at the same time.

In the rear of the army.

Wuquan rolled off the horse, looked around, and while no one was paying attention, he rubbed his butt which was a little sore from the friction from riding, and sighed helplessly.

Although he is a "Klein" level strong man, one of the flaws of [Dominant Emperor] is that the owner's body is very fragile. Otherwise, he would not have been so seriously injured when traveling through time.

I don’t know how Champion Hou solved this problem... Wu Quan thought to himself.

"Boy."

A voice came from behind him. Wuquan's eyes fixed and he turned around to look. He saw Gong Yangwan in prison clothes, who had come behind him without him knowing.

Gong Yangwan narrowed her eyes and stared straight at Wuquan. This look made him very unhappy.

"What?" he asked coldly.

"Do you have the same ability as Huo Qubing?" Gong Yangwan asked softly.

"So what?"

Looking at the Wuquan in front of her, a glimmer flashed in Gong Yangwan's eyes. She licked her lips with a somewhat unfriendly expression.

For some reason, a chill enveloped Wuquan's back. He subconsciously took a few steps back, and a "Klein" level aura was released instantly!

"What do you want to do?" Wu Quan's eyes exuded a sharp murderous intent.

"...It's nothing, don't be nervous." Gong Yangwan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, casually tucked the messy black hair on her shoulders behind her ears, turned around and walked away, "Little brother...sister is very interested in you."

As Gong Yangwan's voice gradually faded away, Wu Quan's brows furrowed more and more. At this moment, a hand patted his shoulder.

Wu Quan's pupils suddenly contracted, he turned his head abruptly, and all his mental strength was mobilized, ready to go!

"Brother Qiye?" Wu Quan saw the person behind him, dispersed his gathered mental energy, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Qiye looked at Gong Yangwan's departing back, his eyes narrowed slightly: "What did she tell you?"

"She asked me... if I had the same abilities as Champion Hou."

Lin Qiye's face darkened.

Judging from the realm, Gong Yangwan’s current strength is higher than Wuquan’s, which means that she can use [Eternal Beauty] to swallow Wuquan alive to gain his abilities... Could it be that she has also set her sights on [Dominating Emperor]?

If this is true, Lin Qiye must be extremely alert to protect Wuquan. Gong Yangwan is too dangerous during this period!

"Get on your horse and follow me to the rear of the army."

…

By the time Lin Qiye and the other man arrived at the rear of the army, torches had already been lit one after another under the night sky ahead.

The two men rode their horses behind the army. The red stars in the sky connected with the faint light of torches on the ground, barely creating a ray of light in the darkness, and they moved little by little into the distance.

At the edge of the army, black flags were raised high. There was one near Lin Qiye. He sniffed the air and smelled an indescribable strange smell.

"Brother Qiye, what happened?" Wuquan asked in confusion when he saw grain carts abandoned on the roads around him.

"I'm not sure, but it should be related to those red stars."

Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then stopped a soldier walking at the end of the army, followed him, and asked:

"Let me ask you, have these red stars in the sky always been there?"

The soldier holding the torch was stunned at first, "No, it wasn't there before we set out to the northwest border. It only appeared halfway through the journey."

"About how long ago was it?"

"About... ten days ago?" The soldier asked uncertainly, "But at first, they were only a little bit big. At first we thought they were illusions, but later we found out that they were actually red stars."

It wasn't there ten days ago, and it's getting bigger?

Lin Qiye's brows suddenly furrowed. He looked up at the red stars again. The latter's light became more and more dazzling. Even though it was occasionally obscured by dark clouds, a strange red light still shone through them.

Through the soldier's description, Lin Qiye was almost certain that those red stars were not ordinary stars, and they were approaching the earth at an alarming speed...

"Those evil spirits also started to wreak havoc after the red star appeared?"

"Yes, we rarely heard of evil spirits causing trouble in the past... but recently there have been more and more of them, people are dying everywhere, and I heard that even Chang'an has been severely affected by them!"

What on earth are those red stars that can cause the "mysterious" riots?

Lin Qiye pondered secretly.

"What are those flags? Why do they have a strange smell?" Wu Quan asked, pointing at the black flags in the distance.

"That's the exorcism formation taught by the state master. As long as we soak the black flags with specific things and arrange them into a formation, we can dispel the evil spirits around. We used this thing when we went on the expedition before, and we hardly ever saw any evil spirits."

Lin Qiye glanced at the black flag with a serious expression. He knew that something was missing from the exorcism formation this time. Coupled with the red star flying in the sky and the evil spirits rioting, he was afraid that the journey back to Chang'an would not be peaceful...

boom--!!

A loud explosion erupted from the west side of the army in front, and raging flames rushed into the sky, and even the ground beneath everyone's feet began to tremble slightly.

The sudden explosion scared some soldiers. They all looked in the direction where the fire came from. Faintly, they saw several huge shadows flying across the night sky, and exclamations were heard from the crowd.

“It’s coming as expected…” Lin Qiye retracted his gaze and turned to look at the pitch-black ground behind him.

In his field of vision, dozens of monsters of various sizes were wandering behind the army, like a group of vicious wolves following their vigilant prey, secretly waiting for the opportunity to attack.

The realms of these "mysteries" are not high, most of them are in the "River" realm or the "Sea" realm, but Lin Qiye can feel that in the night several miles away, there are still "mysteries" coming in an endless stream.

In this dead and evil wilderness, this rapidly advancing army holding torches is like a light in the darkness, madly attracting all the "mysteries" nearby.

"Brother Qiye, leave these to me."

Wu Quan raised his palm and pressed towards the nothingness behind him. Most of the "mysterious" bodies in lower realms were instantly controlled and smashed directly into the ground out of thin air!

A low roar was heard, and the remaining few "mysteries" that could still move flew out quickly, whizzing towards the soldiers holding torches. Wuquan's pupils shrank slightly, and the next moment, the surrounding air quickly flowed into a hurricane, rolling up a torch and turning it into a huge fireball with a radius of more than 100 meters, smashing into those "mysteries" head-on!

The raging flames bloomed in the sky. Huo Qubing, who was in charge of the central army, turned around and looked behind him. After a long time, he shook his head slightly...