Kingdom’s Bloodline

[The battle will be intense later on. If you feel nervous, scared, and stiff, it's very normal-this is the case for recruits. 】

[At that time, you only need to do one thing: repeatedly think about what I am saying now, to concentrate. 】

Heijian rushed through countless obstacles and obstacles all the way, and killed the blood magician at an astonishing speed. The shadow of the sword technique used by the Northern Army was faintly visible in his movements.

Thales was held in his arms by Hei Jian with one arm, trying to raise his head amidst the wind whizzing past his ears.

In his hand, he tightly grasped the strange Blade of Cleansing the World.

Following the black sword, he charged forward at extreme speed.

[Those two men, even though they are both extremely rare masters, even though they both hold powerful legendary anti-demon weapons - I still have a hunch: they will lose in the end. 】

[Blood Plague——that seemingly harmless little girl is an extremely terrifying opponent. In the past twelve years, she is the only existence that can make me feel fear and tension at the same time. 】

In the howling cold wind that made people unable to open their eyes, the second prince opened his mouth, struggling to snatch the air passing by his mouth to maintain his breathing.

He couldn't help but think of Hei Jian's last words before they charged:

[Her horror is not because of her strange power or infinite power, but because she really has the heart of what I call a "strong man"—even if she is as strong as her, she is still calm, cautious, decisive, and seizes everything Opportunities, never underestimate any opponent, quick response, timely response. 】

[Even the occasional madness does not affect her attitude and instinct towards fighting in the slightest. 】

[That monster has a deep understanding of combat, a thorough understanding, and rich experience. I have only seen it in a few people. 】

When Black Sword led Thales to take the first step, the traverser's mind was blank.

It was as if he had returned to the cliff in the sky, falling rapidly towards the bottom of the cliff a hundred meters below.

Until the tentacles of the first hydra appeared in front of the eyes, and the terrible sizzling sound of flesh and blood rubbed against the ear.

Hei Jian calmly grabbed his hand and swung out the edge of the world.

"laugh!"

Ashes turned into tentacles flew before his eyes.

Only then did Thales regain his breath, and a variety of emotions came to his heart in an instant.

Nervous, fearful, apprehensive, with some excitement and excitement.

[We have to understand one thing first. 】

[That is: that monster, the plague of blood—has never faced us in its real body. 】

Thinking of this, Thales gritted his teeth lightly.

He recalled Hei Jian's words over and over in his heart, digesting the shock and surprise just now.

[The "she" standing in front of us is a fake body created with flesh and blood. 】

[This is the information that I have fought against her twice, wandering between life and death, and exchanged blood. 】

[In other words, it is not as you said: the legendary anti-magic armed forces cannot seal the monster. 】

[It's the person who tried to seal her, unable to lock her real body in countless flesh and blood. 】

Thales frowned slightly, looking at the gentle girl in front of him.

Not Mami?

In the distance, "Giza" raised his head and looked at them with a strange expression.

This... Even the "Giza" that appeared after defeating the two legendary anti-demon forces—is it fake?

So, in the birch forest, when Sonia shattered "her" under the Supreme Shield...

How could she appear unscathed?

"Shua!" A shriek pierced the air.

Two medium-sized tentacles moved up and down, sweeping towards them.

[Facing her, we must do everything possible, seize all advantages, and gamble all chips, just for the final victory. 】

[It starts with finding her real body. 】

Thales only felt layers of surging power surging within Heijian, and the latter trembled and stepped lightly on a short stone pier.

They rise a foot high.

Heijian turned inexplicably in the air, barely slipping between the two tentacles.

[First of all, it is the timing of the attack - when the two men failed completely and she killed the killer, that is the moment we stepped into the battlefield. 】

[At that time, whether she was hesitant, suspicious, or simply distracted, it was our precious weak advantage, even if it could only save us half a second of charging time, and get close to her fake body. 】

Thales, who was in mid-air, turned his face up, watching helplessly as one of the tentacles flashed past his eyes.

