Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1382 Soul Summoning

When Lu Ning left Lingjiang with the news about Huang Kui she had obtained, she did not follow Ye Cong's suggestion to select a group of subordinates from the ice formation in the city to follow her.

The subordinates for forming the Absolute Array needed to be gathered from scratch, but for Lu Ning, it was impossible to select a group of soldiers that she was not familiar with and train them. As far as she knew, the core subordinates of the Ten Absolute Array did not need too many people - twenty people who assisted in holding the flag were enough to launch this destructive sacrifice.

Lu Ning could find these people on her own, so she was not in a hurry. Even without their help, with the current Ice Array Master still around, Lu Ning could rely on the flags she had obtained to deploy the array and borrow strength.

Now Lu Ning needs to report her findings to Gou Chen as soon as possible, so that she can concentrate on solving the problem of setting up the ice array. She cannot see the entire array diagram yet. It must be after Lu Ning gathers enough people. When the ice array really starts to activate, it will absorb all the lives killed by it and feed back to the people in the array.

According to Ye Cong's estimation, with Lu Ning's adaptability, if she could fully control the ice formation, she would not be weakened by the backlash of the formation like him, but would continue to be strengthened, making her a true master of the formation.

She thought it was worth a try, after all, the power she had in this scene was not enough to make her feel safe.

But she soon realized that she seemed to be thinking too well.

Less than half an hour after she left Lingjiang, she felt the earth shaking. The horses dared not move forward, so Lu Ning had to dismount. As soon as she stepped into the desolate wilderness without even a road, gravel began to roll down from the low hills nearby, trees were uprooted, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and thunder began to flicker faintly between the clouds.

"what's the situation?"

Lu Ning didn't know what this change was, but it must mean some bad development, because when things get tough, things will change. Now it's not just the Wei side that is forced into a dilemma.

At this moment, a bolt of lightning exploded not far in front of her, and where the lightning exploded, several strange figures appeared.

Three evil spirits suddenly appeared. Seeing this scene, Lu Ning naturally knew what had happened.

"After so many years, the world is no longer what it was before."

“The smell of fresh meat.”

Two demons spoke a word, and the last demon rushed directly towards Lu Ning. It moved very quickly, and the distance between the two sides was at least a hundred meters, but it was crossed in two breaths. Lu Ning saw a demon with a head as big as a taro, ears hanging down to the ground, and a body only half the size of a head, staring at her with a dozen eyes on its head.

"I'm-so-hungry!!!"

Its head cracked from the top, and a bloody mouth opened in the crack, with countless sharp fangs embedded inside the mouth. When Lu Ning heard its voice, he felt his limbs begin to feel sore. This was probably the special ability of the demon.

But she already had resistance.

"cut."

The icy sword pointed straight up, and the demon nimbly somersaulted to avoid Lu Ning's sword.

"Awesome, a tough guy. Do humans have this kind of strength now?" The demon laughed strangely, and the two demons behind him followed. One was a humanoid demon with a pale face, and the other was a huge demon with a green face, fangs, red hair, and a nine-ring broadsword in his hand.

After exchanging two moves with the first big-headed demon, Lu Ning began to consider retreating.

This monster is at least a demon general. If it is more powerful, it might be able to reach the level of a demon king.

This is the case. The other two are probably not weaker than this demon. Lu Ning can only barely deal with one demon general. She can only run away when facing three demon generals.

As soon as she thought of this, she immediately activated her innate purple energy. The purple light penetrated the ice blade and suddenly pierced through the big-headed demon's head in Lu Ning's swing. The demon cried out in pain, but did not die. It just jumped a few times, and one of its eyes squeezed out of the wound.

Lu Ning had already blasted the ice fog away. The most basic use of the ice array was to create mist and a psychedelic passage. She disappeared into the mist and left the area directly. Sure enough, the next second, green light gushed in all directions, tearing the fog apart a lot. The eyes on the demon's head were not for show.

"Why did you let him run away?" The evil demon-like monster ran over and asked.

