It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Merlin also nodded, but glanced at Xiao Hei calmly.

Xiao Hei passed this decision to Jiang Lianqing through the succubus' dream. Jiang Lianqing asked a few questions about food and grass, and then proposed that the advance troops stay where they are and break out to the west to join the main force when necessary. The situation seemed to have stabilized here. Potian's army had attracted a lot of evil spirits, which theoretically bought Lid some time.

Everything depends on Lid's performance.

Of course, Potian’s army and Lid’s were not clear about each other’s intelligence, so Jiang Lianqing and the others naturally didn’t know that a large number of men in black robes were now quietly breaking into the forbidden area of ​​the Divine Realm and launching a carpet search.

36. Brainworm

"Xingjiu's body was found here."

"We found signs of a struggle. The murderer must have been here." "Go and call back the people from the north."

"Send more people over there, the murderer may still be nearby." "Don't be defeated one by one."

The black-robed men exchanged brief words with each other, their voices cold and ruthless. Their tone without warmth was similar to that of Xing Jiu, and was clearly different from that of Anke and Lid.

Their division of labor was very clear, and their minds were clear, so they didn't give Lid any chance to defeat them one by one. In fact, the forbidden area of ​​the God's Domain was not small or big, and the crazy influx of black-robed people greatly increased the population density here. Even the top assassins couldn't kill people quietly in such a situation.

However, after they had gathered together and searched the Holy Land for a whole day and night, even searching underground, all the black-robed men were stunned.

There was no one in the holy land of the gods, or rather, there was not even a bug.

You must know that the men in black robes rushed over and surrounded the holy land of the gods at the first moment, and did not let anyone escape.

Unless Lid could climb up the tree trunk like a monkey, there was no way to explain what was happening. The black-robed officer could only report the news to Mr. Ying as it was. Mr. Ying judged that Lid might have had an early warning and had chosen to escape early.

The pursuit failed, and the black-robed man had no other options, but Mr. Ying did not ask them to evacuate immediately, but asked them to guard under the Immaculate Tree. Lid had indeed escaped.

Lid made this decision when he entered the forbidden land of the gods and felt the oppression. He didn't know whether Anke would expose his whereabouts, and Lid would not gamble his life on such a thing. In the forbidden land of the gods, he tried to cut the tree with the power of cutting space, but it could only cause some damage to it and could not really cut down the towering tree.

Realizing this, Reed left quickly without any lingering feelings.

The biggest taboo for assassins is to repeatedly attack the target at the risk of being discovered when there is a way to retreat. If the first strike fails, they should choose to leave, but Lid did not retreat far away. He has recorded the formation on the forbidden area, and now he is concentrating his mind and looking for a strategy to crack it.

At the same time, Reid was multitasking, thinking about other things.

The army of Potian was slower than he expected. The black-robed men were making a lot of noise while searching the forbidden area of ​​the divine domain, and Lid noticed this as well.

He can infer from this that Potian's army is

The chaos was not big enough, otherwise the Black Robe Army would not have been able to send out such a terrifying force to search.

Reed closed his eyes and fell into thought.

He knew Jiang Lianqing's ability very well. Xiao Hei and Meilin's abilities were also not to be underestimated. Potian's army was equipped with the best weapons and equipment in Yongtian Kingdom and received the most professional training. Their early opponents should also be well-known evil spirits, and they should not have fought like this. Then there were only two possibilities. Either Xiqin had a force that Lide didn't know about, such as Mr. Tingchao bringing people back, or something went wrong within Potian's army.

Lid was inclined to the latter, because it was impossible for Mr. Tingchao to return without any news. What went wrong within Potian's army?

There are too many possibilities, such as the death of generals, the interruption of food supplies, low morale, and someone interfering with decision-making... While thinking about how to break the formation, Lid was also thinking about the army.

Soon, he identified the target as "someone interfering with decision-making", in other words, there was a mole.

