It doesn't matter what the lord is.

After all, there were not only Lingwu present, but also people from many other territories.

The first place in the free hunt can be covered up by rumors like "this person must have secretly bought the spoils from people in other territories". Even if it can't be covered up, others will only think that the Lingwu Lord has some secret deal with him, such as "because he can't stand the Ceylon Territory, he supports a loser to step on the face of the Ceylon Prince". No one really thinks that Lid is capable of killing so many giants.

But if the trump card is revealed in this situation, Yuxi City will be the focus of all parties after heading north. By then, let alone whether the current Anbu organization can keep the secrets of the northern industrial base from being leaked, the assassins who come every now and then will annoy Lid to death.

Not all assassins are cute and adorable little Shiloh.

In the devastating battle, Reed strolled leisurely near the sandworm mother body with no intention of getting closer. Even when the war spirit raised his axe to chop at the sandworm's left eye, Reed wisely slipped away several thousand meters away.

This axe represents the full strength of Zhan Mei.

There was a loud explosion in the sky, and the blood mist quickly spread out, turning into a bloody storm. Perhaps because of the large number of nerves in the eyes, the sandworm did not delay at all this time, and its entire body began to shake violently in an instant. The body hidden underground quickly drilled out, and in a blink of an eye, the part exposed outside was more than a thousand meters long.

The fragile ground completely turned into a swamp-like environment. Several human masters fell and were swallowed up silently in an instant, without even a trace of breath. Alayya gave up controlling the Scarlet Fire and let it return to the scabbard naturally. Her two hands tightly grasped the gap between the shells on the back of the sandworm, and her whole body swayed left and right with the swing of the sandworm.

She closed her eyes tightly, her frozen hands had lost feeling and began to go numb, her internal organs ached, and after a moment she spat a mouthful of blood onto the sandworm's back. Her hands gradually lost their grip on the sandworm's shell, and she was eventually thrown into the air.

Alayya opened her eyes and saw a gray sky. She seemed to stay in the air for a short moment and then began to slowly fall.

At the critical moment, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist. Shiloh bit a dagger in his mouth, grabbed the gap on the back of the sandworm with his left hand, and pulled Alayya with his right hand. His small body had a strength that was completely inconsistent with his age and appearance, and he pulled Alayya back from the brink of death.

Of course, if it weren't for Shiloh, Alaya wouldn't have fallen into the quicksand, and Lid would have caught her before that. But that meant that Alaya and Shiloh would have to end this trial, and that also meant that Lid would be at risk of exposing his strength.

The red light in the sky changed from two places to one place. The mother sandworm shook its head violently, and the war spirit, who was already having difficulty maintaining balance, slid down directly from it.

However, Zhan Mei seemed to have considered this situation a long time ago. After falling about twenty or thirty meters, he found the right opportunity to chop one of his limbs with an axe, and then swung in the air holding the axe handle. Although it looked very thrilling, it avoided the fate of falling into the quicksand and dying without a burial place.

After the mother sandworm calmed down a little, Zhan Mei took a huge risk and approached it again.

Zhan Gui punched through a fragile shell of the sandworm without even looking at Zhan Mei, as if the person who was going through life and death on it was a stranger who had nothing to do with him. He just unswervingly did what he thought was right, smashing the shell of the sandworm and then directly severing the nerves and blood vessels inside.

Reed gradually understood what they were going to do.

Currently, no human expert can destroy all the important organs of the sandworm in one go, and War Ghost and War Charm are obviously aware of this. What they want to do is to divert the sandworm's attention with the most direct pain, and then gradually destroy its nerves, blood vessels and organs in the process, so that when it comes to its senses, it will be hopelessly paralyzed.

It was impossible to expect the masters of other territories to understand the essence of the battle in such a short time. The people of Lingwu planned to undertake the most important battle plan themselves. The war spirit would completely destroy the two eyes of the mother sandworm. After that, the sandworm would have only two choices: one was to dive underground in extreme pain, and the other was to completely drill out of the ground and make a big fuss. In these two situations, the former was equivalent to declaring victory in the battle, while the latter was a necessary condition for killing the sandworm.

Zhan Mei raised the axe in her hand high, and blood kept flowing down her broken forehead.

This axe didn't break the sandworm's other eye like last time, but it still caused considerable pain to the sandworm. The sandworm's body began to shake further, and more than one-third of the human masters had been killed.

Zhan Mei grabbed a tentacle on the sandworm's head, and the whole person was like a kite in a storm. Zhan Gui continued to cut off the nerves and blood vessels of the sandworm, and the expression on his face was no different from usual.

