After a great battle, Semu, the first Puppet Li warrior general, stood alone in the center of the battlefield, looking around at the bloody and messy corpses of his clan members. His originally strong and sharp eyes gradually dimmed, replaced by a look of confusion and confusion on his face.
Helpless. [ ] His tall body gradually shrank, and in the blink of an eye it had returned to the way it had just appeared. Although it was still much taller than the average human body like the prince and others, the majestic aura had long since disappeared, and his waist and back
He was stooped, no longer upright, and his confused eyes showed that his confidence had been shaken, and he neither dared to believe nor could not believe everything in front of him.
The prince stood on the broad back of the dragon horse, facing the wind. The tip of the long sword in his hand pointed to the ground. Drops of blood dripped slowly, making a soft rustling sound on the grass blades under his feet. Although the sound was slight
It was almost inaudible, but it was like a thunder in the ears of the prince, and his heart was shaken. The overwhelming murderous intention in his chest gradually dissipated, and the traces of compassion were like insects and ants, constantly gnawing at every part of his body.
A nerve. Although Yue Shang and Feng Yi on the side had a cold expression on their faces, a little bit of unbearability was quietly flashing in their pretty eyes. Yin Biao and Xiao Bai had also dissipated the evil spirit around them and lay lazily on the ground.
On the ground, they kept roaring and chirping softly. Only Xuantian Longma, because of the deep-rooted nature of slaying demons and evil spirits in his blood, kept kicking his four legs, his eyes fixed on the lustful eyes that had long lost their fighting spirit, ready to move.
It seemed that it was about to attack at any moment. The prince couldn't bear it, so he leaned down and gently stroked its head a few times. The dragon and horse understood, and then gradually calmed down.
The prince gently wiped off the blood on the sword blade, looked at the dejected eyes across from him and said: "What happened today was not because we were cruel and murderous, but because you were too aggressive, so we had no choice but to fight back. Now it's over.
At this point, I don’t want to make any more excuses. I just hope that after you go back, you will truthfully report the cause and effect of this matter to the leader of the Guimu clan. As for what decision he makes, I have to leave it to him. If we are still alive, we can’t be here
I’ve been here for a long time, so I’ll say goodbye!”
Suddenly there was a trace of blood in Semu's blank eyes. He stared at the prince and said in a low and emotionless voice: "Zhaoyue Donggang, today you first killed the guardian god of our clan with despicable means, and then
Together with these three beasts, you slaughter hundreds of my people. No matter whether you kill me or not, I will never appreciate it. The deep hatred between my pseudo-Li clan and your human clan has been forged. From now on, I will
The Puppet Li clan must follow the Shenmu King and be incompatible with your human clan!"
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the scattered corpses of his tribesmen, threw the giant ax in his hand to the ground with a determined expression, turned around and left.
The prince was speechless, lowered his head and sighed.
Seeing that Semu's lonely figure was about to disappear into the dense forest, the prince, who was bowing his head and meditating, suddenly heard the sound of a bowstring in his ears, followed by a painful groan. When he looked up quickly, he saw that he had already reached the edge of the forest.
Semu covered his chest with his hand, turned around with pain, pointed at the prince and said: "You humans... are really... really... despicable and shameless!"
Before he finished speaking, the tall body collapsed to the ground, twitched a few times, and soon lay motionless on the grass, passing away. A sharp arrow was inserted into a big tree directly in front of Semu's body.
On the trunk of the tree, the arrow feathers were stained with blood, and he was still trembling slightly. When the prince looked back, he saw Yueshang putting away his long bow expressionlessly, with a look of indifference in his pretty eyes.
The prince was puzzled and angry. He pointed at Yue Shang with a red face and said, "Yue Shang, you..."
But Yue Shang said calmly: "Your Highness, how can you be kind to a woman when we are facing a powerful enemy? Although Yue Shang is a female, she also knows that letting the tiger return to the mountain will bring disaster upon itself. We haven't found the Shenhuo Tribe's station yet.
