Chapter 90: The Pool of Dragon's Blood
Astro Boy is the one who helped Li Xin'an the most, not only has strong attack power, but also has strong intelligence, and can handle some things independently, but he disappeared.
Reacting from his sadness, Li Xin'an began to think about what had just happened.
Astro Boy blew himself up without Li Xin'an giving an order, which was his own practice.
"Did Astro Boy choose to blow himself up because he felt my disappointment?"
Li Xin'an has always regarded Astro Boy as an ordinary robot, but only then did he realize that Astro Boy is a robot with a human "heart", it has its own mind, its own character, and its desire to gain friends and recognition, and he is a living person.
In the anime, Astro Boy is a strong, brave, selfless, fearless, kind, tolerant, cheerful and lively character, and the Astro Boy he summoned also continues this character.
That's why Astro Boy made the most unfavorable choice in the end, destroying the formation by blowing himself up, and sacrificing himself to open a way for the rebels.
"Thank you. ”
Li Xin'an whispered to Astro Boy in his heart that he was thanking the residents of Frost City, and Astro Boy's sacrifice gave the rebels hope of victory and gave Frost City a bright future.
It was at this moment that a message came from the T-1000.
"You found the little white ball?"
It turned out that the white ball was not destroyed under the protection of the light shield at that time, but was blown away by the explosion wave, and just landed next to the T-1000 hiding in the water, and the T-1000 touched it lightly and found that there was no danger, so he wrapped the white ball.
The light shield produced by the white ball is extremely defensive, and it can survive this kind of attack, which is obviously not an ordinary thing, so Li Xin'an ordered the T-1000 to bring him back.
"You take the little white ball to the shore and meet there. ”
The white ball should be a treasure, so Li Xin'an gave up the idea of directly recalling the T-1000, and asked it to bring back the white ball that was used as the eye of the formation.
After giving the order, Li Xin'an stood up and followed the soldiers and rushed forward.
At this time, the rebels had already started a battle with the Frost City army stationed near the light mask, shouting, the sound of weapons clashing was endless, and the smell of blood filled the air.
There were originally several camps stationed near the mask, and there were about 500 soldiers patrolling, all of whom were soldiers trained by the Soviet Union and had a lot of combat experience.
These soldiers formed the first line of defense.
But in the middle of the night, the soldiers were already drowsy, and the sudden explosion just now startled them, and their morale began to slow.
Originally, they thought that the mask would keep them safe, but the mask disappeared at this time, further damaging their morale.
The morale of the rebel soldiers was high, and their roar terrified the soldiers of Frost City, and their morale dropped to the extreme, and they scattered and fled almost without resistance, and were finally chased and killed by the rebel soldiers.
Tie Lei Shan took the lead, accompanied by thunder around him, slaughtering the fleeing soldiers like a demon god.
The first line of defense was quickly breached, and little resistance was encountered.
At this moment, a pillar of white light pierced through the fog and shot towards the rebel soldiers.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a large crater appeared on the ground, and the remains of severed limbs, blood, and dirt flew in all directions.
Li Xin'an noticed that the thing that shot seemed to be an energy body, which exploded when it touched the ground, splashing in all directions, and it was very powerful.
"It's a cannon!"
The T-1000 sent a message to Li Xin'an before that the castle was equipped with two cannons, but he didn't expect the range to be so far, and it was still several kilometers away from the castle.
The rebels were outnumbered, and when they charged forward, they were almost crowded, and under this shelling, hundreds of people died instantly.
It wasn't over yet, and it didn't take long for another pillar of white light to shoot in.
"Boom!"
Hundreds of people were killed, including some Frost City soldiers who were on the run.
"Be careful! There are two cannons on the castle, disperse!"
Li Xin'an shouted loudly, but his voice was too small, only a few dozen meters away, and the rebels still had no reaction, and they still rushed forward without fear of death.
"!"
As he was anxious, a thunderous voice came from nearby.
"Spread out! The back rush is slower, each person is five meters apart!"
It was Tie Lei Mountain, his ability seemed to make the voice louder, and at this moment his voice was heard hundreds of meters away.
