Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"..." A hint of coldness flashed in Bai Jian's gray eyes for a moment, but it disappeared in an instant. Soon his expression returned to calm, and he said lightly, "Yes, I know."

"With your help, His Highness the Duke will surely win this war." Captain Ma said with a smile, "When His Highness leads the army to counterattack the southern border, reclaim the city-states that were occupied by the Night Clan, and establish his own kingdom independent from the human race, you will be a founding hero."

Bai Jian remained silent, thinking to himself, "A counterattack on the southern border? Are you drunk?"

He seemed to already foresee the outcome of the war.

At the beginning of this war in the Southern Territory, he believed that with the Duke's strength and in alliance with Earl Condé and his men, there might really be a chance to establish his own autonomous kingdom.

But after fighting the Ye family and Ye Ge, Bai Jian understood.

The overall strength of the Ye family is simply not on the same level as the overall strength of other noble families in the empire!

Unless His Excellency the Duke possesses some devastating trump card, there is no chance of victory.

Bai Jian knew that Duke Wang En was doomed to defeat, but he still chose to stay, to repay the Duke's kindness and for his honor as a warrior.

Bai Jian looked at the listless soldiers gathered below the city wall and asked, "These people are not superhumans. Forcibly conscripting these ordinary people to form a militia will not improve their combat effectiveness much. Moreover, they are not sincerely fighting for the Duke. When the fighting starts, they will all be deserters, which will affect morale. I really don't understand what the point of forcibly bringing these people here is."

Captain Ma grinned: "Hehe, General Bai Jian, you're wrong. They weren't forced to come; they all came voluntarily."

"Oh?" Bai Jian frowned slightly: "Voluntary?" He turned to look down at the city wall, a puzzled expression on his face.

"Yes, and I guarantee there won't be any deserters among them." Captain Ma chuckled. "You'll have to keep an eye on them later."

"Wow~~~~~"

At that moment, a long, drawn-out police siren suddenly rang out!

The soldiers on the city wall all changed their expressions instantly.

Because they knew that the alarm meant the Night Clan had launched an attack!

Bai Jian and Captain Ma immediately went to the city wall and looked into the distance.

On the distant horizon, no sign of the approaching Ye family army could be seen.

Bai Jian frowned slightly.

But why did the alarm go off?

At that moment, one of the superhuman warriors suddenly exclaimed and pointed to the sky: "Look!"

Bai Jian looked up and then showed a surprised expression.

In the distance, a dense, dark mass of mechanical bird drones flew towards them, numbering at least a thousand at first glance!

Many people on the city wall cried out in alarm: "It's a mechanical bird drone!"

"Oh no...the enemy has a mechanic!"

"They have mechanics!!"

"My God, so many!?"

On the battlefield of the extraordinary, the presence of a Mechanic is undoubtedly a terrifying thing, because the area-of-effect damage output that a Mechanic can provide on the battlefield is extremely terrifying!

Mechanics are a rare profession, and the difficulty of leveling up and breaking through is almost no less than that of cultivators! In more modern terms, the difference might be that the difficulty of being a mechanic is more related to science, while the difficulty of being a cultivator is more related to humanities.

'To be able to control thousands of mechanical birds, that opponent must be at least at the Myriad Manifestations Realm, right?!'

The soldiers of Baicheng all thought this with such terror.

Bai Jian's eyes darkened. He had received battle reports from the front lines before. It seemed that there were indeed some mechanics in the Ye family's army. That was how they had broken through Tianyue City before!

"Don't panic." Bai Jian calmly gave the order: "Activate the energy interference devices of all the magic towers to disrupt the signal connection between these mechanical birds and the mechanics."

"Ah...yes!" a soldier replied hurriedly.

Soon, all the magic towers were activated.

Pale purple magical light formed huge orbs of light that illuminated the top of the tower.

Because mechanics are so powerful on the battlefield, any city-state of any size will set up magic towers specifically to counter the aerial units controlled by mechanics.

However, Bai Jian soon discovered that even with all the magic towers activated, the flocks of mechanical birds flying towards him seemed to be completely unaffected!

'How is that possible??'

Bai Jian was incredulous: 'Could these mechanical birds be equipped with devices to resist the energy interference of the magic tower? But these mechanical birds are so small; how could such a massive high-tech device be compressed into such a small mechanical bird?'

