The wind and rain roared and roared in the dark night with the raging waves.

In the army that fell into the water, sometimes those who were unlucky, when they fell, hit the iron chain across the sea straight and straight, and were immediately pierced by the long iron nails on the iron chain.

The blood mist was rising in the storm, and the pungent smell of blood spread.

The vanguard warships of the Xudu Army, which had already entered the hinterland of the stone forest, also collided with the iron chains that were suddenly pulled up in the sea one after another at this time, and all of them were destroyed and killed.

However, in an instant, the ships of the vanguard army had been destroyed. It was all because the bow of the ship hit the thick iron chain and immediately split apart.

Before Xiao Shizhu went to Huangquan, according to the topography and geographical advantages of Shuoyue Island, he gave Ying a lot of defensive tips. One of them is the iron chain between the stone pillars and peaks, which has achieved the purpose of smashing the ships of the enemy's vanguard front camp.

Long iron nails were also attached to the chains, which made it easier to break the clippers that had distanced themselves from the capital ship and were not reinforced. This kind of shameless strategy to the limit is indeed something that Xiao Shizhu can come up with.

And Yingzhao asked the craftsman to inlay a lot of watermelon-sized solid iron balls into the iron chain. When the chain is shaken by impact, the orb can be flung up and continue to hit enemies.

As for the water reckless ghost escorting underwater, when the iron chain was pulled up by the Nine Shadows Army ambushed in the stone pillar peak, it was already torn to pieces by the shark and the dragon that rushed out of the underwater cave.

There are a variety of karst caves in the underwater part of the stone pillar peak cluster, which are of different sizes and extend in all directions. The water ghosts, who were not familiar with the underwater terrain, were also caught off guard by the sharks and dragons who suddenly came out of the cave. Before they could react, they had already suffered heavy casualties.

Underwater, the four spirit pestles of the Nine Shadows Kingdom shot out brilliant light, illuminating the dark seabed in a flickering light. And the panicked shouts of the Xudu army on the sea were so weak and small in the noise brought by the violent wind and rain in the sky.

Blood stained the sea in the waves of broken wooden slabs floating. In an instant, patches of crimson rose in the dark night. No matter how strong the wind and rain are, it is difficult to disperse the blood that quickly spreads in the air in a moment. There was also a hunched water ghost, with green blood gushing from the bottom of the sea. When the back of the corpse of the water reckless ghost floated on the surface of the sea, it gradually turned into blood-colored powder.

The chain that grabbed the way of the pioneer camp also sank into the sea.

The heavy chains fell into the sea, and a huge wave was set off, pushing the fast boats, whose bows had already been torn apart, backwards. After another shake of the ship's hull, the Xudu army on the deck was unsteady on his feet, staggering into the sea.

Gong Mingyi probably never dreamed that his vanguard army would be wiped out before the war began.

Even if the high-ranking official's brocade robe and official uniform are worn on his body, showing his wealth, Gong Mingyi's essence is still the little dealer in the gambling stall in the capital back then. He is always underestimating his opponent, Xiao Shizhu, who does not play cards according to common sense.

In the wind and rain, when the vanguard of the Xudu Army was in chaos, an extremely dazzling thunderbolt pierced the sky, instantly illuminating the sea and the sky as if it were day.

An earth-shattering thunderclap followed.

After the thunder shook the waves on the sea, and behind the grass and trees on the top of the surrounding stone pillars and peaks, the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, which had been in ambush for a long time in the cold wind and rain, suddenly appeared.

In the midst of the storm, these ghost soldiers, who were all composed of reggae and scumbags, showed their hideous faces, spread their wings on their backs in unison, and jumped down towards the stone pillar peak, swooping down like arrows from the string.

Before the ghost soldiers below could spot them, these ghost soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom took off the sky-shaking thunder hanging from their waists and threw them towards the vanguard of the ghost soldiers of Xudu.

There are also ghost soldiers who ignite the 10,000 enemies in their arms*, and they don't hesitate to throw them downward.

A shrill whistling sound, echoing in the wind and rain.

In an instant, a fire suddenly broke out on the surface of the sea, and the explosion set off a column of high water, which soared into the sky like a bamboo. In the midst of the flames, the screams of the Xudu army became louder. Smoke billowed down, and the already devastated warship was completely shredded into broken wood chips by the explosion.

The ghost soldiers of the Xudu Vanguard Army were not spared. In the violent explosion, dense rain-like shredded flesh and bones, stumps and broken arms kept flying up.

The crossbows and firearms carried by the ghost soldiers of the capital were not even used, and they were already bleeding under the thick smoke and flames. On the surface of the sea, which was red by the light of the fire, there were countless corpses.

The fires on the sea around Shuoyue Island continued to rise and flicker, as if echoing the dazzling thunder and lightning in the sky. For the dark night around Shuoyue Island, it adds a lot of gorgeous brilliance with the breath of death.

The Nine Shadows Army, which had finished throwing their firearms in just a few moments, saw that the Guanyuecha of the Xudu Army had finished here, so they screamed and spread their wings and flew high, shuttling through the strong storm and rain away from the firelight-lit battlefield, and after disappearing into the darkness, they flew towards the side of Shuoyue Island.

However, the vanguard of the ghost soldiers of Xudu suffered heavy casualties, and only one-fifth of the warships were still intact.

Gong Mingyi, who was following closely behind, stood on the deck and looked forward, and saw the flames that flickered in the darkness after seeing the stone pillars flying vertically and horizontally, his brows jumped suddenly, and he grabbed the messenger soldier beside him and ordered sharply: "Why are you stunned? Go and ask, what's going on ahead?"

