In the military war room, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at their wartime commander, Minister Li Zhengxian.
More than a year ago, his second son suddenly ran away from home and is still missing.
The eldest son, Li Mu, lived up to expectations and took the lead, becoming a leading figure in the capital's spiritual palace.
But now, Li Mu has fallen into the enemy's hinterland. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a monster's lair. It is surrounded by dangers and dangers, and it is already a situation of narrow escape.
"Lei family..."
Li Zhengxian's eyes were already blood red.
If the Lei family had not betrayed their trust and canceled support, Li Mu would not have traveled a long distance to rescue and eventually fell.
Li Mu's life and death was a family matter for him personally, but for the military's spiritual battle, it was a state matter that determined success or failure.
At the beginning of the invasion of the alien plane, a new round of spiritual battle also kicked off.
Since that mysterious organization retired more than two years ago, the Spiritual Control Association has regained its superior status. In fact, it has always been superior to the three major federations, but during that time, it was snatched away by that short-lived mysterious organization.
caught the limelight.
Although the spirit world limits the number and conditions of contracts, it has dealt a huge blow to all forces around the world.
However, the Spirit Control Association is one of the few entities that has been less affected. This is because over the past hundred years, the association has accumulated an astonishing amount of resources and spirit control masters. It is also thanks to the Spirit Control Association's brazen actions in the early stages of the war.
Inside, nearly a thousand spirit warriors were mobilized and rushed to the battlefields on all sides, thus blocking the first wave of the invaders' offensive.
Before that, the Spirit Control Association announced that this round of the Spirit Dao War was also known as the Dark Winter War.
Different from the previous "exercise"-like sparring competitions, in the Battle of Dark Winter, points are exchanged for the number and level of monsters killed.
The more points you have, the higher your ranking.
Those with high rankings can not only receive resource rewards from the Spiritual Control Association, but can even apply to dispatch masters from the Spiritual Control Association.
The Heritage Academy, the Huaya Military Department, the Federal Biological Investigation Bureau, the Detective Association, the grandmaster's descendants...including the European Federation, the American Federation, and even some free city-states have all sent their own spiritual masters to join this round of "spiritual battle"
"The competition is just to obtain spiritual essence, spiritual equipment and other resources from the Spirit Control Association to make up for its increasingly scarce resource reserves.
The number of places to participate in the Spiritual Dao Battle is also constantly expanding.
There was only one force that did not participate, and that was the Lei family, the descendants of the great master.
After the Lei family merged with the Lei Neng Group two years ago, they developed and produced undead familiars in large quantities. As the war progressed, more and more miraculous creatures died, but it also provided the Lei family with a steady stream of "supplies" of materials.
The power of the Lei family has not decreased but has increased, becoming an existence that can compete with the Federal Military Department and the Legacy Academy.
Even the Spiritual Control Association is gradually being ignored.
In the military war room, a low exclamation suddenly sounded, and the heartbeats of many people accelerated instantly. The commander wearing the highest standard medal of the Spirit Control Association on his chest slowly stood up, put down the panel in his hand, and left
seat.
From his body exudes a majestic aura that is as heavy as a mountain and as vast as the vast sea, and also like a thousand armies pressing down on a city, and dark clouds blocking the sun, which is heartbreaking and soul-stirring.
The female adjutant was the first to react and her face changed slightly: "Minister... where are you going?"
Mo Xingwu followed closely and said in a low voice: "Minister, you are an important weapon of the country and one of the few extraordinary spiritual masters in the Grandmaster realm. Monsters have been harassing the fortress these days and invading in large numbers, just to force out the extraordinary Grandmaster.
The tragedy of Grandmaster Yi Yun...is a lesson for others!"
Li Zhengxian frowned. He didn't know what his subordinates said.
Just a week ago, Yi Yun, the extraordinary spiritual master in the southeast region, went to the fortress to rescue him in person, but was ambushed by monsters.
What is even more unexpected is that in this ambush, the opponent actually dispatched a truly extraordinary monster!
Grandmaster Yi Yun himself is an eighth-level master, and his spiritual pet partner is a naturally extraordinary species, the Blazing Condor, level 22, which has already entered the extraordinary realm.
From the beginning to the end of the battle, it only took three minutes.
The blazing condor was severely injured by the ice mist sprayed by the monster that was over 100 meters tall and had horns that looked like a tiger but not a tiger. Its wings were broken and it fell into a deep stream.
Grandmaster Yi Yun also died on the spot, with no remains of his body.
Extraordinary monsters faced off against miraculous beings in the extraordinary realm, and they were crushed without any suspense.
The 'Horned Tiger' monster did not join the battle to siege the fortress and returned to its lair in the ruins alone. Breath monitoring showed that it seemed to have begun to sleep again.
