Chapter 3: Sword of the Sky
It is about a few hundred sanmars from the capital to Panlong Gorge, but with the help of things like Qiwen and nearly three years of combat experience, this distance is nothing to Beichen.
The name of Panlong Canyon is very simple. It is named after the many dragon-like creatures living here. Those winged animals that look like dragons are now officially named "glass-winged dragons".
This is a very beautiful canyon area. The high and low blue-grey rock walls are inlaid with many beautiful crystals. The climate in the canyon is humid, and the terrain becomes lower and lower from north to south, thus forming many small lakes and underground rivers. The water flows along the undulating terrain, forming countless large and small waterfalls. Under the erosion of time, the rock walls of the canyon have been carved into various natural bridges, caves, and cliffs of astonishing shapes.
Among these intricately structured rock walls, countless luminous vines weave through them, adding a touch of mystery and romance to the beautiful scenery composed of gray rock walls, beautiful crystals, and clear waterfalls.
After Panlong Gorge was swept through and occupied by the Taye Iron Cavalry, the former owner of the gorge, the Liyi Dragon, repeatedly counterattacked the army stationed there, but all ended in failure. After a few times, they seemed to have accepted their fate and continued to hunt weaker animals honestly, and no longer targeted humans.
──Of course, if someone comes here alone, that’s a different story.
“Gah!!”
Under the attack of a fire bomb from Xifeng, the glass-winged dragon fell to the ground and rolled around on the ground, as if trying to put out the fire on its body. However, Xifeng did not give it this opportunity and directly attacked it with another explosive bomb, blowing off its head.
"Hmph," Yaye put away the sickle in his hand, "It seems that this thing is not very smart. It thinks of bullying us just because we are outnumbered?"
In the distance, several glass-winged dragons circled among the canyon's peaks, seemingly having seen their companions slain and eager to prey, yet feeling a bit hesitant. Atlas raised his hand and unleashed a barrage of tiny beams from his Protoss cannons, dropping the few that had slipped through his net. Seeing this, Xifeng smacked his beak in displeasure, as if feeling his prey had been snatched away.
"Hey, little loach."
Heihuo deliberately put his arm around Beichen's neck in a mysterious manner and whispered something in a voice that everyone could hear.
"Do you think Xifeng is going through menopause? She's so irritable, it's like she's eaten an Exploding Spirit Crystal."
Su Jie immediately started to jeer, "It's more like unsatisfied sexual desire than menopause, right? Look at his face, it says 'I'm horny'! He must have swallowed all his explosives!"
Bang bang bang bang bang!
As the gunshots rang out, Hei Huo and Su Jie immediately jumped up like tap dancing to avoid the bullets that were fired at their heels, and they also started yelling:
"Wow wow wow oh! Xifeng is going to kill people to silence them, help me, no, this is so scary! I won't accept it!!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Warrior Beichen, come and save me! I can pledge my love to you!! I have your flesh and blood in my body, you can't be so cruel!"
"You're the hero, and so are your whole family!" Beichen sneered, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "You knew Xifeng was in a bad mood, yet you still provoked him. You deserve it!"
"Wow! You're such a fickle woman! Bro, we've been abandoned!!"
"That's right. He must be dissatisfied with our age and lack of looks and has started to like Xifeng, a pretty boy. Brother, why are our lives so miserable?──"
"If we talk about age, Xifeng is dozens of times older than you. Xifeng is the grandfather! How could it be your turn to lose your looks? Xixixixixifeng, I don't mean to say that you are losing your looks. Xifeng is the most handsome. Can you please move the gun pointed at my head away a little bit..."
Beichen was halfway through the quarrel with Gemini, and then he accidentally said something wrong, which made Xifeng even angrier, so he had to keep begging for mercy.
But at this moment, Atlas came over with a confused look on his face.
"Is the West Wind angry with Black Disaster and Su Jie?"
"Ah, yes." Xifeng put away his gun with a gloomy face. "They actually slandered me for being unsatisfied. Do they think I am them?"
