Chapter 15: A Decisive Sword (5000, Second Update Yesterday)
The flustered Gu Zechuan moved all the way, he controlled his spiritual power to fly, chasing Su Sun's pace as fast as possible, and headed to the place where the mushroom cloud was rising.
The cultivation method of the Gu clan is the universal practice of the Immortal God Era, the 'Taibai Disaster Breaking Method' derived from the 'Five Emperors Righteous Path', which is subordinate to the Golden Bank, and is good at fighting with the Dao armor, once the armor is attached, the combat effectiveness is greatly improved, so in today's Qingqiu Star, which was originally just an ordinary Gu family in the past, has now developed into one of the largest shelters.
But the flaw of this cultivation method also lies in this - if you don't wear armor, the strength of the person who practices this method will be mediocre, and it is nothing more than that you can strengthen the magic weapon in your hand.
Gu Zechuan is good at armor fighting, but his swordsmanship can only be said to be average, according to the words of the elders, that is, his sword has killing intent and accurate head, but he does not have a desperate 'resoluteness' - if he can break through this threshold, then Gu Zechuan can be called the first person of this generation of Gu clan.
It's just that the white-haired youth doesn't care about this title...... Compared with the strongest, he cares more about the safety and happiness of his relatives.
"Look at it like this, about half an hour ago, the evil cult broke through the mountain defense array...... Now, in the shelter, there should still be a fight! ”
Along the way, Gu Zechuan saw the corpses of many Gu clan cultivators, most of whom had been dead for most of the hour, probably trying to buy time for the evacuation of the women and children inside the shelter.
But this time the evil cult was so strong that they didn't even have time to set up their formation, and they all died.
It was so familiar that the young man could tell who it was from every corpse...... Gu Zechuan, who couldn't bear to look at them directly, could even call everyone's names, and when he saw those dead expressions, an irrepressible throbbing pain came from the depths of his heart.
Unwilling...... Regret...... Kick oneself......
As a mimic family, the aging and growth of the Qingqiu people is slightly slower than that of the normal human race, and the change in appearance is almost non-existent before the arrival of old age, but even so, it can be seen that most of those young corpses are real young people who are less than thirty years old.
They were all the future of the Vault - and now, all corpses.
"Damn...... Damn it!! ”
Spit out a word from between his teeth, all kinds of painful emotions, urging Gu Zechuan to return to the shelter as quickly as possible: "I hope my sister can be fine......"
Soon, Gu Zechuan, who was moving at full speed, and Tang Yuan came to the original entrance of the Gu Clan's shelter, the side of a small hill shaded by trees.
There was originally a natural crack that led to the ground like a crack, which was narrow and hidden, which was also the reason why the Gu clan chose this place when they first migrated.
And now, a huge crater with a radius of more than 150 meters appeared in its original location - around the crater, in addition to the corpses of many Qingqiu people, there were also many scattered black ashes...... Those were the many evil cults that Su Sun had killed with a lightning strike when he arrived here before.
But even so, Gu Zechuan couldn't help but close his eyes when he saw the corpses of those dozens of famous Gu cultivators.
A traditional Qingqiu shelter is generally inhabited by an entire Qingqiu family, the population of which is mostly around 700 to 1,050 people, or even less.
And more than 2,000 people, even if it is a large shelter.
The Gu Clan's Retreat is one of the largest known refuges today, but it now has a population of just over 4,000...... And among these 4,000 people, there are only 37 armorers, and there are no more than 100 cultivators who can fight, and even if the whole clan counts the reserves of the Qi refining and opening spirit level, they are only cultivators in their early 500s.
And here alone, counting those who may have been left with no bones, the Gu clan has lost more than a quarter of its cultivators, most of them are young people in the prime of life, and there are even five armorers among them.
- With the loss of so many cultivators, there is no future for the Gu Clan's refuge.
As soon as he thought of this, in the face of the dripping blood that he was about to see, Gu Zechuan, who looked disillusioned, even lost the courage to continue moving forward and going to the shelter - he was afraid to see a scene that made him desperate.
"Mr. Sawakawa, there's another survivor here!"
And at this moment, Gu Zechuan, who was almost in a trance, heard Tang Yuan's words on the side.
