Chapter 42: Becoming an Ape

At this moment, there was silence everywhere in the wilderness, although it was noon, under the bright sunshine, people could even see the reckless snow-capped mountains in the south hundreds of miles away, like a snow-colored python lying on the horizon, and several rivers flowed down from the mountains to the wilderness, irrigating the entire central region of the Skyrim Province, nurturing countless creatures in the wilderness, and finally flowing into the swamps and seas in the northern part of the skyrim.

The wilderness of what was once made up of wild grasses, wildflowers, rocks, and streams is no longer full of yellow and green as usual, but like a sick old man, his skin covered in gray and black patches. Burnt weeds, smoking stones, and burn marks of varying shades on the ground describe it all.

In the distance, a half-gray and half-black dilapidated building stood on the devastated ground, two-fifths of the upper part of the building had collapsed, and the entire watchtower was crooked, as if it would be unable to support it in the next moment, making it impossible to connect with the majestic watchtower that was busy with caravans and bandits yesterday.

Ireles motioned for the troops of Snowman City to stop, and his majestic voice was loud in the wilderness, "Brave soldiers of Snowman City! Yesterday in the middle of the night, our western guard tower of Snowman was attacked by a reptile, and your companions do not know whether they are alive or dead, and what you see now is the battlefield after the reptile attacked. ”

"Now I order: all soldiers are divided into three groups. The first group of eighty men was responsible for clearing the site and the watchtower, clearing all the stones from the trade road so that our ballista could reach the vicinity of the watchtower, and opening a temporary rescue point in the watchtower so that the wounded companions could be protected. A second group of eighty men was tasked with searching the wilderness, searching for our lost companions, transporting them back to the watchtower, and launching a rescue. The third group of 140 men was responsible for erecting fortifications around the watchtower, erecting and adjusting the ballistas, bringing out our holy water and potions, weapons and equipment, so that we could prepare for battle. Irelais paused at this point.

"Let's kill that reptile, the victory belongs to Xueman!" Irelais clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it high. The three hundred sergeants raised their right hands at the same time and responded, "Victory belongs to Xueman!"

"Alright, now the captains have their teams in order and dispersed!Let's give this damn reptile a good response!" With Ireles' order, the army of Snowman City suddenly became operational.

Those in charge of the search were scattered in an arc in twos and threes; those in charge of cleaning up were lined up in several rows to clear the mess on the road; those in charge of supplies gathered together, took the ordnance from the wagon, distributed it to each soldier, and drove the other vehicles to the guard tower to prepare for the construction of defenses.

The entire army was slowly turning like a huge gear, the strength of the official collective should not be underestimated, and everything seemed to be in order, which was obviously not comparable to the group of mercenaries who had gathered by blood alone in the comrade-in-arms group.

Farkas and Wilcas followed the army to clear the road, and it was obvious that their bear-like physique was very helpful to deal with these boulders on the road at the moment. Ella and Ria were women, natural healers, and they couldn't help in any way, and for those wounded soldiers who were discovered, their presence was the greatest comfort. Lu Xihua motioned for the orc girl to join the rescue team, and took the lord's commission, so she should also make some efforts.

Lu Xihua himself slowly approached the famous western watchtower with the army. You can see up close how tragic last night's attack was. The two forts outside the watchtower had now been razed to the ground, leaving only a gray foundation in its place, and the other was crooked, half-collapsed to one side, and the white stubble on the stone showed that it had been broken by a great force.

There are a lot of earthen pits around the watchtower, and spherical stones fall from them. The stones, which are still burning with flames, are clearly not man-made. Magic? Hehe, interesting.

Several unlucky soldiers were hit by these burning stones, only the lower half of their bodies could be seen from their outfits as the patrolmen of the snowy city, and the part of their upper bodies that had been hit had been burned to bones by the flames attached to the stones, which contrasted with the bodies of the lower bodies. There was a burning smell in the air, and the atmosphere was very oppressive. Until there was a shout in the distance, and some of the wounded soldiers were found by the army.

