C2214 A storm is brewing in the village
C2214 A storm is brewing in the village
It was not just this small village. Floating in the air, Xia Lei also saw Lava City, who was not very far away. However, the city gave him a shocking feeling.
The flow of the Lava City's moat was not water, but lava. Behind the Lava City, about 100 to 200 kilometers away stood a huge volcano. On top of the mountain, the volcano's vents were emitting burning red magma. The sky above the volcano was also filled with dense volcanic clouds, forming a huge black mass.
Under normal circumstances, this place would not be able to host the attack, but the volcanic ash and poisonous gas were not able to invade this place. Lava City's energy shield had sealed off the volcanic ash from invading, and also protected the surrounding villages.
Not only did the active volcano not affect the life of the people here, but because the existence of the volcano provided an inexhaustible geothermal energy. The plants here grew better, and the cycle of harvesting was also shorter than in other places. Elsewhere, only a single crop could grow two, and the yield was high.
The sulfur ore produced by the volcano was also a great resource here, bringing an endless amount of money to the Lava City. This was also the reason why the overall strength of Lava City was far greater than his overall strength.
Xia Lei brought Cao Ji and landed in a forest at the entrance of the village. Then, he and Cao Ji walked out of the forest and entered the village.
This village was close to the Lava City, and strangers would occasionally pass by the village to go to the Lava City. Therefore, Cao Ji's and Xia Lei's arrival didn't arouse the villagers' suspicion. A few of them roared at Xia Lei, as if they smelt something unusual. This type of doe was similar to the humans of Earth, but it was bigger. The skinnier dog was also twice the size of a bulldog and had stronger attack power. His body was pitch black. Hair, eyes blood-red, very much like a hellhound.
Cao Ji stopped at a tree in the middle of the village. "Boss, I was the one who met the old farmer here, and used twenty Black Gold Coins to buy his bag of Holy Maiden Fruits."
told him to call the boss by his name in the forest, calling him Dragon King Majesty in a hostile village was definitely not a wise choice.
Xia Lei said: "Take the portrait I gave you to the village and ask if anyone knows who that old farmer is. I will also look around the village and meet up at the stone bridge at the end of the village in an hour."
"Yes." Cao Ji left right after.
Xia Lei did not immediately take action, but instead, quietly observed the surrounding environment. He awakened the ability of sensing energy, and then used his eyes to capture the remaining soul energy in the air. Very quickly, a few afterimages of souls appeared in his mind. There was an old man, a child, and even a young man and woman. They were still, some vague. This was because the residual soul energy had evaporated.
However, he was unable to find the old farmer even after constructing all the images of his soul. He had actually noticed Cao Ji, staring at the tree trunk, his posture made it seem like he was talking to a person sitting at the foot of the tree. The Snakeskin man was born with a sinister personality, so the strength of her soul was much stronger than other races. Therefore, the image of Cao Ji's soul was the clearest out of all the constructed soul images.
"Cao Ji's soul image is so clear. Putting aside the characteristics of the Snakeskin man, I can tell that it didn't take him long to buy the Saintess' Fruit from that farmer. I can see Cao Ji's soul image, but I can't see that farmer. After finishing the reconstruction of the soul shadow, Xia Lei thought of something.
In the dilapidated temple in Gold City, Xia Lei guessed that the farmer had hypnotized Cao Ji and planted the dream in his brain. The farmer's goal was to use Cao Ji to send him a message regarding the fragment. This was all planned by the farmer.
If he could find that farmer, he would be able to obtain more information and clues. But now it seemed that the mysterious old farmer didn't want to meet him. Otherwise, that old farmer wouldn't even be able to remove the remaining soul energy and aura.
All of the soul figures disappeared. At this moment, Xia Lei suddenly remembered something and his gaze shifted towards the direction that Cao Ji had been staring at. There was a flat black rock, and because there were a lot of people sitting there, its surface was very smooth. Apart from this feature, there was nothing else. It looked like an ordinary stone used as a bench.
His gaze fell onto the flat rock, and very quickly, the image of the bottom of the rock entered Xia Lei's line of sight. He then flipped the stone over, and at the bottom of the stone was carved a line of text: See you there, Doomsday City.
This passage of text was not written in night watcher's language, nor was it written in blue moon man's Blue Moon language. The Chinese characters engraved on the stone were very neat, a standard cube. It was as if they were printed on a printer, with no traces of carving.
"So it turns out that you had already expected me to come here to find you, and thus you had left a message for this Doomsday City to meet. Who the hell are you? What have you got to do with that mission? " Xia Lei thought in his heart. His heart had already flown to the Doomsday City. He couldn't wait to see the farmer and find the answer in him.