Who exactly is the opposing team's mechanic?

When Captain Ma saw that the magic tower was not working, he hurriedly cursed and yelled, "Where are the gunmen and mages? Quickly shoot down all those mechanical birds!"

Upon hearing this, the gunmen on the city wall raised their guns and fired at the mechanical bird in the sky.

However, these mechanical birds fly extremely fast and can maneuver around, quickly dodging projectiles and rushing directly to the city wall to launch a suicide bombing attack.

A series of explosions rang out, and smoke billowed from the city walls as the soldiers of Baicheng screamed in agony.

The Ye family army finally appeared on the ground line at this time.

Ye Ge and Gao Shenxue were both standing on the back of a giant armored vehicle.

Gao Shenxue sat there, wearing VR glasses, with a computer on her lap, and connected to a dozen flashing light-emitting technological tubes. Her hands moved rapidly across the keyboard like she was playing the piano, controlling the flock of mechanical birds.

Ye Ge looked at Gao Shenxue with a serious expression and some concern.

A trickle of blood slowly seeped from Gao Shenxue's lips, and her face seemed to gradually turn pale. Ye Ge immediately said, "You can't do this. Controlling so many mechanical birds at once will overload your soul power."

Ye Ge remembered Gao Shenxue saying that she could only control a maximum of three hundred at a time, and that would not work if she exceeded that.

But now, she is controlling a thousand at once! This is clearly more than three times her maximum capacity!

Wearing VR glasses, Gao Shenxue calmly said, "It's okay. I modified these mechanical birds last night, slightly reducing their power and energy consumption, while increasing their numbers and harassment capabilities... I know what I'm doing, trust me, okay?"

Ye Ge paused for a moment, then pursed her lips: "...Okay, don't push yourself too hard."

Bai Qing stood behind them, her entire body bound to a stone pillar with anti-magic chains: "Hey."

Ye Ge turned to look at her: "What's wrong?"

"You have to keep your word." Bai Qing stared at him seriously. "I will cooperate with you, but you absolutely cannot hurt my brother!"

Ye Ge smiled faintly: "I can't guarantee it won't hurt me at all."

Bai Qing: "You..."

"But don't worry, nothing will happen to him." After saying that, Ye Ge looked towards the distant White City.

Looking at Baicheng, Yege gradually frowned.

He had a bad feeling about this, but he thought it was just his imagination.

But the closer we get to Baicheng, the stronger this premonition becomes.

Ye Ge sensed that there seemed to be a strange and evil aura lingering above Bai Cheng.

Only he, with the bloodline of the Demon King, could sense this power.

It felt quite similar to when I encountered the Demon Sword in Ten Thousand Swords City.

"This Wang En..."

Night Song muttered, "Could they really be planning something big?...?"

......

The mechanical bird's bombardment continued for quite some time.

Bai Jian coughed a few times amidst the smoke and dust, then gritted his teeth.

He sensed that while the mechanics controlling these mechanical birds were highly skilled, the self-destruction of these mechanical birds wasn't particularly powerful...

Taking advantage of the mechanical birds' harassment, the Night Clan army has begun to advance towards the city walls.

Dozens of dragon eagles and griffins followed behind the mechanical bird flock.

Ye Yulong, Ye Yang, and others led a group of martial arts-type extraordinary individuals, riding Frost Moon Wolves towards the city wall.

"Come at me!"

Ye Yulong shouted, "Charge into Baicheng!"

Upon seeing this, Bai Jian's murderous eyes narrowed slightly.

"Boom!"

He pushed off with his feet and flew into the air.

With a clang, the Ling Sha Sword was drawn.

Bai Jian's body was suspended hundreds of meters in the air, his entire body wrapped in white, misty soul power, like a blinding white light!

A terrifying aura was rapidly spreading out, enveloping the entire battlefield!

Ye Yulong's heart skipped a beat.

Such powerful sword intent...

"Eighth-tier sword skill—"

Bai Jian raised his longsword, his eyes almost filled with white light.

He gently ran two fingers across the sword, and the soul power swirling around his body grew stronger and stronger.

The sword's momentum was like a sweeping, converging tornado, growing stronger and stronger!

"Ten thousand swords return to the clan!"

"Om-"

But then a deafening metallic hum could be heard.

The heavens and earth seemed to change color!

