Dragon City Fortress.

Emperor Xia's reinforcements arrived on time, but between the confrontation between the two armies, lingering clouds still filled the sky above the Dragon City Fortress. On a gloomy night, the Xia army on the city tower lit torches and patrolled in formation, and the Atlas army between the confrontations had not moved for a long time. But there was still the nervous smell of gunpowder in the air.

It was almost early in the morning, and there was a faint fog on the castle tower. A pair of patrolling Xia soldiers stopped and sat on the cold ground against the city wall. The leader of the team also cautiously looked at the bottom of the city tower, and the dense trees could be vaguely seen in the white mist. There was no trace of the enemy, so he sat down with confidence, took out a flat metal wine jug, and drank a large sip of a few pieces of dry food. Seeing that the team leader did this, the others also put down their repeating crossbows and enjoyed this rare relaxation time in the refreshing morning with dry food.

"I said it's so cold in here. One person couldn't help but complain, "The enemy is made of iron and has to rest, so he shouldn't be coming now." ”

Hearing him say this, the other person put down the dry food in his hand and got up to look downstairs, "It's possible, I'll see again, don't go wrong??????"

The fog was getting bigger and bigger, and it was so white that I couldn't see anything clearly. He munched on the dry food and cursed in a low voice, "Hell!"

Before he could finish speaking, the huge blood-red claws reached out from under the city wall and grabbed his head. The strength on that claw was so great that the sharp bony claws on the claw were as sharp as a hook, and before he could exclaim, a huge wound had already opened in his neck. Scarlet blood gushed out and spilled onto the ground, and he still held half of the uneaten dry food in his hand, and the metal wine jar fell to the ground as he fell, making a dull crashing sound.

The other companions heard the noise and turned back neatly. What I saw was my companion who was limp and fell to the ground, the scarlet blood had been spilled all over the ground, and there was a red leopard standing on the castle tower. It was surprisingly large, with five long, wiggling tails. It gracefully raised one of its front paws and stuck its tongue out to lick the blood that was still dripping downward. Its blood-red eyes stared at them gloomily, the joy of being about to eat.

Everyone's hearts exploded with great fear, and they hurriedly tried to get up and pull out the long swords they carried with them, and the leader of the team shouted loudly, "There is an enemy attack!"

The wind was blowing, and the leopard's speed was as fast as a ghost. Before the sword was unsheathed, a huge blood flower cracked in the leader's chest. He watched in silence as the blood-red claw slowly pulled out the beating heart from his chest, and he, like his companion in front of him, fell to the ground with a twitch, there was no one left alive.

The leopard held the beating heart in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, as if admiring the dying horror of the man whose heart had been gouged out by a claw. But suddenly it lost interest in it, and it threw it on the ground, stepped on the cold corpses of the soldiers, jumped on the wall with crimson blood, and leaped down into the mist.

The solid military boots stepped on the half-coagulated blood, and Chu Yiyang squatted down, carefully looking at the heinous wounds under the broken placket. It's been two days since he visited the Dragon City Fortress in person, and every night a patrol of sentries dies mysteriously. He frowned slightly and looked at the corpse leaning against the tower. It was an ordinary Great Xia soldier, and he had several small wounds on his head, small but deep. Several lacerations of surprising size could be faintly discerned from the bloody neck, and the wound was undoubtedly created by an unbelievable weapon. Looking back at the several lying corpses around them, everyone present at that time had brought a sword, but except for the leader, the other people's swords didn't even have time to unsheath even an inch. Their enemies undoubtedly possessed the speed of the wind, so the soldiers did not have time to draw their swords in response, and they were truly formidable opponents.

"It was supposed to be a claw-shaped weapon, a little overscaled. The attacker used it to climb the city wall and was spotted by the man on the very edge, who killed him in one hit. It's so fast that almost no one can react. Chu Yiyang's face was gloomy, "But what I can't figure out is his purpose, since he killed the sentry, he should attack the city on a large scale, why waste time on these vicious methods?" He pointed to the heart that was frozen in a pool of black blood, "If it is said that it was done by an animal but no one has found this animal, it is unreasonable if people have caused these attacks." But these footprints do look like some kind of large animal, how did it climb the twenty-meter-high wall?"

It's too much unreasonable, Chu Yiyang shook his head slightly, "Tonight, I will personally patrol!"

A voice without temperature sounded behind him, "Brother, this shouldn't be what you do. ”

Chu Yiyang turned around, and the young man with ice blue pupils was squinting at the blood all over the ground, without a trace of expression in his eyes.

The Dragon City Fortress was lit up with torches tonight, and a torch was set up every three feet, and heavily armed sentries lined up to patrol the castle tower. In order to prevent the unexpected, they vigilantly carried their unsheathed swords in their hands, and the dense positions of steel arrows and crossbows were ready to shoot the intruder into a sieve.

The moon was also exceptionally bright tonight, the bright white moonlight illuminated the man sitting upright on the central beacon, the cold moonlight was reflected by the silver armor, and his long hair was scattered in the night wind like the vigorous dragon banner on his head. Although he sat upright in his chair with his eyes closed, his slightly stiff muscles showed that he was ready for the unexpected. In his hand was a delicate crossbow, the blue body of which reflected the cold glow on the silver arrow. Excluding the tail feathers, this is a metal crossbow made of sterling silver that can easily pierce through the solid armor of enemy generals.

