Steel Chang'an

Chapter 125

Zheng Quan put his hand on the hilt of his sword and took a step back calmly.

really interesting.He thought to himself, he just pretended to ask a question inadvertently, and Muyun boy could grasp the key point at once, and deduce the truth from it.He had planned to give more hints.

What's more interesting is that this kid was able to push Li Jing to this point.

Even Li Jing himself didn't expect that he would teach Muyun boy so well, right?
Zheng Quan's gaze followed the two fighting figures, and he moved his steps silently, with a slightly arched posture like a cat, ensuring that he could strike with all his strength anytime, anywhere.

He entered the Yin Ruins with only one purpose.

He came to kill.

The sword in his left hand was out of its sheath, and the tip of the sword was slightly tilted upwards, pointing at the two figures at an unusually tricky angle.

But never lock the target.

It seemed that even Zheng Quan himself was a little undecided. Who should he kill?

But Zheng Quan was not in a hurry.He had waited patiently for so long, and he knew that he was finally going to figure out who that person was, and he never forgot to remind Mu Yun that revenge on Li Jing was not just to watch a show from the sidelines.

Who is the only person who has been infected and left the desert alive all these years?
Thinking of the words of the wolf lord that he overheard in the hangar, Zheng Quan looked at the master and apprentice fighting in front of him with great interest.

He has always been curious about the answer to this question.

Li Jing really didn't expect that he would teach Mu Yun so well, so when the blow passed Mu Yun's neck and finally missed, he was even a little dazed.

He finally realized that the last question Mu Yun asked was not only used to delay time, but also to disturb his mind.

His mind was indeed disturbed, so he used exactly the same move as before, and Mu Yun saw through the attack route, allowing him to escape the blow.

The brat has learned to be so cunning... Li Jing smiled wryly. As a master, he was three parts relieved and seven parts helpless.

Because Mu Yun's mind is obviously more chaotic than his now, the brat has completely lost his composure, he just wants to kill him, he only cares about his body to attack, but he doesn't care about the flaws all over his body, it almost makes Li Jing dizzy.

But it was this desperate way of fighting that made it impossible for Li Jing to quickly subdue him without hurting him!
On the contrary, under this violent attack like a storm, if Li Jing still wanted to keep his hand, the one who was knocked down would be himself.

Can't drag on any longer... Glancing at the black marks on his shoulders that were burned by the bright blade, Li Jing sighed. He turned his wrists, and the electric shock gloves glowing blue disappeared from his hands, replaced by a baton , the narrow and long blade-like energy beam quickly stretched in his clasped hands, this is the form of a weapon in which he can control the lethality within the minimum range.

He won't let Mu Yun lose arms and legs, but he can't guarantee that this time Mu Yun will need to lie in bed for several months before getting up.

Get ready to suffer, brat.

"Lie down for me!"

He swayed sideways to the oncoming bright sword blade, and the baton stabbed towards Mu Yun's chest like a blue lightning bolt.

Can't drag it any longer!
Mu Yun was gasping for breath. Although the raging anger in his chest made him unable to think about anything, deep in his mind, the teaching and intensive training for more than a month was still working, reminding him to fight only by instinct It was impossible to kill the man in front of him.

Especially when Li Jing turned his fist into a stick, the suddenly expanded attack range immediately made up for Li Jing's speed suppressed by the power of the magnetic field. The light and shadow of the fighting stick completely enveloped Mu Yun's whole body, forcing him to retreat into the shape of a bright sword. , switch the Kirin arm to shield mode.Even so, he has already been hit in many places. If the decisive battle armor made by Li Jing is not strong enough, several ribs on his body should have been broken.

I can support ten more moves at most... After ten moves, I will definitely fall down!

It can't be delayed any longer!Mu Yun thought to himself, there is only one way to defeat the man in front of him...

He had to awaken the power in his body.

He still remembered that in the dark river, in order to rescue Li Jing, he threw down the knight's mask, and borrowed the earth-shattering sword that Li Jing's hand slashed.

He has not yet mastered the method of controlling that power, he only knows that only at the moment of life and death can he erupt such a powerful force, the sword in the dark river is proof.

So he needs to put himself to death...

Mu Yun's gaze moved and landed on the nine sleeping dragons near King Donglin's coffin.

