The demons arrived quickly. Cai’er, who had descended the mountain rapidly, saw that they had already reached the foot of the first peak and were preparing to climb towards them.

Like the batch of demons they had eliminated before, this group of demon reinforcements were also Great Demon cavalry. The Nightmares ridden by the Great Demons emitted a faint dark red light. If it weren’t for this striking feature, Han Daosi wouldn’t have been able to see them from so far away.

“Thirty-three,” Cai’er counted the number of enemies while stealthily approaching. As Han Daosi had said, the leading Great Demon was particularly powerful.

He was much stronger than even a Demon Commander. More importantly, he had a pair of bat wings spread out diagonally behind his back. The Nightmare steed he rode stomped its hooves on fire, and its jet-black body flashed red light from time to time, like red-hot coals. This was at least a sixth-tier magical beast. The Demon Commander who could ride it was probably at the seventh tier.

Cai’er and Long Haochen had also killed a seventh-tier early stage Bloodthirsty Beta, but that time it was mostly luck, coupled with Long Haochen’s Light Rain Hibiscus Thorn and her Samsara Spiritual Furnace erupting together.

In terms of true strength, although she and Long Haochen were exceptionally talented, they could at most fight against a sixth-tier mid- to low-level demon.

A seventh-tier demon was no longer a Demon Commander, but a Demon Lord. A single word difference, but the difference in strength was worlds apart.

This Demon Lord held a dark red greatsword in his hand, and dark red light flickered in his eyes. Cai’er had no doubt about his power.

The most important quality of an assassin is calmness. No matter what, having a heart as cold as ice is what they must achieve.

Cai’er came down alone with a simple goal: to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy while slowing down their ascent to the summit.

Hidden in the shadows, Cai’er seemed to have merged with the mountain, without emitting any trace of human habitation. Even assassins with much higher cultivation than her might not have her level of breath concealment.

The leading Demon Lord passed quickly. Cai’er didn’t dare to make any rash moves, quietly waiting for the demon cavalry to pass in front of her. Only when the last demon cavalryman quickly passed not far in front of her did she emerge like a wisp of green smoke.

The Nightmare steed’s perception was quite remarkable, but at this moment it was completely unaware of Cai’er following behind.

The so-called stealth technique is not invisibility, but using every available aspect of the environment to conceal one’s existence as much as possible. At this moment, Cai’er was hiding in the shadow of the last demon cavalryman. Although the environment was dark, there was still some starlight and moonlight in the sky. Cai’er did not rush to attack, but quietly followed the demon cavalry as they prepared to climb the mountain.

The Demon Lord was the first to ride his massive Nightmare up the peak where the Howling Cave of Fear was located. The demon cavalry followed one after another. They were almost no different from human cavalry, orderly and without making excessive noise.

Just as the last Great Demon cavalryman was about to mount his Nightmare and climb the mountain, Cai’er, hidden in the shadows, struck.

Suddenly accelerating without warning, she wasn’t detected even when she reached behind the Nightmare steed. At this moment, she was like a ghost, her spiritual power exploding instantly, and the dark gold dagger flashed and disappeared.

How could Cai’er, with her current cultivation level, fail to assassinate a fourth-tier Great Demon? The dagger plunged directly into the back of the Great Demon’s head. At the same time, the dagger slashed down, instantly severing the central nervous system connecting the Great Demon’s neck and head.

Cai’er’s assassination could be described as perfect. The Great Demon didn’t even manage to let out a scream, only groaning before falling downwards.

Cai’er’s movements didn’t stop. As the Great Demon fell, and the Nightmare steed reacted, her left hand had already struck the Great Demon, sending his body flying forward like a cannonball. At the same time, the dark gold dagger in her right hand instantly pierced into the back of the Nightmare steed.

This stab was too accurate. It hit right in the gap between the Nightmare steed’s two vertebrae. A violent spiritual power exploded instantly. The Nightmare steed let out a miserable roar, and the next moment, its body was paralyzed on the ground.

Cai’er didn’t give the Nightmare steed, which had already lost its fighting ability, another strike. Instead, she used the cover of the Great Demon’s flying corpse to instantly retreat into the shadows and disappear.

Strike once and retreat, never lingering. This is what an excellent assassin must do.

Suddenly attacked, the Great Demon cavalry became somewhat disordered. The leading Demon Lord turned around sharply, roaring, and shouted a phrase in demon language. Immediately afterwards, a layer of dark red light spread out from his body, instantly enveloping all the Great Demon cavalry. A dark red halo with a diameter of more than two meters appeared under the hooves of each Nightmare steed.

As expected of a Lord-level demon, this was actually a group amplification skill. At the same time, two beams of red light burst out from the Demon Lord’s blood-red eyes, instantly sweeping towards the direction where Cai’er had just disappeared. The red greatsword in his hand also lit up with a dazzling light.

