Bulwark of Light

Chapter 682 The Night of Roaring and Howling (seeking a monthly ticket)
The tundra, heavy snow.

It's as cold as ever in here.

But there are also some places that are different from the past. During this period of time, the [Snow Cage], which has been quiet all year round, has become very "lively". Dozens of energy boats have crossed the border of Beizhou and hovered in this prison. over the sky.

The Traveler smashed through the iron walls of the Tundra Prison.

In the most dangerous prison in East Continent, there are a large number of high-risk transcendents and out-of-control people being imprisoned... The breaking of the iron wall is no small matter.

The [Snow Cage] broke this time because of Beizhou.

To express my apology, Her Majesty the Queen sent Grand Duke Zhuxue to the tundra to assist the five great masters to build this prison... Most things in the world are easy to destroy and difficult to repair.

The leaders of this repair plan are Zhuxue Dagong Lin Si and Gu Jiashao's patron Nanfeng. The two initially estimated that although the iron walls were broken, they only wanted to perfect them at the moment of the traveler's collision. It will take at least a year to build.

The reason is that when the traveler tried to pull out the "sky sheath", he brought out a lot of fragments!

The "Sword in the Stone" is the key fetish that suppresses the entire snow cage, and the power it exudes can weaken the fluctuation of the extraordinary source quality... making the prisoners in the center of the prison gradually lose control of the source quality.

In other words.

The sky sheath itself is equivalent to a "purification field", and all extraordinary power will be stripped away by it... For extraordinary people, there is nothing more terrifying than this prison.

Detaining the fourth-order extraordinary people near the sky sheath is equivalent to turning them into "ordinary people".

But the traveler's "drawing the sword" caused the sheath to shatter... Those "fragments" that could suppress the extraordinary fluctuations were scattered all over the place. If you want to rebuild it, you must be very careful.

On the one hand, beware of those powerful prison inmates.

On the other hand, it is necessary to avoid being stabbed by the "sky sheath fragments" and lose the extraordinary power.

When the traveler drew his sword, some fragments splashed and pierced the human body, directly causing "death"... There are also some "lucky" prisoners who did not die, but gradually lost their vitality due to negative distance contact with the "sky sheath". my ability.

They were imprisoned here because they still had some value left.

The spirit of the extraordinary can be connected to the "deep water area" to contribute part of the computing power to the upgrade and evolution of the [deep sea]. Together, the power provided will become a "valuable" spiritual property.

But once you lose your ability.

The final value, will also be stripped.

They will be kicked out of the [Snow Cage], undergo a new trial, and be sentenced again according to the charges after the trial.

After the Traveler Incident, the number of criminals in the core area of ​​the Sky Sheath has unknowingly decreased a lot.

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In the tundra prison, a temporary base was built not far away.

The Five Great Families and the superhumans from Beizhou lived here after construction. A certain rich man surnamed Lin from Central City selflessly brought the latest invention of the underground research institute, a portable heating system powered by a "melting furnace" equipment.

This set of equipment can deliver temperature to the entire temporary base.

With this set of equipment, the construction quality of the five major families and Beizhou can be well guaranteed.

It is precisely because of this that Zuka Oni was able to stay in the tundra, a place with difficult conditions, for more than half a year.

Before the "Sky Sheath" was broken, he happened to be traveling with Gu Nanfeng to the Tundra Prison, trying to decipher the ancient text on the "Sky Sheath"... After the prison was broken, the Sky Sheath area was sealed off, so he simply stayed here.

Gu Nanfeng gave him enough authority.

Zhong Gui can freely enter and leave the prison, and investigate the core area of ​​the "Sky Sheath" at any time... But Gu Nanfeng has a request, that is, he cannot act alone, and every time he enters the core area, he needs to be protected by the Gu family's transcendent .

There is no other reason.

It's not that I don't trust Tsuka Oni.

It's that he... is simply too weak.

