The low sound of trumpets came and went, far away in the night sky.

Under the cover of night, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared, and under the command of the horn, they quickly moved to lay down a line of defense, trying to immediately block the entire Ghost Gate General's Mansion.

Zhou Tiejun was born in the army and was proficient in the art of war, and while chasing after Hong Yuan, he gave orders to command the army to surround Hong Yuan, who broke into the general's mansion at night.

Hong Yuan was fast, scurrying through the night, dodging the Flame Knights' interceptions. But soon, he realized that the situation was getting worse and worse, and the space to hide was getting smaller and smaller. Under the command of Zhou Tiejun, more and more soldiers and horses poured into the Ghost Gate General's Mansion, first laying a huge encirclement outside, and then shrinking layer by layer from the outside to the inside. The encirclement is like a rope around the neck, which makes people more and more nervous. At the same time, there were more and more pursuers following behind, in addition to the two masters of Zhou Tiejun and Chu Yannan, as well as the elite flame knights, the elite masters of the Chu family who followed Chu Yannan to the Ghost Gate Pass also joined the pursuit.

"Stop, you have been surrounded, and you will definitely not be able to escape from this general's mansion!"

"If you don't want to die too miserably, just stand up to the deity!"

Zhou Tiejun drank vigorously and chased after him.

At first, he was still going all out to capture Hong Yuan personally, but slowly, as the army quickly arrived and was besieged, he slowed down. After grasping the overall situation, he no longer took action in person, and the wound in his palm made him learn to be obedient, ready to let the guards do it. Soon, many of his own soldiers rushed ahead of him.

Hong Yuan didn't look back, plunged into a small forest, and did not leave through the grove immediately, but quickly squatted down and lurked in the bushes.

A tall and burly flame knight rushed forward after him, wearing heavy armor and a helmet on his face, and only a pair of cold and cruel eyes were exposed on his body, wanting to take the lead in capturing Hong Yuan and making meritorious contributions. As a result, as soon as he rushed into the grove, he didn't have time to see clearly which direction Hong Yuan was fleeing, and a strange sound sounded in his ears. It sounded like the sound of arrows.

There was nothing unusual in the woods, and the flame knight's eyes widened to see the expected crossbow arrows, but a thumb-sized blood hole suddenly appeared in his forehead, and his burly body suddenly fell to the ground.

"The first one, come on, if you don't want to die, catch up!"

Hong Yuan snorted coldly, rushed out from behind the bushes, and continued to run wildly. Compared with before, he had an extra crossbow in his hand, and sacrificed the Zhuxian crossbow that Ge Hong gave him. Without bending the bow and arrows, just the strength of the bowstring rebound shot a powerful flame knight, and the power was staggering. During this time in the Immortal Temple, Hong Yuan did not waste it in vain, and showed the power of the great killing weapon of the Zhuxian crossbow.

The group of centaurs quickly rushed up, and when they saw the corpse of the big Flame Knight, they all stopped.

"What kind of murder weapon is this? a unique bayonet, or is it a ......?"

Zhou Tiejun personally squatted down to check, looked at the blood hole on the deceased's forehead, and then looked at the wound on his palm, his heart was shocked, and he couldn't guess what kind of murder weapon left it for a while.

"This is the wound left by the Zhuxian crossbow, this uninvited guest is that kid from Hong Yuan! This guy really came to the Ghost Gate!"

Chu Yannan followed, looking at the wounds of the deceased, his heart was also shaken, and his face became solemn, knowing that the killing weapon of the Immortal Temple, the Zhuxian Crossbow, was in Hong Yuan's hand. Unexpectedly, he kept saying that he was going to kill Hong Yuan, but he sneaked to his side and didn't know it.

"Good boy, chase! The entire Ghost Gate General's Mansion has been blocked, and he can't escape!"

Zhou Tiejun stood up, ordered in a deep voice, and led a large group of flame knights to continue chasing. As a result, they chased all the way to the largest artificial lake in the Ghost Gate General's Mansion, and found no less than twenty corpses along the way, each of which was fatally hit by a blow with blood flowing from the forehead. Below the outlet of the artificial lake is a sewer leading to the outside of the General's Mansion, and Tie Shanlan at the entrance has been forcibly broken. Obviously, Hong Yuan had already run out from here, and the army that had laid out the heavy defensive lines inside and outside the General's Mansion had all become decorations.

Hong Yuan was running and thinking of a good way to get out, and while Zhou Tiejun and his party stopped to check the wounds of the deceased, it didn't take much effort to ask the location of the sewers of the General's Mansion, and retreated under the siege of the army.

"Damn, chase!"

