I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

On the path where the greatsword hero charged, a small squad of demon wolf cavalry was still entangled with him—the light that originally covered the hero's armor seemed to have dried up, and now there were many cracks, with only the emblem on the breastplate still glowing faintly.

The demon wolf cavalry, whether lacking emotions or believing the battle was unfolding as they expected, frantically waved their fire-blades and wolf claws, repeatedly bombarding the greatsword hero.

The hero laughed heartily, nonchalantly using his sword to parry the fatal attacks aimed at his neck and waist, and when unable to avoid them, he chose to ram them with his torso!

As Li Yue ran to a point ten zhang in front of the hero, the hero was headbutting a nearby red-skinned demon, his face being slashed with a deep, bone-exposing bloody mark, while simultaneously smashing the red-skinned demon's skull, causing him to collapse limply off the back of his demon wolf.

How majestic…

Seeing this scene, Li Yue felt a strange sense of admiration.

"Ha!" Having dealt with the nearest red-skinned demon, the hero, seeing the remaining demon wolf cavalry gathering again, swung the greatsword, which was more than three times longer than his tall body, and swept it horizontally in mid-air!

Li Yue sighed inwardly, watching as the hero's greatsword swept across, most of the demon wolf cavalry relying on the mobility of their demon wolf mounts to retreat rapidly, dodging the fatal blow; those who didn't manage to avoid it were silently cut in two by the greatsword, along with severed limbs and minced meat… all becoming nutrients for the wheeled siege beasts' rear hills that were currently being driven.

Although it didn't cause too much damage, the hero achieved his goal of forcing back the demon wolf cavalry, and then, bending his knees and pushing off, he leaped away from the small-scale battlefield, charging towards the siege beast battle formation behind Li Yue in the shortest straight line.

Li Yue only felt a wind blowing, and then, suddenly appearing in front of him, was the horizontally placed greatsword blade!

Was this… trying to swat him to death?

Like swatting a fly?

Shadow Stitch!

Li Yue's shadow suddenly changed, several needle-like shadows pinned the hero's shadow projected from the air, but it didn't have much of a limiting effect, only causing him to pause momentarily before the greatsword hero broke free!

The greatsword's blade rapidly grew larger, completely covering Li Yue's possible escape range… Li Yue only had time to maximize his mental power, pulling the bone sword out of the greatsword's attack range, while his pale white limbs and bones frantically curled together, focusing on protecting his head.

Smack!

The wind blew past, and Li Yue fell apart.

Cracks appeared inch by inch on the Self-Healing Bones, shocking to the eye, and even his skull was almost half-opened, half-concealing the main body of Li Yue's brain spirit; Li Yue's mind was blank, almost dizzy from the impact, only vaguely remembering that at the moment the greatsword was about to strike, it seemed that the shadow pulled him down, avoiding a direct hit.

Shadow saved Li Yue's life.

Li Yue remained motionless, decisively feigning death, waiting for the greatsword hero to rush into the siege beast battle formation behind him; but before Li Yue could stay for long, he found that he had actually come to the desolate edge created by the red-robed priest.

A strange weakness enveloped Li Yue's whole body, his brain sulci twitched, and faint traces of blood seeped out, even his thoughts were almost no longer coherent; and the greatsword hero also suddenly collapsed when he leaped into the battle formation two hundred meters away, kneeling on one knee and constantly retching.

"A deathly weakening magic…" The greatsword hero chuckled, stroking the faintly glowing emblem on his chest, "It doesn't matter, with the protection of the Great Archmage… the King… won't abandon me…"

"Escape…" Li Yue barely used his mental power to drive the newly closed skull, trying to escape towards the outer periphery of the battle formation, and Shadow also instantly changed from dim to thick, pulling Li Yue away from the range of weakness at high speed.

Demon wolf cavalry lingered on the periphery, pacing back and forth around the range of weakness like rabid dogs before being unleashed, baring their teeth at the greatsword hero from afar.

One of the demon wolf cavalry saw Li Yue's skull rolling to its feet and looked at it with curiosity, and then stretched out its foot to kick it away…

Buzz—

Li Yue used his mental power to manipulate the bone sword not far away, directly placing it horizontally in front of the demon wolf cavalry's knees—originally Li Yue had prepared to use the bone sword to counter-stab the greatsword hero, but he didn't expect that this idea was completely superfluous at the time, but it came in handy at this moment.

