Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1401 War Order
[The Great Wilderness Strange Scriptures·The Great Northern Wilderness Scriptures:

The Battle of the Great Wilderness, in the beginning of summer in the first year of Yunwu, the demon star Huang Kui gathered demon kings and demon generals from the northern frontier and divided his troops to attack the three cities of Lingzhou. On this day, the Battle of the Great Wilderness began.

The demon army was powerful, and the soldiers could all be revived by the demon law. They were brave and fearless. The demon army continued to recruit soldiers, while the Wei Dynasty suffered losses from time to time. Within half a month, the Wei Dynasty fell into a disadvantageous situation. In the face of crisis, the immortal rules were finally broken, and the old things of the past were finally liberated. The land of the prefectures was all submerged in the wilderness.

What is the Great Wilderness?

Hunger and hunger prolong life, and intelligent creatures eat each other in the wild.

Strange phenomena occurred frequently, and the pus-filled flesh caused panic.

The senses are alienated, and unclean filth stirs up the inner demons.

The evil land remains forever, and the shadow of the past lingers in the dead land.

In addition, the wind disaster turned fertile soil into dry sand, the fire burned the grass and trees into ashes, the flood flooded the seedlings and turned them into bad plants, and the insect disaster ate the seeds in the fields. In addition to the four disasters, there are four disasters, divided into seasons: drought disaster in spring, thunder disaster in summer, beast disaster in autumn, and cold disaster in winter, and the cycle repeats. In this way, within three years, the soil of the world will all turn into wilderness. 】

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War, the war of this era.

There were no man-made steel behemoths streaking across the sky, casting down deadly flames; nor were there any giant structures far away in the sky casting a deadly glance and then dropping a divine punishment-like majesty.

However, this is not the ancient times in the conventional sense, with troops lined up on the plains, cavalry charging, swords and shields in front, spears in the back, bows and arrows holding the formation, and flags defining the military formation... Such a battle situation will no longer appear in the northern frontier.

Even though the demons did not openly appear in the army in a terrifying manner, the bizarre methods used by the Saibei Army alone resulted in the initial defeat of the Lingzhou defenders when they confronted them. Later, after the arrival of Master Qin, the combat methods of all armies changed.

For example, Lu Ning has already begun to conceal her team's whereabouts in the mountains. Her team has the advantage of a small number of people, more than 20 people walking in the mountains, and they are all veterans of the world. If you pay a little attention, you can't even see a single person.

But this is only for combat under the state of ordinary naked eye identification. Lu Ning knew very well that if there were demon-eyed monsters like Drowning Shadow, then all creatures in the mountains would be exposed, and even she would not be able to find a way to hide.

As for why they had to set up defenses in the mountains several days in advance, the reason was very simple. Even if the demons wanted to attack on the day of the beginning of summer as agreed, would they have to descend from the sky on the same day?
The demon army might have already arrived nearby.

In fact, just as Gou Chen's generals had expected, the northern army had already divided its troops and sneaked around three heavily guarded cities. They no longer needed the human combat methods of the past. Under the recasting of the Law of the Ice Lake, the northern army had abandoned those "outdated" methods.

The "weapon" demon kings led a team of ice sword hunters made of ice mined from the bottom of the ice lake as the vanguard army to clear obstacles. The "elixir" demon kings used elixirs to change their bodies, blend into the environment, and wait for opportunities to assassinate the Wei army that dared to wander outside the city.

The demon kings of "Craftsmen" have not yet joined the battle. They are only needed when there is a head-on confrontation. The forges behind them are burning with flames, ready to throw the corpses on the battlefield into them, whether they are enemies' or their own.

The demon kings of "Shuhua" and "Tianyi" still stayed in the central army tent. Their troops had not yet been deployed, but with the war, this would not be a long time. The ice lake would accept everything and then transform it into an existence that conformed to the new law.

The first bird song in the morning, accompanied by a scream, announced the beginning of the war three days before the beginning of summer. Lu Ning was a little far from where the first battle broke out, but she still saw the outcome of the battle with her demon eyes.

The battle was basically over by the time she jumped onto the tree and found a good observation angle. It couldn't even be called a war, but just an ordinary encounter in the mountains.

But - this is a call to war, which means that the bowstrings that have been tense for a long time and ready to be released finally have room to be unleashed.