Who could be the traitor? Several names came to Lid's mind, and he crossed them out one by one. He recalled Anna. Merlin had told him that she was the eldest lady Merlin followed, a master swordsman. If the Anna that Anke mentioned was this person, there might be a connection between them. Then, did Anke have problems from the beginning...

At this moment, the voice of the little ghost suddenly came to his mind:

"Hey, where are you going?"

When Reed came to his senses, he found that he had walked out of the bunker without knowing when and was slowly walking towards the forbidden area of ​​the divine realm.

At that moment, Reed's heart was shocked. He didn't think it was an accidental action he made unconsciously. He didn't have the habit of standing up and pacing when thinking about problems. This feeling was not good. Reed looked at his body and felt a strange sense of strangeness. It was as if this was not his body, or... someone was sharing this body with him.

The previous sense of disharmony reached its peak at this moment.

Lid quickly sat back in the shelter, letting the power flow through his meridians, examining the changes in his body. The little ghost's voice also clearly revealed a sense of tension:

"Is it the chronic poison you mentioned earlier...has the chronic poison taken effect?"

Lid carefully checked his body and responded to the little ghost: "It might be. Thanks for reminding me."

The little ghost's voice echoed in my mind again:

Just now you suddenly stood up and walked away without saying a word. I thought you were going to the bathroom and was wondering whether I should come out to take a peek. But you walked further and further away, and I felt something was wrong..."

"It's not right."

Reed tore off the mask on his face and untied the bandages on his body. He no longer needed this body now.

As a result of the power flow, Lid's body was fine, but it didn't matter. At this time, Lid had already realized what was happening. He placed the intersection of his right palm and wrist on his forehead, closed his eyes, and did not let the power flow through the meridians, but directly flowed from his forehead into his mind. Not long after, he realized the problem.

Something is wrong with an area of ​​the brain.

If the brain is compared to the control center of all the limbs, then when there is a fault but the control center does not report any error, it can only be that there is a problem with the control center itself. Lid exhaled and said to the little ghost:

"It's not poison, it feels more like... some kind of bug."

The little ghost stuck half of his body out of Lid's body and asked weakly:

"You, your brain is still okay... If you are dying, can you think of a way to cancel our contract and let me live. I can find someone to visit your grave.

. [T_ _T]”

Reed replied unhappily:

"Don't curse me. If I were dead, I would turn into a ghost and look for you, and you wouldn't be able to rest in peace."

The little ghost was angry and scared, and started to cry.

Lid exhaled, put down his hand, and said to her:

"I'm kidding. I probably won't die for a while. Judging from what happened just now, those bugs will only take control of my body and do something when I'm concentrating on thinking. As long as you help me keep an eye on it, there shouldn't be any trouble. Compared to the chronic poison we guessed before, this is not that serious."

Reed rubbed his forehead. If nothing unexpected happened, there should be a scar there that was invisible to the naked eye.

When he put on the mask and disguised himself as a man in black robe, a tiny insect egg pierced his skin, and somehow settled in his brain, slowly corroding some of his nerves. This feeling is certainly not good, but as I said before -

Reed didn't care.

And through this personal experience, Reed quickly figured out what was wrong with Potian's army.

But Lid still didn't give up. That woman had this trick, and so did he.

All in all, it’s about time that Yongtian Kingdom becomes lively again.

37. Eternal Protection

In the endless wilderness, the little slime that had transformed into a human form was staring at the sky in a daze.

It didn't have the habit of thinking about life, but it ate too much in one breath and now entered a state similar to sage mode. The little slime felt that his mind was very clear, but his desire was very low, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Before going to the battlefield, it changed itself from human form back to spherical form, so that it could expand and expand again, becoming extremely huge, and swallowing up all the zombies flying in the sky and running on the ground. But after eating, it changed back to human form. Of course, it would not do this before, but now the little slime finds that there are many advantages to being in human form: for example, it can use various tools flexibly and freely, and add a little atmosphere when sighing about life.

