Demon Emperor

Chapter 12 Soul Calling
It has to be said that this move by the evil spirit is truly terrifying.

If it were an ordinary person or a group of people, they would probably be devoured alive by this demon. Ordinary people could only watch helplessly as the demon ate them alive, unable to move.

If there were more people, it could find a weakness, break through the encirclement, and escape.

But the evil spirits hadn't expected this.

Ruan Hu brought over a thousand soldiers who had laid out a tight net on and around the mountain. From the beginning, he had no intention of fighting it one-on-one; he was going to gather all his strength to surround and kill it.

No martial ethics at all.

The demon screamed in agony as it was hit, trying to escape but finding that shield formations were closing in from both sides.

At this moment.

The monster was surrounded by the army and trembled with fear.

It turned to flee back into the tomb, only to find that Yuchi Chongwu had already led his men to block the entrance, with their spears and swords pointing outwards.

Forced into a corner, the donkey demon, in a fit of rage, charged directly into the shield formation, its massive body squeezing in like a bronze chariot.

The gaping maw opened and instantly killed the two men.

However, he was quickly stabbed by the surrounding spears, which pierced his body.

"kill!"

The soldiers raised their spears high and pushed it back into the encirclement.

Finally, it was pierced by spears, and as it was about to die, its fierce energy vanished instantly.

It couldn't even break through the multiple layers of encirclement at the foot of the mountain; the first layer alone was enough to kill it.

"Uh-huh!"

The donkey, held to the side by a spear, actually knelt down and begged for mercy, as if it were trembling.

Its two front hooves are raised high, as if it is bowing.

It was only then that Ruan Hu realized that what he had said earlier was true; the donkey really could stand upright, and its two hind hooves were much thicker than its front hooves.

However, this thought only briefly crossed his mind; Ruan Hu showed absolutely no mercy.

"call out!"

He fired another arrow, this time shooting it directly into the man's eye.

It was a result.

The arrow, fired at close range, pierced almost half of its target.

Because Ruan Hu had put all his strength into shooting the enemy from the very beginning, the arrow was still trembling and humming for a long time after it entered the ground.

Fearing that the donkey demon might not be completely dead or might cause some trouble, the imperial guards stabbed it dozens more times.

Then they cut off the donkey's head before they stopped.

The donkey's head was presented on a plate, like the severed head of an enemy general, and was respectfully delivered to Ruan Hu by Yuchi Chongwu.

"Your Majesty's archery is divine; you have vanquished the evil spirits!"

Yuchi Chongwu knelt on the ground and offered it with both hands.

Although the demon only fought him once, Yuchi Chongwu felt the demon's terror, not to mention that he had heard that the demon really knew sorcery.

Although Ruan Hu only managed to kill the evil spirit with the help of others, it is also a fact that the evil spirit, whom he could not defeat, ultimately died at his hands.

Ruan Hu's archery skills were truly astonishing. Not to mention that most people were intimidated by this evil magic, but Ruan Hu was able to calmly draw his bow and shoot at the same time.

In Yuchi Chongwu's view, wasn't this proof of the emperor's power?
At this moment, he was truly convinced.

If Yuchi Chongwu was like this, one can only imagine what others were like.

Ruan Hu led the Imperial Guards on a hunting trip, thus establishing his prestige.

That can be considered as achieving one of the goals.

"Tick!"

"Tick!"

Ruan Hu looked at the enormous donkey head placed in front of him, still dripping blood.

At this moment.

He also understood a principle.

Gods, mythical beasts, and even demons.

In this vast world, nothing can compare to a thousand troops and horses, nor can it withstand a barrage of arrows.

The emperor who rules over all the people of the nine provinces is the supreme Heavenly Emperor in this world.

Ruan Hu had Yuchi Chongwu describe the scene inside the tomb, and then had Yuchi Chongwu remove the living people and skeletons from the tomb.

They then blocked the tomb and quickly began their evacuation.

Although I don't know if the rumors circulating in the countryside are true, the idea of ​​ghost soldiers passing through sounds much more troublesome than this donkey demon.

Before nightfall, they began to organize the troops and retreat back to their camp.

"go back!"

Having hunted down a demon, the hunt can be considered a successful conclusion.
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The military camp. Although it was a hunting expedition, all the procedures were still conducted as if it were a military campaign, and the camp was built in a very orderly manner.

Outside, sentries patrolled, while inside the large tent, a lamp was lit, and Ruan Hu sat quietly at a table, fiddling with a longbow.

In the dead of night, the box containing the demon's skull suddenly emitted some strange noise.

Then a terrifying shadow appeared inside the tent. Through the tent, the outline of a ferocious tiger could be seen, appearing enormous under the lamplight, as it pounced on some strange and evil creature.

With the sound of chewing, everything vanished without a trace.

This seems to be an ironclad rule: anything killed by Ruan Hu's own hands will eventually have its soul devoured by the evil tiger, unable to resist.

"Roar!"

Before the ferocious tiger merged into Ruan Hu's body, it once again emitted a ball of light.

【The Soul Caller】

Ruan Hu witnessed a series of eerie and bizarre scenes. Beneath the high altar, a group of shamans were binding a human sacrifice to the altar.

Then the surrounding shamans kept making all sorts of sounds, seemingly trying to control or intimidate the other party by making some kind of sound.

Ruan Hu immediately noticed the difference: "A Changhun?"

It is the soul, not the spirit.

And the so-called "soul calling".

It is said that the sound is used to shake the soul of the other person, and anyone who hears the sound will be unable to move.

The louder, more emotional, angrier, or more authoritative the voice of the soul caller, the greater and stronger the effect.

Alternatively, the same could be said for making an even more terrifying sound.

If.

The changpo is just a simple memory that allows one to master a certain skill.

Therefore, the power bestowed by this spirit has, in a sense, transcended the concept of skill.

Some of the more unbelievable aspects are closer to supernatural powers or even magic.

However, upon closer examination, Ruan Hu felt that he vaguely understood some of the underlying principles.

"When a person is in extreme fear, their body cannot move."

It is also commonly referred to as the "freezing reaction".

However, Ruan Hu felt that some parts were beyond reality.

What kind of power could cause most people to experience a "freezing reaction" simply by making a single shout?

Even more so, they can make people obey their commands.

"Hypnosis?"

"Or is it some mysterious force that causes the human body to involuntarily feel fear?"

Ruan Hu couldn't understand it and stopped thinking about it. Instead, he started to consider how to use this ability to solve the problems that might come next.

"Chengyuan Ancient Road."

"The man with the bronze kui-patterned knife."

Ruan Hu still remembered the warning from that woman that someone would try to kill him on his way back.

Now that he knew this information in advance, Ruan Hu had a few things to do.

First, find a way to save your life.

Second, get rid of the person who harmed you.

Third, find the person behind this person's manipulation.

In any case, this ability to call back souls will come in very handy in the future.

However, Ruan Hu was only a beginner in mastering this ability, and it was a magical ability at that, so he didn't know how to use it.

"At the crucial moment, should I shout 'Stop!'?"

"Or kill?"

"die?"

"What can we shout to make it louder, more intimidating, and more effective?"

Ruan Hu hadn't figured it out yet when someone requested an audience.

"His Majesty!"

A blue-and-white porcelain wine jar was brought in and placed in front of Ruan Hu.

Ruan Hu glanced at it and asked, "What is this?"

The other person replied, "Donkey penis, I've heard it can be used in medicine!"

Ruan Hu didn't want to eat this kind of thing, and he didn't believe in the idea of ​​"like cures like."

(End of this chapter)