It takes about half a day to walk along the northern road from the Viper Valley to Mengzhong, which, like the Viper Valley, is a place with only two seasons: the Viper Valley is divided into early summer and midsummer, while the Serpent Valley has only a dry season and a rainy season.

Due to the unstable precipitation and temperature, the water and soil in the west of the central part of Mengzhong cannot be maintained, and it is often a scene of loess. People can only plant more crops when the rainy season comes, and store some food to cope with the dry season. Once the dry season begins, they need to find water and grass to sustain themselves through animal husbandry.

Fortunately, the entire Mengzhong capital is vast and sparsely populated, except for the largest gathering place, Tucheng, a large area of Mengzhong is the common land of the people, even if it is such a half-pastoral and half-farming life, the people of the entire Mengzhong are still very rich in living materials.

However, the eastern part of the alliance has not been very peaceful. For millennia, the northeastern part of the League has been a place of exile for the most heinous criminals, and all kinds of people who have committed serious crimes have been driven there to fend for themselves, and the lack of resources has made the people of this place lawless and a long-term threat to other regions.

Further east is an evergreen forest, which is considered the best place in the league, but no one dares to set foot in it easily, because there is an ancient temple here before humans migrated to the league. There are many dangers here, and it is often rumored that there will be beast-headed monsters everywhere to grab and feed people, which is a great threat to the entire human race.

Continuing eastward is the limit of human exploration, and according to all rumors and the dangers it has brought there, it is even more haunted and dangerous, and for thousands of years, the alliance has been attacked by the exile village and the Zuma temple, and there has been no peace.

For these reasons, on the way to the Viper Valley, the Temple of Zuma, and the Exile Village, several of the League's families joined forces to build a defensive city: Shabak.

It is a well-defended city with tall and strong walls, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although it is not as huge and magnificent as the Beachy City back then, it is still the core barrier of the human race here, and the strongest defense line of the allied human race.

Because it was built jointly, the original Shabak City was managed by three families in turn. Later, the problem came, the management of the defense line had to spend money, no matter who was willing to spend too much of their own resources to strengthen others, so the management of Shabak became worse and worse, and it was almost impossible to support it.

In order to maintain this defensive city, several major families raised funds to hire neutral people to help manage it, and it was supervised by special people, in short, Shabak was a hot potato in the early days.

Many years later, as the life of human beings in Mengzhong became better and better, the power of human beings became stronger and stronger.

Even without the support of the Tucheng magnates, this Shabak City can become rich by relying only on its own geographical location to manage the trade between the League, the exiled villages, some other nomads, and the Viper Valley, which causes the management of Shabak City to become hot again and be robbed from many sides.

And just in recent years, the monster threat in the east has become more and more serious, and there have been frequent injuries to people. However, Shabak's ruling power is still in endless contention, and when it is the turn of the major magnates to manage, they desperately accumulate money and profits, and those who can't get it are bent on making trouble and digging holes, making Shabak's defense force useless. Once the monsters do attack, this barrier that humans have painstakingly built will be useless.

Seven or eight years ago, the pioneer team from Beach came here, they were seriously aware of the crisis here, and used their skills to seek the dominance of Shabak, and at the same time handled the relationship with several major elites of the alliance, becoming the most stable rule of Shabak in recent years, and rebuilding this place in a few years.

The current city lord was the leader of the second group of pioneers at that time: Li Tingao.

He Ming got a pretty good answer, walk a short distance along the northbound route, turn left at the first fork in the road, and soon you will see the city of Shabak, where humans can enter and exit freely, trade and consume, and are protected.

It was enough to get this result, and after thanking the two guards, He Ming walked directly in the direction of Shabak City. The wind on the way had brought his body temperature back to normal, but the crazy thoughts in his mind had not faded at all, but he was calculating countless possibilities and how to implement them.

When I came to Shabak City, the atmosphere here was completely different from the place He Ming had been to before, although Beechcraft was also heavily guarded, but there was no Shabak like this There are beacons everywhere at the gate, there are beacon towers within every kilometer, and each beacon tower is guarded, everyone is like a great enemy, as if there will be a terrible enemy at any time.

He Ming entered the city with some surprise, obviously the people who entered and left Shabak City would not be interrogated, so what were these people guarding against?

But at this time, his mind was full of madness, and he didn't even have time to look at Shabak's scene in detail, and he didn't think much about it. When he entered the city, he found a hotel and sat down. He Ming hadn't brought any money with him since he left Beechcraft, and Biqi's currency was not the same as the one here.

