According to the black invitation cards that the three top sects sent to Zhang Tie, the duel would take place above Yinhai in the Gobi Desert in the west of Taixia Country on January 29, the 907th year of Black Iron Calendar.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem As its name implied, Gobi Desert was a desert and barren land. Its specific location was in the west of Taixia Country. Precisely, it was in the north of Military Province and the west of Suizhou Province. After passing Yinshan Mountain Range, it belonged to the barren province within the territory of Liaoan Military Region of Taixia Country. Because it was too barren here, there was almost nothing else besides sand. Therefore, this barren province which was next to Gobi Desert was named Shazhou Province.
The Yinhai in the Gobi Desert was not a sea, but a huge basin with a circumference of millions of kilometers. A long time ago, the Yinhai was a vast inland lake, echoing the Yin Mountain from afar. At least, the inland lake did exist before the Catastrophe. However, after the Catastrophe, for some unknown reason, the huge inland lake disappeared overnight, leaving only a bare basin. Today, in this Yinhai, except for the occasional shells and traces of water erosion left by weathering in the sand of the basin, not a drop of water could be seen.
When Yinhai disappeared overnight, it left a lot of bizarre, terrifying legends. Plus the heat and desolation of this region, this region had already become the uninhabited region of Taixia Country. It was the most desolate one among all the barren provinces in Taixia Country. Even in the previous two holy wars, when Military Province was reduced to a battlefield, the demon army didn't think about crossing Yinhai Mountain and the Gobi Desert. As a result, Taixia Country had to fight on two fronts.
Because nobody else could pass through this desert except for knights. In the desert which stretched over 10,000 miles from east to west, south to north, where water was more precious than gold, there were torrid heat, high temperature, sandstorms, hunger, thirst, despair, endless sand sea and those dangerous sand scorpions and sandworms which could easily devour any foreign living being. This was the lonesome land of Taixia Country.
However, after January 20 this year, this lonesome land would not be lonesome anymore. Airboats, airships and a great number of knights had arrived here from all directions and gathered above Yinhai, waiting for the great battle that would break out here in a few days.
Some of the knights came here to support Immortal Qianji; some just wanted to see the result of the earth-shaking battle that would take place here in a few days.
When those famous actors or artists held concerts or performances in Class A cities, they would attract numerous people. The duel between the most powerful knight in Taixia Country and the sage-level knights of the top six sects could not be seen for hundreds of years. Of course, it would arouse the attention of all the knights and fighters across the world. They would like to witness the duel between the most powerful knight and the sage-level knights of the top six sects.
It would take over 100 days since the black invitation cards were sent to the duel. It was enough for those knights and fighters to come from all directions to come here from all.
As a result, the sky above Yinhai became unprecedentedly boisterous.
From January 20th to January 25th, thousands of airboats and airships had gathered around Yinhai. Over 10,000 knights had gathered here. From January 25th, more and more knights arrived here. Some knights came here alone; some came here with partners; some knights from major clans or major sects came here in teams; some came here by airboat; some came here by airship; some came here with enough water and dried rations …
On January 27, the airboats that represented the super clans and the top six sects of Taixia Country arrived 3 days in advance …
…
With hair as black as the night sky, eyes as blue as the sea and a black longuette, Pandora was standing on the highest deck of the airboat at tens of thousands of meters high in the Gobi Desert, her long hair was fluttering like a waterfall and black flames behind her in the strong wind.
The airboat moved as fast as a shuttle. The land under its foot was an undulating sand sea. Movement and quietness were relative. Looking down from the airboat, the solidified sand dune seemed to be surging.
Pandora was looking down at the land under her foot quietly with her blue eyes. At this moment, her mood was like that of the sand dune under her foot. Although it looked tranquil, it was turbulent inside.
As the princess of Demons-kill Valley, one of the top six sects of Taixia Country, Pandora's status was more honorable than that of many secular princesses. Therefore, she could have many things that secular people could not imagine.
Pandora's qi was not like that of a black iron knight in the Earth-elements Realm anymore. The qi of a shadow knight's protective battle qi had been circling Pandora's body faintly, making the fierce wind in the sky gentle.
However, no matter how her status changed, Pandora had never taken off that black seal finger ring on her right middle finger.