"oh."
Atlas nodded, then turned to Black Plague and Su Jie, and imitated Xifeng's behavior, using the Star Spirit Cannon to attack the ground at their heels, making the twins scream and jump again:
"Black Plague and Su Jie, you're talking nonsense. Xifeng isn't sexually unsatisfied. Instead, his long-term unsatisfied sexual desire has caused a moderate disturbance in his body's functioning and emotional peaks."
"The little tail is called unsatisfied desire, okay?"
"You're offending both of us by doing this! Be careful or the west wind will break your tail!"
Atlas's eyes flashed red and his tail immediately stood up. Then he jumped cautiously towards the west wind.
"West Wind, please don't break my tail. If you do, I won't be able to [beep—] or [beep beep beep]. My tail regenerates very slowly."
"I didn't say I was going to pull your tail," Xifeng said, taking off his military cap and rubbing his brows in a self-deprecating manner. "But your tail isn't meant for those kinds of obscene things, right? Who on earth did you learn that from?"
"No, I found it in the database. The title is [Beep]... and..."
“Stop, stop!!”
Beichen finally couldn't help but come out and made a "STOP" gesture.
"Can you please stop making jokes like these that always get muted? Look at Yaye! The great Yaye didn't say anything! Learn from Yaye!"
"Of course. I'm a man. The pleasure of sucking blood can relieve some of my sexual impulses. I've sucked so much of your blood in all these days. How could I be as frustrated as Xifeng?"
“…Wait, that’s not what I meant. And you never told me that the pleasure of sucking blood would… feel like being close to that thing!… Ugh, my moral integrity!! Has my moral integrity really been airdropped to Orion!?”
Beichen was dejected for a while, then realized that it was pointless to keep complaining like this, so he could only ignore the group of noisy guys and move forward on his own. Only then did Heihuo and Sujie stop bickering with Xifeng and come back.
"Come to think of it, we're almost there when we enter the valley." Black Fate took out a small hourglass from his storage space and looked at it. "When we entered the valley, I used the coded spirit crystal to send a message to Glenshe. They should be almost here."
Beichen nodded, then clenched his fist with some excitement:
"I haven't seen my brother in months. This is a good opportunity to catch up with him."
"Tsk." Su Jie frowned sourly, "You call me 'brother' all the time, so affectionately! And you even left the rich canyon to the Tuling tribe. You're so biased. Why don't you ever call us brother? Come on, call us brother! If you do, maybe Black Disaster and I will advance!"
"How are you going to advance if you're already at the Ninth Glory?" Beichen said weakly. "Besides, you two are only nine years old, why should I call you brothers?"
"Hey, hey, how can you compare the age of a weapon with the age of a human? Our hearts are sexy, melancholic, and mature!"
"Scream, scream, if you don't, Black Disaster and I will use the [Beep] tool tonight!"
"How dare you!" Beichen's face flushed and he stamped his feet in frustration. "I'll just yell, Black Fire... Black Fire... Brother Black Fire, Brother Su Jie! Satisfied, right?"
“… So, so disgusting.”
"...Goosebumps have fallen to the ground and the crystal core is about to vomit out."
"Wait, you guys told me to yell!!"
Beichen had only been showing his teeth and claws at the twins for a few seconds when, for some reason, the back of his head was blocked by Xifeng's gun again.
"...West, West Wind?"
"Why, just the twins? Did you miss anyone?"
“Yeah…!? But that’s such a cheesy name!!”
"Who cares if you call me brother?" Xifeng said expressionlessly as he loaded the gun. "Call me 'Commander Xifeng'. Call me or die. Your choice."
"Commander Zephyr!! The enemy has fallen into our trap! Please give us your instructions!"
"Very good." Xifeng's expressionless face seemed to be in a much better mood for some reason. He put away his gun, left everyone behind and walked straight forward, leaving Beichen standing there with three black lines on his head:
"...Who can tell me what Xifeng's hobbies and tastes are like?"
