The junction of Tianluo Province and Cangyan Province.

Gradually, the sky changed from gray to black. If you don't use spiritual power or some kind of move, just use the naked eye to look down from the sky, you can basically see any scenery, you can only see large brown, gray or small pieces of gray, occasionally you can see a few small clusters or large clusters of light, some are brighter, some are slightly dim. It is the light that comes from a part of the house in a town or village. The wind has already lightened a lot, and the snow is not as heavy as it was just now. If you don't fly in the air, you can't hear any wind.

Ye Hengyuan's five people were still lined up in a straight line, but instead of flying to the southeast where Cangling City was located, they flew to the northeast. The protective energy film that enveloped their bodies became a double layer, with an outer layer of dark gray and purple and an inner layer of gold and turquoise. The advantage of this double protective film is that it can counteract the visual effects of the night, and it is difficult to detect by spirit masters of the same level and below. It's the same both visually and spiritually.

"Brother Leng," Ye Hengyuan said, "Are you sure?General Bai really let us go to Cangqing City first?"

Cold still flies at the end of the line. He was breathing a little faster than usual, and he had a tired expression on his face, looking like he was a little tired.

"Hmm. Master said, let's go to the joint headquarters in the northern suburbs of Cangqing City first. When she's done dealing with the Spirit Beast Riot, she'll be there waiting for us. ”

"There should be something to do next," Lei Xi said, "and we need to do it." As for what it is, you will only know when you get there. ”

"Then we won't go back to the academy today?" Ye Hengyuan hesitated, "...... the academy over there"

"There's nothing to worry about," Li Wenxin said, "If there is anything else to arrange for us, we will definitely greet Dean Hou first." ”

"Oh," Ye Hengyuan nodded, "Then there's no problem." ”

"Quack, quack, quack!"

Several hoarse chirps rang out diagonally above everyone's heads. This cry sounded like the cry of some kind of crow spirit beast, and it was also a small group of crow spirit beasts whose cultivation was not very low. Xue Mengyi's ears moved slightly, and her mouth pursed, revealing an unhappy expression.

The junction of Cangyan Province and Xiliang Province. Raven Ridge.

"Quack, quack, quack!"

"Quack, quack, quack!"

Bursts of hoarse chirps rang out from the woods on a hill and into the air, to the edge of the ridge, to the arc of the mountain path in the middle of the ridge on either side. It was getting late, and there was hardly any other sound on the entire mountain, except for the chirping of crow-like spirit animals. The reason why this southwest-northeast trending mountain range is named Crow Ridge is because it is home to several crow spirit animals with different attributes. It is not only part of the dividing line between Cangling Province and Jianyan Kingdom, but also one of the entrances to the junction of Cangyan Province and Xiliang Province. Since it is winter, many crow-finch spirit animals are in hibernation, and only a few of the stronger cultivators will come out to hunt. There are basically no civilians in the human race passing through here, and most of them are spirit troops from the two countries, harassing each other or detecting information.

Central Mountain Road.

A gust of wind suddenly blew and blew the bare trees around the mountain road. More than a dozen dead branches fell into the middle of the mountain road, falling into the snow and floating soil in the depression.

A few chaotic-sounding winds mingled with the sound of horses' hooves like drums, moving from east to west, getting closer and closer. Several clusters of orange light, as bright as firelight, appeared at the eastern entrance of the mountain road.

"All stopped!"

A powerful command sounded. The sound of horses' hooves stopped instantly.

It was Tang Yingjie who gave the order. He was still wearing the same golden-red armor he used to wear, and he also wore the dark red mask on his face, which, along with the helmet's visor, formed a double layer of defense against his face. He landed softly to the ground, and the sound of his footsteps on the ground was as soft as the chirping of cicadas. The golden-red flame quickly faded from him. The dozens of spirit masters who followed him also landed one after another, landing behind him, forming a double-layered arc battle formation. Behind them were hundreds of warriors on tall horses, each carrying their own weapons or other equipment. Many horses also have weapon accessories hanging on the sides of their bodies.

"General. ”

Two small male spirit masters stepped forward quickly and stood beside Tang Yingjie. They wore no heavy armor, only improvised armor, and one of them held a fiery red compass. The compass is double-layered, with a fiery red casing on the outside and a gold pin in the center of the dish, while the inner is transparent with a silver pin in the center and dozens of scales engraved around the silver needle. Above the scale is a vertical line, and below is a number that increases from left to right.

"This should be it. The spiritual power fluctuations that we perceive from the enemy army are here. They never moved again. The male spiritual master on the left said.

"Are you sure?" said Tang Yingjie's voice.

