That night, as the princess expected, the unwilling Di Tingxiao man made another move. They wanted to cut down trees to pave the way and build a mountain road by themselves. When Alvin and others boarded the airship at night, they found that these Tingxiao people had already secretly paved one-third of the way up the mountain.
"These people are really determined to give up." Alvin looked at the shadows of people moving at the foot of the mountain and the swaying torches.
"Eh? What do you think they have in their hands?" Chen Zhu shouted.
It was so late at night, even on the airship with a wide view, I couldn't see the specific movements of these Tingxiao people. I saw groups of lights lighting up one after another. When I looked again, it was already pitch black, even the light of the torch They are all gone.
"What's going on? Why did it get dark all of a sudden?" Laiwu walked to the railing and leaned out half of his body to take a look.
At this time, little girl Kui Qing quietly handed a single-hole telescope to Alvin's hand.
"Huh? Why didn't you take out this thing earlier? I almost blinked my eyes out this morning." Alvin complained with a smile.
"I just found it after rummaging through boxes and cabinets. I thought it was lost by those Tingxiao people, but I didn't expect to find it in the partition of the room." Kui Qing muttered in a low voice.
Alvin stared at the mountain roads with his binoculars for a while, his expression becoming more and more solemn, "I really can't see anything anymore. What was that thing that exploded just now?"
"Bring it to me and take a look." O'Nian took the telescope. She looked for a long time but found nothing, and couldn't help but start to think deeply.
"Is it possible that these Tingxiao people are all ghosts?" Kaiba said with a frown.
"Wait a minute, could it be 'Jin Ye Xing'?" O'Nian was surprised.
"What is that?" Alvin asked with a puzzled look on his face. The faces of Laiwu and others also had the same expression, indicating that they were all "ignorant and unskilled".
"Jinye Xing is a potion made from ground staghorn bees. These staghorn bees are hidden in the darkest bushes in the Traledi Mountains. When they are in groups, they can absorb a large amount of surrounding light sources, and can even It achieves the effect of turning day into night." Onian explained.
"It means that after using this Jin Ye Xing, all the surrounding light was sucked away by it?" Laiwu asked.
Onian nodded.
"That's not right. The light has been sucked away by this thing. They are also in the dark. They don't get any light at all. How did they walk on that narrow mountain road of rough wood? Then they still fall to death?" Ai Erwin said in surprise.
Onian shook her head and said: "You don't understand this magic potion. It can not only absorb the surrounding light sources. Any creature that is contaminated with this thing will have the same ability to see things clearly in the dark night as the horned bee. Use it." This kind of magic medicine can make you feel like walking on a beautiful night even if you are in the pitch black where you can't see your fingers."
"You mean, these Tingxiao people have quietly come up the mountain now?" Alvin said with wide eyes.
Onian made a gesture of silence. Xia Ye and Lang Yun, who were nearby, were quite discerning and quickly began to instruct everyone on the airship to silence themselves.
For a while, the only sound on the airship was the sound of gears twisting in the blast furnace.
A magician like Onian, who has a very delicate perception of the environment, or an assassin like Qiao Zhi, who is particularly sensitive to the surrounding disturbances, have already sensed some unusual movements in the mountains.
Then Alvin, Lai Wu, and Xia Ye also felt that something was wrong.
"Little sister, drive a little further," Alvin said to Kui Qing.
So the airboat sailed a little further from the place where the two sides fought during the day.
With a "swish" sound, Alvin fired a flare directly under the airship. The white light disappeared after gliding for a while in the night. Alvin glanced down and said, "This shouldn't be a bomb." It seems that the people from Tingxiao haven’t gotten here yet since the Jin Ye Xing magic potion has absorbed it.”
"Do you think the behavior of these Tingxiao people is a little strange? Weren't we already burned to the core by Her Highness the Princess's meteor fire during the day? Now that we are on guard, why are we so crazy at night? What?" Chen Zhu asked puzzledly, "Aren't you afraid that the princess will burn them again?"
