I Picked Up Talents in the Interstellar Battlefield

chapter 326 - Battle against the Silver Winged Demon Mutation


Deep within the Demon Cave, a Silverwing Demon was preening its cold-glistening wings; each metallic feather reflected the faint light seeping from the cave ceiling. Suddenly, its feathers flared violently, as if an invisible hand had gripped its neck, stopping its breath for half a second. The aura of the Lava Demon had completely vanished in that instant.How could this be!The Silverwing Demon rose abruptly, its metallic wings scraping against the cave ceiling with a piercing shriek, sparks showering down onto the dark green rock walls. Its vertical pupils swirled with incredulous fury.Although the Lava Demon's defense was not as impenetrable as the Dragon Turtle Demon's shell, it was still above average among Sixth-level demons.It simply couldn't fathom who could annihilate a Sixth-level demon in an instant.Even more bizarre, it hadn't sensed any demonic energy fluctuations of a Demon Lord-level nearby, nor any spiritual energy bursts from high-level human powerhouses—it was as if an invisible blade had silently severed the Lava Demon's life force.The Dragon Turtle Demon had died mysteriously, and now the Lava Demon had suddenly fallen.A chill ran down the Silverwing Demon's spine, and panic, like a vine, coiled around its heart: If it continued to stay here, would it be the next to disappear?But it dared not flee.This was a territory personally designated by a Seventh-level Demon Lord, where demonic energy was so dense it almost solidified, helping demons rapidly increase their strength. If the Demon Cave were destroyed, he would surely face the Demon Lord's thunderous wrath.The Silverwing Demon burst out of its nest, hovering above the Demon Cave. Its gaze locked onto the direction of the canyon in the distance, the very place where the Lava Demon's aura had vanished.To stay or not to stay?Just as it was agonizing over the decision, a violent tremor suddenly erupted from the valley floor of the Demon Cave."Buzz—"Five silver Gate of Voids tore through the rock layers without warning, hovering in mid-air.Immediately after, dozens of massive iron spheres, each over ten meters in diameter, roared out from within the gates. Their surfaces glowed a dark red, scorched by high temperatures, like meteorites falling from the sky, crashing down towards the demon horde in the valley."Pfft!"The first dozen Claw Demons were instantly crushed into paste by the iron spheres, their dark green blood mixed with shattered bones splattering against the rock walls. Two Lava Hounds were rolled over by the iron spheres, not even having time to scream before turning into a puddle of burning flesh and mud.The moment it saw the iron spheres, the Silverwing Demon's vertical pupils contracted sharply—the spiritual energy fluctuations intertwined around them, though faint, carried an aura of world-destroying power!"Hoo!!!"A sharp shriek pierced every corner of the Demon Cave, its sound waves scattering even the low-flying Specters. This was the fastest alarm the Silverwing Demon could issue, but it was still a step too late.The outer shells of those iron spheres turned fiery red the moment they landed, like branding irons heated to their extreme. The next second, they exploded with a thunderous roar!"Boom—!!!"Deafening Explosion sounds merged into one, and terrifying shockwaves spread outwards from the valley's center. Rock walls nearly a hundred meters high were forcefully shorn away, and rubble mixed with flames shot skyward like a geyser.A crimson sea of fire instantly engulfed the entire valley. Waves of fire rolled and roared, licking every inch of the land.Demons closest to the Explosion point had their screams drowned out by the blast, vaporizing instantly in the high temperatures; demons a little further away were hurled by the air currents, slamming into rock walls and turning into smears of blood and flesh, or being incinerated into charcoal in mid-air; even those demons who luckily hid deep within the caves had their internal organs shattered, spitting dark green blood, twitching and wailing on the ground.The Silverwing Demon was thrown dozens of meters by the shockwave, the metallic feathers of its right wing singed black by the flames, a few sharp feather tips slightly cracked.He steadied himself, looking at the hellish sea of fire below, his vertical pupils filled with profound horror, which then turned into endless rage."Ah ah ah ah."The Silverwing Demon let out a sharp shriek, his voice distorted by fury.Within the sea of fire, a few lucky surviving demons occasionally crawled out from the rubble, but they had already lost their combat capability, only able to let out desperate