The red light in the Demon Lord’s eyes was obviously a detection skill, but unfortunately, he didn’t find what he wanted to find. Cai’er seemed to have vanished without a trace.

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in the Demon Lord’s eyes. He roared, and the Great Demon cavalry resumed their journey, but this time the Demon Lord was no longer at the front, but stayed in the center of the formation, protected by the Great Demon cavalry, and even their speed slowed down a bit. His fierce eyes scanned the surroundings from time to time, searching for any possible clues.

Cai’er certainly hadn’t left. She was still hidden in the shadows, only the Demon Lord couldn’t find her. The death of one Great Demon cavalryman didn’t cause panic in this demon team; instead, their defense became stronger. Cai’er discovered that in addition to the Demon Lord sitting in the center, there were actually two sixth-tier Demon Commanders in the ranks of the Great Demon cavalry. At this moment, they were at the front and rear, protecting the front and rear of the team, greatly increasing the difficulty of Cai’er’s sneak attacks.

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The Demon Lord was very angry. He didn’t even order his subordinates to collect the bodies of the dead Great Demons, nor did he care about the severely wounded Nightmare steed. His green-faced fangs looked even more ferocious in his anger, constantly enhancing his perception to search for Cai’er’s traces.

Just then, suddenly, there was a soft “dang” sound from the diagonal front of the Great Demon cavalry formation. The Demon Lord and the Demon Commander at the front reacted quickly, leaping out almost simultaneously.

Especially the seventh-tier Demon Commander. His sudden eruption was like a ball of blood-colored light. He leaped directly from the back of the Nightmare steed, raised the heavy sword in his hand, and pounced towards the direction of the sound like lightning. In mid-air, the blood-colored greatsword had already been swung, and the dazzling blood light burst out instantly with a fishy smell. This sword covered a range of more than ten meters. Wherever it passed, the hard rocks made a “poof” sound. Where the blood light enveloped, the rocks melted, as if they had fallen into the lava hell.

Unfortunately, no matter how powerful this Demon Lord was, his attacks had to actually hit the target. Just as his magnificent sword leveled a large area of rocks, a scream rang out from behind.

The Demon Lord suddenly turned around and saw a black shadow instantly disappearing into the shadows. The attack of the sixth-tier Demon Commander at the rear of the team also fell into empty space. Another Great Demon cavalryman was sliding off the back of the Nightmare steed, and it looked like he was dead.

“Roar—” This time, the Demon Lord was truly enraged. He let out a deafening roar to the sky, followed by a series of rapid incantations. Scarlet blood light burst out from him as the center, turning into a heavy blood-red shield that enveloped all the Great Demon cavalry. This time, if Cai’er wanted to launch another sneak attack, she had to destroy his defenses first.

Cai’er sighed inwardly. As expected of a seventh-tier powerhouse, he made the correct choice in the shortest amount of time. If the Demon Lord hadn’t used group defense magic, she would have had many ways to complete the sneak attack.

After the group defense magic was released, the Demon Lord led the Great Demon cavalry to accelerate suddenly, climbing the mountain. The Nightmare steed galloped with all its strength, heading straight for the Howling Cave of Fear.

Unable to carry out any more sneak attacks didn’t make Cai’er anxious. She still calmly followed behind. Now was not the time to go all out.

The Nightmare steed’s speed was indeed very fast, and the mountain was not too steep. It could be seen that they were getting closer and closer to the location of the Howling Cave of Fear.

Ahead, a large area of thorns suddenly appeared. These thorns were more than one meter high and extremely tough. The Great Demon cavalry at the front had to use the spears in their hands to clear the way, and the speed of advance also slowed down a bit.

The red light in the eyes of the Demon Lord sitting in the center flashed, and he shouted a few words. The sixth-tier Demon Commander at the front immediately took action. Holding the spear in his hand high, a piece of dark red flame swept out, instantly burning the thorns in front.

Just as the thorns were burning, suddenly, a strange energy fluctuation appeared in the center of the Great Demon cavalry. Immediately afterwards, a huge silver-white light exploded in the center of the entire cavalry team.

The fierce spatial elements were filled with powerful tearing force. The Nightmare steeds that were at the forefront instantly leaped up, neighing. Red light flashed on their bodies, and with the group defense skill released by the Demon Lord, they were not completely torn apart.

The Demon Lord snorted angrily. The Nightmare steed under him raised its front hooves and stomped heavily on the ground again. The dark red light filled with darkness and flames instantly spread out, actually suppressing the silver light that was rapidly erupting.

However, this silver light was not completely without effect. At least the group defense skill that the Demon Lord had set up before was broken through.

(To be continued)

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