Of course, there were no clothes for it to wear, but it didn't matter whether it wore clothes or not. After all, it was probably the only living creature within a radius of dozens of miles. It had no enemies, no companions, and even Lid, who had always been its shackles, was gone.

The little slime raised his hand and pointed his index finger at the distant mountains. A slime ball condensed at its fingertips and then suddenly shot out. The power that no one had ever seen or heard of blasted the rocks apart, and a huge hole was pierced through the thick and solid mountains. It had already risen to the tenth level in one breath after devouring the second son of the Dragon King, Nopres, and now it had eaten millions of corpses, and its power had further expanded.

If it wanted, it could also dissolve and eat the entire mountain. But now there was nothing in the mountain, so doing so would not help its strength increase at all. This might be why the little slime chose to stay here in a daze. Now it had achieved a small goal, and the next goal was too far away, and there was nothing around that could help it grow.

Lid knew a long time ago that the most terrifying thing about little slimes is their snowball-like growth. They can become stronger by devouring things.

After becoming stronger, you can eat more things faster.

Plus, it has a smooth growth curve that does not require a breakthrough, so the growth of the little slime must be getting faster and faster.

Of course, Lid didn't want it to grow too fast before, because the growth of the little slime would bring misfortune to the people around it. It would cause a devastating blow to the ecology by devouring everything crazily, and it would also easily attract the attention of the old gods and demons. Now that Lid has been involved in the struggle with various forces, it is not so important whether the little slime is exposed.

"Swish...I hate a quiet world. Quiet..."

The little slime spoke again. It no longer needed to transmit its heartbeat to anyone. It had the right to speak in human form. Perhaps it was because of its increased power, but now its voice was more mature and majestic, more or less in line with the self-proclaimed "this king".

…Just like that day.”

The little slime arched its bare feet, and its toes hooked a skull from the ground, weighing it again and again. The soft curves of its legs were fully stretched, making it impossible to imagine that it had no legs before.

The little slime looked at the sky above his head. The light clouds covered the sun, and the endless blue covered the eyes of the world.

No one could imagine that in the distant sky

There is another country on earth. When recalling that place, the fog in the little slime's memory seemed to dissipate a little, and some scenes became clearer.

The scene of the demons fleeing in all directions in front of her.

The scene where the four demon kings beg for mercy while being swallowed and dissolved by it.

The scene of the woman in the white robe gently touching its round body. And the scene of its core being pierced without any defense, and its consciousness dissipating.

The little slime remembered the scene. The old god who killed it had no expression on his cold face. Only when it was completely dead, did the winged bastard reveal a faint smile.

Hatred surged forth once more.

That person made it as a "decisive weapon", but also taught it emotions that did not belong to a weapon. However, in the end, she ended the life of the little slime with her own hands, forcing the little slime to fall into a cycle of reincarnation that could not be escaped from. Born, it was naturally hostile to the demons and was strangled when it was powerless to resist... Repeating the same fate again and again, a thousand years have passed.

If the demons' hatred for it is innate, then the little slime's hatred for the old gods also does not need anyone to teach it. "This king...sooner or later, one day..."

The little slime clamped the skull between its instep and sole, and with a little force, the skull was crushed into powder.

It wasn't actually that confident. After all, it was almost in its prime and didn't notice the danger at all, and was pierced through the core. In addition to hatred, it also had fear in its heart. Whenever it thought of that memory, the little slime could vaguely feel that its core was aching.

It hasn't figured out what to do next.

The little slime seemed a little hesitant as to whether to continue following Reed or to go out into the vast world to feast.

Lid did help it a lot, and it had feelings for Lid. But Lid also kept suppressing it, not letting it eat people, and even rarely threw human corpses to it to deal with. The little slime knew very well that if it continued to return to Lid, Lid would definitely continue to adhere to these principles, forcing its growth rate to slow down.

