Chapter 523: The Legendary Existence (Seeking Monthly Pass)
The wind is freezing and the snow is falling heavily.
In the harsh and extremely cold environment, there are almost no traces of living things. All that can be seen is the vast expanse of snow and the snow-covered snow forest.
Winter City, outside the North City Gate.
Countless dawn flags sounded in the howling cold wind.
Many of these flags have experienced the baptism of war and time and have become dilapidated, but they are still fluttering in the wind.
Viewed from a high altitude, the figures of the Dawn Warriors have gathered into a torrent of steel.
The wind and snow slapped the cheeks of the Dawn Warriors, adding a touch of wind and frost to their chapped cheeks. The eyes hidden under the metal helmets stared coldly at the north gate of Winter City.
This city they once protected with their lives.
What this battle means is clearly understood in the hearts of all Dawn Warriors.
If defeated, they will become the Dawn Rebels and will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever.
Justice belongs to the victor.
The cold winds met in the air, like howling snow dragons, making a roar that resounded throughout the world.
At the forefront of the Dawn Army's battle formation, Mu Qing was dressed in black and looked directly in the direction of Winter City with cold eyes.
This battle is not what she wants.
War will inevitably bring countless casualties.
She didn't want to start this war if it wasn't necessary.
But she had to fight this battle.
The realm beings who secretly control Winter City have completely cut off the Dawn Army's retreat.
First, there was a series of sabotage actions secretly targeting the transformation of runes.
For the sake of the overall situation, she endured it at that time.
But now, Winter City has completely cut off the supply of materials to the frontline supply area, which is equivalent to cutting off the frontline's retreat.
Although there are abundant spiritual resources on the front line, spiritual resources cannot be used as a staple food.
Food supplies still need to be obtained through Winterfell.
It's not like she hasn't thought about creating basic food output for the frontline supply area through farming and other methods, but in the harsh environment of the northern border in the cold winter, no crops can survive at all.
Even Winter City relies on resource exchange with the other four cities to obtain basic food.
Now that Winter City has cut off the supply of supplies, the food reserves in the Winter Front supply area will soon be exhausted.
Mu Qing understood that this was the life behind the scenes that secretly controlled Winter City, forcing him to go to war with Winter City.
But she had to take this battle.
It's not like she hasn't thought about seeking material support from other cities, such as Star City.
But it is simply unrealistic for Star City to supply the material consumption of the frontline supply area in a short period of time.
The most important thing is that the airspace in the northern border of Winter is under the control of the Winter City Military Headquarters.
It is completely impossible for a large-scale material transport aircraft to fly over Winter City and go directly to the Winter Supply Area.
Even though she knew this was forcing a fight, she had no choice.
Looking at the north gate of Winter City in the distance, the wind and snow were noisy, and the snowflakes were melted by the energy and blood escaping from her body before she even got close.
Turning to look to the right, Mu Qing asked softly:
"暚, are you ready?"
Beside her, Mu Zhen was sitting cross-legged in the air, his brows furrowed.
Facing Mu Qing's inquiry, Mu Zhu immediately shouted:
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, that bastard Mo did something to my body, causing my connection with it to become intermittent. Give me a little more time."
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North District of Winter City.
Forbidden area of steelmaking.
This area is surrounded by barbed wire, and warning signs such as No Entry, Radiation Danger, Corrosion Danger, etc. are posted every few meters.
Countless giant buildings made of reinforced concrete stand within the barbed wire fence, and large steel machines make deafening roars when in operation.
Metal ore is crushed here, refined, and then poured through metal pipes into metal blocks of the same size.
At this time, it is the center of the open space in the restricted area.
Jian Ji was wearing a thin gray robe. He pressed his hands on the hilt of the Burning Sky Sword and pressed the tip of the sword to the ground to support his body.
At this time, Jian Ji looked very old and haggard, his face was full of traces of weathered years, the cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew his long hair, his thin body seemed to fall down at any time, and his cloudy eyes seemed to be frozen.
