It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"Yeah, who knows which direction they ran to?"

One of the black-robed officers stepped forward and broke Anke's arm, trying to make him speak with pain, but it didn't work. Finally, the black-robed officer in charge waved his hand and ordered:

"The war is intense, and we can't spare too many people. Yue Qi saw this point and deliberately reported the Immaculate Tree, wanting to lead us to search there and buy time for Xing San and Xing Jiu to escape. From this point of view, Xing San and Xing Jiu are simply fleeing to the north and south. The human territory is mainly in the north, so they are mostly fleeing to the north. Send people to chase them!"

Anke's vision was already blurry.

He didn't know when he would die, but he thought that he would be alive until the "extreme punishment" came. The extreme punishment would be more painful than death... but it didn't matter.

When he heard the black-robed officer's conclusion of "fleeing north", a smile finally appeared on his tired face. However, this smile did not last long, and a steady voice sounded in the distance:

"Not urgent."

The whole world suddenly became quiet.

Anke only felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. But he didn't need to think, the black-robed officer had already called out the other person's name:

"Mr. Ying. How come...?"

Anke felt his heart tremble and his breathing became a little rapid. The leader of all the black-robed men, Ying, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with Changye, 44, and Mr. Tingchao. Mr. Ying walked over calmly, looked at Anke who was lying on the ground, and said:

"The situation is unclear right now, and Yue Qi may be lying. In any case, the Immaculate Tree is where the Supreme God ascended to heaven, and there can be no room for error. You must immediately mobilize all your forces, half to go to the Immaculate Tree, and the other half to search northwards."

The black-robed officer lowered his head and said respectfully:

"But if the situation on the front line goes badly, I'm afraid we won't be able to provide immediate support..." Mr. Ying said calmly:

"The front line is safe. The invaders don't know that we have our people among their troops. No matter how fierce their attack is,

The situation is under our control.

We are not needed yet. Go ahead and gather all your forces to search. Yueqi's words are not trustworthy. The only things you can trust are the bodies of Xingsan and Xingjiu. If you can't find the bodies, they could be anywhere."

"Our people? When..."

"This is not something you should ask, just do what you should do."

Mr. Ying's voice was gentle, but it carried an irrefutable force.

The black-robed officer agreed, and Anke was still thinking about countermeasures, but he soon found that he could do nothing. Speaking out to defend himself at this time would only lead the situation to a worse direction.

All the black-robed men went out, leaving Anke behind. Anke felt his consciousness gradually blurring, but before he closed his eyes, he suddenly saw a little girl flash by behind a dead tree in the distance, running to the west.

Because all the black-robed people were heading east and north, no one noticed her. Anke remembered that he had just seen that child not long ago.

Mr. Tingchao's daughter, the flower-watching girl.

The little guy ran very fast all the way westward, towards the direction of the invaders.

34. Confinement

The flower-watching girl headed westward, her short legs clattering as she ran across the desolate land.

Logically speaking, when Anke was accused of being an accomplice of Lide and Xingjiu, the girl who came to investigate the scene and caused trouble should also be interrogated. However, in fact, no one dared to do so. After all, she was the daughter of Mr. Tingchao. Even if those black-robed officers wanted to arrest her immediately, they could only let her go temporarily without sufficient evidence.

The flower girl is very clear about this.

Her father was one of the heroes of the "Awakening Day" incident, and she chose to refuse Merlin and Xiao Hei when they faced each other. To be fair, as long as they didn't cause any big trouble, she and her father could have gone through this journey smoothly. Even if she was a little "willful", no one would blame her.

Everyone knows that Mr. Tingchao had already reached the tenth level before his awakening day, and he is one of the three oldest swordsmen in Yongtian Kingdom.

Qingyun, Garberd, and Mr. Tingchao, the three of them symbolize an era, an era of flourishing swordsmanship. The inheritance of Qingyun and Garberd can finally be attributed to three people: Alayya, Yu Qingzhao, and Jinyiwei Commander Xige. Except for Lingwu Lord Yu Qingzhao, no one else has played a dominant performance.

Sig, who forced himself to reach the tenth level, was accused of being a poor imitation of his predecessors.

The new era has not yet arrived, but the ship of the old era is already riddled with holes.

Of the long-famous swordsmen, only the most ordinary and mysterious Mr. Tingchao is left.

He did not stick to his human identity like Qingyun and Garberd. When the awakening day came, he was in the center of the vortex and inevitably accepted blood souls from all directions.

From this perspective, this also makes his strength even more unfathomable. Now no one can clearly estimate the height of his swordsmanship, but everyone knows that perhaps he is the closest to the God. After accepting those blood souls, his appearance and personality have not changed at all, which is also a symbol of his strength.

With such a father, Miss Kanhua has always had a transcendent status in Xiqin.

She did whatever she wanted and went wherever she wanted, and no one dared to stop her. However, this time, something seemed different.

The girl who was running like the wind suddenly stopped because there was a person who was much taller than her standing in front of her. The girl recognized this person, and everyone called him Mr. Shadow.

