At this time, when Chonghua was about to settle his matter, there was big trouble on the other two sides.

……

"Whew, whew...... Damn it......" Yun Fengtian grinned bitterly, "I didn't expect it...... You're too buggy, aren't you? ”

“Bug？” The wings behind the long-haired black man shook slightly, and the dragon's tail extending from his spine swept up a cloud of dust, "Although you are very good, you have actually supported me for so long under my attack, and your perseverance is worthy of praise." ”

"Hey...... I just didn't expect that we would fight you so much, and you didn't seem to be consumed at all. Yun Fengtian clenched Tai'a in his hand and said.

"My durability should be EX according to what you say, don't try to fight with me, solving it once is the best way." Morin chuckled.

"Damn......" Yun Fengtian rushed out again, and at the same time he was secretly praying.

(Hurry up, Fengyun!) In another hour, I'm going to be overwhelmed! ）

……

The Imperial Palace of the Dragon Emperor.

A soldier in silver armor quickly ran into the palace.

No, it's not appropriate to say it's running.

Because he used gas to accelerate himself, he passed in just two seconds at a distance of 100 meters.

He came to the main hall.

"Urgent report - news from the Dragon Head Pass - the orcs are ready to start a war! This time, the attack on the Dragon Head Pass is enough-"

"Don't worry, speak slowly." Jun Wuxian said.

"That's an army of three million orcs, Your Majesty!"

“…… Send me an urgent report, the heads of the Xuanluo family, the Long family, and the Lan family entered the palace to discuss this time! Jun Wuxian frowned, and then immediately arranged for the shadow guards beside him to report.

"Yes!"

……

The man confronting Chonghua raised his right hand.

Black and silver liquid burst out from the fingertips of his right hand again. It turned into a slender and sharp blade, slashing sideways towards Chonghua and the ancient city at terrifying speed. Chonghua pushed the ancient city away, and he instantly dodged away.

Behind Chonghua, who dodged the attack, the street lamp was cut in two.

Not with just ordinary slime. It is a liquid metal with a specific gravity equivalent to mercury, and a high pressure is applied to create a blade, which uses its own weight and centrifugal force to generate attack power.

"You...... It's going to kidnap Hase, right......!? Gucheng asked rhetorically in a stiff voice.

He knew that Xia Yin was a related member of the Arutikya royal family. The purpose was ransom, or maybe it was a political reason - in short, it was probably an attempt to kidnap Natsune. If you want to kill the ancient city with extremely troublesome methods such as physical erosion, it must be to get close to Natsune without suspicion.

"Kidnapping ......? Do you mean to take her somewhere? However, the man laughed with utter contempt, "You have such magical powers, and you still care about boring questions, vampires!" The kid wasn't going anywhere else. I just want her to be a tribute. ”

"Tribute ......!?"

"Why, didn't you notice?" The man spoke coldly.

It was the voice of lamentation for the ignorance of the ancient city.

"Look at you like you don't know what happened at the Adilad Monastery five years ago."

"Adilad Monastery...... That's the monastery where Natsuin lived - I see, you're the one who attacked Natsuin's monastery! Chonghua reacted instantly.

"Is the reaction quite fast? He is a magician of words. The man praised.

"Ah, so, you're really infuriating!" Chonghua's right hand surged with golden light.

At this time, Yukina, who was aware of the abnormality, also rushed out with a spear.

"Senior...... Who is that? ”

"God knows. A self-proclaimed seeker of what the truth is. To Yukina's question, Guru gave a casual answer.

Although the generation said that he was joking with others, he himself called himself so, so he couldn't help it.

“…… Inquirer...... I see. I thought it would make her angry, but Yukina easily accepted Guru's words.

This fact made the ancient city uneasy. I really can't imagine that this is such a high-profile profession -

"'Seven Styles of Demon Subjugation Assault'...... Speaking of which, it seems that there is a rumor that the sword witch of the Lion King mechanism has been sent down as the watchman of the Fourth True Ancestor. Speaking in a lazy tone, the man crouched on the spot.

At his feet, there lay the lamppost that had been cut off from the streetlight, an iron pillar about three or four meters long. I guess it's quite heavy. But the moment the man's right hand touched, the iron pillar dissolved and collapsed like candy.

