Søren rode his horse and ran all the way into the depths of the desert.
Yellow Springs Ancient City was 700 kilometers away from Skywild City, located in the southwest of the desert. It was almost at the edge of the desert, with soil, water, and vegetation.
A long time ago, it was not called Yellow Springs City, but Yellow Water City.
Because there was a lake here, the lake water appeared yellow due to the sand. This lake was not small, and it was already at the edge of the desert. Although the land was still relatively barren, it already had a certain amount of planting conditions.
A few hundred years ago, a defeated tribe from Western Liang wandered here. They saw the geographical conditions here and chose to build a city and settle down here, naming it Yellow Water City.
After that, this tribe had been thriving in Yellow Water City, mainly relying on grape cultivation to make wine for a living. The tribe grew larger and larger, from a few thousand people to 20,000 to 30,000.
However, a hundred years ago, for some unknown reason, everyone in Yellow Water City died in a single night.
They did not suffer any attacks, nor did they suffer any natural disasters. The entire tribe of more than ten thousand people was completely wiped out, and the entire tribe was exterminated.
The strange thing was that these people did not have any wounds on their bodies, and when they died, they were extremely peaceful, as if they were sleeping.
Since then, the city had become a dead city. There were also some tribes that took a fancy to the conditions here and tried to settle down here. However, without exception, all of them died a violent death, and the way they died was exactly the same as the previous tribe.
Not only that, many desert bandits did not believe in heresy, and they used the fear of the surrounding people to choose Yellow Springs Ancient City as their nest.
However, without exception, all of these desert bandits died. Similarly, there was no reason for any death.
Therefore, this city was renamed from Yellow Water City to Yellow Springs City, representing that this was a cursed city, and anyone who entered would die inexplicably.
Now, Yan Nair 'er's Silver Wolf Suicide Squad actually hid in Yellow Springs Ancient City in order to avoid the pursuit of the Skywild Alliance Army. It could be seen how dangerous the situation was.
Everyone knew that entering the Yellow Springs Ancient City meant death. This was a cursed city.
However, if they did not escape into Yellow Springs Ancient City, they would be completely annihilated in a few hours after being surrounded by tens of thousands of troops.
Although it was a dead end, being able to live for a few more days also represented hope.
Therefore, after Yan Nair 'er was assassinated, she ordered the entire army to enter Yellow Springs Ancient City. That was because, out of fear, the Skywild Alliance Army would definitely not dare to attack, and the Silver Wolf Legion would still have a few days to live.
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Søren bought a total of three horses and galloped along the way toward the Netherworld Ancient City in the southwest.
Along the way, they encountered wandering warriors one after another. These people were all going to participate in the final encirclement.
Even though the Yellow Springs Ancient City was very terrifying, as long as one didn't enter, one wouldn't be cursed if one surrounded it from the outside.
The Skywild City Alliance Army didn't dare to attack and kill the Silver Wolf Army, but they were afraid that they would escape, so they surrounded the Yellow Springs Ancient City. As a result, even thirty to forty thousand soldiers were insufficient. Hence, they spent a large amount of gold coins to recruit wandering warriors.
Anyway, they didn't really need to fight. They just needed to completely surround the Netherworld Ancient City and prevent the Silver Wolf Army inside from breaking out.
In at most half a month, the Silver Wolf Legion in the Netherworld Ancient City would be wiped out. Then, they returned with a great victory.
Moreover, there was food and drink. Earning two or three gold coins in ten days was a generous reward.
Therefore, many bold wandering warriors went there. Søren did not stand out in the slightest.
He galloped along the way and surpassed the other wandering warriors on the way. Søren wished he could fly to the Netherworld Ancient City. Yan Nair was in danger every minute now.
After galloping for 150 kilometers, Søren took a small detour and headed to the Dark Oasis, the nest of the Viper Desert Bandits. He left a few letters there. The content of the letters was very simple. Skywild City was empty, and the opportunity would not come again!
Then, regardless of whether these letters would be received by the desert bandits or not, Søren continued running southwest toward the Netherworld Ancient City.
Because Søren was too fast, he was almost alone in the desert. Occasionally, he would encounter messengers who were heading to Skywild City to report.
Suddenly, Søren heard the rapid sound of horse hooves behind him. It was very fast, and the horse sounded very spirited.
Søren turned around and immediately saw a black-robed warrior running frantically in the direction of the Netherworld Ancient City.
Seeing Søren look over, the black-robed warrior's gaze immediately became very vigilant and even murderous.
