Chen Rui vs. Red Devil Bandits

At Xilang Mountain, Chen Rui fights various Red Devil Bandits, including Yagus, Sully, Nagurala

## Main pit

Chen Rui’s intention of entering the main pit was to fight by making use of the terrain. However, the cerberus’ nose was too keen, and its speed was also fast. It had been following tightly; it was quite troublesome.

Dodo extended its body to wrap the “two-headed” cerberus. Dodo and Nagurala fight each other, while Argus and Lily chase Chen.

Chen's main purpose at Mount Xilang was aura. Now that Barnacle went to the town of Leia, he might as well kill the 2 enemies at early-stage Higher Demon, then he would get all the aura from the waste ores room.

Besides, the appointment as a mining officer was Joseph’s scheme. If he had no choice, he could just dismiss the miners and let everyone escape. He could just return and “report” to the Dark Moon City. Once Shea understood the mine’s actual situation, she probably wouldn’t remain indifferent anymore.

However, it wasn’t easy to deal with these two enemies. If it was only Yagus or only Sully, even if they had <Teleportation>, escaping shouldn’t be too difficult with Chen Rui’s current speed. However, the two of them together were well-coordinated. Even if he got rid of them for a while, they would return chasing him.

At that time, the effect of <Aura Blade> hadn’t disappeared, so he slashed toward Sully. Sully witnessed him cut off the cerberus’ head, so she knew that the secret technique was horrifying; she didn’t dare to block directly. Two oddly-shaped daggers appeared in her hands and parried his attack. The weapon was about one meter long and the handle was at the center. Both ends had three-pointed blades and it looked like a dual-headed lotus of the Demon Realm.

Sully was with her dual dagger in front of her body. Both parties formed a confrontational situation.

Chen Rui thought quickly in his mind: <Aura Blade> only lasts for 10 minutes. It’s ending soon. If I use Destructive Aura Blow, it’ll at most do minor damage with the 2 enemies’ strength; whereas my Star Power will be lowered drastically, so it isn’t worthy. By the same token, a big move like <Aurora Shot> must also be used when there’s an opportunity. Paglio once said that a battle includes the consideration of multiple factors such as tactics, timing, and power distribution.

Sully was mad in battle, and her melee attack with the dual dagger was especially powerful. Although the main pit was wide, after all, it wasn’t as spacious as outside. Yagus’ flying scythes were limited to a certain extent. Besides, the distance between Sully and Chen Rui was too close, so he might accidentally injure Sully with his long-ranged attack. Therefore, he immediately kept his flying scythe and engaged in close combat.

While Chen Rui was distracted, he was slashed by Sully at his lower ribs. Before he could catch his breath, Yagus’ heavy punch was coming to him. Chen Rui reached out and blocked, and he took the opportunity to fly backward by the force, conveniently dodged Sully’s fatal attack to his heart. He knew that he’d be more passive as this kind of direct battle went on, so he turned around and ran toward another tunnel.

This guerrilla tactic made the joint attack advantage of Sully and Yagis immediately lose its effectiveness. They were secretly scolding their opponent for being despicable. The strength of the trio wasn’t much different. So, it was impossible for Chen Rui to make a surprise attack and defeat one at a time, so it became a stalemate.

## Waste ore room

Sully and Yagus chased for a while, and they seemed to have reached a certain tacit agreement. They gradually forced Chen Rui to a certain direction. It was Chen Rui’s first time coming into the main pit, so he was unfamiliar with the terrain. When he realized their intentions, he was already forced to a dead end. Behind him was an extremely spacious hall; it seemed that there was no way out.

Yagus’ waved both his hands, then 4 to 5 flying scythes flew toward Chen Rui at the same time. Sully followed closely and prepared to sneak attack. Chen Rui knew that it was pointless to man fight them directly, so he retreated to the hall.

Sully’s figure flicked and rushed toward Chen Rui at high speed. It was again the storm-like melee attack. Suddenly, Sully faked an attack and jumped away with a few somersaults. Then, the demonic fire on Yagus’ body suddenly blazed and he snorted furiously, “Thousand Blades”.

Yagus was taken aback to lose his target. Actually, Chen Rui had already fallen into the giant hole and was conveniently the blind spot of his direction. The flying scythes were kept by Yagus one by one. <Thousand Blades> were kind of exaggerated, but there were at least 100. Together with the repeated retrieving and shooting, it was indeed a troublesome ultimate move.

By the time Chen Rui leaped again, there was already a square stone in his hand. He threw it hard and hit a giant magic lamp accurately. Surely, stones were the best at any age, whether it was for close or long-ranged attack. After shattering the lamp, it became dark.

In the waste ores room.

Chen Rui's strategy was very effective. Now that the center was dark, Yagus' long-ranged attack loses its power and the flames on both of them made them the easy target.

Yagus reacted very quickly. He didn't stay in the dark. He teleported and retreated to the door. However, Sully didn't move but sneered. The demonic fire on her body gradually disappeared, and she also disappeared in the dark.

Although it was pitch black, Sully was unaffected at all. Instead, her action seemed more rapid and accurate, as if she were born for the dark.

Initially, Sully's attack was characterized by its strangeness. With the cover of the dark now, it had become stealthier and harder to dodge.

Her confident attack was suddenly stopped. The dagger in her hand only inserted by three inches. When she looked down at her heart, she looked unbelievable. The thing that pierced her heart was a double-headed dagger, which was her own weapon. Now, it had penetrated her heart while the other side of the dagger was in the hands of Chen Rui.

