Chapter 354 Heart Guardian

Lu Yao looked at the calico cat in the pixel world.

It can transform.

The cat form is convenient for hiding and moving quickly, and is the daily mode. The catwoman form uses more weapons and tools and is a combat posture.

However, from Lu Yao's perspective, even though Mao Cao was hiding in a tree with a dagger in his mouth and a bow and arrow in his hand, aiming at Xue Yi, he did not look ferocious or oppressive.

Lu Yao checked the calico cat’s personal panel.

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【Battle Cat LV21】Cat Grass

HP: 501/501Mana : 162/162Damage : 18Defense : 10Speed : 14 【Wisdom LV5】

【sneak】

【Shapechanger】

Cat Form: Transform into a cat and gain the [Quick Strike] ability.

Human form: Transforms into an upright human form and gains the ability of [Jumping Attack].

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[Jumping Attack]: Leap into the battlefield from a long distance, causing damage to all enemies near the landing. The effect is related to the damage ability.

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Cat grass reminded Lu Yao of the [Striped Lynx] created by Isabel, with the same stealth and fast strikes. The battle cats of Blood Hill seemed to have entered another evolutionary path, and the shapeshifter allowed itself to do more things.

He kept his gaze on the cat grass.

The calico cat stretched out its claws several times, bared its teeth, and prepared to ambush Xueyi from behind, but it held back.

"What am I doing? Killing it won't eliminate the blood sea. The blood sea will always appear again."

"Hold on, resist the urge."

Inner thoughts surface above its head.

When Xueyi has free time, he will walk out of the Blood Lake and chat with the cat grass on the tree on the shore.

"You may not believe it, but wherever I moved to, something bad would happen to the blood pool or blood lake there. Either there was a thunderbolt, or there was a storm or an earthquake... I was desperate many times, thinking that I was being targeted by nature. No matter how frequent natural disasters were, they couldn't target me alone, right? Did I offend someone..."

"Do you think there is a God in this world?"

Cat Grass said: "War Cat doesn't believe in gods."

"That's right. It seems that your clan has always believed in itself and has no tradition of worshipping gods."

Xue Yi added: "In the memory of the Blood Ancestor, there is actually a vague memory about God. The Will of Blood is the source of the blood sea in the entire world, but the Will of Blood can only be felt, not observed."

The calico cat interrupted it: "What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that you have been able to hold back from attacking me during this period of time, which really shows your sincerity. So, I will tell you a secret I discovered."

Xueyi said: "There are gods in this world."

“…”

Maocao yawned: "You came to me just to talk about this?"

"I'm serious."

Xueyi insisted: "There are gods in this world, at least there are probably gods now. I felt a different power in the natural disaster, a vast will of the same level as the will of blood, omnipresent, covering the entire world."

"This is a very important discovery. The appearance of God will completely change the original appearance of the world, just like the will of blood. As long as you follow the impulse of this will, you can gain power and enlightenment! I call it [the will of natural disasters]."

“…”

A sweaty yellow bean expression appeared on Maocao's head: "The will of natural disasters, the revelation given is to make you homeless and finally come to me for help?"

"That's it! This is the guidance given by the will of the Calamity."

Xue Yi was very serious: "The will of natural disasters showed me how the blood force perished, and allowed me to travel to many blood pools and see the experiences of many blood ancestors. From then on, I knew that disasters always follow us, and we cannot wait until they come to find a solution."

Lu Yao looked at it and nodded slightly.

The child is teachable.

It's worth my effort to increase your strength. You finally figured it out, kid.

"A safe environment may be full of dangers, and a dangerous place may be the safest place to be."

Xue Yi continued to talk: "This reminds me of the relationship between the Blood Clan and the Battle Cat Clan. People usually think that the Battle Cats will always try to wipe out the Blood Clan, but there has been no war for many years. This also means that there is actually stability in confrontation. This is also a manifestation of the will of the Scourge."