In the distance of his vision, he could vaguely see the figure of Nikolai, who was on the ground, struggling hard, and was finally submerged in the dense pile of tentacles.

There was a piece of tissue in the tentacles that looked like half a tongue. It passed Thales' nose, and there was a disgusting smell of blood and sour.

Thales suppressed the discomfort in his stomach and throat, forcing himself not to close his eyes - he wanted to see his enemy clearly.

all possible.

All advantages.

All chips.

He gritted his teeth and repeated Hei Jian's words in his heart over and over again:

[Secondly, it is our offensive—once the battle starts, we will immediately reveal the legendary anti-magic weapon that is like the natural enemy of a magician. While deterring her, it will make her immersed in surprise and doubt for even a second, thus exposing more flaw. 】

[It also attracted more attention from her - on me. 】

Hei Jian tightly held his sword-holding hand, and the edge of the Pure World Sword flew up and down, cutting two wounds on the two tentacles as it slid up and down.

The tentacles quickly shrank and blackened, as if they were scorched in an instant, and finally turned into fly ash.

They were only thirty meters away from "Giza".

In the distance, the blood magician who was paying attention to this side let out a soft "Huh".

"Giza" inhaled slowly, and the bloody spots on his face began to tremble slightly.

That's right.

In addition to the Soul Slaughter Spear and the Soul Severing Blade... the third legendary anti-demon weapon.

What a night of surprises.

The flying ashes stained Thales' face and mixed with the melted snow.

In the next moment, Thales felt his whole body was stunned—Heijian's legs fell to the ground, and he regained his balance with a light push of his left hand on the ground.

Castration unabated, indomitable.

The oncoming cold wind quickly turned the snow on Thales' face into ice crystals, and the little prince bared his teeth, and they slid down from his almost frozen face.

A huge tentacle strikes out of nowhere!

It instantly split into countless small tentacles, intercepting the black sword from all directions and angles visible from the front.

As if to stop them desperately.

And they cannot be avoided.

Thales is ready: Heijian will use his world-cleaning edge to kill a path of flesh and blood and ashes everywhere.

Until Heijian was short, facing hundreds of creepy tentacles like snakes, the power in his body surged, and he immediately turned around abruptly.

Amidst the surprise, Thales felt dizzy for a moment.

【The direction of our breakthrough must also be carefully considered—find a path full of ruins and obstacles to provide us with the best vision and defensive cover, even if it can only cover an inch of our body and block an attack. 】

What Heijian chose was a dirt and stone road full of obstacles, and there were many houses that collapsed due to the fierce battle between the two magicians.

After they turned into a low, ruined house, a wall of dirt stood between them and countless small tentacles.

The flesh and blood limbs that attacked in a large area covered far more than the earth wall, and the tentacles scattered around quickly passed the earth wall.

"boom!"

And the tentacles concentrated in the center mercilessly exerted force, smashing the earth wall to pieces!

The earth and stone flew towards Thales' face, and the black sword raised his arm to block part of it.

However, just as the earth wall shattered and the tentacles that smashed the earth wall lost their momentum, the black sword moved again.

Strange power spread all over his legs, and the black sword with a calm expression accelerated instantly!

"Wow..."

Heijian bullied himself head-on, broke into the cracked earth wall fragments, squeezed into the weakest gap, and let the splashed earth and stone rub against other parts of his body, leaving countless bloodstains.

Thales closed his eyes tightly, feeling the dust and earth rubbing against his face.

Facing the splashing earth and rocks, the black sword tightly grasped Thales' hand, and lightly swiped the edge of the world, cutting open five or six small tentacles in front of the earth wall.

The stench and burning smell filled Thales' nose, and ashes from flesh and blood scattered around them.

The black sword broke through this section of the earth wall, and they rushed another five meters.

