Alienated Martial Arts

It snowed heavily for several days.

But there is still no sign of stopping.

The further north you go, the colder the wind becomes.

Mixed with ice shards, it hit the body, and the sharp whistling sound was like a knife cutting.

A group of warriors looked after them before and after, spread out to the left and right, formed a search and advance battle formation, and marched in the vast snowfield.

They all wore white leather robes and held various weapons in their hands, reflecting the cold light against the ice and snow.

Everyone's face was expressionless, their expressions were as cold as the north wind, and there was a hint of uncontrollable anger.

"The snow this winter is a bit unusual."

The tall old man at the head stopped and looked back, "Stop and rest for a quarter of an hour. Pay attention to arranging manpower to observe and alert immediately if there is any situation."

The middle-aged man on the side immediately arranged it.

Then he echoed, "What General Ming Lie said is that according to normal years, spring should have returned to the earth at this time, and the grass would grow and the orioles would fly. Even if the cold winter went later, it should not be as windy and snowy as it is now. There is absolutely no sign of any warming.”

The old man sighed, "When I was still young, I heard the elders of the clan talk about the past, and they mentioned the same situation as now."

"oh?"

The middle-aged man was obviously interested, "Do you know, Lord Lieutenant, when did that happen?"

"The clan elder only knows twice. He experienced it once personally, and the other time he heard it just like me."

The old man closed his eyes and fell into memories, "More than two hundred years ago, the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Wilderness were in troubled times. At that time, it seemed that there were several winters in a row and many people in the desert were frozen to death along with their cattle and sheep. .

Oh, at that time, the south was not called Da Zhou. At that time, Xuanwu Imperial Master was in great power, and he brought masters from other sects with him. I don’t know how much blood of warriors was stained on his hands. I am afraid that even the water of the river could not wash it away. . "

"The second time was a hundred years ago, when Emperor Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty was born, he also encountered strange things like great changes in the sky and chaos in the four seasons."

The middle-aged man listened silently and suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in his body. "It is said that the corpse of Emperor Wu resurrected from the Nine Sacred Mountains of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Will General Ming Lie know whether this is true?"

"I hope it is false, but judging from various signs, although the Royal Lord has never said it, it is very likely that it is true."

The old man tightened his fur cloak to keep out the wind and cold, with a slightly tired expression on his face.

“Actually, whether it’s true or false, it’s still a bit far away, so it doesn’t matter to us.

What is really important is how to complete the mission this time and find out what happened when the Youmang clan suddenly disappeared when they moved north with the Golden Account. "

He spoke slowly, taking off the wine bag at his waist and taking a sip.

A line of ice went down the throat and turned into warmth when it entered the abdomen, quickly spreading throughout the limbs and bones, making the whole person feel comfortable.

The old man wanted to take a second sip.

Just as he brought the mouth of the bag to his mouth, he suddenly stopped.

"What is that over there?"

He frowned and narrowed his eyes at the same time, "Young Master Wan Si, do you still remember when we passed by nearby, was there a forest there?"

"forest?"

"I don't think I saw the woods last time."

The middle-aged man has been lowering his head to deal with the frozen dried meat, mixed with blood and energy pills and put them into his mouth.

So he didn't even raise his head and responded without any hesitation.

"It would be possible if it were a wilderness farther south, but this place is already close to the Arctic Icefield. A little further ahead is the Black Ice Sea. It is rare to see a forest of trees growing here."

As he spoke, he swallowed the food in his mouth, stood up and looked to one side.

"this……"

"Were there these trees there before? Why don't I have any impression of them?"

The middle-aged man's expression suddenly became serious, and he stared at the lush woods in the distance.

"I don't have any impression either, so it's just an anomaly."

Minglie will be silent for a moment, "Let them put away their equipment and weapons neatly, and check all the places that should be checked. If they need to fight or evacuate later, a small buckle may kill someone."

Wan Si looked solemn and nodded slowly, "Do you have any other orders from General Lie?"

"There are no other instructions."

The old man took another look at the woods in the distance, and suddenly felt an inexplicable coldness.

