Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 303: Draw the bow and put the arrow
"Someone ran in? I don't think so!"

Hearing this, a man next to the bearded man said in disbelief: "Now that Luozhou is in this state, who would dare to run around in this area? Don't they want to die?"

This statement was recognized by many people around.

Including the bearded middle-aged man, there were a total of thirteen people in this underground area. They were officers from various teams of the Luozhou Border Defense Army, and the bearded man was the general of this army - Luo Bingzhong.

As a person who was born in Luozhou since childhood, Luo Bingzhong has unprecedented feelings for this land. Just like his name, he is loyal to this land.

Even though he knew that it might be just a tiny hope for him and his men to get rid of the starving ghosts, he still did not hesitate.

Suddenly, someone asked cautiously.

"What do you think? Could it be that someone from the imperial court has come?"

Hearing this, many people immediately sneered.

"Court?"

"Hahaha...if those bastards knew how to send people here, they would have come a long time ago. Why would they wait until now when the starving ghosts are at their strongest?"

"The Starving Ghosts are so strong now that even the Yun Kingdom, which has always coveted the border of the dynasties, dare not act rashly. Even if our army leaves the border, they will not send anyone to seize Luozhou."

"If we had known this would happen, why would we have abandoned our families and children to guard the border when the Yun Kingdom invaded? In the end, our family was destroyed and we are now alone!"

When someone thought of the sad thing, tears flowed from the corners of their eyes, a miserable smile appeared at the corners of their mouths, and their eyes became a little lifeless.

They were once loyal to this country, but now, their loyalty is dead.

First there was a severe drought in Luozhou, and then the famine gradually developed and could not be stopped...the actions of those high-ranking officials who held all the power in the world were chilling.

It was obvious that the people of Luozhou were on the verge of not being able to be considered human beings anymore, but they were still only concerned with intrigue and corruption. The silver and rice that were originally intended to provide relief to Luozhou's disaster area were eventually turned into grass stems and stones that even cows and sheep didn't like to eat.

When everyone learned about this, they were all shocked for a long time. They would never forget the scene that day when they opened the warehouse where the disaster relief silver that was escorted down from the imperial court was stored.

I thought I would see warehouses full of food and relief money, but I found that they were filled with grass stems and stones.

There had been no rain in Luozhou, and the starvation situation became more and more serious. There was no more food aid, and finally, the entire population of Luozhou was caught up in this catastrophe.

Because most of the families of these soldiers guarding the Luozhou border live in Luozhou, and naturally they know about what the court is doing.

But when they all abandoned their work and went home, regardless of the safety of the border, they found the whole city in mourning and almost deserted.

Luo Bingzhong seemed very silent at this time, with no expression on his face, and he turned a blind eye to the mockery of the court by the officers around him.

He is also a victim.

Even when he led his men back home from the border, he found that the city where he once lived had long been conquered by an endless tide of starving ghosts, and his entire family had disappeared since then.

Those who should not have died died, while those who should have died drank wine and ate meat every day.

How many of those people above would care about the lives of those below?

"Let's ask a few scouts to go out and take a look." After a long time, Luo Bingzhong finally made the decision.

Seeing their general speak, the officers stopped talking and looked over.

One of the young officers clasped his fists towards Luo Bingzhong and turned to leave the underground ceremonial area.

Not long after, a scout team of more than a dozen people circled the tunnel and came out of a hidden narrow entrance.

As soon as they came out of the cave, they slowed down their pace, wearing clothes of the same khaki color as the rocky ground, and used special secret methods to conceal their own breath.

They dared not make any big moves, because in addition to the nine-headed hungry monster that was always watching them in the sky, there were also countless zombies nearby that posed a huge threat to them.

A dozen scouts walked slowly in the ravine filled with zombies.

Because it was midnight, the faint moonlight could not illuminate the ravine, so it looked very cold and dark.

In some dark corners, there seemed to be a group of sticky shadows wriggling, and from time to time a zombie would walk out and pass by them.

"Huh... Fortunately our breath-hiding technique works on these zombies!" A scout looked at the zombie swarm that was as huge as a tidal wave in horror and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Try not to talk! Although the zombies can't detect us after we hide our breath, it's still better to be cautious."

The scout captain turned around and gave a stern look to the person who had just spoken.