"He's a tough guy. After so many years, there must be some experts among the human race." The big-headed demon said with a smile, "It's okay. After so many years, there are already many people everywhere. If one is lost, there are still a group of people."

"Let's go." The humanoid demon walked over slowly, "Look at the surrounding environment. It's completely different. Was this the place we lived in back then?"

"That's about right. Anyway, Huang Kui said that this place will soon be restored to the way it was when we were here." The evil ghost demon licked his Nine Rings Knife and sneered, "Let's get going quickly, otherwise we may not be able to seize the restored environment."

"Don't worry, at this time, the humans and monsters probably have lost their hunting instincts." The big-headed monster laughed, "Just look at the action of that guy just now and you will know!"

The three monsters ran towards Lingjiang, while Lu Ning emerged from the other side of the fog, still feeling frightened.

The strength of these three demons is probably not as weak as the demon general she killed outside Xingyin City.

Are these lightning bolts sending these powerful demons everywhere?

How should they resist this? The three cities might be safe with the help of the formation, but outside the three cities, there were also people in Lingzhou.

Lu Ning couldn't drive her horse, so she could only abandon it and run towards Gou Chen at the fastest speed. She didn't know how large the impact range was, or how far the lightning could reach, but everything she could see was covered by clouds. And it was obvious that the enemy who caused this incident could not have caused such a huge change near Lingjiang.

She felt her soul shaken. Ancient demons were awakening on the land bombarded by thunder. They themselves carried a savage pressure. When this pressure was added up, it would be impossible for ordinary people to remain rational.

How many are there?

Lu Ning was running, she could only reach Gou Chen as soon as possible to join the garrison there. In this situation, the strength of an individual was still insignificant, and there was no power in this world that could suppress everything.

Fortunately, no thunder exploded near her, but unfortunately, many of these ancient demons were highly maneuverable.

A demon flying in the sky noticed Lu Ning. Its appearance was just a bunch of bones gathered together, in a mess, but the aura it exuded was a little stronger than the three just now. Lu Ning thought it was not good, and was about to defend against the demon's attack, when suddenly several beams of blue arrows shot up from a distance and hit the skeletal demon. The demon instantly unfolded its skeleton, and several large pieces of bones blocked the arrows.

At that moment, Lu Ning saw a "core" surrounded by bone fragments. It was pitch black and inconspicuous in the shadow of the bone fragments.

At the same time, the people who were helping by shooting arrows were almost there, and the sound of horse hooves trampling on the shaking ground added a bit of power. The number of people in this team was not large, but the simultaneous charge of hundreds of cavalry was enough to make people feel excited.

Yuchi Long was at the head of the cavalry. He hung his spear on his side and took out the longbow from his back, and half of the cavalry behind him also raised their bows.

A salvo.

The ability that Yuchi Long brought into the scene was "Military Formation", a typical ability that required a solid army to play. Therefore, it took a long time to prepare, but when it was ready, the effect was as it is now.

The arrow hit the bone barrier like a missile. This time the power was not comparable to the previous few arrows. Under Yuchi Long's strengthening, this attack directly shattered the bone barrier, revealing its internal core.

The demon was obviously angered. It gathered its bones and suddenly fell from the sky, smashing into the army. Yuchi Long shouted and many people raised their small shields. The leather shields tied to the arms looked ridiculous when the demon smashed down. However, the demon was stopped as if it had hit a mountain the moment it came into contact with the shields.

"You are so brave to charge into the battle alone!" Yuchi Long laughed loudly, drew his sword, pointed it at the demon that had fallen into the army, and the rest of the people immediately raised their weapons.

It was just an ordinary weapon, but it easily tore through the monster's hard bones. The monster's attacks were also blocked by the shield, whether it was the stabbing of bones or the hissing that could shock the spirit, they would be blocked by the shield in the simplest way.

This legion seemed to have practiced this countless times, and with incredible precision it cut, dismembered, and crushed a demon that might have reached the level of a demon king until it was silent.

After all that happened last night, a rider slowly walked out of the army. Zhao Yuqiao used his thumb to prop up the bamboo hat on his head and smiled at Lu Ning: "What a coincidence."

