A few black clouds of gunpowder smoke rushed into the sky on the battlefield in the distance, merging into a part of the billowing black clouds.

The charred corpses of demon beasts and demon soldiers overlapped each other, piling up into mountains that emitted a rancid smell.

The majestic walls were now in tatters, and the Phoenix guards leaned against the broken walls, surrounded by the corpses of their companions.

They were glad they were alive at the moment, breathing in the foul air, but waiting for death to come.

They don't remember how many times they resisted the demon attack, if not a hundred, but eighty.

Ever since Lingyun's Skyfall Array had broken through the tens of thousands of demon beasts driven by the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Monarch, the demon army's army had gone crazy and launched all kinds of suicidal attacks on Phoenix City.

The protracted and long war eventually brought down both sides, and the Strategically Advantaged Phoenix Guards suffered equally heavy losses after battering the demons' multiple attacks. Almost half of the soldiers defending the city were killed, and some were seriously wounded and temporarily unable to take part in the battle.

Now in the city of Phoenix, there are only less than one-third of the original soldiers left. But the army of the demons is still very strong, and the continuous tents are still not visible, as if their losses are negligible.

Even if they are strong, after putting in great efforts, seeing such a strong army of the demon clan will have a chill in their hearts. The demons are such a powerful opponent, as if they can't be defeated at all.

Kill 10,000 of them, and when you take a breath to rest, the opponent will suddenly pounce on 100,000 people and fight you defenselessly.

Tired, all tired. In the face of never-ending sieges, killing, even the bravest warriors are tired.

The city head of Phoenix City was lifeless, like a burial ground, and the people inside had been dead for tens of thousands of years, and the yin qi was no different from the Nine Hells.

Long Yunzhou walked alone in the city of Phoenix, which used to be a shining star in the West, but now it is full of ruins. After the fires were extinguished, the streets of the former bustling city were dark, and like the castle, they were full of life.

People walked towards the center of the city with blank faces holding up corpses. There are special places to dispose of corpses to prevent them from rotting and stinking in the hot environment, which can lead to the spread of epidemics.

Faces walked by, and they all looked different. But they have one thing in common, and that is numbness. Numb to everything, numb to life and death.

"Yunzhou!" A crisp cry sounded, and Long Yunzhou, who was almost about to fall into numbness, turned his head.

Xingyue stood in the middle of the street, dressed in red and particularly bright in the dilapidated city, but it looked so out of place.

"Why did you get here? Everybody's worried about you. Xingyue walked to Long Yunzhou's side in disgust, his face was pale, his eyes were full of red bloodshots, and he obviously hadn't had a good rest for many days.

Long Yunzhou smiled faintly, leaning weakly on Xingyue. He and Ling Yun had already used the Skyfall Array together twice, and these two combinations had consumed almost all of their true qi and spiritual power.

Every time Emperor Long Qing's consciousness was withdrawn from his body, he would feel that the world was spinning, and his body was too weak to withstand a little gravity. If it weren't for the bottle of Huiqi Pill that Duan Xing gave him, he would have been lying on the bed and unable to move.

But the power he released when he cooperated with Ling Yun far exceeded the limit he could bear at the moment, no matter how magical the Qi Recovery Pill was, it would not be able to recover the over-consumed True Qi in his body in a short period of time. So at this moment, he looked very weak and needed to lean on Xingyue's body.

"Didn't the demons attack?". Long Yunzhou looked at Xingyue.

"No!" Xingyue shook her head: "Maybe they're tired too, it's been three days, and this is the first time there has been such a quiet moment." ”

"yes, it's so quiet. Long Yunzhou's eyes wandered, scattered on the pedestrians on the street: "It's quiet like hell, I feel like only the two of us living people are talking around here." ”

The streets were lifeless, and people were numb and moving forward, without any expression on their faces. No one spoke, no one cried, everything was too quiet, dead like a living man's grave.

Xingyue sighed deeply, and she looked at the familiar street with nostalgia. How lively and prosperous this place used to be, and how many memories it once brought her. But now everything has changed, and the familiar place has become hell on earth.

"Sister, sister.........." There was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the street, and Long Yunzhou and Xingyue looked up at the same time. I saw a team of knights running at one end of the street, the first of whom had a face like a crown of jade, although he was a weak crown year, he was born very chic.

The person who came was Xingyue's younger brother and Huang Xinjue, the future owner of Phoenix City. Like Xingyue, he was wearing a fiery red battle armor, but the battle armor was slightly dirty, and obviously he also participated in the battle with the demons.

When they were about to get in front of the two, Huang Xinjue reined in the horse violently. The war horse neighed wildly and stood upright. The horse's hooves were high above Long Yunzhou's head, as if showing off their might.

"Xinjue, don't be rude. Xingyue snorted softly, with a strange look in her eyes.

Huang Xinjue reined in his horse and smiled faintly: "Sister, my father asked us to go to the city to find him." ”

Saying that, he glanced at Long Yunzhou with strange eyes, and said in an unkind tone: "And you, my father said it, and asked you to go with me." ”

Huang Xinjue is the pride of the sky and the future of Phoenix.

Although he has rarely been able to get father's love from Huang Ziqi since he was a child, he is also His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, who has been loved by thousands of people.