After being reprimanded, the scout immediately shut up and stopped talking.

The group began to carefully shuttle among the zombies. From time to time, they could hear the roars and growls of unknown monsters, and occasionally a huge fireball fell nearby like the sun.

However, what was strange was that the fireballs falling from the sky seemed to intentionally avoid the densely packed zombies in the Corpse Valley.

It was obvious that if a fireball was hit, those zombies gathered together would be destroyed in groups, but for some reason, the other side had the ability to do so but did not do so. Instead, it gave Luo Bingzhong and his border guards a chance to catch their breath, and they dug a tunnel next to the corpse ravine and hid in it.

At the beginning, the border guards also wanted to find out what was so special about these zombies that they could even frighten the Nine-headed Hungry Minion, whose strength was almost comparable to that of a secular god.

But even after they sent several groups of people out, they still couldn't find out any results.

These zombies are really just ordinary zombies. Due to their large numbers, many white-haired howlers and even a few ferocious monsters have emerged among them.

But these are not the reasons why the Nine-Headed Hungry Minion dare not attack these zombies.

In terms of strength, Xiong Huo is only at the level of summoning gods among humans. He is not worthy of being feared by the Nine-headed Hungry Minion. There must be other reasons.

So after Luo Bingzhong couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped trying to figure it out. After all, they were able to live for so long under the nose of the Nine-Headed Hungry Minion thanks to the protection of these zombies.

The Nine-Headed Hungry Minion was afraid of the zombies, which resulted in them not daring to use all their means to bombard the valley. They had no choice but to guard the entrance of the valley every day. Once the border guards showed up, they would drop thunder and fireballs to bombard them.

"Boom! Sizzle..."

Flames and thunderstorms broke out at the same time, and the dark night sky briefly became as bright as day.

"Hiss!" One of the scouts couldn't help but gasp.

At this time, they were already some distance away from the corpse ravine filled with zombies, so there was no need to lower their voices too much.

"I remember that when the nine-headed hungry henchmen attacked us, they didn't use such a big force!"

"Could it be that the imperial army has really arrived? But that's impossible. Even if someone came to rescue us, they would at least send scouts to come in and greet us first, so that we can work together from inside and outside..."

Listening to the discussions of his teammates, the scout captain looked calm, looked towards the place where thunder and fire were flashing in front of him, and made a gesture.

"Spread out your actions. No matter what, everyone will meet here in a quarter of an hour."

"Understood!!!" the team members behind him responded in unison.

……

Lin Beixuan felt helpless because he found that no matter where he hid, the thing in the sky seemed to have a pair of eyes and attacked him from all sides.

First there were fireballs all over the sky, and when he hid in the cave, lightning struck him from a bend the next second.

"This is not a solution!" Lin Beixuan's figure flashed back and forth, dodging attacks from the sky while waving his giant sickle to smash the flying boulders.

At the same time, he also discovered a very strange place.

That is, no matter how close the infant spirit was to him, the opponent's attacks never seemed to be targeted at the infant spirit. Once, the lightning almost struck the infant spirit, but it made a detour and ran back, and then struck him again.

Is the other party still racist?

Lin Beixuan began to not understand the intentions of the nine hungry minions.

But soon, he reacted.

Perhaps the nine-headed hungry monster was targeting him and the infant spirit simply because the infant spirit had something that he didn't have.

"Xi Xuan!"

Lin Beixuan's eyes instantly fell on Xi Xuan. At this moment, Xi Xuan moved his lips, raised and lowered his hands and feet subconsciously, and his eyes were cloudy without any light.

"Ping'an, throw him to me!" In order to confirm his guess, Lin Beixuan shouted immediately.

After hearing this, the infant spirit threw Xi Xuan towards Lin Beixuan without hesitation.

He had long since given up on dragging this zombie along.

However, the next second after he threw Xi Xuan, a bolt of lightning came towards him like a poisonous snake.

Infant spirit: “???”

Because the infant spirit had never been attacked by lightning before, it had no time to react and was struck by lightning instantly.

Dazzling electric light suddenly exploded behind the infant spirit's waist, and the jumping arcs of electricity wrapped around his body in circles, causing the infant spirit great pain.

