The wind was cold and the snow was flying.

In the harsh and extremely cold environment, there was almost no trace of living things. All you could see was the vast snow and the snow-covered forest.

Winter City, outside the north gate.

Countless Dawn flags fluttered in the howling wind.

Many of these flags had been baptized by war and time, and had become dilapidated, but they still fluttered in the wind.

Looking down from the sky, the figures of the Dawn Warriors had gathered into a torrent of steel.

The wind and snow slapped the cheeks of the Dawn Warriors, adding a touch of frost to their cracked cheeks. The eyes hidden under the metal helmets stared coldly at the north gate of Winter City.

This was the city they had once protected with their lives.

All the Dawn Warriors knew what this battle meant.

If they lost, they would be the Dawn rebels and would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever.

Justice belongs to the victor.

The cold wind met in the air, like the howl of a snow dragon, tearing out a howl that resounded through the world.

At the forefront of the Dawn Army's battle formation, Mu Qing was dressed in black, with a cold gaze looking directly in the direction of Winter City.

This war was not what she wanted.

War would inevitably bring countless casualties.

If it was not necessary, she did not want to start this war.

But this war, she had to fight.

The domain life that secretly controlled Winter City had completely cut off the retreat of the Dawn Army.

First, there was a series of sabotage actions against the rune transformation in secret.

For the sake of the overall situation, she endured it at that time.

But now, Winter City has completely cut off the supply of materials to the front-line supply area, which is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the front line.

Although there are abundant spiritual resources on the front line, spiritual resources cannot be used as staple food.

Food supplies still need to be obtained through Winter City.

It's not that she didn't think about creating basic food output for the front-line supply area through farming, but in the harsh environment of the Winter North, no crops can survive at all.

Even Winter City relies on exchanging resources with the other four cities to obtain basic food.

Now that Winter City has cut off the supply of materials, the reserve food in the Winter Front Supply Area will soon be exhausted.

Mu Qing understood that the behind-the-scenes life force that secretly controlled Winter City was forcing him to go to war with Winter City.

But she had to accept this battle.

It's not that she hadn't thought about seeking material support from other cities, such as Star City.

But it's simply unrealistic to expect Star City to supply the supplies consumed in the front-line supply area in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that the airspace of the northern border of Winter is under the control of the Winter City military.

It is impossible for a large number of material transport planes to fly over Winter City and go directly to the Winter Supply Area.

Even though she knew that this was forcing a war, she had no choice.

Looking at the north gate of Winter City, the wind and snow were noisy, and the snowflakes were melted by the blood and qi in her body before they got close.

Turning her head to the right, Mu Qing asked softly:

"��, are you ready?"

She saw Mu�� sitting cross-legged in the air beside her, frowning.

Facing Mu Qing's question, Mu Qing immediately shouted:

"Wait, wait, I don't know what Mo that bastard did to my body, making my connection with my body intermittent, give me some time."

...

The northern area of ​​Winter City.

Steelmaking forbidden area.

This area is surrounded by barbed wire, and warning signs such as no entry, radiation danger, and corrosion danger are posted every few meters.

Inside the barbed wire, there are countless giant buildings made of reinforced concrete, and large steel machines make a deafening roar when they are in operation.

Metal ore is crushed and refined here, and then poured into metal blocks of the same size through metal pipes.

At this time, in the center of the restricted area.

Jian Ji was wearing a light gray robe, with both hands on the hilt of the Burning Heaven Sword, and the tip of the sword was stuck on the ground to support his body.     At this

time, Jian Ji looked very old and haggard, with traces of years on his face. The cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew up his long hair. His thin body seemed to fall down at any time, and his turbid eyes seemed to be frozen. At this moment, a graceful figure holding a sword appeared behind him:     "Elder, the Dawn Army has assembled at the North Gate and the South Gate."     "It's time to come."     Jian Ji nodded without turning his head, and his old voice was a little heavy with years.     Looking up at the northern sky, a ray of light appeared in Jian Ji's turbid eyes.     The threat of the Dawn Army should be resolved.     In his eyes, Mu Qing was once the best warrior. She brought him a huge amount of spiritual resources during her rapid growth.     He benefited a lot during the years when the Dawn Corps grew rapidly.     He knew that Mu Qing was a threat and would become uncontrollable one day.     So he was not surprised at the arrival of this day.     This time, he chose to cut off the supplies to the supply area of ​​the Winter Front. He wanted Mu Qing to take the initiative to attack and then completely end the Dawn Era.     The rapid development of the Dawn Army has affected his growth.     Over the years, the frontline resources sent back to Winter City have become less and less as the Dawn Army grows.     Only by resolving the hidden danger of the Dawn Army and Mu Qing as soon as possible can his resource supply gradually return to normal.     The longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be for him.     In fact, he has been impatient for this battle until today.     Originally, he wanted to wait for the establishment of a coalition army to attack the Dawn, so that he would not have to expose himself, and he could also eliminate the Dawn Army through the power of the coalition army. However,     Star City repeatedly obstructed it, so that the situation did not develop in the direction he imagined.     During this period, the attitudes of major cities were vague, and they obviously planned to wait and see how the situation developed.

