On the first winter solstice in Guanyun City, the first snow of the year fell in the city. Dim yellow lamps were lit on the cold streets, and heavy snow fell, slowly swallowing up the light and shadow, leaving only a hint of white between the sky and the earth.
On the city wall thousands of miles outside Guanyun City, the monks stationed here in the past have been reduced from groups to three or two. Under the city wall, the white snow rustled, the yellow sand rolled, and the snow fell on the cold yellow sand. The two camps were fighting each other, intending to devour each other.
The forest of no return at the end of the yellow sand is as silent as death, seemingly without any life.
Hua Ruxue stood on the wall of the inner city of Guanyun City. Next to her were the shackled An Xiaoer and the frightened Bai Yi.
At this moment, the gates of the inner city are wide open and unguarded, and the outer city that used to be bustling is quiet. On the other hand, in the inner city, the city lord's palace is like water that has just been boiled, and there is a lot of people.
"Only the city lord and my master stay in the city lord's mansion. Is this okay? There are more than a dozen Mahayana monks there."
Compared to Bai Yi, who started to worry as soon as he left his master, Hua Ruxue calmly asked, "Are you talking about those monks who were tricked by your city lord?"
Bai Xun always looked like he had nothing to do with me, but who would have thought that he would be so merciless when he started to attack me. As soon as it is detected that someone has drunk Wuyou Wine, he will slap him with his backhand, and if he can't be knocked out by one palm, he will give him another palm.
Who doesn’t like this clean and neat style?
"You, you, you, you are talking nonsense. City Lord Qingfeng Jiyue is a fair person, so he would not do such villainous behavior."
Hua Ruxue nodded helplessly, understanding more about Bai Xun's black heart and hypocrisy. If you are a person like Bai Xun, everything black can be regarded as white.
She didn't want to argue with Bai Yi, so she agreed perfunctorily: "Yeah, you're right, as the saying goes, brothers working together can break gold. Your master and city lord are so powerful, it's us you should worry about."
After she finished speaking, her eyes shifted to An Xiaoer.
In this snowy and windy environment, Hua Ruxue didn't feel the cold for the first time, because her heart was filled with worry and tension about the beast tide.
This will be an unprecedented beast wave.
They want to resist the tide of beasts and protect Guanyun City when most people are controlled and become enemies.
In a series of plans, it was her and Bai Yi's mission to "keep an eye on An Xiaoer". As a last resort, they would kill An Xiaoer.
An Xiaoer's expression was dull. The raging wind and snow, the beast tide that was about to overwhelm the city, seemed like everything in the world had nothing to do with him. An Muwan's departure took away his last struggle.
At Xu's hour, the sky was as gloomy as before, and waves of roars of monsters came from Never Returning Forest. The slightly trembling ground heralded the beginning of the beast tide.
Hua Ruxue looked back at the house closest to the inner city wall, where a group of monks who had drank Wuyou Wine were housed.
"The tide of beasts has begun." Bai subconsciously held the sword in his hand tighter, his body trembling slightly in the wind and snow.
The monks gathered in the house, who had not felt any spiritual power for half a month, were sleeping on the ground, and were tied up with five flowers, suddenly opened their eyes, as if they had changed their appearance, their eyes were dull, and they said vaguely: "The loophole is... go Ruined it..."
Fortunately, they only had their thoughts and actions under control, but the strength of their bodies had not changed, and they were still unable to break free from the soul-locking rope.
Seeing this, Hua Ruxue let out a sigh of relief. As long as the spirit-locking rope and the poison she had administered were effective, there was no need to deploy troops to defend them.
"There's still a quarter of an hour left." Hua Ruxue counted the time silently in her heart, while keeping an eye on An Xiaoer to prevent him from suddenly having another idea and causing trouble.
If An Xiaoer had not followed Ghost Lord Chu Ming's final order to destroy Guanyun City, he would have been wiped out.
If he acted according to Guijun's last order, then she and Bai Yi would kill him. .z.br>
Frankly speaking, Hua Ruxue did not want to kill An Xiaoer. If An Xiaoer had not taken the initiative to tell them frankly about Ghost Lord Chu Ming's plan, they would not have had this month's preparation time.
Moreover, An Xiaoer was also innocent when it came to the ghost refining formation. Being refined into a ghost clan was not what he wanted, nor was working for the ghost king what he wanted.
Just like those demonized monsters
.
No one cares about their thoughts and wishes.
They will die alone.
"There is still time for the last stick of incense." Seeing that An Xiaoer still looked blank, Hua Ruxue asked with a hint of confusion, "Aren't you going to do something?"