Zhan Mei gasped for air, the cold air seeping into her lungs, her chest aching again and again, her throat felt like it was cut by a blade. The hand holding the axe was covered in blood, and after the sandworm settled down a little, she raised the axe that was as tall as her again, and chopped it down with all her remaining strength.

There was another explosion in the sky.

The sandworm let out a painful roar, and the sound wave directly knocked many human masters who were close to it away. The closest Zhan Mei was bleeding from all seven orifices, and she staggered on the sandworm's head like she was drunk. The axe slipped from her hand and fell into the abyss from a high altitude; Zhan Mei's limbs tightly hugged a tentacle on the sandworm's head, and her breath began to slowly weaken.

The War Ghost finally raised his head and took a brief glance at the sky, but quickly closed his eyes and smashed the shell on the back of the sandworm with one punch, his fist covered with transparent blood.

He could have climbed up to save his sister right now, but he didn't. The sandworm had now completely drilled out of the ground, and all its attention was focused on the destroyed eye. This was the best time to destroy its nervous and circulatory systems. This matter was above everything else, naturally above his sister.

A cold will can overcome the affection in his heart.

It is for this reason that he is the great general of Lingwu Yuewei.

64. Corner Guardian

When Zhan Mei was very young, he showed extraordinary curiosity about all the new things in the world.

Because her elder brother Zhan Gui had served in the military long ago, Zhan Mei also received attention from the Lingwu upper echelons very early on. After realizing that Zhan Mei had a high talent, the Lingwu Lord, who was only a half-grown loli at the time, specially approved her to enter the highest-level library in Lingwu, the "Northern Border Library", to learn all kinds of knowledge.

Zhan Mei stayed there for five years.

During these five years, she had almost never left the place, and Zhan Gui had never visited her sister. Apart from the old servant who brought her meals every day, Zhan Mei was the only lonely figure in the deep courtyard. Five years later, the contents of the library could no longer satisfy Zhan Mei's thirst for knowledge, so she came out of the library and returned to the outside world she had been away from for a long time.

That year, Zhan Gui had just taken office as the Deputy General of Yuewei, and was also the youngest deputy general in the history of Lingwu Territory.

The general of the Moon Guard at that time was the 47-year-old Long Tianzhu, a seemingly very kind man. After learning that Zhan Mei was very interested in the giants, he personally tested Zhan Mei's knowledge and found that she had a thorough understanding of the giants, so he specially allowed her to stay in the army with her brother.

At that time, the power transition of Lingwu Yuewei had already had a direction. Zhan Gui would take over from Long Tianzhu, and Zhan Mei would inherit his brother's position. This seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

However, what no one expected was that Long Tianzhu left earlier than expected. During one of his trips north, he chose to stay behind to cover the retreat of the new recruits. He died of exhaustion after launching twelve charges against the giant army. The Red Copper Giant, the commander of the giants who presided over the battle, ordered his men to cut off Long Tianzhu's limbs, and rolled his torso and head into a ball and threw it back to Lingwu like a ball.

That year, Zhan Gui was just a taciturn young man, and Zhan Mei was an unknown girl.

Even so, after Lord Lingwu buried Long Tianzhu, he still appointed the brother and sister to corresponding positions.

Zhan Gui went through life and death several times and gradually established his prestige. But Zhan Mei's biggest problem was exposed - she didn't take human life seriously at all, didn't regard the sacrifice of the army as an important matter at all, and invested many lives just to understand and confirm some things, and she didn't feel any guilt for it.

The top leaders of the Moon Guards privately said that Zhan Mei should go to the Hidden Guards. Assassins do not need to care about human lives, but as a general, if she does not treat her soldiers as human beings, how can she expect them to work for her?

At this time, it was Lord Lingwu who came up with a solution.

She called Zhan Mei to a room, which was pitch black with only candles lit in the four corners. At first, Zhan Gui was the only one in the room, standing there indifferently. Not long after, two soldiers escorted a human prisoner in from outside and forced the tied-up man to kneel on the ground.

Then, let him tell his story.

These were prisoners borrowed from the Japanese guards, most likely captured in conflicts with other territories. The man looked dazed at first, but after the soldier promised to let him go if he spoke well, he immediately spoke in a flurry of words:

"My name is Chenghua, I'm 32 years old this year... I'm an ordinary person with an inconspicuous small family. My wife and I have known each other for 20 years and grew up together as childhood sweethearts. When I was in the army, she was already three months pregnant. I pressed my lips against her belly and listened for a long time, but I didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl. The priest at the entrance of the village said it would be a boy, but I thought it would be better to have a girl, so that she wouldn't have to run around like me in the future, with her life not in her own hands..."

