But facing such an offensive, Lu Ming showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he stood there calmly, shaking the sacred bell, preparing for the next miracle.

Lu Ming's fearlessness was not without reason.

Just as those powerful, abyssal souls were about to strike Lu Ming, three small diamond fragments suddenly burst forth from the ground directly in front of him, working together to create a protective barrier, erecting a massive green shield that blocked all the fused spirits' attacks. Immediately afterward, they spun rapidly and disappeared back into the earth, reappearing in the distance where Ramanlas, Chimera, and Miral were.

Seeing that its attack had missed Lu Ming, the fused spirit roared angrily, preparing to continue its attack.

But at that moment, Ramanra, along with Yogsotus's knights, unleashed wave after wave of lightning spears at the fused spirit, rendering it unable to mount any attacks and leaving it only able to passively endure Yogsotus's lightning spear attacks.

Since you can't withstand lightning strikes, don't become so big, otherwise you'll just be a target!

Knowing that he would be doomed if things continued this way, the fused elf quickly changed his body, rapidly shrinking into the shape of General Roas. He kicked up a lightning-attribute longsword forged from the ashes of a giant by an elven officer, caught it, and then rushed towards Lu Ming.

"Camias, get back!" Seeing the fused spirit charging towards him, Lu Ming immediately told Camias to retreat. He could use his divine speed and high-speed movement to dodge the fused spirit's attacks, but she couldn't.

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Camillas didn't mince words and directly threw the Ancient Lightning Stone to Lu Ming before quickly moving to a safe area.

At this moment, General Roas, transformed from a fused elf, had already reached Lu Ming and was wielding his longsword to strike him.

Seeing this, Lu Ming hurriedly took a step back, used Nitro Charge to deflect the attack of the fusion spirit with his sword, and caught the Ancient Lightning Stone thrown by Camillas. He then used the Bell of Hope, which he had learned from Jack, to perform a miracle.

"Thunder roars from the heavens!!"

With a low shout from Lu Ming, several bolts of lightning suddenly descended from the sky, striking Lu Ming's surroundings and the fused spirit!

This situation forced the fused spirit to retreat temporarily to avoid being further struck by the thunderous lightning. It's best to avoid damage whenever possible.

However, the fused spirit was no pushover. After retreating outside the range of Thunderous Sky's attack, it unleashed several sword energy slashes at Lu Ming!

The sword aura slash of the fused spirit is extremely powerful, far surpassing the sword aura slashes of those mediocre dragon slayers!

Facing a genuine sword aura slash from a Dragonblood Warrior, rushing forward to try and cut through it would be tantamount to suicide. Therefore, Lu Ming could only use his Divine Speed ​​to dodge the sword aura attack and, relying on that speed, instantly reached the fused spirit, unleashing a straight thrust with his lightning-infused Hunting Straight Sword!

The Hunting Straight Sword pierced the body of the fused spirit with ease, but when Lu Ming tried to pull it out, he found that the fused spirit's muddy internal body had sucked the Hunting Straight Sword in, making it impossible for him to remove the sword.

"Gotcha..."

Twisting its body, the fused elf looked at Lu Ming, who couldn't draw his straight sword, and revealed a ferocious smile. It raised its longsword and looked at Lu Ming.

But at this critical moment, Lu Ming had a flash of inspiration. He used the hand holding the Hunting Straight Sword to unleash the Lightning Palm, allowing the electric current to pass through the Hunting Straight Sword into the body of the fused spirit, electrocuting it so that it could not attack.

With a quick glance to his right, Lu Ming pulled the Hunting Straight Sword out of the fused spirit's body and simultaneously used High Speed ​​Movement to retreat dozens of meters.

Seeing that Lu Ming was trying to run away, the fused spirit immediately picked up its sword and chased after him. However, before it could take more than a few steps, thousands of lightning spears rained down on it like a torrential downpour.

Caught off guard, the fused spirit was struck several times by the lightning spears and cried out in pain. But quickly, it swung its longsword, unleashing dozens of sword slashes that shattered all the lightning spears.

Looking grimly at the Yugsotus knights who were unleashing those lightning spears, the fused elf, without saying a word, unleashed a powerful and terrifying sword aura slash towards the Yugsotus knights.

