In August 568 of the Altino calendar, the imperial city of Altino was the central capital

In August 578 years ago, Cao Mengde, the general who held the military power in the eastern part of the Dashi Kingdom, took advantage of the sudden death of the lord of the Dashi Kingdom in Jiuquan Pass, raised his troops, and after receiving the support of the White Deer Cave, in just ten years, unified the northwest of the Wind Continent and established the country known today as Altino.

Although the descendants of the descendants have declined, the strength of the huge empire has declined, and after more than 500 years of passing on the country, there is no longer the former glory, but the National Day ceremony in August every year is still the most lively day in the capital.

Hundreds of civil and military officials will be summoned back to the central capital, and when the golden bell in the palace rings the first sound, the central Zhumen from the big open will enter the imperial city in sequence, and participate in the grand celebration ceremony on the Golden Dragon Square, which can accommodate 10,000 people in the center.

In the past, when the empire was still strong, the emperor would stand on the high platform at the top of the thousand-story staircase, and stand side by side with the priests from the White Deer Cave, usually by the head of the White Deer Cave at that time.

This year's celebration, however, was different. There is no problem with the civil officials, but the five army commanders who are at the top of the current military generals, Wang Wuyi, as has been the practice since taking office, said that he was ill and could not come, but Marshal Zhou Gongjin, who asked to return to the royal capital to participate in the ceremony, was left in The Hague on the border by the emperor on the grounds that "the border defense is tight and must not leave without permission", and he failed to return to the royal capital.

In recent days, rumors about the divergence of directions between Bailudong and Altino have spread all over the country, and the people of Zhongdu will not feel that the news that Generalissimo Zhou cannot return to Zhongdu to attend the ceremony has further contributed to the spread of rumors, making the people of Zhongdu panic and at a loss.

Fortunately, just before the ceremony began, the court officials came out to announce that Grandmaster Lu You would personally attend the ceremony to bless the emperor. This news has calmed the hearts of the restless people a little, and this year's celebration ceremony, the Golden Dragon Square will be opened for the first time in history, allowing people who want to watch the ceremony to enter.

It is rare for the Cao royal family to have such a pro-people move, it is an eventful autumn, this news is very exciting to the people, when the time comes, the palace door is wide open, the people who are interested in watching the ceremony begin to enter, and the crowd is almost like a mountain pouring in.

What aroused people's desire to participate was not all the novelty of seeing the scene inside the imperial city, but a large part of the reason was that people wanted to see the true face of Grandmaster Lu You. What kind of birth this sword saint who has been a god in the world for more than 2,000 years is something that all the people on the Wind Continent hope to see.

Many officials were puzzled by this move, and the celebration ceremony should be quite a sacred event, so why should ordinary civilians come to observe and interfere with the ceremony? But they also had to admit that it was indeed very politically effective to publicize Lu You's presence in person.

The bell rang at the first line of dawn, the central gate of the imperial city was wide open, and a team of guards stood on both sides, fresh clothes and angry horses, guns and swords like a forest, showing the prestige of the Great Imperial Praetorian Guard. Since Dorgon took the place of Flower Cripple and began to train the Imperial Guards and the Imperial Forest Army, their martial arts and combat power have been much stronger than before, but their numbers have also been reduced to half of what they were before.

On the high platform at the front of the Golden Dragon Square, the emperor stood in full costume, although the gorgeous dragon robe was beautifully embroidered and of extraordinary value, but when worn on Cao Shou's bloated body, it looked really ridiculous, just like a big white pig wearing a dragon robe.

The two most powerful ministers of Altino today stood behind the emperor. Compared with Cao Shou's ridiculous image, these two corps commanders can be called dignified.

Shi Chong, who was wearing a python robe and gold belt, had considerable prestige, and Hülegü, who was wearing a swallowtail suit, was a rare beautiful man.

The fact that Hülegü has the bloodline of the Cao clan has changed from a rumor to a fact that is tacitly accepted by everyone. At this moment when the empire has no hope, the existence of Hülegü is undoubtedly the only hope of Altino Zhongxing, if he can take two steps from the position he is standing now, and replace the person in front of him, it will undoubtedly be a blessing for the empire.

These expectations were all felt by Hülegü standing on the high platform, but at the same time, he also felt a line of sight from the left.

"The prince of Medici seems to be very popular with the people, and I am afraid that even His Majesty is not as deeply supported by the people of Zhongdu as you. ”

Very provocative verbal attack, Hülegü just smiled generously and said with a straight chest: "This is natural, there are many reasons to be favored by people. In terms of virtue and politics, Your Majesty is the best at it, and compared to my appearance, I am the most handsome man in the whole of Altinor, but if you count the record of bad intentions, thieves, and the inability of the lower body to take care of yourself, the entire Wind Continent will take you Shi Junhou as the number one person. ”

As with countless verbal arguments in the past, Shi Chong couldn't gain the upper hand, and many court officials who followed behind the two even laughed.

Shi Chong glanced back, frowned, and said, "It seems that the Marquis of Medici always has a misunderstanding of me, but the time is approaching, why hasn't the Venerable Sword Saint shown up yet? It can't be a temporary change of mind, right?"

"What the Sword Saint Master will decide, I can't speculate, I'm not as pleasing as Senior Brother Tuesday, I'm just a cheap apprentice. ”

Hülegu smiled: "But it's not impossible for him to suddenly change his mind. Everyone knows that the record of holding sacrifices and celebrations here is not good, a few years ago, when I was sacrificing to the sky, my fifth senior brother ran to kill people when he saw them, and all the people present were beheaded, including you, Shi Junhou, blood sprayed everywhere, except that those red walls saved the painting fee of the year, there was no benefit. I heard that my Fifth Senior Brother had recently returned, and if he was in a good mood and came to attend the ceremony, then it would be no wonder that Master Sword Saint was reluctant to attend. ”

Everyone can hear that Hülegü has not had much to do with the White Deer Cave. Originally, they were only in alliance with each other, the Medici family, who had just arrived in Al Tino, needed the support of the White Deer Cave to gain a firm foothold here, and realized that the Shi family was about to endanger the White Deer Cave of Al Tino, and also needed to cultivate a new force to confront and balance each other, so the two sides hit it off. The so-called master and apprentice are just adding forms to this cooperation to stabilize it, and when the relationship between Bailudong and Al Tieno changes, Hülegü also tries to express his position to everyone.

