Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 714 - 677 High-level Demon
Chapter 714: Chapter 677: High-level Demon! Chapter 714: Chapter 677: High-level Demon! A sudden huge rock that flew out from the Stone Forest almost smashed a large hole in the hull of the Escort Ship, something entirely beyond Rocky’s expectations. It immediately made him look towards the Stone Forest.
After such a long period of bombardment, the Stone Forest was now shrouded in gunsmoke, but even so, through the smoke and explosions, he could see that the stones were slowly standing up!
Demons!
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Once he saw all those rocks standing up, Rocky knew they had all been deceived; this was not any stone forest at all. Those objects on the ground were not rocks either; this place was completely filled with Demons!
And as he was shocked, those “rocks” on the ground had already fully stood up—indeed they were not stones, but actual Demons, and extraordinarily powerful ones at that!
The Demons rising from the ground were each over five meters tall, even bigger than the Bull-horned Demons. Rocky, even from mid-air, could distinctly feel their oppressive power, and these demons were all composed of stone and dirt, looking as if they were towering statues. But they were not statues, they were genuine Demons, and they were the most fearsome kind!
“My God… these, these are Blood Image Demons!”
After seeing the true faces of these demons, Rocky sharply inhaled in shock.
Having Monte by his side, Rocky had a very good understanding of the types of Demons, especially after his encounter with Knife Fox Demons. He had specifically asked Monte about high-level demons, so the moment he saw the towering figures standing up in the Stone Forest, he instantly recognized them as Blood Image Demons!
Blood Image Demons, one of the high-level demons, are unlike the traditional kind. The body of a Blood Image Demon is actually just a Demon Core, but just like other high-level demons, Blood Image Demons possess extremely special powers. They can emit a force akin to Mana, thereafter using mud and stone to form their own bodies. That is to say, the colossal forms Rocky was now seeing were all fake creations of the Blood Image Demons using their abilities.
This characteristic made the Blood Image Demon one of the few valueless high-level demons. Other high-level demons are extremely valuable due to their various special powers, but since the Blood Image Demons’ true bodies are nothing but a Demon Core, to kill them one must destroy the core. And once the core is destroyed, they completely vanish, which is why these demons have no value whatsoever.
That is also why Blood Image Demons are considered the most troublesome among high-level demons, because only by destroying their Demon Core can they be truly killed. Otherwise, Blood Image Demons can endlessly use mud and stone to rebuild their bodies, making them incredibly difficult to kill.
Rocky had never imagined he would encounter such demons and, upon careful observation, realized that the number of Blood Image Demons rising from the Stone Forest was not just one or two, but more than a dozen!
To see more than a dozen high-level demons appearing before him at once was a first for him, and truthfully, he never wanted to witness such a scene in his lifetime.
How on earth could he deal with so many high-level demons?!
While Rocky was stunned by the sheer number of Blood Image Demons before him, those on the ground had already lifted their heads, and in unison, they let out a roar!
Strangely enough, when more than a dozen Blood Image Demons let out a simultaneous roar towards the sky, not a sound was heard. It wasn’t drowned out by cannon fire; rather, it was because these enormous creatures were merely bodies condensed by the Blood Image Demons, and they inherently couldn’t make any sound. So, they merely performed the action of roaring without producing any audible roar.
But one must never underestimate these large creatures that could roar without making a sound, for right after their silent roar, the Blood Image Demons reached towards the ground. In the blink of an eye, when they pulled their hands back out of the dirt, they were each holding a massive boulder!
The stones that had been pulled out by the Blood Image Demons were each incredibly massive, some even larger than the demons’ own bodies. Then, the demons hefted the boulders above their heads and hurled them viciously into the sky!
“Not good!”
As he watched more than a dozen enormous stones soar through the air like cannonballs, Rocky initially was startled, then quickly drew his Magic Fang Scythe, ready to face the giant rock flying straight towards him.
With a swish, he split the huge rock in two, but before Rocky could even catch his breath, he heard several loud crashes. Looking back, he saw that aside from the boulder he had cleaved apart, the rest had struck the warships in midair with astonishing accuracy, two of which had even smashed gaping holes through the hulls!
Could the power be this great?!
Rocky was completely stunned, never having imagined that a few boulders thrown by the Blood Image Demons would be capable of damaging the warships.
Previously, in order to facilitate the bombardment, he had indeed ordered the warships to descend in altitude, but even if more than a hundred warships had lowered their altitude, there would still be a distance of at least a hundred meters from the ground. Yet the boulders thrown by the Blood Image Demons could easily span this distance to hit the warships, their might so great that they were capable of punching through the armored hulls, an unimaginable feat.
And while Rocky was still in shock, the second wave of boulders had already arrived!
With the second wave of boulders pounding the skies, several more warships took hits. One warship, in particular, was struck by three consecutive boulders, and not only were two huge holes smashed into its hull, but the entire vessel even began to list.
“All warships, ascend!”
As the second wave of boulders flew past him, Rocky immediately issued the command, raising the warships’ altitude before the third volley arrived to avoid the attack.
It turns out that no high-level demons can ever be underestimated. Initially, when Rocky saw these Blood Image Demons, he was surprised by their number but didn’t take them too seriously because these demons lacked the power of flight and the ability to leap aboard warships like the Knife Fox Demons previously had. This made Rocky think it was entirely feasible for the fleet to use its aerial advantage to bombard these Blood Image Demons to death. However, he now realized this idea was naively optimistic.
Though the Blood Image Demons didn’t have the capacity to fly, their boundless strength still posed a threat to the fleet. The boulders they hurled into the sky were not weaker than the Magic Energy Cannons, and in some cases even more powerful. Moreover, the Defensive Net, which could only guard against Magic Energy Attacks, was useless against these massive stones, ultimately forcing Rocky to have the fleet elevate as the only way to evade the attacks.
