Final Volume, Chapter XXVII
Sola passed by with more than a hundred sect members, I don't know if it was because they didn't expect someone to ambush and didn't pay attention, or if Lin Luoran's aura was well hidden, and there was not even one of the hundred people, and there were two lurkers on the left.
After the last sect member walked by, Lin Luoran made a gesture to Zhao Ling, and then quietly rushed out, covering the mouth of the last sect member, and then slashed at the back of his neck with a hand knife, the sect member didn't even have time to scream, Lin Luoran dragged him into the grass.
When Zhao Ling saw Lin Luoran's gesture, she immediately understood, and she also rushed out with Lin Luoran, using Chen Hong to knock the last sect member unconscious and then hurriedly dragged her into the grass.
"Huhu...... It's dangerous!" Zhao Ling looked at the underworld sect members she dragged in, her heart was still beating non-stop, and now her mind was blank, and she couldn't believe that she could successfully complete the task.
"Zhao Ling, you did a good job. Lin Luoran praised: "It's not in vain that I trained you last night." β
Hearing Lin Luoran's words, Zhao Ling came back to her senses, smiled at Lin Luoran, and thought: If you do this kind of thing once, you will have a few years of life, so don't do it in the future.
"Okay, don't be stunned, scold them to kill them and then change into their clothes!" Lin Luoran pulled out his fire sword and was about to stab the sect members at the soles of his feet.
"Sister Lin Luoran, wait a minute!" Zhao Ling hurriedly stopped: "We just borrowed their clothes, why kill them?"
"It wouldn't be nice if they woke up, and besides, they're all monsters, and it's not a pity to die. β
"Monsters?" Zhao Ling was puzzled: "Aren't they human?"
"Of course not. Lin Luoran said and stabbed his sword at the godfather's neck at his feet.
Zhao Ling immediately closed her eyes when she saw this, and after a while, she heard Chen Hong say in surprise: "Zhao Ling, take a look!"
"I don't look at it, I don't look at it, it's too cruel!"
Lin Luoran said coldly: "Zhao Ling." You open your eyes and see what's lying on the ground. β
Zhao Ling didn't want to open it, but since Lin Luoran had ordered it, Zhao Ling didn't dare to go against Lin Luoran's wishes, so she opened it slightly and looked at the priest on the ground.
"What? is this sand?" Zhao Ling saw that there was no bloody corpse in the monk's robe. It was a pile of yellow sand, and I was very surprised.
"As you can see, the so-called knights of the underworld are all just monsters. β
"What? All the people in the underworld are monsters?"
"Of course not, the lower classes of the church are the real human beings. Lin Luoran picked up the monk's robe and said, "So even inside the underworld, as long as there are human beings, they will be oppressed, just look at the person named Lisi, and the result is only a dead end." Isn't it miserable to say that this kind of world where humans are ruled by monsters is not miserable?"
"......" Zhao Ling didn't know how to answer Lin Luoran's words, she had always been optimistic that even if there were sad things in the world, but it was only a small part of the dark side, in fact, the world was also bright, but, after Lin Luoran said so. Knowing that the people of Maia have been ruled by monsters, there is no light at all. Living a life of oppression, enslavement, and humiliation every day, Zhao Ling really doesn't know what it's like in her heart.
Could it be that I have been thinking wrong all along?
Could it be that my long-term desire is out of reach?
Is it better to destroy this world?
Zhao Ling's thinking is becoming more and more confused, not so much that she is thinking about a lot of things, but that she is simply constantly looking for reasons to overturn an absolutely true theory.
"Zhao Ling. Hurry up and change your clothes, we need to keep up with the rest of the congregation as soon as possible. Lin Luoran handed another cultivation robe to Zhao Ling and said.
Zhao Ling looked at the two piles of sand on the ground, turned out the clothes, and said in a low voice, "Okay." Although Zhao Ling has a lot to say, she knows that it is important to save people now. So he swallowed his words hard, followed Lin Luoran to put on his hat, lowered his head, and walked behind the sect team.
Although there were more than 100 people in this underworld sect team, they didn't snort along the way, and they didn't even say a word of greeting, so there was no other sound except for footsteps, and they didn't speak while walking, which may be their teaching.
After a quarter of an hour of walking, they finally came to Xingyao City again, only to see the gate of Xingyao City wide open, and when passing through the city gate, there were some "welcome" petals slowly falling, but these are the petals of white chrysanthemum, symbolizing farewell and death, but Sola just smiled, still led the team, and strode towards Gangyang Tower.