The time of the festival is approaching, Lu You has not yet appeared, and of course it is impossible for everyone to ask Bailu Insight if the Grandmaster has left. But this is not a strange thing, since the founding of the Eltinor, every National Day festival, except for Tao Qian, who has a clear style, almost every priest appears later than the emperor, so as to show that the authority of the White Deer Cave is above the royal family, the most serious one, even two hours late, making the emperor and the civil and military officials crazy.

The people of the sect are still like this, and today the Sword Saint is here, and the situation can be imagined. It's just that, despite the uneasiness in everyone's hearts, Hülegü didn't think so.

"Now that I have promised to come, I don't think Master Sword Saint will be late, and with his status, there is no need to show his power through such superficial behavior. ”

Extremely confident in his own thoughts, when everyone seemed impatient, Hülegü still seemed calm and not irritable.

However, this waiting time was longer than expected, and two quarters of an hour after the celebration ceremony was supposed to begin, Hülegü caught a glimpse of the sweat on Shi Chong's forehead.

"Shi Junhou, why do you seem to be sweating a little? Could it be that there is some trick to carry out, and you can't hold your breath?"

"Why bother pretending to be leisurely over there, maybe it was your master and apprentice who secretly colluded with each other to do evil to the Empire. ”

The two people, who were already incompatible, looked at each other with a sneer, looked at the sky and the ground respectively, and waited for the expected figure to appear, and just like that, a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour, and an hour passed......

"Hey, good guy, before I know it, two and a half hours have passed, I really admire our Emperor Your Majesty, the sun is so big, and he is still standing straight over there, what a good ......"

Even Hülegü could no longer maintain his graceful posture after two and a half hours of standing still, and the other important minister of the empire next to him had lost his fire after a long period of standing.

"Probably, Your Majesty seems to have passed out in the sun...... Or, as if already asleep. ”

"Really?"

"I hear snoring......"

“...... There really is, Your Majesty is worthy of Your Majesty, and you really can't do it, but, Shijunhou, I was just thinking, did you forget something?"

"What advice does the Marquis Medici have?"

"I mean...... When you invite guests, do you have a guide along with it? I've heard that some people in the world may never make it to their destination without a guide. ”

"Ahh

What does this "ah" mean, the court ministers standing behind the two of them were all confused, and guessed from their intuition alone, it seemed to mean that the commander of the Shi army had indeed forgotten something important, however, how could Hülegü and Shi Chong, who had always been in the same position, have such a peaceful dialogue?

For this alone, they felt that their brains must have been damaged by the sun, after all, it was noon, and after standing on the high platform for so long, they did feel that they were about to faint without internal cultivation.

Fortunately, things suddenly took a turn for the better, and when everyone was waiting for Venus and sweating, a black dot appeared at the end of the sky, riding the long wind, slowly descending towards the imperial city.

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Looking down from the air, the Imperial City of Zhongdu is already at the foot, even if it has a heavenly cultivation, but if you don't have special eyesight, you can only see a bunch of squares and small black dots, Rao is so, the strong military spirit exuded below, but it is straight up to the sky, this is something that you don't need to look at to know.

Feeling these breaths, he frowned, looked at the blazing sun above, and muttered to himself.

"What a nuisance...... The duel at noon is very stunning......"

"Then it's better not to duel!"

The place where he stood was even above the clouds, and there should be no idle people, and when he heard the shock, he raised his head in astonishment, and there was an unexpected shadow in front of him.

If it were someone else, he would not have described it as "Qianying", but in the eyes of Amakusa Shiro, this little girl wearing a black magic robe and a pointed wizard hat and showing a smile undoubtedly made him feel more excited than any stunning beauty in the world.

"Miss. ”

Just like every meeting in the past, Amakusa Shiro bowed to the woman he liked, but this time Merlin didn't refuse.

"The last time we met in this way was near Kigru, wasn't it?" at that time, I wanted you to keep people under my men, and even though things didn't go as well as we hoped, I still accepted your affection. Will you be able to grant my request this time?"

"I was so surprised that Mademoiselle hadn't spoken to me in such a tone for many years. It's rare for you to take the initiative to make a request, and I shouldn't have refused, but ...... This time, I wanted to say no. ”

"Tell me the reason for the refusal?"

Amakusa Shiro shook his head and smiled: "Because this time, our status is equal, you are a woman, I am a man, when a man wants to do what he should do, he can't be stopped, so ...... I'm so sorry. ”

Merlin was not surprised by the direct rejection, it was expected, and she just wanted to try to make things happen in an unexpected direction.

Trying unsuccessfully, Mei Lin set her eyes on the Imperial City of Zhongdu below, and said lightly: "Do you know, although he has never been able to break through the strong heavenly position, his strength at the moment is indeed the peak of his life, and no one will deny it in various records, he is the strongest strong heavenly position in history." ”

"But you and I both know that the factor that determines victory or defeat is not simply the strength of the battle, although he is very strong, but my current fighting spirit is also unprecedentedly strong, I am confident, I will achieve the final victory in this battle. ”

Mei Lin said: "Why do you have to fight? You are such good friends, and it seems to me that even now, there is still friendship between you......

"Because I can't forgive him for what he has done, even if you don't go to him to settle accounts, Miss, I won't forget how he deceived you again and again. Excitedly, Amakusa Shiro said angrily, "He never even thinks that he has done something wrong......"