After waiting for so many years, there is still no clear answer.

Since the joint army cannot be established and the power of other cities cannot be used to kill Dawn and Mu Qing, he can only make other plans.

Knowing that Mu Qing is carrying out a rune transformation plan in order to improve the strength of the Dawn Army soldiers, and Mu Qing attaches great importance to this plan.

He immediately had the idea of ​​using this plan to force Mu Qing to go to war.

As long as Mu Qing invades Winter City, he has plenty of ways to kill Mu Qing. When Mu Qing dies, the Dawn Army, which has lost its backbone, will not be a big deal.

But what he didn't expect was that even if multiple laboratories were destroyed, Mu Qing chose to hold back and did not go to war with Winter City.

In desperation, Jian Ji chose the last way.

Cut off supplies!

Doing so will inevitably have a huge impact. If the news leaks out, it will also cause strong dissatisfaction among the people of other cities.

The outside world is not clear about the specific situation, but basically stands on the side of Winter City.

However, the act of cutting off food will make Winter City stand at the forefront of public opinion and become the object of accusation.

In the future, he will have to rely on Winter City to provide the resources needed for his growth. This choice will have an adverse impact on his future.

Jian Ji didn't want to do this at first.

But Mu Qing chose to swallow her anger several times, and was unwilling to launch a full-scale war and attack Winter City.

During this period, the resources sent from the front line became less and less.

Every day was a loss for him.

So he still made a choice to cut off the material supply channel with the front-line supply area, leaving the front-line supply area in a desperate situation.

At this point, war is inevitable.

No matter how strong Mu Qing is, as long as he dares to come to Winter City, he has the confidence to kill her.

Thinking back to the present, Jian Ji's eyes passed through the flying snowflakes and looked at the bright stars in the sky.

The turbidity in his eyes quickly dissipated and recovered clarity.

At the same time, the "enhanced gem" on the hilt of the Burning Heaven Sword flashed with light, and the complex patterns started from the enhanced gem and quickly spread throughout the sword body.

Boom!

The raging flames ignited the Burning Heaven Sword, and the heat wave rolled.

The scorching high temperature made the sword-holding woman standing not far behind Jian Ji step back several steps in succession.

The surface of the Burning Heaven Sword was raging with flames, covering Jian Ji's body in the flames.

Jian Ji's originally shriveled body was like a new life in the flames. The wrinkles on his face were smoothed, and his skinny body had muscle contours. It took only a moment for him to regain his youth.

He raised the Burning Heaven Sword that was sticking on the ground.

Jian Ji's sight swept from the hilt to the tip of the sword, and finally returned to the strengthening gem on the hilt of the Burning Heaven Sword.

As he grew older, he found that his emotions were becoming more and more indifferent.

He once dreamed of the rise of his race and worked hard for it.

But as time passed, his relatives, friends, and familiar tribesmen had passed away, and his feelings for the Sword Clan also quietly changed.

He found that his feelings for his Sword Clan were no longer as sincere and firm as they used to be.

At that time, he thought that he had an emotional demon in his practice, so he closed himself off for a period of time.

During this period, the Sword Clan replaced several clan leaders, and when he came out of seclusion, he was already an elder in the eyes of the younger generation of the Sword Clan. During

this seclusion, Jian Ji faced his true heart.

In the end, he found the answer given to him by his heart.

Compared with pursuing the prosperity of the tribe, he was more eager to embark on the unknown road of becoming a strong man.

This seemingly endless road to becoming a strong person requires constantly breaking through the shackles of life, surviving disasters, and finally completely controlling one's own destiny.

Even holding a sword to witness the advent of the great trend, and then breaking it with one sword.

The racial feelings in Jian Ji's eyes seemed so insignificant in front of this huge dream.

His strength was steadily improving, and his emotions were gradually stripping away.

Releasing his hand holding the hilt of the sword, Jian Ji stood with his hands behind his back.

The Burning Sky Sword hanging in front of him released surging flames, and the gray robe he wore fluttered in the flames and wind.

He once resisted the gradual stripping of his emotions.