Mr. Ying stood in front of the girl who was looking at the flowers and said gently: "You shouldn't go this way."

This sentence seemed to have a deep meaning, but the flower-watching girl blinked her big eyes and looked like she didn't understand: "Can't we go play over there?"

Mr. Ying's tone was still gentle, but he had no intention of giving in: "No, because there is a war over there, it's very dangerous."

The girl watching the flowers clapped her hands and said with a smile:

"War! I love watching wars the most! I've been bored lately, and my dad hasn't come back yet, so how about Mr. Ying take me to the front line to watch the war?"

Mr. Ying did not answer. He looked at the little girl quietly, as if trying to judge whether her eyes were sincere enough. He came over, squatted in front of her, gently patted her thin shoulders, and said to her:

"obedient."

The flower-watching girl looked at Mr. Ying and did not answer for a long time.

Mr. Ying saw her put away the smile on her face, so he changed his tone and said in a serious tone:

"You should know that some of the things you did have crossed the line. I heard that you lost your temper at the scene of the interrogation a few days ago, which caused the people below to fail to find the culprit who had infiltrated us. Was it an unintentional act, or was it intentional?"

The flower-watching girl asked softly:

"Are you doubting me, Mr. Ying?"

Mr. Ying shook his head and stood up, seemingly unwilling to explain more about this issue. He just said:

"Mr. Tingchao had made great contributions before the Awakening Day, and most people would not doubt you. Although I have some memories about you, I don't want to interfere. What you are going to do now is completely different from what I want to do, so I could have turned a blind eye to you...

Mr. Ying spoke in a strange way. He seemed more like he was talking to himself than to the flower-watching girl.

The flower girl looked at Mr. Ying. For some reason, when Mr. Ying said, "Although I have some memories about you,"

She also felt a sense of

Mr. Ying's body was completely wrapped in bandages, so the girl felt that she must have seen Mr. Ying's true face a long time ago, but she couldn't remember who he was.

Before she could think about it, Mr. Ying said:

"But the reason I'm here is to follow the oracle and take you back." The girl's body trembled noticeably, and she asked back:

"The Goddess wants to see me? Did she say why?" Mr. Ying replied:

"The oracle said that you would protect the criminals and try to inform the invaders. She asked me to confirm this. If you were indifferent after hearing the news, we could continue to trust you. Unfortunately, you didn't."

The girl squinted her eyes slightly. She asked:

"So you deliberately told me that there was an undercover agent among the intruders, and you had already discovered that I was there?" Mr. Ying did not answer directly, but just said:

"You learned the breath-holding technique from Mr. Tingchao, but your level is not up to par. If it was the person who killed Xingsan and took his place, I probably wouldn't have discovered it."

The girl smiled but said nothing. Mr. Ying's tone was still gentle:

"Although I already have an answer in my heart, I still want to ask on behalf of the Lord God, why do you do this? I heard that among the invaders there are the Prince of Nanchu and a magician. They tried to win you over before the Awakening Day, but you refused at that time. Now they are still coming with their army, why do you want to tip them off?"

The girl looking at the flowers replied: "I don't want to say."

Mr. Ying did not force it, but just said:

"It's okay. The Lord God has already guessed it. Miss Kanhua, your identity is special, and we will not punish you. But from today on, you need to stay in the place I have marked for you and cannot leave even a step."

The girl looked at the flowers and raised her head, seeming to be a normal child again. She said aggrievedly: "It looks like it will be boring?"

Mr. Ying replied:

"Yes, but I will send someone to tell you about recent events every day."

The girl watching the flowers did not object, but let Mr. Ying take her hand and lead her all the way east.

In this respect, she is very similar to Mr. Tingchao in character: she won't say a word about things she doesn't want to say, and will compromise and accept things that are irresistible in order to fight for what she values ​​more. The girl's eyes did not lose their brightness, she was still thinking hard, although no one knew what she was thinking.

At the same time, an unexpected situation also occurred in the [Potian] army that was fighting against the disaster.

35. Persistence or Radicalism

Unlike Lid who acted alone, Potian's army was immediately exposed after entering the Western Qin territory. The deployment of tens of thousands of troops could not be concealed, even by Merlin's illusion. Therefore, Xiao Hei, as the advance army, discussed with Merlin and formulated the strategy of this operation as "assault".

The reason given by Xiao Hei is very simple:

"We can't even besiege Xi Qin and Nan Chu to death with the elite troops of Yongtian Kingdom. It should be impossible to defend these two territories with the current military strength of Xi Qin and Nan Chu. Our battle plan is to take advantage of this and kill the enemy's main general's camp before they finish gathering, eliminate the instigator, and end this catastrophe."

This plan was sent to Jiang Lianqing, who agreed after a slight hesitation.

Under the premise that the enemy's situation is unclear, any action taken by the commander is reasonable and cannot be said to be right or wrong.

A quick victory is one way, and a step-by-step approach is another way. Without other clues, Jiang Lianqing cannot weigh the pros and cons of these two ways. Her way of using troops is the same as her grandfather, General Jiang Yuesheng, that is, tactics are not affected by strategy - battlefield conditions change rapidly, and a general must not have a fixed idea, especially not let others see his or her ideas.