Along the way, the people of the Mila tribe have cast hate, anger, contempt, and fierce eyes, the whole city is surrounded by murderous aura, and fell into a dead silence, this feeling is like meeting the enemy in an alley, they came to the hall of Gangyang Tower, only to see that a square ring with a height of three meters has been set up here, the ring has no mast, but there is a stone pillar in each of the four corners, it looks very simple, even if it is simple, but this also tells everyone that the martial arts conference is about to kick off, everyone sees this simple ring, all of them are nervousγ
"Bastards of the underworld!
"Trash, bastards, you'd better die!"
"Underground dog thief, don't bother us!"
"Go back to your hometown and nurse!"
When the people of the Mira clan saw the Difu team entering, the audience immediately threw warm "condolences".
However, the cultists of the underworld did not "fight back", they looked calm and smiled, as if they had received the highest praise.
"Everyone, be quiet!" Rod shouted, and the audience fell silent.
"Sure enough, it's the patriarch, and the intimidating power of language is really a lot. Sora smiled: "But it's a pity that we came today to test our fists and feet, not our words." β
"Are you sarcastic that I only have to open my mouth?"
"Hmph. Sora sneered, "Then it's up to you to judge." β
"Hmph!" Goode next to him interjected, "Why are you talking to them so much?
"Isn't this Goode?" Sola looked at Goode out of the corner of her eye, and said disdainfully, "The last time you won a game against us, are you actually angry here?"
"Unfortunately, I'm going to keep winning today!"
"Hahahaha!" Sora laughed wildly and said, "Although you are a martial artist, you are brave and brave, and you are not chaotic in the face of danger. It's really a genius, I believe that there is no one like you in the world except for the four super soldiers, but it's strange to say, why can't a person as good as you be the patriarch of the Mira clan?"
"It's your business!" scolded.
"Goode. Don't you think it's strange?" Sora ignored Goode's scolding and continued, "You are so good, you should be the best person to be the patriarch, but you didn't become the leader, what is the point of this problem?"
"You still say!"
"That's right, the problem is that you're so good! So the people are jealous of your strength, they don't want you to continue to be stronger, they don't want you to stay far away from them, they don't want you to be on top alone. They are just constantly jealous of you, afraid of you, and bent on weakening you. β
β......β
"Especially standing next to you and snatching the shitch of your patriarch's throne!"
"Hmph!" Standing next to Rod, a burly man with a big sword in his hand said in a voice like a bell: "Your discord can't deal with us, put away the demagogic nonsense you learned from Mande!"
Rag's roar was like the crow of a rooster in the morning. Wake Goode out of his dream.
That's right, Goode had to admit that he did believe Sora's words just now. I kept thinking about whether I should help the Mira family, but after hearing Rag's words, I immediately understood this trap, and it turned out that Sora was just trying to use words to break up the relationship between the three of them.
After thinking about it, Goode immediately shouted, "Hmph, do you think I believe it? I must avenge my master today!"
"To avenge Fix, your former city lord?" haha......" Sora laughed again, "If you can do it, just give it a try!"
"This guy called Sora is such a megalomaniac. Zhao Ling cursed in a low voice: "It seems that I don't take the opponent in my eyes at all." β
"That's what he is. Lin Luoran said: "This is how I saw him for the first time, which is nothing unusual." β
"It's just a stinky shelf, these monsters are really annoying!"
"He's not a monster. Lin Luoran said lightly: "He's just a human being." β
"Humans?" Zhao Ling asked, "Why? Aren't the high-level people in the underworld all monsters?"
"I don't know why. Anyway, I've dealt with him and know he's not a monster. β
In fact, Lin Luoran's "I don't know why" has two meanings, the first is to answer Zhao Ling's question, why is he not a monster, and the second is why a mere mortal can have a powerful power that can manipulate the darkness, but Zhao Ling just understands the first meaning.
Zhao Ling continued to ask, "Sister Lin Luoran, do you know where the big pervert is now?"
"I feel the breath of Noh Jing above us, I think it's on the top floor of this building!"
"That is, he never left there?" Zhao Ling said, "I didn't expect him to find such a good hiding place." β
"I guess he's just hiding in some utility room! That guy can go anywhere as long as he can live. β
"Hehe, that's why you say he's a cockroach, right?" Zhao Ling said, "Then when are we going to start acting?"
