The moment Zhang Tie opened his mouth, all the two parties in the hieron's hall, including Mountain Lifting Hermit who had been severely wounded, had moved their eyes onto Zhang Tie at once.
'Take a step back and untie the knot in front of us. Nobody needs to risk their lives. Let's talk about it later! '
To be honest, Zhang Tie's solution was very thoughtful. It could also consider the interests of all parties in the current situation.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, the demon baron flickered its eyes for a short while. Nobody knew what it was thinking about.
Lu Zhongming threw a grateful glance at Zhang Tie. His wife Lin Huanxi was the hostage of the demon knight. As long as the two parties fought each other, his wife would be killed for sure. As they loved each other deeply, how could Lu Zhongming see his wife die in front of him? Therefore, Lu Zhongming fully agreed with Zhang Tie's proposal.
Zhang Anguo of Tianlu Palace became faintly stunned as he had not imagined that the straightforward "Cui LI" could propose such a solution at this moment.
Mountain Lifting Hermit didn't speak. He only felt warm inside after hearing Zhang Tie's proposal. He knew that he was right about Zhang Tie.
On major issues, Mountain Lifting Hermit had a firm standpoint; additionally, he was very responsible. He was not afraid of death. However, nobody would like to be a martyr if he could survive. Although Mountain Lifting Hermit was not afraid of death, he didn't want to die at this moment. It was too depressing for Mountain Lifting Hermit to be killed by an earth demon knight at this moment. Mountain Lifting Hermit felt reluctant. If not Old Monster Qi's sneak attack, he would not be defeated so miserably.
"You're just a black iron knight. Could your words count? Don't forget that there's an earth knight here." The demon baron replied.
Even at this moment, the demon baron didn't forget to sow dissension between Zhang Tie and Zhang Anguo the moment it opened its mouth. It wanted to break the unity of human knights.
As a shrewd light flashed across Zhang Tie's eyes, he realized that the demon baron was not only scheming but also a bit unwilling to leave at this moment.
This bit of unwillingness was what Zhang Tie wanted.
'One's heart would be destroyed by his heart; one's strength would be destroyed by strength. '
"Cui LI's words are my words. At this moment, we'd better make a compromise. It's unnecessary for us to fight each other to death here!"
Before Zhang Tie opened his mouth, the grand elder of Tianlu Palace had opened his mouth. Of course, the grand elder of Tianlu Palace was crystal clear about the demon knight's instigation and insidious intention. He didn't spare any chance to the demon knight at all.
The demon baron rolled its eyes, "Fine, I can leave the hieron; however, before that, the two people have to stay in my hand as my shield in case you regret. When we leave the gate of the hieron pyramid, I will let them go for sure!"
"I'm afraid that the moment you leave the gate of the hieron pyramid would be the moment you kill them. Do you really think that we're that stupid?" Zhang Tie sneered.
In this case, it would take the demon knight less than 0.1 seconds to kill Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi. If Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi were really in the hand of the demon knight, Zhang Tie was sure that the moment the demon knight strode out of the gate of the pyramid would be the moment when Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi would be killed. Zhang Tie was not stupid enough to think that the demon knight would keep its promise.
"If you let go of Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi, we promise not to hurt you. You could leave here freely!" Zhang Anguo said in a muffled voice.
"Hahaha!
Do you really think that I would entrust my life to your promise? " The demon knight sneered, "If so, I'm afraid that you would join hands to kill me as long as the two hostages leave my control!"
"Do you think that we would be like demons?"
"Hoho, according to the military tactics of Hua people, military tactics are tricks. Now that we're hostile to each other, why should I trust you completely?"
"You can let go of that woman first!"
"No way! This woman is not a common woman. She's a knight. Do you think that I'm that stupid?" The demon baron sneered.
...
The two sides were once again in a deadlock on whether to release the hostage or leave first. Neither side was willing to compromise. At this time, whichever side compromised would mean that the other side had completely lost the initiative. Due to the deep-rooted distrust between the two sides, there was almost no room for compromise on this point.
