Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1348: The Northern Demon King

When the position was rushed, it basically declared the death of all the demon-suppressing officials here.

Then, the demon-suppressing officers poured their firepower into the broken position, killing and wounding about half of the demons that had entered the position. However, there were a lot of demons, so they began to do the same thing and continued to attack the next position.

Li Ji, who was observing the war from a distance, couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"This war... no, this fight, ends here." Li Ji sighed. This battle that could not be replicated was meaningless to her. At most, it showed the fighting power of the Demon Suppression Division. However, the war in the northern part of the Saibei was never a confrontation with the small-scale rituals and formations of the Demon Suppression Division. Instead, it was a multi-faceted battle from the wilderness to the mountains, from the desert to the street fighting. There was no comparison.

Although only Horse-Faced Demon took action and Ox-Head and Hornet had not yet joined the battlefield, Li Ji also knew some details about Fengdu. Horse-Faced Demon was already the most skilled demon king in Fengdu at leading troops to fight. If even he only knew how to let his subordinates charge forward with brute force like this, the other two would not be much to look at.

Li Ji flicked his clothes, and the frozen blood on them shattered and fell to the ground, leaving no trace of red on his clothes. Now that the mission was over, he might as well take a good look at the city of Xingyin and the humans in it.

Among the demons, Li Ji is one of the few who is truly interested in humans and has studied among humans for a long time. Perhaps because he is weak, or perhaps because of his unusual curiosity, he wanders among humans and is even adopted by humans. From a nobleman to a wanderer, when Li Ji finally sits on the top of a snowy mountain one day and sees a ray of bright sun parting the clouds and shining on him, he has become the demon king.

It originally thought it was a demon, but it accidentally encountered a newly born demon star. The demon star was born and raised in the human world, until one day it realized that it was a demon queen, and then it fled in panic to the northern frontier.

"Monsters are different from humans, but they are also the same. Humans are limited by their lifespans, and natural and man-made disasters can cause a dynasty to decline, and the people suffer. If monsters were the rulers of the world, with their long lifespans, they would surely bring long-term peace to the world."

This is a very wonderful idea, at least Li Ji has never had it before. However, Li Ji's idea for the young demon star is just to see what the outcome will be. The demon race's heart is not as fickle as that of humans, but the demon heart is inherently unstable. Li Ji has seen too many high-ranking officials and even kings gradually change from being diligent and hardworking to being incompetent. He thinks the demon star's idea is not realistic.

But why not give it a try? Li Ji has plenty of time, and he likes the name Li Ji.

Xingyin City cannot stop the invasion of such a demon king, at least not outside the palace.

Fengdu's technique of creating demons in the snow is not impossible to replicate. Even today, demons themselves know that new demons will be born under certain circumstances. Demons cannot reproduce, nor do they multiply in this way. In Li Ji's view, the birth of demons actually requires human society as a breeding ground.

If humans were to perish as some demons advocated, then demons would probably lose the soil for their next generation. Their life span was long but not infinite. Li Ji had performed funerals for several demons who died of old age. Even if they were powerful, they were not true immortals. Only true immortals were not bound by Tianlu.

A group of demons born from the snow discovered Li Ji, rushed up suddenly, and then returned to the wind and snow in a flash of sword light.

"But what's the difference between a demon that has no intelligence and can't be born with intelligence and a beast?"

Li Ji didn't like this approach.

These monsters were even worse than minions, each of them had no ability to think, only the devouring instinct of wild beasts. Even if they were of the same kind, they were still their prey. On this basis, they had even lost the most basic ability to distinguish between the strong and the weak, and were simply used as consumables.

A group of people from the underworld were still in the cold wind, helping the officers and soldiers to deal with the demons. It was very difficult, but with their mortal bodies, they blocked more than a dozen demons at the entrance of a street. Those officers and soldiers all had a faint glow on their bodies, which was the effect of a large-scale sacrificial ceremony built by the emperor in Xingyin City, but these officers and soldiers probably didn't know it.

If it weren't for this protection, they would have frozen to death in the cold wind long ago.

