Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

It was late at night.

Beneath the city walls, the once-hard black earth had long since turned into a layer of blood and mud over a foot thick.

With the Fifth Rank cultivators ceasing their battle, the two sides, who had fought for over twenty-four hours, finally called a truce.

In some unseen corner, Tang Wen stood up and stretched.

"Let's get to work, let's get to work."

Tang Wen got up, accompanied only by Hu Yun and Hu Qi, the others were absent.

After several Instantaneous Steps, they appeared at the edge of the city wall.

Taking out the pig bristle brushes they had prepared in advance, they meticulously brushed the red powder mixed with water onto the wall.

Hu Yun and Hu Qi followed behind, applying a thick layer of ice mixed with niter and water over the wall coated with red powder.

This section of the wall was the responsibility of the Huang family. Tang Wen randomly selected several locations, smeared them with Divine Tree powder, and covered them with a layer of ice.

Underground, without sunlight, the temperature was already low, so freezing was a common occurrence.

When the siege began tomorrow, the ice on the wall might not even melt.

However, once they got close to the wall, the demons' noses, which were sharper than dogs', would definitely sniff something out.

At that time, they would inevitably attack like madmen.

Once the ice broke, the surrounding demons would smell it and frantically attack the Huang family's defensive area.

After coating the wall, only a small bottle of Divine Tree powder had been used.

Tang Wen then came to the bottom of the city wall, and began digging holes along the base.

Three meters, five meters, ten meters...

He dug down a full thirty meters, reaching the base of the wall.

"No wonder this wall is so sturdy, even the huge siege demons can't knock it down."

The wall was constructed from heavy, dense Black Gold Stone, with an astonishing thickness. It would be strange if it could be collapsed by flesh and blood.

Hu Qi tested the hardness with his claws, and suddenly said, "How were stones this hard cut so neatly?"

Tang Wen was taken aback: "You can't do it?"

Hu Qi exerted a little force: "It's a bit difficult."

The group didn't dwell on the question. Tang Wen dug several deep pits along the base of the wall and buried slender pipes.

The pipes were filled with Divine Tree powder mixed with sand and wood chips.

At the top of the pipes, the openings were sealed with ice.

The demons would definitely dig down frantically once they smelled the scent.

When the Huang family saw it, they would desperately try to stop them from entering the city.

"Is that it?" Hu Yun reminded, "They've been fighting fiercely for seven or eight days, with few breaks in between. What if they don't attack tomorrow?"

If they didn't attack, the demons wouldn't discover the powder.

If the Huang family cleaned the walls and swept the battlefield, their mental energy might detect the problem.

Tang Wen nodded: "We need to think of a way to make sure they attack tomorrow."

Hu Qi raised his claws and pointed to the city wall: "Tomorrow, we'll hide on top. If the demons come, that's fine. If they don't, we'll stand on top and sprinkle the powder."

"That's a good idea. You control the wind and let the scent of the Divine Tree drift into the demon camp."

The two men and a tiger were silent for a moment, then looked up.

The searchlight towers on the defensive walls were brightly lit.

The demon camp was pitch black.

The wind blew from it, carrying an unyielding stench.

"Not safe enough," Tang Wen frowned. "Why don't we go over tonight and kill a batch of demons?"

"That's doable." This suggestion suited Hu Yun's taste.

Moreover, it was a straightforward, open strategy.

The demons' strengths and weaknesses were both prominent.

Being fearless in the face of death also meant they couldn't tolerate grudges.

Once they discovered that their clansmen had been killed in a night raid, even if the demon leader didn't want to attack, the demons wouldn't be willing.

"Good."

Hu Yun turned to sneak into the camp, but Tang Wen grabbed his belt: "Too early. Wait a while. Let's test it internally first."

"Test what?"

Tang Wen didn't explain.

The two men and a tiger came to a secluded place.

Tang Wen casually took out two blankets and told them to lie down: "After you fall asleep, I'll test whether you can still detect my Concealment Technique."

The two lay down, and before long, even breathing could be heard.

Tang Wen stood a hundred meters away and unfurled a veil-like illusionary night, enveloping them.

Perhaps their figures were concealed, but it didn't necessarily mean there was any danger.

As top-tier experts, the man and tiger didn't wake up.

After thinking about it, Tang Wen took out his long sword and pointed it at Hu Qi from afar a few times.

The white tiger slowly opened his eyes, let out a 'woof,' and stretched.

Hu Yun woke up immediately.

After the two men and a tiger discussed it for a while, they decided the plan was feasible, and sneaked into the dark demon camp that night.

Demons with normal brains were in the minority.

As Tang Wen and the others approached the outer perimeter of the demon camp, the first things they saw were the cannon fodder demons crawling on the ground. They made up the majority and had the weakest strength.

As for their sleeping arrangements, they dug pits in the tents, buried half their bodies in the sand, and that was it. They just went to sleep.