The grand elder of Tianlu Palace argued with the demon baron for a short while; however, neither of them could persuade the other to make a concession.
After finding that Zhang Anguo and the demon knight became silent, Zhang Tie suggested hesitantly, "I've got a method... we could exchange hostages. You let go of Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi first. We will leave one person to stay in the hieron's hall with you with a crystal ball. After 3 days, when all the human knights outside the hieron completely leave the pyramid, you two could leave here at the same time. In this way, neither of you would worry about being framed by the other. My crystal ball could be used to deliver such an unchangeable order. Therefore, the gate of the hieron's hall could not be opened until 3 days later..."
After hearing Zhang Tie's suggestion, Zhang Anguo's eyes turned bright at once, "Good, that's a good method. I will stay in the hieron's hall with you with a crystal ball for 3 days. After 3 days, we will leave here together. No matter what, you and I are both earth knights, we could not hurt each other!"
The demon baron's eyes also flickered with a gloomy light, "Now that we're exchanging hostages, if you come here, would it still be called exchanging hostages? Previously, I could not hurt you nor could you hurt me; however, with the crystal ball, you would control the hub of the hieron. In this case, you would have the topographical advantage while I would be in a disadvantageous position. How could I defeat you? If you want to exchange hostages, you don't need to choose anyone else. Just let him stay with me in the hieron's hall with the crystal ball! "
The demon baron pointed at Zhang Tie as if it was going to reveal its real intention.
"Absolutely not!" Zhang Anguo refused right away, 'Are you kidding me? If I leave a black iron knight and a demon knight here, it's nothing different than sending sheep into the tiger's mouth. Additionally, it's too risky.'
"You can change another person; however, he should not be an earth knight. However, you have to leave the crystal ball that controls the hub of the hieron!" The demon baron's gloomy eyes flickered as it said with a casual smile.
"I will stay here!" Zhang Tie said righteously.
"But..."
"He could not hurt me in a short period! Additionally, I could protect myself... "Zhang Tie pointed at the corpse of Old Monster Qi on the ground as he said passionately," I will set the priority procedure in the crystal ball. In the next 3 days, the gate outside the hieron's hall will always be open. The temperature outside will also be normal. If it doesn't work, I will smash the crystal ball and play with him here. Additionally, as I proposed this suggestion, even if there's any danger, I will bear it myself. It's not fair if others do it for me. "
In the eyes of Zhang Anguo and Lu Zhongming, Zhang Tie's image became 10 times more brilliant in a split second.
Such a righteous person who rushed to the frontline in the most dangerous situation at the critical moment and left a chance for his companions would be respected wherever he was.
This was the demeanor of a gentleman. Although there were tens of thousands of enemies, he would still go forward for his righteousness!
Mountain Lifting Hermit moved his lips silently; instead, he threw a deep glance at Zhang Tie...
This method could be accepted by both parties — — at least superficially.
The demon baron was very meticulous; especially on the details of the hostage exchange, it put forward some requirements. It told Zhang Anguo and Lu Zhongming to leave the top of the Weapons Mountain and raise their battle qi smokes and battle qi tornadoes at the foot of the mountain so as to indicate that they were not hiding near the top of the mountain. Additionally, it told Zhang Tie to close half of the gate of the hieron's hall in the crystal ball and not close the other half of the gate after the two hostages left his hand for 1 minute. In this way, within one minute, even if the two severely wounded hostages walked out of the gate of the hieron, they would still be in his sight. They could not escape out of the main peak of the Weapons Mountain. Additionally, Zhang Anguo, the only earth knight, would not come back in one minute. Before the gate of the hieron was completely closed, the lives of the two hostages were still in his hand.
The demon baron made a thorough consideration. It didn't leave any chance for the human knight to take advantage of.
