I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The first to engage in battle with the Steam Automatons and Clockwork Warriors was not Li Yue, but the Demon Wolf Cavalry who had just executed the Hero—they were originally tasked with guarding the siege beasts, and upon seeing the human army outside the range of "Dead Silence," they naturally charged forward without a second thought.

The human battle formation only detached 10 Steam Automatons, who then intercepted that small, reckless force of Demon Wolf Cavalry—their fists shot out, directly piercing the lower abdomens of the Demon Wolves, smashing the chest bones of the Redskin Demons; magic stones on their arms shimmered, holy light and ice shards burst forth, carving out a bloody path amidst the sounds of burning and shattering.

This small squad of five hundred automatons naturally attracted the attention of more Demon Wolf Cavalry nearby, surging forth like a viscous tide; at this moment, the cavalry no longer concerned themselves with the attack routes of the three wheeled siege beasts, focusing all their efforts on intercepting the Steam Automatons!

Thus, holy light fluttered in the battlefield, iron fists and ice shards shot out, dazzling under the steam, making it impossible to find a safe passage.

"Or..." Li Yue was about to step forward when he sensed Yingying spelling out a line of words on the ground.

"Let's just do it here." Half of the Bone Sorcerer's skulls emerged from the shadows.

"No, stay calm." If Li Yue's legs were real, they would be shaking like sieves by now, "If we're going to do it, let's do something big."

Unless he used the Demon Illustrated Handbook to "summon" a demon, a direct battle would surely result in being crushed by the Steam Automatons—and since this was a battlefield simulated by the Blood River, Li Yue couldn't predict what kind of impact summoning a demon would have on the entire battlefield's construction.

As he spoke, Li Yue shifted sideways, trying his best to avoid the Steam Automatons' assault, but unfortunately, his geographical position was not ideal. Even though Li Yue had tried his best to jump as far as possible, he was still targeted by a Clockwork Warrior and a Steam Automaton.

Saying "targeted" wasn't entirely accurate—the Clockwork Warrior had only undergone limb modifications and was the closest to Li Yue, so he actively approached the lone skeleton; the Steam Automaton, on the other hand, continuously shot out holy light from his arm, rapidly advancing forward in a wide-range attack, clearing out all the nearby demonic creatures, and Li Yue just happened to be on his path.

Not only him, but the holy light emanated from the vanguard of the human army, illuminating the outer edges of the battle formation charging towards the siege beasts, like a giant hand of holy light with its fingers spread out, chaotic and irregular.

"Killable... hiss..." Originally, Yingying was eager to move when it saw the Clockwork Warrior advancing, but it accidentally got grazed by the holy light, and after a moment of disarray, it retreated back to Li Yue's feet.

Li Yue extended his palm to block the holy light for Yingying, and his bone hand, covered in cracks, instantly turned charred black, showing signs of breaking apart.

"Pull back a bit..." Li Yue tumbled on the spot with a clatter, temporarily rolling out of the range of the holy light.

"Ding!" During the roll, Li Yue sensed an object with great momentum attacking him. He hurriedly raised his bone sword to parry, and was subsequently knocked away—the Clockwork Warrior's right fist shot out and struck Li Yue's bone sword, sending Li Yue rolling even further.

Seemingly far from satisfied, the eyepiece of the Clockwork Warrior's right eye suddenly extended, its angle changing with Li Yue's slightest movements, with extreme speed.

Locked on.

Li Yue saw through the trick and stretched his bones again, initiating an even larger roll; and at the same time that Li Yue made a move, the Clockwork Warrior seemed to grasp Li Yue's trajectory. The right fist, which had just been retracted, shot out again, aiming precisely at the moment when Li Yue's roll would stop.

He fell for it—Li Yue used his will to freeze his body, forcibly stopping his momentum halfway through the roll, reversing direction to retreat, and also making a supporting action with his hand as a cover.

Try... not to let the Blood River detect anything unusual—Li Yue thought he was having a hard time as he dodged.

Bang!

The fist shadow struck the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Li Yue successfully dodged this time, but then the Clockwork Warrior opened his palm and swung it horizontally, grabbing Li Yue's forearm!

