Lu Li came back at the right time. It was not that he wanted to come back, but he was afraid that he could not find the exit.
There would be more chances in the future. He was not in a hurry.
When he came back, he was frightened by what he saw. The human-faced scorpion beasts and ghost worms nearby were attracted away by him. He had killed all the ghosts. Where did the monsters here come from?
Lu Li knew he must take action no matter where the monsters came from.
Otherwise, how could he go back to the Valley of Ghosts when all these people were dead?
He didn't want to be trapped here for the rest of his life.
"Grand Commander is invincible! Grand Commander, come and save us!"
"Commander, come and save us!"
"Commander, help us!"
Countless people yelled out as if they had seen their last straw of hope. The situation just now had left them in despair, but Lu Li's appearance had given them a ray of hope.
Lu Li didn't rush into the army. Instead, he looked around. After a while, he had a plan.
Dragon wings appeared on his back, and his body slid in an arc as he shot towards Commander Huang and Commander Cao. He shouted, "Commander Huang, go help the army, leave these spirits to me!"
"Okay. Thank you, commander!"
Commander Huang shouted in joy. Ghosts were the most horrifying. If Lu Li could stop the ghosts, they could work with the army to fight against all the demons and monsters.
They were confident that they could stand against the army of demons. Even though there would be heavy casualties, at least some of them could survive.
"Commander, hang in there!"
Commander Cao cupped his fists to Lu Li. If Lu Li could not stand it, they would still die. Therefore, the key to the outcome of this battle lay in Lu Li's hands.
If there were only dozens of ghosts, they wouldn't be worried. But there were hundreds of them. Could Lu Li stand it?
Neither Commander Cao nor Commander Huang was confident.
Lu Li was!
For him, it made no difference whether there were hundreds or thousands of ghosts. What he was considering now was whether he should reveal his strength or not.
It was a little shocking for him to be able to fend off a few hundred ghosts by himself. He thought about it and charged into the Yin Wind alone. Then, he brought the Yin Wind with him and flew far away.
Specters did not have high intellect, they would only blindly attack humans.
If Lu Li died, they would attack the others. If Lu Li didn't die, they would keep attacking.
Therefore, Lu Li could lure the ghosts away easily. As for whether Commander Huang and the others could stand against so many monsters, Lu Li didn't know.
He couldn't help them either. If they didn't kill these spirits, they would die even more miserably.
Lu Li had lured the phantoms away for thousands of miles. In such a short time, the dragon soul had killed dozens of phantoms. More were coming, wave after wave.
Spectre was nourished. It was devouring Lu Li's soul to its heart's content and growing stronger.
These were all great nourishment items. Every single one of these Specters contained extremely powerful energy.
"Blood Fairy, why don't you control Ghostshadow and try to devour it?"
Lu Li thought about it. It was uncomfortable to have Spectre in his soul all the time. If Spectre could devour ghosts on its own, then it would save him a lot of trouble.
"Whoosh, whoosh ~"
A gust of black wind came out from Lu Li's head. The Phantom Shadow appeared in the air. It whizzed and hovered in the air, enveloping several ghosts.
"Sure!"
Lu Li was delighted to check with psychic power. Spectre was devouring the ghosts. Though not as fast as the dragon soul, Spectre could cover a large area. Four ghosts were devoured in one go.
"Okay …"
Since Spectre could devour ghosts as well, then there would be no more problems. Lu Li stayed in peace, waiting for the dragon soul and Spectre to finish off all the ghosts.
When that happened, he could go over and lend a hand, and they would be out of danger.
As Spectre devoured the ghosts, its momentum grew as well, and its speed was increasing.
The dragon soul had killed many ghosts. However, it could not absorb the energy. Therefore, it had to store the energy in its soul and it was still dissipating.
Lu Li didn't worry about the dissipation of the energy. After all, there were so many ghosts nearby.
"Hmm, hmm!"
Over the past four or five days, Lu Li had found more than a thousand ghosts for Spectre to devour. Including the four to five hundred here, Spectre's abilities would be greatly improved.
At first, Spectre might only be able to devour the souls of warriors at the initial stage of the Third Tribulation. After it devoured all the ghosts here, warriors at the later stage of the Third Tribulation with weak souls wouldn't be able to survive.
What delighted Lu Li the most — Spectre didn't have its own consciousness. It was just a soul, a puppet, completely under the command of the person holding the Ghost Bead.
If Spectre had its own consciousness, it would become an old devil, an old demon. By then, it would be so horrifying that Lu Li would not be able to suppress it. He would be nurturing a tiger that would invite disaster.
An hour!
In an hour, the dragon soul and Spectre had killed all the ghosts. Lu Li's soul was full of energy, but he didn't have time to let Spectre digest it.
He let Spectre hide in his soul and dashed toward the army like a mad dragon. He must save the army. If he didn't go, all of them would die.
The army was in a terrible state. Less than 800 of the 2000 warriors were left, and all of them were wounded.
But under the leadership of Commander Huang and Commander Cao, they managed to stop the monsters.
At this moment, the situation started to change. The two commanders were very strong, and the two of them killed some of the stronger monsters and demons.
They were fighting with their lives. If they didn't, their armies would be wiped out. How could they be commanders?
"I wonder how it is over there.
Can he hold on? "
Commander Huang murmured. He had made it. It was only a matter of time before the remaining demons and monsters were killed. At most, one or two hundred warriors would die, but there would be survivors.
If Lu Li could not hold on, then it would be pointless no matter how hard they tried.
"Whoosh!"
From the distance came a piercing sound. A figure that caught everyone's attention flew over.
He was wearing a cyan robe with long sleeves. There was no trace of blood on him. He looked calm. Compared to the surroundings, he looked more like an enlightened master …
"Commander, you are so mighty!"
A sergeant shouted with tears in his eyes.
Lu Li had lured so many ghosts away and he came back in just an hour. Yet, not one ghost came back. What did this mean?
Either Lu Li had lured the ghosts away or he had killed them all.
Everyone believed it was the latter. Lu Li had killed many ghosts before and it was as easy as blowing off dust.
"Commander, you are so mighty!"
Commander Huang shouted as well. Many warriors followed suit. Their morale was at its peak. With a commander like this, what else was there to be afraid of?
They could go back alive as long as they worked hard.
"Charge —"
Commander Cao yelled. He kept hacking with his huge saber. Seeing so many warriors looking at Lu Li with admiration, Commander Cao felt envious and jealous.
He had been leading warriors for so many years but none of them looked at him like this. It hurt him.
"Stop shouting. Save some energy to kill the demons."
Lu Li came over like a breeze. He killed two human-faced scorpion beasts with his fists. Then, he moved around like a ghost and began to harvest the lives of the demons and monsters mercilessly.
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PS: The update time has been late. Everyone is saying that I don't have a choice. I want to update earlier.
But I am not in a good state of mind. I can't sleep until four or five in the morning. I am mentally weak. Please be understanding.