Feint Attack on Beimang Mountain
Beimang Mountain.
Ancient trees towered, their dense branches interwoven like a web, fragmenting the light from the sky and casting a heavy shadow. The thick layer of decaying leaves exuded a damp, musty smell. The wind rustled the branches and leaves, mingling with the noisy chirping of cicadas.
"What! Tiaotiao got hit by the Bone Rot Palm? And he's still stuck in the Holy Fire Hall?" Doudou's eyes widened, and his voice suddenly rose. Sally made a lightning-fast move, covering his mouth with her hand. Several crows perched on the branches were startled and flew up with a "caa ...
Sally glanced cautiously at the dark forest, confirming that there was no movement before releasing her hand. She lowered her voice and said, "Keep your voice down. Are you trying to kill yourself?"
Dou Dou was breathing rapidly, his face pale: "This...what should we do! It takes a day to detoxify the Bone Corruption Palm. If we can't rescue him within two days..." Before he finished speaking, the unfinished meaning had already weighed heavily on the hearts of the two.
Sally leaned against an old tree, the rough bark scratching her back. Her fingertips dug deep into the cracks, her brow heavy with worry. "One more thing. Su Baiwei is Su Yuanshan's daughter."
"What?" Doudou's throat choked, and he swallowed the exclamation that was about to burst. He subconsciously took a half step back, his back slamming against the slippery tree trunk with a thud, causing a few dead leaves to fall. "That... Su Yuanshan who created the mind-controlling Gu? That... Qinglong Sect..." His voice was dry. "Tiao Tiao... how could he... how could he know? Is he desperate? That palm strike from Chi Lian..."
"That's why the doubts are so hard to dispel." Sally dug her fingertips deep into the rough bark, but her gaze penetrated the layers of branches and leaves, casting her gaze upon the shattered sky. "But right now, she's the only one who knows the true story of the Holy Fire Hall. Jump believes her, and Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit saw it with their own eyes. There's no other way..." She paused, a trace of regret flitting across her eyes. "What a foolish boy..."
Doudou scratched his hair anxiously. "That kid Tiaotiao has been wandering around in the demon cave for ten years. He even fooled the Black Heart Tiger. His eyes are very sharp!" He forced himself to calm down and tried to sort out the mess. "Even he thinks it's okay... This matter may be believable." His brows were furrowed, and a glint of inquiry suddenly flashed in his eyes. "By the way, that mind-controlling insect... If I could ask her for advice..." His voice suddenly stopped. He looked at Sally, who lowered her head and said nothing, and noticed the growing chill around her. "Sally, you... don't seem to accept her?"
Sally still lowered her head, her red dress fluttering in the wind, the lingering chill almost condensing into substance. Doudou's heart shuddered.
"Accept?" Sally looked up suddenly, her bright eyes frozen. She forced her voice down, gnashing her teeth with every word. "Without the Su family's sins, how could the entire Qinglong Sect be slaughtered? How could Tiaotiao be infected with the Zi Gu?" Her chest heaved violently. "And how could he be infected with the Rotten Bone Palm, trapped in the Holy Fire Hall, his life or death uncertain? They are father and daughter, one who created the scourge of the Mind Control Gu, the other who nurtured it with her own blood, and they have brought Tiaotiao to this point! If not... if she wasn't the one Tiaotiao risked his life to protect," she snorted, her knuckles whitening from pinching, "I would have let her taste the power of the Purple Cloud Sword long ago!"
"Zi Gu? Tiao Tiao was infected with Zi Gu? Did she say that?" Dou Dou's voice changed, the ending tone trembled, and he suddenly grabbed Sally's arm.
"Yes!" Sally squeezed out her voice from between her teeth.
"He...he actually hid it from us to such an extent!" Dou Dou let go of his hand, staggered backward, hit his back heavily against the tree trunk, and slid down to the ground weakly. Cold sweat soaked his back and his voice trembled: "The poison in my body... life and death all depend on the controller's thoughts! What's more terrible is..." He took a deep breath, as if to suppress the turbulent waves in his chest, "This poison can forcibly stimulate potential and overdraw lifespan to repair the body. Especially when it is stimulated by the Blood Soul Bell, it will rage violently until it completely drains the person. Chi Lian... he can take his life at any time!" Thinking of Tiao Tiao's usual style of doing things, Dou Dou's heart was gripped tightly, "That kid... how much of his lifespan has he overdrawn..." He held the tree trunk and struggled to stand up, frowning, "But... he can still live until now after betraying the Demon Sect, he must have found some way to suppress it..." Then, he thought of Su Baiwei again, his voice was hoarse, "Fortunately, there is Su Baiwei with her essence and blood..." Before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of Sally's ashen face, and Dou Dou's voice stopped abruptly.
Snap!
Sally's fingers suddenly exerted force, effectively scraping off a piece of bark. The sharp thorn pierced her fingertips, blood oozing out, yet she felt nothing, as if the sting was not even a ten-thousandth of the pain she felt in her heart. She took a deep breath, forcing down the murderous intent and rage swirling in her eyes. Her voice was cold and hard, with a hint of trembling: "We'll discuss this after we rescue Tiaotiao. Let's go!" She dashed out.
"Wait!" Doudou quickly caught up with Sally, "On the way here, I thought of a way..."
Deep within the Beimang Mountains, guard posts were densely packed, and security was tight. The chilling mountain wind mingled with the scent of wet mud.