The rebel fighters who heard the order immediately understood and reacted, the front accelerated the charge, the rear slowed down the impact speed, adjusted the distance between each other and continued to rush forward, the distance between each other was not too big or small.
"Boom!"
The shells did not stop and continued to fire.
This time it was much better, only a few dozen people were killed.
But the two cannons kept pouring out, and it seemed that there was no need for reloading and other steps, and the firing speed was extremely fast, almost every five seconds, a shell would be fired into the crowd, harvesting the lives of dozens of people.
In just a few minutes, thousands of rebel fighters were killed.
Tie Leishan and the others were also helpless, these shells were extremely powerful, even a fourth-level transcendent could not carry them, and they could only pray that the shells would not fall on them.
One of the shells pierced not far from Li Xin'an, but fortunately, Li Xin'an judged the trajectory of the shell in advance and fell to the ground in time, knocking down two fighters by the way, but in the end he was only blown up by the blast wave and did not suffer too serious damage.
"Rush! Victory is ahead!"
Tie Lei Shan shouted, and the morale of the rebels was high again, reaching its peak.
......
Inside the castle.
Frost Wind was dressed in military uniforms, and Chen Ze, Su Wu, and Leopard Jiu were also wearing armor and preparing to attack.
At the moment when the light mask disappeared, Frostwind did not attack, but called the people of the three major families to the castle, and asked them to take all the forces of their own family with them.
All the forces of the three major families were also concentrated in the castle at this time, and after the previous battle, the combined number of transcendents of the three major families was now only more than two hundred, of which there were only ten third-level transcendents.
Under the anxious gaze of everyone, Frost Wind said calmly:
"Those people are dead when they die, they are cannon fodder, just enough to weaken the strength of the rebels, and the elimination of the rebels still depends on our three major families.
Okay, guys, let's show any hole cards, this is an existential moment. ”
Chen Ze's eyes were red at this time, he lowered his head and did not speak, he already knew the news of the slaughter of the Chen family.
Su Wu's injuries had fully recovered, and at this time, holding a spear, he said, "I have a puppet that can exert the strength of a fourth-level transcendent. ”
With a wave of his hand, a humanoid puppet appeared in front of him, this humanoid puppet was burly, without breath, but with energy flowing, wearing silver armor, holding a giant machete, and his chest was inlaid with this moment of crimson gems.
"Okay, yes, we have one more top combat power, Chen Ze, what about you. ”
Chen Ze looked hideous, raised his head and said: "Thanks to your good idea, my family was slaughtered, and only a dozen of my subordinates remained, what hole cards do you say I have." ”
Frost Wind's face turned cold, and he forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Day and night, it is difficult to prevent thieves, no one thought that the Huo family would take refuge in those low-level homeless people, and no one thought that the caravan would join them, the combat power of the rebel army is beyond our imagination, and it directly disrupted our position."
The Chen family was slaughtered, but no one else can be blamed, I remember that when I ran away, the head of the Chen family didn't even return home, and fled directly into the north of the city. ”
"Frost Wind! How dare you ......"
Chen Ze was so angry that he directly shouted out the name of Frost Wind.
Frostwind shouted angrily: "Shut up! Think about your current situation, I can kill you at any time!"
Only then did Chen Ze calm down and look around, Leopard Jiu, Su Wu, and Shuangfeng all looked at him coldly, as if he would make a move at all.
Although Chen Ze was a fourth-level transcendent, he did not have the confidence to escape for his life under the siege of three powerhouses of the same level.
At this time, Frost Wind said in a soothing tone: "I will help you avenge the great revenge of Tie Lei Mountain leading the rebels to slaughter the Chen family, and after the rebels and the Huo family are eliminated, I will give you half of the Huo family's property as compensation, and the Chen family's property will also be returned to you."
You're in the prime of life, and with all this wealth you can start a family again, aren't you?"
A set of coercion and temptation made Chen Ze understand his situation, he had now lost everything, and only by being on the same front as Frost Wind could he have a chance to get compensation.
"I was carried away by anger for a while, and I ask the lord of the city to forgive me. ”
Chen Ze lowered his head and apologized.