“…”

Maocao had a cloud of thoughts: "This guy looks stupid, but it turns out he was just pretending. Fortunately, I resisted the urge to do anything, otherwise I might have suffered a great loss."

The calico cat said, "Dragons once existed in this world. That was during the earliest days of the War Cats. The Blood Clan had not yet been born. The entire world was surrounded by a sea of ​​blood."

"Was the blood sea that big?!" Xue Yitou exclaimed.

"Yes, that is the will of blood you mentioned. Listen to me."

Cat Grass told it: "It has been passed down by the war cats that the ruler of this ancient world was once a dragon, and he had no good intentions towards this world. He created the Sea of ​​Blood, and the Daylight Tide was also a disaster left behind by him. He destroyed many living things in the world several times."

"The War Cats hid underground in the desert and in the snowy mountains, enduring hunger and starvation, and only then did they survive the apocalypse. The once powerful lives, whether they were giant birds flying in the sky or overlords on the ground, all vanished into thin air."

"If this is God, then what is there to respect and worship?"

The calico cat said proudly: "We are small, but we can't make the war cats kneel down just because we have strength. We fight for freedom and survival. We not only want to live, but also stand up and see the world."

Xue Yi suddenly said, "I don't mean to offend you, but is it possible that the dragon deliberately kept you alive, or even cleared out other natural enemies for you?"

This question choked Cat Grass.

Lu Yao also felt that this might be a new idea.

Yinglong only regarded the blood hill as a place of exile for sealing and digesting the heart of the God of Blood. Based on his past attitude towards gods, the life and death of other lives were simply unimportant matters.

Lu Yao opened the World Encyclopedia of Blood Hill.

He scanned the entire page and found the description under the entry "Battle Cat".

"...After the Apostle Totoro died, his corpse turned into a cat... and evolved into a battle cat."

My Neighbor Totoro?

There is only one word for the record about my cat.

"Heart Guardian."

Lu Yao searched for clues and pieced together the whole process.

Yinglong sent the dragon cat to monitor the heart of the God of Blood in real time. This apostle died when Yinglong fell. It is also the source of the war cat clan.

The era of Totoro is too far away from us, the memory of the War Cats has been constantly fading and changing, and they have not established a developed civilization, making it even more difficult to restore the distant history.

Judging from this information, Xueyi's guess is generally correct.

It's no coincidence that the War Cats can survive. Their ancestors have made great contributions to the Dragon King, so their survival is guaranteed.

Lu Yao cut back to the screen and continued to watch.

At this time, a large band of light appeared in the sky where the calico cat and the Blood Ancestor were. This light was like a strange field composed of geometric pieces of glass, covering the entire sky above the Blood Lake.

Under the glare, the blood lake that originally had floating ice was pulled up by an invisible force, turning into icicles and ice cones pointing into the air.

Blood-red ice cones spread into the air, looking quite spectacular even on the pixel screen.

Any life nearby that could not escape in time was sucked into the ice cones, or stopped and suspended in the air, as if they were also frozen.

The surviving blood servants and blood beasts all reacted quickly and jumped out of the blood lake and hid on the shore. Cat heads also appeared between the trees and rocks around them. They looked at the light above their heads cautiously, and expressions of fear appeared on their heads.

Maocao pointed to the sky: "If there is a god in this world, why would he use the daylight tide to kill lives? Will it be of any use if you pray to God?"

"…Maybe it will work. How will you know if you don't try it?"

A dialog box appeared above Xueyi's head: "Mighty Lord of Calamity, I have witnessed your divine power with my own eyes and have no doubt about it, so I will follow your guidance and never stop."

It prayed: "You are a tiny person looking up to me on earth, I sincerely pray to you to let the daylight tide here dissipate as soon as possible so that everyone can live in peace..."

Lu Yao snapped his fingers.

The gods hear your request.

arrange.

He moved his fingers, selected the [Daylight Tide] status entry for this area, and deleted it directly.

In an instant, the band of death light lingering in the sky disappeared without a trace, and the ice cones and ice water that had been sucked into the sky fell to the ground, splashing fragments all over the ground.