The territory of the Puppet Li is extremely vast, and we have just forged a deep hatred against it. If we just let him go back, once the entire Puppet Li family gets entangled and obstructs us, our way forward will definitely become difficult. Although we are not afraid, once time is delayed,
After a long time, if the Jiuli tribe took advantage of them, wouldn't they miss a big event? That's why Yue Shang took action rashly, but he didn't mean to kill."
Feng Yi kept nodding her head in agreement, and even Long Ma, Yin Biao, and Xiao Bai nodded in agreement. The prince was speechless for a moment. Although he knew that what Yue Shang said was reasonable, he was not satisfied with the calm and cruel temperament of the woman in front of him.
There is a hint of grudge.
The prince suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and called on the two women and the three beasts to work together to quickly clean up the debris on the battlefield. He had no intention of stopping anymore and set off immediately, continuing towards the depths of the mountain. After roughly identifying the direction,
The three of them each mounted their mounts, soared into the air, and instantly disappeared into the vast mist.
Shortly after the three people left, a burst of blue smoke suddenly rose in the forest, and a pseudo-Li tribesman with a double-horned figure and similar eyes appeared at the edge of the swamp holding a snake-shaped scepter. He took it out casually.
A green gourd, open the lid with the mouth facing down, and chant a strange note from the mouth. Then wisps of black smoke floated from the blood remaining on the grass, accompanied by waves of faint moaning sounds.
He got in. The man covered the gourd and looked around for a long time. A few turbid tears suddenly flowed out of the corners of his eyes. He looked up at the direction where the prince was leaving and murmured, with a trace of deep-seated hatred and sharp murderous intent in his eyes.
meaning……
The prince and others continued to fly southward in the air for a long time. Looking down from the air, they saw that the floating white miasma gradually became thinner, and the increasingly clear vegetation gradually changed from dense to sparse, and the color of the trees also changed.
From the dripping green to a slightly withered yellow, mottled red sand appeared and disappeared, and a trace of heat came faintly from below, and the temperature became hotter. When the three princes saw this, they felt happy and knew their purpose.
The Earth God Fire Tribe arrived. Before the prince could speak, the sensitive three-headed beasts had already fallen to the ground one after another under the leadership of the dragon and horse.
A strip of sparse and low bushes stretches among the red rocky sand. The originally thick miasma fog has disappeared, replaced by red dust that blows in the wind from time to time. This barren land stretches as far as the eye can see.
Mountains, rivers, and plants all, without exception, are faintly revealing a fiery red color. When walking among them, you will feel a clear scorching heat with every step you take. The breeze blows in your face, and there is a thick smell in the air.
The smell of sulfur became stronger and stronger as the prince and others went south.
The open mountains and fields were extremely dry. As the three of them traveled farther and farther south, the vegetation in their field of vision became increasingly sparse and low. As far as the eye could see, they could see vast fields, thousands of miles of red land, endless stretches, and no human habitation.
The three people and three beasts traveled on this barren land for a long time, but no one from the Shenhuo Tribe appeared.
When the prince and others arrived here, there was no trace of the miasma on the ground. However, there was still a thin layer of white gas looming four or five feet above the ground, shrouding the earth in a haze. Since there were only some sparse low-level gases around it,
There are short shrubs and no dense forest for shade, and the ground is full of red rocks and gravel. It is almost noon, and the entire territory of the Shenhuo Tribe is boiling and scorching. Walking in it, it feels like walking into a furnace, and the sweat all over your body has just started to flow out.
, has been evaporated, turning into a layer of white salt-alkali that sticks to the skin, making it tight and uncomfortable. Fortunately, the three people and the three beasts are all equipped with superpowers, and the Prince's technique Hunyuan has already been
It can transform the true energy in the body, turn yang into yin, and generate cooling in the body, so as to slightly quench dryness and thirst; and Xiaobai, Longma, Yinbiao, Yueshang, and Fengyi all have their own skills that reach the yin and reach the yang.