The wounded soldiers were quickly moved to makeshift locations in the watchtowers, where improvised marching beds were erected and the wounded were housed. Strangely, most of these wounded people had some scratches and bumps, and none of them were burned by flames, and the holy water played a role in cleaning the wounds at the moment.

After being diluted, the holy water cleans the wound, and then wraps the wound layer by layer with gauze made of cotton and linen, and finally takes some healing potions, and a simple treatment is completed. As for some very deep wounds, the existing army conditions are also weak, and what awaits the wounded is luck, the orc girl looked a little unbearable, and set her eyes on Lu Xihua.

Lu Xihua took out a hundred medicine talisman from his skin and threw it to the girl, the girl's brows were relaxed, and she went with joy, and Lu Xihua turned around and walked out of the guard tower.

"Thank you for the magic amulet, is that your homemade?" a voice sounded behind Lu Xihua, who looked back and saw that it was the female archer Ella.

"No, it was sent to me by my sect. ”

"Sect, is it a sect, similar to a guild?" Ella's voice was a little magnetic, and it sounded a little wild and charming. Lu Xihua did not answer.

"Your magic talisman is very useful, those wounds that could not be treated are slowly healing, and the speed is very fast, I don't know how much better than the holy water in the temple. It's also a lot better than our healing potion, no wonder you don't look down on the production of alchemy potion, no matter what, I still have to say thank you to you. ”

"It's nothing, it's just to absorb the medicinal power of the herbs that you usually collect into the jade talisman and store it, and release it for use when you need it. If there were no herbs, the jade talisman alone would not work. ”

"So far, only five wounded soldiers have been found, the others are dead. The Western Guard Tower is the most important outpost in Snowman, and is guarded by fifty to sixty soldiers all year round. Unexpectedly, only one-tenth survived this attack. I don't know where that reptile is now, for now, I just want to shoot my bow and arrow into its eye. Ella said, clenching the bow on her body.

Lu Xihua didn't answer, he wanted to figure out the relationship between the dragon and the demon god and the Holy Spirit.

Lu Xihua's practice inherited the mysterious person's magical power to pick up the stars and take the moon, adhering to the ancient practice of the ancients, presumably in the ancient times, there are countless treasures of heaven and earth, the cultivation environment is extremely rich, all needs can be found, and the practitioner only needs to explore the truth of the avenue. Therefore, in the current cultivation method of the Jupiter Domain, Lu Xihua's current stage of refining qi and returning to the gods was divided into seven or eight in one go, so that now Lu Xihua stepped into the first step of refining qi and returning to the gods, and condensed the image of his own primordial god, similar to the monks of the Taiyi Sect.

But it's not exactly the same, because before the god is the primordial infant, and before the primordial infant is the elixir. The most superficial way is to create one's own supernatural powers, that is, to be able to use the rules of heaven and earth superficially, and then follow these supernatural powers upwards and trace back to the source and gradually touch the avenue, contact the origin of all things, and sort out its original face, which is the normal way to become an immortal.

And Lu Xihua is different, he accepts the law of the stars, and as soon as he came up, he was the primeval supernatural power to pick the stars and take the moon, which is already the essence of the avenue, and in modern times, picking the stars and taking the moon is even a law, and other supernatural powers are just principles or formulas, which are just things derived from the law.

A law can deduce countless formulas and apply them to all aspects, which is Lu Xihua's advantage, which is countless times easier than those cultivators in the Taiyi Sect who have summarized themselves and don't know if they are the correct formulas to reverse the law.

The top-level supernatural power of picking stars and taking the moon is not a simple giant power, it picks the Tao, takes the reason, picks the cause and effect, captures the logic, plays with the movement of the stars, the universe is born and dies between the palms, and it is the avenue of time and space, but the current Lu Xihua has not realized this.

