One by one, the skysoar dragons crashed into the earth like silver meteors falling from the heavens.
Every single one... accurately locked onto a demon.
Boom—!
A massive roar echoed instantly. At the same time, the black dragon spiraled downward, lifting a colossal dragon claw toward its head.
Luo Li did not hesitate. She leaped down and landed on the dragon's claw.
Immediately after, the massive black dragon skimmed nearly parallel to the ground.
A violent wind swept up dust and sand as the giant black claw brushed against the earth.
Seizing the moment, Luo Li leaped from the black claw. As her feet hit the ground, a familiar voice reached her ears.
"Hahaha! I never imagined you would actually dare to charge through the demon army's formation!"
Hearing that hearty, slightly demonic, and raspy laughter, Luo Li merely smiled faintly as she stood up to face Ricardo.
"If I did not come to rescue you, would I not be breaking my promise to the people of the world?"
Ricardo paused for a moment, seemingly surprised by her directness.
Gazing into Luo Li's crimson eyes, a smile curled at the corners of his mouth.
"Heh... Truly a foolish... yet wise choice."
Before his voice could fade, Ricardo extended his fist toward a demon charging from the side.
He struck out with a sudden blast!
A dull thud followed.
The demon didn't even have time to scream before its body was hammered heavily into the ground.
Its head was pressed directly into the yellow soil. After a few twitches, it went silent.
Luo Li could even feel the ground vibrate slightly from that heavy punch.
She glanced around at the battlefield.
The battle was currently in a stalemate. Although the beastmen seemed to have a significant advantage in the short term, if the fight continued and the demon army's reinforcements arrived, they would surely be surrounded and wiped out.
A smile played on Luo Li's lips as she brandished her banner and thrust it into the ground!
"Holy light! I piously beseech you, take away their suffering and pain!"
"Light up the Brilliant Night with My Moon Banner!"
Boom!
The sky full of stars suddenly dimmed. Simultaneously, within that darkness, a full moon rose slowly from the east!
The Saintess of the Moon received a far greater power boost at night than during the day, especially with her class skills.
They were much smoother to cast at night.
As the full moon crossed the sky, it showered down countless stars.
Each star was a condensation of dense holy energy.
These lights seemed possessed of intelligence as they surged toward the beastmen army.
In the blink of an eye, the heavily wounded beastmen saw their limbs regrow and their wounds heal at an incredible speed.
One could say they regained their combat effectiveness instantly!
Seeing this, Ricardo's eyebrows shot up, and he let out a wide-mouthed laugh.
"Hahaha! I knew you wouldn't come for nothing!"
While speaking, he turned toward the demons and roared at the sky.
"Lads! Kill them with me!"
Awooo!
In that moment, both the Lion tribe and the Tiger tribe roared at the sky, responding to their Beast Sovereign.
"God of War, invincible—Battle Formation Skill: Beast Roar!"
Across the chaotic battlefield, all the beastmen roared toward the heavens.
"God of War, invincible—Battle Formation Skill: Beast Roar!"
Boom!
Instantly, a surge of majestic vitality spread out from the Beast Sovereign!
As it reached each beastman, it would ripple out from them again!
In an instant, that majestic aura of vitality acted like a long chain, enveloping the entire battlefield!
Even Luo Li, who wasn't using any skills, could clearly feel the vitality spreading through her body.
This ability... has some side effects.
Feeling the surging vitality in her body, Luo Li immediately discerned the principle behind this skill.
It was a form of overdrawing one's potential in advance.
Although this world was not Earth, it still followed a mysterious law of energy conservation.
Energy did not appear out of thin air.
This power was not gathered from the mana elements in the atmosphere.
Instead, it utilized the fat and strength within their own bodies while simultaneously stimulating a special physical state.
The beastmen now were like they had been injected with a massive dose of adrenaline.
Their strength and speed were all surging!
Is it a collective burst-type battle formation skill?
Compared to the way holy knights utilized light elements from the atmosphere, this method was a bit outdated.
However... the power extracted was indeed quite massive.
After all, the elements in the air could not be dense enough to form a physical entity.
But the nutrients in the bodies of these beastmen were very much physical.
Glancing at her attribute points, she was surprised to find that this skill could actually increase basic attributes for a short time.
When those basic attributes were combined with damage multipliers, the boost became quite terrifying.
Feeling her previously empty body gradually recover its energy, she knew such a skill couldn't be without side effects.
Since she had almost no combat capability, she simply stood in the center of the formation, watching the beastmen continuously pummel the demons.
With her skill buffs and the Beast Sovereign's battle formation skill, the brief skirmish soon came to an end.
The air was thick with the scent of blood—that peculiar, slightly foul stench unique to demons.
Luo Li couldn't help but wrinkle her nose.
Seeing Luo Li's expression, Ricardo grinned.
"Hmm? You don't like the battlefield? I suppose a human Saintess like you wouldn't like a place so covered in blood and filth, would you?"
Those words... sounded a bit like a provocation.
Is this big cat trying to mock me?
Luo Li raised an eyebrow and retorted without backing down.
"Whether I like it is one thing, but whether I can accept it is another."
"Your Majesty, surely even you wouldn't feel comfortable rolling around in this black blood, right?"
The Beast Sovereign didn't catch her drift at all and nodded nonchalantly.
"True. Even I don't like rolling around in such filth. If I'm going to roll around, it has to be in the embrace of a lioness."
"That's what I call soft."
Damn it!
We were just talking, how did he suddenly turn this into a crude joke?
She rolled her eyes at the Beast Sovereign and turned to look at the assembled beastmen.
Although they had received one round of healing from Luo Li and most of their injuries were gone, some were still wounded in the subsequent fighting.
"Well, forget it. Let's not talk about that."
Ricardo could tell she didn't like his previous comment.
He didn't pursue it and instead changed the subject.
"Since you've come here, you must have a plan. What do you intend to do? Are you coming with us to the strait?"
As he spoke, the Beast Sovereign looked into the distance, though the demon army's formation was barely visible from here.
"We can't go to the strait anymore. I've chosen a different evacuation point."
His response was a startled cry!
"What? We can't go to the strait!?"
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