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In the deepest part of the mountain city, a man stood up and looked at the firelight on the city wall.
This person's name is Cao Ling, he is the 17th Cavalry of Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry, he is under the eighth rank of the Open Monument, and he is good at using spears.
Cao Ling was as tall as a wall, and a spear looked extremely small in his hands. Given his size, it would be more appropriate to have a long knife or a large axe.
As soon as Cao Ling walked out of the room, his men came to report.
"General, someone broke into the city. I'm afraid our stronghold has been discovered." The soldier reported.
Cao Ling squinted his eyes, looked at the fire in the distance and said, "Who is coming?"
The soldier said: "The identity has not been found out yet, but he claims to be the person sent by You Yuanju to recruit people."
"You Yuanju? Humph, are you a pig?" Cao Ling scolded, "If You Yuanju sent someone, wouldn't I know?"
The soldiers did not dare to answer, so Cao Ling continued to ask: "How many people are here?"
"one person."
"Only one person?" Cao Ling glared, even more annoyed. "What do these bandits do for a living? Just one person can break through the city gate. They are trash, they are really trash!"
"Go look at those things and take a good look at them. I want to see what this person is here for?"
Immediately, Cao Ling walked towards the city wall.
Cao Lingben was a member of Xiang Ji's personal guard and one of Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry.
Cao Ling has always been by Xiang Ji's side and acted on Xiang Ji's orders. The mountain city in Cangzhou Prefecture and the current mountain city at the foot were both built by Cao Ling.
The mountain city is extremely secretive, and what is done in the city is even more confidential and must not be discovered.
At first, when Cao Ling knew these secrets, he was indescribably horrified. But as the days passed, Cao Ling got used to it.
Those mutated beasts and people possess more powerful power, a power that transcends the shackles of life. Among them, the most important thing is that obtaining this power does not require hard practice and endless tempering.
Overnight, in one day, these mortal beings gained powerful power.
Armor breaking level six!
This is already the ultimate level of practice for most people in the world.
It takes a person with mediocre talent a lifetime to go from being an ordinary person to level six.
Now there is a shortcut.
That strange black mist can give people extraordinary powers.
Cao Ling knew that just this black mist could create an invincible army.
This army is enough to wipe out the entire world.
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In less than a cup of tea, dozens of corpses fell behind Yu Zhi. Each corpse had only a sword mark on it. Such sword marks were fatal.
Some fall on the throat, some fall on the eyebrows, and some fall on the chest...
In short, one open scar is enough to claim a life.
Yu Zhi didn't expend much effort. The bandits in front of him were not even as good as the bodyguards hired by Su Muchi. Most of them were only about the level of cracking rocks.
Yu Zhi killed half of the bandits, but the remaining half were so frightened that they turned and ran away.
Yu Zhi was not in a hurry. He strolled on the streets of the city. On both sides were houses where bandits lived. There were some tables, chairs and wine jars on the road. There were some meat on the table. He drank half a bowl of wine. After biting half of the meat, it was quite lively here just now.
But now all the excitement has turned into silence.
On the rooftops on both sides of the street, countless pairs of eyes stared at Yu Zhi, who was walking with his sword, and no one dared to step forward to stop him.
Regardless of whether they saw the sword light of the merciless strangulation just now, the remaining bandits were already frightened out of their courage. After all, the corpses lying on the ground were real, and the blood gathering into a river was also real.
They knew that if they rushed forward at this moment, the only option was death.
When Yu Zhi saw the good wine and food, he sat down, picked up a jar of wine from the ground, and drank it as if no one else was watching.
Yu Zhi wants to attract everyone's attention and attract the attention of all the bandits. In this way, Wuhua will be able to sneak in more smoothly and rescue those children who may still be alive.
Gurgling.
The wine that entered his throat could not be said to be good wine, but the stimulating taste was very suitable for the occasion.
"We just watch him eat and drink?"
"Otherwise, this kid kills people effortlessly. Didn't you see how those brothers died just now?"
"Just wait, wait for Lord Ying to make up his mind. We are bandits. If we can't defeat them, we'll just run away. How can we risk our lives!"
The bandits were whispering, and no one dared to step forward.
It's true, these people are bandits, and they trade with their heads in their belts, but this trade requires more attention.
Go ahead to dangers. This is not seeking death, so what is it?
Yingchou was also secretly observing Yu Zhi. After witnessing the boy's battle, Yingchou knew that he could not survive five rounds with his own strength.
"Who is this person? He actually dares to break into the city single-handedly. And with this level of cultivation and age, who is he among the young talents in Nanzhou Prefecture?"
Yingchou originally thought that settling in this mountain city would give him something to rely on. The city is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if Su Cheng's army came, they could resist at least one or two. However, this young man blew up the city gate alone and broke into the city to fight.
This is entirely a difference in realm and cultivation.
With Yu Zhi's level seven of opening the stele, plus the red fire talismans one after another, as long as there are enough red fire talismans, Yu Zhi can become an army.
How could a mere mountain city and a group of bandits stop Yu Zhi?
After about a stick of incense, Yu Zhi had eaten and drank enough. He glanced around and said lightly: "Everyone, you have been watching for so long. You might as well come down and have something together. Or let your boss come out and talk. I Now that we have found this place, there must be a result tonight, right?"
Yingqiu lowered his voice and said, "I'll go down and talk to him. Look at my signal, and we'll surround him and kill him together."
