"Dare to lie! A lifetime of openness...? You're not afraid of thunder! ”

I don't know which of my words aroused her anger, the woman in red suddenly became fierce and manic, and her voice suddenly changed from lifeless cold to scorching heat that devoured people's bones and blood, and she couldn't breathe, "I don't care about anyone else, but she... She has a deep affection for you, and you can't bear to be a killer, which is really vicious! ”

"—Who are you talking about? I haven't killed anyone at all......"

My body suddenly froze, and my voice froze in my throat, "You're talking about Ji - is she dead, when did it happen!" I don't know... I didn't force her to drink that bowl of medicine! - Or... Or is it Fulin, is it Xiaoyao? Their wolf ambitions are also self-defeating... Why, why do you blame me for all the faults! ”

"Heh..."The woman in red sneered and raised her head again, a pair of turquoise eyes above the veil still staring coldly at my painful writhing body. I'm not interested in knowing how many lives you have on your hands. Fortunately, they can send you on the road immediately, and on Huangquan Road, there are ghosts who lead them to settle accounts with you! ”

"You're a madman......"

I couldn't support my arms anymore, and I let my body, which had already run out of strength, fall straight into the snow, "You are full of benevolence and morality, but you don't know how many evil things they have done. Today... Today is the death of today, and I will never regret them. ”

"I'm not here for the sake of the people you're talking about." The sneer of the woman in red stopped abruptly, and she finally raised the golden sword in her hand again, "I just hate that you can't even remember her as a person... Slut, under the shadows, you will live forever for her! ”

I heard the woman in red leap to her feet and raise her sword to stab at me, and the wind howled. If you want to get up, your internal strength has long been exhausted like a cocoon. When I looked up, I saw that she had flown in front of me, and the sword was no more than three feet apart from me.

The sword qi pierced my scalp numbly, and I had no intention of resisting, so I closed my eyes in despair and waited for the next second of death. It's just that in that short moment, many people's faces suddenly flashed in their minds like a flash - Shui Qing, Xiao Li, Jin Bi, Chu He, as well as Zhuo Ying and Yun Xia...

If you want to see you again in this life, I'm afraid you can't......

- A loud bang suddenly exploded in my ears.

I screamed and retracted my head into the snow, the pain of the violent humming that made me forget the despair of imminent death for a moment.

Before I could react, a large, warm and powerful hand wrapped its arms around my neck and pulled me out of the filthy red snow. When I opened my eyes, I found that my eyesight had been damaged by the temporary loss of hearing, and I could only vaguely make out a vague face, only a few inches away from me, panting dullly.

"Return to Hotaru! Are you okay! ”

"Duan Ming...?"

As if awakened by the damp and familiar breath sprayed on my face, an infinite warm current gushed out from the bottom of my heart, "-Duan Ming! Is that you! ”

"It's me! Gui Hotaru, I'm coming! Duan Ming tried his best to suppress the trembling of his body and gently shook me who was not fully awake in his arms, and said distressed in his usual gentle voice like a trickling spring stream, "How are you, does it hurt a lot?" ”

"It's really you... I'm not dreaming! His eyesight was slowly recovering, and Duan Ming's soft face became clear and real by a minute.

When I could fully see the concerned eyes he was staring at my face, the tears could no longer be suppressed, and they fell like a string of broken threads, "Are you really back, Duan Ming?" It was what I said that hurt you before, it's me who is not good, it's me who is crazy...... Duan Ming, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, can you forgive me-"

"-Gui Hotaru, calm down, I naturally forgive you, I forgave you a long time ago! And you'll never leave again, you're seriously injured right now, so be sure to calm down......"

Duan Ming put one hand around my neck, and the other hand gently ran along my heaving chest, trying to soothe my excited emotions in the softest and most melodious tone, "We have something to say slowly, and it is important to solve the trouble in front of us first." ”

My heart shrank suddenly, and Duan Ming and I looked into the distance at the same time.

I saw that the woman in red had already jumped a few feet away, and she was still holding the golden long sword tightly in her hand, but her chest was slightly undulating, and her eyes were shining with a faint and uncertain light, as if she was stunned by Duan Ming's appearance for a while.

I looked sideways slightly, and sure enough, I saw a foot of green mangs looming in the snow not far from beside me, so the loud sound of the right person was Duan Ming's sharp killing move that blocked the golden long sword of the woman in red stabbing at me at the last moment.