But no one answered her. Instead, Yaye poked her shoulder with a gloomy look on his face:
"What about me? Are you going to ignore my past, Master Yaye?"
"I'm screaming, I'm screaming! Uh, Yaye's dad is awesome!!!"
"Xiang Beichen, you're itching to be beaten with my sickle handle, right?"
"Help, Atlas!!"
Beichen had no choice but to wail and shrink back behind Atlas. Atlas, doubtfully, used his wings to protect her, flicked his tail, and spoke with a voice tinged with hope:
"What would Beichen call me then? 'Little Azi'?"
"...Don't go and become a eunuch without permission! Giving yourself a nickname like that is no way for you to live up to your own Armstrong Spinner! Wait, what am I saying... Has my level of rants increased recently?"
"What about 'sweetheart'?"
"I'd rather die than call you that, so just give up!"
"'Master Ah'?"
"... Be careful or someone might stuff a crab in your mouth."
"'Alaska'?"
"...That's the name of the sled dog breed, right?"
"'Armstrong's Turn..."
"Help! Atlas' search engine is getting weird! I take it back. I'll just call you sweetheart! Please let me call you sweetheart!"
"Xifeng, you are a normal good man." Heihuo patted Xifeng's shoulder.
"Yes. As expected, everything depends on comparison." Xifeng nodded. "I used to think that my understanding of beauty and pleasure, in a broad sense, deviated from the general public. In other words, academically speaking, it could be called 'aesthetic abnormality.' But compared to Atlas, I seem to be considered normal."
Su Jie twitched his lips: "Is it really okay to say that about myself?"
Yaye sneered: "Those who know they are perverts but continue to be perverts are the real perverts who are absolutely perverted."
“…”
“…”
“…”
So after joking around like this for more than ten minutes, it was almost dusk. A foreign army came towards them on the road ahead. Walking at the front of the team was the man with bronze skin, dazzling golden hair, and a gorgeous wild totem tattooed on his neck - the chief of the Tuling tribe, Beichen's only "relative" in Senagard - Glenshe.
"elder brother."
Beichen lowered her voice, shouted excitedly, and then ran a few steps to greet him - because there were outsiders present, she did not dare to break her gentle yet tough queen image, nor did she dare to show too much intimacy - the elder of Tuling had come to ask for marriage on behalf of Glen She not long after the founding of the country, but before Beichen could refuse, Glen She arrived and dragged the elder away.
"Here I come."
Glen She also quickened his pace and walked up to her, looked her up and down, and then suddenly punched her in the face - but she leaned back and easily caught it.
──This is their unique way of greeting each other, a gesture is worth a thousand words.
Glen She retracted her fist, touched Beichen's head, and nodded to the people behind her:
"Let's go. The tribe has prepared a welcoming banquet. There will be delicious food for both people and weapons."
Several people were surrounded by Tu Ling's strong warriors. Soon they walked into a relatively open area in the complex canyon. Many complex natural caves around them were hung with carpets with alien patterns, and some were carved with beautiful patterns around the caves. The natural platforms and the ground for living were polished to be relatively flat for walking. Lanterns were hung on the beautifully shaped vines, and the illuminating crystals in them emitted warm light in the gradually darkening sky.
Beichen didn't come to the Tuling tribe very often, but every time she came, she was always intoxicated by the beautiful scenery and the atmosphere full of natural vitality.
——It's like a fairyland in mythology.
Not long after entering the tribe, something rushed towards Glenshe in the night. Glenshe immediately kicked it hard - but missed. The object braked suddenly and rolled sideways, made a beautiful turn and rushed to Glenshe's feet, screaming "Ah".
"Long time no see, furball."
Beichen bent down to greet the little Shiba Inu that had grown to knee height. Seeing Beichen, the furry ball immediately wagged its tail and placed its furry front paws on Beichen's knees. Its pair of watery eyes stared at her, and it kept puffing and sticking out its tongue, looking very excited.
