mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 966 Listen to me, thank you

The old emperor had only one thought in his mind: Why?
But the facts were before him.

It’s like the originator of a certain field, who is very proud of himself, but then later comes along and surpasses him, causing him to feel so disappointed.

Zhao Chuanxin's Spring Sword with 32 light blades has eliminated all the advantages of the old emperor.

With the appearance of the old god's altar, the old emperor was caught in a dilemma and the situation was very embarrassing.

Suddenly a black shadow flashed by, and the old emperor knew that it was the strange puppet of the Fearless Vanguard. He was about to turn around and chop down the Black Widow puppet with a light blade, but Zhao Chuanxin suddenly flashed in front of him and stabbed him with a sword.

The long-range light blade was offset by 32 light blades. At this time, the old emperor had to either abandon Zhao Chuanxin and deal with the Black Widow puppet behind him, or vice versa.

To him, Zhao Chuanxin was more difficult to deal with. After all, the light blade could actually hurt him, and the Black Widow puppet had only used pistol bullets before, and the pistol bullets shot at his chaos armor were like tickling.

He directly used the Light Blade Rune to fight Zhao Chuanxin head-on.

This time Zhao Chuanxin did not gain the upper hand.

However, the old emperor suddenly roared in anger.

The reason is that the Black Widow puppet has fragments of the Light Blade Rune placed on its two front paws.

Although each claw only had two light blades, they were enough to break through the old emperor's chaos armor and tear two holes on his back, revealing the power insect silk inside.

The old emperor quickly turned around and wanted to chop the Black Widow puppet.

However, the Black Widow Puppet was using an upgraded central control rune and had maximum agility points. In addition, after its back was torn open and some of the power filaments were cut off, the Old Emperor's Chaos Armor was severely affected and failed to harm the Black Widow Puppet.

Zhao Chuanxin bared his teeth: "You dare to be distracted when fighting with me?"

Taking advantage of the old emperor's sluggish movements and the moment he turned around, Zhao Chuanxin moved forward and struck horizontally with his sword, changing it into a hidden dragon absorbing water and then stabbed straight three times in a row.

The old emperor’s years of swordsmanship were not in vain. It was as if he had eyes on the back of his head, and he actually activated light blade runes to block them one by one.

However, he was not prepared for Zhao Chuanxin's wrist-flipping move, and was cut off one of his arms by Zhao Chuanxin's sword.

"Ah..." The old emperor felt no pain, but he felt heartache.

After he lost his physical body, this set of chaos armor made of powered insect silk and soft gold was created with the efforts and essence of countless craftsmen.

Injuring a finger is a huge loss, let alone having the arm cut off by Zhao Chuanxin?
Several powerful light blade runes suddenly burst out from his body, and Zhao Chuanxin retreated and offset them one by one.

The old emperor thought that this would allow him to repel Zhao Chuanxin and gain a temporary respite, but he saw Zhao Chuanxin suddenly pull out a gun.

The old emperor had seen this kind of long-range weapon countless times, and all he had to do was cover his eyes.

So, he immediately used the True Vision Crystal to block his eyes.

But this time he was wrong.

Whoosh...

This time, Zhao Chuanxin took out the Light Blade Gun made by Xingyue.

A total of twenty holes were shot into the old emperor's body, through which the wriggling dynamic insect filaments inside could be clearly seen.

The old emperor was really shocked.

The fight has reached a fever pitch, and you still have a trump card?

Moreover, how could he learn the long-range light blade technology that I had just mastered?
Why?
Is there any reason?
Zhao Chuanxin instantly emptied a low-level blue crystal, which was equivalent to consuming 2 gold coins in an instant.

Really send money.

The old emperor was really hit hard this time.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin wanted to pursue the victory, the old emperor shouted hurriedly: "Fearless Vanguard, wait, give me a chance..."

