Chapter 256
He accidentally exposed his relationship with Lin Qingyang... Cheng Hui didn't really care.
He's just a homosexual. At most, some people might say a few words about him, but no one will rush in front of him and call for his death.
Rumors are something that can only do limited harm if you don't care about them. Cheng Hui doesn't care as long as they don't happen in front of him.
"Why... so sudden." Cheng Hui turned his attention back to Lin Qingyang, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
"I missed you..." Lin Qingyang raised his head and pecked his lips: "If I hadn't been delayed for a while, I would have come a long time ago."
"What is it? Do you need my help?"
"No need, it's been solved." Lin Qingyang couldn't help but peck him again. It felt so good to hold Ah Hui in his arms and kiss him casually. Thinking of this, those who delayed his trip were simply hateful!
Tsk, when I get back I’ll double the ransom money for those people!
The two of them hugged each other for a while, and Cheng Hui finally calmed down and asked Lin Qingyang how he got here.
Lin Qingyang recounted his previous experiences, which were basically about looking for people in the wilderness, bandits, thieves, and black marketeers... Whenever he encountered them, it basically meant the official end of their careers.
Those who committed the most heinous crimes were killed directly, and the remaining scum were recycled and reused by him to serve as cannon fodder.
Lin Qingyang and Cheng Hui have completely different styles. Cheng Hui activates the military spirit through the tacit understanding between him and the soldiers, while Lin Qingyang relies on powerful deterrence to control those people like puppets.
It is hard to say which of these two methods is better or worse. Anyway, as long as the military leader thinks it is appropriate, it is fine.
Zhao Ting had thought of this method at the beginning, but the Shangwei Legion had a very good foundation and the soldiers were very strong. To control them, one must have extremely strong strength, and Zhao Ting obviously did not meet this requirement.
Blood Battle City does not reject anyone who voluntarily joins the battle, and in the past many people have used this method as a stepping stone for their advancement.
Actions like Lin Qingyang's leading people into battle have happened frequently in the past, but civilian legions like these are often of the poorest quality. Sometimes, after a battle, the entire legion would be wiped out.
Lin Qingyang was very confident in his methods. He believed that under his control, this ragtag army could also demonstrate impressive combat effectiveness. However, he did not expect that their first battle did not take place in the Bloody Battle City, but instead they fought with others in the wilderness.
At the beginning, their legion encountered a marching half-demon army, with only about two thousand people. Lin Qingyang wanted to try his hand with these half-demons, so he ordered his soldiers to press forward.
The half-demon had no rationality to begin with. Under the suppression of several celestial demons, he could barely keep his head down and move forward. But now that the other party's big knife was about to chop his neck, he naturally would not endure it, and the two sides started a fierce confrontation.
After this fight, Lin Qingyang felt something was wrong.
The strength of this half-demon army was too strong! It was stronger than he had expected.
As a training force for various countries, the half-demon army's strength is obvious to all. Moreover, because they lack rationality and have almost no coordination in battle, this is one of the reasons why they are easy to eliminate.
However, among this half-demon army, one-third of them were celestial demons. These celestial demons tried to hide at first, but when they realized that the legion they encountered was not easy to be dealt with, they immediately exposed their strength and tried to kill them all here.
As the saying goes, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. That kind of half-demon army of more than 10,000 people is commanded by less than ten celestial demons at most. But at this time, the number of celestial demons that jumped out has reached hundreds, which is enough to prove that there is something strange about this team.
Lin Qingyang didn't expect that he would pick such an obviously weird team just by randomly picking an opponent, but the fight has already begun... is there any way to make peace?
The other party wanted to kill people to silence them, so Lin Qingyang didn't show them any mercy. He went straight to the big move and activated the military spirit.
Lin Qingyang's military soul is similar to Cheng Hui's military soul, also a ball of bright red liquid, but his ball of liquid is much more ferocious than Cheng Hui's.
Lin Qingyang's armor is also made of red liquid. In addition to increasing capabilities in various aspects, it can also connect to the blood contracts left in the soldiers' bodies, turning them into puppets under his control.
No matter how well the soldiers cooperate with each other, they can never be as convenient as a puppet that can be controlled at will. What's more, these soldiers have a unified ideology and a fearless style. The power they exert will definitely shock everyone.
Lin Qingyang's scumbag army has this unique effect, not because the members have any noble ideas, but purely because they are restricted by their human status and even their life and death are in the hands of others.
Everyone who can stand here deserves to die and has more than one life on their hands. The reason why these people are kept alive is just to make use of them.
Of course, if they can survive this period and live until the end of this rotation, Lin Qingyang doesn't mind letting them go. After all, there are a lot of scum like them in the wilderness, and he can just catch more when he uses them up.
Lin Qingyang's military soul skills turned these scum soldiers into fearless fighters. They were originally suppressed by the demons, but they suddenly rose up and killed nearly half of the demons who were caught off guard.
