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Chapter 16 Roses Watered with Blood
"You can't do anything! You can't even see where you're going!"
Zhang Hairong was so anxious that he stomped his feet and stared at Cai'er with red eyes, looking just like an extremely angry but helpless old lion protecting its cubs.
However, looking at the girl's slender yet straight back, and the undeniable stubbornness beneath the black veil, Zhang Hairong's anger finally turned into a heavy sigh.
He knew this seemingly cold but actually warm-hearted girl all too well; once she made up her mind, nothing could sway her.
"Fine! If you want to go up the city wall, I can't stop you!" Zhang Hairong gritted his teeth, his rough hand slamming onto Cai'er's shoulder, his voice trembling slightly with suppressed emotion. "But you better remember this! If you encounter any danger, run! Don't worry about us roughnecks! You're still young, your life is more precious than ours, understand?!"
The soldiers of the surrounding battalion also echoed this sentiment with red eyes. If they were truly in dire straits, they would give their own bodies to pave a way for this girl to survive.
After spending this time together, they had come to regard Cai'er as their younger sister or daughter.
Feeling the rough yet incredibly warm care on her shoulder, Cai'er pursed her pale lips slightly and nodded earnestly.
"The entire battalion is ready! Grab your weapons and get to the city wall!"
Zhang Hairong suddenly turned around, wiped his reddened eyes, and let out a roar as loud as thunder.
Accompanied by the dull sound of war drums, the soldiers of the First Battalion surged once again onto the exorcism gate, which resembled a meat grinder, like a black torrent of steel.
At the very back of the group, Cai'er leaned on an ordinary green bamboo cane.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
The bamboo cane tapped lightly on the ground, and the petite figure of the blind girl, like a drop of ink, silently blended into the deep shadows of the city wall.
……
"kill--!"
The sounds of fierce fighting instantly pierced the sky, and the black twin-bladed demons covering the mountains and plains pounded against the city walls of Exorcism Pass like a surging tide.
As soon as the battle began, Zhang Hairong and the veterans of the First Battalion tacitly reserved some of their attention, their eyes anxiously searching the surrounding shadows.
They were really worried about the little girl who was blind.
On the battlefield, swords and spears have no eyes; even the slightest mistake can cost a life, let alone a blind person who cannot see the enemy.
"Watch out on the left!"
Just as a soldier from the First Battalion had finished off a demon and was exhausted, a cunning fourth-tier dual-wielding demon suddenly leaped up from the side, its sharp forelimbs aimed straight at the soldier's neck!
Zhang Hairong was horrified; it was too late to rescue him.
However, at this critical moment...
"Whoosh—"
A soft whooshing sound suddenly rang out.
The fourth-tier dual-wielding demon, which was leaping in mid-air, didn't even have time to let out a scream before its massive body abruptly froze in mid-air.
A thin line of blood had appeared on its throat without its knowledge. Then, black demonic blood gushed out like a fountain, and the corpse crashed to the ground.
Behind the corpse, a petite figure holding a green bamboo staff and wearing a black veil flashed by like a ghost, disappearing into the darkness once more.
"this……"
The warrior who had narrowly escaped death touched the demonic blood on his face in disbelief.
Zhang Hairong and the veterans around him were also dumbfounded.
Fast! Too fast!
Even after losing her eyesight, Cai'er's attacks not only did not falter in the slightest, but became even more fierce and ruthless than before!
It's as if she has countless keen, invisible eyes; she always strikes at the perfect moment!
After the initial shock, a strong sense of heartache welled up in the hearts of these rough men.
What kind of cruel, inhuman, hellish training must a twelve-year-old blind girl have undergone to be able to deliver a precise, fatal blow amidst the chaos of battle, relying solely on her hearing and touch?!
"Stop standing there, you bastards! You can't even compare to a blind little girl, aren't you ashamed?! Kill them all!"
Zhang Hairong suppressed the bitterness in his heart, laughed heartily, and brandished his heavy sword as he charged into the demon horde once more.
Since Cai'er doesn't need their protection, then they should have a good, thorough slaughter!
With Zhang Hairong's roar, the soldiers of the First Battalion gradually put aside their worries and threw themselves into the battle with fervor.
Cai'er, on the other hand, completely transformed into a terrifying blind grim reaper on this battlefield.
"Tap, tap..."
The crisp sound of the bamboo cane striking the ground seemed to turn into a death knell.
Facing a ferocious fourth-tier demon, she only needs a simple throat slit to kill him instantly, without any hesitation.
Even when facing a formidable fifth-tier emerald-green dual-wielding demon, she could keenly detect the wind and openings in its attacks. Her dark gold daggers, like deadly vipers, could precisely sever the enemy's central nervous system in the blink of an eye!
With this powerful "Grim Reaper" secretly protecting them, the overall defensive line of the 1st Infantry Battalion instantly became solid.
Those high-ranking demons who were originally capable of inflicting devastating damage on ordinary soldiers often became the dead under Cai'er's daggers before they even had a chance to unleash their power.
The casualty rate of the First Battalion miraculously showed a precipitous drop!
Roses watered with blood always bloom at the most incredible speed.
For the next five months, Cai'er's life became completely integrated with the dark red walls of the Exorcism Pass.
The deprivation of her sight did not become a stumbling block for her; on the contrary, it made her perception of danger to a terrifying degree.
In this brutal, hellish battle day after day, Cai'er's cultivation level soared, and the spiritual power within her body was like a surging river, breaking through the three thousand point mark without any suspense!
On this day, the sounds of battle still echoed across the city walls of the Demon Exorcism Pass.
On a tall tower not far from the main battlefield, Saint Moon stood with his hands behind his back.
Beside him stood a burly knight clad in heavy armor.
This knight was an inspector who had come all the way from the Holy City, the headquarters of the Temple Alliance.
His task was to verify the eligibility of the contestants for the Assassin's Temple and escort them to the Holy City to participate in the new Demon Hunter Selection Tournament.
According to the rules of the alliance, any young genius who wants to participate in the selection competition must personally kill five demon warriors on the border battlefield as their ticket to the competition.