Chapter 307: Twists and turns, severed arm and head, helpless withdrawal

"Why did the underground temperature suddenly rise?"

"It's coming from the main building side. Great Xia playing tricks?"

"Doesn't look like playing tricks. This warmth seems quite comfortable!"

"The dew on my body has turned into water droplets."

"My Condensing Fire Oil hasn't been applied yet, and the dew is gone."

"Look at the corpses, the dew on the surface of the corpses has become transparent, no longer heating up."

The Xia army would collect the corpses of soldiers who died in battle, and Longshan would naturally do the same.

The corpses of soldiers who died in battle, the wounds on the living soldiers, all emitted large areas of dew. They also discovered it. Li Ying Xuan Ling immediately ordered the soldiers to take out Condensing Fire Oil to start applying it.

Longshan had left quite a bit of the Condensing Fire Oil bought from Great Xia some time ago. This time, when the main army went on an expedition, Li Ying Xuan Ling specially ordered everyone to bring it along.

Rear of the military camp, the temporary storage location for the corpses of soldiers who died in battle.

Li Ying Xuan Ling and a group of Cold-Resisting Realm experts watched with their own eyes as the dew on the surface of the corpses, which had originally turned red and heated up, slowly disappeared with the rise of temperature, turning into ordinary water droplets. Their expressions were both relaxed and carried a touch of solemnity.

"Sure enough, Great Xia's means of dealing with ghosts are much more powerful than ours. The temperature of the entire underground space has risen, and the wounds on the soldiers' bodies, as well as the dew growing on the surface of these corpses, have all disappeared."

"Not strange. Being able to take out divine objects like Condensing Fire Oil, it's not strange that Great Xia has other more powerful treasures."

"The heat source is coming from the main building. Is that treasure in the main building?"

"This can be considered as helping us solve the dew plague as well. They should have no way to control the radiation range of this heat source, otherwise, they wouldn't be so kind."

"They have more people who died in battle, and the dew infection speed is faster. If they don't solve it quickly, the dew on the surface of the corpses will explode and catch fire, and they will all have to die."

"How is second brother?"

Li Ying Xuan Ling didn't pay attention to the discussions of the people beside her, but asked about Li Xuantian's situation in a faint tone.

Not long after the temperature of the underground space rose, Li Xuantian suddenly fell into a coma.

"Still in a state of coma and not waking up. During the great battle just now, the second young master only took a knife on his back. The wound is not too deep, how could he suddenly fall into a coma?"

Meng Ying hurriedly answered, his face full of confusion.

Not only him, but the others around were also the same, clearly all feeling very puzzled about Li Xuantian's sudden coma just now.

"Send people to watch! It's fine that the dew problem is solved. Let the main army rest for the last half hour. Half an hour later, start the attack..."

"Leader Li, Xia Chuan has important matters to discuss, I hope Leader Li will give face!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling hadn't finished speaking when she was interrupted by a voice that suddenly sounded on the south side of the military camp. A group of people immediately changed their expressions and all turned to look south.

"Xia dog still dares to come over, what great courage!"

"Really treating himself as Xia Hong, leader, let me go and take him."

"No hurry, wait!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling directly waved her hand, signaling the crowd to be patient first. She stood in place with an uncertain expression for a long time, but still walked slowly toward the outside.

"I'll just go over. You notify the soldiers, ready to attack at any time."

"Yes, leader!"

After giving the last order to the crowd, Li Ying Xuan Ling walked quickly toward the south side.

The military camp didn't leave the north side of the building complex. Li Ying Xuan Ling only walked south for one kilometer before seeing Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan standing one in front of the other not far away.

Seeing Xia Chuan in black clothes not far away, his face and breathing normal, unable to see any signs of injury, a look of shock flashed across Li Ying Xuan Ling's face.

And when she noticed Chen Yingyuan in yellow clothes behind Xia Chuan, his situation was almost the same as his, Li Ying Xuan Ling immediately clenched her fists under her sleeves.

"Great Xia's healing pills actually have such miraculous effects!"

During the great battle just now, she fought Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan alone. Li Ying Xuan Ling knew very well how much damage her long sword had caused to the two.

