"Yes." The simple one-word answer represented the confidence of the Blood Guards. Compared to the warriors of the Ice Moon Hall, they would not hesitate to carry out the orders of their superiors. Even if Nian Bing ordered them to commit mass suicide, they would not resist. Carrying out orders was the first rule of the Blood Guards. Ten huge God-killing Crossbows were placed flat on the ground. Five hundred people turned into five hundred dark red figures and headed for the mountain top. Could the thin black swords in their hands be used to cut open the mountain? Even Nian Bing did not know the answer to this question.
Halogen used the pen and paper in Nian Bing's space ring to write down what he needed. Today was the day for Nian Bing to collect Iron Wire Snakes again. Taking the things written by Halogen, he immediately left the snow mountain and headed for the Sky Shaking Mountain Range through long-distance teleportation magic.
Time passed day by day. Two months was a long time, but it was definitely not short. Two months was enough for a lot of things to happen. Yin Tu and his men were full of greed for Nian Bing's training. Although the Blood Guards never spoke, they were more resolute in carrying out Nian Bing's orders. In the blink of an eye, one and a half months had passed. The tall snow mountain was only two-thirds of its original size. This result was not expected by anyone except for Nian Bing. In one and a half months, the mountain that was thousands of feet high had disappeared. When Yin Tu came down from the mountain and saw the masterpiece of himself and his men, he could not help but sigh in amazement. During this one and a half months, they had been living a repetitive life. Every three days, Nian Bing would bring back a batch of Iron Wire Snakes. She would boil the snake gallbladder for them to drink and use the snake meat as their meal. Every five days, Nian Bing would also bring back a large amount of vegetables for them to eat with the snake meat. Although the Iron Wire Snake gallbladder was directly related to their increasing strength day by day, it was also inseparable from their continuous efforts. After continuously releasing their Dou Qi and cultivating, they had completely absorbed the energy from the Iron Thread Snake's gallbladder. The effect was actually much better than when Nian Bing had eaten the Iron Thread Snake's gallbladder. After all, they were martial warriors.
As warriors who cultivated dou qi, the increase in their strength was very obvious. Now, even they themselves did not know what level they had reached.
The operation started after the arrival of the 500 Blood Guards. What the Blood Guards did was very simple. They did not use their own fighting energy to bombard the mountain. Instead, he used his black rapier to help his colleagues from the Ice Moon Hall in the snow. Every time their sword pierced out, their Dou Qi would completely condense, and the sharp Dou Qi would directly penetrate into the mountain, reaching a distance of about three meters. The strongest Blood Guards could even penetrate a distance of thirty feet. Each group of 160 Blood Guards would launch a piercing attack at the same time before being bombarded by the experts of the Ice Moon Hall. Just like that, every time the Dou Qi bombarded the Dou Qi, the Dou Qi would explode. It would save at least three times the amount of Dou Qi compared to a direct attack, but it could achieve twice the effect. In this way, the speed of destroying the mountain would be greatly increased. Moreover, whether it was the Blood Guards or the experts of the Ice Moon Hall.
Under the nourishment of the Iron Thread Snake Gallbladder, their strength was constantly increasing. That was why the effect was so good now.
Originally, after this period of training, the experts of the Ice Moon Hall thought that they could compete with the Blood Guards. However, when the Blood Guards also participated in this training, they gave up on this idea. It was not because their individual strength was weaker than the Blood Guards, but because the Blood Guards made them understand what it meant to be an assassin who started training from the age of three.
