Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1392: Bow and Sword Victory
“The number is wrong.”

Tong Gong had just taken a step when he stopped.

The number of targets was counted as soon as it saw the enemy clearly, twenty-three people. When the silk fell, it should have included all the enemies in the attack range. But it felt like it hit twenty-nine.

"I see……"

Tong Gong suddenly pulled the bow back and shot back, and a crossbow arrow that broke through the air collided accurately with its return shot.

"You didn't kill the monsters when you froze them. Did you keep them until now?"

The ice surface extended rapidly and continued to rise to form a fast ramp. With the help of such a sliding speed, Lu Ning quickly pulled the entire team out of Su Zeng's attack range, and at the same time pulled in all the frozen demons.

Unfortunately, time was too tight and she didn't have time to accurately control the quantity, allowing Tong Gong to react.

However, the moment the demon underestimated the enemy, Lu Ning had already led the team to slide over the 300-meter distance. This was not a long-distance raid, but it could be said to be one of Lu Ning's most dangerous attacks. After all, this time she was clearly aware that her physical fitness and personal combat power were far inferior to the opponent, and she had to rely on the power of others - that is, the formation to try to kill the enemy.

Lu Ning was not used to relying on others. Borrowing the power of others under the guise of a formation was already the biggest concession she could make. What's more, if the people under her command were to face a demon king head-on, they would probably die even faster.

The ice blade spun upwards and penetrated the soil, but was deflected and knocked away by an invisible force under the feet of the Demon King. Then, the Demon King turned the longbow and gently plucked the bowstring with his fingers.

Lu Ning lowered her head the moment it made a move. She had already seen that the other party's main target was still her. Although she didn't care about killing a few people around her, that was just the aftermath. Tong Gong had never looked at her subordinates straight in the eye.

three meters.

The piercing speed at this distance was no different from the speed at 300 meters. When Lu Ning lowered her head, the attack passed over her head, ruffling her tied hair, but the ice mist still showed the opponent's attack trajectory.

This time the puncture path is only one step.

"It can be adjusted..."

“Of course it can be adjusted.”

Lu Ning and Tong Gong spoke one after another, and at the same time realized each other's thoughts.

Pride and conceit are almost common characteristics of both parties, but what is even stronger is the absolute confidence in their own abilities. The sword light slanted from under Lu Ning's body, and the bow of Tong Gong also smashed down like a long stick, and the weapons collided with each other, making a crisp collision.

"We are... weapons." Tong Gong said, "Close combat is not a weakness."

When Lu Ning swung the sword, the innate purple qi instantly spread in the sword light. However, unlike the demon king who had previously avoided the innate true qi, Tong Gong used the longbow as a weapon to poke, pick, press, and hit, and in a short moment, he resolved Lu Ning's attacks one by one.

This is not a counterattack achieved by brute force or eyesight, but real martial arts!
Demons rarely practice human martial arts, because their physical appearance is very different from that of humans. Even the demons that can mimic humans are just mimics, and they can't imitate the direction of muscle force or internal meridians. However, the one in front of him is different. Its force-generating techniques and moves are the same as those of humans. Even Lu Ning can feel the collision of internal force.

Of course, their internal strength is not strong. After all, demons don’t seem to have a suitable method to cultivate their internal strength, and the internal strength of many humans is not as strong as their natural abilities.

So when Lu Ning used his internal energy to counterattack, the opponent was immediately defeated in this not-so-experienced fight of internal energy and took a step back.

Of course, it was just one step, and from the smile on its face you could tell it was just testing the waters.

Ah, the Demon King does have the confidence to try his moves. After all, for the Demon King, humans who have practiced internal skills for forty years and equipped themselves with a good weapon can only cause minor injuries to him.

"Weapons...?"

Lu Ning did not pursue the victory, and the four piercing lines that appeared in front of her in an instant proved that her behavior was correct.

"You can predict my moves." Tong Gong looked at Lu Ning in surprise. "But according to human age, you should only have about 20 years to live. With this length, you shouldn't have such rich experience. How did you practice?"

"Practicing in a deadly environment."

Lu Ning looked around. All the people in the Ice Formation had taken their positions on all four sides. The Ice Formation had completely enveloped Tong Gong, but Tong Gong didn't seem to care about the threat of the Ten Absolute Formation.

