Chapter 8: The Battlefield Beacon Flames and Strange Sounds Shock
Chapter 8 The beacon fire on the battlefield and the strange sounds are shocking
Xu Jiangzi rushed towards the enemy with his sword, while also paying attention to the situation on his younger brother's side. 26nbsp; Xu Jiangzi's martial arts skills were high, so the bombardment did not hurt him, and although his reaction was a step slower, he had already drawn out his sword at this time.
The sword comes, and we face the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
However, after encountering the enemy head-on, Xu Jiangzi discovered that the battle was not that simple. Although he had made many predictions and simulations in advance, when he actually encountered it, he would find the gap between reality and imagination.
Zhou Shan competed with his fellow disciples and praised his sword moves as strong as fire and as agile as water. Those were just adjectives, but they did not actually spit out flames or water jets.
However, the battle with the Taiping Army was exactly like this. With a sword slash, the enemy soldier raised his hand, and a stream of flames spurted out. As long as he was hit, the whole person instantly turned into a ball of burning flames, and he was miserable.
He died while howling; there were also many enemy soldiers spewing poisonous liquid, and the extremely powerful water jets could be fired continuously at extremely fast speeds. How could ordinary people dodge them?
Fortunately, the previous simulation imagination came in handy. Although Xu Jiangzi was a little in a hurry, he still had a way to deal with it. He hurriedly took off his robe and danced vigorously. Under the concentration of zhenqi, the high-speed rotating robe seemed like
A shield can block all kinds of poisonous water and fire. When you get close, you can easily cut down the enemy with a swipe of your sword.
"It's spraying water and spraying fire. How can this be a battle? It's just an acrobatic troupe!"
Xu Jiangzi had such a ridiculous feeling, but there were not many people who could sigh like him. Most of the Heluo disciples were still in the dilemma of life and death. Waving their robes into shields to block fire and poisonous water, if this skill was not practiced over time,
Just like
Like Xu Jiangzi, he uses strong inner strength as a backing and penetrates the strength on the cloth robe. Only in this way can the cotton cloth be like a steel plate. Otherwise, no matter how fast ordinary people dance, if they are touched by flames, they will still catch fire. There will be no defensive effect, let alone continuous fire.
Blocked multiple attacks.
Seeing the two enemies falling to the ground splattered with blood, Xu Jiangzi shook his head. Although it was not fatal, it felt strange. Compared with the last night battle in the escort agency, I don't know if this is an improvement. However, apart from these two
enemies, and more people are dying and moaning on the ground, and those people are almost all senior brothers whom I know well.
Xu Jiangzi, who noticed this, did not hesitate and rushed out to kill the enemies with his sword. After cutting down a few more enemies, the figure next to him flashed and it was Xu Hezi who arrived.
Xu Hezi's body was covered with little bloodstains, all of which were stained by killing enemies along the way. His long sword moved like lightning, and he killed three more people in the blink of an eye. He killed the enemies much faster than Xu Jiangzi, even his expressions
They all look a bit ferocious.
"Brother, one person is short-term, and two people are long-term. You and I join hands to stabilize the situation first."
Although Xu Hezi's internal strength has improved, it is still not as strong as Xu Jiangzi's. Being able to kill enemies so quickly depends on firstly his speed in drawing the sword, and secondly his skillful handling of the sword. If he can join forces with Xu Jiangzi, his chances of winning will be greatly improved. Regarding this
Xu Jiangzi had no objection, and he and his younger brother were responsible for the defensive tasks respectively. The two moved quickly. Wherever they passed, they saw flashes of sword light. Every time the sword light flashed, an enemy's throat was cut off.
In Xu Jiangzi's life, this was the first time that there were so many and rapid deaths around him. He had no time to think deeply and focused all his energy on defense. He not only blocked attacks against himself, but also attacked Xu Jiangzi's attacks.
They were also stopped.
Xu Hezi, who received this support, did not let down his brother's efforts. His cold sword light was like flowing clouds and flowing water, killing the enemies on all sides one by one and rescuing his fellow disciples who were dying. Mentally, Xu Hezi endured far more pressure.
Bigger than his brother, he is the leader of this trip after all. Although these two hundred or so people are just a very insignificant number among the Heluo disciples who came to participate in the battle, if the entire army is wiped out here, it will also be detrimental to his reputation.
