chsdbacks Chapter 225 Black Storm, Encirclement and Slaughter
Chapter 225 Black Storm, Encirclement and Slaughter
Chapter 225 Black Storm, Encirclement and Slaughter
Yellow sand filled the sky, and the scorching sun beat down relentlessly.
The atmosphere in the Gobi Desert, surrounded by a vast expanse of wind-eroded rock formations, was as somber as iron.
Hundreds of elite cavalrymen, clad in light leather armor and cloaks adorned with golden wolf heads, had formed an impenetrable encirclement.
They were as silent as mountains, their eyes as sharp as eagles, the scimitars they gripped tightly reflecting a cold glint in the blazing sun, their warhorses snorting and pawing restlessly at the gravel.
These are the sharpest fangs of the Golden Wolf Royal Court – the Golden Wolf Guard!
Each member is at least a master with six acupoints open, proficient in combined attack formations, fearless of death, and capable of surrounding and killing even a half-step outer realm expert when forming a hundred-person formation.
At the center of the encirclement, Li Qinghan, dressed in white, stood holding a sword.
Her white clothes were stained with some dust, and there were even a few tears from the blade's energy, with blood seeping out faintly. Her breathing was slightly rapid, clearly indicating that the previous chase and brief exchange had taken a toll.
But her posture remained as upright as a pine tree, her eyes as cold as ancient ice, and her long sword pointed diagonally at the ground, its blade gleaming and radiating a chilling aura.
Directly in front of her, a tall, robust young man with bronze skin and several ferocious scars on his face rode proudly on a black horse.
He was dressed in a magnificent royal court outfit, with a jewel-encrusted golden scimitar hanging at his waist.
What is most striking about him are his eyes, which are filled with aggression, greed, and a kind of contempt and cruelty that comes from climbing up from the bottom.
He was the last disciple of the High Priest of the Golden Wolf Royal Court, and the second-ranked King on the Human Ranking.
He was originally just a slave at the lowest level of the royal court. Six or seven years ago, a traveling high priest accidentally discovered his amazing martial arts talent and his physique that was perfectly compatible with the Golden Wolf Totem. He was taken in as a disciple, and from then on, he soared to great heights.
With abundant resources and the complete mastery of his secrets, coupled with his own wolf-like ruthlessness and thirst for power, he unlocked all nine of his potentials in just a few years.
With overwhelming combat power, he crushed countless renowned masters, rose to second place on the Human Ranking, and can be considered the undisputed strongest among the younger generation of the Golden Wolf Royal Court.
"Li Qinghan,"
King Gao spoke, his voice hoarse, like sandpaper scraping, "Stop resisting. Your delicate skin is so fragile; if my pack of wolves accidentally scratches your face or breaks your limbs..."
What a pity!
He licked his slightly chapped lips, his gaze sweeping greedily over Li Qinghan's stunning face and slender figure, his vulgarities undisguised:
"Put down your sword obediently and come back with me. Once I've used you to lure out that lurking dragon, I might consider pleading with the High Priest to spare your life. From now on, you can stay by my side as a bed warmer. Wouldn't that be much more enjoyable than fighting and killing? Hahaha!"
The Golden Wolf Guards behind him let out a suppressed, wolfish snarl, their gazes growing even more malevolent.
Li Qinghan's eyes were cold and indifferent, showing no reaction to the other party's words and provocation. Instead, he exuded a calmness that seemed to resonate with the heavens and earth.
Simultaneously,
She kept one hand quietly resting on a warm, smooth object in her bosom.
That was the Azure Dragon Seal that I obtained with Li Xijun in the Bushan Mausoleum.
now,
Threads of incredibly pure Wood energy were continuously flowing into her body from within.
It quickly repaired her injuries and replenished her depleted internal energy.
This is why Li Qinghan dares to traverse the desert alone. With the Azure Dragon Seal, she doesn't need to replenish her supplies, nor does she need to worry about any injuries or energy expenditure.
On the contrary, they can rapidly improve their martial arts skills and cultivation through battles and fights.
While these people were still trying to distract her with foul language, Li Qinghan had already used the Azure Dragon Seal to restore herself to her best condition.
and,
Taking this opportunity, she used the "Emperor's Qi Observation Technique" to silently sense the changes in the Qi of heaven and earth.
A black storm is coming soon.
She calmly assessed the situation in her mind.
When a storm arises, the sky darkens, sandstorms obscure vision, and even a martial artist's five senses are greatly impaired. But these things affect me the least; the "Emperor's Aura Observation Technique" allows me to clearly perceive everything even in a storm.
"At that time, perhaps there will be no need to use that last bit of power within the Azure Dragon Seal—."
She felt the immense power contained within the seal in her arms, a power capable of severely injuring or even annihilating everyone present.
But they also knew that using it would likely come at the cost of damaging their own foundation.
Therefore, her first plan is to take advantage of the storm to break their formation, either escape or counterattack!
If that doesn't work, then we'll use the methods within the Azure Dragon Seal.
At the same time,
He then launched into a string of vulgarities he had learned from the lower classes while he was a slave.
However, after seeing that Li Qinghan remained completely unmoved throughout,
King Gao gradually calmed down, and his expression became extremely solemn.
Although he is arrogant, he is by no means stupid to have climbed to his current position.
