Chen Qingxu suppressed his aura to the lowest, almost blending into the surrounding vegetation. He hid motionlessly in a blind spot behind the thick felt of the black banner above the king's tent, coldly watching this unexpected development.
The Wolf King's tent split into two, and a steam-powered wheelchair emitting white mist slid out from the middle. The Wolf King, Calais Yinghou, was wrapped in a thick cloak. He curled up in the wheelchair as if he was about to die. He coldly swept his gaze over the rebel army outside the tent.
"Third Aunt." He cracked open his thin lips and smiled. He muttered, "My mother died early, and you took care of me for five years. You treated me like your own son. Now … even you want to draw your sword against me?"
Although Madame Red Cloud was the instigator, she was still a tottering old woman. She could only plan, but she couldn't personally go into battle and kill people. She wasn't here, so Calais's mutterings scattered in the air. No one answered.
This ferocious Wolf King of the last generation, his hatred, joy, ambition, and revenge were all done by himself. He did not have parents, brothers, children, relatives, or friends. He treated them like pigs and dogs, and they also ruthlessly betrayed him as a form of retribution.
Some of the rebel army's hands trembled violently, almost unable to hold the weapons in their hands. No one knew who it was, but the knife in someone's hand suddenly fell to the ground with a clang. It was particularly obvious in the quiet night.
"They all betrayed me. They all want me dead." Calais gave a sharp and cold laugh. He suddenly raised his chicken claw-like hand high up and suddenly chopped down. "You all go die first!"
Under his command, arrows shot out from the king's tent. The two sides surrounded the rebel army. They had nowhere to run, so they could only fight back.
This should have been a quiet assassination, but it immediately turned into a bloody hand-to-hand fight. The movement grew louder and louder, and most of the 18 tribes were alarmed. Most of the Sirius tribes were noisy and chaotic. Some ran to the watchtower to put out the fire, some were busy helping the king quell the rebellion, and some were determined to join the rebel army. Even more were stunned and didn't know what to do.
The crown prince and the chief steward were pushed out with their hands tied behind their backs. The chief steward had already wet his pants. He glanced in despair at the terrified crown prince beside him and thought, Wolf King only has one son left. Maybe he won't do anything to him. I can't say for sure.
With this thought, his face immediately changed from despair and fear to determination. He opened his eyes wide and gritted his teeth. A moment later, his face suddenly turned green. Then, under everyone's gaze, his body stiffened and he fell to the ground. The chief steward had bitten open the poison sac in his mouth and committed suicide.
Cao Chunhua was frightened. He had expected that the assassination of Calais Yinghou would not go smoothly, but it didn't matter. As long as Bei Man was in chaos, Gu Yun and the others could easily take advantage of the situation. After all, the mantis stalks the cicada. No matter whether the mantis or the cicada wins, there would always be an oriole behind.
But he didn't expect that Chen Qingxu would be one step ahead of him and be swept into the center of the whirlpool!
In the blink of an eye, the battle between the rebel army and the imperial guards near the king's tent was reaching its climax. At this moment, a barbarian suddenly rushed into the king's tent. "Report! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "
This sentence was like a pebble that caused a thousand ripples. The area near the king's tent, where people's heads were beaten to a pulp, fell silent for a moment. The imperial guard leader pushed aside the miscellaneous people and ran quickly to Calais Yinghou's side. "King, someone set fire to the watchtower. A large number of 'ghost crows' at the border are taking advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters and are coming here!"
The corners of Calais Yinghou's eyes twitched a few times. "Who's coming? Gu Yun? "
The imperial guard leader's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He didn't understand why Gu Yun was so happy.
The next moment, he was shocked to see that the man's hands, which were like chicken claws, firmly supported himself on the steam wheelchair's armrest. With a low shout, the man, who had been paralyzed for half a year, actually stood up!
The imperial guard leader exclaimed, "King!"
"Gu Yun, Gu Yun …" Calais muttered. His eyes were frighteningly bright, as if his three souls and seven spirits were burning. People couldn't help but have deep doubts about the previous rumors. The dead goddess might not be his obsession, but Gu Yun was.
Calais Yinghou shouted, "Bring me my armor!"
The imperial guard leader had never seen such an ingenious way to court death. For a moment, he thought he had misheard. "My king, what … what did you say?"
Calais roared, "My armor! My armor! "
The imperial guard leader was so frightened by his face that was about to split open that he staggered a few steps. He didn't dare to be negligent and hurriedly sent someone to bring the Wolf King's heavy armor.
The snow-colored metal monster, which was almost as tall as two people, was carried over by four men and placed on the ground with a bang. Calais Yinghou's entire body was trembling like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind. His skinny hands firmly grasped the edge of the steel armor. He dragged his heavy footsteps and shoved himself in step by step.
