Chapter 621: The Oldest City of Humanity, Hardcore Infiltration
At the four corners of the blood-stained city wall and in the center of the city, the ancestral sacred fire that was rising into the sky slowly went out.
Even the blazing torch that had protected humanity for thousands of years could hardly evaporate the sorrow in the Glowing City.
This ancient city is said to have stood on this land for more than two thousand years and is still standing. It is said to be the oldest city built by humans and the spark of human civilization in the past.
At least its inner city has really been around that long.
With the changes of the times and the development of human civilization, the number of ethnic groups has become increasingly large, and new, stronger and taller cities have sprung up.
This most ancient city was gradually despised by humans, and the core was moved to other cities that were safer and had better geographical environments.
For example, the imperial capital located further north.
According to those powerful warriors at the level of War Emperor, the cultivation environment in the imperial capital is more comfortable, and the purity and concentration of spiritual energy are also higher. There may be a chance to set foot in the realm of War Lord that the ancestor Lie Yan had reached in the past.
What remains unchanged is the struggle between humans and ferocious beasts over the past thousands of years.
It has been like this since the beginning.
This is still the case today.
Even the holy fire of the ancestors cannot completely maintain the safety of the city.
Only fighting and killing are eternal.
This ancient city was like a reef in a tsunami, holding up time and time again, and not being washed away by the beast tides that erupted every now and then, and turned into a pile of rubble like those cities that were only left with their names.
On the wall of Huiguang City, Qiu Shuang slowly sat down with her back against the broken parapet and lifted up the deformed black helmet.
Physical fatigue had caused her muscles to begin to stiffen.
Coupled with the excessive blood loss caused by the injury, the whole person looked extremely bad and pale like a living dead.
“Sizzle—”
Qiu Shuang untied the animal tendons that had turned purple and red and were wrapped around her hands, forcibly tore the spear, the tip of which was already a little broken, from her hand, and placed it against the wall.
The intense battle that lasted all night had caused the ancient spiritual weapon to stick to her hand with solidified blood, and was glued to the tiger's mouth that was torn due to excessive force.
She took out a water bag from her waist and wanted to use it to rinse the wound.
However, he discovered that the water bag had been pierced by a broken monster tooth at some point, and the water had leaked out long ago.
"General Qiu, use this."
A man wrapped in sackcloth came over with a broken gun without a tip as a crutch, and held a small cow horn in his hand.
To be precise, it is an ox horn pot.
The man's gaze fell on the area of Qiu Shuang's abdomen where the armor was missing. The cloth there was forcibly torn apart by something, leaving a wriggling wound that was still bleeding.
The aroma of wine slowly diffused.
Qiu Shuang's nose twitched, and she waved her hand wearily, "No need. Give it to other warriors. The healing wine is useless to me."
"How can it be useless? This is a method passed down by our ancestor Lie Yan. I spent a lot of military merit to buy it from the inner city. Hasn't it been used like this for thousands of years?"
The man muttered something and smiled on his face covered with blood scabs.
"The War King is not made of iron. If he gets a dirty wound, it will be difficult to heal. At least use a little water to rinse it. Ancestor Lie Yan said..."
"Shut up! I'm the War King. What use are these supplies for ordinary soldiers to me?" Qiu Shuang couldn't help but glare at him. "If you can still move, go help the doctors carry the wounded, or get some qinggang stone to melt and repair the city wall, or..."
Having said that, Qiu Shuang's voice dropped a little.
It was as if all the energy in his body had drained away in an instant. He leaned dejectedly against the parapet, staring at the sky with lifeless eyes.
The man's smile, which had been forced out at first, gradually receded.
He closed his eyes, sighed, and then limped towards the other wounded people, leaning on the half-broken spear.
Qiu Shuang didn't say anything, and the man didn't ask any further.
The two of them knew exactly what was left unsaid.
Collect the nameplates, clothing, and debris of fallen warriors, and recycle broken armor pieces, if any are left.
Those who died in the beast tide had almost no corpses left. Most of them were eaten from head to toe by the ferocious beasts and disappeared alive in the beast tide.
Even if a part of it is managed to be preserved, the most important head will be eaten by the beasts attacking the city.
They seem to have a special liking for human heads.
