New and dark light years

Chapter 371 Humans and Devious People Utilize Each Other

In this world, you can't make oaths casually.

Making an oath has both advantages and disadvantages.

The benefit is... it can strengthen one's 'destiny' and provide a vague and ineffable help for the things one has vowed to do.

However, the downside is that vows can sometimes be a burden and a weakness.

Not to mention that the strange creature might 'take over' your oath, thus exploiting the loophole and devouring you completely.

Even some vows involve objects that are too powerful or have too strong a destiny, which may cause the vower to suffer a backlash.

Tang Song covered his mouth with his hand, then stared in horror into the distance.

The pass, separated by the wall of fire, appeared twisted and crooked in the rising heat, like a moving monster baring its fangs and claws.

Tang Song was shocked. His family possessed the flesh of the White Elephant God and was a prominent family on the frontier, so he naturally knew many 'common sense' things that ordinary people could not know.

For example... the wonderful uses of vows.

He just made a vow in order to obtain the help of the 'Heaven and Earth Spirits' so that he could have the opportunity to take revenge in the future.

But the moment the vow was made, it backfired on him.

In other words, inside the opposite city wall, there is a person with an extremely strong destiny, who is also the mastermind behind this fire attack.

who is it?

Are there such people in Jin County? How could someone have a better and stronger life than a scion of a border military family like him?
Tang Song stared blankly.

It wasn't until the adjutant rode up from behind, shouting anxiously, "Young master, retreat! The fire wave is coming!"

Tang Song finally came to his senses. He looked at the wide wall of fire a dozen feet away, spurred his horse, turned around, and ran away.

He now had a feeling that Tang Jun might have... provoked a very formidable opponent!

On the city wall of Bobai Military Town, Li Lin and his generals watched the fire all night.

Watching the fire ignite, watching it spread, and watching it gradually being blown away by the strong wind.

The flames in the distance did not gradually disappear until the morning of the next day, leaving behind only scorched earth and blue smoke stretching into the distance.

“The enemy should have retreated.” Li Lin said calmly, “Send some people to clean up the battlefield, find the enemy camp, dig some pits at the foot of the nearby mountain, bury them, and give them a proper rest. After all, they are all people of the Great Qi. Although they are enemies, it is not right to leave their corpses to rot in the wilderness.”

Gui Yalei nodded and immediately led four hundred men out of the military town.

Although the flames have been extinguished, the earth still retains heat. Walking in the area where the fire burned, you can feel the scorching heat still seeping out from the ground.

It didn't take them long to reach the enemy's original camp.

What they saw next made many people vomit.

Large numbers of charred corpses were piled together in various shapes.

The vast majority of them were piled up at the rear of the camp. From the burned city wall skeleton, you could see that there was originally a hole there. Many people wanted to escape through that hole, but the hole was too small and they couldn't squeeze out. Then the fire, fueled by the wind, spread to this place at an extremely fast speed.

Most of the soldiers vomited a few times and were able to stand up again.

Although Gui Yalei also felt nauseous, as a superior, he still needed to maintain the proper demeanor.

"Go dig holes around here and bury these...friends. Do something worthwhile."

The soldiers immediately got to work, while Gui Yalei examined the corpses for a while but couldn't find anyone who was clearly the commander... in fact, he couldn't tell either.

In this situation, even iron is melted into molten iron, and even if a commander is wearing bright armor, he will become one with the armor.

Gui Yalei walked around the burned-down camp, but found nothing. He then went outside and watched the soldiers work.

You could faintly hear them talking.

"This battle was fought so easily. We didn't even have to lift a finger. As soon as that superior arrived, we won."

“That’s Lieutenant Li, the Chief Military Commander.”

"I know, but isn't Lieutenant Li supposed to be a very nice person? This murderous aura is so strong, it burned all the enemies to death."

"Is it not good?"

"It's good, but it just feels very murderous, which is different from what I've heard."

"Do you want to risk your lives yourself?"

"It's not that simple... but having too much killing intent isn't good either, it leaves no way for people to survive."

"If you say another word like that, I'll kill you. You're just a new recruit in the local militia, aren't you? How dare someone like you comment on County Lieutenant Li?"

After a veteran spoke up, the others dared not discuss it anymore.

Gui Yalei shook his head helplessly.

Having a strong murderous aura has both advantages and disadvantages.

On the other side, Li Lin came down from the city wall.

He then arrived at the altar.

A faint red mist of blood permeated the air.

The Horned Owl appeared, its originally blue eyes now a pale red.

Moreover, he was surrounded by a strange aura.

"It seems the True Lord has gained a lot," Li Lin said with a smile.

"We can eat our fill now," said the Horned Owl True Lord with a smile.

Its voice used to be a clear, girlish voice, but now it has become a mature woman's voice.

Li Lin walked to the altar, looked at it for a while, and said, "What do you need this essence and blood mist for?"

"eat."

“I don’t think so.” Li Lin placed his hand on the altar. “I feel like you’re trying to break free from the altar’s constraints.”

The owl paused for a moment, then said, "How could that be? Having an altar and not having an altar are different. Without an altar, our True Lords can easily lose their minds."