As if remembering the past, Mei Lin was silent for a while, and finally smiled faintly and said: "In terms of his position at the time, he didn't do anything wrong, we were not in the same camp in the first place, and it was a matter of course to be wise and cleverly bully the enemy." ”

"But this resourcefulness is based on your kindness and trust, Miss. Sometimes I really hate it, if I hadn't been so troublesome and introduced him to you, I wouldn't have made you so sad later. ”

"It's all gone. For more than 2,000 years, everything has changed, and I just want you to understand that I have never blamed you for anything......"

The Imperial City of Zhongdu at the foot rang the bell again, informing the people of Zhongdu of the beginning of the celebration ceremony. It also tells the two people on the cloud that it's time for the conversation to end.

"Take care. ”

"You too. ”

When the two staggered by, and Shiro Amakusa's figure disappeared in the clouds, Mei Lin sighed helplessly.

"Man...... What kind of creature is it?"

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A faint figure descended from the sky, and the speed seemed to be slow and urgent, and it fell diagonally towards the high platform on the Golden Dragon Square.

The tens of thousands of civilians in the square, as if worshipping the gods descended into the world, some fell to their knees, and some jumped up with cheers, excited to be able to see the holy shadow of the Moon Sage in person today. In the future, they will be able to boast of this scene to their children and grandchildren as their own glory.

The civil and military officials on the high platform were the top figures of the bureaucracy compared to the ministers who worshipped upwards in the center of the square, but when they saw the moon sage descending, they all knelt down and paid the most respects to this god man in the world.

Cao Shou seemed to have lost consciousness and did not react, but Shi Chong and Hülegü bowed down in accordance with etiquette.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened and it was clear to see, the crowd in the square let out a cry of surprise. Two thousand years have passed since the Kyushu War, but the Moon Sage still maintains the appearance of a middle-aged man, with black hair, a face like a crown of jade, and a Confucian robe and white robe that looks even more outstanding, not the old and kind appearance as originally imagined.

After the surprise, there was an even louder cheer, because being able to maintain such a young appearance showed that the skill of the Sword Master was unfathomable, and it was a supreme joy for Altinor.

But the two masters on the high platform had different ideas, because Lu You was wearing the traditional Confucian robe of Bailu Cave, but it was not the dress that should be worn to participate in the ceremony. Bailu Cave regards sacrifices and celebrations as the most important, and it is impossible for Lu You, as a grandmaster, not to know these etiquettes, but his Confucian white robe is as clean as snow, not only does it not have any ornaments, but even the jade ring that has always been worn on his waist is not taken off, and a long sword is not worn on the waist, but in his hand.

This has made it very clear that Lu You did not come to attend the ceremony, and the purpose of appearing here was just to let go and kill.

The civil and military ministers were puzzled, because when Lu You drifted to the left of the platform, he did not board the platform and stand side by side with the emperor, but floated in the air at the same height as the platform, and his eyes swept horizontally over the people on the platform.

Everyone was looking forward to what the first words of the Moon Sage would be, but they saw that he turned his gaze from Hülegü and Shi Chong to Cao Shou, but suddenly turned around and looked at the clouds in the sky, as if he had found something.

After a long time, his gaze moved back to the ground, from left to right, and circled around the Golden Dragon Square. Tens of thousands of people came into contact with this gaze, some trembling, others kneeling again, praying for the blessing of the Moon Sage.

And after this series of retrospectives, Lu You finally spoke.

"Such a king, such a courtier, such an imperial ......"

The strange words, like poetry, everyone thought that this was the beginning of the congratulatory speech, but only a few people could hear the ridicule in the words.

"Life and death, there are days, blessings and disasters rely on, and there is a difference between a line. The old man has finally arrived, and before everything begins, the matter here should be settled. ”

Lu You looked around the square and said loudly: "The people of the empire, it is your honor to come here to watch the ceremony today, but it is also your misfortune, since this bell rings, how many of you can escape from this place, try to survive, the rest is the number of personal lives, don't complain about Moyou." ”

As soon as these words came out, the masses were in an uproar, and even those who were not very clever could hear that things were not good, and some of those who saw the opportunity quickly had already pulled out their legs and fled towards the exit, and only the officials in the center of the square wanted to leave but did not dare to go, and were in an awkward situation. At this moment, the chirping bell rang.

Hanging behind several city walls, the big golden bell at the top of the palace is used to give orders to all ceremonial hours, representing the beginning of each ceremonial stage, but after Lu You finished speaking, the golden bell suddenly rang, three consecutive "dang" sounds, clear and pure, and the sound spreads thousands of miles.

People who don't understand the mystery are shocked by miracles, but the masters who have the power of heaven are also in awe of Lu You's martial arts and the magic of their use. He put his hands in his sleeves and didn't come out, with the middle finger of his sleeve kung fu behind his back, far away from the middle of the clock, not wearing or breaking, looking at the power of the finger and knowing the way of the sword, it is not difficult to imagine how powerful his holy sword is.

"The grandmaster's brilliant martial arts are really admirable. ”

Shi Chong bowed and saluted again, but before he finished speaking, Lu You said: "Shi Chong'er, if you focus on military and political affairs, the old man may remember your useful body and leave you alive for the time being, but you are arrogant and foolish, and take the initiative to make trouble in the White Deer Cave, then it is no wonder." ”

"The grandmaster is serious, the minister ......"

"You opened the square and let the common people enter, but you thought I would throw a rat trap, and I didn't dare to exert too much effort when I did it, hurting the innocent?"

Lu You sneered: "It's a pity, the old man only did big things in his life, and he was never a real hero, as long as he can stabilize the entire human world, not to mention tens of thousands of people here, even the entire Elteno can be destroyed." The old man declares now that he will sweep away the evil in this land today, and before sunset, including you, there will be no more half a living person in the entire imperial city. ”

Of course, Shi Chong knew very well that the other party was not joking, because while speaking, the cold sword qi had already locked him, and he was about to explode at any time.

