Chapter 2: The Man of Faith Seeds, Ghosts and Gods
Chapter 2 The Seed of Faith: The Man of Ghosts and Gods
Xu Hezi and Xu Jiangzi were not fighting alone. There were many officers and soldiers around who were forced to retreat. Xu Jiangzi was too busy to take care of himself, and of course he had no time to pay attention to them. As the battle lasted longer, Xu Jiangzi slowly discovered that A few things.
First, this kind of light saber is so powerful that I have never seen it before. When I encountered it for the first time, I had to tie my hands and feet and it was very awkward to deal with it. But after a few rounds, I gradually became able to adapt to it. It is not a problem to dodge and protect myself. Plan a counterattack.
Secondly, although the beam weapon is powerful, the threat it poses is limited. This is largely due to the poor cultivation of the wielder. Not only is he unable to use it flexibly, but he is even more out of breath and sweating the more he fights. I am afraid that he will be beaten for more than a dozen times. In the round, before he was cut down, these people had to lie down on the ground from exhaustion. This unreasonable loss of physical strength made Xu Jiangzi suspect that using these weapons would cost him his own energy.
The information accidentally discovered during the battle is very useful and can be used as capital for future victory. Just when Xu Jiangzi was thinking this, he suddenly saw his younger brother not far away and made an astonishing move.
Xu Hezi stretched out his hand and grabbed the collar of an officer and soldier next to him. The soldier was seriously injured and was already dying. With such a grab, he had no power to fight back. Xu Hezi grabbed him and was taken advantage of. With a push, he flew up involuntarily and crashed into two Taiping soldiers.
The beam weapon is indeed very powerful. I saw two strong lights swung down and immediately cut the poor soldier into three pieces. But when Xu Hezi threw the person out, he accumulated strength. He was the Heluo Sword. The master of the faction was good at using Qianjin's skills. When the lightsaber cut the human body, the Qianjin shock erupted. The wrists of the two Taiping soldiers suffered severe pain, and the tiger's mouth burst. Unable to hold the weapons in their hands, they let go.
Xu Hezi had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. Lightning stretched out his hand, took the two lightsabers into his hands, and swung them. The two Taiping soldiers didn't even have time to grunt, and they were broken into two pieces from the waist and fell to the ground. , spasming due to severe pain, only then let out a shocking cry. Due to the speed of cutting in half and the characteristics of the beam weapon, Xu Hezi didn't even get a drop of blood, holding two lightsabers in his hands. , so murderous that the surrounding Taiping troops couldn't help but take a few steps back. Unfortunately, this majestic moment could not last even a few seconds.
When he first grabbed the lightsaber, the moment he took it, Xuhezi did feel that his true energy was quickly absorbed by the lightsaber, and found that it was a weapon that absorbed his own true energy as power. However, since he could even use these bastards, he There is no reason to be weaker than them in terms of internal strength, it will only make you better than them. But as soon as this thought appeared, the two lightsabers suddenly closed automatically and the light blades disappeared.
"How could this happen?"
Surprised, the Taiping Army nearby seemed to have known that this would happen. They took the opportunity to attack and slashed with the "Chaos" sword. Xuhezi was in a panic. He couldn't counterattack with two empty sword handles, so he had to fight At this time, he vaguely thought that there must be something wrong with the two lightsabers. It was probably equipped with some anti-robbing mechanism. Once it fell into the hands of the enemy, it would automatically close immediately to prevent it from being used by the enemy.
Just when he thought about this, Xu Hezi heard a sharp sound coming from the two sword hilts in his hand. He didn't know what it meant, but he found that the Taiping Army attacking him around him suddenly showed a look of panic. ', gave up the attack and ran away.
"Isn't it... bad!"
When Xu Hezi saw the opportunity, he was quick to give up the two hard-won lightsabers, threw the hilts towards the dense enemy, and jumped away himself.
"Boom!"