"If that's the case, it can indeed be cultivated. A warrior who has walked out of death will always be much stronger than one who has trained in safety."

"In that case, why don't you answer a question for me?" Lu Ning paid attention to the other person's actions while using words to attract his attention.

"Of course you can." Tong Gong turned the bow in his hand, "You can ask and fight as you like. There is no need to stop on purpose."

Lu Ning suddenly dodged to the side, avoiding the two attacks from the trembling bowstring that fell on him. Then he took a wrong step, and the icy force around him increased greatly. The ice formation activated by everyone with all their strength once again increased Lu Ning's strength to the level when he had just thrown the ice spear.

"Oh, you can't maintain such strength for a long time." Tong Gong saw through Lu Ning's condition at a glance.

"Answer me, what is the weapon!" The sword in Lu Ning's hand suddenly expanded and swept out in the form of a spear. Compared with the one-shot attack just now, the spear at this moment was more powerful. The moment it swept through the air, the fan-shaped ice flakes remained in the air. With such power, Tong Gong did not dare to take it head-on. It gently plucked the bowstring, shattering the surrounding ice surface, and at the same time, it quickly staggered its body position and left the attack range of Lu Ning's ice spear.

"Weapons are the name we call ourselves after imitating the demon king." Tong Gong suddenly stepped forward and turned his body, and the longbow was suddenly extended, and the bow passed through the gap left by Lu Ning's spear.

Flaws always exist, and it is not particularly difficult for the Demon King to seize them.

But when the tip of Lu Ning's bow was about to pierce her, a hand suddenly rushed out from her side and grabbed the bow of the demon king. Tong Gong was slightly stunned, and then she found that one of Lu Ning's hands wielding the spear had turned into ice flakes. She didn't know when she had wielded the spear with one hand, relying on the armor formed by the ice surface to form a perfect cover, and the real hand had already grabbed the bow. The huge icy force rolled up, and in an instant, frost began to condense on Tong Gong's hand. The metallic ice began to pierce its flesh and began to grow outward. "Oh? You think in terms of strength... um? It's not just experience, your internal strength training doesn't seem to be at the level that people of this age should have." Tong Gong was about to exert force to let Lu Ning see the strength of the demon king, but found that under a lot of amplification blessings, Lu Ning's own internal force burst was no less than the level of its natural strength.

In just an unexpected moment, Lu Ning had completely injected the power of ice into him, and even the ice spear in his hand shattered and returned to the shape of a long sword. Tong Gong wanted to let go of the longbow, but found that his hand had been frozen to the bow.

"Do you look down on the power of the Great Wei Absolute Formation?" Lu Ning now felt that her body was gradually unable to withstand the damage caused by the ice formation. When she exerted her full strength, ice chips began to appear on her arms, but they did not come out directly from under the skin.

"Um...my mistake."

Tonggong actually responded seriously, and then it raised its other hand and slashed at the shoulder of its frozen arm. Under the power of the demon king, the arm was broken, and the moment it lost its body's resistance, the blood in the arm exploded from the inside along with the freezing, and instantly turned into a red mace.

"Abandoned both weapons and arms?" Lu Ning's eyes darkened. Bing's pursuit speed could not keep up. Tong Gong successfully escaped the danger of internal explosion of ice energy. The loss of limbs was nothing to the demons. Most of them had regenerative abilities that were enough to grow a new one within a certain period of time.

"I use weapons... because I must follow the creed of the sword, live by force as much as possible, and do things like humans." Tong Gong jumped back swiftly, and stopped the blood on his shoulder in the air. "But when your life is threatened, you don't need to follow that."

It clasped its fingers together and flicked at Lu Ning, who was almost frozen. Lu Ning barely moved her body, but she was still too slow and was immediately hit in the chest. Although the surrounding soldiers had covered her with a layer of ice armor, just like the previous time, it still did not completely block the demon king's attack.

Lu Ning fell on her back, the cold air still gathering towards her.

Tong Gong shook his arms and smiled: "The hit just now...didn't penetrate."

It raised its arms high, stared at the direction where Lu Ning fell, and guided a fatal blow.

"head."