"She will give birth in two months. I have told her many times not to wait for me at the village entrance every day, but her family sent me a letter saying that she is looking forward to my return every day. Please be kind. I don't want her to wait for someone who can't come back. I don't want her to call my name when she is in the most pain, but I am not by her side. She is afraid of pain. If no one holds her hand, she will definitely not be able to bear the pain of childbirth..."

The man in his thirties knelt on the ground, crying and kowtowing repeatedly.

The War Ghost asked his sister:

"Sad?"

Zhan Mei shook her head.

The war ghost raised his knife and slashed, the man's head rolled to the ground, and blood splattered on the wall of the room.

Zhan Mei’s eyes suddenly widened.

The War Ghost said calmly:

"next."

The man who came this time was a rough guy. He said he had nothing to be afraid of, but his old father at home was in poor health and he didn't know if his father could hold on while he was away. He asked Zhan Gui to allow him to write a letter to tell his father that he was doing well away and not to worry his father.

This time, Zhan Gui did not ask Zhan Mei what he thought. After he finished speaking, he calmly chopped off his head.

The third person to enter was a female assassin from the secret service of a certain territory, who looked just over 30 years old. At first, she tried to plead with Zhan Gui, promising to repay him with her body. After being rejected, she smiled sadly, looking at the bloodstains in the room. Knowing her own fate, she kowtowed deeply to Zhan Mei, asking him to leave her a whole body.

The war ghost neither refused nor agreed. He drew his sword indifferently and blood splattered three feet away.

His knife is swift and causes no pain.

After killing dozens of people in a row, Zhan Mei sat there blankly. Tears suddenly began to fall from her eyes, and she then covered her face and burst into tears.

The War Ghost put away his knife and said to her:

"Whoever is asked to die must die. This is discipline. Knowing that you will die means you must keep moving forward. This is honor. Once you die, you can never come back. Your story with countless people ends here. This is human life. The army of Lingwu must follow discipline and honor, but the generals of Lingwu must see the countless lives behind this."

After that, every time she talked about the word "life", Zhan Mei would stop smiling and become very serious. This kind of pressure has been with her for many years. Although the simple and crude method has left a deep memory in her soul, it also makes her bear huge pressure every time she gives an order.

In the years that followed, she dreamed countless times of those who died in front of her. She dreamed of the pregnant woman who died in childbirth, the seriously ill father who died of depression, and the headless body of the assassin who staggered towards her with his cold hands covered in sticky blood.

Zhan Mei has never told anyone about these things. She always has a sunny smile in front of others, but in fact, Zhan Mei has felt herself in deep fatigue many times over the years. Since she can show such a warm smile, her heart must not be as cold as Zhan Gui's, and she is not yet able to control her emotions as freely as her brother.

This is also the reason why she has been known for her stability ever since.

Zhan Mei, who was holding the sandworm's tentacles, gradually couldn't hold on any longer. The insect's chirping should have shattered some of her organs, but now Zhan Mei didn't know which parts were broken.

The huge sandworm crawled quickly on the ground, swinging its body constantly.

In everyone's eyes, Zhan Mei's body was thrown high into the air and then fell from the sky.

She was no different from the other fallen human masters, she just fell down peacefully and would soon die.

Is your short life worth it? Have you gotten what you wanted? Have you become the person you wanted to be when you were young?

Zhan Mei closed her eyes and her body continued to fall.

The wind was so loud that it blew away the answer.

I should be satisfied, but it's a pity that I'm not as strong as I imagined. I thought I could see a wider world, see more strange things, and marvel at more unknown things.

There are still regrets after all.

But even though he knew there would be regrets, he still took on his responsibilities without hesitation. This is the deputy general of Yuewei!

At that moment, Zhan Mei suddenly heard a shout from below:

"Hey - open your eyes, I'll catch you!!"

It was a familiar voice. Zhan Mei spent some effort to understand that it was the voice of the boy she had just met.

Then, the body was suddenly hugged.

The cold wind was instantly isolated outside, and the downward momentum slowly stopped.

Who saved me?

Having escaped from the clutches of death, he had the opportunity to make up for the many regrets in his life.

Thinking about how she had known Lid for a short time and how she was even sent to be with him under surveillance, Zhan Mei felt her eyes suddenly become moist. After experiencing this catastrophe of life and death, her past life passed by like a revolving lantern. Zhan Mei suddenly felt that perhaps the most suitable position for her might not be the Vice General of the Moon Guard. If she could retire alive in the future and become a pure explorer or researcher, it would not be bad either.

With a light sigh, Zhan Mei placed her hand on her soft chest, calmed the emotion in her heart, and opened her eyes with all her strength.

What we saw was the almost perfect profile of Lord Lingwu.

