Before anyone could ask questions, Lu Ning had already jumped off the city wall.
Upon seeing this, Li Yihang and the others stared wide-eyed, somewhat dumbfounded.
"Holy crap?! Lu Ning?! Where did he go?"
However, Yan Feng and the others, who had witnessed Lu Ning unleash that terrifying sword strike, had some understanding of Lu Ning's thoughts.
They exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise and uncertainty in each other's eyes.
Although Lu Ning was very strong when he killed so many calamity beasts and mutated beings with a single sword strike.
However, the scale of the beast tide outside is much larger than that of the Fifth Border Fortress!
If Lu Ning can unleash one sword strike, how could he possibly unleash hundreds of sword strikes in succession?
"What are you all standing there for? Colin! Aren't you going to talk to Lu Ning? Don't act rashly right now! Lu Ning is our ballast. What if we lose combat power now, and then a high-level monster appears?!"
Even the usually serious Li Yihang was getting a little impatient.
Not to mention Li Yihang, even the high-ranking officers of the guard, such as Fang Lan, looked distressed.
This completely disrupted their original defense plan!
They originally planned to minimize the sacrifices of the guards and awakened ones to ensure the safest possible defense against the beast tide.
Lu Ning was the most crucial part of the plan, and now that Lu Ning had messed things up, they were at a loss as to what to do.
Upon hearing Li Yihang's words, Colin adjusted his glasses and said, "Director, I believe in Lu Ning."
Li Mu, Ke Qing, and the others behind Colin nodded with serious expressions.
Ke Qing, in particular, said earnestly, "I also believe in Lu Ning. In Base City 121, even when facing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, Lu Ning led us to survive."
Seeing Colin and the others say this, Li Yihang and Fang Lan were both angry and helpless.
"If something happens to Lu Ning, the losses to the base city will far exceed our previous expectations!"
Fang Lan reminded her.
He had no problem with Lu Ning, but for the sake of the base city, he hoped that the base city could survive better.
Colin said, "Since Lu Ning has done this, he must have his reasons. If the director and Major General Fang feel that this is not safe, they can consider a backup plan."
Just then, Yan Feng spoke up, "Old Li, I think Lu Ning is different from others. Maybe he really can do it?"
Seeing that Yan Feng also said so, Li Yihang gradually calmed down.
He thought back to the time from his first meeting with Lu Ning until now.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Yihang looked at Fang Lan and said, "Major General Fang, how about we come up with a backup plan?"
Hearing this, Fang Lan sighed helplessly, "Alright then."
Just as Fang Lan and Li Yi were about to discuss their next plan, a burst of red and white sword light erupted from not far away.
Wherever the sword light passed, everything seemed to be destroyed.
The dazzling light attracted the attention of everyone on the city wall.
Even Fang Lan and Li Yihang, who were about to discuss the contingency plan, suddenly looked over.
Then they saw the terrifying sword light sweep across, cutting a huge gash in the beast tide. The sword light flowed, and the gash couldn't even close for a short time.
Fang Lan, Li Yihang, and all the guards and awakened individuals who had never witnessed Lu Ning's sword strike were dumbfounded and speechless.
While they were still in shock, Lu Ning had already disappeared from the spot, traversing hundreds of meters in just a few breaths and arriving in another area.
The next moment, another violent sword light flashed.
Under the sword light, no matter what kind of calamity beast or diseased being it was, they were all like ants, directly crushed into blood mist.
The crimson sword hummed, absorbing the blood mist, and a frenzied, malevolent voice echoed in Lu Ning's ears: "Not tasty! Not tasty! The last one was much better!"
Lu Ning remained expressionless as he continued to absorbing energy with the Crimson Sword.
Even though the Crimson Sword itself resisted somewhat, it still couldn't overcome Lu Ning's will.
After Lu Ning unleashed this sword strike, he didn't pause. He stomped his foot on the ground, causing a small crater to explode, and spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions.
Lu Ning's figure was beyond the visual range of ordinary people.
A few breaths later, he reappeared hundreds of meters away and unleashed another sword strike.
The killing armor on Lu Ning's body writhed, as if black tentacles were growing out of his body and dancing wildly.
The dancing tentacles lasted only a moment before they seemed to be absorbed, and the black armor flattened down again.
The crimson sword continuously shimmered with a blood-red aura, and flesh seemed to grow from the hilt, with tiny tendrils wriggling and climbing onto Lu Ning's hand that held the sword.
His movements didn't stop. Every time he slashed with his sword, he would rush to another area and slash again.
In just a moment, he traversed a range of several kilometers, his sword light sweeping across the beast tide, as if the entire beast tide had been broken in two.
Then Lu Ning turned back, and the opening he had just torn open was already filled with the beast tide.
As a result, the beast tide that had just filled the gaps was swept away again by the sword light.
After several rounds of this, lasting for more than half an hour, the sword light enveloped the entire area of the beast tide.
The number of monstrous beasts and diseased beings in the beast tide is decreasing.
They were eventually almost completely wiped out, leaving only a few scattered groups of monsters and infected individuals.
With so many of their companions dead, even their chaotic minds sensed the danger lurking within these monstrous beasts and mutated beings.
They ran away without looking back and eventually disappeared from sight.
Lu Ning glanced at the direction in which the calamity beasts and mutated beings fled, but did not give chase.
He was slightly out of breath and felt a little tired.
Even with his current physical body, after fighting at such a high intensity for half an hour continuously, his body had collapsed multiple times.
Bones fractured, muscles torn, and all sorts of other problems arose.
But for Lu Ning, these were just superficial injuries, which he could recover from instantly.
As long as he has the stamina, he doesn't need to worry about whether his body can handle it.
With his current physical strength, plus the ability he gained from the source of flesh and blood, his stamina limit is extremely high, and his recovery ability is also very strong.
Although he was physically exhausted, he could still handle it.
As for the consumption of mental energy, that is also acceptable.
After all, Lu Ning's sword light was mostly achieved by using the power of soul-revitalizing energy, which did not consume much mental energy.
He silently tore off the tentacles that were wrapped around his palms and wrists, and put the crimson sword away.
He then tried to take back the Killer Armor.
He discovered that the Killer Armor seemed to want to control his mind and control his killing.
Lu Ning silently drew his Crimson Sword and plunged it into his chest.
The faint will contained within the Killing Armor trembled for a moment, and then, as if the armor had receded like the tide, it returned to the ring.
Lu Ning silently turned around and walked towards the base city behind him.
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