He suppressed this feeling and took a sip of strong wine, "Let them all remember that if they find the enemy can be beaten, they will fight, and if they can't fight, they will run away, and don't lose their lives easily.

They are all men of the same age in their tribe, and the loss of one of them is a huge loss that is hard to accept. "

The order was passed on, and the Northern Wilderness warriors quickly started to move.

Soon after, Ming Liejiang raised his hand slightly, and everyone stopped and put into a defensive formation.

He stood at the front of the team, looking at the lush green land not far away with some trance, his eyes even more confused and focused than before.

Behind him, a group of Northern Wilderness warriors couldn't believe their eyes when facing this beautiful scenery.

Some people even regarded it as a miraculous manifestation of Brahma's rebirth in heaven, and began to devoutly recite the scriptures of prayer and praise among the clan in their hearts.

The cold wind is howling outside and the snow is falling heavily.

Inside, there are lush grass and green trees.

The wind and snow fell into it and quickly disappeared.

It seems as if the inside and outside are two completely different worlds.

There was even a half-grown fawn, which poked its head out from behind a tree, opened its ignorant eyes, and looked at the Northern Wilderness warriors who were braving the wind and snow outside.

Wan Si began to issue orders, "Still the old rules, every three people are in groups, every three groups are in one team, and there is a distance of five feet between each team.

They ensure that they can support each other and take care of each other. If something abnormal happens, whoever sees it first will issue a warning immediately. "

"Wait a moment."

General Ming Lie raised his hand and did not let him continue.

"If something goes wrong, don't rush in yet."

He slowly exhaled a breath of white mist, "Have you brought enough things to start the fire?"

Wan Si said, "It's freezing cold, so naturally I'll bring enough."

Ming Lie will look at the ignorant and curious deer, always feeling that it seems to be observing him.

After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "If no one goes in, let's see if we can burn this forest first."

Uh-huh!

Several torches flew into the forest, and then they were doused with lamp oil from a distance, quickly causing a raging fire.

Then the fire took advantage of the wind and pulled out a long line of fire in an instant.

Soon the forest was enveloped in fireworks.

Ming Liejiang gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the doubts in his heart gradually dissipated as the fire developed.

Instead, there was a feeling of regret.

The northern wilderness is mostly grassland and lacks trees.

Especially since this place is close to the ice sea, it is difficult to see such a large forest.

If there was nothing wrong with it, burning it like this would be an absolutely heartbreaking loss.

Suddenly, the little deer ran out of the fire.

He dove into the snow and wind outside.

Its speed was very fast, and it took just a few breaths to reach it.

"Kill it and don't let it come near."

Ming Lie turned around and took a look, his eyes showing no pity.

Whoosh!

Whizzing!

Several feather arrows whizzed over.

Brushing the body of the wild deer, it sank into the snow.

"No, there's something strange about this beast."

"It seemed to change places at the last moment, and even I could see its movement clearly."

Compared to the archery warrior's doubts, General Ming Lie suddenly narrowed his eyes, his eyes becoming cold and condensed.

At this moment, the wild deer blinked its eyes and met his gaze.

Ming Lie's heart skipped a beat, and he saw bloodthirsty and cruelty in it.

boom!

The wild deer suddenly jumped up, its muscles surging and stacking in mid-air, and bone spurs bursting out of its body. In an instant, its size increased several times, turning into a terrifying monster that was more than ten feet tall.

It opened its bloody mouth, swung its long tail like a bone whip, and slammed down towards a group of Northern Wilderness warriors.

The battle broke out in an instant.

It ended after a dozen breaths.

Ming Lie cut off the huge and terrifying head and looked down at a bloody wound on his chest. He was just a hair away from being cut open by the blade-like antlers, exposing the internal organs.

"What kind of monster is this?"

He exhaled a long breath, glanced at the dead soldiers, and his expression suddenly became extremely ugly.

After retreating some distance, Minglie Jiang looked at the fire rising into the sky in the distance, and his heart finally relaxed a little.

"Remember this place, we will return to the Golden Account now. We must send stronger force to..."

