In March of the 569th year of the Altino calendar, Kunlun Mountain, Japan

Losing the first battle with Hua Tianxie, Mei Lin and Hai Jiaxuan retreated to the belly of the mountain, closer to the second front of the immortal tree.

Hai Jiaxuan was defeated under the extermination of the divine skill, a large amount of essence and true yuan were lost, his expression was sluggish, and the whole person didn't even have the strength to raise a little finger, and it was all up to Mei Lin to help push the palace through the blood, before he could recover his mobility, but he was still sore, and he couldn't fight with people, and it was estimated that without a ten-day recuperation, it was impossible to recover his combat strength.

"Fortunately, Kublai Khan's guy failed to plagiarize, the extermination of the divine skill is essentially different from the heavenly demon skill, if it is absorbed by the heavenly demon skill, then it is not ten days of recuperation can be restored. ”

was so frustrated in the hands of juniors, Hai Jiaxuan's mood was naturally not very good, but it was not really troubled, and he simply smiled slightly and drove away this unpleasant mood.

"You seem to be more open than you used to be?"

"If you lose to a junior, you have to draw your sword and commit suicide, and it will be difficult for me to live in the future era. ”

There was a hint of bitterness in Hai Jiaxuan's faint smile. Although he has occupied the throne of "the strongest man in the human world" for a long time in the past two thousand years, he still has to face the wave of generation change, especially when one after another juniors break through the wall of the heavenly throne that he has not been able to advance in two thousand years, and climb to the top of the Zhai Heavenly Throne one by one, looking at Hai Jiaxuan's eyes, it is really a little sentimental.

"However, Hua Tianyi is a special case, if he uses his original qualifications and strength, it is already the limit to be able to reach the strong heavenly position, and it is impossible to have the opportunity to enter the Zhai Heavenly position. ”

Mei Lin, who has always been watching the battle with a cold eye, has a special feeling about this, especially since Hua Tian Evil can exert the extermination divine skill to such a realm, even if the founder Kublai Khan is reborn, I am afraid it will only be so. Such a comprehension and breakthrough is simply a miracle compared to the previous Hua Tianxi.

The one who created this miracle was undoubtedly Amakusa Shiro, which is a well-known thing on the Wind Continent, but there are unknown details behind it.

"It's just about passing on the gong, and if you can't reach such a level, it must be that the souls of those two people are surprisingly compatible, so you can completely inherit the comprehension and cultivation of Amakusa. ”

Mei Lin's words also resonated with Hai Jiaxuan. Amakusa Shiro's arrogant personality, lifelong encounters, and wandering emotions, these parts are similar to Hua Tianxie, so Amakusa Shiro had a blue eye for Hua Tianxie before his death, and formed a friendship with the old age, and later it must have been the overlapping regrets and emotions of these two people, and Hua Tianxie was able to perfectly absorb the things inherited by Amakusa Shiro, resulting in today's breakthrough.

"Well, it's true that as you said, these two people are very similar in their attachments, emotionally...... May never be satisfied. ”

Hai Jiaxuan once heard Mei Lin mention Hua Tianxie's dedication to the love of his life, and when he thinks about it, this is the most similar to Amakusa Shiro, and it can even be said to overlap place;

"The closed disciples that Amakusa Shiro has educated with his life should surpass me, but this situation will not last long, and the wall of Saiten's position is no longer unbreakable, he is just one step ahead of me. ”

Hai Jiaxuan's tone was full of confidence, and this confident expression appeared on a child's face, making Mei Lin laugh unconsciously.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, such a talent can't be used by the human camp, but has become an eagle dog for the invasion of the demons, which is really regrettable. ”

Compared to losing at the hands of a junior, this incident undoubtedly made Hai Jiaxuan regret more, not only lamenting that an outstanding talent like Hua Tianxie had thrown himself into the demon clan, but also that none of the disciples he cultivated could come in handy at this time.

The seven disciples of Lu You, who were famous all over the world that day, did not count Hai Jiaxuan himself, Wang Youjun and Quan Ying each had one side, although they could still play the role of protecting the territory and the people, but they were powerless to affect the overall situation, and their own strength was not enough to threaten the demon clan.