Half-demons don't have reason, but heavenly demons do. When they face warriors who would rather die than give their companions the opportunity to kill them, they will also be afraid and terrified.
Moreover, the demons who were able to escape from the Bloody Canyon could not be too strong. Faced with the threat of death, they decisively chose to escape.
If they fought hard, they could have held out for a while, but the demons who served as the main force fled. Those cannon fodder half-demons were no match for the scum army and were directly dispersed by their charge.
Chasing closely is always the most effective way to kill on the battlefield. Lin Qingyang chased them slowly like herding sheep, killing all the demons bit by bit.
When dealing with humans, you can consider recruiting deserters and using them for your own purposes, but forget about the demons... A dead demon is a good demon!
Lin Qingyang noticed that these escaped demons did not flee in all directions, or rather, some of these deserters tried to protect a particular demon from escaping.
He suspected that the demonic team had just come to escort this person away, but had the misfortune of encountering their own army and being dispersed, thus exposing the key figure.
Lin Qingyang would certainly not let such an obviously big fish escape. He stared at those people and ordered the soldiers to surround them from both sides and encircle those demons.
Without the sufficient number of half-demons to provide cover, this small group was quickly exposed to everyone's sight.
Perhaps because they knew that their group had been completely exposed, the demon team launched a suicidal attack on Lin Qingyang in grief and anger.
Faced with this tragic scene, Lin Qingyang felt no emotion at all.
He said lightly: Kill all the demons that attacked, and most of the demons in that team were chopped into meat paste, leaving only an extremely old demon and a demon child in his arms who looked only seven or eight years old.
The child had dark skin, pointed ears, and a long, thin tail, but other than that, he looked no different from a human child.
Looking at the child's confused expression, Lin Qingyang raised his eyebrows.
There are many races of demons, with all kinds of strange shapes and sizes, but there is only one kind that looks similar to humans - the high-level demon.
On the battlefield, high-level demons are almost never seen, because they are very rare. They possess extremely high intelligence and strength. Those commanders who command the demons on the battlefield are basically high-level demons.
However... the entire Blood Battle Canyon was arranged by the powerful man back then, and the more powerful the demon is, the more difficult it is to escape.
A high-level demon is undoubtedly an extremely powerful demon, which means... this child should not be here.
"Bring the person here." Lin Qingyang ordered.
Someone immediately stepped forward and brought the old man and the young boy to Lin Qingyang.
Lin Qingyang was riding on his horse, looking down at the aging demon and the bewildered demon child, wondering what he was thinking.
The old demon knelt on the ground trembling, begging Lin Qingyang to let the child go, saying that he understood nothing and knew nothing, and that he and his father were also captured by other demons.
The little devil looked at his grandfather, then at Lin Qingyang, vaguely knowing that the man in front of him could decide his fate, and stammered for mercy. He walked tremblingly to the horse, but was startled by the horse's snort and sat down on the ground.
A bandit couldn't bear to see this, so he stepped forward and picked up the little devil boy. As soon as he stood up straight, he was kicked in the back without warning.
Bandit: ???
"Who plotted against me..." The bandit was about to curse, but suddenly felt something was wrong. That position, that angle... Damn! It was the devil!
The child he was holding was thrown out when he fell, and his head was broken.
The child didn't know if he was scared, he didn't cry, but just stared at them blankly.
The bandit cursed in his heart, this big devil is really not a human being, he even bullies such a young child.
Lin Qingyang knew that these people might be cursing him in their hearts, but it didn’t matter. As long as they didn’t curse him in front of him, it was up to them.
He just glanced at the child coldly and said lightly: "Stop pretending. I can smell the stench of corpse on you from more than ten meters away."
The child didn't react at all, as if he was really scared.
Lin Qingyang was not angry either. He flicked his fingertips and a small stone was shot out, hitting the child's mouth. Blood and flesh flew everywhere...
All the onlookers were cursing in their hearts, but before they could finish, they saw the child suddenly spit out blood. With a crisp sound, a thin steel needle fell into the pool of blood.
Everyone: ...
When the little devil saw that the matter was exposed, he wanted to escape. Unfortunately, he was surrounded by so many people. If he could still escape, then these people would be better off dead.
High-level demons are very powerful, but they have to be adults. At the age of a little demon boy, no matter how powerful he is, his power is limited.
"Catch him! Don't let him die!" Lin Qingyang ordered.
Everyone rushed forward and tied up the little devil boy. This time no one dared to underestimate the child. They tied him up like a twist and even blocked his mouth.
"Take him away and send him to Blood Battle City. Maybe it will be a military achievement." Lin Qingyang signaled his subordinates to take the person away. He had a hunch that there must be something wrong with the appearance of this little devil.
At this moment, a group of black cavalry suddenly appeared in front. They galloped on their horses and soon arrived in front of the scum legion.
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