No.0 Prelude to the End and the Beginning
Early in the morning, Qingyun Mountain.
Heavy rocks are stacked on top of each other, and the clouds are shrouded in mist. Standing high on the top of Qingyun Mountain, a gust of wind blew away the clouds, revealing the red sun rising slowly in the distance.
The altitude of Qingyun Mountain is only more than 1,000 meters, but the terrain is complex and abnormal. The steep slopes are almost vertical, and cliffs and caves are everywhere. The cliff on the south side descends vertically for thousands of meters, and below is the river that flows eastward, once you stumble and fall. This cliff is also known as the "Broken Soul Cliff" by the locals.
Due to its precipitous terrain, very few people risk their lives to climb the mountain. However, at this time, on the top of the mountain, which was full of clouds, a figure was standing quietly.
It was a young man dressed in black. No, if you look closely, it looks like a girl?--she looks no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and her short silky black hair blows in the wind. Pure black clothes are not common, but there is a subtle harmony in wearing them on the person's body.
Strangely, the eyes of this suspected teenager girl turned out to be a light purple, which is a color that should never appear in the country of Chinese with black hair and black eyes. However, although it is a dark tone, it looks clear and ethereal in the girl's eyes, spotless, and without the slightest sense of bewitchment.
"Haha, it's such a pleasure to meet like-minded people in a place like this. Holding a camera, a young man dressed as a traveler waved to the girl, "I'll go first!
Liang Xiaoye watched the young man with a hearty smile sit on a simple zipline and head to another mountain, shrugging his shoulders.
So, I'm not here to photograph......
"Goodbye! Also, your contacts are beautiful!"
The young man staggered away, and the loud voice came along with the mountain wind.
And it's not a contact lens......
This young photographer who seemed to have little roots reached the summit panting under the faintly bright sky in the early morning, and was startled when he saw Liang Xiaoye. Then, it was a warm greeting and self-introduction - it was natural to regard Liang Xiaoye as a photography enthusiast who came to shoot the sunrise scene.
Obviously, the girl didn't have any photography equipment on her at all.
However, fortunately, he left in time.
Liang Xiaoye turned sideways slightly, and Gu Jingwu's purple eyes looked behind him. The flow of air...... Changed ......
Gently closing his eyes, Liang Xiaoye carefully felt the change in the wind. For ordinary people, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to want to reconnoiter the enemy's situation through air currents, but Liang Xiaoye is different.
This group of people who possess the power of nature and can control wind, fire, thunder and lightning has never been able to measure it at the level of ordinary people - even if it is thousands of meters away, Liang Xiaoye can detect the other party's movements based on the subtle changes in air flow.
The distance is 326 meters, and the number of people is 78. According to the forward speed forecast, the summit will be reached in about eight minutes.
Liang Xiaoye silently completed a series of calculations in his heart.
As expected.
The girl opened her eyes and took out an object from her pocket that was faintly glowing with golden light.
It was a small but delicate ring, with strange and quaint symbols and patterns carved on the surface. Although complex, there is a sense of unity and harmony.
And the ring in Liang Xiaoye's hand seems to be only half a piece.
The name of this half ring is the Ring of the Living. The full Ring of Life is rumored to give the user god-like powers, so the ring has been sought after by various forces for many years.
Four years ago, someone entrusted half of this ring to Liang Xiaoye. Since then, the girl has taken on the task of guarding the ring.
Carefully holding the Ring of Life in his left hand, he flipped over with his right hand and took out a small, translucent gray box. Liang Xiaoye put the ring into the box, and the hazy golden light was gradually obscured.
The Ring of Living Beings exudes a special kind of fluctuation all the time. Except for Liang Xiaoye, many forces hidden in the shadows were able to catch this fluctuation and lock on. For several years, they have coveted the Ring of the Living, and have been hunting down those who hold it.
And this translucent gray box is the only tool that can temporarily eliminate this fluctuation - temporarily, that is, the gray box does not store the ring of living beings indefinitely. After a certain amount of time, the Ring of the Living Soul must be removed, otherwise the ash box may break.
Even so, the imperfect function of the ash box has saved Liang Xiaoye's life countless times in a sense. If the fluctuations of the Ring of Living Souls were not as frequent and unpredictable as they are now, I am afraid that Liang Xiaoye would have lost his life four years ago when his strength was still shallow.
Under the unwavering gaze of the light purple eyes, one figure after another quietly appeared on the edge of the cliff. There were dozens of people coming, all dressed in gray, and their faces were covered by miserable white masks. In front of the forehead of the mask, an eerie bat pattern is depicted.