In Sully's eyes, in an instant, this enemy pulled out the dagger at his lower ribs at an unimaginable speed and pierced it back at the center of her heart like a lightning. The calmness and accuracy of this blow was nothing like the previous sluggish and mad look previously. It turned out that the enemy had been able to accurately detect her movements. He was baiting her all along.

Sully used her remaining strength and shouted, wanting to take Chen Rui down with herself by putting all force in her hands, but Chen Rui removed the dagger at her heart before that. Then, her remaining power was as if emptied out; she collapsed to the ground.

A cold light flashed in Chen Rui's eyes, then a white, huge light ball gushed out at high speed, rushing toward Yagus. Yagus didn't expect his opponent to have such an ultimate move. He couldn't use teleport as he was launching <Thousand Blades> at full force. The flying scythes that he threw at the light ball in desperation was instantly swallowed. He could only cross his arms and blocked with his weakened body after using his ultimate move.

Now, Chen Rui's strength was nothing like before. They were both early Higher Demon, so Yagus couldn't possibly fend off the <Aurora Shot> like Mikas did. His demonic fire was almost completely swallowed up by white light, and his body kept moving backward uncontrollably while his defense gradually collapsed. "Poom!", the <Aurora Shot> pushed Yagus into the rear wall and the entire waste ores room seemed to tremble.

Lily, who held tightly became a bunker as her back was inserted with 4 flying scythes. Her demonic fire was extinguished. She was already dead.

"Sir Culia... will come back in 2 days. He'll avenge me..."

Yagus' voice came from the wall in front before he died. Before he could finish his words, he was already dead.

A ring appeared on Chen Rui's finger which was shining in bright light. It was the illumination ring that Joseph "provided". He gently removed Sully's hands and placed her corpse on the floor. Then, he removed the flying scythe on his shoulder, and he also the four flying scythes on Sully's back. Finally, he slowly closed her dead eyes that were filled with grievance.

Chen Rui didn't know why he did these extra things, but his heart was still shocked by Sully's action. In fact, the stab in her heart was already a fatal wound, but in order to defeat him and protect Yagus, she used her last breathe to make the choice of taking him down with herself.

In a battle, there were only the enemy and oneself; only life and death.

On the other hand, Yagus was the exact opposite. First, he didn't hesitate to launch <Thousand Blades>. Even before he died, he didn't even mention Sully's name. He only said that Culia would avenge "me" instead of "us".

Female Great Demon......

The only thing that is difficult to die in our lives is love.

Maybe... maybe there's no maybe...

A pair of familiar beautiful red eyes appeared in his mind inexplicably. His body which was initially cold because of the blood loss was suddenly filled with a warm flow.

His Star Power was severely depleted. After drinking a bottle of Healing Potion, he began to examine the huge hole.

Now that the magic lamp at the top was shattered, relying on the illumination ring, he could see layers of the waste ore stacked on top of each other. Chen Rui thought about it and opened his storage warehouse, wanting to keep these waste ores. As a result, the storage warehouse instantly became full for the first time. It was even the expanded warehouse in "Mizar state".

The minerals in the huge pit were reduced by a few meters suddenly, but it was still not bottomed out. He didn't know how deep was this pit.

Dodo appears, "Master, I swallowed the two-headed dog, but the bones tasted too bad, so I spat them out."

Chen Rui was stunned. As he thought of the huge skeleton in the black rainforest, his heart felt a little creepy, "How did you find me here?"

"Dodo once swallowed a canine-like enemy, then somehow my nose became very sensitive, and I'm able to smell master's scent." Dodo's face suddenly formed a dog-head shaped and sniffed the ground, showing off with his rich body language.

Chen Rui was taken aback: In other words, The chance for Dodo to gain the ability of the swallowed target is the devil fruit's special ability? No wonder it can use Dragon's Demeanor. It seems that I gained a pretty awesome servant this time.

The strongest slime in history might become the strongest demonic beasts in history.

"Dodo, well done. You won't be left out in the barbecue next time."

When Dodo heard its master's praise, it proudly formed two arms and crossed on its "waist", smiling exaggeratedly with its big mouth.

After Dodo was being proud for awhile, it suddenly thought of something and said, "Master, there were a lot of people blocking at the entrance ... Dodo dares not go out..."

That sentence exposed Dodo's inherent timorous and craven character. The title as the strongest demonic monster in history was just a transient, ethereal image. The current strongest slime currently was still just a slime.

From the words of Yagus, Culia who would return in 2 days, his strength was absolutely above Sully and Yagus; he was at least at the middle stage of Higher Demon. Now, the time was tight. On the one hand, he must train hard with the limited time; on the other hand, he must try to distract Culia's attention, so that he wouldn't connect it to the mining office so soon.

The several guards at the main pit entrance were already killed previously. Those who chased were only the cerberus, Sully and Yagus. When the others who were relatively weak arrived, Chen Rui and the others had already entered the main pit, so there wasn't anyone else that heard or seen anything.

Dodo curiously watched his master pondered for a while, then he actually looked at Dodo with a strange look. Dodo suddenly had a bad feeling, then he heard his master said sincerely, "Dodo, it seems that it's time for you to go back to your old profession."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 90 (Steambun)
2. ↑ Chapter 91 (Steambun)