The clouds in the sky are rolling around, constantly changing shapes, wantonly teasing the viewers who look up at the sky, not letting them guess the next second.

Under such a sky, a team of nearly a thousand people slowly approached, and they walked cautiously on this endless stretch of sand dunes.

The sand dunes are overgrown with weeds and thorns, and the roads are lined with swamps and puddles, and in the swamps are reeds more than a man high. If someone is standing in the reeds at this time, there is no need to deliberately hide his figure, and it will be difficult for others to discover his existence.

In the face of such a complicated terrain, the leader of this team, Baron Higgins, the deputy general of the Royal Guard, also felt an unusual headache! His main task this time was to escort the Marquis of Edlaide back to the territory safely. In order to be able to absolutely guarantee the safety of the Marquis of Edlaide, Higgins not only arranged for a large number of elite royal guards to guard the marquis's carriage, but also made special preparations for emergencies. But even so, Higgins still didn't dare to relax in the slightest, he always reminded himself to be vigilant around him!

Suddenly, Higgins felt the magic elements around him come alive unusually well, and they were going on to arrange them in a regular way. Higgins's face changed drastically, he really couldn't imagine that he would meet such a powerful magician in such a desolate place! He didn't dare to delay for a moment, and shouted loudly towards the position of Edlaide's carriage: "Be careful, magic attack!"

In fact, there was no need for Higgins's reminder at all, the two Ouchi guards who had been guarding the side of Edlaide's carriage were already injecting fighting energy into the carriage's magic protection array. At the same time as Higgins shouted, a pale blue light appeared, and it enveloped the carriage entirely, and the horses that had been a little agitated just now quieted down.

Almost at the same time as the protective array was activated, a huge lightning bolt appeared above the carriage and slashed down towards it.

With just a "boom", the protective array of the carriage was dispersed, and the Ouchi guards, who were trying to input fighting qi into the protective array, were immediately shocked by the lightning and flew out, and the two horses pulling the carriage were knocked to the ground by this lightning and foamed at the mouth because they lost their protection!

Although the carriage of the carriage was specially reinforced, it still could not withstand the attack of lightning, and the position of the roof of the carriage was instantly torn open by lightning, and lightning entered the carriage along this crack.

There were two people sitting in the carriage, one large and one small, and the adults, while being warned, used their fighting spirit to prop up a protective shield to block the position on the roof of the carriage. At the same time that lightning appeared, he immediately pushed the child aside.

With a "bang", lightning immediately turned the man into a piece of black coal. Although the man had done his best, the lightning was so fast that the afterglow still caught the child, who was stunned in the carriage by the lightning.

Li Zijun, who was slowly rising, suddenly felt that he was sucked into a rapidly rotating whirlpool, and after a disgusting upheaval, Li Zijun was violently thrown out of the whirlpool.

Immediately, Li Zijun actually had a physical feeling, and at the same time added some memories in his mind that did not belong to him. These memories flashed through Li Zijun's mind like a fast-moving movie negative, and he felt that the position of his Mud Pill Palace was rapidly expanding!

These memories belonged to the fragments of another person's soul, and due to the powerful inertia of lightning, Li Zijun's soul was squeezed into another person's body. At this time, the soul of the other person had not completely disappeared, and the souls of the two of them were squeezed into the small space of the Mud Pill Palace. After a collision, the life-filled Li Zijun finally gained the upper hand, and he began to devour the soul fragments of another person. The Mud Pill Palace repeatedly expanded and contracted, and the pain experienced in this process was indescribable! Li Zijun held his head and kept hitting the carriage, but this could not alleviate the pain from the depths of his soul in the slightest, and he let out an extremely miserable wail!

"Ed, what's wrong with you?" a female knight jumped into the carriage, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Li Zijun who was still moaning, and she hugged Li Zijun and called anxiously.

At this time, Li Zijun couldn't hear the woman's call at all, he had been tortured so much that he couldn't even make a sound, he hoped that he would be able to faint immediately, or even die again! But he didn't know Weishenme, not only did he not faint, but his feelings became clearer and clearer, which was equivalent to magnifying his pain several times, his whole person was completely convulsed, and even his facial features became distorted!

"Enemy attack! left! quick!" reminded a blonde knight beside the carriage anxiously and loudly.