There was an explosion. The power of the explosion was not too great. It affected an area of about one foot. It burned two or three Taiping soldiers into burning men. They fell to the ground in wailing. If I just counted, it was Xuhezi who had been beaten since the beginning of this battle.
The biggest victory was, but he was surrounded again, so he was in no mood to celebrate.
In the chaos, there was a breakthrough. Xu Jiangzi came to the rescue urgently. He used all his strength to pull up a small tree from the ground, circled it and waved it as a weapon. The power was terrifying, even with a light knife, a light sword.
sword
Iron is as sharp as mud, but if he hits it with a tree trunk, it will be like a blow from a steel rod and a giant pestle. All the bones in his body will be shattered and he will die miserably. No one dares to bear it head-on. They saw the Taiping soldiers running away one after another, but he successfully broke into it.
Next to Xuhezi.
Xu Jiangzi is not the kind of brave man who is born with supernatural powers. He fought hard and rushed to Xu Hezi's side. He waved the small tree as tall as a man and almost fell to his knees without any strength. But he finally solved his brother's urgent need.
.
"How are you? Can you still hold on?"
"...You rushed here and then took off your strength. Are you here to help? Or are you here to help the enemy?"
"That's good, why don't I get the tree for you and I'll sit down and take a rest."
The war was fierce and dangerous, and the conversation between the two brothers could only be fun and had no real meaning. In fact, let alone sit down and rest, they didn't even have time to take a breath.
"Brother, there is a strange problem..."
Xu Hezi made a start, but had no chance to finish. At this time, all the officers and soldiers around them had been killed. They were tightly besieged by the Taiping Army. Due to the two brothers' unusually good fighting skills, the Taiping Army continued to attack for a long time.
As time goes on, more and more Taiping troops came from the outside like a tide.
If you want to risk a narrow escape to break out of the encirclement, now is the last chance, otherwise the encirclement net will become more and more dense, and the result will be certain death. Xu Jiangzi noticed this, but he also noticed another thing at the same time.
After the Taiping Army invaded Lijiatun, the first group of troops rushed to the hospital immediately to confirm that their brother was not dead. They then surrounded the two of them and listed themselves and their brother as the primary targets. The troops that invaded after that were
They spread out in all directions, burning, killing and destroying, burning this small town into a sea of fire, and there were people fleeing everywhere.
However, due to the tenacious resistance of himself and his brother, more and more Taiping troops put down their sabotage work and came here. This situation was certainly not good for themselves, but it was not necessarily for the local people, and they were able to escape.
Given the opportunity, the Taiping Army who came to kill the "primary target" did not take care of them and allowed these people to escape. From this aspect alone, the longer I and my brother can support themselves here and attract the main combat power of the Taiping Army, the more likely they will be.
It allows more soldiers and civilians to escape.
This was completely the result of unintentional intervention, but at this point, seeing the people fleeing with their children and belongings crawling on the ground, Xu Jiangzi could not decisively sacrifice them and save his own nature.
life.
Sacrifice oneself to save others, this kind of thing will not happen to oneself, it is too great, so, just support it more, delay it for a little longer... just a little longer...
Xu Jiangzi told himself this. The only miscalculation was that the battlefield was changing rapidly. As long as there was a slight delay, the chance of survival would be completely cut off. Originally, in addition to dodging, the two brothers also tried to fight back, waiting for the right moment to push out, or
one time
As long as the kick is accurate and clever enough, it is very possible to push the enemy's lightsaber away and cut through the bodies of other enemies. However, after killing dozens of people in a row with this method, Xu Jiangzi saw the enemy.
A machine was brought from the rear of the army, and it looked like a rigid crossbow.
The crossbow base is used to fire repeating crossbows, but the lightsabers and lightsabers have already been used on this side, and the crossbows are still being fired on the other side.
The younger brother yelled out loud from behind: "Do they still have optical crossbows?"
Xu Jiangzi was startled, and then realized that since the enemy has light knives and lightsabers, it is logical to go one step further and develop beam crossbows that can be fired intensively. However, these beam weapons cannot be touched or touched.