Xiao Hei formulated a "surprise attack" strategy, and Jiang Lianqing did not object, because it seemed that Yongtian Kingdom was now using all its national strength to fight against the two territories, but in reality, Xiao Hei's mother was doing something to delay time, and Yongtian Kingdom was facing the dual pressure of internal and external troubles.

What's more, Li De is still in Xi Qin, and Jiang Lianqing must also consider the situation where Li De is in danger.

No matter from which perspective, Xiao Hei's suggestion was the best proposal at the moment. So Potian's army significantly increased its marching speed, but the evil spirits were well prepared and did not show up. The evil spirits were like wild beasts. When they encountered a lone person, the wild beasts would often attack in groups and quickly devour the lone person.

, but facing a group of people, the evil spirit also chooses

Choose to observe.

This observation led to a misjudgment by Po Tian's army, who believed that the danger outside was insufficient.

Although there were several arguments in the middle, Xiao Hei finally ordered to speed up the march again, so the soldiers reduced their sleep time and marched towards the Immaculate Tree day and night.

The eldest daughter, Anna, was in the army, and she had no objection to the proposal. Anna seemed to have always been full of energy.

She always follows the team and walks in front. She always looks around vigilantly, and no movement can escape her eyes. Merlin also adjusts his perception range to the maximum, always alert to danger.

But unfortunately, the evil spirits that had been lying in ambush did not give them a chance to sense themselves, and their extremely high movement speed underground allowed them to quickly circle around and destroy the enemy.

The army of the day was outflanking. This army was like a hunter being targeted by a wild beast. The hunter was wandering in the forest with a gun, but he didn't know that his opponent was also very scheming.

So one night, Potian's army collided head-on with the evil spirit.

The ghosts and blood demons were like evil spirits in the middle of the night. They attacked quickly with the help of the darkness and devoured everything they saw in front of them.

As if to drag all living beings into hell

Fortunately, the army of Potian was not a lamb to be slaughtered. They were the most elite warriors, and they had conducted targeted training against various monsters during this period. In addition, there were people like Anna and Merlin in the army who had a lot of experience in fighting against alien races.

After fighting with the evil spirit for only two rounds, Anna loudly revealed the identity of this monster. Compared with those immortal meat mountains and intelligent beasts, the evil spirit is actually the most common strange story in thousands of years. After a person dies, the resentment condenses and turns into Yin evil spirits. This is even recorded in many history books. After figuring out the identity of the opponent, Potian's army quickly cheered up and began to organize a defensive counterattack.

The evil spirit obviously had a brain that understood military affairs, and not only cut off the retreat of the Potian army in the first place, but also cut off the connection between the advance troops and the main force. The army was surrounded but not in chaos, but the situation was also deadlocked. At this time, the problem of the advance troops emerged: they did not bring enough food and grass.

But evil spirits do not need food.

In the tent, Anna and Xiao Hei sat opposite each other and discussed the next steps:

"There are too many evil spirits, it's as if they brought all the evil spirits from Yongtian Kingdom. Why are so many evil spirits gathered here? I can't figure it out." "I can still keep in touch with Jiang Lianqing, thanks to the arrangement of several succubi in Potian, I can communicate through their dreams." "What did Jiang Lianqing say?"

"She wants to break out. Jiang Lianqing's idea is that if we create enough chaos here, we can create an opportunity for Li De. She trusts Li De very much and thinks that Li De can turn the tide."

"Um....…""

Merlin just watched quietly while the two discussed.

The aura of a nobleman on Xiao Hei was a little weaker, after all, he would be injured in battle. For example, the sleeve of his right arm was now half broken, revealing many spots of scars on his forearm. That was when Xiao Hei, Merlin and Gang Ding escaped from Yuanyang City, the main city of Xiqin. In order to pry open the city gate, Xiao Hei took the initiative to leave the illusion created by Merlin, and his arms were bitten by something unknown.

The steel nails that were exposed to the illusion at that time were even worse, and the strong body was bloody. Seeing this scar, Merlin remembered the time when the three of them fought side by side. His eyes were still deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Suddenly Anna's voice disrupted Merlin's thoughts:

"Merlin, what do you think we should do now?" Merlin chuckled and said:

"Since the lady is here, I will obey her." Anna clenched the hilt of the sword and said:

"Then kill them. Be it evil spirits or anything else, they have been dead for thousands of years and are still making trouble. And the facial features of those people formed by evil spirits are so uncomfortable no matter how you look at them."

Xiao Hei shook his head:

"I think it's unwise to fight at this time. Lid is very loyal, and our stalemate is a good thing for him. If we break out rashly and get involved in a new war, it might distract him."

Anna asked:

"You mean, he might come back to save us?" Xiao Hei said seriously:

"Everyone knew that the execution ground of Xiao Bai in Yuanyang City was a sea of ​​fire and swords, but he still came." Anna covered her forehead and sighed:

"Then hold on, and hold out as long as you can."