The fortress where Jiang Huan sat occupied an area of small area, with a radius of two or three miles, composed of dozens of simple and rough pavilions, and arranged a large defensive array, with a total of more than 200 monks guarding the town.

As a Saint Yuan Stage monk, Jiang Huan had a high status among the monks in the fortress, with an independent pavilion and three Thundering Valley Tianyuan Realm disciples who were waiting for his orders at any time.

Sitting in the fortress, except for occasional inspections, he spent most of his time in the pavilion to concentrate on cultivation, although in recent years he has blocked the focus of his cultivation on the improvement of cultivation, but the improvement speed of cultivation in the late stage of the advanced Saint King Realm is quite slow, and the cultivation of several years of concentration has only improved slightly, and there is still a lot of distance from the late stage of the Saint King Realm.

Time flies, half a month flies in a blink of an eye.

The fortress guarded by Jiang Huan was quite calm, and there were no major battles, except that there were a few small frictions between the patrol team and the reconnaissance monks of the Dizang Temple. However, there has been a lot of commotion in other areas in the past half month, and on the third day after Jiang Huan and the others arrived in Thundering Valley, the Thundering Valley side launched a strong counterattack.

Thundering Valley gathered a large number of forces to raid a fortress of the Dizang Temple, and the two sides continued to fight fiercely for half a day, and finally the Thundering Valley successfully occupied the fortress, and killed three elders of the Holy Yuan Period of the Jizo Temple and more than 200 disciples, and the Thundering Valley itself only lost dozens of disciples, compared to the loss of the Dizang Temple, it can be regarded as a big victory.

After the Jizo Temple was frustrated, it soon launched a ferocious counterattack against the Thundering Valley. However, Thundering Valley seemed to have been prepared for a long time, with the help of Xuan Ji and Zhuge Liancheng and other Sword Demon Mountain monks. Not only did it successfully resist the counterattack of Thundering Valley, but it also dealt a certain blow to the Jizo Temple again. In this way, the Jizo Temple not only did not achieve the expected counterattack result, but instead lost its troops. Frustrated again.

After two setbacks in a row, the original strength of the Dizang Temple dissipated a lot at once, and the Thundering Valley was able to reverse with the help of two victories, and the morale of the cultivators could be regarded as a big increase.

Although the power of the Jizo Temple has weakened, its main power still exists, and it is not easy for Naruya to defeat the Jizo Temple and take the Demon Spirit Mountain in one go.

The Thundering Valley and the Jizo Temple are still in a stalemate, but the status of the two sides has changed a little compared to before. The Jizo Temple, which originally had the power to suppress, had already lost ground, and Thundering Valley had seized a lot of the initiative in two successive victories.

The friction between the two sides in the Demon Spirit Mountain area is still continuing.

Jiang Huan, who was sitting in the rear fortress on the opposite side, did not participate in any actual combat, which made him slightly depressed, this time he chose to join the team to support the Thundering Valley, although the main reason was because Xuan Ji led the team, but he also had a purpose to take the opportunity to hone it.

Participating in actual combat, although he may encounter danger, he still has a certain degree of confidence in his own strength, and with his current strength, it is difficult for a Saint King Realm cultivator to threaten him. And as long as the Holy Emperor Realm monks don't fight hard, it shouldn't be difficult to protect themselves, as for the Holy Emperor Realm monks, he is naturally invincible, but there are only a handful of Holy Emperor Realm monks on both sides. And once the battle starts, the opponent Saint Emperor Realm monk may not have time to trouble him with a Saint King Realm monk, in addition. Even if he encounters a Saint Emperor Realm powerhouse, he also has certain means of self-preservation. At the beginning, he had gained a lot of benefits in the Void Heaven Palace.

In the Ten Layers of Bagua Qiankun Hall of the Void Heaven Palace, Jiang Huan could obtain a silver silkworm treasure armor from the hands of Tianxu Zhenren. Although this armor is only a remnant treasure, but its own material can definitely be regarded as a powerful defensive magic weapon, in addition, the silver silkworm armor can also open three times to defend the forbidden body, at the beginning of the Tiansu Zhenren can clearly say that unless it is a monk who encounters a catastrophe or above the cultivation, it is almost impossible to break the defensive ban of the silver silkworm armor.

With the Silver Silkworm Treasure Armor in hand, Jiang Huan has a certain amount of self-protection even if he encounters a strong person in the Holy Emperor Realm, so he only needs to be cautious about participating in actual combat, and there should not be too much danger, but in the current situation, he has almost no chance of actual combat.

Soon, another half a month passed in a flash.

On this day, Jiang Huan, who was sitting in the pavilion room, suddenly looked slightly moved, and then saw him quickly open his eyes, and then quickly took out a jade talisman, which was a transmission note.