The bullets were fired at so densely that it was impossible to dodge. Let alone two people, even two steel plates would be shot into a honeycomb.
Seeing the enemy bring out such a thing, Xu Hezi knew that he and his brother were doomed. No matter how high the martial arts and skills were, if they encountered something that no flesh and blood could fight against, they would still be dead.
Now there is only one question left in my mind.
"Brother, I want to ask you something..."
"What's the matter? You'd better tell it quickly, otherwise there's no need to tell it... Well, the wound on my body hurts so much."
"The situation is critical, can you transform again?"
Xu Hezi asked seriously. Xu Jiangzi could understand his brother's mood, but when he heard what he said, he felt dumbfounded. If he could, why wouldn't he want to?
"You might as well try it. Knock me out all at once and see if I wake up and transform. If this method is successful, we will have a glimmer of hope today."
"...What if it doesn't succeed?"
"Then we will meet you down below later."
This is indeed a pessimistic prediction, but from the reality, there is no reason to be optimistic. Xu Jiangzi smiled bitterly, looking at the optical crossbows that were gradually increasing in brightness, and secretly thought that he would not be able to survive for long.
I really want to meet my brother down there.
Xuhezi was far less open-minded than his elder brother. Seeing those light crossbows, the young man felt full of reluctance. With his own talents, he still had many big things to do in the future. How could he die here inexplicably?
No matter how unwilling you are, personal will cannot change the actual situation, especially judging from the situation, the Taiping Army still has a lot of strength, and it is unknown how many powerful magic weapons are still left. These light crossbows are only backup weapons, not the last weapons.
, the Taiping Army is indeed determined to win this battle.
Even if he was reluctant, Xu Hezi felt that he was doomed today, but in the end he still managed to save his life. To be more correct... some people didn't want him to sacrifice his life just like that.
The moment before the optical crossbow was launched, there was a sudden roar, and the entire optical crossbow base exploded. The Taiping Army who was operating could not escape, and suffered heavy casualties. The encirclement was in chaos, Xu Jiangzi, Xu He
Zi was shocked and inexplicable, but realized that this opportunity was rare, and when they were about to take advantage of the opportunity to break out, an even more shocking fact stopped them.
Originally, Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi were back to back, eliminating blind spots and joining hands to defend. However, with the sudden explosion just now, the two of them were slightly distracted and briefly separated. But now they found that there was someone standing beside them, standing very close. , so close that you can easily grab the two of them by their throats with just one stretch of your hand.
That person... was obviously a man, with a very tall and burly figure. Although he was not the type with full muscles, standing next to him, the huge sense of presence made Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi feel as if they had suddenly changed. As a child, I have the feeling of looking up at mountains and giant rocks.
"You two brats, you did a pretty good job. I never thought you could last this long. For this reason, you can survive today."
This man who appeared mysteriously spoke in a very low voice, as if it had been transformed by some special props. It sounded like it was full of inexplicable magic. The moment it was heard, it even made people feel dizzy and almost fainted on the spot. But when they looked up, they felt Only a piece of black cloth was seen, covering his face.
"Who is your honor?"
Xu Hezi can still stay awake, but asking this question is not out of reason, it is just a habit.
"The Taiping Army headquarters directly issued an order to kill you two boys immediately. I don't know why... two young boys with no hair on their mouths are quite proud of themselves!"
Hearing these words, Xu Jiangzi found out that his guess was true. The Taiping Army invaded Lijiatun, and they really came for his brother, but... why? And who is this man? Why did he know about this? And why are you here? It sounded like he was here to save someone, but the atmosphere I felt from him didn't sound like goodwill at all.
Xu Hezi also had these doubts, but he was more concerned about one issue. This man did not take advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement, but talked nonsense with his two brothers in the midst of the encirclement. In the end, What kind of confidence do you have to be able to save your life and escape? None of the magic weapons used by the Taiping Army can be resisted by flesh and blood. Even if this person is much stronger than his brother, he is faced with a series of light crossbows. How can I escape unscathed?