Zhan Mei was stunned there, and the blood on her body stained the red clothes of the Lingwu Lord. She blinked her eyes to make sure that she was not mistaken. The unkind Lingwu Lord was hugging her now, with his long black hair scattered behind her, and all the snowflakes retreated. The boy's voice just now began to become unclear, and she didn't know if she heard it wrong.

Maybe I heard it wrong. It is such a great honor for me that the Lord can come to save me.

Love it!

On the ground, Reed, with his arms outstretched, also stood there in a daze.

He looked up at the Lingwu Lord who suddenly appeared there. Coincidentally, the Lingwu Lord who was holding Zhan Mei also looked in his direction.

It was hard for Lid to describe that look, but he felt like he had seen it somewhere. After thinking for a while, Lid suddenly realized that when Liushi first brought Amo to live in the city lord's mansion, he planned to take Amo out to play once, and Liushi looked at him with that kind of eyes. It was that kind of -

Beware of fire, theft and Lid's eyes!

65. The Queen of Lingwu

The Lingwu Lord held Zhan Mei in one hand and slowly raised the other hand.

In her palm, the red-gold flame condensed into a slender and bright sword out of thin air, extending to the distant sky.

A clear shout rang out between heaven and earth:

"Back off!"

The giant worms could not understand human language, so they naturally had no reaction, but the human masters knew what this sentence meant. The Moon Guard members, including War Ghost, were the first to evacuate from the sandworms, and the masters from other territories also retreated after seeing this.

Who would be willing to fight such a huge creature? Although I don't know what Lingwu Lord is going to do, the sooner you get away from the violent sandworm, the greater your chance of survival.

The Lingwu Lord calmly swung down the sword in his hand, and a red line quietly fell between heaven and earth, as if to split everything in the world in two. The line of fire pierced through the giant insect's body like a knife cutting tofu, leaving a dark red mark in the middle of the sandworm's body. The world seemed to be quiet for a moment, and even the giant insect's body stopped for a moment.

The next moment, insects began to chirp, and the giant sandworm began to struggle even more fiercely. During the struggle, the huge body slowly split in the middle, breaking into two sections. Countless waterfalls of transparent blood gushed out from the broken part, and large streams of mucus fell to the ground, solidifying the dust-like soil into moist soil again.

The giant worm was still struggling because its nerves were not dead. The land within hundreds of miles was shaking, and the land around the sandworm collapsed directly. It seemed to have suddenly smelled the scent of the Lingwu Lord. The broken half of its body stood up and faced the direction of the Lingwu Lord. One of its tentacles kept probing the surroundings, and its huge mouth opened and closed. Suddenly, it rushed towards the Lingwu Lord like crazy.

Lingwu leader didn't move at all, but just looked down at it with a look that was almost pity.

Before the sandworm could pounce on the Lingwu Lord, flames suddenly started from the broken part of its trunk.

It spread to the whole body of the sandworm in an instant.

The two halves of the body were caught in the blaze. The flames were only a cluster at first, but they became extremely fierce in an instant. It was as if the transparent liquid flowing out of the sandworm's body was not blood, but a constant stream of gasoline.

That flame was not a normal fire, but a pale golden flame. For a moment, Lid felt that the [Black Flame Armor] in his pocket seemed to be responding to something, and it also emitted unusual heat.

The fire was so fierce that it burned through the sand and soil beneath the giant insect, and the remaining ice and snow were instantly evaporated. The cold Weeping Night Plain suddenly felt like midsummer. Lid was wearing thick clothes, but he felt sweat all over his body.

After realizing that it couldn't put out the flames by thrashing and rolling, the sandworm instinctively drilled into the ground. But the flames didn't go out even when it reached the ground. Instead, they melted all the rocks and gravel underground, forming a dark red mucus similar to magma that wrapped around its body.

The scorching sensation turned into a painful feeling of stuffiness and suffocation. The sandworm couldn't help but finally drilled out of the ground. Its huge body rushed around again, but it was obviously at the end of its strength and became increasingly sluggish.

It is said that a centipede will not fall even if it is broken and will not be stiff even if it is dead, but under the scorching heat of such a big fire, the huge weeping night sandworm gradually lost its vitality.

The flames gradually died down, and the temperature of the Weeping Night Plain began to slowly drop.

The cold wind blew, and there was silence in heaven and on earth.

The sandworms that had just swept across the Weeping Night Plain turned into black charcoal, and the air was filled with the smell of burning. The surviving human masters breathed a sigh of relief, but their faces were full of disbelief, and they looked at the Lingwu Lord with deep suspicion and fear. This was the first time that the Lingwu Lord had made a move publicly, which also proved that the rumors about her were not false.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky.