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Chapter 212 Breaking the Queen

Lingta and the other person crossed their swords and both of them burst into flames, barely blocking Huabi's first attack. The next moment, a sudden attack from Texas's sword rain covered the place where the inner guards were standing, trying to block the enemy's movement with the next attack from the two.

There was a flash of darkness, and Texas's entire body of alert senses burst into an unprecedented tingling sensation. She immediately leaped back to create some distance, and in a short period of time she launched a rain of swords again, gathering the tips of her two swords to collide with the pitch-black spear. The next moment, the pitch-black sword rain light was shattered by the spear, and her leaping backwards movement was caught. A pitch-black claw emerged from the pitch-black magic, and when it grabbed, white light shone brightly, like snow meeting the spring sun. The pitch-black substance was quickly dissolved, leaving only a bone claw formed by the essence of the magic. Texas fought hard to defeat half of the attack, and then a figure defeated the subsequent attacks for her.

It was Tallulah. A shrill scream passed by her ears. The dragon girl caught the staggering Rupert, turned around and swung her sword, which brought up a wave far more fiery than the white flames. However, her target was not the inner guards, but the Ursus army that was about to charge out from both sides.

"Ugh!"

"Don't retreat! Such an attack can't kill us in one fell swoop!"

“Then get away from here!” Ling Dengxian swung out white flames, which strangled the limbs of everyone in the first row like a python and threw them out with force, and then the flames dissipated without any further power.

It had no effective killing power and could only delay and deter. Facing the well-trained Ursus army, the latter had basically no effect and was far less terrifying than Tallulah's fire.

But the person that Neiwei Huabi fears the most is actually him.

Texas's whole body was in great pain from the counterattack of the inner guards, and her eyes were full of resentment. In terms of physical skills alone, Ling Dengxian was not as good as her, but unexpectedly, because of the unknown restraint of Bai Yan, she and Tallulah were able to fight against the powerful enemy in front of them, while she herself could not make any achievements...

Then give up the attack and instead focus on containment.

Texas is a very wise fighter. She can find out where her sword should fall in the fastest time.

"Get past this Luper! Go after the infected that are left behind!"

“Don’t even think about it.” The blue-black figure turned into a storm of sword light to intercept crossbows and spears, blocking the main road leading out of the village.

She couldn't stop everyone, but if she wanted to pass through this nearest route, she would have to go through her heavy rain of swords!

"The fighting has started! Go home quickly!" The sudden change happened. The Ursus civilians were unaware of the situation, and no official person informed them in advance to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression.

They haven't dared to contact the authorities for a long time.

"White Dove!" Talulah looked at him while swinging her sword, signaling him that the ordinary infected warriors should retreat, and they would not have to take the risk of continuing to resist the powerful enemy.

"Okay." Ling Dengxian's sword glowed, and Huabi made a cautious and tentative horizontal strike. Unexpectedly, the seemingly broad sword light collapsed at the touch. Huabi reacted quickly and immediately realized his intention. Naturally, he did not intend to let him go so easily. But before he could take advantage of the victory, the remaining sword light suddenly showed a line of white light. Huabi tensed up and immediately slashed out the second time while changing the direction of his attack.

However, that line of white light was not white flame, it was just the remnant of sword light that was affected and emitted light unexpectedly. Ling Dengxian was not yet able to control the white flame to such an extent.

"Hmph..." The inner guard, whose own caution slowed down his efforts to retain the man, did not feel too much regret. Being behind for just a moment was no big deal. Ling Dengxian was caught up and was stabbed by the sword directly at his neck.

There was a sudden loud clanging explosion, and Ling Dengxian roared in pain as he was smashed into the frozen ground by the powerful force of the inner guard. The intense pain on his back and the numbness from losing strength spread to his limbs. He could only hold on to the red lotus in his hand and defend the blade.

"White dove!" Tallulah's pupils shrank and she rushed out, but the sound of breaking wind was heard, and falling snow began at this moment, but it was pitch black. An inner guard rushed out silently from the side and used all his strength to stop the human-shaped disaster of the Integration Movement.

"Anything else? Get out of here!"

The sharp edge pierced the air unsteadily. Huabi turned his head to see through Texas's movements, retracted his gaze, smashed the scabbard to interrupt the sword light, and the burst of power injured her, then he turned his attention back to the boy under the knife.

Ling Dengxian didn't understand. Huabi had seen him fight against evil spirits. It would be normal for him not to press him step by step when he knew that he had a trump card.

He didn't know whether the other party had seen through the fact that he couldn't activate the White Crown again in a short period of time, but the fact before him was undoubtedly that his situation was extremely dangerous.

"Get out of the way!" A single sharp blade could not stop an angry fighter. The terrifying flames and superb swordsmanship broke through the inner guards' obstruction. Tallulah leaped up while running, and a sword brought down a complicated mood. The powerful inner guards growled, let go of Ling Dengxian and counterattacked accurately. The dark snow tore at the invisible fire, and the rising momentum was frustrated. Tallulah was beaten back head-on.

"What... this power..." Tallulah's eyes flashed with surprise as she realized that the power was not on the same level as the inner guard she had just fought with, but she did not lose her composure.

Ling Dengxian did not waste the opportunity created by the leader. He immediately broke free from the control of the inner guards. His body was still a little numb, but it did not hinder his movements.

"Leader! Retreat now!"

