Chapter 426: Training Soldiers and Self-cultivation

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Puffs of black smoke rose rapidly from the valley, accompanied by roars and shrill screams.

These are the resentment and evil spirits generated by the people in the rice fields. They are locked inside the valley by the formation. They are the source of power for the rice thieves' daily practice, and are also the key to maintaining the operation of the defensive formation inside the valley.

The witch officials of the three counties were all experienced. They went straight to the key point as soon as they took action. They not only broke the defensive formation in the valley, but also expelled the resentment and evil spirit locked in the valley, preventing the He thieves from using them to maintain their strength.

Of course, this huge change could not be hidden from the wheat thieves in the valley.

In an instant, many thieves were screaming and shouting.

Even Shang Lu and others who were lying in ambush outside the valley could hear the screams and questions coming from deep in the valley through the evil miasma.

Almost immediately, streaks of blood rose from the evil miasma in the valley.

It turned into chains, trying to lock up the black smoke formed by evil spirits and resentment, and drag them back into the valley.

But at this moment, a bolt of lightning transformed from witchcraft energy roared in from outside the valley and instantly struck the blood-red chains and the black smoke transformed from evil spirits and resentment.

"boom--"

This witchy thunder, with its unreasonable force, broke a blood-colored chain into pieces, and dispersed the resentment and evil spirit that was locked by it.

Soon after, more and more witchcraft thunders came from behind Shang Lu and the others, whistling into the valley shrouded in evil miasma.

The rumbling thunder was deafening and continuous.

At the same time, Shang Lu and his companions also saw that from the direction of Guling and Bizhi counties, there was an attack of witch thunder, sword energy, and magic fire rising up and blasting into the valley.

Fierce attacks from three different directions formed an encirclement, surrounding the valley in the middle.

Not only that, the attacks from three directions seemed to have "hatred" with each other and were unwilling to admit defeat.

As soon as a stream of resentment was dispersed over there, two streams of evil spirits were immediately dispersed over here, returning the favor while surpassing the other side.

This unusual fight shocked and angered the thieves in the valley. They wanted to shout in three directions, "If you have a grudge, just fight directly. Don't use us as fighting tools!"

At the same time as they were angry, the bandits in the valley also realized that the situation was not good, and they shouted: "Enemy attack!" "Alert!" "Counterattack!" and so on.

"Swish swish swish——"

A sound of breaking air came from above Shang Lu and the others' heads.

Some county soldiers looked up and saw more than a dozen figures flying into the valley at an extremely fast speed like lightning, disappearing into the evil miasma without a trace.

It was Jian Cheng, Wei Wu, Zhongli Da Wu and others who led the charge!
Jian Cheng, Wei Wu, Zhongli Da Wu and others who rushed into the valley ignored the rampant ghosts, puppet corpses and rice thieves they met along the way, and just rushed at full speed towards the rice fields in the center of the valley.

However, some ghosts, puppet corpses and rice thieves who overestimated their own capabilities tried to stop them, but they were just like a mantis trying to stop a car and were crushed to pieces.

"It's time for us to take action!"

Shang Lu took a deep breath, urged his determination to break through the enemy lines, and shouted loudly: "The determination to break through the enemy lines, there is only death and no life - kill!"

The county soldiers suddenly felt a force covering them.

Although it did not directly improve their strength, it made them more motivated and gave rise to a special feeling in their bodies, as if strength could be generated in battle, and they would become stronger as the fight went on.

"There is death but no life—Kill!"

The county soldiers imitated Shang Lu's words, roared loudly, followed Shang Lu, rushed out of the ambush, and killed into the valley shrouded by evil miasma.

When they were outside the valley, the county soldiers did not feel that the evil miasma in the valley was strange or dangerous; they just felt that it blocked their vision.

It was not until they actually entered the evil miasma that they realized something was wrong - the evil miasma covered them, causing them to feel a burning pain all over their bodies, and some parts of their bodies showed signs of decay and fus.

There were also many evil miasma that entered their bodies through their breathing, attempting to pollute their spirits, control their brains, drive them crazy, and turn them into "zombies" that did not distinguish between friend and foe and only cared about killing.

Fortunately, the witchcraft released by the doctors of the Witch Academy was activated the moment the county soldiers came into contact with the evil miasma. Rays of talisman light bloomed on the county soldiers' bodies, greatly alleviating their pain.

The rotting and festering of the body was also brought under control under the effect of this talisman light. The wounds healed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, only a few blood scars were left.

At the same time, mysterious spells rang out in the minds of the county soldiers.

These spells helped their nearly insane minds return to normal, and also allowed the evil miasma that had entered their bodies to be expelled through their exhalations.

Shang Lu has been keeping an eye on the situation of the soldiers from the ten counties.

Seeing that they had gotten rid of the pollution and poison of the evil miasma under the effect of witchcraft, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he reminded loudly: "Stimulate your blood and slow down your breathing. With the witchcraft released in advance by the witch officer, the evil miasma can't hurt you! Quickly adjust your state and follow my attack!"

"Yes!"

The sergeant loudly accepted the order, assisted Shang Lu, and led the county troops to continue advancing.

Although the evil spirit and resentment in the valley are being released and purified.

But the evil miasma is still strong.

Although it could not harm the county soldiers for the time being, it still affected their vision.

This is why the wizard should lead the team.

In the thick fog, the county soldiers could not see, but the wizards were able to determine the direction and avoid going astray with their own abilities.

Shang Lu raised his hand, pointed towards the depths of the evil miasma, and ordered: "Go forward in the direction of my finger!"

The county soldiers did as they were told, formed a battle formation, and searched forward.

The evil fog was very strong. Even though Shang Lu's vision was blessed by the liver god and strengthened by witchcraft, the range he could see was still limited.

But he has Sanniang.

Under Sanniang's guidance, Shanglu was no different from someone who had turned on the map cheat.

Just after taking a few steps along the planned route, Shang Lu heard Sanniang's reminder:
"Thirty steps to the left, there are two rampant ghosts, with the cultivation level of Marrow Cleansing Realm."

Shang Lu immediately grasped the witch knife and was about to draw the sword from its sheath to chop down the two rampant ghosts hiding in the thick fog.

But the next moment, he changed his mind.

Shang Lu planned to use these two rampant devils to train the county soldiers.

He also practiced the military and wizard skills he had learned.

The skills learned in the classroom must be tempered in actual combat to become gold.

Shang Lu then stopped drawing his sword and gave the order: "There is a demon in front of you on the left, get ready to fight!"

At the same time, he pinched the witch's seal with his hands, urged his spirit, pointed at the place where the two rampant ghosts were hiding, and shouted: "Open!"

The vital energy turned into a strong wind, instantly blowing away part of the evil miasma.

Two ghosts with hideous faces and strange bodies were immediately exposed to everyone's sight.

These two rampant ghosts were about to use the cover of the evil miasma fog to launch a sneak attack on Shang Lu and others.

As a result, the evil mist suddenly dissipated, making their sneaky movements instantly look like those of a dog.

Instead of feeling dangerous and scary, it is funny and ridiculous.

(I owe two thousand words. I felt much better yesterday, but today I feel sick again. My god, when did I become so weak?)
(End of this chapter)