Lin Luoran replied: "Now is not the time, let's wait for the middle of the martial arts conference to act!"
Zhao Ling nodded and stopped talking.
A member of the Difu Sect wearing a ceremonial robe and holding a scroll stood on the stage and said: "Hello everyone, my name is Yaruo, I am honored to be the host of this conference, so before the start of the martial arts competition, please send a representative to the stage to sign the life and death certificate, the following is the content of the life and death statement: I show my martial arts in the Gangyang Tower in Xingyao City, and I have a special fight to compete with the opponent's masters, if there is an accident in the attack, it has nothing to do with anyone, and I am responsible for all the consequences, it is over, what objections are there present?"
There was silence in the audience, and no one made a sound, and Arro said, "Since there is none, then now please send representatives from both sides to the stage." Hearing the host's instructions, Sora and Rod walked into the ring from both sides, each put their handprints on the paper, and then walked out of the ring.
Arro held up the paper, showed it to everyone present, and said, "Everyone has seen that this is the life and death certificate signed by both parties, and this life and death certificate will officially take effect from now on. Until the end of the fight, if there is any objection, please raise an objection. Yaruo looked around and saw that the audience was silent: "Okay! Since there is no objection, then the martial arts conference officially begins, before it begins." There are ten minutes to spare, please pray for the martial fighters separately!" As soon as the words fell, Lin Luoran and Zhao Ling saw a beautiful girl wearing a white robe, with long purple hair, walking slowly down from the second floor, seeing that her clothes should be the nobles of the Mira clan.
But the people of the Mira clan looked at her with respect and fear, and that kind of look was a combination of the eyes of the commoners seeing the king, and the eyes of those who were afraid of ghosts seeing the real ghosts. I saw her slowly walk in front of the three of Rhodes, bite her fingers, and draw a pattern of the sun, moon, and stars overlapping on the chests of the three of them, and then said: "The power of the original star can help you win!"
The three of them also returned a salute and said, "Thank you, Miko-sama." After the salute, the purple-headed girl retreated behind the three. On the underworld's side, all the underworld cultists knelt down on one knee. Drawing a four-pointed star pattern on his chest with his right hand, and then reciting the scriptures silently, Lin Luoran and Zhao Ling of course did so, and after about three minutes, after the salute, all the sect members slowly stood up.
The moderator saw that both sides were ready. So he came to the stage and said: "Since everyone is ready, then the martial arts conference will officially start now!"
The host stood on the stage and announced: "Now that everyone is ready, then the martial arts competition will officially start now! Now invite the people of the first competition to play!"
After hearing the instructions. The Mira clan sent a burly general Rag, who was more than two meters tall, holding a giant sword in his hand, standing majestically on the platform, and he shouted loudly to the underworld: "Underworld's dogs, come up and die!"
Sora smiled and said, "Skeeter, you can deal with him!"
Hearing Sora's order, everyone looked at Lin Luoran in unison.
Lin Luoran faced everyone's gaze and was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood that the owner of the robe he was wearing, that is, the name of the person who was assassinated by Lin Luoran, was called Skeeter.
In other words, Sora is just going to fight the big guy herself.
"Oh no!" Lin Luoran thought to himself.
Now, Lin Luoran's heart is indeed a little contradictory, she is not worried about how strong this big man is, so that she can't defeat it. If she went out to fight him, Lin Luoran was 100% sure that she could win this big guy, and what she was worried about was that if she won like this, wouldn't it be equivalent to helping the underworld?
It's better to pretend to lose or tie! That's not good, according to the rules of the underworld, those who can't win the game will definitely be executed on the spot, and if they don't want to die, they will fight back, and once they fight back, their identities will be exposed, whether it is the people of the Mira clan or the people of the underworld, they will definitely cause chaos at that time, and the plan to save Chen Fan will be in vain.
What should I do in the face of this dilemma?
Seeing that Lin Luoran didn't react, Sora urged: "Skeeter, what's wrong with you?
Hearing Sora's call, Lin Luoran had no choice, in order to save Chen Fan, in order to retrieve Nengjing, he could only step forward, and when he left, Lin Luoran whispered to Zhao Ling: "In any situation, don't act rashly." β
Seeing Zhao Ling nodded, Lin Luoran stepped forward step by step, came to Sola's side, and replied in a pretending manly voice, "Lord Sora, did you call me?"