For one of the organizations that has been chasing after each other for four years, Liang Xiaoye already has a certain understanding. The names of the gang are unknown, but some of them are already familiar - such as the man with the darkest bat pattern on his forehead, Sharpshooter Hawkeye, standing in front of dozens of people.
The color shade of the bat pattern is a symbol of strength, which Liang Xiaoye knows very well, not to mention that he and Hawkeye are already old rivals. The moment he saw this group of people appear, Liang Xiaoye put his right hand on his waist without hesitation.
Originally, there was nothing hanging from Liang Xiaoye's waist, but just as the girl's slender fingers popped out, a long knife suddenly appeared.
It was a light, slender knife with a silky white color carved into the scabbard in the form of soft feathers. The long knife was unsheathed, the cold light flowed, and the piercing silver brought a sharp wind howl.
Without any pause, when Liang Xiaoye came into view, Hawkeye took out a dark pistol from his arms like lightning.
Roar, firelight. The life-threatening bullet flew towards the girl in black.
Even in the face of the fatal bullet, Liang Xiaoye's expression still did not change in the slightest. At the same time that Hawkeye pulled the trigger, Liang Xiaoye had already taken a step to the right, and the whistling bullets only hit a few strands of hair.
The next moment, a low thunderclap suddenly resounded on the top of Qingyun Mountain. The bright silver-white electric light shone at the feet of the girl in black, and her figure became blurred a little.
Squinting his eyes, Liang Xiaoye's figure disappeared in an instant in the shining thunder. The silver blade with a grim sarcasm drew an arc of death. The men in black shot one after another, however, Rao is sharpshooter Hawkeye's men were mostly accurate in their marksmanship, and the bullets fired were invariably missed.
When the girl's figure reappeared, three of them had already fallen weakly. The cold blade was so sharp that it didn't even have time to shed a drop of blood.
Eagle eye pupils constricted. This terrifying move, Hawkeye, will never forget no matter what-Thunder Flash, manipulating the power of thunder and lightning to condense under his feet, and using the explosive power of thunder to achieve ultra-high-speed movement. Liang Xiaoye, known as the "silver lightning", relied on the speed brought by the lightning to surpass the limit, and it was like a leisurely stroll among the tens of millions of enemy troops.
The bright electric light lit up again, dodging the incoming bullets. The men in black quickly formed an unbreakable formation, and the dense firepower made it difficult for Liang Xiaoye to get close for a while.
If you look closely, each bullet is clinging to the surface of a black mist—a unique attack method for this group. Just like Liang Xiaoye can control wind and thunder, they are good at manipulating the power of shadows, making ordinary bullets have a strong corrosive nature, even Liang Xiaoye will not easily fight against them.
Hawkeye's face was gloomy and cold, and from time to time he threw out a few black balls of light. Liang Xiaoye knew that the ball of light filled with dark attribute energy was far more terrifying than the bullet, and he used the thunder and lightning to avoid it cautiously. At a time when the difference in numbers is so great, it is not wise to confront the enemy head-on.
At the feet of Eagle Eye, faint gray-black rays of light stretched out, combining with the circles of light that emerged from the feet of the others. The black mist gradually gathers in the center.
The light wind is all around, and where there is air flow, it is Liang Xiaoye's domain, and according to the changes in the air flow, every space within a radius of 100 meters is clearly reflected in his mind. However, in the next second, the information conveyed by the wind made Liang Xiaoye's pupils shrink.
Behind him, not far from the edge of the cliff, is a zipline that leads to another mountain. At this moment, a bullet with a black mist attached to it was shooting towards the zipline impartially.
It would take at least twenty minutes to get to the peak across the mountain path, and ten minutes earlier, the young photographer had just left from here, and must still be on the cable car under the zipline. A bullet that can corrode even a mountain can easily penetrate a zipline, and there is no doubt about what will happen next - the rope will break and people will die.
Almost a conditioned reflex, without any hesitation, Liang Xiaoye moved. The silver-white electric light bloomed, and the figure of the girl in black flashed on the edge of the cliff in an instant.
A miniature whirlwind with an arc wrapped around the blade, blocking incoming bullets. Bullets with black mist collided with the whirlwind, and sparks exploded.
Although the dark attribute energy was powerful, it failed to break through Liang Xiaoye's defense after all. However, the unexpected bullet caused the silver lightning, which had never been able to catch its tracks on the battlefield, to stop in a prominent position for two seconds. In a life-and-death battle, such a serious mistake is undoubtedly fatal.
