Chapter Thirty-Eight: Complete Defeat
I don't know how long it took, but by the time Wang Long and the brown lion got up, the terrible popping sound had long passed, and there were no more than a few feet of water left in the small puddle where they lived.
"Shhhh
Wang Lung stroked the brown lion's wound, frowned and asked, "How do you feel?"
The brown lion nodded slightly and said, "Fortunately, it's just a skin injury, and it should be fine after a while." ”
Wang Lung sighed lightly and said, "Fortunately, the two of us ran fast, otherwise, I'm afraid we would have to drink tea with the King of Hades." ”
"Thank you!" the brown lion's words came from the bottom of his heart, if it weren't for Wang Long's reminder, it would have a chance to live, it had escaped from the boundary river for 10,000 meters, and it still hadn't been spared, and it was a blessing to have a back injury, if it was still in place, the consequences would not dare to think about it.
"You and I help each other, why be so polite, I don't know what happened to those cultivators. Wang Lung sighed.
Led by Wang Lung's words, the brown lion looked up in the direction of the boundary river, the soil was newly turned over, how could there be the shadow of grass, as if the ground had been cut off three feet, and the radius of ten thousand zhang was like hell.
After a long time, the brown lion looked at Wang Lung and asked, "How did you know that there would be danger, do you have the ability to predict the future?" ”
Wang Lung smiled bitterly and said, "What an unknown prophet, I just guessed the conspiracy of the Soul Splitting Clan, alas, in the end, I was a step too late and let the remnant escape." ”
"Oh! Can you tell me why. The brown lion asked.
Wang Lung nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Jiehe River and said, "Let's go, let's talk as we go." ”
The brown lion nodded silently, endured the pain and followed Wang Lung's side in the direction of the Boundary River, Wang Lung sighed lightly and said, "Everything is as we just guessed, Lei Gong is about to be devoured, and a new Soul Splitting Clan is about to be born. The remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan and Lei Gong hid together, when I was beaten into the bottom of the river by you, disturbing the other party, in order to prevent the leakage of the hiding place, Lei Gong escaped underground to investigate the situation, if you and I have no backup. I thought I would have been killed by that Lei Gong a long time ago. ”
Seeing the brown lion nodded, Wang Lung continued: "Lei Gong was trapped, and the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan were shocked, and summoned the puppets who were enslaved by him to come to the rescue of Lei Gong, but I didn't expect Sang Xin to set a trap for it, and wanted to catch them all, at first, you and I thought that there were more than seven puppets controlled by the Soul Splitting Clan, but in fact, it was these seven. There are no extra puppets available. ”
Hearing this, the brown lion said, "No, I heard fourteen cracks just now, and if there were only seven puppets, the number of sounds would not be right. ”
Wang Lung shook his head and said, "You heard it right, but there is something hidden here. Seeing the brown lion staring at him, Wang Lung continued: "Sang Xin has set up a net of heaven and earth and other puppets to gather, but the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan have no puppets available. In order to preserve the soon-to-be-born kindred, it chooses to wait for an opportunity. It was already hidden in the depths of the Boundary River, and when it broke out, everyone couldn't react at all, and with the characteristics of the Soul Splitting Clan, it was able to enslave the cultivator as his puppet in an instant, and after the cultivator was enslaved. Immediately choose to self-destruct, if one or two puppets self-detonate, it will not cause much damage, but fourteen puppets in the late Yuan Infant stage self-detonate at the same time, the power is unimaginable. ”
The brown lion was stunned and asked, "I can think of the power of self-detonation, but self-detonation is different from others." There is no distinction between the enemy and me, so the Soul Breaker Clan is not afraid of being implicated?"
Wang Lung sighed and said: "As for whether they have been implicated, you must know from that crackling sound that Yu Sin and Lei Gong are fine, and have fled from here, as for what means they used, I can't guess, but I can guess a little bit of the general situation." ”
Seeing that the brown lion was silent, Wang Lung continued: "It suddenly burst out of the ground, revealing its true body in front of the eyes of all the cultivators, there are more than two thousand cultivators buried by Sang Xin, seeing the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan appear, they don't attack each other crazily, that kind of situation came too suddenly, even if they react quickly, they will be frightened, not to mention, I also shouted at that time, distracting their attention." After the remnant appeared, he immediately enslaved eight cultivators as puppets, and it appeared in front of Lei Gong again, diverting the attention of all cultivators, leaving Lei Gong time to escape, and then using the puppet to blow himself up, making the whole scene even more chaotic, and then it could take advantage of the chaos to escape, and the more than 2,000 cultivators, in the self-exposure center, think that there will be no good results. ”
After hearing this, the brown lion looked at Wang Lung in astonishment, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and asked, "Is this what you guessed?"
