The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 398: Ice Crown Tree
(Corrected)

Ergou’s knife skills are pretty good.

If he were placed in the territory of the Song Dynasty, he would be even better than 99% of the knife-wielding experts in the world.

But the weapon he is really good at is still the spear. After all, spearmanship is his martial arts enlightenment and the foundation of his combat skills.

At this time, Ergou was fighting with the war blood bandit with a serrated broadsword. Unfortunately, one of his opponent's hands was cut off by him in advance, which greatly reduced his fighting power. Otherwise, he might really be defeated by this evil demon.

Anyone who sees someone like Ergou abandoning his strengths and using his weaknesses in a fight would say he is stupid.

But is Ergou really stupid?
of course not!
Ergou is not stupid, on the contrary, he is recognized as being very smart.

Mr. Li once commented: He is able to see the big picture from small details, think carefully about things, and has the talent to make good plans.

Old man Chen talked about Ergou's fighting style: he is good at using the strong to bully the weak, using the majority to defeat the few, and using cleverness to defeat clumsiness. He is always victorious because he is prepared.

It can be said that whenever Ergou participates in a battle, he always tries his best to create more favorable conditions for himself.

At this time, Ergou deliberately abandoned his gun and used a knife, which naturally had some calculations.

Taking advantage of the fact that most of the War Blood's attention was attracted by the short palm, Ergou chopped his legs and feet with a knife several times in an attempt to destroy the enemy's mobility.

Although Ergou did chop the evil demon's legs and feet several times, since this guy's legs and feet were hoof-shaped with reverse joints, the bones were as hard as steel and the skin was as tough as copper, the damage caused by Ergou's chopping was not great, and the impact was naturally minimal.

However, Ergou's choice of attack still led to a deviation in the evil demon's thinking mode. Every time Ergou launched an attack, the Blood Disciple with the Broken Palm could not help but defend the lower three routes first.

And thanks to Ergou's deliberate cooperation, the Blood Disciple with the Broken Palm's recent defenses were quite successful. It even took the opportunity to get closer to the position of the broken palm, and was just one step away from catching the stupid high elf who was running around holding its broken palm.

As time goes by, it seems that Ergou is becoming more and more helpless against the Broken Palm Blood Disciple.

He was no longer able to break through the defense of the Broken-Handed Blood Disciple, and could only compete with it in a stalemate with physical strength, and then rely on the high-elites running around to pull it away.

Now it all depends on who has the worst physical strength, who will be exhausted first, and then cause the whole situation to collapse.

There was no need to worry about Ergou's physical strength. He had consumed a lot of energy when he instantly killed eight elite war blood disciples, but he had already recovered to his peak state in the process of chasing the high-elite team.

As for the Warbloods, you may have heard of the innate ability to recover health by killing enemies?
The followers of the Lord of Blood are famous for replacing physical strength with anger. As long as the will to fight is not extinguished and the anger is endless, the blood followers of war never need to worry about physical strength.

In this case, the only thing that may or will definitely cause problems is high precision.

Not to mention that the High Elves are not a race that excels in physical strength. After the previous series of battles and escapes, they are basically exhausted to the extreme.

In this extreme struggle, they were naturally the first to collapse.

When the blood disciple with the severed hand once again seized the opportunity to rush towards the high elf holding the severed hand, Figel, who had already been exhausted, was desperately squeezing out the last bit of his strength to escape, but his feet suddenly softened and he fell to the ground, and the severed hand he was holding naturally fell out with him.

The blood disciple with the broken palm was overjoyed. He rushed forward in three or two steps, and before he could even hurt Figel, he picked up the broken palm and used it to hit the broken wrist.

When the two broken ends were connected, the blood disciple with the broken palm twisted his palm slightly twice, and when he felt that it was successfully connected, he burst into laughter.

But at this moment, Ergou rushed forward with the Liquan Spear. The Blood Disciple who had just taken back his palm subconsciously dropped his axe to guard the lower three routes.

Unexpectedly, Ergou thrust out his gun with a force as rapid as a landslide and a speed as fast as a string. In an instant it pierced through the evil demon's jaw and went straight into the brain.

too fast!
The Warblood's defensive actions had become a habit, and it had no time to make a correct response, so it died.

He was first shot in the brain by Ergou, then his head was chopped off, and he finally died.

Ergou ended the battle so suddenly that not only did the Blood Disciple with the Broken Hand feel that his death was unjust, but the high elves were also shocked.

Ergou concealed his true strength by deceiving the world, used a tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, used inertial thinking to mislead the evil spirit, and finally seized the opportunity to complete the fatal kill.

This is really incredible in the eyes of the high elves.

Or it should be said that they simply did not understand how Ergou played his game.

Originally the high elves were in despair.

