Chapter 12: The Man Behind the Scenes Reveals His True Identity
Coming to the towering and luxurious castle, Hua Xia raised her head to look at the towering spire, the mottled city walls climbed withered vines, under the twilight, the eerie and terrifying atmosphere gradually dispersed, and uneasiness quietly spread in her heart...
"Knock knock!" his heart beat violently, and a familiar feeling came back to him, growing stronger.
"The debris seems... In this castle?" Hua Xia said as she clutched her chest, raised her hand and fumbled on the huge door for a while, and with a slight press of her hand, a crisp "click" sounded, and the heavy door slowly opened with a dull loud sound, and there was a boundless darkness and unknown waiting for them inside...
"Oh, it's dark!" Hua Xia hugged his head in fear and hid behind Zi Yuntian, trembling and following him slowly.
Zi Yuntian and Xingchen dragged Huaxia, who was paralyzed with fright, to carefully grope in the dark for a while, only to see the door behind them suddenly slam shut, and the darkness that could not be seen suddenly attacked, boundless fear and anxiety greedily devoured their trembling hearts like hideous demons, and quietly spread little by little...
At some point, a pair of small blood-red eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness, followed by a second pair, a third pair, a fourth pair... The dense small dots of light made Huaxia's scalp numb, and the screams that had been held back for a long time finally broke through the cage of reason and rushed out: "Ah--- hmm!" Zi Yuntian immediately covered her mouth vigilantly, and the scream was swallowed back again.
"Shh---hh Zi Yuntian whispered.
"Hmm... I'm going to be scared to death!" Huaxia hugged him aggrievedly and wanted to get some comfort, only to feel that a huge thing carefully and gently pulled itself into Ziyuntian's warm arms.
Then, a bright fire ignited in his hand, illuminating a small area, and through the faint light, Huaxia realized that it was the huge dragon wings of Ziyuntian gently surrounding him.
Under such care, the sense of security is like a brave knight, driving away all the anxiety and fear in her heart, and becoming warm. Gradually, Huaxia's body no longer trembled, his hands and feet were no longer cold, and his heart was no longer frightened, snuggled in Ziyuntian's arms, illuminated by the firelight, everything was so beautiful in Huaxia's eyes...
Xingchen looked at the two of them so warmly, and his heart was warm.
The boundless darkness suddenly dissipated under the candles that lit in an instant, and I saw that the candles around me all lit small bright flames, and everything was no longer so mysterious and unknown, but a little blurred:
After staying in the dark for a long time, the brighter fire suddenly lit up, which made Huaxia's eyes a little uncomfortable for a while, and when she slowly opened her eyes, the outline of the room gradually became clear:
The atmosphere in the hall is quite cold, the luxurious black marble floor is spotless, the dark red carpet along the ancient and luxurious staircase has been creeping to the crystal chandelier in the middle of the upper hall does not emit a trace of light, but the charming crystal is shining faintly under the reflection of the candlelight, look closely, there are still groups of small black and brown hairballs on it, a pair of blood-red eyes look very hideous and terrifying, the candle light flashes brightly and flickering, the bright red candle oil flows slowly down the smooth countertop, the grace and luxury in the room and the dazzling blood red give people a strong sense of depression...
"Don't hide, show up!" Xingchen said in a stern tone.
Soon, a very nice male voice came, melodious and melodious throughout the entire empty hall: "Welcome, I don't know if the distinguished guests are far away." His tone was modest, unassuming and unassuming. Driven by curiosity, Hua Xia couldn't help but ask: "You... Who are you? Come out!"
As soon as the words fell, a black shadow suddenly flashed on the sofa on the upper floor, he was holding a glass with red liquid in his hand and shaking it gently, and the thick liquid also flowed, after some shaking, a pungent fishy smell spread, and he seemed to not care but enjoyed it very much, and licked his red lips with his pointed tongue...
He smiled and set the glass aside, and leaped lightly without leaving a sound, the crisp sound of his heel touching the marble floor amplified much in the empty hall.
