Isaiah's sudden defection and Hubert's death caused the other Temple Knights to be stunned and panicked for a moment.

Although they reacted quickly, this moment of mistake had already given Isaiah and Gwen the opportunity to seize the opportunity and not let any Temple Knight escape.

Screams and the sound of swords piercing flesh came one after another.

But Gu Xingmian didn't care at all. He propped his palms on the ground, and the broken stones scratched his palms. The blood stained the ground under him red, but he seemed not to feel it.

His mind kept recalling the scene where Xiao Qiong pushed him away and blocked Hubert's sword.

Even though Isaiah had killed Hubert, Xiao Qiong was not injured.

But deep in his heart, he still had the fear of losing his opponent. His

heart was beating so hard that it seemed to burst his chest. It wasn't

until Xiao Qiong walked up to him and stretched out his hand to him that

Gu Xingmian suddenly came to his senses.

He wanted to say something, but he seemed to have lost the ability to speak. He wanted to stand up, but all the strength in his body seemed to be drained away, leaving only trembling.

Xiao Qiong half-knelt down, hugged him in his arms, and whispered, "I'm fine, don't worry."

The familiar warmth surrounded Gu Xingmian and gradually stopped his trembling.

Xiao Qiong put his arm around his waist and helped him up from the ground.

The two said nothing, but it seemed as if they had said everything.

At this time, the battle was nearing its end.

Gu Xingmian's face suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Be careful!"

Everyone looked in the direction of his voice, and saw a temple knight secretly taking out a palm-sized jade-like object and was about to smash it on the ground.

When Gu Xingmian saw that object, it was as if countless steel needles were piercing his head. He felt so painful that he wanted to vomit, and cold sweat ran down his face. He almost fainted while holding his head.

If Xiao Qiong hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground by now.

Everyone didn't know what it was, but Isaiah's face changed slightly.

He rushed towards the temple knight.

Although Gwen didn't know what it was, she knew something was wrong when she saw Isaiah's expression. She cooperated with him and finally snatched the object from the temple knight.

But the fragility of that thing was beyond their imagination, and a tiny crack appeared on the thin shell.

Isaiah's expression suddenly became serious.

He whispered something in Gwen's ear, then turned his head, took a deep look at Xiao Qiong, and ran away with the thing in his arms.

Gu Xingmian's pain was not relieved until the thing was far away. At this time, his face was pale and his body was covered with sweat, as if he was pulled out of the water. He fainted without saying a few words.

When he woke up again, it was already night.

Because of the sudden attack of the temple knights and the evil spirits blocking the way ahead, many soldiers were injured, so they changed direction and found a relatively safe place to camp and rest.

Gu Xingmian came out of Xiao Qiong's spiritual body. Although he was still a little dizzy, he felt much better.

Xiao Qiong took him to find Gwen.

At this time, Gwen was discussing tomorrow's route with Dai Baiyu and others. The two waited on the side. After they finished discussing and left, they walked forward.

Gwen looked at the two and asked softly, "How are you? Are you feeling better?"

Gu Xingmian nodded, hesitating about how to start.

Gwen saw his hesitation and took the initiative to say, "You want to ask about Isaiah, the temple knight who suddenly turned against you."

Gwen said that Isaiah was from the Shanpu tribe. The Shanpu tribe was the village that was destroyed fifteen years ago. Everyone thought they were killed by evil spirits, but Isaiah said that it was the temple that destroyed the tribe.

The Shanpu tribe is a natural warrior who can withstand the huge energy of the Temple Knights. Therefore, the Temple had evil thoughts.

At first, the Temple kidnapped a Shanpu tribe member and brought him to the Central City for research, trying to figure out the secrets of the Shanpu tribe's body and then mass-produce Temple Knights. Who knew that not only did it fail, but the Shanpu tribe member found an opportunity and killed many people, and he almost escaped from the Central City.

It caused a huge commotion at the time. Although it was finally resolved, this unprecedented tyranny made the high priest at the time very angry. He not only killed the Shanpu tribe member, but also ordered the Temple Knights to exterminate the Shanpu tribe, leaving only the children to be brought back.

The temple had a secret method to brainwash these children, but they didn't expect that the will of the children of the Shanpu tribe was so strong. After countless times of brainwashing, they were completely unmoved.

Even if they were tortured by the secret method and only had one breath left, they did not give in.

Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian had vaguely guessed this news when they heard Eric, but when they heard Gwen say it, they still felt a kind of suffocation.

Gu Xingmian held Xiao Qiong's hand and looked at Gwen again: "Then, what about Isaiah..."