However, the lives frozen in the air fell to the ground one by one from the sky, causing many casualties.

Lu Yao scratched his head, thinking that it should be handled more carefully.

When Xue Yi saw this scene, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground: "You...you...really heard my prayer..."

"Thank you for your grace, the almighty Lord of Calamity! Your followers, the Blood and Justice, will spread your name and let everyone praise your great will!"

The Blood Ancestor patted his belly excitedly.

A huge question mark appeared above the calico cat's head: "This is impossible... The daylight tide is irresistible, an indestructible rule of death..."

"Does the Lord of Calamity really exist?"

"He is watching here?!"

Cat Grass's body changed into a cat shape and quickly drilled into a hole in the ground.

Lu Yao looked down at the ground and could only see a pair of wide-open eyes in the dark dungeon.

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After the Daylight Tide was broken by an invisible force, Xueyi believed in the Lord of Calamity even more.

It said to its brothers in the Blood Lake: "The power of our blood clan comes from the will of blood, but it never said that we can only believe in the will of blood."

"The great Lord of Calamity has arrived at Blood Hill. This means that the supreme ruler of this ancient world has been determined."

"We pursue the will of blood because we are connected by blood. It is the source of the blood clan's past and tells us where we came from. But we must also fear and respect the Lord of Calamity because He represents the present and the future."

Xueyi emphasized: "Brothers, what is our biggest gain from all these years of traveling around?"

It looked at the circle of blood servants around it.

"You come." The blood servant pointed at one.

A mess appeared on the head of the blood servant that was hit, and then it said cautiously: "Didn't we gain nothing..."

"Shut up, idiot!"

Xue Yi cursed and pointed at another blood servant: "You tell the story."

The second blood servant said: "It's not easy to live."

"That's right."

Xue Yi agreed: "Everyone realizes that it is very difficult to find a blood pool or blood lake with the right climate, without harsh surroundings, and without being attacked by turf grabbers or war cats."

"The reason Catgrass and I were able to reach an agreement was because of the Daylight Tide. It has its own jurisdiction and cannot escape. It is often affected by the tide, and I also need the Blood Lake."

"The will of the Lord of the Scourge has come. No matter why, He is above the tide of daylight. Everyone has seen it before, right? That irresistible death light was wiped out by an even more terrifying force after I prayed to the Lord of the Scourge."

The seal-shaped Blood Ancestor opened his short flipper-like claws and said, "As long as you believe in the Lord of Natural Disasters and pray sincerely, you may receive His protection. Why would you refuse?"

The blood servants whispered to each other and felt that there was nothing to lose.

Lu Yao ate dried sweet potatoes with Coke.

The more he looked at Xueyi, the more he liked him.

This guy has a strong ability to withstand blows. After being repeatedly tested by himself, it still tried hard to find a place and a way out, and its mentality did not explode. This made Lu Yao's evaluation of it much higher.

So later on, when praying for blood, Lu Yao didn't mind sending down a burst of divine power to satisfy its little vanity.

The faith in the simulator is not an illusory thing. It is a special power, a vital energy source for the god players, and can only be generated by intelligent life.

The Blood Righteousness group dedicated their faith to themselves because they wanted a better life. This simple and honest thinking made sense.

Under the Blood Righteousness Organization, they pray the name of the Lord of Calamity every day.

Seeing that it was almost done, Lu Yao sent Isabel to take action.

The apostle descended from the sky riding on a magic wand, causing shock and curiosity in the entire Blood Lake.

"My name is Isabel, and I came here on the oracle."

She floated on the ice and looked out at the lake: "Where is the blood justice?"

Xueyi immediately emerged from the water and raised his paw: "Here, here!"

"The Oracle... is it the Lord of Calamity?"

"Yes, the Lord of Natural Disasters you mentioned is the great God Yao."

A smile appeared on Isabel's head: "When Lord Yao noticed this world, he thought you were good."

It slid along the ice and then suddenly stood firm in front of the apostle.