Beichen was about to bend down to pick it up when Glenshe grabbed its fur by the neck and threw it behind him:
"This thing has recently reached adulthood and is in heat. Ignore it. Let's go."
“…”
After so long, the way this man and dog get along is still so strange.
Following Glenshe, we walked into a beautiful lobby with a skylight with vine-shaped window panes. In the middle stood a large long table covered with a tablecloth with intricate patterns. Surrounding it was a circle of vine-shaped standing lamps. Moonlight poured down from the dome, mixing with the light of the warm-toned lighting crystals, forming an indescribably beautiful light and shadow. It seemed as if there were some tiny, beautiful fireflies slowly floating in the air.
The table was filled with all kinds of fragrant food - grilled meat with crystal clear sauce, various juicy fruits, fish with their heads and tails cut off and marinated in a special way, and many thick soups and stews that Beichen couldn't name. In this comfortable and romantic light and shadow, hot white smoke was emitted, which made people's appetites whet.
Besides these foods, the table also contained numerous plates of various crystals—these were the delicacies Glenshe had mentioned for the warriors. These crystals were the natural crystals embedded in the canyon walls. Perhaps due to years of contact with the possessed Moon Emissaries, even the rocks had undergone a transformation. Shortly after the Tuling tribe moved here, they discovered that these crystals could be eaten directly by their warriors—and they were said to taste even better than those from hunting possessed Moon Emissaries.
However, because this kind of crystal is only found in Panlong Gorge and will be gone once it is taken, the tribe does not dare to collect it in large quantities. They only pay tribute as extremely rare luxury goods and sell them to other countries. They themselves will only be willing to take out these crystals when encountering special circumstances.
——Of course, the arrival of the queen is definitely the most special situation, so Heihuo, Sujie, Yaye and Xifeng all showed more or less excitement and started eating——after all, the opportunity to taste the feeling of food entering the body from the mouth like humans is extremely precious to them.
Seeing that his own weapons were enjoying their meal, Beichen smiled at them unconsciously for a while, then turned to look at Atlas beside him. Although his posture of holding the knife and fork was very standard, he still used his tail as well, using a knife and two forks to desperately fork the barbecue into his mouth.
It seems that even the possessed Moon Envoy can't resist the delicacies of the Tuling tribe──Looking at the somewhat weird way of eating, Beichen twitched his lips.
"Well, it's about time we get down to business."
After a big meal, Beichen wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Brother, do you know that the position of the first combat weapon has changed hands?"
"I know, he is now..."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before Glenn She finished speaking, the warriors who were chatting and laughing at the table suddenly stood up from their chairs and stared at the sky with serious expressions.
Beichen's expression sternened, and he stood up:
"What's wrong?"
"What good luck! Today is the night of the moonquake."
Black Disaster spoke in a cold voice, and as if to prove what he said, a long and murderous roar was faintly heard in the distance - the roar of a giant beast.
Is it the violent iron ghost!?
Hearing this roar, Glen She immediately strode out of the hall, took a deep breath towards the entire canyon outside, and shouted in a cold voice:
"Warriors of Tuling, prepare for battle!"
Oh oh oh──
Roar────
The deafening war cries of the warriors and the roars of the giant beasts gradually approaching in the distance overlapped, shaking the ground beneath their feet. When Beichen went out with the weapons and Atlas, what caught his eye was a huge black shadow floating in the sky, flapping its wings and bringing gusts of wind pressure.
...A dragon-shaped violent iron ghost? !
“West Wind!!”
Without a word, Beichen extended his hand, and Xifeng immediately transformed into a sniper rifle, landing in Beichen's hand. She then immediately selected the recently prepared strong acid bullet from the bullet selection column and pointed the muzzle at the huge shadow in the sky.
This thing is too big, so penetrating attacks aren't very powerful, so it can only rely on corrosive attacks! !
