Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1297 Jiangnan Ruyan

In the woods behind Zhenjian Villa, the battle between a man and a demon had already fallen into a stalemate. Ning Ke's copper coin sword had already chopped off more than a dozen heads, but these heads were not the demon's real bodies, but the demon's minions whose essence and blood had been sucked out.

The cocoon is formed and the butterfly is about to break out.

It’s not that Ning Ke can’t kill the demon, but she will inevitably have to pay the corresponding price. What’s more, there is more than one demon lurking here.

"Peace Lock, Hundred Faces and Thousands of Imagery, Dish Butterfly, Floating Lantern, Mud Lice. It is a very painstaking arrangement. If Li Gou had not been killed by me, I'm afraid Zhenjian Villa would have been destroyed by now." Ning Ke once again strung a piece of paper on the sword and lit it. So far, she has consumed three pieces of talisman paper, and the cocoon silk distributed in the woods is also shrinking.

However, she could not ignite a wider flame. The powerful water demon had turned the rainy night into its own domain, and all burning abilities were suppressed. Her other abilities were not so useful at the moment. The cocoon silk tightly protected the surroundings, and there were a large number of minions lying in ambush in the dense forest. If Ning Ke wanted to approach quickly, the price she had to pay was unbearable.

Ning Ke swung the copper coin sword, and the dark yellow sword slashed through the woods, and several more heads of the henchmen fell to the ground.

"Very stable."

Li Duanyu, who was hiding in the rain, watched with admiration as Ning Ke compressed the living space of Dumb Cocoon step by step in a fairly stable posture.

Among the six temples under the Star Realm Holy Hall, Danyang Chixue was in charge of the combat training of the pre-selected masters of the Cutting Head and Hooking Finger Temples, so he had some understanding of the situation of the two temples. However, the most helpless thing was that although the masters of the two temples were all young talents, they often did not live long. Especially the Cutting Head Temple, which had changed more than 20 masters since the new era.

The reason is that the masters of the Head-Cutting Temple are extremely determined and hate evil. The further they go on the road of "slaughter", the more likely they are to encounter unexpected events in the scene. Unlike Li Duanyu, who also needs to cultivate his mind, the Head-Cutting Temple's almost paranoid pursuit of evil often announces the common destruction of both parties.

As for the pre-selected Hall Masters of the Head-Cutting Temple, as far as Li Duanyu knows, only three of the twelve people who were sent for training have been left. As for Ning Ke, she was not trained by Danyang Chixue, but won a pre-selected spot with her own ability and record, and it is very likely that she will officially become the Hall Master when this round of pre-selections ends. This time, Li Duanyu saw her fighting style and understood why she was able to achieve such results.

I've never seen anyone play so steadily.

Each generation of hall masters and pre-selected candidates were able to fight quickly and defeat the enemies by exchanging injuries for injuries and blood for blood. Such a sharp double-edged sword is naturally famous. But Li Duanyu saw that Ning Ke's fighting style was steady and cautious, pressing step by step, and taking the initiative to make the demons fall into a slow death. Even if the mute cocoon emerges as a butterfly, Ning Ke has a way to deal with it.

As for the demons hiding in the dark, they had no chance to launch a sneak attack. Ning Ke had reserved at least 40% of his strength to guard against other demons' ambush. Given the strength of the demons in Zhenjian Villa this time, if they dared to attack, they would have to be prepared to die.

Li Duanyu heard the rumbling sound of the earth. He knew that time was running out and there was no need to wait any longer.

With a slight movement of his mind, he fell with the rain and floated into the deep forest.

"Don't hide, the demon king is too weak. Since you are here today, I will use you as a sacrifice."

A group of moss-covered stones began to move, opening a pair of blood-red eyes and growling threateningly.

Li Duanyu approached in the rain. In the darkness, his figure could not be seen at all. Only the outline that occasionally emerged in the dense rain could prove his passing. Taiyun grabbed a handful of soil, and the soil changed into a fine iron spear, which he threw out. The spear passed through the ghostly Li Duanyu, but did not cause any damage at all.

"Xiangliu."

A sword light flashed from Li Duanyu's hand. It was not that he drew out the sword, but that he broke off a branch as he floated down.

But the sword was as powerful as a poisonous snake, coming and going in an instant. If Tai Yun had not dodged faster than his heavy appearance suggested, he would have been hit by the sword.