Halfway through his words, Ming Liejiang suddenly became silent.

He narrowed his eyes and listened.

There seemed to be a rustling sound mixed in the wind.

"We can't stop here and retreat."

Before he finished speaking, Ming Lie's expression suddenly changed, and he subconsciously dodged to the side, avoiding a black shadow without any warning.

There was a crisp sound.

A large pile of blood exploded in the wind and snow.

Falling down gracefully, it's like bright red plum blossoms blooming on the white snow.

Ming Lie turned his head sharply and looked at the place where he had just stood with a splitting gaze.

Wan Si is dead.

The upper half of the body disappeared, and blood was spread everywhere.

Only his legs were still standing there, like wooden stakes firmly nailed into the ground.

Just one glance made General Ming Lie feel like he was in an ice cellar, with chills all over his body.

If it hadn't been for the sudden warning sign in his heart just now, and that subconscious flash, he might have been one of the dead bodies now.

Even if he is a martial arts master and is stronger than Wan Si, there is no guarantee that he can avoid such a strange attack without warning.

"Get out! Get out!"

General Ming Lie suddenly shouted, urging the other frightened Northern Wilderness warriors.

The unknown often brings greater fear.

He can fight to the death with Grandmaster Yang Ji, and even if he is defeated and dies, he still knows his own gap.

But at this moment, whether it was the woods that seemed to come alive or the shadows that had just appeared, they all brought him unknown fear.

Even as a golden tent warrior, a martial arts master who has begun to transform from reality to reality and has half his foot in the anode, when facing this kind of attack that he has never seen before, he is like a blind man riding a blind horse, riding a blind horse in the middle of the night. Chi has lost the courage to deal with it calmly.

Minglie will not know what hit them.

I don’t know what kind of secrets are hidden in that forest.

He only knows that if he continues to cut off things, he will suffer chaos.

The most important thing now is not to waste your most precious time by overthinking.

You should turn around and leave without hesitation, and never look back until the danger is over.

Only by saving his life and returning to the Golden Tent can he mobilize stronger forces and find ways to avenge Wan Si and others.

Click!

Click, click, click!

Ming Lie will move swiftly through the wind and snow.

The same noise as before kept coming from behind.

He didn't look back, but he saw the general appearance of the black shadow in a sudden glance.

There is more than one of them, and they are all dark green. It is not known whether they are snakes or thick vines that can move independently.

Suddenly another scream came from the side and behind.

A large amount of blood splashed onto General Ming Lie's face, filled with a sickening sweet taste.

Another tribe was swept away by the shadows and attacked.

Ming Lie suddenly contracted his pupils and watched helplessly as the black shadow emerged from the ground and dragged the person back.

Only then did he really see clearly that what was attacking them was a giant python covered in dark green scales.

And just now he had the illusion that there was more than one python because the upper body of this giant python was bifurcated and had three hideous and terrifying heads.

A bright red blood trail was dragged on the snow.

The Northern Wilderness warrior screamed pitifully and slashed desperately with the scimitar in his hand.

It landed on the snake's head, sending up a large cloud of sparks, but it was unable to break through the thick scales.

There was another crackling sound.

The snake bites down suddenly and devours the person directly, leaving only a few pieces of flesh, which fall to the ground with a splash of blood.

At the same time, the surrounding snow suddenly bulged high, ice, snow, and silt surged, and it was obvious that foreign objects were traveling rapidly underground.

"Why did this kind of monster appear in the Northern Wasteland?"

"It seems there is no escape."

"I didn't expect that I would be buried in the snake's mouth in the end."

Ming Lie exhaled a heavy breath, suddenly stood on a low slope, turned around and looked back.

Suddenly, the surging snow calmed down.

It was as if the three-headed python had receded.

General Ming Lie did not dare to relax at all.

He squinted his eyes slightly and saw two figures approaching slowly under the increasingly dark sky.

This is a middle-aged man and woman.

Judging from his appearance, he is probably about forty years old.

