Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 956: Well-trained Demon Army

Along with the howling of wind and thunder, silver meteors flew up in the opposite direction.

The griffins, clad in silver armor and covered in lightning, fiercely crashed into the demons in the sky amidst the blood rain.

The gray-black storm tore the demon formation apart in the middle.

The Great Guardian took the lead, holding two invisible swords in a cross shape, and rushed towards a scantily clad succubus.

"Philip!"

He whispered his griffin's name.

"I see."

Philip responded in a deep voice, and his body suddenly sank. Then it turned into a storm with the Great Guardian and accelerated instantly!
When he appeared again, he was already behind the succubus.

The Great Guardian separated the two swords in his hands, and the succubus's body instantly showed "X"-shaped cuts, and it disintegrated into black ashes with screams.

This also means that George has run into a group of demons!

——Boom!

He raised the scimitar in his right hand and collided with a sickle. He pushed back the winter demon that emerged from the blizzard, and Philip under him suddenly jumped up - his claws were wrapped in lightning, and he punched the winter demon with a heavy punch like a bear's paw!
At the moment of contact, a huge ball of lightning burst out, severely injuring the winter demon and knocking it directly away!

At this moment, a punishment demon enchanted the thunder halberd in his hand - the originally two-meter-long thunder halberd suddenly turned into a five-meter-long ferocious thunder whip, and lashed it fiercely at the back of the great guardian!

There was a flash of lightning accompanied by a burnt smell, and the armor he was wearing was instantly torn apart. His back was instantly covered in blood, and scorpion-like burnt marks appeared on his skin.

Even if it was a fourth-level transcendent, if he took this blow, he would probably suffer a cardiac arrest and his internal organs would burst!

However, the Great Guardian relied on his own physical strength and affinity with lightning to withstand the blow without changing his expression!
He didn't even turn to fight back—

Because the Great Guardian trusts his subordinates.

Before the demon of punishment could launch a second attack, the following griffins had already charged over.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

I saw a fourth-level air cavalryman roaring and charging on a griffin - the silver-white lance wrapped in azure electric light instantly pierced through the punishment demon and knocked it away!
Then, the griffin under him suddenly bit the lower half of the body of the punishment demon. The punishment demon cursed in the Herasl language, turned the thunder halberd in his hand, and stabbed it heavily into the shoulder of the griffin!
It originally wanted to pierce the heart, but the griffin suddenly shook its head, causing the punishment demon's attack to deviate slightly. Relying on the protection of the consecrated armor, the griffin was not pierced, but staggered in flight.

At this time, another griffin rushed over and bit the head of the punishment demon. The two griffins exerted force at the same time and directly tore the piece of meat stuck by the toothpick in half!

The Great Guardian swung the scimitar in his hand, creating storms - the crescent-shaped strikes visible to the naked eye continuously swept the group of demons. His entire body turned into a storm and crashed into the group of demons!
The meteorite in the sky finally fell at this time.

Given the griffin's agility, it is impossible for it to be hit by such an attack.

There were a few griffin knights who tried to split the meteorite without considering their own abilities, but they were smashed directly into the sea by the heavy meteorite.

The warships and merchant ships carrying the mages all had protective shields appearing one by one - some of the shields withstood the impact of the meteorites, making a deafening and violent collision sound, and finally deflected the meteorites; some of them were smashed into the sea together with their shields; some of the shields collapsed at the first touch; and some of them did not even have time to summon shields before they were hit by the meteorites.

Those ships whose shields were destroyed or which had no time to summon shields immediately lost response after being hit by the meteorites, and flames gradually began to burn on the sea.

Wherever the ship passed, blazing flames were burning on the sea, and even left traces of golden-red flames on the sea as the ship moved forward.

The flaming meteorites that fell into the sea also made sharp hissing sounds. Thick white smoke instantly rose from the sea surface, and the pungent smell of sulfur filled the air.

