Chapter 56: Encountering the Dead
Chapter 56: Encountering the Dead
On the sixth day of the fourth month of the twelfth year of the Great Qi State, Qi Wei Wang Tianhe, the Chen State destroyed the country. The world was shaken.
As the first country to be destroyed in this beast tide, Chen Guo's role is to give a shot in the arm to those high-level people who still have a trace of illusion about this beast tide, this is no longer an ordinary beast tide, but a hundred-year beast tide, and it may even reach the level of a thousand-year beast tide.
After the fall of Chen, the other states strengthened their defenses, but the southern states suffered heavy losses in this great battle and could not stop their effective defenses, and in the days after the fall of Chen, news of the destruction of the country came one after another.
On the contrary, the central countries unusually united together, integrated a large number of armies, and relied on cities, mountains and forests to build a defense line that stretched for hundreds of miles.
In terms of the attitude towards those refugees who fled from the southern countries, the central countries do not have any difficulties, and they are welcome, after all, it is possible for individuals to become combat power now, and they don't want to fight against demon beasts without combat power.
Speaking of these central countries, it can be said that it is the most chaotic place in the entire land of the hundred countries, there is no direct threat of demon beasts here, and there are no large-scale ruins and rich spiritual energy in the north, but as a transit point for the resources of the vast mountain range to be transported to the north, countless dark forces have been bred.
As long as you have strength here, you can become the lord of a small city and be a king.
There are no towns and villages in the south, there are just small city-states, the small power controls a city, and the big power controls more than a dozen cities, although these cities are not as good as Qingyuan County, but they can be regarded as a big city. There are dozens of kings here, which is why this land is called the Land of a Hundred Kingdoms.
Unlike the southern kingdoms, only strength is recognized here, so even the smallest king has the strength of the high-level of the Refining Body Realm, and he controls an army of thousands of people under his command, and as for those who are the most powerful, their kings must be the powerhouses of the Transformation Spirit Realm. The army under his command is also more than 10,000. In the central countries, there are now six powerhouses of the Transformation Spirit Realm, known as the "Six Kings of the Central Domain".
It is precisely because of their existence that the Great Qi State and the Jiang State have not been able to wave their troops south to carve up this vast territory.
At this time, Qin Chen was in the northernmost part of the Chen Kingdom, and after walking more than ten miles, he entered the range of the power of the Central Kingdoms.
Along the way, Qin Chen saw countless bones that had been gnawed into disshapen, and encountered several waves of raging demon beasts, of course Qin Chen didn't have a good face for these demon beasts, and he would kill them when he touched them, and it was also because of this that Qin Chen's progress was seriously slowed down. It is only now that he has reached the northernmost point of the Chen Kingdom, but it is precisely because of this that he has not encountered the Beast Tide Advance Force, which has to be said to be a great blessing.
Along the way, Qin Chen's intelligence ability was seriously insufficient, if it wasn't for the chance to save a caravan, Qin Chen wouldn't have known that the Chen Kingdom had perished.
Qin Chen is not from Chen Guo, and Huihui is still young, and she doesn't have so many feelings for Chen Guo, so the two of them are not particularly sad. On the way here, Qin Chen inquired all the way about the news of the villagers in the mountain village, but how vast the land of Chen Guo was, Qin Chen did not get any information.
Now Qin Chen only wanted to go to the central countries and take a good rest there. The last few days of rushing have exhausted him.
The country that Qin Chen is going to enter now is a country that controls three cities, the Black Demon Country, although the name is scary, but the strength is not strong. In terms of area alone, it is not as large as Qingyuan County, but the army is much stronger than Qingyuan County, with a regular army of 3,000 people. Compulsory conscription in wartime would at least double the number of soldiers.
Compared to the southern countries, the environment is not bad, with a large number of hilly areas, few mountains, and a small number of plains.
These plains are the main objects of contention among the central countries, most of them are in the hands of the "Six Kings of the Central Regions", and a few are in the hands of some kings who have cultivated in the Nine Refinement Realms, so to speak, their territorial division is based on the plains.
As a country with only three cities, of course, there is no plain in the Black Evil Country, and the people of the entire country are basically concentrated in those three cities, the advantage of this is that you can organize a strong force at any time, of course, the disadvantage is not small, it is easy to cause a situation where your subordinates have troops and are self-respecting, but it is still very beneficial in this period.
The reason why Qin Chen chose this country was because the strongest person in this country was only the sevenfold peak of the Body Refining Realm, and it was impossible to cause any loss to Qin Chen.
According to the map shown by the caravan saved as a reward, on a low hill about thirty miles ahead, there is Pinglin City, one of the three major cities of the Black Evil Country, although it is not the capital of the Black Evil Country, but its combat power is still not to be underestimated.
Putting away the map, coaxed Hui Hui, who was tied to his chest with a strip of cloth, and then looked at Qin Bai, Qin Chen was angry, and finally found a demon pill from the body of the demon beast that was killed, Qin Chen's hand was not yet hot, who knew that Qin Bai actually sneaked attack, and Qin Bai swallowed the demon pill in one bite under surprise. After thinking about it repeatedly, Qin Chen still gave up his plan to disembowel Qin Bai, but he didn't have a good face for Qin Bai along the way.
