The Far East, on the outer side of the ice sheet

Since the Ice Valley was attacked by the Black Smoke Demon Barrier, the Wolf Guards and Shui Lianggong carried the Cold Banner and the 50,000 soldiers and horses that survived, and retreated to the outer side of the Ice Field in one go, and only stopped their hasty escape after confirming their safety.

"Shui Lianggong, didn't you say that there is a thousand-year-old treasure there? How can this be?" Han Qi, who had suffered heavy losses, grabbed Shui Lianggong by the collar and asked angrily.

"Brother Han, don't be angry, don't be angry. I don't know how it could be the devil's lair!If I knew, how could I run to die?" Shui Lianggong also looked aggrieved, but he didn't expect such a change to happen in thousands of calculations, and his entire plan was ruined at once.

"My lord, please mourn, now everything is in vain. Now General Liu has encountered an accident, and the return journey is still full of dangers. At the moment, I hope that the city lord has taken the overall situation seriously!" The wolf guard, who was relieved on the side, saw the two arguing, and hurriedly came forward to resolve it.

"Hmph! This loss cannot be eaten in vain. Shui Lianggong, you must give me an explanation!" The cold banner under the rage gradually calmed down after hearing the persuasion of the wolf guards.

"Brother Han, don't worry, Liang will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation this time. Shui Lianggong said meaningfully, and his eyes vaguely communicated with the wolf guards as he spoke.

"Now, how many soldiers and horses do we have left?" Han Qi, who calmed down, changed the topic, and had to say that Han Qi, as the city lord, had experienced wind and rain and slaughter for many years, even if the situation was unfavorable, he could not be afraid of danger, not be surprised by changes, and make the most suitable choice.

"Back to my lord, we still have 30,000 people left. What are we going to do next?" said the wolf guard, thinking about it in his heart.

"What else can 30,000 people do? City!" Han Qi bit out two words, glanced at the ice field full of ice and snow again, and left with unwilling eyes. And Shui Lianggong led his remaining 20,000 soldiers with a heavy heart, following the Cold Banner Army...

The Far East, the Ice Valley

After ten days of strength precipitation in the cave, Qiye finally walked out of the cave. Now, Qiye's skin trauma has completely scabbed off by applying healing plasters, and the previous bruises and redness are no longer visible on the body.

However, Seven Nights' vest left behind a scorching black mark from the Black Devil Flame's sneak attack: a flaming firework mark. On closer inspection, the flame is made up of nine zigzag lines. The lines penetrate into the texture and into the bones for three points, and become more hideous with the twisting of the shoulder bone.

Seven nights out of the cave, a long stretch of relaxation of muscles and bones, the whole body bones "gurgle" sound, layer by layer of muscles and bones of the ** feeling surged, which made people feel happy. In more than ten days, the muscles and bones of the whole body have been fully nourished and strengthened, and at this moment, the whole body is as refreshing as rebirth, and Qiye is a little eager to move his legs and feet.

"Hehe, how is it?Little doll, isn't it wonderful to feel the increased strength?" In his body, there was another dark laugh from the Great Dharma Protector's unclear intentions.

"It seems that Ah Qi is still grateful to the Great Protector for controlling my body to extract the spiritual power of others. "Although my sense of strength has increased significantly, it is my own pain in exchange. Thinking of this, Qiye still said angrily and angrily.

"Hahaha... Thank you for not having to, this great protector doesn't disdain the gratitude of a little doll, and besides, this great protector doesn't do it all for you. If your strength is too poor, this great protector will also be deeply disturbed. In the tone of the Great Protector, there is a lofty posture of grace and people.

"What is Ah Qi's own strength, don't worry about the Great Protector. The Great Dharma Protector should worry more about himself!" Qiye sneered unappreciatively.

"Hmph, Huangkou child, in this world where strength is respected and the weak eat the strong, you are not qualified to die without strength. Seeing that his 'kindness' was scorned by Qiye, the Great Protector finally couldn't help but scold angrily.

"Ah Qi will have a way to improve his strength, but it's not up to you!" Seven nights do not admit defeat and emphasize the voice. However, after pondering the words of the Great Protector and thinking about his own experience of suffering, although Qiye agrees with his reasoning, he will never approve of the evil practice of the Great Protector of extracting the spiritual power of others.

After speaking, Qiye scanned the surroundings of the ice valley, and when he saw that there was nothing abnormal, he set off and galloped upward.

"Ling Bu!" Qi Ye urged the footwork in one breath and without interruption, and now the strength of Qi Ye's 'Elementary Five Sections' was able to display Ling Bu with ease, reaching the 'Ling Bu and Proficiency Stage'. With one breath, the person has already fled more than ten meters away. A stick of incense time, seven nights 'rubbing' jumped on the rock wall of the ice valley. On the ice field, a scorched tragic scene was shockingly displayed in front of Qiye.

"I didn't expect so many people to be killed this time. Glancing at the bleak scenes on the valley floor and ice fields, Seven Nights muttered sadly.

"Hmph, but it's just 100,000 ants. In the eyes of this Great Dharma Protector, these are just earthly ashes, what is the sadness?" Seeing Qiye's short-sightedness, the Great Dharma Protector spoke in a disdainful tone.

"For the Great Protector, it's 100,000 ants. But, for Ah Qi, it's 100,000 people! 100,000 people like me!" Hearing the indifferent words of the Great Protector, Qiye couldn't suppress his emotions, and retorted with anger in his chest.