At this moment, a graceful figure holding a sword appeared behind him:
"Elder Clan, the Dawn Army has assembled at the North Gate and South Gate."
"It's time to come."
Jian Ji nodded without looking back, his old voice carrying the weight of time.
Looking up at the northern sky, a glimmer of light appeared in Jian Ji's cloudy eyes.
The threat of the Dawn Army should be dealt with.
Mu Qing was once the best warrior in his eyes. She brought him a huge amount of spiritual resources during her rapid growth.
He benefited a lot from the Dawn Chapter's rapid growth.
He knew that Mu Qing was a threat and would one day become uncontrollable.
So when this day came, he was not surprised at all.
This time he chose to cut off the supplies to the supply area on the Winter Front. He wanted Mu Qing to take the initiative and end the Dawn Era completely.
The rapid development of Dawn Army has affected his growth.
Over the years, the frontline resources sent back to Winter City have become less and less as the Dawn Army has grown.
Only by solving the hidden dangers of Ming Mingjun and Mu Qing as soon as possible can his resource supply gradually return to normal.
The longer it takes, the worse it will be for him.
In fact, since this battle has been postponed until today, he has already become impatient.
Originally, he wanted to wait for the formation of the coalition to conquer Dawn, so that he could eradicate the Dawn Army through the power of the coalition without exposing himself.
However, Star City repeatedly blocked the situation and the situation did not develop in the direction he imagined.
During this period, the attitude of major cities was very different, and they obviously planned to wait and see how the situation developed.
After waiting for so many years, there is still no clear answer.
Since the coalition army could not be established and could not borrow the power of other cities to kill Liming and Mu Qing, he could only make other plans.
It is known that Mu Qing is carrying out a rune transformation plan in order to improve the strength of the Dawn Army soldiers, and Mu Qing attaches great importance to this plan.
He suddenly had the idea of using this plan to force Mu Qing to go to war.
As long as Mu Qing comes to invade Winter City, he has plenty of ways to kill Mu Qing. Once Mu Qing dies, the Dawn Army, which has lost its backbone, will no longer have anything to fear.
But what he didn't expect was that even though multiple laboratories were destroyed, Mu Qing actually chose to hold back and not start a war against Winter City.
With no other choice, Jian Ji chose the last path.
Cut off supplies!
Doing so will inevitably have a huge impact, and if the news leaks out, it will also cause strong dissatisfaction among people in other cities.
The outside world doesn't know the specific situation, but they are basically on Winter City's side.
However, the act of cutting off food will put Winter City at the forefront of public opinion and become the target of criticism.
In the future, he will have to rely on Winter City to provide the resources he needs for his growth. This choice will have a negative impact on his future.
Originally Jian Ji didn't want to do this.
But several times, Mu Qing chose to swallow her anger and was not willing to launch a full-scale war and attack Winter City.
During this period, fewer and fewer resources were sent to the front line.
Every day is a loss to him.
So he still made the choice to cut off the material delivery channels to the frontline supply area, leaving the frontline supply area in dire straits.
At this point, war is inevitable.
No matter how powerful Mu Qing was, he would be confident of killing her as long as she dared to come to Winter City.
His thoughts returned to the present, Jian Ji looked through the flying snowflakes and looked at the bright stars in the sky.
The cloudiness in his eyes quickly dissipated and clarity returned.
At the same time, the "reinforced gem" on the hilt of the Burning Sky Sword shone brightly, and the complex patterns started from the reinforced gem and quickly spread throughout the entire sword body.
boom!
The raging flames ignited the Burning Sky Sword, and the heat wave rolled in.
The scorching heat caused the woman holding the sword standing not far behind Jian Ji to take a few steps back.
Flames rose from the surface of the Burning Sky Sword, shrouding Jian Ji's body in the flames and burning him.
Jian Ji's originally shriveled body seemed to be reborn in the flames. The wrinkles on his face were smoothed, and his skinny body gained muscle outlines. He was rejuvenated only in an instant.