The evil spirits in the world are naturally afraid of the extremely strong and masculine power of thunder and fire. The infant spirit is no exception. As soon as it is struck by lightning, it can no longer exert any strength in its body and falls from mid-air.

However, at this moment, Lin Beixuan seemed to be prepared. He grabbed Xi Xuan with one hand and quickly took the baby spirit back with the other hand.

"It seems my guess is correct."

"??"

Hearing his father's mumbling, the infant spirit widened his eyes in disbelief.

Seeing this, Lin Beixuan gently rubbed the baby spirit's hair and praised: "You are really a good son of your father!"

"..."

Holding Xi Xuan in one hand, Lin Beixuan simply stopped, stood there and looked around.

There were rumbling thunders in the sky, and fireballs kept appearing and disappearing in the gray clouds. From time to time, one fireball would fall down, but it would only land nearby and would not actually hit Lin Beixuan.

"really."

Lin Beixuan raised his head and looked deep into the clouds, as if he wanted to find out the culprit who had been attacking him from behind.

The Nine-Headed Hungry Ghost... should also be a branch of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost. I wonder how powerful it is.

However, judging from the various means used to attack him just now, the opponent's strength was definitely the strongest among all the starving ghost branches he had ever seen.

If the previous Ao Yin had the strength close to the peak of the Summoning God Realm, then this one is probably...

Thinking of this, Lin Beixuan frowned even deeper.

Facing such an enemy, can those border guards still survive?
Moreover, the valley is not big and is surrounded by mountain rocks. Under the enemy's full-scale attack, there is no place to hide.

"What should I do? Should I go deeper?"

"I am in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. Although I have Xi Xuan as my lightning rod, if I continue to go deeper, it may still bring me great danger."

Just as Lin Beixuan was thinking, the gray clouds in the sky seemed to be brewing again.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning that was several times thicker than the previous one struck straight towards him.

This time it didn't fall beside him, nor was it just an act, but it actually fell on Lin Beixuan's head.

"grass!"

Lin Beixuan cursed inwardly and immediately jumped to the side.

The other party doesn't want to endure it anymore and plans to kill Xi Xuan and me together.

Those nine-headed hungry ghosts were definitely the same as Ao Yin. Unlike the other starving ghosts whose only consciousness was eating, they still retained the wisdom of a human being.

Maybe it was afraid of something before and didn't want to kill Xi Xuan by mistake, but now it has made a decision, which is to kill Xi Xuan and him together.

This process is very contradictory, but it precisely reflects the state of a person when making a conflicted decision.

Now the nine hungry minions have made a decision.

Lin Beixuan dodged the lightning and fireballs falling from the sky. His eyes ignored the darkness, penetrated the thick clouds, and saw into their depths.

He wasn't going to sit there and wait for death any longer.

A light golden light quietly passed through Lin Beixuan's eyes, and his sight was locked on a huge black shadow hidden in the clouds, with nine heads huddled together and its wings vibrating.

It was a giant bird with a body length of more than ten meters and its wings spread out like a black cloud.

But this giant bird is a little special. Its nine heads are all from different ages.

Among these heads, there are those of old men in their seventies or eighties with wrinkles on their faces, and babies with lively eyes and fat heads. It seems that all the heads of people aged from zero to ninety years old are collected.

"These starving ghost branches are uglier than each other."

Lin Beixuan threw Xi Xuan to the ground, and black gas slowly surged out from behind him. The sound of metal collision was heard, and on the stone bridge, the blood rain representing the power of the Luoqi Zaoyi shrine suddenly increased.

In the outside world, a longbow composed entirely of blood and energy condensed in Lin Beixuan's hand. The fingers of his right hand were placed on the string, and dark thunder flashed at his fingertips, gradually turning into an arrow bursting with thunder.

"Hoo-hum..."

A cluster of crimson flames was ignited on the Yin Lei.

“Kala, kaala…”

The bowstring was like a full moon. Lin Beixuan's arms were full and hard under the infusion of his own internal energy, and contained tremendous power.

"This arrow is sent back to you, catch it!"

Lin Beixuan stared at the sky, and his fingers on the strings suddenly loosened.

In an instant, rumbling thunder sounded, overwhelming the muffled thunder rolling in the clouds, from bottom to top, as if to prove who was the real master of thunder.

(End of this chapter)