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

Chapter 83: Daybreak (Please Subscribe!)

The upgrade of the lamp gave Li Chunfeng more confidence.

He saw another landmark on the parchment map.

That's the location of the Warlock's Temple, on the other side of the city.

They then changed direction and charged towards the sorcerer's temple.

After cautiously advancing for some time, Li Chunfeng had accumulated more than a dozen third-tier strange soul cores in his hands, and still had not encountered any decent resistance.

"Did I wrongly accuse Jie Yuan?"

"From this perspective, the third Abyss Tribulation wasn't too outrageous. Perhaps the strange creatures beyond the third rank failed to truly infiltrate the city," he thought to himself.

However, if other cultivators who had reached the first level of the Abyss Tribulation heard this idea, they would probably be shocked.

The opponents in the first level of the Abyss Tribulation in any realm have generally been replaced by third-tier monsters.

Moreover, the strength of this strange creature of the same level is far superior to that of the demons and ghosts of the same level in the Ghost Realm.

He admitted that he was indeed frightened by the Bloodwinged Angel at first. "As long as the Bloodwinged Angel doesn't appear, I will be safe and sound. This Abyss Tribulation will also end soon!"

"In that case... Light the lamp, go all out and begin the hunt."

"Hey~"

The lantern ghost raised its hands behind his head in agreement, its soul fire flickering and leaping. Instantly, countless clones in the sky unleashed their escape techniques at full speed, beginning to descend through the city's alleyways.

Inside a small pub, in the basement cellar, a husband tightly shielded his wife and child, hiding deep within the basement. The wife tightly covered their young daughter's mouth, preventing her from making a sound. The little girl, at an age when she should be innocent and lively, now had eyes filled with terror. The husband gripped a kitchen knife tightly, peering fearfully through a narrow crack in the floorboards, watching the outside world with trepidation.

His body tensed up because he could clearly see a semi-transparent shadow that was nearly two meters long.

This shadowy figure had six heads, the heads of six domestic animals: a pig, a sheep, a cow, a horse, a chicken, and a dog. It looked quite eerie.

At this moment, the head belonging to the dog was sniffing around the house, gradually making its way towards the basement.

With a "crack," the floorboards shook from being stepped on.

All six heads turned at the same time, and all six pairs of eyes looked down at the floor below.

Oops, got caught.

The wooden boards blocking the entrance were suddenly flung open, and terrified screams erupted uncontrollably from the wine cellar. The husband gritted his teeth, took one last look at his wife and daughter, raised his scythe high, and charged out with a cry of "Ahhh!" ready to fight the monster to the death.

But as he ran, he closed his eyes in fear.

He tripped over an empty wine jar and fell straight down. His position was perfect; the cleaver in his hand was aimed directly at the strange creature, and he swung it down.

"Crack~"

An unassuming kitchen knife deftly severed five strange heads with a single stroke.

The screams in the basement stopped abruptly. The little daughter stared wide-eyed at her father, and at that moment, her father seemed infinitely tall in her eyes.

The man also felt something was off about the touch, and opened his eyes in confusion to take a look.

The strange, headless body stiffened for a moment, then collapsed in front of him with a thud.

The man was startled and at a loss for what to do. Then a tall figure in a black robe came into view, carrying an exaggeratedly large black axe.

"Are you OK."

The man opened his mouth, "...Aba."

"It's okay."

Just as Li Chunfeng was about to turn and leave, he was drawn by the aroma of wine in the air. "Oh, you sell wine? How does this wine taste?"

The man finally came to his senses, hurriedly dropped the cleaver, picked up a jar of wine and handed it to Li Chunfeng, "Thank you so much, sir, for saving my life. My family has a century-old reputation, and all the neighbors who have tried it say it's good."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony, but I don't have any money."

"No need, it's free."

"Thank you."

Li Chunfeng smiled and took the wine jar.

"Go back and hide quickly, the calamity of the Red Moon has not yet dissipated."

