Stripes of dark purple vines poked out from the cracks in the abyss, thousands of meters long, bringing up streams of black mist, instantly differentiated, like the tentacles of death, all over the barren northwest desert, black fog shrouded, the dark purple vine branches of the Dao Dao were like roots, deeply rooted in the desert, as if they were greedily devouring something, and the entire desert land changed from sand yellow to lifeless dead gray.

In such a day, tens of thousands of miles of desert turned into a gray paradise in an instant. None of the creatures in this area, including the dark creatures, survived, and were reduced to ashes and powder.

The gray earth full of clouds and black fog can be seen everywhere The corpses that have turned into dust can be seen everywhere, most of them are vampires, dark spirit beasts and other creatures, no matter how strong they are, they can't escape the catastrophe, and all the life aura contained in them is absorbed by the dark purple roots of hundreds of meters.

This dead gray desert, which was originally a sand dune, was still tens of thousands of miles away from the northwest fortress of the Northern Underworld Empire, so the Northern Underworld Empire did not find any anomalies.

Gray, still spreading, the growing dark purple vine roots are also expanding their territory, even the sky is not spared, the clouds are all turning into black mist, the haze is dull, and the vitality is gradually disappearing.

Underneath the crack where the purple vines first poked out, under the ground hundreds of meters deep, there was a perfect secret palace.

In a secret room, there is a crystal ball, which can be seen emitting a faint purple light upward, and with this slender connection, streams of life continue to flow into the crystal ball.

"The desert is worthy of being a desert, the vitality is less, absorbing tens of millions of yellow sand aura, it is just a wisp, but it is enough, this land with a radius of tens of millions of miles, there must be a lot of sources of life. "Somebody muttering to themselves.

At the same time, somewhere in the depths of the wasteland, the clouds and mist were shrouded, completely different from the black fog full of death, a small forest, actually appeared in this boundless yellow sand, the forest is not very vast, but the environment is very good, vibrant, full of greenery, in the middle of the forest, there is a small lake and a few streams. A small wooden house, standing in the middle of this small forest, is very quiet. It's like a paradise, and I can't imagine that there can be such a strange scene in the desert.

At the door of the hut, there was an old man standing, the old man was gray-haired, his body was rickety, he could only barely support his body with a cane, and the wrinkles on his face were extremely deep, but on the temples of this old man, there were two white hairs like dragon whiskers, which hung down slightly, and at a glance, he felt nothing special. All the movements of the old man seemed to indicate that this was an ordinary person in his last years.

Yes? The answer, of course, is no.

The old man opened his cloudy eyes, narrowed them, and looked around with great difficulty, his gaze fixed on the distant sky, where a looming black mist was drifting.

He coughed a few times, and the old man's voice was as hoarse and low as an old copper cannon: "Cough, cough, they really did it, although there is not much life energy in the desert, but they actually let go of the aura in the sand and stones, and absorb it all, it seems that I can't live this life anymore." ”

As he spoke, the old man straightened his waist with difficulty, and the crutches in his hand slammed lightly on the ground, and a faint white light spread around the old man. The white light did not enter the forest, as if nothing had happened, and this small paradise was still the same scenery as before. The old man nodded in satisfaction, turned around, and walked back to the hut step by step with a cane.

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The deafening bell rang in every corner of the Heavenly Golden Sword Pavilion, and at this time, it was early in the morning, whether it was a cultivator or an elder of the sect, his body trembled slightly, and then he didn't dare to put down all the work tasks in his hand and go to the main hall of the Sword Pavilion as quickly as possible.

Hearing this bell, Mu Fengsu, who was cultivating, was also a rin: "It's not good, this is the most formal assembly bell, go quickly." As he spoke, he patted the celestial star, and the two of them rushed to the open space in front of the main hall of the Sword Pavilion. Along the way, you can see many people hurrying to the Sword Pavilion, which is enough to see the importance of this assembly of bells.

To be able to ring such a formal assembly bell in the morning must be something important, everyone announced.

After a while, the main entrance of the hall was full of people, all the personnel of the Tianjin Sword Pavilion had arrived, a total of more than two thousand people, although it was not uniform, it was also quite regular, the seniors of the sect stood at the front, and the disciples were in the back. On the highest stone steps of the lobby, there were the four great sword saints, the Ancestor Sword Saint Night Peerless, and the Heavenly Gold Sect Sect Sect Master Luo Sen, all of whom had serious expressions and looked at the people below.