Their clothes were a bit strange. They were neither from the Northern Wilderness tribe nor from the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Especially the copper rings on the arms, neck, and ears, I have never seen such a dress before.

Minglie looked away from the two of them and looked behind them.

Under the gradually darkening sky, deep in the vast wind and snow, he saw a strange sight that he had never seen before in his life.

In addition to the three-headed snake as thick as a water tank and covered with spikes, there are also giant wolves nearly ten feet tall and ferocious goats.

In addition, there were wildly growing weeds that were even taller than him in an instant.

Flowers kept opening and closing, and the flowers with sharp teeth bloomed in full bloom, densely surrounding the slope where he was.

Ming Liejiang felt his scalp numb after just one glance.

Especially when he smelled the fragrance of flowers mixed in the wind, it made him feel sleepy and tired. He just wanted to ignore everything and lie down and have a good sleep.

But he knew that he must not close his eyes now.

Because as long as you close it, you will never be able to open it again in this life.

Growing up, General Ming Lie knew that life was not easy.

Especially in a bitter and cold place like the Northern Wasteland, being able to survive requires great tenacity and courage.

But the more this happens, the more he has to struggle to survive.

Try to keep death away from you and make it come later.

Not only because the instinct of life is to stay away from death, but also because the hope of his current efforts to survive does not lie in himself, but in the future hope of the entire tribe.

He struggled to support his body and tried his best to stimulate his energy and blood, connecting with Brahma's spirit.

Ming Lie didn't know how long he could hold on, and he didn't know why the two people surrounded by monsters hadn't taken his life until now.

However, he knew in his heart that he could no longer hold on.

Maybe it won't take too long, just the poisonous fragrance of these flowers will take his life, leaving him without any hope of survival.

Time passed little by little.

Minglie will begin to slowly close his eyes.

But at this moment, something suddenly moved in his heart.

Inexplicably, he felt a heat wave that was as hot as a flame, and the turbulent envelope enveloped his body.

Not only did it repel all the toxic aroma that filled the surroundings, it even slowly soothed his almost desperate soul, pulling him out of the dark abyss he was about to fall into.

"This feeling is like Brahma being blessed by heaven and bringing Brahma's spiritual will to come. Could it be that the Royal Lord is here in person?"

Ming Lie took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then followed a vague feeling and looked to his side subconsciously.

He couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and his whole body was suddenly startled.

His eyes reflected a rather young figure wearing a black and white shirt, with a gentle smile on his face, looking at him as well.

"There is still one person alive. Judging from the logo on your clothes, he should be the General of the Golden Horde."

The young man spoke calmly and spoke slowly, "The others are hopeless, but you are lucky because I followed the blazing fire and allowed you to meet me at the most dangerous moment.

Let's be serious, as a golden tent general, do you have a treasure similar to Brahma's Golden Mirror in your hand? Can you take it out as a reward for me saving you? "

In such a frightening and desperate environment, the man's voice turned out to be so peaceful and peaceful.

Under the blazing heat wave, the cold atmosphere quickly dissipated, and Minglie felt that his body was being re-energized.

Even when he was asking for reward, the man's voice made him feel inexplicably at ease, as if all the horrors in front of him were no longer a fatal danger.

"It seems that you should say that there is no Brahma Golden Mirror."

Wei Tao sighed softly, reached out and pulled a bone amulet from Ming Lie's neck.

"It turns out that it was this thing that attracted attention."

Wei Tao seemed to be holding his own things with no intention of returning them.

When he spoke again, he was even a little picky, "Looking at its material, you can only get five or seven coins at most. As a golden tent general, you really can't stand up to the table."

Quietly, the bone amulet disappeared.

Wei Tao raised his head at this moment and looked at the middle-aged man and woman not far away.

"From the time I entered the northern wasteland to now, I have seen a lot. I have even met the alchemist who is not a son of a human being, and I was even treated to a meal by her that was not easy to describe."

He paused, his voice a little more doubtful, "But for warlocks like you, it's still a bit beyond my expectations."

The woman among the two frowned, a look of confusion flashed across her face.

