Chapter Fifty-Four: The Evening Dragon Pursues along the way
Although it was noon, the dark clouds in the distance were rolling and pressing westward. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The atmosphere around info is starting to get oppressive.
Xilong led his flying donkey team and the lion king's 800 cavalry to assemble at the imperial tomb overnight. In order to get a better view of the surrounding situation, Xilong and a few experienced villagers flew to a nearby hill. The cavalry temporarily had its own attendant Yao Yi under the command.
Looking north, the grassland in early spring is still bleak.
"Brother Xilong, it seems that there may be evil forces nearby, you see, the black clouds in the distance are too abnormal!" A villager named Ximan, who has a lot of experience in exorcism, said behind Xilong.
Xilong nodded, then turned around and said to the villagers who had become donkeys like himself, "It seems that we have encountered hard stubble, but no matter what, the exorcism battle of our Xijia villagers will never stop!" ”
"Never stop!" The donkeys roared.
Xilong looked back at the strong and strong lion king's cavalry behind Shanbao, and felt a bottom in his heart.
"The so-called knowing each other and knowing oneself is invincible. We need to investigate first, and find a way to deal with the enemy first! I'm going to pick ten warriors to go with me! ”
"I'll go! I'll go! ……”
Companions are scrambling.
"Well, let's pick the youngest of the ten! The rest of the companions stayed here and set up camp! ”
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After selecting ten companions, the remaining donkey companions were led by an older flying donkey, Ximan, and were on standby with Yao Yi's cavalry.
Shiron and his ten companions are "fully armed", and the so-called "fully armed" means carrying enough spells and supplies. It didn't take much to replenish it, as everyone was starting to enjoy eating grass, especially now that it was early spring, and many delicious grass sprouts were starting to sprout, much to the delight of Xilong's companions.
Xilong and the others began to fly slowly along the official road to Xiyang City. The air began to be foggy, the scene on the ground began to blur, and they had to fly close to the ground.
"What's the smell?"
Shiron suddenly asked about a disgusting smell.
"Dark Steam!" Xilong suddenly understood, "It could be the Dark Lord's mobile unit!" ”
The Syron had long heard of this dark steam that contained magical energy, and the only ones who could actually harness it were the dwarves.
"It seems that the dwarves have been completely conquered by the Dark Lord!" Xilong pondered, "Even the magic technology of the dwarves has been mastered by them, and it seems that the situation is already very dangerous!" ”
In the misty fog of the west, Xilong really found a black fog, which was already extremely close to the distant mountains in the west.
"Now that we see that black fog, let's go back and gather immediately, and concentrate our forces in the direction of that black fog!"
"What about the Lion King?"
"I believe that the barrier of the mausoleum can last for a while! But we have never understood the strength of the Dark Lord, and the opportunity to meet the Dark Lord this time must not be lost! I believe that he can handle it on the lion king's side, and he will understand my decision! ”
In the mist, eleven flying donkeys soared in the wind. Several nearby Dark Lord boar scouts were also surprised when they saw this scene, and hurriedly hugged their heads and ran away, thinking that they had encountered a "monster".
All the cavalry and flying donkeys assembled directly in front of the hill pack. Xilong sent a herald to the Lion King, sending a message that he was looking for the Dark Lord's main force.
"I'm sorry Lion King, the battlefield information is changing, and I can only come to a 'cut first and then play'!" Xilong thought to himself, "What's more, we may not be able to get out of this time!" ”
So, Shiron decides to tell everyone about the danger they are about to face before they set off.
"Brothers! We're about to meet a terrible opponent this time, but it's a pity that my companions and I can only fight alongside you as we are now! Speaking of this, Xilong looked at his companions from Xijia Village, who were already looking like donkeys, "You are all elites in the cavalry, but this crusade against the Dark Lord is not the past, and it is likely that you will not be able to come back." If you feel too worried and don't want to come with me, you can leave now! You can continue to follow the Lion King, I won't stop you! ”
But no one left, much to the relief of Shiryu.