He Ming was here to find trouble in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to anything else. Just sat and asked the people around him if he had a match or not, and asked the name of the city lord and what he looked like. Coincidentally, someone next to him said: "At this time, the city lord will come out to inspect, Shabak City is the front line of defense to the east after all." Oh, no, the city lord just came out! ”

The man pointed over and saw a tall, spirited, fierce man, wearing green armor, cloak, and holding a black scepter, walking majestically towards this side.

He Ming rubbed up and pulled out the frost given by Li Yueqin, and ran quickly towards the comer, startling several people next to him.

The city lord was a little surprised to see He Ming coming over with a sword, and couldn't help asking, "Who is coming?" But soon he recognized what He Ming was holding in his hand. Suddenly, he lowered his voice and said, "How did you get this sword?" What are you doing here? ”

He Ming's tone was flat, as if he was chatting and said, "I'm going to duel with you." ”

The city lord couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "Is there something going on over there?" Isn't it time for you to wake up and talk? ”

He Ming said again: "I, He Ming, once again propose a duel to the city lord of Shabak, the city lord will not dare to accept it because of his noble status!" ”

A few people around the city lord couldn't listen anymore, and they took up arms and prepared to deal with this madman. But the lord of the city waved his hand and stopped them. Stared at He Ming with very sharp eyes: "I, Li Tingao, accept your challenge!" Can you tell me what's going on over there now? ”

He Ming was not moved by this sharp look in the slightest, and said, "In the duel, I will tell you, where are we fighting?" ”

Li Tingao said: "Right now, in the open space at the city gate. Other times, if we can't fight, ten steps away from me, someone will solve you as a madman! ”

Hearing this, He Ming walked over there, stretched out his hand and said, "Please!" ”

So the two warriors entered the duel scene one after the other in the eyes of a group of people looking at madmen or idiots. Li Ting Aoshi never understood what this madman was doing, out of concern for the side of the Viper Valley, he didn't dare to show it directly, he felt that he could only speak in a battlefield surrounded by no one.

And for such a young man, he didn't pay attention to it at all. After ordering the servants not to interfere with this heads-up, he clenched the staff of judgment and stood in front of He Ming very majestically.

He Ming held his sword and said: "A huge seven-point snake king has appeared in the Snake Valley, and the previous methods of dealing with poisonous snakes have been ineffective, and many poisonous snakes have launched attacks on the mountain village. ”

Li Tingao was unconsciously anxious again, and asked in a suppressed voice: "What about now?" Over there...... Is she in danger? ”

It's obvious who she's referring to. Do you have the face to ask her too? He Mingxin said, jumped forward with a sword, slashed over with a sword, and said, "Tell you after the fight." ”

Li Tingao couldn't help but become a nameless fire, and smashed it with a cane, and the momentum sank, and even the loess around him was brought up for a while, and in an instant, the battlefield was filled with dust, and he couldn't even see the situation clearly in the distance.

He Ming felt that this staff was unstoppable, and his current body was no longer what it used to be, so he easily dodged it. And Li Tingao mercilessly slashed over again. The difference between weapons and strength is very far, He Ming calculated in his heart, and looked for an opportunity while dodging again.

Li Tingao swept straight over, making He Ming dodge the blow very embarrassed. opened his mouth and said: "The farce is over, you are not my opponent, if you have something to say, I can not kill you!" ”

He Ming smiled cruelly: "It's not over yet, don't worry!" Saying that, he ravaged up again, Li Tingao shouted, and a battle rose with wind and water, just attacking the angle where he rushed over. And He Ming gently rubbed the Staff of Judgment with his sword, and easily avoided this attack again with great strength.

Li Tingao finally began to realize that this young man was extremely fast and flexible, and he still had an advantage over his heavy weapon and exaggerated armor of the God of War. Once faith is moved, it will be slashed through with a rod.

He Ming dodged it with a slight left flash, and was ravaging up, about to make a move, but unexpectedly, such a heavy staff of judgment played like a light flutter in Li Tingao's hand, and the powerful blow actually turned into a turning sweep in mid-air!

Although He Ming was fast and agile, there was nothing he could do, he hurriedly raised his sword to block, and with a long roar of gold and iron, He Ming was swept back several steps by this staff, his movements were embarrassed, his eyes were red, and a slight blood oozed from his mouth.

He Ming's eyes were full of madness, his face was hideous, his whole body trembled, revealing a creepy smile, he lifted his sword and continued to rush towards Li Tingao, so many rounds, especially the one round where the situation changed sharply just now, had already made He Ming Chengzhu in his chest.