On the Gou Chen city wall surrounded by the maze, a ray of light suddenly flashed, and then a blazing flame exploded at the place where the encounter took place. The blast wave formed by the bombing of the flame array swept across the hilltop where Lu Ning's team was located with a scorching heat that was more severe than that of midsummer. Red hot marks appeared on the shattered ridges of the bombing, and above the burning mountain fire, a ring-shaped clearing gap appeared in the slightly gloomy sky. The clouds were slowly shrinking inwards to return to their original state, and the sunlight leaking through the gap seemed to be completing the final lighting for this masterpiece of death.

Lu Ning wiped the sweat from her face. She was no longer afraid of the severe cold, but she was still sweating from the aftermath of the flame array.

"General?" Xuan Yangzi hugged a tree and looked at her nervously.

"Don't worry, the person who casts the spell knows what's going on." Lu Ning said.

She knew how much willpower was needed to use the Ten Absolute Formations, and what matched it was the usefulness of the Absolute Formations. Its attacks would never be indiscriminate between friend and foe, otherwise it would be unworthy of the effect of the Sacrifice Formation. The attack of the Fiery Formation was only to shock the enemy, and she wondered how many demon troops had already sneaked in?

Lu Ning turned around and opened her demon eyes to scan the area, but suddenly she discovered that some unusual aura was emerging from behind the mountain on the flank. The other party's movements also stopped, as if they had noticed Lu Ning's team.

"Formation."

By now, the people she gathered no longer needed any more commands. With one order, the ice spread out, and the moment Lu Ning jumped to the ground, the ice knife cut towards the enemy along the path guided by the ice fog. A huge rock on the mountain was cut vertically, and the first enemy behind it was cut in half. Red blood ice exploded, and a terrified face poked out from behind the stone, and above this face, embedded in it was an eyeball that had also been cut open.

At that moment, Lu Ning felt the whisper in her body stirring again, and this time, it was like a greeting between old friends, and she couldn't help but smile.

"Dying, I see your eyes again."

Afterwards, ice spears thrown from left and right pinned all the northern border troops climbing up the mountain halfway up the mountain.

"withdraw."

Lu Ning didn't even bother to see if this round of intensive shooting by ice spears had left any survivors. She was just very clear that this ancient war that could not be viewed with common sense might need to follow certain modern experience.

Leave immediately after the confrontation is over!

She had never participated in this kind of war, but she firmly believed in her instincts, and the ridge that had just been flattened by the flames was still reminding her.

Four soldiers who were responsible for supporting the team immediately spread out an ice slide. After witnessing the battle between Lu Ning and Tong Gong, these soldiers had also learned various uses of the ice array. They could not master all of them, but they could all do their job well.

Just as Lu Ning and the others were sliding down the mountain at high speed, another burst of cold air broke out at the same place. A dozen tall men with arms longer than their knees had already rushed up the hillside. They had no scruples at all. After stepping onto the slope, they directly pulled out the huge ice sword behind them that was as big as a door panel and swung it across. The ice sword was not like the kind of weapon that was condensed by Lu Ning's ice formation, with the blade turning into ice. Instead, it had a strange power that instantly turned everything it touched into dust. Whether it was grass, trees or rocks, they were all turned gray by the ice sword. Its lethality was not the conventional sense of chopping, but a deeper "law" derived from the ice lake.

If Lu Ning still stayed here, he would probably be beaten up on the spot, and there was even a possibility that several people would be killed.

"Empty."

After everything turned into gray dust, two "people" who looked relatively normal walked up.

"They are running very fast. We also need to evacuate as soon as possible. Although the feint attack uses the henchmen and heirs, we still have to fight. We cannot underestimate the Wei army."

"Juque, you are too cautious. That attack obviously started with the annihilation of their team, and this time it was our advance team that was annihilated."

"What is left here is... low temperature." Juque waved his hand in the air, "The impact of the Fiery Array caused the high temperature in this part of the mountain area, and the rapid cooling of this area is not due to the Ice Sword Hunters. You know, the ice swords in their hands do not create coldness by nature."

"Oh?"

"There is no ice formation in Gou Chen." Juque said in a deep voice, "The one here is probably just a commander. And since you mentioned this, remember the news Tong Gong brought back? A commander of the ice formation killed him in a village outside Gou Chen."

"Tong Gong's close combat ability is still a little lacking after all."