wails in the flames.Of the more than two thousand demons remaining in the Demon Cave, less than thirty percent survived this wave of bombardment. Besides the Lava Demons, which had extremely high fire resistance, only a portion of the Specters and demons hidden very deep in the caves managed to survive.The remnants of the fire licking the rock walls had not yet extinguished, but deep within the Demon Cave, a chorus of wails had already begun.The surviving demons had long lost their former ferocity, dragging their broken limbs, scrambling and rolling out of the collapsed caves. Some had half their bodies charred black by the flames, others had broken wings and twitched on the ground, even the most sluggish Flesh Rot Demons were instinctively fleeing this inferno.However, as soon as they rushed to the mouth of the valley, their escape was abruptly cut off by a cold defensive line.Hundreds of figures had appeared at the valley entrance at some unknown time, their profound iron armor gleaming with a murderous aura in the firelight.Terrida gripped his beheading greatsword with both hands, the blade as tall as a man, his bronze arms bulging with knotted blue veins, and a faint golden blood energy swirling around him; Poison Widow's fingertips were wrapped in strands of silvery spider silk, which shimmered with the unique glow of a spiritual artifact.Lu Sheng carried a simple broad-backed greatsword on his shoulder; the blade had no fancy patterns, only nicks left from years of slaughter. He now held it in one hand, the blade pointing diagonally at the ground; Shen Juan, holding a longsword, stood on the flank of the team, his eyes as cold as ice.The faint glow of the Gate of Void silently dissipated behind them—the remaining hundreds of warriors of the Third Battalion, through spatial teleportation, had blocked the demons' retreat at the mouth of the Demon Cave valley."Kill!"Terrida roared first, charging out. His golden blood energy surged, and his beheading greatsword swept across, the powerful gust of wind it created tearing through the air.A Flesh Rot Demon attempting to charge was cut in half at the waist, its thick fat and all, dark green blood mixed with shattered bones splattering against the rock wall. The lingering power of the greatsword's strike even caused several fine cracks to appear on the ground.Every step he took on the ground made the rocks tremble slightly; the attacks, purely from the eruption of physical strength, appeared even more domineering than those enhanced by °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° spiritual energy.Poison Widow's spider silk shot out like a spiritual snake, instantly coiling around the necks of a dozen Claw Demons. The barbs on the silk pierced their flesh, simultaneously releasing a faint paralyzing toxin. As soon as those demons tried to struggle, they convulsed and fell to the ground, making whimpering sounds in their throats.She flicked her wrist lightly, and the spider silk tightened abruptly, a dozen heads simultaneously falling to the ground, her movements elegant yet deadly.Lu Sheng's broad-backed greatsword chopped down fiercely, and the moment the blade collided with the ground, it actually split a Lava Hound and the rock beneath it in two. Hot magma splattered onto the blade, which he wiped away with a backhand motion, flicking it onto the ground.Shen Juan's longsword, on the other hand, transformed into a silver line; each flash was accompanied by a demon's head falling to the ground, clean and decisive, without a hint of hesitation.The demons who had just survived the Explosion had no time to react and were utterly routed by this sudden, head-on assault.The valley mouth instantly became a new slaughterhouse, wails and the crisp sounds of weapons piercing flesh intertwined, mirroring the sea of fire behind them, like a true depiction of hell."Hoo!!!"A deafening shriek tore through the sky, and the Silverwing Demon's figure burst through the smoke and dust, still covered in lingering sparks on its metallic wings.He looked at his subordinates being slaughtered at the valley entrance, then at the human defensive line blocking his retreat, his vertical pupils shooting out a furious fire capable of incinerating everything.Whoosh~The Silverwing Demon suddenly flapped its wings, and countless sharp metallic feathers instantly detached, condensing into dense wind blades in the air. Each one shimmered with a cold light capable of tearing through steel plates.These wind blades, carrying a sharp whistle, aimed at the human warriors at the valley entrance, ready to rain down upon them in the next moment.Terrida and the others' expressions changed slightly, and they were about to defend when an anomaly occurred in an instant.The