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Moreover, the speed at which this battle spread exceeded everyone’s imagination.

Because what Xia Jincang encountered was the demon army that first attacked—who would have thought that reality wouldn’t play by the rules and would throw him into a showdown with the main demon forces right from the start?

Xia Jincang didn’t expect it either; initially, he thought this demon army was just a group of intermediate demons—or maybe high-level demons. Anyway, it didn’t make much difference; under normal circumstances, they shouldn’t even be his match.

So the fight from the beginning was basically without holds barred, and indeed, just as Xia Jincang thought, he was pushing those demons down and beating them. Although those demons were strong, in terms of tactics, they were no match for humans. For instance, there was the righteous group beatdown or calling for reinforcements if they couldn’t win—these were just the most basic battle skills, yet these demons couldn’t even handle that.

However, just when it seemed the battle would end without a doubt, and Xia Jincang was considering deploying a persuasion team to convince those demons to surrender, suddenly, without any warning, reinforcements for the demons showed up, launching a surprise attack that caught everyone off guard. Thankfully, Xia Jincang had quick thinking and soon reorganized his troops to resist this onslaught and called for support during the counterattack.

So you can call for reinforcements, huh? JPG

But joking aside, Xia Jincang felt that something was off with these demons. This was the first time he’d encountered demons that could call for reinforcements, indicating that he was dealing with those tactical demons mentioned in earlier intel. This marked a new phase for the expedition, transitioning from cannon fodder to a head-on confrontation between main forces. If he could defeat this demon army, it would provide a huge morale boost to everyone in the expedition.

So he had to win this battle.

The nearest supportive force to New Dawn was the Storm, and in terms of pure combat ability, the Storm was on par with New Dawn. So when Storm’s support arrived just in time to join the fray, the situation began to swiftly tilt in favor of the humans.

And then… that group of demons called for reinforcements again.

And this time they were planning a sneak attack. But having been caught off guard once, they wouldn’t be fooled a second time. This time, Xia Jincang caught the demons’ ambush and quickly countered it. However, when the number of demons increased, Xia Jincang still felt a bit of pressure.

And then they called for support again.

Thus, the subsequent battles fell into a cycle of demons calling for reinforcements, the situation reversing, then humans calling for reinforcements, and reversing again, with the scale of the fight rapidly expanding under these circumstances, spreading across the entire front line and enveloping four major cities in just half a day. This led to a sharply rising casualty count for both demons and humans.

Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo naturally brought the Chicks and the Eagles Alliance into the fray. However, the speed and number of reinforcements for the demon army were significantly higher than that of the humans. Even though there were surprising individual strengths, once the battlefield and the number of participants were expanded to a certain extent, it turned into the most ordinary meat grinder mode, and the Chicks were no exception. In just half a day, the Chicks sustained considerable casualties.

Ling Mo, Xia Xinyan, and other high-ranking members of the Chicks didn’t sit idly by; they personally took part in the battle. After all, they were the top forces of humanity, and it wouldn’t make sense to waste that fighting ability even if they had to command.

And even in combat, it didn’t hinder them from issuing commands—

“Something’s off; almost all the demons nearby are gathering over here.” The fat guy spoke with a grave tone, “Are they planning to make this battlefield the final showdown?”

“Maybe Xia Jincang initially encountered the demon leader? Otherwise, how could they keep summoning reinforcements?” Monica was also pulled in to add to the firepower, but it was clear she was mostly slacking off, like right now. “Don’t you think it’s quite thrilling? Neither side is playing games; it’s a full-on final battle right from the start.”

“We can’t concentrate the battlefield all here,” Ling Mo said seriously, “If this goes on, we’ll be at a disadvantage. The demons have reinforcements everywhere, while ours are limited. We need to find a way to cut off their reinforcements or segment the battlefield.”

After all, they were fighting on enemy territory, and competing for reinforcements with demons there was a losing battle. Moreover, under such high-pressure combat, even a good number of low-ranking demons that had been assimilated by humans began to defect mid-fight, helping the demons attack the humans. Though they saw both sides as kindred spirits, it didn’t prevent them from judging which side was stronger or weaker, a simple issue of choosing a faction. If the side they backed lost, they probably wouldn’t survive either, so clearly, they had to help the stronger side, their true kindred.

This was yet another hidden danger for humans. Under such pressure, even if all expedition troops gathered here, in the end, they would still be unable to last against these demons.

They had to find a way to break through.

“What does Mo Mo plan to do?” Xia Xinyan quickly dealt with a few demons in front of her and then approached Ling Mo, asking.

Ling Mo paused for a second.

In truth, he didn’t have a good solution.

To break through, they would have to find the demon that called for reinforcements—this had been attempted since the second wave of reinforcements, but so far, there had been no results. The most probable one was hidden among the main demon ranks, but they simply couldn’t get close. Just getting a bit nearer would trigger those demons into a suicidal assault, making it impossible for Ling Mo to manage. Even if he used bombs, those demons could form a meat wall to block his attacks with their bodies.

Another method would be to split the battlefield first and then swiftly deal with or capture the demon leader—a giant demon over three meters tall, who by now was clearly directing all the other demons. But that demon was extremely strong, and given the constraints of the battlefield environment, quickly segmenting the battlefield was nearly impossible.

Unless they had the strength of an entire unit that wasn’t weaker than the bottom rankers, capable of bursting through with explosive combat power to achieve a split—and that was possible, but they were basically the pillars of various forces, now mostly scattered across the battlefield. Gathering them would also be difficult because without them holding the front line, casualty counts would surely increase several-fold.

Yet at this moment that seemed hopeless, a familiar voice suddenly echoed in Ling Mo’s mind—

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