"Hey, Master, I'm also in this Imperial City, next time you let go, can you consider the position of your apprentice?" Hülegü smiled and said, "Even if you really want to kill everyone here, for the sake of my usual filial piety, can you give me a way to live?"

Lu You's original list of killings did not include this personal disciple, and when he heard him beg for mercy, he wanted to let him leave, but suddenly found a trace of abnormality.

Although he said it very easily, when Hülegü stood forward like this, the sword qi that had originally locked Shi Chong was pulled by external forces, coupled with Shi Chong's own strength, and when he collided inside and outside, he weakened a lot.

Hülegü and Shi Chong are mortal enemies of each other, and it should be impossible for these two to unite, but Lu You looked at Hülegü's gaze, but it was suddenly much more severe.

"Wow! The traitor has appeared! Shi Aiqing, quickly punish this traitor, call out all the masters of your ambush, and quickly punish this old traitor!"

Finally woke up from his deep sleep, and as soon as Cao Shou saw Lu You in front of him, he was immediately frightened, shouting, and shouting out Shi Chong's plan.

"It's really a miracle that such an emperor can pass on the country here......

He didn't bother to do anything to such a waste person, Lu You said: "If there are any other masters in ambush, call them all out at once, and see if your fellow travelers have the ability to save your life." ”

"Lu Lao'er, are you eating or ordering? Everything is called together, can you stand it alone?"

The same sneering voice, coming from the sky, Amakusa Shiro appeared in the sky, looking down at the people below, and the fighting spirit emanating from his body had fully explained his intentions.

"Lu Lao'er, you have received the challenge book, since you have the courage to come, then settle the new and old hatreds!"

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After Lu You said that, the audience was already in a panic, and a large number of people hurriedly wanted to flee from this place, but the imperial city was not a Shangri-La performing arts hall, there were many exits to choose from, and the only place to leave was the three Zhumen in the south.

The soldiers guarding the gate once got the order to block the exit when the ceremony began, but the crowd of fleeing people came like a mountain of people, the momentum was amazing, no matter how the soldiers at the gate threatened with knives, it was difficult to stop it, and the soldiers themselves also had the intention of fleeing, so they saw a large number of people pushing and squeezing, trampling on each other, and the southern exit was in chaos, and before they could escape, a large number of casualties had been caused.

"Things in the world, sometimes it's so ridiculous, when you want to save as many people as possible, but because of your actions to save people, people have not benefited from it, they have already suffered from it, in this way, should you save people?

Speaking self-deprecatingly, Lu You shifted his gaze from the south back to his eyes, looking at his friends who he hadn't seen for months.

Compared with the last battle of the North Gate Tianguan, Amakusa Shiro's momentum is even weaker. Although he has rectified the minimum appearance, it is difficult to hide the traces of drunkenness for many days, and more importantly, although he can feel his determination to fight a battle, this fighting spirit cannot be combined with strength to form a sense of oppression.

Amakusa Shiro is an opponent of the same level as himself, but he feels threatened from him, but he does not have a strong sense of oppression, which means that he has fighting spirit and no chance of winning, so what is the point of such a fight?

On the contrary, the feeling of oppression that makes me tremble comes from the rest of the room. That supreme and fierce domineering, even if it didn't appear, still made the palm of his sword clench.

"My friend, before it all begins, I still want to ask, is it inevitable today?"

"If you want to fight, why bother?"

"So, what you and I regard as a sacred battle to break the enmity, is it only you and me who will fight each other? Or is Amakusa going to join forces with others to fight me?"

"It's been made very clear in the battle book, it's just you and me, whoever dares to interfere, I'll kill him first!"

"Really?"

It seems that in order to show his attention, Lu You slowly rolled up his sleeves, but the idle smile on his face made people feel the tension of facing a decisive battle. After listening to Amakusa Shiro's answer, he looked around the audience again, his gaze swept over Shi Chong, Hülegü, the chaotic crowd, and finally moved back to the dueling opponent.

"Amakusa, you are a warrior with a chivalrous spirit, I trust your Zhijie, but I don't trust these rats next to me. When you and I are both defeated, will these things rush up and take advantage of the chaos to take your life?"

Lu You smiled and said: "The remnants of this big stone country, the few things hidden in the crowd and did not show up, and even my 'filial piety' apprentice, how will they react at that time, Amakusa, you should have enough wisdom to judge it, I just wonder, why do you know this, and voluntarily become a tool to be used by others?"

Shi Chong, who was not far from the two, did not change the kind smile on his face after hearing this, and even Hülegü, who was unfortunately named by his teacher, just raised his eyebrows indifferently, neither wanting to defend himself nor planning to escape.

Amakusa Shiro said in a cold voice: "You have too many enemies, if I wait until they finish making a move, I won't have a chance to settle accounts with you, so I have to do it before them, that's all." As the winner of the Battle of Lone Peak, you don't seem to be qualified to complain about this situation!"

"I see. But thinking back to your position at the time, I can't think of why you can make such eloquent accusations...... Anyway, I do owe a lot of things, and I will accept this battle today, but it is a pity for you, my friend, because this battle between you and me will end within ten moves. ”

Lu You suddenly raised his voice and said: "Listen to the rats who are still hiding in the shadows, the praying mantis catches cicadas, but the gutter rats are not qualified to become yellow finch, your plan will not be realized, on the contrary, today you are all going to die here tragically, as the vigilance of the treacherous villains in the future." ”

Both Shi Chong and Hülegü were taken aback by Lu You's words. According to the previous battle record of the North Gate Tianguan, Lu You's martial arts are better than Amakusa Shiro, and Amakusa Shiro Yuli, as a challenger, has no chance of winning, but if Lu You wants to defeat him, it will be difficult to tell the winner without half an hour. How is this kind of thing possible?

But before they could reveal this doubt on their faces, Lu You took the lead.