A high-pitched roar came from far away, and everyone looked to the place where the voice had come from. I saw a small blue and white dot moving on the snow-capped mountain hundreds of miles away, accompanied by that huge roar, and everyone immediately understood who it was.

"Dragons! It's dragons!"

"It's coming this way!"

"So fast!"

Suddenly, the frightened cries of soldiers rang out around the western guard tower.

"All the soldiers obey my orders! Enter the combat readiness, the wounded and medical personnel enter the guard tower, the search team outside quickly returns to the defense, the ballista is ready, and the soldiers hide in the defense facilities under the arrangement of the captain. Everyone, get ready! Our goal is here! Kill it, and return to the city lord in the evening to celebrate everyone, with no limit on wine and meat!"

At the command of Chief Irelis, everyone quickly moved into action, and the ballista was positioned at an angle to ensure that at least one ballista could aim in the direction of the dragon, regardless of its position.

"Ann, stay in the watchtower, don't come out. Lu Xihua commanded loudly. The air was filled with the solemnity before the big battle, as if it had been condensed, and everyone carefully held their breath, waiting for the moment when the opponent came.

The figure flying from the snow-capped mountain was getting bigger and closer, and the shadow brought by the figure formed a shadow on the ground, which was so huge. The tremendous wind pressure pressed the weeds of the wilderness against the ground, revealing the hidden rocks in between.

"It's the majestic dragon, and it's in trouble. Ella whispered.

Different from ordinary dragons, the majestic dragon is above the dragon, the blood dragon, the ice and fire dragon, and the ancient dragon, and only below the ancient epic dragon, this kind of dragon swallows magic, not the simple frost and fire like other dragons, its name has only been praised in the mouth of the troubadour, and it is impossible to imagine that it will appear in front of it today.

The dragon flew so fast that several crossbow bolts missed a long distance, and in an instant the dragon had descended on everyone.

The figure swept quickly across the wilderness, and the huge soles of its feet fell to the top of the only broken building~ the watchtower, and the heavy body overwhelmed one side of the watchtower, and quickly fell stones of different sizes. The blue-white scales, ruby-like eyes, and the majestic dragon head scanned the army around the watchtower, like a king examining mortals.

"My name is ~ Minimenir, follow Alduin's instructions to destroy you~" Strange emphases spit out from the huge dragon head, echoing in everyone's hearts, and suddenly everyone present understood the meaning of this dragon.

"Shoot it! Kill it! Hurry up! Shoot it!" At the command of Chief Ireles, black shadows flew from all the soldiers and several ballistas in the distance, and pounced on the dragon like locusts.

The sharp steel arrowhead shot at the dragon with a whistling sound of breaking through the air, but the moment the arrow touched the dragon's scales, it only made a slight crunch and the steel arrow snapped.

"Ignorant reptile~" The dragon spat out a few words, and suddenly raised its wings, and the wide dragon wings swept away several crossbow arrows between the arrows, and the wind pressure generated tossed several brave soldiers who tried to get close to its body from the top of the watchtower. The soldier fell from the top of the watchtower, which was more than 20 meters high, and was quickly dragged aside by his companions waiting below.

The dragon flapped its wings, its claws strenuous sentry tower, and rose into the air, opening its mouth to spit out a series of white flames, and the place where it passed was scorched black, and the few soldiers who came into contact with the white flames were all turned into ashes, leaving a few weapons and armor on the ground, but the strange flames did not spread, as if they only worked on the body.

The dragon swooped down over a broken barricade, and a soldier lowered himself and hid beside a ballista, resisting the wind as the dragon passed, but the strong wind still lifted his helmet away, revealing the face of a young man.

He looked back with a little trepidation, and the two companions who had loaded the crossbow bolts beside him were gone, and he didn't realize until he saw two figures falling from the dragon's feet in the distance.

With great difficulty, he picked up a man-high crossbow arrow, loaded it onto the ballista, and turned the winch wheel to pull the bowstring from the ballista, and the blue-white beast circled in the sky for a while, and then rushed in his direction again.