Seeing that everyone's order was basically stable, Rosen took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Ring the big assembly bell, the reason is that something very serious has happened, according to our spies, in the great desert far away from the northwest fortress of the Northern Underworld Empire, all the life aura in an area has disappeared, and it seems that it has been absorbed by something, and now, the potential crisis is gradually shrouded, and the quadrennial world great sect martial arts competition is about to start soon, we decided to send some members to the northwest desert to explore the situation." At the same time, another part of the younger generation was dispatched to the Western Fortress of the Tianluo Empire to join the army and station support. ”

Everyone was surprised, although Luo Sen said it lightly, but the situation was clear to everyone, not to mention how the top leaders of the Tianjin Sword Pavilion learned about the desert crisis that even the Northern Underworld Empire had not explored, that is, sending people to the West Fortress to temper, it was already possible to see that the Tianjin Sword Pavilion, which had been sleeping for thousands of years, was about to wake up.

Xuanjian Saint Cheng Yuqi also took a step forward: "Announce the list of people who will explore the Northwest Desert, Cheng Yuqi, White Dusk City, Absolute Madness, Yu Gunuo, Luo Sen, Cassie, Sun Wenshan, and Luo Ming. I'm leading the way. ”

The four great sword saints came out together, and the sect leader of the Tianjin Sect, Luo Sen, also went forward, and the remaining few people were also the absolute top in the Tianjin Sword Pavilion, and their strength was all above the Great Demon Soul Warrior, which could be said to be pouring out. It is enough to see the importance that the Tianjin Sword Pavilion attaches to this incident.

Clearing his throat and glancing at the slightly surprised crowd below, Cheng Yuqi continued: "The personnel stationed to support the West Fortress are, Meng Ke, Long Xiangyu, Mu Fengsu, Noah, Tumu, Ye Ruyue, Yu Xuanqing, Ling Ge, Hu Rong and Tianxing, led by Huang Xian. ”

"Yes. A majestic voice rang out at the front of the crowd.

The Heavenly Gold Sword Pavilion dispatched all elite talents, the first day of the Meng Ke, the double arrogant Long Xiangyu, Mu Fengsu, Cheng Yuqi's proud re-disciple Noah, the elite re-disciple of White Twilight City Tumu, the Crazy Sword Sect's Tianxing, the Rain Sword Sect's Hu Rong, the Tianjin Sect's elite Ling Ge, Yu Xuanqing and Ye Ruyue. Although they are still young, their achievements in the future will definitely not be bad, and this time, it is also necessary to let these elites go through the tempering of the frontier stationing.

"The queues are ready to march, pack their belongings, and officially leave next week. ”

Mixed with the discussion of the students and disciples, the emergency assembly meeting ended, and everyone returned to their respective dormitories, still discussing the matter. Many disciples are gearing up and eagerly looking forward to the coming of next week.

Tianxing was in the dormitory, and asked in surprise: "Brother Mu, what's going on with this support station?"

Mu Fengsu was also at a loss: "I don't know, it should be to go to the West Fortress of the Tianluo Empire to temporarily stay and participate in various border defense activities, so as to temper it." ”

Tianxing scratched his head: "What are the activities of the border guards?

Mu Fengsu hesitated for a moment: "It should be mainly patrolling, and at the same time, there are some bandits on the western frontier, and they should also be cleared." ”

"That'...... In terms of equipment, the sect has prepared helmets for us, and the rest can be brought by ourselves, so should I bring blue scales?"

Mu Fengsu laughed: "You can rest assured, the strength of the blue scale is now beyond your judgment, it's no problem to take it with you, in battle, it has a great auxiliary effect on you, and there are some moves, even I feel that it is difficult to resist." ”

As if he understood the conversation between the two, Lan Scale, who occupied half of Tianxing's bed, suddenly stood up and looked at the two of them with a look of hope and longing.

Tianxing patted its head helplessly: "Okay, I'll take you there, but you can't run around." ”

Blue Scale nodded very obediently and shook his tail slightly in agreement.

The Tianjin Sword Pavilion actually has an extremely close relationship with the Tianluo Empire, and the stationing and tempering has long been discussed by the high-level of the two sides, because of the magical news path of the Tianjin Sword Pavilion, the Tianluo Empire has also mastered many secrets that even the northwest fortress of the Northern Underworld Empire has not discovered, after all, it has been lurking for nearly ten thousand years, and the Tianjin Sword Pavilion should also break out.

In the main hall of the Sword Pavilion, the Four Great Sword Saints, the Ancestor Sword Saints, and Luo Sen were discussing and discussing.

Rosen said solemnly: "Lao Cheng, although you are leading the team this time, everyone's strength is not weak, but our task is also very arduous, and we must act cautiously." ”

Twilight City also nodded: "Ensuring the safety of personnel is the most important thing. Although we can all protect ourselves in most cases, we are facing an unknown desert. If you encounter any danger, be sure to evacuate quickly. ”

Ye Wushuang frowned: "They are right, Yu Qi, you have to pay attention, you are the leader of this trip, and you have to take responsibility." ”

"Yes, Master. ”

Ye Wushuang looked at eye level, sighed slightly, and said: "I have already contacted him about that old thing, but I don't know what happened to that old man of ice." He was the most injured of us that year. ”