comprehending the Burning Demon Heaven-Incinerating Array, he felt even more confident about reclaiming Yanyun City. This was undoubtedly the most powerful array he had ever seen; even a Heavenly King Level martial artist would surely find their life hanging by a thread if they accidentally fell into it.

"Yanyun City, here I come."

Expectation gleamed in Su Lin's eyes, and he could hardly wait to fight the Demon Army there to his heart's content.

...

In the central hall of Yanyun City, a demon soldier ran in with a terrified expression and reported loudly.

"Lord An Xuan, the defensive line we set up at Xiaoxipo has been breached!"

A soft sound of surprise echoed through the hall. Seated on a golden chair, a demon general wearing armor that resembled a tortoise shell spoke.

"The humans discovered Xiaoxipo? That was a top-secret path for our Demon Race. How did they find it?"

"Could it be that Hou Minghan used some special method?"

The soldier immediately continued.

"No! It wasn't Hou Minghan, it was that Su Lin!"

"He only took five hundred men and broke through our defensive line. It was absolutely brutal! All three thousand soldiers of the Demon Army were slaughtered."

"What's even more terrifying is that they didn't suffer a single casualty!"

Upon hearing this news, even General An Xuan, who was usually as steady as Mount Tai, was shocked.

"What did you say!? The kid who killed Dark Crow?"

"He used only five hundred men to tear through the defenses of three thousand of our Demon Army?!"

General An Xuan stood up, his gaze piercing through the hall toward the horizon outside Yanyun City, his eyes shimmering with light.

"In other words, he's about to arrive at Yanyun City?"

"This kid's ambition is no small thing! He just killed Dark Crow, and now he's running straight to my Yanyun City!"

"But it's fine that he's coming. I've wanted to meet the fellow who killed Dark Crow for a long time. I heard this human is just a brat, heh..."

General An Xuan licked his lips, a terrifying killing intent already present in his eyes.

...

Two days later, after a long trek, Su Lin and his group finally saw the towering black city in the distance.

"Officer Su, that is Yanyun City!"

Dai Chenfeng pointed ahead and spoke to Su Lin.

Su Lin looked at the city and immediately shouted to the five hundred soldiers behind him.

"We have reached Yanyun City!"

"It is time to make the Demon Race pay the price!"

"Are you ready!"

The five hundred soldiers immediately responded to Su Lin with a roar.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"This is our territory! Since the Demon Race dares to occupy it, we must kill them all!"

"The time for revenge has come!"

Su Lin led the way, charging toward Yanyun City with indomitable spirit. The five hundred soldiers followed immediately, their dense footsteps making the ground shake as if there were an earthquake.

Soon, everyone arrived below Yanyun City, only to find the massive gates tightly shut.

Atop the city walls, the Demon Race seemed to have already known the news. They were all watching Su Lin's team from above.

The demons above revealed mocking faces one by one.

"Is it really only five hundred people!? How do you dare come to Yanyun City?"

"Man, I can't believe it. They're the ones who annihilated three thousand of our Demon Army? Did they secretly drug our troops?!"

"It was just a stroke of luck. Now it's their turn to be unlucky. I'm going to hang all their heads on the wall."

As the crowds of Demon Army soldiers and generals stood atop the city, Su Lin's five hundred soldiers saw the sheer number of demons overwhelming them, and their pupils instantly constricted.

"Twenty thousand! The Demon Race really wants to hold onto Yanyun City!"

"There are hundreds of thousands of demon troops on the outer defensive lines, and another twenty thousand inside the city!"

Even though they had anticipated this, seeing the Demon Army's absolute numerical superiority made everyone in Su Lin's team feel their scalps tingle.

What put even more pressure on them was a massive demon general in the center of the city wall above, who immediately drew everyone's attention.

The man was pitch black all over. Even more peculiar was the massive armor that seemed to grow naturally from his body like a tortoise shell, covered in strange runes that constantly emitted a faint, eerie light.

With such distinct features, everyone immediately recognized this demon general.

"It's General An Xuan! I didn't expect him to be the one guarding Yanyun City!"

"General An Xuan! A Heavenly King Level demon general! He's much stronger than Dark Crow!"

"He's even stronger than I imagined. While we humans are launching a counter-offensive, General An Xuan wasn't transferred to the front line?!"

The crowd stared in shock at General An Xuan in his black armor. His mouth was filled with sharp teeth, and when he smiled, his unusually long tongue was visible, which was quite chilling.

All the soldiers immediately recalled various rumors about General An Xuan.

"So this guy is General An Xuan. I heard he likes to eat humans and has already eaten tens of thousands on the battlefield!"

"What a beast! No wonder I get goosebumps just looking at him; it's because he eats people!"

"How did we end up running into this damnable thing today!"

Meanwhile, General An Xuan looked down at the front of the five-hundred-man team, locking eyes with the leading youth. Just as the rumors said, this human commander was very young. Judging by the youthfulness of his face, he had likely just turned eighteen.

"You are Su Lin?"

General An Xuan's cold, murderous voice drifted down from the city wall. This single sentence alone sent shivers down everyone's spine.

The soldiers immediately looked at Su Lin with concern. After all, no matter how strong Su Lin was, he was still just a teenager. Having just arrived at the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races, this was surely his first time seeing such a man-eating monster; his expression must be terrible.

However, to everyone's surprise, Su Lin suddenly took out a cup of milk tea and started drinking it as if no one else were there.

While drinking, he said disdainfully,

"Since you know who I am, why haven't you crawled out of Yanyun City yet?"