He held up the shield to support Li Jing's extremely fierce stick, and he knew that the moment the stick formed by the energy field hit the shield, the impact of the two force fields colliding would be transmitted to him through his arm. His body, this is an excellent opportunity to counterattack, he has practiced this shield attack countless times, he should turn sideways to release the force, and then immediately use the left hand to stab with the sword.

He restrained the instinctive reaction generated by repeated practice.At the moment when the shield came into contact with the stick, his right arm holding the shield suddenly lifted up, and the turning heel made his body completely face the impact of the force field impact.

It was as if an invisible hammer hit his chest, and his whole body flew out, and he heard Li Jing let out an anxious exclamation.He even had time to sneer in his heart: he didn't know that Li Jing would have such a flustered moment.

Just as he had calculated the landing point, his feet stepped on the tail of a giant dragon.

The gigantic mechanical creature let out a sharp whistling sound that didn't match its gigantic size.The body of the giant dragon rose from the ground. It was so big that the shadow cast by the fire completely covered Mu Yun. The dragon opened its jaw, and its thick fangs shone with sharp metal light, and fell towards the top of Mu Yun's head. .

"Good come!"

Mu Yun yelled, raised the Bright Sword, and waited for the power in his body to take effect.

Nothing happened.His sword only turned the dragon's head slightly to one side, and he saw his stunned figure from the huge blood-colored vertical pupil.

He failed to activate the power in his body.

how so!Mu Yun stood there dumbfounded. He had clearly proved that this method was effective in the dark river: as long as his life was threatened, this force would play a role.Why didn't it work this time?
There was silence in his body, and he couldn't feel that power at all.

What was he doing wrong?
The dragon shook its head and screamed again.The scorching dragon's breath spurted out from between the opened jaws, and the hot wind rushed towards Mu Yun violently. He saw an ominous red light flashing in the dragon's wide throat——

Immediately afterwards, flames gushed out from the dragon's mouth.

Mu Yun didn't have time to dodge, so he could only swing his sword forward, and the oncoming heat wave forced him to close his eyes.Relying on instinct, he sent the sword body to the connection between the dragon's chest and neck, praying that this sword could cut off the fire-breathing throat.

But he knew in his heart that this time the miracle would never happen again.

The force didn't respond to him at all.

However, what fell on his body was not burning flames, but viscous and warm liquid.

The terrifying mechanical creature let out a stern roar, and a huge crack appeared on its neck, quickly winding downwards.A dark liquid like blood gushes out from the dragon's chest continuously. The tilted weight makes its head sideways. The gushing flames brush past Mu Yun. The fire gradually weakens and finally turns into a burst of scorching. Smelly black smoke.

Did his sword still work?Mu Yun opened his eyes wide in disbelief, this is impossible...

Unless he just displayed the power of the sword in the dark river again...

But he obviously didn't feel the power in his body...

The huge crack finally tore the dragon in half, and the huge body of the mechanical creature fell to the sides, revealing Li Jing's standing figure holding a sword.The shape of the sword in his hands is the energy-maximizing weapon formed by the war arm - the epee pagoda that is as tall as several people.

It is the epee Buddha who once slashed the earth-shattering sword in the dark river.

The dark crystal liquid gushing out from the dragon's body splashed on Mu Yun's body.The warm and viscous liquid slowly dripped down the surface of the knight's mask.Mu Yun blinked her eyes and saw Li Jing's lips move, as if uttering a dirty word.He lowered his head and looked at his chest.

There, two sharp sword tips pierced through the knight's armor at the same time, protruding from his chest.

Kuaijian Zheng Quan's sword.

Warm, viscous liquid dripped from the tip of the sword.

At the moment when Li Jing split the giant dragon with a shocking sword, Zheng Quan's left and right swords were also unsheathed at the same time. The two swords pierced through Li Jing's back and came out through his chest.

Li Jing staggered, and the heavy sword Buddha disappeared from his hands.He looked down at his chest and smiled wryly.

"You finally got your shot."

"Because you finally made a move." Zheng Quan said, "You finally used the power of the master."

"Hehe, you think I want to use it?" Li Jing said, blood welled up his throat, and he began to cough, "Your second uncle, you know that using the power of the master in front of you, a monk who specializes in killing apostles, will cause trouble."

Kuaijian Zheng Quan, Xiucai Zheng Quan, Thief Zheng Quan, and another identity that few people know is the monk Zheng Quan.

It was Zheng Quan, the head monk of the Esoteric Cult who specialized in hunting down apostles.