Even though Ergou was strong enough and the fight with the evil demon was almost evenly matched, in this one-on-one battle, if a mortal like Ergou could not kill the evil demon quickly, he would definitely be defeated in the end.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck.

As for why Ergou resorted to tactical fraud, as a demon-suppressing warrior who specialized in exorcising demons, how could he not understand the taboos when mortals fight against evil spirits?
However, this set of tactics was not thought up by Ergou himself, but was inherited from the experience left by Zhang Yide, a great enemy during the Three Kingdoms period, and was stored in the secret file of the Demon Suppressor.

Of course, Zhang Yide was able to come up with this tactic purely out of talent. After all, few other people could be like him, making breaking through the limit in battle as easy as eating and drinking.

However, among the future heroes of Liangshan, there was one who, with his unique character, mastered this tactic to perfection.

That person is "Leopard Head" Lin Chong.

When Lin Chong was fighting with others, he would often fight with his opponent for dozens of rounds in a lukewarm manner, and then look for an opportunity to suddenly shout and stab the enemy to death with his spear.

After killing the blood disciple with a broken hand, Ergou cleaned up the scene a little and then asked the high elves about the situation.

Then Ergou found out that the "missing" main force of the War Bloods were actually killed by the high elves.

The high elves were so foolish and bold that they just used a set of templates to do it from beginning to end; and the war blood disciples were so foolish that they jumped into the same pit again and again.

With one being dumb and the other being stupid, these two are simply a perfect match made in heaven.

That being said, Ergou treated the wounds of the wounded high elves himself.

For some unknown reason, Ergou's psychic healing ability has been greatly improved.

He only needed to gather some spiritual energy on the wounds of the high elves. Ergou didn't even need to specially repair the damaged flesh and blood tissue. The hideous-looking wounds on their bodies would heal automatically.

So much so that the high elves somewhat fanatically called Ergou "Son of Aisha".

It was not until this time that the high elves completely recognized Ergou's identity, and they "generously" told Ergou their names.

The six surviving high elves are Salir, Figlar, Tesser, Moas, Arigan and the armless Durros. The high elves killed by the evil demons before are called Banu, which means that the chattering [Heart-Eating Soul Skull] can be called the head of Banu.

Since the basic structure of the high elves' bodies is quite different from that of humans, Ergou has little experience and has never repaired Durdros's broken arm. He needs a more stable environment (to repair the broken limbs for the high elves), and now is obviously not the right time. Fortunately, Durdros did not care too much about his broken arm. The high elves with artistic cells are very good at making prosthetic limbs. Wearing a prosthetic limb embedded with special weapons in the future will not reduce Durdros's combat power much.

After healing the wounds of the high elves, Ergou turned his attention to the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull].

The Soul-Eating Skull is a vicious creation made by the demons using the power of the Warp. They will seal the soul of an intelligent creature in their own head, turning it into a talking head.

The soul in the Heart-Eroding Soul's Skull is constantly suffering the pain and torture of being killed, which will cause the soul to be constantly distorted and eventually degenerate into a flying-headed demon.

The flying-headed demon can act as a battlefield scout for the demons and provide them with battlefield intelligence.

When they encounter an enemy, they can release confusing magic sounds and use mimicry to confuse the enemy.

A flying-headed demon can even use its sound-foley ability to perform a grand symphony or the sounds of an entire army marching.

In a sense, the Flying Head Demon is a good strategic auxiliary force.

It’s just that this thing’s status among the evil demons of the Blood Lord is somewhat tragic.

Due to the absolute weakness of the Flying Head Demons and the reason of their birth mechanism, they are often regarded as dispensable slaves and pet pendants by other believers of the Lord of Blood.

Especially when the Flying Head Demon completes its reconnaissance mission and comes back to report to other demons, those powerful demons often do not have the patience to listen to the Flying Head Demon's chattering and somewhat incoherent reports, but directly swallow up the Flying Head Demon's fallen soul.

This way, we can quickly obtain the information obtained by the Flying Head Demon, and also slightly satisfy the powerful demon's appetite. It is simply the best of both worlds.

However, as a result, the Flying Head Demon, which was originally qualified to occupy an important strategic and tactical position in the Demon Legion, has tragically become the most vulnerable and consumable item at the bottom of the Demon Legion.

The vast majority of flying-headed demons basically only have a lifespan of performing one reconnaissance mission, and then they are eaten as snacks by more powerful demons.

However, the [Eroding Heart Soul Skull], which has not yet completely degenerated into a flying-headed evil demon, is the best material for refining weapons for a demon-suppressing master like Ergou who has a legacy.

In his early years, Ergou had used the brain of a fallen evildoer to refine a small gadget called the [Evil Karma Skull Bead], which he gave to his good friend Han Cunbao.

In fact, the refining of the [Evil Karma Skull Bead] is to imitate the way the Demon Suppressor Weapon Refining Master handles the material of the [Erosion Heart Soul Skull].