I breathed a long sigh of relief and closed my eyes slightly, feeling the warmth of steadiness and joy gushing out of my heart, flowing through the blood through every inch of my frozen flesh—

When Duan Ming comes, I won't die.

As long as he is there, all difficulties can be easily resolved.

"You lie here and heal your wounds," Duan Ming slowly lowered my head with a very light movement, but his eyes did not take his eyes off the woman in red for a moment. "She'll leave it to me."

"—Yours is a sword?"

But I heard the voice of the woman in red in the distance drifting along the cold wind, still cold to the bone without a trace of temperature.

Duan Ming's upright body was slightly slender, he was dressed simply, and his whole body was no more than a wide and thick black iris thick line velvet robe. I saw him look back at me slightly, and there was a trace of imperceptible surprise in his eyes and immediately dispersed, and then he picked up the sword and held it in front of him, and said loudly as usual, "Since the seniors know the sword of the juniors, do you still want to continue to entangle?" ”

"I have never heard of any action to help the weak and save people." The woman in red spoke in a casual tone, obviously not at all deterred by Duan Ming's identity, "Your Excellency can't help but say bad things about me, but you dare to ask, but what are the rules of the tail sect?" ”

"The seniors have mellow internal skills, superb martial arts, and the younger generations are very admired." Duan Ming paused slightly, then continued to look at the woman in red with a firm gaze and said sonorously, "It's not a secret, the junior didn't mean to obstruct it. It's just because of the right thing that you want to kill is the banner master of my tail sect Gangfeng Banner. The younger generation is the deputy flag master of the Gangfeng Banner, so he is desperate to protect each other. ”

"Ridiculous. Who in the rivers and lakes doesn't know that the martial arts of the master of the Tail Sect Gangfeng Banner are unparalleled in the world, how can it be this waste that can't even avoid my sword? The woman in red sneered again and again, raised the long sword in her hand and pointed at me from afar, "Even the deputy flag master of the Tang Tang Wei Sect Gang Wind Banner 'Red Fragrance and Green Cui' is willing to stand up for you... Lian Gui Hotaru, you still have some way. ”

"The seniors were wrong." Duan Ming said coldly, "As the junior said, this one is Lord Wen Ling, the master of my Gangfeng Banner, not some Liangui Firefly in the mouth of the seniors. As for why the banner owner is defeated by his predecessors today...... It's really that a few days ago, when I was practicing the supreme secret technique of Lingxi Nine Styles, I accidentally went off fire, and my internal strength was greatly damaged. This is not strong, and I can't accompany my predecessors to dismantle a few more tricks-"

"—nonsense!" The woman in red interrupted sharply, "Gangfeng Banner 'Red Fragrance and Green Cui' is powerful in the martial arts, how could the real Wen Ling Banner Master not even have the sword with him?" Deputy Banner Master Duan, you are in a high position in the Tail Sect, why should you be filthy for this waste tonight! ”

"It is precisely because the younger generation is the deputy flag master of the Gangfeng Banner that it is incumbent on me to do my best to protect my flag master from -"

She already recognized her name! Boy, tonight you even made a remark in order to help her exonerate, you are really willing to be cheap! The woman in red said angrily, "If you meddle in your affairs any longer, don't blame me for being innocent!" ”

The wind was bitter, and I clutched my injured lower abdomen in the snow and watched the snowflakes fall from the sky.

The night sky is quiet, and a bright full moon surrounded by stars has moved to the middle of the sky—is it already the middle of the day?

I'm afraid that the gate of Karshu City has already been closed, and the elated mood when the white-clothed young man came to Lianyue Lake in the moonlight and snow has long been gone.

I twisted my body slightly, as if I had been punched by a thousand pounds, naively and vainly expecting all this to be nothing more than a dream I had conceived because I missed Duan Ming and Shui Qing's safety too much, a terrifying reality......

"Senior... Are you really determined to let it go? ”

After a long time, Duan Ming spoke again. Perhaps because of the cold wind, his voice was no longer gentle and gentle to me, but turned into a forest stream that was warm and cold, seemingly trickling, but it was also cold to the bone.

I watched in horror as a strange smile resurfaced on the snake-like green eyes of the woman in red, who didn't say a word, but twisted her wrist slightly, moving the blade that was originally pointing at me steadily towards Duan Ming's chest inch by inch.

"In that case, seniors ......"

Duan Ming raised his tie with one hand, and the black robe fell into the snow with a thud. He was still dressed in the old light blue that he was used to wearing, but he was replaced by a jacket and cotton skirt. I only heard him cough his throat suddenly, and the voice was resolute and sharp that I had never heard before, "-Junior, you're welcome!" ”

The snow and dust rose suddenly, and before I could take a closer look, Duan Ming shot out like an arrow from the string.

