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

Chapter 74: The Nightmare Knight (Please subscribe and vote!)
Over the canyon.

Li Chunfeng sat upright on a white cloud, drawing a circle in the air with his hands.

Facing the stench of the wind, he closed his eyes slightly, severing his breath, and his mind and spirit were spontaneously mobilized, bringing the surrounding area for dozens of miles into the illumination of the 'Heart Light Halo'.

This region, on the map provided by Canyon City, is called Yinfeng Gorge. Various zombies, bone spirits, and ghosts inhabit this place. Despite its extreme filth, it produces a ghostly flower called the Ghostly Lotus, whose mysterious uses are unknown, yet the authorities are willing to pay exorbitant prices to buy it indefinitely.

After learning that there were resources in Yinfeng Gorge, Li Chunfeng rushed over immediately.

Gathering the Radiant Lotus is secondary; the fastest way to increase one's strength is to launch a necromancer war.

Just then, a group of Nightmare Knights happened to be passing by below. Let's switch out the Undead Minions first.

After reaching the Burning Lamp Realm, the Throne of Night can summon second-tier undead servants.

The Nightmare Knight was a target he had long set his sights on.

The battle itself was unremarkable.

It's nothing more than swarming forward, selecting the ten with the highest cultivation levels, forcibly holding their heads down, activating supernatural powers, and forming contracts with Nightmare Knights.

The Nightmare Knight naturally objected, but with the die already cast, it had no choice but to comply.

After becoming a necromancer's servant, the Nightmare Knight has no secrets left; all detailed information is revealed under the detection of the 'Mind's Eye'.

[Bone Spirit]: Nightmare Knight, Bronze Level 9

[Talents]: Bone Spirit Qi (High-grade Spirit Rank), Dark Guardian (High-grade Spirit Rank), Undead Creature (Low-grade Spirit Rank)

【技能】：召唤战马（灵阶9级）、死亡冲锋（灵阶9级）、鬼牙突（灵阶9级）、死亡怒焰（灵阶9级）、枪火燎原（灵阶3级枪法）
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The Dark Guardian talent is quite mysterious.

Nightmare Knights are guardians of darkness, capable of resisting attacks by controlling and corrupting the energy of life.

"No wonder these Nightmare Knights look so dashing when they run. The night seems to be their cloak, spreading like black ink in the wind as they run."

Death's Fury: The Nightmare Knights unleashed a devastating shockwave of ghostly fire, igniting the soul fire energy within their bone spears. The Nightmare Knight legion had used this tactic frequently against the Lantern Ghosts during previous battles.

Summoning warhorses is a spell possessed by many Bone Knights, capable of summoning skeletal warhorses from the realm of the dead. Nightmare Knights naturally summon "Nightmares" as their mounts, while Tier 3 Death Knights can also choose other creatures.

Even if the Nightmare Knight's mount dies, it can be summoned again after a period of time.

Undead creature talents are a common trait among most undead creatures, such as immunity to mind spells, and resistance to poison, hypnosis, paralysis, shock, and disease.

After carefully examining the Nightmare Knight's attributes, Li Chunfeng discovered that it had many merits.

In particular, 'Wildfire Spreads' is a martial arts technique that can also be used with other long-handled weapons such as hammers, axes, and broadswords.

He counted the Nightmare Knight Soul Crystals in his Sumeru Ring and found that he had accumulated more than six hundred.

The probability of it falling is quite high.

I was immediately tempted.

I've been really worried sick about making money lately.

I'll go back and try to synthesize a batch to see if I can get a good item.

Where is the lamp?

"Hey~"

General Burning Lamp stepped forward, raising his magical little fist high.

"Transform!"

"Hey~"

The lamp transformed into a streak of light, rushing into Li Chunfeng's brow and disappearing. Immediately afterward, a dense black mist rose from beneath his feet, and the Soul-Devouring Fang Bone Armor donned its armor. The Soul-Seizing Whip was in his hand, and the tattered hem of his trench coat danced wildly in the night wind like wildfire.

They are clearly just a master and a servant, yet they create so many ridiculous and childish rituals, and they seem to enjoy it immensely.

Cat Brother gave him a disdainful look.

Li Chunfeng grinned, and although the white bone mask only had eye socket holes, he forcibly drew out a strange arc. "Hey, just think of it as the old boy's little hobby that died and then resurfaced."

"Aim?" Cat Bro asked, puzzled.

"Phantom clone!"

In the darkness, terrifying figures appeared out of thin air, and within the small inner realm, 99,999 divine soul thoughts shattered.

Even for someone at the Burning Lamp Realm, the energy consumption for this spell is still astonishingly high.

"attack."

One hundred and eight thousand foreign demons launched a silent attack on Yinfeng Gorge.

Li Chunfeng put all his energy into the endless work of leveling up, making raising the level of the Burning Lamp his top priority.

He began a frenzied slaughter in Yinfeng Gorge, sweeping away all undead creatures in his path. After reaching the Burning Lamp Realm, Li Chunfeng's ability to control his clones was greatly enhanced. Although he could not precisely control every single clone, he could command them to conduct regional coordinated operations.