He suddenly turned his head, his eyes wide open, and looked at the location that the other party was pointing: it was a mound of earth, and a dark blue Dao armor was half-hidden in the ground.
"I'm coming!"
Shocked and overjoyed by the news, and also to divert attention, Gu Zechuan cheered himself up and flew towards the mound.
He landed on the ground, and then used his spiritual power to sweep away the sand and dust, and swept out a Dao armor from the mound that had been pierced by the breastplate - the wound was blurred with flesh and blood, but as Tong Tang Yuan said, the people inside still had a faint breath of life.
"Hold on, I'll treat you...... Qingshan?! ”
Gu Zechuan skillfully took off the helmet of the Dao armor, revealing a Qingqiu man with dark blue hair behind him, and then couldn't help but be stunned, because that familiar face was Gu Qingshan, who was in the same armor squad as him and had been in the same armor squad for many years.
They have carried out dozens of missions together, and each side has saved each other's lives, making them true best friends.
Gu Qingshan had already stepped into the underworld with half a foot, his right lung had been destroyed, this was not a fatal injury for a transcendent being, what really caused him to be on the verge of death was some kind of spiritual power toxin that was cold to the bones and destroyed the foundation of flesh and blood.
This armorer had already fallen into a dying state at this time, and it was only when Gu Zechuan frantically instilled spiritual energy that he returned to the light for a moment.
"Ze...... River? He whispered, his blue eyes rolling to reflect his friend's tearful face.
"It's me...... You won't die, I found reinforcements, they are from the Central Divine Court, hold on for a while, and wait until the Heavenly Soldiers of the Central Divine Court arrive......"
Gu Zechuan said tremblingly, he had already dismantled the cuirass part of the Dao armor, pressed one hand on his friend's wound, and began to inject spiritual power, ready to suppress the toxin for him - but the strange cold poison was really beyond his scope of processing, and it would take a lot of spiritual power to barely expel a little.
Knowing his fate very well, Gu Qingshan stretched out his hand and grabbed the other party's wrist. The dark-blue haired Qingqiu shook his head with the last of his strength, then looked at the entrance and exit of the vault to the side.
"Don't waste your spiritual energy...... Go inside, shelter...... And ......"
Gu Qingshan's hand had no strength at all, and Gu Zechuan could completely ignore the other party's admonition.
However, the fox's ears trembled, and the sound of a violent fight from the depths of the underground shelter was faintly heard, and the movements of the white-haired youth froze in place.
A few seconds later, Gu Zechuan gritted his teeth, he didn't say a word, got up and turned his head to leave.
- That's it, Sawakawa, the safety of the shelter is far more important than the life of one of us......
The blue-haired fox man looked at his friend's back with a pleased gaze and slowly closed his eyes.
However, just when Gu Qingshan's consciousness gradually dissipated and subsided.
Suddenly, he felt a cold touch on his wrist.
Then, a feeling of ethereal, ** turning into a ghost spreads from the touch and spreads throughout the body.
Suddenly opening his eyes, Gu Qingshan, who was in doubt, suddenly found that his dying ** was suddenly no longer in pain - he looked around in shock, but only saw a kind black-haired young man holding his hand, and the state of both of them was like a void soul.
"Tang, Mr. Tangyuan?"
At this time, Gu Zechuan, who sensed that something was wrong, turned around and saw this scene in amazement.
I don't know if it's because of the soul body, or if it's the same as it was, the appearance of the black-haired young man is extremely unhealthy, like a dead pale, but the smile on the corner of his mouth is very warm and kind.
Hearing Gu Zechuan's voice, Tang Yuan nodded slightly, then turned his head and looked at Gu Qingshan on the side.
"The ministers are here, you are still dead, he will sulk."
Saying to Gu Qingshan and Gu Zechuan so calmly, Tang Yuan sighed: "This was the case last time - when he went to catch the poachers, there happened to be a spirit deer that had been killed, because the soul of the spirit beast was too weak to be saved, and he couldn't be saved, so he sulked for a long time, and he had been looking for trouble with the poachers some time ago, and he had forced several meetings...... It's really awkward and troublesome. ”
"Well, that's a lot. Anyway, I now probably understand why the minister brought me here. ”
"Why?"