Li Yu and Zhou Gongjin, who have the strongest martial arts, have already died in the battle with the demons, and if one of the two of them is still alive, I don't know how much help it can have for the current situation, but whether it is the Kunlun Mountain front or the Jixia front, it will definitely be able to relieve a lot of pressure.

Tao Yanning disappeared after the end of the battle of Zhongdu, and there was no news again, and he seemed to have no intention of participating in the battle between humans and demons, which was not surprising to Hai Jiaxuan, because in his opinion, Yanning was wild and untamed, and he did not have a good impression of humans, so there was no reason to fight on the side of humans in particular, as long as he did not switch to the demon camp, then he would be thankful.

But the most unexpected change was Hülegü. In vain, he used to attach great importance to him, thinking that he was excellent in literature and martial arts, and was an excellent talent that was rare once in a thousand years. Now he is already the number two person in the demon camp, and the henchman of the human camp is in great trouble, which is all his own fault.

In order to deal with the invasion of the demon race, the personal disciples who have spent thousands of years cultivating themselves are now dead, scattered, and rebellious, otherwise they will not be useful, seeing that the demons are menacing, and the destruction of the human camp is just around the corner, Hai Jiaxuan is worried and sighs.

"So...... It's time for us to decide, right?"

Sensing that Hua Tianxie was approaching this side at high speed, Mei Lin woke up. Even in the face of the Zhaitian rank warriors, the two of them will not be at a loss, after all, there is a Hulegu among the enemies, maybe he will attack Kunlun Mountain, so they have also made a lot of arrangements before, when the Zhaitian rank warriors come, they can rely on these arrangements and tactics to fight.

In fact, Merlin had already activated some magical facilities on the way to this place to stop Hua Tianxie's advance, which is why he was delayed. Hai Jiaxuan was severely damaged by the extermination divine skill, and he was unable to fight for a while, which was an unexpected situation, but he had considered that there would be people who were too seriously injured to fight, so the situation was not too bad to lose.

Originally, when Hai Jiaxuan and Mei Lin were stationed, they were determined to defend Kunlun Mountain at all costs, and never let the demons get the immortal tree, but when Gengoro came that day and observed the state of the immortal tree, he put forward an opinion, so the two of them had room to retreat.

When it can still be supported, it will continue to confront the demons and let the demons disperse their forces, but when the real enemy comes, such as when Yinzhen personally attacks Kunlun Mountain, there is no need to defend here, let go of Kunlun Mountain, and concentrate the combat power of the human race under the grass.

"The combat power and wisdom of the two of you are very valuable to all mankind, please do not be presumptuous. The most important thing is to keep a useful body, and don't give your life to meaningless things. ”

Gengoro's expression at that time was very serious, and it could even be said that he pleaded in a low profile, in addition to strategic considerations, he was more unwilling to see his friends blood on the battlefield and wanted to save them. Gengoro's worried expression made Haijiaxuan and Mei Lin remember it deeply.

"Xiao Wu is actually a good person......"

"Hey, he's been like this since before, not like a man......"

Hai Jiaxuan chuckled twice, and when he looked up at Mei Lin, from the information leaking from his eyes, Mei Lin knew that he had already made a decision.

"Just give this place to the demons. I want to take a bet on Shiro Amakusa's heir and see what the outcome of this gamble will be. ”

Hai Jiaxuan's decision was agreed by Mei Lin, and when Hua Tianxiao finally broke into here a quarter of an hour later, there was no trace of Hai Jiaxuan and Mei Lin.

"Hmm, am I a step slower?"

Hua Tianxie sensed that the boy and girl had already left here, even leaving Kunlun Mountain. Although there is only one way from the underground lake to the Immortal Tree, as long as they use the magic of time and space transfer, they can jump anywhere within hundreds of miles of Kunlun Mountain, and with their footsteps, they don't know where to run at this time, and they can't catch up at all.

"It's a pity, but ...... It's okay, if this battle turns into a deathmatch, it will be unpleasant. ”

Before Hua Tianye infiltrated Kunlun Mountain, he already had a plan to splash blood, he didn't come for temptation, since he entered Kunlun Mountain, then whether he fell, or the enemy fell, this battle will have a complete defeat or victory over, and now the enemy takes the initiative to retreat, although this is unexpected, but it is also the best ending, and the next thing is to receive the problem of the immortal tree.

