Late at night, every household in Mountain City lit up their lights. The rumbling of gunshots coming from the direction of the barracks made people unable to sleep. They even dared to pull three or five of their neighbors to the streets near the barracks to watch. On a long street far away from the barracks, the rooftops of tall and low buildings were gradually filled with people. Everyone looked in the direction of the barracks, where the flames were bright. One could see that the army of Mountain City had formed a battle formation and was fighting with someone.
Not long after, a torrent of water poured out of the barracks. Those inhuman figures constantly reminded people of their identities.
"Outsiders?"
"Oh my god, is that a demon cultivator?"
"Look at those big men. Those are berserkers."
"Why are these things in Mountain City?"
"Don't you know? I've long heard that there's something strange in the independent camp. It's true. "
"You mean …"
"It's good that you know. Don't say it out loud."
There was a lot of discussion.
After the outsider army, the soldiers of Mountain City also split up to chase after them out of the barracks. On the battlefield of the barracks, the remaining soldiers surrounded and killed the dozens of berserkers who were in charge of cutting off the rear. In the history of the Bailey Empire, there would be a war with the Shadow Duchy almost every few decades. Especially as the empire expanded its territory, such wars became more and more frequent. The outsiders of the Shadow Duchy were almost all bloodthirsty and murderous. Those villages and towns invaded by the Shadow Legion rarely left alive. The food would be set on fire, and no matter if it was men or women, old or young, they would not be able to escape the butcher's knife in the hands of the outsiders. What's more, some of the ferocious outsiders even ate women and children. Therefore, the hatred of humans for outsiders was branded in their bones. Even though they didn't know the reason, the onlookers still cheered for the army of Mountain City when they saw the outsider army fleeing like stray dogs.
Gonza glared hatefully at the people cheering on the rooftop of the building. His eyes were filled with resentment, but there was nothing he could do.
Tonight's change was unexpected.
Shadow Duchy originally had an agreement with Daniel. Shadow Duchy funded this man and allowed him to become a viscount from an unknown commoner. On the other hand, Daniel had to cover for the invasion of the Shadow Duchy's army. Some important resources and powerful weapons would be smuggled into the empire through Daniel, so that powerful beings of foreign races could use them immediately after entering the empire without attracting the attention of the empire.
But the Shadow Duchy never thought that Daniel would die in battle. Moreover, some of the important things, such as the Blood Hidden Saber and the Fire God's Heart, were taken away by outsiders. This was undoubtedly a blow to the Shadow Duchy's plan. The Shadow Duchy took a step back and found Rackett and renewed the contract.
Gonza and his army would be the vanguard of the invasion of the southern border of the empire. Everything was going according to plan. Seeing that the winter snow had melted, it was the day Mountain City sent out their troops. At that time, the outsider army would use the mountain city as a cover and quietly invade the empire's territory. By the time the Empire reacted, they would have taken down at least three to five important territories. With this as a foothold, the Shadow Legion would march forward continuously. Just think about it, apart from an Iron Spear Hoey who had some strength in the southern region of the empire, which other lord would be able to take a fancy to?
As for an Iron Spear Hoey, no matter how capable he was, he wouldn't be able to stop the Duchy's army. At that time, they would occupy the Southern Territory with the momentum of thunder and lightning, and they would be able to look north and south. If he continued to operate step by step, it wouldn't be difficult for him to threaten the Northern Capital of the empire.
However, tonight, this plan was about to be destroyed again. First, Rackett and Yopuni were killed, then Remington changed sides, and then a mysterious expert jumped out of nowhere, killing Gonza until he was powerless to reverse the situation. He could only bring his army out of the city. Thinking of this, Gonza's body and mind ached.
The heartache was naturally that the plan that was about to be completed had gone bankrupt for no reason. As for the pain in his body, it was because of the mysterious expert. The two short blades that Gonza had used to face his enemy in the end looked inconspicuous, but in reality, they were the essence of his body. The special physique of the Blade Demon Cultivator made the bone blades they carried sharper than ordinary swords and sabers. Gonza was an expert who had undergone a transformation, and the two short blades were the products of his transformation.
Those two short blades could easily cut off the metal barrel of the cannon, but they couldn't cut off the saber light of the opponent's saber. In fact, the mysterious expert had even cut off his two blades in turn. The two blades were like extensions of his body, and they were more important parts. The two blades were broken. Although Gonza's life was still intact, his vitality was also greatly damaged. This was also the reason why he didn't dare to receive that person's last saber strike. Even his two blades were broken. What else could he use to receive that person's saber?
Despite his resentment, Gonza was more helpless. He could only bring his army out of the city and report the matter to General Andhera, who was in charge of the southern invasion plan. As for the humans and Mountain City who had betrayed the contract, they would wait for Andhera's revenge. The corner of Gonza's mouth curled up into a sinister smile. That general had always been vengeful. After suffering such a huge loss this time, there was no reason for him to let go of this mountain city. Gonza had even begun to imagine that after the army took down Mountain City, he would cut off the heads of the humans who had cheered for the army just now and hang them together on the city wall so that they could personally watch their city fall.
The city gate was in sight.