After a short rest on the city wall, Qiu Shuang, having recovered some strength, stood up staggeringly.
After handing over the task of cleaning the battlefield and repairing the city wall to her adjutant, she went to the medical area, washed away the filth and bloody mud covering the wound with clean water, sewed it up casually with needle and thread, and then returned home.
It is called a home, but in fact it is just a few barracks in the military camp behind the city wall put together, which can barely be called a small courtyard.
There are four other generals like her who have reached the level of War King, and each is responsible for the defense of the city wall in a different direction.
Those flying beasts are under the charge of the city lord who sits in the inner city.
The city lord's cultivation has reached the level of War Emperor. His combat power is so great that he can fight against the Beast King without being defeated.
In the past few decades, whenever Glowing City faced large and giant beast tides, the city lord led the war kings who joined the spearhead team to fight against the big beast king and beast emperor who controlled the beast tide, repelled them, and protected the ancient city.
"Beast King."
After taking off her armor, Qiu Shuang soaked herself in the bath water brought by the servants, and washed off the blood scabs on her body in front of the slightly blurry bronze mirror.
Some belong to ferocious beasts, some belong to her own, and some belong to her comrades.
As the scrubbing continued, the clear bath water gradually turned into a turbid reddish-brown color, revealing the dense and crisscrossing scars on the body.
These were left behind by ferocious beasts during the continuous wars over the years.
The penetrating wound in the abdomen that had just barely healed was not the most serious one.
There was a hideous wound that extended from her left shoulder to her right lower abdomen, almost tearing her apart.
Qiu Shuang luckily survived.
The wild bull that caused such a horrible wound was stabbed through the head by her. The crystal core in its brain and its precious blood became the nourishment for her to advance to the realm of War King.
"If I could reach the realm of War Lord that my ancestor Lie Yan once reached, perhaps Huiguang City would no longer be invaded by the beast tide. I could work with the city lord to slaughter the Bull King and eat his meat."
"Does the War Lord really exist?"
"If this realm really exists, why has no one been able to set foot there in the past three thousand years except for our ancestor Lie Yan?"
After a moment, Qiu Shuang suddenly laughed at herself, feeling that she was overestimating herself.
He had just stepped into the realm of War King, and he was already thinking about the realm of War Lord, which no one had ever stepped into since the ancestor Lie Yan. It was really a pipe dream.
It would be more realistic to think about how to step into the realm of War Emperor.
This requires a large amount of beast king-level crystal cores and precious blood, and when advancing, it requires the assistance of a great beast king-level heart essence blood bath.
I am helpless and don’t know if I still have a chance in this life. Can I survive the next beast tide?
Qiu Shuang stood up, wiped the dirty water off her body, changed into a clean short dress, and walked towards the bedroom.
Maybe I have a chance.
All you need to do is give up everything you have now, enter the safe inner city that countless people dream of entering, agree to become the wife of the city lord's son, and become a member of the other party's family.
The inner city is almost sacred to the people living in Glowing City.
It is a place that almost everyone dreams of stepping into.
Not only is there a sharp knife team composed of several war kings, but the city lord, the only war emperor, is personally guarding the place, and has repelled countless attacks from ferocious beasts time and time again.
That place is synonymous with stability!
Living there, you don't have to worry about being separated from your family one day, you don't have to worry about the danger of ferocious beasts attacking the city, and you can enjoy better food and cultivation resources.
What place could be more beautiful than there?
What's more, she is marrying the son of the city lord, who is also a war king.
With the powerful alliance and the support of the city lord, she can even see the road ahead clearly and has a good chance of stepping into the realm of the War Emperor who is above ten thousand people.
This is a wonderful thing that many people would love to have.
I don’t even know how many people are envious of this happy event.
However, Qiu Shuang was unwilling to enter the inner city and become the phoenix that flew to the branch.
If she leaves, what about the defense of the east side of the city wall?
There is no new war king who can replace her now!
All the generals who entered the inner city and joined the spearhead squad were unwilling to return to the outer city to fight.
This will not only greatly slow down the progress of one's own cultivation and reduce the efficiency of obtaining cultivation resources, but will also gradually move one away from the core power circle.
