amaotonovel Chapter 326: The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.
Chapter 326: The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.
Hu Qing's eyelashes trembled slightly, but the expected severe pain had not yet come.
He struggled to open his blood-stained eyes, and the scene before him made him gasp for breath.
The ferocious face of the Deep Sea King was close at hand, but his scaly hands froze in mid-air, not daring to move forward an inch.
Several long swords with cold light were suspended in the surroundings, and the sword tips were only an inch away from the vital points of the Deep Sea King. The sharp sword energy drew tiny blood marks on his dark gray skin.
"This is……"
Hu Qing's gaze passed over the Deep Sea King's trembling shoulders, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
The originally dense jungle has now been neatly flattened, and the cross-section is as smooth as a mirror.
Hundreds of warriors in silver-white light armor formed a circular array, the scabbards at their waists were empty, and their hands were making the same sword gestures.
The most shocking thing is that the positions of these warriors coincide with the orbits of the stars, and their energy is connected to each other, forming a net of heaven and earth within a radius of 100 meters.
Dark red blood oozed from the Deep Sea King's forehead, and his Adam's apple rolled with difficulty.
He had never felt such pure murderous intent - these flying swords seemed to be still, but in fact each one was vibrating at an astonishing frequency. If he moved even the slightest, he would be minced into a pulp.
"Sword Star Guard..."
The Deep Sea King squeezed out these three words from between his teeth, with deep fear in his voice.
He recognized the star emblem engraved on the warriors' breastplates; it was the symbol of the Great Zhou Dynasty's most elite Tianxing Army.
The rustling sound of footsteps broke the silence.
A middle-aged general wearing platinum scale armor walked slowly towards them, a crystal longbow in his hand emitting a moonlight-like halo.
With every step he took, tiny ice crystals condensed on the ground, and the water element in the air happily gathered around him, forming a hazy mist.
"Zhou Tianxuan! It's actually you!"
The Deep Sea King suddenly struggled violently, the black thread wrapped around his wound squirming frantically. "You, the royal family, are also going to meddle in the affairs of the sea people?"
The man called Zhou Tianxuan didn't even raise his eyelids, and was not moved at all by the Deep Sea King's words.
His slender fingers placed on the bowstring, and the water vapor within a radius of ten miles instantly condensed into a crystal clear arrow.
What’s even more terrifying is that the starlight wrapped around the arrow is actually real starlight - this general can actually mobilize the power of the nine heavens stars!
Hu Qing suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wound.
Only then did he realize that the Deep Sea King's hand around his neck was tightening uncontrollably, and those black threads were drilling into his body through the wound like living things.
"you……"
Before the hoarse cry for help could be uttered, a dazzling sword light suddenly burst out in the field.
Twelve long swords flew out from among the flying swords, and they moved at the same time!
The first sword cut off the Deep Sea King's right wrist, the second sword cut off his left elbow, and the remaining ten swords crisscrossed like butterflies flying through flowers, instantly nailing him into a kneeling position.
The most terrifying thing is that these sword blades stop abruptly when they penetrate the flesh three-quarters of the way, with such precision that it is chilling.
Hu Qing, who lost his support, fell heavily to the ground. A strong feeling of dizziness swept over his brain, but he did not dare to relax at all.
The scene before my eyes was truly shocking. Who on earth was this person coming?
"Star Lock."
Zhou Tianxuan finally spoke, his voice like an undercurrent beneath the ice.
The Deep Sea King let out an inhuman howl.
The long swords that pierced into his body suddenly lit up with complex runes, locking every inch of his spiritual power in his meridians.
What was even more terrifying was that he felt the soul of the little girl that had merged into his body was awakening, and the pure soul power was burning his internal organs like lava.
The crystal bowstring vibrated clearly.
The moment the water arrow left the bow, Hu Qing seemed to see the Milky Way pouring down.
Wherever the arrow passed, the air became strangely distorted. The cliff behind the Deep Sea King turned into powder the moment it came into contact with the starlight, revealing a tunnel that was hundreds of feet deep.
The Deep Sea King was hit head-on, and a transparent hole as big as a bowl appeared on his chest.
"No...impossible..."
Deep Sea King looked down at his vaporizing body, "I clearly already..."
Zhou Tianxuan took a deep breath, handed the crystal bow in his hand to the soldier beside him, and finally turned his gaze to Hu Qing on the ground.
Those hawk-like eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly sneered:
"A spy from the Sea Tribe? Take him back and investigate thoroughly. Remember, don't let him die."
Hu Qing tried to speak, but the previous injury had damaged the vocal cords of this flesh and blood puppet, and he could only make a humming sound.
I saw that the two soldiers had already shaken off the shackles.
The inside of the shackles were covered with tiny barbs, which penetrated into his meridians as soon as they touched his skin, completely sealing off his remaining spiritual power.
In the last moment before he fell into darkness, he vaguely heard the soldiers' discussion:
"The general has made great contributions this time..."
"I heard that the Prime Minister is in the court..."
"The bounty on this siren is enough to buy three cities..."
"Why is the eldest prince competing with our general for the throne..."
………………
Cold raindrops fell on Hu Qing's face.
In his blurry vision, Zhou Tianxuan was wiping his hands with a snow-white handkerchief. The golden dragon pattern embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief was particularly dazzling in the rain...
In the distance, Gu Yang's nails dug deep into his palms, and blood dripped through his fingers onto the dead leaves.
He curled up behind an ancient tree and watched the silver-armored soldiers drag Hu Qing onto the prison van with chains engraved with runes.
Every time the barbs on the chains swung, tiny drops of blood would be released, leaving a glaring red mark on the mud.
"Bastards... these beasts..." Gu Yang's temples were throbbing.
The backlash from the Promotion Stone made his Dantian feel as if it was pierced by thousands of silver needles, and every breath he took was filled with the smell of blood.
What's worse is that he now has no combat capability at all, and there are only a few weak spiritual powers in his dantian.
The other side has more people and more power. If I rush forward rashly, I will be dead. I have to think of some other way.
Suddenly, a shrill roar of the Deep Sea King was heard in the distance.
Gu Yang suddenly looked up and saw that the general in platinum armor was pressing his palm on the crown of the Deep Sea King's head. Wisps of black air were forcibly drawn out and condensed into ink-colored crystals in the air.
What's even more horrifying is that the Deep Sea King's broken body is shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a hollowed-out water bag.
"Soul-devouring technique?" Gu Yang felt cold all over.
This is clearly an evil technique recorded in the forbidden texts. Why would this so-called general use it?
Just as he was wondering, the man in platinum armor suddenly turned his head and looked over here.
Even though he was a hundred feet away, Gu Yang still felt an ice knife pressing against his throat—the man's left eye actually had a double pupil, and a silver light like a star map flowed in the dark pupil.
"Not good!" Gu Yang instinctively rolled backwards, throwing out several pieces of gravel.
At the moment when the light yellow smoke exploded, a water arrow brushed past his ear, and the raindrops it brought up dug a three-foot-deep hole in the rock wall behind him.
Gu Yang retreated quickly under the cover of smoke and dust, and heard the loud noise of trees falling one after another.
When the second arrow pierced through the smoke and dust, he gritted his teeth and rolled into the crack in the ground that he had already identified.
The cold muddy water immediately reached my chest, and from afar I heard soldiers shouting:
"General, do you want to chase me?"
"No need."
Zhou Tianxuan's voice was as cold as metal. "It's just a little mouse."