With a wave of his hand, the door panel flew out of thin air and closed the basement door again.

"Thank you, sir. Ni'er, please thank you, sir."

[Level 2 Strange Soul Core, one of the six domestic animals. Used in sacrifices to please the gods!]

A soul core was tossed in Li Chunfeng's hand and then disappeared.

"boom!"

Before the Temple of the Warlocks, a giant serpent with eight pairs of compound eyes was wreaking havoc in the city, and several Temple Knights were fighting desperately to stop it.

The giant python's head was coiled up, at least forty meters high, and its body was over a hundred meters long and more than two meters in diameter. Its entire body was covered with scales like armor, reflecting a metallic luster.

The temple knights fought hard, their sword strikes only managing to scatter the giant python's scales.

The deep, bone-revealing wounds had no effect on the giant python. Under the red moonlight, its regenerative ability was astonishing, and it would soon be fully recovered.

This was a completely unequal battle, but the knights could not retreat. Behind them lay the Warlock Temple. The warlocks had already mobilized their entire army to fight the Bloodwing Queen to the death, entrusting the temple to their care before leaving.

The Bloodwing Queen is too powerful. The warlocks went there with the determination to fight to the death, and perhaps they will never return.

Protecting the temple was the adults' final order; even at the cost of their lives, they could not allow this monster to breach the temple.

"call out!"

Suddenly, a red light flew in silently and pierced through the giant python's two eyes.

"hold head high!"

The giant python roared in pain, violently shaking its head and knocking away the red light that was trying to continue drilling into its head.

The temple knights, experienced in combat, were struggling to subdue the giant python when reinforcements arrived and severely wounded it. Seizing the opportunity, they pounced forward, unleashing their most ferocious soul-based combat techniques.

The giant python's eyes were bloodshot and couldn't heal immediately, yet its seven pairs of compound eyes remained fixed intently on what lay below. With a flick of its long tail, it sent several knights flying. The remaining knights' strikes landed on the python's tail, causing only minor injuries.

The python reacted with unexpected agility.

Even with reinforcements launching a surprise attack, they still failed to gain any advantage.

Just as the giant serpent was about to devour another creature, a temple knight was in imminent danger. In an instant, a huge silver figure, wielding a massive blade, flew through the air and slammed it down on the serpent's head.

The battle-inspired entity, carrying the third-tier divine weapon, the Fiery Blade Holy Sword, descended from the sky. Its attack was effective, carving a deep sword wound into the giant python's head, causing scales to shatter and blood to splatter. Its massive head was also deflected and slammed heavily to the ground.

The sky suddenly changed, and countless dark red orbs trailing long black smoke roared in. The sky was instantly covered by a dense array of lantern ghosts, followed by countless soul fireballs and silver psychic fists falling together.

The entire battlefield was engulfed in a roaring inferno.

"Which sorcerer has returned?"

The leading temple knight shouted.

[Tier 4 Anomaly: The Bloodwing Queen's Pet Snake. Super Self-Healing, Silence Domain, Death Coil, Death Decay.]

It's actually fourth-order.

Li Chunfeng was cautious and did not show his true form.

"Work with me to slay this monster."

A rumbling sound came from the sky.

"Yes!"

The knights, their fighting spirit high, launched a frenzied attack while the giant python was distracted. With each strike, the air became thick with a stench, and even their super regeneration couldn't keep up with the rate at which they were injured.

But just when they thought victory was assured, the giant python, braving the barrage of attacks, suddenly spewed a plume of black smoke into the sky.

The black smoke expanded rapidly, forming a black curtain over the sky and enveloping the entire area. The countless lantern ghost clones instantly went silent, then exploded into wisps of smoke and disappeared.

"Silent Domain!"

So that's how it works.

Li Chunfeng was silenced, and even his battle intent was dispelled.