After locking the position, Tong Gong swung his arm vigorously, and an invisible force suddenly appeared one foot above Lu Ning's head. Although armor had already formed above Lu Ning's face, the power of the demon this time was obviously not comparable to ordinary attacks. The ice layers were easily shattered, as if penetrating bubbles. The attack directly chiseled into Lu Ning's head, making a puffing sound.

"This time, it did penetrate." Tong Gong nodded gently, "This way, there are fewer people who can use the Ten Absolute Formations--"

"Isn't it right?"

Lu Ning's body trembled, and she slowly sat up in a strange posture, but her hands were still tightly grasping the ground. As her body stood up, her fingers plowed a deep mark on the ground.

Tong Gong lowered his head and found that under the cover of the cold fog, his feet had already stepped into another patch of ice.

“Why is there ice here…”

"Of course I sneaked here!" The thief who was hiding in the crowd shouted, "You devil, you always look down on us!"

Tong Gong's expression was slightly surprised. He was very confident in his own perception. How could someone throw something at his feet without him noticing?

"His abilities are not suitable for standing in a prominent position, and with your arrogance, you will not pay too much attention to him."

Lu Ning held the ice shell covering her head and tapped it gently to break it. Blood was seeping out from the corners of her mouth. She had just urgently used the "wild plague" to colonize herself on a large scale to avoid damage, but unlike the previous world, this world was not as compatible with the wild plague. She still suffered some minor injuries. Fortunately, the other party did not attack her with physical weapons, otherwise she would not be able to recover well.

"Freeze your hands. You can cut off your hands, but can you also cut off your feet?" The ice generated between Lu Ning's palms finally connected to Tong Gong's feet again. After freezing the other party, Lu Ning slowly stood up.

She was in pain all over. The impact of the opponent's invisible attack, the damage caused by the use of the innate purple qi, the backlash of the ice array after she became weak, to the point where she had to fight to this extent, she had to face the final stage of the enemy in the scene...but did the red bow count?
"How about answering two more questions for me? Then we'll decide the winner..." She raised her sword and pointed it at Tong Gong. "How many other weapons are there like yours? How many other groups with similar weapons are there?"

Tong Gong looked at Lu Ning in amazement: "With the ultimate formation you just formed, you forced me to this point. The human cubs also have good resilience..."

While expressing its amazement, it also raised its one arm and pointed at Lu Ning, still without noticing the other ice formation soldiers.

"So what if I tell you? We are not some secret army, but just a part of the new order of Mr. Huang Kui. Weapons, a group taught by the Master of the Demon Star, each of us has a team, a total of five. And we are only thirty in number, holding weapons, practicing human martial arts, using tools, strengthening the body, and tempering the mind - this is the teaching of the Demon King Li Ji, and it is also the path we are about to pursue."

When Lu Ning heard the name, her pupils suddenly shrank. Tong Gong did not miss this opportunity. Words were also a weapon for it to distract Lu Ning. After a mistake in the previous attack, it knew that an attack like that might not be fatal to Lu Ning. Due to the attack speed and attack range, Tong Gong only needed to lock the target position and never needed a more precise attack. But now, it needed to make its invisible attack appear in Lu Ning's body! Only in this way can it ensure that the opponent cannot react to the one-shot kill!

"Thanks."

As soon as Lu Ning finished speaking, she kicked her feet hard, and she and the frozen longbow rushed out as the ice broke. At the same time, she threw the longbow like a mace, and slid towards Tong Gong. After Lu Ning started sprinting, Tong Gong finally figured out her speed.

The two sides were only a few meters apart, so it only took a moment for them to get close.

"pierce--"

"Explode!"

The invisible force appeared across the space, and the cold light burst out from the frozen flesh and blood again. The demon king could not avoid the cutting of the ice and blood, but it also saw Lu Ning's chest exploded and blood splattered. This time, the feeling of the hit was definitely correct!
But the distance was too close, and a large amount of flying blood rushed towards Tong Gong, freezing the Demon King as if executing the final will. At the same time, Lu Ning's eyes darkened, and black liquid flowed out of his eye sockets, but this liquid was not frozen.

"Ok?"

When he was completely covered by the frozen blood, Tong Gong saw through the gaps in the red ice that a person in the distance raised his hands and clenched his fists towards the center.

The ice turned into blades. Anyone who entered the ice array would have his heart pierced by thousands of blades. In a moment, he would be turned into powder.