Xing Yun, the ghost of the tomb, is born with an unknown nature, and his extraordinary strength belongs to the weak among the weak. In addition to the passive "vehicle killer" that comes with him, he was also entangled in a lot of bad luck all day long. This time he was able to reach the tundra safely and soundly. A prison is already considered a miracle.

If Toka Ghost acts alone, Gu Nanfeng is worried that under the trend of unknown disasters, this unlucky guy will directly encounter "accidents".

Most of the time.

Anyone who is not blind can tell that Gu Nanfeng takes good care of the ghost.

Gu Nanfeng is different from the people in power who caught the ghosts before——

He didn't regard Tsuka Oni as a "tool", nor did he take a fancy to Tsuka Oni's so-called "translation talent". Some unknown "traits", this is a "poor man" who is careful to keep himself alive, struggling to breathe in the cracks of fate, and what is valuable is that he can retain a "kindness" after experiencing misfortune.

Gu Nanfeng was willing to give something for the "goodwill" in Tsukagui's heart.

He is the young master of the Gu family.

Protecting one's "friends" is naturally what young masters do.

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Tonight is a blizzard night.

The snow was howling outside the window, and even though there was a "melting furnace" to provide warmth, Xing Yun inside the house was still wrapped in a coat.

He has been sitting for a long time, now looking at the densely packed drawings on the desk, there is a piercing pain in his mind...

During this period of time, there seemed to be some abnormalities in his "spiritual sea", and from time to time there was a sharp force hitting his mind.

He can't stay up late.

Otherwise, the head will be like being pierced by thousands of thin needles, and the headache will be splitting, which cannot be relieved.

"It's time to rest..."

Tsuka Oni rubbed the space between his brows, he yawned big, lay down on the bed, and pulled up the quilt.

The moment you close your eyes.

In the darkness, there seemed to be a ray of light.

【"Owner!"】

He seems to have returned to the scene half a year ago. The giant knelt on one knee and tried his best to pull out the sword in the stone that reached the sky, but ended in failure.

Countless blood was thrown from the sky.

The roar that outsiders could not understand.

He understood.

【"Pull it out..."】

The giant's head was broken, and huge power poured down. It hit the sky sheath with its forehead. This scene was extremely tragic and tragic. Every time it hit, Zhong Gui felt that his heart was being beaten by a giant drum.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

In the darkness, the man lying on the bed curled up like a shrimp.

The same is true for him in the dream... His body shrinks to a small size, wishing to squeeze himself into the cracks in the world. He dare not look at that towering and bleeding giant, but no matter how much he hides, he can't avoid the shocking blow. roar.

"Pull it out!"

A hoarse voice sounded in the dark room.

Tsuka Oni sat up abruptly, his whole body was drenched in cold sweat, he raised his hands in disbelief at this moment, he looked at his palms...he was still in the alternation of dreams and reality, not fully awake.

But the echo left in his ears made him dazed for a while.

Just now, I yelled out a voice?

"Dong dong..."

A gentle knock on the door echoed his confusion.

"Mr. Xing Yun, what happened?"

It was the superhuman sent by the Gu family to guard his safety.

Gu Nanfeng specifically reminded that the superhumans of the Gu family should stay close at all times and take care of the ghost to avoid accidents.

"Nothing... just a nightmare..."

Tsukashi leaned on the back of the bed, his lips were dry, his hands were trembling, and he wanted to make a fist, but he couldn't even do the simplest clasping of hands.

Why, do I keep having this dream?
Such weak hands can only turn over the blueprints and write ancient prose...

Draw the sword, draw the sword in the stone?
Ridiculous, absurd, grotesque.

After this nightmare, he could no longer close his eyes, tossed and turned, restless.

In the silent house, Tsuka Oni could even hear his own violent heartbeat born of fear...

He got up and put on a thick jacket, then added another layer of overcoat, pushed open the door, and asked softly, "I want to go out for a stroll, is that okay?"

Tonight's vigil is a young descendant of the Gu family.

The night watchman respectfully said: "Mr. Xing Yun, are you going to the core area of ​​Tianshea? Please wait a moment, I will report to Lord Luo Yu."