These questions were really puzzling, but this mysterious man seemed to be aware of Xu Hezi's confusion and sneered in a low voice.
"The lives of these two juniors are not worthy of my taking action, but... if it is to leave something behind, that is another matter. How do you two feel after staying here for so long? Apart from feeling powerless Incompetence, is there anything else? Let me tell you, the world is big and full of wonders. As long as you practice martial arts to the extreme, you will not lose to these scraps. If you feel powerless now, you are destined to be a useless person in your life. "
He was speaking extremely arrogantly. If it weren't for the unique voice with which this man appeared and spoke, just these words would have made people disgusted.
However, Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi soon discovered that this mysterious figure was not crazy and just came here to talk nonsense. If he could talk like crazy at such a time, this person either had a brain problem or had some mental disorder. His true ability is enough to despise everything.
The man in black quickly stretched out his hands and pressed them on the shoulders of Xu Jiangzi and the two, and a strange true energy penetrated immediately. The two brothers Xu Jiangzi's internal strength was not weak, and when foreign forces invaded, they automatically developed resistance, but there Before the strange force appeared, the protective energy of the two of them was easily broken through, and the strange force penetrated directly into the internal organs.
At the same time, the man in black took a deep breath, raised his head and shouted, like a thunderbolt in mid-air, a thunderbolt that shook the sky, blasting the hearing of everyone within a few hundred feet. In just a few seconds, the entire Lijiatun was wiped out.
There was only this angry shout.
Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi were the first to bear the brunt. When they heard the angry roar, their vision went black and their ears hurt. They almost fainted on the spot, but the strange force that entered the body came into play at this time, protecting the two of them.
Their brains and internal organs prevented them from being injured or fainted by the drink.
The two brothers' internal skills are both royal and authentic, and their back-up force is extremely long. Since they did not faint, they survived the first two seconds when the shout was the most powerful, and they were able to concentrate on themselves afterwards. Vaguely, they noticed the sound.
Shouting is not as simple as it seems on the surface, nor is it just about mustering up your strength and shouting.
The shouts were full of explosive power, comparable to techniques such as "Lion's Roar", but in the violent thunder-like sound waves, both Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi heard a very subtle, but yet
It also has extremely sharp high-pitched sounds. If the loud drinking itself is shocking, then this kind of high-pitched sound can definitely hurt people.
In fact, this judgment was not wrong. The lethality of this loud shout was more shocking than expected. Under this shout, most of the Taiping troops who formed the encirclement covered their ears and rolled to the ground, looking very painful.
They wailed and screamed like wild beasts, and some of them even bled from all the holes on the spot and died.
No matter how powerful the attack weapons are, the Taiping Army's own martial arts quality varies from good to bad. This is an indisputable fact. Suddenly, when they heard this shocking shout, the sound waves shook the seventy people within the range, and their eardrums ruptured immediately and they became deaf.
, some unlucky people with insufficient cultivation even had their brains blown open and died miserably.
All of a sudden, the iron barrel-like encirclement was destroyed. Xu Jiangzi was stunned. He had never thought that there was such a method. But even if he could have thought of it earlier and shouted loudly, he would not be able to achieve such an effect. It was still in vain.
"This technique...well..."
Xu Hezi's knowledge was better than that of his brother. After being shocked, the first thing he thought of was the identity of this mysterious person. Although this person did not reveal his true face, his roar was different from the various sects he had known in his life.
Comparing the martial arts, it seems... it seems to be the legendary Demon Sect's Heavenly Wolf Roar!
"This person...could he be a magic master?"
Xu Hezi found this speculation unbelievable, and the reason why he could talk to himself was because the man in black had disappeared from their side.
The power of a roar killed dozens of Taiping soldiers, echoing throughout Lijiatun. However, not every Taiping soldier was knocked down by this roar. There were still a few Taiping warriors with higher cultivation levels and good luck who survived.
