The city lord didn't know what to say for a while. The identity of the other party was a mystery, but he attacked Mu Yu and others. Now he didn't know what attitude to use to face him.
"My name is Qingxuan." The man's face was covered by a mask, and there was no trace of happiness or anger. Several trap dragonflies flew out of his sleeves, circling around him. "Take one and distribute the rest to this time to suppress the demons."
The special personnel of the clan believers, and also ask the Dragon clan prince to come to see me, I have something to give him."
He was not used to treating himself as a prince, it was nothing more than an identity. The human race had very strict etiquette requirements, but the demon race did not.
"Yes...then I'll leave this place to you!"
The city lord did not have the slightest doubt about Qingxuan's deployment. He obviously knew the water of the moat very well. Otherwise, the strategy of digging a deep trap to connect the river and then letting the puppets ambush and kill the enemy would have to be done by someone who knew it well.
The blood gas turns into water and corrodes the body, causing the victim to become confused in an instant. In a small space, when the body is sluggish, combined with the puppet's assassination, the enemy can be killed with maximum efficiency.
After the city lord left, his strategists immediately rushed to the city. Qingxuan silently pressed the switch on the side of the mask, and a light blue lens composed of inscriptions appeared in front of his eyes.
"Has the total remaining amount of medicine, weapons and food been investigated?"
Qingxuan's pupils shrank slightly, his field of vision widened, and the number of enemies scanned through the lenses had reached ten thousand.
And they are basically demon clans who have cultivated for more than two hundred years!
As expected, only a long-term battle to defend the city is the best option. Currently, the number of people capable of fighting in the Blood City is only about 500. Women, children, old and young are not considered. At most, they are only for logistical support.
"If the war consumes it, all the supplies in the city lord's mansion can last for about five days."
The strategist was also a man of understanding. It was not like he didn't see the enemy on the opposite side, and he didn't report the expected consumption under normal circumstances at all.
"Five days...if I let the light vehicle puppet deliver the message..."
At present, even Qingxuan has not developed a device that can transmit messages over long distances in an environment like the ancient battlefield.
The technology is very difficult, and the blood in the ancient battlefield can shield most of the energy fluctuations, so even if it is developed, it cannot be used here.
"I'm afraid this won't work!" The strategist also had a headache. "The Lord of the City just informed us that the communication may have been cut off by someone with intentions!"
"..." Qingxuan didn't react at all, "Hold on for four days. If we can't wait for the opportunity by then, let all the residents evacuate to the inside of the blood city wall and those people break through the city gate, I will detonate all the puppets and forcibly
Blast through the underground river to minimize casualties."
When the strategist heard his decision, he was a little frightened——
There is indeed a place for people to rest inside the walls of the Blood City, but this is an undisclosed secret of the city lord's palace, and it is also an emergency evacuation facility in the Blood City.
The blood energy of the underground river erodes the land. Except for the forging room, there are no officially recorded cellars underground in the Blood City. Of course, those demon believers may also take advantage of this -
But the underground river was diverted, and the city wall acted as a barrier to prevent the river water from flowing out. The century-old city ceased to exist after the explosion!
Seeing that the strategist was hesitant, Qingxuan didn't know if he was explaining--
"Life is the most effective resource. I will not give priority to other losses."
The strategist's frown slightly eased after Qingxuan's emotionless explanation:
"That's all, I wasn't farsighted enough. I didn't expect that the Lord would study puppets all day long, but he would also be so compassionate. But how did you know the mystery inside the city wall?"
"The architectural structure of your city wall is different from the general solid structure, as well as the order and orientation of the arrangement. It is obviously to maximize the area of the city wall. It is not reasonable at all from the perspective of defensive practicality. If it is to increase storage space, it is
make sense."
The corner of the strategist's mouth twitched - in fact, ordinary people can see these things, but they can't make such inferences as he did.
