Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 246: Xueyuan Pass

She turned to look at Chu Shizhao, "Young Master, the faint glow of the talisman stone and the energy core of the corpse puppet are probably caused by those evil cultists."

Chu Shizhao nodded coldly. How could he not know that it was the Dark Night Cult's doing.

Among those surging refugees, there were already members of the Dark Night Cult.

Chu Shizhao narrowed his eyes and whispered, "The combination of mechanical technology and talisman stone, the Dark Night Cult's hand is getting bigger and bigger."

He stroked the jade pendant with his fingers and felt a slight pain in the palm of his hand, as if there was an invisible force pulling him.

At this moment, a riot suddenly broke out among the refugees.

Dozens of corpse puppets suddenly tore off the disguised human skin, revealing a mechanical body with gears and bones under the rotten flesh.

They roared and pounced on the city wall, their sharp claws scratching through the black iron, sparks flying.

Li Batian roared, swung the mechanism box at his waist and smashed it hard to the ground.

"Collapse of the mountain!"

"I'm going to smash you bugs to death!"

Veins bulged on Li Batian's forehead, his face full of the fierceness of a humble military commander.

He glanced at Chu Shizhao.

"Your Highness, did you see that?"

"I modified this thing using meteorite iron. Isn't it powerful enough?"

Chu Shizhao nodded slightly, but his eyes did not leave the city wall.

He stretched out his hand and placed his palm against the rune on the wall, and the shadow of the underground blood-feeding machine hub emerged.

Then he pointed his sword at the southwest corner and said in a deep voice: "At 3:30 pm, there is an energy gap at the Zhen position!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Qinghuang had already taken action.

The chain crossbow was swung out, and the icy arrow hit the gap accurately. Just as a Dark Night Cult spy was about to activate the self-destruct mechanism, he was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture and shattered with a snap.

"Young Master, you have good eyesight!"

Huo Qinghuang chuckled.

She shook off the ice chips on the crossbow, but her eyes involuntarily fell on Chu Shizhao's jade pendant.

That familiar scent lingered in her heart again.

However, the crisis is not over.

Among the rescued refugees, an old woman suddenly staggered forward, ripped open her clothes, revealing the scarlet blood-feeding rune on her chest.

The "baby" in her arms suddenly opened its eyes, its chest popped open, and hundreds of poisoned gears shot out like a rainstorm.

These bastards from the Dark Night Cult have the most tricks, and many of them are so unpredictable.

Fortunately, Huo Qinghuang reacted very quickly. He rolled over to avoid the fatal blow, and then the flying claws in his sleeves shot out, hooked the old woman's neck and pulled her hard.

With a click, the old woman's head tilted, and a bunch of puppet silk was pulled out from her spine, and scarlet blood splattered all over the ground.

"Fuck, you dare to use an old woman as a weapon!"

The most troublesome thing is that those beasts from the Dark Night Cult will take innocent people and manipulate them to be their puppets and do things for them.

Become their murder weapon.

These refugees are pitiful.

But Chu Shizhao and others had no solution.

Once the poison of the Dark Night Cult seeps in, they will not be able to get rid of it, not to mention that there are so many refugees and countless people who have been manipulated.

Even if they wanted to save their lives, it would be unlikely.

Because if they are spared, they might be the next to die.

And it is very difficult to remove those poisons.

We must have the antidote pills from the Dark Night Cult.

Or a detoxification method.

However, at this time, it was simply unrealistic for them to detoxify.

Besides, detoxification requires a process, and with the current chaos, there is no chance at all.

Huo Qinghuang spat, and when he retracted his flying claws, a fishy wind was brought up.

She stood up, her face livid, and glanced at Chu Shizhao: "Young Master, these beasts really don't treat people as human beings!"

Chu Shizhao remained silent.

He squatted down, picked up a fallen poisonous gear, and crushed it lightly with his fingertips, turning the gear into powder.

He whispered, "The Dark Night Cult's methods are becoming more and more despicable."

While clearing the battlefield, Li Batian punched the broken city wall.

Unexpectedly, the aftershock of this punch activated the secret compartment in the wall, and an ice crystal mirror slowly rose up.

There are all kinds of mechanisms everywhere.

Several people were exhausted.

In the mirror, the figures of Huo Qinghuang and Chu Shizhao standing side by side were clearly visible.

Then, a familiar female voice came from the mirror: "Under the snow abyss, the twins are reunited."

Huo Qinghuang touched the mirror with her fingers.

In an instant, memories pierced her mind like a knife - twenty years ago, she personally sent one of the twins into the Mechanical Tomb, and the blood stained her armor red.

She staggered back, her face as pale as paper, and murmured, "How is it possible...I actually..."

Seeing this, Chu Shizhao quickly supported her and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

But Huo Qinghuang just shook his head, his lips trembling and unable to speak.

Li Batian widened his eyes and looked at Chu Shizhao with confusion.

"Your Highness, what the hell is this?"

Li Batian took a breath and subconsciously tightened the mace in his hand.

"What the hell is this? Why does it look so much like the young master? Could it be the young master's...twin brother?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the black shadow flash and jump out from the light column and land steadily on the top of the armillary sphere.

He looked down at everyone from above.

He spoke slowly, "Chu Shizhao, long time no see."

Chu Shizhao's heart sank suddenly.

"Who are you?"

The dark shadow laughed towards the sky.

"Who am I? Don't you remember me?"

"I am the person closest to you, your...brother!"

Having said that, he paused slightly and looked at Chu Shizhao again.

"Or, would you rather call me... Master?"

Seeing the other party being so rude, Huo Qinghuang on the side immediately wanted to teach this guy a lesson.

Chu Shizhao stopped her and then looked at the guy.

"What do you mean?"

The shadow sneered.

"What do you mean?"

"It's simple. Your life is mine."

"Shouldn't it be right for me to let you call me Master?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed again, turning into a black shadow and rushing towards Chu Shizhao's throat.

Seeing the other party suddenly attack, Chu Shizhao quickly dodged to the side.

The two figures intertwined.

Although Chu Shizhao had the blessing of Mo Tong and was able to predict the attack trajectory of the black shadow, the black shadow's speed and strength were far beyond that of ordinary people, and every move was fatal, making it difficult for him to deal with it.

"Master, be careful!"

Huo Qinghuang on the side exclaimed and immediately stepped forward to help.

"do not come!"

Chu Shizhao directly stopped the other party with a stern voice.

Although Huo Qinghuang is quite powerful, he is injured after all.

With the strength of this guy in front of him, the injured Huo Qinghuang could never be his opponent.

He has been alone outside for so many years, and now he finally meets a "relative" who has some relationship with his mother. He doesn't want to lose him so soon.

Here, the battle between Chu Shizhao and the black shadow is still going on.

On the surface, Chu Shizhao seemed to be at a disadvantage, but in fact, from the beginning to the end, Chu Shizhao had been stalling for time so as to find the opponent's flaws. However, the shadow on the opposite side was not a fool.

As the fight between the two continued, the other party seemed to realize Chu Shizhao's intention.

However, even though he saw through Chu Shizhao's thoughts, the other party still looked disdainful.

"What? Still struggling?"

"Give up, your fate has already been determined, you are destined to become my puppet!"

"Why bother!"

As the black shadow's voice fell.

The next moment, the blood-red sword in his hand suddenly shone brightly, and a powerful suction force locked Chu Shizhao firmly.

Chu Shizhao only felt that his body was flying towards the black shadow uncontrollably, and the jade pendant in his hand began to vibrate violently.

"not good!"

Huo Qinghuang's face changed drastically. She struggled to get up, but because of the injury she had just suffered, she vomited blood again.

This is really a case of one problem after another.

Everyone felt a sense of fear.

This guy in front of me is really difficult to deal with.

And they dared to conclude that this thing was one of the layers of the mechanism.

But I don’t know how to solve it.

At this moment, Li Batian, wearing heavy armor and holding a saber, rushed over.

Li Batian first glanced at the black shadow, then snorted coldly.

"How dare you, a scoundrel from the Dark Night Cult, act so presumptuously here!"

Talking.

The next moment, Li Batian shook the saber in his hand and used the "Splitting Huashan with Force" move to chop down the black shadow in the face.

Seeing the opponent coming at him aggressively, the black shadow immediately held the blood-red sword in his hand across his body to block it.

"damn it!"

"You have a very good nose, but it's a pity that you came a little late."

"This Xueyuan Pass is destined to be a river of blood tonight."

Chu Shizhao took the opportunity to retreat to Huo Qinghuang's side and supported her shaky body.

"Are you OK?"

Huo Qinghuang endured the pain and shook his head slightly.

"I'm fine, but that black shadow, he... he's not an ordinary assassin, be careful of the blood sword in his hand!"

Upon hearing this, Li Batian frowned and swung the saber in his hand fiercely, aiming it straight at the black shadow's chest.

The black shadow dodged easily, but left a charred mark when its toes touched the ground.

He licked his lips and said jokingly, "Tsk tsk, Li Batian, the man born with supernatural powers, is indeed worthy of his reputation."

"What a pity! Your brute force is not enough to deal with me."

After a battle between the two sides, Li Batian gradually found it difficult to resist.

This guy is not only powerful in combat, but more importantly, he is good at using mechanisms. The things that come out of his body can even corrode some things.