He straightened up, and his handsome face finally came into his eyes: under the long flowing black hair, there were a pair of black and gray eyes as bright as the starry sky, and his deep eyes were looking at her politely, without a trace of fierceness and sin. He bowed slightly with a very gentlemanly demeanor and said:
"I am a fallen angel [Ling Xiao], welcome to your arrival~"
As he spoke, he saw that the deep eyes suddenly flashed red, and the two pairs (four) of shiny black wings stretched out, and the black feathers shining with starlight fluttered softly and fell to the ground, which was very beautiful.
"Oh, it's a fallen angel, why pretend to be noble? Xingchen said sarcastically.
Ling Xiao listened, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes were no longer gentle and modest, he became ruthless, staring at Hua Xia who was a little overwhelmed and smiled: "Also, I don't have to be fake like you!" He laughed wildly and spread his wings and flew in the air, grabbed it with both hands, and conjured up two black whirlpools, and threw them to the ground, and two tall figures appeared!
They were all dressed in torn black robes, their faces under the high brim of their hats seemed to be twisted and difficult to distinguish, but a pair of scarlet eyes were particularly piercing, one of them held a snowy giant sword in both hands, the other held a sharp scythe, and a pair of black wings behind them made it easy to guess their identity...
Seeing this, Xingchen lightly picked up the corners of his mouth and snorted coldly, his eyes flashed with a cold light, and there was a rain of ice picks, followed by a series of skillful attacks with agile body skills, which caught the puppets a little off guard, plus the body was tall and bulky, it was difficult to dodge one by one.
Maybe it was careless, a burst of sword qi swept over, Xingchen almost didn't dodge, and suddenly a black feather the size of a hand slammed his right shoulder, and suddenly blood splashed, Xingchen had to fight them back and then return to Ziyuntian, leaning on his arms with sweat, his hand covering the injury and looking up, Ling Xiao was looking down at himself with a smug face, there were several identical black feathers floating in his hand, Huaxia frowned and roared:
"What kind of ability is it to take people by surprise when they are in danger?!"
Zi Yuntian's clenched fist never let go from beginning to end, he frowned slightly and entrusted Xingchen to Huaxia to heal, he walked in front of the two tall puppets alone, first fought with them, and then jumped in front of Ling Xiao with lightning speed, he just raised his hand burning with purple flames, but saw Ling Xiao grab a child from time and place and hold it in front of Zi Yuntian:
I saw that the boy's disheveled short golden hair, a pair of blood-colored amber-like eyes were full of fear and despair, the two sharp teeth were stained bright red by the blood stains at the corners of his mouth, the mottled scars on his face were very distressing, his pale lips were hardly bloody, and his face was haggard and he begged in a weak voice:
"Please, help me..."
His sincere gaze made Zi Yuntian's heart tremble, and the hand that stopped in front of the child was put down.
"Hmph, this poor little thing can please people like this, really..."Ling Xiao smiled and brought the child up to him, scratching his broken cheek with his long black nails.
"You don't even let go of the child?!" Zi Yuntian turned into a sharp blade in his hand, the tip of the knife was facing Ling Xiao's smug face, and the blade of the knife reflected his hideous face. Ling Xiao laughed a few times, and his hand was tightly pinched on the child's slender neck, and that burst of pain came to Zi Yuntian's heart again, and the tip of the knife still stopped in front of Ling Xiao getting carried away...
"What, can't you do it?" Ling Xiao said in a provocative tone.
Zi Yuntian breathed a long sigh of relief, so she had to put away the sharp blade and return to the ground, Huaxia and Xingchen, who witnessed this scene, rushed over, she whispered in Zi Yuntian's ear, tears flashed and said, "Can you... Save the inner child?"
"His parents are dead, what's the point of saving or not saving?" Ling Xiao fell to the ground, and the two tall puppets also approached, laying down their weapons and standing respectfully, but the scarlet gaze was still terrifying.
"Say, what do you want?" Zi Yuntian said slowly.