Even if a new war king is born, how can he take over the position of general, which seems to be glorious but is actually hard work?
What if she married into the city lord's family and continued to be the Western General?
This is even more impossible.
This matter was clearly stated when the city lord sent someone here.
The first thing to do after marrying into the family is to resign from the position of General Xi and join the spearhead team to assist the city lord.
Forget it, after all, I still can’t let go of the people in the outer city.
Thinking of this, Qiu Shuang pushed the door open and returned to the bedroom, ready to take a nap and rest for a while.
The high-intensity battle that lasted all night left her physically and mentally exhausted.
However, the moment she closed the door, she felt something was wrong.
She didn't seem to be the only one in the room.
This is the intuition honed between life and death!
"Who's there? Get out!"
Qiu Shuang almost instinctively pulled out a sword from the weapon rack on the wall, and all her energy and blood burst out at the same time, full of vigilance and aggressiveness.
But it seems that this is a bit of a cowardice.
Although the energy and blood that erupted from her body was fierce, it was like rootless duckweed, just an empty shell.
Even if she had just recovered a little after fighting all night, how much could she have recovered?
"It's over, it's over. The first person Fifth Brother assigned to us has failed like this. How are we going to explain this when we get back?" A somewhat panicked female voice reached Qiu Shuang's ears. "Her senses are so sharp. I thought we were hiding pretty well. This is the Shadow Bat's innate magical power!"
"She's indeed sharp. Perhaps she's cultivated some special technique, or has developed a way to utilize her spiritual sense." A completely different, gentle female voice echoed. "Didn't Qinglin say before we came here that the people here are generally much stronger than those of the Lieyan Tribe?"
"Stop cursing, stop cursing! We've already turned from darkness to light," a male voice said, a hint of helplessness mingled with it. "Actually, I don't think she noticed us at all. She's just bluffing. Just like Fifth Brother said, it's a woman's intuition."
"So what do we do now?" asked the first female voice.
"Since your message has been discovered, just be direct! What else can we do?" The man's voice was a little frantic. "Fifth Brother emphasized that we should try not to kill anyone. And why is your innate magical power only halfway activated? Didn't you realize that our voices have already been heard?"
"Ah, I was so excited that I forgot," the female voice said a little embarrassedly.
Immediately afterwards, in the corner diagonally opposite the door, two women and one man slowly appeared.
One of them was a young girl with her head lowered, looking apologetic.
In the middle was a tall man wearing a mask of pain, with a pitch-black spear slung over his back.
On the right is a young-looking woman with kind eyes.
Qiu Shuang stared at the strange combination in front of her in amazement, feeling a little dazed.
There really is someone!
How did these people get into their barracks?
They even hid it from their own perception!
No, there must be something wrong with these three people!
They are definitely not from the city. It can be seen from their clothes and the aura that is completely different from mine!
Could it be the transformed ferocious beast in the rumors?
Qiu Shuang was startled, and then she shouted, "How dare you, you ferocious beast, sneak into the City of Radiance in broad daylight! I'll kill you!"
The knife is faster than words.
Just after shouting a few syllables, the long sword with a cold and shining light came in front of the three people. It was wrapped in almost all the energy and blood, and went straight to the neck of the man in the middle to kill him.
She tried to take advantage of the sudden attack and kill her opponent with one strike.
"How could I be a ferocious beast?"
The man with the gun on his back had a constipated expression on his face and raised his hand to block.
As the powerful energy and blood power erupted, the martial arts marks on his arm flashed, and his right arm suddenly turned as black as the spear, emitting a cold metallic light.
“KANG!”
The long sword struck his open palm, making a sound of metal clashing.
As large sparks were rubbed out, the upper half of the long sword broke off with a crisp sound and spun backwards into the wall.
Looking at Qiu Shuang who was in astonishment but still trying her best to pull the broken knife from his hand, Chi Yan sighed helplessly.
"Sister, don't waste your energy."
"Although you are a Battle King, you have just experienced a great battle and your blood and physical strength are severely depleted. You cannot be my opponent."
"No matter what, I am also a Seven-Seal War Emperor who has practiced martial arts. Even in your prime, you can never be my opponent. I just went through a year of arduous training that was worse than death!"
(End of this chapter)
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