Looking at this scene blankly, Gu Zechuan subconsciously asked.
And Tang Yuan just smiled faintly.
Then, Gu Zechuan's eyes gradually widened - he saw that as the black-haired young man swung around his body in circles of light gray spiritual power and spread in all directions, a few seconds later, the entire perimeter of the Gu Clan's refuge, next to the corpses of all the Qingqiu people, there were dazed and lost soul bodies.
That's all the dead souls.
Tang Yuan's spiritual power spread and touched them, but this power not only did not cause them to collapse, but instead stabilized their gradually dissipating bodies, and even instinctively approached the pale young man.
"After all, it's the bloodline of the Yuling Tang family...... Although most of the Tang family is not a good thing, sure enough, no matter what strength and talent, as long as it is used in the right place, it can always do something good and redeem some regrets. ”
Slowly pulling all the souls back and gathering them at his side, Tang Yuan smiled and motioned to Gu Zechuan to move on: "Don't stop here, although the minister is strong, there is only one person, although he can destroy the enemy, he may not be able to protect the civilians...... Go help him. ”
“…… Thank you so much! ”
Taking a deep breath and clenching his fists, Gu Zechuan stared at his comrades-in-arms who were temporarily no longer deteriorating and saving their lives because of their spiritualization, and then looked around at the souls that were gradually approaching.
He bowed deeply to Tang Yuan: "Great kindness, remember it in your heart!" ”
"No thanks."
Tang Yuan just shrugged his shoulders in response to this big gift, he watched Gu Zechuan turn around, and then galloped towards the depths of the underground shelter, and then whispered to himself: "As Minister Tong said, this is just something that everyone will do." ”
"Then again, if the minister brought me here, it would be to save the soul of the dead and break through the barrier...... Then I'm too tooly, right? ”
Naturally, Gu Zechuan didn't hear this complaint.
At this moment, he had gone deep into the ground, and when he reached the outer wall of the shelter, he could see that the defensive barrier that had surrounded the shelter had been blown up.
The defensive wall of the Gu Clan's refuge is a layer of silver rock formation, which is the Gu clan's use of metallic spiritual power to infiltrate the rock crust, so that it gradually enriches the surrounding metals, turning into an acquired, almost indestructible spiritual iron alloy rock, and using it to roughly wrap the entire refuge.
The hardness of the spirit iron alloy rock is so high, if it were not difficult to use in refining weapons, I am afraid that many people would use it as a weapon material - but now, such an indestructible shell has been blown out of a huge gap with a radius of about forty meters, and at the edge of the gap, the magma is still flowing.
That is exactly the common siege weapon used by evil spirits to break through shelters, derived from the effect of the 'Mine Drilling' of the C-Fire Thunder Method.
It can be seen that both inside and outside the gap, there are many fortifications and Dao magic arrays, but these fortifications have all been destroyed now, and there are still a large number of evil spirits and Qingqiu people's bodies around them.
Behind the gap, inside the shelter, which had lost energy and was already pitch black, there were still bursts of fierce confrontation and sonic booms.
Without hesitation, Gu Zechuan immediately prepared to enter it.
But suddenly, in the advancing soil, the white-haired young man sensed a terrifying coercion.
"Demons!"
It was an angry roar - Gu Zechuan heard it, and Su Sun's soul sound vibrated in the spirit world.
Then, a huge force that was incomparably terrifying, like a heavenly tribulation, mixed with almost materialized spiritual pressure, spread in all directions.
Whether it was an evil person or an ordinary Qingqiu person, they all died of any combat power in an instant, or fell unconscious, or fell to the ground, and none of them could stand upright.
Even if it was not the main target of deterrence, it was just endangered by the aftermath, Gu Zechuan still felt dizzy and almost knelt down.
- I can't fall here!
But...... An unwillingness.
A belief that came from the depths of his heart, a desire to help others, and a belief that he would never give in, made him stand straight and persevere.
Then, no longer trembling, he looked up at Gu Zechuan in the shelter and saw that on the inside of the shelter, in front of a huge incomparably blue and purple light cluster, there was an ice-blue dim light point that was fleeing in embarrassment, and it was rushing towards the exit of the shelter at this moment.