Gwen understood what he meant and said: "Isaiah wanted revenge, so he pretended to be brainwashed and became a Temple Knight. When he attacked us for the first time, he passed the information to me. This time, he also told me the news in advance, so I was able to set up a plan to catch all those Temple Knights in one fell swoop."

He paused and said, "Sorry, for the secrecy of the plan, I didn't tell anyone and scared you."

Gu Xingmian shook his head and looked at Xiao Qiong again.

Xiao Qiong's voice was harsh: "He... Are he and I from the same race?"

Gwen looked at him, sighed softly, and nodded: "Yes."

Xiao Qiong pursed his lips.

"I'm sorry, he wanted to tell you in person." Gwen's eyes revealed a bit of sadness.

Gu Xingmian's heart tightened, and he quickly asked: "Admiral Gwen, what was that thing Isaiah was holding at the time, and why did he leave with it?"

Gu Xingmian still remembers the discomfort and pain he felt when he saw that thing. He felt pain even thinking about that feeling.

"Isaiah said he didn't know what the thing was called, but once it was broken, it would make the evil spirits crazy and gather together. We are afraid that we will be wiped out..."

Gu Xingmian was stunned. He recalled the uncomfortable feelings he had felt in Cor and Quilmo before. It should be because of this thing. However, the feeling was very subtle at that time. It should be because it was far away from him and the amount was relatively small.

Gwen obviously thought of this and was furious: "The Feilong defense line was broken, Quilmo was destroyed, Duna was destroyed... They sacrificed so many lives for their own selfish desires!"

Gu Xingmian thought of Isaiah. He left with that thing just to take the danger away from them. Then he...

At this time, he felt Xiao Qiong's hand holding his tightly.

His mood suddenly became very uncomfortable. Xiao Qiong finally met a fellow tribesman, but before he could even say a word, the other party fell into such a dangerous situation.

He could only shake his hand back and comfort him, "Isaiah is so powerful, don't worry, he will definitely be able to turn danger into safety."

Xiao Qiong felt the heat transmitted from his palm and hid all his fragility under his eyelashes.

Central City, Temple.

Douglas looked at the people opposite him with an angry expression: "I told you to be patient and not to conflict with those bastards, why didn't you listen to me?"

The people opposite him were dressed gorgeously, but their expressions were a bit wolfish. They were the people from the card maker family.

A young man seemed a little indignant and wanted to say something, but was stopped by the old man in the lead. He raised his head, his face was covered with age spots. Although he was old, he was full of traces of pampered life.

He said slowly: "High Priest, you said you could help us kill the UR card, but we paid a huge price. But now the UR card has made us lose our foundation. Shouldn't the High Priest give us an explanation?"

Douglas narrowed his eyes: "Are you blaming me?"

"No, no." The old man said calmly, "I'm just stating the facts. I hope that the High Priest will take into account that we are all keeping the same secret and get rid of the threatening person as soon as possible. This is good for both of us." After

he finished speaking, he nodded lightly and led the others out of the temple.

As soon as he left, Douglas was so angry that he swept everything on the table to the ground, with a sinister look on his face: "This bunch of bastards, like dogs that have lost their homes, have been forced to flee here, yet they are still so arrogant, I must..."

He stopped talking here.

After slowly calming down, he called a priest and asked, "What is the situation outside now?"

The priest said hesitantly, "The Card Maker Alliance, with the support of those card makers, is sitting quietly outside the Central City, asking us to hand over the people of the Card Maker family. They have surrounded the Central City, I'm afraid..."

He didn't say anything else.

Douglas's face was already very ugly. He gritted his teeth and asked again: "What about those people in the military district? Are they just going to watch these bastards surround the central city?"

The priest's voice became even lower: "I called several generals, and they said that their duty is to guard the border and resist evil spirits. Now the troops are tight and can't...can't spare any manpower to come..."

Douglas slapped the table hard: "Bullshit! I see that this group of bastards surrounded the central city, and they must be behind it!"

But Douglas had no choice but to curse here.

Most of the temple knights were sent by him to deal with Gwen's expeditionary team. If a fight really broke out, they would definitely not end up well. Moreover, if the secret under the divine tower was discovered, it would be troublesome.

Thinking of this, he could only swallow his anger and gave the order: "Tell people to close the gates of the central city. Before Hubert and the others come back, there must be no conflict with those people."

"Yes."

The priest took the order and left.

Douglas looked in the direction of the First Military District with a heavy look.

As long as Gwen fails in this expedition, the five major military districts will be seriously injured, and he will take this opportunity to regain the power lost by the temple.

At that time, the power he controls will support him to complete the formation of the bottom layer of the divine tower, allowing him to completely obtain the power of the gods and become immortal!