The power of [Evil Karma Skull Bead] is very small, and it basically only has an early warning function. The lethality of the screaming impact is almost zero to real evil demons.

However, the master weapon refiner of the Demon Suppression People can refine the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull] into a treasure called the [Demon-Avoiding Pearl].

The [Demon-Repelling Bead] will release a force field centered on itself to the surrounding space that makes evil spirits feel very uncomfortable and keeps them away.

This alone is not enough to make the [Magic-Repelling Bead] the best magic-suppressing device.

The real value of [Demon-Repelling Beads] lies in the fact that the exorcism force field formed by [Demon-Repelling Beads] can be superimposed.

When dozens or even hundreds of [Demon-Repelling Beads] are strung together to form a rosary, the force field formed will become a forbidden zone for evil spirits, and any extraordinary power with chaotic attributes will be unable to approach.

Especially when a psychic has a set of prayer beads made of [Demon-Repelling Beads], he can use his psychic powers to his heart's content without worrying about being infected by chaos.

If the [Demon-Repelling Beads] can be mass-produced, they can become a strategic weapon for mortals to fight against evil spirits.

Unfortunately, this delusion is not realistic.

The reason is that the source of the main material of the Demon-Repelling Bead, [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull], is too vicious and cruel, and only true evil demons know how to make it. Once the evil demons make the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull], they will transform them into Flying Head Demons as soon as possible.

The Flying Head Demon is already a true demon and it is impossible to create the [Demon-Repelling Pearl].

For someone like Ergou to be able to intercept [Erosion of Heart and Soul Skull] halfway is a rare coincidence.

Ever since the value of the [Demon-Repelling Pearl] was discovered by the world, there have always been people with great determination who have tried to steal the method of making the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull] from the evil demons.

What is despairing is that the evil demons do not shy away from teaching mortals how to make the [Heart-Eating Soul Skull], and all those who have come into contact with the method of making the [Heart-Eating Soul Skull] have degenerated into running dogs and slaves of Chaos, without exception.

After experiencing countless bloody lessons, all the knowledgeable people had to give up their desire for the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull] and stop the plan of promoting the [Demon-Avoiding Pearl].

Of course, if anyone has enough chance to snatch the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull] from the evil demon and refine it into the [Demon-Avoiding Pearl], the Demon Suppressor will still welcome it very much.

As a big shot among the demon-suppressing people, Ergou naturally knew how to refine the [Demon-avoiding Pearl].

Therefore, he stopped the high elves from destroying the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull], and instead took everyone away from the battle scene, and then went to the little elves to collect [Phlogiston].

When the raging flames started burning, Ergou used the flames as an anvil and his own spiritual power as a hammer to refine the [Heart-Eroding Soul Skull].

In fact, the process of refining the [Demon-Repelling Bead] is similar to that of refining the [Evil Karma Skull Bead], except that the requirements for the refiner's spiritual energy purity and control level are higher.

It just so happens that Ergou has advantages in both aspects, so the refining of the [Demon-Repelling Pearl] is a natural success.

The finished [Demon-Repelling Bead] looks like a bone bead the size of a green apricot. Upon closer inspection, eyebrows and eyes can be seen on the surface of the bone bead, which is exactly the same as the appearance of the dead Banu.

With this [Demon-Repelling Pearl], Ergou and his companions cannot say that they are completely free from fear of the invasion of evil spirits. At least under normal circumstances, the evil spirits will subconsciously stay away from them.

That is to say, the Bronze Bull Warrior was carrying the order from the Lord of Blood, but he continued to chase Ergou and his group despite the repulsion from the [Demon-Avoiding Pearl]. However, the pressure on Ergou and his group had been greatly reduced.

So Ergou and his team of high elves walked leisurely on the snowfield, gathering many scattered high elves along the way, so that their team gradually grew stronger.

When the Icecrown Tree came into view, a battle group of more than forty high elves had formed around Ergou.

Although it cannot be said that everyone retreated wherever this team passed, bloody storms were always inevitable.

The one who created the bloodshed was not Ergou, but the war blood bandits who had been following him.

The Bronze Bull Warriors also gathered several teams of War Bloods, and hundreds of War Bloods formed a Fallen Chaos War Gang that was powerful enough to destroy all life.

Due to the interference of the [Demon-Avoiding Pearl], this Chaos Gang did not attack Ergou and his group for the time being. However, wherever Ergou and his group passed, all lives within a hundred miles became vents for the evil demons to vent their anger.

In a sense, Ergou can be said to be possessed by a disaster star. Wherever he passes, anyone who does not follow him will suffer a devastating disaster the next day.

At this moment, the "disaster star" is bringing devastating disaster to the Icecrown Tree.

(End of this chapter)