Chapter 279: The Storm
Suddenly, a trace of flame overflowed from the crack in the armor, and immediately after, countless dark white flames rushed out from the gap in the war demon armor.
The strange flame quickly ignited and covered the dark blue cloak that fluttered behind Bai Qi, and in the surging flame, the cloak also turned as white as the flame, and then as if by some kind of magic, the fluttering cloak was torn apart from the middle by the burning flame, turning into two sections, and then in the refining of the flame, it turned into two white demon batwings!
At the same time, the dark white flame also spread over the dark gold sickle that Bai Qi held tightly, turning its burning degree into a white bone sickle, just like this, every time the dark white flame overflowed a place, the armor on Bai Qi's body was refined and changed, and finally, a dazzling white light flashed out of Bai Qi's four eyes, and then the four eyes of the demon actually merged into two normal pupils! A shocking roar suddenly came out of Bai Qi's mouth, and the white flames of his body were extinguished for no reason in that long whistle.
The bone scythe hook locks the soul of all things, the bat wings symbolize the return of the demon, the white armor is the new face of the god of death, and the pair of pupils indicate the end of the abyss - "Soul of the Brave, White Death!" The terrifying aura spread out like a vortex from the white god of death, and the breath of the god of death skipped every inch of land around him, withering all the vegetation and trees, and the surging killing intent melted into this aura, like a huge wave of frenzy rushing towards the street fighter Han Shin who was still standing in place.
Han Xin was still resolutely staring at the awakened Bai Qi, but a trace of fear oozed out of his subconscious, and his body couldn't help but tremble at the moment when he faced the white god of death. The powerful aura of Bai Qi's awakening made Han Xin sober up a lot, and he had calmed down his heart to defeat Bai Qi desperately. The current situation is obviously not something that Han Xin can take the initiative to attack, he can only suppress the instinctive fear of his body and wait for Bai Qi's strong attack after awakening. Suddenly, the White Grim Reaper Bai started, opened his huge demon bat wings, shook violently, and flew into the air. Then Bai Qi stepped into the air and threw the bone sickle in his hand violently.
The sharp white bone scythe pierced the sky, circumnavigating a huge arc in the cloudless sky, and then flew towards Han Xin on the ground with a long whistle that broke through the sky. Seeing the scythe flying in the air, Street Fighter Han Xin immediately pulled out the shark tooth blade and slammed into the swirling white bone scythe - "Bang! With a fierce sound of blade clashing, the whirling bone scythe was knocked away by the golden shark teeth on the blade. But I don't know if it's an illusion, the moment Han Xin held the spear blade and the bone sickle, he actually felt his soul tremble.
The bone scythe was knocked away by Han Xin, and flew in a whirling direction to Han Xin's left. However, a white armored arm poked out in the air and firmly grasped the whirling and flying bone scythe—the white Grim Reaper! At the same time as he threw the bone scythe, he himself flapped his wings and flew to Han Xin's side from another direction, and then just as Han Xin's consciousness could not react, the strong horizontal attack suddenly came.
"Echo of Blood!" The White Death Reaper waved the bone scythe in his hand and swirled with a blow, and the sharp white scythe blade immediately struck Han Xin's side. Street Fighter Han Xin was caught off guard, so he could only forcibly turn sideways, blocking the vital point with the sharp shark teeth of the gun blade in his hand, and facing the swinging scythe - "Bang! There was another sharp sound of blades. Han Xin did block the direct attack of the scythe, but the wielded bone scythe carried an incomparably strong force, directly knocking Han Xin ten steps away.
Han Xin, who was shaken open by Bai Qi's blow, rolled several times under the action of inertia before he stopped his body and got up from the ground. As soon as he got up from the ground, Han Xin raised his head and looked at Bai Qi in horror, he didn't suffer any actual damage, but there was an indescribable pain and fear in his eyes, just the moment he handed over the blade with Bai Qi, what frightened him the most was not Bai Qi's strong strength after awakening, but, rather, the scythe swung and shook his arms, and at the same time, it also made him feel a kind of soul pain, as if the waving sickle blade was cutting his soul.
Han Xin felt that his soul was bleeding, and the pain from his soul spread under his eyes, but Bai Qi did not stop at all, and took a cold step, like a god of death asking for his life, "Do you feel it?" A deep voice came coldly with Bai Qi's footsteps, "The power of true awakening!" Seeing Bai Qi approaching him, a cold killing intent shocked Han Xin, and he didn't dare to hesitate, he immediately stood up and retreated-"Return to the horse's spear!" ”
Seeing Han Xin's figure retreating more than ten meters away, the white god of death was not in a hurry, and still maintained the original rhythm and pressed towards Han Xin step by step. Fear, really fear! Now the Bai Qi he sees in Han Xin's eyes is no longer a person, but a devil who asks for his life! Death! Han Xin instinctively wanted to dodge, but Bai Qi's aura was like an invisible pressure that shocked his steps that he wanted to dodge, and at this moment, Bai Qi raised the bone sickle in his hand again.