"Expand the scope to the entire Ghost Gate, and pull out this kid Hong Yuan, who is wearing a night suit and a big hat on his head, and kill him!"

"The whole city is under martial law, and those who wander around the streets and alleys and refuse to be interrogated will be killed by me!"

Zhou Tiejun was furious and issued a killing order.

Soon, a group of flame knights rode their horses into the streets and alleys to enforce the highest level of martial law.

In a sewage pond hundreds of meters away from the Ghost Gate General's Mansion, Hong Yuan suddenly appeared, and he didn't have time to change his outfit, so he fled as quickly as possible. Ben was about to return to the inn quietly, but soon after that, he was discovered by the patrolling Flame Knight, and was chased again. This time, the cavalry chasing after them were all cavalry, bending their bows and arrows from a long distance, and as soon as they met, more than a dozen crossbow arrows roared in. Someone else blew the horn and quickly summoned more Flame Knights to report Hong Yuan's whereabouts to the large army.

"Damn!"

Hong Yuan scolded angrily, swaying from side to side to dodge the sharp crossbow arrows, and then rushed over with an arrow step, rushing into a dark alley. Behind him, the sound of horses' hooves quickly came from far to near. Just as Hong Yuan raised the Zhuxian crossbow and was about to counterattack on the spot to kill this group of cavalry, goose feather snowflakes suddenly fell from the air, and the temperature in the alley dropped sharply. In the darkness, there was a faint sound of a lute sound.

Feixue Pipa, is it Zhao Xuemin?

Hong Yuan was very surprised, and just as he was puzzled, the goose feather snowflakes spun up and turned into a sharp ice blade, and roared towards many cavalrymen. In an instant, the people turned on their backs, and more than a dozen elite flame knights all fell in a pool of blood. On the high walls on both sides, two old men appeared on the left and right, tall and thin, with white faces and beards, wearing white robes. It's none other than the two big masters of Drifting Snow City.

Great Elder Zhao Hanxue waved his sleeves, and all the ice blades and the ice slag remaining on the ground disappeared, leaving no trace, and said to Hong Yuan respectfully: "Young Master Hong, our young lady is invited." ”

"Good!"

Hong Yuan nodded happily, he didn't expect Zhao Xuemin to really come to the Ghost Gate Pass, and quickly left with Zhao Hanxue. The second elder, Zhao Hanbing, quickly changed into a night suit, put on a similar big hat, and rushed out of the dark alley in turn, pretending to be Hong Yuan to lead away the pursuers who arrived after hearing the sound, and went to the direction of the city gate.

The melodious sound of the pipa came and went, and the faint seemed to come from the sky. Under the leadership of the Great Elder Zhao Hanxue, Hong Yuan turned around and came to an ordinary-looking house. In a secret and simple room, I met Zhao Xuemin.

"Zhao Xue, why are you here?"

Hong Yuan was overjoyed, and there were some doubts in his heart, I don't know why Zhao Xuemin suddenly came here.

"Hmph, it's not for you, do you know, how many people are you targeting now?"

Zhao Xuemin put away the pipa, and the maid who was standing aside and waiting served two cups of hot tea, and then retreated with the great elder Zhao Hanxue.

"Hehe, let's talk about who else besides Chu Yannan and Zhou Tiejun?" Hong Yuan sat down cross-legged opposite Zhao Xuemin, took a sip of hot tea.

"There are too many to count!Hong Yuan, it's just enough to steal the treasure of the Immortal Temple, why did you even take away the Night Dragon Banner that suppressed the alliance's luck?" Zhao Xuemin shook her head, Hong Yuan smiled disapprenorovingly, but she frowned, "Do you know what the Night Dragon Banner means?"

"What is that, a very powerful treasure?" asked Hong Yuan.

"It is rumored that after refining, you can order all the night dragons to enter the holy land of the night dragon clan and become the lord of the night dragon, do you say it is powerful?" Zhao Xuemin asked rhetorically.

"It's very powerful, but do you believe that I really have the treasure of the Night Dragon Banner on me?"

Hong Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "Obviously, this is Chu Yannan's trick, deliberately trying to make trouble for me." What kind of place is the Immortal Temple, who can sneak into the forbidden place of the Immortal Temple and steal such a peerless treasure as the Night Dragon Banner, is it really that Ge Hong's alliance giant does not exist? Such an obvious rumor, whoever believes it is a fool. Zhao Xue, when did you become so easily fooled?"

Hong Yuan disagreed, believing that it was Chu Yannan's trick, but soon, he felt that something was wrong.

Zhao Xuemin did not agree or refute, but looked at Hong Yuan quietly with deep worry in his eyes.