"Sure," said the male spirit master on the right, "but we also found that the spiritual power fluctuations emanating from here are extremely unstable. As soon as the distance is closer, it is impossible to judge its specific size and strength, let alone find its strongest point. ”

Tang Yingjie took a deep breath and looked straight at the end of the mountain road. One hill after another was pitch black, and it looked a little terrifying under the gust of cold wind. He could sense that in the empty mountain path, there were no traps or enchantments laid with spiritual energy. Not only is there no mountain road, but even behind the mountain, and it cannot even be detected within a dozen meters of the earth and rocks.

But this spiritual power fluctuation does exist. This is the spiritual power fluctuation of the two spirit master troops. There can never be a fake. Although the Jianyan Kingdom also has a national enshrinement-level eighth-order top powerhouse, none of them are true or void attributes. It is impossible for anyone to simulate the spiritual power fluctuations and breath of two elite spirit master troops. On top of that, there are as many as a dozen resonance-like sensations...... How is this possible? There are only eight spirit generals in the Jianyan Kingdom, and there will be no more than sixteen including disciples, and besides, it is impossible for them all to be here...... Could it be that your perception is wrong?

It seems that it is wrong not to support...... If it's a trap ahead, what kind of trap is it? What is their purpose? Putting so much effort out of this formation, just to lure me and my troops into the bait? Or ......

"General?" The male spirit master on the right didn't realize that Tang Yingjie's brain was running rapidly.

"Huh?" Tang Yingjie snorted coldly and turned his head, "Have you sent a fireworks signal to General Qian's troops?"

"Report to the general, it has been sent," said one of the female spirit masters in the battle array, "and the reply is that someone should be sent to support as soon as possible." ”

"Huh...... Good. ”

Tang Yingjie sneered and looked in the direction of the mountain road again.

"All listen to me. Line up in a straight battle formation. Enter the mountain trail and search for enemy troops. Be vigilant and pay attention to the fluctuations in spiritual power around you. Be careful not to be truncated by enemies. ”

The entire force immediately began to change formations, forming squads of five to six men standing in a spherical formation resembling back-to-back. Each squad removed their horses' equipment and quickly assembled them into a variety of different firearms. Then, all the "spheres" are lined up in a line.

Tang Yingjie didn't say anything more, just waved his hand forward and motioned for the troops to move on. The faint glow of fire released from his body was enough to make the soldiers with slightly worse eyesight in the rear see the way forward.

There was a sound of neat footsteps in the middle of the road, and a faint sound of horses' hooves. Despite all the fighters trying to keep their feet as light as possible, they couldn't do it without making a sound. This mountain road is a twisting and turning road, there are no forks, the slope is uneven, often ups and downs, it is difficult to do not move at all.

Tang Yingjie walked at the front of the team. Two male spirit masters in charge of probing followed him closely, holding two compass devices in their hands. The two of them pointed their compasses to the left and right, staring at the silver needles that kept swinging from side to side in the inner layer. Six high-level spiritual masters surrounded them, each carrying a large-caliber firearm in their hands, aiming at six different directions. An orange-red protective film tightly envelops their bodies.

More than ten minutes passed. The troops came to the top of a ravine.

It was already dark, and it was pitch black up and down, not even the moon or stars. Several hills were completely black, and nothing could be seen with the naked eye. The canyon under the mountain road was like a black crescent, and you couldn't see what was inside, only a few cries of spirit beasts could be heard from the middle of it or from the mountains. It's like a monster's bloody jaw, as if it's about to devour something.

"Stop!"

Tang Yingjie raised his right hand and motioned for the entire army to stop. He looked back and saw that the expressions on the faces of the warriors were not quite right, as if they sensed something. A strong sense of depression also came over him. His intuition told him that there was something in the middle of the canyon ahead.

"Prepare for battle!"

All spirit masters released their own spirit circles at the same time, releasing the spiritual power in their bodies to the greatest extent. Hundreds of red and orange rays of light instantly illuminate the small half of the canyon.

"Hum—"

"Boom—"

Dozens of vortices of spiritual power mixed with dark blue and purple suddenly appeared out of thin air, attacking the entire fiery force from different directions. Dozens of blue dots of light emerged from several hills and flew towards the mountain path below. Dozens of yellow points of light emerged from the canyon below and flew into the air.

Tang Yingjie took off in an instant, and waved his hands vigorously in the air. A layer of crimson flame barrier hundreds of meters long, more than ten meters wide, and more than two meters thick appeared out of thin air, protecting the entire force in front of it, blocking all the spiritual power vortexes.

"Haha!"

An eerie laugh came from a hill. A dark blue and yellow figure slowly appeared, teleporting into mid-air.

"It is worthy of the evil fire spirit general Tang Yingjie. ”

Another muffled voice rang out from the bottom of the canyon. A dark yellow and purple figure floated into the air like a bubble