The heavy armor was self-contained and had a steel frame supporting it. It was much easier to operate than the light armor, but it wasn't something that any semi-paralyzed person could handle.
After climbing into the heavy armor, Calais Yinghou's face turned red. He clenched his teeth and opened the steam valve under his feet. A huge power roared as it was activated. The back of the heavy armor spewed out arrogant steam and was about to rush out with a whistling sound.
… … But the person inside was no longer the unparalleled hero who ate meat and drank blood in the past.
Calais had just lifted his leg, but he was already an arrow at the end of its flight. It was difficult for him to maintain his balance. The heavy armor tilted to the ground with a loud bang. The big guy, which weighed a few hundred kilograms, smashed a deep hole in the ground.
The head of the bodyguards was shocked. "King!"
At that moment, no one could see the expression on Wolf King Calais' face. The man, who was so thin that only a skeleton was left, was hiding in the towering steel armor like a worm in a walnut. Everyone, including his enemies, clearly thought of the words "the end of a hero's road" at that moment.
Even if he was a heartless lunatic.
At that moment, the unique screeching sound of the Black Eagle was getting closer and closer. The Black Iron Battalion was extremely mobile. The previous stalemate was only because the 18 tribes desperately burned the Purple Gold. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to survive until now.
At that moment, Dadu was in chaos. The three Xuan Tie units were even more unstoppable. The Black Eagle opened a path and swept over like a black whirlwind.
The head of the bodyguards hurriedly went forward to open the heavy armor and carried Calais out. "King, I'm afraid that Dadu won't be able to hold on tonight. We'll escort you out first … …"
Calais was lying on the back of the head of the bodyguards with a wooden expression. After a while, he stretched out his hand and pointed forward. "Over there."
Chen Qingxu dodged a stray arrow that came from nowhere. With a thought, she quickly jumped down from behind the floating black banner. A handful of fine silver needles flew out from her hand. She quietly killed a few barbarians who happened to be nearby and secretly chased after Calais.
A group of bodyguards protected Calais as they ran to the west side of the Wolf King's tent. They ran farther and farther away from the crowd until there was no place to hide. Chen Qingxu found it extremely difficult to chase after Calais. She risked being discovered and followed behind the group of bodyguards. After chasing for half an hour, she found that she had followed Calais to an abandoned altar.
The altar was extremely imposing. The whole building was like a cloud. It was made of stone and almost looked like a palace.
The huge stone gate was covered with thick felt. It was covered with mottled, unknown characters and scribbles. The surroundings were overgrown with weeds and there were no traces of people for a long time. A crow was alarmed and flew up to the sky.
Chen Qingxu was not the only outsider who did not know what was going on. Even the bodyguards looked at each other in dismay.
Ever since the goddess of the eighteen tribes became a joke, no one had set foot on the Goddess Altar.
Calais shook off the head of the bodyguards' hand. "Step back."
The head of the bodyguards was stunned and stepped back a few steps.
Calais slowly knelt down. His knees were stiff and he almost fell down. The head of the bodyguards hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, but he was slapped in the face. "Get lost! Get lost! "
The head of the bodyguards hesitantly retreated to the side.
Garai spent a lot of effort to get himself to kneel properly. He tried his best to straighten his hunched back and put his palms together. The shame and anger on his face slowly faded and his expression actually calmed down. After a moment, he struggled to maintain his kneeling posture and crawled forward a few steps like an old dog with one foot in the grave. The guard captain had been beaten and did not dare to go forward to ask for another beating. He could only watch helplessly from the side as Garai crawled.
Calais crawled to the side of the huge stone gate. He lifted the tattered felt and groped on the uneven incantations. Chen Qingxu realized that the Goddess Altar that had been abandoned for a long time might be the key. He carefully moved closer and stared at Calais' movements without blinking.
Suddenly, he pressed something down and pushed his arm forward.
The ground immediately began to tremble violently, and the guards all turned pale with fright. Chen Qing Xu, on the other hand, flew away without thinking.
The stones surrounding the altar moved by themselves, and huge gears rose from the ground one after another, interlocking with each other. Countless rusty steel pipes extended in all directions, closing and connecting by themselves, finally forming a complete ring. All the iron pipes were buckled. "Chi!" Countless small iron pieces unfolded from both sides. They trembled slightly in the breeze. Unexpectedly, they were small fire wings one after another. This thing was very similar to Daliang's "kite".
The whole altar was like a giant kite. Chen Qingxu had an illusion. It was as if it could rise from the ground and ascend to the Nine Levels of Heaven if it was lit with purple gold.
She thought in shock, "Didn't they say that the barbarians were swept away by the Black Iron Battalion because they did not have their own lighter technology? What is this? Does this barbarian want to sit on this thing and escape or ascend to heaven? "
Before she could come to a conclusion, reality proved that her common sense was correct. She heard a crackling sound, and smoke with a burning smell suddenly came out from one of the pipes that were connected in a circle.
