Outside Hulao Pass, in a deep mountain and dense forest, slight footsteps sounded, and then a team wearing black armor appeared in the mountains and fields.
There are about thirty people in this team, more than ten of whom are armed with swords and ready to watch the surroundings; the other twenty or so people are either holding writing brushes or holding musical instruments such as zither, zither, pipa, etc.
Holding a chessboard, in short, everything is available.
This team was none other than a team led by Yang Dongqing to patrol the mountains.
There were five teams dispatched this time. Except for Yang Dongqing's team, the other teams were all about 20 people, but those teams were all composed of elite troops. Unlike Yang Dongqing's team, there were still
There were students from Wen Palace and Hongye Academy mixed in, so that was why he personally led the team.
"Everyone, please be careful. According to the team that came back to report, there have been more traces of demon cultivators near our border recently. The commander-in-chief suspects that they are going to make another big move. Of course, this is also very likely to be a trap created by the demon cultivators.
They want to lure us out and ambush us, but no matter what the reason is, we must take it seriously..."
Yang Dongqing looked serious, changing from his usual friendly and kind appearance.
Seeing his attitude, Su Ping'an and the others couldn't help but become much more serious.
Pei Jinghong walked in the team while scanning the surroundings vigilantly, and asked in a low voice: "Captain Yang, why did the demon cultivator create a maze to lure us out? Aren't they afraid of us?"
Su Pingan, Wen Liang, Feng Shaoyang and others also looked at Yang Dongqing curiously.
Hearing this, Yang Dongqing said: "Who told you that the demon cultivators are afraid of us? At the border, you must remember that no one is afraid of anyone here, there is only a difference in strength. When we are stronger than the demon cultivators, they
They will retreat temporarily; once they gather more people and feel stronger than us, they will attack us without hesitation, and you should not underestimate the cunningness of the demon cultivators.
When we fought against the demon cultivators earlier, we thought that the demon cultivators were a group of violent guys who only knew bloodthirsty, cruelty, and sinister ways. However, during one operation, some of us also discovered the activities of the demon cultivators outside the border.
Then when the party went out to kill these demon cultivators, they suddenly discovered that we had fallen into the demon cultivator's scheme.
Those demon cultivators deliberately exposed their flaws, making us think that there were not many demon cultivators active outside the border. But in fact, they ambush hundreds of demon cultivators outside the border, and then waited for us to leave the border in batches.
Kill us and weaken the strength of the border gate, and then they will swarm up to attack the border gate.
Had it not been for the timely support from other passes, all our soldiers at Hulao Pass would have died in the battle. Even so, we would have suffered heavy casualties in that battle..."
After listening to Yang Dongqing's words, the atmosphere in the team suddenly became gloomy.
Although Yang Dongqing's words were very simple at that time, everyone could fully imagine the tragic battle situation at that time, and everyone's breathing became heavier unconsciously.
Seeing this situation, Yang Dongqing suddenly smiled and broke the silence and said to everyone: "Of course, you don't have to be too stressed. After all, our soldiers in Hulao Pass are not vegetarians. After so many years of fighting against the demon cultivators,
We at Hulao Pass have always had the advantage. The reason why I tell you this is to let you know the cunningness of the demon cultivators and to make you not take it lightly, but it is not to make you afraid of them. Do you understand?"
"Understood!"
After Yang Dongqing said this, the expressions of all the students improved a lot, but everyone became much more cautious.
The same goes for Su Pingan.
Everyone didn't know much about demon cultivators before, and they did think that demon cultivators were bloodthirsty and cruel people. Even if they took action, they would always be direct, or at most they would engage in some small sneak attacks or underhanded tactics. Who could
Knowing that they can also use tricks to trap and kill the soldiers at the border, you need to be extra careful.
After this incident, the people in Wen Palace and Hongye Academy felt that they had a new understanding of the demon cultivator.
Not long after walking forward, they were already five thousand meters away from Hulao Pass. Normally, border patrols would only reach here at most. Any further away would require a large army to ensure safety.
"Still nothing was found. Could it be that the demon cultivator that the patrol saw before was just an accident?"
Yang Dongqing frowned.
However, it is also a good thing that no demon cultivator was found, which means that there will be no war coming, which is always a good thing for Hulao Pass.
Su Ping'an and Wen Liang also breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time many people were a little disappointed, because this trip, many people still came with the intention of killing the demon cultivator, but now it seems that they ran away in vain
One trip.
"Okay, let's stop the search here. It will be dangerous if we go further. Everyone, prepare to go back."
When Yang Dongqing saw everyone's expressions, he understood their mood very well, and he shook his head slightly and smiled.
Ding dong dong…
Just when everyone was about to set off and return, the demon-detecting bell on Yang Dongqing's waist suddenly rang violently, and the sound of the bell and the shaking were so great that it was as if the demon-detecting bell was going to be shattered.
"Not good, alert!"
Upon noticing this scene, Yang Dongqing's expression immediately changed and he hurriedly shouted at everyone.
At the same time, the originally bright forest suddenly dimmed, as if it turned from day to night in an instant, and as if everyone was enveloped by something. The eyes were dim for an instant, and nothing could be seen.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"I can't see anything. Is there a demon cultivator here?"
"It seems like something is approaching me..."
"Ah... I was attacked, I was injured, someone come and save me!"
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
The sudden ringing of the demon detection bell originally made everyone nervous, but now they couldn't see anything all of a sudden. Many people almost subconsciously took action, but they were not sure whether they could hit the demon cultivator, and would injure their own people instead.
In just the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people screamed.
"Everyone, don't panic, hold on tight, everyone defend back to back, don't panic..."
In the crowd, Yang Dongqing's face also became very solemn. He felt something was wrong. The demon cultivators seemed to have premeditated this action. They happened to step on the extreme point of their patrol and defense, and then launched a sudden attack, and
As soon as he took action, the sky darkened and everyone became blind all of a sudden. This did not look like the hasty action of one or two demon cultivators.
"Could it be that... this is another planned and premeditated action by the demon cultivator?!"