With this drink, he launched a counterattack.
It stands to reason that since the siege net has been broken, the man in black can retire successfully, but he seems to be deliberately proving his promise to let the Xu Jiangzi brothers experience the so-called ultimate martial arts. After the loud shout, the figure flashed.
Move, rush into peace in an instant
Among the troops, then, a scene appeared that made Xu Jiangzi almost drop his jaw. The Taiping army faced the enemy and waved their swords. Those dazzling lightsabers slashed at the enemy. Facing these slashes, the black-clothed soldiers
The man's reaction was simply incredible.
Without dodging or avoiding, the man in black actually raised his arm to block it. No one knew if there was anything hidden in his sleeves. When everyone thought he would break his arm and die, those lightsabers and lightsabers that cut through gold and jade...
But he couldn't cut it down and was blocked by his arm, which frightened the Taiping army to death.
"Hey! If you want to run rampant in the middle-earth just based on these, the road in this world is not that easy!"
The man in black laughed vigorously, and the strength in his hands was even more ferocious. He opened his arms and pushed them to both sides with great force. The lightsaber that came into contact with it was forced to explode by the huge force. Taiping, who was holding the sword,
Jun was shocked to death, and two others were shaken off the ground and flew up a few feet. One body fell to the ground, and the other was torn apart in the air.
The sword was ineffective, and a wave of newly adjusted light crossbows 'shot' at this moment, falling like a sudden rain.
The light crossbow is like a divine punishment given by the gods, it is dazzling, but the black shadow turns into a ghost, like a smoke that does not exist, twisting and flashing, it does not look very fast, but no light crossbow can hit, when this
The strange and charming demonic shadow flashed through the crowd, killing anyone it touched immediately. The black shadow then rushed straight towards the machine base that fired the light crossbow, easily destroying it.
The magic weapons that the Taiping Army originally used to deal with the two Xu Jiangzi brothers were not just lightsabers and light crossbows. At this time, they could not care about anything else and used all their resources to eliminate this unexpected evil star. For a moment,
All kinds of strange magic weapons, flashes, and sparks appeared in such a chaotic manner that it was almost impossible to open one's eyes.
Xu Hezi recognized that among the various magic weapons used by the Taiping Army, they included the paralyzing sound waves that had caused his brothers great suffering, as well as some things whose purpose was completely unidentifiable. They all bombarded them out at once, but regardless of whether
Frontal damage, harassment and obstacles were all inflicted on the man in black, but they had no effect at all. The man changed his previous high-speed movement and slowly walked with his head high, letting all kinds of sparks and bright lights flash around him.
, fearless.
So majestic, so scornful of all living beings, in the eyes of the two brothers Xu Jiangzi, they were like gods coming to the world, omnipotent. They probably also guessed that the man in black relied on his extreme internal strength to form an aura around his body.
Intangible, but stronger than steel, it blocked all attacks from magic weapons.
In theory, this method is feasible, but without seeing it with their own eyes, they would never believe that there are really people in the world who can practice martial arts to such an extraordinary and holy state! Looking around everything they know, let alone Heluo
I am afraid that no one in the sword sect or any sect in Middle-earth has mastered such magical skills. Is this big man in black... really a human? He seems to be a fictional character from a story book.
The battle ended quickly. When the big man in black came to Xu Jiangzi and the two of them, looking at their expressions, he couldn't help but laugh.
"If you are frightened like this, if you meet that person, won't you be frightened till you pee?"
Hearing the term "that person" again, Xu Jiangzi couldn't help but be startled. On the way here, he also heard accompanying officers and local people mention "that person". This obviously refers to a specific person.
, and everyone is extremely afraid of him, so scared that they don't even dare to call him by his name. I have never been able to ask, who is the existence that scares everyone?
Now, this godlike man in black also mentioned "that person". Although there was no fear in his voice, he did not say that person's name after all.
