Apocalypse Magician

The light of the morning dispelled the darkness. Li Xingkong woke up from his sleep, but did not see the sun.

The rain was still falling in the sky. Although it was much lighter than last night, it showed no sign of stopping. The north wind blows hard and slow, and the clouds are low on the treetops. The fallen flowers on the trees are like butterflies that are about to die, struggling unwillingly, but they can't escape their fate after all.

Li Xingkong stood up, only to feel soreness all over his body. There was only half a trace of strength left in his body, but he was out of danger. Only the wound on his left shoulder that had not fully healed looked hideous and terrifying.

The first thing he did when he woke up was to return to the organization to collect the reward for the mission. Li Xingkong tried the water healing magic, and it was barely usable, so he recovered on his own as he hurried on.

Arriving at the organization's base, Li Xingkong saw that almost all the members were present, and instinctively smelled a hint of solemnity. However, judging from the expressions of everyone present, they seemed to be more happy.

Lu Bugui was surprised to see Li Xingkong returning. It seemed that he had heard that Li Xingkong had gone to assassinate Liu Huyuan, a powerful swordsman, so he never thought that he could come back alive. However, even if Li Xingkong successfully assassinates a target with higher power, the protagonist at this moment will never be him.

"The target of this operation is an inspector of the Empire of the Rising Sun. The task is very difficult. All those who can fight must attack." After a moment of confusion, Lu Bugui returned to the topic, "But the reward this time is very generous, quite In order to reduce the organization’s annual operational income, we decided to take the risk and the specific deployment is as follows..."

Li Xingkong, who was concentrating on healing himself, did not pay too much attention to the details of the mission. Anyway, he thought that he would not play an important role in this kind of super mission where everyone participated. In fact, Li Xingkong had been deemed a sacrifice because of his mission to assassinate Liu Huyuan. Even though his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced now that he had returned, he temporarily arranged a role on the periphery to provide support, which was on the edge of the mission.

Li Xingkong, who received the reward for last night's mission, didn't care at all. He was only surprised when Lu Bugui grandly introduced Ren Feng and Gu Yu. Although he had already guessed that Ren Feng and Lu Bugui were old acquaintances, he did not expect that Luo Yingxue's adoptive father and adoptive mother had such status and strong swordsmanship.

In this way, Li Xingkong followed the killer organization and set foot on the territory of the Empire of the Rising Sun for the first time. At that time, thin raindrops were floating in the sky, as if singing an elegy for someone's end of life.

The rainy season is the most suitable for killer operations. The rain will wash away all traces and the soil will bury all evidence. However, sometimes, people who think they are hunters may not really be hunters...

In the afternoon of that day, Lu Bugui led his men to intercept the team of the target, the Border Patrol Envoy of the Empire of the Rising Sun, