Chapter 2381 Ran Away?

"Ran away?"

"What's wrong with these Demon NPCs?"

The players in Demon City were utterly baffled by the sudden retreat of Morphimos and the other Demon NPCs.

Just a moment ago, they had Stone Peak surrounded, even ready to attack. But the moment Stone Peak himself appeared, they scattered like mice before a cat.

What was going on?

Not only the players in Demon City, but even the members of Demonheart, who actually controlled the city, were dumbfounded.

"What did he do? Why are the Demon NPCs so afraid of him?" Elder Nu Xin wondered, gazing at Stone Peak chanting spells in mid-air.

Fourth-order Demon NPCs, in terms of intelligence, were no less capable than players. It was almost impossible for players to gain any advantage in front of these Fourth-order Demons.

It could be said that the current players were a joke to these Demon NPCs, ants that could be crushed at any time, let alone make them afraid.

These Demon NPCs had remained calm and composed even when facing Fifth-order Archpriests, and eventually repelled the army of the Ten Saints Empire, allowing Demon City to gain a foothold beside the Empire. The various super forces of the Ten Saints Empire hated them with a passion, but there was nothing they could do.

Only the Battle Wolves Guild, due to conflicting interests, had no choice but to launch an army to weaken their Demon City's power. Unfortunately, this only benefited them, allowing their strength to grow further, making the various super forces even more wary of Demon City.

But now, what was with these Demon NPCs scattering everywhere?

Before Elder Nu Xin could finish speaking, Stone Peak in mid-air completed the last syllable of his incantation, his gaze locking onto a Fourth-order level 134 Demon Viscount Guard Captain who had fled into the magic barrier not far away.

"In the name of the Lord of All Demons, obey my will!"

Instantly, chains of pitch-black darkness appeared around the level 134 Demon Guard Captain, creating an indescribable sense of oppression that made all the Demons present tremble.

"No! Don't deprive me of my will!"

The Demon Guard Captain, seeing the sudden appearance of the chains around him, desperately resisted, attacking the chains with all his might.

But all this seemed futile. The pitch-black chains seemed to ignore the Demon Guard Captain's attacks, instantly sinking into his body.

The Demon Guard Captain, who had been resisting desperately, suddenly froze, his gaze turning blank, as if his soul had been extracted.

"What did he do?"

"He subdued a real Fourth-order Demon Viscount in one move?"

At that moment, all the Demon players present were dumbfounded. This was a Fourth-order Demon NPC of their Demon City, and the combat power it possessed in Demon City was incomparable to the Fourth-order Demons outside. Especially since this Demon also possessed the title of Viscount, a Great Demon whose strength was said to be comparable to that of a Fourth-order Human Hero.

But now, he was frozen in place...

"Did it work?" Stone Peak watched the Demon Guard Captain standing motionless in mid-air, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the *Dark Book* had considerable deterrent power against Demons, it could be said that only Demons of the Demon King level could barely resist its power. Demons below the Demon King level would instinctively fear the *Dark Book*, especially the *Dark Book* that had repaired its internal core magic array, the deterrent power was even stronger.

However, controlling Demons was not easy. On the surface, there was a 12% chance of controlling Demon creatures that were not more than 30 levels higher than oneself and whose rank did not exceed two tiers. In reality, the stronger the Demon, the lower the probability of controlling it.

If he wanted to control a Demon Marquis, like a Great Noble, the probability was probably less than 1%, so his target was the Demon Guard Captain, who was only a Viscount.

He didn't expect to succeed on the first try.

Originally, he had planned to try a few more times, after all, *Demon Overlord* had a cooldown of only five minutes. If it didn't work once, he'd try twice, if it didn't work twice, he'd try three times, he would eventually succeed.

As for the Demons in Demon City wanting to deal with him, he wasn't afraid of them outside the city.

The *Dark Book* had absolute suppression over Demon creatures. Although this suppression had little effect on Demon players, it was exceptionally useful against Demon creatures. As long as he took out the *Dark Book*, its suppression would be completely unleashed.

Demon creatures would instinctively fear him, even Fifth-order Demon Kings were no exception. Not only would their attributes be greatly reduced, but their intelligence would also be significantly affected. Moreover, he had the Seven Luminaries Ring, he could run whenever he wanted, so he wasn't afraid of the Demon NPCs in Demon City at all.

This was why he dared to come to Demon City!

However, after Stone Peak controlled the Demon Guard Captain, the Demon NPCs who had scattered and fled stopped one by one, staring intently at Stone Peak outside the magic barrier and the Demon Guard Captain being controlled in mid-air, their eyes filled with vigilance and anger.

"It seems these Demons know I can only use *Demon Overlord* once in a short period, but they are inherently suspicious so they don't dare to approach rashly?" Stone Peak glanced at the extremely vigilant Demon NPCs in Demon City, and couldn't help but smile faintly, "Unfortunately, it's too late!"

As he spoke, Stone Peak's doppelganger, the Dragon, flew over from afar and bombarded the magic barrier in mid-air once again.

"No way! He's still attacking the magic barrier?"

"Although I don't know why he makes those Demon NPCs so afraid, wanting to break the magic barrier of our Demon City is still a hundred years too early!"

The members of Demonheart were amazed by Stone Peak's method of frightening the Demon NPCs, but while they were amazed, maybe the Demon NPCs didn't dare to leave the city to deal with Stone Peak, but Stone Peak couldn't get in either.

But just as the members of Demonheart finished speaking, the Fourth-order Demon Guard Captain who had been frozen in mid-air suddenly moved, and actually used the Fourth-order forbidden spell *Dark Nebula* against the area where the pitch-black Dragon was attacking.

A huge pitch-black star transformed into a stream of light and directly collided with the magic barrier, while the pitch-black Dragon outside also used its full strength to strike the place where the pitch-black star collided.

Boom!

Attacking one point from both inside and outside caused the defensive magic array, which was originally strong externally but weak internally, to shatter instantly, and then spread madly to the surrounding area like a spider web.

Bang bang bang...

Before even a few seconds had passed, cracks covered the entire mid-air, and then shattered.

At that moment, looking out from inside Demon City, it was as if the entire sky had shattered, the scene was so spectacular that it was absolutely unprecedented.

It could be said that the impregnable fortress, known as impossible to conquer in the Demon Territory, was completely broken at this moment...

Silence!

Absolute silence!

It was as if time had stopped in the entire Demon City at this moment...

For a moment, all the players in Demon City looked at the mid-air, their eyes wide open, their mouths gaping, completely unable to believe that this was real.

At the same time, system prompts echoed throughout the Demon Territory, the sound reverberating in the minds of all players in the Demon Territory, lingering for a long time.