"Now that I could enter this hieron's hall empty-handed, I must know more about this place than you do. I could identify all the commands of your crystal ball to the gate of the hieron's hall from the changes of the grains on the gate of the hieron's hall. Therefore, in order to avoid any trouble, you'd better not play tricks with me in case of a life-or-death struggle!" The demon baron told Zhang Tie.
...
After making the decision, Zhang Anguo and Lu Zhongming left the hieron's hall.
Before leaving, Lu Zhongming threw a reluctant glance at Lin Huanxi. Finally, he gritted his teeth and left the hieron's hall with Zhang Anguo and rushed downhill.
The temperature and air flow outside the hieron's hall had recovered to the normal state under Zhang Tie's control. Therefore, the two people moved very fast. In less than 5-6 minutes, Zhang Tie and the demon baron had seen the battle qi tornado and battle qi smoke rising from the foot of the Weapons Mountain at the same time.
At the sight of the battle qi tornadoes and battle qi smokes, the demon baron turned around and told Zhang Tie, "It's your turn!"
"I've just recalled that if you call demon knights here for revenge or ambush outside the hieron during these days when the gate of the hieron is open, they would be in danger. Therefore, as I've expressed my sincerity, it's your turn to express your sincerity too. Throw me your remote-sensing crystal. Don't tell me that an earth demon knight doesn't even carry a remote-sensing crystal when he enters the first abyss!" Zhang Tie said slowly. "What a pity!" Zhang Tie didn't say anything.
After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie, the demon baron took out his remote-sensing crystal and threw it towards Zhang Tie.
After taking that remote-sensing crystal, Zhang Tie threw a glance at it. Closely after that, he pinched it into pieces, "The finger ring on your left index finger might be a remote-sensing communications finger ring. Don't hide it anymore, throw it to me! If I'm not mistaken, one of the two remote-sensing crystals is related to the demon force in the first abyss; the other one might be related to your clan! It's said that demons are dominated by powerful clans and major clans. You're not from a small clan, are you? "
The demon baron's eyes flickered as it had not imagined that Zhang Tie could have such a sharp vision. It didn't speak; instead, it took off that remote-sensing finger ring and threw it to Zhang Tie.
In this case, two remote-sensing communications devices were nothing.
Zhang Tie pinched it into pieces while releasing his battle qi, shattering a small piece of remote-sensing crystal in the finger ring.
"Oh, your earth demon knights should have space-teleportation equipment... yes... the finger ring on your right index finger... it looks like a space-teleportation finger ring being modified by nanobead. Give me that finger ring, I will keep it for you for 3 days!"
The demon baron became furious at once, "Don't go too far!"
If you don't give me your space-teleportation finger ring, I'm always worried that you would take something out of the finger ring. As long as I'm worried, I would easily become nervous and overreact. If I suddenly overreact and break the crystal ball, you would die with me. Therefore, give me your finger ring first. After all, I'm right here. My finger ring and I could not escape from your eyes. You could watch me. With your spiritual imprint on the finger ring, I would not take a look inside it; neither would I take out the item in the finger ring. If I couldn't defeat you 3 days later, if I didn't give it back to you, you would die with me here. It's not worthwhile for me to do that for a space-teleportation equipment, am I right? "Zhang Tie let out a sigh," You're an earth knight; I'm a black iron knight. You must have more means than me. If you don't give me your finger ring, I don't know how many times you would plot against me. If you don't give it back to me, I'm afraid that you would take something out of the finger ring. It's not worthwhile for me to do that just for a space-teleportation equipment.
After hearing Zhang Tie's fallacious reasoning, the demon baron's eye light changed. After thinking for a few seconds, the demon baron took off a space-teleportation finger ring and threw it to Zhang Tie.
After taking the finger ring, Zhang Tie put it on his finger pleasantly.
After taking the finger ring, Zhang Tie was shocked inside. He knew that the demon knight in front of him would never take off its finger ring and give it to him if it had not made up its mind to kill him in this hieron's hall. It was trying to numb Zhang Tie's vigilance in case that Zhang Tie made a desperate move.
