Eastern city walls. The battle raged with hellfire and brimstone. Qufu’s Yin soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a human wall to obstruct the approach of Hell’s forces. Everyone gnashed their teeth as they stared ahead of them.

There was a magnificent cloud of Yin energy spreading at least a thousand square meters all around. Yet, even then, Qufu’s soldiers could vaguely make out the silhouettes of blurry soldiers marching within its midst.

This was one of the four offensive Yin beasts that had accompanied Hell’s forces on the eastbound expedition - the Cloud Devourer.

“Fire!!” The commander behind bellowed at the top of his voice, and thousands of crossbow bolts shot through the air. Unlike arrows, crossbow bolts were far more powerful when fired straight ahead. The crossbow bolts flew straight through the cloud of Yin energy and directly towards the Cloud Devourer. However, there simply wasn’t any tactile response at all. The bolts plunged straight into the Cloud Devourer as though they were just any other object falling straight into quicksand. Although the Cloud Devourer’s movements appeared to be slowing down slightly, Qufu’s soldiers knew that their attacks hadn’t injured their target in the slightest.

“What kind of monster is this?!!” A Hellguard who appeared to be the commander gnashed his teeth at the rear of the army. We’re only five kilometers from the exit to the city! If our forces keep retreating like this, then the eastern walls, together with the ten important buildings within a thirty...