The twilight sky is depressing. After lunch, everyone started on the road, aiming for the direction of the black fog. Shiryu didn't let his fellow travelers fly anymore in order to conserve his strength. At this time, the Dark Lord's black dragon had already begun a confrontation with Torre's centaurs.
Sure enough, Xilong found that the black fog in the distant mountains actually emitted a little light that pierced the black fog! That was the light of the wind's enchantment.
"Full speed ahead, brothers!" Yuryu shouted.
The team began to run wildly, and the sunset dragon flew up from time to time, observing the situation around the team to prevent a sneak attack. The other members of the Flying Donkey team also fly in a loop around the team from time to time, controlling any changes in their surroundings. When the cavalry saw these flying donkeys, they also felt very relieved.
"If you remember correctly, there should be a temple where there is a black fog!" An older flying donkey said, "I remember being here when I was younger!" ”
The listener had a heart, and Xilong immediately realized that there might be something unusual in the temple that was attracting the Dark Lord.
For the Dark Lord, Xilong feels that there is no bottom to deal with. The Dark Lord was not originally a human thing, nor did he come from the underworld, and Xilong felt extremely troubled by this kind of powerful "thing from outside the sky".
The sunset dragon looked up at the gloomy sky, and suddenly saw that there was a dark shadow flying over the skyline.
"Everybody keep going, I'll come when I go!" With that, the sunset dragon soared into the air, and its huge and powerful bat wings swayed in the wind. For the use of these bat wings, Xilong has been able to master it with ease. The donkey's tail and legs swing together to balance its flight stance. And his own black donkey hooves are a natural weapon against zombies, because black donkey hooves are immune to zombies' venom. Shiryu began to understand why she had become the way she was.
The shadow was fast, and the dragon had to flap its wings with all its might to get closer.
The shadow became clearer and clearer, and it turned out to be a giant crystal sword flying with a black shadow!
"What a powerful sword mana!" Xilong couldn't help but exclaim, "Let's start with this guy first!" ”
The black shadow didn't seem to notice that the dragon was following behind him, and he was still flying smoothly and quickly, without even looking back. At the end of the crystal sword, Shiryu found a huge cloth bag wriggling inside, as if it contained some living thing.
"No matter what it is, save it first, this black shadow seems to be in league with the Dark Lord!" The dragon pondered, and constantly adjusted his flight attitude, the iron claws on his wings fully opened, ready to tear apart the black shadow in front of him at any moment.
The alleged Black Shadow was actually a man in a black cloak, but standing motionless on the crystal sword like a dead corpse. The sunset dragon had even flown above the black shadow's head, but the man remained motionless.
In order to prevent accidents, Yuryu decided to greet him. So the sharp claws stabbed directly into the back of the man in black, but the man in black remained still.
With a hiss, the hood of the man in black was torn at the same time, and the sunset quickly flew to the side of the flying sword, ready to hover and launch a second attack. But what Xilong didn't expect was that there was a shadow full of black mist at the torn hood!
"Shadow Soul Technique!" Yuryu was taken aback!
But the shadow remained motionless, which made Xilong realize that this was an uncontrolled shadow soul man.
The so-called shadow soul art is some evil mages in ancient times, before people die, they take away people's souls and shadows, and use dark steam and magic to synthesize a kind of shadow soul people, becoming puppets controlled by evil mages at will. This insidious spell has long since been lost, and is only occasionally mentioned in some ancient magic books.
Seeing that the black shadow was still motionless, Xilong's donkey's mouth turned up slightly, and he thought to himself, "It seems that the mage who controlled this shadow soul man has lost his mind!" ”
So the dragon landed directly on the crystal sword, and kicked the black shadow down with a hoof, but at the same time, the flying sword also lost control, so the black shadow and the crystal sword both rolled and fell into the air. The dragon was stunned, and immediately grabbed the wriggling bag with his claws, and since the wings could no longer be flapped, the dragon controlled the angle of the wings and glided down.