"It's your turn..." The demon baron said in a muffled voice.
"No problem, this old Cui is trustworthy..."
Soon after Zhang Tie's words, the gate of the hieron's hall had been half closed. The demon baron then grabbed Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi and walked to the gate of the hieron's hall. After watching the flowing grains on the gate for half a minute seriously, it nodded and loosened its grip. Closely after that, it moved one step back and allowed Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi to support each other and leave the hieron's hall.
Nobody played tricks at this moment. It seemed that both Zhang Tie and the demon baron were waiting for the gate of the hieron's hall to close once again.
In less than 1 minute, the gate of the hieron's hall had been closed while Mountain Lifting Hermit and Lin Huanxi completely disappeared in front of the two people.
It would take at least 3 days for the gate of the hieron's hall to open once again.
The demon baron turned around and watched Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie also watched it silently for about 2 minutes like how a tortoise watched a mung bean.
In such a silent atmosphere, the atmosphere in the hieron's hall abruptly became weird.
"Ahem... ahem..." Zhang Tie coughed twice while his voice reverberated in the spacious hieron's hall, "We will take the center line of the hieron's hall as the demarcation line in the next 3 days. You stay in the front of the hieron's hall, I will stay in the rear of the hieron's hall. If you cross the center line of the hieron's hall, it means that you want to harm me. As I cannot defeat you, I could only break the crystal ball and die with you!"
When the gate of the hieron's hall was closed, Zhang Tie had already retreated to the rear of the hieron's hall. He was definitely over 100 m away from the demon baron.
The demon baron's eyes flickered as it stared at Zhang Tie with narrowed eyes. Closely after that, it nodded silently. Closely after that, it walked to the wall beside the gate and sat down with crossed legs against the wall. It started to recover its physical strength.
Standing far away, Zhang Tie watched the demon baron while stroking the crystal ball. Nobody knew what Zhang Tie was thinking about.
After a few minutes, the demon baron who was recovering its physical strength suddenly felt that the temperature in the hieron's hall dropped to a terrifyingly low state. It was almost the lowest temperature that the crystal ball could reach, which was below minus 100 degrees Celsius. It was even colder than that on the top of the mountain just now. All the moisture in the air in the hieron's hall instantly condensed into ice. As a result, the demon baron became stiff all over while being covered with a layer of white frost.
"What are you doing?" The demon baron became infuriated as it sprung up at once. At the same time, it released its protective battle qi and shattered the frost on its body.
"It's better to be a bit cold; it's better to be a bit cold..." Zhang Tie also released his protective battle qi as he looked a bit quivering, "If it's a bit cold, I will be clear-minded and spirited. I will not fall asleep easily or be framed by others! Even I could stand it, don't tell me that you can't stand it! "
Realizing that Zhang Tie was really using his protective battle qi to resist the super low temperature, the demon baron became silent; instead, it sat down once again.
Inside, the demon baron didn't believe that it, as an earth knight, could not stand a black iron knight.
'Well, when your battle qi is almost consumed, it will be the time for me to deal with you! '
The demon baron felt a bit happy inside as it swore Zhang Tie, 'You're seeking for death.'
The demon baron didn't know that Zhang Tie's battle qi was almost endless. Additionally, after setting free sandscale fish, Zhang Tie's adaptability to cold was many times greater than that of the demon baron. Therefore, Zhang Tie could definitely adapt to the cold better than the demon baron.
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One hour...
Two hours...
...
Ten hours...
Eleven hours...
Half a day had passed...
The demon baron gritted its teeth and persisted...
Finally...
Zhang Tie's protective battle qi was on the verge of collapse for a few times; however, he persisted each time. Because of Zhang Tie's unstable protective battle qi, the demon baron couldn't help but wait for a bit longer when it wanted to break out its protective battle qi.
After one day, Zhang Tie's protective battle qi grew thinner and thinner; however, it still persisted in such a low temperature. The demon baron finally felt something wrong.