"The holy sword is boundless, the righteous qi leads the two instruments, the south fire and the east wood, the north water and the west gold, the earth returns to the Xuanhuang, and the chaos and the desolation of the millions of sword formations!"

For the first sword of the White Deer Sword Saint, what kind of mastery is it, and what kind of divine power will it be? Shi Chong and Hülegü both speculated, but neither of them expected that Lu You's sword move would be powerful before it left the sheath.

Just after the string of words that seemed to be a song and a curse were shouted, everyone in the audience felt a slight dizziness, and they knew that something was wrong, but Lu You had already turned the scabbard and shot straight into the ground from the air.

"The red dragon descends from the sky, and the dry moves and turns!"

Borrowing the dragon clan's divine technique, the power of the sword array was shaken in the most powerful form, when the scabbard came into contact with the earth and exploded into pieces, the entire ground shook like a wave, and the huge ripples and ripples quickly spread in all directions, and no one in the square could stand on their feet, and they rolled down one after another in this earth-shaking divine power, and the entire imperial city building was shaken and swayed by a wave of bō qi, and it looked like it was all twisted and deformed.

Wonders connect to happen. There are a large number of Imperial Forest troops in the imperial city, each with a gun and a sword, excluding a few who use lightsabers, plus the arsenal in the city, tens of thousands of people have twice the amount of weapons, at this time, all the weapons are pulled by a powerful force, they have broken free from the master's grasp, and quickly shot into the ground, disappearing.

(Oh no, I still underestimated this old man!)

Shi Chong's previous estimation was to deploy the strength of the strong heavenly position, but because of his lack of understanding of the Oriental Immortal Arts, he still misestimated Lu You's ability, in addition to being the strongest Sword Saint in the history of the White Deer Cave, and also the most outstanding immortal Taoist priest, since he appeared, he had already sneaked into the divine skills, secretly cast spells, and transmitted the power out of the arrangement, and when he could do it, he combined his own martial arts with the Oriental Immortal Arts, and sent a perfect blow.

In an instant, everyone in the imperial city, regardless of the depth of cultivation, felt that their bodies were sluggish, and they were stumbled by some kind of inexplicable qi and machine, and they were unable to move.

A series of subtle sounds of gold and iron, from far to near the ground, at first like a swarm of bees moving continuous flapping wings, rapidly expanding, and later, like a thunderbolt in the nine heavens, countless muffled thunderbolts exploded, manifested into one sharp sword after another, breaking through the ground and shooting out.

Many people who were lying on the square and kneeling down to worship couldn't avoid it, and they died tragically under the body of a hundred swords, and the blood flowers stained the blades red, and then formed the energy that pushed the sword array to further change. In a short time, the entire Imperial City of Zhongdu was shrouded in an incomparably huge sword mountain.

The weapons that were sucked into the ground were quenched and reproduced through the earth's fire, far exceeding the number that had been sucked in at the beginning. I saw countless sharp swords, one by one in size, weight, shape, texture are all different, golden swords and stone daggers, densely packed together, narrow blades, divided and scattered, reflecting the blazing sun at noon from different angles, the sword crystal, the sword is bright, the brilliance is dazzling, shining in all directions.

For mortals who are not strong in martial arts, the wounding power of this sword mountain does not seem to be strong, because the millions of sharp swords that make up the sword mountain are not only made of smelting gold and iron, but also made of condensed earth and stone. The blades of the earth sword and the stone sword are blunt, and they do not hurt the skin, whether people are on them or surrounded by them, as long as they stick to the side of the earth sword and the stone sword, and remain quiet, then they will not be harmed.

But in Shi Chong's eyes, this is another matter. The dense sword, in a three-dimensional wave shape, surrounded him in all directions, and when he wanted to break free slightly, the sword formation was immediately pulled and began to change.

The heavy metal sword and transparent spar sword were unexpectedly sharp, and when they slashed back and forth, although it was impossible to break the protective true qi, there was pain on the skin. When he used the power of the heavenly position and blasted out, he easily smashed the hundred sharp swords that stood in front of him, scattering them one after another, but under the traction of the qi machine, there was another sword forest in front of him.

Oriental immortal art in the combination of heaven and earth, the technology of energy, compared with traditional magic, is still surpassed, known as the White Deer Cave does not pass on the learning. Although Shi Chong was proficient in witchcraft spells, he knew very little about it, and he was trapped in the sword formation for a while, and he collapsed a sword forest, and immediately another one came, and gradually went deeper, only to feel that he was surrounded by sharp swords in all directions, and the sunlight was always faint above, but he could no longer judge, how much had he advanced, or had he returned to the same place?

Continuously shattering more than ten pieces of sword forests with the power of the heavenly position, Shi Chong even noticed that after the shattered sword blades were scattered, they seemed to be tempered by the earth fire again, filling the gaps in the sword net, and some of them were even formed by the sword array.

Although Shi Chong didn't believe that this sword array could trap him all the time, he was not sure if he could get out of trouble before Lu You and Amakusa Shiro's sword duel was decided.

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When Lu You shattered the scabbard, bombarded the ground, and launched a million sword formations, his figure slowly faded away.

Amakusa Shiro has the experience of the battle of the North Gate Tianguan, and since the confrontation between the two, he is paying attention to the other party's movements, knowing how powerful he is to reach the heavenly sword array, and he knows that once he makes the sword array launch and the figure disappears, it will be difficult to catch it again, and he can only accept his unpredictable series of attacks until he is defeated and killed, so as soon as he sees him move, he immediately rushes forward.

The distance between the two was quickly narrowed, ten feet, nine feet......

Trying his best to maintain a calm state of mind, Amakusa Shiro knew that he was not in a good state at the moment, and there were too many doubts and mental obstacles, which interfered with his thoughts, so that his fighting spirit and fighting spirit could not reach the peak state.

Six-foot, five-foot...... Lu You's figure is still slowly disappearing, and he doesn't have much time left......