An ear-splitting hoof trampling suddenly came from the entrance of the village, Xia Lei retracted his train of thought and looked towards the entrance of the village. It was just then that a squadron of horsemen, perhaps fifty in number, entered the village, riding the same ghost horses. The armor was the same color as the lava, the shining sharp lances of the riders, this group of cavalry from Lava City was majestic.
"All who can fight must come with us!" The leader of the riders shouted, "That bitch from Ember City dares to kill our young master Xue Yue in public. We want revenge! This time, the mayor of Blood City will personally go to war! "
This news stirred up a storm in the village, and the peaceful village could no longer be at peace.
Some of the women had anxious faces, some of them young wives, some of them mothers who raised their sons. They didn't want their husbands and children to go to war at all, because once they were on the battlefield, whether they could come back or not, only the heavens could decide.
There was no longer any value in continuing the investigation here, Xia Lei followed the stream that flowed through the little village and headed towards the stone arch bridge at the end of the village.
The fifty cavalrymen quickly dispersed, searching from house to house, and then forcefully took them away. The village was filled with the cries of women and children.
This was not something an ordinary person could understand. Xia Lei was not surprised at all that he was about to launch a war for revenge. However, right now, he still could not guess whether Blood City's City Lord would first attack the Ember City or the blood-crystal ore in the north-western region.
"Two out of two hundred thousand of the Lava City's army have died. They are about to start a new war soon. Could it be that he gave the secrets of the blood-crystal ore to some big shot of the Black Sun Empire, and obtained support so he dared to initiate a war for revenge? " Thinking about this, Xia Lei also increased his speed, he had to take Cao Ji away.
These cavalrymen were able to capture even the night watcher's villagers, let alone a Snakeskin man?
Xia Lei listened in on the conversations of the cavalry as he walked.
"I heard that the old man from Ember City is dead."
"Master of Lonely-night City? It's good that she died. It must be that Blood Moon Young Master's Heroic Spirit that found him and killed him! "
"The Ember City is dead this time, does that bitch Nightingale think she can take over that blood-crystal ore? "She was delusional. Our old City Lord had already sent the news to the King of the Western Region. It is said that the King of the Western Region has personally led a great army of five hundred thousand soldiers!"
"Five hundred thousand troops are enough to raze Ember City to the ground!"
"We need to increase our speed. I estimate that when the Old City Lord returns from the Western Territory, we will set off."
"I want to avenge my younger brother. He died in the battle at the mine!"
night watcher was competitive, not only were they killing and plundering other seeds, they were also fighting internally, so it was not strange for these Lava City cavalry soldiers to yearn for war so much.
When these words reached Xia Lei's ears, he let out a cold snort in his heart, "Fuck, I had originally wanted to take Cao Ji away to the Lava City for a beheading operation, to get rid of that Blood City Lord, but I didn't expect that he actually wasn't in the Lava City. Furthermore, Western Territory King, as long as you dare to steal my blood-crystal ore and harm the woman I promised to protect, I will kill you! "
Before they had even reached the stone arch bridge, Xia Lei saw Cao Ji's back figure. He was also speeding up his escape, obviously realizing the danger he was in.
"Who is that? Stop right there!" One of the cavalrymen discovered Cao Ji who was rushing on his way.
Cao Ji did not stop and walked towards the stone arch bridge quickly.
"It seems to be a Snakeskin man. Fuck, stop right there!" The rider rode on his spirit stallion and chased. When he neared Cao Ji's back, he stabbed the rider's spear at Cao Ji's back.
A rock flew out from Xia Lei's hand and struck the back of the cavalry member's head ruthlessly. With a groan, the night watcher cavalry soldier fell down from the ghost horse's back.
Cao Ji also reacted at that time, he took a step back, and his shoulder struck the body of the sprinting Ghost Horse.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" The ghost horse lost its balance and crashed to the ground.
Cao Ji saw Xia Lei and quickly ran over.
Xia Lei suddenly felt that his attack just now was unnecessary. Without his help, Cao Ji would probably be able to take care of that cavalry soldier. After all, he was an explorer that travelled across the horizon. If he did not even have this little bit of fighting strength, he might not be able to survive until now.
"Boss, I didn't find the old farmer. Also, we need to leave this place, the Lava City's cavalry are here to capture and enlist the troops. " Cao Ji spoke very quickly, as if he was in a hurry.
"There's no need to search. Let's go." Xia Lei grabbed Cao Ji's belt and leaped up, disappearing into the sky in the blink of an eye.
It wasn't the first time he had flown with his men, but only beauties could sit on his back. That was his first class seat. For a man like Cao Ji, he could only sit in the warehouse.