Under the ice dome, Qi Ziyin and his party watched helplessly as countless pieces of ice fell from the sky above their heads, but had nowhere to hide. They could only rely on a temporary barrier several feet square that Ning Yue used a spell to save their last breath. It's the end of the road.
The Lihuo that flickered on the barrier burned vigorously at first, and when the iceberg as high as half a man fell, it melted into a pool of clear water in just a moment. However, soon, the power of the barrier became weaker and weaker, and now it was Countless ice particles, large and small, accumulated like fat meat roasting on an iron plate. Although they squeaked and emitted green smoke, it was difficult to melt them all. Under the alternation of hot and cold, ice formed on everyone's heads. There is a layer of ice crust visible to the naked eye.
"Zi Yin! I can't hold on any longer!"
Under the heavy pressure, Ning Yue's face was as golden as paper, and a large amount of sweat dripped from her forehead. It seemed that she had reached her limit. However, as soon as she spoke, the last breath she held in her chest disappeared, and she could no longer hold on. That barrier has long been in vain.
With a burst of "clang" sound, the thin ice shell above the head instantly turned into powder and scattered down one after another. The broken ice and deadly sharp ice that were still falling were no longer hindered. The ground fell into the crowd who had nowhere to hide, injuring many people and crushing them to death.
"Ning Yue, be careful!"
Young Duke Ye Guo saw the red-haired girl next to him swaying slightly, and immediately jumped up and hugged her. However, he saw that her knees were weak and she had fainted.
At the same time, the surroundings suddenly darkened, and a huge shadow shrouded his head without any warning. Qi Ziyin looked up and saw that it was a block of ice several feet in diameter and as thick as a foot, slapping it down directly towards him. .
Unable to escape, the young man had no choice but to hold the fainted Ning Yue tightly in his arms and roll towards the side of the half iceberg that had almost hit the two of them not long ago.
There was a loud "boom", and the ice wall hit the ground heavily. Qi Ziyin only felt his calf sink, and before he could react, he was pressed by it and could no longer move. However, fortunately, there was half of the ice, which was able to build a bridge for the two of them. It created a narrow space that would not be able to fit in, but it saved a life.
I don’t know how long it took before the surroundings became quiet again. Fortunately, although the piece of solid ice that fell earlier made the young Duke Ye unable to move, it did not hurt his bones. In the silence, various sounds that had been ignored before slowly floated. Entered the young man's ears. Among them were the moans of the injured under the ice, the cries for help from the living, and even a creepy rustling sound that could never be heard.
Qi Ziyin suddenly realized that there were countless victims who were trapped under the ice with only half their lives left. They were desperately holding on to the ice surface with their fingernails. However, soon, those voices stopped one after another.
"Zi Yin... Zi Yin..."
The red-haired girl woke up again at some point, but she was so breathless that she was so weak that she could hardly make a sound.
"I'm here, Ning Yue, how do you feel?!"
The extremely nervous Duke Ye was worried that the other party would be injured. He groped for a soft little hand in the darkness and held it tightly in his palm. He found that it was not as cold as before, and he felt relieved a little.
"I'm tired...Others - I should have saved more people..."
Ning Yue suddenly began to sob. She knew very well that in such a violent collapse, the number of people who could survive was at most only one or two out of ten. She couldn't help but regret that she had not been able to cultivate properly with her father. Get used to breathing, otherwise you wouldn't have exhausted your energy so easily, causing many innocent people to lose their lives in vain.
"Don't think so much now and save some energy. Our current situation is still very dangerous and we must find a way to escape as soon as possible!"
Qi Ziyin expressed comfort in his mouth, but he did not mention that he was trapped under the ice and it was very difficult to even turn over. Even if he wanted to escape, it would not be as easy as what he said.
In the darkness, several groups of orange-red lights and shadows vaguely appeared in the young man's eyes. The light was dim and unclear across the ice, but it was enough for him to conclude that they were several torches lit in the darkness.
His heart shuddered, and he immediately signaled Ning Yue to be silent. Then he heard the armored sergeants walking on heavy iron shoes on the ice and scattered in different directions, and they were still murmuring something in their mouths.
"Don't say anything yet——"
Qi Ziyin leaned close to his companion's ear and lowered his voice. At the same time, after hearing a few "clangs", the soldiers outside the ice actually drew their weapons and started killing people!
Amidst the sounds of begging for mercy and wailing, the strong bloody smell quickly spread out in the cold air, making people's hair stand on end. At the same time, the young man also felt a warm liquid flowing along the sloping ice. It flowed towards me and gradually soaked the clothes on my back.