"Where are you looking?" Just as it unleashed its sword energy slash, Lu Ming's voice suddenly rang out beside it, startling it.

Before the fused spirit could make any move, Lu Ming slammed the flare lightning pillar into its body!

The jet-black lightning exploded, obliterating everything from withered grass and corpses to weapons and armor. Within a ten-meter radius, only charred ashes and plumes of thick smoke remained.

Emerging from the black smoke, Lu Ming frowned and shook the Bell of Hope, unleashing a Polar Day Spirit Spear into the smoke.

Before the Polar Day Spirit Spear could even pierce the black smoke, a black sword aura slashed out from within the smoke, shattering the Polar Day Spirit Spear and also blowing away the black smoke and surrounding ash.

As the black smoke dissipated, a distorted monster, its body mostly transformed back into black mud, appeared in everyone's sight.

Looking at this disgusting monster, Ramanlas frowned as the little diamond blocked the sword energy slash. Then she raised a hand, and the Yugsotus Knights used their amulets to condense lightning spears, which were fired the instant Ramanlas's hand fell!

"I've already been hit by this move once, how could I possibly get hit again!?" The fused elf swung its longsword with its twisted, unsightly arm, unleashing dozens of sword slashes that shattered all the lightning spears.

It had already learned its lesson once and wouldn't make the same mistake again. That's what it thought. However...

With a loud "BOOM!!", the spot where it was located was struck by a giant bolt of lightning. The high-voltage lightning struck its body, causing the fused spirit to scream in agony.

"Thunder? You can do that too?" After dodging the fused spirit's sword aura slash, Lu Ming glanced at Camias, who had unleashed the giant lightning bolt, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Damn it! I completely forgot about you!!" Struck by a giant lightning bolt, the fused spirit, whose body was so electrocuted that it could no longer maintain its human form, looked at Camias and let out a terrifying roar. A jet-black aura shot towards Camias!

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming immediately used his super speed to push Camias away before the qi could hit her.

But he himself had no way to escape.

Having no other choice, Lu Ming had to rekindle the fire, wrap it around the blade of the hunting straight sword, and then suddenly swung it, striking the dark aura!

Instantly, the protective energy and the fire collided violently, canceling and tearing each other apart, sending fragments flying everywhere and igniting a raging inferno.

The kindling is the flame in the furnace, while the qi is a power containing a vast amount of profound energy. When they collide, it's like light and darkness, locked in a fierce battle. The final outcome is either the firelight illuminates the darkness, or the darkness dims the firelight. The two can never coexist!

But they could all perish.

Lu Ming forcefully used the power of the fire to shatter the protective aura of the fused spirit, which had already been severely damaged by the lightning. However, his power was also somewhat reduced due to the burning of the fire, and the hunting straight sword in his hand was shattered into small fragments.

"Ha~ha~ha~......" Standing there, Lu Ming was panting heavily, looking exhausted, his face pale. But even so, his eyes were fixed on the fused spirits, as if they were his enemies.

However, the fused spirit didn't care what kind of look Lu Ming was giving it; it only knew that Lu Ming was in bad shape and this was the perfect opportunity to devour him. So it immediately surged towards Lu Ming, ready to engulf him like a tidal wave!

"Ah!"

Suddenly, the fused spirit saw Lu Ming's lips curl into a cold smile, and it was startled. But at this moment, it couldn't stop. Besides watching Lu Ming raise the lightning pillar and slam it into the ground, and watching Yogg-Sotus's knights unleash thousands of lightning spears, there was nothing it could do!

With a loud "BOOM!!!", a jet-black bolt of lightning slammed into the ground, exploded, and scattered in all directions.

Immediately following, a storm of lightning spears struck the fused spirit.

Finally, a beam of green light descended from the sky and struck the fused spirit.

"No! I don't want to die! I don't want to... (To be continued...)"

Chapter 45 - Casual Chat and Planning

With the complete demise of the fused spirit, the battle on the Tartarus front can now be declared completely over.

However, without the help of the elven gods, Lu Ming and his companions would have been completely unable to kill the fused elf in this battle. Both sealing away most of the fused elf's power and delivering the final blow were accomplished thanks to the elven gods' intervention!