The consensus that had been reached long ago was responded to at this moment. The injured Texas did not give them any extra worries. The sword rain was launched for the third time, but the target was not the inner guards, but the snow-covered trees on both sides of the village. Wood chips and snow dust flew everywhere, and the fallen tree trunks fell down, but were held up by the powerful Hundred Battles Vanguard. The paintbrush and another inner guard shot out, but what fell before their eyes was everything melting.

The snow melted into the soil, the rocks cracked, and an invisible and terrifying flame rushed towards them. This time, Tallulah attacked without reservation, and large areas of land were affected. The Inner Guards could not ignore this terrible flame, even if it was invisible and colorless. They still had to protect the soldiers who came with them and the villagers who had not yet been convicted.

A gray color first appeared, and then quickly deepened into black. The area was compressed to one side. Huabi and his colleagues put up a defense together to meet the burning. The loud noise of the explosion resounded through the sky, and the forest that served as an escape shelter was also destroyed by the shock wave. Ling Dengxian's heart tightened, and he looked back. In the vision distorted by the high temperature, the scarlet eyes met his eyes.

wrong!

Ling Dengxian finally realized that the target of their action this time was not Tallulah, the leader of the Integration Movement, but him!

The reason is not difficult to guess. Bai Yan poses too great a threat to the country, and he happens to be integrating the movement.

And Talulah was probably still just making a tentative arrest, because her strength was not at the same level as Ling Dengxian, and the idea of ​​capturing with a small number of elite troops was too naive. She had just proved this fact to them with fire.

"The hunter will meet me in another location. You arrange the team to pursue... and judge these criminals." Huabi turned to his colleague and quickly explained the task.

"clear."

The brush nodded, leaped up and started chasing the Empire's target again, while the remaining inner guards designated the attack plan for the Hundred Battles Vanguards, walked towards the village, and ordered in a low voice: "Come out... I won't say it a second time."

The breath of death forced the civilians to walk out of the house and look up at the inner guards in fear.

"Sir, officer, we didn't harbor any infected people. Look, we killed them all!"

"Hiss... huh... let's put this matter aside for now. You guys, don't seem to have mentioned another matter that has been put aside for a long time?"

"Master, master, master! We, we don't know anything!"

"Hiss... huh... Where is the minister who came to your place to secretly investigate the movements of infected slaves a year ago now?"

"Master! We really don't know——"

"Puff!" Instead of a simple and neat beheading, the guard stabbed the villager in the chest in a threatening manner. The guard dragged the villager who was still struggling and howling, and walked towards the open space in the center of the village without saying a word. The others were terrified, but dared not not follow. The guard raised his hand to dislocate his jaw, took the farm tool and nailed him to a pillar nearby, then turned around to look at the people who were shaking like chaff, and sneered again:

"I forgot to state this beforehand. We have already confirmed the facts this time. We even know exactly where that poor man was buried...hiss...huh. It's just that according to the laws of the Empire, the final trial has been moved to this point. You have to confess your guilt in person. That's all."

"Those who participated should be tried, those who protected them should be sentenced to death, and those who did not participate should be given a lighter sentence."

The case of murdering a state official for money was closed, and the Internal Security Bureau did not mention the infected people at all, neither denying their actions... nor confirming them.

The pursuit battle on the other side finally ushered in Ling's decision.

"Leader! We're going to be caught up at this rate!"

"Shut up!" The silver-haired dragon girl said without even turning her head.

"I haven't said it yet!"

"Everyone knows what you are going to do in this situation! I won't allow it. I've already put you in danger once before, and I can't let you take risks again!"

"Leader, prioritize!"

"I know! Wait until we get out of here--"

When the crisis came, the two men drew their swords at the same time to resist the sudden attack from behind. Ling Dengxian deliberately slowed down a step, shouted and burst out white flames to push away the distance between the pursuing brush and them. Rupert attacked, but was blocked by the inner guard again and was injured in the counterattack.

"Pay attention here!" Ling Dengxian rushed over and blocked his attack on Texas with a sword. Texas turned around and slashed with his sword to hit the inner guard's hunting knife. The three of them burst into a power struggle, and it ended with the victory of Painting Brush.

Ling Dengxian, whose bones were aching from the recoil of a block, stood in front of Texas. The latter finally couldn't resist the double blow of his unhealthy physical condition and injuries and barely managed to stand, gasping for breath, and his vision began to become a little blurry.

"Go!" Ling Dengxian didn't even look back, and white flames rose up to try to intimidate the enemy.

"...You are a little self-righteous." Texas was very angry.

"Tallulah!"

"……I……"

"Please, take her away! I'll follow you!"

"White Dove!" Flames suddenly burst out of Texas' eyes, and he was furious.

"If you have any opinions, talk to me later! Your body won't allow you to fight anymore!"

"Tallulah!! You have to make a decision. The Reunion cannot just be Mr. Patriot! Ursus' soldiers won't wait!"

"Chi Yu!"

The silent black wolf responded to Ling Dengxian's call and ran out of the snowy forest. Pain flashed across her eyes, but she could not do anything out of the ordinary.

At this moment, she "can only" do what an excellent large black wolf can do.

“…Ms. Xuanlang, I’m sorry.” Tallulah also stood behind her, her expression showing both repressed and unwillingness.

The dark emotion in Texas' eyes almost turned into actual murderous intent at the last moment before he was controlled and taken away by the Black Wolf, but it gradually faded in the thickening snow and wind.

White flame wings condensed on the boy's back again, and he fought hard against the powerful enemy, changing the direction of the battlefield and escaping from the fight.