"That's right. Sora said as she handed a long sword to Lin Luoran: "You can use this sword to make him eight pieces!"
"Obey!" Lin Luoran took the sword and walked towards the ring.
Lin Luoran thought to himself: It seems that this Sola usually doesn't care about his subordinates at all, and he can't even notice the difference in voice, but forget it, it's a good thing after all, I don't have to pursue it so much, the current question is what to do in this battle? However, no matter what, my purpose is not to be revealed, as long as I can do this, whether I lose or win or draw, it doesn't matter to me, anyway, the purpose is not in this game.
Okay, that's it! Lin Luoran finally figured it out, she was standing on the stage, wearing a cloak and a cap attached to the back of the cloak, so that everyone present could not see her true face.
Rag pointed at Lin Luoran and shouted, "The lackey of the underworld, why don't you take off the robe that hinders your physical movements? Do you feel that you have done too many bad things, so you dare not come to the public?"
The crowd laughed when they heard Rag's words.
Lin Luoran pretended to be a man's voice and responded: "To deal with a reckless man like you, is it necessary for me to take off my robe?"
"What did you say?"
"Bastard Difu! Insulting our General Ragher!"
"Damn, give him some color!"
There was an immediate curse from the audience.
"In that case. Then don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless, drink!" Rag said, raising his big sword and slashing straight down at the top of Lin Luoran's head.
Lin Luoran immediately felt a burst of pressure pressing down on herself, she knew that this big man was not the kind of gangster who bullied the good and feared the evil, he was a real gladiator. It seems that the title of general is not groundless.
"But strength alone can't defeat me!" Although Lin Luoran said so, she didn't dare to fight this heavy blow, she just dodged the attack with her agile body, and then quickly stabbed the big man in the armpit.
In Lin Luoran's opinion, this sword is undoubtedly hit, because this enemy holds a big sword, although the attack power is strong, but the reaction is definitely not as good as himself, and it is too easy for himself to win this competition by degree.
But there is a saying: there is always a little difference between theory and reality. Now it has finally come true, but the difference may be more than "a little".
"When!" A metal-to-metal crash sound came out, and Lin Luoran was surprised to see the tip of his sword stabbing at the sword body of the opponent's big sword.
Is there really such a fast sword retraction? At the moment when Lin Luoran's idea was born, the opponent's big sword had already opened the tip of Lin Luoran's sword and swept over from the left.
After a round of offense and defense just now, Lin Luoran began to change his opinion of the big man in front of him, it seems that he is really not an ordinary person. She began to be a little skeptical that she would not use the "first mode". Is it really possible to win against him, but now there is no time for Lin Luoran to be stunned, in the face of the giant sword that is sweeping over with competition, Lin Luoran does not dare to slack off, this is not because of the "change" of this big man just now, but because this blow is really unreasonable. In the face of such a strong momentum, Lin Luoran almost couldn't even breathe.
Lin Luoran didn't want to block hard, but if he didn't use the "first mode" to jump back, it would be impossible to jump out of the sword's attack range, and if he jumped, then the next attack would definitely be impossible to dodge or block.
Could it be that the other party also foresaw the next blow. So this blow was swept away? Lin Luoran suddenly had such an idea in his heart, if it was really Lin Luoran who thought so, then this person's combat skills were simply too powerful.
Faced with this "unavoidable" blow, Lin Luoran could only choose to block when he was helpless.
"Dang!" another sound of metal slamming came out, and this sound suddenly echoed in the Gangyang Building, and the aftermath was endless.
Lin Luoran didn't have time to see the two swords collide, her hands holding the swords were already very paralyzed, and a powerful impact force surged from left to right, and her body involuntarily flew out and crashed into the air on the edge of the ring.
Seeing Lin Luoran being knocked out and flying out, there was immediately excited cheers from the audience, in Zhao Ling's eyes, Lin Luoran would definitely win easily, but after such a blow, Zhao Ling's heart was also anxious for Lin Luoran.
"Damn! Isn't there no wall on the edge of the ring?Why does it seem to hit a wall?" Lin Luoran, who was trying to stand up, muttered, she touched the air on the edge of the ring and said to herself: "It turns out that the ring is surrounded by enchantment-like air power walls, it seems that the pillars on the four sides are used like this, you can come in from the outside, but if you go out from the inside, if you don't win the game, it will be impossible." β
However, there was no more time for Lin Luoran to continue to be surprised, because Rag didn't want to give his opponent a chance to breathe, he rushed over, raised the giant sword in his hand, and swung it towards Lin Luoran's head.