"Why, Zhao Xue, you don't really believe such a shoddy rumor, do you really think that the so-called Night Dragon Banner is on me?"

Zhao Xuemin sighed and said, "The news was not spread by Chu Yannan, but by Ge Qingshuang, the eldest disciple of the Immortal Temple, whether it is true or not, what do you say?"

"What? Ge Qingshuang said it herself, how is this possible?"

Hong Yuan was taken aback, completely unexpected. Leaning slightly, seeing that Zhao Xuemin didn't seem to be joking, she slowly came back to her senses, "Zhao Xue, I definitely didn't steal any Night Dragon Banner, and the Zhuxian crossbow in my hand was given to me by Ge Hong on his own initiative." ”

"Well, I believe you. ”

Zhao Xuemin nodded, without the slightest doubt about Hong Yuan's words, but the worry in his eyes deepened, "However, apart from me, who else in the world will believe you?

Hong Yuan's face suddenly turned pale, and he quickly understood how serious the matter was, "Damn, that old guy Ge Hong did it on purpose, it was his conspiracy?"

"That's right, it's Old Man Ge's conspiracy!"

Zhao Xuemin nodded, and the bystanders understood Ge Hong's purpose, "Hong Yuan, the old guy is doing this, on the one hand, to increase the difficulty of your completion of the task, and on the other hand, to take the opportunity to eradicate some tumors of the alliance, and treat you as a pawn and a bait for him." He's easy, hiding behind the scenes and controlling the overall situation, but he's made you miserable. Although the Zhuxian crossbow is powerful, it is still not a top-level treasure, and it can't enter the eyes of some old monsters;

"To be able to sit on the throne of the alliance giant, it is really ruthless!"

Hong Yuan smiled bitterly, the clothes on his body were already soaked with cold sweat, and he understood that he couldn't speak clearly now. In the eyes of others, the Zhuxian crossbow is the greatest evidence.

Now, he finally knew why Zhao Xuemin, who was anxious about his family, suddenly arrived. Without her ventilation message, I was afraid that I didn't know what was going on when I died, and I would be killed before I arrived at the Daredevil Stone Forest. Originally, it was tricky enough to face the two strong enemies of Chu Yannan and Zhou Tiejun, but now it is good, I don't know how many strong enemies I have to face.

"Dead old man, knowing that I would go to him, escaped from the fairy temple overnight and hid in the bed of a merry woman. Dare to cheat people like this, see how I clean him up in the future, hum!"

Zhao Xuemin was also annoyed, after learning the news, she rushed from Drifting Snow City to Night Dragon City overnight to find Ge Hong to discuss the law, but as a result, the old guy hid and avoided it, and the master was in retreat, so she had nothing to do but hurry with the second elder of Drifting Snow. Hong Yuan's trip to the Night Demon Stone Forest is just a task to say that it sounds good, but in fact it is a round of life and death tests, far more dangerous than going to the front line to fight with the dragon blood warriors of the Hualong Empire. Even if he is a big master of the alliance, it is a life and death to take on such a task!

"Now, the most important thing is how to get out of the ghost gate. Hong Yuan gradually calmed down and understood the crux of the matter. The longer you stay in the Ghost Gate, the more dangerous you will become, and as time goes by, more masters will come from all over the Alliance, and even from all parts of the Gods and Ghosts Continent.

"Yes, leave the Ghost Gate Pass first, but Zhou Tiejun is very difficult to deal with!"

Zhao Xuemin also knew that the Ghost Gate Pass was dangerous, and she thought of it on the way from Night Dragon City, "Here, Zhou Tiejun is used to covering the sky with one hand, and there are many masters under his command, it is very difficult to forcibly break through alone, and it is easy to be secretly targeted by the top masters." The best way is to use the power of the masses to secretly induce the adventurers and merchants stranded here to riot, and concentrate the power of the masses to forcibly break through! But no one is a fool, it is easy to say that it is difficult to sit up, it is difficult!"

Zhao Xuemin shook her head again and again, she had already thought about the general direction, but it was very difficult to actually operate it.

"Zhao Xue, I have a solution. ”

Hong Yuan's heart moved, and after listening to Zhao Xuemin's words, he suddenly thought of a way, and whispered a few words in Zhao Xuemin's ear.

"Okay, okay! Hong Yuan, I suddenly understand why Old Man Ge did this on purpose, perhaps, you are really the person he has been waiting for. ”

Zhao Xuemin seemed to remember something, and she didn't have time to explain to Hong Yuan, so she clapped her palms and summoned the Great Elder Zhao Hanxue, who was guarding the door, in.