The footsteps of the soldiers gradually approached, and they worked together to lift up the ice shells that were pressing on the person, as if they were looking for something, making the young Duke Ye's muscles all tense.
Originally, he was thinking that it would be great if there were survivors who could rescue him and Ning Yue. However, now, he secretly prayed that he would not be discovered. But often, the more afraid he is of something, the more he avoids it, and the footsteps are very loud. He quickly stopped beside the two of them. The firelight held high in the soldier's hand also shone through the thick ice on the young man's face.
"There seems to be someone here! Come and dig it out with a few strong men!"
People outside shouted loudly, but it didn't sound like Yu Li. Although the voice was a little hoarse, there was endless anxiety in the tone, and it was more familiar and reassuring.
"Is that you, little stammerer?!"
Before young Ye Guogong could speak openly, the red-haired girl in his arms had already screamed out. The man outside the ice became obviously more anxious upon hearing this, and immediately joined the soldiers with his own hands to press down on the two of them. Xuan Bing carefully moved away.
The bright firelight pierced Qi Ziyin so hard that he couldn't open his eyes. However, he resisted the discomfort and tried his best to look out from between the fingers covering his eyes. Under the firelight, he saw a heroic figure covered in red armor standing at attention. In front of him, the other party bent down, stretched out a hand with iron fingers, tightly grasped the wrist of the boy in white, and pulled him up:
"Zi Yin, Yue'er - it's really you..."
The person opposite had a pair of pure black eyes, as deep as the sea under the night, reflecting the firelight like broken gold. However, when he saw Ning Yue curled up in Qi Ziyin's arms under the ice, he felt a long smile. Scar's brows still frowned slightly.
"I couldn't believe it when I heard Ziyin talk about what happened in Yujing - I thought that after missing you, I might never have the chance to meet you again in this life!"
The red-haired girl also stood up again with the help of the soldiers. Although she was still swaying, her face was full of joy, and her overall complexion seemed to have improved a lot. "But, why are you doing this?" Have you also come to Guizhou, which is thousands of miles away?"
"I followed those man-eating beasts. After all, they shouldn't exist in this world! But I never thought that you two would also come here -"
Young He Han said expressionlessly, not happy about meeting again after a long separation. As he spoke, he wiped the blood on Xiao Tianmo on his arm. Only then did Qi Ziyin notice that it turned out that
The murderous sounds he heard before were not hallucinations, but the murders of the surviving Pengguo army by the former close friend in front of him.
"I have never seen the flag of the Pengguo army in the Luqiu Bo formation before. Why are they chasing you? The blue light that spewed out from under the ice before was really what I thought - Ziyin, do you still remember
, the fire in Baisha Camp that year?”
Jiang Yan just looked at everything around him coldly, as if in his eyes, killing those Pengguo soldiers who had already been seriously injured and disabled was a trivial matter. And what he was focused on at the moment was nothing more than how to strike first.
Get rid of all people or things that may threaten you, leaving no one behind.
"The blue flames that ignited under the ice before were undoubtedly the Peng Kingdom's blue flames. But these people are not only chasing us. Did you know that Mulu City has already been conquered and massacred by the Peng Kingdom army..."
Duke Ye Guo sighed, but he didn't know whether he should enjoy the satisfaction of having a great revenge, or mourn the destruction of his motherland.
"Mulu City - gone?"
The black-eyed boy was stunned at first, as if he was extremely shocked by the changes that had occurred in the hometown that occupied almost all the good memories in his memory. Then, the surprise on his face turned into anger, like a fierce lion.
He growled and asked, "Who ordered it, and who led the army?"
"I am the general!"
However, before he finished speaking, someone in the distance was heard shouting, and then several pieces of black ice that had fallen on top of each other were pushed open from the bottom up. And the ones that emerged from under the ice were the ones who survived the landslide.
Yurei who came down:
"That city is a treasure to you guys, but to me, it is a piece of dung that even if it is destroyed a thousand times or ten thousand times, I will never feel sorry for it!"
The general wearing Kuijiao leather armor said, shaking the broad-backed saber in his hand, and his eyes seemed to want to devour the three people standing in front of him alive:
"I didn't expect that the three of you would gather here today! You came just in time to save me from having to look for the general again! It was because of you that I was cut off from my promising future! Today, you want to join me again.
When the general goes to fight for the power of the ancestors, he will sacrifice his life to ask questions under the sword in my hand!"