After resting for a while, Qin Bai continued to get up and hurry, now for Qin Chen, time is money, and when he arrived in the Great Qi Kingdom a day earlier before the demon beast, his safety increased by a point.
The distance of thirty miles was nothing to Qin Chen, and soon Qin Chen rushed to the location of Pinglin City shown on the map, and Qin Chen, who was originally full of joy, became very ugly.
Standing a few miles away, Qin Chen could also see the smoke coming out of Pinglin City, Qin Chen didn't encounter any demon beasts along the way, but Pinglin City was different, the city wall collapsed a large section, the city wall was full of dead corpses and demon beast corpses, the city was quiet, only the sound of burning buildings and corpses.
Qin Chen didn't go into the city, from the outside, Qin Chen could imagine what the scene was in the city now, and he didn't want Huihui to see such a cruel scene, this was the slaughter of the city.
Judging from the burning situation of the fireworks, Qin Chen judged that the demon beast had been gone for about an hour or two, and after thinking about it, Qin Chen realized how lucky he was.
Without stopping for long, Qin Chen walked directly towards the rear of Pinglin City.
Now whether it is attacking Qingyuan County City, destroying Chen Guoguodu and breaking through Pinglin City, it is the vanguard force of the beast tide, although there are demon beasts and even the demon beast king of the Spirit Realm, but it is mainly dominated by wild beasts, but the large army behind is different, it is mainly based on demon beasts, Qin Chen is sure that if he encounters it, he will be 100% dead.
Along the way, Qin Chen found that the situation was a little more optimistic than he thought. The attack on Pinglin City should only be a small force of the forward troops, and the breakthrough of Pinglin City should have been greatly injured, Qin Chen judged from the fact that he did not encounter human corpses along the way.
Anyway, this is a good thing, for the sake of prudence, Qin Chen still gave up taking the big road.
The central countries are hilly, and there are no tall mountains and dense forests, so Qin Chen walked easily.
Along the way, he crossed several hills one after another, Qin Chen felt that he was about to get out of the Black Demon Country, thinking that the demon beast should not be so fast, and he and Huihui were safe for the time being.
Thinking like this, Qin Chen planned to find a place to spend the night first. Wait until tomorrow before you go.
But before he could think about it, there was a sound of swords colliding in front of him, in line with the principle that more things are better than less things, Qin Chen wanted to go around, but a certain voice he suddenly heard made him change his mind.
Letting Huihui and Qin Bai keep quiet, Qin Chen walked forward cautiously.
The front is located between two hills, barely a small valley, usually inaccessible, but now with the attack of demon beasts, it is gradually populated.
In front of the valley. More than a dozen men dressed in guard clothes surrounded a young girl in a white dress with large knives, and the girl was stained with blood, but she could not hide her look. Although the appearance is not stunning, there is a youthful breath all over the body. It's pleasing to the eye. The girl held a superior sword in her hand and resisted with all her might, while there were one or two big men lying on the ground, and a large amount of blood flowed from their chests. Obviously, I can't make it.
In the middle of the valley, there was a wagon and a dozen horses, but the carriage had been badly damaged. Even the wheels have been knocked off, apparently scrapped.
Only a few of the dozen or so big men surrounding the girl are martial artists, but the rest of them have also practiced some foreign kung fu, although the girl's cultivation is the highest, but she is obviously exhausted and unable to break through.
At this time, the girl's face was angry, staring at the person who was obviously a leader among the big men, "How can you be like this, I hired you, and you actually attacked me, can you be more shameless?"
"Shameless?" the leading big man laughed, "What if we are shameless, little girl, you should understand the truth that wealth is not exposed, you have such a big fortune on your body and let us see it, you don't ask about our brother's reputation, in the central countries the guards are synonymous with robbers." The big men also laughed, as if they were laughing at the naivety of the girl.
The girl's face was pleading, "In that case, I will give you all the money on my body, and I swear that I will never trouble you." ”
The leading man showed a cruel expression on his face: "Hmph, as long as I kill you, I can get your belongings, and no one will know that we did it, besides," the leading man smiled lewdly, "Look at the little girl, you still look a little good, the brothers haven't met a woman for many days, just to pour out the fire, what are you doing?" The leading man said angrily.
It turned out that what the girl just said was just a delaying tactic, and launched a sneak attack when the leading big man was a little carried away, this big man was the highest cultivation in this group of people, as long as he was restrained, this group of people did not have to worry.
The idea is good, but the reality is cruel.
Although the leading big man's cultivation is a little lower than that of the girl, he also has a fourfold body refining realm, and the girl's physical strength is seriously insufficient, so in the panic, the girl only stabbed the big man's arm, and did not cause too serious damage.