"Your body movements are very fast." Li Duanyu shook the branch with his hand, and the cold star was divided into nine parts, enclosing Taiyun within the range of the sword. Taiyun immediately raised a pile of mud, and the mud and sand turned into an iron wall in the air. After all, Li Duanyu only used a branch, and although nine holes were left in the iron wall, the branch could no longer withstand such force and broke into pieces.

"Lian Yaojian, which tribe are you from?"

"Monster King, are you still living in the past? Today, when the country is falling, no one has heard of the monster hunters of the past. The four families and eight surnames who participated in the event and flourished at the time are no longer around." Li Duanyu said leisurely, "It's funny that our mortal enemies back then are the ones who still remember us now."

"Since you are a monster hunter, there is nothing to say." Tai Yun slammed the iron wall in front of him, and countless needles emerged from the wall and shot towards Li Duanyu.

"The demon king Taiyun eats things hidden in the soil, follows gold and stone, walks on the earth, and turns things into gold." Li Duanyu transformed into a ghost again and broke off another branch. "Which demon star ordered you to come here? The one in the northern frontier certainly doesn't have such foresight, so another demon star must have appeared?"

"Noisy!"

With an angry shout, all the needles exploded in the air, and Li Duanyu was enveloped by the exploding evil spirit, and his figure was actually revealed.

"Strong wind."

A sword light slashed down diagonally, separating the rain, demonic energy, iron filings, and mud. Li Duanyu's figure appeared, and he slashed the iron wall made of meteorites with another sword. His sword was already drawn, and this time the sword light struck a bright flame in the rain.

"Golden Crow."

The long thorn was extended, and it was like lighting a bomb. The brilliant golden light penetrated the darkness and also opened a big hole in Tai Yun's chest.

“You monster hunters… can’t tell right from wrong…” Tai Yun sat down on the ground, his body starting to melt into mud and sand, his bloodshot eyes staring at Li Duanyu the entire time, “How pathetic…”

"Demon, don't meddle in human affairs." Li Duanyu shook his head. "It feels wrong, it's not the real body. This body is also a fake one you made with mud and sand. Ha, you sold those little demons after all."

"The demon hunters are declining, and will eventually... be destroyed..."

"Don't bother, Monster King. I will catch the monster behind you sooner or later. Monster catchers no longer work for the Wei Dynasty, but they are responsible for the people of the world. "Li" means parting, but it also means the people."

"ridiculous……"

The mud and sand dispersed, and everything finally returned to peace.

On the other side, Ning Ke also forced Zun Die into a desperate situation.

A lot of cracks have appeared on the cocoon, and the butterfly is about to break out of it. However, Ning Ke has already passed countless heads and walked to the front of the cocoon.

The minions were originally almost immortal, and Ya Jian was able to reach the level of butterfly transformation, so he naturally had a lot of minions under him. However, every minion killed by Ning Ke did not stand up again. They were like people who were really beheaded and welcomed death. "You are afraid." Ning Ke looked at Ya Jian who was trembling slightly, "That's right, most of the emotions of demons come from instinct, and instinct tells you that you will die here."

She touched her arms, but unfortunately she had no more talisman paper. She had used up all her talisman paper reserves by killing people all the way. But Ghost Face spoke at this moment: "Let me eat it, Ning Ke. The Butterfly is a demon king, a demon king that has just taken shape... and you have killed all its minions. Its strength is not as good as-"

"Nu Mu, I don't want our cooperation to end here." Ning Ke touched the mask lightly, and the mask immediately stopped talking.

"When I allow you, you can even cannibalize my body to gain strength, but if I don't allow you, don't even think about asking me for more benefits. Don't even think about letting you eat the demon king. If I can't restrain my demon power, I may have to change my mask."

"But you have to relieve my hunger too. That little demon is not enough to fill my teeth. I need more blood! Otherwise, I can only eat you!" The mask shouted dissatisfiedly, "The Demon Suppression Bureau has no better conditions than mine. Do you want that pretty boy or that yellow-faced woman to be your mask?"

"I don't mind. I can afford the price of any of you, but my premise is that you must be obedient." Ning Ke took out a few red pills and stuffed them into the mask's mouth, "Now, shut up."

Mask chewed the pill and stopped talking.

Ning Ke walked towards the mute cocoon, stabbed the copper coin sword into the crack, and slowly cut the cocoon open. The colorful butterfly inside had already poked out more than a dozen pairs of eyeballs, and on each eyeball there was the face of a person struggling in pain.

"You have brought disaster to the common people, and you have become a king by devouring their blood, flesh, and souls. You are a demon, and today is the day for you to perish."

