Therefore, no matter how great the price the demons paid each time, one fact heavily impacted Zhennan Pass: the continuous decline in the number of priests.

Eventually, the Zhennan Pass military had to decide to withdraw all priests below the seventh rank into Zhennan Pass city to treat the wounded. Only those priests of the seventh rank and above, who had some ability to protect themselves, remained on the city walls to support the other powerhouses from the temples.

However, there is an exception to everything. For example, standing on the Zhennan Pass city wall was a priest who was stronger than a warrior and more valiant than a knight.

He was over two meters tall, had a physique more imposing than a warrior, a shiny bald head, and a weapon that even demons feared.

He was Sima Xian, a Discipline Priest from the Sixty-Fourth Elite Hunter Squad.

Sima had returned to Zhennan Pass for quite some time, but unlike Wang Yuanyuan, who immediately threw herself into battle upon her return, he was hidden away by the Priest Temple for a period. His teacher, the current Temple Master of the Priest Temple, kept him in a secret room within the Priest Temple, teaching him a vast number of Discipline Priest skills. Only after he completed his training did he step onto the Zhennan Pass battlefield.

In truth, the great figures of the Priest Temple had good intentions. As his strength continued to increase, Sima Xian began to stand out in the Temple Alliance. Although his fighting style made the Priest Temple blush with shame, they had to admit that Sima Xian was powerful among priests.

This Holy War made the priests increasingly aware of their lack of self-preservation capabilities. And the special profession of Discipline Priest, which had long faded into historical oblivion, was once again brought up in the meetings of the Priest Temple’s high-level members.

Finally, the Priest Temple decided to use Sima Xian as an experiment, fully nurturing him to see what kind of strength a priest could achieve if they focused primarily on combat.

As it turned out, the power of the Discipline Priest exceeded the expectations of the Priest Temple’s high-level members. When Sima Xian first stepped onto the Zhennan Pass battlefield, he shocked everyone.

The terrifying power of the Light Great Pill and Sima Xian’s powerful and exceptional strength made the Priest Temple’s high-level members realize for the first time that their priests could be so powerful. Even warriors of the same rank could not compare to Sima Xian.

Sima Xian played the Light Great Pill in increasingly diverse ways. Especially after eating the Anaconda Tempering Pill sent by Lin Xin, Sima Xian’s external spiritual power rose sharply. At this time, his cultivation had also broken through to the seventh rank, and with the power of the Light Great Pill in his hands, countless low- and mid-level demons had fallen at his hands.

Moreover, Sima Xian was not as rough and unrefined as he appeared on the surface. If he encountered an opponent he couldn’t deal with, he wouldn’t fight to the death. Zhennan Pass was, after all, human territory, protected by many strong individuals. Therefore, his offensive power was unleashed to the greatest extent. Even Sima Xian himself didn’t know how many demons he had killed.

“Sima, the demons are attacking again.” A petite female mage shouted at Sima Xian in front. She had just used Eagle Eye to scout the movements of the distant demon army.

Sima Xian turned around, grinned at the female mage, gave a thumbs-up, indicating that he knew. He raised the Light Great Pill in his hand, and light-attribute spiritual power, full of domineering aura, began to burst out from his body.

The female mage was a fire mage who had always felt that her attack power should be the strongest among all professionals of the same rank. However, since meeting Sima Xian, she realized that her understanding was wrong.

This fire mage was only at the fifth rank and was assigned here for fire support. When she first came here and saw that the person blocking in front of her was actually a priest, she was greatly surprised. A priest protecting a mage? Was she seeing things?

But after the demons launched their first attack, she realized how wrong she was. The terrifying roar, the powerful and domineering explosion of light-attribute spiritual power, allowed her to witness the existence of a meat grinder.

After that, she didn’t know how many times she had coordinated with Sima Xian. Standing behind this man, she naturally developed a strong sense of security. It seemed that as long as he was there, she didn’t need to worry about her own safety at all.

The demon army launched another attack, with the dual-blade demons, used as cannon fodder, always leading the charge.

Human warriors had accumulated sufficient experience through continuous warfare. The mages did not waste their precious spiritual power on these cannon fodder, but allowed them to climb up the city wall. Although the large number of dual-blade demons would have a certain impact on the city wall, they would also affect the charge of other demon races. Therefore, keeping them in the battle sequence would prevent the stronger demon races from gathering together to launch an attack.