Wang Lung nodded and said: "Yes, at that time, I had a flash of inspiration in my mind, and I felt like this, although I guessed it, but unfortunately it was still a step too late, if I had thought about it a long time ago, I would not have had this tragic situation now." ”
Along the way, there was refurbished dirt under their feet, and if they hadn't known that there was a big battle near here just now, no one would have dared to believe it, and when they approached the boundary river, a black thing came into their eyes.
"What's that, why is it still smoking? The brown lion asked in surprise.
Wang Lung stared for a moment, sighed and said: "That's the wreckage of the flying machine, I didn't expect that even the flying machine parked in mid-air was not spared, it seems that the self-explosion of those puppets has a big impact, let's go over and see, there are no survivors." ”
After looking around the wreckage of the aircraft for a while, he found nothing except the smoking material, and walked back to the edge of the boundary river, looking around, surrounded by the smell of renovated earth, there was no blood at all, not to mention the stump and broken arm.
After a long time, Wang Lung looked back at the brown lion and asked, "What do you think, are they still alive?"
The brown lion shook his head and said, "The power of that self-explosion is too great, and those cultivators have little hope of surviving." ”
Wang Lung sighed and said, "In this battle, we can be said to have lost completely, not only did we not kill the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan, but also lost the lives of more than 2,000 cultivators, it is really ......"
The brown lion also sighed and asked, "What are you going to do next, do you want to continue to look for the remnants of the Soul Splitter?"
Wang Lung shook his head and said, "I'll contact Sang Xin first and ask him to send someone to pick you up, as for me, I don't know." ”
At the same time, in Du Lian's aircraft in outer space, Du Lian's face was gloomy, her fists were clenched, and her anger was indescribable, and opposite her, Sang Xin lowered her head and didn't dare to look directly at Du Lian's eyes, for fear of arousing the other party's anger.
I don't know how long it has been, Du Lian slowly asked, "None of them survived?"
Sang Xin nodded helplessly and said, "In addition to Wang Long, there are twenty-two accompanying people who survived, and one of the aircraft was affected and crashed directly. ”
"Xiaolong, it's this kid again. He was able to save every danger, and he didn't know how he could avoid it. ”
Sang Xin bowed down and said: "Before the incident, Wang Lung had reminded them, but unfortunately it was too late, when Wang Lung ran far away, and the virtual screen showed that he was more than 10,000 meters away from the place of the incident. Although it has been affected, it is not serious. ”
Du Lian frowned slightly and asked, "Xiaolong reminded them, what is going on?"
Sang Xin shook his head and said, "The disciple doesn't know, Wang Lung sent a summons just now, and I have already sent someone down." ”
After hearing this, Du Lian's brows furrowed even tighter, as if muttering to herself, as if to say to others: "How can Xiaolong know about the danger?
Sang Xin said: "The disciple felt that Wang Lung must have discovered something, when he opened his mouth to remind everyone. It's too late. ”
Du Lian nodded and said, "Well, you go back and inform them and bring Wang Lung back." ”
Sang Xin was stunned and asked, "Master, don't you let Xiaolong continue to explore?"
Du Lian shook his head and said: "There is no need, the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan are no longer able to enslave others, and if that Lei Gong can become a new Soul Splitting Clan, it will not be harmless to the cultivators, and it is even more dangerous for Xiaolong to stay in the Green Plains Star." Let him come back, the next thing. We'll just take care of it ourselves. ”
Sang Xin nodded yes, bowed and then withdrew.
Seeing Sang Xin's back disappear, Du Lian sighed: "The Soul Splitting Clan is too mysterious, even the ancestors know very little about it, but the original Interstellar Alliance has a record of the Soul Splitting Clan, but it's a pity." At that time, my Holy Source System was not involved in it, and those galaxies were very strict with the information of the Soul Splitting Clan, and it was difficult to get the information to be believed, alas, a remnant of the Soul Splitting Clan was so difficult to deal with, and he wanted to deal with the entire Soul Splitting Clan back then. I'm afraid it's even more cruel than I imagined. ”
After Wang Lung informed Sang Xin, he had nothing to do, so he sat on the ground with the brown lion and chatted nonsense.