Even it couldn't stand such a great consumption in such an environment. How could this black iron knight stand it?
Zhang Tie seemed to be a bit fatigued as he leaned against the wall of the palace with half-closed eyes.
The demon baron finally decided to launch a strike.
Sitting there, the demon baron also gazed at Zhang Tie stealthily with half-closed eyes. At the same time, the demon baron started to give off an invisible and colorless mist, which was almost invisible. Sticking to the ground and the wall, the mist slowly crept towards Zhang Tie's back like a worm. In a few minutes, it had gradually formed a human figure behind Zhang Tie.
The human figure of mist then drifted towards Zhang Tie silently. When it was a few meters behind Zhang Tie, the demon baron opened its eyes while the mist rushed towards Zhang Tie as fast as a lightning bolt. Its target was the crystal ball floating on Zhang Tie's side.
The demon baron widely opened its eyes. In a split second, it thought that it was going to succeed. Because the human figure of mist was only one step away from the crystal ball on Zhang Tie's side. It seemed that it could reach it by stretching its hand.
The demon baron's hope to reverse the situation was right in front of its eyes. As long as it could get the crystal ball, based on its knowledge about the Bloody Sacrifice Hieron, it would definitely sacrifice all the human knights. None of them could escape.
The secret of the Bloody Sacrifice Hieron could not be fully understood by a person who had just got the crystal ball for less than 1 hour. Even the orders that were prioritized in the crystal ball could be changed. The secret to this change was in one word: Blood Sacrifice.
'Humans are still a bit green. '
The demon baron almost revealed a pleasant smile.
All of a sudden, something flickered in the eyes of the demon baron.
The figure formed by the mist in the distance instantly shattered into pieces and disappeared completely …
Everything happened so fast that even the earth knight could not catch it. Before the demon baron figured out what happened, its incarnation had completely disappeared.
Because Zhang Tie didn't move at all.
Not until the human figure disappeared did Zhang Tie lazily open his eyes. After stretching his body, he stood up and revealed a smile towards the demon baron, "It's rare for you to launch a strike after one day. Coincidentally, I've almost recovered. Do you like the temperature here?"
"Go die..." Now that the demon baron had determined to launch a strike and was exposed, it instantly sprung up and rushed towards Zhang Tie as fast as a lightning bolt.
Zhang Tie just watched the demon baron with a faint smile...
The demon baron moved very fast and had a great strength...
However, because of its high speed and great strength, the demon baron suffered a greater strike in a split second...
In the high-speed movement, there seemed to be some invisible blades in the air in front of the demon baron. In the blink of an eye, the demon baron had rushed into the invisible traps. Due to the sharp friction, the demon baron's protective battle qi was broken by its own strength. Before Zhang Tie launched a strike, over 10 fine wounds had appeared on the demon baron's neck and body, causing blood to spurt out...
The demon baron was greatly shocked as it instantly retreated backward. After that, it gazed at Zhang Tie like seeing a ghost.
'What's going on? How could there be invisible blades in the air? '
The demon baron widely opened its eyes with a flurried look. Watching the empty space in front of the palace, if not the sharp pain from its bloody wounds, it almost thought that it was a hallucination...
Without its protective battle qi, given its high speed and great strength, the invisible sharp blades in the air could cut its body into pieces in a split second.
In order to verify its judgment, the demon baron kicked away Old Monster Qi's headless body on its way backward, allowing Old Monster Qi to pass through that invisible yet fatal space.
When Old Monster Qi's body passed through that space, it suddenly split into pieces like a piece of tofu being cut open by a steel wire.
The demon baron felt cold inside, 'What a terrifying secret method! How could he set such an invisible killing trap in the air silently...'
The demon baron widely opened its eyes and watched Zhang Tie in the distance. It wanted to say something; however, it couldn't utter any sound. Because the sharp spearhead of the abyss battle spear which Zhang Tie had thrown out when he scrambled for the crystal ball with it had silently floated in the air. Like a ballista which was waiting to be launched, it turned around and aimed at the demon baron at once...