Restrained his fighting spirit and murderous aura, Hua Tianxie slowly paced towards the end of the aisle, he was also full of curiosity about the sacred objects that the Western Queen Mother Clan had sworn to protect for thousands of years, and he didn't wait to inform Shi Chong and the others, so he first explored the past towards the end of the aisle.

It is said that the immortal tree is a sacred object left by the creation god during the opening of the world, guarded by the mother of the West King, blooming once in three thousand years, bearing fruit once in three thousand years, and it takes another three thousand years to refine the fruit into medicine. Flesh and bones, has the miraculous effect of reversing life and death, but in several wars thousands of years ago, the Western Queen Mother Clan consumed all the magic medicines, and now it is only a finger counting, the immortal tree should not bear fruit for a long time, and it is already more than 3,000 years later to refine the fruit into medicine, which is really too old a myth......

"More than 3,000 years later...... Oh, people now don't know how many people will have the life to see it. ”

When Hua Tianye sneered and stepped into the cave at the end of the walkway, he saw that it was a circular grotto, with an opening in the rock wall at the top, and the clear sky light was shining in from above, falling on an ancient tree in the center of the cave.

That tree was only more than two feet tall, judging from the appearance alone, it was really hard to imagine that this was the world's famous immortal tree, the bark was shriveled, leafless and flowerless, as if it had long lost its life, if it wasn't for the faint pulse of energy, Hua Tianxiao would not believe that this was his goal.

It is expected that there is no proper fruit on the branches, since it has reached the year of flowering and fruiting, the people in front must have picked the fruit, if it is not taken away by the West Queen Mother and her family when they retreat, it must have fallen into the hands of Haijiaxuan. After occupying Kunlun Mountain for so many days, the undead tree itself could not be moved, but he was not so naïve as to think that the enemy would even leave the undead tree fruit.

However, when Hua Tianye slowly paced in front of the immortal tree, wanting to take a closer look at this strange tree that the demon clan was determined to obtain, a trace of energy fluctuations captured by Tianxin consciousness made his face change greatly in an instant, and he immediately withdrew more than ten feet away, and reconfirmed the surrounding state with a cautious look.

Half an hour later, a loud laugh resounded in Kunlun Mountain, reverberating and shaking, for a long time.

"Hahahaha~~ Sure enough, ginger is old and spicy, I was put on a table~~Haha~~"

The offensive and defensive battle of Kunlun Mountain, and finally ended in an unexpected form, when Hua Tianxie walked out of Kunlun Mountain, indicating that the enemy had retreated, and the immortal tree had fallen into his grasp, Shi Chongxi was in shape.

Hua Tianxie recovered from his injuries this time, Shi Chong did not expect him to be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, after all, it was already difficult for Hai Jiaxuan alone to deal with, not to mention that there was a Mei Lin sweeping the formation, if Mei Lin's Heavenly Demon Skill, Five Extremes Heavenly Style, and Hai Jia Xuan's Qimen Dunjia were all taken into account, there were many variables, even if Hua Tianxuan had the strength of the Zhai Heavenly Position, he might not be able to win.

The most ideal situation is to wait for Dolgon to return, join forces with Hua Tianxie, and then cooperate with his own plan, then Kunlun Mountain will inevitably be broken, but before that, let Hua Tianevil enter the mountain to see the environment, try to see the enemy's strength, this will also help, with his martial arts at the moment, even if he is invincible, he can retreat with his whole body;

On the other hand, the other camp of the demon clan, although Hülegü used his troops quickly, but the current battle line is still a long way away from Jixia City, not to mention the problem of actually attacking Jixia, but his side captured Kunlun Mountain at this time and obtained the immortal tree, and at that time, in front of His Majesty Yinzhen's palace, his side undoubtedly won this competition.

"Really, it seems that it is too early for Lord Shi Chong to be happy, but the immortal tree is in hand, and there are still many problems ahead, and it is not yet the time to be complacent. ”

There was something else in Hua Tianxie's words, Shi Chong noticed this, and hurriedly led the crowd into Kunlun Mountain to confirm the condition of the immortal tree.