After this battle, the number of extraordinary spiritual masters in the Huaya Federation increased from ten to nine, and officially dropped to single digits.
The gap between human cultivators and invaders is also clear.
"But besides me personally, who else can save them?"
Li Zhengxian whispered, with a hint of bitterness flowing out of the corner of his mouth. The scene over the lower capital two and a half years ago suddenly flashed before his eyes.
If that organization and that young man were still there, the situation wouldn't be worse than it is now.
Maybe, it will be better?
That was the person who caused the gods and demons behind the monster to suffer a great loss.
A burst of emergency alarm interrupted Li Zhengxian's thoughts that were filled with bitterness and a hint of regret.
"Minister, there is the latest situation! A message came from the wartime headquarters of Canghai Academy, saying that Zhonglu Academy has mobilized a group of spirit guards and rangers to go to the ruins of Silla City for rescue. The leader of the team is a merchant who is a descendant of the grandmaster.
"
The communications officer said happily.
The war room suddenly burst into cheers.
Li Zhengxian was startled, his clenched fists gradually loosened, but his expression was a bit complicated.
Although Canghai Academy and Zhonglu College accept the dispatch of the Federal Parliament, they always feel that they are in a state of ease and have shown surprisingly strong combat power in many battles.
The most incredible thing is that within the system of the Relic Academy, the Zhonglu Branch's record in the battle of the spiritual path is actually ahead of the Capital Branch.
Li Zhengxian suspected more than once that the Immortal Organization still had forces entrenched in Canghai Academy, but more than two years had passed and no clues were found, nor was there any sign of being related to the Immortal Organization.
"Reply and thank Councilor Nie and Canghai Academy for me."
Li Zhengxian said, paused, and whispered: "By the way, by the way, is there any news about... Zhou Yue?"
The war room fell silent.
"Yes." The communications officer nodded sullenly, not daring to look at the minister's expression.
…
It is different from the upper-level capitals and other sky cities where the atmosphere is tense and it feels like facing a powerful enemy.
Although Canghai Academy is also surrounded by war clouds, rumors are flying all over the sky, some shopping malls and restaurants have been closed, people on the streets are in a hurry, and the flow of people in and out of the station has been reduced by nearly 40%, but overall, it is not that depressing.
In the evening, high school students after school took the floating bus and chatted among themselves.
Most of the topics they talked about were related to the recent war and the rankings in the Battle of Spiritual Dao. "Shi Qing", "Ming Xiaoyu", "Song Yuxin", "Chen Wenxi" and other people who came from Zhonglu College were ranked in the Battle of Spiritual Dao.
The thundering names jumped out of their mouths, their faces glowed red, and they looked proud.
Whether online or in Sky City's holographic projection wartime advertisements, there are many videos, photos and performance reports of them.
As the bus passed a roadside dessert shop, a boy suddenly exclaimed: "Look, that's Chen Wenxi, the Master of Swordsman!"
The floating bus passed quickly, and everyone turned their heads, only to see a figure in a red cloak walking out of the dessert shop.
The debate in the bus became more and more intense. Some people said yes, some said no, and they were noisy. Until the dessert shop had shrunk into a small black shop under the orange streetlight, the debate continued.
At the entrance of the dessert shop, Chen Wenxi looked at the bus going away, shook her head slightly, then carried the dessert in one hand and hugged the Swordsman Wind Praying Mantis who was out for fun with the other, and walked away along the street lights.
In the floating projection shrouded in blue light on the side of the road, from time to time you can see video footage of yourself wearing combat uniforms and fighting hand in hand with the Swordsman Wind Mantis.
Of course, this was a staged shot. When this promotional advertisement was shot, the war was not as tense, intense... and cruel as it is now.
After taking a few steps, Chen Wenxi suddenly smiled and stopped, "They are back? How is the war?"
Under the diagonal streetlight, a graceful figure walked out and said calmly: "Just returned, a narrow victory. It took three days to rescue half of the military's ranger regiment and the fifth team of the pinnacle team from the ruins of Silla City."
Chen Wenxi turned around and looked at Song Yu, whose appearance was still pretty, but tempered by the wind, rain and war in the past two years, she was obviously a little more confident, and asked: "How is Li Mu?"
Song Yu thought to himself: "My arm was broken and I was seriously injured. I was lucky enough to save my life. Even if I recover, my strength will regress."
"What a pity." Chen Wenxi said in an incomprehensible tone and walked forward.
Song Yuxin's eyes narrowed, she followed two steps closely, and asked in a low voice: "Is he the man behind this rescue operation?"
"He? Who?"
"Who else could it be...Zhou Yue!"
Chen Wenxi glanced at Song Yuxin, whose eyes suddenly became sharp, and said with a smile: "Hey, what are you thinking about? This action is obviously the joint decision of Director Nie, Dean Qiu and Superintendent Qin. What happened to Guan Zhouyue?