Although it was very uncomfortable, after all, yin and yang can be in conflict with each other, and they can still support each other. It was only then that the prince and others understood why the Shenhuo clan lived in seclusion in southern Xinjiang, surrounded by Puppet Li, Jingman and other barbarians.
In the dangerous environment of being surrounded by servants, they can still survive without danger and maintain peace for thousands of years. It turns out that apart from relying on their innate fire control ability, this ancient and cruel environment
It also provides an indestructible natural barrier for it. If ordinary people dare to enter this territory rashly, they are afraid that they will be killed by the unbearable heat and drought before they see the Shenhuo people, let alone treat them.
What threat did the tribesmen pose?
The group of people walked south along a faintly discernible path in the bushes until sunset, when they saw a green hill in the distance. Although the mountains were still sparse with vegetation, they were not the same as the Pseudo-Li people's residence.
The sight of towering green trees covering the sky and blocking out the sun was incomparable at all, but for the prince and others who had been marching hard for a day in a desolate wilderness that was no more than a vast desert, the greenery in the distance was already comparable to a fairyland on earth.
.Because the green color at this time indicates clear spring water, rich green shade, cool breeze or enthusiastic local residents ahead.
The prince looked back at his two confidants, whose faces were full of dust. The three of them all looked relieved and happy, and they couldn't help but quicken their pace. Only the three mythical beasts, including the dragon and horse, did not show any excitement.
The three pairs of eyes that were still clear and alert shone with a hint of vigilance. They looked left and right as they walked, looking as if they were waiting for something.
Seeing that the oasis in front of them was so close, a cool breeze blew over their faces, which made people feel refreshed. Unfortunately, this joy did not last long, as the prince and the other three people relaxed a little.
At this moment, a strong hostility suddenly hit their faces along with the cool breath coming towards them. The three of them were slightly startled, but they saw that something had changed in front of them.
I saw the red soil on the road ahead suddenly slowly bulging, and a short mound had already stretched across the front of the three people in the blink of an eye. Following the red sand slowly flowing down like water, a dozen strange-looking people
The Shenhuo tribe members appeared in front of them. Each of these people was dressed in black scales and had a body as thin as a skeleton. They only wore a short skirt made of rattan around their waists. Each of them held a hand that was very different from their figure.
The matching huge stone hammers are also dark in color. What is particularly weird is that these people's eyes are ridiculously big, occupying almost one-third of the entire face, and these eyes have many whites and small pupils, with yellow pupils in them.
It closed into a thin vertical line under the setting sun, flickering with faint firelight from time to time. And although these people were thin and small, the muscles under the scales were angular, and it was obvious at a glance that they contained explosive energy. And for
The prince and others who are extremely sensitive to fire-attribute energy have clearly felt that the pair of stone hammers in their hands are also made of a material that contains a huge amount of fire-attribute energy. If they launch an attack,
, must be extremely powerful.
The prince saw that the visitor's expression was quite hostile, and he was here to ask for something from others, so he was not rude. He immediately waved his hand to stop Yue Shang and others from walking, and stepped forward to salute with a smile, trying to explain his purpose.
Unexpectedly, after talking for a long time, the man in the middle opposite him frowned and shook his head repeatedly. It was obvious that he did not understand what the prince was talking about. The hostility in the eyes of the tribesmen on both sides of him became more and more intense.
The prince talked for a long time, but the man just didn't understand. Instead, he kept waving his hands to signal them to leave quickly. Then the prince suddenly realized that these people opposite were just low-level tribesmen of the Shenhuo tribe and did not understand the language of the Central Plains. He couldn't help but blush on his face.
, turned around awkwardly and spread his hands towards Yueshang and Fengyi, shook his head and smiled bitterly.【】