Li Ji did not interrupt, as it had not yet decided whether to capture someone and interrogate him directly, or disguise itself as a human and blend in. Finding Qu Hongzhu was the primary goal of coming to Xingyin City, and it was normal for several demon generals to fail. It only cared about what method Qu Hongzhu was going to use to achieve the ultimate goal of assassinating the emperor.

A hybrid of a human and a demon, no wonder the demon star attaches so much importance to her.

Li Ji left with a chuckle. Shortly after she left, a stone floor tile loosened and Wen Rong crawled out from underneath it, shivering.

"What...what is that...ah."

"You'd better hide well, otherwise we will all die." said a demon king in the mirror.

Wen Rong poured some gray-black stuff out of a keyhole on his forehead and asked tremblingly, "Do you know him? Is that a human or a monster?"

"Monster King, it's fine under normal circumstances, but now it's obviously a member of the siege monster clan. If you dare to come out and meet it, you'll be hanging yourself."

"Don't be so clever now! Are you all scared? Aren't you the demon king?"

"There are different levels of demon kings, right? Some struggled to comprehend until they were about to die before finally realizing the great Dao, some were guided by masters and embarked on the orthodox Dao, and some were careless about everything and suddenly realized the great Dao one day. Which one do you think is more powerful?"

"Uh... which one is better?"

"Doesn't it sound like the last type is powerful?" The Demon King was shocked.

"Ah? But I think there is nothing wrong with accumulating experience and practicing according to a fixed and mature system..."

"Okay, then you don't need to figure it out. Just know that the demon king has attained enlightenment. The seven of us together are enough to deal him four blows."

"So fierce?"

"On the contrary, it's not fierce at all." The most mature demon king in the mirror sighed, "If I had seen it normally, I might have had a good conversation with it. After not seeing it for many years, it has become almost the same as a human."

"But it's impossible for a human to swing a sword like that." After Wen Rong cleared out all the dirt in his brain, he took out the key and sealed his brain again. "My martial arts skills are not that high, but I have seen superb martial arts. No, forget about martial arts. The people from the Demon Suppression Bureau can't swing a sword like that with their own strength. They need magic weapons or something like that."

"Anyway, don't provoke it. It probably isn't out to kill people, otherwise those people would have died a long time ago."

"I know. I am such a life-loving person."

Wen Rong shook his head and felt that he was much clearer.

Thanks to the fact that the space opened by the keyhole was an alien space, even the rituals could not penetrate in, and her symptoms did not worsen. Coupled with her strong desire to survive, she opened a hole in her brain, and recovered a little after some of the pollutants flowed out.

However, as soon as she recovered, she saw Li Ji passing by outside through the keyhole.

She saw it, and of course the demon king saw it too. They immediately reminded Wen Rong not to make any noise until Li Ji left.

"Okay, I have to go find Lu Ning... Wait, is there someone missing?" Wen Rong looked around belatedly, "Where's Zhao Yuqiao?"

"After you went underground, he waited for you for a while, and then left when he saw that you didn't come out."

"What about the people Qiu Suying lent me?" "Those are not human either. When you didn't show up, they seemed to have received some orders and left."

"He never thought of following those people to find me? Oh, that seems to be his style." Wen Rong patted his face, "Forget it, now it looks like a demon has broken in, so I'd better hide quickly. Apart from finding an opportunity to make the edict public, there is nothing else for me to do in this city."

At this moment, Wen Rong suddenly saw a group of people running towards him in panic from a distance. They were obviously civilians from Xingyin City who had no time to join the evacuation team and were now being chased by demons.

The officers, soldiers and people from the martial arts world who were besieging the demons also saw it, but they had not yet been able to eliminate all the demons. Now another group of demons came, and it was difficult to distinguish their fighting strength for a while.

"Hey!"

Wen Rong shouted and waved to attract their attention.

"Run this way!"

"Aren't you going to hide?" asked the demon king in the mirror.

"Of course we have to hide, but it's not difficult for me to hide with others." Wen Rong threw the key, drew the shape of a door in the air, and then pushed it hard.

The people and demons passed through the "door" that Wen Rong pushed open, and immediately split into two sides. Wen Rong directly grabbed a father who was holding a child in the front and shouted, "Everyone follow me, the demons won't be able to catch up with us in a short time! Adjust your breathing and don't fall behind!"