In the evening of the same day, an urgent military intelligence document from Japan was passed to Yinzhen in Zhongdu, saying that he had captured Kunlun Mountain and obtained the Immortal Tree, but the enemy was very treacherous and even laid a large area of enchantment around the Immortal Tree in advance.

It was really a huge enchantment of a very large scale, consisting of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine small and medium-sized enchantments with different positive and negative ones, and the machine was hidden in the machine, changing from the outside to the outside, even Shi Chong was dumbfounded, and he couldn't imagine that the enemy had occupied Kunlun Mountain for many days, and actually used time to lay down such a complicated enchantment.

Unlike ordinary defensive barriers, this barrier will not do anything to block or attack invading foreign enemies, after all, the warriors who can break through the alliance between Haijiaxuan and Mei Lin must have a cultivation above the Zhai Tian level, and it is unlikely that there will be any mechanism in the world that can pose a threat to them. Abandoning blocking and attacking, all of the enchantment's energy is used for one thing: to detonate the Undead Tree.

No matter who comes in, as long as someone tries to touch the undead tree, or perform any spell on the undead tree, the enchantment will activate, blowing the undead tree to pieces, and everyone will burn the jade and scatter it in two.

This vicious trick made Shi Chong stunned, because the existence of the immortal tree is related to the operation of heaven and earth energy, if the immortal tree is rashly destroyed, no one can predict the possible consequences, no matter how light it is, it is a large-scale catastrophe of the Japanese land sinking level, and the scope of the catastrophe is not limited to Japan, it is likely to be wide to the continent of the wind, at that time, under the chain effect, a series of heaven and earth catastrophes will ravage every inch of the continent of the wind; 。

“...... It's too vicious, these guys are all under the banner of justice, but they are much more ruthless than the demons. ”

Only then did Shi Chong understand why Mei Lin and Hai Jiaxuan chose to retreat when they could still fight, it turned out that they had left a big bomb. In this way, the capture of Kunlun Mountain was not the end, but the beginning of another war.

The elite magicians of the demon camp were immediately transferred and ordered to deal with this complicated enchantment and do the work of dismantling the "bomb". The magic level of the demons is far superior to that of humans, and the mage group led by the Guma Lion quickly made an assessment, and it is expected that this barrier can be safely lifted within three hundred years.

To put it more delicately, it was two hundred and ninety-eight years, seven months, three days and eight hours. ”

"Why, why is it taking so long?"

"Nearly 100,000 enchantments, after they are arranged, they begin to react with each other, and every two enchantments react, the entire enchantment circle will undergo a change; to disassemble this kind of large-scale magic circle, it is like making a huge mathematical problem, before the emergence of newer technologies or tools, we can only gradually and slowly solve it, not to mention that there are still a lot of oriental immortal skills hidden here, which belong to our unknown field, and it will take more time to disassemble...... In short, if we were to do it according to normal practice, it would not be possible to dismantle the barrier under the premise of absolute safety without three hundred years. ”

"How is this possible? Could it be that those two thieves themselves will take three hundred years to dismantle?"

"No, if the two of them don't work as a team, I believe that three hundred years is definitely not enough, but ...... We don't think that the people who set up this barrier have any intention of dismantling the formation. ”

"What?"

Shi Chong's mind was just confused because of concern, and when he was able to calm down a little, he immediately understood what Kuma Lion meant.

For humans, the Immortal Tree is something that cannot be touched and should not be touched, and no one has ever used the Immortal Tree in previous history, and no one will need to use it to achieve ambitions in the future. In this case, not letting anyone come into contact with the Immortal Tree is the most in the interests of all human beings, and when Hai Jiaxuan and Mei Lin were casting the enchantment, they didn't think about the solution at all, because ...... No, you don't.

"Isn't there any other way? In three hundred years, I don't know how many variables will happen, and this is a risk that I can't afford!"

"If you follow the normal method, three hundred years is inevitable, but in addition to the regular solution, you can kill the magician to make the enchantment automatically lift. ”

The magicians of the demon clan finally came to the conclusion that the nature of this magic enchantment is obvious, as long as the caster is killed, the enchantment will be automatically lifted, so instead of spending three hundred years slowly to solve it, it is undoubtedly the most time-saving way to kill the caster directly.

