At this moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded: "Essence of Ancient Times!"
Qianye and Yetong were both slightly startled. They turned around and saw a person walking out of the shadows, and Xu Lang appeared at the entrance of the cave.
Looking at the ancient essence fragment in Qianye's hand, Xu Lang could not move his eyes for a moment, and could no longer hide the desire and greed in his eyes.
Neither Qianye nor Yetong moved. Only the muzzle of the sniper rifle in Yetong's hand inadvertently moved to the side. It was now pointing in the direction of Qianye.
Xu Lang finally withdrew his gaze with difficulty and glanced at the situation inside the cave. The cave was in a mess. It was obvious that a battle had just taken place, and there were still embers in some places. Looking at the injuries on Qianye's body, there were two wounds.
There was the smell of black titanium, and blood was leaking from the hastily bandaged cloth on his abdomen.
Xu Lang pulled out his sword and said in a deep voice: "Are you Zhao Qianye of the Zhao family? From now on, you will be under my command. Bring the ancient essence fragments and cooperate with me to kill the princess of Menluo. When I return, I will
Your achievements will be reported to the empire."
Qianye was also sizing up this young man who suddenly appeared in imperial military uniform. He had seen this young man's look too many times. From the street gangs in Dark Blood City to the aristocratic families who controlled the exchange points for bloody battles, he was devoured by greed in the face of great interests.
Beyond their sanity and limits, they will try any unreasonable means.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "Why is this commander's order different from the military order I heard before I came down?"
Xu Lang's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "As an imperial general, I naturally have the right to command in battle. What, are you going to disobey me?"
Qianye didn't believe that the ancient essence fragment could enter the imperial treasury if it fell into Xu Lang's hands. This was really a poor excuse. He stood up slowly, holding the ancient essence fragment in one hand and Dongyue in the other.
He said calmly: "The strong is king in this place. The things are in my hands. If you want it, you can get it yourself."
Xu Lang narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Qianye, you want to betray the empire!"
Qianye laughed, "Empire? You dare to say this outside? There are many people who want to steal the Zhao family's things during this bloody battle of the Iron Curtain. It seems that you are one of them. Very good, I will remember you."
Xu Lang's face became more gloomy, his aura continued to rise, and he walked towards Qianye, "If you say that, I can't let you get out alive, even though I didn't intend to let you go."
"Who are you?" Qianye glanced at the red scorpion mark on Xu Lang's body, somewhat curious.
"People who are about to die don't need to know my name." Xu Lang replied. Halfway through, he suddenly glanced at Ye Tong and said, "Prince Daughter of Monroe, you are also seriously injured, right? It's still too late to leave now.
, otherwise you will be the next one to die."
Ye Tong's eyes flickered, and the wound on her leg exuded the smell of fresh blood, as if it was healing very slowly. At this time, she glanced at Qianye, then looked at the rich and substantial force on Xu Lang's body, and then slowly
Slowly retreat to one side.
Xu Lang laughed loudly and strode towards Qianye. The short knife in his hand kept vibrating and making a heart-stopping cry. But before he could take the next step, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart and almost fell to the ground.
Xu Lang was not slow to react. The force of his whole body exploded, and at the same time the tip of the knife touched the ground. He was able to stand firm, but the taste of blood was already in his mouth. He turned his head in shock and saw Ye Tong's cold eyes, and...
There was a dark muzzle of a sniper rifle, searching for the center of his eyebrows.
Without thinking, Xu Lang's fighting instinct formed over the years made him fly into the air to dodge the next attack. However, at the moment when he used his strength to fly into the air, his heart spasmed inexplicably. The pain caused by this was not as severe as before, but it also made him feel uncomfortable.
His movements were slightly out of shape and his strength was insufficient.
With a roar, a strange roar sounded in the cave. After Qianye activated his pupil technique, he stepped forward, and at the same time Dongyue swept across, slashing Xu Lang's waist.
Xu Lang yelled and waved his sword to block. However, the other person was in the air and had nowhere to use his force. The short sword suddenly opened a hole, and the person was swept away.
Although Qianye didn't have much force left to use after the fierce battle with Ye Tong, but with only his physical strength and Dongyue's foundation, this blow was not something that ordinary people could resist.
Xu Lang stood up in the air, his body suddenly fell sharply, and he stood on the ground. However, when he looked back, he saw a large number of dead souls. Qianye and Ye Tong each held two guns, the muzzles of the guns flashed, and they were shooting fiercely in this direction!
Dodging bullets is a compulsory skill for every imperial general. Xu Lang judged the trajectory in an instant, took a step forward, and prepared to take a hard shot to avoid other force bullets. But the moment he took a step forward, his heart felt...
The strange pain reappeared. Even though Xu Lang had experienced it once, he still could not completely control his body's reaction, and his feet stagnated involuntarily.
It was this subtle difference that made Xu Lang take an extra shot. Moreover, the trajectory of a force bullet with a faint black air in the air suddenly curved and hit Xu Lang. This was a force bullet mixed with black titanium!
In fact, Xu Lang's judgment when he appeared was correct. Qianye and Ye Tong were both at the end of their strength, and the force bullets they fired were average. But Xu Lang was shot three times in an instant, and his force defense was still directly shattered.
