The power of military formations lay in gathering the weak to fight against the strong.
Chu Ying's cultivation was far stronger than Zhou Qingfeng's, and the number of soldiers and distance he could control was also far greater than Zhou Qingfeng's. When he saw the controlled soldiers and slaves rushing toward him one after another, Uncle Zhou could only flee, no matter how arrogant he was. It was like facing a group of zombies who were not afraid of death. No matter how strong he was, he would be killed by them.
What Zhou Qingfeng could do was to connect the people he was protecting with military formations as much as possible and escape together. In the face of enemies running out from houses, streets, and corners, he would hide if he could. If he couldn't, he would immediately rush forward to kill them. If he couldn't avoid them, he would use talismans to blast them. The talismans he got from Yang Jian were a great help.
On the way, he lost more than 20 Teleportation Talismans, Disorienting Talismans, and Raging Flame Talismans. His bag of talismans was mostly empty. The loud noise could be heard all over the city. Zhou Qingfeng rushed to the front with a saber in his hand, his face covered in blood. He had always been afraid of death, but this time he really went into a life-or-death mentality. Whether it was the old, the weak, the women, or the children, as long as they were in his way, he would slash them.
If he wasn't so ruthless, he wouldn't be able to escape.
After leaving behind ruins and corpses, Zhou Qingfeng led the team and ran for hundreds of meters, finally escaping from the central area where the Ehekulun nobles lived to the slave area. The slave area was dark and far from Chu Ying, so there were fewer people blocking the way, which gave Zhou Qingfeng a chance to catch his breath.
The darker the place, the more comfortable Jia Gang, the ghost cultivator, was. He threw Abahai to Zhou Qingfeng again and led the way in front of him. The information on the road surface was fed back to Zhou Qingfeng through the military formation's link. Although the few people who were running for their lives stumbled, they still managed to escape safely.
"Where are we going now?" asked Jia Gang, who was leading the way. He didn't dare to lead the team to the main road, so he could only run over the city wall to the Songhua River outside the city and find a remote place to hide.
The people who escaped were all panting and panicking. The scene of being besieged just now was too frightening. If he had hesitated for even a moment, he would have been devoured alive. In fact, Abahai had more than twenty maids and slaves, and only four of them could keep up with him. He didn't even dare to imagine what would happen to the rest of the maids.
Those who were trapped in the city could not even become ghosts.
Even Zhou Qingfeng could feel his heart pounding in pain from the short distance he had been dashing. He turned back to look at the city. All kinds of screams, shouts, and sounds of killing rose and fell. Through his Third Eye, he saw that Herkulun was shrouded in a layer of black air. This was not a sign of what had happened to Zhou Qingfeng, but a sign that the city was about to be shrouded in death. It was a thick aura of death.
The sky was extremely gloomy. Muffled thunders came one after another. Snow-white lightning struck down from the sky, continuously bombarding the center of the city. That was heaven's wrath sensing the location of the culprit and wanting to destroy him.
"Damn that Chu Ying, he wants to drag the whole city down with him." Zhou Qingfeng caught his breath and put Abahai down from his shoulder. During the bumpy journey, Abahai fainted and woke up, and fainted again. When her feet touched the ground, she burst into tears. She could not even stand steadily, and had to be supported by Zhou Qingfeng.
"Don't cry." Zhou Qingfeng had no time to comfort Abahai. He was worried that the woman's cries would cause trouble. He could not distinguish anything in the pitch-black night sky. He could only estimate the direction to find the puppet goat he had thrown outside the city. At the same time, he guessed, "Chu Ying should still be busy with his blood sacrifice and has no time to come out of the city. Otherwise, we won't be able to escape at all. But we have to leave as soon as possible. "
After finding the puppet goat, Abahai was handed over to the maids to take care of. The maids that managed to escape were all adept with bows and horses. They could fight and kill. The only one who was truly delicate was Grand Concubine.
"Did you guys not find Uța's treasure vault?" In the darkness, the Woodland Servant suddenly appeared. This little monster did not have any combat power, so it had no part in breaking into the city at night.
Before Zhou Qingfeng could say anything, Jia Gang angrily scolded, "Find my stupid treasure vault? We almost couldn't get out. That lunatic Chu Ying used blood sacrifice and military formations. Now we're just waiting for heaven's wrath to subdue him. "
Speaking of heaven's wrath, everyone looked up at the sky. The muffled thunder and lightning did not stop, but it was precisely because it did not stop that it meant that Chu Ying was not dead yet. The Woodland Servant shook his head and said, "Chu Ying is too strong. This bit of heaven's wrath won't be able to kill him. Who knows, if there are too many lightning strikes, it might actually help him refine his body and recover his cultivation. "
"F * ck …, there's such a thing!" Zhou Qingfeng couldn't help but scold, "But now the whole of Ehekulun has become Chu Ying's territory. That guy even has his eyes on me. The city is too dangerous. If Chu Ying doesn't move, I won't go in again. "
"But you promised to help me get the phoenix egg." The Woodland Servant quickly shouted, "If you don't help me, I won't bring you out of here. I know that Jianzhou hates you to death. They definitely won't let you go. You won't be able to pass through Liuhe Village. "
"We can still go north." Jia Gang suddenly said, "At worst, we can go around Khalkha Mongolian territory. It's just that it's a bit far. It'll take us a month or two. If we really can't, we can just directly cross the mountain and leave. "
The Woodland Servant angrily sneered at Zhou Qingfeng and said, "It's already the middle of October. It will snow at the end of the month. Are you sure you want to take a long detour or even cross the mountain when the snow covers the mountain? Don't look down on the snow in the northern wilderness. Under the bone-piercing cold, this ghost cultivator can survive the entire winter without eating or drinking. You and your subordinates will definitely freeze to death. "
The Woodland Servant suddenly became unyielding. Zhou Qingfeng could only coldly look at it. Seeing the stiff atmosphere, Abahai suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Little Zhou, actually, there's another way. …"
"You don't need to say anything." Zhou Qingfeng directly waved his hand and covered Abahai's mouth. "I'd rather freeze to death than rely on Nurhachi." He then asked the Woodland Servant, "Is that phoenix egg very important? If it's really important, how can you be sure that I will definitely give it to you and not take it for myself? "
The Woodland Servant suddenly became speechless. After a while, he said in a downcast tone, "I've already been tricked too many times. I can't find anyone else who can help me. I saw that you treated those slaves very well, so I wanted to give it a try. The young soul in the phoenix egg is about to completely die. I don't have another chance, so I can only beg you.