Seeing Bai Qi's movements, Street Fighter Han Xin clenched the shark tooth blade in his hand, wanting to sweep and block Bai Qi's attack with one blow. However, Bai Qi did not give him this opportunity. The "Death Scythe" white bone scythe suddenly poked out, and the huge String Moon Scythe blade stretched out behind Han Xin, pulling Han Xin's whole person violently in the direction of the white Death Reaper! However, a strange scene appeared, the huge bone scythe dragged back by, but the street fighter Han Shin's was still standing upright on the ground, maintaining a faint posture of wanting to sweep the blade of the gun - the white death white bone scythe failed to pull Han Xin - no! It's not that there is no pulling, but, but, ...... He dragged out another Han Shin! I saw that the white god of death was holding the white bone scythe in his hand directly, and on the inside of the scythe blade of the String Moon, a dark blue translucent Han Xin was hooked.
"True Awakening will give the Awakened a powerful and unique special power - and what the White Death has given me is 'Flying in the Sky' and 'Soul Slayer'!" The White Grim Reaper said in a deep voice, while staring at the faint blue translucent Han Xin hooked on his huge bone scythe—or rather, after Han Xin returned to Huyao City, Liu Bang never talked about the Silky Bat to anyone, nor was he worried. Go to bed early and get up early every day, eat on time, practice martial arts in the morning, and enjoy the sunset in the evening. Life is calm and regular, and leisurely and elegant.
But every afternoon, Liu Bang would go to his study alone and stay quietly for an hour or two. It's the same today. In order to be quiet, Liu Bang built his study in a claustrophobic underground, although it lacked the artistic conception of Fang Lan and green bamboo, but it also ensured a quiet pleasure where no one else was around. There is a small light every five steps in the small and empty aisle, and the faint and clear lights converge to illuminate the quiet aisle, just like Liu Bang's footsteps echoing in the aisle, not loud or weak, just right.
Different lights from far and near scattered, pulling out several overlapping shadows of different lengths behind Liu Bang, with the movement of Liu Bang's footsteps, those overlapping shadows are also changing subtly, but in the darkest part of all the shadows completely overlapping, there is no change, and in the darkest and most silent shadow stacked area, it seems that something black lurks in it, faintly following Liu Bang's figure, but its black and shadow are completely integrated, and no one can find it.
At the end of the aisle is Liu Bang's study, a separate room carved out underground. Walking to the door, Liu Bang walked in naturally, and even dragged his long shadow in. However, when Liu Bang's shadow moved into the room with him, a layer of black shadow came out of Liu Bang's shadow and stayed on the edge of the door - it was brought from this study, as if a black vortex was born from the ground, Liu Bang glanced back at the black shadow that swirled as if to poke out something, without a trace of surprise, and without even looking at the body it was about to poke out, he gently closed the door.
Yes, Liu Bang knew that something was following him all the time, not only today, as early as a few months ago, Liu Bang found that as long as he was in Huyao City, no matter where he went, there would be such a strange thing lurking in his shadow, following him inseparably, he stumbled upon all this a few months ago, but he didn't dare to assert how long this thing had been with him, maybe a few months, maybe a year, or even three years.
The most important thing is that Liu Bang recognizes that thing - "lurking shadows, chasing people invisible" - Qin Chu royal secrets, ghost eye guards. Liu Bang didn't dare to speculate whether this ancient royal secret technique was stolen by someone, or Ying Zheng was tracking down his whereabouts, or someone secretly intervened in the land of royal power, just like Xu Fu back then. He didn't know, but it was roughly certain that in the three years since he went to the border city to guard, the Qin Chu royal family was not as calm as he imagined. However, Liu Bang couldn't easily eliminate the ghost eye guard who was following him, so as not to startle the snake in the unknown situation, so since he found this ghost eye guard, he has been paying attention to his words and deeds in Huyao City, and he lives a regular and leisurely life every day, no matter what, this always makes the person behind the scenes who has been tracking him a little more leisurely.
