15. Song of Hope
The temple is dedicated to the god Crested Crane, a holy spirit similar to a crane, a noble creature in the legend of Pandaria, in which it spreads its wings with a crimson light, like a second round of sunlight in the sky, which can dispel all the gloom on the earth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Its song is the most beautiful echo of Pandaria, and everywhere it goes, all despair is dispelled.
In the fisherman's hut by the sea in the Kasanlang jungle, the old fisherman returned from fishing, he frowned and looked in the direction of the Crested Crane Temple, it has been 3 days, and he has not heard the faint singing of the crested crane for 3 days, this is... What's wrong?
"Broken bones!"
"Bang!"
The three Zhu Talan hugged Lao Chen's left hand from three directions, skillfully transported it, and smashed Lao Chen's left arm under extremely difficult circumstances, but was thrown out the next moment.
In the case of summoning the spirit of the white tiger and the wind, fire, thunder and lightning clone, Zhu Talan's combat power has almost increased by more than two times, but even this is the moment when Zhu Talan, who is full of combat power, in the face of the demonic possession, the same violent Lao Chen still can't have the upper hand, after the severe pain in his left arm, the demon lurking in Lao Chen's body swelled again, maybe it was the concern for Lili that made his will stronger, in short, at the moment when Valera stabbed the dagger into Lao Chen's abdomen, the word chain that had been binding on Lao Chen's body was finally torn apart by a richer dark energyγ
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Talan shot out a true air mass with one palm, knocking Valera's body away, but his doppelganger revealed a trace of gap, and a trace of a cruel smile flashed at the corner of Lao Chen's distorted mouth, and he clenched it into a claw with one hand, from extremely quiet to extremely moving, the black mist couldn't even keep up with the rhythm of Lao Chen's arm waving at this moment, and was directly dispersed.
"Hundred Claw"
Lao Chen's family heirloom, in the arena of Filas, this move directly killed the hero-level evil orc sword saint in seconds, but the physical load on Lao Chen is also very large, but now, with the demon leaning over, this move is no longer a forbidden technique, at least in the current state of Lao Chen, it is no longer so.
"Boom"
The sound of the wind blowing through the tree trunk, in this dim Kasanlang jungle, Zhu Talan's clone of the wind, fire, thunder and lightning was waved out by Lao Chen with one hand, and it seemed to tear apart the air in a combo that only stopped for less than 5 seconds, and was completely torn apart, which directly caused the sluggishness of Zhu Talan's body.
The clone separated by wind, fire, thunder and lightning is a secret technique, which is a combination of energy and will in the body of the warrior monk, creating a very mysterious attack technique, while improving the attack power and attack speed, there is also a disadvantage, that is, when the clone is destroyed, even the warrior monk body will suffer.
At that time, the pain surging from within, even a warrior monk of Zhu Talan's level would stop for a second, and then he and another clone with a pale face were swept into the storm of hundred claws that were still attacking frantically.
Zhou Zhuo had already thrown out the scroll in his hand at the first time, but when the word chain bound Lao Chen again, Zhu Talan's last doppelganger had been torn apart, and his body was thrown out, and he was caught by Valera with difficulty, but the first warrior monk of Pandaria had a body of steel and iron bones, he was attacked by Lao Chen at least hundreds of times, and he only spat blood, and his trembling hands pulled out the stainless steel double knife on his waist, and staggered and rushed forward again.
Zhou Zhuo only has two traveling scholar scrolls, if he can't restrain Lao Chen before this scroll fails, and when he gets out of trouble, it will be an out-and-out disaster.
Just as Zhu Talan and Valera were desperately attacking, Anduin also encountered new trouble.
He reached the deepest part of the Crested Crane Temple, and also saw the mysterious god Crested Crane, but this noble creature known as the "Red Spirit" was now clearly in trouble, real trouble.
The crested crane is a white crane, the feathers of the whole body are like snow, on the neck, wings and back, there are four mysterious vermilion runes, with the flow of time, the runes continue to disappear, its neck is very long, full of graceful arcs, the wings open nearly 30 meters, absolutely behemoth, but beautiful like a fairy in song.