If measured by fighting energy, these Blood Guards who were at most in their early forties were only at the level of a Pugilist. There was not even a single Swordsman. However, even Yin Zhuang was not absolutely sure that he could kill a Blood Guard at the level of a Pugilist in a battle of life and death. The most terrifying thing about these Blood Guards was the invisible murderous aura on their bodies and the tricky way of attacking. No matter how they attacked, their poisoned rapiers would appear in the form of a single point. When a Pugilist's Dou Qi was condensed into a single point, the power of the attack would be terrifying. Only those who had faced it would know. Moreover, the Blood Guards were not afraid of death. In their minds, life belonged to the Blood Lion Sect. For a person who was not afraid of death, even if you could cut him, his sword would very likely stab you in the vital parts at the same time. Originally, when the Blood Guards drank the soup made from the Iron Thread Snake Gallbladder for the first time, Yin Zhuang's subordinates had planned to watch the show. However, when they watched the Blood Guards drink three spoonfuls of the fishy soup without any change in expression, they only felt admiration for these so-called elites of the Blood Lion Cult. During the extermination operation, the Blood Guards cooperated with the experts of the Ice Moon Hall very well. They did not know the concept of fatigue and would only rest when they were completely exhausted and could not even pick up their swords. Under the lead of the Blood Guards, the experts of the Ice Moon Hall trained even harder, even though Nian Bing did not make any special requests. Therefore, after one and a half months, they had achieved what they had today. There were less than three hundred feet of snow mountain left. Looking at the result in front of them, everyone was filled with confidence.
If one were to ask who had worked the hardest in the past one and a half months, those Blood Guards who were desperately splitting the mountain would probably say that it was their leader. Yes, Nian Bing's hard work was obvious to all. Not only did he have to frequently go to the Sky Shaking Mountain Range to collect Iron Thread Snakes, but he also had to go to the Ice Moon City to buy some necessities. When he had nothing to do, he had to constantly work. His work was extremely hard. Other than him, there was probably no other magician in the Yangon Continent who could do the same thing.
God-killing Arrows. Every God-killing Arrow had a thumb-sized gem embedded on the arrowhead. The gem was divided into two colors, red and blue. What Nian Bing had been doing these days was embedding the red and blue gems on these arrows. Of course, it was not a simple embedding. The embedding was only the first process. Although tungsten steel was hard, it was not much under his heavenly fire that could melt iron and gold. The real difficulty was the process of sealing a detection nightmare spell in the gem.
Magic scrolls could store magic. They were originally based on magic crystals and stone powder. Therefore, magic crystals could naturally play the role of storing magic. However, there was a limit to the size of the God Execution Arrow. The widest part of the arrow was the arrowhead, so the gemstone could only be embedded there. The thumb-sized red and blue gemstones were not very precious. In the Ice Moon Empire, which was rich in ancient minerals, a gemstone like this was worth two to three purple coins at most. Even if it was a high quality gemstone, it would be hard for it to exceed ten purple coins. The amount of magic energy stored in a gemstone was definitely related to its size. Such a gemstone was far from those high quality magic scrolls. Moreover, the creation of magic scrolls required special craftsmanship. It was much easier to inscribe magic incantations on them. However, it was extremely difficult to seal magic elements on these ordinary crystals and activate them with ingenious incantations. Even if the number one magician in the continent, the former Ice Goddess Priestess Bing Jie, was here, the success rate would probably not be more than ten percent. Nian Bing had been doing this for the past one and a half months. Moreover, the gems on those God-killing Arrows contained up to the ninth step single-target offensive magic.
The God-killing Arrows sealed with the ninth step offensive magic were all genuine God-killing Arrows. In the future, the price of a God-killing Arrow was probably something that Nian Bing would never have imagined. Using tungsten as the arrowhead, red copper and fine iron as the body of the arrow, and adding a ninth step offensive magic. What kind of concept was this? Halogen had once used the city walls of Ice Moon City as an example. Three God-killing Arrows of the fire attribute were needed to open up a huge hole in the city walls of Ice Moon City that was big enough for an army to charge in.
Nyan Bing's success rate was so high that it made everyone dumbfounded. She actually had a success rate of ninety percent. How much spiritual energy did this require?! Ever since he saw Nian Bing make the tenth God-killing Arrow, Halogen kept saying these two words. She was a monster. When he addressed Nian Bing, he also directly called her by these two words. In the past one and a half months, Nian Bing had already made more than one thousand and two hundred God-killing Arrows while she was busy with other things. That was more than one thousand and two hundred spells of the ninth step! Although he didn't deliberately cultivate, the process of making the God-killing Arrows was a great challenge to his magical energy, magic control, and spiritual energy. Thus, one and a half months had passed. Nian Bing's own strength had also changed a little. Although nothing could be seen on the surface, Nian Bing knew in her heart how important this one and a half months was to her.