(Do you know?) Although he has never been able to break through the strong heavenly position, his strength at the moment is indeed the peak of his life, and no one will deny it in various records that he is the strongest strong heavenly position in history.) ）

These words flashed in his heart, how true Miss Mei Lin's words were, he couldn't be clearer, just looking at this amazing million sword array, he could fully feel Lu You's progress. However, this battle has its own reasons to win, and the opportunity is the last time......

Three-foot, two-foot......

Shiro Amakusa's sword swung out. I don't know for what reason, but he has already decided to go all out, but Amakusa Shiro is still using an ordinary sword, and he has not drawn the cross sword at his waist that can multiply the power of his martial arts.

The blade of the sword slashed, reflecting a cold light, and in the clear symphony, it struck with Lu You's sword, sparks splashed everywhere, and the force that surged was unexpectedly large, and it was unstable to hold it, and the long swords on both sides flew out together.

(What's going on?)

The first move of the two head-to-head battle was interrupted in this form, which had never happened in the past few encounters, and Amakusa Shiro was just about to try to snatch back the matching sword before Lu You, when an incomparably heavy fist had already slammed into the door in front of him.

This is no ordinary punch, in the short contact time, the palm has gone from claw tearing, finger stabbing, and then to boxing. One of the 36 stunts of the White Deer Cave, Hu Ke's eighteen-beat attainment, is contained in this blow, making this right hand an incomparably powerful close-range weapon.

The face was hit hard, and three forces bombarded the door of the brain one after another, and the severe pain and dizziness stimulated the nerves at the same time, causing Shiro Amakusa's combat reaction to slow down the whole thing.

"The second trick is coming, are you ready for Amakusa?"

Lu You's second move bombarded out in a rapid and dense form, which even completely exceeded the speed of visual capture, and attacked forcefully while the enemy had not been able to recover his qi to defend.

The battle of the Heavenly Rank masters, if they are of the same level as each other, and the strength of the True Qi of the Body Protection is similar, the battle will not be able to end in a short time. Unless after a long battle, a large amount of internal force is consumed by each other, and the true qi of the body protection drops to a low point after being continuously hit hard, and after being blasted, it is possible to cause fatal injuries, so unless there are special factors, it is impossible for two heavenly masters of the same level to distinguish the winner in a short period of time, and even Lu You's blow to the head can only make Amakusa Shiro dizzy and painful, not fatal.

Fists, fingers, claws, and palms, in different forms, destroy the bones, flesh, and joints of the limbs in front of them, and at first they also encountered a strong talisman true qi backlash, so that these attacks could not produce great results, but as time passed, the blood flowers that spewed out and the continuous explosion of bone cracking sounds began to appear on Amakusa Shiro's body, effectively destroying his talisman true qi.

Before coming here to fight, Amakusa Shiro had made preparations for the sword moves that Lu You might use, and he also thought about how he would deal with Lu You's Heavenly Arrival Sword Formation when it appeared again. After thinking about it for a long time, he has done many consciousness simulation battles, but he has come to the same conclusion, if he can't fight Lu You head-on before the sword formation is launched, when he hides in the sword formation, he can only step towards defeat in the hard support.

How do you know, the actual battle is another situation, the formulated tactics are completely useless, although you can fight Lu You head-on before he disappears, but this sword master with swordsmanship as the strongest point, but he abandoned the sword, making himself instantly defeated.

The pain of the flesh tǐ indirectly sobered up the brain, the dizziness slowly disappeared, the nerves in the brain were connected with the hands and feet again, and the time for a counterattack had come, and it was necessary to do it before the injury was serious enough to affect the combat effectiveness.

（...... His offensive is old, and if he continues to stubbornly attack, flaws will appear...... ）

Even if he doesn't have a sword in his hand, if Guan Jin attacks with a sword finger, the lethality is extremely powerful, and he stabs at the right chest where the flaw is located, so as to avoid the injured Lu You will retreat, and he will be able to get the opportunity to return to the qi and counterattack.

"Amakusa, the second move is about to end, how many moves are you confident you can take?"

"you old ghost Lu, do you think you're going to be a winner all along?"

When Lu You's attack momentum had waned, but he still greedily wanted to grab more results and refused to change his moves, the flaw appeared just like Amakusa Shiro's prediction, and his sword finger accurately hit the enemy's chest.

Even Amakusa Shiro himself couldn't have imagined that this sword finger would be so easy to get. When the finger was pointed at the chest, the surging sword power blasted out without reservation, and the enemy's muscles first spiraled and twisted, followed by bones shattered.

"Haha~~ Amakusa, good stab, it's been more than two thousand years, and you finally hurt me again!"

Wounded by a sword finger, Lu You laughed abnormally, although the power of the sword finger is strong, but it is nothing more than that, after breaking the flesh and bones, there is no further power to destroy the flesh.

"The two moves just now have already injured you at all and reduced your combat power. You're wounded, and your counterattack is limited, and this blow is not threatening at all, so what if you hit a flaw? On the contrary, when you attack, where is your flaw? Amakusa have you found it? Are you ready?"

Not kidding, Lu You's third move took advantage of the gap between Amakusa Shiro's moves to return the salute, one blow after another, first trapping the enemy's arms with silk winding, followed by a slight tilt of the body, like a high-speed rebounding spring, and smashed the hammer on the top of Amakusa Shiro's head.

Savage, direct, and powerful lethal moves, which are loved by martial artists like Huang Taiji and Lancelot, but they are not at all like Lu You's past combat style, he even deliberately reduced his own body protection true qi, and poured it all into his head, so that this kill can bombard the enemy's vital points more fiercely and viciously.

Two thousand years of diligent cultivation and hard work of pure internal force was infused into the head hammer, forming a sharp and unparalleled divine sword. Blood splashed in front of the eyes of the two people at the same time, and Amakusa Shiro only saw a shocking red in his eyes, and the sharp pain and dizziness spread to his brain several times more powerful than before, and the true qi of the body was on the verge of collapse, and what was worse was that after receiving this blow, he was in a bad situation where he could not dominate his body.