"Just going out for a stroll..."

Zhong Gui smiled helplessly: "It's so late, there's no need to bother Luo Yu."

The night watchman glanced at the time, thought for a moment, and said politely: "If you just go out for a stroll, then let me accompany you."

"That would be troublesome."

Tsuka Oni gathered his coat.

He walked into the snow alone, and wanted to have a few words with the night watchman of the Gu family, but the young man strictly abided by his job duties, and after the ghost went out, he just followed far behind, maintaining a fairly free distance... He is an ancient text translator in the core area of ​​Tianshea, and he spends most of his time thinking. The transcendents of the Gu family are used to giving him peace.

Tsuka Oni could only walk alone under the iron wall.

There were countless pieces of snow flying in the night sky, and those extraordinary people in Beizhou rested in the energy boats at night... Those airships, hovering outside the prison, looked extraordinarily cold with the lights off.

In the entire [Snow Cage], the only thing that is lit up is the "Sword in the Stone" in the core area.

The sword in the stone soars into the sky.

Just like its name, "Heavenly Sheath", this stone scabbard is like a "lighthouse reaching to the sky", reflecting pale snow light on the outside.

Tsuka Oni did not enter the core area of ​​the Sky Sheath...

He just looked at the sword in the stone from a distance, recalling his previous nightmare in his mind.

At this moment, there are other people looking at him.

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The tower of the tundra prison is silent.

Two figures stood silently in the moonlight on the spire of the tower.

Mr. Ghost, Mr. Snow.

These two titles are responsible for guarding the entire [Snow Cage]. They don't show up on weekdays, but their mental power completely covers the entire prison...Of course, except for the "Sky Sheath Core Area", the kind that weakens the source quality fluctuations Even they will not easily enter the disaster place.

"It's so late, there are still people walking outside the iron wall..."

Mr. Ghost was drawn out by this breath.

He stood on the high tower, looking at the figure of the ghost, frowning slightly.

"Does he want to observe the ancient text of the 'Sky Sheath Core Area'?"

Mr. Xue was also attracted.

The two titles, of course, know the special identity of the ghost. This is a "translator" deliberately invited by Gu Nanfeng, but this person is surrounded by an unknown, and both Guixue and Guixue can see this unknown... Most of the time, will not be in contact with it.

"Recently, the spiritual atmosphere of the 'Sky Sheath Core Area' fluctuates violently. I often feel uneasy."

Mr. Ghost whispered: "I suspect that the previous 'heaven sheath rupture' has weakened the 'restricting power' in the core area... Maybe some high-risk criminals have recovered their strength and are hiding their strength."

"I also have a bad feeling."

Mr. Xue narrowed his eyes: "In my opinion, it's better not to get close to the 'Sky Sheath' in the near future. If he advances further, I will stop him."

The two silently observed the ghost.

It's just... Zuka Ghost didn't go to the "Heavenly Sheath Core Area", he just strolled around the outer edge of the iron wall to let the entangled thoughts in his mind dissipate... When he was in a better mood, he was ready to leave and return to the house.

After all, behind him was a night watchman.

It's really unnecessary for me to come out at night and torment the night watchmen.

Looking at the path of Toka Ghost's return, the night watchman asked in a low voice: "Mr. Xing Yun, are you going back now?"

"Well, go back."

Tsuka Oni said sincerely: "It's so late, thank you for your hard work."

His words made the night watchman scratch his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

In fact, in recent years, the Gu family has a very bad opinion of "Takakatsu". This is mainly because of the previous patron of the new sect, Gu Lu Shen. !
But now that the young lord is in power, against the opposition of the elders, the tomb ghost has been reactivated.

The people of the Gu family slowly discovered that the tomb ghost was not as bad as Gu Lushen said...he had helped a lot in these years, and when the useless Qingzhong cemetery in the past gradually became effective, everyone loved it. His impression gradually improved.

The ghost of the tomb finally stopped, looked at the towering sky sheath, thinking about the dream, with mixed feelings in his heart.