At the mine entrance, several guards stood in silence. Ever since receiving the message from the Holy Fire Hall via carrier pigeon, the entire mountain had been on edge. Suddenly, one of the guards pointed toward the dense forest and said, "Look! There's smoke!"
Upon hearing the report, the captain of the guards was alert: "Forest fire?" He called out to his troops in a stern voice, "Teams one and two, follow me to put out the fire and find out the source!" At the same time, he growled to his confidants beside him, "Quick! Report to the leader that there is something wrong in the forest!" The elite main force was quickly withdrawn, and the guards at the cave entrance were suddenly thin.
In the forest, Sally's torch ignited dry leaves and low brush. Flames licked the dead branches, and thick smoke billowed. Catching a glimpse of a figure flashing with a knife in the distance, she flicked her wrist, sending the torch arcing and dropping into a hollow filled with rotten leaves.
boom!
Flames suddenly erupted. She tapped her toes, and her red figure silently disappeared into the dense shadows of the trees, leaving only a sea of fire and smoke behind her.
The firefighting team had barely moved a hundred paces from their sentry post when a sweet, fishy mountain breeze swept over the guards' heads. The strange aroma intruded, and the guards felt their bones go limp. Their cries of surprise choked their throats, and they instantly collapsed like mud. One tried to reach for the horn at his waist, but his fingers twitched, unable to even reach the edge. Another's lips moved, but only a few sporadic sounds escaped.
Doudou fell from the tree, his wide robe fluttering, and green powder was blown towards the remaining guards at the cave entrance by the wind.
The guards froze like puppets, watching helplessly as the gray-robed figure approached. One of them gurgled and mumbled, "You...you are..."
Doudou stood still at the entrance of the cave, and the Yuhua sword emitted a faint green light: "The Master of Yuhua Sword is here." He swept his eyes over the shocked and terrified faces, "The Seven Swords and Su Baiwei have arrived at Beimang Mountain. Today is the day when the Mother Gu Formation will be destroyed!" After speaking, his figure flashed and disappeared into the depths of the mine.
The cave was bitterly cold and damp.
Doudou scurried along the mine tunnel, the gray powder in his hands scattering and spreading out a line of fuse. As he sped, he quickly pulled out his prepared explosive packs, tossing them at regular intervals. When the last pack slipped from his hand, he retreated without hesitation, not even turning back.
laugh!
The match lit and fell into the fuse.
Dou Dou suddenly covered his ears, exerted force on his feet and quickly rushed backwards, barely hiding behind a huge rock.
Boom——!!!
A dull roar shook the mountains, and a scorching wave of air exploded. Debris rained down like a torrential rain, smoke and dust mixed with the pungent smell of sulfur filled the air, and a thick column of black smoke erupted from the collapsed cave entrance, rising straight into the sky.
The tent of the leader of Beimang Mountain.
Shi Yanluo had just received an urgent report that "something strange was happening in the forest" and his fingers were tapping the table anxiously, analyzing the situation.
Boom!!!
The earth-shattering roar came with a shockwave, and the cups on the table all jumped.
"Where did the explosion happen?" Shi Yanluo's face suddenly changed. He stood up suddenly, and the wooden chair fell to the ground. He pushed open the curtain and ran towards the explosion.
"Report!" A guard, his face covered in blood, rushed to his feet from the smoke and dust, his voice terrified: "North... North, Mine No. 3! It's completely collapsed!"
Shi Yanluo's pupils suddenly constricted, and he rushed to the scene. The mine tunnel had collapsed, the smoke was acrid, and the injured were wailing among the rubble.
"Who did it?" Shi Yanluo grabbed the collar of a guard covered in black and gray. The guard's lips trembled, and his breath was covered with blood foam: "Seven... Seven Swords..." Before he could finish his words, he fainted.
"Report!" Another guard rushed over. "Southern checkpoint! A woman in red has spread the powder, and all the brothers are crying and laughing like crazy!"
"Use medicine...Red Clothes..." Shi Yanluo's heart was shocked.
He galloped to the South Outpost. He saw a scene of chaos, the guards frantic. In the center of the chaos, atop a massive rock, a red figure stood against the wind. The mountain breeze whipped her clothes, and her face was identical to the portrait in the secret report on his desk.
Su Baiwei!
A chill ran up my spine.
"Hurry!" Shi Yanluo turned around suddenly and said in a deep voice to his trusted confidant behind him, "Send a pigeon to inform the Hall Master immediately. The Seven Swordsmen and Su Baiwei have arrived at Beimang Mountain! The mine has been destroyed and the southern outpost has been attacked. Send assistance immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" The guard's face turned pale. He reached into his bosom, took out a bamboo whistle, put it to his lips and blew it hard.
“Whoa—”
A sharp whistle ripped through the air, piercing the thick smoke and chaos. Before the whistle faded, a gray carrier pigeon shot out of the sentry tower's pigeon cage like an arrow, landing on his raised arm. The guard quickly pulled a piece of paper and charcoal from his pocket, scribbled a few strokes of military information on the saddle, rolled it up tightly, stuffed it into the pigeon's bamboo tube, and buckled it tightly. Then, with a powerful swing of his arm, he swung toward the Holy Fire Hall. The gray shadow streaked through the air, instantly disappearing into the distant clouds.
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