The air was cold, and the dragon was afraid that it would freeze the living creatures in the bag, so he shrank his wings a little, so that the bag would be less exposed to the cold wind, but the speed of gliding was much faster. Xilong tried to control his flight posture as much as possible, but the cloth bag contained more like the weight of an adult human, which made Xilong's flight very difficult.
Finally, he was almost on the ground, fortunately it was a barren meadow, but it was already dozens of miles north of his subordinates. The moment he hit the ground, Xilong threw the bag onto his back, then spread his wings to protect the cloth bag, and then slid a few feet on the ground before stopping.
The tremendous force all fell on his four hooves, causing Xilong to be in pain, but fortunately, the cloth bag was still intact and still squirming.
Ignoring the pain of the four hooves, Xilong quickly opened the cloth bag, and it turned out to be a young girl.
This girl is none other than the eldest princess of Beili Kingdom, Tuo Xi'er!
Xilong quickly opened his pocket and took out the handkerchief in Toxi'er's mouth.
"Thank you for saving your life! In Xia Tuo Xi'er, dare to ask the name of the benefactor? Tuo Xi'er hurriedly thanked her, although she looked like a black donkey with bat wings, Tuo Xi'er didn't feel scared, on the contrary, she faintly felt a little cute.
"No thanks, let's get out of here!" After saying that, Xilong immediately took off into the air.
"Go all the way north and don't look back!" There was an ethereal sound in the air.
"I am only a human body, and even if I return to the temple, it will only be a burden! The best thing to do is to lead your own cavalry to reinforce them! Thinking of this, Tuo Xi'er ran to the north regardless of the pain all over her body.
Yuryu eagerly flew in the direction of the temple due west, but felt that his physical strength was becoming more and more exhausted. So Xilong decided to fall to the ground and jog for a while to save some energy so that he could meet a strong opponent and have enough ability to deal with it.
Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's Tuo Xi'er's luck. As soon as the dragon landed on the pale yellow grass, he found a black shadow, the same shadow soul man he shot down, chasing in the direction that Tuo Xi'er had left!
"What the hell is this monster, it's endless!"
The dragon had to turn back again, ready to get rid of the Shadow Soul once and for all!
Ignoring the pain in his limbs, the sunset dragon followed closely after the Shadow Soul Man. The speed of the Shadow Soul Man was extremely fast, and a puff of black smoke leaked from time to time from the broken hood, and he didn't care about the pursuit of the Xilong behind him, and continued to chase after Tuo Xi'er.
"Dark steam keeps leaking, I'll see how long you can last!" Xilong thought to himself, but his physical strength was almost completely overdrawn, and he could only barely keep up.
"How can you quickly kill this Shadow Soul Man?" Yuryu chased after him while thinking about how to deal with this monster, after all, the situation of the flying donkey companions and cavalry was also dangerous, and he had to go back as soon as possible.
"Looks like I'm going to have to use that trick!"
As a master disciple of Tianmen Mountain, Xilong's spells are strong, but after turning into the appearance of a flying donkey, it is difficult to cast it. Because when casting a spell, the mana has to pass through the meridians of the body, but the meridians of a donkey have become completely different from those of a human. Once the mana flows through the wrong meridians, the mana will become weaker at best, and the whole body will be paralyzed!
But now that he can't take care of any of this, Xilong can only take a chance! He began to try to concentrate his mana through the meridians on his bat's claws, and it felt the same as when he was a human, and even became stronger!
Xilong knew that the Shadow Soul Man had no physical body, so he could only manage to make the dark steam that drove the Shadow Soul Man leak out and paralyze it. But who will control the Shadow Soul Person? Xilong realizes that he must investigate the true nature of this body as soon as possible, because those who can use Shadow Soul Magic are a huge threat and must be eliminated as soon as possible! Otherwise, there will be endless troubles!