Lift the Burning Sky Sword that was on the ground.
Jian Ji's gaze swept from the hilt to the tip of the sword, and finally returned to the enhanced gem on the hilt of the Burning Sky Sword.
As he grew older, he found that his emotions became more and more indifferent.
He once also longed for the rise of the race and worked hard for it.
But as time went by, relatives, friends, and familiar clan members all passed away, his feelings towards the Sword Clan also quietly changed.
He found that his feelings for his sword clan were no longer as sincere and firm as they once were.
At that time, he thought that he had emotional demons arising from his cultivation, so he went into seclusion for a period of time.
During this period, the Sword Clan had several clan leaders, and when he came out of seclusion, he was already the clan elder in the eyes of the Sword Clan's descendants.
During this retreat, Jianji faced his true heart.
Finally he found the answer that his heart gave him.
Rather than pursuing the prosperity of his race, he is more eager to embark on the unknown path of becoming a strong man.
This seemingly endless road to becoming a strong person requires constantly breaking through the shackles of life as you move forward, surviving through calamities, until you have complete control over your own destiny.
He even held the sword to witness the coming of the great situation with his own eyes, and then defeated it with one sword.
The racial feelings in Jian Ji's eyes seemed so small in front of this huge dream.
Strength is steadily improving, and emotions are gradually peeling off.
He released his hand holding the sword hilt and stood with his hands behind his back.
The Burning Sky Sword hanging in front of him releases raging flames, and the gray robe he wears rustles in the fierce wind of flames.
He once resisted the gradual stripping away of his emotions.
But now he has fully accepted his true nature and is bound to embark on the road to becoming a strong man.
He wants to compete with the heroes of the future who are vying for hegemony, and he has to grow faster than the magic sword so that it can never catch up with him.
This is the wonderful future he wants.
Instead of always being troubled by the gains and losses encountered in the development of the race.
When his inner demons were completely dispersed, his strength grew by leaps and bounds.
Relying on the special characteristics of the enhanced gems, Comprehension Shen revealed a set of sword spirit formations.
His physical body cannot carry millions of sword spirits, but the strengthening gems can, and can greatly enhance the power of the sword spirits connected to him.
After killing Mu Qing, he will also start a new round of breakthrough in life.
The Sword Clan may accompany him to continue walking, but if he finally reaches a fork in the road, he will leave without hesitation.
The path of the strong does not require burdensomeness.
Even clan members.
As Jian Ji waved his hand, the Burning Sky Sword hanging in front of him soared into the sky, and the blazing flames dyed the sky red, covering up the light of the stars.
Looking north, Jian Ji, who has regained his youthful appearance, smiled and murmured softly:
"Mu Qing, I'm waiting for you here."
"Mu Qing is definitely no match for the clan elder."
The woman holding the sword standing behind Jian Ji immediately lowered her head and said respectfully.
"Mu Qing is not weak. He can be considered an opponent, but he is not a strong enemy. My real old enemy may be on the way... I don't know when I will find him."
As he spoke, Jian Ji looked up at the stars, his sharp eyes seeming to be able to penetrate the barriers of space.
"Chaotian, I'm waiting for you here too."
After he finished speaking, Jian Ji pointed his finger towards the sky, and the Burning Sky Sword hanging in the sky suddenly hovered on his back with a flicker of light.
Jian Ji's aura was rising steadily at this moment.
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Winter City, outside the north gate.
The dark army of Dawn gathered outside the city gate, quietly waiting for Mu Qing's order.
In this battle, the Dawn Army was divided into two groups, the main force led by Mu Qing outside the north gate, and the Dawn Army led by Qin Shikong outside the south gate of Winter City.
The wind and snow rolled violently, sweeping across the soldiers' determined faces.
The cold could not stop the hot blood that was suppressed in their bodies and was about to boil.
They have unwavering trust in Mu Qing.
It was Mu Qing who gave them a real home, giving all scavengers a new starting point and a new future.
