The Southern Shang Empire knew that the Zou Shou Church was about to enter Da Xia, so they took Longgang City as their next target. Although it was small, it could connect the border and the interior. As long as they captured it, they could directly attack and destroy the Da Xia Dynasty through the plains after the Zou Shou Church left in three years.

Therefore, Nanshang launched a fierce attack!

Five days passed. Even though the dynasty had sent out practitioners from the imperial capital, it was still difficult to resist the Nanshang offensive, and the defense line was only ten miles away from Longgang City.

That morning, Xia Xiao was awakened by the roar of an animal in the sky. After sensing a breath, his pupils shrank, his face turned pale, and he hurried out of the room.

"Mom, my knife!"

Every time after using the Pudao, my mother would put it away, because this knife was quite extraordinary. If others saw it, they might covet it.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Wan had a slender figure with waist-length black hair. She was wearing a plain skirt and holding a book as she stood in the yard.

“Follow me!”

After Xia Xiao finished speaking, he protected his mother and second sister.

"There are stronger practitioners, heading to the street!"

Upon hearing this, the two girls quickened their pace, but were immediately stopped.

There was a skinny man standing at the gate of the courtyard. He looked a little unfamiliar, but when Xia Xiao saw him, he immediately turned around.

The space in the hall was torn apart, and a two-meter-tall bear jumped out. It had a sturdy body, claws like sharp stones, and it spewed out a few mouthfuls of dry sand from its nose when it panted.

A powerful person in the realm of honor!

Xia Xiao reacted very quickly. When the Yuan Qi seeds in the condensation stage broke the shell and became seedlings, they entered the young age of the Venerable Realm. Because the seedlings were fragile and the people in the Great Wilderness World did not have the power of the five elements, they had to sign a spiritual contract with the wild beasts to obtain the power of the five elements in the wild beasts and make the seedlings of the Yuan Qi tree grow steadily.

At this time, the wild beast was a fourth-level earth-type rock claw bear, good at power confrontation. I didn't expect such a skinny man to sign a spiritual contract with the bear.

"You're lucky to have defeated Zhu Zai!"

Xia Xiao held a broadsword in his hand, protecting his mother and second sister as they leaned against the earthen wall of the courtyard. The man and the contracted beast had to be placed in the same direction, otherwise they would die faster.

Seeing the fighting spirit in Xia Xiao's eyes, the man sneered:

"You don't think you're that lucky, do you?"

"I used up all my bad luck in the capital a few years ago. Now it's hard to have bad luck!"

Xia Xiao held the machete across his chest, pouring all his energy into it, emitting a scarlet light.

The skinny man's face looked a little ugly, not because of Xia Xiao's words, but because of the machete in his hand. This thing is not an ordinary thing, it is probably a rare spiritual weapon in the world.

Thinking of this, the skinny man felt a little scared.

"Who gave you this broadsword? Why are you able to practice it?"

Xia Xiao frowned, turned around and chopped the earth wall with a knife.

"Walk!"

Mother and second sister did not hesitate. They were not practitioners, and staying would not benefit Xia Xiao in the slightest. Xia Wan held her mother's hand, and the book fell to the ground.

In order to delay time, Xia Xiao answered the man.

"If you have a good master, your path will be smooth!"

"Don't believe it? Then how do you think I killed Zhu Zai? He was a talisman master and trapped me in the formation. I was powerless to resist."

Seeing the man stomping his feet, Xia Xiao finally felt relieved. Although he knew that his master had great magical powers, he was still unsure about Zhu Zai. But now, he was fighting a psychological war! As long as he delayed for a while, his mother and second sister would be safe on the street. He didn't dare to kill anyone in public!

Xia Xiao's eyes were like those of an eagle or a wolf, and the cold light in them made the skinny man a little confused. He was so confident, could it be true as he said?

In the past few days, he had dealt with the matter in Longgang City and destroyed all the physical evidence of the transaction between the Zhu family and City Lord Yang. He also looked at Zhu Zai's body. Although there were knife wounds, they were not fatal.

"You look like you just came down from the front line?"

There was some curiosity in the man's eyes. How did Xia Xiao see that?

At this time, the defense line retreated, and all the soldiers of Daxia were on the battlefield. He took advantage of the chaos. Longgang could be abandoned, but Xia Xiao must be killed, otherwise after the battle, Xia Jinghong and Xia Xu would return, and they would lose their chance again!

If we wait a little longer, Xia Xiao will grow up and return to the imperial capital, and the Zhu family will be threatened! The current dynasty is completely different from the past, and the Zhu family must be cautious!

The atmosphere was a little awkward. Xia Xiao's eyes moved away from the blood on the man's robe and turned to stare at his eyes. He stepped back slowly, and each step of Xia Xiao was very steady, preparing for the impact.

roar--

The roar of beasts in the distance caused the ground to tremble slightly, and the defense line retreated again, getting closer and closer to Longgang City.

"I advise you to return to the battlefield as soon as possible."

Xia Xiao's tone was cold, and he felt a little angry. The Great Xia Dynasty was in danger. In the past five days, countless refugees left Longgang City, but many people were still preparing to fight the enemy together, even if the city and people died. But this cultivator from the Zhu family was still thinking about killing people to silence them.

