In the Blade

In a deserted village a hundred miles away from Liuhua Mountain, a gray-furred mouse and a white-furred hedgehog were hiding in the corner of a dilapidated house.

Just looking at their frail bodies, I am afraid that any wild dog can kill them, and this is indeed the case. There are already five or six wild dogs wandering outside the broken house, just looking at their green eyes, It was obvious that he had been hungry for several days.

A pack of hungry wild dogs, let alone rats and hedgehogs, would probably be torn into pieces even if a living person faced them.

But the wild dogs were obviously salivating from hunger, but none of them dared to rush into the dilapidated house.

Just because their instincts are calling the police like crazy.

"If you go in, you will die."

The hungry wild dogs are well aware of this.

So no matter how hungry they are, they don't dare to step beyond the thunder pool.

"It's still a little too obvious."

The gray-furred mouse in the broken house glanced at the wild dogs in a humane manner, and then shook its head.

"If the Tin Man is careful enough, these dogs will be the biggest flaw. After all, these dogs are too abnormal. They are basically saying that there is a problem here... You have to know that even Boss Chang died in a head-to-head confrontation. , we will definitely not be able to defeat the Tin Man."

Boss Chang is talking about the killed snake monster. Since the snake is also called Changchong, he simply took Chang as his surname.

Among the five demons, the snake demon is the one with the strongest combat power and the most capable of fighting.

However, this is only on the surface.

"Boss Chang likes direct confrontation, so he dies the fastest."

The white-haired hedgehog narrowed his eyes.

"So, when it comes to practice, it's not about who can fight better... but who can survive better."

As soon as this statement came out, the gray-haired mouse nodded repeatedly, just because the white-haired hedgehog in front of him was the best interpretation of this sentence - you must know that most hedgehogs are covered with brown spikes, only old hedgehogs, The spikes on the body will gradually turn white.

And like the white-haired hedgehog in front of me, his whole body is completely white... God knows how long this hedgehog has lived!

Live longer, so you can accumulate more knowledge, live long enough, so you can see more ideas.

The longer you get it, the more you know how to respond. As long as you live long enough, you can harvest everything around you.

As long as it lasts long enough...

"Xiao Huizi, don't look at me like that."

Facing the gray-haired mouse's gaze, the white-haired hedgehog shook his head.

"You and I both know that the purpose of providing food is to seize the reputation and take away the incense of the Tin Woodman. If the Tin Woodman's interests are harmed, he will definitely fight back. After all, you have taken action in this process, so it is inevitable that he will target you... …Everything is bound to happen, and there is no need for us to fight among ourselves over this kind of thing, understand?”

"..."

The gray-haired mouse was silent for a while.

It's clear. After all, this is what was promised before. It is responsible for controlling the actions of the rats and cutting off the food of the people in the two towns. Then the white-haired hedgehog is responsible for controlling the hedgehogs to distribute food, thereby controlling the incense of the people in the two towns - -As far as the results are concerned, it is actually pretty good. After all, the white-haired hedgehog has really gained a huge amount of incense, which means that the Tin Woodman has been seriously weakened.

But the problem lies here.

Only the cunning white-haired hedgehog reaped the rewards.

As for the gray-haired mouse, it took the initiative to do things and take risks. Even the mice it controlled were hunted round after round - but it failed to get any benefits, and those incense and energy were completely different from it. Nothing to do.

No matter how you look at it, this seems like a waste of effort.

If it were in the past, the gray-haired mice still wouldn't think so. At that time, the five monsters worked together and could even kill larger monsters that were stronger than them - but just like the boss Chang mentioned just now, in After they lost their opponents, Boss Chang had vaguely expressed his intention to attack them.

After all, in a world where the jungle prevails, there is no basis for cooperation. As long as you are not strong enough, you will be swallowed up by the stronger one.

So, how could it dare to be sure that this cunning old mother Bai didn't have such thoughts?

"You...forget it."

Facing the gray-haired mouse's gaze, the white-haired hedgehog sighed.

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of incense power was poured into the body of the gray-haired mouse.

Feeling the tyrannical power surging in his body, the gray-haired mouse was a little stunned for a moment. You must know that this power is much more than originally promised, and it can even be said to be the entire harvest of the white-haired hedgehog—— All the harvest was actually given to it? How is that possible? Is this true?