"Haha, you should practice your account again. There is no chance anymore." Zhao Chuanxin put away the Light Blade Spear and held the Spring Light Sword in his hand, ready to put an end to the stubborn Old Emperor.

Just as he was thinking about flashing over, the old emperor said, "Fearless Vanguard, I can give you the Light Blade Rune as long as you let me go."

The old emperor mastered a total of four runes: solidity, central control, true vision, and light blade.

Xingyue mastered solidity and true vision through the black puppet craftsman, and mastered central control through the Lord of the Underground. The only thing missing was a light blade.

Zhao Chuanxin paused, and Xingyue said, "We can exchange. We can kill him now. It will be even easier after we master the four runes."

Zhao Chuanxin then said, "Okay."

However, at this time, someone on the wall sang a different tune: "No!"

The unruly Zhao Chuanxin cursed instinctively: "Who the hell do you think you are?"

Then he saw the new emperor on the city wall.

It turned out that this guy realized that the old emperor was doomed and his cursed body wouldn't last long, so he came running to pick the peaches.

But he heard the conversation between the old emperor and Zhao Chuanxin.

Why did the old emperor curse the desert to rise? Why did he control the city of runes?
Isn’t it relying on the four runes and those skilled craftsmen of the past?
What would happen if Zhao Chuanxin got four runes now?
Isn't this a potential powerful competitor?
Is Rune City about to welcome a new emperor?
We must not let this PY transaction go through!

Zhao Chuanxin glanced at the new emperor on the top of the city wall and said coldly: "I say yes."

The new emperor also said coldly: "I said no."

"Fuck you, you think you're a dish, don't you?" Zhao Chuanxin yelled. "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll pick your shrimp thread out."

The new emperor was furious: "Do you know who you are talking to?"

Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "If someone is beheaded here, then I am the one holding the sword. Do you know who the hell you are talking to?"

The female monk from Hongdao waved her hand, and a huge group of people climbed up to the top of the city wall.

The new emperor said sinisterly: "Do you think I will let you get the Light Blade Rune?"

The Red Island nun also said: "Fearless pioneers, don't do stupid things."

Seeing that their formation was so dense and they were shoulder to shoulder on the city wall, Zhao Chuanxin thought to himself, what idiots: I told you not to gather in a group for a team fight, but you refused to listen.

He shook the incendiary bomb in his hand, twisted his neck, pointed to a place and said: "Sand soldiers who follow me to fight, if there are any willing to go with me to the Vanguard Partner Safe Haven, please stand over here. If you don't stand in line, you are my enemy, and I will kill you!"

There are many people who have complaints about the new emperor.

They had no choice but to obey.

But after someone took the lead in the resistance, many people chose to stand where Zhao Chuanxin pointed.

And their numbers are increasing. They are alert and seem ready to follow the Fearless Vanguard and strike back at the new emperor at any time.

The old emperor gloated over this.

The new emperor's face turned pale.

The new emperor struggled, but finally tried to offer a sweet treat: "Fearless Vanguard, in addition to your existing territory, I am willing to give you another piece of land in exchange for the old emperor's Light Blade Rune."

"You're dreaming of exchanging junk for treasures. Please go to the sweatshop next door." Zhao Chuanxin said disdainfully: "This place is not suitable for you."

New Emperor: “…”

The old emperor sowed discord at the right time: "Who among you wants the Light Blade Rune?"

The new emperor stared at the old emperor fiercely, then looked at Zhao Chuanxin, and said with a ferocious expression: "Fearless Vanguard, don't regret it!"

The inner and outer wings behind Zhao Chuanxin spread out with a "whoosh" and his body flew into the air.

While in the air, he said, "I'll count to three. If anyone doesn't stand in line, I'm going to massacre the city walls with blood!"

"one two Three!"

Zhao Chuanxin threw ten incendiary bombs while gliding.

Zila...

The top of the city was lit up with fireworks.

"what……"

The sand soldiers on the city walls were too dense and impossible to avoid.