A serious blow.
During the battle, Xu Jiangzi discovered something unusual. After the initial nervousness and slight fear were gone, Qi Qi could clearly feel that the strength of these Taiping troops was not strong.
Equipment that shoots flames and poisonous water has never been seen before, and its lethality is indeed amazing. However, when the Taiping Army used these weapons, they did not show enough strength to control these weapons. When they fired flames and poisonous water at high speed,
Water, the faster the speed, the worse the accuracy. It can't even withstand the shock force caused by the high-speed launch, and falls over. As a result, it accidentally hits its companions, or it is unlucky to be drenched by its own poisonous water.
Then he died miserably.
"Good guy, Ah He, I'm not sure whether we killed more, or they killed more of their own people."
"Why is there so much nonsense? Just take care of your own safety and don't lose your life for no reason."
The brothers Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi joined forces to use their skills to quickly deal with the Taiping Army they encountered, and on the other hand they rescued the Heluo disciples who were in danger. Every time they rescued a person, let him follow behind.
, helping to defend the rear and also dealing last-ditch damage to the enemy.
Most of these Heluo disciples were injured, and some could not even walk. But if they were just mending tail knives, this kind of task would be easy for them. The number of people following them could not help but increase, and this combat power became more and more powerful.
Strong. When this team expanded from a dozen people to dozens of people, it had formed a force that was enough to confront the Taiping Army head-on and gradually stabilize the situation.
As Xu Jiangzi originally expected, this was not a large force of the Taiping Army, but a small team. By chance, they went behind enemy lines for reconnaissance. When they accidentally discovered a group of new soldiers arriving, they set up an ambush and planned a lightning raid. The ideal would be to annihilate them all.
These new recruits, no matter how bad they are, must be given a good baptism and learn the cruelty of the battlefield.
Because there were fewer ambushes and more ambushes, the total number of this Taiping army was only about forty. Although they gained an advantage at the beginning and killed many Heluo disciples, they were too eager to win and greedy for merit, and failed to advance and retreat like the wind.
, Xuhezi led the crowd to counterattack and regained control of the situation. It was no longer possible for them to evacuate. Instead, they were surrounded and killed until they screamed in agony. They were defeated like a mountain.
During the battle, Xu Jiangzi felt pain in his heart when he saw the casualties on his side, but he was also happy because this battle proved that although the Taiping Army had strange magic weapons and was powerful, they were not invincible.
From this point of view, the strength of the Taiping Army is limited. If this is the conclusion of the investigation, then what will be our decision?
Before setting off, Xu Jiangzi once guessed that the Heluo Sword Sect might make a decision that would affect the change of dynasties in China after confirming the strength of the Taiping Army. However, this was only his personal speculation. Maybe there was no such thing at all, and besides, he
No relevant orders were received.
However, it is not his turn to do something that requires a lot of thinking. Logically speaking, if there is such a secret order, it must be entrusted to someone with both intelligence and vision. His younger brother Xu Hezi has always been
Being cultivated into such talents, if the master really exists
Observing the intentions of the Taiping Army, this secret order must be handed over to Xuhezi for execution. I am not qualified to ask, so I simply don't think about it. Anyway, the order I have received so far is to be loyal to the court and wipe out the rebels. I also
Just follow this order faithfully.
These thoughts just turned around in my mind, when suddenly a sharp roar pierced the sky, and several black shadows passed from the horizon, rushing towards this direction at high speed. With that kind of speed and momentum, one could tell at a glance that a master was coming, and with such force
He was fierce and seemed to have bad intentions. Xu Jiangzi immediately judged that the person coming was an enemy rather than a friend.
"Be careful, there are enemies!"
Xu Jiangzi's reminder was partly redundant. Those black shadows were approaching with great force. Anyone could tell at a glance that these people were coming with bad intentions, and they all raised their alerts. However, these warnings were still not enough, because although the number of people coming was
He is a young man, but he is a high-ranking general in the Taiping Army.
Although the poisonous water and flames from before were powerful, they were not defenseless. However, as soon as these people arrived on the battlefield, they immediately launched an attack, causing chaos to the Heluo disciples.