Besides, after that incident happened two and a half years ago, he disappeared and never appeared in Canghai Academy again. As the new leader of the discipline team, you should know this better than anyone else."
Song Yuxin's eyes flickered and she whispered: "Really? I don't believe it. If nothing else, take the sweet shop just now. Every half hour, a spiritual master cultivator will go in to buy sweets. And in this shop
The frequency of spiritual warriors appearing around the dessert shop is much higher than anywhere else in this city in the sky except the academy. It is as if they are on duty, 24 hours a day."
Chen Wenxi smiled: "Head of the discipline team, all your energy is focused on investigating a dessert shop?"
Song Yuxin looked deeply at Chen Wenxi: "And the owners of this dessert shop, the middle-aged couple from the city above, have another identity - Zhou Yue's parents."
Chen Wenxi sighed softly: "Their identity is no longer a secret. That's why I often come to take care of business, don't you also come here often? Is it just to inquire about Zhou Yue's information?"
"I..." Song Yu was speechless, pursed her lips and then said: "Teacher Chen, do you really think I can't feel it? Since two and a half years ago, this city in the sky has begun to change."
Chen Wenxi tilted her head slightly: "Oh? What change?"
Song Yuxin calmed down and breathed: "It feels like...many people are changing. But it seems like they haven't changed..."
Chen Wenxi shook her head slightly and patted Song Yuxin on the shoulder: "You are too tired. You must have a lot to worry about when you have just taken office. Go back and have a good sleep. I will leave first. The taste of desserts will deteriorate if they are left for a long time."
Under the street lights, Chen Wenxi continued to walk forward, feeling that Song Yuxin behind her did not follow her, so she moved her eyes to the east side of the street.
In the newsstand on the east side, the middle-aged boss's eyes flashed, the projected magazine he held in his hand was suspended in the air, and he exchanged glances with Chen Wenxi.
At the open-air round table of the cafe on the west side, the young woman took a sip of coffee, handed the paper cup to Chen Wenxi without leaving any trace, and then continued to play with her mobile phone.
In a residential building diagonally across from the dessert shop, a young man who was collecting clothes on the balcony rubbed his feet against the lazy hell dog crawling beside him and nodded to Chen Wenxi.
"The senses are really sharp. No wonder he can take over as King of Hell. However, the number of people who have 'changed' in this city in the sky is far beyond your imagination."
Chen Wenxi murmured in a low voice.
When she reached the corner of the alley, a "ding" sound came from her spiritual world.
‘You and your companions have received a new training mission. In three minutes, you will be transported to the destination [The Infinite City]. Please be prepared...'
Joy appeared on Chen Wenxi's face.
"No need to prepare, start transmitting."
After saying that, she walked into the dark alley.
In mid-air, a circle of light floated, swallowing Chen Wenxi from top to bottom.
The sound of rapid footsteps came.
When Song Yuxin chased him to the alley, there was no one in the darkness, and he couldn't even sense his breath.
…
Wow! Wow!
Under the night, huge waves hit the rocks, one wave higher than the other, just like the fierce and unparalleled sword power of a mantis with sword skills.
Under Chen Wenxi's control, half an hour later, the Sword Skill Wind Mantis finally killed the level 18 shadow creature - the frost giant crab monster with six iron pincers.
One man and one mantis collapsed on the beach exhausted.
"Xiaohuo, you are so powerful, and that last stab was simply unparalleled. So, you should be upgraded soon this time, right?"
Chen Wenxi gently touched her partner who had taken the initiative to become a regular employee half a year ago, and smiled.
Around the beach, there were faint sounds of fierce fighting, one after another, and there were at least two to three hundred people.
Chen Wenxi knew that other members of the organization were sent here to perform training tasks.
For them, there are two spiritual battles.
One was a battle in Dark Winter arranged by the Spirit Control Association on the surface, with the purpose of protecting the homeland.
The other one was a training mission that only "one of our own" knew about and was arranged by the commander-in-chief and sent to thousands of miles away from the federation.
The purpose is to make them and their spiritual pet partners stronger in a short period of time.
Take herself as an example. In just two and a half years, she has broken through to the sixth level. Xiaohuo has been upgraded four levels in a row, breaking through to level 17. Facing level 18 shadow creatures and sub-monsters, she has also reached level 17.
Has a very high winning rate.
This kind of training battle is carried out in different batches every night. In each batch, two to three hundred people will be sent here at the same time, either for individual training or team training.
Even Chen Wenxi is not sure how many "own people" there are in Canghai Academy, or even in the entire Mid-Continent region.
Familiar footsteps scraping against the gravel, accompanied by warm laughter, sounded from behind.
"Yes, Xiao Huo has become stronger again. After a while, maybe I can compete with my lazy swordsman Wind Mantis for a few moves."