Tang Wen suspected that if it weren't to prevent spying from the city walls, they might not even need tents and just sleep in the dirt!

Tang Wen wasn't interested in killing these cannon fodder troops unless he could kill them en masse, reaping experience with each strike.

They continued to sneak in, and the demons inside were slightly stronger. They were a type of demon with blood-red bodies.

Their heads were large, smooth, and hairless, and their limbs were not well-developed.

They didn't walk, but used their mental energy to lift themselves and float across the ground.

Needless to say, they were more proficient in mental energy.

Lifting the corner of a tent, there were grass mats inside, and the big-headed red demons were squeezed together on the mats.

They didn't mind being crowded. They floated in and out, so they didn't need to worry about stepping on their companions.

Tang Wen lightened his footsteps, held his breath, and glanced inside. A tent was packed with forty demons.

In the sub-zero weather, they didn't even have blankets, and no one was snoring.

The entire camp was eerily quiet.

If their bellies and chests weren't still rising and falling rhythmically, it would be as if a tent full of dead demons were lying there.

Tang Wen withdrew the Concealment Technique, only shrouding himself and the other two, and continued to sneak in.

The big-headed red demons had nearly Seventh Rank combat power.

Further ahead was the Sixth Rank demons' garrison.

Their treatment wasn't much better. Eight demons lived in one tent. Perhaps sleeping like this was safer.

The Sixth Rank demons were burly and ugly, like gorillas.

Just eight demons filled the large tent to the brim.

"Kill them."

Any further and there would likely be Fifth Ranks. Tang Wen didn't want to risk it.

After all, this was the demons' camp. If they were discovered, he wasn't sure if he could use Instantaneous Step to escape.

If he was ambushed by a mental technique and couldn't withstand it, he would have to rely on Hu Yun and Hu Qi to break through.

The two Fifth Rank peaks weren't afraid, but they didn't force the issue.

The Concealment Technique enveloped the tent.

Tang Wen drew his Strange Object Sword, and [A Line of Sky] was unleashed, silently.

The demons on the ground lay scattered, and he casually slashed seven or eight times.

The flashing experience panel told him that all eight demons were dead.

However, the exact amount of experience he gained wasn't clear.

[A Line of Sky, Grandmaster (12000/12000)] was stuck at the current experience threshold.

More experience was needed to break through.

Due to the short surprise attack being carried out under the Concealment Technique, the experience of the Concealment Technique increased.

[Contemplation Martial Arts, Concealment Technique, Grandmaster (7719→7799/18000)]

The killing continued. Tang Wen pulled the tent not far away into the range of the Concealment Technique.

He rushed in like a wolf and cut down the demons with a few slashes. Blood splattered, soaking the tent.

"The smell of blood is too strong."

Seeing that Tang Wen wanted to continue, the man and tiger spoke to dissuade him.

"Then what do we do? I've only killed a few," Tang Wen hadn't had enough, mainly because he hadn't gotten much experience.

He intended to break through the threshold of [A Line of Sky] today.

"I can use a wind pressure shield to temporarily cover the smell. But the problem is that the moment we leave, the shield will immediately be discovered. There is still a risk of being caught with our tail."

Hu Yun suggested, "How about another one? A giant rock falling from the sky? With such a big commotion, the demons will definitely retaliate tomorrow. No, they'll retaliate tonight."

A meteor falling from the sky?

Tang Wen looked at the demon camp in front of him, and saw that it was divided into eight areas.

Each one corresponded to the eight defensive positions on the walls of Ganshan City.

Tang Wen took aim, nodded, and retreated.

Killing a dozen Sixth Ranks was already a very serious provocation.

But since he didn't enjoy the killing, Tang Wen still wanted to launch a meteor strike.

The two men and a tiger had only just left when a commotion arose in the demon camp.

The fact that the demons had been killed in a surprise attack was discovered.

Tang Wen and the others floated high in the dark sky, watching from afar.

The commotion in the camp quickly subsided.

The demon leader didn't choose to start a war that night. In his mind, this was done by someone from the city walls sneaking over.

Therefore, the guards on the city walls must have been prepared for a night battle.

If they angrily attacked the city at this time, they would be facing a prepared human army, and they wouldn't gain any advantage.

"They can really endure."

"Wait until the boulder smashes down, and see how they endure."

Tang Wen: "Let's go back and bring the others."

Hu Yun agreed, looking at the lit city walls: "Huang Lao San, haven't you wanted to kill him for a long time? Do you want to take advantage of the chaos?"

"Well, we'll see if there's an opportunity."

He didn't just want to kill Huang San, but also wanted to kill most of the Huang family's core strength. Then the Huang family would naturally know to tuck their tails and behave.

"If the Huang family chickens out, are we going to help them defend the city?"

Tang Wen coldly shook his head: "No help. The city lord hasn't come down yet."