These uninvited guests were dressed very strangely. They were all dressed in black, with black hoods and black masks. They were completely hidden in the black. It seemed that they planned to prevent people from seeing their faces and bodies at all. Their costumes were extremely mysterious.
His moves were even more bizarre and inexplicable. He Luo disciples fell down as soon as he raised his hands.
"What's going on?"
Xu Jiangzi's eyes almost bulged out. He couldn't understand why when those people raised their hands, some of his brothers fell down. If it was said that some hidden weapon was fired, he couldn't see it at all. It was really unreasonable. His own
Your eyesight isn't that bad, right?
Xu Hezi was also shocked, but compared to his brother, he still tried his best to come up with some reasonable explanations, "This may be a hair needle, it is too thin, so it cannot be seen from a certain distance."
It's barely a reasonable explanation, but those men in black were more than ten steps away, and when they raised their palms and struck out, some people fell to their knees and fainted. At such a distance, an invisible cow's hair needle was produced, and the internal force attached to the needle was so strong.
, It’s simply shocking. If you really have this kind of cultivation, your own power will be unmatched.
"Or, maybe it's an invisible poison. Yes, I'm afraid they use poison."
This argument sounds much more convincing, but it does little good in boosting morale, especially when you think about the enemy being stained with an inexplicable poison. If you spread the poison with your palms, everyone around you will be poisoned and fall down. How to deal with this kind of enemy?
Fight? How to defend? Just imagining it makes my body feel weak and unable to fight.
Xu Jiangzi felt that both of these explanations were a bit inappropriate, especially when he saw that several of his fallen classmates did not show signs of poisoning, but had bleeding from their ears and were rolling on the ground holding their ears. The miserable situation seemed to be...
What does it explain.
However, even if he knew something was wrong, Xu Jiangzi had no other choice. Unless he could abandon everyone and turn around and run away, otherwise, the enemies would come to him, and he would have to attack even if he had to bite the bullet. Targeting Xu Hezi
Xu Jiangzi could only believe the speculation, held his breath in advance, swallowed two anti-virus elixirs, guarded the door tightly, and increased his vigilance, for fear of being inexplicably hit by a cow's hair needle.
Judging from the subsequent results, Xu Hezi's inference was partially accurate. At least regarding the "hidden weapons that are invisible to the naked eye," Xu Hezi's guess was correct.
When the enemy came close, Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi took a defensive posture, channeling a breath of true energy throughout their bodies, closing their breaths tightly, for fear of being poisoned. Little did they know that the enemy didn't take their defenses seriously at all, and just moved their hands.
Yang, I couldn't see what was being fired, Xu Jiangzi, Xu Hezi only felt numb all over his body, his knees went weak, and he fell down.
"It is indeed a hidden weapon"
Saying this, Xu Jiangzi's confused mind vaguely felt that this might not be the case, because the moment the enemy raised his palm, before his whole body went numb, he first felt a strong dizziness, and the world was spinning.
Then he lost all his strength, his whole body went numb, and he fell to his knees. If this symptom was poisoning, it was indeed somewhat similar, but something seemed wrong.
In any case, Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi both fell to the ground under this move. Although they tried their best to adjust their luck, the effect was very limited. As long as the enemy hit them with another hit, the two of them would feel dizzy again.
My brain is swollen and my whole body is weak. Let alone drawing a sword to fight, I can't stand up even if I want to.
As soon as the two leaders fell down, the fighting spirit of the disciples of the Heluo Sword Sect flew to the sky. The Taiping Army took advantage of the situation and rushed to kill them. They were quickly defeated and either killed or injured.
Xu Jiangzi lay on the ground, listening to the bursts of death screams, smelling the smell of blood next to him and on his own body, and realized that the enemy was gradually approaching here, getting closer and closer, with every footsteps
The sound is like the sound of a death knell. When I hear it, I feel that death has never been so close.
When the enemy stands next to you, what method will he use to kill him? Will he chop off the head with a sword? Or pierce the heart? Or use several weapons to strike at random and cut the body into pieces? Or maybe
Breathing out flames, he burned himself alive.
These are miserable enough, but the most fearful thing is not the tragic death, but the inability to die. I heard that on the battlefield, some unfortunate prisoners of war would be tortured, their eyes gouged out, their tongues cut out, their muscles cramped, and their skins were skinned, and all kinds of inhumane cruelty methods were used.