However, the intervention of the gods made Lu Ming feel vaguely uneasy.

On the afternoon of the fifth day after defeating the Roas army, Grand Duke Rael and Grand Duke Feram, who had come with a large force to provide support, arrived at a private ward in Slanlot Castle used to treat wounded officers or commanders.

Upon entering, the two dukes immediately sat down in the chairs reserved for family members or those visiting the injured, and casually picked up the fruit that the female elf, Camias, had washed and placed in a bowl, and began to eat.

Seeing that the two dukes were only focused on eating fruit and completely ignored him, Lu Ming, who was seriously injured by the fire and could only recuperate in bed, asked speechlessly, "You two dukes, do you think this is a place for afternoon tea?"

"more or less."

Seeing that the two dukes didn't care about him, a wounded soldier, Lu Ming turned around with some morale, ignored them, and went to sleep.

Upon seeing this, Grand Duke Ferram smiled and said, "Thank you for your help with Rist's matter."

"You're welcome. I'm just telling you what Camillas told me."

"Even so, I still want to thank you. Otherwise, I don't know where I would find such a good and capable wife in politics!"

"Don't give that person too much power before she completely gives up on returning to China, or she might be sidelined!"

“I know, that’s why I announced Winslant as my fiancée before I came here!”

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming and Grand Duke Rael were both startled and turned to look at Grand Duke Feramm, exclaiming in amazement, "They acted so quickly!"

At this moment, Hemfies and Winsland, who had come with Grand Duke Rael, also entered the ward. They happened to hear Lu Ming and Grand Duke Rael's exclamations and couldn't help but ask, "What? They acted so quickly?"

"We were saying how quickly Grand Duke Feraum made his move on Winslant! He's already announced in Menelaus that Winslant is his fiancée!"

"Eh~!!" Winslant was immediately startled and quickly looked at Grand Duke Ferram. Grand Duke Ferram didn't say anything, but simply nodded to indicate that it was true.

This made Winsland so shy that she fainted in Grand Duke Ferram's arms.

Seeing the unconscious Winslant and Grand Duke Ferram trying his best to support her, everyone couldn't help but chuckle, then shifted the conversation to matters concerning the Duchy of Amp. However, they weren't talking about anything serious...

"I've heard that the battle on Anpu's side is extremely stalemate, and they're able to drag the war on until our plan is complete. They've also captured several female elven nobles, one of whom is an elven princess. What's puzzling is that the Regent took the princess away, and it's said he even married her, clearly not intending to return her to the Aifa Empire. It's really strange, completely unlike the behavior of royalty," Hemfis said, picking up an apple from a bowl on the bedside table and taking a bite.

“The Aifa Empire is currently in a state of chaos, and with the Church of the Deep seeking to seize power, even if they were to use that princess to exchange for benefits, they wouldn't likely gain anything. Therefore, it's not incomprehensible that the Regent and Her Majesty the Empress would choose to keep the princess. Furthermore, since the Regent hasn't married yet, it would be perfectly reasonable for him to marry that princess. After all, she is the most beautiful of all the princesses in the Aifa Empire.” Lu Ming struggled to grab the last piece of fruit and then ate it as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Grand Duke Rael couldn't help but glance at Lu Ming and Feram with some resentment...

"Uh..." Seeing the resentful look in Grand Duke Rael's eyes, Lu Ming felt a little embarrassed. After all, he now had two very beautiful elven girls who were practically his wives. If he added Chimera, the Dark Elf, then he would have three elven girls who were with him, so he felt somewhat guilty.

However, at that moment, Tures suddenly ran in and said to Lu Ming and the others, "Have you heard? Anpu has captured several female elf nobles, two of whom are going to be given to our Erebus nobles!"

Upon hearing this, Grand Duke Rael, Grand Duke Ferram, and Count Hemfies all revealed somewhat wicked smiles, which made Toures slightly frightened.

Before she could do anything, she heard Grand Duke Raeles laugh and say, "My dear sister, if you can bring those two female elves to me, I wouldn't mind giving you one!"

Immediately, Toures became excited and patted his chest, promising to get his hands on it!