"Follow the low temperature, catch up with the enemy, and kill this commander." Juque said, "You and I will do it together."

"Is it really necessary to be so strict? Our goal is not to hunt down anyone, but to kill anyone we see, right?"

"Clear the obstacles, Hanzhang." Juque glared at his companion.

"Listen to you."

The demon king Han Zhang smiled helplessly, then opened his mouth and took a deep breath of the remaining cold air. After a few seconds, he turned his wrist, exhaled the air in his mouth, and pointed in the direction where the ice slide disappeared: "Little ones, follow me!"

It was rare to see a demon king of this strength. Based on Lu Ning's previous experience, it could be seen that the core forces among demons were usually demon generals. There was probably no other force that could send out demon kings as freely as Saibei.

No one knows how many demon kings Huang Kui has gathered with his unique power, let alone what special abilities these demon kings possess. Lu Ning has become alert after seeing Tong Gong, but what about others?
When the "weapons" rushed into the forest, the flame array on the top of the city had already bombarded the city six times, which meant that six ambush teams had been counter-ambushed and probably no one had survived.

Although the mountain area was large enough, when the fire started and the thick smoke began to spread through the wood and leaves, it still triggered people's instinctive fear. The soldiers might be able to keep their composure, but there were still some hunters who volunteered in the mountains and forests. They were all ordinary people.

As Lu Ning climbed through the forest, she could even feel a ray of scorching heat passing through the woods near her, leaving scorched marks in the area. Although there were no modern weapons, the battlefield dominated by magic still no longer supported the tactics of large-scale military formations.

Two ice shields suddenly rose up, blocking two stones that were obviously malicious. Compared to the ice driven by the formation, the texture of the stone was fragile, and it was immediately smashed to pieces.

The supporting soldiers immediately pointed out the direction. Without Lu Ning's order, the soldiers in the attacking position immediately let the ice blade spread over.

But after the weapon had passed a certain distance, it suddenly stopped and could no longer be generated from the ground. This scene immediately made everyone alert, and the means of attack were switched to ice spears, and the second round of attacks was launched in an instant.

"The hunters are not as fast as I am."

A shadow covered with a lot of soil and plants rushed out from the woods and crashed straight into the ice spears, crushing them in mid-air, while its two hands directly pinched the two soldiers who were responsible for the support.

"Stop."

Lu Ning suddenly appeared in front of the two soldiers, with the sword tip raised and emitting cold light. Under the infusion of innate purple energy, he instantly cut off both arms.

It's hard, and feels like mud.

"If I haven't finished with you even after Juque comes, I'll probably have to go back and practice again." The demon king, hidden under the mud, smiled happily, as if he was really enjoying this duel. "Or will you also try to end it quickly?"

If she was facing the demon king alone, Lu Ning might really try to deal with him and test his abilities. But now she had a team behind her, so she needed to move quickly. If she stayed here for a while longer, a group of enemies might rush out.

The soil gathered and pulled his arm towards the demon king's arm. The "weapons" never made their abilities too fancy, and the earth demon king Han Zhang was no exception. He only needed the soil to gather, and his body and soil to coexist. Following the smell, his speed in the soil was enough to surpass a galloping horse, and it was easy to catch up with Lu Ning's team.

But Lu Ning was no longer prepared to spend more time with this demon king.

She loosened her hand, and the sword infused with innate purple energy was swept away along with the soil pulled back by the demon king. Under Han Zhang's somewhat puzzled gaze, it instantly changed its owner.

Then, he found that among his body that had completely turned into mud, the head part had turned back into flesh and blood, and Lu Ning's raised fist was covered with soil and rocks similar to his ability, while the ice blades of the ice array also revealed themselves.

"what……"

"Live and die!"

Lu Ning shouted loudly and punched the demon king on the head. After she took away some of his assimilation and mobility, the opponent had no way to avoid this punch and his head exploded immediately on the spot.

This was a method she had thought of after the battle with Tong Gong. Tong Gong's attack was long-range and fatal. She had no other way to activate the life-or-death attack except the life-changing attack. In the end, she didn't use it and replaced the opponent with a perfect substitute. In this close combat, the value of her sword filled with innate purple qi was enough to exchange some abilities and physique from the demon king. The outcome of the close combat was just a moment.

The only pity is that there was no time to take away the opponent's soul, so it was not considered an effective kill.