"Haha, it's okay, we're all brothers, the most important thing now is to eliminate the rebels. ”
After the frost wind knocked Chen Ze, he smiled heartily, saying that he didn't care, but no one knew if he really didn't care.
He looked around, and then said, "Now that everyone is united, then I'll show my hole cards, and there is a pool of dragon's blood under the castle!"
"Pool of Dragon's Blood?"
Everyone was puzzled and asked.
Frostwind nodded: "Well, this blood pool was created by the power of the human race thousands of years ago, and it is as long as the history of Frost City, as long as you enter the blood pool and soak for a while, your strength will be greatly improved, for example, the combat power of a third-level transcendent will be increased to a fourth-level transcendent." ”
Chen Ze, Su Wu and the others all looked at Frost Wind in shock.
Frost Wind smiled and said, "Of course, this ascension is only short-lived, about half an hour, but it has very serious side effects, people who enter the Dark Dragon Blood Pool will lose their minds and become puppets who will only obey orders, and they will die after half an hour."
And not all of them will succeed, probably half of them will die in the pool and turn into blood.
So I hope someone will volunteer to enter the pool of blood, they will be the heroes of Frost City, and we will set up a statue for them in the north of the city.
And the family they belong to will also be rewarded. ”
For a moment no one spoke, and everyone understood that entering the pool of blood meant death, and even life was gone, so what was the use of seeking honor and wealth?
At this moment, two third-level transcendents stood up and said, knelt down towards Frost Wind, and shouted loudly, "I am willing to sacrifice for Frost City. ”
These two were none other than Frostwind's men, and it was obvious that they were standing up at this time to take the lead.
Frost Wind smiled and nodded, looking at Su Wu.
Su Wu glanced at his subordinates, he only had 3 third-level transcendents left, at this time he glanced at the transcendent with the hammer, this transcendental's face changed for a while, and finally he still stood up.
"I am willing to die for Frost City. ”
At this time, an old man with a broken arm under Chen Ze took the initiative to stand up and said to Frost Wind, "I am willing to sacrifice for Frost City. ”
Subsequently, more than 50 first- and second-level transcendents also stood up and expressed their willingness.
"Haha, okay, with you heroes, we will definitely be able to destroy the rebels, come with me. ”
Frostwind laughed and complimented, then led the group to a staircase that led to the bottom, and everyone looked at each other, but they still had to follow.
The group continued down the stairs to a basement with a dragon head in the middle of the basement, and the frost wind scratched the palm of his hand on the dragon, and the blood flowed out, and then absorbed by the dragon.
"Click!"
One side of the basement slowly opens, revealing a passageway.
The group walked in, at first it was just an ordinary underground passage, but after walking for a while, everyone noticed something unusual.
Because this passage is too long, everyone is extraordinary, and the speed is not slow, and it has been more than ten minutes since the beginning, and the air around it has begun to become scorching.
Just when some low-level transcendents were about to lose their hold, everyone finally saw an underground cavern emitting red light.
This underground cavern is surrounded by ores that glow red, and in the middle of the underground cavern there is a huge corpse that exudes a savage aura, like the shape of a dragon.
It is dozens of meters long, and the hideous dragon head is tilted upward, as if it is resisting and struggling.
In the middle of the corpse was a pool of blood-red liquid, churning bubbles, like magma, and bursting bubbles emitted a pungent smell of blood.
"Just walk in!"
Frost Wind said coldly.
A third-level transcendent under one of Frostwind's men stepped forward and walked inside.
The bright red liquid in the pool seemed to come to life, pressing against his legs and spreading upward, as if the temperature was extremely high, and the clothes on his body immediately burned when they touched the liquid.
"Ah, help me!"
"I won't do it!
A terrible scream came out of his mouth, but no one saved him, he struggled violently and tried to escape, but he was firmly pulled by the blood-red liquid, fell to the ground, and then gradually melted, turning into a pool of blood, and melted into a pool of blood.
The crowd didn't just take a step back.
Frost Wind looked coldly at another third-level transcendent subordinate.