The girl showed a disappointed look on her face, and the leading man was shocked and angry, his little life was almost lost just now, he covered his right arm, and immediately shouted angrily: "Up, everyone go up together, catch this stinky bitch, Lao Tzu wants her to taste the taste of a thousand people riding." ”
All the men rushed up, the girl was suddenly in danger, only the power of parrying, the situation became more and more unfavorable to the girl, and finally the girl made a mistake, did not avoid the big knife from the side, if nothing else, a fresh life will disappear from the world, the girl closed her eyes in despair, at this time she remembered the kind grandfather, remembered the strict father, remembered the gentle mother, and suddenly felt a little regretful, if she was not so willful, she would not die now.
"Whoosh. Just then, a small pebble shot out from the edge of the woods. The speed was very fast, and when everyone had not yet reacted, it hit the big knife accurately, and the strong man holding the big knife felt a numb wrist, so he let go of the big knife, and the big knife was taken out of the big knife several meters away, and inserted in the open space.
The leading man was taken aback and exclaimed, "Who?"
Qin Chen didn't answer him, a black shadow rushed out from the woods, and before these big men understood anything, they felt a pain in their wrists one by one. One by one, they let go of the weapons in their hands, and the black shadow came to the center of the crowd and stood beside the girl.
The leading man looked over, but found that it was a strange person, this was a young man, it seemed that he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but his body was already very well developed, and he was holding a strange weapon, saying that it was a knife. It's okay to say it's a sword. And the boy was still holding a little girl of four or five years old in his arms, with a snow-white puppy on his head, not to mention how strange the shape was.
But its strength is unquestionable, and the leading man is also a person who can bend and stretch. immediately knelt down and begged for mercy regardless of his face, and those subordinates also followed suit after seeing the boss's actions, not to mention how disgusting it was.
The boy looked at the disgusting faces of the group. I can't arouse the slightest interest in killing.
The young man looked at the girl beside him and asked, "These people are against you, you can let them go if you want." Kill if you want, I don't have an opinion. When the big men heard the boy say this, they pleaded with the girl one after another.
At this time, Du Yuewei felt a little confused in her mind, she was almost dying just now, she didn't expect such a big change to happen now, when the teenager appeared, Du Yuewei was like seeing the prince charming in her mind, her eyes were full of stars. At this time, I heard Prince Charming's words, and then I reacted.
Du Yuewei looked at the big men with ugly faces, felt very disgusted, and immediately waved her hand and said, "Anyway, I don't have anything to lose, just let them go!"
The boy frowned, "Do you hear that? ”
The big men hurriedly picked up their respective weapons with their other hands, got up and prepared to leave.
At this time, Qin Chen turned to look at Du Yuewei, and was just about to speak, when he suddenly shouted angrily and said that he was looking for death, turned around and raised his sword and slashed, the big man who was sneaking up behind him raised his knife to block, the sword blade flashed, and the big man looked stunned, and suddenly cracked from the top of his head and was cut in two.
Qin Chen sneered: "I wanted to let you live and dedicate your strength to fighting demon beasts in the future, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant of life and death, even if this is the case, then let Qin send you to hell! lest you endanger more people in the future." ”
Seeing the failure of the sneak attack, the big men dispersed in a hurry, in their minds, no matter how powerful Qin Chen was, it was impossible to deal with so many people at once, except for a few unlucky ghosts, the rest of the people would definitely survive, and in the hearts of everyone, he might be one of those lucky ones.
But the reality is still so cruel, there are no lucky people here, Qin Chen looked for the big man who led the way, Qin Bai jumped off Qin Chen's head to deal with those ordinary people, and Du Yuewei also helped after reflecting it.
The leading big man saw Qin Chen, who was unfathomable, pounced over, and immediately frightened the three souls and two souls, but he still resisted with a knife in his left hand, but where was the difference in strength, Qin Chen only used the thunder knife technique slightly, and the leading big man was cut off his head, and after solving his goal, Qin Chen pounced on another martial artist.
Those ordinary people were really angry and angry when they saw that the enemy was just using a dog to stop them, which was too contemptuous of people, but it also gave them a glimmer of hope, and they were overjoyed in their hearts that they could escape.
But what happened next made them desperate, this ordinary dog was unusually nimble, and although the teeth were not sharp, everyone was still bitten and screamed. After being bitten, they all fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Although Du Yuewei was a little weak, she still held her breath in her heart, and those big men who were selected by her were unlucky, and they died tragically after their whole bodies were stabbed.
It didn't take even a pillar of incense, and the dozen or so people were killed, and not a single fish slipped through the net. And Qin Chen also let Huihui witness the whole process.
Although it is a bit cruel for such a big child, Qin Chen has no choice, now is the most critical moment in the land of a hundred countries, Qin Chen can't guarantee that he can survive, all he can do now is to let Huihui adapt to it as much as possible, so that Huihui can grow up as soon as possible.
After everything was over, Du Yuewei looked at the hero who made a righteous move with a blushing face, "Thank you Shaoxia for coming to the rescue, Yuewei is grateful." ”
Qin Chen looked at her with a playful expression: "Didn't you call yourself Miss Ben last time?" (To be continued......
PS: The heroine appears, Qin Chen is about to get rid of being single, and I ask for support.