But now he has completely accepted his true heart and is determined to embark on the road of becoming a strong person. He

must compete with the future powers who are competing for hegemony, and grow faster than the Demon Sword so that it can never catch up with him.

This is the wonderful future he wants.

Instead of always being troubled by the gains and losses encountered in the development of the distressed race.

When the inner demons were completely dissipated, his strength achieved a leap-forward growth. He

also relied on the special nature of the enhanced gems to comprehend and penetrate a set of sword spirit formations.

His body could not bear the burden of controlling millions of sword spirits, but the strengthening gems could, and they could greatly enhance the power of the sword spirits connected to him.

After killing Mu Qing, he would also start a new round of life breakthroughs.

The sword clan might accompany him to continue walking, but if he still had to reach a fork in the road, he would leave without hesitation.

The road of the strong does not need burdens.

Even the clan members.

Jian Ji waved his hand, and the Burning Sky Sword hanging in front of him soared into the sky. The blazing flames dyed the sky red and covered the light of the stars.

Looking to the north, Jian Ji, who had regained his youthful appearance, smiled and whispered:

"Mu Qing, I'll wait for you here."

"Mu Qing must not be the opponent of the clan elder."

The sword-holding woman standing behind Jian Ji immediately bowed her head and said respectfully.

"Mu Qing is not weak, she can be regarded as an opponent, but not a strong enemy. My real enemy may be on the way... I don't know when he will come."

As he said, Jian Ji looked up at the starry sky, and his sharp eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the space barrier.

"Chaotian, I'm waiting for you here too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jian Ji pointed to the sky, and the Burning Sky Sword, which was suspended in the sky, suddenly flashed and hovered behind him.

Jian Ji's aura was rising steadily at this moment.

...

Winter City, outside the north gate.

The dark Dawn Army gathered outside the city gate, quietly waiting for Mu Qing's order.

In this battle, the Dawn Army was divided into two groups, namely the main force led by Mu Qing outside the north gate, and the Dawn Army led by Qin Shikong outside the south gate of Winter City.

The wind and snow rolled violently, sweeping across the determined cheeks of the soldiers.

The cold could not stop the blood that was suppressed in their bodies and was about to boil.

They had a firm and incomparable trust in Mu Qing.

It was Mu Qing who gave them a real home and gave all the scavengers a new starting point and future.

This battle is not only for mankind, but also for Mu Qing, and even more for Dawn.

"Here!"

Mu Qing's inquiry came in the wind and snow.

This time, Mu Qing finally responded. Mu Qing, who was hanging in the air with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes:

"Here!" After

the voice fell, Mu Qing looked into the sky.

I saw a red sun piercing the polar night of the northern border, releasing thousands of golden lights, and the darkness faded like a tide.

Everything in sight became clear.

Like a horn of attack, all the Dawn Warriors roared towards Winter City, stamping their feet in unison and shaking the earth.

Mu Qing also leaped up at this time, her body surrounded by jade-colored arcs of electricity.

The right fist that was ready to go shone with brilliant light.

When the right fist was swung towards the north gate of Winter City, it was like a jade-colored meteor streaking through the sky. The city gate collapsed with a loud bang, and the rubble was swept by the terrifying fist wind and turned into powder and floated into the city.

"��, capture the king with me!"

After defeating the city gate, Mu Qing turned her head and looked at Mu�� and shouted, then turned into a stream of jade-colored light and flew into Winter City.

"Okay!"

Mu�� waved his hand, and a silver spear appeared in his hand, following Mu Qing closely.

After Mu Qing and Mu Yu left, a silver-armored figure walked out of the Dawn Army. She looked at the densely packed soldiers in Winter City, and then shouted angrily:

"War preparation!"

Her voice swept in all directions with the wind and snow.

The wartime messengers in the Dawn Army waved flags synchronously, constantly conveying her orders to the rear.

Looking into Winter City, the silver-armored woman's eyes were cold.

During the pre-war meeting, Mu Qing had made a special explanation that this battle was mainly for her and Mu Yu to capture the king. Their mission was to delay the Winter City army as much as possible and not let the Winter City army affect her capture of the king.

She naturally understood why Mu Qing did this.

Regardless of victory or defeat in this war, the casualties are all human beings.

To the manipulators hiding behind the scenes, the number of casualties is just a string of cold numbers, but in Mu Qing's eyes, they are fresh lives.

So the siege was fake, and the feint to attract the Winter City army to defend was Mu Qing's real purpose.

It's just that Mu Qing's thoughts cannot be told to the Dawn subordinates.

This will seriously affect the morale of the battle.