This was not a warrior of Skywild City, but of the Raging Wave Kingdom's secret department. Perhaps he was a subordinate of Turin Duo. He must have important orders to convey for him to run so desperately.
Søren drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aimed with his spiritual power, and used Dragon Power.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh … Three consecutive arrows.
When the black-robed warrior of the Raging Wave Kingdom saw Søren shoot without hesitation, he was shocked and dodged as fast as he could.
However, Søren's arrows were not something a mere mid-level warrior could dodge.
Puff puff puff … All three arrows hit their targets. Two hit his eyes, and one hit his forehead.
Without a miserable cry, this black-robed warrior directly lost his life, falling fiercely outwards.
Søren jumped off his horse and pulled the opponent's horse to a stop. Then, he came to the black-robed warrior's corpse.
Sure enough, he found a secret letter with a candle wax print on it.
Søren instinctively wanted to open the letter, but after a slight hesitation, he did not open it and put it in his pocket.
Then, Søren quickly stripped off the person's armor, black robe, and mask. He also found a special black iron token.
This was someone from the Black Ice Manor!
The Black Ice Manor was the most mysterious and powerful secret department of the Raging Wave Kingdom. Legend had it that the Black Ice Manor was omnipotent and omnipresent.
Søren had even heard from Yan Ting that the royal family knew about the affair between Venerable Swordsman Bi Xiao and his sister because one of his family's most trusted Guardian Warriors had been secretly instigated by the Black Ice Manor.
However, the legendary Black Ice Manor only listened to the king, but now the situation seemed to have become somewhat complicated.
Tu Lingduo was a member of the Black Ice Manor and had worked for them since the age of fifteen.
Putting on the secret envoy's armor, black robe, mask, and token, Søren transformed into the secret envoy of the Raging Wave Black Ice Manor.
Then, he buried the true secret envoy's corpse in a deep sand pit.
The reason why Søren pretended to be the secret envoy of the Black Ice Manor of the Raging Wave Kingdom was that he could scout out the truth, and that he could directly enter the Amano Coalition Army and smoothly enter the Amano City.
This was because the ghost town had been completely surrounded, and no one could enter the ancient city.
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Riding on the Black Ice Manor's messenger's horse, Søren continued to run.
He kept changing horses along the way, and after six hours, he had run for three hundred li. Finally, the Ancient Yellow Spring City was in front of him.
It was already evening, and night was about to fall.
The first thing Søren saw was not the Ancient Yellow Spring City, but the densely packed Amano City Coalition Army. There were more than thirty to forty thousand people.
With more than ten thousand soldiers, they were boundless, not to mention thirty to forty thousand.
This Ancient Yellow Spring City was called a city, but it was just a slightly larger castle, covering an area of a thousand mu.
The forty thousand coalition army was enough to encircle the entire ancient city. Within a radius of a few kilometers, there were troops and tents everywhere.
These tens of thousands of troops were clearly prepared for a long siege. Not only had they set up tents, but they had also started to build fortifications.
Moreover, there were many mercenaries and wandering warriors rushing over, and the situation was extremely bad.
The Ancient Yellow Spring City, surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, was silent. There was not even a guard on the city walls.
Søren's heart turned cold. He did not know what the situation was like in the city, but it seemed worse than the worst situation.
The Silver Wolf Army's situation was originally good. Although there were dangers everywhere, they had always been in the initiative. But after Yan Nair 'er was assassinated, the Silver Wolf Army was like a group of dragons without a leader, and the situation had collapsed until now.
Søren could only pray that Yan Nair 'er was not seriously injured.
He rode straight in and came to the front of the Amano City coalition army. He said, "There's a secret letter to be handed to Yan Shuang. Make way immediately."
One of the officers was stunned, then said, "Envoy, please wait a moment. I'll go and report now."
Immediately, Søren could only pray in his heart that Tu Lingduo was not in the army.
A moment later, the officer rushed over and said to Søren, "The City Lord invites the envoy to the commander's tent."
Søren's heart skipped a beat. He frowned and said, "I'm going into the Ancient Yellow Spring City to deliver the letter. Why do I need to see him?"
The officer said, "That's not something we can know. I can only obey orders. Please follow me, envoy."
Immediately afterward, the eight warriors behind him stepped forward and vaguely surrounded Søren.
"Lead the way," Søren said coldly.
Then, under the surveillance and encirclement of the eight warriors, Søren went to the main tent of the Amano Coalition Army.