Squeak, squeak...

Li Yue's entire skeleton was already fragile and crumbling, and it was almost crushed by him. However, the Clockwork Warrior simulated by the Blood River was dutiful and did not intend to let Li Yue go, taking the opportunity to pull Li Yue towards where he was, towards his other fist that was booming.

Was he planning to pull him over and smash him to pieces?

Li Yue grasped the Clockwork Warrior's tactics, so he relaxed his will control over his arm, letting the Clockwork Warrior drag him over...

Crack!

The arm made of Self-Healing Bone was broken in two along the way; and along with the arm that Li Yue threw out, there was also the Holy Bone Sword of the Skeleton Clan!

Eat my flying sword—Li Yue knew that he had to get rid of this Clockwork Warrior's entanglement, and decisively launched a counterattack.

He manipulated the bone sword with his will, slashing through the air at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, stabbing towards the Clockwork Warrior's carotid artery!

Li Yue believed that with the Blood River's simulation ability, as long as the strike was fatal enough, it would definitely reap the corresponding results.

"Ding!" Unexpectedly, when the bone sword pierced the Clockwork Warrior's neck, it didn't make the sound of piercing flesh, but the metallic sound of cutting gears.

The Clockwork Warrior's neck tilted, but his eyes and eyepiece still stared unblinkingly at Li Yue, as if to kill the skeleton with his gaze.

Li Yue was greatly shocked, and at the same time, he controlled the broken bone hand to re-grip the bone sword, stirring the gears between the Clockwork Warrior's neck like he was mixing paste...

Buzz—The Clockwork Warrior's roaring left fist gave up on striking out, and instead firmly gripped the hilt of the bone sword, starting a battle of wills with Li Yue.

Clang!

At the same time, the Clockwork Warrior's body rang, and an iron blade popped out from his calf, raising his right leg at an extremely anti-human angle, directly drawing a circle in front of his face—his right leg slashed at the bone sword on his neck, trying to get rid of Li Yue's offensive.

At this moment, Li Yue had no other thoughts, using all the mental power given by the Supreme Magic Stone to manipulate the bone sword, cutting through countless gears or blood vessels, and finally, before the Clockwork Warrior's leg blade attacked, he fiercely stabbed the bone sword into his chest!

As if it malfunctioned in an instant, the eyepiece of the Clockwork Warrior's right eye no longer locked onto Li Yue, and after a rapid tremor, it lost power, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.

Li Yue secretly wiped away sweat, thinking that the decision to avoid this group of Steam Automatons was obviously very correct—one Clockwork Warrior was so difficult to kill, five hundred would be enough for him to die countless times.

Just as he was preparing to take the opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield, Li Yue suddenly saw the Steam Automaton who was releasing holy light turn towards him, aiming with a single fist, and the magic stone on his arm surging with holy light...

Not having enough time to recall the bone sword, Li Yue immediately disassembled and reassembled himself, stacking unimportant bones such as leg bones and chest bones in front of his skull, and changing the angle to try to expand the covering range...

Yingying, who was originally at his feet, cleverly moved into the shadow of Li Yue's skull at this moment.

The holy light on the Steam Automaton's arm suddenly expanded, completely focusing on the direction where Li Yue was, and fired a holy light bullet!

At this time, Li Yue was digging a pit with his mind.

The holy light swept across the bone sword, and the bone sword turned charred black; the holy light swept across Li Yue's bone arm, which was broken in front of the Clockwork Warrior, and the bone arm scattered like dust.

Just like that, the holy light broke through Li Yue's leg bones and chest bones... directly driving towards the edge of the simulated battlefield.

And Li Yue's skull was inside a small earthen pit, barely dodging this holy light bullet—at the cost of losing a small piece of his skull.

"Thanks." Yingying spelled the words.

But before Li Yue could reply with a clatter, another mechanical hand grabbed Li Yue's skull, dragging Li Yue towards the Steam Automatons' battle formation again.

It's not over yet, is it...

Li Yue knew that with the obstruction of this group of long-armed monsters, there was definitely no way to break through head-on, so his mind raced, thinking about escaping the misfortune of being dragged into the Clockwork Warrior's formation.