Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1346 Confrontation
Being grabbed by the collar was nothing to Zhao Yuqiao. He didn't care much about his reputation, and he acted like a senior in order to avoid being bothered by too many troubles.

"Let me check on your condition first." Zhao Yuqiao grabbed Lu Ning's wrist. It was not that he couldn't use force to shake Lu Ning off, but his intuition told him that this was a very dangerous thing to do.

"Nothing you say will change that."

"We are now on wartime alert, girl." Zhao Yuqiao narrowed his eyes slightly, "You have a lot of problems. I'm afraid no one except the section chief can help you solve them on the spot. But there are some ways to delay the symptoms. Do you want to try them?"

"How to cure it?"

"I noticed that you tried to build some balance in your body, so that these harmful things in your body can restrain each other and not interfere with your daily activities. This is a good idea, but you may not be very good at it. I can help you."

Lu Ning loosened her hand and pointed at her eyes.

"Let me...recover a little first."

Zhao Yuqiao took out a cotton bag, pulled out two silver needles from the bag, shook them in the air twice, and then stabbed them into the back of Lu Ning's head.

It was like a basin of cold water poured over her head. The irritability in Lu Ning's mind, Tian Manxing's induction, Xi Yao's curse, and Yao Mu's whispers, all these things became much lighter. This kind of coldness was not tactile, but a means of calming the mind. The two silver needles also burned quietly, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not ordinary things.

"much better?"

"Uh-ha!" Lu Ning suddenly exhaled a breath of foul air, and the gas gathered into a dark yellow mass in the air, froze, and fell to the ground. Her vision also recovered a lot, at least everything was not white anymore.

"Although some of the evil spirits in your body have been forced out, this is only a temporary solution." Zhao Yuqiao carefully put the cotton bag back into his arms. "Your condition may still recur. Apart from our section chief, the only solution is to return to the distribution center and eliminate all abnormalities."

"I understand." Lu Ning pressed her temple, "Tell me how you plan to help me balance."

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Outside Xingyin City, in the snowstorm, the figures of marching demons appeared.

The demon kings Niutou, Mamian and Huangfeng are the generals who lead the army in Fengdu. Almost all the demon armies in Fengdu are led by these three. In the common people's cognition, demons are powerful, but their numbers are destined to be small, not enough to compete with humans. Only Fengdu has been keeping a low profile for thousands of years. Now, only Fengdu has such an army composed purely of demons.

Among the three demon kings, Wasp has the best eyesight. Even through the wind and snow, he can see the humans gathering in the distance.

"Isn't there chaos in the city yet?" The wasp touched his chin with his pincers and laughed sarcastically, "These humans actually dared to come out and face us like this. It seems that the pressure is not enough."

"It's normal." The bull-headed creature, which has four arms and is nearly three meters tall, answered in a muffled voice, "Thousands of years ago, they loved to shout about responsibility, praise sacrifice, and then smash their heads in front of us. Thousands of years have passed, and they haven't changed at all."

The last horse-faced monster is the only one who is dressed like a general. He is wearing a silver chain mail and carries a row of javelins on his back. Except for his head which is still in the shape of a horse, the rest of his body is not much different from an ordinary human.

"Wasp, have you seen another monster?" asked the Horse-Faced Monster.

Wasp was stunned for a moment, then looked around.

"Wasp, your eyesight is indeed very good, but don't rely too much on your vision." The horse-faced man smiled softly, "The human race is nothing to be afraid of. But our new friend should not be underestimated."

He pulled out the mace from his waist and pointed it diagonally forward: "Come out, I still have time to talk to you before the battle."

Suddenly, there was a "human" figure in the snow.

"This appearance is exactly the same as that of humans." The horse-faced demon laughed loudly, "Are you the leader of the northern demon this time?"

"I am not the leader of this team." Li Ji walked over, the blood on his body shattered and fell off in the cold wind, without a drop of blood on his clothes.

"Besides that demon star in the northern border, are there any other demons stronger than you?" asked the Horse-Faced Monster.

"When selecting a leader in Saibei, strength is not the priority." Li Ji replied, "If there is a more suitable person, then there is no need for me to lead the team."

"More suitable? I really don't understand you - you are so young, but you have learned all the tricks of the human race?" The Horse-Faced Man grinned.