Fortunately, Tu Lingduo was not inside. Only the Amano City Lord, Ji Gang, and his trusted warriors were there.
Ji Gang's humility in front of Fang Qingshu was gone. His gaze shot toward Søren like lightning. He said, "Who is the envoy?"
"No comment," Søren said coldly.
"Envoy, why did you send a letter?" Ji Gang asked again.
"No comment," Søren said.
Ji Gang said, "It's not that I don't believe you, envoy, but that there are many spies taking advantage of the situation. Some even kill the messengers on the way and put on his clothes. We have to be on guard."
After saying that, he stared at Sauron motionlessly, as if he wanted to find any flaws in Sauron's eyes.
Søren, on the other hand, did not say a word. He just stared coldly at Ji Gang.
"How about this?" Ji Gang said, "How about showing me your token to show me your identity? You only need to show me the token, and I will let you pass. After all, the Black Ice Mansion of the Raging Wave Kingdom does not want to offend anyone, and I am no exception. "
Søren's heart moved, and he was about to take out the token. But very quickly, he stopped all his movements.
Because his spiritual power keenly sensed Ji Gang's smugness and cunning.
This was a test. He, Ji Gang, was only the Lord of Amano City. He did not have the power to make the envoy of the Raging Wave Kingdom show the token. If Søren showed it, it could only prove that he was a fake.
So, Søren continued coldly, "No comment!"
From beginning to end, Søren did not have a second expression or a second dialogue.
As expected, Ji Gang, the Lord of Amano City, heaved a sigh of relief. He said, "Envoy is indeed real. Don't blame me for making a fuss. The situation has been really complicated recently. I will let someone bring you into the Yellow Spring Ancient City."
As he finished speaking, his gaze was still fixed on Sauron. This old fox was still trying to test him at this time.
"No, I will go alone." Søren said resolutely, and then walked out.
As expected, Ji Gang did not stop him. He said, "Pass down my order, let the envoy enter the ancient city."
…
Then, Søren went straight through the encirclement of the Amano Alliance and entered the Yellow Spring Ancient City.
When he was a hundred meters away from the city gate, there was an arrow aimed at him. It was actually his old acquaintance, Fen Mo. He did not expect him to come back.
"Who are you?" Fen Mo asked coldly.
"Fury Wave Envoy, come to see Miss Yan Shuang." Søren said loudly.
Then, Fen Mo lowered his bow and said, "Come in!"
Søren entered the gate alone. As soon as he entered, the gate closed behind him. Then, dozens of people surrounded him, and a sword was quickly placed on his neck.
Fen Mo laughed coldly, "The assassin who tried to assassinate Miss Yan Shuang was sent by the Raging Wave Kingdom's Black Ice Mansion. Since another one has come, don't think of leaving here alive. Chop off your head and let it accompany us in death. "
Søren took off his mask and said to Fen Mo, "I am Lan Ling!"
Fen Mo was shocked, and his gaze was complicated, "You, why are you here?"
He and Søren were once rivals in love.
"It's a long story." Søren said, "Where is Miss Yan Shuang? Bring me to see her immediately."
Immediately, everyone looked at each other. Then, Fen Mo said, "I have no right to decide on this matter. I can only report it to the Thousand Men Leader."
Then, Fen Mo left and reported to the Silver Wolf Thousand Men Leader.
Very quickly, a skinny middle-aged man walked out and looked at Søren from head to toe for a while.
This person was the Silver Wolf Army's Thousand Men Leader, Tu An. He had followed Yan Shuang for more than twenty years, and was one of Yan Shuang's most trusted people.
"Come with me," Tu An said. Then, he walked inside.
Søren followed him and went deep into the Ancient City of the Underworld.
Along the way, Søren saw many warriors of the Silver Wolf Army lying on the ground. Most of them looked defeated, their eyes were filled with despair, and they were covered in wounds.
It was obvious that in the past month, their battle situation was more tragic than what Søren had imagined.
Tu An brought Søren into a small building in the Inner Courtyard. There were two female warriors standing guard outside the door.
"Master Tu." The two of them greeted and looked at Søren.
"Open the door." Tu An ordered.
"But …" One of the female warriors said.
"Don't worry, open the door." Tu An said.
"Yes." The female warrior opened the door.
Søren immediately walked into the room. The first thing he saw was the beauty on the bed. His heart trembled and he shouted, "Nair, I'm back. How are you? Please be alright!"
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