【Only by cherishing every opportunity in battle like a desert traveler cherishes every drop of water, can we accumulate little and build up sand to form a wall—victory and survival are based on meticulously crafting every detail. 】

[Especially in the face of the disaster of blood. 】

Relying on the strange and rare ending power, the black sword moved left and right under the crazy pounce of the hydra, and occasionally used the edge of the world to open the way. The path under their feet stirred up waves of dust. , more and more hazy.

Thales had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere, enduring the double torment of extreme speed and cold.

He only felt that the black sword was holding his right arm continuously tightening, almost strangling him in two.

However, they are getting closer and closer to "Giza".

There were less than twenty meters left.

[When we break through to a certain distance, you will enter her vision. 】

"Giza" saw clearly the boy in Heijian's arms.

Then she smiled.

"So that's it. I'm still wondering why Kirika didn't see you after searching all around..." the magician said softly, her crisp voice seemed to ring in my ears.

During the extremely fast movement, dodge, breakthrough, and battle, Thales, who rushed madly with the black sword, vaguely saw the terrifying expression of the blood mage.

[My state is very bad, I am not allowed to stay in the charging state for too long, but fortunately, we have the front of the world, which can guarantee that we will not be affected by her ability - at least we will not be suddenly captured by her weird flesh and blood control . 】

"So you found a new guard for yourself, what an amazing kid..."

"Giza" glanced at the expressionless black sword with extraordinary skills, and watched their charging figures getting closer.

"Don't worry," the bloody streak branched out again on Giza's face, making her smile look even weirder: "It will all be over soon."

Thales shuddered in his heart.

[If her target is you—at such a short distance, facing the weak prey she is determined to win, she has a great chance of not retreating or evading. Get rid of me, take you down. 】

Giza raised her hands violently!

"Pfft!"

The hydra Kirika behind her "roared", and six giant tentacles grew out of her body.

Amid the exaggerated earthquakes and noises, these giant tentacles attacked them from the ground, underground, and mid-air.

[That's our chance. 】

Huge tentacles of flesh and blood barred the path in front of them.

Black Sword calmly clenched Thales' right hand.

At that moment, Hei Jian turned his eyes and looked in one direction with a cold expression.

"Oh..."

The tentacles split apart, and from the flesh and blood tissue composed of severed limbs, countless long, narrow limbs, like spiders the size of children, sprang out in an instant, pitch-black monsters covered with ferocious spikes.

The monsters fell to the ground one after another, and then trembled one after another, the bone spurs on their bodies protruded out like blades in an instant.

【Her real body should be hidden in those disgusting flesh and blood creations: underground, in the tentacles, in that big monster, or in any possible flesh and blood—it's like melting water into the sea and hiding trees in the forest. 】

【We want to find out where her real body is among the countless piles of flesh and blood. 】

"Hiss..."

Like starved larvae, the monsters opened an organ from their bodies, and there was a horrible hissing sound from inside.

The next moment, just like countless beggars scrambling for alms around the rich man on the street, the dark monsters raised their "heads" one after another, and then shook their limbs, running or jumping, rolling or crawling, and even Several monsters spread out the same ugly black wings in the air, covering the sky and covering the sky, densely surrounded by Black Sword and Thales!

At that moment, the smiling "Giza" standing in front of their eyes was covered by these scary little things.

"Hiss... hiss..."

Thales shuddered, looking at the horrible scene in front of him, his scalp gradually became numb.

[Blood magicians are extremely good at gaining experience in battle and quickly turning it into combat power. For enemies and methods they have encountered before—such as me—when they meet for the second time, they will immediately have corresponding new ones. means to counteract it. 】

This means...

The second time the same move is used, it will not work against the remaining fighters - bah bah...

Thales threw away unnecessary thoughts and tried his best to concentrate his mind.

He is in the most dangerous battle.

Can't be distracted.