It is not a secret that the Zheng family in Chang'an believes in Nagato. Zheng Quan was sent to the temple of Nagato to receive gifts when he was young. It is said that he learned his sword skills in the temple. This is not a secret.

Zheng Quan always thought that his forehead would be so bald because he was shaved off by the monk of Nagato when he was a child.

But Zheng Quan actually joined the secret sect of Nagato, this matter is a secret that no one in the entire Zheng family knows.

Because Esoteric Buddhism was originally an extremely secret existence in Nagato.

The existence of Esoteric monks is a secret among secrets, because the tasks they undertake involve the secrets of this continent.

However, for some reason, Li Jing seemed to know Zheng Quan's secret long ago.

"I didn't expect that you are indeed an apostle." Zheng Quan said, the smile on the baby's face that was always smiling was gone, "As early as five years ago when the Daming Palace was changed, you, with the power of one person, overnight The moment I slaughtered the Divine Machine Battalion and rescued the mother and daughter, I already had doubts. But you have been hiding very well, except for that night, you have never used the power of the master in the battle I tried several times in Chang'an City, and you didn't show any flaws at all, especially since you already guessed that I am the head monk of the Esoteric Cult, but you still dared to cooperate with me, which made Zheng Mou think that he suspected the wrong person .”

"Five years ago, the Daming Palace changed, and the situation in Chang'an City was urgent, but you suddenly disappeared for several days. Now that you think about it, you should have gone to the desert. You have long expected that the Chang'an Knights alone would not be able to keep the mother and daughter. I will go to the desert to find fire, let myself be infected actively, so as to gain the power of the master. After the Daming Palace changed, your body became weaker and weaker, probably because you were infected. In order to conceal the identity of the apostle, You have been avoiding using the power of the master, but you still cannot avoid being eaten by the fire, and it is already a miracle that you can survive until today."

Zheng Quan shook his head, "When I saw those symptoms on your body, I should have thought that the only person that the wolf master said was infected by the fire and left the desert alive was not Mu Yun at all, but you, Li Jing. "

Mu Yun blinked his eyes. "What... what are you talking about..."

The only person who was infected by the fire and left the desert alive was not him... but Li Jing?

Zheng Quan looked at him with some pity.This kid probably thought that he was the only one who was infected by fire and left the desert alive?Zheng Quan thought to himself.No wonder.Even after hearing what the wolf lord said, he began to suspect that Mu Yun was the apostle from the desert.The power of the Bright Sword he saw in the East China Sea, and the earth-shattering sword in the dark river deepened his doubts. What's more, that kid seems to have some kind of mysterious power, even though it's timeless... …

The sword in the dark river should also be Li Jing using the power of the master with the help of Mu Yun.Zheng Quan suddenly thought that not only did this guy successfully deceive himself, even Mu Yun was kept in the dark, thinking that he swung the sword with his own strength.

With Li Jing's original strength and the master's power, this guy should be the most dangerous apostle on this continent... Zheng Quan thought to himself, the most frightening thing is that even himself, the secret teacher who specializes in hunting apostles The monks never saw through him, and almost listened to his words to crack the mechanism that controls the magnetic field.

No matter what purpose Li Jing wanted to destroy other apostles, an apostle was an apostle after all.Nagato will not let an apostle go, and he will never let the control of this Jiuge army fall into the hands of an apostle.

So he had to kill Li Jing before Teng Wengong came.

It's just that Zheng Quan still doesn't understand one thing.

He reminded Mu Yun that the purpose of revenge against Li Jing was because he had thought that Mu Yun was the apostle he wanted to hunt down.He thought that if the kid wanted to kill Li Jing, he would definitely use the power of the master, and he would also confirm Mu Yun's apostle status through this, and use this opportunity to complete the hunt.

At that time, his doubts about Li Jing had completely shifted to Mu Yun.

If Li Jing hadn't used the power of the master at that time, Zheng Quan would not have noticed that he was an apostle.

But Li Jing made a move.

Even the number one knight could not kill a giant dragon with one sword without armor.

So Li Jing used the power of the master.

Even the most powerful apostle, at the moment when he killed a giant dragon with one sword, it is impossible to turn around and defend his back.

So Zheng Quan's sneak attack succeeded.

So Zheng Quan couldn't figure it out.

He didn't understand why Li Jing would take action in order to save that foolish boy, and he did not hesitate to use the power of the Master.