"It's not a coincidence, right?" Lu Ning looked at him.

"No, it should be said that it is inevitable when we rush to Lingjiang." Yuchi Long rode up and followed, smiling at Lu Ning, "When the military formation is complete, whether it is attacking, defending, patrolling or advancing, it will operate in a perfect form."

"Awesome." Lu Ning praised sincerely. This thing was something she definitely couldn't play with, but it was impressive enough that she had the perseverance to use it successfully.

As for Zhao Yuqiao, he had obviously made some reinforcements, and he looked very comfortable in the current situation. Lu Ning let out a long sigh and asked, "Where are you from? Gou Chen?"

"I was planning to go over there, but I missed it. We are still a little late. Old Zhao used his medical skills to help me gather some like-minded friends, but it will take some time to integrate them into this army." Yuchi Long laughed and patted Zhao Yuqiao's shoulder.

Lu Ning glanced at Zhao Yuqiao teasingly: "Old Zhao? Are you two so close?"

"You still don't believe in my ability to make friends?" Zhao Yuqiao chuckled, "Anyway, the situation didn't seem that dangerous when I came here, so I might as well help this guy. He can stick to his own path until now, so he can be said to be the strongest tourist now."

"Really the strongest?" Lu Ning asked with some doubt.

"At least in this environment, I am the most suitable." Yuchi Long also had an accurate assessment of his own strength. "When we came here, we saw Gou Chen from a distance. Although I don't know how the defense inside the city is, I believe I can rush in directly."

That's really impressive.

"Okay, let me go with you for a while. It's probably very dangerous outside now."

"Perhaps the evil star in the northern frontier has finally shown its might." Zhao Yuqiao narrowed his eyes and looked at the lightning between the clouds in the sky. "But the intervals between the flashes of lightning are getting longer. It seems that such a drastic change cannot last long."

"In other words, the number of demons that can be born in the thunder is decreasing." Yuchi Long nodded, "From here to Lingjiang, at full speed, it will take less than half an hour."

"Lingjiang City probably won't have any problems for the time being." Lu Ning said.

"Oh? Are you sure?" Yuchi Long asked.

Lu Ning nodded. She had the flag of the ice formation in her hand, so she could sense that the main formation had not even started, and it was probably not the turn of the ice formation to actually take action. Although the three demons were boastful, it was not so easy for them to break into Lingjiang.

"Old Zhao, if Lingjiang is confirmed to be okay, should we go back to Gouchen or go straight to Guanyuan?" Yuchi Long turned his head and asked.

"Return to Gouchen." Zhao Yuqiao said with a smile, "Guanyuan has Grand Tutor Qin in charge, so there is no need to worry about these problems. So now we just need to make sure that the last city is not lost, and we can naturally wait for the time of counterattack. And counterattack may also be our last mission here."

"In that case, Lu Ning, you come with us." Yuchi Long nodded to Lu Ning, "Where's your horse?"

"I was so scared that I had to throw it away. Do you have any extra ones?"

"No, but you can share a horse. Gongsun Yue!"

Following Yuchi Long's shout, a female cavalryman stood out from the crowd and came closer.

"Take the people with you and go back to Gou Chen. Ling Jiang has been confirmed to be safe. Let's support Gou Chen first and confirm the identity of our reinforcements. Don't let us get beaten by our own people. If we encounter any monsters on the road, kill them without mercy!"

"Order!"

Lu Ning jumped onto Gongsun Yue's horse, and then she felt how swift the entire cavalry was under the blessing of Yuchi Long's ability. The speed of these horses was so fast that the surrounding scenery became blurred, and such a high-speed movement even created a force of impact. If the demons on the ground jumped out, the impact alone would be enough to smash them to pieces.

Now, Lu Ning finally believed what Zhao Yuqiao said, that Yuchi Long was probably the strongest tourist now. Those monsters that were very difficult for her to deal with could not stop the charge of this army. It was probably that nothing could stop this team except the arrival of the monster star himself.