Therefore, Shi Chong's urgent document was sent to Yinzhen, asking His Majesty the Demon King to make a final decision.

"Hmm, that's interesting......"

When Yinzhen read the message from Shi Chong, what he noticed was not the barrier of the immortal tree, but the enemy's methods.

"Using a method that seems to be burning jade, blocking our actions, even if we capture the immortal tree, it's useless, such a beautiful and ruthless strategy, it's not like the wisdom and style of those two people, someone should be planning it behind the scenes, right?"

His Majesty's questions must be answered by someone, and the one who is in charge of this work is Hülegü, who is unwilling to be recalled to Zhongdu and is still serving by his father's side.

"There is a well-known Hundred Defeated Army Division in Reins' camp, although he has been defeated, he is still a military division, maybe it was his idea. ”

When Hülegü talked about the Hundred Defeated Army, there was no insult in his tone, but a trace of sympathy. He didn't think that Gengoro was a mediocre talent, but being in an environment full of abnormal people was only a kind of sadness for a rational thinking staff officer, and judging from the records of the scrolls in his hand, Hülegü felt that if he changed places, he would probably be able to avoid humiliating titles such as "a hundred defeated noble sons", so he felt very sympathetic to this staff officer in the enemy formation.

"Is that man? it is possible, but the information I have at hand, the main brain of Reyns at the moment, is a secretary at the king's side, a woman named Cangyuecao. Coincidentally, this also has the same name as the current president of the Magic Guild, isn't that interesting?"

Yinzhen looked at the file on the table and smiled slightly, he has been watching the affairs of the human world coldly for many years, and there are some inconspicuous little things, after analysis, he can often see the clues in it.

"During the Reins Civil War, there was news of the Queen's apparition, which was later interpreted as a collective hallucination, but what if it wasn't? A giant barrier that would take three hundred years to unravel, which is indeed tricky, but there was a saying in the past that the former Queen Reyns had a natural ability that could undo all working magic, and if she had such an ability, it would only be a matter of moments to unlock the barrier. ”

In fact, this is not just a rumor, when Shi Chong was severely injured by Xiaocao in Siam City, Yinzhen once carefully inquired about the whole story, and deduced the true face of the enemy from it. Reyns and the demons have been opposing each other for a long time, Yinzhen's father, grandfather, and even the Great Demon God King a long time ago, have had the experience of being hostile to Reins, and Yinzhen does not dare to take this enemy who always succumbs to the upper hand, but it seems that he can never be defeated.

"Well, old man, your words can't be said to be unreasonable, but as we all know, Queen Lea of Reyns has no heirs, and after her death, Reins Tiren's bloodline has been severed, where can there be an heir who can use the Queen's Holy Power again? Unless, unless...... You don't think Queen Leah is dead, do you?"

Hülegü was very skeptical of this conclusion, because he was also a person who attached importance to the examination of the situation, when Queen Ria died, he suddenly became suspicious, secretly investigated, gathered the intelligence system of the Qinglou Alliance and the Medici family itself, and after reading more than 100 reports, it was still insufficient, and he personally went to Jixia to investigate, and confirmed that the crystal coffin was indeed Queen Ria, and it was indeed dead, which dispelled his suspicions, thinking that Queen Riya died of exhaustion of vitality in the battle with Amakusa Shiro.

Now Yinzhen said that Queen Leah may not be dead, which is really difficult for him to accept.

"Do you want to believe it because it's too weird, or because you're not willing to accept failure?"

Yinzhen's short words made Hülegü silent. This sentence undoubtedly woke him up that no matter what the truth of the matter is, there is nothing more dangerous for a wise man who relies on his brain to mix up food than a preset position, and let the "heart" affect the "brain", these things are not done by the wise.

"So...... How do you find out the truth?"

After the speculation is completed, it is necessary to find out the truth in the end, not to mention that Hülegü also has a problem to worry about, that is, the whereabouts of Haijiaxuan and Mei Lin.