The surface of the dissolved iron pillar turned black and silver like cloudy blood.

"What's going on......!? The guy's hand ...... "Under the surprised gaze of the ancient city, the iron pillar was absorbed by the man's right hand.

Then his right hand, which should have been severed, was resurrected. By fusing the iron pillar, the man regenerates a part of his lost body.

"Sure enough, alchemist ......!" Yukina whispered quietly.

The ancient city swallowed slightly.

Chonghua frowned.

As a resident of the "Demon Special Zone", it is natural that the ancient city is aware of the existence of alchemists. It is the man who manipulates the composition of all things and gives birth to gold. He is an eternal seeker of revealing divine skills and interpreting the mysteries of life - he reveals his identity to the ancient city from the very beginning.

"If you use the Sword Witch and the Fourth True Ancestor as opponents, it's really a bit disadvantageous. It's wiser to give up on destroying Haze Natsune. With that, the alchemist turned his back to the ancient city, intending to flee like this.

"Wait, bastard! Red and white hats——! ”

"No, senior——!"

Since he didn't understand the identity of the other party, it would be too dangerous to let him escape here. Judging from this immediately, the ancient city intended to pursue the alchemist.

"Uhhhh

And at this time, the mass of metal fell in front of the eyes of the ancient city.

The original body of the metal block is a tree. The roadside trees planted on both sides of the road were turned to steel by alchemists. Countless branches have turned into sharp thorns, and dense leaves have transformed into blades. If you hit your head, of course, it won't be harmless. But Chonghua grabbed the ancient city that he wanted to rush up with one hand, which saved the ancient city.

"Thank you, Chonghua." Gucheng wiped the cold sweat dripping from his forehead and said.

"No thanks, that guy is really dangerous." Chonghua looked at the big tree and said.

"Ah, yes." There was obvious unhappiness in Gucheng's tone.

"-The alchemist just now, is he eyeing Haze-san?" Putting down the spear in her hand, Yukina asked.

Gu Gu nodded bitterly.

"Leave this to me." Chonghua pinched his fingers, "I'll kill him." ”

……

Chonghua made a phone call.

He's now on the phone to a learned guy.

No, or just a guy with a memory that's too good to be good.

"Yo, I didn't expect our Half-True Ancestor Your Excellency to call me today?" Xuanyuan Hao came with a somewhat joking voice.

"Don't make a fuss, I have a question for you."

"Ask, I'll listen."

"Do you know the alchemist?"

"Yes, I know. Although they are collectively known as alchemists, there are many different levels of magicians among them. Overall, however, the ultimate goal of alchemy is to transcend the limits of humanity and approach the realm of the 'gods'.

The change in gold is a by-product of the alchemist's approach to the 'gods'. Because the principle of alchemy is to turn all imperfect existence into perfection. ”

"That's right...... If you can turn humans into gods, it's easy to turn lead into gold and the like, isn't that the thing? Chonghua recalled the image of the red and white alchemist turning the trees into steel in an instant. According to the logic of an alchemist, steel that is nearly immortal is closer to complete existence than a tree that will wither at the end of its life sooner or later.

"But if you want to become a god or something, how do you ......?"

"The definition of the word 'God' is too vague to answer. However, if it were to be said that the physical body had been given near-permanent life, I remember that there were successful examples. ”

"Success story?"

"One is Xiao Gucheng. The fourth true ancestor who was born as a human being, but received the power of a vampire. But that's the exact opposite of what the so-called 'gods'—"

"What about the other one?"

"It's the 'sage's spiritual blood.'"

"What's that?" Chonghua became serious because he heard a term he had never heard before.

"The specifics are unknown. However, Nina Adillard is said to have gained an immortal body and endless magical power through the 'spiritual blood of the sage' that she created. ”

"Adillad......" Chonghua was silent for a moment.

The monastery of Adillad - he did say so. It was also said that there had been an accident there five years ago.

"That's the great alchemist of antiquity, a legendary figure. If he were still alive, he would have been more than 270 years old at this age. ”

"Thank you, these are useful."

"Well, there is no need to say thank you, when the time comes, use your best to fight with me."

"Of course. I'll do my best to defeat you! ”

"That's my line!"