Ten thermite incendiary bombs are not too many, but not too few either.

Many people may not be burned to death on the spot, but their lives are worse than death.

The nun from Red Island immediately covered her head with her cloak, thereby covering the new emperor.

Her cape is actually flame retardant.

But the rest were not so lucky, they were burned and cried for their parents.

Below, the old emperor was secretly frightened.

He actually has a hidden card?
This Fearless Vanguard is truly insidious and cunning. How many cards does he still have to play?

At this moment, Zhao Chuanxin has used all his tricks and has no more trump cards left.

The new emperor watched his soldiers throw away their weapons and armor and be defeated.

When the heat of the incendiary bomb subsided, he lifted the cloak of the Red Island nun, pointed at Zhao Chuanxin, the old emperor and the storm group of the cursed body and said: "You damn ants, you forced me to do this."

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Is there any trick he hasn't used yet?
The new emperor opened his arms, raised his head toward the sky, and chanted loudly an incomprehensible spell on the top of the city wall.

Xingyue said: "He is calling!"

Summon what?
Suddenly, rays of light shone through the dark clouded sky.

The old emperor cried out in despair: "Are you summoning the Sun God? Are you crazy? If the Sun God revives, he will awaken the sleeping gods and the world will usher in the end!"

The chanting continued, the dark clouds were completely dispelled, and the sky was shining brightly.

A sharp howl came from within the cursed body, filled with pain and despair.

Zhao Chuanxin saw that the storm seemed to be split by the light, the cursed body was broken into pieces, and a piece of the flying object swung near Zhao Chuanxin.

Xingyue said: "It's the soul stator, collect it quickly."

Zhao Chuanxin glided over, caught it and put it in his pocket.

At this moment, a ray of light descended from the sky.

Xingyue reminded: "Hurry up and use the Old God Crucible Brand to absorb the heat."

Zhao Chuanxin complied.

But the inner and outer wings behind him and the wing membranes between his limbs were instantly burned to ashes.

The silk inside the Chaos Armor also suffered some damage.

If it weren't for the quick reaction, the Fearless Pioneer's body would have been burnt to a crisp.

The old emperor below shouted: "Fearless Vanguard, save me!"

Without his inner and outer wings, Zhao Chuanxin fell suddenly. Xingyue supported him, allowing him to release the ladder and climb down.

He came to the old emperor's side.

One fifth of the old emperor's head and half of his shoulders had been burned off.

Zhao Chuanxin isolated and absorbed the heat, and the miserable old emperor was able to survive. The old emperor could no longer care about anything else: "Fearless Vanguard, let's sign a contract now."

He quickly signed a contract, Zhao Chuanxin saved his life, and he taught Zhao Chuanxin the Light Blade Rune.

After an unknown amount of time, the light faded away.

Zhao Chuanxin looked around and found that except for him and the old emperor, everyone below the city, including the cursed bodies and numerous cursed creatures, had turned to ashes.

If you don’t know, you might think Thanos snapped his fingers.

The depressed old emperor looked up at the sky, then looked at the new emperor on the top of the city wall, and said to Zhao Chuanxin in a low voice: "The era of mankind has passed. Fearless pioneers, wait for the end of the world."

Zhao Chuanxin discovered that except for the new emperor and the female monk from Red Island on the city wall, the rest of the sand soldiers, whether they were from the new emperor's faction or those who wanted to follow Zhao Chuanxin, all went with the wind.

The new emperor's skin was red, as if he was suffering from the pain of being burned by fire.

The sound-absorbing cold iron that Zhao Chuanxin had found for him before was now burning red.

Summoning the sun god caused him great harm.

But he was still shocked. How could the Fearless Vanguard below be able to withstand such damage?

Any trump cards?

Of course, this was pure luck. He just happened to have the Old God Crucible Mark that could absorb heat.