The red-skinned demon's knees were broken in two, and Li Yue barely suppressed the urge to defect on the spot, successfully escaping the range of desolation.

And over there, the hero, weakened to the extreme, chuckled and slammed his chest with his last bit of strength, instantly enveloped by the holy light emanating from the emblem, temporarily shaking off the weakened state.

The holy light slowly brightened and expanded, covering a distance of more than ten zhang around the greatsword hero, with faint shadows of human warriors revealed within.

It was the same here, and everywhere else—of the dozen or so heroes who counterattacked from the city, only two successfully broke through to the siege beast formation, and at this moment they all unfolded that flowing, cloud-like holy light.

Another hero, just before reaching the siege beast formation, had his shoulder pierced by a demon wolf cavalry's fire-blade, stuck in the ground, but also triggered the emblem on his chest…

The holy light unfolded, immediately purifying the demon wolf cavalry who thought they had gained great merit into ashes, followed by the same swaying human figures, symbolizing that the elite troops from the city were crossing the battlefield and teleporting over.

Li Yue hurriedly recalled the bones that had been blasted far away—when the bones that had been shattered into pieces reassembled into the shape of a skeleton soldier, Li Yue found that they had almost decayed to the point of losing their light…

The red-robed priest's war magic was so powerful? Even the Self-Healing Bones couldn't resist it?

What about the heroes?

The holy light's teleportation magic originated from the second Great Archmage in Steel City, as long as he was there, the desolate, decaying power of weakness could not harm the heroes in the formation.

And when the holy light faded, three light spots spread into three arrays, each with about 500 people, and the composition of the lineups was also different.

Following the greatsword hero were mostly fully armored melee-type warriors, tall in stature, with weapons mainly consisting of greatswords, great axes, and heavy hammers… Even more, some were carrying pure giant stone pillars, revealing a giant-like strength.

They talked and laughed, gazing at the siege beasts on the central line of the battlefield, especially the elephant-shaped siege beasts' thighs and tusks, as if they were looking at a turkey waiting to be carved.

Another light array was mainly composed of mages, who opened shields the moment they left the holy light's illumination to resist the red-robed priest's magical invasion.

They were as if facing a great enemy, each taking fluttering steps, chanting holy incantations, and launching probes targeting the "red lines" connecting the red-robed priest and the siege beasts.

However, of the three light arrays, the one that gave Li Yue the biggest headache… was actually the last one—the hero who hadn't really run to the siege beast battle formation responded to the teleportation spell before his death, which led to the troops being teleported to be right in front of Li Yue, becoming the biggest obstacle for Li Yue to go to Steel City.

Even more surprising to Li Yue was that these 500 soldiers were not the heroes he had imagined, but were closer to mechanical soldiers!

Most of their limbs and joints had been strengthened, and at this moment they were embedded together by gears and mechanisms, and steam would emerge and make a creaking sound as they walked…

Among them, a dozen or so had half of their faces mechanized, and their bodies were also inlaid with magic stones, different in color but all containing holy magic, which was very deadly.

Originally, Li Yue wanted to approach Steel City silently on the chaotic battlefield, and then find the most appropriate time to summon the Skeleton Sea, but first he encountered the greatsword hero's attack, disrupting his position, and then he was blocked by 500 steam-powered machines and clockwork warriors…

On the battlefield, even if you are very careful, it is difficult to find any safe passage.

Moreover, unlike the heroes in the siege beast formation, this group of human troops does not need to consider the red-robed priest's "desolate" range for the time being, and can completely release their full combat power, causing fatal damage to everything in front of them…

At this moment, the steam-powered machines and clockwork warriors observing the battlefield could easily see the lone skeleton soldier in front of the formation, and the siege beast battle formation behind it that was operating at full strength.

Shadow shrank even more tightly, and Li Yue, looking at the gears turning and the steam rising in front of him, felt his scalp tingle, knowing that he still had to find a way to rush… to get around them.

The mechanisms sounded, the magic stone brilliance flowed, and the steam-powered machines launched a charge.