When retreating just now, she even felt that these two were extremely likely to have no combat capability. Even if they had, the injuries she caused could also shave off most of the two people's strength. If they fought again, she had the confidence to kill the two directly.

But the two people at this moment didn't have a trace of injury.

If the two were like this, then were the other seventeen Cold-Resisting Realm experts of Great Xia counted just now also almost recovered?

Li Ying Xuan Ling's heart skipped a beat, not noticing at all that the distance between her and the two was still more than two hundred meters.

"Leader Li, the dew plague in your military camp has all disappeared, right?"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's footsteps paused. She looked up at Xia Chuan, who had a smile on his face. Her expression froze slightly, a dark color rose on her face, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Leader Li, I have already saved your Longshan once in disguise.

Li Xuantian has problems, you and I both know it well. In the battle just now, your Longshan losses should be around six hundred. If there is another time, your casualties will be even more. At that time, there is no need for my Great Xia to take action, Li Xuantian can take your lives;

Moreover, my leader is leading people to attack Longshan. Are you sure you still want to waste time here with me? There are only five or so hours left until dawn. If you lead the main army to withdraw now, walk the tunnel to return to aid Longshan, it is completely in time. But once dawn breaks, you will have no chance at all.

Leader Li, take my advice, lead the main army..."

"Are you afraid?"

Before Xia Chuan could finish speaking, Li Ying Xuan Ling suddenly opened her mouth to interrupt him.

Looking at Xia Chuan's slightly stiff expression, Li Ying Xuan Ling's eyes were full of coldness, and she said in a low voice: "Fighting to this point, do you think I will retreat?"

"Leader Li, in terms of casualties, Longshan is far inferior to Great Xia. In the battle just now, we died nearly three thousand people, and even three Cold-Resisting Realm experts were killed. Longshan's human lives are precious, and my Xia people are definitely not grass. If it weren't for knowing that continuing to fight would only let that Bai Lu Gui pick up a bargain, Xia would never come to be this lobbyist!"

Xia Chuan sold misery in the front; when mentioning that Xia people were definitely not grass in the middle, he was slightly filled with hatred; in the end, when saying that he came to be this lobbyist, his tone was full of helplessness and compromise. The words were spoken with emotion, full of sincerity. Anyone who came would probably feel that he was sincerely persuading.

After finishing this paragraph, Xia Chuan paused, his expression solemn, and continued: "Ghosts are the greatest enemies of humanity. Leader Li should be well versed in this principle. Just because Longshan killed so many of us tonight, from now on, there is absolutely no possibility of a truce or peace talks between our two families. However, even so, I only wish to clash with Longshan openly and honestly on the battlefield. In the end, no matter who wins, at most it's just changing a name for ten or so thousand people, and they will live the same way.

But the dew plague just now, Leader Li also saw it. That Bai Lu Gui has already couldn't help but take action. There are at least three thousand corpses in the main area now. Once it explodes and catches fire, Condensing Fire Oil can't suppress it, only relying on the Sacred Tripod left by my leader can suppress it. But if we continue to fight, giving Bai Lu Gui a chance, in the end, all of us will have to die here..."

"There is a way!"

"Xia, wishes to hear Leader Li's high opinion."

Xia Chuan's expression was slightly stunned, and he immediately looked at Li Ying Xuan Ling with hope.

"Hand over the Sacred Tripod you mentioned to my Longshan. In addition, all the Xia army in the main building must surrender. I can guarantee not to kill one of you. As long as Longshan is safe and sound, and Xia Hong obediently takes people to withdraw from Longyou, our two families will not cross the boundary in the future, and the well water will not offend the river water, that will be fine."

Hearing the first sentence, Xia Chuan's pupils froze slightly, but he still patiently listened to Li Ying Xuan Ling finish speaking. In the end, his face was full of hesitation and struggle, as if he was really thinking about Li Ying Xuan Ling's proposal.

"This... Sacred Tripod, surrender, it is a matter of great importance. Xia really has no right to make the decision. If Leader Li trusts me, Xia will send someone to Longshan to find my leader and ask him to decide, how about it?"

"You are playing with me!"

Roar...