After shouting the battle preparation order, the silver-armored woman never shouted the order to attack.

Looking at the soldiers in the battle formation in Winter City, she chose to obey Mu Qing's order to delay the soldiers of the Winter City army as much as possible and try to delay the outbreak of the war.

But if the war starts, she will definitely not hold back.

The lives of the Winter City soldiers are lives, and the lives of the Dawn Warriors are also lives.

Being soft-hearted will only cause heavy losses to the Dawn Warriors, and they also have families waiting for them to go home.

Just when the north gate of Winter City was on the verge of a sword, outside the south gate of Winter City.

Seeing the red sun rising from the east, Qin Shikong took action at the same time.

The compass in his hand suddenly enlarged in the air and slammed hard on the south gate.

When the city gate was broken, countless Winter City soldiers wearing blue standard equipment appeared in sight.

The two sides looked at each other and fell into a confrontation.

Qin Shikong also did not issue an order to attack. The task Mu Qing gave him at the pre-war meeting was the same, which was to delay the northern army of Winter City, giving Mu Qing and Mu Yu time to capture the king, and at the same time relieve the pressure on the main force of the North Gate.

The two sides confronted each other, and the atmosphere was tense.

At this time, inside the South Gate, a man with a sword on his back stood on the observation tower, looking at Qin Shikong standing at the forefront of the Dawn Army.

Finding that Qin Shikong had never issued an order to attack, the man with a sword on his back frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.

"Interesting, is this a way to delay time?"

The woman standing next to the man with the sword on his back nodded immediately:

"It seems so. Mu Qing doesn't want to start a war at all. She deliberately split her troops into two groups to delay the two main armies in the city... If I'm not mistaken, Mu Qing should want to search the city personally, find the elders as soon as possible, and then play a game of capturing the king."

"I really admire Mu Qing's confidence. Perhaps it is because she has fewer setbacks in her growth that she is full of confidence in her own strength. She actually wants to fight the elders directly."

After listening to the woman's analysis, the man with the sword on his back shook his head:

"Don't underestimate Mu Qing, she is very strong... But you are right, she has no chance of winning against the elders."

After the voice fell, the man with the sword on his back looked at the dawn army in the heavy snow ahead:

"They don't want to fight, but we have to fight. The elders lured the Dawn Army to start a war not only because they wanted Mu Qing to die, but also because the Dawn Army must be eradicated. Only in this way can the Winter Supply Zone return to our control and bring us resources continuously."

As he spoke, the man with a sword on his back jumped down from the watchtower, and his figure followed the unsheathed blue sword to fly outside the Winter City.

When he flew over the Winter Army preparing for battle, the man roared:

"Follow me and repel the rebels!"

"Kill!"

The Winter City soldiers who had been ready to go roared in response after hearing the order of the legion commander, and then took the initiative to walk out of the city in a neat pace.

Seeing this scene, Qin Shikong's heart sank suddenly.

He wanted to delay time as much as possible, but he didn't expect the Winter City soldiers to take the initiative to attack.

At this time, there was no way out, and the only way was to fight.

Qin Shikong immediately issued an order to fight, and the herald flags in the back waved with his order, conveying the order to the entire army.

The metallic sound of armor and weapons rubbing against each other was like a symphony.

The two steel torrents collided quickly.

On this sacrificial line, this was the first civil war in human history after the catastrophe.

Every human warrior learned combat skills in his growth to deal with domain creatures, but at this moment he swung his sword at his own people.

But the battle has already begun, and there is no way back.

The Winter City warriors want to protect their homes behind them, so they can't retreat.

The Dawn Warriors want to disperse the domain forces lurking in the Winter City and clear a piece of sky for the human race.

They must break through this line of defense.

The snow-white land was gradually stained red with blood in the brutal battle.

At this time, the sword clan man, who was one of the commanders of the Winter Army, had already set his sights on Qin Shikong.

He saw him point his sword finger with one hand and point it at Qin Shikong.

Suddenly, the blue sword turned into a stream of light and shot straight at Qin Shikong.

Facing the sudden attack, Qin Shikong was well prepared. He threw the Bagua plate in his hand and enlarged it in the air. The illusory formation diagram appeared and collided with the blue long rainbow.

The sharp sword energy turned into refining and rotated in the opposite direction of the Bagua formation diagram.

The two forces collided with each other, splashing countless spiritual light spots.

At this moment, another red sword energy long rainbow shot towards Qin Shikong from the other side.

But before the sudden attack approached Qin Shikong, it was stopped by a figure holding a battle axe.

The man was burly, his armor was stained with blood. After blocking the red sword energy, he looked back at Qin Shikong and said,

"Boss Qin, be careful."