The undead are territorial, and with the collective attack of this new army of 108,000 demons who have no regard for martial ethics, the peaceful Yinfeng Gorge was completely thrown into chaos. The indiscriminate attack naturally violated the taboo and was an act of actively provoking a war among the undead.

Li Chunfeng didn't care.

Come on everyone.

Soon, zombies, ghosts, bone warriors, nightmare knights, and others spontaneously gathered to fight against his army of clones.

Meanwhile, Li Chunfeng, the instigator, remained hidden in mid-air under the protection of the White Cloud Demon Spirit, closely observing every move below. While constantly on guard against powerful enemies, he occasionally took the initiative to personally direct the remaining forces to converge on areas where their strength was weaker.

In his eyes, war was simplified into a game of chess played high in the sky.

The nine-lived cat demon, witnessing Li Chunfeng's actions firsthand, was stunned and kept jumping around on Li Chunfeng's shoulder, from left to right, wishing it could jump down and scratch him.

His unexpected and powerful attack, coupled with precise strikes, quickly annihilated a considerable number of the dead creatures. The scattered soul light on the ground was inhaled by him, instantly transforming into nourishment for the rapid growth of his own soul power.

Even if all his clones were lost, he wouldn't feel bad.

Only after clearing out an entire area did they leisurely go down to collect their loot.

At the same time, collect the Radiant Lotus.

Clear all obstacles before collecting; this is called the "efficient collection method".

A single Radiant Lotus is worth one hundred battle merits. By bringing light to this entire area, we are one step closer to the Emperor's Dew.

The war escalated, eventually attracting hundreds of thousands of demonic creatures who all ganged up on him. The situation spiraled out of control, with high-ranking Dark Knights, Death Knights, and Liches appearing one after another.

Li Chunfeng dared not reveal his true identity at all.

Before his clone army was wiped out, he had already made a fortune and fled.

After this battle, Ran Deng's level immediately increased by one level, even while in his demonic fusion state.

Li Chunfeng's own spiritual power surged to 150,000, a remarkable achievement.

"One thousand five hundred and sixty Radiant Lotuses, except for a few that are not yet mature, the rest are all in perfect condition. They were all picked in less than a day, and I've counted them all as perfect. Do you need battle merits or Dao merits?" The old man in charge of collecting missions in the Canyon City mission hall had a strange look in his eyes.

"Military achievements!"

"That is... 156,000 battle merits."

As soon as the number was announced, everyone around who was waiting to submit their tasks turned to look at it.

Earning 156,000 battle merits in one go—that number is likely to break the Canyon City mission record. Who's so lucky?

Li Chunfeng saw the token, his battle merits credited, and got up to leave with satisfaction.

The acquisition of the Ghostly Lotus has become more widely known.

Some teams, unable to resist the temptation, organized a group to venture into Yinfeng Gorge, only to find it ravaged, littered with the corpses of demons and ghosts, and surrounded by countless armies of demons and ghosts poised to attack, with high-level demons and ghosts everywhere. Faced with such a scene, they dared not gather any more resources and fled back to the city in terror.

After the team relayed news of the Shadowwind Gorge back to Canyon City, it sparked countless speculations. The difficulty of the quest to collect the Ghostly Lotus was also forced to increase by one level, and the purchase price rose by another 30%.

Such a difficult task adds to the legendary nature of Li Chunfeng's achievement of earning 156,000 from that single task.

three days later.

The Blood-Patterned Flying Needle is ready.

[Blood-Patterned Flying Needle: Mid-grade spiritual weapon, containing six spiritual restrictions. Special effects: Piercing, breaking through protective energy. Crafted primarily of Blood-Patterned Steel, supplemented by Star Iron, making divine sense control of the sword more intuitive.]

Blood-patterned steel is not natural steel; it is forged in a weapon-refining furnace. It is not of the highest quality and cannot be used to forge divine weapons; it is generally used by cultivators to forge flying swords. Its interior is densely covered with blood-like veins, resembling human flesh, making it an excellent material for soul-controlled flying swords used for assassination.

This blood-patterned flying needle has had its potential completely exhausted after this upgrade.

The power of a mid-grade spiritual artifact is more than ten times that of a high-grade magic artifact. Li Chunfeng spent a day refining it completely, making it the first spiritual artifact flying needle he truly owned.

With a thought, the flying needles disappear without a trace.

A faint crimson light danced and darted through the mountains and forests, silently piercing through trees and destroying rocks wherever it went.

The Blood Pattern Flying Needle is incredibly sharp; when used to its fullest potential, it is so fast that even the line of sight cannot keep up with it.

With a thought, the Blood Pattern Flying Needle immediately stopped spinning and hovered in front of him.

"As expected, with this needle in hand, even ghosts and gods cannot escape its grasp. With this magical artifact, which martial artist would dare to face it with their bare body alone?"

After demonstrating the power of the Blood Pattern Flying Needles, Li Chunfeng reluctantly put them away.

Given his current fighting style, he might not need to use this flying needle often, but it's a formidable weapon. If he encounters a powerful third-tier enemy, he won't need to rely on close-quarters combat as before.

On this day, Li Chunfeng suddenly received a special mission message.

It was a quest issued by the 'Spirit of the Canyon City'.

(End of this chapter)