Nothing much before, but hearing this last sentence, if Li Ying Xuan Ling still couldn't react, she would be too stupid. But her voice had just fallen when an extremely excited cold beast roar sounded from above her head.

"Advanced Snow Mane, how could it be!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling's expression changed suddenly. She raised her head violently to look at the iron wall above the main area. Her hunting experience was extremely rich, and she immediately distinguished that this roar was the sound of an advanced Snow Mane.

Xia Chuan's expression was stunned, and then he reacted, pulling Chen Yingyuan and turning directly to retreat toward the direction of the main building. It was just that he hadn't successfully retreated yet, when a blood light suddenly shot out from the ground, directly piercing his waist.

Pfft!

Xia Chuan was originally in a seriously injured state. Being pierced in the waist by this blood light, unable to dodge, he flew backward for fifty or sixty meters. If it weren't for Chen Yingyuan running behind him in time to catch him, he would have flown directly to Li Ying Xuan Ling's side.

Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak...

At the position on the ground that just shot out red light, a burst of subtle squeaking sounds suddenly sounded. Following that, two sharp, long fangs suddenly pierced through the ground.

You know, the entire main area of the Hive was surrounded by iron walls. Being able to pierce through from the ground proved that the owner of these fangs had pierced through the iron wall layer that was more than ten meters thick underground.

Gnawing Rats could gnaw through the iron wall layer, which was nothing.

The key was that they had been talking for so long, and didn't hear any movement at all.

This was the most terrifying thing!

Xia Chuan, Chen Yingyuan, including Li Ying Xuan Ling not far opposite, the three of them all stared at the pair of fangs on the ground with solemn expressions, not daring to blink their eyes.

Rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle...

A golden Gnawing Rat head, ten or so centimeters wide, pierced directly out of the ground. Two blood-colored pupils the size of beans turned a few times, first scanning the three people on the left and right, and then the gaze turned directly toward the direction of the main building.

Its pupils were full of desire and greed. Clearly, there was something in that main building that had an extremely strong attraction to it.

Roar... roar... roar...

At the same time, more and more cold beast roars came from the top of the main area.

This time, not only Xia Chuan and Chen Yingyuan, but Li Ying Xuan Ling's expression opposite also changed.

"Bad, Frost Wolves, Snow Manes, Magic Sheep, all followed the tunnel down!"

Xia Chuan, at this moment, had a face full of fear.

He let Watching Yue Feng light the Sacred Tripod, one was to suppress the dew plague; the second was to disperse the white mist created by Bai Lu Gui on the ground, letting the cold beasts on the ground disperse.

The Sacred Tripod would attract cold beasts, he naturally knew.

But he didn't know that the attraction was actually so high.

Gnawing Rats originally lived underground and were naturally good at digging holes. Being attracted over wasn't strange. But other cold beasts didn't live underground. They actually also followed the tunnel and found their way down.

More than a hundred meters underground, those advanced cold beasts could also sense it.

These were advanced cold beasts. One or two were enough to suffer.

Judging from the movement coming from the top, I'm afraid there were more than ten.

Advanced cold beasts all had small body types. The main area barrier had just been broken open by Gnawing Rats in many places. Those tunnel entrances were about one meter in diameter, completely enough to accommodate them coming in.

Moreover, as long as the Sacred Tripod was always in a burning state, the cold beasts around would be attracted over, so the longer the time, the greater the number would be.

If all these came in, then everyone would be finished.

Must quickly extinguish the Sacred Tripod.

No, there was another way!

A thought suddenly flashed through Xia Chuan's mind. He turned his head to look at the Longyou Army camp behind Li Ying Xuan Ling, a look of ferocity flashing in his eyes.

"Chen Yingyuan, go, quickly return to the main building!"

Xia Chuan no longer had the ability to move, and could only walk with Chen Yingyuan's support, so as soon as he opened his mouth, Chen Yingyuan immediately took him and ran toward the direction of the main building.

Ssh...

That advanced Gnawing Rat was three or four times faster than the two. It directly broke open the ground, turned into a golden light, and rushed toward the direction of the main building.

"Big brother, lead the main army to take action, directly attack the main building, quick!"