In this one and a half months, the things that Nian Bing wanted had been delivered one after another. Two hundred God-killing Crossbows were silently placed in a small valley at the side. That was also the place where Halogen went the most. He would go there every day to take a look and adjust the completed God-killing Crossbows to make them more perfect.
The dwarven master forger was naturally not a joke. Halogen used some ordinary crossbows to make up for many shortcomings in the God-killing Crossbows. For example, he installed two iron wheels on the front of the God-killing Crossbows. In a situation where there was no vehicle to pull the crossbows and they had to travel a long distance, one person could complete the task of three people. He also made some adjustments to the pulleys and crossbows. Under his efforts, the offensive power of the God-killing Crossbows increased a little. Of course, the most important thing he did was to install a special sight on the God-killing Crossbows. Nian Bing was very busy, and Halogen was a little mysterious. Until now, he still didn't know what Halogen had been doing all this time.
"Master, one hundred and one men from the Ice Moon Hall and five hundred blood guards from the Blood Lion Cult are all here." Yin Tu's voice was sonorous and powerful.
Nian Bing looked at Yin Tu, whose face was full of beard and hair was disheveled, with satisfaction. She smiled and said, "Hall Master Yin, you've worked hard."
Yin Tu turned and stepped aside. Nian Bing glanced at the six hundred strongest elites of the Blood Lion Cult in front of her. It was definitely not a good thing to not have a bath for more than a month. However, behind their disheveled faces, their eyes were much brighter than when they first arrived. Looking at their energetic appearance, Nian Bing nodded and said, "Time flies. One and a half months have passed in the blink of an eye. In this one and a half months, you've achieved better results than I expected. The mission that seemed impossible to complete is about to be completed with your tireless efforts. You are indeed the elites of the Blood Lion Cult. From today onwards, the training method will be changed. Two hundred God-killing Crossbows have been completed. It's time for you to test them. I don't think you're looking forward to this moment. I'm the same. So, from today onwards, you'll enter the process of testing the crossbows. Your target is the snow mountain. However, don't be too happy. It's too difficult to make God-killing Crossbows. So, you'll use wood to test them. Now, you'll team up. Every three people, one level. Go and carry out our treasures. Everyone will take turns to test the crossbows.
Yes. Amidst the roar of acknowledgement, everyone headed towards the col. Although they could only shoot wooden arrows, when they thought of the great power of Halogen's arrows that day, even the blood guards, who were unfazed by honor or disgrace, felt their blood boil.
In a short while, six hundred people carrying two hundred heavy crossbows appeared in front of Nian Bing.
Looking at their high spirits, Nian Bing smiled and walked in front of a heavy crossbow. She said, "Let me shoot the first arrow. I'll show you the true power of the God-killing Crossbow." As she spoke, she walked in front of a God-killing Crossbow. With a flash of silver light, a God-killing Arrow appeared in her hand. The gem on the arrowhead was red.
"Wait a moment." Halogen appeared beside Nian Bing in a flash. He smiled and said, "Since we're starting to test the crossbows, it's time for me to show you my hard work over the past few days." As he spoke, he touched the bottom part of the God-killing Crossbow in Nian Bing's hand. A cylinder was attached to the crossbow's body. The cylinder was about two feet long and as thick as a child's arm. On both ends of the cylinder, there was a red gem. The gem was very bright and had a protruding shape.
Halogen smiled and said, "This is the scope that I made. Every God-killing Crossbow is equipped with it. The accuracy is also adjusted to the best. You just need to put your eyes near the gem at the back and look to the other side. You'll see a black cross appear where the red gem is. With the cross in the center, you can easily shoot any target within one thousand five hundred feet. The God-killing Crossbow itself is very stable. Therefore, the arrow shot will be absolutely accurate with the help of the scope. "
Nian Bing looked at the red gem in surprise. Instantly, she realized that the snow mountain that was originally a few thousand feet away seemed to be right in front of her eyes. She could see the things on the snow mountain clearly. Halogen pinched a round object on the cylinder and said, "Rotate this. You can adjust the distance. If the distance is very close, you can move the gem on the other side. This way, it won't affect the target at close range."