From the beginning to the end, Zhang Tie didn't move; instead, he just stood on one side and watched it distantly.
In a split second, a term occurred to the demon baron's mind which made it quiver all over. As a result, the demon baron exclaimed, "Divine dominator..."
Divine dominator was a legend among knights. Even as a demon baron, it had not seen a divine dominator until now. There was a period when the demon baron thought that the so-called divine dominator might be just a legend.
However, it had not imagined that it could see a divine dominator today, especially a human divine dominator.
In a split second, the demon baron didn't think about how to survive itself. It even forgot about those human knights in the hieron; instead, it was thinking about passing the news that a human divine dominator had appeared. If a divine dominator grew up, it would be a catastrophe for the entire demon clan and all the demon knights. It had to kill such a person at all costs.
On the same level, a divine dominator was like an almighty being who could dominate everything. It was the most powerful, mysterious and terrifying profession among knights.
It was said that the spiritual energy of a divine dominator had been real and could control everything at will. It was already an unfathomable realm. This realm was already a powerful spiritual realm.
The invisible blade in the air that cut Zhang Tie just now should be a trap formed by the spiritual energy of the divine dominator in the air.
The demon baron wanted to take out its remote-sensing crystal; however, it suddenly remembered that the two remote-sensing crystals had long been taken away by this person and destroyed in front of it.
'Is it... '
"Now you know why I confiscated your remote-sensing communication device. If you release the news, I'm afraid that I have to escape again!" Zhang Tie revealed a smile...
The demon baron noticed the word "again" in Zhang Tie's words. 'Why "again"? ' It was afraid that it would never find the answer to this question...
Because Zhang Tie's strike had arrived.
Standing in the distance, Zhang Tie crossed his arms and watched the show. However, the spearhead of the abyss battle spear had already crossed 100 m and arrived in front of the demon baron in a split second. The sharp spearhead stabbed into the demon baron's protective battle qi, compressing the demon baron's protective battle qi and causing an intense friction with the demon baron's protective battle qi...
The demon baron's earth knight-level protective battle qi resisted Zhang Tie's first strike. However, due to the great strength of this strike, the demon baron was sent flying backward like being hit by a train.
Before the demon baron landed on the ground, the second strike had fallen onto it.
Closely after that, the abyss battle spear struck faster and faster, which was out of the demon baron's maximal response speed. The demon baron's battle qi was squeezed and rubbed, causing loud booms like firecrackers.
How could a person's response speed be faster than the thoughts of a person with extremely powerful spiritual energy?
The spearhead of the abyss battle spear turned into a living being which was biting and devouring the demon baron. Besides being ferocious and bloodthirsty, it moved as fast as a lightning bolt.
It was the first time for the demon baron to release its battle qi tornado and virtual image.
The virtual image of the demon baron's cultivation method was a bizarre, ferocious and weird beast which was breathing clouds and spewing out mist.
The demon baron started to risk its life. If it didn't risk its life, it would not have a chance to do so anymore.
With a light, a grim long saber which was almost 2 m long appeared in the demon baron's hand. It was a silver secret item of the demon baron.
Finally, the demon baron found a chance to launch a counterattack. With a roar, a fierce saber qi impact wave swept towards Zhang Tie from 100 m away.
When the demon baron's saber qi arrived in front of Zhang Tie, a shield suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Tie. Suspending a few meters in front of Zhang Tie, the shield instantly shattered the demon baron's strike into pieces like a firm reef in the wind and waves.
It was also a silver secret item.
The demon baron was startled at first; closely after that, its heart sank to the bottom.
Zhang Tie's strike was as steady as a mountain. He didn't even blink his eyelids...
...
After fighting for one day, Zhang Tie finally submitted the 8,000 words chapter.
It was already midnight. Today was June 1st. The tiger wished all the friends a happy June 1st and always have a pure and innocent soul. (To be continued.)
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