It is indeed not easy to be adopted as an adopted son by the Qingming God Emperor and to be the regent prince at the same time!
With his fingertips twitching, Qingxuan casually sketched out a few inscriptions, which condensed into fireflies. After they dispersed and disappeared, they turned into a flat distribution map of the battlefield.
"You have a good understanding of the geographical environment near Blood City. Come here and be responsible for the command and dispatch of the puppets, and coordinate with the terrain to kill the enemy with maximum efficiency."
After saying this, he turned around and left. The strategist immediately walked to the three-dimensional diagram. Before leaving, Qingxuan gave another warning.
"The blue light spot is the puppet, the red spot is the enemy, the size of the light spot represents the strength, and the different shapes of the blue light spot represent the function of the puppet," and worried that the man could not understand, he threw out a roll of temporary inscriptions written on
Instruction manual, "The detailed analysis and explanations are all above. You can rest assured about the strength of the puppets. Those monsters will most likely not be destroyed immediately if they don't focus on fire."
"Thank you for your help, sir. Can you tell me where you are going?"
"Find someone, explain some things, and then go to war."
The dragonfly mechanism has been distributed to four people. The city lord who wore the dragonfly earlier also marveled at the exquisiteness of this device.
"You can actually realize simultaneous sound transmission. Master Qingxuan's mechanism skills are truly superb!"
Mu Yin wears a dragonfly and implants it into the skin of his arm. At the same time, he can adjust the vision of the other four people's positions at will. The sound transmission is also extremely convenient, and he can also exclaim.
"It's so convenient! I'll ask him for some next time I go to war!"
Long Ran fixed the dragonfly on his wrist, and the feeling of the fine wire inserted into the flesh could not offset the strange enjoyment it brought.
"There should be a distance limit, let's not go too far."
His tone was very affirmative. If there was no distance limit for this thing, the mechatronic master would have taken it out long ago!
"Where is the enemy's identity?" Genzhi put the dragonfly on his shoulder. The flashing thunder light could be seen vaguely on the wrist guard, and the fist also condensed two pairs of tiger fingers under the amplification of the wrist guard. "The demon believers are now
The seal hasn't been opened yet, so it stands to reason that it won't be a demon that has crossed the gap."
"They are mercenaries, about ten thousand of them," the city lord's tone suddenly became serious. "On weekdays, our Blood City welcomes mercenaries from all over the place without hesitation, and even provides a lot of conveniences. At this time, they are actually fighting against each other, which is chilling!"
"If you don't get any benefits, you won't start early. If you give me big benefits, how can those mercenaries remember the kindness you gave them?"
Mu Yin blew a whistle and flew onto his mount, the flames of the unicorn spear blazing and flowing out gorgeous lines of fire in the air.
The red-haired woman smiled freely and jerked the reins——
"It doesn't matter what mercenary demons they are, just kill whoever comes! In my entire life as a soldier, I have never been afraid of anyone!"
The ferocious beast beneath him suddenly raised its hooves and ran away with Mu Yin, riding Juechen, leaving everyone behind.
Mu Ji looked at the trap dragonfly in his hand and didn't speak for a long time. Gen Zhi and Long Ran didn't leave with Mu Yin immediately.
There was a sad and bitter smile on her lips. The mechanical dragonfly was very exquisite, just like the handmade dragonfly that her brother made for her when she was still in Qiandan.
Not only are they similar, they are carved from the same mold!
"Are you... feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Genzhi was a little worried. She had been in a bad state since last night. "Do you want me to ask your brother to come over and take a look?"
After learning that the war was about to start, Bai Yu asked himself and some soldiers to take the women and children to take refuge, and he was far away from them now.
"No, I'm fine, I'm just thinking about some past things."
Mu Ji worked hard, and the three of them knew what she might be thinking, but they didn't want to say anything more.
