Everyone followed the middle-aged vendor's footsteps; those behind crawled, while the middle-aged vendor and Chen Zhou ran.
However, after Chen Zhou and the middle-aged merchant passed through the demonic giant, Chen Zhou removed the other ring and handed it to the middle-aged merchant, who immediately put it into his pocket. Then, like the others behind him, they began to crawl forward. Although their speed was not fast, they completely overtook the large and clumsy demonic giant. Once they had completely passed the demonic giant, it suddenly began to disintegrate, and the teleportation tunnel immediately began to shrink.
However, the demonic energy that had just dispersed from the body of the demonic giant did not disappear immediately, but instead turned into tiny demonic soldiers!
As the demonic soldiers continued to form, this massive army of demonic soldiers appeared behind Chen Zhou and his companions. Just as Chen Zhou and his group turned around, a huge army of demonic soldiers appeared, marching in neat formation towards them and charging towards them.
The biggest difference between them and Chen Zhou and his group is that they can walk upright because they don't need to touch the ground of the teleportation tunnel at all. Since they are all made of demonic energy, they can float directly on the illusory ground of the teleportation tunnel.
When Chen Zhou and the middle-aged merchant looked back, the demonic energy behind them was evenly distributed and had not stopped forming, but continued to form.
"This is never going to end," Chen Zhou muttered. But they didn't give up crawling; instead, they continued crawling forward.
What was most tragic was that the demonic soldiers behind them were running much faster than them, making it impossible for Chen Zhou and his group to shake off the demonic army behind them.
Originally, everyone thought that after getting rid of the demonic giant, there would be other things made of demonic energy ahead, but they would be better than the demonic giant. However, the demonic soldiers that suddenly appeared afterward were even more troublesome for them.
"Everyone stop! Immediately face the army of demonic soldiers behind us!" The middle-aged merchant stopped and addressed everyone. However, at this moment, many members of the Advancement Alliance were still unable to see the demonic energy! So what should they do?
The middle-aged vendor also made a corresponding choice: "Those who cannot sense the demonic energy, keep charging forward! Don't worry about us."
The middle-aged merchant's method was indeed good, as it could protect those who could not sense the demonic energy. But had he considered that even if they eventually entered the eighth level through this passage, they wouldn't even be able to sense the demonic energy. What would be the point of entering the eighth level then?
Chen Zhou had no objection to this arrangement. What was wrong with those who could fight staying to fight and those who couldn't continue to run away?
However, Chen Zhou's lack of objection did not mean that the other members of the Advanced Alliance had no objections. Although the members of the Advanced Alliance were supposed to obey the middle-aged merchant and Chen Zhou after the railway's death, they would raise their objections if they had any. But in such an emergency, who would think to give specific instructions? They would only resist in their hearts, but they did not resist in action, because the middle-aged merchant had indeed saved them multiple times.
They were both rescued by the middle-aged merchant and Chen Zhou. To oppose them now would be ungrateful.
Therefore, those who were dissatisfied did not speak out at this time.
"Clang, clang, clang." Chen Zhou's black sword clashed with the weapon of the demonic soldier, who also possessed a weapon. Although it wasn't made of iron like Chen Zhou's, and at the very least, it was formed from demonic energy, the clash with Chen Zhou's black sword still produced a loud sound.
The tremendous noise seemed to be a reminder to everyone that this battle was not to be underestimated. However, among those who could sense the demonic energy, many could not truly feel it, so they were completely unable to stop the demonic soldiers' attack! As a result, quite a few people were already seriously injured, with scratches appearing on their bodies, all left by the demonic soldiers.
The advanced alliance led by Chen Zhou was no match for the demonic soldiers. At this moment, the demonic soldiers could do whatever they wanted to Chen Zhou and his group.
The difference in strength between the two sides was simply too obvious. It wasn't that the members of the Advanced Alliance were inferior to these demonic soldiers. Rather, the demonic energy that the Advanced Alliance couldn't truly sense, while some of them only vaguely sensed, meant they were simply unable to truly stop the soldiers' attack.
But all Chen Zhou could see were members of the Advanced Alliance falling one by one, their wounds growing increasingly severe. He saw pools of blood flowing continuously, covering the entire illusory teleportation tunnel floor with their blood.
Some of their bodies had already been recovered by the Demon City. The entire Advancement Alliance suffered heavy losses, with far more dead than before. Since the beginning, they had only lost two people, one of whom was the Alliance's leader, Tie Dao. However, Chen Zhou only roughly counted four or five tokens that had appeared on the ground. Their bodies had already been recovered by the Demon City.
Looking at the people falling one after another, Chen Zhou immediately realized that the middle-aged merchant had made a mistake; they simply could not fight against the demonic soldiers.
"We can't continue like this, or the losses will only be more severe. I'm afraid only a few people will be able to get out," Chen Zhou said loudly to the middle-aged merchant.
Inside this teleportation tunnel, the middle-aged merchant had changed her appearance from before; now she was at the forefront.
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