The female knight in the carriage heard the warning outside the car, and no longer bothered to check Li Zijun's situation, so she immediately pulled out her sword and was nervously guarded. The knightess could not see what was happening outside the car, she could only judge her position by the sound, and she heard an extremely heavy weapon whizzing towards her.

After a series of weapons clashed, a large chain hammer broke through the carriage and appeared in front of the female knight. The female knight didn't have time to think about it, and raised her sword to block outward.

The knight barely blocked the hammer, but she was knocked flying by the force of the hammer, and she slammed the carriage door open and fell to the ground.

The assassin wielding the chain hammer was a strong man more than two meters tall, and he walked along the carriage that had been broken by the chain hammer and saw Li Zijun lying in the carriage, and he was about to pull the chain hammer back and attack again.

But the strong man obviously underestimated the reflexes of the group of soldiers in front of him, and they did not give the strong man a chance to attack again, and quickly rushed towards him and launched a tidal attack on him.

Although this strong man has infinite strength and has his own characteristics in terms of martial arts, the soldiers he faces are not weak, not to mention that there are several Ouchi guards mixed in among these soldiers. It was only a moment of effort, the strong man was already covered in bruises, he knew that he had no chance to escape, he ignored the weapon that stabbed him, and rushed towards a large internal guard with a chain hammer.

The strong man chose to die with the Ouchi guard, and in the face of his dying blow, the Ouchi guard had no time to dodge, he could only hope that his fighting spirit could resist the strong man's blow.

"Bang"! Ouchi's guards were directly smashed by the strong man and flew up, and his entire sternum collapsed, and he couldn't live anymore.

The strong man also paid the price for his zuihou blow, and countless weapons around him stabbed into his body almost at the same time. But what made everyone feel strange was that at the moment of the strong man's life, he actually showed a weird smile in the direction of the carriage.

Everyone was startled, and they all turned their heads to look at the carriage, only to see two black arrows flying towards the big hole that had just been broken by the chain hammer, saying that it was too late and that it was too fast, and the two soldiers who stayed next to the carriage did not hesitate at all, and almost jumped up together, and they were ready to block the two arrows with their bodies.

"Poof, poof!" the two arrows passed through the soldier's body in no particular order, and the speed and direction did not change in the slightest, and continued to fly towards the carriage.

"Ding, ding!" The blonde knight appeared in front of the gap in time to smash the arrow with his broadsword.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, but just when they all thought that the danger was over, the blonde knight's expression suddenly stiffened. His face was full of incredulity, and he tried to look towards his chest, and then they noticed that there were two short arrows in the knight's heart and in the lower abdomen. In just an instant, black blood gushed out of the knight's mouth, and then the knight fell straight down his horse, motionless!

This time it was the royal guards who were in charge of the escort, almost every one of them had been in battle, and they never forgot their duty, and when they saw the blonde knight fall from his horse, they immediately replaced the blonde knight and covered the gap with their shields.

At this time, the doctor who accompanied the team hurriedly ran to the side of the blonde knight, but the blonde knight had already stopped breathing, and his originally bright eyes had lost their light.

"Poisonous!" The doctor couldn't help but gasp when he found out that the arrow that hit the blonde knight was actually poisonous!

As a military doctor, he is no stranger to archery. He knew very well that there were very few marksmen with excellent archery skills, and they could combine two short arrows together with great skill and shoot them with great skill. If you don't know the characteristics of this kind of archery, you can easily bump into such an arrow, and the two short arrows will break, and at least one arrow will remain on the original line and eventually hit the opponent. This is what people call 'the arrow!'

And the one who just shot these two arrows was the master of the masters, and after passing through the human body, there was no change! Such a marksman actually wants to use poison, it seems that the other party is desperate to succeed in the assassination this time!

At this time, the female knight who was stunned by the chain hammer had slowly woken up, she endured the pain and came to the carriage, and saw that Li Zijun had gradually calmed down and her face had returned to normal, and she felt a little more relaxed. The female knight inadvertently glanced out along the broken carriage, and she suddenly found the blonde knight lying motionless on the ground, she hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, and ran to the side of the blonde knight.

"Dick, Dick, answer me quickly, don't scare me!" the female knight shook the blonde knight's body desperately, calling his name, but the blonde knight was gone forever and could no longer respond to her call!