It's almost the third watch, and I don't know when the fog is around. The milky white fog obscured the moonlight, but it could not hide the dense firelight, and the torches flickered in the breeze like ghosts. But Xia Jun still maintained his vision, and the soldiers looked around vigilantly.

Chu Yiyang, who was sitting upright, got up suddenly, grabbed the chair under him with a thrilling movement, leaned back with force, and threw the wooden chair straight ahead. The heavy chair had a tremendous reaction force, and he retreated sharply with this force, and at the same time the crossbow in his right hand was raised, and the trigger was pulled, and the silver crossbow arrow shot out like a silver light.

The crimson figure leaped from under the tower, and the fierce momentum made the torches tremble violently, as if they were about to be extinguished. The moment it leaped, it swung its sharp claws, tearing the wooden chair to shreds. Among the fragments of the chair scattered everywhere, silver crossbow arrows burst out of the air and shot into its slightly open mouth, and Chu Yiyang landed steadily, waiting for it to fall to the ground.

Such an arrow would have been fatal to both humans and animals, but the blood-colored leopard reacted with agility. It slammed its upper and lower jaws shut, and the metal crossbow bolts sparked dazzling sparks on the hard fangs, and the kinetic energy was drastically reduced, leaving only the three-inch-long tail of the arrow outside the mouth, unable to penetrate even an inch!

How is it possible! How is it possible! Chu Yiyang watched it stand still in front of it, stretched out his slender front paws, took out the crossbow arrow in his mouth, threw it on the ground, and let out a crisp "bell"! The mythical crossbow "Frost Vein" The arrow here is almost the top in terms of power and range, and it can shoot through the city wall a foot behind when it is full of strength, not to mention that there is also the frozen attribute that cannot be explained in words, it has no effect on it!?

It wasn't until this moment that Chu Yiyang saw its full picture clearly, it was pacing with graceful steps, its white fangs were very impressive, and its five long red tails swayed in turn, like five vigorous long snakes. Chu Yiyang looked at it and looked at Chu Yiyang, its blood-red eyes were full of ferocity, its sharp bony claws rubbed on the ground, scraping out shallow marks, the Xia soldiers surrounded it, but it was not afraid, and the two sides were deadlocked.

Chu Yiyang didn't speak, he threw the frost vein in his hand to the soldiers beside him, and slowly pulled out the long sword on his waist, his hands were wet with cold sweat, and he could barely hold the hilt of the sword. He stared nervously at the enemy in front of him, watching for its every move, because he knew that if this thing moved, it would be a thunderstorm.

This thing wasn't supposed to exist in the human world, it looked like a monster like a mythical and legendary monster, bloody and terrifying. In mythology, its name is "hideous." In reality, the "hideous" thing should be a paradox.

The hideous situation looks very sinister, although it is surrounded by everyone, it calmly faces everyone who surrounds it, and the dangerous momentum spreads invisibly, shocking everyone's heart.

Chu Yiyang could barely move under such coercion, and he began to retreat, but this was not a retreat but a prelude to an attack. Its powerful hind leg muscles contracted, and it bowed slightly, ready to pounce ferociously.

The next moment, it burst out with amazing power, and rushed towards Chu Yiyang like a red lightning, and its sharp hook claws hit Chu Yiyang's chest, which was the scythe of the Grim Reaper. Chu Yiyang subconsciously retreated and dodged, but the ferocious claw attack sealed the retreat, and all the angles that could be dodged were nowhere to be hidden. It is not only a brutal torturer, but also a higher animal with a well-developed IQ.

At the last moment, Chu Yiyang finally held the long sword in front of his chest with an extremely tricky movement, which was able to block the sharp bone claws. But the sheer force of the blow pushed him to the ground and struggled. Less than a foot in front of him was a "hideous" bloody mouth, the tips of the teeth with the smell of rotten flesh dripping with fishy mucus, and the breathing breath went straight to the tip of Chu Yiyang's nose. "Hideous" slowly pressed down, admiring the fear in the eyes of his prey.

Seeing that the emperor was in danger, the loyalty to him finally overpowered the fear of "hideous" in the hearts of the soldiers, they shouted in unison, and stabbed the spear in their hands into the hideous back, and the result of killing Chu Yiyang would definitely be in exchange for the same death.

"Hideous" deftly rolled over, sideways to dodge the dense spear. In the subconscious of this fierce beast, it is clear that one's own life is much more valuable than a tasty prey. But the hard-won prey could not be enjoyed, it frantically swung away the spear that was stabbing at itself, roared low, and turned to bite Chu Yiyang's throat.

In this precious world that the soldiers had won for Chu Yiyang, he hit the "hideous" with one knee, and rolled vigorously through its loose gaps, and the "hideous" bit into the air, and it let out a low roar impatiently. frantically blocked a few spears and lunged forward, the sharp hook claws smashing Chu Yiyang's heart.