"I'm also very confused about this. Didn't you see our airship on guard here? Why did you come to die?" Lai Wu said with a frown.
"Lang Yun, don't worry about it for now. These Tingxiao people will eventually come out to pave the mountain road. Now you can lead them directly towards the hillside and launch a round of magic bombing to calm them down." Alvin ordered.
After Langyun took the order, he arranged the positions of each magician. After he gave the order, "bang bang bang" magic exploded on the dark hillside, but the colorfulness was so fleeting that it was almost invisible. I don't know whether it hit the mountain or the people of Tingxiao.
The city guard Feng Yuan who was watching at the top of Xituo City faintly heard the noise and knew that the people at the foot of the mountain were really restless. He secretly sighed in his heart that it was lucky that the princess stopped him from celebrating, otherwise he might have been killed by these cunning courts tonight. Xiaoren's sneak attack was successful.
"Listen carefully, is there a thumping sound?" Onian glanced at Alvin and asked.
"Yeah, it sounds like the sound of drums, but it feels muffled and doesn't sound like drums." Alvin replied, "What is this sound? It feels like I heard it somewhere."
"Isn't this just the sound of magic hitting the shield?" Kaiba said suddenly. He remembered Alvin and him in the offensive and defensive class. Alvin's instant magic hit his giant shield. That's the sound.
Alvin thought about what he said, looked at Laiwu with wide eyes and said, "They are already down there..."
Lai Wu reacted very quickly and shouted an order to everyone on the deck: "All martial arts, bows and crossbows are at your service."
This round of arrow rain went down, and the sound below was no longer just a "dong-dong", but a "ding-dong" sound.
"We should be at that location," Lai Wu identified the location by listening to the sound, and pointed at a smooth path on the hillside in the night, "I asked them how dare they come up the mountain. It turned out that they planned to use a giant shield to respond. Magic for princesses.”
"Are they thinking too simply? They just want to fool us with a giant shield or a gadget like Jin Ye Xing?" Alvin laughed.
"That's right. Do they think Her Highness the Princess's magic can be resisted by just relying on some equipment?" Chen Zhu also laughed.
Alvin and Onian looked at each other and jumped into the air.
But when she saw a move of her staff, it caused thunder to fall down. The strange blue lightning in the night sky directly hit the top of her staff. With a frown, the magic power spurted out from her hands, guiding the lightning. Starting from the bottom of the staff, it quickly spreads downward into trembling rays.
Countless tiny rays shuttled towards the direction that Lai Wu pointed just now. So many trembling moon-green lines suddenly appeared in the dark night, which was very discouraging to look at.
Alvin was so close that he could feel the unusualness of these tiny lightning bolts. It turned out that each section contained a high-strength armor-piercing effect. No wonder the princess directed this lightning magic to her wand first. It turned out that she wanted to use her own magic power to change the properties of these magical energies.
This is not a skill that ordinary magicians can master. Generally speaking, in order to have a high-intensity negative state in the magic you cast, you must either use superb magic power to incorporate the negative state when transforming elemental substances, or rely on equipment such as staffs and rings. Alvin is The latter is adopted.
Like Onian, first converting material elements into magical energy, and then using magic to attach a negative state in a short period of time requires amazing magic skills and sufficient experience. If the magical energy cannot be controlled well, it may directly enter the body of the caster.
But the advantage of her doing this is that she can cast such a highly negative spell much faster than before.
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These fine blue electric shocks were indeed extremely effective. After they were seen jumping in the darkness, a wailing cry for help resounded throughout the valley. It turned out that these tiny lightning bolts had penetrated into the giant shields prepared by the Tingxiao people and hit the people directly. Because these Tingxiao mercenaries were exposed to Jin Yexing, there was still no light on the hillside, so their casualties were unknown. But listening to this noise, the situation should be very miserable.