"Poof" The female knight spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted on the knight's body. The military doctor hurriedly turned around to rescue the female knight, and for a moment, the team fell into a brief chaos.

Although the Royal Guards are absolutely elite, they have nothing more to do in the face of such a situation, they can only pay more attention to the periphery, and they have neglected the internal defense.

At this time, a man who looked like a servant of the Earl's Court slowly leaned towards the carriage. The man chose a clever route, and he tried to choose the blind spot of the people around him at each of his stops, and almost no one noticed that he was constantly approaching the carriage. He was almost out of the crowd when a palm-sized dagger quietly appeared in his hand.

This dagger is completely black, and it does not reflect a trace of light even in the sun! Such a dagger is extremely sharp, and ordinary armor does not play any role in protecting it from it. The most terrifying thing is that this dagger has an astonishing corrosive power, and as long as it is cut a little bit by this dagger, the wounded person will instantly turn into a puddle of blood! Even if the injured part is cut off quickly, it will not help! Because of this dagger, many famous people have fallen into the hands of an unknown person. This has earned him the title of 'Bell Ringer'!

There was still half a step for the 'bell ringer' to step out of the crowd, and the few ordinary soldiers who remained next to the carriage could not stop him from rushing into the carriage, and he was ready to leap up. He was surrounded by the servants of the Earl's Court, and no one could stop him! In his eyes, Edlaide was already a dead man, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But at this moment, a cook beside the 'bell ringer' leaned lightly against him. The Bell Ringer suddenly felt a cold object enter his body, and before he could make any movements, it had sliced through his body smoothly.

At this moment, the 'bell ringer' did not have a trace of pain, but he clearly knew that he was finished! He tried to turn back to see who had attacked him, but by this time his abdominal cavity had been completely cut open, and all his internal organs had fallen to the ground, and his life was completely ended at this moment.

The people around them didn't notice the situation until the 'bell ringer' fell to the ground, and they involuntarily dispersed.

The 'bell ringer' died without figuring out how he had failed, and the slave he had chosen before the action was very similar in height, fatness, and even face. After putting on his makeup, he felt that as long as he didn't speak, no one would be able to recognize him! But even so, he still failed, who had discovered him? He clearly remembered that standing next to him was an ordinary cook in the Earl's Court, and he had tried this cook before, and he had not found any suspicion in this cook, otherwise he would not have chosen to stand by this cook's side! But such a cook easily plotted against himself, he felt that he had concealed it perfectly, what did this cook rely on to conclude that he was an assassin? This has become a mystery that the 'bell ringer' will never be able to figure out!

The cook next to the 'bell ringer' wiped the boning knife on his body as if no one was around, and then carefully removed the dagger from the 'bell ringer' hand.

"Actually, you've done a good job, but you've forgotten that people's body odors are different! Many people don't notice this, but you're unfortunate enough to meet me!" said the cook softly, admiring the dagger in his hand.

"Who are you?" several soldiers on the periphery noticed that one of them had died unexpectedly and hurriedly surrounded him, and one soldier raised his spear and pointed it at the cook.

"I'm Bob, the deputy head of the internal guard sent by Bixia to secretly protect Hou Ye, and this is my token. Bob reached out to take out the token in his arms, but at that moment, the soldier who had just questioned him took advantage of his slack and stabbed his spear at the cook.

The soldier's speed was so fast that the cook didn't have time to take out the hand in his arms, so he could only keep backing up, hoping that the others would stop the soldier a little, and as long as he could take his hand out of his arms, he would at least be able to stop the soldier from rushing towards the carriage. But their speed was so fast that the people around them didn't have time to react, and they rushed straight to the carriage. The soldier's purpose was to force the cook to dodge to the side, so that he could use this momentum to kill the children in the carriage directly.

Looking at the point of the spear getting closer and closer, the cook also saw through the soldier's thoughts, so he couldn't get out of the way, he gritted his teeth and avoided the key point, let the spear stab him in the body, and at the same time as he was hit, he threw the black dagger in his hand at the soldier.

"Poof" and "Poof" were hit almost at the same time, and the cook was nailed to the carriage of the carriage with a spear, but fortunately he avoided the vital point at the critical moment, although the injury was serious, but there was no danger to his life. And the soldier who attacked him was not so lucky! The soldier was quickly melted by the dagger, and in an instant, he turned into a puddle of black water, and completely disappeared in this shijie.