There is no way to avoid it, Chu Yiyang's speed is far inferior to "hideous", and the soldiers have no time to buy time for him. Sharp bony claws clasped the silver armor and dug deep into the flesh, blood dripping down to the ground. Chu Yiyang opened his eyes, Chu Xiong's old face was right in front of him, he used an amazing perseverance to bear the pain, and reluctantly pushed the "hideous" aside with his uninjured hand.

At the last moment, when everyone was powerless, Chu Xiong pounced from the side. He was running before he pounced, and finally stopped in front of him before the "hideous" dug out Chu Yiyang's heart. "Hideous" only grabbed his right arm, and failed to dig out Chu Yiyang's heart as he wished.

Chu Yiyang was stunned, and familiar pictures appeared in his mind. The man in military uniform held himself in his arms and taught himself to write by hand, giving him a sugar cube if he wrote well, and writing again if he did not write well; then he taught himself the proper etiquette of an emperor and asked himself if he wanted to rule the country and level the world; and then he knelt down on one knee and presented him with the supreme ring of imperial power. The picture is so clear, and anger boils in the veins like flames.

A cold voice came, "Retreat, I'll take over the situation." ”

"Hideous" impatiently pulled out its claws and faced Chu Yiyang again, it was stunned. There was a dangerous aura from behind, and a person was slowly approaching, and the murderous aura of the blade spread, and it decisively gave up the prey in front of it and retreated vigilantly.

The encirclement of the soldiers dispersed, and Chu Kunyang approached step by step, he held a blue long knife in his left hand, and a clear electric arc on the long knife, and a cyan long sword in his right hand, and there was an emotionless will to kill in his blue eyes. He is obviously only a half-old child, but his momentum far surpasses that of his brother, and even the "hideous" feels afraid.

Almost furious, the "hideous" disappointed it with several misses, and it roared lowly, its thirst for blood overshadowing its fear, its longing to cut through the skin of its prey, to savor the blood that flowed from it.

"Hideous" pounced forward, Chu Kunyang lifted the swords in both hands upwards at the same time, and the blue and blue blades moved in his hands, alternately slashing towards the "hideous". "Hideous" dodged the slash without showing weakness while launching a counterattack with its sharp bony claws. In the face of mythical swords, it can stand up to their edge, and the bone claws and metal swords are in harmony, making a tooth-aching sound.

In fact, it has no upper hand at all, the "Blue Blade" almost cuts off its bony claws, and the "Thunder Arc" has a powerful arc of electricity, and every time it blocks, it wants to be struck by lightning, bringing great pain and paralysis. It finally began to realize the strength of this enemy, and it felt something about the pair of swords and the man, and it feared it for no reason.

At the same time, Chu Yiyang also stood up from the ground, the fierce wind stirred the air, blowing a few strands of broken hair on his forehead, and the trajectory of the air flow was magnified exponentially in his eyes. Every sense, from sight to hearing, was so clear that he snatched the "frost vein" from the soldier's hand and calmly wound the silver crossbow arrow. The "hideous" movement was so slow in his eyes that he didn't want to think about it, and raised his hand to shoot.

The sound of crossbow arrows breaking the wind was heard again, and "Hideous" was keenly aware of this invisible threat. It quickly jumped backwards to dodge, while stretching out its front paws to block Chu Kunyang's pair of ghostly swords. But a sharp pain came, and the bolt pierced its outstretched front paws, pinning it to the ground.

It was an error of calculation, and it could have dodged the bolt. But it was too careless, the wind in the air blew away the weapon, and the chaotic sound affected its judgment, just a few inches away. But now it didn't have time to think about countermeasures, and it was the terrifying blades of the swords that came at it.

It was worthy of being an outlaw beast, and it made the fastest reaction - to lean over quickly. The two-colored blades skimmed over its head, and the blades slashed a few red hairs and slammed back against its back. The two long tails couldn't dodge it, and were snapped off by a blow, and red blood gushed down the wound, and it let out a howl of pain. But it was clearly not the outlaw way to sit idly by, and it pulled its front paws out of its crossbow arrows in pain, and turned and ran wildly in the direction of the tower.

Seeing that it made a gesture of fleeing, the soldiers along the way tried to stab the spear in their hands at the "hideous" to stop its steps, but it did not look at the spear that stabbed it, and crashed directly into the crowd. A prepaw that was still intact swung violently, leaving a huge fatal penetrating wound on the man who stood in the way, and the blood of the soldiers flowed from the wound, leaving a river of blood flowing all the way behind the "hideous". But Chu Kunyang, who made it afraid, followed it closely behind it almost at the same high speed, and his "hideous" strong hind legs suddenly exerted force, jumped on the high city wall, and jumped down.

Chu Kunyang chased to the side of the city wall, and the blood-red figure was vaguely running wildly on the vertical city wall, and gravity seemed to it to be non-existent. It ran wildly along the walls, and in an instant it disappeared into the darkness of the night, and with it the thick viscous fog dissipated.

Chu Yiyang looked at Chu Xiong who was unconscious on the ground and frowned, he stopped Chu Kunyang, who also wanted to jump down, "Forget it! Save my uncle first! Military doctor!"