Facing the naked threat, Jiang Yan was not afraid at all. He instinctively took a step forward and blocked his companions behind him. It seemed as if he had returned to the first Ghost Festival night he spent in Mulu City. The young man
The fight between the inexperienced self and Yu Li in front of the deserted Tianshui Lane:
"You are defeated! Back then, you lost to me on the Baishaying campus. Qi Shouyu, who you considered your adoptive father, couldn't kill me. Today, you have no chance of winning!"
"Don't brag too much about your cowhide!"
Yu Li sneered, and actually took out a fire bolt blunderbuss with a long barrel cut short from his pocket, and aimed it directly at Jiang Yan's chest, "Whoever wants to die first among you three, come and try!"
"Right now, you only have one person, one sword and one blunderbuss. You may not be faster than the sword in my hand! You can't even stop my Red Flame Army!"
Jiang Yanyu overwhelmed the opponent in terms of momentum, and immediately took another step forward, taking an offensive stance. However, he never thought that as soon as Xiao Tianmo raised his hand, he saw that the opponent actually raised the firebolt gun in his hand toward the sky, and buckled
He moved his machine and shouted loudly:
"Can't it be stopped? I don't think so!"
There was a loud noise, and a plume of green smoke rose up in front of the gun's muzzle. The firelight illuminated everyone's faces, as well as the mist-shrouded surroundings. At the same time, hundreds of people appeared from behind him.
There are several figures, but they are all short and lean. They are the more than 800 "orphan troops" who came to the bridge at some time and are sincerely devoted to Yu Li. And what they are holding in their hands is the already filled
, a firebolt gun ready to go!
"You guys are really lucky. You have been able to escape and ascend to heaven several times. But I guarantee that you will never get out of this ice and snow alive today!"
The Red Flame Army under Jiang Yan had never fought against the Pengguo army, nor had they experienced the power of firebolt guns. Seeing this situation, they actually advanced instead of retreating. Seeing that the firebolt guns in the hands of the "orphan army" were about to be fired, they ordered
It was obviously too late to form the formation. In desperation, he had to shout with all his strength:
"The ice under your feet can be used as a shield. Lift it up quickly!"
The soldiers of Ye State who had just escaped from the mysterious ice took the lead in taking action after hearing the order. The red-armored warriors finally responded and followed suit, struggling to lift the heavy ice cube and stand it in front of them.
.
Soon enough, the firebolt blunderbuss in the hands of the "Orphan Army" on the opposite side was also fired at this moment. The tongues of flames ejected from the blunderbuss refracted countless beams of light on the ice, illuminating the ice cave under the night as if it were daytime.
There was only a crackling sound, and countless iron bullets formed a dark black shadow between the two armies, as if there was a hail of iron. Thanks to Jiang Yan's timely warning, nearly 70% of the iron bullets were hit by the soldiers.
Blocked by the giant ice held in front of him, 20% of the bullets missed completely. Only 10% of the projectiles penetrated a few ice shields that were not thick enough, killing and wounding dozens of people.
But Yu Li came prepared this time. He knew that the reloading of firebolt muskets was slow, so he actually ordered the "orphan army" to divide the firebolt muskets into two batches in advance. When one person was firing in front, the other was firing.
Load new explosives and projectiles behind it.
Under the successive volleys, although hiding behind the ice was safe for a while, the person was trapped in place, unable to move. He could only watch the hard black ice in front of him being bombarded by countless iron bullets.
, cracks appeared, and it began to break apart little by little, and it was possible to be smashed to pieces during the next round of attack at any time.
Unexpectedly, fate once again played a cruel trick on everyone. No matter Yu Li and the "Orphan Army" who were determined to kill people, or Jiang Yan and others who were guarding to the death and showing signs of decline, no one could have expected that this half-way road under their feet would
The land bridge that hangs in the air and remains standing under the ice after thousands of years of frost and snow can actually collapse!
Perhaps it was due to being repeatedly bombarded by skyfire thunders and being hit hard by countless black ice falling from the sky, or perhaps it was finally unable to bear the weight of many people crowded on the bridge. On the thick pillars supporting the landing bridge, suddenly
There was a dull strange sound, like the last breath exhaled by an ancient giant beast before it died.
Immediately afterwards, the wide bridge deck began to sway from side to side, swaying from side to side like a snake in mid-air, drawing strange curves. Then, with a rumbling sound, the entire land bridge began to fly into the air like a dead branch that had been broken.
It was cut off several times, and with the two sides who were fighting hard on it, it capsized down into the abyss-like darkness on both sides!