Alvin did not hesitate, the purple stone staff was filled with light, and the purple sword rain lit up the night sky, like a purple dome. After resting for half a day, most of his magic power has been restored. I saw his staff pointing, and thousands of swords roared down, pointing directly at the place on the hillside where the noise was the densest. Although the penetrating power of his magic armor is not as good as that of Her Highness the Princess, it is better because it is cast in ancient magic language. The damage is far greater than what most people can understand.
The people of Tingxiao, who had been disturbed by the electric array, encountered this rain of purple swords that covered their faces. They were in chaos, and screams caused by trampling on each other were endless. Facing these high-damage terrifying magics, the lingering fear struck again. It seemed that for these Tingxiao people, the battle in the morning had already caused a serious psychological shadow on them.
Just when Alvin was enjoying the fruitful results of the battle, a shout came from his ears. He turned around and saw that Onian's staff was entangled with some kind of weapon.
He looked carefully. In the dark night sky, he could only vaguely see O'Nian's figure. Judging from her movements, it was obvious that she was fighting with something. He wanted to go over and help, but he felt a chill in his throat, and subconsciously stepped away, only to hear a "Huh?" sound coming from the original position.
Just when he was secretly wondering, another killing intent came from under his feet. Alvin dodged in the air, but he still couldn't dodge, and a gash was cut on his calf.
He was completely annoyed and cursed, "What the hell is that?" He flicked more than a dozen light bulbs in his hand. A white light suddenly appeared, and the night sky suddenly lit up. But before he could blink a few times, the lights were pulled into the darkness like threads.
But in such a short moment, Alvin had already seen clearly that there were more than a dozen Tingxiao's martial arts around him and Onian, or more than a dozen assassins to be exact. Thanks to his usual sparring sessions with Qiao Zhi, he now has a good understanding of the assassin's routine martial arts moves. This group of people should have all wiped out the "Jin Ye Xing". There is no way to capture their figures with the eyes in the night sky. We can only rely on our ears or the perception of the surrounding space to roughly understand where these people are. .
"These assassins actually followed the light when we activated the magic and came from below into the air? Could it be that they came specifically for the princess?" Alvin wondered in his heart, "It seems that the other party has also done their homework and knows Onian's magic requires a lot of material elements, which can't be satisfied on that airship. It must be cast in the air, so why do you specially arrange so many assassins?"
But as thoughtful as he was, he also noticed another thing. The high-damage magic he and Onian used just now continued to emit light after hitting the hillside, but the light from the dozens of flares just now was quickly absorbed.
So he had his own guess about the "Jin Ye Xing" potion.
"Jin Yexing's thing can only absorb the light emitted by ordinary magic. If the magic energy is strong enough, it can't absorb it." Alvin reminded O'Nian in a loud voice.
Onian reacted to what he said. She dropped the staff in her hand, and the runes on the staff were flowing, and a ring of light spread out in all directions. Alvin blocked his eyes with his palms, because this holy light-like brilliance turned out to be It was shining so brightly that he could hardly open his eyes, and he secretly sighed inwardly at how much energy it must have contained to erupt this vast ray of light in the lightless night.
"Looking at this magic, it should be inherited from Master Piro." Alvin remembered the scene when Piro tamed the Zamu war horse in front of the gate of Salyuhi City.
A burst of powerful and heavy magic energy spread out with O'Nian as the center of the circle. The assassins around her were immediately bounced ten meters away. One or two of them who were almost in cultivation had already fallen to the hillside. They screamed in agony. The sound lasted for a long time, as if using an oil pastel to slowly draw two lines from top to bottom in the night.
The damage range of her magic was quite wide, even Alvin was affected. He immediately put up a magic shield to barely stabilize his body, and several of the assassins around Alvin were also knocked away.
If it is as Alvin guessed, this Jin Ye Xing is completely unable to absorb the light emitted by the powerful magic.
"Lai Wu, quickly bring some assassins over to help!" Alvin shouted towards the airship.