"How many did you kill?" Wasp suddenly asked.

"I don't need to report this to you." Li Ji glanced at Huang Feng, "Besides, this matter is not insignificant."

"Humph, turns out to be a boring guy." Horse-Faced Guard returned the mace to his waist and patted one of Bull-Headed Guard's arms. "No need to waste time, Old Bull."

"Let's go." Niutou responded.

Huang Feng seemed to want to say something, but after looking at Li Ji, he didn't say anything. The three demon kings continued to move forward with their demon army. Li Ji made way and watched the Fengdu army pass by in silence.

The demon army of Fengdu is already very organized. The demons are arranged in different categories and under the intimidation of the demon king, they maintain a fixed marching speed. Although they are all in strange shapes, they can be barely considered neat.

However, in Li Ji's eyes, such a powerful group of demons was like a mob.

There are also legends among the monsters. The monster army in Fengdu has always been the most powerful and mysterious force in the eyes of monsters. The journey to the south a thousand years ago reversed the weak position of the human race in large-scale battles. Because of this, one of Li Ji's tasks this time is to observe the strength of the monster army in Fengdu.

But the result was disappointing. The Fengdu demon army was indeed very strong, but it was only strong because it had gathered enough powerful demons. The great victory a thousand years ago was also won by relying on its strength. It had no reference value for the northern frontier today.

However, Li Ji did not make a judgment immediately, as there was still a battle ahead to make a final evaluation.

The demon-suppressing officials are already on high alert.

Due to the existence of demons, this battle was obviously not the type of plain military confrontation that humans often had. The demon-suppressing officials had already separated into small teams, carrying the necessary instruments for the ritual. The demon-suppressing officials were also good at forming various formations with small and large rituals, and they usually fought demons for a long time, so they had enough experience in dealing with demons.

The team of Ning Ke, Lin Xiyin and others crouched behind a slope. Although several demon-suppressing officers were in some bad condition, they were all eager to fight against the demons.

"Ning Ke, how is it?" Lin Xiyin stuffed a few pieces of talisman paper into the outside of her leather armor for easy access, and asked casually. "I see, the demon team is splitting up." Ning Ke held up a telescope and looked into the distance through the wind and snow. In this environment, sending out Jinghong would only alert the enemy, and it is not as good as this more primitive reconnaissance method. Ning Ke saw that the demons began to separate teams while marching in the distance. Some demons that were not particularly large were left behind, while the burly demons gathered together and continued to move forward.

"It's coming, be careful and lie down." Ning Ke said.

"what?"

A younger demon-suppressing officer was a little confused, but was immediately forced to lower his head by Lin Xiyin next to him.

In Ning Ke's field of vision, the demons that fell behind were flashing with various colors. The release of demonic power gathered into various long-range attack methods. These were all demons with long-range capabilities. They began to release their power at the farthest distance.

In an instant, the salvo of demonic bombs had risen into the sky. Even now when the wind and snow obscured all vision, they had formed a strong presence in the air. The destructive power carried by those lights would probably scare ordinary people crazy on the spot.

This is why ordinary people cannot be allowed to face demons.

Ning Ke was quite calm. She had already calculated that even the farthest attacking missile could not hit her position, and would only cause some aftermath.

Then, she saw a scene that seemed absurd to her.

The attacks of the monsters were not consistent. Some threw out rocks, some fired acid, some threw out fireballs, and some were simply a ball of energy. With so many different long-range attacks, launched by monsters of varying strengths, they began to collide and explode with each other in the air.

The attacks from the aerial explosions poured down, covering a larger area, but the power was much smaller. After this round of bombardment, Ning Ke felt that none of the demon-suppressing officers in front would be in any danger.

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But then came the second salvo.

The enemy commander didn't seem to care how many long-range attacks were wasted, and the goal of these attacks was only to suppress the demon-suppressing officers within a range where they dared not move casually. After all, although the demon-suppressing officers were capable of dealing with the aftermath, they did not dare to go directly into the bombing range to test the power of these things.

This is how the horse-faced commander commanded. Its tactics were simple: long-range firepower suppressed its melee troops until they entered the battlefield. Then, after the melee troops seized the position, the remaining troops were brought over.