But just before Beichen pulled the trigger, a flash of white light appeared before everyone's eyes. In a matter of seconds, the white light traveled hundreds of meters, soaring from the flat ground to the sky, and crashing into the dragon-like beast!
Squeak—
The huge noise of metal twisting and crushing was heard, giving people goose bumps. When everyone came to their senses, they found that the metal shell on the giant beast's chest was dented by a large piece. Then, the next second, six rays of light appeared around the giant beast.
They intertwined and danced in the air like six giant spikes. A dazzling white light crisscrossed, weaved, and then slashed—for a dozen seconds, the enormous beast was enveloped in the web of light. It screamed and struggled, raising its head, its four claws flailing aimlessly. Fickle golden light condensed in its mouth, as if it was about to fire a Star Spirit cannon—but another beam of white light crashed directly into its head, emitting another terrifying, blood-curdling sound!
Beichen was completely stunned. She didn't even have time to put down the sniper rifle. She moved the scope around vigorously trying to capture the real body of the white light. Finally, at the last moment, she caught a quick glimpse of it.
──It was a white humanoid figure holding a sword-shaped object.
Just when she discovered this fact, the human figure moved. He swung his sword and rushed towards the monster's wide-open mouth. The sword in his hand suddenly became several times longer and turned into a white beam of light that pierced straight into the monster's mouth!
The next second, several long white straight lines appeared in the air, and the next second, the monster's head broke into several pieces and fell down along with the long straight lines, and the monster's body was also cut into countless pieces by the remaining six light beams, and scattered down with a crackling sound.
Such a huge beast was killed in one go without even having time to launch any attack!
The corpses were scattered in the tribal square in the canyon. Many warriors immediately went forward to check, but found that none of the corpses had golden blood flowing out - all the cross-sections seemed to have come into contact with something extremely hot, melted and then condensed together, and the golden blood had vaporized into bursts of light yellow smoke!
The square was quiet for a few seconds, and then suddenly erupted into thunderous cheers!!
Ever since the appearance of the violent iron ghost, they have never enjoyed such a refreshing moonquake night. This giant dragon was obviously the opponent's general. After it was shot down, the other golden eyes that were originally flashing with dim light in the darkness in the distance actually began to slowly retreat and then left!
A white figure landed in the square, and Tu Ling's soldiers went to meet him. Beichen glanced at Glen She beside him.
"Is he the new First Fighter?"
"Yes. Let's go check it out."
"go."
Beichen suppressed the excitement and nervousness in his heart and nodded calmly.
Then, surrounded by the contracted warriors and Atlas, she rushed to the square, walked past the crowd of people who automatically made way for Tu Ling, and faced the white figure.
The new first weapon is a man dressed in white.
He had waist-length champagne-colored hair that was almost white, a pair of golden eyes, and gorgeous white clothing with extremely complex gold-embroidered totems. In his hand was a beautiful longsword with a transparent crystal-like blade and an exquisite white and gold hilt. And beside him, there were actually six transparent secondary swords of similar style floating - the six white lights that had just cut through the monster's body were probably these six swords.
Beichen looked at his whole body in a daze, and finally shifted his gaze to his face.
Then she took a breath that she couldn't help but take.
A face of impeccable handsomeness, a heroic and tough character, yet with a touch of honesty and a touch of indifference. If the mythical Knight of the Round Table, Gawain, appeared before her, he might have looked just like this. This was a beauty impossible for any mortal being to achieve, a perfection so unreal it seemed unreal.
Beichen shook his head vigorously and frowned.
She remembered what Glenn Sher had said: The more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is.
After trying hard to calm herself down, she looked directly into the eyes of the First Warrior and spoke softly.
"I am Queen Ashe of Elysion. Your Excellency, the First Combatant, could you please introduce yourself?"
"Yes, I'd love to."
The warrior in white lowered his eyes and half-knelt in front of her. His voice was as low, clear and pleasant as the plucking of string music.
"My name is Tingtianjian Feibai Qianshi Quantazhong."
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