"Xueyi reports to you."

A grinning expression appeared above the Blood Ancestor's head.

"Long story short."

Isabel told it: "You are allowed to build a temple for God Yao here. If you don't have the ability, you can build a statue. As long as you chant the name of God Yao, you will be able to see the statue of the god that spans many worlds."

"Temple, please rest assured! A magnificent temple will definitely be built next to the Blood Lake!"

Xueyi patted his chest and said, "Xueyi is loyal to the Lord of Calamity!"

"That's it. I'm leaving now. Some Yao believers will come later, don't worry."

"Then take your time."

The seal bowed.

Isabel flew into the air and disappeared.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Brothers, come out. Starting today, we will spend all our time building the temple."

Xueyi turned his head and put his paws on his hips: "The messenger of the Lord of Calamity has responded to us. As the place where the oracle descended, we must seize the opportunity to build the temple. This is both our mission and our honor! I will do it with you!"

Under the leadership of the Blood Ancestor, the blood servants and hundreds of blood beasts in the entire Blood Lake began to dig stones under the ice and snow, bite off and push down big trees, and then use wood, stone and ice to restore and build the temple and statue that existed in the brain.

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During the whole process, Maocao was observing secretly from a distance.

It had always kept its distance from the Blood Lake and was very cautious about Lu Yao's miracle of curbing the daylight. When Isabel appeared, it hid far away for fear of being discovered.

While the temple was being built, Cat Grass finally took action.

It switched into cat form and ran all the way across the snowy mountains and rivers, all the way to the depths of the vast desert.

Many caves have been dug here, and war cats are standing guard at each one.

Maocao ran all the way to a cave entrance and crawled in after his identity was confirmed.

Lu Yao locked his view on the top of the calico cat's head, and followed her as she made her way around, eventually arriving at an underground cave with many passages leading to all directions.

In the center, there was a burly white cat-man with a black eye patch on his left eye. He was standing in front of a map on the ground that looked like a sand table, wagging his tail as if thinking about a strategic plan.

"Marshal Sha!"

Maocao returned to his human form and stood still.

"Oh? It's Captain Maocao. Why did you leave your jurisdiction?"

Marshal Sha turned around and said, "You need to give me an explanation."

It asked, "What happened? Did the Blood Lake overflow, or did the Blood Ancestor launch a large-scale attack on the stationed brigade?"

Maocao said: "In the Cat's Claw Forest area under my jurisdiction, a force that seemed to be the will of God appeared on the Blood Lake. That force defeated the Daylight Tide."

"Defeat?" Marshal Sha asked back.

"Absolutely."

Maocao stated: "Every time the daylight tide appears, it is accompanied by the ebb and flow of the tide. I asked the squadron leaders of the nearby garrisons, and they said that the blood lakes and blood pools in their jurisdictions have the same high tide phenomenon, but only the tides in my garrison disappear as soon as they appear."

It tells the whole story.

Finally, Maocao said: "This Lord of Calamity who is suspected to be a god, whether he is the master of the Daylight Tide or has some relationship with the Will of Blood... This powerful force, just by existing, will pose an unpredictable threat to the War Cats."

"Marshal, I think we must determine whether the other party is an enemy or a friend and prepare as soon as possible."

Lu Yao looked a little surprised.

The War Cats were really tough. Even though they knew the gods were watching them, they still looked like they would not surrender.

Marshal White Cat paced slowly in silence: "You hope that I can send someone to you to monitor the Lord of the Calamity and His messenger, right?"

"Yes. Please send your best troops. The Lord of Calamity possesses unimaginable power."

Marshal Sha sighed and said, "Mao Cao, you are a perceptive old cat and an excellent captain, but you have given too little consideration to the current situation of the fighting cats."

"Tell me the current status of our three legions."

Mao Cao immediately said: "There are three legions, each with a marshal, five captains, thirty squadron leaders, and three old cats in each squadron..."

"wrong."