Immediately, Yingqiu jumped down and came to Yu Zhi.
Ying Chou cupped his fists and said, "I'm Ying Chou. Brothers, please raise your name to Lord Ying. Who are you?"
Yu Zhi looked up at Yingqiu and motioned Yingqiu to sit down.
Yingqiu hesitated for a moment, then took courage and sat down.
"Master Ying, it doesn't matter who I am. I want to know something. If you can answer it honestly, I will leave here right now."
Yingchou stared at Yu Zhi hesitantly, and then said after a moment: "Ask!"
"How did you come to this mountain city?" Yu Zhi asked
Yingqiu thought for a while and said, "I can't say."
Yu Zhi laughed, put Chao Dabiao's waist badge on the table, and said, "I know even if you don't tell me. Chao Dabiao, the deputy general of the Su City Army, has colluded with you. I'm afraid he brought you here."
Yingqiu stared at the token on the table with cold eyes. Chao Dabiao's waist card is in his hand, but what about Chao Dabiao? Was he killed by this young man, or...
When Yingchou didn't answer, Yu Zhi shook his head again and laughed.
"Of course, this is not that important. The next question is related to the lives of you and your brothers. You must think clearly before answering."
Yu Zhi's fingertips rubbed the lines on the sword hilt, and he would hold the sword in his hand at any time and draw it out.
Yingqiu's body trembled, and there was a bit of chill in his heart.
Yu Zhi then said: "How many children have you kidnapped in total?"
"More than nine hundred people."
"What were these children kidnapped for?"
Yingqiu thought about it and hesitated for a moment.
In just this moment, a sword light flashed through and sliced off Yingqiu's left ear.
The shrill scream only rang out for a moment, Yingqiu endured the pain and stared at Yu Zhi sinisterly.
The sword in Yu Zhi's hand remained unchanged, stuck in place. "The next sword is your life."
Yingqiu didn't see the sword strike clearly at all, and the fear took root in his heart.
"There are wild beasts in captivity in the city. Chao Dabiao asked me to feed a child to these wild beasts every day. This...these harmful things are all what Chao Dabiao asked me to do. It's all Chao Dabiao!"
Yingqiu's voice became smaller and smaller, and he also knew that this was harmful to nature.
Yu Zhi's eyes turned cold, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes. "Other than that?"
Yingqiu hesitated again, but when he saw the sword in Yu Zhi's hand, he immediately said: "Some children were sold to human traffickers..."
"anything else?"
"It's gone, it's really gone. Chao Dabiao forced our brothers to do these things. I... we also..."
Yu Zhi did not expect that these children were really used to make rations for the captive wild animals.
If these crimes are included in the laws of Dachu, it will not be enough for these people to die a hundred times.
Yu Zhi sighed in his heart and asked, "How many of Or's children are left now?"
Yingqiu said tremblingly: "There should be more than three...three hundred people left."
"There are only 300 or so of the 900 children left, and you have harmed more than 600 living children? What a crime!" Yu Zhi's voice was very calm, but his tone was very cold.
Yingchou said hurriedly: "No...no. Of these more than 600 children, 200 were sold to human traffickers. I think...they must all be alive."
"Alive?" Yu Zhi sneered.
Where the traffickers will sell these children is far beyond Yu Zhi's knowledge.
I dare not even think about what kind of abuse these children will suffer.
The sound of roaring beasts in the city came, one after another. It was obvious that there was more than one beast, and more than one kind of beast.
Yu Zhi thought of the black tiger he had released. At that time, he was merciful and let the beast go. He didn't know if the thing was eating people again.
Compared with wild beasts eating people and humans killing people, those who kidnap those children and feed them to wild beasts are even more hateful.
Ying Chou didn't dare to speak, because the young man's powerful aura had already covered Ying Chou's body. Not only Ying Chou, but also hundreds of bandits nearby felt the young man's aura and did not dare to move.
That suffocating aura suppressed Yingqiu.
Only now did Ying Qiu understand how terrifying the young man in front of him was. If he dared to move, he would definitely die immediately under the young man's sword.
The atmosphere was silent and oppressive, and everyone could only hear their own breathing. Yingqiu, who faced Yu Zhi directly, remained motionless and slowed down his breathing.
Until a moment later, a golden light rose into the sky from deep in the city and flickered for a few minutes.
Yu Zhi smiled slightly and said, "The young monk has been found."
At the moment when the bandits were attracted by the golden light, Yu Zhi suddenly drew his sword.
The whole street was filled with sword light, like wind and snow, blinding people's eyes.
After another moment, Yu Zhi walked out of the sword light. Behind him, Yingqiu's head was placed quietly on the table, with his eyes protruding and unable to close.
Many corpses rolled down from the roofs on both sides, some still had heads, and some had been separated, leaving a scar as big as a bowl on their necks.
The already depressing atmosphere added a strong smell of death.
Hundreds of bandits died in the sword light, but Yu Zhi had no intention of stopping. He chased the fleeing bandits step by step.
"Eradicate all evil."
"Those who do evil deeds deserve to be killed!"
"Those who kidnap young children should be killed!"
"Those who commit murder and arson should be killed!"
"In short, tonight I am the King of Hell here, judging your sins with your lives!"
"The Nanzhou mountain bandits burned, killed, and looted, and they deserve to be punished for their crimes!"