"They are using sword moves and sword energy, which are the domain life mentioned by Mu Xi. Don't worry, kill!"

Hearing this, the burly man nodded violently, and a surging blood and qi burst out of his body. The battle axe in his hand suddenly split the red sword energy into light spots. Driven

by the blood and qi, he raised the battle axe in his hand and slashed across more than a hundred meters in the air at the sword clan woman holding a red long sword.

When the red long sword and the battle axe collided, a violent wind swept around in an instant.

The man's terrifying power suppressed the long sword for a short time, but he was soon repelled by the woman who pinched the sword formula with his hand. His figure flew backwards for dozens of meters in the air. After landing, he took several steps back in succession and knocked down several comrades before stopping.

Looking at the sword-holding woman from a distance, the burly man's face showed an incredible expression.

The power he was proud of actually fell into a disadvantage in the fight.

Unwilling to give up, he helped his fallen comrade up, roared to the sky, then jumped up again and attacked the sword-wielding woman.

Looking down from the sky, the battle soon became fierce.

In addition to the confrontation between the two fighters, the high-end fighters on both sides also found their opponents.

At this moment, thousands of figures flew out of Winter City.

They were like spreading rainbows, dragging out long rainbows of sword energy of different colors in their flight, and approached the battlefield directly.

Thousands of sword clan warriors joined the battlefield, and the situation changed.

The goal of these sword clan warriors was very clear, to kill the high-end combat power in the Dawn Army.

The Dawn Army was full of experienced fighters on the front line, but they had no advantage against the sword clan warriors.

Whether it was bloodline potential, physical fitness, or even the ability to display, they were far behind. This was a super combat power they had never faced before.

In a short period of time, several high-level combat forces of the Dawn Army were killed by sword clan warriors.

Soon, some of these sword clan members locked onto Qin Shikong, who was struggling to resist the invasion of sword energy.

When more than a hundred sword clan warriors surrounded Qin Shikong, the sword formation was deployed instantly.

The sword energy soared into the sky, breaking the wind and snow.

The seemingly unbreakable energy Bagua formation was instantly covered with cracks, and Qin Shikong, who was in it, trembled and coughed up blood.

"Break!"

When the blue sword man in the lead stabbed Qin Shikong with a fatal sword, the sword formation attracted the sword energy of more than a hundred sword clan men, and poured it on Qin Shikong like a storm.

Qin Shikong, who was already injured, gritted his teeth and raised the Bagua plate.

The golden light was so strong that the energy Bagua plate, which was already full of cracks, couldn't even withstand a round of sword energy, and shattered with a sound.

Just when Qin Shikong thought he was about to die, he suddenly saw a black sword light like a ferocious black dragon flying over, passing through the sword formation formed by more than a hundred sword clan warriors at an extremely fast speed. The

seemingly unbreakable sword formation was shattered in an instant, and the terrifying sword energy shocked more than a hundred sword clan warriors to spit blood and look depressed.

Looking in the direction of the flying blade, Qin Shikong saw a strange figure.

He held a black long sword, with pitch-black flames burning on his body, like a demon crawling out of hell, with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood on his back. The terrifying killing aura made him tremble.

The life fluctuations in this mysterious figure were extremely vigorous, and even from a distance, one could feel the burning vitality like a flame.

One could imagine how much terrifying power was hidden in this body.

Looking at the knife-wielding man walking slowly, the thousands of sword clan warriors who joined the battle looked sideways with horror on their faces.

It was a throbbing from the depths of their souls.

The familiar and strange feeling made them think of a terrifying existence that only existed in history.

As the newest generation of the sword clan, they had not experienced that period of time, but they had heard rumors about "it".

"Demon... Demon Knife."

Someone shouted first, and the fear in the hearts of the sword clan members boiled completely.

Who is the Demon Knife? No member of the sword clan did not know.

That was their mortal enemy in the eyes of their elders, an evil demon that they had fought many times over the past thousand years but still could not completely kill. It was not an existence of the same level as them.

Time seemed to freeze, and they looked at Feng Qi from afar, with fear in their eyes that seemed to be overflowing.

Every step Feng Qi took forward seemed to be stepping on their hearts, causing them to ache.

At the end of his sight, Feng Qi's body was wrapped in pitch-black flames as he moved forward.

When the ferocious sword armor was formed, Feng Qi swung his sword and pointed at the thousands of Sword Clan warriors floating in the air.

The sword energy stirred up the wind and snow, mixed with the terrifying killing energy that blew across the cheeks of the Sword Clan warriors, piercing their cheeks and making them smell the breath of death.