Chapter 1304: Chapter 1275: The Battle of Hope City
Li Chen stayed in Hope City.
During these three days, quite a few people came to see him.
Apart from Sulin, the other leaders from the previous meeting who weren’t very polite to Li Chen also sought him out.
This surprised Li Chen a little, but he quickly figured it out.
Bi Sulin must have revealed his strength to others.
After all, his strength is no secret. Even if Sulin can’t fully see through it, telling others a bit is enough.
Now, while the various races are at war with the Demon Clan, strong individuals are common, yet the most scarce ones remain strong individuals.
Of course, the definition of a strong individual varies.
The former refers to ordinary strong individuals, while the latter denotes top-level combat power.
With Li Chen’s current strength, he indeed counts as top-level combat power.
So, it’s not too surprising that people from various races came to befriend Li Chen. After all, everyone wants a powerful ally. Even if they can’t always be used for personal benefit, getting help from them when needed is good.
However, as for Li Chen, he doesn’t like such social interactions, so he just goes through the motions for such invitations and returns.
While in the Main World, he was an absentee landlord of the Palace of the Nether King, let alone dealing with such social affairs here.
In contrast, he prefers chatting with Daphne.
Although Daphne’s small wishes seemed a bit childish given his experiences, personally, he preferred spending time with such a pure girl, not needing to scheme or overthink every word.
Three days passed quickly.
Li Chen could feel that as the day of the battle approached, the atmosphere throughout the city became heavy.
This is a large city, not only inhabited by warriors of the various races but also some civilians. However, Li Chen noticed many houses in the city became empty, as if they were once inhabited but the residents moved away.
Yet, as the confrontation with the Demon Clan approached, these last remaining civilians also shut their doors tightly.
Standing on the wall, Li Chen watched as the armies of the different races gradually marched out of the city, his expression somewhat indescribable.
He had promised Patricia he would take action, but he also maintained his freedom, deciding when to make a move himself.
Therefore, on the city wall, he stood somewhat out of place.
Once the warriors of the various races had exited the city gates, Li Chen saw a black line appear in the distance.
“The Demon Clan… has arrived.” Sulin, standing beside Li Chen, said gravely, “Even though we are an allied force of several races, in terms of top-level combat power, the Demon Clan is not inferior to us.”
“Are those the Demon Clan?” Li Chen looked at the increasingly distinct black line in the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He could feel, just as Sulin said, several powerful presences in that enormous group.
Even though they hadn’t approached yet, Li Chen could already sense the strength of those presences.
Moreover, within this strength, there was an aura of killing intent almost all demons possessed.
This is something that could only be forged by killing many people.
And this kind of killing intent was still lacking in people like Sulin.
If in Li Chen’s words, these Demon Clans should be considered warriors, while people like Sulin were merely ordinary Martial Artists.
The type focused on researching power without practical application.
“What’s your opinion on these Demon Clans?” Seemingly sensing Li Chen’s gaze, Sulin couldn’t help but ask Li Chen.
For some reason, Sulin couldn’t help paying attention to this man beside him, perhaps due to Li Chen’s distinctive aura or because of their shared race, making Sulin feel this man seemed to hide something.
Hearing Sulin’s question, Li Chen smiled, “Nothing much.”
After a moment’s hesitation, Li Chen finally spoke, “However, I do have some thoughts. If Commander Su is willing to listen, I can talk about them.”
“Please speak, Mr. Li.”
Li Chen nodded, “The momentum of the Demon Clan is stronger than our allied forces. Such momentum can sometimes affect the outcome of a battle.”
“How so?” Sulin frowned.
Li Chen slightly smiled and casually said something that shook Sulin’s mind.
“Our allied forces haven’t killed enough people.”
Leaving the pondering Sulin, Li Chen slowly approached Patricia. Seeing Patricia’s grave expression, Li Chen couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
“Did you hear?”
“I heard.” Patricia nodded, “I understand what you said. But, our allies are merely pieced together. Although there is conflict in the minor world, it is far from being able to compare with the Demon Clan.”
Patricia’s meaning was clear. It’s not that they didn’t want the allied forces to have more killing intent, but such momentum requires personal experiences to accumulate.
However, most people in the allied forces can hardly be compared to the terrifying race of Demons, who grew up amid various brutal battles.
Compared to the Demon Clan, people of the other races seemed to have grown up in paradise.