Hearing this, the corners of Ling Xiao's mouth rose proudly, and he said with a smile: "The fragment on that woman's chest is the only thing." ”
This made the three of them nervous, and Hua Xia hesitated even more, holding the fluorescent fragments in both hands, staring at the boy, and making a difficult choice in his mind: 'To give or not to give?' Giving may lead to a big mistake, I'm afraid it will be irreparable;
"Haven't you thought about it yet?" Ling Xiao turned his eyes to look at the frightened child and said, "My patience is limited!"
Seeing that Huaxia was about to hand over the pieces, maybe the boy understood something, turned his head and showed his fangs to bite Ling Xiao's wrist hard, and when his painful hand had to let go of himself, he used the little strength left in his body to rush towards Huaxia, and he could immediately throw himself into Huaxia's warm embrace!
"Woohoo!"
One by one, the black feathers pierced the boy's hot chest mercilessly, the boy's expression froze at that moment, crystal tears flew out of his eyes as he slowly fell to the ground, and the bright red blood bloomed into extremely beautiful flowers on his chest, desolate and sad...
"Thank you, sister..."
The boy said weakly, trying his best to raise his head and give Huaxia one last innocent smile, then he lay on the ground weakly and stopped moving, his body turned into a wisp of black smoke, which slowly dissipated...
Hua Xia looked at the scene in front of him, his heart was like a knife twisting, and the tears of distress poured out in an instant, only to see that the fragments of the spirit jade on his chest suddenly shone with dazzling light, and dispersed like a cloud mixed with starlight, and the appearance of the god of spirit jade appeared in front of everyone, saying that some people were surprised, Ling Xiao was even more shocked, suddenly became nervous, and said intermittently:
"You... You are the god of jade?!"
Hua Xia opened her golden eyes slightly, spread out her hands and divided the powerful divine power between Ziyuntian and Xingchen, and said lightly: "Bullying the weak and killing innocents indiscriminately, its crime should be punished!" As she spoke, she stretched out her hand, and the chains that flashed with white and golden light firmly entangled the two puppets, and Xingchen turned into a half-dragon and stepped forward to kill him with a knife.
Not to be outdone, Zi Yuntian rushed forward and released a huge fire tornado, the purple fire light rushed straight to the roof, burning the unsuspecting Ling Xiao all over his body, and the extremely high temperature seemed to burn him, and the subsequent rain of ice picks tortured him to death, the biting cold made his reaction a little sluggish, and his vision gradually blurred...
"But... Damn!" Ling Xiao, who had experienced the two heavens of ice and fire, raised his trembling hands, and a black feather turned out behind him, shining with a penetrating cold light like the tip of a knife;
Hua Xia looked at the flying black feathers, his expression was still calm, and he couldn't see a trace of panic.
"Bang ---"
I saw that her golden eyes flashed coldly, and the black feather that was close at hand was scattered by some mysterious power, and this piece of black feather was scattered one by one, and Huaxia was still unharmed.
"Dying throes. Huaxia raised his hand and shot a beam of light, turning into a phoenix reborn from the fire and beating him into a human shape who had no power to fight back, unwilling to leave only a wisp of black smoke still struggling, desperately trying to slip away quietly, but unexpectedly blocked by the stars, staring at himself coldly.
"I ask you, did the gargoyles in front of the door attack at your command?" he asked with a cold face.
Ling Xiao didn't dare to respond to a word, for fear that Xingchen would kill him with one blow, and there would be no chance of survival.
Seeing that he didn't speak, he turned into an ice blade and was about to stab it, Ling Xiao had to beg for mercy again and again: "I said, I said!" Only then did he save his life, and whispered, "Yes... It's me. Xingchen just wanted to kill him with a knife, but he heard Zi Yuntian's anxious cry:
"Chen'er, come on!"
Xingchen looked up and saw Huaxia who was unconscious in his arms, and then looked down to find that the wisp of black smoke had long since disappeared, he sighed, so he had to run over to see how Huaxia was injured, and gently shook her but still didn't wake up, guessing: "Maybe it's too tired, so let's sleep..."
"Let's stay here for the rest of the night tonight. Saying that, Zi Yuntian flew up to the second floor with her (princess hugging ~), walked into the bedroom and put her on the bed, looked at the stars following closely beside him, and said in a low voice:
"It's getting late, let's rest. ”
"Good~"