His fingers silently made a clenching gesture in the sleeves, as weak as ever... It may be difficult to even lift a chicken.

draw sword...

This thing, a thousand selves, can it be pulled up?
Tsukashi smiled self-deprecatingly.

What the giant said to himself...was a joke.

He turned away.

The next moment, a sudden loud noise came without warning!
"boom!!!"

Accompanied by a loud bang that shook the sky, a majestic blazing light descended from the sky, sweeping across the earth, and the rolling shock wave swept over immediately, and the toka ghost staggered. He turned his head with great difficulty, trying to see what happened, but When he found his field of vision, it was instantly enveloped by a piece of silver.

Hundreds of millions of wildly dancing thunder lights descended in the blizzard!

The two Guixues standing on the high tower suddenly turned pale.

No warning.

And without any defense...

The sword in the stone and the sheath suddenly exploded in the middle of the blizzard night. This was a more violent shock than the last time "Traveler" drew his sword. Hundreds of thousands of debris splashed out, piercing through the The iron wall was built, and several of the huge sky sheath stone pillars directly shot through the prison specially made of strong logic materials... This was an indiscriminate disaster. The explosion of the sky sheath was like a "massacre" carried out by the devil in the core area of ​​the snow cage , The criminal who was pierced by the stone pillar died on the spot.

This blizzard night made the prison a silvery white, but it didn't take long for blood to seep from the iron walls.

and cracks.

"Crack clap..."

The iron wall used to imprison the top out-of-control people was completely shattered under the penetrating bombardment of the sky sheath, and large holes one after another, accompanied by blizzard, blood, and gunpowder smoke... Gradually emerged in the night.

Floating together in the dark night, there are also a series of deep and thin figures.

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After the bang.

Tsuka Oni's pupils contracted to the extreme, he wanted to scream and roar, but all the sounds disappeared.

He stared blankly at the shy and gentle night watchman in front of him, before he had time to ask the young man's name... A sharp pillar of sky sheath pierced the night watchman's chest, nailing him to the ground .

At the moment when the explosion was born.

The young man opened his arms and made a gesture of throwing himself down... But the disaster came too fast, before he had time to pounce, he was shot by the stone pillar, and a lot of blood poured down, splashing the tomb ghost all over his face.

The blood was still warm.

Countless shattered crystal fragments, following the explosion, pierced Tokagami's limbs, but at this moment he seemed to feel no pain, only the nameless night watchman with a smile on his face when he was dying.

"Mr. Xing Yun..."

The young man's voice trembled.

He squeezed out an inexplicable sentence from his chest.

"You're actually... pretty good..."

This is not what a dead person should say, and he didn't want to be hypocritical, it's just that the explosion came too suddenly.

This was what he wanted to say a few seconds ago. Now that his life was taken away in an instant, he didn't have time to think about it, so he could only say these dry, slightly warm words.

Tsuka Oni tried to raise his hand, but his fingers trembled violently.

He couldn't reach the young man's cheek.

In the end, there was only a very soft hiss in his ear.

"pain……"

Tsuka Oni wanted to say something, but the young man's life had withered, and death came faster than pain.

"I……"

His mind went blank.

Did this young man die because he was protecting himself, or because...

Doom you brought yourself?
"……boom!"

A sense of weightlessness came, Tsuka Oni fell heavily to the ground like a sandbag.

He looked up at the blurry snowy night, and the icy blizzard slapped his cheeks. At this moment, he couldn't tell whether the warm liquid on his face was tears or blood.

After living for so many years, all the scenes he has experienced in this life have never had such an impact as this moment, making him feel powerless and weak.

He has never hated fate so much, never hated the ominousness that has been stained on his body so much.

"what……"

He roared in pain, hoarse like a wild beast, trying to vent all his grievances, guilt, and anger.

It's a pity... Destiny never listens to the weak.

In the blizzard night, the roar of the tomb ghost sounded more like whimpering and wailing.

(End of this chapter)