According to his prediction, the vanguard army will definitely encounter an ambush in the stone forest on the sea, and such a good terrain Xiao Shizhu and Ying Zhao will definitely take advantage of it. But the ambush will not do its best, Gong Mingyi thinks that the scale should not be large. But judging from the blink of an eye in front of him, it was already all over the entire sea area in the stone forest, illuminating the world in front of him in a red, like a sea of fire like day, it seemed that the Jiuyou National Army had concentrated all the firearms to defend the island and attacked the vanguard army fiercely.

"Isn't their island defended?" Gong Mingyi, who muttered to himself, did not understand the Nine Shadows Kingdom, where firearms were developing extremely fast. In fact, in this ambush, the British did not even use one-tenth of the total number of firearms stored on the island. As for the raging fire across the sea, it's just that the firearms of the Nine Shadows Kingdom are too powerful.

In addition, the warships of the vanguard army were all wooden, and the Jiuyou National Army also used incendiary canisters, which brought a dazzling sky-high fire, dyeing the sea and sky into a dazzling crimson that made Gong Mingyi blind.

Gong Mingyi, who was standing at the bow of the boat, continued to stare at the flames in front of him, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. The confidence in his chest before had unconsciously faded a little at this moment......

The wind and sand in the Yellow Spring, as Ke Yun expected, completely stopped when the early morning came three days later. There is no darkness between heaven and earth, and the cool breeze that blows back and forth is also soft and refreshing under the clear and dusty sky.

It's just that the ground after the wind and sand is still so barren, and the thick sand and dust all over the ground are lifeless, covering the solid earth tightly.

After cleaning the sheltered house and taking water from the stone house and the well of the underground river to replenish the water storage, Ke Yun and his Huangquan ghost soldiers took Xiao Shizhu and other ghosts on a long journey, leaving a series of long footprints behind them.

According to Ke Yun's observation of the celestial phenomena, this kind of clear sunny day lasts for five days at most. During this time, there will also be a light rain. But soon after the rain clears, there will be more than ten days of endless sandstorms, covering the clear sky and covering the earth with a layer of darkness that cannot be seen.

Therefore, Xiao Shizhu and the others must rush to the next sheltered city, which is the border pass where Ke Yun is stationed, within five to six days.

However, Ke Yun told Xiao Shizhu that they didn't have to worry, they would be able to rush to the border in three days at most. This storm can only be seen when you reach the pass.

Along the way, they walked day and night, walking for two days on this endless wilderness full of yellow sand, and did not see any new scenery. In addition to the dead plants and the bones of the white forest beasts exposed to the sandy soil, only the yellow sand and sand dunes are left all over the ground.

From time to time, you can still see the galloping cavalry of the Queen of Huangquan who was transferred to various places to strengthen the defense, flying past them, bringing up bursts of flying dust and sand, and galloping away. But I didn't even see a village.

Xiao Shizhu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that under the reign of Queen Huangquan, people withered? It wasn't until he asked Ke Yun that he knew that they were walking the official road in Huangquan, and the dead and immortal plants were the road signs. As a result, there are no villages and towns nearby, and most of the towns and villages are clustered near the holy places.

It was only after setting out early in the morning of the third day that they saw several villages and towns, towering in the vast yellow sand.

As it is already close to the border, there are wars and frictions from time to time. Xiao Shizhu can clearly see that these villages and towns near the official road are surrounded by solid high walls made of stone, and the towers are lined up in all directions.

Guards with blades can also be seen, standing guard on high walls and towers.

finally saw a different scenery, and Xiao Shizhu's boredom was also alleviated.

Just as he was looking left and right at the villages and towns passing by, Ying Ying, the national teacher behind him, caught up and walked side by side with him, saying, "Lord, this place should not be far from the passage we have into Huangquan. I can now sense in the distance, the power of the seal echoing in the wind. ”。

Ke Yun, who was sharp-eared, heard this, and turned around and said, "Yes, this is only about a day's distance from the entrance of Huangquan where we met. Last time, the ghost soldiers of Xudu took advantage of the cover of the wind and sand to bypass our sentry posts and kill those who surrounded and intercepted you. ”。

"The border is too long, and it is easy for small groups of troops to infiltrate. Xiao Shizhu said this, raised his eyes and looked at the road, only to see a few cyan peaks on the horizon.

All around is a vast yellow sand, a piece of gold. Those green hills of different heights and sizes, but all of them are lush and wooded, and they seem to stand out from the crowd.

They were like a few warriors standing tall in the gloomy light of the yellow sand. Regardless of the wind and rain for thousands of years, it still stands motionless in the wilderness.

Among the green hills that form horns with each other, the highest mountain is the most unique. Xiao Shizhu has seen countless strange mountains in the Netherworld, most of them are large and small, and of course there are also big and small.

But the mountain in front of me is big up and down, but the middle is very thin. At first glance, Xiao Shizhu thought it was a huge dumbbell erected in the yellow sand all over the ground.

I really don't know how the thin mountainside supports the huge summit and foot of the mountain?

However, it is still far away, and you can only see the outline of the mountain and the crispness of the mountain, but you can't see the buildings in the mountain.

"Son of God, do you see that big mountain?" Just as Xiao Shizhu squinted and looked closely, Ke Yun raised his hand and pointed to the strange mountain he was staring at, and said to him and Ying Ying: "That is the border pass where I am stationed, and there are 150,000 troops in the pass, and it will all depend on the Son of God in the future." ”。