When everyone lost confidence in Huang Ziqi, the sometimes crazy city lord, they couldn't help pinning the future of Phoenix City on Huang Xinjue.

Huang Xinjue has always lived a high life with everyone's expectations. But as soon as Long Yunzhou appeared, he first snatched his sister's love for him, and then made a big splash in Phoenix, and now even his father is impressed with him.

Why should everyone value Long Yunzhou so much? He, Huang Xinjue, is the future city lord of Phoenix City, his father's care, and his sister's love should be on him alone, so he was angry when he saw Long Yunzhou.

Long Yunzhou didn't know the young man's thoughts, he just thought that he was young and vigorous.

Smiling slightly, he said to Xingyue: "Let's go, your father doesn't know what's urgent." Now that we are in the midst of a big war, we must have been approached by something urgent. ”

Xingyue nodded, and walked towards the city tower with Long Yunzhou in his arms. Huang Xinjue watched the backs of the two gradually fade away, and the cold glint in his eyes flashed. With a flick of the reins, the war horse galloped towards the city tower.

On the ruined towers, the exhausted soldiers staggered to and from side to side.

The dignity and glory of the Phoenix clan have all been left behind at this moment, and the soldiers have long been tired and can't lift their arms, so they can only snuggle up to each other at this moment, looking for a trace of warmth in life among the many dead.

Huang Ziqi is still dressed in that dress, red armor and red robe, standing on a tall arrow tower. The red robe hunted in the wind, and the face that was originally quite handsome seemed to have aged a lot in the past few days.

"Uncle......... Yellow City Lord. Long Yunzhou wanted to call his uncle, but when the words came to his lips, he changed to the Yellow City Lord.

Huang Ziqi lowered his head and looked at the three people standing on the city tower, a bitter smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. He jumped down from the arrow tower and stood steadily beside the three of them.

"Is Ling Yun better, can you still get up and go?". Huang Ziqi looked at Long Yunzhou, and the bitter smile on the corner of his mouth became bigger and bigger.

"Master used the Skyfall Array twice in a row, exhausting the true qi of the whole body, and it would be good if he didn't die. If you want to recover as before, it is impossible to estimate it in a year and a half. Long Yunzhou said lightly.

The Skyfall Array is not a large array that can be used by just relying on the strength of one person, in Tiandao Mountain, if you want to exert the huge power of the Skyfall Array, you must have more than twenty elders from the Illusory God Realm to urge it at the same time, and the position in the center of the formation must have a master of the Illusory Immortal Realm in charge. Even so, it still has to be matched by spiritual weapons.

Like Ling Yun, who used his true qi to forcibly urge the Skyfall Array, it is estimated that he is the only one who has done this since ancient times.

Although the Skyfall Array was powerful, it was also devouring the caster's spiritual power and true qi at the same time, and it was a miracle that Ling Yun was able to survive.

Huang Ziqi nodded silently, suddenly shook his head and smiled: "Tell him not to be reckless, the old guy just won't listen." Now it's okay, you can't get up when you lie down. ”

"It's going to get up. Long Yunzhou said affirmatively.

Huang Ziqi looked at Long Yunzhou with appreciation, and suddenly took out a small wooden box with a simple shape from his arms and handed it to him: "This is what I promised you, your parents died for it." When you get out of Phoenix, find a secluded place to take it, practice hard, and don't live up to your parents' expectations. ”

Long Yunzhou looked at Huang Ziqi in shock, not because Huang Ziqi gave him something known as the treasure of Phoenix City, nor because he was about to be able to get rid of the troubles of the bloodline.

He was shocked that when Huang Ziqi said this, he seemed to be confessing his last words, and there was no trace of hope for the future in his words.

The words "uncle........." finally blurted out.

Long Yunzhou has never felt the warmth of family affection in his life, and suddenly an uncle appeared in his life, and he was about to part with life and death after giving him something that could change his fate, and Long Yunzhou's tears flowed down.

Huang Ziqi's face showed a bright smile to the extreme, he touched Long Yunzhou's head and stuffed the small wooden box into his chest.

"It's a pity, how nice it would be if you were the son of me and Yushang. What a pity, what a pity........." Huang Ziqi said silently, his eyes slowly looking in a hidden direction in the city.

There, in a small room, full of portraits of Huang Yusheng. Only there, can Huang Ziqi feel that he really has Huang Yushang!

"Daddy.........." Huang Xinjue and Huang Xingyue shouted at the same time, they both felt that something was wrong at the moment, and Huang Ziqi's tone was like saying goodbye before he died.

Huang Xinjue looked at Long Yunzhou with vicious eyes, and all kinds of resentment shot out of his eyes.

Huang Ziqi turned his head and touched the heads of the two children respectively, his eyes were full of infinite tenderness.

He turned his head suddenly, grabbed Long Yunzhou's hand tightly, and said earnestly: "Promise me to take good care of the Xingyue sisters and brothers." Maybe I was a bastard father when I was born, but they will always be a good pair. Promise me that you will let them live well, this is the first and last thing your uncle asks you for. ”

Looking at the Xingyue sisters and brothers who couldn't cry, Long Yunzhou roared without hesitation: "Okay, I promise you, I will definitely protect them forever like I protect my own life." Even if I die, I won't allow anything to happen to them. ”