After Luo Ling listened, his eyes swept over the backs of Han Tao and Liu Cheng in the distance, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
"Only these two?"
"Not sure, there may be more. Master needs to report this matter to True Person Ling Shuang."
Luo Ling stood up and nodded.
"I'll take you there with me."
"No, I want to stay here." Qin Tiexin shook his head and said firmly to Luo Ling: "If I leave now, they may be alert. They haven't noticed yet that I already know they have a problem. It's safer for me to stay here than to leave."
Luo Ling nodded, flipped his wrist, took out a few dark gold talismans from the storage ring and stuffed them into the palm of Qin Tiexin's hand.
When the talisman paper is warm, there are layers of Spirit Rune on the surface, making it much more complex than ordinary talismans.
"Golden Armor Talisman, can block three full blows from Golden Core Early Stage. Iron Wall Talisman, when unfolded, forms a five-foot-wide spiritual barrier that can hold half an incense stick. There is also this one - Teleportation Talisman, which can teleport you ten feet away after being crushed, but it can only be used once."
Qin Tiexin took the talismans with his left hand and carefully put them into his inner pocket one by one.
Luo Ling looked at his calm face, and in the end just reached out and patted his left shoulder. Then he removed the soundproof array, flying swords rose up under his feet, and his whole body turned into a red light and flew away through the air, straight towards the Wind and Snow Pass tower.
Qin Tiexin slowly sat up from the ground and took out a pill that replenished Qi and Blood from the storage ring.
He swallowed the elixir and felt the warm medicine melting in his chest. Then he stood up with his left knee and glanced at Li Yun, who was pretending to check the formation in the distance and had been looking at him from the corner of his eye. He was safe and sound. The matter was done. Li Yun nodded imperceptibly and turned to follow the patrol.
Qin Tiexin walks back to Wind-Rending Strangulation Formation's position.
Han Tao was squatting next to the array plate to replace Spirit Stone. When he saw him coming back, he stood up and patted the debris on his hands. "Junior brother, are you okay?"
Qin Tiexin shook his empty right shoulder and said in a casual tone, "It's okay. Just now, the spiritual power reached the fracture of the right shoulder, and Qi and Blood surged up all of a sudden. I took a pill and has already recovered."
Han Tao glanced at the sealing talisman on his right shoulder. The talisman was still attached flatly and there was no blood leaking out. He looked at Qin Tiexin's face again and found that it was indeed rosier than before.
"That's good. This kind of injury needs to be healed slowly. You can't rush it. If you need anything, just tell us."
Seeing that Qin Tiexin was fine, he turned around and continued to debug the array.
Qin Tiexin sat next to the Spirit Restoration stone box, took off Edgeless from behind and placed it by his legs. He lowered his head and stroked the anti-slip pattern on the Edgeless handle with his left hand, but his peripheral vision never left Han Tao and Liu Cheng.
After about one stick of incense, Qin Tiexin vaguely noticed a slight change in the atmosphere on the city wall.
The patrol team's shuttle frequency has obviously accelerated. As each patrol team passes by, Qin Tiexin can feel a faint and powerful aura sweeping over the head - Golden Core monk's Divine Sense. The presence is like a sword hanging above the head, but it also gives the monks on the city wall a little more confidence.
Not only the patrols, but every few sections of the city wall had an additional monk who stood with weapons and did not participate in the formation operation. Their positions seemed random, but Qin Tiexin noticed that each of the monks with weapons happened to be staring at two or three nearby positions.
Ling Shuang's reaction after receiving the news was faster than he expected.
But Wind and Snow Pass's Golden Core monks only have thirty or forty in total, and most of them are assigned to guard the towers and key nodes. I'm afraid there aren't enough to cover every position. I'm afraid these Golden Core monks don't know exactly how many people are being controlled and on which level they are hidden.
Qin Tiexin After calculation, there are hundreds of attack formations on the east city wall, and the distance between each formation ranges from a few feet to more than ten feet. Although the density of the patrol team and Golden Core monks has been increased a lot, if it is not just the low-level monks who are controlled, but also the high-level monks involved, such coverage may not be enough.
He withdrew his gaze from the direction of the tower and returned it to Han Tao and Liu Cheng.
The two of them talked as usual, moved as usual, and even their breathing rhythms were not abnormal. If it hadn't been for the severe warning, Qin Tiexin would never have thought that there was something wrong with these two people.
He lowered his eyes, placed his left hand on the handle of Edgeless, and tightened his knuckles slightly.
As noon approached, Wind and Snow Pass fell into an eerie silence.
The buzzing of Spirit Rune on the city wall, the subtle clicking sounds of Spirit Stone circulating in the array, and the suppressed breathing of the monks. These sounds were mixed together, creating an atmosphere that was more disturbing than quiet.
The formation has been adjusted long ago, and everyone's eyes are looking beyond the crenel to the end of the gray ice field.
Noon has just arrived.
There was a rustling sound coming from the depths of the Demonic Jungle.
At first it sounded like wind blowing through the treetops, but the sound became louder and denser, and finally merged into a dull tremor transmitted from the ground.
Immediately afterwards, densely packed Demon Beast poured out from the edge of the forest. Ironback Wolf, Split-Mouth Jackal, One-Eyed Lizard, Gray-Armored Rhinoceros, and more There are some Qin Tiexin deformed Demon Beast that cannot be named. Their eyes are abnormally scarlet and there is saliva hanging from the corners of their mouths. They were obviously driven here by Devil Race by some means.
Thousands of Demon Beast were spread out on the ice sheet, rushing toward Wind and Snow Pass like a dirty gray tide.
