This swamp wasn't small, and it was impossible to determine how wide it was. However, the Tianchi Iron Armor Squad needed to be on guard for more than ten thousand kilometers.
Ten thousand kilometers didn't seem far, but there were more than ten thousand people in the Tianchi Iron Armor Squad. On average, each person had to be on guard for one kilometer. If each person was responsible for one kilometer and spread out, their vigilance would be weak and very dangerous.
It was impossible for each person to be responsible for one kilometer because the Night Demons rarely moved alone.
Commander Ding had fought with Night Demons before, so he had a good understanding of the Night Demons. He divided the Tianchi Iron Armor Squad into 100 squadrons, and each squadron was responsible for guarding the area within 50 kilometers. He also suggested that each squadron be divided into two groups and take turns patrolling the swamp.
"Everyone, disperse. Remember, if you encounter a large group of Night Demons, immediately retreat and spread the news. If you encounter a small group of Night Demons, organize your own people to kill them."
After Commander Ding explained the precautions in detail, he waved his hand and told everyone to disperse.
Xiao Lingyu was also in the squadron, so Xiong Meng and the other three were naturally in his squadron.
This swamp was more like a swamp with shallow puddles everywhere. However, there were very few aquatic plants, and only a few short trees could be seen here and there.
During the day, this swamp was still very normal. Even when the Night Demons were invading, a few birds would occasionally flap their wings and soar in the swamp, landing from time to time to catch fish and insects for food.
However, at night, a misty mist would rise from the swamp, blocking everyone's vision and blurring their divine senses.
Night Demons were mostly active at night. Under the cover of the night, they could become invisible without using any spells, and they could approach if they were careless.
Therefore, the night was the most important time to be on guard.
Xiao Lingyu also divided the squadron into two groups based on this situation. One group of forty people was responsible for guarding during the day, and the other group of sixty people was responsible for patrolling at night.
As the deputy commander of the Tianchi Iron Armor Regiment, Xiao Lingyu was in charge of the thirty nearby squadrons, which consisted of three thousand people. Therefore, he didn't participate in patrolling or guarding. Instead, he flew back and forth in the surrounding three thousand li. However, if he stopped to rest, he would definitely return to his squad.
To Xiao Lingyu's surprise, after more than three months, not a single Night Demon had been discovered, but Commander Ding had been transferred away.
Regiment Commander Ding didn't even send a message to Xiao Lingyu before he hurriedly left the swamp. However, he left behind a jade slip.
There was a lot of information about the Night Demons in this jade slip, as well as a message for Xiao Lingyu.
Commander Ding explained to Xiao Lingyu, "The Night Demons are serious this time. Now that a large-scale conflict has broken out on the main battlefield, all the God King Stage cultivators have been transferred to the main battlefield, and so have our Tian Chi Mercenaries. The Tian Chi Golden Armor Regiment, which was originally behind us, has also been transferred away. We can only rely on you to guard this side. After I leave, you should be the strongest in the Tian Chi Iron Armor Regiment, so please temporarily take over the duties of the regiment commander and supervise the ten thousand people of the Iron Armor Regiment. Take care of this ten thousand li quagmire defense line. "
It was normal for the deputy commander to temporarily take over the duties of the regiment commander. However, Xiao Lingyu never expected that after more than half a year, they still hadn't seen any Night Demons cultivators. Instead, a cultivator in golden armor from the Tian Chi Mercenaries came over and said that Regiment Commander Ding had died on the main battlefield. The higher-ups of the mercenaries appointed Xiao Lingyu as the regiment commander.
"It's a critical period now. The Army Commander doesn't have time to choose a regiment commander for the Iron Armor Regiment. Brother Xiao, you're lucky to be able to become a regiment commander of our Tian Chi Mercenaries before reaching the God King Stage. Brother Xiao, you're one of a kind."
Before leaving, the cultivator in golden armor patted Xiao Lingyu's shoulder and said something irrelevant before leaving.
Xiao Lingyu didn't feel lucky that he had become the regiment commander. Instead, he was a little worried. On the main battlefield, even God King Stage cultivators could die. One could imagine how fierce the battle was. He felt lucky that others couldn't see that he had the strength of a God King Stage cultivator. Otherwise, he would have to fight the Night Demons head-on on the main battlefield.
The peace didn't last long. One night, two years after coming here, Xiao Lingyu received a message from a squadron saying that they had encountered Night Demons cultivators. Fortunately, there were only two Night Demons cultivators, and they had already been surrounded and killed.
However, a few days later, the squadron of the Tian Chi Iron Armor Regiment continued to report that they had encountered Night Demons cultivators, and the number of enemies was increasing.
Xiao Lingyu asked everyone to be more alert as he flew into the depths of the swamp.
The Night Demons suddenly came here and sent out more and more scouts. There must be something wrong. Xiao Lingyu felt that the Tian Chi Iron Armor Regiment couldn't just sit around and wait. They had to understand the enemy's movements.