She took a step forward and spoke in a strange and jerky tone, "What is a warlock, and what is an alchemist?"

"What is a magician?"

Wei Tao lowered his eyes, as if he didn't believe his ears, and repeated this sentence again.

"What are you talking about, a magician?"

The middle-aged man raised his head at this moment, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes, "We came here to pursue the breath of the holy beast, but we have never heard of the so-called alchemist. If you can give a detailed answer, We will be grateful.”

"The warlock talks like he is singing, you seem to be crying in the grave."

Wei Tao thoughtfully said, "So, you and them are not the same person. They have not seen you, and you have not met them."

After a pause, he sighed lowly, "It seems that what Emperor Wu said is right. It is indeed the will of God that caused chaos in the world, and all kinds of monsters and ghosts jumped out at this time."

"Ah……"

The middle-aged man suddenly laughed, "I can see that you are very confident, but to be able to speak to our spiritual master in this tone, I have to say that you are also very courageous."

As the voice fell, the three giant pythons suddenly disappeared.

The whole body was submerged under the snow.

And when it appeared again, it broke out of the ground and came to Wei Tao without any warning.

It opened three bloody mouths and bit down at the same time like lightning.

Click!

Three snakeheads bit the whole thing at the same time.

It also wants to distance itself and continue its attack.

But he was suddenly wrapped around his body by another long snake covered in cloud-patterned black scales and with protruding sharp bone spurs.

The three giant pythons and Xiu Snake were entangled and fighting to the death, but in the end they were defeated and defeated.

He couldn't even submerge himself underground and retreat. He could only be torn into pieces by the repair snake and then swallowed in his belly.

During this process, the middle-aged man and woman did not make any move from beginning to end.

They just quietly watched the defeat of the three giant pythons, with some expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"Are you also a spiritual master?"

The middle-aged woman frowned, "But I have never seen or heard of a fellow person who can integrate the will of the legendary holy beast into his own body, and can also manifest it into shape."

The man interjected, his tone and expression no longer condescending, but still vaguely like he was facing a powerful enemy.

"No, he is not a spiritual master like us. Instead, he connected himself with the will of the holy beast through a method we don't understand, and even obtained part of the power of the holy beast."

"oh?"

Wei Tao showed a gentle smile, "Please tell me in detail, what holy beast am I connected to?"

"What is related to you is the sacred beast Xuanwu that disappeared in ancient times and only existed in legends."

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, "Although I don't know what kind of method you practice, the long tail that just appeared is definitely the snake cultivator in the intersection of turtle and snake.

So, you don't even know the spiritual master, but you can integrate the power of Xuanwu into your body through evil methods. "

Wei Tao didn't admit it, but he didn't deny it either.

He fell into silence, and after a long time he slowly said, "You call yourself a spirit master, so you must possess the so-called spirit master. Could it be that you can even control the holy beasts you talk about?"

"Of course, the holy beast cannot be driven by us at will, but we can use the power of the blood of the holy beast to improve the level of the natal spiritual beast."

Wei Tao asked with great interest, "What's the use of raising the level of my natal spiritual beast?"

"It seems that you really don't know. Whether it is a spiritual beast or a spiritual plant, as long as the higher the level of the natal spiritual object, the stronger the power it can exert, and it will naturally bring better protection to the spiritual master.

More importantly, the spirit master shares the lifespan with the natal spiritual creature. The stronger the spirit beast, the longer the lifespan. For those of us, it is the pursuit of longevity, at least the biggest thing that can live longer. hope. "

The middle-aged man said slowly while thinking, "Just like you, although I don't know what method you used to incorporate the will power of the Xuanwu Holy Beast into your body.

But it is obvious that when you become inhuman, you have gained stronger strength than expected. "

Without warning, his voice lowered involuntarily.

The atmosphere in the venue also became silent and stagnant.

"you……"

The middle-aged man seemed to want to say something more, but couldn't even utter a word.

He stared blankly at the darkness surging silently in front of him.

Feel the cold and violent meaning coming from it.

My heart couldn't help but be filled with doubts and confusion.

