Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 56: We Won, Battle Merit Redemption (Seeking monthly votes and continued reading)
After Long Xiu instantly killed a Yaksha, the remaining demons around him roared and brandished their steel forks, attacking Long Xiu.

With a single, decisive strike, Long Xiu didn't linger. His body flashed again, miraculously using the void to traverse several steps, tumbling outwards before landing back on the city wall. Together with the others, he formed a defensive formation, stabilizing their position.

But as the vampires charged down in a massive burst, their limited defensive formation was breached after only one attack.

Li Chunfeng narrowly escaped disaster; his psychic shield, though only rippled by the impact, withstood the repeated assaults.

Some people were injured, and seeing the endless stream of demons and ghosts in the sky, they lost their courage, howled, and jumped off the city wall, abandoning their troops and fleeing into the city like headless flies.

Not everyone has the courage to face death.

"Damn it... don't panic!"

Long Xiu shouted and sprang into action again, killing a flying vampire demon with a single shot and rescuing his teammates who were struggling in the battle.

That man set a bad example, and the group immediately became uneasy, with several people's eyes darting around, ready to make a move.

"Captain, let's retreat, we can't hold out any longer," someone advised.

However, the next moment, the man who had just fled hadn't gone far before he was caught up by several demons. In his haste, he hurriedly raised his sword to fight back, but several black shadows rushed down, and all that was left for him was screaming in agony.

Before it could last three breaths, the screams abruptly stopped.

Even the guys who were just trying to persuade him were all shocked by what they saw, and they no longer dared to have any thoughts of leaving.

But the desire to retreat remained undiminished. "Captain, should we retreat or not? Give us a straight answer!"

Of the entire team, only Long Xiu seemed capable of directly confronting the vampire demon. Without reinforcements, this small squad was likely to be wiped out.

"Lure them down!"

Li Chunfeng suddenly shouted.

The vampires were too fast and had an aerial advantage. If they were to use the Lantern Form to create clones, their drifting speed would likely be insufficient.

Among the others, some had their eyes light up, while others were dismissive.

Long Xiu and Jiang Han, the captain and vice-captain, exchanged a glance. It was unclear whether they were going crazy, but at this critical moment, they actually placed their hopes on the youngest novice cultivator.

But just thinking about the sky full of lights from earlier makes me feel a little excited.

Jiang Han smiled wryly and asked, "How do we lure them?"

"Use blood! Vital blood, fresh blood!"

Long Xiu was the first to react, and he chose to believe.

He slashed his palm across his teammate's longsword, leaving a wide gash on his own hand, forcing out his surging blood and energy.

The demon, darting through the air like a bat, had an even stronger desire in its crimson eyes.

It rushed quickly downwards towards the bloody food.

Li Chunfeng calmly observed everything, success hinged on this moment.

"Phantom clone!"

A figure in black robes and a white bone mask, wielding a demonic axe, calmly casts a spell.

In an instant, 10,800 black-robed clones wielding demonic axes overwhelmed the city walls, making them impenetrable, and also engulfed the vampire demons that were rushing down.

"Buzz!"

Countless demonic axes slashed down simultaneously, splashing ink-like qi, even disrupting the natural order of heaven and earth.

—The Chaotic Ancient Guillotine!

Immediately following this were Soul Fireballs and Void Handprints raining down relentlessly.

The situation reversed instantly. The once densely packed vampire demons were wiped out in an instant, leaving only a few third-tier flying demons to flee into the sky in a sorry state.

Li Chunfeng looked at Long Xiu, who was filled with murderous intent, wishing he could tear them to pieces.

"Send me up!"

Li Chunfeng reacted quickly, grabbing Long Xiu with a giant handprint in the void and slamming him violently towards several flying demons.

In mid-air, Long Xiu unleashed his ultimate technique, with countless spear shadows covering the void.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The five flying demons that had just escaped were repelled head-on, with half of their wings drooping, and they spun and fell in the air.

Li Chunfeng and Jiang Han's eyes lit up, and they simultaneously cast spells.

Wind blades, sword control, soul fireballs, psychic fists, and battle intent burst forth simultaneously, mercilessly striking a fallen foe. The spells and flying swords worked in tandem, circling the flying demons several times before slicing the heavily wounded demons into countless pieces of flesh.