Lu Ming was somewhat speechless at this. However, he didn't say anything. After all, these prisoners of war were much better off in their hands than in the hands of other nobles or elven prisoners of war who were sent back to the Aifa Empire.

In the hands of other nobles, those prisoners of war were practically slaves, while those sent back to the Aifa Empire would be burned alive on the stake for bringing shame upon the Empire and the Empress!

In the hands of these people, even though prisoners of war lost their freedom, they could live peacefully without worry. Even more remarkably, their children could inherit land or titles. This was something a mere prisoner of war could not enjoy, and there was no point in discussing whether they had freedom or not.

As for their own thoughts, who cares? This isn't a democratic society; no one cares about the thoughts or human rights of a prisoner of war. Besides, these elves are invaders. They're lucky to have survived; where would they find a place to voice their grievances?

However, Lu Ming did not want to continue on this topic. This kind of unpleasant topic made him very uncomfortable, so he said, "Now that the battle on Tartarus is over, our plans should be put into progress."

Upon hearing this, the two dukes paused for a moment before saying, "Indeed, it is time for us to begin this plan."

“In two days, the grand dukes of the other principalities will arrive in Tartarus with their armies to begin implementing our plan. However, we can forget about Yaru and Calxus. One of these principalities has just been through a war, and the other has no interest in our plan because of Hastur. Therefore, we need to be more careful in calculating the number of troops we have. Otherwise, we might suffer a great loss!” Hemfis frowned, thought for a moment, and then said with some concern.

“That’s true. Without the soldiers from the two duchies, our strength will be significantly reduced. Being overly concerned with troop numbers is unavoidable.” Lu Ming nodded slightly, sharing his opinion on Helmphis.

"Whether Darkea is willing to tie down most of Aifa's army so that we can complete our plan and eliminate future troubles remains a question mark." But Hemfis's concerns went far beyond the issue of troop strength. He was also worried that the Aifa Empire might transfer its main force from Zinsargos, which borders Darkea, back to the Dragonspine Mountains.

At this moment, Winsland, who had just fainted, suddenly woke up and said to Hemfis, "Actually, we don't need to worry about these things. Aifa and Dark Aifa are mortal enemies. Even when they invaded our Miracaissa, the Aifa Empire didn't dare to redeploy most of its troops away from the border with Dark Aifa. This shows that in the hearts of the Elven Queen and the Elven nobles, Dark Aifa is the real threat. If they redeploy their troops because of our actions, then this will be a rare opportunity for Dark Aifa. It's almost impossible for them to give up such an exceptional opportunity. I don't believe they can resist its temptation!"

"Wow, when did you wake up?" Winslant's sudden question startled Lu Ming, who exclaimed in surprise.

“One minute ago.” Winsland rubbed his face against Grand Duke Feram’s face before standing up and sitting down in a chair.

"You deliberately fell into Grand Duke Ferram's arms, didn't you?" Weiwei glanced at Grand Duke Ferram, who looked utterly deceived and heartbroken, and asked somewhat speechlessly.

"No way~".

When Winslant answered, her eyes couldn't help but look away, avoiding eye contact with anyone in the room. Lu Ming and the others didn't know she was doing it on purpose.

But even if we know she did it on purpose, what can we do? It's all the same.

With a slight sigh, Lu Ming stopped paying attention to the beast-eared countess who seemed to regard Grand Duke Feram as her possession, and then said to Grand Duke Rael and Grand Duke Feram, "Our allies will take some time to arrive, so we can take this time to rest and recuperate. Also, the soldiers need to familiarize themselves with the tactics of lightning spear projection."

Upon hearing this, Toures became interested and said with a smile, "We Deucalion knights also have many who want to learn miracles. Since you Euglesotus want to practice the tactic of lightning spear throwing, then it's just right for our Deucalion knights to learn a trick!"

Before Lu Ming could even speak, Grand Dukes Ferram and Raels declared, "Not only Deucalion, but all the other troops in our two duchies should follow suit!"

The feeling of being unable to say a word of refusal made Lu Ming feel very uncomfortable, as if something was stuck in his throat, he couldn't spit it out, and he couldn't swallow it down, it was extremely uncomfortable.

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