"Last time we fought at the North Gate Tianguan, do you really think that the two of us are just a step apart? If it weren't for the fact that I deliberately wanted to keep the meat unharmed, the winner would have been known a long time ago. Last time, I was fighting with you and myself at the same time, but this time Amakusa is the real Moon Sage Sword Saint!"

Another continuous head blow bombarded down, Lu You was sure that he had cracked his old friend's skull, and at the same time lowered his protective true qi to a low point, and before his own skull also cracked, he had to change his attack and further widen the gap between victory and defeat.

The two arms are surrounded in an arc, using the technique of Tai Chi winding silk, Lu You traps Amakusa Shiro in the pressure circle, and the soft strength of the arc ring spreads from the limbs to the body, gradually destroying the hard joints and completely destroying the enemy's ability to resist.

Among the current strong heavenly masters, except for Lancelot, who cultivates the ether immortal body, and Oda Xiang, who has a special physique, no one can instantly heal the flesh tǐ injury, in other words, if the joints and bones on the body are destroyed, then they will completely lose their combat effectiveness, and there will be no chance to make a comeback.

"Recognize this fact! When I am unfettered and can take the risk of injury, Amakusa you are no match for me at all!"

The sound of bones shattering gradually destroyed the protective true qi that had already been lowered to a low point, and in just a blink of an eye, Amakusa Shiro's injuries were extremely serious, not only the severe pain in his brain was difficult to suppress, but the heavy injuries on his body made him lose all opportunities to fight back.

"Why? Why do you ask me for justice? If you want something back, you must have enough strength, do you have the ability to take anything away from me? Amakusa, you answer me, where is your strength? How are you qualified to fight me?"

Every shout was accompanied by a heavy blow, and in a series of broken bones and vomiting blood, Lu You's fourth move clearly opened the victory or defeat between him and his old friend. It has been less than a quarter of an hour since the two came into contact, and it is recognized that they should be two strong heavenly masters, and they have won or lost in the fourth move.

Amakusa Shiro himself, caught up in a deep sense of frustration. It was not just a setback caused by losing to an opponent in this battle, but a setback of the whole consciousness of life.

Before coming here, he had been so obsessed with defeating this old enemy, using his own strength to defeat Lu You and fulfill his wish for many years.

However, after contacting Lu You again, he finally understood the gap between the two. is not only the distance in martial arts, but also the seriousness of the two in their attitudes towards their own martial arts.

After the end of the Kyushu War, Amakusa Shiro lived a leisurely life in Japan, and after accidentally cultivating to break through the supreme heavenly position, he knew that he would have to break through one step further, but he was afraid that no one in the world today could do it, let alone blindly practice hard to improve, so he was no longer determined to advance, so that in the last battle of the North Gate Tianguan, he was defeated by Lu You.

Lu You lived a completely different life in the White Deer Cave. Although he entered the strong heaven position one step earlier than Amakusa Shiro, he also knew that there was probably no hope of breaking through in this life, but he never gave up. After 2,000 years of ice closure, there are only two things he cares about: being unparalleled in the world and protecting the human world.

His approach may have caused a lot of criticism, but his dedication to the goal is really unmatched. In order to find the path of progress in the heavenly position, he is like the most orthodox Bai family, crazy and serious, trying all kinds of methods that no one has thought of and tried before, combining with oriental immortal arts, combining with traditional magic, trying to cultivate himself further, breaking through the strong heavenly position before anyone else, only in this way, when the demon clan will one day commit another crime, he can win steadily.

The persistence of winning and striving for improvement is so strong, and the accumulated achievements made him overwhelmingly defeat Amakusa Shiro with the Heavenly Sword Formation that day, and even in a short period of time, he made progress, showing a higher strength than the Battle of Tianguan at the North Gate.

Lu You has the title of Sword Master, and he has reached the realm of God and Clarity with the essence of the sword, and the sword with him is an artifact that he ties to his life, but when he is obsessed with winning, he can surpass these things, and even abandon the sword and shackles at the first move, and win a greater victory.

After receiving two hard blows from the head, Amakusa Shiro knew that there was no defeat today, and Lu You did position this battle as a battle of life and death, not a simple sword duel, but Amakusa Shiro was also in Lu You's way of fighting. Every martial artist has his own accustomed fighting style, and Lu Youhui suddenly changed his original royal style and changed to kill the enemy in a savage and direct style like Huang Taiji, which proves that he has simulated and learned Huang Taiji's martial arts and tactics thousands of times during his retreat, so he can say that he can change and hit the enemy by surprise.

Outcome...... He failed miserably again, this time even more humiliating than the last time. As much as I want to win, why does it always backfire?

"My friend, I originally hoped that you would be able to take ten moves, but it's a pity, the fifth move, I'm going to end this fight. ”

Shattered by Lu You's Tai Chi chaotic ring, Shiro Amakusa's whole body twisted, and he barely had the strength to float in the air. In front of him, Lu You's fifth move was about to be issued, and the surrounding atmosphere began to fluctuate, symbolizing the powerful power of this move, and the familiar snow-white light lit up the entire sky.

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Trapped in the sword array by Lu You, many masters are designing to break free, wanting to use their own strength to break the sword net prison lock and regain their independence.

However, the Oriental Immortal Committee really has its own mystery, although there are many masters in the audience, but not half of them know this way. Although the strength of the Heavenly Rank Martial Artist is strong, the sword formation has another magic method that can suppress it.

It is no secret that the source of the power of heaven is the internal force of the warrior itself mixed with the vitality of heaven and earth, but it can interfere with the combination of heaven and earth vitality and internal force, so that the power of heaven cannot appear, except for the ultimate trick of black magic, the five extremes of heaven, there is still no martial arts and spells that can be done, even if it is an oriental immortal.