The immortal tree is something that the demons are determined to obtain, and now under the influence of magic, the demons are bound to snipe these two people. Only by hunting and killing the two of them will the barrier of the immortal tree be unlocked, and the two of them must be very clear about this, so instead of continuing to be hostile to the demons, the best strategy must be to find a place to hide.

The Continent of the Wind is a vast land, and there are so many places to hide. If the two of them choose to hide and join forces with other accomplices, it will be easy to deal with, as long as they press the border with heavy troops and catch turtles in an urn, but if the two of them find some hidden barren mountains and ordinary towns, and hide silently, then they really don't know how to find it.

Divination or search with magic, both of them are the best in the world, and they are definitely capable of interfering with magic searches.

I'm afraid it's also very difficult to find with Tianxin Consciousness, because even Yinzhen can't accurately grasp their location. The distance is unknown, the direction is unknown, and under the deliberate concealment of their cooperation spells, since the two of them left Kunlun Mountain, Yinzhen has not been able to accurately grasp their location.

As for other intelligence explorations, Mei Lin and Hai Jiaxuan are both old foxes over two thousand years old, ordinary intelligence spies only deserve to be played by them at will, if you want to count on intelligence spies from all over the world to find them, it is better to hope that tomorrow the demons can pluck the moon.

"To put it to the extreme, as long as the two of them buy a ticket and set off to hide in another continent, then we only have three options: spend three hundred years to solve the enchantment, spend more than three hundred years to find people in another continent, and wait for them to die of natural old age...... Of the three, it seems that the first one is the most time-saving. ”

Hülegü shrugged, "So, our goal should not be to find them, but to try to get them to take the initiative. ”

"Let them take the initiative? You use the word let instead of force, you probably want me to avoid strong tactics, right?"

"Yes, I don't like the Holocaust. It's just looking for someone, can you use it to make corpses all over the field and rivers of blood?"

"You can dislike it, but you can't deny that it's always worked. ”

Yinzhen's words silenced Hülegu again, with his own assessment, killing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, forcing Hai Jiaxuan to come forward, this is quite risky, because Hai Jiaxuan must have expected this, for the sake of "the long-term future of the human world", he will definitely turn a blind eye to these "sacrifices that have to happen";

The question is, to what extent can Hai Jiaxuan carry out this absolute will? Everyone has a limit to bear, and when hundreds of thousands of people are killed, they can be indifferent, but when the number is changed to millions, tens of millions? Can Hai Jiaxuan still carry out this determination, and would rather sacrifice tens of millions of lives in order to prevent the immortal tree from falling into the hands of the demons?

Hülegü didn't like this method, he always only did necessary attacks in the war, only produced necessary casualties, and never wasted resources on meaningless killings, which was the common style of the children of Bailu Cave, and when Gongjin was still there, he had always done this.

However, in this matter, he didn't think he could gain any dominance, when Yinzhen handed over the attack to Shi Chong, then a large number of killings would appear; for the traditional faction of the demon race, human life has always been worthless, and instead of ruling the human race, there has always been a voice among the demons of "killing all human beings and directly ruling the human world".

"This job doesn't seem to be suitable for you, you've always liked to go to the cool easily, and this time is no exception, right?"

≥ Buddha saw through what his son was thinking, and Yinzhen said, "Just leave the work to Shi Chong." In the past, he has developed several strategies, and he has a lot of experience in the large-scale extermination of human beings, and if he is entrusted with this work, he should be able to see the results in a short time. ”

"Does this make sense? My master used to be a cold-blooded old man, but now I heard that he is a cold-blooded imp, when he is mentally prepared, even if you kill tens of millions of people, it will only achieve his cold-blooded reputation, and it may not have any practical effect, right?"

"If it were my old friend, it would have been possible, but what about the people around him? If the people he was concerned about acted on because of this, would he really not be affected at all? Humans are wonderful creatures, and groups influence each other...... In short, no matter how things evolve, there is nothing to lose for us in the end. ”

Under Yinzhen's instructions, the order to attack Jixia in an all-out way was conveyed to all directions, and several corps under the command of Shi Chong began to advance to Jixia, carrying out large-scale extermination operations along the way, so that the most brutal scenes in this war between humans and demons began to be staged.