"Phewβ€”" The young soldier glanced at the dragon that was getting closer and closer to him, the Nords were not afraid of death, they just lacked a place to die. Thinking of this, the soldier's eyes became more and more intense as he looked at the dragon.

The ballista was full, and he trembled and put his hand on the trigger, trying to force himself to keep an eye on the dragon, which was so close to him that he could see every one of its scales, and he could see its tyrannical and destructive eyes.

The young soldier remembered that on his leave, in the mare banner inn, while listening to the bard singing, and drinking Nord honey with some of his drinking friends... got drunk, molested the wine maid, got into a fight, and slapped the proprietress in the face.

He remembered that in the middle of the night on duty in the cold winter, the lord came to the city wall late at night to reward and comfort the guards, and remembered that the lord patted him on the shoulder and said to him, "Xueman needs you loyal and fearless young men. ”

He couldn't sleep for two days when he was so excited. He remembered his elderly parents, as they lived in Snowman, because of their support.

He found that there were many reasons why he had to stand here. Looking firmly at the dragon, the young soul let out a heartfelt and powerful cry - "For the snow to !!"

With both hands on the trigger, the bolt was aimed at the dragon in the air, but the dragon responded to his cry with dragon fire.

Long Yan completely incinerated the crossbow arrows flying in mid-air, and the blazing flames flew towards the young soldier without stopping.

A hand suddenly stretched out, pinching and bursting the flame in his hand, and the white flames turned into sparks and scattered in all directions, no longer threatening. The young soldier was ready to die, but now he turned his head to the owner of the hand, and his black hair came into view.

The dragon's attack was shattered, and he was a little annoyed, and used the dragon's wings to stay in the air, this time it took a little longer to prepare, and several flames came straight at the owner of the hand.

The flames didn't travel in a straight line through the air, some twisted and went, some crossed over, some paused, and some circled around the black-haired man. It's a pity that these flames came to that person, as if they had met a nemesis, and they were instantly annihilated, without a trace of power, and a white palm pinched off all these flames, as if the temperature of the molten gold and iron was fake.

"That's all you can do?" Lu Xihua shouted at the dragon in the air.

The majesty of the dragon clan seemed to be provoked at this moment, "Mortal, don't want to go against the dragon clan, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can only save a few reptiles." ”

A jerky dragon whisper resounded in the sky, and I saw that above the distant sky, countless black dots appeared at this moment, and the black dots fell with dazzling light.

"Meteorite! Everyone dodge immediately!" Irelais instantly recognized this spell as the legendary Dragon's Meteorite, which summons countless flints from the unknown space outside the sky to fall, and it is a large-scale attack spell. This is how the numerous deep pits around the western watchtower and the spherical burning stones inside came from.

"Mortals, I think you can save a few reptiles?!You're all going to die!" the dragon roared through the sky with its mouth wide open, its height making it impossible for the crossbow on the ground to attack, and could only watch it cast spells.

"You've me off. Lu Xihua's deep voice came out of his throat, and a huge air flow erupted from his body, and he suddenly jumped to a halt in the air, leaving a group of people on the ground with their mouths wide open.

The figure of a white ape emerged behind Lu Xihua, looking taller than a watchtower of more than twenty meters. Accompanied by the fierce qi shooting from all sides, the huge heaven and earth vitality quickly gathered and turned into a turbulent cloud at the feet of the white ape, and the white ape stood on it.

The white ape is coming, shocking all things!

Lu Xihua's figure leaned back, and suddenly his whole body merged into the gaseous white ape behind him, and with the integration of Lu Xihua's real body, the entire white ape in the air immediately came alive, no longer a phantom before.

"You still say that you are not a monkey?you big liar~" Lia, the shield and sword female warrior of the comrade group, saw that the shield in her hand fell to the ground and made a sound. It's just that none of the three hundred or so people present paid attention to her at the moment, and their eyes were all staring at the huge white ape in the air that looked like gods and demons.