Its legs were slender and wrapped in crimson light, like swirling flames, and the tail feathers, which were as long as its body, shimmered and fluttered in the air, like real burning flames, beautiful, pure red, and the skull, the beautiful red beak and the ruby eyes, and on the top of its head, there were five feathers like tail feathers, like a crown that emitted the light of fire, and you can imagine what a beautiful scene it must have been when it flew up.
But now, the eyes were closed, the beautiful feathers were lowered, and when Anduin pushed open the wooden door, all he saw was the white feathers scattered all over the sky, the crested crane, the patron saint of hope... Dying.
It lay weakly on the ground, the blood emitted starlight flowed all over the ground, in its abdomen, there was a terrible wound, and the black mist exactly the same as Lao Chen's body was surging in that wound, and the black smoke had enveloped most of its body, like an ugly chain, wrapped around the body of this beautiful creature, and it was still moving, as if it had its own evil life, it saw Anduin, opened its eyes with difficulty, and the weak voice sounded in the little prince's heart,
"Outlanders... Let's go, let's go... Here, the danger..."
This voice woke up the little prince, there was a trace of power that people couldn't help but want to obey, the little prince turned around, but his steps to leave stopped, he held the long sword in his hand, and walked quickly to the side of the crested crane, he stood beside the huge creature, like a little ant standing next to the elephant, he kept convincing himself, and then jumped on the crested crane and crawled in the direction of the wound.
"Bear with me... Zhu He, your name is right, bear with me, I'll cut it off!"
"No... Don't try it anymore... Worldly weapons can't deal with it... Go, get out of here, kid. β
The Red Spirit was warning, but Anduin threw away the shield, he lay on the warm feathers of the Suzawa Crane, held the Oath Practitioner with both hands, aimed it at the flowing black chain, and slashed downward, the golden holy light wrapped around the blade of the Oath Practitioner, making the long sword that emitted a faint light slash precisely into the black mist chain.
Anduin was no longer a child, and he felt the specialness of this sword again and again, and he already understood that the sword that the Viku had given him was not a mundane thing.
But for now, Anduin only hoped that the sword would help him, one way or another.
"Bang"
The two intersected, obviously a mist-like chain, but it brought out the touch of steel strikes, and the force of the shock made Anduin's palms numb, but it gave him hope that this sword, really, could really attack demons!
"Unbelievable, I met a child... And he still carried a divine weapon with him. β
Zhu He let out a painful cry, obviously the chain vibration would make it feel pain, but his voice still echoed in Anduin's heart, "Okay, I have hope, but when I am desperate, I still need you to give me hope, little one, please help me cut it!"
"Hmm! You... You're holding on! I'm going to cut it right away!"
After saying that, Anduin held the oath keeper with both hands, and slashed it with all his might, "bang", the black chain and the long sword clashed, and a series of sparks popped out, and the moment the chain was broken, the black mist let out a wail and dissipated into the air, but Anduin's mind was also stunned at this moment, and it seemed that some kind of evil will entered his mind.
The little prince shook his head vigorously, and Zhu He's voice seemed to have a layer of estrangement, but he still heard it clearly,
"What's wrong?
"No... It's okay!"
Anduin took a deep breath and crawled towards the second chain, raising his sword as well and slashing down again.
"Bang"
"Ahh
The chains burst open, Anduin let out a muffled snort, and the corners of his forehead began to throb, but he didn't have time to waste any more, Lili and Swain, and Lao Chen, they were all waiting for him, so it was the third.
"Bang"
"Bang"
"Bang"
By the time the last chain was shattered, Anduin's vision was completely shattered, and he sat on the ground, his brain full of all kinds of chaotic voices shouting and noisy, and even the voice of the crested crane could not be heard accurately.
"Kid... You... Shattered... No... Hang on... The final blow... Let's go!"
Anduin kept shaking his head, trying to make himself more conscious, but he could barely think now, his brain was mixed with too many things, his will was like a candle in the wind, about to go out, and there was still a will to hold on, and that voice was the loudest of all the voices in his head.