This is Devil Race's regular tactic.
Demon Beast was in the front row consuming the talisman traps and formation energy of the city defense. After the traps were cleared, the rough-skinned and fleshy Horned Demon in the back rushed up with the low-level Devil Soldier.
Demon Beast is worthless. There are many in the forest outside Wind and Snow Pass. Devil Race only needs to send a few beast masters Demon General to control them to attack the defense line.
They were driven onto the ice sheet, their hoofs and claws digging up frozen soil and broken ice, and they rolled towards Wind and Snow Pass.
The moment Demon Beast group stepped into five miles away from Wind and Snow Pass.
Boom--Boom--Boom--
The Explosion Talisman urn that Wind and Snow Pass had buried in advance on the ice sheet was triggered by Demon Beast's hoof claws, and a series of red Flame exploded on the ground.
The movement is not small but the damage is not big. The lethality of Explosion Talisman is quite effective against the thin-skinned Demon Beast, but it can only leave a scorch mark on thick-skinned beasts like Gray-Armored Rhinoceros.
But the purpose of Explosion Talisman is not to kill.
As the fire and explosions sounded, these beasts panicked, and their dense formation was broken up. The Demon Beast group that was originally driven by Devil Race and rushed straight towards Wind and Snow Pass began to split.
Some ran to the side and disappeared into the permafrost cracks on both sides of the ice sheet; some turned around and ran back, and were killed by Devil Race who was guarding the back; some plunged into the densest area of Explosion Talisman and were blown up seven or eight times in a row before falling on the dark red ice.
Blood spread on the ice sheet, and the dark red liquid flowed on the frozen soil very slowly, but over a large area. In less than a stick of incense, most of the front edge of the ice sheet was dyed red.
After the Demon Beast group rushed through the Explosion Talisman area, they immediately stepped into a deeper trap.
After Ice-Sealing Talisman was triggered, patches of white mist exploded on the ground, freezing the limbs of the Gray-Armored Rhinoceros at the front. They struggled to drag the ice shell, and were knocked down and crushed by the same kind behind them.
After Poison Vine Talisman cracked open, countless dark green vines with barbs emerged from the frozen soil. They entangled Demon Beast's legs or waist. The barbs pierced the skin and flesh, and the toxins poured in along the blood. The entangled Demon Beast screamed a few times and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth.
Half of Demon Beast fell on the charging road.
The corpses of the Demon Beast group had not yet cooled down, and tens of thousands of Horned Demon were pressing forward, following the bloody path left by their own kind and Demon Beast.
When the sound of heavy footsteps came from the forest, the entire ice field trembled slightly. One after another, Horned Demon stepped out from the edge of the forest. Each of these Horned Demon were over ten feet tall, with gray-brown skin, covered with layers of plate-like horn, and a short, short sharp horn on their foreheads.
When the first row of Horned Demon stepped onto the ice field, they stepped over the remains of Demon Beast's corpses and bloodstains without any hesitation in their movements.
Explosion Talisman and the trap symbols had been cleaned up in advance by Demon Beast. Even if they accidentally stepped on a few Explosion Talisman that were not detonated, the explosions on Horned Demon's cuticles would only leave shallow scorch marks. They didn't even bother to look down and continued to advance towards the city wall.
But Wind and Snow Pass has prepared more than just talismans.
Wind and Snow Pass On the wall, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator formed seals with his hands, and spiritual power poured out from his finger seals and poured into the array.
On the ice sheet, a Horned Demon had just stepped on the ground that had been blasted by Explosion Talisman, and a crimson formation with a diameter of half a foot suddenly lit up under its feet.
There was a loud bang, and flames spurted out from the formation, blowing up the Horned Demon and a dozen of its kind around it.
The fragments and severed limbs rolled twice in the air before landing, leaving a large, blackened pit with smoke rising on the ice.
Blazing Flame Explosive Fire Array, Foundation Establishment level Fire Element attack formation.
Devil Marshal behind them gave a low command, and Horned Demon's team did not stop. They maintained the same advancing speed, bypassing the explosion crater and the debris of the same race, and continued to approach the city wall.
Their steps were neat and heavy, and they made a dull and continuous roar when they stepped on the ice sheet. The entire city wall could feel the vibrations coming from the ground.
Qin Tiexin stood behind the crenel, having already picked up Edgeless from his leg, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his left hand. The blade was leaning against the stone wall inside the crenel, and the tip was slightly tilted. The morning light hit Edgeless's pitch-black blade without reflecting any luster.
Han Tao glanced back at him and saw that Qi Refinement Realm was holding a heavy knife in his hand and his whole body was tense. He grinned and said, "Don't be nervous, junior brother. This is just the beginning. Demon Beast and Horned Demon are both in front. The real hand-to-hand combat will have to wait until they rush within a mile. That's when we, the magic circle, will show its power."
He raised his chin towards the city. "Look at this posture, there is some fighting. In this kind of large-scale offensive and defensive battle, if you don't rush to the base of the city wall, you will use magic circles and talismans to smash each other. There are very few opportunities for close combat. That knife of yours may not be used."
After Han Tao finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the other side of the array. His movements were natural and his tone was very relaxed, no different from a normal and experienced Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator.
Qin Tiexin nodded on the surface, slightly pressing the tip of the knife down half an inch, but his left hand did not let go of the handle of the knife, and instead clasped his knuckles tighter. He looked at the gray-brown torrent on the ice sheet in the distance that was getting closer, and then glanced at Han Tao's figure with its back to him.
Can't use it?
That's not necessarily the case.