Zhao Chuanxin's Old God's Crucible Mark is not in vain.

That is the item of the old gods.

Zhao Chuanxin wanted to go to the top of the city wall to kill the new emperor, but he was worried that he might have other tricks up his sleeve.

He could only settle for the next best thing and retreat with the old emperor.

After retreating far away, Zhao Chuanxin abandoned the old emperor in the desert.

The old emperor's body was broken and he staggered. He asked for help: "Fearless Vanguard, don't abandon me."

"Fuck you, the contract clearly states that I will protect your life, not both. The new emperor is obviously exhausted and will not come after you. We are now even."

Old Emperor: “…”

He said quickly: "I guess you can't master the Light Blade, Central Control, True Sight and Solidity Runes, at least you can't master them all, unless you are a genius like me. If you can build a new body for me, I will tell you the secret of quickly mastering the runes. Now that the end of mankind has come and the gods have resurrected, only those who master the runes and the Singularity Axiom can survive."

This is Zhao Chuanxin's weakness.

He can only use rune fragments now, and the one who truly masters the runes is Xingyue.

Only by mastering runes can you empower rune fragments, otherwise rune fragments will become a non-renewable resource.

Runes draw on cosmic energy.

Rune fragments must be activated with the help of various forms of energy gems.

Xingyue said: "Promise him, he is no longer a threat to you."

Zhao Chuanxin was only now convinced that Xingyue had no selfish motives towards him, or that Xingyue did not have the complete autonomous consciousness that only humans have.

It would have been impossible to advise him to do so otherwise.

When Zhao Chuanxin exited the state, he was already covered in sweat.

After taking a shower, teleport to the white house.

Justino and Aguilera Ida building a stable.

"Don John Constantine."

The two men greeted Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin frowned when he saw the horses left behind by the rural cavalry patrol.

The fact that these horses are left here is equivalent to telling everyone that the disappearance of those people is related to him.

Trouble abounds.

Zhao Chuanxin asked: "Xingyue, do you know what the old emperor said about the end of mankind and the new emperor's summoning of the sun god have to do with each other?"

Xingyue, who reads an astonishing amount of books, said: "I have read relevant classics. The sun god is the god of resurrection. His awakening will cause a chain reaction, and new gods and old gods will be resurrected together. When the gods are resurrected, various natural disasters will occur, mutant creatures will appear, and ignorant believers will abuse the power of gods. Rumor has it that the resurrection of the gods will be the end of mankind."

Zhao Chuanxin knew that something big was going to happen again, but he couldn't figure out what the doomsday would look like for the time being.

Xingyue doesn’t know either.

He then asked Aguilera Ida: "Has anyone seen these horses?"

Aguilera Ida scratched his head. “This morning, a patient with colic was brought to town by his family for medical treatment and saw these horses. But I don’t think they would spread the news. No one else saw it.”

Zhao Chuanxin frowned and asked him, "What do you think about how to deal with these horses?"

Aguilera Ida shook his head blankly.

On the contrary, the eyes of the honest Justino lit up: "Don John Constantine, I know a man who specializes in organizing card games and cockfighting. He also often buys and sells horses, whether they are stolen horses or... Anyway, he once said to me - Justino, why don't you steal the alpacas and horses of your Quitsalan landlord? You can sell them to me for a good price, and I guarantee that no one will know."

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned. This was a middleman who specialized in handling stolen goods.

He asked curiously, "Did you steal?"

"I..." Justino shook his head quickly: "I don't dare."

"Nothing."

With people like this, things become much easier.

Aguire Ida stayed at home while Zhao Chuanxin took him to the village of Ecatlan where the middlemen were.

Walk northwest from the white house, passing Father José Treros's house, until you reach the end of the road.

After passing through a cornfield, the main road turned into a small path.

Mexico is mountainous and the roads are rugged, so you need to dismount and lead your horse on foot.

Justino pulled a piece of linen from his saddle bag, which contained a large alpaca cowboy scarf.