It roared, it cried out, like the captain's voice in the midst of a storm, on a ship that crushed the wind and waves,
"Your friend... They need you!"
"They need me!"
Anduin shouted loudly, staggered with his long sword on his body, and staggered towards the last wound in the abdomen of the Suzawa, the Spirit of Hope looked at the little prince who was getting closer and closer to his wound, the eyes of the red spirit of the Vermilion were full of worry, it couldn't see that this little dot had been completely infected by the demon, but it couldn't even wake him up.
The demon is imprisoning its body, its strength, it can't even resist the slightest, this is a conspiracy, the riot of the evil is definitely a conspiracy, someone deliberately destroyed the seal of the Zhuhe Temple, this must be a very powerful conspirator, because even if ordinary people know where the seal is, they can't destroy the sealing circle made by Shao Hao himself.
Zhu He didn't know who did it, and when it was meditating, after being raided by the Demon of Sorrow, he didn't have time to track down this matter, but now, seeing Anduin's eyes glazed, Zhu He really couldn't watch this little bit lose his life for it.
Wish... The crane has seen too many deaths, and it knows how heavy the weight of hope is.
Anduin used the last of his strength to raise the oath practitioner in his hand, probably sensing the terrible situation of the user, the light on the sword had never been brighter than it is now, like a real sun, held by Anduin with one hand, piercing into the dark evil energy that was constantly surging in the wounds of the red spirit.
"Whew!"
The last wriggling wriggling energy let out a beast-like scream, and it pounced out of the wound of the crested crane, like a black curtain, right in the middle of the defenseless Anduin, and at the moment when the crested crane regained his mobility, Anduin was hit head-on by the black curtain, as if wrapped in a cocoon of black spider silk.
Anduin felt himself fall into the darkness, like the feeling of falling from a cliff, falling in the dark abyss, and below him, it was a surging black mist, and he opened his eyes wide to see the bound people in the black mist.
Varian, Dick, Gianna, Liadline, Lili, Swain, Duke Berval, and even... And the person he has forgotten in his memories, the person who has gently hugged him since he was a child, humming songs to lull him to sleep.
Tiffine, his mother.
"No!"
Anduin felt himself standing on the edge of a cliff again, those he cared about the most in the air bound in black chains, and a demon with seven eyes that looked like the head of a black goat quacked and grinned, clawing them and putting them in his mouth to chew.
Their screams, their wails, the terrible sounds made Anduin cover his ears, but it didn't work, those voices could still reach his heart.
"Anduin, my son, help me! Anduin, help me!"
His mother, the woman he cared about the most, broke free of her chains and lunged at him, and Anduin stepped forward quickly, but Queen Tiffin, whose face could not be seen clearly, was caught in the air by the claw a moment before she hugged Anduin, and below her was the bloody mouth full of sharp teeth.
"No! please!"
Anduin cried out with difficulty, and the dark beast looked at the little prince with interest, its claws and tentacles dancing and shouting in the dim sky,
"Then surrender to me!"
"Well... I... I'm just..."
The little prince was about to kneel on the ground, but the next moment, there was a faint singing, and the hope in it made him look back, and then he saw a red light rising from the distant horizon, and in that song, the black beast roared, but had to retreat into the abyss of shadows again, and everything was gone.
The little prince raised his head and saw the crested crane soaring in the dark sky, bringing infinite light behind him, it was so beautiful, so noble, like the first ray of light that hoped to come.
It was not an illusion, just at the moment when the exhausted Zhu Talan was about to be hit in the heart by Lao Chen, the light rose from the abandoned Zhuhe Temple, and at this moment, the dim sky was torn apart, and the scorching sun was like a flame, burning all the darkness on this suffering land.
Old Chen was bathed in the sunlight and let out a terrible roar, he waved his claws wildly, but he was bound by the light, weaker and weaker, and finally, the dark mist erupted from his nose, ears, and mouth, trying to escape, but in this song of hope of light, it had nowhere to escape.