Under Sophia's explanation, Yang Ling quickly learned how to use this spatial ring. As long as he moved his mind, he could quickly put things in or take them out.
Inside the ring were piled all sorts of things, various ores, several boxes full of crystal coins, and a large pile of books. For a moment, Yang Ling's eyes were dazzled.
"Spiritual Magic for Beginners, Lion Eagle Dueling Aura, Secret Silver Ore Research...." Yang Ling casually pulled out a few thread-bound ancient books, each one startling the spirit Sophia.
"Spirit magic?" Sophia's eyes widened as she snatched the thick magic book from Yang Ling's hands, "Yang Ling, this skull's identity before death is absolutely not simple!"
"What's the point of it all? We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing. When we die, we're just a pile of yellow earth!"
Sophia was shocked, but Yang Ling didn't think much of it. Just as he was about to take a closer look at the objects inside the ring, suddenly, the leading horned beast let out a loud whistle and led a large number of horned beasts in a swift attack.
"Sophia, be careful!" Seeing the abnormal behavior of the horned beast, Yang Ling understood that something was wrong and quickly hugged Sophia tightly; carefully observing the surroundings to respond to any changes.
Soon, with a rustling sound, a group of strange creatures emerged from behind the rocks. Their heads were as big as a bucket, but their bodies were only as thick as a water jug, with one long and thin tentacle on either side, and an eye as large as a bowl on their forehead.
"It's an evil eye!" Leaning into Yang Ling's arms, Sophia let out a slight sigh of relief. "This is a low-level demonic beast that lives in groups and can launch ray attacks. Although it's not very fast, we still need to be careful!"
Soon, Yang Ling understood what it meant to be slow in action. The evil eye opposite him didn't say a word and took action, shooting out small light balls the size of chopsticks, leaving holes on the stone wall after hitting it. Although the power was not small, the speed and accuracy were really not worthy of praise, taking half a day to accumulate energy for each shot, and every attack was easily dodged by the two.
What made Yang Ling even more at ease was that the evil eyes opposite him were either too numerous to control or severely lacking in intelligence. Some of them attacked desperately, while others stood by and watched; there were even many scattered about, searching for food, picking up pieces of dark fire crystal and swallowing them down.
Under Yang Ling's command, two hundred horned beasts launched a probing attack, forming a triangular battle array and swooping down like fighter jets to recklessly attack the slow-moving Evil Eyes.
Like a bullet, the sharp black horn dives straight down, and the cold light flashes with a fierce tooth, and the corner beast digs out a deep hole that can be seen in the eyes or forehead of the evil eye. The attacked evil eye screams loudly, often struggling for a few times before falling powerless.
The cornered beast attacked fiercely, and the evil-eyed leader quickly gathered firepower to attack. However, its movements were slow, and it often lost sight of its target before even taking aim.
Under Yang Ling's command, the horned beast made full use of its high-speed mobility and retreated after one battle. Sometimes it dispersed and easily dodged the evil eye's light attack; sometimes it gathered together to launch a joint attack on the evil eye, which was at a loss. Its combat power far exceeded that of ordinary wild horned beasts, leaving Sophia amazed.
Under Yang Ling's command, just two hundred horned beasts disrupted the Evil Eye's attack formation, until the Evil Eye leader urgently concentrated all the Evil Eyes' firepower, and only then did the situation improve.
After many evil eyes joined forces to form a web of firepower, the power was indeed different from the others. Although the light emitted was still chaotic and disorderly, several horned bees were unfortunately hit by stray bullets from time to time.
At the same time, the surrounding boulders were also innocently becoming targets for evil eyes, shooting out holes the size of chicken eggs. Although these guys couldn't launch an effective attack, their firepower was still pretty good, and perhaps it was precisely this point that qualified them as low-level magic beasts.
With an astonishing speed, Yang Ling hugged Sophia and dodged the evil-eyed attacks one after another. Soon, looking at the densely packed bullet holes on the giant stone, he had an idea.
After ordering Sophia to hide behind a boulder, Yang Ling charged forward, biting his right index finger and rushing towards the evil eye. At the same time, he commanded the hornet beasts to launch a full-scale attack. Under his command, the hornet beasts attacked the non-vital parts of the evil eyes, neither killing them nor making them lose their combat effectiveness.
Yang Ling Ma did not stop, on each of the injured evil eye's head, a drop of fresh blood was dripped. Taking advantage of Sophia's inattention, from time to time, he would take out a blood bead condensed with the magic beast's essence and swallow it, quickly replenishing the consumed essence and witch power for taming the evil eyes.