The wizards, soldiers, knights, and even griffins who died in the flames were all turned into puppets and controlled by the animated flames. Their limbs were bent, bones were broken, skin was torn, and gushing flames spurted out from the gaps like blood.

They crawled up one by one like undead, and immediately launched indiscriminate attacks on the people around them like spellcasters and warriors.

The flames that fell into the sea or failed to attach to the corpses could only condense into a vague form that was not human, just like the demonized fire element summoned by the magic craftsman.

At this time, the spells prepared by the mages were finally completed.

They knew a lot about demons - so they chose almost identical spells.

From those ships, chain-like lightning bolts emerged, jumping on the demons; lightning bolts fell from the sky like raindrops; the lightning bolts turned into shackles, one end of which sank into the sea, and the other end was tied to the demons, dragging them into the depths of the sea.

——In the crackling lightning, the demons finally retreated and transformed into purple whirlpools and teleported back.

Although the demon had left, the fire demons left behind by the Balrog were still attacking the surrounding ships.

The flames were as sticky as petroleum, spreading across the sea surface and gradually spreading.

This caused increasing confusion in the rear of the fleet.

They had to divert their attention and start cleaning up the fire monsters transformed from the fire demons, which delayed them for a while.

The warship in front fired a second round of pure white beams, destroying the dark clouds in front again.

But when the fleet sailed forward for a distance, purple portals appeared again at the rear.

——Those demons teleported out again!

"It's so annoying! This is never going to end!"

Marshal Louis-Victor, who was on one of the ships, cursed.

He had seen similar situations before - those eagle-eyed assassins loved this kind of harassment mode.

They couldn't defeat the Moon Children directly, nor could they confront the Legion head-on, so they would use methods such as throwing bombs and setting traps to harass them repeatedly, distracting them when they were resting or marching, making them tired and angry.

The only difference is... Hawkeye's assassins can't pose a threat to them, but these demons can!
The demons' teleportation distance is limited, but as long as they get close to the coast, they will definitely put themselves within the teleportation range - and the demons will attack the weakest points.

"Do these demons have absolutely no dignity?!"

Victor was furious: "You are a strong man, but you use such a despicable trick!"

After the demons attacked the mages and sank some ships, they withdrew decisively. This wave of probing had made the demons realize the strength of the Griffin Knights and the mages. So they chose to let these people go and attack the Iris Legion in the rear instead!
This wave of attacks was so swift that it directly cut the fleet that was constantly lined up in a long line in half!

None of them were good at dealing lightning-type damage - although the Son of the Moon also had the ability to restrain demons, these upper-level demons were extremely smart and would not come down to fight them in close combat.

The demons simply floated in the sky a few hundred meters away, bombarding them continuously with meteorites, curses, and thunder.

——In this position, it is difficult for guns and crossbows to cause effective damage to the demon! "Help, help quickly!"

The Iris Legion soon fell into chaos.

The demons' attacks were clearly unrehearsed - up until now, they were still fighting for territory, and the pillar of lightning connecting the sky and the sea was constantly interrupted by their own people. But even so, the demons' bombardment caused heavy losses to the Iris people.

After a round of defeat, these demons slightly adjusted their strategy.

Now the strategy of the demons is very clear... that is concentrated fire attack!

Even if the damage is completely excessive, they will not care at all - an ordinary merchant ship without a barrier or a reinforced deck can be bombarded by four or five thunderbolts and three or four meteorites at the same time. The demon will not turn to the next target until it is completely sunk, damaged, or controlled by the fire demon.

Under this saturation attack, they had no chance of survival at all.

Whichever ship was chosen as the target of attack would directly cause morale to drop to the lowest level. The demons did not let go of any ship - they would chase and bombard every ship after letting the mages go.

After sinking ten troop transports, the morale of the Iris soldiers suddenly collapsed.

They no longer lined up to die, but turned their boats around and dispersed in all directions. Some boats began to flee backwards... As a result, the intense chaos caused all the boats behind to stop.