"The Taiping Army has named you two boys to kill. If you want to survive, you have to rely on yourselves. Since you can't die today, try to save your own lives in the future. Maybe... Hey, if you can really do this,
My expectations, this damn military country will be destroyed in your hands."
The big man in black smiled and left, very fast, disappearing into the darkness without leaving any trace. If it weren't for the corpses and damage marks on the ground, which witnessed what he did here, Xu Jiangzi might really be able to
Thought it was all just a dream.
And what happened next really made Xu Jiangzi feel like he was in a dream.
The Taiping Army that invaded Lijiatun was all wiped out. This incident not only alarmed the Taiping Army, but also shocked the imperial court.
Last time, it was a small feat to kill the Taiping Army's special forces. This time... the entire Taiping Army that invaded Lijiatun was wiped out. With just these two brothers, this was a great victory.
Although the number of enemy soldiers killed was not high, the imperial court had not seen such a victory for who knows how long.
As for the Taiping Army abandoning the war in other strongholds and using elite troops to storm Lijiatun, it seems that it was just for these two people. The imperial court has obtained information from the lurking spies, but it is completely confused as to why this is so.
No matter what, it is absolutely certain that these brothers and sisters are of great value.
If you have value, you must make good use of it. This is certain, and the first way to win over people is naturally to get promoted to a higher position.
In Xujiangzi and Xuhezi, the good news of defeating the Taiping Army in Lijiatun, and the good news of being promoted to an official and receiving a medal, were conveyed to Buzhou Mountain as quickly as possible. At the same time, the two parties involved were in a dilemma where they were completely confused about the situation.
Xu Jiangzi knew very well that he did not create this inexplicable great achievement by himself, and taking credit would be taking credit for himself. This was something he was absolutely unwilling to do, so telling everyone the truth was his first choice, but he
Soon I found that I encountered a problem: no one wanted to hear the facts I wanted to tell, and no one believed it!
The big man in black came and went without a trace. The entire action left no trace. Except for the destruction that was inconsistent with the power level of Xu Jiangzi and Xu Hezi, there was no sign to prove the existence of this man. Xu Jiangzi said it several times.
, when the military commander heard that someone could catch a lightsaber with his bare hands and dodge a light crossbow, he simply did not believe this was true and regarded it as an illusion caused by Xu Jiangzi's excessive nervousness.
"Stop joking! If someone has such high martial arts skills, why didn't he come out to serve the country earlier? Let's be realistic, such people don't exist at all!"
It is indeed discouraging that the facts described have been denied, but it is hard to blame others. If I had not seen it with my own eyes this time, and if someone told me these words, I would never believe it, but... it is
Because he saw these things with his own eyes, Xu Jiangzi knew very well that there was indeed such superb martial arts in the world, and that a person could indeed practice martial arts to this level. This... was definitely not impossible.
"...Such people do not exist. They definitely exist. It's just that the military refuses to admit it." Xu Hezi added coldly, looked at the senior military official opposite his brother, and said: "At least...
That person can do such a thing, right?"
It's not a question, but a 100% certainty. The big man in black once said that if you are intimidated like this, you will definitely piss your pants when you meet "that person". This proves that "that person" also has the same characteristics.
Shocking cultivation. Facts have proved that this guess is indeed correct, because when the senior military officials heard the word "that person", their faces changed drastically, and without explaining anything, they immediately packed up their things and left collectively.
Xu Jiangzi was confused. He didn't know what it meant, and he had no one to ask. He could only look at his younger brother with puzzled eyes, waiting for his explanation.
"Brother, you don't have to explain anything to these people. They only want to hear what they want to hear. No matter how much you say, it will be covered up by them, just like they cover up other things."
"Uh... what are they... covering up? I don't quite understand what you mean."
"I just took some time to understand the situation a little bit, and then I realized how wrong we were. There are too many things we don't know. The war ahead is not what we know at all. They covered up too many things.
The biggest secret among them is the existence of that person."
Xuhezi said: "That person's name... is called Tianyao!"