In the past, if she were An Xiaoer, faced with the life and death of Guanyun City and her own life and death, she would definitely choose to fulfill Ghost Lord Chu Ming's order without hesitation, and then get rid of control.
Now, it was difficult to distinguish the importance of Guanyun City's barrier and her life. If the barrier of Guanyun City is destroyed, the demonic energy will enter the monk world. If she dies, the demonic energy in her soul sea will explode immediately.
Regardless of whether there was an explosion of demonic energy, she would probably choose to spare no effort to save her own life.
An Xiaoer didn't seem to hear her question and looked at the flying snow in the sky silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
Seeing that a quarter of an hour slowly came to an end, Hua Ruxue couldn't help but admire An Xiaoer. She could not face death so calmly.
"Brother, have a good trip!" Bai Yi, who had been wary of An Xiaoer, suddenly let go of the sword in his hand and shouted to An Xiaoer, his voice trembling slightly.
It's like saying a final farewell.
On the side of the observation tower, many fourth-level monsters appeared under the city wall due to a change from the previous strategy of Mahayana monks leading teams into the Forest of No Return to kill high-level monsters. At present, the troops are scarce, and the monks are obviously at a disadvantage.
Everyone is hoping in their hearts that this long quarter of an hour will pass sooner and help will be received sooner.
Just as Hua Ruxue was reciting her last three breaths silently in her heart, the scene in front of her suddenly changed, and something unexpected happened.
The black lines on half of An Xiaoer's face seemed to have gained life, and instantly spread all over An Xiaoer's body. The black lines spread crazily around An Xiaoer with An Xiaoer as the center.
After a while, the black lines on An Xiaoer's face sprouted several bright red leaves, and a black flower quietly bloomed between the leaves.
The flower is as small as rice, and the color of the petals is black, which is rare in the world.
Almost at the moment the flowers bloomed, a name appeared in Hua Ruxue's mind - Sanshenghua!
The Sanshenghua that An Xiaoer once mentioned!
Now she can't feel An Xiaoer's breath. An Xiaoer is dead, but the flower has taken over An Xiaoer's body.
Hua Ruxue cursed secretly in her heart, the ghost king was dead when he died, yet he still left so many tricks behind! He really has more eyes than his hair!
"Is that guy sure that An Xiaoer would not follow his orders, so he let the Three-Life Flower Demon parasitize An Xiaoer's soul from the beginning? Use his soul as nourishment?"
Before Sanshenghua appeared, she never thought that the black lines on An Xiaoer's face were the roots of Sanshenghua.
Having said that, whose flower demon's roots are not placed in the soil or water, but instead placed in other people's souls?
Moreover, based on her understanding of monsters, the flower demon in front of her was not complete, it was clearly missing its true form! Only consciousness remains.
The monsters born in the underworld are also monsters. All monsters will die without their true bodies!
Who is this flower demon? Can we still stay in this world without our true body? Just like a mortal still has a soul without a body.
While thinking, black rhizomes grew from An Xiaoer's body. The rhizomes went down along the city wall and quickly spread to the streets and alleys of the inner city. Each rhizome seemed to have its own consciousness. They were anxiously looking for something in the city.
"Quick! Cut off those roots and don't let them get close to those people!" Hua Ruxue hurriedly controlled the fox fire and swung the Sanshenghua on An Xiaoer's face.
The red and blue flames collided with the black rhizome of Sanshenghua, causing a trace of sparks. The rhizome was actually invulnerable to water and fire!
Bai Yi used all his strength to slash at the stem with his sword, but he couldn't leave any sword marks. The figure of the chopped rhizome turned back and glanced at Bai Yi, as if to confirm something, and then rushed towards the inner city without looking back.
"What kind of monster is this?" Bai Yi refused to give up and slashed at the dense roots under his feet several times. Still, he was unable to cause any damage to the Sanshenghua, and he couldn't even get the slightest glimpse of the Sanshenghua.
"They're looking for people who drink
The one who drinks worry-free wine! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the house closest to the inner city gate was occupied by Sanshenghua. Once the rhizomes were wrapped around the monks, they immediately grew bright red leaves, and black flowers as big as rice bloomed between the leaves. .
The moment the flower bloomed, the rhizome slowly withered, and the monk who was entangled by the rhizome had bloodshot eyes and black lines all over his face. He gently stretched out his hand to tear away the restraints on his body, and his whole body was full of strength.
The monks who had lost the ability to move rushed towards the outer city one by one like evil spirits descending.
