Ten minutes ago, somewhere in the northern continent
In the peaceful village, the residents lived as usual. The remote geographical environment away from big cities usually trapped them in poverty, but now it has become their protection.
The demon war seemed to have had no impact on them at all. They continued their daily work, and children played as they always did. Occasionally, they could hear adults talking grandly about the war outside, as if they believed they would always remain peaceful.
At least for the villagers here, that’s how it was.
Just outside the village, there’s a wide open space located between the village and the fields. Originally, it was a wheat field used for processing grain, but it was temporarily abandoned due to seasonal reasons.
And on this open space at this time, an entirely out-of-place group of figures suddenly appeared, numbering in the hundreds.
If a human expert appeared here, they would certainly recognize them as the demons they’ve been desperately searching for!
What’s even more abnormal is that despite the appearance of so many demons, the villagers remain indifferent, as if they had never appeared there at all.
At this moment, a black dot in the distant sky rapidly enlarged, and the details of the black dot became crystal-clear.
The humanoid body was covered in thick scales like heavy armor. The sharp horns on its head and the bulging lumps all over its body confirmed its identity as a demon.
Falling from the sky did not cause any ripples, but the aura of a 9th-tier was unmistakably revealed. This demon immediately walked to the center of the open space, and a muffled voice sounded from beneath its face armor.
"I’ve found the human’s tracks! Stica is already following her. What do we do? Should we go?"
Not far in front of it, another demon emitting a 9th-tier aura stood.
Unlike the landed demon, it didn’t have that cold, hard texture, not even scales or armor.
Its large size settled on the ground like a small mountain, its muscles exposed. If you ignored the tentacles waving behind it and the single eye on its face, it was almost indistinguishable from a human.
Upon hearing the news, a trace of anger flashed in the Little Giant’s big eyes but was quickly replaced by excitement, as a neutral voice was uttered.
Soon, the scale-armored demon conveyed all the information it had received.
They had unexpectedly encountered the human in the air while on an ambush mission and, after discussion, decided to split up. Stica continued to track the target while it came back to report.
"You weren’t exposed, were you?"
"No, Stica applied a power on me, so I wasn’t exposed to any other eyes.
This is what Stica asked me to bring. It can allow us to operate secretly." Fresh chapters posted on novelꞁire.net
After saying this, the scale-armored demon opened its hand, presenting a feather where magic power flowed, clearly containing some power.
Seeing this, the Little Giant understood that this was Stica’s ability, which could hide themselves.
This was the foundation of their guerrilla outings this time, relying on the residue of Stica’s power for secret operations. Otherwise, they couldn’t possibly hide in human territory.
Even this open space where it currently stood was achieved by relying on this power.
This power is among the most abnormal even within their ranks; the combat power isn’t particularly strong, but the functionality is very high!
As long as one doesn’t possess the same power, outsiders find it difficult to discern, actively ignoring things covered by this power.
Relying on the power left behind by Stica in advance, they’ve built five different secret camps across the continent, attacking from various directions.
As long as they don’t proactively break through this disguise, Stica only needs to replenish the camp’s power daily to make the secret camp perpetuate!
"Great, don’t expose ahead of time! Go and gather the others, this time we must succeed in one shot!"
The Little Giant gritted its teeth fiercely, even though ten days had passed, it still couldn’t forget the human who caused them to lose over ten demons, forcing them into guerrilla warfare.
If not for this human, they would still have the absolute advantage of high-level combat power. They could steadily push forward without being forced to scatter and awkwardly engage in behind-enemy-lines guerrilla warfare.
And even so, this human hasn’t let them off, still trying to hunt their people.
If Pence hadn’t successfully run back last time by luck, they would have lost another 9th-tier combat power!
This time, they’ve finally found an opportunity, and they certainly won’t miss it!
"Aside from you and me nearby, there are only five other demons, but that should be enough!"
The scale-armored demon agreed and mentioned several names consecutively.
"Wait a minute, where’s Pence?"
The Little Giant demon hadn’t forgotten the comrade who "ran" from Bai Yi’s hands. Alone, it could escape from that human, so it could at least provide more support in direct confrontation than an ordinary demon.
"Pence recently went south with Hephis to deal with ocean issues."
"That’s unfortunate, but forget it, with us eight demons combined, it’s time to overturn!
Let’s go, let’s meet this human!"
The Little Giant waved his hand, making the decision fiercely. He got up from the ground and turned into a streak of shadow under the scale-armored demon’s power, rapidly disappearing into the sky.
Ten minutes later, Bai Yi calmly sensed the sudden descending aura of several 9th-tier demons in mid-air.