, especially the Force bomb mixed with black titanium, made him feel cold all over. He made a decisive decision and jumped into a cave passage to escape.
The gunfire continued to roar, Qianye and Yetong stood side by side, and a second wave of bullets blasted into the passage. At the end of the passage, Xu Lang roared in pain, and it was obvious that he had been shot again.
"Zhao Qianye! If you collude with the vampires, the empire will not let you go!" Xu Lang yelled with hatred, his voice quickly fading away.
Nighteye turned to look at Qianye and asked, "Is it important?"
Qianye sheathed the twin flowers and said, "It's okay. After returning to the empire, it's not certain who will cause trouble for whom."
The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding they had just fighting side by side was really charming.
Qianye also discovered the difference in eye skills between himself and Night Eye. Night Eye's eye skills are extremely lethal and can penetrate the Force defense, but the power will still be lost after successful penetration, and it consumes a lot of energy when activated.
Larger and require a certain time interval.
Qianye's pupil control theory has much smaller attack power, but the force penetration ability is still higher than that of night pupil, and it consumes less and is activated quickly. The battle with Xu Lang only lasted a few seconds, and Qianye had already launched continuously
The two eye spells affected Xu Lang's actions at critical moments, and initially caused him to be defeated quickly.
Perhaps this is the true use of eye control.
After this incident, Qianye stopped delaying and began to absorb the ancient essence fragments under the protection of Night Eye. He had experience in absorbing the remaining crystals of the Celestial Ghost's clone. This process was very smooth. The impact of the will of the ancient beast was also remembered by the Celestial Ghost.
Offset a lot.
When Qianye woke up from meditation, he found that the internal and external injuries on his body were basically healed, and even the blood core wound was mostly healed. A crystal the size of a finger sprouted from the original wound, sealing the wound.
This crystal grew together with the blood core, but its properties were different from the tiny crystal grains in the blood core. It was somewhat similar to ancient essence fragments. Qianye looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure out whether this new crystal was a blood core.
part of.
Only when the blood race reaches the prince level, the blood core will be completely crystallized and turned into blood amber. Although Qianye has never seen blood amber, based on some knowledge he gained from the river of blood, it seems that blood amber is not like this.
.
Qianye put this matter aside and began to check the force status in his body. The ancient essence fragment contained the vast void force. After it entered the body, it immediately split into two, while replenishing his dawn force and blood.
The energy attached to a fragment is extremely huge. Just one week of meditation restored Qianye's force and blood to their peak, and the excess energy was absorbed by the Black Book. This mysterious Black Book is like
The bottomless abyss seems to be able to contain no matter how much energy there is. When the ancient essence fragments are completely absorbed, the ancient runes on its cover reappear.
Qianye opened his eyes and saw Ye Tong sitting quietly not far from him, hugging his knees, with a calm expression showing relaxation and vague joy. He finally asked a question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time: "The beginning
At that time, why did you want to seek death? Is it related to the Paz clan?"
"What about you? Why don't you take action?" Ye Tong asked.
Qianye knelt down and sat up, stretched out his hand to pull Ye Tong's body, making her face him. The two looked at each other, unable to escape anymore, and then said: "You know why I did what I did. Now answer my question.
"
Ye Tong finally sighed and said, "It has something to do with the Paz clan."
Next, Ye Tong told everything. Hearing that Saint Edward used various means to force Ye Tong, Qianye's eyes lit up with fierce murderous intent, and the hand around Ye Tong's shoulders tightened.
Ye Tong sighed, caressed Qianye's face, and said, "Don't be impulsive. Neither you nor I can be Edward's opponent now, not to mention that there is the Paz clan behind him, and...the Supreme Majesty Lilith.
"
Qianye nodded and asked: "Where's Monroe, they won't let this matter go unchecked, right?"
"If Monro were still the Black Winged King, this would naturally not happen. But it is different now. Everyone knows that Her Majesty Lilith hates His Majesty Anduya very much. Now that she wakes up from her long sleep, the entire vampire race will
Surrender to her will, and Monro is no exception. And in the past thousands of years, the only one who dared to disobey her was the Black Winged King."
"So Monroe will hand you over?"
Nighteye nodded silently.
"What are your plans now?"
Hearing this question, Ye Tong's face showed confusion, "I, I don't know, my father... it's impossible to go home. Maybe he will go to a neutral place?"
Qianye recalled what Ye Tong said, and suddenly caught a key point: "If you hand over the ancient essence fragments to the Eternal Night Council, there will be a turn for the better, right?"
Under the bright gaze of Qianye, Ye Tong finally couldn't resist and said: "Forget it, if I take the ancient essence fragment back, Her Majesty Lilith promises to return my freedom."
"Then why did you give it to me?" Qianye was annoyed.
"Don't you understand? It's just that Her Majesty Lilith doesn't interfere. She won't care about what Edward wants to do." At this point, Ye Tong's eyes showed bitterness and said, "Even if Monroe can still protect me.
, I don’t plan to go back. Besides, no one really cares about me except my father. All my relatives want is to use my identity to seek benefits and power for themselves."
Qianye slowly hugged Ye Tong into his arms, stroked her soft black hair, and said after a long time: "Follow me!"