After coming into contact with Yang Ling's blood, the evil eyes on their bodies shone brightly with a silver light, revealing mysterious symbols that caused them to undergo a strange transformation similar to that of the horned beast. At the same time, Yang Ling felt warm currents flowing through his body, and many chaotic memories appeared in his mind.
After whirling around like a whirlwind, Yang Ling soon successfully domesticated the vast majority of evil eyes; after counting, there were more than 2,000 domesticated evil eyes, which was comparable to the number of hornets. As a price, the accumulated blood beads over the past two hundred days were all consumed.
"Yang Ling, this... is this really an ancient summoning spell?"
Watching the evil eyes being quickly tamed by Yang Ling, Sophia was stunned, and no matter what, she couldn't have imagined that there would be such a terrifying summoning magic. Without consuming any magical power, without reciting any incantations, just a single drop of blood summoned over two thousand evil eyes, truly worthy of the legendary ancient summoner.
Mysteriously smiling, Yang Ling neither admitted nor denied. The Witch's Tower was his secret to survival, and he didn't want it to be known by everyone one day. At the same time, there were many things about the Witch's Tower that he didn't understand, and for a moment, he found it hard to explain even if he wanted to.
Even after consuming a large amount of Blood Jade to replenish his energy, Yang Ling was still pale and exhausted from continuously subduing so many Evil Eyes. Fortunately, after drinking the Life Spring Water, his magical power increased greatly, and since the Evil Eyes were all injured by the Angle Bee Beast, he didn't need to expend too much magical power to tame them; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on any longer.
After a brief rest, Yang Ling regained his spirit and directed the Evil Eye to deploy its troops. The Evil Eye's firepower was not weak, although the interval between shots was too long, but as long as corresponding measures were taken, some compensation could be obtained.
He thought of the ancient flintlock guns of the 18th century, and Yang Ling immediately recalled Napoleon's famous three-row gunner formation. The command was given to form three rows, with the first row lying on the ground, the second row crouching, and the third row standing up, with each row firing in turn. In this way, a continuous web of firepower could be formed, and with the terrifying number of evil eyes, the attack power would be unmatched.
Watching Yang Ling who was busy and sweating profusely, Sophia slowly changed from shock to admiration.
The enormous horned beast, the excellent training method, easily summoned a large number of evil eyes, and with a blink of an eye, perfectly balanced their advantages and disadvantages. As for Yang Ling, Sophia felt that the more she understood him, the more she didn't know.
Buying a large number of iron ore with a lot of crystal nuclei, others can't imagine, but Yang Ling didn't hesitate at all, as if he was a big nobleman who spent money like flowing water; but when busy, he could even skip meals or eat a little ordinary food to fill his hunger, without any luxury of the nobility.
A strange and eccentric summoning magic, with a vast number of magical beasts at his command, Yang Ling seems to be the legendary powerful ancient summoner; but he doesn't understand what magic elements are, nor does he know what spatial rings are, and it even seems that he is not aware of how precious the crystal cores of magical beasts are.
Despite many doubts, Sophia actually likes to be with Yang Ling more. With Yang Ling, her life is filled with sunshine and laughter; seeing the handsome Yang Ling, her heart beats faster for no reason.
"Yang Ling, how did you come up with such a strange yet effective method?" Sophia instinctively reached for her handkerchief to help wipe the sweat off Yang Ling's forehead, but then felt a bit embarrassed and stopped.
"Heh heh, Sofia, to be honest, these ideas were all told to me by the Goddess of Nature!" After putting away the Horned Beast and Evil Eye in the mystical space where the Witch Tower was located, Yang Ling smiled mysteriously, "Let's go, my beautiful spirit, if we don't hurry back, these tender Roland flowers will wither under the scorching sun!"
Yang Ling called herself a beautiful fairy, Sophia's pretty face turned bright red, her sparkling eyes glanced at Yang Ling and quickly walked away. Feeling shy at the same time, there was also a sweet feeling in her heart.
Through the memory of the evil eye, Yang Ling came to know that deep in the valley there were many unfathomable caves, inside which hid countless monsters. It was said that an underground city was sealed beneath the ground, where monsters roamed freely. His own magic power had almost been depleted, and though he had the heart for it, he lacked the strength, so he could only wait for a suitable opportunity to come and explore again.