The pain in his limbs seriously affected the mana gathering of Xilong, but Xilong was still trying to condense his mana, but fortunately there were two backpacks hanging on his back, which contained silk charms, among which there was a healing charm that could relieve his pain. He hurriedly stopped condensing his mana and began to try to attach the healing silk charm to his four donkey legs. So the dragon paused, and quickly found and pasted the healing charm, but the distance from the shadow soul man suddenly increased, and the dragon could only see a vague black shadow.
The Shadow Soul Man's speed was still fast. The grass began to grow, some of which were even as tall as a person, which affected Xilong's vision, so he decided to act immediately.
The Xilong endured the pain and sped up, the healing charm immediately worked, the pain was drained away like water, he calmly held a few delayed fire talismans with the claws on his wings, and threw them at the black shadow, but the black shadow did not stop without stopping!
"It's not a zombie after all, and it has a powerful dark steam as a source of power! It seems that the fire charm is not working. Xilong sighed, and then chased after him.
Although the enemy was in front of him, Xilong still didn't think of an effective solution, and the figure of the girl in the distance could already be seen very clearly! Toxier is in danger!
"By the way, why not use a blood spell?" Xilong had an idea, "Although Master once ordered to prohibit the use of it, it is important to save people, and I can't take care of it so much!" ”
Apparently aware of the danger she was facing, she began to consciously run towards the hilly terrain not far away, which was overgrown with thorns and could effectively slow down the Shadow Soul Men who could only walk in a straight line.
"Clever girl!" Xilong praised in his heart.
Entering the hilly area, the speed of the Shadow Soul Man slowed down significantly, but Tuo Xi'er was obviously physically exhausted. In front of it is a small hill, covered with bushes, with occasional peach and oak trees. Tuo Xi'er climbed with difficulty to the mountain bag.
The Shadow Soul Man was still walking in the direction of Tuo Xi'er, the thorns had already scratched the Shadow Soul Man's cloak and clothes, and even dark steam was diffusing from the hole, but the Shadow Soul Man did not stop, and was only a few feet away from Tuo Xi'er!
"I can only take a chance!"
Sunset spread its wings vigorously, soared into the air, and glided straight towards the Shadow Soul Man. But what Xilong didn't expect was that the Shadow Soul Man actually made a strange dodge move to avoid Xilong's attack.
"Just a moment away, you spoiled my pet like this!" The Shadow Soul Man turned his head, revealing a face made of black mist in front of the Sunset Dragon, which looked particularly hideous and eerie under the hood.
"The people who were in the temple just now, were they with you? Able to block the attacks of my Dark Steam Corps! And a master like you is in ambush here! Looks like my plans are going to be adjusted! ”
"Let's die!"
Tuo'er's figure suddenly appeared behind the shadow, and she slammed a peach tree branch into her hood.
"Hmph, do you think the peach twig will solve me?"
But Xilong immediately noticed that the Shadow Soul Man was no longer able to move.
"Good timing!" Xilong didn't expect the girl in front of him to be so brave.
Knowing that the opportunity was fleeting, the dragon immediately grabbed a piece of bloody flesh from his ass with the claws on his wings, while wrapping it in a charm in the bag.
"Blood Spell!"
The dragon thrust the blood talisman into the Shadow Soulman's hood in pain, and then a piercing scream soared into the sky! The dark steam around him quickly spread, and Xilong hurriedly pulled Tuo Xi'er away from the position of the Shadow Soul Man, and used his wings to hold Tuo Xi'er in his arms, and limped towards the ravine on the side.
As soon as he left the Shadow Soul Man about a dozen feet, the huge explosion almost shattered people's eardrums, and a wave of impact followed, pushing Xilong and Tuo Xi'er into a ditch full of thorns......