To put it bluntly, it is not human, and human emotions and reasoning do not apply to it.

Just when it felt confused, the little slime suddenly felt its strength increased again.

The sudden increase in power made it even more confused. The little slime looked around and found nothing around. It jumped lightly, stood up, closed its eyes and thought carefully, and finally found the source of power.

It's not that it has become stronger, but that it has been bathed in some new kind of protection.

At the same time, the little slime heard a voice.

The voice seemed far away, yet close to her ears. The little slime felt familiar at first, and then she remembered the owner of the voice. Gentle, calm, and elegant, like a mountain spring or plum blossoms in December.

"Can you hear me? Ah, please don't panic, this is Yunyang's latest technology, broadcasting some news through breath resonance." "My name is Fang Shisan, Yunyang's strategist. Maybe some people haven't heard of me, but it doesn't matter..."

"I am broadcasting this news today to tell everyone that the "Eternal Heaven's Protection" has been completed. Different from the national defense formation, this is a formation I redesigned, and it has the same principle as the previous territory protection..."

"I don't need to go into details. I'm sure you all have felt the growth of power. This comes from the trust that everyone in Yongtian has placed in us." "Now the zombie tide heading west has been wiped out, and the beast tide heading north is in dire straits. So please rest assured and don't panic."

"We also ask those who still have strength to assist us in supporting the defense of the demons in the west. If you are confident in your strength, you can also go to the Western Qin territory, where the war is still going on."

"I repeat, please don't panic. Humanity has gone through countless wars so far, and no race has ever been able to completely defeat us. Please believe in yourself, and believe in us."

The sound stopped here.

The little slime felt that he had gained a moment of peace in Fang Shisan's voice. It seemed to be true that humans had never been completely defeated by any race.

Even though they broke with the old gods, this race still survived, without any backers, relying on their own wisdom. Perhaps "cooperation" should continue.

The little slime thought quietly and walked towards the royal capital.

Before going to Xiqin, it planned to gain some experience and clean up the troubles over there.

38. The enemy of the enemy

In the Yunyang military formation, the Yunyang main force that had been on standby finally welcomed the person they had been looking forward to.

Fang Shisan looked tired. She had traveled to many places to build this national-scale formation. Even though the advent of trains greatly reduced the time she spent on the road, it was still very hard for her to travel around in a wheelchair as she had disabled legs.

Xi Luo followed Fang Shisan to protect the safety of this core member of Yunyang. It had been three years since she joined Yuxi City. The 19-year-old Fang Shisan looked more mature than before. Although time had not left too many marks on her, it had made the originally immature girl look a little more mature. In addition, she had been in a high position for many years, and she also had a special temperament.

Unlike Lingwu Lord Yu Qingzhao, and also different from those veterans who had been through many battles, Fang Shisan's temperament was still very gentle, but this gentleness was accompanied by a sense of awe. For example, if Fang Shisan was more like a warm jade, then these years of military career had carved this jade into a jade seal. The material had not changed, and there was no sharp edge, but it always made people inadvertently feel awe.

"Tenth level, is it any different than before?"

Fang Shisan's tone was very gentle, but he was asking Xi Luo who was standing beside him. Xi Luo still said very little.

As the youngest person in the history of Yongtian Kingdom to reach the tenth level, she simply said calmly: "I am getting hungrier faster than before."

Fang Shisan started laughing.

Yunyang's army seemed to relax their tense mood because of her smile.

During this period, the Yunyang army had a hard time. The little slime devoured the corpse tide, causing the number of resurrections of Changye, one of the four major mutation products of Xiqin, to drop sharply. But Changye's vitality was still very tenacious. He kept repeating the process of death and rebirth, while Yunyang's artillery shells seemed a little stretched due to the continuous consumption.

The Yunyang army has made a plan. If the shells continue to decline and Changye continues to revive, the Yunyang army will save the shells and use human lives instead.

However, before this plan could be implemented, Fang Shisan returned.