Dozens of dual-blade demons climbed up the city wall in front of Sima Xian. Sima Xian snorted coldly. He didn’t even throw the Light Great Pill, but charged towards these dual-blade demons in a barbaric manner.

There was no spiritual power fluctuation, it was purely a melee. Sima Xian even abandoned his own defense, allowing the rather powerful blades of the dual-blade demons to slash at his bare upper body.

His powerful external spiritual power became his strongest defense. Sima Xian didn’t even wear armor, but relied on his body to block the attacks of the dual-blade demons, leaving only white marks on his skin.

Not wearing armor was a habit Sima Xian had developed after participating in the Holy War. He had decided on the path he wanted to take, which was powerful external spiritual power supplementing internal spiritual power.

Cultivating external spiritual power to the extreme was also a terrifying existence. Although Sima Xian’s internal spiritual power had exceeded 10,000, his gifted external spiritual power had exceeded 15,000. It was enough to rival Long Haochen, who was blessed by God. Among the demons, even an eighth-rank low-level powerhouse would find it difficult to gain an advantage against him.

The dual-blade demons were like mud when they encountered Sima Xian, disintegrating one after another. Sima Xian stood there, his body like a copper wall and iron barrier, not allowing these dual-blade demons to cross the line.

More powerful demon races charged over, mixed among the dual-blade demons. There were already Berserk Demons, Avian Demons, Two-headed Demon Vultures, Bear Demons, Lion Demons, and even Greater Demons from the Demon race joining the battle.

“Boom!” A sixth-rank Demon Commander had just leaped onto the city wall and raised his heavy sword when he ran into Sima Xian.

The Light Great Pill, mixed with unparalleled sharp aura, bombarded him directly, making the closest possible contact.

That was a sixth-rank Demon Commander! Yet, he had no power to resist in front of the Light Great Pill. In the midst of the violent roar, only a flash of golden light was visible on the Light Great Pill, and the Demon Commander’s heavy sword and ribcage were completely shattered.

Through continuous use and cultivation, the Light Great Pill now possessed more skills than just the original ones. Sima Xian had created a series of powerful skills around his favorite weapon.

For example, this seemingly simple attack actually contained the abilities of Shatter and Explode, but it did not use Adsorb. Nor did he use the power of his Purple Illusion Divine Thunder Spiritual Stove.

Separating and using skills, coupled with some self-created skills, could greatly save on internal spiritual power consumption. Sima Xian would not use his internal spiritual power for things that could be done with external spiritual power. This greatly strengthened his ability to fight continuously on the battlefield.

A string of Fireballs swept past Sima Xian, blasting a group of charging dual-blade demons into pieces. Sima Xian didn’t even need to turn around to know that this was the masterpiece of the female mage, who was about the same age as him.

The two had been coordinating for quite a while, and they had a certain degree of tacit understanding. However, whenever he felt the aura of this fire magic erupting, he would unconsciously think of Apothecary.

Although Lin Xin did not use attacking magic, Sima Xian would unconsciously smile when he thought of him.

Brother, I really miss you a little bit. I wonder when we can stand on the battlefield together again. How wonderful it would be if you were behind me!

“Roar!” A powerful roar sounded, pulling Sima Xian back from his thoughts. A figure like a mountain climbed up from the city wall.

“Boom!” Gravel splashed. Just as this big guy climbed onto the city wall, the huge mace in his hand swept away two crenellations. A fierce aura mixed with a strong bloody smell rushed towards them.

A Bear Demon, one of the Demon race’s most powerful melee races. The top Bear Demons could even fight with the Reverse Dragon Demons in terms of strength.

The Bear Demon in front of Sima Xian was only about three meters tall, which was definitely not considered strong among Bear Demons, but his fur was dark silver. Just as he climbed onto the city wall, his powerful aura greatly increased the morale of the other demons.

A Bear Demon Lord. Eighth rank.

Sima Xian narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that he had encountered a powerful opponent. The mace in this Bear Demon Lord’s hand was about the same length as his height, and it was more than three meters long. The thickest part was close to the diameter of the Light Great Pill. It was such a terrifying weapon that could destroy the crenellations so easily. Its terrifying power was probably beyond his own.

The Bear Demon Lord roared to the sky, his ferocity even greater. His eyes locked onto Sima Xian in an instant. The Light Great Pill in Sima Xian’s hand was too obvious.

The huge mace suddenly rose up, and the evil wind rushed towards him, causing the female mage not far behind Sima Xian to lose her color. If such a weapon of slaughter came down, she would probably be turned into slag.

(To be continued)