The black cross appeared clearly on the other side. In front of her was a transparent red. Seeing the clear scenery and the black cross, Nian Bing couldn't help but praise in her heart. What an ingenious design! With this object, the God-killing Crossbow's attack range of one thousand five hundred feet could be maximized.
As Halogen spoke, he pulled the bowstring with one hand. The bowstring bent along with the bow frame of the crossbow. He fastened the bowstring, took the God-killing Crossbow from Nian Bing's hand, and loaded it into the barrel. He smiled and said, "You can start now. Choose a smaller target. You'll know how accurate this thing of mine is."
Nian Bing nodded. She held the cloth on the crossbow with one hand and put the other hand on the trigger. She turned the crossbow gently. Halogen added a circular track on the crossbow between the crossbow and the shoulder. This way, the two people in front only needed to stand still, and the person in charge of shooting the crossbow behind them could easily turn and attack in any direction.
Soon, Nian Bing chose a position in the middle of the snow mountain. There was a protruding rock there. She pulled the trigger. The sharp whistle that appeared before once again left a deep impression on everyone. It was as if the air was being cut apart by the rapid speed of the God-killing Crossbow. The arrow left a trail of afterimages. In just an instant, with a loud boom, the place Nian Bing saw through the scope turned into a sea of fire. Amidst the loud boom, the remaining three thousand feet of the snow mountain seemed to be trembling. A large amount of ice mist disappeared in the flames as soon as it appeared. The boom was not only because of the God-killing Crossbow, but also because of the ninth-step single-target fire magic. According to Nian Bing's design, the magic would only be released when the red crystal was squeezed out. For an attack like the God-killing Crossbow, it was almost impossible to retrieve every arrow that was shot out. The two forces of impact combined into one, and the power that erupted could only be described as terrifying.
The flames did not last for too long before disappearing. This time, although they were several thousand feet away from the snow mountain, everyone could see the huge crater. It was five feet in diameter and more than ten feet deep. Compared to the God-killing Crossbow without any magic, the power of the God-killing Crossbow was several times greater.
Yin Zui murmured to himself, "If we use this thing to attack a city, one shot will be enough. I'm afraid the city gates won't be able to withstand the power of the God-killing Arrow."
The ice on the surface of the snow mountain was completely penetrated by the arrow. Through the scope, Nian Bing saw the charred rock inside. She cheered excitedly, "Success, one plus one. As expected, it wasn't as simple as two. In this environment, the fire element itself was restricted to a certain extent. It actually has such great power. It seems like those Gods are in trouble. "
Even if Nian Bing were to block the God Slaying Arrows by herself, she would need to focus all of her attention. Furthermore, it would be impossible for her to withstand dozens of arrows without getting injured. Combined with the God Punishing Arrow's power, the Tier 9 single-target Spell should have the offensive power of a Tier 10 Spell at the very least. This was simply the best weapon in war! However … Nian Bing naturally didn't want to use these things to start a war. Instead, she wanted to deal with some people, those Gods that she couldn't defeat with her own strength.
Halogen took the God Slaying Crossbow from Nian Bing's hands. Facing all the subordinates of the Blood Lion Cult, he said loudly, "Everyone, look carefully. I will do it three times. Now, there is such a scope hidden under every God Slaying Crossbow. When necessary, just turn it up and pull it back, and it will enter the slot. At this time … The crosshair is fine, there is no need to move it. The red gem on it has the function of filtering light. It can prevent the glare of the strong light and achieve a better aim. " While speaking, he slowed down his movements and performed the action of disassembling the scope three times. It was indeed very simple. Everyone understood at a glance.