The soldiers guarding the city fired a few symbolic shots and quickly retreated, exposing the open city gate to Gonza's eyes. The outsider army continued to surge out of the city gate, and Gonza was among them. Just as he passed through the city gate passageway, a few black silk threads hung down from the vault above and wrapped around Gonza's neck.
Gonza suddenly felt a strong sense of danger and looked up at the vault above his head. He saw a figure attached to the vault like a gecko, and a few black lines accelerated towards him. Gonza screamed as he slashed out with the bone blades in his arms. This pair of bone blades couldn't compare to the short blades between fists, but they were still exceptionally sharp. Not to mention threads, even armor could be easily torn open by it. However, when it slashed onto the black line, it was a little light and powerless. At this moment, the black line suddenly shrank, pressing down on the bone blade and retracting towards Gonza's neck.
Gonza sneered and his Origin Energy erupted. The two blades split left and right, finally breaking the black lines. However, after it broke, the black lines did not disappear. Strands of black Qi intertwined with each other and returned to normal in the blink of an eye. At this moment, no matter how fast Gonza was, he couldn't be faster than such an unforeseen event. In the end, he was wrapped around his neck by the black threads. The black line suddenly tightened, and sparks actually appeared on Gonza's skin.
The outsider expert's body spun wildly, using the spikes on his body as weapons to cut off the black threads hanging down from the vault. He was so angry that he couldn't care less that he was still in a dangerous place. He pressed down on the ground with the tip of his foot, creating a pit on the ground. He shot towards the top of the city gate like a cannonball. The bone blades in his arms spun and were about to hit the person when a black mist suddenly exploded around the figure. Gonza slashed into the black mist and felt nothing. He felt something in his heart and turned his head to look outside the city gate. A ball of black mist exploded outside the gate and the man emerged from the mist. Gonza let out an unpleasant laugh. He pressed his hands and feet on the vault and used his strength to bounce out of the city gate, killing the human who dared to intercept him.
Belmond smiled faintly. The mist and fire between his arms flourished, and he kneaded the fire into threads. The mist gathered into threads, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of black threads wrapped around his arms. The black lines twisted like snakes. Belmond's new ability, Black Snake, could be soft or hard as he wished. It was this method that killed dozens of riders on the Absolute Shadow Highlands. Now that Black Snake was facing Gonza, Belmond quickly drew up a plan of action. Seeing Gonza pouncing towards him, he did not greet him. Instead, he crashed into the outsider army.
Regardless of whether he collided with the Saber Demon soldiers or other alien lifeforms, Belmond waved his arms, and the black snakes on his arms swam around them. Once they wrapped around their prey, the black threads tightened and instantly dismembered the outsider soldiers. Wherever Belmond passed, a large wave of blood rose, causing Gonza to be furious. Gonza shouted for the soldiers to stay away from the human, and he also crashed into it.
For a moment, the figures in his line of sight swayed. Gonza couldn't see Belmond. He could only see waves of blood exploding from time to time in the crowd, or limbs being thrown up. He cursed the human in his heart as he tried to head in the direction of Belmond.
But he didn't know that Belmond was a killer, not a warrior. Killers never faced their enemies head-on. Belmond killed ordinary soldiers to attract Gonza's attention, but on the other side, he secretly sent out a few black snakes to sweep across the ground. The black snake nimbly circled around the outsider soldier's body and swam to Gonza's side. Suddenly, it wrapped around his legs. When Gonza noticed it, the black snake retracted and threw him to the ground. Belmond immediately pounced forward and drilled into a ball of exploding black mist, instantly arriving at the top of Gonza's head.
The black snakes on his arms shot out, and the black lines twisted together in midair, shaped like short cones. Two short black cones pierced into Gonza's chest. Gonza shouted loudly and waved his arms left and right, blocking the short cones. He spun up, broke the black thread around his feet, and grabbed Belmond with both hands. Belmond smiled and slid back. The short awl scattered into thousands of black snakes, and the black snakes wrapped around Gonza's arms. The latter felt as if his hands were wrapped in countless fine blades, and every second, a hundred wounds appeared on his hands.
The black snake shrank and wrapped itself tightly around Gonza. Belmond shook his hands and lifted Gonza into the air from the crowd. Gonza looked down at Belmond and was about to counterattack. Suddenly, a red light lit up at the corner of his eyes, and his soul instantly dissipated. He only saw the red light coming from above the city gate, and then everything was over.
When Remington rode his horse out of the city gate, he happened to see a scarlet saber light rising from the city gate under the boundless night sky. It threw itself into the outsider soldiers and hung in midair like a resplendent scarlet rainbow. Following that, a ravine split open on the ground and rumbled into the distance, drawing out the trajectory of the saber, causing Remington's heart to skip a beat.
Saber Qi surged for a thousand meters, playing a series of rapid thunder. Wherever the scarlet rainbow passed, the outsider soldiers were thrown upside down. It was unknown how many people fell into the ravine that had been slashed out by a type of lightning. At the end of the ravine, Allen landed on the ground with his saber. The blood on Gojoseon instantly evaporated, and a head fell from mid-air and rolled under the saber.
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