This subordinate walked into the pool of blood tremblingly, and it was the same terrible scream, but the difference was that he held on longer.
The blood-red liquid enveloped his entire body, and some of it burrowed through his mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and other holes, and his screams gradually died down, and he stopped struggling.
After a few more seconds, the blood-red liquid condensed into scales the size of fish scales on his body, his fingers turned into lizard-like claws, his face was covered in scales, and a thick tail grew out of him.
It looked like a blood-red lizardman, but his aura rose dramatically until it reached the level of a fourth-level transcendent, and it walked out like a walking corpse, standing behind Frostwind.
The other transcendents glanced at each other and slowly walked into the pool, screams instantly resounding through the underground cavern.
......
Under the artillery fire, the rebel soldiers braved death and rushed forward for their lives, finally seeing a second line of defense at the cost of thousands of lives.
The shells only smashed into the distant area, but there was no shell attack here, as if they were afraid of accidentally injuring the soldiers of the second line of defense.
The second line of defense is made up of nobles, and almost half of them are transcendent.
Li Xin'an and their siege of the city were delayed in the south of the city for a while, and almost all the nobles and their guards in the east of the city ran into the north of the city, seeking the shelter of the frost wind, and tens of thousands of people poured into the north of the city.
Frostwind selected more than 5,000 people with strong combat strength from it to form the second section of defense.
Although these nobles are greedy for life and fear of death, have no discipline, and are difficult to unite, these people have excellent equipment, and they have strong personal combat power, and there are many extraordinary people.
They were forced by the frost to come here and fight the rebels.
A low, rudimentary stone wall was built here, and the nobles were hiding behind the wall, firing crossbows and arrows at the rebels.
A rain of arrows fell from the sky.
"Shield Protection!"
Tie Lei Shan gave a loud order.
Groups of warriors with shields immediately raised their shields, and those with other weapons immediately hid behind their nearest shieldmen for protection.
"Snow Giant!"
Li Xin'an immediately summoned the snow giant in front of him to help him and the warriors beside him resist the rain of arrows, and then he noticed that there was still an empty seat in the preparation area.
"There's still a vacant seat, let's summon another snow giant. ”
There was also a snow giant card in the card area, Li Xin'an touched it with his mind and chose to summon it, and the snow giant immediately appeared in front of Li Xin'an.
At this time, the two snow giants were close together, like a giant shield.
The snow giants are extremely defensive, and these arrows that hit the snow giants could not damage them at all, and they were bounced away one after another.
"Thank you, sir!"
"Long live the adults!"
The surrounding rebels immediately hid behind the snow giant.
With the cooperation of everyone, a round of arrows rained down, and only a few hundred people were killed.
At this time, Tie Lei Shan had already led some transcendents to rush to the front of the wall.
"Die!"
His muscles bulged high, thunder danced around him, and his greatsword slashed down at the wall.
"Boom!"
A gap was cut in the low wall.
More than a dozen people behind the fence were also killed by the way.
Uncle Liu also destroyed a section of the wall at this time.
Chen Ping and Zhou Qian cooperated with each other.
A thick black mist was released around Zhou Qian's body, which looked very infiltrating, it was a poisonous mist, the damage was not high, but it was a large amount.
Chen Ping exerted his ability and condensed a fresh wind to blow these poisonous mist into the formation of the nobles, spreading for hundreds of meters.
"Ahem!"
"Be careful, it's poisonous!"
"Damn! fight with them!"
The soldiers of Frost City in the second line of defense were smoked out by the poisonous mist, which was difficult to kill, but it was very uncomfortable to make the eyes and lungs bitter.
How could these nobles have been bullied like this, and at this time they broke out of the wall and launched a counterattack.
Thousands of soldiers slaughtered the rebels.
"Just in time!"
Tie Lei Mountain was killing happily, and there was a violent vibration suddenly from the opposite side.
Two groups of cavalry of more than 1,000 men surrounded them from the left and right sides.
"Damn, I didn't expect them to have so many heavy cavalry. ”
With infantry in front, heavy cavalry on the left and right, and artillery shells in the rear, the rebels were in an extremely dangerous situation.