It is applied to the body, and the thought of it makes one shudder.
Xu Jiangzi has never aspired to be a hero. Even if he once had such a brief desire, he now clearly realizes that this seemingly brilliant road of rivers and lakes may not be suitable for him to walk, especially for one foot.
When you step off the road, there is no solid ground to stand on, and you fall directly into hell.
If he died here like this, everything in the future would be empty talk. Recalling everything he had been distressed and troubled by, and the reasons why he came here, Xu Jiangzi suddenly felt that these were extremely ridiculous.
Died for a ridiculous reason?
Putting aside other distracting thoughts and looking directly into his heart, Xu Jiangzi had to admit that he was scared. Not only at this time, he felt shameful and fearful of life and death, and he was even so scared that he wanted to cry.
In just a few seconds, Xu Jiangzi had no idea how many thoughts had gone through his mind, until he found a strange sound coming from not far away from him. It was like breathing and gasping, but much heavier. He turned his head dizzily.
Looking over, all I could see was a pair of red eyes, full of ferocious beast nature, like a ferocious beast that chooses people to devour, and is timid at the sight.
Xu Jiangzi was startled, and then he recognized that it was Xu Hezi's gaze. His eyes were red, his breathing was heavy, his face was twitching, and many muscles were flexing like blowing air. It was very unusual, as if he was carrying something strange.
Kung Fu. Although the Heluo Sword Sect prides itself on being famous and its Kung Fu is royal and authentic, in order to cope with various situations in battle, there are still some techniques that first damage one's own vitality, destroy one's own energy, and then increase one's strength in a short period of time.
However, its practice and use are generally prohibited.
At this juncture, no taboos can be ignored. It is not surprising that an outstanding person like Xu Hezi usually dabbles in such taboo skills. When Xu Jiangzi saw his brother's appearance, he immediately understood what he meant.
What I want to do, I am more aware of the harm that this type of exercise can do to the user. My first thought is to stop it, but then I realize how ridiculous this idea is.
Are you going to stop your brother from harming his body and then wait to be slaughtered?
Now, striving for survival is the supreme truth. Not only should I not stop Xuhezi, but I should also work with him and fight side by side. This is what we call brothers.
This was Xu Jiangzi's awakening, but he soon discovered that in addition to awakening, he might also need something different, such as technology.
It's the tragedy of every intellectual, even those who practice martial arts, to be disappointed when the book is used. Xu Jiangzi suddenly realized that he did not know how to use that taboo martial arts. When he usually practices martial arts, his mentality is just
Treat it as a skill, practice it repeatedly, and strive for excellence. Although I have thought about adapting to the enemy, it is just that. I have not specifically studied the techniques of taking people's lives or exchanging lives for lives.
If it was just for his own survival, Xu Jiangzi wouldn't have the strong desire to kill others, but now it's a different matter. When someone he values around him is in crisis and he is unable to save it, then
In such a mood, Xu Jiangzi realized that he had never wanted to kill everyone in front of him so much.
It's easy to think about it, but it's difficult to put it into practice, especially when the enemy never ignores the Xu Jiangzi brothers. As they approach, they raise their palms and use their skills to keep them paralyzed and unable to move.
Xu Jiangzi had never practiced the kind of skill that stimulates potential. Even if he wanted to fight to the death, there was not much he could do. In a hurry, he thought of using pain to stimulate, maybe he could regain his mobility. However, his hands and feet
Unable to move, the only thing that can move is the tongue.
In his desperation, he couldn't care about anything else and bit down hard. The pain hit his heart. His mouth was filled with the smell of blood. He didn't know if he had bitten off his tongue. Whether the painful stimulation can really restore the body's senses is still unclear.
It is not known yet, but Xu Jiangzi discovered something strange in the pain.
On the battlefield, the smell of blood is unavoidable. In fact, Xu Jiangzi has already been nauseated by the smell of blood on his body and nearby, and he wants to vomit. However, when he took a bite just now, his own blood flowed into his mouth. In an instant,
The feeling between them was so incredible that Xu Jiangzi suddenly felt
So delicious!
It was like eating some extremely delicious delicacies or drinking some fine wine. The taste impact at that moment was so strong that it was indescribable and shaken his reason. Xu Jiangzi had never been exposed to such delicious food in his life, and he had never experienced it before.