It was an evil with the high-level strength of a human immortal, and it had accidentally moved the underworld—it was severely injured by Su Sun, but it didn't die immediately.
There was a fist mark on this evil Dao armor, and it was shattered by the bombardment, but even so, it could be seen that it was full of dried blood, and the thick bloody aura was permeated, and I didn't know how many people its master had killed.
"Monster, don't come here!"
At this time, the evil man's face was full of fear, but soon, this fear turned into cruelty.
It stretched out ten fingers, and the top of each finger was condensed with a mysterious divine light that was enough to destroy the flesh and blood foundation of the cultivator, ** and disperse, and then, it had no scruples, and it could even be said to deliberately aim at the various places in the shelter, and those ordinary people who were crying and hiding were launched.
"Stop!" "Damn it!" Suddenly, Gu Zechuan, who was glaring angrily, roared angrily at the same time as Su Day.
It can be seen that the blue-purple aura is close behind the evil - although Su Sun's speed is indeed faster than the other party, he has to block the other party's crazy attack deliberately targeting ordinary people, so he is a step slower, and can only watch the evil spirit gallop all the way towards the entrance and exit.
"Get out of here!"
At this time, this evil cult also found Gu Zechuan, who was located at the exit of the shelter with a furious expression, and it was far more intelligent than other people of the same kind, and it immediately used its spirit to deter it, wanting to drive away this ant and make it not get in the way.
In an instant, the suffocating smell of blood, the huge and cold killing intent like a glacier, mixed with the spiritual pressure that far surpassed his own, pressed towards Gu Zechuan like a tsunami.
Fluttering ...... It seems to be about to capsize at any moment.
But all this ...... But Gu Zechuan suddenly clenched the sword in his hand, and in the ** that had not healed from his serious injuries, his spiritual power was running rapidly.
His thinking at this time was unprecedentedly clear and unprecedentedly angry.
- This damn evil must not let him escape!
Gripping the cone sword in his hand, his only remaining weapon, at this moment, Gu Zechuan had no more thoughts in his heart, the white-haired young man's blue eyes seemed to be burning with flames, he looked directly at the evil that was rushing towards him in front of him, and then pointed straight at the sword, pointing forward.
- Aper Sword.
It is only a weapon that was created to make it easier to break through the enemy's Dao armor and kill evil spirits.
And now, the Taibai Disaster Destroying Method was running at full strength, with unprecedented killing intent in his heart, Gu Zechuan felt as if his whole person had turned into a cone sword in his hand, turning into that little bit of edge.
So, at the top of that ordinary cone sword, a little bright sword light skyrocketed!
When he landed, the aura turned into a white rainbow, and in a silent moment, Gu Zechuan jumped up, struck the evil demon with his sword, and the white-gold Gengjin sword qi broke through the atmosphere, with a cold glow, and resolutely stabbed at the evil spirit!
In an instant, under the evil and shocked gaze, the ordinary acone sword pierced its skin and flesh, hitting its frontal bone.
And then......
"Get out!"
With a roar, a huge amount of spiritual power burst out, knocking Gu Zechuan directly into the air—more than the spiritual power suppression of an entire great realm, so that even a young man who broke through the sword technique was powerless to resist the counterattack of the demon's fury at all.
In just an instant, the violent spiritual power hit it hard, spurting blood, and Gu Zechuan was about to fall into a coma for the second time......
However, the enemy was also held back by him.
"Want to go?!"
A serene sneer.
Feeling the abyss-like aura behind him, the evil turned his head in despair, and then a hand reached out and pressed it on the face.
Before Gu Zechuan's consciousness fell into a deep sleep, his sloppy eyes could see that Su Sun had caught up with that evil man, and he punched through the opponent's chest at the first time, crushing the monster's heart and spine, and his right hand stretched out and pressed on the skull of the evil skull that was screaming and wailing, and the five of them even fell into it together, causing the spirit pattern to spread.
Then, there was the crunch of something being crushed, and a cold snort with anger.
Gu Zechuan was completely plunged into darkness.