Slowly, the sad and silent Seven Nights took steps and quietly walked past each charred corpse. Among them are soldiers who are in the same military camp as themselves, and there are also soldiers in the Water Ghost City wearing brass armor... To Nanaya's surprise, the corpses at the bottom of the ice valley were all burned to the bone, and the ice field was only scorched. Nanaya crouched down curiously to take a look, the brass armor was as fragile as burned paper ash, and it turned into ashes and fell off the corpse at the touch of a button.

Looking closely at the charred corpse, Qiye felt a little surprised: although the corpse's arm was charred, it was vaguely recognizable, and the word "slave" deeply engraved on the arm by the soldering iron was faintly recognizable.

"He's a slave!" Nanaya said in disbelief. In order to reconfirm, Seven Nights continuously inspected the corpses of several soldiers in brass armor in the vicinity. Without exception, there is a slave character on the arm, but there are three different styles: one is thick, one is elongated, and one is distorted.

"What's going on? How can there be three languages?" Nanaya asked himself inwardly, judging from the corpses found so far, it seems that most of them are slave soldiers, and there are only a few real soldiers. Qiye couldn't help but make a bold guess in his heart: Could it be that most of the 100,000 troops sent by Shuiyoucheng this time were slaves?

After checking it out, this speculation was further confirmed, and Qiye felt that it might not be easy to come to the Far East Domain this time. No matter why he came here, but he almost lost his life here to let so many people die, thinking of this, Qiye felt an indescribable resentment in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the hatred in his heart, Qiye re-embarked on the road back. Now, it is not the time to ask the reason, the Far East is still in danger, and it is imperative to get out of here as soon as possible. On the vast ice field with no road markings, Seven Nights searched for the corpses left on the ground as road signs.

Not far ahead, an elevated carriage came to a silent halt on the ice field, the horse was gone, and only the reins were wrapped around the body. Qiye drew out the nine-curved silver snake sword and approached cautiously. The carriage was quite familiar, and after careful confirmation, this car turned out to be a cargo carriage of the battalion. Stretching out the silver snake sword, the curtain was slightly raised: a charred corpse was lying in the compartment inside, and bags of dry food were scattered around it.

"It's the captain of the gang!" Nanaya said with some surprise, although the body was burned beyond recognition and could not be recognized, but from the familiar silhouette of the body, Qiye still recognized the deceased at a glance.

"I didn't expect you to hide in the carriage all the time, and you didn't escape the fate of being buried here. Nanaya muttered to himself. Except for lighting fires for the city lord's officers along the way, the captain spent the rest of the time hiding in the carriage tent, but he didn't expect to encounter such a miserable end this time. Judging from the fact that a hole was burned out of the roof of the car, and the pitch-black burnt cloth remained around it, the captain of the gang should have been killed by the Black Devil Flame air raid on the way to escape.

Looking at the truckload of dry food scattered in a mess, I thought of the long journey back. Qiye packed it all in one go, put it into Liu Bingwei's golden spirit ring, and finally burned the carriage and the corpse.

The Far East, on the edge of a forest of ice and snow pines

After traveling rapidly for more than a month, the cold flag and the water Lianggong are finally about to get out of this ice and snow. On the way back, the two armies encountered several night attacks by wolves, coupled with the soldiers' mental panic and unfavorable defense, and more than 5,000 casualties among the 50,000 soldiers. In the gloomy forest where the snow and ice have receded, the army rests day and night.

In a quiet corner of the forest, Han Qi stood on the rocks in the forest with a tired face, looking at the depths of the Far East Domain, stunned. In this treasure hunt, the soldiers suffered huge casualties, and the high mental tension of the long time back and forth also made Hanqi physically and mentally tired.

"Lord City Lord, are you thinking about General Liu?" Behind Han Qi, the wolf guard slowly approached and asked with concern.

"Hey... Unexpectedly, this time, not only did the treasure not be found, but even General Liu fell here. What a mistake!" Han Qi clenched his fists and bowed his head hatefully.

"Don't blame yourself too much, the black smoke of the Ice Valley is an evil demon fire, and mortals can't resist it at all. We are really lucky to be able to escape, but unfortunately General Liu died here, and I hope that the city lord will mourn. Wolf Guard said further.

"That's the case, although the incident happened suddenly, with General Liu's skillful reaction, he should have been able to barely dodge, but why didn't General Liu hide at that time?" Recalling the scene when Liu Bingwei was engulfed in black smoke, Han Qi always felt very strange.

"Maybe it was because of the sudden change in the environment at that time, which made General Liu distracted for a while, and the attack was caught off guard, so General Liu didn't have time to escape. It is also possible that General Liu was thinking about the treasure excavation at that time and failed to react immediately. The wolf guard was already close behind Hanqi and said his guess.

"But the city lord always felt that this was not the case, but the sky was dark and he couldn't see it clearly, but the city lord vaguely saw that General Liu's fallen posture was a little stiff and unnatural. "Recalling carefully, Hanqi is more certain.

"Maybe it's because..."The wolf guard stopped talking.

"Because of what?" Hanqi was about to turn sideways and ask the wolf guard.

"Poisoned!" the wolf guard whispered, albeit lowly, with a wicked hideousness.

As soon as the words fell, a black dagger slipped out of the right arm of the wolf guard, and his right hand instantly held the dagger steadily, and with lightning speed, he stabbed towards his waist while the cold flag turned around. In the face of the sudden close attack, Han Qi was a little caught off guard, but with the keen intuition of years of fighting, his instinctive waist flashed, leaving aside the most vicious frontal stab. Although he had already reacted in the flash of light, he was still a little late, and the blade of the black dagger cut through the brocade robe, and a ten-centimeter-long bloody wound was cut in the abdomen of the cold flag. And the reason why the wolf guards launched a close-range sneak attack at this moment was because they saw that Han Qi was mentally exhausted and in a bad state, which was a rare opportunity.