The snow and dust were scattered, and Duan Ming had already deceived the woman in red three feet in front of him, but he saw him suddenly round his big arm, and threw the sword straight forward with a short shout. The woman in red obviously didn't expect this move, and it was too late to dodge, so she had to withdraw her sword in a hurry.

Hearing the sharp sound of Langlang's series of metal rubbing, the woman in red twisted her wrist and shook violently, and the sword that flew around the golden long sword for more than ten circles flew back to its owner. Duan Ming hurriedly leaned over and braked, firmly grasping the hilt of the sword with one hand, and his body had already slid under the feet of the woman in red.

The latter turned around angrily and chased after a sword, but Duan Ming had already spun in front of him again. The woman in red was shocked to find that the dead angle was exposed, and she messed up her swordsmanship for a while to cut it indiscriminately, but the complexity and novelty of Duan Ming's moves made it impossible to disassemble, and she had already gained the upper hand. After dozens of moves were removed, the woman in red had been forced out of the box.

I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when I saw this scene - I really didn't expect that Duan Ming, who has always been gentle as a spring breeze, would be so strong in martial arts!

Thinking about it, his swordsmanship was taught by Wen Ling himself back then, and today except for the Tail Sect, the rest of the Four Banner Masters are afraid that there will be no one to match. Rao is the woman in red, no matter how poisonous and ruthless her swordsmanship is, I am afraid that I will not be able to take my life as I wish today, and I will not even be able to escape a miserable defeat and an embarrassed end.

was rejoicing, but saw that the tide of battle seemed to have turned around.

As if she had figured out the doorway of Duan Ming's quick sword moves, the woman in red gradually regained her composure, and used one sword to respond to ten swords' fierce attack to pull back a few moves. Duan Ming didn't show the slightest fear, the sword moves in his hand became faster and faster, and he danced a green mang's sword like a thousand frightened and crazy fireflies, and attacked the long, thin red figure with a brush.

However, although the sword was fast, there were many false moves, and the woman in red seemed to have already seen through the mystery, and she didn't care about her many lives exposed to Duan Ming's sword blade, and only attacked him with his legs. Duan Ming saw that he was about to be hit, so he had no choice but to withdraw his offensive and concentrate on defense. The fireflies dissipated, the golden light flashed, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in my calf, and when I turned my head to look, I was horrified to see layers of blood spilling out.

I raised my head suddenly, and sure enough, I saw that Duan Ming's leg in the fierce battle in the distance was cut by the long sword, but I really didn't have time to care about it, so I could only let his blood flow for the time being. It was like a slap in the face, and I remembered that Duan Ming and my body were originally interconnected. Then I had been hit by the sword qi of the woman in red before, and at this moment, wouldn't Duan Ming also endure the pain of the injured to deal with the enemy.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but panic more and more, and wanted to get up to help, but my legs couldn't bear the strength.

I was anxious and ashamed, and I was anxious that the woman in red was getting braver and braver at this moment; I am ashamed that Duan Ming's suffering is the same as mine, and at this moment he is doing his best to protect me, but I can't stand up because I am afraid. Still struggling to get up, but seeing that the first Duan Ming was still struggling in the face of the domineering killing moves of the woman in red, he had already begun to use the Lingxi Nine Style housekeeping skills.

He suddenly leaned over and jumped back half a step, unexpectedly throwing the sword out of his hand again. Just because the two of them were extremely close, even the woman in red didn't expect Duan Ming to have such a move, so she bent down and dodged it, and her attack was greatly reduced for a while. I was surprised to see that the sword that came out of Duan Ming's hand spun out a cyan arc and circled behind the woman in red, and its owner slapped his palm one after another, making it the phoenix feather that I was most familiar with.

It dawned on me that the power of the Nine Styles of Lingxi lies in the fact that the two swords come out together and defend each other. At this moment, Duan Ming used his own palm to force the enemy backwards, and the Thunderbolt Flying Sword was equivalent to a person attacking from behind in place.

This move was made, and the effect was really excellent, but I saw the woman in red entangled with Duan Ming's continuous palm technique on one wall and bent down and jumped to avoid the whirling sword behind her, and all the moves were broken for a while, and she was extremely embarrassed. He had no choice but to jump outside the Duan Ming offensive circle.

The green light flashed, and the sword returned to the master's hand.