Rao is like this, but Lu You has other interference methods. After combining the magic circle know-how in the Eastern Immortal Arts, all the people who tried to break through the formation with the power of the Heavenly Rank continued to attack for a period of time, and the vision suddenly blossomed, and then it became a completely different scene.

Or steep cliffs, or majestic peaks, accompanied by a variety of different streams, exude a variety of different killing atmosphere, the next palm strikes, the scene changes, suddenly the desert yellow sand rolls up, suddenly tens of millions of soldiers kill the sound of the roar, Jin Ge iron horse gallops. Each different change has a different lethality, making it difficult for the trapped to cope.

When using the Heavenly Heart Consciousness to sense, they actually found that these things were all illusions formed by the sword formation affecting their senses, as long as they stood silently in place, after a few hours or even a day, the operation of the sword array would stagnate.

However, it doesn't take a few hours for Lu You to defeat Amakusa Shiro, if he defeats Amakusa and recuperates, then everyone will not be able to benefit from the fisherman's profits, and even he can take the initiative to choose opponents and break them individually, if things go like this, everyone will be ashamed of the countries of the Wind Continent in the name of fools.

The sea of swords that formed the formation horizontally and vertically could not break through the protective true qi of the heavenly power, and in the case that they would definitely not be injured, they attacked with all their might, and they did not believe that they could not shatter this ghost formation. Even if you can't catch it, there are at least two strong heavenly masters in the field, and the three of them work together, what can't be destroyed in the world?

Compared to them, Hülegü, who was also trapped in the sword array, seemed very leisurely. There were already seven or eight sword wounds on his body, and blood was dripping, but the smile on his face made it impossible to tell if he felt pain.

As long as he stands still obediently, he will not suffer any damage, this is the same as the ninety percent of the people trapped in the sword array, he found out at the beginning, however, in order to test the strange power of the million sword array, after he struck a blow, he immediately aimed at the strongest point launched by the sword mountain, and threw his body into it, through such contact, to perceive the power of the sword array.

In a fierce manner, this elegant noble son brought out the madness of his personality that belonged to the blood of the martial beast, and because of this, after accumulating seven or eight sword wounds on his body, he stopped his movements and saw through the mysteries of the sword formation earlier than anyone in the million sword formation.

"Really, if you don't learn in vain, you don't learn in vain, I knew that I should learn the Oriental Immortal Arts...... No, this is a secret of the White Deer Cave, and the cheap master will not pass it on to me as a suspicious person......"

Lying on the blunt mouth of several earthen swords, Hülegü seemed to rest comfortably. He knew in his heart that as long as he lay still and did not have true luck, the few earth swords behind his back would not change in the slightest.

Condensing True Qi may be the most forbidden thing to be trapped in this sword formation, because from the moment you raise your True Qi, your own strength will be absorbed by the formation.

This is not a magic circle that draws human vitality like traditional magic, because that kind of practice can easily make the master wary and then crack. The method taken by the Million Sword Array is extremely ingenious, physically speaking, the movement and movement of every object can be converted into energy, and the Million Sword Array is to absorb energy at the moment of kinetic energy transformation.

Tens of thousands of people were trapped in the sword array, and the alternating kinetic energy was naturally huge, not to mention that there were three Heavenly Rank martial artists who were desperate to break through the formation and leave, they were fighting wildly, and under the raging power of the Heavenly Rank, the energy of the million sword array became stronger and stronger.

The stronger the energy, the stronger the illusion of conjure, and the greater the lethality of the sword sea when attacking. Although the three of them knew that everything they heard and saw was an illusion, they probably couldn't imagine that they had just been attacking in place, circling in circles, and shattering the surging swords, and if they continued like this, they would simply run to death in an infinite cycle of labyrinth.

The sword array also skillfully pulled the strength of the three people to each other and attacked each other, although it did not cause any substantial damage, but Lu You, who operated the entire sword array, must have used these fluctuations to find out the number of ambush masters in the imperial city, the depth of cultivation, and the number of martial arts paths.

(and...... Master really has no conscience, and he won't pass on such a good thing to his apprentice, so next time he will put cat in the tonic to honor him...... ）

Once taught by Lu You the three swords of reaching the sky, when Xu Lie Wu Shicai tried the sword with his body, he found that the three powers contained in the sword blade were the three styles of the long sky, the middle stream, and the soft willow, in other words, Lu You mixed the sword array he painstakingly studied into the million sword array, and more effectively contained the heavenly master.

（...... actually made such an exaggerated thing, from the very beginning, he wanted to fight all the masters in the imperial city alone, my sword master master's brain is really weird...... ）

Lu You understood Amakusa Shiro's desperate mood to fight, but he knew that there would definitely be someone waiting for an opportunity to attack, so from the beginning, he regarded everyone in the imperial city as an enemy, and launched a sword formation, creating an environment where he and Amakusa Shiro could fight alone, defeating this old enemy first, and then sweeping every enemy in the sword array one by one.

Hülegü was curious about what he would do with himself when Lu You swept here. However, as soon as the faint loud explosion ended, Hülegü knew that the battle over there was nearing an end.

"Unexpected...... The duel between the two divine swords turned out to be a swordless war, and from the sound of the voice, the bones were probably shattered, even if they didn't die for a while, it would be difficult to recover in the future......"

Muttering to himself, Hülegü's face suddenly showed surprise. Surrounded by layers of the sea of swords, the snow-white holy light that still shone faintly, and the high-pitched and clear holy voice transmitted straight to the brain. The two characteristics were so obvious that although he couldn't see it with his own eyes, Hülegü still guessed what Lu You's fifth move was.

"My friend, I'm tired of fighting against you, so after this move, you won't have a chance to return to me. ”

The Trinity's fist suddenly spat out, and the Sword Lord, who had completely lost the ability to resist, flew out towards the end of the sky, turning into a line of blood full of unwillingness......