This battle is not only a battle for humanity, but also a battle for Mu Qing, and even more so, a battle for dawn.
"暚!"
Mu Qing's questioning voice came from the wind and snow.
This time, Mu Yan finally responded. Mu Yan, who had his eyes closed and was hanging in the air, suddenly opened his eyes:
"coming!"
After the words fell, Mu Zhen looked at the sky.
I saw a red sun piercing the polar night in the north, releasing thousands of golden lights, and the darkness faded away like a tide.
Everything in sight becomes clear.
Like a horn of attack, all the Dawn Warriors roared toward Winter City and stamped their feet in unison, causing the earth to tremble.
Mu Qing also jumped up at this moment, and her body was surrounded by jade-colored electric arcs.
The right fist that was ready to strike shined brightly.
When he swung his right fist towards the north gate of Winter City, it was like a jade-colored meteor piercing the sky. The city gate collapsed suddenly, and the rubble was swept by the terrifying fist wind and turned into powder and floated into the city.
"Zhen, capture the king with me!"
After defeating the city gate, Mu Qing turned to look at Mu Jun and shouted, then turned into a jade-colored stream of light and flew into the Winter City.
"good!"
As Mu Zhen waved his hand, a silver spear appeared in his hand and followed Mu Qing closely.
After Mu Qing and Mu Zhen left, a silver-armored figure walked out of the Liming Army. She looked far away at the densely packed military soldiers in Winter City, and then she shouted angrily:
"War preparation!"
Her voice swept everywhere along with the wind and snow.
The wartime messengers in the Dawn Army waved their flags simultaneously to continuously convey her orders to the rear.
Looking into the Winter City from a distance, the woman in silver armor had cold eyes.
During the pre-war meeting, Mu Qing had made a special statement that this battle would focus on her and Mu Zhen's capture of the king. Their mission was to hold off the Winter City army as much as possible and not let the Winter City army affect her capture of the king.
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She naturally understood why Mu Qing did this.
Regardless of victory or defeat in this war, the casualties will be human beings.
To the controllers hiding behind the scenes, the number of casualties is just a series of cold numbers, but in Mu Qing's eyes they are fresh lives.
Therefore, the siege was a sham, and Mu Qing's real purpose was to attract the Winter City army to defend with the sheep attack.
It’s just that Mu Qing’s thoughts cannot be communicated to Liming’s subordinate soldiers.
This will seriously affect combat morale.
After shouting the order to prepare for war, the woman in silver armor never shouted the order to attack.
Looking at the soldiers in Winter City fighting in the distance, she chose to obey Mu Qing's order and try to delay the Winter City army soldiers as much as possible to delay the outbreak of war.
But if a war breaks out, she will definitely not hold back.
The lives of the soldiers of Winterfell are lives, and the lives of the warriors of Dawn are also lives.
Being soft-hearted will only cost the Dawn Warriors heavy losses. They also have families waiting for them to return home.
Just when the North Gate of Winter City was at stake, outside the South Gate of Winter City.
Seeing the red sun rising from the east, Qin Shikong took action at the same time.
The compass in his hand suddenly enlarged in the air and hit the south city gate hard.
The moment the city gate was breached, countless Winter City warriors wearing blue standard equipment appeared in sight.
The two sides looked into the distance and fell into a confrontation.
Qin Shikong also did not issue an order to attack. Mu Qing gave him the same task at the pre-war meeting, which was to hold back the army north of Winter City, give Mu Qing and Mu Yan time to capture the king, and at the same time relieve the pressure on the main force at the north gate.
The two sides faced off and the atmosphere was tense.
At this time, inside the south gate, a man with a sword on his back stood on the watchtower, looking at Qin Shikong, who was standing at the forefront of the Dawn Army.
Realizing that Qin Shikongshi had never issued an order to attack, the man carrying the sword frowned slightly, thoughtfully.
"Interesting, are you delaying time?"