Nian Bing's heart moved, and she said, "Big brother Halogen, if you inject some light element into the gem on your scope. Perhaps, you will be able to distinguish the target at night through them. "
Halogen's eyes shone brightly. He slapped his thigh fiercely and said, "That's right! Why didn't I think of it? Injecting the light element into these magic stones might be difficult for others, but for a monster like you, it couldn't be any simpler. Alright, we can try it first. If it doesn't affect the accuracy, then that would be great. With this thing at night, the God Slaying Crossbow can become a sharp weapon for assassination. "
Nian Bing nodded and said to her subordinates, "Alright, from now on, you will line up here and test the crossbow with the goal of making things worse. Everyone will first familiarize themselves with the characteristics of the crossbow, and then take turns to carry the crossbow and pull the string. I will be responsible for the training of the wooden arrows you need, you don't have to worry about it. If there are any mechanical problems, you can ask Big Brother Halogen for guidance. Alright, let's start now. "
Seeing that Nian Bing and Halogen had each used the God Slaying Crossbow once, these elites of the Blood Lion Cult had already understood how to use the crossbow. Although the string was extremely hard, it could still be pulled by a martial expert. Therefore, in every group of three, there would definitely be a martial expert. Each of them fiddled with the huge crossbow mechanism, and immediately became very busy. However, everyone's movements were very careful, for fear of damaging the heavy crossbow in their hands that weighed 250 kilograms. With such a huge lethality, even the blood guards couldn't bear to part with it. For a moment, they were immersed in the process of familiarizing themselves with the God Slaying Crossbow.
While they were familiarizing themselves with the God Slaying Crossbow, Nian Bing was not idle. She didn't inject the light element into the God Slaying Crossbow's scope first, but instead went with Halogen to the mountain where the God Slaying Crossbow was originally placed. A black light flashed in Halogen's hand, and the God Slaying Axe appeared out of thin air. He chuckled and said, "Nian Bing, I'll be in charge of cutting the trees, you'll be in charge of making the arrows. What do you think?"
Nian Bing smiled and said, "You really know how to choose. Alright, you'll be in charge of cutting the trees, but you have to remove the extra branches and leaves. I only want the main shaft."
Halogen agreed and leaped up. In this world of ice and snow, the trees that could survive were all coniferous trees. The God Slaying Axe in Halogen's hand brought out a black light, and as the fighting spirit spread out, the big trees fell to the ground one by one. He didn't even need to get close to Nian Bing. Just by the fighting spirit emitted from the axe, he could easily do everything that Nian Bing asked him to do. Every time he removed all the branches and leaves of a big tree, he would kick the trunk in front of Nian Bing. His movements were extremely fast. However, after a while, Halogen's movements slowed down, not because of the consumption of his fighting spirit, but because he was stunned by Nian Bing's movements.
Nian Bing started to move from the first big tree that Halogen kicked. Under the cover of the milky white light, the Sacred Glory was in his right hand. The weight of the Sacred Glory was nothing to Nian Bing. As soon as the tree was in front of him, after a short observation, he could use his spiritual power to determine the texture of the tree trunk. When he first started to learn how to cook, observing the texture of trees and chopping firewood was his first practice. Looking at the trees in front of him, he couldn't help but think of his teacher, Cha Ji. As he sighed in his heart, the Sacred Glory moved. Now, he had an unusually large amount of spiritual power. He could identify the texture of the tree with just a glance and remember it without missing anything. With the memory of his teacher, his knife moved. His wrist trembled. Even with Halogen's eyesight, he could only see an illusory shadow of the knife. In the shadow of the knife, the first thing that flew out was the bark outside. Then, wooden arrows were swept out from another direction by the knife light and fell to the ground in a neat pile.
The trunk of a big tree was split into several parts by Nian Bing's lightning-like knife light. Wherever he passed, he could only see wooden arrows floating out. These wooden arrows were exactly the same size and shape. There was no difference. They were the same size and thickness as the God-killing Arrow. Halogen was stunned. What kind of knife technique was this? She could actually achieve this kind of chopping at such a fast speed. Every arrow was the same. What kind of precise judgment did this require?! Monster. This guy is definitely a monster. Halogen was thinking about this when Nian Bing's voice sounded. "Big Brother Halogen, we've used up all the tree trunks. You have to speed up."
Halogen was speechless. You win. "Just two hours later, the two of them were busy with their work. Tens of thousands of wooden arrows were completed. When the Blood Lion Sect's uncles came to collect the arrows, most people thought that these wooden arrows were transferred from somewhere else by Nian Bing. Only a few people saw the brand-new wooden stakes not far away. Only then did they vaguely guess that these wooden arrows were newly made.
