Chapter Chapter 1946. Trapping the Underworld Force

1946 Chapter 1946. Trapping the Underworld Force

Before long, the battle started. The defender's main army, who acted as bait, turned back and engaged the demons near the valley's exit. By blocking the demons from exiting the valley, they kept a large portion of the demons idle. The demons couldn't advance because their two sides were blocked by tall cliffs. They had to wait until the front line finished fighting before they could move forward.

Only those who could fly could do something, but even they were hindered. After arriving in this valley, John had fliers take all the range soldiers to the top of the cliff. These soldiers came out of hiding and shot the demons from above the cliffs. They prioritized targeting the fliers.

In some places, they prepared stacks of boulders, which they rolled down into the valley below. These boulders caused considerable damage when they hit the demons below. If they happened to hit a flying demon, that demon dropped to the ground. Some weak demons pinned by the boulders had trouble getting back up even when they didn't die. They needed stronger demons to move the boulders away before they were free. But with how compact the valley was, the boulders would pin other demons no matter where they moved.

All this created a chaotic situation among the demon army. They didn't know what to do. They ended up becoming sitting ducks by the arrows and spells from the ranged enemies from above.

Ragorth's group in hiding also took action once the battle started. This coincided with the time when one of the demonic spiders happened to arrive at their place and fell through Janus' illusion. It was startled when it found itself in the middle of the enemies. It was quickly taken care of.

Other demonic spiders saw their brethren fall into the illusion. They were about to go and investigate when Ragorth's group burst out.

Ragorth's group consisted of the strongest native combatants among the defenders here, and all of them could fly. They battled the demonic spiders and other flying demons as they made their way to the rear, where John and the outworlders were.

After the battle started, John's group also took action. He sent the players to block the valley entrance. With this choke point strategy, they negated the demon's advantage in number. Those who could fly took to the sky to battle flying demons.

Syndrillis flew down from the clouds. She had been hiding up there, waiting for the battle to commence. She helped the players at the valley's entrance. This was where Beelzebub was, and they needed to prevent the demons in the valley from coming to the devil's aid.

Purple Mist cast Angelic Host. Countless angelic beings descended from heaven and aided the players in defending the valley's entrance. With this spell, the players should be able to hold the demons until Ragorth's group arrives.

John, Giant Steve, Jet, Fierce Flame, Purple Mist, and Trinity Dawn approached Beelzebub, who was surrounded by a group of high-level demons.

Beelzebub eyed the six outworlders with a cold expression. He understood the enemies had trapped his army inside the valley, but he didn't understand why these six came his way.

A spell formation formed rapidly. The Hieracosphynx sensed the danger. Another explosion of wind came out of its body. It shot upward just as the ground underneath it exploded. The explosion caused the earth to gush vertically, but it failed to hit the Hieracosphynx. The Hieracosphynx used something similar to Wind Jet, allowing it to escape the earth geyser.

Seeing his spell failed to hit his target, Beelzebub opened his carapax and summoned more bugs. Demonic flies exited his body and flew after the Hieracosphynx. Before they could get far, a net made of light spread. This net caught the demon flies and prevented them from chasing the Hieracosphynx.

Beelzebub turned in the other direction. The net of light was the deed of another opponent. This opponent was a giant moth. The Celestial Moth was casting another spell. Beelzebub frowned when he saw the Hieracosphynx fly away.

A massive light exploded when the Celestial Moth completed its spell. The light covered a very wide area. All the demon flies were obliterated by this light. The Hieracosphynx flew away because John had commanded it to when the Celestial Moth was casting the Light Nova.

When the Light Nova ended, no more demon fly was in sight. Beelzebub was also gone. The place where Beelzebub was was a tall mound of earth. This mound of earth cracked and shattered, revealing the devil. Its appearance was slightly different, though. He was covered by sand. This sand constantly moved around his body.

This sand layer was his earth suit, which came from a protective spell he cast.

"Hmph!" He grunted. His carapace opened again. A group of large demonic insects similar to rhinoceros beetles crawled out. These demon beetles could fly. They fired ice pellets for ranged attacks.

The Celestial Moth cast another spell that conjured dust of light covering a wide area. This light dust slowed the demon beetles and caused damage to them as they tried to fly through.

The Hieracosphynx was more direct. It shrieked and created a hurricane that swept the rhino beetles aside. It then rushed through from the cleared path. Its four massive claws were ready to pounce at Beelzebub.

Beelzebub opened his mouth, and a stream of acidic liquid burst out. This acid jet spit struck the Hieracosphynx. The Hieracosphynx reeled away while crying in pain. Clear burn marks were visible on its armor plate where it was hit. These burn marks hissed as smoke came out of it.

"Hmph! You should know your own strength," Beelzebub ridiculed.

As he was talking, a small portal materialized beside him and an arrow shot out. The appearance of the portal and the emergence of the arrow had been so sudden he had no chance to react. The arrow struck him and caused him full damage despite his earth suit.