The woman standing next to the man carrying the sword nodded immediately:
"It seems so. Mu Qing didn't want to start a war at all. She deliberately divided her troops into two groups just to delay the two main armies in the city... If I guessed correctly, Mu Qing probably wanted to search the city personally and find the clan elders as soon as possible.
Then play Capture the King."
"I really admire Mu Qing's self-confidence. Perhaps the lack of setbacks in her growth has made her full of confidence in her own strength, and she actually wants to fight directly against the clan elders."
After listening to the woman’s analysis, the man with the sword shook his head:
"Don't underestimate Mu Qing, she is very strong...but you are right, she has no chance of winning against the clan elder."
After the words fell, the man with the sword looked ahead at the dawn army under the heavy snowfall:
"They don't want to fight, but we must fight. The elders of the tribe lured the Dawn Army to take the initiative to start a war. They don't just want Mu Qing to die. The Dawn Army must also be eradicated. Only in this way will the Winter Supply Zone be returned to our control and help us
Resources are constantly brought in.”
With that said, the man carrying the sword jumped down from the watchtower, and followed the unsheathed blue sword as he flew out of Winter City.
When he flew over the Winter Army preparing for battle, the man roared:
"With me, repel the rebels!"
"kill!"
After hearing the legion commander's order, the Winter City soldiers who were already ready to go roared in response, and then took the initiative to walk out of the city with neat steps.
Seeing this scene, Qin Shikong's heart suddenly sank.
I wanted to delay as much time as possible, but I didn't expect the Winter City soldiers to take the initiative to attack.
At this point there is no way out, only a fight.
Qin Shikong immediately issued an order to engage in battle, and the flags at the rear waved in response to his order, conveying the order to the entire army.
The metallic sound of armor and weapons rubbing against each other was like a symphony.
The two torrents of steel soon collided.
On this line of sacrifice, this was the first civil war in human history after the disaster.
The combat skills that every human warrior learned while growing up were all designed to deal with domain creatures, but at this moment, they were wielding their swords against their own people.
But the battle has begun, and there is absolutely no way out.
The soldiers of Winter City want to protect their home behind them, so they cannot retreat.
The Dawn Warriors want to drive away the domain forces lurking in Winter City and clear a sky for the human race.
They must break through this line of defense.
The snow-white earth gradually turned red with blood in the brutal battle.
At this time, the man from the Sword Clan, who was one of the commanders of the Winter Army, had already set his sights on Qin Shikong.
I saw him forming a sword with one hand, pointing towards Qin Shikong.
Suddenly the blue sword turned into a stream of light and shot straight towards Qin Shikong.
Facing the sudden offensive, Qin Shikong was well prepared. He threw the Bagua in his hand violently and magnified it in the air. The illusory formation diagram appeared and collided with the blue rainbow shooting from it.
The sharp sword energy is transformed into refining, rotating in the opposite direction to the Bagua formation diagram.
The two forces collided with each other, splashing countless light spots of spiritual energy.
At this moment, another red sword energy rainbow shot towards Qin Shikong from the other side.
But before the sudden offensive could get close to Qin Shikong, it was stopped by a figure holding a battle axe.
This man was tall and tall, and the armor on his body was soaked in blood. After blocking the red sword energy, he turned back to look at Qin Shikong and said:
"Boss Qin, be careful."
"What they used were sword moves and sword energy. They were the domain beings that Mu Zhen said. Don't worry, kill them!"
Hearing these words, the burly man nodded fiercely, his body burst with surging energy and blood, and the battle ax in his hand violently dispersed the red sword energy into light spots,
Driven by his energy and blood, he raised the battle ax in his hand and slammed it across more than a hundred meters into the sword clan woman holding a red sword.
When the red long sword collided with the battle axe, a violent wind swept around them.
The man's terrifying power suppressed the long sword for a short time, but he was quickly repelled by the woman who was holding the sword hand. He flew upside down in the air for dozens of meters. After landing, he took several steps back, knocking down several comrades.
Only then did he stop his body shape.
Looking at the woman holding the sword from a distance, an expression of disbelief appeared on the burly man's face.