Silverwing Demon's movements suddenly stiffened, and a fatal sense of crisis from the depths of its soul exploded like a thunderclap. It didn't even have time to think; its body reacted before its consciousness—its innate ability, "Silver Winged Flash," instantly activated, and its entire body was pulled upwards as if by an invisible hand, rising two meters in milliseconds."Bang!"A muffled gunshot seemed to come from nothingness.A faintly glowing bullet pierced its abdomen, instantly tearing through the tough metallic wing, bringing forth a string of dark green blood beads, and exploding into a cloud of blood mist in its lower abdomen. Yet, it ultimately failed to hit its head—what should have been a fatal blow.The Silverwing Demon stumbled and regained its balance in the air, looking down at the wound on its abdomen. For the first time, the rage in its vertical pupils receded, replaced by an unbelievable horror.Now he finally knew how the Dragon Turtle Demon and Lava Demon had died!On a mountaintop several kilometers away, Qin Tian frowned slightly, his fingertips still trembling from pulling the trigger.In the scope, the Silverwing Demon's figure, which had abruptly risen, was clearly visible.This demon's perception and reaction speed were clearly far superior to the previous Dragon Turtle and Lava Demons; the bullet that should have pierced its head......was narrowly avoided, only tearing through its lower abdomen and blasting open a bloody hole.This injury was nothing to a Sixth-level demon.The next moment, a chillingly cold aura, spanning several kilometers, precisely locked onto his position.Qin Tian suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing through layers of rock walls and smoke, meeting the Silverwing Demon's furious vertical pupils in the distance.It was him!The Silverwing Demon's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpricks, its gaze instantly falling on the slender firearm in Qin Tian's hand.Rage surged like magma in its chest, its metallic wings trembling violently with anger. So, that human had relied on a strange weapon to kill the Dragon Turtle and Lava Demon. Without this thing, this human was nothing.Swish—Qin Tian twisted his wrist, putting the Hidden Kill sniper rifle back into his dark space, and the black frost blade, glowing with lightning, was already in his hand.He knew very well that against a agile powerhouse like the Silverwing Demon, Hidden Kill only had one chance to catch it by surprise. The moment the gunshot fell......it meant the ambush was over."Then let's go."Qin Tian tightened his grip on the battle saber, battle intent rising in his eyes. With so many Gold and Silver-level talents, fighting beyond his rank was no problem at all.Although Sixth-level was a qualitative leap compared to Fifth-level......today, he would use the blade in his hand to cut off a Sixth-level demon's head.Swish!The air was suddenly torn apart.The Silverwing Demon's figure streaked across the sky, its sharp bone claws carrying a piercing roar, aimed directly at Qin Tian's face, moving as fast as lightning.Qin Tian couldn't even clearly see the opponent's movements and relied entirely on combat instinct to swing his blade to meet it—Clang!!The moment the lightning blade and sharp claws collided, an earsplitting clang erupted.The lightning wrapped around the black frost blade suddenly exploded, causing the Silverwing Demon's right wing feathers to scatter; Qin Tian was also thrown back dozens of meters by a huge force, his feet plowing two deep grooves in the rock, his tiger's mouth numb.Both looked up simultaneously, a hint of solemnity flashing in their eyes.Just as the tension was at its peak, suddenly, an anomaly occurred.Boom—!!!A colossal roar, as if to overturn heaven and earth, erupted from afar, its sound waves like tangible giant waves.Qin Tian abruptly turned his head, only to see the sky in the northwest direction suddenly turn red—not the crimson of ordinary flames, but a dark purple inferno mixed with dark green demonic energy, as if countless fire dragons were rolling in the clouds.That was the location of Demon Cave No. 1!Qin Tian's pupils suddenly constricted.Beneath the sky engulfed by flames, the collision of demonic energy and spiritual energy formed visible shockwaves, shattering even clouds dozens of kilometers away. The entire world trembled slightly in that fiery glow, as if the apocalypse had arrived.Such a terrifying energy burst could certainly not be caused by an ordinary battle.The Silverwing Demon also stopped its attack, its metallic wings flapping stiffly, and for the first time, a fear surpassing anger appeared in its eyes as it looked at the sea of fire.

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