She summoned the Thousand Forging Hammer and sprinted towards the city gate very fast. The bird of prey also followed, and the city lord said to keep Long Ran away——
"Your Highness Long Ran, Master Qingxuan told me before I left, please stay for a while, he has something to give to you."
"What is it?" He was about to take a step forward, but he paused when he heard the city lord's words, "Can't you pass it on?"
The city lord could clearly feel his displeasure with Qingxuan and didn't know what to do.
"No, it's up to you whether you want to accept this thing or not. What's more, the matter is of great importance. If it is not handled properly, the alliance relationship between Feilong and Qingming will also be affected."
"Oh? What do you want to give me?" Long Ran had an indescribable ominous premonition in his heart. The city lord left consciously. Qingxuan walked up to him, his pupils under the light blue lenses radiating extremely curious light.
.
"As expected, I thought it was a bit strange before. I didn't expect that it was actually a dragon tribe that was born infected with demonic energy. Other demon tribes are fine, but it is the black dragon..."
Without saying a word, Long Ran directly pressed the sharp side of the Dragon Blood Sword against Qing Xuan's neck.
"What do you want to do?"
He didn't want to delve into how Qingxuan knew, but the person who knew about it had to be someone he could trust, and the Regent Qingming was not one of them!
"The poison of Shenyan's 杼杌 can infect the blood. This...did you know?" Qingxuan sat calmly, but the three-legged crow on his shoulder had already launched an attack posture by default, "Land, crops, water sources
All resources exposed to the outside world like Shenyan are contaminated with a small amount of nectar toxin. The final result of long-term contamination and ingestion will be petrification and turning into humanoid stone sculptures."
"I've heard about this. What does this have to do with my affairs?"
The sword blade slowly drew a blood mark on his throat, and the feathers of the three-legged crow turned into needles and floated out. The tip was pointed at Long Ran, ready to launch at any time.
"The flames held by the Divine Flame Royal Family have a purifying effect on the demonic energy in your body, as well as toxins. And I was appointed by my father not long ago to conduct in-vivo research on the Divine Flame. I have long suspected the nature of the demonic energy in your body.
It's just a coincidence that I might not be able to detect it during its heyday."
It was a coincidence that Long Ran's demonic energy lost control not long ago, otherwise he wouldn't have caught the clue.
The transparent mirror he is using now covers his field of view and can analyze and see the energy properties inside the object. Even though there is not much demonic energy left in Long Ran's body, he can still see a little.
"I don't want to threaten you, and I won't tell you about it. It's just related to what I want to give you."
Anyway, after explaining the purpose of the device, Long Ran knew that he was an insider.
Qingxuan raised his hand, and in the palm of his open hand was a black and white half crystal ring.
"This thing can replace the capacity of the demonic energy in your body, and it can last for half an hour." Qingxuan saw that Long Ran was calm and continued, "You know better how many times the combat power can be increased when the demonic energy in the body is full. When facing the enemy,
With an army of ten thousand, our side is absolutely at a disadvantage, so I think you need to accept it."
Long Ran still held up his sword and didn't reach out to pick it up.
Seeing this, Qingxuan raised his hand again——
"The march of mercenaries means that there are forces behind the scenes. Now that communications and supplies have been cut off, you should also understand that you have already tried your best to deal with tens of thousands of mercenaries, and you must save your killing moves."
When the demonic energy raged, his strength indeed increased a lot, but it was said that there was no price, but he didn't believe it!
"What about the side effects?"
"The irreversible black dragon transformation means that part of the blood in your body will be completely transformed into the blood of the black dragon, which cannot be purified or repaired by any means."
Long Ran seemed to be relieved——
"Will my sanity be affected?"
"No," Qingxuan was surprised. Logically speaking, this side effect should be unbearable, "Aren't you afraid of bloodline contamination? This will have an impact on future generations."
"It doesn't matter. The person I seek to marry in this life will not care about my status or my bloodline. No matter what the offspring I have with her, I will protect her and she will never leave her."