He handed the large square scarf to Zhao Chuanxin: "Don John Constantine, this is new. Put it around your face to prevent yourself from being choked by the dust."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't know what politeness meant and put it on immediately.

I have to say, this large denim scarf embroidered with red and blue plaid is quite nice.

Justino himself covered his mouth and nose with an old, frayed-edge handkerchief.

The two men crossed mountains and rivers.

It was only a distance of five or six kilometers, but it took us almost an hour to finally arrive at the village of Ecatlan.

Outside a small courtyard with a moss-covered wall, a man covered in a blanket was sitting against the wall.

Justino whispered to Zhao Chuanxin, "This is it. The man leaning against the wall is from Mazamitla. They always go out wearing blankets. They are famous for their ability to endure hunger and cold."

Before entering the door, Zhao Chuanxin heard loud shouting coming from the courtyard.

Justino added, "I'll go in first and let him out. This kind of place will make you feel uncomfortable."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded.

He took out a cigarette, lit it and started puffing.

The Mazamitla man at the door was staring at him.

Zhao Chuanxin spat, "What the hell are you looking at? Haven't you seen a handsome guy?"

The Masamitla man's triangular eyes twitched, but without saying anything, he began to look at the horses brought by Zhao Chuanxin.

Not long after, Justino came out with a short, fat man with a slick mustache.

"Do you want to sell your horse?" The short and fat man asked Zhao Chuanxin with his eyes rolling around.

"Yes, how much?"

The middleman went to the back, touched the horse's neck and legs, and opened its mouth to look at its teeth.

"No, these horses are very old, have bad teeth, and are a bit skinny." The middleman shook his head and said sincerely, "I won't ask where the horses came from. How about this, I'll give you five pesos and you can keep the horses."

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand and said, "Justino, let's go. Let's keep going. I'm sure we'll find the people who set up the gambling game. Let's sell the horses to them."

When the middleman saw that Zhao Chuanxin was really going to leave, he hurriedly signaled to the Masamitla people.

The Mazamitla man stood up, wearing a dirty blanket, and stood in front of Zhao Chuanxin. He had to raise his head slightly to look Zhao Chuanxin in the eye.

He didn't say anything, but his eyes were sinister.

Zhao Chuanxin looked at the middleman and blew a puff of cigarette smoke into the Mazamitla man's face: "I'll count to three. If you don't move out of the way, you'll be grateful to me."

The Mazamitla people and the middlemen were all puzzled.

Justino tried to smooth things over: "Five pesos is really not enough. Add some more."

The middleman sighed and said, "Justino, for your sake, I'll give you 6 pesos."

Zhao Chuanxin flicked his fingers: "Get out of the way."

Mazamitla glared at Zhao Chuanxin fiercely with his triangular eyes, and the blood vessels in his neck began to throb.

It seems to strike at any time.

The middleman pointed at the horse and said, "There's a brand on its butt. It's from the Rural Patrol. Six pesos is a lot."

He spoke earnestly, playing the good cop and the bad cop role with the Mazamitla people.

Zhao Chuanxin held up three fingers: "Three, time's up."

He kicked out with lightning speed.

Click.

The legs of the Mazamitla people were incredibly bent outward.

Without waiting for him to shout, Zhao Chuanxin tore off Justino's tattered handkerchief and stuffed it into the Mazamitla's mouth.

"Well……"

The second-hand dealer's face turned pale.

Justino stepped back in fear.

Zhao Chuanxin walked to the side of the road with a smile on his face, cut off the branches of the almond tree, and after a few hits with the axe, it became a walking stick.

He placed the rough cane under the Mazamitla's armpit and said, "Without me, you can't even walk. You should be grateful, okay?"

The Mazamitla people's eyes widened.

I'm afraid you'll break my legs and then give me crutches.

Listen to me and thank you.

(End of this chapter)