Marshal White Cat interrupted him: "The Third Legion, including me, has a total of 93 veterans, 803 new recruits, 947 auxiliary soldiers, plus some wounded logisticians, so the total number of the Third Legion is 2017. There are less than 1000 soldiers who can participate in the war, and it is very difficult to guarantee the jurisdiction."

"How can it be so few...but the Maoqiu Conference said last year that the Third Legion had 3,000 people, didn't it?" Maocao was shocked.

"That's what should be expected, but the reality is another matter."

Marshal White Cat said slowly, "You are on the front line, so you should know that the loss rate of the legion's soldiers has always been very high just to contain and encircle the dangerous blood ancestors, as well as the unexpected threats brought by the daylight tide."

"The Blood Sea cannot be completely eliminated. They are like the companions of the Daylight Tide. But we have to eliminate some of the Blood Ancestors regularly to ensure regional stability and prevent them from attacking the civilians of the War Cat Clan."

"The soldiers who were disabled or sacrificed due to injuries have made civilians less and less willing to join the army. Honor can maintain our sense of responsibility and fighting spirit, but for civilians, it is far away from death and danger..."

It said: "Do you know what the Legion is most often heckled about at Cat Hill meetings?"

Mao Cao replied: "It seems that the counselors have been proposing to reduce the number of troops, saying that the Blood Clan is no longer a threat and there is no need to maintain such a large defense line."

"Good. What do you think?"

"Of course not!"

The calico cat said: "The reason why the blood ancestors are so obedient is because of the deterrence of the legion. If the jurisdiction is withdrawn, the blood clan will fight for the territory and will definitely attack the war cat civilians. They need the blood element to provide strength."

Marshal White Cat said coldly: "Well said, do you think the counselors know nothing about it?"

"this……"

Maocao was silent for a while, and an exclamation mark appeared above his head: "Is it intentional to reduce the number of soldiers... let the blood clan attack civilians? Then after a large number of civilians were killed and injured, they used this to obtain more soldiers and legion supplies... This strategy is too terrible."

Marshal Sand did not express his opinion, but said: "The tribe is very unstable right now. No matter what other war cats think, the Third Legion will always follow tradition and fight for the life and dignity of every war cat."

"The Third Legion has just cleared out the War Cats in the Second Legion that were colluding with the Blood Ancestor. Only by keeping our troops still can we have a deterrent effect. Therefore, I cannot provide you with any support for the time being."

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All the way back to the jurisdiction, Maocao was shocked by the scene in front of him.

It shouted: "Second Squadron, assemble! Standby!"

All the new recruits and auxiliary soldiers came out immediately and formed a battle formation around the squadron leader.

They all looked ahead nervously.

Next to the blood-red lake, there is a palace built of wood and stone. It has ice walls and domes, sparkling in the sun.

Outside the palace, Xueyi led his team in a confrontation with a group of Blood Clan members.

The attacking Blood Ancestor said, "Xueyi, I want this territory. Be smart and leave on your own."

"Impossible, come and hit me if you want!"

The Blood Righteous Faction was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but it refused to give in and instead concentrated its defense around the temple.

Maocao also changed into a human form and walked forward: "Xuebing, who allowed you to appear in my jurisdiction?"

"Hey? Isn't this Captain Cat Grass?"

Xuebing raised his paw to signal, and a question mark appeared on his head: "What? You want to protect Xueyi? Did I hear you right? This is an internal affair of the Blood Clan. Do you want the War Cats to interfere?"

“This is not the place for you to come.”

Maocao warned the other party: "Go back to your Niujiao Mountain and don't act wild here."

“So they found outside help.”

Xue Bing just looked at Xue Yi and said, "I will take over the Blood Lake today. No one can protect you! Tear down that stone house outside!"

More and more blood servants and blood beasts appeared behind it, forming a huge group with thousands of people and horses surrounding almost the entire blood lake.

Maocao, with dozens of war cats, did not dare to act rashly for a while.

The war is about to break out.

At this moment, two figures slowly walked out from behind the temple.