Why do you need assassins to help? Because only assassins understand assassins' martial arts. Faced with this killing technique, if you switch to ordinary martial arts, you will die.
Everyone on the airship saw clearly through the dazzling light emitted by Onian's magic. It turned out that the princess and Alvin were trapped in the siege of the Tingxiao people. They were still wondering why the two men released a round of magical figures. All gone.
"It turns out it's Jin Yexing. Why are the two of them nowhere to be seen?" Lai Wu immediately reacted, "Quickly, Qiao Zhi pick a few skilled assassins and follow me to kill these all-powerful Ting." The people from the sky threw them down the mountain."
Qiao Zhi didn't waste any time, selected a few assassins with outstanding strength, and rushed into the light together with Lai Wu. On the deck, Xia Ye and Lang Yun were temporarily commanding the battle.
Although Onian's magic was dazzling, these Tingxiao assassins were not really subdued by one move. After making a slight adjustment, they started to kill towards Onian again.
Originally, Alvin helped the princess share some of her duties, but now that she was shining brightly, all the Tingxiao assassins saw clearly that Onian was the terrifying female magician during the day. The assassins around Alvin immediately gave up. He goes straight to the princess.
Onian didn't panic. After inputting another magic power into the staff, he opened his hands, his golden eyes widened, his snowy hair flew, and four cold sky ice phoenixes flew out from around him. The staff, separated from its master, still radiates light in all directions thanks to its magic power.
Alvin remembered that on the first day of the Pillow Sword Club, Onian used this ice phoenix to fight Qiao Zhi.
These four ice phoenixes immediately entangled the assassins who were about to kill them. Hearing the roar of the ice phoenixes in the middle of the night, I felt a chilling feeling.
These Tingxiao assassins were really hindered by these ice phoenixes. Some were hit by the ice hurricanes sprayed by the ice phoenixes and were seriously injured. Some were hit by the frost particles shot by the ice phoenix's wings, and their bodies were very slow. .
At this time, Lai Wu and his men also arrived, and the assassins fought with open swords and spears. Naturally, the competition was to see which side's killing skills were more efficient and fiercer. Although the Sifang Mercenary Group is weaker in terms of martial arts cultivation, with the help of Bingfeng, it clearly takes the initiative on the field.
Alvin had an injured arm and a hit on his leg. He didn't dare to fight as boldly as usual, so he had to use magic from above, left and right, and sneak attacks on the backs of these Tingxiao assassins.
At this time, the people of Tingxiao were very passive. The people on the hillside were suppressed by the bombardment from the airships, and the assassins who killed the female magician were locked in a bitter battle.
However, these Tingxiao people seemed to have expected this, and had already prepared some backup plans. After seeing the assassins struggling, dozens more figures jumped into the air on the hillside. Looking at this posture, these Tingxiao people are determined to kill this female magician.
Alvin saw clearly through the light that the leaders of these martial artists who jumped into the air were the ones who fought with him on the deck in the morning.
Now the situation in the aerial melee has become unclear again. After all, the number of people on Tingxiao's side has an absolute advantage.
"Xia Ye, send more people over!" Upon seeing this, Lai Wu roared towards the airship.
This time, Kaiba and Chen Zhu led a group of people to come to the rescue. These two men were injured, but they continued to fight. It was no wonder that they were blamed.
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At this time, on the top of Xituo City, Feng Yuan saw that the two sides were locked in a stalemate and quickly led his troops out of the city. Although he could not see clearly what the battle was like in the air, he did not dare to be careless when it came to the safety of the princess.
Although the mountain road was destroyed, Feng Yu knew the mountain topography of Xituo City well, and he could find the marching route with the fire in his hand. Looking at the direction pointed by the magic on the airship, Feng Yu roughly guessed where these Tingxiao people were.