After Jiang Huan took out the transmission note, he stretched out his hand and touched it gently.

The jade talisman immediately emitted a trace of silver.

Soon, a trace of surprise appeared on Jiang Huan's face, and then he suddenly put away the jade talisman and quickly got up and left the room.

Walking out of the pavilion, his figure flashed slightly, turning into an afterimage and flashing towards the central area of the fortress.

The central area of the fortress is a simple palace, which is the council hall of the fortress.

Jiang Huan walked quickly into the conference hall.

There were already two monks sitting in the council chamber, an Elder of Thundering Valley and Goldman Sachs.

Jiang Huan raised his hand and saluted, and then sat down next to the Goldman Sachs Building.

Immediately after Jiang Huan, another figure hurriedly walked into the conference hall, and the person who came was none other than Zhuo Mengying, the last person in Jiang Huan's three-person group.

Zhuo Mengying sat down next to Jiang Huan.

At the same time, the Thundering Valley Elder immediately spoke: "Disturbing a few people who came to the council hall is actually a little urgent to discuss with you, this morning Senior Brother Wang went out to inspect the nearby area, it should have been a long time ago, but now it is still delayed, I sent a message to Senior Brother Wang not long ago, but there has been no reply yet, and only one team of other patrol disciples sent out returned to the fortress on time, and the other teams have not replied for a long time, and there is no reply message, so I am worried about what situation Senior Brother Wang may encounter." ”

When Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying heard this, a trace of surprise appeared on their faces, the senior brother Wang in the other party's mouth was Wang Hongyang, another Thundering Valley elder who was in charge of guarding the fortress here, and the other party's situation at this time was obviously a little unusual.

Gao Shenglou's face was calm, he had already heard Elder Thundering Valley's description before Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying arrived.

Elder Thundering Valley continued, "The three of them were brought here to discuss this matter. ”

Gao Shenglou nodded and said, "Senior Brother Wang and several patrol teams suddenly lost contact, which is obviously abnormal, but the patrol area of our fortress here is not large. That's it, Brother Lu. I'll go out with Senior Brother Zhuo and Senior Brother Jiang to have a look, and you are responsible for guarding the fortress. Once there is any situation, of course, if the three of us encounter a situation, we will also be summoned to you as soon as possible. ”

Speak at the same time. Gao Shenglou looked at Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying, with a slightly inquiring gaze, although he was the captain of the three-person team, he was not easy to act alone.

Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan replied: "Okay, in this way, there will be three Laos." ”

Gao Shenglou said in a serious tone: "Without further ado, I will set off with Senior Sister Zhuo and Senior Brother Jiang." ”

Soon, Gao Shenglou, Zhuo Mengying, and Jiang Huan walked out of the conference hall. Then out of the fortress.

Jiang Huan and the others did not choose the flying magic weapon, on the one hand, because the flying magic weapon could not be clearly and accurately detected in the air and the ground conditions, and on the other hand, the flying magic weapon was vulnerable to attack if it flew close to the ground.

In addition, the three of them are not separated, in fact, mainly because it is for the sake of safety.

As soon as he walked out of the fortress, Gao Shenglou reminded: "Senior Brother Zhuo, Senior Brother Jiang, be more careful, if Wang Hongyang encounters any unforeseen circumstances, I'm afraid it will not be good, Wang Hongyang's cultivation can be low." With the late stage of the Saint King Realm, it is not a simple matter to defeat him and not let him send a message for help to the fortress, it must have enough strength to be possible, of course, this does not rule out that Wang Hongyang may be careless and underestimate the enemy. ”

Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying nodded slightly.

The group of three walked briskly along the route they usually patrolled. However, their speed is not fast, and they are much slower than when they usually make rounds, so they naturally do this to ensure safety.

The area where the fortress is responsible for patrolling is indeed small. Every time Jiang Huan goes out to inspect, it often only takes two hours to walk around the entire area.

Half an hour later, the three of them had explored nearly half of the area.

Soon. Jiang Huan, Gao Shenglou, and Zhuo Mengying arrived in a valley.

As soon as he walked into the valley, Jiang Huan's expression moved slightly. Then he stopped.

Gao Shenglou and Zhuo Mengying saw Jiang Huan stop suddenly, and their faces showed a trace of surprise, among which Zhuo Mengying even asked, "Senior Brother Jiang, what's wrong?"

Jiang Huan took a light breath, and then said with a slightly solemn face: "It seems that there is some frivolity ahead, and I smell a faint smell of blood." ”

"Bloody breath?"