After Liang Xiaoye cut off the bullet with the power of darkness, a huge black bat light and shadow appeared in the sky. Through a special energy flow method, Hawkeye gathered the energy transmitted by his subordinates and unleashed this powerful blow with impeccable timing.
Bat wing reincarnation, Hawkeye's strongest killer move. Its power lies not only in its power as a heavy cannonball, but also in its peculiarity - once fired, it will always track the target, no matter how fast it is, it will not escape its lock.
With the speed of silver lightning, it was easy to interrupt Hawkeye before he could make a move. However, those fatal two seconds made Liang Xiaoye miss this only opportunity, and when his eyes met the scarlet eyes of the bat, he had no choice but to make a desperate bet at this moment.
The silver-white blade shone brightly, and the power of the wind and lightning poured out with determination. On the hilt of the knife, the pattern in the shape of a feather quietly lit up, as if it was a living creature, and the entire blade was slightly buzzing and vibrating, resonating with Liang Xiaoye's will.
Swing the knife, slash. The unpretentious action attracted the power of heaven and earth, and the cold sword light brought up a silver-white rainbow that pierced the sun.
The silver rainbow light collided with the bat light and shadow, and the strong shock wave pushed Liang Xiaoye all the way to the edge of the cliff, and then took a step back to the abyss. However, this desperate counterattack did work - the bright rainbow and the bat light and shadow dissipated into the air.
"Poof. There was a soft sound.
The girl's clear purple eyes widened slightly. Looking down, I saw a pierced chest and splatters of blood.
In the light and shadow of the reincarnation of the batwings...... Hidden bullets?
In order to resist the powerful power of the reincarnation of the batwing wing, Liang Xiaoye had to exert all his strength, and could no longer maintain the realm of the wind, so he was unaware of the bullets that deliberately hid the sound of the wind. The flaws exposed in order to save the young man who had a side to him ruthlessly pushed him into the abyss of death.
The impact of the bullet caused the girl's slender body to fly like a broken autumn leaf, falling downward. Below, there are life-threatening cliffs and rushing water. In the field of vision, Eagle Eye's frosty face full of murderous intent flashed, followed by the rapidly rising mountain rocks and the dazzling brightness of the sky.
This was the Silver Lightning's first defeat and last. In the struggle for life and death, there is only one end of failure, death.
At the end of his life, Liang Xiaoye's heart was still as calm as ever. The consciousness of death, this kind of thing was there as early as the first time I picked up the knife.
The bullet full of dark energy, while piercing Liang Xiaoye's chest, also caused a heavy blow to his heart. Even if there is no rushing water below, death is a foregone conclusion.
Moving his left hand with difficulty, Liang Xiaoye's last strength turned into a wisp of fresh wind. The black box in his hand flew away in the wind and sank into a small cave between the rocks. The surface of the cave is full of thorns, and it would never have been noticed if it were not for the angle from which you looked up when you fell.
The Ring of Existence is a peerless treasure that must not be allowed to disappear with you. When the box was out of his hand, Liang Xiaoye pressed a certain button on the box, and an invisible fluctuation spread far away.
In this way, he will be able to receive the final position of the Ring of Living.
After doing all this, the girl curled the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, and her feeble right hand struggled to grip the elegant and sharp long knife in her hand.
I'm sorry, Lan Yu, I can't fight with you anymore.
As if sensing the master's thoughts, the long knife Lan Yu let out a slight hum. In the chirping, there is a bit of sadness and determination.
Falling rapidly in the icy air, the sky in Liang Xiaoye's field of vision became darker and darker. I'm sorry, master, for not being able to complete your instructions. If there is an afterlife, I am willing to continue to fight for you.
The slender body of the girl in black fell into the icy water. However, in the last second of his life, Liang Xiaoye's eyes widened and lost focus.
It's a light you'll never forget. The magnificent glazed color is full of vitality and vitality, and the whole river is reflected in the blue color of the cold pool by the light.
In the center of the light, there is a small figure. Pink body, kitten-like form, long dexterous tail.
The next moment, a dazzling light bloomed.
The clear purple eyes finally closed, and the girl's soul gradually sank into darkness. "Silver Lightning" Liang Xiaoye disappeared from this world.
In the distance, the young man with long black hair seemed to sense something and looked at the horizon in disbelief.
Faintly, a pink hazy shadow burst out of the pale blue water and flew into the sky.
The end of life can also be a new beginning.