Finding out about the situation here, Higgins also rushed back from the periphery, he no longer dared to let the Marquis of Edlaide lie alone in the carriage, he hurriedly sent someone to carry Edlaide and the female knight to a spare carriage, and at the same time arranged for several Ouchi guards and a small group of soldiers of the royal guard to protect their safety. And issued a strict order, without his warrant, no one should approach Edlaide's carriage, and those who violated the order will be killed!

In view of the accident that had just occurred, Higgins temporarily imprisoned the unrelated people of the Earl's Court in a corner, preventing them from moving at will.

The doctor quickly diagnosed that both the child and the female knight were only temporarily unconscious, and that the injuries were not serious, and Higgins's heart that had been hanging high was then settled. He immediately rushed to Bob with a doctor and gave him the necessary treatment.

"You must have gotten revenge for winning you the last time I gambled, and only then did you remember to save me, and almost bleed me out!" Bob grinned as he looked at Higgins and grumbled.

"Alright, alright! You're so fat, you can't bleed to death! When you return to Beijing, I'll invite you to drink. Higgins knew Bob well, and smiled apologetically as he asked the doctor to treat his wounds.

"What the hell is going on?" Higgins asked as soon as he saw that Bob was in good spirits despite the scary wound.

Hearing Higgins's question, Bob stopped complaining and hurriedly recounted what had just happened.

Higgins was scared into a cold sweat when he heard Bob's description.

"Thanks to you, otherwise Big Brother would be in trouble this time!" Higgins patted Bob's arm lightly and sighed.

"Helping you is helping myself, do you find anything now?" said Bob with a smile and a wave of his hand.

"We're searching, but I don't have much hope for it! The magician, the Hercules, the archers, the 'bell ringers', and the spear-wielding master, the other party is really giving our brother face! If it weren't for our luck, we would already have to worry about our heads!"

"You take this, and it's worth it to get the 'Bell Ringer' Nether Dagger if you get so wounded! Higgins saw that the cook was no longer energetic, and carefully handed him the dagger he had just picked up.

"Big brother, or let's ask Lord Belloc for help!" the cook whispered, looking around.

"Let me think about this again, you can recuperate first, and leave the rest to me!" Higgins saw that Bob was already tired, and couldn't bear to disturb him anymore, so he comforted him a few words, and turned and walked to the outside of the group.

At this time, the casualties in the team had been properly handled, and the team in charge of the search had also returned one after another. Similar to Higgins's guess, most of them didn't come to any avail, except for the soldier who stumbled upon a used magic scroll.

Taking over this magic scroll, Higgins could still feel the power of lightning on it, and the lightning just now was the masterpiece of this magic scroll! Seeing this magic scroll, Higgins's original nervous mood relaxed.

The lightning that attacked first would require at least a mage of the Grand Magus level to be able to unleash it. If you are targeted by a magician of this level, I am afraid that the next days will be difficult. Magic scrolls are different, and mages above the intermediate level can release high-level magic with the help of magic scrolls.

At that time, Higgins was still wondering that the other party had just stopped releasing a bolt of lightning, and in that case, the Marquis of Edreder would almost certainly die. Now he understands that the other party doesn't want to, but can't!

Magic scrolls are very difficult to make, and magicians can only make magic scrolls that are lower than their own level, which not only requires a lot of time and effort, but also does not guarantee success every time. Magicians usually only make two or three magic scrolls in case they are needed, and they rarely circulate them.

The maker of this magic scroll in Higgins' hand had to be at least a magician above the magister level, and at that level, the magic scroll was of very little use to them, and it was unlikely that they would make too much of it. The fact that the other party did not release the magic again just now also confirmed that there was a very high probability that they only had such a magic scroll in their hands. So seeing this used magic scroll, Higgins can finally breathe a sigh of relief!

After waiting a little longer, all the search teams returned, and they didn't make any new discoveries. Higgins arranged for them to rest for a while, and continued on their way.

At this time, Li Zijun had completely fused with the soul fragments of another person, and his indescribable pain finally disappeared. Through the memories in the soul fragments, Li Zijun realized that he had actually crossed over, and his soul had entered the body of the child Edred Lee.