On the left is a tall ice monster, which uses a pine tree as a shoulder pole and carries a bulging bag.

On the right is a caveman with a stone mask on his face, a large hemp bag slung across his body, and a tempered sword and a folding shield on his back.

The ice giant said, "Excuse me, who here is Mr. Blood Righteousness?"

"I am Xueyi, you are..." Xueyi answered subconsciously.

"My name is Ice Fist, and this is Shi Xiao. We are Yao people from Sand City."

"Yao Clan...Where is Miss Isabel?" Xue Yi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw: "Is she here?"

"have no idea."

The troll said, "What's the matter?"

"Need I say more? Don't you see the group of blood clansmen across from you..." Xue Yi was furious: "With Miss Isabel here, they definitely won't dare to act recklessly, nor will they dare to demolish the temple."

"Tear down the temple?"

Bing Quan put down the bag on his shoulder, lightly pounded his fists together, and looked to the side: "You do it or I do it?"

"You go ahead."

Shi Xiao touched the mask with his hand and said, "I will build a stone wall around the temple first to prevent strangers from coming to disturb it. The temple needs peace and quiet."

"Okay."

The Ice Giant walked forward and looked at the Blood Ancestor who was in the lead: "Are you the one who wants to tear down the temple?"

Xue Bing cursed, "If you don't want to die, get out of here. Where did this big fool come from?"

The one who answered it was Giant Iron Fist.

Both sides immediately entered the battle scene.

Lu Yao stepped closer to take a look.

A large number of blood beasts and blood servants were lurking and rushing towards the Ice Fist. The scene was extremely spectacular, just like a group of wild dogs besieging a giant bear.

However, as the champion of the Second Martial Arts Tournament, the Ice Giant's LV35 level and its [Ice Fist] and [Ice Element] characteristics work extremely well here.

Ice Fist is like a tiger among a flock of sheep, not caring about the monsters at all.

Its fist locked onto the blood ice, causing the opponent's body to remain frozen, making it impossible to escape. The Blood Ancestor's health continued to decrease... and he was eventually beaten to a bloody mess.

The leader was beaten to death, and the minions immediately fled in all directions.

Bing Quan did not chase the bandits, but picked up his bag again and asked Xue Yi: "Mr. Xue Yi, can we build a house here?"

"Yes, of course."

Xue Yi said hurriedly.

Shi Xiaoze has already started building a wall with stones.

Cat Grass, who had witnessed everything, had a question mark on his head again. He couldn't help but ask, "Are you the messenger of the Lord of Calamity?"

"Messenger? You mean the apostle?"

Ice Fist bowed his head politely and said, "We are ordinary Yao people, and we are... fighting enthusiasts. We moved here from Sand City to live here. Apostles are noble figures, and Miss Isabel is an apostle."

"Are you civilians?"

"Um."

Mao Cao asked: "Then how strong are the apostles of your Yao clan?"

"I'm sorry... I've never seen the Apostle take action, so I don't know."

The Ice Giant recalled: "But the real combat members, the legion led by Mr. Kaizhe, the evildoer, are tasked with hunting the gods in the abyss. The Apostles should be stronger than him."

"Hunting... the gods?"

The calico cat trembled a little. "Then what are you doing here? Are you going to start a war against this world?"

"War? Don't make such a joke. We, the Yao people, are a peace-loving race."

The giant monster said: "Wherever there is a temple, the Yao people will come and build it."

It looked around and said, "This is a beautiful place. We will build a city worthy of it and make this world a better place... By the way, you are?"

Maocao said stubbornly: "War Cats, Maocao, I don't believe in God! War Cats don't believe in God. God has never given us help. We only believe in ourselves!"

"Oh, never mind."

A smile appeared on the head of the ice giant. "It looks very desolate here, and there doesn't seem to be much food. Without the protection and help of the gods, you have to live completely on your own. It must be very difficult. It's amazing."

Suddenly, Mao Cao couldn't hold it anymore.

It turned around and ran away quickly before it lost its composure.

(End of this chapter)