He had never had such an uncontrollable desire, although it took him a long time to realize that it was the hunger for "flesh and blood".
When Xu Jiangzi encountered an unexpected impact, Xu Hezi also encountered a problem. He used special exercises to attack the meridians, hoping to stimulate his potential and fight to the death. However, on the way to luck, his true energy was interfered with by Heluo's heart method and was forcibly
It stopped, and several attempts to lift it were unsuccessful, and it almost caused internal injuries, adding to the injuries.
It is really ridiculous to want to fight hard, but cannot succeed because of the conflict of his own skills. When Xu Hezi secretly practiced the Nine Death Art to increase his potential, he never thought that such a scene would happen. Now he can't laugh or cry.
, just as he didn't know what to do, he suddenly heard a strange noise beside him.
The source of the abnormal sound was the heavy breathing of a person. Xu Hezi looked sideways and saw a scene that seemed familiar to him. His brother Xu Jiangzi's eyes were red and his muscles were bulging. He looked similar to his before, as if he was lifting a fortune.
Forbidden skills, did that person also secretly teach him the Nine-Death Technique?
This discovery really surprised Xuhezi, but when Xujiangzi roared and stood up angrily, Xuhezi was shocked again.
The last time, Ximen Zhuyu broke into the Heluo headquarters and kidnapped Xu Jiangzi when he went down the mountain. Xu Jiangzi also went crazy, lost his mind, and committed a lot of scandals. Although it was ridiculous, there was one thing in the report of the Heluo disciples that made Xu Jiangzi
Hezi was particularly concerned about Xu Jiangzi, who had lost all his sense when he was mad, as if he had transformed into some kind of ferocious beast, which made the disciples of Heluo present shudder.
With Xu Jiangzi's always gentle personality, Xu Hezi couldn't imagine what that picture was like, and even thought that those people might have made a mistake. Until now, Xu Hezi clearly understood what those people described.
An image of a dangerous beast, with bloody eyes and murderous intent.
Several masters of the Taiping Army noticed the strange situation here, and quickly raised their palms to attack, hoping to restrain the people and eliminate the chance of counterattack. This time, at least two different forces acted at the same time, Xu Jiangzi
I clearly felt that when my head was dizzy and my hands and feet were numb, my whole body felt like it was filled with lead. It was heavy and heavy and I couldn't lift it up at all.
This shows that the enemy has at least two different techniques to defeat the enemy. One is to make people dizzy, paralyzed, and unable to move; the other is to make the whole body heavy and restrained by the abnormal weight of the body, unable to move. These two
The techniques were all quite effective, but unfortunately, after encountering the irrational Xu Jiangzi, all those effects became ineffective.
Xu Hezi has never seen such a fast attack. He almost saw only a flash of afterimages in his eyes, and a large amount of blood sprayed out. A Taiping master in black was hit on the head with a palm.
Rotten doesn't mean breaking, it means literally beating it to pieces.
Such damage is really unbelievable. It requires not only brute force, but also speed and concentrated strength. Only with one swing of the palm can the head be smashed to pieces with bones and flesh, turning it into a pile of flesh and blood.
What a scumbag, it even made the rest of the Taiping Army masters tremble with fear.
After the first victim is born, there will naturally be a second one. In terms of strength, these masters of the Taiping Army are not weak. They are even equipped with magical magic weapons, which are enough to protect themselves. However, they were caught off guard and were caught off guard.
, Xu Jiangzi pounced forward, waved his arm, and exploded with terrifying power, blowing his head open with one punch. The scene looked like a stick hitting a watermelon, and a ball of red stuff exploded.
, cruel, bloody, but lacking a sense of reality.
Killing three enemies in a row in the blink of an eye, Xu Jiangzi was in a crazy mood, his hair was disheveled, and he opened his mouth to roar. The roar was majestic and high-pitched, but it didn't sound like a human voice, but like the roar of an angry beast. Xu Jiangzi slanted Staring sideways, he found that he did not exist in his brother's eyes. The muscles on his body were bulging, as if every inch of his body had endless power waiting to explode. While he was roaring continuously, strange markings slowly appeared on his face and cheeks. Looks like tiger spots.