"You, why..."

The gray-haired mouse looked at the somewhat sluggish white-haired hedgehog, and didn't understand what it meant for a while.

But the white-haired hedgehog just sighed.

"Why? Of course it's to stop you from thinking too much... We are facing a powerful enemy. Is this the time for us to have internal strife?"

"this……"

The gray-haired mouse lowered his head in shame.

Indeed, with the enemy at hand, it is not the time for internal strife at all, but the blow it has suffered is too great, plus the comparison with the white-haired hedgehog, so it is inevitable that there is some confusion in my heart - but now it is taking on this. After gaining a lot of power, it realized that its vision was too narrow after all.

In the words of ordinary people, what is "the heart of a villain, the belly of a gentleman"?

"It was my fault, otherwise I would still..."

"Here it is, just take it and put it in your hand, and you can feel at ease."

The white-haired hedgehog waved his paws.

"But you have to promise me one thing, that is, you must not fight the Tin Woodman head-on. I know that after you gain strength, you will inevitably feel that you are strong and that the Tin Woodman is weak, so you can kill him. …”

"No, it won't."

The gray-haired mouse shook its head repeatedly. This time it had no selfish motives at all.

After all, what this white-haired hedgehog said is indeed right. Neither of them is good at frontal combat, so they choose to use this roundabout way of fighting and this tactic of pulling out the bottom of the cauldron - indeed, they may be able to fight head-on. They can't be beaten, but at least they have weapons.

The people of those two towns are the best weapons in their hands.

As long as he swallows the incense and wish power of these two towns, it is actually not that important whether the Tin Woodman dies or not.

"It's good if you understand that."

The white-haired hedgehog nodded.

"Just like those mortals fighting each other, if you can hold a sword, you must not be empty-handed. Now we clearly have knives in our hands, why should we go into battle naked and risk our lives?"

"……really."

The gray-haired mouse nodded again, looking at the white-haired hedgehog with a little more respect.

Originally, it had always believed that as a demon, being able to fight was the last word, so it had always worshiped Boss Chang. After Boss Chang died, it was also the one that wanted to avenge him the most, just because it could defeat and kill him. Only the enemy of Chang Boss can prove that it is stronger.

But now it seems that compared to the reckless Boss Chang, the usually unassuming Mama Bai in front of her is the real strong one.

It's really not unreasonable for the other party to live for so long.

This is the example it should follow!

"Besides, since you have been targeted recently, please refrain from taking action for the time being."

Seeing that the gray-haired mouse finally understood what he meant, the white-haired hedgehog continued.

"Now that we have the upper hand, what we need to do is to be stable and let those mortals choose us and believe in us instead of trusting the Tin Man... I will do this. You must be stable and cannot directly follow Then the Tin Woodman had a conflict, do you understand?"

"I understand."

The gray-haired mouse agreed.

However, despite saying this, when the white-haired hedgehog goes out to do things, the gray-haired mouse will still follow him out - after all, the white-haired hedgehog is really not good at fighting head-on. Now that it has gained strength again, following him out, in fact, It can also be regarded as a kind of protection.

Of course, the gray-haired mouse also knows that talking about protection is just a scene talk.

In fact, it's quite hands-on.

As mortals often say, with a hammer in hand, everything looks like a nail. Now that it has power in its hands, why can't it just kill the Tin Man? Anyway, this so-called fight for incense is really Compared to the more direct physical destruction, only by completely killing the Tin Man can everything be truly resolved.

But the gray-haired mouse still didn't take action.

It still suppressed the beating desire in its heart to take action.

"You...have worked hard."

Two months later, the white-haired hedgehog was quite pleased to see the gray-haired mouse that had grown significantly larger.

Although he clearly had the power, he suppressed his urge to take action. Being able to do this was extremely difficult for the gray-haired mouse who was more advocating power - not to mention that the gray-haired mouse itself was just like it. He is weak, so it is extremely rare to be able to control his thoughts after gaining strength.

And this is the real advantage.

They caught the Tin Woodman's tricks and did not have any internal strife over this trivial matter. On the contrary, the Tin Woodman was retreating steadily, and his incense and willpower were getting less and less. Indeed, being able to come up with the idea of ​​"killing rats" was considered a success. The Tin Woodman has some brains, but this kind of alienation is not enough after all.