But it is precisely because of this, that the Demon Clan is so ferocious; this race is therefore so powerful.
As the two teams approached, there wasn’t any mutual insult, no arguing, not even a single word was spoken, they just silently moved closer.
Perhaps in other places, the Demon Clan is extremely detestable, enjoying saying disgusting things, and even more enjoying tormenting other races, watching them scream and wail in pain, but that is after they have achieved victory.
While in battle, they are the best warriors, not bothering to waste words. Strength is the key to their confident discourse.
The Allied Forces, which originally had a weaker momentum, were further weakened as they were met head-on by the Demon Clan’s team.
In no time, the confrontation turned into resistance from the Allied Forces.
Confrontation is a give-and-take, mutual attack and defense.
Resistance, on the other hand, is unilateral defense.
These two have a fundamental difference.
Sulin stood on the city wall and couldn’t help but sigh; although he didn’t want to admit it, he had to acknowledge that in terms of killing intent, the Allied Forces were indeed weaker than the Demon Clan.
In just a short while, many Martial Artists of the Allied Forces were wounded or even killed.
Whereas the casualties of the Demon Clan were not even a third of the Allied Forces, and among this third, most were other races that had not long ago defected to the Demon Clan.
“The situation is unfavorable for us; we should also make a move now.” On the city wall, numerous leaders from various races couldn’t help but shake their heads, leaping off the city wall into the battlefield.
Whenever a strong leader went down, the Demon Clan would dispatch a matching strong opponent to counter them.
The numbers were neither too few nor too many, just enough to hold back the Allied Forces’ leaders.
“Damn it, are they toying with us like monkeys?!” Patricia, seeing the situation below, couldn’t help but grit her teeth and say.
“It seems so.” At this point, Li Chen nodded.
He could feel that there were a few extremely powerful presences in the opponent’s ranks that remained still, clearly waiting for the strong leaders of the Allied Forces to make their move so they could strike.
“Whew—”
Finally, Sulin couldn’t restrain himself and leaped off the wall, plunging directly into the battlefield.
“Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—” Sulin wielded a bright silver war halberd, its shape looking extremely exaggerated, yet it exuded a peculiar sense of beauty.
At this moment, with a wave of his hand, Sulin cut down several Demon Clan strong leaders, causing chaos among the Demon Clan ranks.
“Has he finally made his move?” From within the Demon Clan’s ranks, a cold voice was heard, and a gaze from the shadows fell upon Sulin.
“Kayes, go deal with him.”
“Yes, Commander!”
The Demon Clan leader named Kayes was the first to fly out, quickly charging towards Sulin.
“Hidden Hunter, block him!”
Sulin evidently noticed the charging Kayes but chose not to make a move; instead, he suddenly voiced out towards someone behind him.
A figure appeared out of thin air, heard Sulin’s words, and nodded slightly: “Alright.”
The next moment, the man named Hidden Hunter blocked in front of Kayes.
A terrifying battle immediately erupted between the two.
Roar-level, they were both Roar-level!
On the city wall, Patricia spoke softly: “It seems that guy can’t hold back either. I’d better go down now, or Sulin will be in danger.”
“Alright.” Li Chen nodded.
“You…” Patricia hesitated for a moment but eventually spoke: “Choose the most appropriate time to make your move.”
“Do you trust me that much?” Seeing Patricia about to leave, Li Chen couldn’t help but ask.
Patricia turned her head, showing Li Chen a sweet smile.
In her smile, Patricia’s body gradually grew, her figure becoming tall and full of allure.
In no time, a woman exuding mature charm from head to toe appeared before Li Chen.
Turning her head, Patricia spoke softly: “You always make the right choice at the right time. So, I trust you.”
Hearing this, Li Chen couldn’t help but smile bitterly— it seems this Elf Queen had seen right through him.
“However, after receiving such praise, I can’t just stand by any longer.”
Li Chen’s gaze fell on the battlefield of both sides.
At this moment, with Patricia’s entry into the battle, the Demon Clan seemed to be stirred. From their ranks, a fierce aura suddenly surged into the sky.
“Patricia, I wasn’t satisfied with our last fight. This time, let’s have a good battle.” A slightly hoarse voice came from the ranks of the Demon Clan.
Accompanying this voice, a black Sword Radiance slashed through the sky, suddenly heading towards Patricia.
Upon hearing this voice, Li Chen’s expression suddenly changed.