Hu Yun and Hu Qi shuddered inwardly; that's right, there was still a Fourth Rank city lord of Ganshan City who wasn't in good condition!

Even if he wasn't in good condition, he was still a Fourth Rank.

Tang Wen carefully sorted out his thoughts: "We still have to tell them about the attack on the demon camp."

"Tell the Huang family?"

"Tell the Giant Rock Martial Arts Hall, just say we've been looking for opportunities to sneak attack recently. Tonight the opportunity is right, so they can be mentally prepared. Don't be too surprised."

After speaking, the two men and a tiger turned around and came to the city walls defended by the Giant Rock Martial Arts Hall.

Crossing the city walls and exploring inside for a while, Tang Wen saw a familiar deputy curator. After thinking about it, he didn't show himself. He casually grabbed a brick used to patch the gap, engraved a line of words on it, and threw the brick over.

"Bang!"

"Who's there?"

No one answered.

The deputy curator picked up the brick, his expression changed slightly.

Soon, the news that the demon camp might be attacked tonight spread throughout the defensive areas.

The high-level leaders of the various families, who had finally been able to rest, were awakened from their sleep, and were quite grumpy.

Hearing that Tang Wen might be attacking the demon camp, they immediately became excited again.

It was just that the person who spread the news didn't show up, and didn't discuss it with them, which made them a little confused.

If they agreed on a specific time, and gave the defending families more time to prepare, wouldn't the effect be better with internal and external cooperation?

Huang Lao San's thin face wore a fake smile: "Don't forget, Shadow Demons sneaked in not long ago."

"This? What do you mean?"

Huang San: "Hehe, who sent the message is still hard to say!"

Boat Boss: "That's right, everyone should be vigilant, maybe it's a demon conspiracy."

"Besides, we are all exhausted, where do we have the energy to rush out?"

"Not bad. You all know what's going on with our Boat Gang, hey! Wanting us to rush out blindly is absolutely impossible."

The two men spoke one after another.

Turning the good news into a matter of everyone being in danger.

The Blackwater Gang father and daughter curled their lips into a sneer.

These two were not just scaremongering, but also wanted to erase Tang Wen's credit.

If they said so, even if Tang Wen made a move tonight, everyone would feel that he had done a bad job, making everyone worried for half the night.

If Tang Wen's results were a little smaller, the original credit would be replaced by complaints.

Before the two of them could speak, Patriarch Chen frowned: "Alright! Whether it was Young Master Tang who sent the message will be known tonight. Since he didn't discuss it with us, it means he doesn't need our cooperation. Just pass down the order."

Huang San sneered: "Pass down what order? The demons may be raided tonight, everyone don't sleep, just wait and watch the excitement?"

The Boat Boss laughed a few times.

Under the gazes of the other leaders, he didn't say anything after all.

Tang Wen didn't know these people's reactions, and didn't care even if he did. Sneaking into the demons was a temporary decision.

In addition, he had other purposes, so it was impossible to discuss it with them.

The Thunder Jade Mine dungeon was, as usual, guarded by the Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle and Stone Dragon, guarding San Niang and Lin Shi, who was in seclusion.

Seeing that Tang Wen didn't plan to bring her, San Niang didn't say anything, but secretly resolved to stabilize her position in the Chamber of Commerce when she returned, and immediately begin seclusion.

The Stone Dragon simply rubbed a few rhombus-shaped boulders and handed them to Tang Wen to take away.

The group repeated the old trick.

Except for Xia Qingge's surprised face, the others were familiar with the road, and pushed the boulder as fast as lightning.

Rapidly diving down.

On the ground, it was pitch black at first.

Then they vaguely saw some dense black dots.

In the blink of an eye, the tents were almost clearly visible.

Tang Wen immediately stopped, and his mental energy surged out.

Unlike the last time, when he retreated near the ground.

This time, he planned to conceal to the end.

Thousands of meters of altitude, traversed in an instant.

The tip of the giant stone crashed into the earth.

Bang!

Tang Wen felt a jolt through his entire body, his mental power uncontrollably severed, and the concealment spell interrupted along with it.

Three giant stones, ablaze with roaring flames, appeared out of nowhere on the ground and continued to bore into the earth.

The surrounding tents were crushed into paper by the initial shockwave.

The rumbling vibrations echoed across the land.

The fifth-grade demons had sensed something was wrong a few seconds earlier.

But there wasn't enough time; it was only enough for them to escape, and they couldn't do anything else!

"Roar!"

The demon leader saw Tang Wen and his group in the air.

Not good!

The hatred is directed at us.

At this moment, the demons hated Tang Wen and his group more than the guards on the city walls who had been fighting for days.

But hatred was useless.

Tang Wen mustered his spirit and concealed himself again.

Meanwhile, the demon camp was in chaos. The demons' food storage area was on fire, and there wasn't even time to put it out, so no demons came after them.