Spirit Vessel

"Just getting some points is more than enough, let alone hoping for a big win." Elder Mu smiled wryly.

The atmosphere became slightly depressing.

"I actually have a good idea, take me to the three commanders." Feiyun said.

Elder Mu stared at Feiyun with a hint of surprise. He eventually nodded and the two traveled five hundred miles underground.

They made it to a full formation. Elder Mu used his half-demon badge; it lit up and a door appeared on the arrays.

This was an underground canyon with narrow paths. The stone walls had golden shimmering as if cast from bronze.

"This is a spirit treasure?" Feiyun touched the wall and felt a force pushing back.

"Yes, this is our alliance's famous artifact, World Cauldron." Elder Mu nodded.

The branch at Crimson Leaf had a few ancient weapons. The four commanders all brought one each to the battlefield. World Cauldron was one of them.

"Brother Feng, I'm glad to see you alive." Shi Dakai happily ran closer to Feiyun while carrying his hammer.

"Oh? You're at the second level now." Feiyun smiled.

"Yes, I got lucky and survived an encounter with a group of wolf-tiger demons. I got my second rebirth then." Shi Dakai laughed without being traumatized by the previous experience.

However, his smile disappeared as he continued: "We've lost nearly everyone in the first camp. There are only seven now counting you. Go speak to Lord Qing Ji since you're back."

Feiyun nodded and continued onward. He saw many elites along the way but they weren't as optimistic as Shi Dakai. A gloomy air surrounded them.

He finally met Lord Qing Ji for the second time. She sat in the meditative pose on top of a group of clouds. Blue flames in the shape of lotus flowers circled around her, resulting in a powerful aura.

"Feng Feiyun of First Camp greets you, Lord Qing Ji." Feiyun said with vigor.

"Good to see that you're alive. There are only seven in First Camp now." Lord Qing Ji opened her eyes brimming with blue energy currents.

"There are eight, Yu Dai is still alive."

"Why hasn't she returned to the group?"

"We found a large demon lair, she's waiting over there."

"Nonsense! Don't think about messing with this lair, where is she right now? I will bring her back." Lord Qing Ji's voice left no room for question, as oppressive as a mountain pushing down.

Feiyun stood straight like a pillar and responded: "I have figured out the situations in that lair. With the help of the three commanders, I have eighty percent confidence that we can take them down."

"I know how you're feeling but you're still too young. A demon lair can't be taken down that easily, just one mistake and we'll be wiped out." Lord Qing Ji thought that Feiyun was too arrogant and didn't know how frightening demons could be.

Feiyun placed his palm on the ground and specks of dust floated upward to form complicated geographic features. This was the map he created earlier for the demon lair.

"This lair belongs to the White Spider Demons. It's around eighty miles vast or so with a total of two hundred and sixty thousand demons. Forty percent should be at the eighth and ninth level of Heaven's Mandate. The rest are at Nirvana. In this group, around seven to ten thousand are at the third level."

"As for the ones above the third level, I can only calculate using military formations. The battlefield required forming groups consistent with formation strategy. There are two main formation fields, above and below ground. They are combined together to form the Spider Slaying God Formation, requiring ten thousand demons above and another ten thousand below. Once this formation is fully activated, even sixth-level Nirvana cultivators would need to run."

"So taking this into account, we can figure out the formation masters and protectors as a proportion to the overall group. Therefore, there should be sixty to one fifty demons above the third level. But remember, since they ran here after losing, they might have fewer experts than the calculation."

Lord Qing Ji's eyebrows slightly moved as she listened. She stared at the map and said: "Even if your calculations and speculations are correct, they still far outnumber us. We have less than one hundred men right now, the power disparity is overwhelming."

"I can instantly kill forty percent of them right now." Feiyun pointed at a lava river and slid his finger downward. The surging lava immediately headed towards the demon lair, immediately refining that mountain range.

"The lakes and rivers here consist of extraordinary lava since they're melted from special stones. Their temperature is also greater than ordinary lava while these spider demons are afraid of fire. It won't be able to kill Nirvana cultivators but as for the ones below? They'll immediately die and it'll be difficult for them to connect the formations."

"Moreover, the heat will also affect the fighting potential of the experts. This will be very beneficial for us." Feiyun concluded.

Lord Qing Ji stood up; her eyes turned bright: "So let's assume that we can change the flow of this lava river. The top experts in that lair will notice right away and evacuate before the lava can get to their lair."

"What if these top experts die beforehand?" Feiyun chuckled.

"Elaborate."

"Don't forget that we're half-demons and can do certain things that humans can't. For example, sneak into the spiders' lair." Feiyun used his finger to create a spirit manual in the air.

The characters floated over to Lord Qing Ji.

"This is a manual that can hide human aura. We'll only have demonic aura left afterward." He said.

She stared at Feiyun with astonishment before beginning to train. Her human aura became weaker and weaker while the other side dominated. Eventually, she resembled a great demon with demonic clouds around her. Even her eyes had a demonic glow.

"You and the other two commanders are powerful. What if you sneak in there first and assassinate half of the top experts? Once they figure it out, they'll be preoccupied and won't pay attention to the lava flow. Even if they can react fast enough, it'll be too difficult to evacuate so many demons in a small space. We might not be able to kill all of them but more than half and one lair will be plenty of contribution points." Feiyun asserted.

"Yes, I think this plan is doable." A man with a bronze glow walked out from thin air. He had impressive muscles and his weapon of choice was a great axe, looking like a war god.

Feiyun was nearly blown away by the man's physical aura. He secretly activated his phoenix physique and barely managed to stand still.

This was another seventh-ranked half-demon with the name, Kong Hou.

Feiyun knew that the other two seventh-ranked half-demons were hiding in the air, wanting to listen to him.

They wanted to come out several times during the conversation from being excited. This created ripples in the air.

The last seventh-ranked half-demon showed up as well. Though he had black hair, his face was full of wrinkles and his back was bent. This old man stared at Feiyun and said: "I'm convinced by your amazing talents, young man. You clearly planned well despite your age. If there are no mistakes, I think this plan should find success, haha! The medial clans will have to look at us differently henceforth."

"Not just amazing, I think he's just as gifted as the six great geniuses of the twelve southwest territories. Our alliance needs to do everything to groom him. After several more years, he'll be able to compete against them. Those medial clans and sacred cities will see that half-demons have geniuses too. Brat, do you want to be my disciple?" Kong Hou said.

Lord Qing Ji immediately became unhappy.