Xuhezi couldn't understand this strange change. He only knew that it was definitely not the result of using the Nine Death Art, but he couldn't tell what it was. The brother in front of him had lost his mind. He was not so much a person who was out of control. It was said that it was an angry ferocious beast that was forced into a human cage and roared helplessly.
At this time, the masters of the Taiping Army raised their palms to perform their martial arts again. This time Xu Hezi could see clearly. As soon as those people raised their hands, a ring they were wearing began to shine. Obviously, that ring was the source of the problem.
However, no matter what secrets there are in that ring, it is no longer important. Although the inexplicable power still works, Xu Hezi feels numb all over again, but his brother's roar can be heard in his ears, as if The thunder in the dry weather was deafening and painful, but at this moment, the feeling of paralysis in the limbs suddenly eased, and then a scream was heard that was cut off midway. A master of the Taiping Army who activated the magic weapon gave Xu Jiangzi a blow. Kill.
After a series of surprises, Xu Hezi vaguely thought of some key points. The operation mode of the magic weapon may be related to sound waves. Although he could not hear the sound, some brothers fell to the ground with bleeding from their ears after the enemy raised their palms. , and the brother roared the moment the enemy activated the magic weapon, and under the shaking of the thunder, the paralysis in the body was greatly reduced. These all prove that the magic weapon emits some kind of inaudible sound waves to affect the people around him. If he had known this earlier , which can make the situation better to some extent.
At this time, Xuhezi heard a new noise. At first, he couldn't tell what it was. It wasn't until he saw the two Taiping masters that he understood that it was the sound of voices.
He speaks in a language that is incomprehensible. These languages are the languages of the legendary foreign peoples?
For hundreds of years, the foreign peoples have lived in remote places in the west, and few people have entered the Middle-earth activities. The blond and blue-eyed appearance of the foreign peoples has also made it difficult for them to escape after entering the Middle-earth. These masters of the Taiping Army completely covered their faces. Is it because they are such a mysterious people from outside the region?
This thought flashed through Xu Hezi's mind, and his once-paralyzed limbs had now regained their senses, allowing him to slowly stand up. He happened to see a strange thing, the only two remaining Taiping Army masters. They talked quickly in strange language, as if they were arguing about something. Judging from the movements, one wanted to attack Xu Jiangzi, but the other had scruples and blocked it. Finally, the two reached a consensus, gave up the fight, and led the rest. The remnants of the Taiping Army left the battlefield.
Xu Jiangzi did not pursue him. In fact, almost as soon as the Taiping Army left the battlefield, he turned over and fell down. This inexplicable explosive power also caused damage to his body. When the crisis was over, he had already been overdrawn. My body couldn't bear it at all, so I collapsed.
When the responders from the frontline military camp arrived and were shocked by the tragic scene of corpses strewn all over the ground, the only person who could clearly explain the situation was Xu Hezi. From the officers who came to respond, Xu Hezi knew that those in black clothes
The master of the Taiping Army was a rather mysterious figure among the generals of the Taiping Army. He rarely participated in battles. This time, several people died in succession, which was very rare in recent years. It could even be said to be a victory.
"Really? So, the first battle after our arrival can be considered a victory?"
Xu Hezi's tone was teasing, but the officer who heard the words nodded vigorously, eager to express the rareness of these black-clothed generals, but turned a blind eye to the corpses of Heluo disciples everywhere, and just looked at them calmly.
It's as if the blood and corpses don't exist at all.
Noticing this indifferent fact, Xu Hezi fell silent. Before the trip, his master Chichengzi and his sister Xu Haiyue had both warned him to read more and think more, but now he was a little doubtful that they meant to see for himself.
After seeing this kind of scene, what should you think more about? What should you judge?
One thing in particular is very strange. I once guessed that my master might ask me to carefully observe the movements of the Taiping Army to judge the future relationship and choices of the Heluo Sword Sect. However, until I set out on the road, my master had no idea.
No such order was issued. What does this mean?
Has the master handed over the task of making a decision to someone else? To his brother? Or has the master already made a decision?
The nearest one to Xu Jiangzi is, after all, he is just an introduction, and his importance is definitely not as important as that of Sun Wu and Xiao Shang. Even the old friend Ximen is more important than Xu Jiangzi, so he
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