Without the suppression of the lantern ghost clone, the giant python roared to the sky once more, its voice like a bull's bellow, exceptionally arrogant. With a fierce lash of its tail, it sent a knight flying over a hundred meters away. The knight struggled a few times, but could not get up again.

The giant python's gaping maw slammed down, its massive fangs biting a knight who couldn't dodge in time, splattering blood everywhere.

In the blink of an eye, two more powerful knights were lost, and the morale on the field plummeted to rock bottom.

A young knight, risking his life, was determined to strike it down with his sword.

"Chi~"

Scales splattered everywhere, and blood gushed out.

The young temple knight who unleashed the sword strike was also stunned for a moment. After realizing what had happened, he hurriedly shouted with joy, "Its defense is decreasing, everyone, don't give up!"

Li Chunfeng suddenly realized that this move of silence also came at a price. "Continue the attack and make it cancel the domain spell on its own."

"Yes."

The warlock's renewed voice rekindled everyone's hope.

These knights had fought the giant python for so long, clearly they were already familiar with its fighting habits. If they hadn't been caught off guard, they certainly wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses.

At this point, they discovered that the giant python's strongest defense was gone, so there was no reason not to retaliate fiercely.

The giant python was quickly reduced to a bloody mess, its tail nearly severed by a great knight. Such injuries forced the python to withdraw its Silence Domain, allowing its defenses to return.

He opened his mouth and spat out a cloud of black mist. "Watch out!"

But the black mist attacked too fast, and the great knight who had injured it the most couldn't dodge in time and was about to be hit by the black mist.

A powerful force pulled him back from the brink of death at the last second.

The black mist fell to the ground, instantly producing thick white smoke. Trees, vegetation, and even rocks were corroded and riddled with holes in an instant, dying and withering away.

Li Chunfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and with a flick of his finger, the lantern ghost clone reappeared.

The giant python ran out of tricks, and with a thunderous explosion, flames that could scorch the soul ignited it completely.

The piercing roar lasted for more than three minutes amidst the flames before the giant python finally collapsed to the ground with its last mournful cry.

Just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

"He's not dead yet!" Li Chunfeng's voice came at just the right moment.

"I come!"

The great knight leaped into the air and unleashed his most ferocious soul-based combat technique.

The giant python fiercely raised its head, about to spew out corrosive black mist again. But this time, it only sprayed a few meters before dissipating into smoke; the Death and Decay spell had failed.

A sword aura several meters long descended, and the giant python's head tumbled to the ground with a thunderous crash.

The lamp flew out, and I took a leisurely breath.

Upon entering the fourth-tier Soulfire, its entire body turned red, and it flew back in an S-shape like a drunkard.

Li Chunfeng walked out slowly. Under the watchful eyes of several knights, he spread his five fingers wide, and the giant python's body quickly disintegrated, from which a huge soul core flew out.

[Strange Soul Core, Tier 4, containing the magical seeds 'Silent Dark Domain' and 'Death and Decay'!]

"grown ups!"

The remaining five temple knights bowed in unison.

Even though they were covered in wounds, the joy of finally defeating a powerful enemy after a bitter battle was enough to overcome all fatigue.

Li Chunfeng was an unfamiliar face, but he saved the temple and deserved respect.

"It's not even dawn yet, stand guard until the very end." His warlock identity was so useful, he readily gave the order.

"Yes!"

Li Chunfeng, carrying the soul core, leisurely walked into the massive temple behind him.

Compared to the rugged style of the Temple of War, the Temple of Warlocks is much more ornate, with towering domes and dazzling lights everywhere. While the Temple of War contains numerous statues, the Temple of Warlocks has only three statues standing atop its main hall.

After paying his respects, Li Chunfeng left the temple.

At this moment, the east was already showing the first light of dawn, and the red moon in the sky was gradually fading away.

Its daybreak!
The bizarre events that had raged all night were beginning to recede.

The tribulation of the Red Moon has been overcome.

(End of this chapter)