Glancing at the direction of the defense line, the skinny man was conflicted and ready to leave, but he was unwilling to do so. Zhu Zai's death was indeed strange, but he still turned around and rushed towards Xia Xiao with the rock claw bear beside him.

"I'll punch you first!"

The bear roared, and its claws pressed against the man's fist as it headed towards Xia Xiao's chest.

Damn it!

This level of vitality was beyond Xia Xiao's ability to resist. He was not stupid enough to raise his machete to block it, but turned around and ran.

The trump card Xia Xiao currently has is of no use in front of a strong man who crushes him!

Although the man and the rock claw bear were earth-based, their movements were relatively slow, but compared to Xia Xiao, they were still as fast as the wind. The wind of death instantly blew to his earlobe, and the man hesitated for a moment, but still punched out.

cough--

Blood spurted out, Xia Xiao's back was bent like a bow, and his spine was almost broken. Immediately, Xia Xiao turned into a stream of light and suddenly shot out thousands of meters. The power of the powerful master in the Venerable Realm was far beyond his tolerance.

My body rubbed against the ground countless times, and I passed by my mother and second sister.

The two girls were shocked and tears came out.

The man was afraid that something might happen, so he looked around and then looked up at the dark sky, but nothing seemed to be wrong.

In a trance, the man saw a few strange lights emanating from Xia Xiao's body, which suddenly turned into towering trees, forming a dense forest. The forest exuded a mysterious aura, as if it could connect the heavens and the earth, and it was endless and majestic.

The man was stunned for a moment, and fled in panic, forgetting to take the dark red machete beside him. What Xia Xiao said seemed to be true!

"Xiao'er!"

The two girls were a little overwhelmed and knelt beside Xia Xiao. He was covered in dirt and blood, and he was no longer breathing. The four scars on his back that were torn by the bear beast were deep enough to see the bone, and they kept bleeding.

Xia Wan was stunned and panicked. Xia Xiao was a fool before he was ten years old. He was looked down upon by others. When he was ten years old, he was struck by lightning under the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth. According to the ancient prophecy, he was a person who came from afar to change the world. But he was sealed and framed.

Three years, three years in the imperial capital, Xia Xiao lived a life worse than death, and every day was a harsh practice of the dynasty. Unable to sense the vitality, first taught, then beat. Those pedantic old guys said they had never seen a person with such a bad talent, so they broke the jar and thought that they could really use the whipping method to make the spiritual medicine better absorbed into the body. They were all crazy!

Because of the Su family's plea, the Xia family, which wasted resources, was only demoted, but the maids and guards of the Xia Mansion were all killed. When he arrived in Longgang City, his family was in financial difficulty, but Xia Xiao was able to practice. Unexpectedly, within half a year, before Xia Xiao's talent was fully displayed, he... passed away!

Holding Xia Xiao's hand, Xia Wan's tears kept falling, but suddenly, Xia Xiao's fingers moved.

Hmm? There were countless warm currents in the air, rushing into Xia Xiao's body, and then in the eyes of his mother and Xia Wan, his body trembled slightly.

"ah--"

Xia Xiao didn't open his eyes, but took a deep breath and groaned in pain. He was like a demon who had walked to the gate of hell and was driven back, enduring the pain that neither the underworld nor the world of the living could bear!

"Not dead, not dead."

Mother's hands were shaking with excitement. Xia Wan carried her on her back and hurried home.

I just recovered from my last injury, but I got hurt so badly again this time...

The two girls bandaged Xia Xiao's wounds with tears in their eyes. The roars of animals in the sky became louder and louder, and finally, they sounded a little miserable.

That was the contracted beast of the dynasty general, an ancient spiny-backed dragon, whose body was now covered with scars.

This line of defense was extremely long, and the soldiers filled the gaps with their flesh and blood, tearing the enemy's ambitions and flesh apart together.

In this brave team, Xia Xiao's father and elder brother are indispensable members. They are both powerful warriors of the noble realm, and have few rivals on the battlefield. But they have fought to this point, and their bodies are close to their limits.

Xia Jinghong's contracted beast was the Fire Mane Lion King, which transformed into the former's right arm armor. Every time it was swung, a blazing flame was dancing. He was a veteran, and at this time he was extremely brave, and he would beat his opponent fiercely when he caught him.

The water-based warriors and talisman masters of the Southern Business Empire targeted him countless times, trying to defeat him with the five elements, but Xia Xu beside him always used the earth-based energy to dissolve all attacks. The latter's contracted beast was a rock-armored beast covered with thorns, and Xia Xu was always used to breaking off those rocks that were like spikes and throwing them out like spears.

The sound of vitality exploding, the roar of the contracted beasts, and the sound of weapons piercing flesh mixed together, turning into a noise that could be heard in heaven.

Some civilians standing on the city wall of Longgang City could already take in the entire war scene with their eyes, and the defense line was getting closer and closer to Longgang City.

A few kilometers away, next to a mass grave, Xia Xiao's bleeding had just been stopped. He stood in the familiar forest, looking at something he had never seen before.