Half a month's adjustment period quickly passed. To make matters worse, although the remaining three thousand feet had not been completely destroyed, it was already riddled with holes. When Nian Bing gave each God-Killing Crossbow ten God-Killing Arrows, the two-month training was over. Each group of three people carried a God-Killing Crossbow and ten God-Killing Arrows. Under Nian Bing's lead, they quietly left this cold world.
If someone asked where was the coldest place in the Yangon Continent. Most likely, any person in the Yangon Continent would answer. It was the Ice Moon Empire's Polar Ice Province. Yes, the Polar Ice Province was located at the northernmost tip of the Ice Moon Empire. There was only winter here. Even during the warmest time, the temperature would still be around minus ten degrees Celsius. And when it came to the cold season. There was even a record of minus eighty degrees Celsius here. At the southern end of the Extreme Ice Province was a mountain range. The name of the province was the Extreme Ice Mountain Range. This mountain range was the place where the Ice Moon Empire produced the most rare ores. It was also this mountain range that blocked a large amount of cold air from the north, causing the temperature of Ice Moon City and the Ice Moon Empire from the south of the Extreme Ice Province to not be so terrifyingly low. The cold of the Polar Ice Province was really hard to bear. Therefore, the number of people living in this province was less than the number of people living in Ice Moon City. In this province, there were only three small cities. Only some coolies would come here to mine ores in order to obtain the resources to survive.
The three small cities in the Polar Ice Province formed a triangle in the center of the province. And in the center of these three cities, there was a place called the Extreme Cold Land of the Yangon Continent. It was a glacier. The environment was so bad that it was impossible for humans to survive there. Many people had predicted that the reason why the Polar Ice Province was so cold was because of this Extreme Cold Land. The shape of the glacier was very special. There was a large circle of glacier around three thousand feet high outside. No one knew how long this ice had existed and how thick it was. In the center of this circle of glacier, there was a basin. Generally speaking, even if it was a glacier, as long as there was a basin in the middle. Then the temperature in the basin would be higher than that of the glacier outside. But it was different here. This basin was the real Extreme Cold Land. The cold wind that was like ice blades formed small tornadoes in the basin. No animals could survive here. Even if they just exhaled, they would immediately turn into countless tiny ice shards. Once they encountered the biting cold ice tornadoes, they would only turn into ice cubes. And then they would end up being blown into pieces by the biting cold wind. Therefore. This place was also one of the famous places of death in the Yangon Continent.
The Extreme Cold Land still exuded its coldness as usual. The cold airflow could be clearly felt even from a hundred miles away. At this time, a large number of black shadows were coming toward the valley where the Extreme Cold Land was located. Their movements were not fast, but they did not seem to be affected by the gradually decreasing cold. They moved forward in an orderly manner. Their pace seemed to be the same. Suddenly, there was a look. There were tens of thousands of them all over the mountains and plains. But these tens of thousands of people did not make any sound. When they approached the glacier, they had already begun to climb. A strange thing happened. When these black shadows began to climb, some of them actually had wings on their backs and flew directly to the top of the glacier. And those without wings directly inserted their hands and feet into the glacier and climbed up. The speed of climbing the glacier seemed to be much faster than when they were walking before. If ordinary people saw this strange scene, they would definitely think that these guys were crazy. It should be known that it was already the coldest season on the continent, and in a few days, it would enter the Great Cold Period. At that time, the entire Polar Ice Province would enter a low temperature of minus 60 degrees Celsius. All work would stop, and this Extreme Cold Land could reach a low temperature of minus 100 degrees Celsius. This was not a place where people could survive at all. However, because of the low temperature, no one here would see a large number of black shadows suddenly appear and move toward the Extreme Cold Land.
Evil Moon floated in the air in Silence. He did not wear much clothes. The surrounding cold brought him a very enjoyable feeling. Naturally, he did not like the simple cold, but he liked the Innate Yin Qi contained in this extreme cold. For a Lich, this Innate Qi was extremely precious. Unfortunately. The Innate Qi here could only last for a few days every year. Otherwise, Evil Moon would never leave here. The reason why he could cultivate to the Lich Realm was that he came here every year to absorb the Innate Yin Qi. It made his Body of Death extremely strong.
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