Seeing that this move was ineffective, but then an unusual restlessness began to stir in the world,
He almost instantly realized what the other person meant.
The "Black Storm" of the northern desert is a mighty force of heaven and earth capable of devouring everything. Even if he has perfected all nine orifices, it would be extremely troublesome for him to fall into it.
Especially his most trusted Golden Wolf Guards; if they were caught in the trap, the army's fighting strength would probably be reduced to less than one-hundredth.
Thinking of this,
He suddenly raised his hand high and waved it, and the soldiers around him who were laughing and swearing instantly fell silent, all looking at him.
A hint of ferocity and urgency appeared on King Gao's face:
"Li Qinghan, since you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin, then there's no need to hold back. All of you, attack! Seize her! Dead or alive, it doesn't matter!"
He practically roared out the last four words, his killing intent palpable!
"!"
The hundred Golden Wolf Guards responded in unison, their voices echoing across the land like the howling of wolves under the moon.
A terrifying aura of malevolence, mixed with killing intent, surged skyward; the formation shifted, and blades flashed like a forest.
It looked like it was about to grind down on Li Qinghan in the center like a millstone!
Li Qinghan's pupils contracted slightly, and his killing intent surged. As he pushed his sword intent to its limit, a faint phantom image of a white tiger appeared.
She was already prepared for a fierce attack and was looking for the opportunity when the storm arrived.
And at this moment,
"Report one!"
A hurried, panicked, and even incredulous shout suddenly rang out from the outer perimeter of the encirclement!
A Golden Wolf Guard cavalryman responsible for patrolling and guarding the perimeter charged forward like a stray dog, his face ashen and so terrified that he almost fell off his horse!
"What's the panic!" King Gao frowned and shouted sternly.
His offensive was interrupted, and the morale he had just built up was affected and dissipated, which greatly displeased him.
The cavalryman scrambled to Gao Wangma's feet, his finger trembling as he pointed in the direction he had come from, his voice cracking with extreme fear:
"Your Highness! Someone's attacking!"
"One person—just one person, coming from the direction of the sandstorm—"
"Our three sentry posts outside—they were all gone before we could even send a signal!"
"He...he's too fast—he's not human—"
His words were incoherent and filled with incomprehensible fear, as if he had seen a god of death!
A person?
Eliminate all the hidden sentries?
From which direction did the black storm come from?
King Gao and all the Golden Wolf Guards who heard the report were stunned.
A strange chill instantly swept across the entire area, even causing the soaring murderous aura to pause.
Who is this person who dares to single-handedly charge into the Golden Wolf Royal Court's most elite hundred-man squad and silently eliminate all the sentries?
Li Qinghan also slightly changed her expression, a faint hint of doubt flashing in her cool eyes.
at this time,
A calm yet crystal-clear voice, seemingly piercing through the distance of space, precisely reached the ears of everyone present, drowning out the howling of the wind and sand:
"I heard you were looking for me?"
Before the sound faded,
On the distant, dimly lit horizon, a black figure seemed to appear out of thin air.
He walked calmly through the swirling sandstorm, as if strolling in his own backyard.
The black storm roared behind him, yet it seemed to become a backdrop to his arrival.
When countless grains of sand and gale approached within a few feet of him, they were as if they had hit an invisible wall, and they slid down in all directions, unable to touch him at all.
He walked step by step out of the devastating storm, like a god descending to earth.
The person who arrived was none other than Li Xijun!
His gaze swept past the hundreds of menacing Golden Wolf Guards and landed directly on the King Gao, whose expression had suddenly changed. His eyes were calm, yet they carried a suffocating sense of oppression.
King Gao's pupils instantly contracted to pinpoints, and for the first time, his face revealed an expression of utter solemnity and uncertainty; he almost gritted his teeth.
He uttered the name that now resounds throughout the list of successful people, word by word:
"Li, hope, Jun!"
Li Qinghan, who was at the center of the encirclement, looked at the familiar figure emerging from the storm.
The tension in his heart inexplicably eased slightly, and the corners of his cool lips curved upwards in a barely perceptible arc.
"Arrogant!"
King Gao roared, his voice like a wolf's howl, filled with rage.
"Li Xijun! You actually dare to come here to die... Fine, it saves me the trouble of looking for you."
"Today we will capture you and your brother and hand you over to the High Priest!"
He suddenly waved his hand, pointed at Li Xijun, and ordered the Golden Wolf Guards: "Send out a team to surround him first."
At his command, more than twenty Golden Wolf Guards immediately split off from the edge of the battle formation.
These elite cavalrymen, seasoned by battle and with excellent teamwork, even in the face of the various rumors surrounding Li Xijun, still roared and spurred their horses forward as one, charging towards him with the momentum to crush everything, all under the sway of the king's command and the support of the battle formation.
Iron hooves pounded the ground, and swords flashed like a forest. The combined momentum of the twenty-odd people was like that of a thousand troops!
The murderous aura mixed with the stench of blood rushed towards them, enough to make even an ordinary expert lose their composure.
However, Li Xijun merely glanced at the charging cavalry with a calm and unwavering expression.
He didn't even draw his sword.
He simply raised his right hand slightly, pointed a finger at the void, and gently pointed out a finger.
The movement was light and casual, like a random action.
But the instant his fingertip touched the paper, "Metaphor!"
In an instant, the heavens and earth, the six directions and eight corners, became dark and chaotic.