Centered on Bai Jian, tens of thousands of longswords materialized from soul power appeared, their sword energy crisscrossing like an inverted Milky Way, dazzling and brilliant. Countless sword lights intertwined, as if they were about to cut the entire world into pieces!

Upon seeing this, Ye Ge immediately raised one eyebrow.

They even used an eighth-tier skill directly...

They immediately unleashed their ultimate attack.

It seems Bai Jian is really serious!

The rank of a superhuman's skill also corresponds to the level of the caster. From Yellow, Profound, Earth, and Heaven, these correspond to the first to fourth rank of skills. A superhuman can only control the corresponding rank of ability after each level increase.

Eighth-tier skills are the strongest skills that a Shura Realm expert can control; they are, of course, ultimate moves.

With a wave of his hand, Bai Jian in the air sent ten thousand swords flying as if on command, each seeking its target. They traced graceful arcs through the air, like a magnificent dance. Wherever the sword tips pointed, the air seemed to be sliced ​​open, revealing streaks of blue light.

"Om-!"

In a flash,

In the blink of an eye, thousands of mechanical birds were completely destroyed by the Thousand Swords!

"Om-!"

The next moment, another breath.

With each scream of the dragon eagle and griffin, the dragon eagles flying in the air following the mechanical bird were also slashed to death by the chaotic swords!

Bai Jian's expression was icy, like a ruthless god of death.

Then he twirled his finger again.

The rain of swords then turned and charged towards the Ye family army!

"Hiss..." Ye Yulong and Ye Yang both gasped.

The rain of swords had completely enveloped their escape route!

With their strength, there's no way they could escape the impact range of the myriad swords!

Ye Yulong gritted his teeth, released his demonic energy, and prepared to enter his demonic state for a desperate fight!

"what--!!"

At that moment, Bai Qing suddenly let out a sharp scream.

Bai Jian's heart skipped a beat when he heard his sister's voice.

He immediately turned his head to look.

In the distance, amidst the Night Clan's army, atop a large armored vehicle, Bai Qing was bound to an iron pillar with anti-magic chains. Her face was deathly pale, disheveled, and she wore a pained expression, seemingly enduring some kind of torture.

Ye Ge stood right next to her, her gaze meeting Bai Jian's. She smiled and gave him a meaningful look.

Bai Jian's head was buzzing, completely blank.

He immediately recalled his conversation with Ye Ge from the previous night...

"Call me if you've thought it through, otherwise you can start preparing to collect your sister's corpse."

At that moment, Bai Jian almost stopped thinking.

Completely out of instinct, he raised two fingers, quickly withdrew his soul power, and stopped the Myriad Swords Return to Origin technique!

Ye Yang, who was charging ahead, had already closed his eyes.

If Ye Yulong still had any chance of survival, as a Thousand Souls Realm cultivator, he simply couldn't withstand the eighth-order sword technique of an Asura Realm expert!

However, after a while, Ye Yang found himself completely unharmed. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Bai Jian had actually taken back the Myriad Swords Return to Origin technique, which left him puzzled and confused.

"what's the situation?"

Ye Yang was completely bewildered.

Ye Yulong glanced at Bai Jian in the sky, then looked back at Ye Ge and Bai Qing, grinned knowingly, and said, "Looks like our good little brother has found this guy's weakness..."

"In that case, I won't stand on ceremony!"

After saying that, Ye Yulong immediately entered his demon form, leaped off the back of the Frost Moon Wolf, and flew directly onto the city wall.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

With a swipe of its claws, it tore through the air with blood-red slashes, instantly killing more than a dozen White City warriors on the city wall!

Ye Yulong licked his lips and flicked the blood off his demonic claws; he showed no mercy whatsoever.

Seeing this, the soldiers on the city wall quickly surrounded and attacked him. Captain Ma shouted, "Bai Jian, what's wrong with you?!"

Seeing this, Ye Yang frowned slightly: "Damn it! You're really fast. I won't let you take all the heads!" After saying that, he led the rest of the Ye family warriors to quickly leap onto the city wall and began to fight hand-to-hand with the defenders of Baicheng.

"Fourth-tier support skill - Gate of Acceleration!"

Ye Qingxin clasped her hands together, creating a portal of light, and then ordered, "Mage Corps, Gunner Corps, prepare for long-range support!"