At this moment, Pandora slightly touched that black seal finger ring as her mind was still immersed in that small station in Blackhot City and the pledge that the two young boys and girls made with tears on that rainy night many years ago …
That night, there was a sentence that Pandora always kept in her mind. She not only hoped that she could become as beautiful as Miss Daina and marry that man; she also hoped that she could not watch that man walking towards the battlefield alone one day. No matter where that man was going, even if that man was going to enter the abyss of hell, she could also hold hands with that man and stand firmly on that man's side. Even if that man died, she also hoped that that man could die in her arms and see her look in the end …
Over these years, whenever Pandora felt lonely in the tower of time, as long as she touched this finger ring, she would feel brave. Instead of being lonely, she would feel firm encouragement and tender expectation.
As for Pandora, the deepest loneliness in this world was not the loneliness when one faced the endless night in the tower of time alone, but the sadness when two lovers fell in love with each other.
It was enough for her to experience such loneliness and sadness once.
In this world, some things were changing every day; however, some things would never change.
At this moment, Pandora heard footsteps from her back. She turned around and said, "Grandpa …"
A tall, silver-haired old man in black robe with an overwhelming qi field appeared on the deck of the highest floor of the airboat. The moment this old man appeared, the strong wind within hundreds of meters on the deck had disappeared at a stroke. It was as light as a breeze and a cloud.
The old man watched Pandora with a doting and distressed look as he asked with a complex look, "Have you really made up your mind? You know, you could only use the blessing skill of Heavenly Wizard Bloodline once in your life. If you use it on yourself, your cultivation road would be smooth and smooth in the future. Even if you promote to a sage-level knight, it would be easy for you to promote to a sage-level knight …"
Pandora smiled as she shook her head, saying, "It's meaningless if one only lives for himself. I feel that he must need me this time. Therefore, I'm here. No matter what, I won't regret it. Grandpa, I think you must have used your blessing skill on others instead of yourself. Am I right?"
The old man became slightly stunned as a complex look flashed across his face. He seemed to be recalling something. After a short while, he burst out into laughter, causing the wind and clouds to surge. "Good, you're indeed my granddaughter. You're as same as me. You'd love and hate as much as me. If you like something, you'd grab it even if you had to flatten a mountain of blades …" After a short pause, the old man let out a sigh as he continued, "However, Zhang Mushen has already had a lot of wives and concubines. Are you sure that he still treats you so well?"
"He told me that there's a legend among Hua people. If a man really likes a woman, that man would appear in front of the woman one day by a colorful cloud. I've promised him that if I could marry him one day, he would appear in front of me in such a way. This time, he must know that I would come here. He would definitely appear in front of me in such a way and tell me that he's still the same as before …" Pandora's ocean-like eyes sparkled as she believed in this fairytale-like promise.
Watching Pandora's eyes, even though Wu Dingtian was a sage-level knight, he could only let out a sigh inside, 'How could I take it seriously? It's not a play. No matter how powerful Immortal Qianji is, he couldn't reproduce the plots in the fairytale-like fairy tales. Perhaps, he could show Pandora a colorful firework in front of her. If so, Wu Dingtian would have nothing to say …'
"Heavens Fortune Sect is here too …" Wu Dingtian suddenly turned around as a shrewd light flashed across his eyes. Closely after that, he looked at the left side of the airboat …
Hundreds of miles away, an equally domineering airboat was approaching from another direction …
…
At this moment, some people were standing on the top deck of the airboat of Heavens Fortune Sect and watching the vast yellow sand under their feet …
Standing in the front of the deck were three upright, handsome and brilliant young men. When the strong strong wind blew to their sides, it was also isolated by their protective battle qis. As a result, even a corner of their clothes was not lifted.
"Senior fellow apprentice Feng, is Yinhai in front of us?" A resolute young man turned around and asked Feng Cangwu who was standing on his side.
At this moment, Feng Cangwu looked much more mature with a moustache beside his lips. Given his qi, he had already promoted to an earth knight. After hearing that youth's question, Feng Cangwu let out a sigh full of frustration, "Yes, it's Yinhai in front of us. However, when you meet your father in a couple of days, could you not call me senior fellow apprentice in front of your father? Although you've already promoted to knights, I've known your father for so many years. If you call me senior fellow apprentice, I would be one generation lower than him. It would be very shameful …"
(To be continued.)
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