It's like suddenly stopping the car on the highway, or even turning the car around and driving back.

The cars going back couldn't turn around, but the cars going forward couldn't move forward either. The traffic was blocked in an instant.

Without Aiwass here, these higher-level demons are almost unstoppable.

However, the ships of the Church must lead the way in the front - otherwise the ocean formed by the lower-level demons will directly drown these people.

Even the strongest man who is good at fighting can't exert any strength if he is squeezed in by a dense crowd of people. When the number reaches a certain level, it can indeed suppress the quality - the premise is that they don't have a strong enough group attack ability.

Fortunately, the fleet in front passed the message in time.

Not long after, the griffin legions flew back.

Seeing the silver-gray meteors whizzing towards them in the distance, the demons teleported away again without thinking.

This time, the upper demons didn't even lose any men - they retreated before the actual battle.

In the distance, Aiwass, who was watching all this with a ritual, frowned.

"Who is in charge? Is it the Eye Demon? Or the Incubus?"

There are capable people in the demon army...

These demons used their teleportation abilities flexibly and teleported freely within the demon kingdom. They did not fight with the main force at all - even if they were the one with the upper hand.

The demons continued to concentrate their forces and raid weak points back and forth... Even with the Eye Demon able to see their troop distribution clearly, this kind of battlefield command was somewhat excessive.

Aiwass felt that he was not even fighting a group of demons - but rather a group of tactically skilled soldiers.

Although these soldiers were not very obedient to each other and even beat each other, there were almost no accidents when they carried out the orders.

Even the soldiers of the Holy Eagle Knights would try to challenge the meteorites due to arrogance or laxity - that was an attack that could have been easily avoided. However, the demons did not have such a habit. After the first battle and realizing that they did not want to fight in this place, they immediately changed their command strategy.

"...Could it be that all the generals of the Xingti Army have been transformed into demons? Are they in command?"

Aiwass frowned, feeling that the situation was becoming more and more troublesome.

What to do...

He could only leave the Griffin Knights on the sea for now.

They were asked to guard the area and protect the fleet. After all, the demons' teleportation was limited in distance, and they could only teleport to the territorial waters at most. So the Griffin Knights stayed nearby and attacked the demons as soon as they appeared.

——However, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

The demons' teleportation didn't consume that much mana, but the griffins' dash would consume a lot of energy. If they were to slip back and forth a few times, the griffins might even have problems.

But there was no other way - another strategy was to let the church's ship stop in the middle of the sea. But in this case, they would be in trouble if they concentrated their firepower on the shore.

So Aiwass could only park the ship at the port. This way, the front and rear could respond as much as possible, but the rear would be a little weaker.

Moreover, the church's gunboats cannot fire indefinitely - the scorching rays also require the mana of the priests.

"It's really the opposite of Tiangang. The demons have started a war of attrition..."

Aiwass cursed softly and felt a little distressed for a moment.

"I will go, Master."

At this moment, Night Devil suddenly spoke: "I'll watch them."

"…But what do you think? You can't get too far away from me."

As soon as Aiwas finished speaking, he realized what Night Devil meant: "You want to take Lily with you?"

"We are not suitable for fighting the Fallen Angels, so we might as well stay here. But just in case, I suggest leaving at least half of the Griffin Legion to protect us."

Night Demon volunteered: "Even if I only have half of my strength, I can still take away their control over the weather in the area. If I seal off the Fire Demon and the Punishment Demon, it will be easier to deal with the remaining Griffin Legions."

Aiwass thought for a moment and nodded slowly: “That’s it.

"With you here, I can feel more at ease..."

At this time, there was another problem ahead——

A loud explosion sounded from the first wave of mages that landed!
——The demons actually set up a ritual trap!
They ambushed the citizens with mutagenic flesh bombs inside their bodies, so that they would explode instantly when the mages came into contact with them!
Aiwass was a little surprised.

Is there anyone capable here at the Fallen Angels?!

(End of this chapter)