Then, one after another, the sound of cracking could be heard. The gurgling Purple Gold had been preserved underground for a long time and had long been mixed with impurities. As the flame under the fire wings flickered, a pungent smell that was different from the burning Purple Gold permeated the air.
It took a long time to describe, but in fact, it only took a blink of an eye from the first crack to the whole altar burning. If it was Ge Chen or Zhang Fenghan who were lurking on the side, they would be able to see that the structure of this giant kite was not complete. It looked fancy, but in fact, it was just a copy of the fire wings and the tube-shaped golden box on the kite. It did not solve the most critical problem of the kite's shape. Even if it was forcibly lifted up by the fire, it would disintegrate before it could ascend to the sky.
The years of disrepair had obviously aggravated the damage. It did not even have the intention to ascend and had already self-destructed.
The giant kite buried under the altar and the goddess praying to the Immortal Heaven seemed to be an unattainable dream for the Celestial Wolf Group that was about to die. It would never be realized.
The leader of the bodyguards was scared out of his wits and shouted, "My King! Get out of the way! "
As if shaken by his shout, the stone gate suddenly collapsed, pressing down on a pile of pipes that had already floated out of the ground. The gas produced by the burning of the purple gold expanded rapidly. After a deafening sound, the altar began to explode. A huge fireball rose shakily into the sky. Calais Yinghou was in the middle of the fire. He looked back at his bodyguards, but there was no fear on his face.
At that moment, Chen Qingxu suddenly understood that Calais might not be unaware that once the altar was lit, it would blow up a road.
… He was willing and had been planning for a long time. He was just looking for a better way to die.
The outer wall of the altar began to sway and looked like it was about to collapse.
Chen Qingxu clenched his teeth and threw caution to the wind. He forcibly found a gap in the flames and followed Calais into it under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
Then, with a rumbling sound, the outer wall of the altar collapsed.
Cao Chunhua had lost track of Chen Qingxu halfway. He had no other choice but to stay behind to provide support to Gu Yun and the others. It was only when the Black Iron Battalion killed their way into the capital that he learned the approximate direction of Calais Yinghou from the captured barbarian bodyguards.
Cao Chunhua was very familiar with the terrain of Bei Man's capital. After listening to the general situation, he knew that Calais Yinghou must have come to the Goddess Altar. He immediately rushed over with Shen Yi, who was burning with anxiety. Who would have thought that they would see such a scene?
Cao Chunhua's pupils shrank. He didn't even dare to shout.
Shen Yi didn't hesitate to take off the light fur armor on his body. Using the materials on the ground, he rolled around in the ice and snow that hadn't melted in time. He mixed the ice and snow all over his body and brazenly rushed into the raging flames.
Wolf King's choice of a brilliant path of death stunned the bodyguard captain. The group of Bei Man's elite bodyguards stood in place like wooden pillars. They almost couldn't summon up any thoughts of resistance. They had automatically become captives. There was no need to waste any effort to fight.
There were too many impurities in the purple gold. When it burned, it didn't have the power to melt the ice. However, there was a lot of smoke and dust. People couldn't even open their eyes. Soon, a layer of dust covered the Clairvoyance. Chen Qingxu pulled it off and threw it aside.
She could see that the moment Calais fell out of the heavy armor, he probably had the desire to die. For a person who was eager to die, extorting a confession by torture wouldn't be of much use. Moreover, she didn't know how to do it.
So, could the secret of the goddess's voodoo that she had been searching for for years be in this mysterious altar?
Chen Qingxu walked through the collapsing altar in one step and found Calais struggling to crawl forward in the endless black ash. When there was a fire, the higher one went, the more difficult it was to breathe. It was easier to crawl on the ground. Calais wasn't in danger of being smoked to death in a short time. Chen Qingxu covered her mouth and nose. She narrowed her eyes and glanced at the direction Calais was going. She found that Calais ignored the noise around him and his eyes were fixed on the big stone platform in the middle of the altar.
What's in the stone platform?
At this time, a Daliang pillar in the altar smashed down on Chen Qingxu's head. She had to dodge. She borrowed the strength of the broken stones and then flew toward the stone platform.
If the earliest designer wanted to make the whole altar into a big kite, inferring from the position of the stone platform, it should be a mast like a sea-stabilizing needle. There were stone slabs engraved with barbarian characters on the platform in a circle. Different from the unknown spells at the door, these were the real characters of the 18 tribes. Chen Qingxu had come to the Northern Border to search for the voodoo of the barbarian tribe. She had studied the barbarian characters a little before, so she could roughly understand that it recorded the history of the 18 tribes.
From the beginning to the end, there was no mention of the voodoo of the barbarian tribe. Chen Qingxu finally choked on the thick smoke and coughed. She was very disappointed. Was this really just an altar ruins and there was nothing she was looking for?