The light sank into the cocoon, and after the butterfly began to die, a large amount of black hairs emerged from the cocoon, but once it touched Ning Ke's body, it began to burn on its own and could not hurt her at all. The butterfly's eyes stretched out and roared towards the formation in the sky, and the formation seemed to have heard its call and guided a blue-black demonic energy towards the butterfly.

But this speed is too slow.

Zun Die was horrified to find that it might take several breaths for the evil spirit to reach its location. However, Ning Ke was right in front of him, and enough power had been injected into the copper coin sword.

"You can't hide away."

Those eyes filled with faces stared at Ning Ke, and the wails and pain of countless people echoed in her ears, hoping to stop her for a moment so that the demonic energy could be injected into her body.

However, there was only a cracking sound.

The neck of the butterfly, which was relatively thin compared to its huge body, was crushed by the copper coin sword. A large amount of green pus gushed out of the cocoon. The head covered with eyeballs rolled out of the cocoon along with the pus and was caught in Ning Ke's hand.

The evil spirit in the sky also dissipated. Ning Ke raised his head and felt that the night rain was gradually easing. After the death of the water demon, the abnormal celestial phenomena caused by it also disappeared.

But there is no way to stop the damage caused by earth-based demons.

Ning Ke knew that she was stuck after all. Zhenjian Villa was attacked by an earthquake caused by mud lice. The sect was located on the mountain and had almost no way to deal with such a threat. She saw that most of the buildings in the villa had collapsed. What was worse was that the torrent formed by the combination of heavy rain and earthquake was rushing towards the villa with rocks and mud. It was obvious that the sect buildings could not be saved.

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Lu Ning also heard the rumbling sound of water in the mountains. She knew what it was without even looking. Now she was already running wildly with Lu Qingxu on her back. She was so anxious that she even accidentally broke through the second level of Senluo Jiuzhuan.

This also made her run down the mountain faster - although it was the right thing to do when a flash flood broke out, this was not a normal flash flood. Lu Ning knew that this flash flood was deliberately caused by the demons to destroy Zhenjian Villa. If she hid in the mountains, she would most likely be caught by the demons in the subsequent search. She didn't have the confidence to survive the encirclement of the demons.

"Ahem, Ah Ning, you..."

"Please stop talking! The situation is urgent now. It's good enough that you can save yourself!" Lu Ning rushed down the mountain. As expected, the mountain torrent did not catch up with them. Only the shaking of the ground and the roar in the ears were still scary.

Lu Ning ran so fast that she lost track of time. When she finally stepped into the town at the foot of the mountain, she suddenly had an epiphany.

[The first stage, Jiangnan is like smoke, has ended.]

Tourist Lu Ning has completed the main task and can choose to improve his own skills by one level.

  Check out the side quests:

The branch quest of the monsters is completed, all the five elements of the monsters in this monster formation are witnessed, and a trace of innate purple qi is obtained.

The side quest "Shadow of the Birthday Banquet" is completed, providing reconnaissance assistance in the capture of ordinary assassins and improving the five senses.

The branch quest Lantern Dinner has been triggered but not completed.

The secret of the sword cellar has been triggered and the entire mission has failed.

The branch quest of the Demon Cult has been triggered. There is no participation and no reward.

Visitor Lu Ning enters the second main mission. Please try to trigger any side missions.

  Mission 2: Returning Home in Glory

Together with Lu Qingxu, he returned to the Huailing Lu Clan and gained a certain reputation before the clan returned to the old courtyard for the Spring Festival. 】

Lu Ning was panting heavily. She had used up almost all of her strength going down the mountain. It was the various rewards for completing this mission that allowed her to regain some strength. Otherwise, she would probably not be able to stand now.

With his current body, a flash flood would be fatal enough. The ground was still shaking. Lu Ning didn't know what was happening inside Zhenjian Villa. She was just sure that even the famous sects would have difficulty resisting the disaster caused by the demons. The so-called solid sword cellar would probably not be able to remain intact in an earthquake.

"A Ning, don't think you did anything wrong." Lu Qingxu gently touched Lu Ning's head. "This matter originally had nothing to do with you and me. We have tried our best to help, but it's okay if we can't save the situation. The power of the demons is not something we can deal with. We are lucky to have survived the demons we encountered in the past two days."

"I know."

Lu Ning didn't know how to tell Lu Qingxu. With her current state of mind, she wouldn't feel regretful about such a thing.

The only reason she didn't speak at the moment was that she saw a shabby car with a dim lantern hanging on it, with no one driving it, and being pulled by a skinny horse, parked on the side of the road not far away. However, Lu Qingxu still had no idea about the car.