Facing the cold wind blowing across his face, Thales half-opened his eyes in pain, only feeling that his heart was about to jump out of his chest during the high-speed movement.

He bit his lips tightly, and could only concentrate by constantly recalling Hei Jian's words before.

[The first time we fought, I used 'Ji Zhen' - a move I learned and modified from an extreme assassin - to slide away her tentacles. 】

[However, the second time we met in the alley, as soon as I used the 'Ji Zhen' again, she immediately changed her strategy and used a new method-the reshaping of flesh and blood, and cracked this move with sharp and sharp bone spurs. 】

"Did you see it? Monsters with bone spurs," Hei Jian's words came to his ears intermittently amidst the sound of the wind: "They exist exclusively to suppress my 'Ji Zhen'."

Thales took a deep breath and focused his gaze on those pitch-black monsters.

Their shapes are hideous, but once they are added in an astonishing number—Thales only feels creepy.

It felt like black locusts the size of a child, swarming in groups, tens of thousands, covering the sky and covering the sky, rushing towards him head-on.

Without hesitation, Hei Jian rushed towards the group of monsters in front of him, as if what he saw was not a life-threatening danger, but a wonderful dream.

【So, in the second fight, in just a few seconds, I was suppressed by her. 】

[Almost dying at the hands of these little monsters. 】

This time, the black sword was no longer kept, no tricks were taken, and no effort was saved.

Thales only felt the black sword at his side tremble, and a real pulsation surged out from the depths of his body.

He knew: This is the crime of Hell River.

It is stronger, more proficient, and 10,000 times more effective than Thales' own power—the crime of Hell River that belongs to Black Sword alone.

The chill that originally lingered on the body surface actually penetrated into the bottom of Thales' heart, making him tremble all over.

Thales felt that the man beside him had become different.

Hei Jian's expression became solemn and gloomy.

He seemed to have no breath, and he began to become fierce and rough, and the muscles on his body began to swell vaguely.

Hei Jian's eyes, which were already resolute and sharp, slowly widened, and more and more light was absorbed into the eyes.

At that moment, Heijian slowly opened its eyes like a ferocious beast, revealing its minions.

Finally, the first pitch-black monster came head-on from the sky, only one foot away from Heijian's head.

The bone spurs on its body trembled slightly, and it seemed to be getting sharper. Behind it were countless ferocious and terrifying creatures of the same kind, overwhelming the sky and covering the sky with hissing, threatening.

Compared with them, the size of the Clean World's Edge seems insignificant.

[At that time, I had to carry out 'instant death' among those monsters - to extinguish all signs of life, to avoid her perception - to save a life. 】

【I think, in the third meeting later, she will soon have a way to counteract the 'instant death'. 】

"Hiss..."

The spider-like monsters rushed towards the black sword like huge pitch-black waves, intending to capsize the powerless boat in an instant.

Thales took a deep breath, then held it tightly, clamping his subconsciously trembling left arm tightly under his armpit.

No matter who this man is, by now...

He could only trust Black Sword.

believe him.

[But at that moment, the moment when she transformed her tentacles into countless bone spur monsters, I sensed...]

The next moment, facing the boundless waves made up of pitch-black monsters, Heijian let out a deep roar, and his limbs pressed Thales tightly in his arms, and the front of the world was tightly hugged by the latter.

Just before the first monster pierced its own bone spur into Heijian's head——

The black sword instantly restrained the whole body, then the whole person leaned forward - fell towards the monsters!

Like a boat capsized in a huge wave.

In an instant, Thales felt that everything around him was spinning.

The countless pitch-black monsters belonging to the magician in front of him also began to rotate in the field of vision.

They are getting closer.

Thales also became more and more dizzy.

Until a wave of his own surged into Thales' brain in a timely manner, calming down the dizziness.

[I sensed that she was hiding in the flesh and blood underground, and there was a strong wave in a certain direction...]