On the contrary, it was their side that provided food rations to the people of the two towns for two consecutive months. This is what will really be remembered.

You only need to visit the two towns to know this. The shrines on the roadside are constantly burning incense. These are the prayers of the people in the two towns. Even animals like hedgehogs have received preferential treatment in those two towns. Those Mortals will regard it as the messenger or incarnation of Mother Bai.

"Don't kill a hedgehog if you encounter it. It's unlucky."

People in both places have gradually come to have this concept. Although this understanding is simple, it is so powerful.

They obviously did not engage in a head-on battle and did not shed a drop of blood, but the mental strength carried by the Tin Man was still shattered. Just like those "soldiers who conquer without fighting" in the mortal world, the Taibai Star and Liu Xing in the two towns were originally Huashanjun's shrine gradually became unattended, while the shrine dedicated to hedgehogs became increasingly popular.

Those mortals even began to build a temple for the white-haired hedgehog and treat it as a righteous god. They praised the name of Mother Bai, even more than they respected the original Taibai Star.

"It's just...isn't everything going a little too smoothly?"

Although the overall situation has been decided, the cautious white-haired hedgehog still did not take it lightly.

After all, they have the upper hand, but they only have the upper hand. The Tin Woodman has not been killed yet, and he may come back at any time - even all of this may be just a deliberate display of weakness by the Tin Woodman. After all, these two towns are the territory of the Tin Woodman, and it is entirely possible for the Tin Woodman to manipulate these mortals into pretending to convert.

So for safety reasons, the white-haired hedgehog waited for another half a month.

In the past half month, the white-haired hedgehog and the gray-haired mouse went to explore several times, but every time they got the news that there was no problem. Those mortals did not pretend to convert to them, but truly worshiped them. This There is no falsehood in worship, and the pure incense and desire are the best proof.

"It seems...really won?"

The gray-haired mice are still in disbelief. Even though not a drop of blood was shed during the whole process, they directly won the victory.

This is simply...

"Really won."

The white-haired hedgehog nodded, his expression clearly relaxed.

"It seems that my judgment is correct. The Tin Woodman, like Boss Chang, is all about fighting and killing. As long as we don't fight head-on, he won't be able to do anything to us... the rest We no longer need to worry about things. Without the blessing of incense and wish, he can't do anything with his own strength. When the time comes, we will give him the title of evil heretic, and he won't be able to survive. "

"yes."

The gray-haired mouse also nodded. At this moment, it was no longer the same person as before. As soon as the white-haired hedgehog said these words, it already understood what it was talking about.

Empty power but no foundation is almost the same as a child walking in a busy city with a treasure in his arms. I don’t know how many practitioners will focus on this thing, lure it into an enemy, and then kill it brazenly, thereby increasing their own reputation.

Even without them taking action, the Tin Woodman was already dead.

After all, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world.

The so-called big fish eats the small fish.

"Now, it's our turn to harvest."

The white-haired hedgehog narrowed his eyes happily.

In the distant Jishui Town, the temple dedicated to Mother Bai was finally completed. The image of a hedgehog like a white-haired old woman was enshrined in the main hall, with kindness and kindness written on her face. People poured in one after another. , offering incense to the statue, the power of the incense was so surging that the white-haired hedgehog hidden in the distance swelled twice.

The smell of incense was like an invisible bridge. At this moment, the white-haired hedgehog's perception expanded so far. He was obviously hundreds of miles away, but it felt like he was visiting the temple in person. He could see the mortals in the temple. People can see the prosperous incense and everything in those two towns.

However, it was at this time that it saw something that should not have appeared anyway.

"Is it...the Tin Man?"

Realizing that the tin man was walking all the way towards his temple, the white-haired hedgehog was a little confused for a moment.

What is this?

The Tin Woodman has already been defeated like this, and all the incense and will power in his body have even dissipated completely. How dare he appear in front of him in such a weak posture?

Where did this Tin Man get the courage... Wait!

"How dare you!"

The white-haired hedgehog suddenly stared angrily.

Just because in its perception, the tin man actually raised his knife towards the statue.