If Li Jing was the kind of person who cared about the relationship between master and apprentice, then when the Daming Palace changed, so many people would not have died in Chang'an City.

Among those people were his colleagues, his friends, and even his family relatives.

If Li Jing hadn't killed so many people in Chang'an City back then, he wouldn't have ended up being expelled from Chang'an City now.

Could it be that after so many years, this guy has become humane?

When he pulled back the two swords piercing through Li Jing's chest, Zheng Quan suddenly had a very complicated feeling in his heart.

In Chang'an City, many members of the Zheng family also died.

On the night when the Daming Palace changed, Zheng Quan's eldest brother was in the Shenji camp.

He is the elder brother of the same mother and half father, so his surname is not Zheng, but Ji. His name is Ji Lu, and he is the commander of Shenji Camp.

No one in the entire Zheng family knew about Zheng Quan's joining the Nagato Secret Sect. He only told this elder brother with a different surname.

It is said that his eldest brother and Li Jing are very good friends.

"Why?" Seeing Li Jing's fallen figure, Zheng Quan finally couldn't help asking, "That kid wants to kill you, but you are desperate to save him?"

Li Jing didn't care about the terrible wound on his chest.After the two swords were pulled out, he finally fell to the ground, blood gushed out of his lips with his breath, before being filtered by the respiratory system of the knight's mask, it gradually accumulated around his chin.With some difficulty, he took off the thing and threw it aside.

He raised his head and met Mu Yun's eyes.

Mu Yun has a sword in his hand.

The sword shape condensed by the war arm was always held in his hands and did not dissipate.

As long as he took one step forward, he could cut off Li Jing's head.

But for some reason, his feet seemed to be nailed in place by something, and he couldn't take that step no matter what.

He watched Zheng Quan raise his sword from behind Li Jing and aim it at his neck.

Li Jing coughed, blood seeped from his fingers and dripped onto the ground.

"Why do you need to save..." Li Jing took a breath, as if he knew what kind of answer they were expecting, he grinned bitterly, letting a mocking smile appear on that pale face, "I'm happy, can you control it?"

"Five years ago when the Daming Palace was changed and you slaughtered the Shenji Camp, you answered me in the same way." Zheng Quan said, shaking his head, "I originally wanted to replace the one who was killed by you in Chang'an City. Those people ask if you have finally become humane, and if you think about it carefully, they won’t care anymore, but I shouldn’t have asked.”

He is the head monk of Esoteric Buddhism.Since the day he entered Nagato, he has no family, and everything he has belongs to Nagato.

So, it's really not a personal grudge.Zheng Quan thought to himself.

He swung his arms forward, straightening his sword hilt.

Mu Yun opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

But his body seemed to be able to move again suddenly.

That force quietly returned.

"Nagato will forgive everything." Zheng Quan said, "I will follow your suggestion and change the mechanism of the magnetic field into an explosive device to destroy everything here, so you can die with peace of mind."

Mu Yun took a step forward and raised the sword in his hand.

Zheng Quan's sword had already been chopped off.

Li Jing coughed and lowered his head weakly, as if it was impossible to stand up again.

Mu Yun's sword finally swung out.

The sword light flashed.

His sword blocked Zheng Quan's sword.

"Why, boy?" Zheng Quan frowned, his wrist was aching from the shock of the sword just now, "You want to leave a whole body for this guy? It's not easy to kill an apostle, you have to cut off his head , burn his body, and he will truly die."

Mu Yun shook his head, "I can't let you kill him."

Zheng Quan seemed to realize something, "You want to take revenge with your own hands?" He put away his sword, "Then you do it."

Mu Yun shook his head again.

"What on earth do you want?" Zheng Quan's voice was tinged with chill, and he put his hand back on the hilt of his sword.

Mu Yun thought about it, and finally said sincerely: "I don't know."

"Then get the hell out of here!" Zheng Quan finally became impatient, and he growled in a low voice, "Have you figured out the situation, kid? The guy in front of you is an apostle! An immortal monster! Except for this guy In addition, there is an apostle in every battle armor here. They have completely absorbed the fire cultivated by the scavengers, and they may wake up at any time! We can only transform the magnetic field mechanism here into a timed one before Teng Wengong arrives. Detonate the device, pretend to turn off the magnetic field to bring Teng Wengong in, and then detonate the entire magnetic field to wipe out all the apostles here!"

"Don't bother," said a voice, "I've come."

(End of this chapter)