“That was before,” Li Lin said calmly. “Ever since the appearance of the Red Mist, all the mystical and supernatural beings have become increasingly powerful. Perhaps they can even maintain their rationality.”

The Horned Owl True Lord said, "I also feel that my mind has become more intelligent, but I still feel that I need the protection of the altar to safeguard my spirit."

The altar has many patterns, which were originally light blue, but have now turned red.

Looking over, Li Lin realized that with his mastery of talisman and array techniques, he could now understand many things that he couldn't understand before.

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Before long, he vaguely understood how the altar worked.

The reddening rune lines indicate that it has begun to malfunction.

Fortunately, the red lines on the altar only covered about half of the altar.

In other words, this altar is still effective.

Li Lin's fingers gently traced the altar as he said, "I am a Spirit Hunter."

The owl slowly approached Li Lin and said, "You've already said this."

"Therefore, I can sense the malevolence of the strange creature very clearly. I don't believe a word you say."

As Li Lin spoke, he threw a stack of paper figures out of his clothes.

These paper figures grew rapidly and then transformed into the appearance of the 'Tree Fairy Goddess'.

There are as many as six.

As soon as these paper figures, 'Tree Fairy Goddesses,' appeared, they surrounded Li Lin.

Then, quite happily, she rubbed her face against Li Lin's body.

Upon seeing these tree fairies, the owl instinctively took a few steps back, and the red in its eyes faded considerably.

"Chief Commander, what do you mean by that? Are you implying that I have malicious intentions towards you?"

Li Lin looked at it: "What do you think?"

The owl took a deep breath and said, "You've misunderstood. I didn't mean that."

As it spoke, it looked at the paper figures with apprehension.

Li Lin gently slid his right hand across the altar, and finally slammed his palm down on it.

Snapped!
The altar made a cracking sound, and cracks appeared on its surface, as if the runes were about to break.

"What are you doing?" the owl exclaimed in surprise.

Li Lin didn't speak, but his right hand was filled with spiritual energy, which quickly covered the patterns on it.

At that moment, the red in the owl's eyes was rapidly decreasing, and it cried out, "Stop! Stop it!"

Having said that, it was about to charge.

At that moment, the six paper figures of the Tree Fairy Goddess immediately launched a tail-whipping attack.

Six long tails came from different directions.

The owl suddenly spread its wings and barely managed to block three attacks, but was then knocked backward by three tail blows.

Feathers were fluttering everywhere in the air.

The owl quickly adjusted its posture in mid-air and took flight.

It thought that by flying into the air, it would have a terrain advantage.

Unexpectedly, the six paper figures also floated up.

Although they don't fly very fast, they are still flying.

"What is this thing!" the owl exclaimed. "I've never heard of paper-crafting having such abilities."

It dared not act recklessly at this moment, for fear of being whipped away again.

If you hit it a few more times, it'll probably die.

These green-tailed snakes are incredibly powerful.

Ordinary paper figures do not have the ability to fly, but paper figures modeled after the Tree Fairy Goddess do.

The Tree Fairy is very special. If Li Lin's Soul-Guiding Paper Dolls are modeled after her, he can only control a maximum of six at the same time. Under normal circumstances, Li Lin can control four hundred paper dolls. This comparison makes it clear what makes the Tree Fairy 'unique'.

Moreover, these paper figures were secretly made by Li Lin without the knowledge of the Tree Fairy Goddess.

If she saw it, she would scatter the paper figure again with a tail.

At this moment, Li Lin continued to inject spiritual energy, and soon the blood color on the altar was gradually eliminated.

The owl did a somersault in the air before finally landing.

Its eyes turned blue again, without a trace of red.

Six paper figures surrounded it.

“You win,” the owl said helplessly. “When did you realize I was trying to break free of the altar?”

Li Lin smiled and said, "I've always had my doubts."

"Then why...did you help me kill someone?"

Li Lin shook his head: "It's not that I'm helping you kill people, it's that I'm killing people. I'm using you, understand?"

Opportunities are usually accompanied by risks.

It's perfectly normal for Li Lin to borrow the power of the True Lord to kill so many enemies at once.

It's quite normal for the other party to be using Li Lin.

This is just a game of strategy.

Li Lin looked at the altar, which had cracked on the surface, and said, "I have destroyed one-third of your altar. From now on, the blood essence you absorb will only be enough to sustain your life. This is your punishment, do you understand?"

"You won't kill me?"

Li Lin laughed and said, "Except for a few True Monarchs, the vast majority of True Monarchs in the world are filled with malice. Their cooperation with humans is just that—cooperation, a temporary expedient for you. Now that the Red Mist has appeared, your hearts have become wild. You are still useful; it would be a pity to kill you."

The owl sneered, "You can trap me, but you can't control all the strange creatures and true lords in the world. The appearance of the red mist is a good thing for us."

Li Lin laughed and said, "It's also a good thing for the human race. More and more Spirit Hunters are appearing. Soon... a Spirit Hunter will come here to watch over you and keep an eye on you."

The owl gave Li Lin a deep look, then said nothing more and returned to the altar.

(End of this chapter)