Hei Jian's whole body had already shrunk into a ball, and he rolled away towards those menacing, pitch-black monsters with hideous bone spurs.

They continued to roll forward.

[In my perception, that fluctuation is so conspicuous that it can hardly be concealed. 】

Hei Jian's right elbow hit the ground hard!

"Boom!"

Beat on a low stone pier.

[I believe... that is her real body. 】

【I'm sure! 】

In the next moment, Thales only felt that the black sword was embracing his right arm and sending out extreme vibrations.

"boom!"

There was a dull cracking sound on the ground.

Like a bang in a stew pot.

Immediately, the stone pier shattered in an instant, and a huge plate-shaped stone was strangely lifted from the ground!

The moment the stone slab flew into the air, Heijian's tumbling figure stopped suddenly!

Thales felt nauseous for a while, his eyes stared at him, and he almost vomited.

Heijian then stepped on the ground with both legs, and by virtue of inertia, formed an acute angle with the ground that was about to fall down, and accelerated to charge forward!

The huge stone slab was firmly resisted by Hei Jian's muscular right arm, and it was instantly stuck in front of Hei Jian's body, and was pushed forward by him.

This reduces the speed of Black Sword.

But it provided him with protection.

[This is our biggest bargaining chip... the ability to lock the real body of that monster! 】

【But that momentary induction can only give me a general direction. If we attack recklessly, it will only make her aware of it in advance and evade it. 】

【So, what we need to do next is to survive her methods of confronting the enemy and charge a certain distance...】

[Then force out her abnormal fluctuation... for the second time! 】

[In this way, where the two directions and two straight lines meet—that is where her real body is! 】

At that second, the black sword charged into the pile of monsters against the thick stone slab.

Everything around them went dark, and monsters all over the sky blocked their entire vision.

"Hiss..." Countless hisses filled Thales' ears, making him irritable and flustered.

Will they succeed?

Will... right?

Head-on, the spikes of the first monster pierced Heijian's cheek.

Hei Jian lowered his head slightly, hiding his face behind the stone slab.

"bass!"

The monster's bone spur pierced the stone slab, sparking a bright flame, but it couldn't take away a single hair from Hei Jian's body, he could only "watch" Hei Jian rushing past its side.

The second monster stretched out a barbed bone spur and slashed towards the belly of the black sword - where Thales was.

Thales looked at the bone spurs that were getting closer, and listened to the hissing sound in his ears, his mind went blank.

However, the black sword only moved slightly, and the slate turned at an angle, sticking to his abdomen, firmly blocking the monster's thrust.

"boom!"

With the protection of the stone, the black sword continued to strike forward.

Countless spider-like pitch-black monsters, like a swarm of locusts, swarmed to the sides of Heijian and Thales.

Amidst the collision, friction, and knocking of countless slabs and bone spurs, the black sword embraced Thales, who had a pale face and blue lips, lowered his head against the slate, and charged wildly.

Occasionally, one or two monsters slipped through the net, grabbed the gap between the stone slabs, and pulled out bloodstains on Heijian's lower abdomen, legs, shoulders, etc., but they were all transformed by the sharp edge of the world he held Thales Ashes, or flung away with extreme speed.

Thales kept his eyes open, and in his field of vision, countless pitch-black bone spurs and jointed limbs flashed past his eyes like flowing water.

[The second time we force her to 'transform', force her to emit fluctuations, and the chance to show her real body is at...]

The protective stone slabs were shattered inch by inch under countless impacts in just a few seconds.

Gravel and blood fell from Hei Jian's body at the same time.

However, at the same time, Hei Jian trembled all over.

【at……】

"laugh!"

A spike of a black monster grazed his shoulder, drawing a stream of blood.

"bass!"

Then came the second, which pierced his left thigh.

[Just when I fought her for the second time, I used the 'instant death'! 】

But Hei Jian seemed to have a sense of taste. With a gray face, he didn't respond to the gradually increasing wounds on his body except that he was still hugging Thales tightly in his arms.