If you don't keep your promise after getting the phoenix egg, I can't do anything about it. But taking the phoenix egg for yourself will only bring you bad luck, just like Uța. The last three generations of Erhekulun's tribe leaders all died. That was the young soul in the phoenix egg cursing them. Don't think that I'm just scaring you. Ice Phoenix's natural ability is cursing. "
Zhou Qingfeng deeply pondered for a while. He once again established the military formation link and let Jia Gang lead the way. Jia Gang asked where to go.
"To the stronghold I'm repairing."
"Isn't that place already occupied by Chu Ying's people?"
"The stronghold and Erhekulun are separated by a river. It shouldn't be within the influence of Chu Ying's army. We can get food, drink, and shelter from there. I originally left over a hundred slaves there. They should still be there. And Chu Ying's slaves were actually trained by me. Now that Chu Ying has gone mad, maybe I can win them over. "
"What if Chu Ying still attacks?"
"Do you think that guy will be able to leave Erhekulun in a short time after causing such a huge ruckus?"
"That's not for sure."
"Then let's take a gamble."
The group turned their heads again to look at Erhekulun, where dark clouds loomed over the city and thunder rumbled. No one could tell the current situation in the city. The situation was terrible. Without a better choice, even Abahai didn't say much. The group found a ferry by the river and rowed to the other side.
The stronghold had just been completed. There were construction materials and ravines everywhere. Abandoned iron furnaces and pottery kilns were erected outside the stronghold, indistinct. Due to the huge commotion in Erhekulun, many slaves in the stronghold ran out to see what was going on. Many of them knelt on the ground and prayed. The ignorant barbarians had all kinds of superstitions. The incessant thunder in the dark was even more terrifying.
As they approached the stronghold, Jia Gang suggested going over quietly to see what was going on. But Zhou Qingfeng lit a wooden stick as a torch and boldly rode his puppet goat toward the stronghold's gate. "These slaves are in a state of panic. I don't need to hide at all. I'm their leader, and now I'm back. "
The torch in the dark and the sound of hooves attracted the attention of the slaves in the stronghold. When they saw that it was Zhou Qingfeng's maverick puppet goat, many of them began to cry out in surprise. Some of them knelt on the ground and prayed for blessings even shouted happily, "Master is back! Chief is back!"
In times of panic, Zhou Qingfeng was the backbone. More than eighty percent of the slaves in the stronghold were recruited, organized, and trained by him. He held the torch and walked forward. The slaves in front of the stronghold's gate automatically made way for him to welcome their leader home.
Zhou Qingfeng saw a slave leader he had appointed at the entrance of the stronghold. He asked loudly in Manchu, "Tell me, who is in charge of my stronghold now? Who is the leader here?"
The light of the torch shone on the slave leader. Faced with Zhou Qingfeng's loud question, he could not help but bow and whisper, "It's a slave of Chu Ying Baylor."
"Where is he?"
"I'm here."
A group of people quickly walked out of the darkness in the stronghold. The leader was an unfamiliar guy. He was quite tall and had a scar on his face. He was followed by four or five guards holding swords and spears. As soon as this guy appeared, he walked in front of Zhou Qingfeng and shouted, "This stronghold already belongs to Master Chu Ying. Goat Baylor, you …"
When Chu Ying's slave opened his mouth, he thought that he could use Chu Ying's name to suppress Zhou Qingfeng.
However, Zhou Qingfeng laughed and took off the pulley bow hanging on his back. He drew the bow and arrow and aimed at the opponent at close range. The distance between the two sides was less than ten meters. Without waiting for Chu Ying's slave to stop him, the arrow hit the opponent's chest with a whoosh. With the power of the pulley bow, the powerful kinetic energy even sent the target flying backward. The whole body fell to the ground.
The guards beside the slave immediately became furious and took a stance to rush forward for revenge. However, with a flash, Jia Gang made several black tentacles emerge from the ground. Soon, all the guards were pulled to the ground and could not move.
Abahai, who followed from behind, also had a strong aura. She shouted angrily at everyone. Her maid was not weak either. She picked up a few wooden sticks and could use them as spears. In a few minutes, those guards were flattened.
Zhou Qingfeng looked at the slave leader who greeted him before. "Tell me again, who is in charge of my stronghold now?"
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