This kind of thing, which is not a tactic for humans, is quite effective due to the physical fitness of the demons. The huge demons with strong bodies rushed directly into the formation, relying on their own defensive capabilities. Some small gifts were crushed by these demons as soon as they were triggered. The weapons in their hands were blunt instruments such as huge sticks. Once they were wielded, they would kill anyone who touched them. The demon-suppressing officials were unable to fight them, but began to retreat in an orderly manner.

Dense red crossbow arrows were fired from the still intact positions. After the standard equipment was strengthened by the specially coordinated ritual, these crossbow arrows could also penetrate the skin of those demons. On the spot, five or six burly demons were shot into sieves, and then exploded into a ball of blood mist.

The small gift "Cursed Blood" is an improved version of the ability used by a demon king who was once hunted. As long as a little blood is paid, it can detonate the opponent's blood. It is a very good thing with good quality and low price.

At the same time, more than a dozen Si Yi stepped onto the high point of their own location. Each of them took out a bright red paper talisman, bit their tongue tip, and sprayed the blood from their tongue tip onto the paper talisman.

A layer of red light shield suddenly appeared on the talisman paper. The range of these light shields was nearly half a mile. After they were formed, all the light shields began to resonate with each other.

"Start counterattacking!" A Juntian's voice resounded on the battlefield. A group of demon-suppressing officers raised their crossbows one after another, and the demon-suppressing officers of the first level such as Dianzheng and Quexie directly used their magic weapons.

In an instant, the demons that entered the battlefield were quickly killed, and in an instant there were more than a dozen less.

Really hard to kill.

Ning Ke understood the power of the weapons in the hands of the demon-suppressing officers. Normally, even a demon general would not be able to hold out for a few seconds under such an attack. However, when expanded to the entire battlefield, the casualties caused by such an attack to the demons were almost unnoticeable.

The Horse-Faced Demon did not just stand there and watch. When he saw the demon-suppressing officer's counterattack, he laughed.

"That's the way it should be, that's the way it should be! There's no point in having no resistance at all!"

With a roar of joy, the horse-faced man pulled out a javelin from his back. The javelin was completely black, but it was made from a whole bone. He opened his hand, closed one eye, and a red light shield appeared between each of his four fingers.

The javelin whistled out, transforming into four shadows in the air, and slammed into the four light shields it had locked onto, creating ripples. Several of the demon-suppressing officers inside were startled, but the leaders of each team immediately contained the situation.

"Don't panic! All the 'robes' are connected. Even the demon king can't break them in one blow!"

The shadow of the spear still stood outside the light shield, and it did not break through.

But Horse-Faced Guard didn't do it for the sake of getting rid of these troublesome creatures himself.

"Divide into four teams, Yanzhi, Diaoping, Baila, and Shentan, and attack the four locations respectively. Lead your men and make sure you don't choose the wrong target!"

Following its orders, the long-range demons began to separate into four teams and began to concentrate their fire on the positions in all directions.

When Ning Ke saw the long-range fire start to switch, he knew that the opponent's commander also had sufficient experience in combat, and he was afraid that the position was about to be breached.

"We have to get ready." Ning Ke drew his sword, "The front line can probably hold out for an incense stick of time."

"So short?" Lin Xiyin sighed, "Is Fengdu really that strong?"

"Both sides are just testing each other. Our Qinchen and Juntian haven't come out yet, and Fengdu seems to have only produced one demon king."

Ning Ke patted his mask.

Lin Xiyin and others also stood up. The highest level of the team was Si Yi, but because of Lin Xiyin's physical condition, she gave the duties of captain to Ning Ke.

After the four positions were covered by firepower, the demon-suppressing officers' attacks suddenly had a big gap. The four points chosen by the horse-faced soldiers were in the center of the supporting firepower. When these places were busy defending, the other attacks became much sparser, and even some agile demons could avoid most of the attacks.

Soon, one of the positions was rushed by the demons, and under the brute force of the demons, the ripples on the light shield began to become more and more violent.

The captain of that position, Si Yi, looked a little pale. He glanced at the red talisman in his hand, then looked at the other light shields caused by the pressure on his side, and finally tore off the talisman paper.

"Everyone! Get ready to fight!" The captain roared and pulled out a big knife from his back. All the demon-suppressing officers behind him immediately responded in unison, dropping their crossbows that they had no time to reload and drawing their weapons.