The power he was so proud of actually fell into a disadvantage in the fight.
Unwilling to do so, he lifted up his fallen comrade, looked up to the sky and roared filial piety, then jumped up again and launched an attack on the woman holding the sword.
Viewed from a high altitude, the battle quickly became intense.
In addition to the confrontation between the fighters on both sides, the high-end fighters on both sides also found their opponents.
At this moment, thousands of figures flew out of Winter City.
They were like a spreading rainbow, dragging out rainbows of sword energy of different colors as they flew, approaching the battlefield directly.
Thousands of sword warriors joined the battlefield, changing the situation.
The goal of these sword warriors is very clear, to kill the high-end combat power in the Dawn Army.
The members of the Dawn Army are all battle-hardened warriors on the front lines, but they have no advantage against the Sword Clan warriors.
No matter the bloodline potential, physical fitness, or even the ability to perform are all far behind, this is a super powerful combat power they have never faced before.
In a short period of time, several high-level combatants of the Dawn Army were killed by Sword Clan warriors.
Soon some of the sword clan members locked onto Qin Shikong, who was struggling to resist the attack of sword energy.
When more than a hundred meters of sword clan warriors surrounded Qin Shikong, the sword formation instantly unfolded.
The sword energy soared into the sky, shattering the wind and snow.
The seemingly indestructible energy Bagua array was instantly filled with cracks. Qin Shikong, who was inside it, was trembling even more and opened his mouth to cough out blood.
"break!"
When the leader of the men with blue swords stabbed Qin Shikong with a fatal sword, the sword formation attracted the sword energy of more than a hundred sword clan men, and poured it towards Qin Shikong like a gust of wind and rain.
Qin Shikong, who was already injured, immediately gritted his teeth and raised the Bagua disk.
The golden light exploded, and the energy Bagua disk, which was already full of cracks, couldn't even withstand a round of sword energy and shattered.
Just when Qin Shikong thought he was about to die, he suddenly saw a black sword light flying towards him like a ferocious black dragon, passing through the sword formation formed by more than a hundred sword clan warriors at an extremely fast speed.
The seemingly unbreakable sword formation was instantly shattered, and the terrifying sword energy shocked more than a hundred sword clan warriors to the point where they vomited blood and looked depressed.
Looking in the direction from which the sword light flew, Qin Shikong saw a strange figure.
He was holding a long black knife, and the surface of his body was burning with jet-black flames. He was like an evil ghost crawling out of hell. He seemed to be carrying a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood on his back. The terrifying murderous aura made him tremble with fear.
The life fluctuations in this mysterious figure are extremely strong, and even from a distance, one can feel the vitality burning like a flame.
One can imagine how terrifying power this body contains.
Looking at the sword-wielding man walking slowly towards him, the thousands of sword warriors who joined the battle all looked sideways, with horrified expressions on their faces.
That is the movement from deep within the soul.
The familiar yet unfamiliar feeling reminded them of a terrifying existence that only existed in history.
As the latest generation of the Sword Clan, they have not experienced those years, but they have also heard rumors about "it".
"Demon...Demon Knife."
I don't know who was the first to shout, and the fear in the hearts of the members of the Sword Clan immediately boiled over.
No member of the Sword Clan doesn’t know who the Demon Sword is.
It was the mortal enemy in the eyes of their clan elders. It was an evil demon that they had fought many times over the past thousand years but could not be completely killed. It was not at the same level as them.
Time seemed to freeze. They looked at Feng Qi from a distance, and the fear in their eyes seemed to overflow.
Every step Feng Qi made was like stepping on their hearts, causing their hearts to throb.
At the end of his sight, Feng Qi's body was wrapped in pitch-black flames as he advanced.
When the ferocious sword armor was formed, Feng Qi swung his sword and pointed at thousands of sword warriors floating in the air.
The sword energy stirred up the wind and snow, mixed with the terrifying killing energy, and blew over the cheeks of the sword warriors, stinging their cheeks and smelling the breath of death.