At this time, something exploded. After the ground shook, a big stone slab directly in front of her hit her without warning.
Chen Qingxu was speechless.
When you are unlucky, you can't even drink cold water.
She instinctively stepped back, but the thick smoke blocked her sight. Chen Qingxu missed a step and fell directly off the stone platform. This time, she might be hit by the stone slab!
In a moment of desperation, the white silk hidden in Chen Qing Xu's sleeves rolled out and caught onto something on the stone platform. She coughed with difficulty and pulled hard, wanting to pull herself up. Who knew that the thing she caught onto wasn't sturdy enough. With a light pull, it fell over.
Chen Qingxu's heart sank. "It's over."
At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed over, grabbed her, and rolled to the side. There was a loud noise beside her, and a large stone slab fell from the sky, bringing with it a gust of wind. Chen Qing Xu was covered in mud from the altar. She raised her head in shock and saw General Chen in a sorry state.
Shen Yi angrily grabbed her collar. "Do you want to die?"
Chen Qingxu was stunned by his roar and slightly widened her eyes.
Shen Yi was frightened as soon as he met her eyes. His monstrous anger also disappeared. He bent down to pick up the white cloth in her sleeve and said, "Let's go first … What is this?"
He saw that the white cloth in Chen Qingxu's sleeve was wrapped with a strange "object" the size of a person. At first glance, it looked like a stone statue. However, he didn't know whether it was hollow or not. It was very light. Shen Yi gently pulled it over. The white cloth shook open and revealed a head.
It was a lifelike statue of a woman. Her eyes were closed and her expression was calm.
Shen Yi looked at the exquisite "stone statue" and inexplicably got goosebumps.
Chen Qingxu first glanced at it and then was surprised. She squatted down and brushed the dust on the surface of the "stone statue". Under the dust, a white and clean background was revealed. It was still soft to the touch.
"It's human skin." Chen Qingxu said in a low voice.
Shen Yi thought that his ears were infected by Gu Yun. "What?"
Chen Qingxu looked up and saw that there was a secret hole behind the fallen stone slab of the collapsed stone platform. This beautiful … She didn't know whether she was dead or alive was hidden in the middle.
So, did Jia Lai actually come for this piece of human skin?
Chen Qingxu couldn't clear her thoughts for a moment. She could only follow her instincts and bent down to pick up the thing wrapped in the white cloth.
Shen Yi hurriedly said, "I'll do it. Let's go!"
He picked up the ball of white silk and dragged Chen Qing Xu along as he dashed out of the altar.
There were explosions everywhere, and there was thick smoke everywhere. Amidst the rolling flames, a vague and hoarse voice sounded intermittently, "The cleanest of fairies … Even the wind wants to kiss … the hem of her skirt …"
All the huge stones on the pillars of the altar had collapsed into a straight line. Just as the two of them were about to escape, they heard a loud noise. A cluster of huge purple flames rose up high, and the pillars that required seven or eight people to wrap their arms around fell to one side. The entire altar finally couldn't hold on any longer, and the huge roof collapsed.
Shen Yi's face was black and gray. He couldn't breathe at all. Suddenly, he felt despair. He felt that he might die here. In a flash, he suddenly stuffed the human-shaped thing in his hand into Chen Qingxu's arms. He put the Cutting Wind Blade behind him and arched his back. He wanted to protect the person beside him with his body.
Chen Qingxu was shocked. For a moment, he didn't know what to feel in his heart.
At this moment, a Black Eagle's cry came from the sky. With a creak, Shen Yi looked up in shock. He saw a troop of Black Eagles throw out arm-thick steel cables from their iron claws. They grabbed the top of the falling altar.
Gu Yun had arrived!
Shen Yi didn't dare to hesitate. He didn't care about the gravel that fell on his body. He protected Chen Qingxu and ran away with all his might.
Just as they left the altar's range, the steel cable in the hands of a Black Eagle suddenly broke. The black cavalry in the vanguard hurriedly dragged the two of them away.
The moment the steel cable broke, Gu Yun almost rushed his horse into the sea of fire. Seeing the two of them rolling out with sparks and smoke, he grabbed the reins. While comforting the horse that was almost scared to death, he expressionlessly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he blew a long whistle and gestured to the Black Eagle in the sky and the black cavalry on the ground, "Retreat!"
Calais Yinghou's muffled singing could no longer be heard.
The altars that had stood tall for hundreds of years in the 18 tribes turned into ashes. Thick smoke billowed into the sky.
The strong wind blew off half of the wolf flag that had been ruined by the flames of war. It whistled and flew out, rolling into the flames and dust.
In the long river of time, the colorful Heavenly Wolf Tribe left in dejection.
The Flowing Purple Gold was still burning.
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