However, there are some things that can't be covered up and can't be let go, so Liu Bang built this quiet study, and a layer of light blue magic circle graphics faintly appeared on the ground in the study, and the ancient spirit magic circle sheltered the entire study, isolating all the demonic power of the other, so that the demonic ghost eye guard could not cross the forbidden boundary at all. This spirit magic array is a kind of magic spell that Liu Bang asked Jiang Shang for the last time he went to Fengqi Mountain, which was originally used to suppress some uncontrolled demonic foreign objects, but now it is used by Liu Bang in the room to ward off evil spirits. The study is actually a study, and there are three bookshelves standing in between, and the shelves are full of ancient books that are the same color as dust. And in the middle of the study there is a sandalwood copy, a white candle is placed on the case, the fire lit by the white candle is also jade white, the light is bright, the whole study is only lit by this white candle, but it is as bright as day.
On that copy, next to the open flame and white candle, there was the dark purple bat. Liu Bang walked straight to the copy, sat down lightly, and then gently picked up the bat. The Pattern Bat is not immortal, once it is formed and flies out, there is no longer a source of magic blue energy, and it can only passively consume the magic blue energy condensed at the beginning of the moon. For the Silky Bat, the magic blue energy is its life, and now, it is already dying.
Liu Bang stared at the small Devil Pattern Bat in his hand, stared at the small word "Worm" on its back wing, and then slowly attracted the magic blue energy in the body into the body of the Pattern Bat - this is a very terrible behavior, without authorization to introduce his own magic blue energy into the magic blue energy condensation of others, this is a completely different concept from supplementing his own magic blue into the body of others, the condensation of magic blue energy exists in essence and rejects itself, once there is an influx of foreign magic blue energy, it will immediately trigger its aggressiveness, a little careless, It will even cause the impact explosion of two waves of magic blue energy! Only those who have a deep understanding of the magic blue can be sure to carry out such a dangerous operation.
And Liu Bang was doing this, his magic blue energy was faintly injected, and as soon as the striated bat felt the influx of foreign energy, he immediately screamed and fluttered his wings a few times, but he did not strongly repulse, and slowly, he actually accepted the magic blue energy injected by Liu Bang. The process of infusing the Pattern Bat with magic blue was very long, and it took about forty minutes before Liu Bang finished his work, let go of his fingers, and let the Pattern Bat fly in the air with vigor again. He saved the bat, without which he would not have been able to find the trace of the moon. Staring at the bats flying in the air, Liu Bang's expression gradually became serious. He secretly searched in his heart - "Striped bat...... Devil's Eye Guard...... And Zhang Liang's prophecy ......"
Whether it is the Pattern Bat, the Ghost Eye Guard, and Zhang Liang's prophecy, they all ominously indicate the same thing - there is a change in the Xianyang Palace! Yes, Liu Bang determined this very early. In fact, he didn't come up with the secret meaning hidden in the Mi Pattern Bat, and he didn't need to think about it anymore, the appearance of the Pattern Bat itself indicates that the situation of Mi Yue has changed, which also faintly indicates that the situation of the Xianyang Palace has changed, and everything cannot be done for no reason! But although he had seen the heresy of the situation, Liu Bang never moved, but waited quietly. This is not actually his style, as soon as he sees that the situation is different, he will definitely respond immediately, instead of just waiting - sit back and wait.
But Liu Bang can't move, no matter how clearly he judges, it is impossible for him to make a move alone, he needs someone - he needs Xiang Yu! Liu Bang has always been very aware of the proportions he has to grasp, and only by grasping the proportions can he always stand in the right position in countless games. The situation he is facing now may be very big, and the only person who has always maintained a line with him is Xiang Yu! Therefore, he must hold the position with Xiang Yu and maintain a common attitude, so that they can ensure the final advantage in the situation that is about to change.
However, Xiang Yu has not yet seen the heresy of the situation. In fact, he should have seen some of them, but he didn't pay enough attention to them, and his reason was also very good, they were in the position of border city guards, and they had to guard the border city defense line first. Xiang Yu's words are good, and Liu Bang also has to maintain an attitude with him, so he can only sit with him and wait for the situation to change.
In fact, this also involves the fundamental difference between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's concepts - they are both people with a great view of the overall situation, the difference is that Xiang Yu's consciousness attaches more importance to the responsibility of guarding the overall situation, while Liu Bang's consciousness attaches more importance to the decisiveness of determining the overall situation. If Liu Bang could make a decision alone, he would inevitably abandon the guards of the border city first to determine the situation of the entire Qin Chu, instead of choosing this kind of "sitting and waiting" behavior. But Xiang Yu's words were not wrong, he could only wait for the situation to change first.
"No one is immune to the coming storm." Savoring Zhang Liang's prophecy, Liu Bang felt more and more that the situation in Qin and Chu would never be as harmonious and peaceful as written in the political documents sent by Ying Zheng every month.
(End of chapter)