This made Li Batian speechless.

Li Batian is known for his strong fighting ability. How would he know how to deal with these traps and plots?

However, Li Batian had followed His Highness for so long, and had seen many plots and schemes during this period, so it was a bit difficult for him to deal with this black shadow.
At least I can handle it for a while.

This also gave Chu Shizhao and others a chance to catch their breath.

"Little tricks."

Li Batian spat out a word with disdain, and with a flick of his wrist, the saber turned directly into a pitch-black shield and slammed fiercely towards the black shadow.

The black shadow was not in a hurry. It twisted its body strangely, and dispersed and reorganized like smoke, appearing behind Li Batian.

This scene made Chu Shizhao even more certain that this guy was definitely not an ordinary person.

The shadow chuckled and stabbed Li Batian's heart with a bloody sword: "A general from a humble family is no more than this."

Just as the tip of the sword was about to pierce, Li Batian turned suddenly and swept the gun across.

This actually annoyed Li Batian. He exerted all his strength and pushed the black shadow back several feet.

The black shadow staggered as it landed, a trace of black blood oozing from the corner of its mouth, and it was still laughing arrogantly.

"It's quite interesting. You, the lackey of the Great Zhou, are quite capable."

……

Chu Shizhao took advantage of the gap between the two men's fight to glance outside the pass.

Below the city wall, the cries of three thousand refugees were mournful.

With just one glance, he instantly locked onto the seventeen "pregnant women" with big bellies mixed in the crowd.

At this moment, these people were mixing with the victims and slowly approaching the gate.

Chu Shizhao realized that something was wrong, and immediately whispered to Huo Qinghuang beside him: "There is an ambush among the refugees under the city. We can't delay any longer."

Huo Qinghuang gritted his teeth and nodded, forced himself to stand up, and took out a black ice token from his arms.

She gave a low drink.

"Wolf riders, listen up! Lock on to your target and kill without mercy!"

As she gave orders from a distance.

The next moment, Huo Qinghuang threw a flaming arrow directly into the void.

The arrow pierced the night sky and landed inside the pass with a sharp whistle.

Immediately afterwards, a black iron gate weighing thousands of pounds fell down with a loud bang, isolating the refugees from the interior of the country.

Even though they were reluctant to do so, they had no choice but to do so.

But at the moment the gate fell.

Three sharp explosions were heard.

The abdomens of the three "pregnant women" exploded, and the poisoned gears flew out like a hurricane, slamming heavily into the straw hut.

The straw hut was cut into pieces in an instant, poisonous fog spread, and several refugees who did not have time to evacuate fell to the ground with screams.

In just a few breaths, these guys' skin began to fester rapidly.

"Bastard!"

Watching the scene below the city.

Li Batian, who was originally fighting with the black shadow, suddenly became furious, and his moves to attack the black shadow became more fierce.

Almost at the same time, downstairs of the city wall.

The wolf riders secretly dispatched by Huo Qinghuang have been lurking around those "pregnant women" who have not yet sacrificed themselves, relying on their special attributes.

Hand up and down!
In just a moment, the heads of three Dark Night Cult assassins fell to the ground.

At this time, the black shadow also noticed the abnormality under the city wall.

"Damn it, Chu Shizhao, it seems that I really underestimated you before."

"But this matter is not over yet. As long as I kill you, everything will be resolved in time!"

The black shadow obviously did not expect that the other party could find their Dark Night Cult members in the crowd so quickly.

At the same time, Chu Shizhao quickly ran towards the gate and touched the energy lines with his fingers.

He bit his fingertips, and blood dripped onto the black jade tiger talisman, which he then shot out with a snap of his fingers.

The moment the tiger talisman was embedded in the edge of the well, the ground shook violently.

Twelve stone-carved mechanical wolves broke out of the ground, roaring and pouncing on the Dark Night Cultists who were poisoning them.

The believers were torn to pieces without even a chance to resist.

Huo Qinghuang panted heavily, and the ice mirror lit up again, "Yun Ting, there is a twin altar in the Xueyuan Secret Tomb..."

Before he finished speaking, the scene of the Ice Wolf Riders escorting the twins twenty years ago flashed by in the mirror.

"Twins... replacement princesses?"

Just then, there was a commotion inside the pass.

Zhu Mingyuan, the commander of Xueyuan Pass, rushed to the armory with a few of his cronies, but was blocked by a team of Chu Shizhao's personal guards.

"You little soldiers know nothing! The Northern Di army of 100,000 is already 30 miles away. Xueyuan can't be defended!"

Li Batian stepped forward and put his saber to his neck.

"I'll just use your head as a sacrifice!"

(End of this chapter)