Chen Yingyuan hadn't gone far supporting Xia Chuan when he heard Li Ying Xuan Ling's angry shout from behind. At the same time, a violent sword sound came from behind. Chen Yingyuan's expression changed suddenly, and he immediately took Xia Chuan and ran wildly toward the direction of the main building.

"You two are both in a seriously injured state, all pretending, just to drag out time just now, wanting to lead people to escape, dreaming!"

Thanks to Xia Chuan always controlling the distance, although Li Ying Xuan Ling reacted very quickly, she still didn't catch up at the first moment. The two narrowly escaped into the main army inside the outer perimeter of the main building.

"Xia Chuan, the Longyou Army has already come over, don't think about leading people to run!"

Xia Chuan, who had been pretending for a long time, finally couldn't hold on at this moment. He turned his head with a pale face to stare at Li Ying Xuan Ling, looked at the Longyou Army rushing over quickly behind her, and scolded angrily: "Li Ying Xuan Ling, can't you hear the sounds of those advanced cold beasts above your head? They are about to come in. Now leading the Longyou Army to withdraw still has hope. You continue to drag it out like this, both our families will have to die here!"

Li Ying Xuan Ling stood on the outer perimeter of the main building's main army, her expression without a trace of movement. Looking at Xia Chuan, she said lightly: "These advanced cold beasts are all attracted by that Sacred Tripod, right? You have a way to solve it, I won't let you go!"

After saying this, she paused, and continued: "If the Longyou Army is all folded here today, don't think about running one. Simply burn with jade and stone. Longshan has many Cold-Resisting Realm experts. Once those advanced cold beasts come in, at worst I'll take them and run. You Great Xia's twenty-plus Cold-Resisting Realm experts all die here, in the end, you will still be driven out of Longyou by us!"

Seeing this Li Ying Xuan Ling becoming more and more crazy, Xia Chuan's expression was also incomparably tangled.

The Longyou Army had already leaned over, only three or four hundred meters away from the main building. If they fought at this time, then everyone would really be on a dead end.

Bang...

That advanced Gnawing Rat that just pierced through the ground had already climbed to the top floor of the main building at this moment, clearly wanting to get close to the Cold Ruins Tripod. Several injured Cold-Resisting Realm experts of Great Xia had already started fighting with it.

He had ordered Watching Yue Feng to open the passage between the top of the main building and the ground before he went to find Li Ying Xuan Ling. At this moment, Watching Yue Feng should have led people along the passage to escape to the ground, but Great Xia had a total of nearly six thousand people, and it certainly wouldn't be that fast in a short time.

This was also why he deliberately went to find Li Ying Xuan Ling to drag out time.

Just realized that advanced cold beasts were coming in, his plan was not to extinguish the fire, so that Li Ying Xuan Ling would definitely lead the Longyou Army to withdraw from the underground. Wait until the Great Xia side had escaped as many as possible, and extinguish the fire at the last moment.

But who knew, Li Ying Xuan Ling was actually so crazy, eating that he had a way to deal with advanced cold beasts. Not only did she not withdraw, but she also directly led the main army to press up in advance.

Extinguish the Sacred Tripod's fire, Bai Lu Gui would take action;

Don't extinguish, advanced cold beasts would come in immediately.

The problem was, regardless of whether it was extinguished or not, this crazy woman Li Ying Xuan Ling clearly didn't intend to let it go, and must drag them to die here.

Xia Chuan, at this moment, was not in a dilemma, but whatever he did was useless.

"Crazy, crazy, you crazy woman, my big brother has already broken down Longshan at this moment, what can you do by fighting us all out here?"

"Break down Longshan? Joke, Xia Hong's strength is strong, but just relying on him, just relying on those 1000 Cloud Dragon Army soldiers of yours, wanting to break down Longshan, dreaming..."

"Dreaming, 1000 Cloud Dragon Army soldiers certainly can't break down Longshan, but what if we add the Earth-Digging Realm experts of the seven families: Zhaoyang, Changning, Songyuan, Bai Yuan, Dongkang, Xiling, and Yucheng?"

Suddenly, a voice that everyone was incomparably familiar with came from the top of the main building.