He didn't know why things suddenly became like this.

The two sides were still having back-and-forth exchanges just now.

Although the atmosphere cannot be said to be great, it is definitely not bad.

Who would have thought that it would suddenly become what it is now.

What frightened him even more was the tremendous pressure he felt from the surging darkness.

It's like a lamb encountering a tiger. Let alone resisting, it may even lose the power to turn around and run away.

"You said I became inhuman?"

At this moment, a voice without any emotion slowly sounded, "How dare you accuse me, a pure person like me, of not being a human being?"

"If you dare to mess with my mood, you all deserve to die!"

boom!

Suddenly, a ferocious sharp claw rushed out from the depths of darkness, and in an instant it was in front of the two of them.

Click!

The middle-aged woman didn't even react, and her head was wrapped by the sharp claws.

Wei Tao's face was expressionless, and he closed his fingers and claws inwards.

However, it was blocked by a green barrier that lit up on the woman's body, and it was unable to crush her head directly.

It was only then that she seemed to suddenly react.

A shrill scream went straight into the sky, and the wildly growing grass stems around them suddenly seemed to come to life, and they twisted and strangled the two of them crazily.

The middle-aged man raised his hand, and giant wolves and goats nearly ten feet tall rushed forward.

He himself did not hesitate to fly back, and at the same time he kept staring at his companion, his eyes never leaving the two people standing opposite each other.

Click!

But at the next moment, there was a crisp sound.

The man's expression suddenly changed.

He watched helplessly as the sharp claws scratched the green barrier into pieces, then continued to close inward, directly crushing the woman's head.

Flesh, flesh, bones, and gray-white slurry mixed together and exploded in all directions.

"It's so powerful!"

"Under the attack of this monster, even our spiritual master's last resort to save lives is of no use."

Bang bang!

There were two more loud bangs.

The two spirit beasts were cut off at the waist at the same time and fell to the ground without saying a word.

Gudong!

The middle-aged man swallowed hard.

Feeling the strong wind blowing against my face, my whole body was completely enveloped in despair and helplessness.

Click!

The sharp claws covered with cloud patterns and black scales suddenly fell down.

It directly wrapped his head.

"Let's die together!"

The middle-aged man's eyebrows suddenly cracked.

A flying insect with a fiery red body and a shape like an ant and a wasp emerged from it. It raised the thin needle at its tail and stabbed forward like lightning.

Uh-huh!

It crashed into the open mouth of the snake, and then disappeared from sight.

Wei Tao used all his strength to grasp it, but his five blade-like claws were blocked by a layer of red film, and he was also unable to squeeze it immediately.

Bang!

His free hand suddenly shot forward.

He punched the man hard in the chest.

It beat him backwards, but still failed to break the red film that protected his body.

A cruel look flashed in Wei Tao's eyes.

Both fists used the Emperor's Seal, and the two gods and four spirits blasted out at the same time.

Only a muffled bang was heard.

The red film shattered and disappeared, and the fist mark was imprinted on the man's body.

In an instant, blood and flesh spattered, spreading a layer of bright red minced meat on the ground several feet in radius.

"Soul Controller, that sounds like a pretty big name."

"Actually, they can only control some animals and plants for their own use. However, these two people should not be the most powerful people among them. I don't know if there are stronger spiritual masters coming here."

"The membrane covering their bodies is a bit interesting, but once that membrane is penetrated, the body inside is quite soft and fragile."

"Since these guys dare to come, I dare to kill them all."

Wei Tao looked down at the blood stains on the ground, turned around and walked towards the golden tent general.

After a few steps, he suddenly stopped without warning.

Turn your body little by little and look up towards the northwest.

There, he clearly perceived the true meaning of Void Xuanwu.

The other party seemed to have a sense of provocation.

There was also undisguised hostility.

"It shouldn't be Taoist Master Xuanwu Qi."

"Who could it be? Could it be the second person I sensed in the mysterious thoughts created by the alchemist?"

Wei Tao suddenly felt something in his heart.

In the northwest, he actually felt an aura similar to the two spiritual masters just now.