Lin Luoran saw the opponent's big sword slashing down towards her, she didn't care about anything, it didn't matter if there was a wall on the edge of the ring at all, what mattered was how to defeat the strong enemy in front of her.
Seeing that the sword was about to slash his head the moment before, Lin Luoran immediately jumped sideways, if it was the usual Lin Luoran, he would definitely fight back against the other party, but now Lin Luoran did not do this.
This is not because Lin Luoran was afraid of the big man in front of him, but in Lin Luoran's opinion, when he didn't think of the way to break the enemy and didn't know the weakness of the other party, he rashly attacked, and the result would only be like just now, so she thought that what she needed to do now was not to rush to attack, but to carefully observe the other party's flaws, so now she could only choose to avoid it.
"Goode. Rhodes in the audience said to Goode next to him, "What do you think of this game?"
"Hmph, I don't think that guy from the underworld is very good, he can't stop General Rag's attack at all, see no. Now he can only keep dodging. Goode next to him said disdainfully.
"Although General Rag's natural powers are indeed well known to everyone in the Mira clan, and years of fighting have made him experienced. Rod said worriedly, "But I always feel that the underworld sect is not so simple. β
"I'll just say that you are a woman's kindness, and you are indecisive in judging things, so your character is not suitable to be a patriarch, General Rag will definitely win, just watch!"
"I'm still not at ease, although it's true that the Underworld cultist is constantly avoiding General Rag's attacks, and General Rag seems to have the upper hand, but my heart is always not very steady. β
"Don't use your woman's kindness to look at this one-sided battle, you should first think about how to deal with the 'right hand' of one of the two knights!"
Hearing that Goode had so much confidence in General Rager, Rod stopped talking, and thought: Yes, I should have faith in General Lager, now I should think about the countermeasures to deal with that Sora, I must use this silver dragon to kill him and avenge my father!
Lin Luoran can only choose to avoid Rag's attack, she keeps jumping back, sideways, jumping up, and across, she uses all methods to dodge, and the purpose is only one, that is, to find out the opponent's weakness.
Lin Luoran kept exploring the path of the Lager swordsmanship in her mind, and while she was watching, she muttered to herself: "Down, horizontal, sprint, up, horizontal, sprint, down, up, ......"
Lin Luoran kept analyzing in his heart: No, he has no clue at all, his sword path is very formal, and there is no place to break through at all......
Of course, usually a warrior will work tricks in order not to be easy to be found out by the other party, the more complex the tricks, the more difficult it is for others to see through, and the more advantageous it will be when fighting, but if you do this, because of the variety of sword moves, there may be a gap between the previous move and the next move that is not tightly linked, and the enemy can take advantage of this gap to fight back, and Lin Luoran is also waiting for this gap to appear.
However, the sword moves of the enemy in front of him are very "regular", and there are not many tricks used to disturb the enemy: "Downward Split": "Horizontal Slash": "Dash": "Upward Pick", these four moves are just the basic moves of the weapon "Sword", that is to say, the enemy in front of him has been using basic moves to fight against Lin Luoran, but this does not necessarily underestimate Lin Luoran's strength, because this kind of life and death game has no room to stay at all. Therefore, his consistent attack mode is just to attack with these four moves, and because of the simplicity of the moves, there is no gap that cannot be linked, which makes it difficult for Lin Luoran to break through for a while.
At the same time, since Rag is using a heavy sword, the attack of the heavy sword is originally a beat slower, although the attack power is strong, but what is the use if it misses?
Of course, this point is the clearest, he knows that to make up for the shortcomings of this degree, it is not possible to rely only on self-generated strength, so he can only abandon all the "tricks" used to disturb the enemy, and directly use the sword to carry out a simple attack, which is more practical, and many years of combat experience also give him the predictability of the moves that a fighter should have, and master how to cooperate with these four moves to force people to a dead end. Therefore, the swordsmanship without gaps, coupled with the innate divine power, coupled with many years of combat experience, it is really better to use the word "powerful" to describe Lag.
However, it is still the same sentence, if he is facing someone who is not familiar with weapons like "sword", of course this attack can be easily won, but he is facing Lin Luoran, a martial artist who is one of the four super soldiers, and Lin Luoran is an expert in using a sword, so it can be seen that the result is different. (To be continued......)