While flying into the depths of the swamp, he also sent a message to the golden-armored God King of the mercenaries.
Xiao Lingyu was at the peak of the Late Stage of Chaotic Mystic Comprehending Stage. His Divine Sense could cover a wide range. In addition, he was traveling during the day, so his speed was extremely fast. Ordinary Night Demons scouts couldn't find him at all.
After half a month in the swamp, Xiao Lingyu finally encountered a Night Demons cultivator during the day.
Just like what was described in the jade slip left behind by Commander Ding, the Night Demons cultivators were very ugly. At least, according to the aesthetic standards of human cultivators, the Night Demons cultivators weren't very good-looking. Their skin was dark, and they had wide mouths with sharp fangs at the corners of their mouths. They weren't very tall, but they had four arms and two legs. Their claws were like the claws of birds. Their noses were completely sunken in the basin, revealing only two small nostrils. Their ears were similar to pig ears, and their sparse hair couldn't hide the single horn on their heads.
The Night Demons cultivators were black all over, and they emitted a black mist. If it was at night, the mist would rise from the swamp. If one wasn't careful, it would be very difficult to find their hiding place.
When the Night Demon saw Xiao Lingyu, he was first stunned, then he let out an ear-piercing shriek. However, he was only at the Heavenly God Stage. Just as he let out a shriek, Xiao Lingyu shot out a beam of divine light that pierced through his body.
Xiao Lingyu casually burned the Night Demon's corpse with the True Flame of Primal Chaos. He frowned and muttered, "This Night Demon dares to come out in broad daylight? He's too bold!"
However, as he continued to travel deeper into the swamp, Xiao Lingyu kept running into Night Demons cultivators in broad daylight over the next few days. This made him even more suspicious.
After all, Xiao Lingyu was an expert comparable to a Divine King. Not only could ordinary Night Demons not escape from his divine sense, but they also couldn't escape in front of him. It was impossible for them to harm him. He braced himself and continued on.
After a few days, Xiao Lingyu returned the way he came, and he was very fast. This was because there was a Divine King Night Demon chasing after him with many Monarch God Stage Night Demons.
"No wonder I can see Night Demons in broad daylight. They have a large army gathered here. It seems like they're preparing to launch an attack from here."
Xiao Lingyu muttered as he flew at full speed.
Just a few days ago, when he was flying deeper into the swamp, he saw an army of Night Demons. At that time, he turned around and ran. Unfortunately, he was still discovered by them.
Xiao Lingyu didn't see the exact number of Night Demons. He only saw a huge black mass. The Night Demons were like a black sea.
On the way back, he naturally had to convey this information to the higher-ups of the mercenaries. He also informed the 100 squadrons of the Tianchi Iron Armor Regiment to quickly evacuate from the swamp.
The speed of the Godly King Stage Night Demon Clan was extremely fast, but Xiao Lingyu's speed wasn't slow either. At least, the Godly King Stage Night Demon Clan couldn't catch up with him after using the Speed Wings.
Seeing that he couldn't catch up with Xiao Lingyu, the Divine King Night Demon was afraid of being led into an ambush. Therefore, he gave chase for a while and retreated.
However, when Xiao Lingyu got out of the swamp, he realized that the cultivators of the Tianchi Iron Armor Squad hadn't retreated. After asking around, he found out that the higher-ups of the mercenaries had given the order for the Tianchi Iron Armor Squad to stay here and not retreat.
Xiao Lingyu immediately sent a message to ask, but the higher-ups of the mercenaries didn't give a reasonable explanation. They only said that it was an order from Family Jiang.
"Are the Yongan Realm's army also rushing over here?" Xiao Lingyu asked through the transmission.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be reinforcements. Since the Night Demon army has been discovered, Family Jiang will definitely dispatch them. He won't let a mere ten thousand people of our Iron Armor Regiment resist the invasion of the Night Demon army." The golden-armored cultivator, whose whereabouts were unknown, replied.
What made Xiao Lingyu angry was that after waiting for nearly ten days, there were indeed reinforcements. However, they were only small mercenary groups with less than a thousand people. Although they barely managed to gather three hundred thousand people near the swamp, compared to the huge Night Demon army, it was too little.
Most importantly, there wasn't a single Divine King expert among the three hundred thousand people.
With the strength of such a mixed army, the Night Demon army only needed one legion to charge together to break through the defensive line.
Xiao Lingyu sent another message to the higher-ups of the mercenaries. The reply he received was that there were more reinforcements on the way. Xiao Lingyu and the Tianchi Iron Armor Regiment were told to stay put.
The Night Demon army didn't give them much time to prepare. Their army was less than a day's journey away from the weak defensive line, but there were less than five hundred thousand people here.
Xiao Lingyu didn't have the patience to wait any longer. He directly ordered everyone in the Tianchi Iron Armor Regiment to retreat immediately. He had seen the size of the Night Demon army that was about to arrive. With their current strength, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
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