As if he had lost his senses, he charged forward without knowing it.

[A skill that extinguishes the vitality in the body in a short time, thus disappearing in the enemy's senses. 】

In an instant, Thales felt that the muscles on the man's body began to stiffen.

His movements remained the same, but the power in his body seemed to disappear instantly, his breathing stopped, his skin became stiff, his movements were slow, and even his eyes lost their luster.

For a moment, Thales even felt that even the figure of the black sword in his vision—I don't know if it was an illusion—was slowly blurring.

Thales knew: Black Sword's "Instant Death" was activated.

He looked anxiously at the dark monsters that were still "hissing" rushing forward.

Soon, Thales no longer needed to be anxious.

I saw countless pitch-black monsters rushing ferociously and crazily, but they rushed past them like headless flies.

Amidst the frightening screams, the monsters that were originally facing the same direction like a raging wave suddenly became chaotic like a disturbed lake.

Almost every monster froze in place, trembling crazily, like a helpless child, constantly "looking" around.

The monsters started to jump around around them, but they didn't notice the black sword whose movements had slowed down in the middle.

The black sword is like an old man walking slowly across the river, and like a flat boat going upstream, moving slowly among the dense black monsters all over the ground.

Seeing Thales's heart trembled.

From time to time, Hei Jian was tripped by a monster, touched his shoulder, and was even scratched with blood, but he still held Thales safely and walked among the monsters.

The way forward.

Only then did Thales let out a breath slowly: Black Sword, together with himself, had completely disappeared from the perception of the monsters.

At the same time, he remembered Hei Jian's exhortation.

【She has seen 'Instant Death' before, so she will definitely have new ways to counter me—whether it is transformation, explosion, amplification, growth, or instigating that big monster to transform. 】

In the distance, the figure of "Giza" paused slightly, and the corners of the mouth of the magician's face twitched slightly.

The next moment, Kirika, the hydra behind her roared again!

At that moment, all the pitch-black monsters beside the black sword transformed together.

Thales looked at the one to three bone spurs behind these little monsters in astonishment, and they all made a "click" cracking sound, and then turned into soft and tall thin limbs...

The slender limbs became smaller, sharper, and softer.

Like... tentacles?

The monsters that have transformed into tentacles, as if they suddenly saw light in the dark, no longer trembled and turned around like headless flies, but raised their tentacles and slowly turned around.

The tentacles of the monsters trembled slowly as if they were alive, and they all swept in the direction of Heijian and Thales.

Then stop slowly.

It seems that he has already sensed the location of the black sword.

It's like... making a final confirmation.

Oops.

Thales was taken aback.

Sure enough... Even though it was only a quarter of an hour since the last fight, Giza had already prepared the means to counter "instant death".

And, seems quite effective?

He then looked nervously at Hei Jian who was still trudging through the monster pile while hugging him.

However, the latter just closed his eyes and walked slowly like dead wood.

Thales was extremely anxious.

Giza, she's moved—transformed, or something...

So, Hei Jian, should you wake up?

Thales hugged the World Cleansing Edge on his chest, watching the little monsters gradually aiming their tentacles at the black sword, his heart throbbed.

In the end, he couldn't help stretching out his fingers even though his scalp was numb, and poked Hei Jian's chest.

But this time, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest!

In an instant, all the pitch-black monsters seemed to have suddenly returned from a deep sleep, with trembling tentacles on their backs, and still hideous bone spurs, they made a palpitating hissing sound again, and kicked their hind legs together!

He rushed towards Hei Jian and Thales.

"Hiss..."

At that moment, Thales had goosebumps all over his body!

But also at this time.

The dying old man's black sword moved violently!

As if breathing the first breath of air since he was born, Heijian took a long breath vigorously, and then trembled all over, as if waking up from a nightmare.

Hei Jian suddenly opened his eyes!