"Whoo~"

"Won!"

But it was not them who decided the course of the battle.

"Boom!"

At that very moment, eight astonishing auras erupted simultaneously in the darkness outside the city!
The muffled sounds, like thunder, were accompanied by astonishing energy fluctuations, and countless demons and ghosts were instantly slain.

"That direction is..."

Jiang Han, his face deathly pale from exhaustion, murmured, "The reinforcements from the Boundary City have arrived."

Long Xiu also breathed a sigh of relief. He had also expended a considerable amount of energy, and a huge, bloody claw mark had been torn open on his chest by the demon's claws. Yet, he remained dutiful, fulfilling his duties as captain and protecting his team members as they refined the elixirs to recover.

Although there were only eight people from Jiecheng, none of them were below the fifth rank.

Eight beams of clear, bright light, like giant swords, cleaved straight into the Black Tide Dead Lake.

They charged back and forth, fighting alongside many experts from Canyon City.

Amidst the splattering blood, in just a quarter of an hour, the night seemed to have cleared considerably.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the sky began to lighten with the first light of dawn.

The demon army began to retreat.

Only then did Li Chunfeng breathe a sigh of relief.

Signals came through the city again.

"This is the signal to gather and launch a general offensive. Everyone should kill as many as they can to reduce the burden for future battles!" Long Xiu said.

Looking around, everyone seemed exhausted and unlikely to have the strength to pursue.

Only Li Chunfeng's true strength remained a mystery, and he was protected by a ten-foot-tall psychic warrior, a technique he hadn't revealed earlier.

"I'll go take a look."

Li Chunfeng was happy to join in the fun of kicking a man when he was down.

That being said, he couldn't possibly force it. He then deactivated his demonic form, and tens of thousands of clones of Ran Deng surged forth, chasing after the distant black tide.

The closer you are to the main battlefield, the more soul fragments will swarm in.

In just one day, the lamp's grade was upgraded instead of downgraded.

[Lighting the Lamp]: Level 10 Evil Spirit (Tier 2)
Such a waste.

If the timing weren't wrong, Li Chunfeng would have wanted to immediately restart the reverse feeding mechanism.

The effect of secondary feeding is naturally not as effective as the first feeding.

Li Chunfeng was limited by his cultivation level. Having too much spiritual power was not a good thing, and he could only watch helplessly as his soul fragments dissipated.

ended.

The city was in a mess, and cleanup was underway everywhere.

The bodies were carried out one by one and cremated collectively.

Li Chunfeng's squad also had casualties. Although they hadn't known each other for long, they were comrades-in-arms who had fought together, so it was natural to come and pay their respects.

As the raging flames engulfed their comrades who had been laughing and talking just moments before, many felt a sense of bewilderment.

But that's war, isn't it!

Such a scene may not be common in the Earthly Realm these days, but it is more familiar to the people of the Mountain and Sea Continent.

The other two realms, especially the Ghost Realm, are probably already used to it.

Li Chunfeng didn't have many thoughts in his mind; he had experienced this kind of farewell far too many times before.

My heart is already numb.

The dire situation did not dampen his enthusiasm; on the contrary, he devoted himself to cultivation with even greater passion.

"In this life, I will take control of my own destiny!"

He returned to the small inn, where the landlady seemed to be injured, and even the white cat looked listless.

However, the Canyon City Quest Hall has not yet reopened.

Li Chunfeng wasn't worried about having no one to do his task.

In the blink of an eye, three days have passed since the night when the demons besieged Canyon City. The network has been restored, and the city has issued an announcement.

The human faction was declared the victorious, but the Bone Lord was not dead.

Moreover, the forces opposite Tianyuan... which is the Great Canyon Mountains, broke through the boundary wall of the Tianyuan Mountains and found a passage directly to the heart of the human territory, which is why this sudden attack occurred.

This is not a good thing, as it means that similar situations may still occur in the future.

War may very well become the norm.

Many people began to leave the Ghost Realm, while even more people entered it.

Three days later, the key finally responded.

This means the state of war has ended.

Li Chunfeng did not enter Yuancheng because on the same day, Guifangjie City published a list of battle merits for exchange online.

He glanced at his impressive 88,000 battle merits and eagerly opened the leaderboard redemption page.

(End of this chapter)