Gao Shenglou's expression moved slightly, although he didn't notice the smell of blood, but he was the words of Jiang Huan, who trusted, because the other party was a blood cultivator and had a special sensitivity to bloody qi.

Jiang Huan nodded lightly and said, "Yes, although the bloody aura is very light, it still can't escape my perception." ”

Seeing this, Gao Shenglou said in a serious tone: "It seems that there may be a situation ahead, we have slowed down a little and paid more attention to the situation around us." ”

Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying nodded slightly.

After a short pause, the three of them continued to move forward, but at this time their speed had slowed down significantly, and the other people's senses had already let go, paying attention to the movements around them.

A moment later, Jiang Huan and the three arrived at the center of the valley.

Suddenly, Gao Shenglou's expression at the front moved slightly, and he immediately stretched out his hand to stop Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying from moving forward, and then said in a solemn tone: "There is a situation." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the position ahead.

Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying looked in the direction of Gao Shenglou, and soon found one, only to see that there were many potholes on the ground in front of them, this pothole is not an ordinary pothole, it is obvious that it is the traces left by the monk's battle.

Gao Shenglou said softly: "There are traces of a fight ahead, and the traces should have been caused not long ago, pay careful attention to the movements around you." ”

After speaking, the Goldman Sachs Building continued to move forward, slowing down again.

Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying were behind Goldman Sachs, one left and one right following closely.

There were not many traces of battle on the ground, only five or six, and it was clear that the battle here did not last long.

Soon, Jiang Huan, Gao Shenglou, and Zhuo Mengying stopped in front of a shriveled corpse.

Jiang Huan looked at the shriveled corpse a few feet in front of him, his expression moved slightly, although the body was shriveled, but through the clothes on the corpse, he could identify that the dead person was Wang Hongyang, another Thundering Valley elder who was guarding the fortress.

Zhuo Mengying asked in a solemn tone, "Senior Brother Gao, is it Wang Hongyang?"

Goldman Sachs took a light breath and said, "It should be." ”

As he spoke, Gao Shenglou walked to the vicinity of the shriveled corpse, and then lowered his body to check one or two, but as soon as he kicked down, his expression changed suddenly.

"Senior Brother Gao, be careful!"

Jiang Huan's expression also changed slightly, and when he squatted down in the Goldman Building, he immediately felt a strong vitality fluctuation, and that vitality fluctuation came from the shriveled corpse.

At the same time as he opened his mouth to remind, Jiang Huan's figure immediately flashed backwards, and the power of that vitality fluctuation was not small, I am afraid that even a Saint King Realm cultivator would suffer a heavy blow.

Zhuo Mengying on the other side also sensed the danger, and saw that a curtain of water immediately appeared around him, and at the same time, his figure immediately flashed backwards quickly.

"Boom ......"

Boom!

The shriveled corpse in front of Goldman Sachs suddenly swelled, and flames erupted like a volcano from below.

Almost instantly, the raging flames enveloped it within a radius of several feet, and strong fluctuations of vitality spread from the center of the explosion like waves.

Jiang Huan and Zhuo Mengying reacted quickly, but they immediately withdrew from the explosion range, but the Gao Shenglou, which was closest to the shriveled corpse, was not spared, and was engulfed in raging flames almost instantly.

At the same time, several figures flashed out more than a hundred feet away from Jiang Huan and the three of them, and quickly flashed towards Jiang Huan and the three of them.

Jiang Huan's figure was slightly certain, but he was also aware of the few figures flashing from his side for the first time, and his face couldn't help but show a touch of solemnity, a total of seven figures rushed towards him, which had already formed a semi-encirclement towards him.

The blazing flames quickly dissipated.

A figure soon appeared, it was the Goldman Sachs Building.

"Carving insect skills!"

Gao Shenglou snorted softly, although he was wrapped in the rolling flames just now, but at this time he was unharmed, and a layer of golden light covering him like an entity outside his body firmly covered it, obviously the flame attacks caused by those explosions were successfully resisted by the golden light shield.

Jiang Huan was not surprised to see the unscathed Gao Sheng Lou, although the power of the explosion just now seemed to be quite powerful, but Gao Sheng Lou was a mid-stage cultivator of the Holy Emperor Realm, if he didn't have one or two powerful defensive means, it would be beyond his expectations.

Zhuo Mengying's face was slightly pale, but his delicate face still retained heaviness, the enemy he was facing at this time seemed to be a little strong, and the aura on the bodies of the several figures that flashed towards the three of them was not weak, they were all Saint Yuan Stage monks, and two of them had a breath on the body that reached the level of the Saint Emperor Realm.

Gao Shenglou looked at the flashing figures and said, "Senior Sister Zhuo, Senior Brother Jiang, it seems that we are in some trouble." (To be continued.) )