He was also a very experienced general, and he knew that the Tingxiao people must have used some means to hide the army in the darkness, so he did not lead the army to advance rashly, and only used the cover of bows and crossbows to approach the opponent little by little.
The Tingxiao people's position had been in chaos just now, and not many people were holding on to the position. Now that they saw the defenders in Xituo City fighting a hundred steps away, the morale of the army was even more shaken.
However, the newly paved rough wooden mountain road was not suitable for a large-scale retreat. In addition, everyone wanted to retreat, so everyone rushed back. This time, they were blocked on the mountain road again. What happened just now happened again. Once again, countless Tingxiao mercenaries died tragically at the feet of their own people. This is the disadvantage of these mercenary groups gathering together to fight. There is no unified command, they will retreat as soon as they retreat, and they have no rules. Therefore, Laiwu and Alvin don't think there is anything scary about these tens of thousands of people.
Feng Yuan listened to the movements in the mountains and noticed that the Tingxiao people were fleeing in panic. With the light of magic on the airship, he immediately led his troops to cover up and kill them.
At this time, the melee in the air has not yet decided the winner. Compared with the chaos on the hillside, these Tingxiao martial arts in the air showed amazing coordinated combat effectiveness. Their goal is very clear, which is to kill this amazingly powerful female magician. So much so that Lai Wu and his men had already killed them and didn't care. They all rushed towards the dazzling light as if they didn't care about their lives.
Alvin no longer had time to sneak up on this and that, and flew into the dazzling depths alone to protect Onian's side. Facing so many desperate assassins, Alvin couldn't care less. He let out a loud shout, held his staff horizontally, and raised his light shield, covering the two of them.
At this time, the princess's magic that continued to emit light was finally interrupted, because no matter could be emitted in the light shield. Although the light from the outer wall of the light shield is not as good as the diffuse ring-shaped holy light, it is enough to illuminate the battle in the air.
Alvin felt that she behind him breathed a sigh of relief and began to breathe. It was obvious that the continuous high-level magic release, coupled with the fight with the assassins, consumed a lot of Onian's physical strength and magic power.
And his situation at this time did not allow him to worry too much about the girl. These paranoid Tingxiao people were just slashing at the light shield like crazy people, no matter what moves they used, they just hit her.
How could Erwin withstand so many people executing their killing moves at the same time? He immediately groaned and felt countless rushing chaotic energy pouring into the light shield. The energy that these Tingxiao people erupted between the light and shadow of swords was like crazy hounds, bumping back and forth inside the light shield, and every impact could cause him to feel agitated. He had to close his eyes because the impact of countless strange forces made him dizzy. As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt like his feet were floating and he felt nauseated, as if he had been soaked in a whiskey barrel for several days. More importantly, he felt blood oozing from the corners of his eyes, and it hurt so much that he couldn't open his eyes.
And his body began to tremble irregularly, as if he was having an epilepsy. Apparently, the energy outside the light shield had forced Alvin to lose control of his body. At this time, physical strength and magic power still have to support the operation of the light shield. If he relaxes mentally, the situation for him and Onian will be very dangerous.
Alvin used his last ounce of consciousness to expand the light shield inward to slow down the influx of these frantic energies. He used this method against Ujiu in the pillow sword meeting, but he never did it again. Because the closer these energies are to your body, the less buffering these energies will have when they hit your body when you remove the light shield, and it may directly kill you in that moment. That time, he only faced a high-level magician from Parksley College, but this time he faced Tingxiao martial arts masters who gathered in a circle.
"Are you a fool? You..." O'Nian could naturally feel the energy flowing around in the light shield. She looked at Alvin who was bleeding from the corners of her eyes with worry. She wanted to blame him, but the words came to her mind. He couldn't say anything, so he had to wipe his sweat-covered forehead with his sleeve.
The light shield was still spreading inward, and at this time Onian was already tightly attached to him.
"It smells so good..." Alvin whispered softly as his consciousness drifted away. He wondered if this would be the last words he said in this world.
