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

Chapter 68: One Hundred and Eight Thousand, One Man Forms an Army

As soon as Li Chunfeng landed, he saw a legion of thousands of bronze-level (second tier) Nightmare Knights swaggering over. Relying on their numbers, they were extremely arrogant and did not take him, a great expert standing in the middle of the road, seriously at all. They did not even greet him or show any sign of respect, treating him as if he were nothing, and went straight for him.

Isn't this bullying an honest person?

Damn it, these beasts are so arrogant, they really look down on people with their skulls.

With a snap of his fingers, a lamp floated out from above.

"Hey~"

The Lord humiliates his ministers to death.

Sensing its owner's sentiments, the lantern's head burst into flames, and the color of its gauze covering changed drastically from festive bright red to a ghastly white. The characters on it also changed from "福" (blessing) to "奠" (offering).

As if that wasn't enough, it conjured two small fists and raised them high, showing off its might and domineering presence.

After his talent was greatly enhanced, even his intelligence improved significantly.

Seeing its posture, it seemed to be shedding its cowardly and cunning nature. Li Chunfeng was very pleased, as if he had seen his unreliable son suddenly become capable. "Very good."

"Let's see how you do it! Get in there!"

With a "whoosh," all the starlight in the sky was obscured, and even the silver moon seemed to be hidden under the lamplight and disappeared without a trace, while the dark earth was illuminated in every detail.

"Meow~"

The nine-lived cat demon perched on Li Chunfeng's shoulder was shocked by what it saw above, its vertical pupils constricting, and it couldn't help but let out a shriek.

The Earth-rank 'Phantom Clone' can create 108,000 clones with a single use.

Each clone possesses 37-80% of the original's strength.

However, Burning Lamp's cultivation level was ultimately limited to the second tier, level ten. It could barely cast Earth-rank spells, and the consumption was several times greater than casting Heaven-rank innate spells. Each spell consumed nearly one-third of its soul power.

It should be noted that Ran Deng's soul power reserves are far greater than Li Chunfeng's.

Li Chunfeng's soul power is currently just over 120,000, while Randeng's is more than three times that. In other words, with Li Chunfeng's current soul power reserves, even if he were to use his full power, he would only be able to cast a phantom clone once.

Powerful spells require significant resources to sustain them; this is only natural.

The only drawback was that he had too high expectations for the lamp-lighting.

As soon as he unleashed his ultimate move, he immediately retreated behind Li Chunfeng. Even while in stealth mode, he peeked out furtively, showing no sign of any change whatsoever.

But given the current situation, there is indeed no need for the Lord of the Burning Lamp to personally take action.

When 108,000 lantern ghosts hang high in the sky, any obstacles on the ground become easy targets.

The Nightmare Knights came and went quickly, their formation was quite dense, and when the bombs from above came down, they didn't even have a chance to scatter and avoid them.

The war was incredibly fierce; the Nightmare Knights suffered heavy losses upon initial contact. They weren't inherently weak, but the Lantern Ghosts were endless, and the air force's advantage over the ground forces was fully exploited. Even though their stealth abilities were strong, and they had skeletal warhorses to ride, it was still different from 'Ghostly Shadow Escape'.

The Heavenly Rank Soul Fireball can also activate single-shot, rapid-fire, and quick-fire modes. Even when used by a clone, it truly deserves the title of "turret."

To be fair, the Bone Spirits truly lived up to their reputation as a warrior race. Their leading knight leader, showing some skill, roared a few times and quickly subdued the remaining knight legion. With a flick of their spears, they unleashed a barrage of black light projectiles into the sky, aimed at the lantern demons high above.

At the same time, they are also using special means to contact nearby reinforcements for support.

However, they overestimated their own attack power and underestimated the strength of the Burning Lamp clone.

Besides possessing the Heavenly Rank 'Soul Fireball', the Lantern Demon also boasts top-notch defense. Its 'Psychic Shield' is, in fact, a Heavenly Rank spell. The Lantern Demon clone struck by the black light wasn't easily extinguished as before. It was merely tossed into the higher sky like a balloon, without suffering significant damage.

The difference between heaven and earth is like heaven and earth. These Nightmare Knights aren't even up to the Earth rank.

This was the Lantern's first battle after its transformation, and it wanted to show its master its abilities. So it personally commanded its clones, pushing the 'Ghostly Shadow Escape' technique to its limit. In an instant, the sky dimmed, ghostly shadows flickered, and streaks of black smoke moved swiftly, completely obscuring the leisurely, drifting image of the Lantern Ghost from before.

The Nightmare Knights legion suffered heavy casualties quickly in the face of the endless lantern ghosts, but their victory lay in their fearlessness.

This valley entrance was a battlefield specially chosen by Li Chunfeng. He did not kill all the Nightmare Knights at once, but left a group to continue summoning companions.

By surrounding the enemy stronghold and attacking reinforcements, they killed as many as they came, quickly annihilating wave after wave of Bone Spirit Nightmare Knights.

The Nightmare Knight commander quickly realized something was wrong and stopped sending reinforcements.

So the useless knight commander was swarmed by the lantern demons and beaten to a pulp.

But the real cleaning has only just begun.

This is a cleanup war.

He single-handedly started the necromancy war.

Everything went unexpectedly smoothly. Li Chunfeng didn't even have a chance to use his Phantom Clone Technique a second time. After the 108,000 Lantern Ghost clones emerged from the valley, they swept across the entire Yinhe branch of the Eastern Crossing Corridor, unstoppable.

Faced with such a large army, even third-tier soldiers would have to take a detour.

After clearing the Yinhe East Crossing Corridor, Li Chunfeng immediately turned back to report.

He was unprepared for this trip. The space in Jiufang's Sumeru Mustard Seed Ring was too small, so he couldn't take many ghost artifacts and equipment with him. He could only take some soul crystals and equipment first.

When Li Chunfeng returned to Canyon City to submit the mission, he encountered a minor setback.

The young official on duty couldn't believe that the task had been completed in less than a day after it was assigned to him.

In particular, the person who came to hand in the task was an excessively young cultivator at the Divine Realm, and there were no other team members present.

Even if Li Chunfeng provided an officially certified photographic bead as evidence, it wouldn't work.

Because his memory bead omitted the battle scenes, only recording the clean and tidy scene of the Yin River branch after the battle.

The task time was too short, which was clearly beyond the comprehension of the young officials.

The other party expressed disbelief.

Li Chunfeng didn't care, "Then please confirm it as soon as possible."

He didn't think the mission was particularly difficult; he only needed to make a slight move.

However, the mission rewards are quite generous, amounting to 1.5 battle merits, so it's understandable that the official review process is rigorous.

However, compared to others, this mission was extremely difficult, and the reward of 1.5 battle merits was seriously mismatched.

After all, the Nightmare Knight legions there are not easy to deal with. Putting everything else aside, the first wave of several thousand Nightmare Knights alone is enough to make most teams retreat.

It should be noted that when thousands of Nightmare Knights launch a collective charge, their power is such that even a martial artist at the peak of the Blood Refining Realm would have to temporarily give way to them.

Therefore, this mission was designed from the outset for a highly capable team.

However, for a powerful team, 1.5 battle merits are clearly not attractive enough.

This is how Li Chunfeng benefited.

(End of this chapter)