"Yu Wentao is back!"

"Grand Coordinator Director Yu Wen's voice."

Xia Chuan, Chen Yingyuan, Yuan Cheng, Qiu Peng, Lin Kai, etc., the group of Great Xia Cold-Resisting Realm experts, including all the Earth-Digging Realm experts below, immediately heard who it was.

Yu Wentao, in black clothes and carrying a broad sword, held a strong bow, first shot away the advanced Gnawing Rat that was entangled with Yuan Cheng and others, then took a package from behind, threw it into the air, pulled out an iron arrow, aimed at a building directly in front of the Longyou main army, and shot it directly.

Thud...

The package opened in the air, and a head and a severed arm scattered from it. The iron arrow accurately hit the two targets, directly nailing the head and the severed arm to the top of that building.

"That head is... Li Xuankong?"

"Lord Xuankong? Wasn't he guarding Longshan?"

"Didn't you hear? Great Xia's leader took 1000 Cloud Dragon Army soldiers to attack Longshan!"

"That severed arm, whose is it?"

The severed arm and head entered the field of vision of all the Longyou main army soldiers. The crowd immediately distinguished the identity of the owner of that head.

Many soldiers who were a bit smarter had already noticed the words Yu Wentao said just now, and most of the soldiers focused their eyes on that severed arm.

That severed arm was covered with white sleeves, dotted with silver thread patterns, and one could tell it was very precious at a glance. Although the severed arm was dyed red with blood, one could still see the wrinkled state of the skin. The owner was clearly very old.

"That arm is father's..."

"Stupid, shut up for me!"

Li Xuanping hadn't finished speaking when he was angrily interrupted by Li Ying Xuan Ling.

However, the Longyou soldiers were not stupid. Even without this sentence from Li Xuanping, many people saw who the owner of that severed arm was through that white sleeve.

"That arm is Ancestor Tiancheng's!"

"Ancestor Tiancheng, arm was severed, Longshan is in trouble."

"Longshan was broken down by Xia Hong leading people?"

"1000 Cloud Dragon Army soldiers, how could they break down Longshan?"

"Didn't you hear? That person just said, the Earth-Digging Realm experts of the seven families: Zhaoyang, Changning, Songyuan, Bai Yuan, Dongkang, Xiling, and Yucheng all helped him."

"Longshan's iron pile wall is indeed powerful, but it's a pity that hearts are turned away. The three families of Changning, Songyuan, and Yucheng rebelled, plus there was an inside response, and the iron pile wall was broken down in just one night.

Li Tiancheng has already been severed of one arm by my leader, and the five Cold-Resisting Realm experts left in your base have also been beheaded by one, and three have been seriously injured.

At this moment, Li Tiancheng is leading the remaining hundred-plus thousand people, using human lives to block my leader. Li Ying Xuan Ling, surrender, Longshan has already been defeated. From now on, Longyou is my Great Xia's territory."

While the Longyou soldiers were having discussions, Yu Wentao's voice sounded again from above the main building at the right time.

These words of Yu Wentao, combined with Li Tiancheng's severed arm and Li Xuankong's head on the wall, instantly pierced the psychological defense of the Longyou Army soldiers.

"The base was broken down, what are we still fighting here for?"

"Go back, hurry back to Longshan, my family is still there."

"The three families of Changning, Songyuan, and Yucheng were forcibly annexed by Longshan after the leader was killed. The Earth-Digging Realm experts of the three families originally had resentment in their hearts. Once there is external force support, there is really a possibility of rebellion."

"Back to Longshan, can't continue to stay here!"

"There are four hours until dawn, there is a chance to go back, leader."

"Leader, the base cannot be lost, withdraw the army!"

Not only did the soldiers ask to withdraw the army and return to aid Longshan, but even several Cold-Resisting Realm experts on the side couldn't help but speak.

Li Ying Xuan Ling clenched her fists tightly. Turning her head to look at the Great Xia main building close at hand, although her expression was full of struggle and unwillingness, she finally loosened her fists and said slowly: "Withdraw the army!"

After saying this, her expression immediately withered a lot, as if saying these two words had already drained all the strength in her body.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 308 =====