Not long after, a flying machine appeared in the air, and dozens of cultivators flew out of it, and they came to Wang Lung, and one of them stepped forward and said, "Wang Lung?"
Wang Lung nodded and said, "It's down." ”
The man said, "Senior Sang Xin asked you to go back, please come with me." ”
Seeing that the other party was about to turn around, Wang Lung hurriedly said, "And it, take it with you." ”
Seeing Wang Lung pointing at the brown lion, the man smiled slightly and said, "No problem, let's go together." ”
When the brown lion heard this, an anthropomorphic smile appeared on his face, and he said to Wang Long and the man, "Thank you." ”
The man took Wang Lung and the Brown Lion to the aircraft, sent the two back to outer space and then returned to the Green Plains Star, as for Wang Lung and the Brown Lion, they naturally entered the aircraft where Sang Xin was.
The first time he saw Sang Xin, the brown lion had a fear of being seen through by the other party, in the face of Sang Xin, the brown lion had no room for resistance, it was a little doubtful that it was correct to follow Wang Lung to leave the Green Plains Star, and was always afraid that Wang Lung would go back on his word.
Sang Xin reluctantly showed a faint smile, patted Wang Lung on the shoulder and said, "Xiaolong, thank you for your hard work." ”
Wang Long nodded slightly and said, "It's hard work, but I can't save the lives of thousands of cultivators, which makes me a little ashamed." ”
Sang Xin sighed lightly and said, "It's not your fault, the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan are too cunning, and we are all calculated by it." ”
After speaking, Sang Xin turned his head to look at the brown lion and continued to ask, "This is the brown lion you are talking about?"
Wang Long nodded and said, "Exactly, I promised it, I hope that Brother Sang Xin can help take it in." ”
Sang Xin nodded and said: "I don't count it, this requires my master's nod, this time let you come back, it's the master's intention, and you will go with me to see the master, as for how to decide, let the master decide, there should be no problem in thinking about it." ”
After Sang Xin and Wang Lung communicated briefly, he asked everyone again, and then took Wang Lung and the brown lion to see Du Lian.
In the face of the high-ranking Du Lian, the brown lion was extremely nervous, its previous master's cultivation was only in the middle of the Yuan Infant, and Du Lian's cultivation was not visible to the brown lion, in its opinion, the cultivation of a guardian should be at least infantile.
After listening to Wang Lung's statement, Du Lian was silent for a long time, just like Wang Lung just said, this mission to exterminate the Soul Splitting Clan can be said to be a complete failure, not only did not kill the other party, but instead killed more than two thousand cultivators.
If it is said that there is no achievement at all, it is not true, at least the remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan can no longer enslave other cultivators, like a tiger with its teeth extracted, only an empty shelf remains, and whether Lei Gong has become a civilian of the Soul Splitting Clan, they don't know, they should come soon, a civilian is no threat to cultivators, and more cultivators can be sent to search for the whereabouts of the Soul Splitting Clan.
Lack of experience and blessings and misfortunes, this operation is a lesson for Du Lian and the others, they have underestimated each other from the beginning, always thinking that a soul splitting clan can stir up a lot of storms, but they didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.
After a long time, Du Lian sighed lightly and said: "This time the matter is troublesome to you, since you have come back, you don't have to go again, let Sang Xin and them solve it by themselves." ”
Wang Lung was stunned and asked, "The remnants of the Soul Splitting Clan and Lei Gong have all run away, how can I find them if I don't go." ”
Du Lian chuckled and said: "Silly boy, there is no threat to that remnant, it is useless for you to go, but it will increase unnecessary trouble, in case that Lei Gong becomes a soul splitter, you are not a cultivator, it is easy to be enslaved by the other party, if that is the case, I can't explain it to the ancestor." ”
Wang Long smiled and said: "It's that the juniors didn't think it through, so since there is nothing to do with me, can I leave, the juniors still have to go to collect the buds of the ground, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”
Du Lian nodded and said, "Well, you go, go to Gleth Star to be careful, it's not as simple as you think." Speaking of this, Du Lian Chong Sang Xin continued: "You will send Xiaolong out in a while and give him the things." ”
Wang Lung bowed down and thanked him, stretched out his hand and pointed at the brown lion and said, "Ask the seniors to ......."
Before Wang Lung finished speaking, Du Lian said to the brown lion: "You and Xiaolong are also fateful, if you agree, help me guard the cave mansion." ”
The brown lion was overjoyed, bowed to the ground and thanked him, and said that he would do his best to help Du Lian guard the cave. (To be continued......)