She spoke very confidently. The group of people were already panicking and had no idea where to go. Now that there was someone leading the team, they immediately followed her and ran away.

The demons were clearly sent to the other side of the road, but no matter how they turned around to chase, they ended up just going around in circles. With the brains of these demons, I'm afraid they won't be able to find the right way for a while.

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At this time, Lu Ning's treatment had just ended.

Not everyone can accept someone using a knife to cut open their head and inserting silver needles, but Lu Ning obviously could not stand her current chaotic state. Rather than letting her problem continue to deteriorate, she might as well take a gamble. And Zhao Yuqiao's level was indeed as high as he said. After a few injections, Lu Ning felt that the split thoughts in her spiritual sea were soothed, at least to the extent that she could easily suppress them.

"I, Old Zhao, don't want to maintain a fragile balance. Then you come and say I didn't do my best." After Zhao Yuqiao sewed Lu Ning's head back together, he laughed and said, "It's all right now - come on, get up!"

He pressed his finger on Lu Ning's neck, and Lu Ning suddenly opened her eyes. A long-lost calm rose from the bottom of her heart. After the restlessness completely disappeared, she stood up and looked at Zhao Yuqiao.

"What do you think? Do you still want to take me to the local spiritual star?" Zhao Yuqiao asked with a smile.

"I'm serious, are you really not going to seal your star position? After this ritual, if you don't have the power to rely on, even tourists may be dragged into it and die inexplicably."

"I know, but I'm still not interested. Haven't you already suffered?"

"It's nothing to suffer a little for survival." Lu Ning reached out and touched his head. Although he could still feel some oozing blood, the opened area was almost unnoticeable.

"You look good." Zhao Yuqiao nodded approvingly. "But although your condition has recovered, your physical strength has not. Surgery in this environment will inevitably cause some loss. In addition, your soul has carried so much messy filth, so I guess you will need to receive a thorough treatment when you return."

"I remember you promised me?"

"Yes, as long as you can survive. This scene is quite dangerous, and not all tourists can survive." Zhao Yuqiao sat down on the ground. The operation just now was quite exhausting for him, but treating such a special case also made him feel satisfied.

"I said……"

"Shh." Lu Ning suddenly raised his index finger, prompting Zhao Yuqiao to be quiet.

Zhao Yuqiao was startled and turned to look at the window behind him.

He just randomly picked an empty house with windows facing the street. At this moment, a figure was walking in the blizzard outside the window.

"how?"

"It's a demon." Lu Ning pressed Zhao Yuqiao's shoulder and lowered her voice as much as possible. "I've seen many demons, but this one... feels very strange to me."

"What's so strange about it?" Zhao Yuqiao asked in secret.

"The color, the demonic aura of this demon is too faint, so faint that it is almost the same as that of a human."

What does it mean if a demon's life breath is similar to that of a human? At least Lu Ning knows that if it mingles among humans, no one may be able to tell it apart.

Few ordinary demons can reach this level.

"Don't make a sound. We both need time to recover." Zhao Yuqiao continued to transmit the message, "Take this pill and start regulating your breathing immediately. It will not only heal your injuries, but also help you improve your internal strength."

Lu Ning glanced at him, meaning, you don’t want to eat?

Zhao Yuqiao understood and smiled proudly: "If I can make one of these medicines, I can make a second one. Besides, it is nothing outside the scene. I don't need to improve my internal strength, but you definitely do."

Seeing this, Lu Ning didn't waste any words. He took the pill, put it in his mouth, then sat behind the wall and began to circulate his internal energy.

Outside the window, Li Ji turned his head to glance at the house next to him.

No matter how small the movement of the two people was, it was easy for Li Ji to distinguish them, but he had little interest in humans who were avoiding disasters. He came here because he sensed another fighting spirit.

A gray man walked out of the wind and snow and gently pressed his hat.

"The demon hunter, Li Duanyu, has come to learn swordsmanship from the legendary swordsman."

"Very good eyes." Li Ji looked at Li Duanyu, "I never thought that there are still masters with sword spirits in this world."

Li Duanyu laughed and said, "So far, I have only admired one person in martial arts. I wonder if you can become the second one."

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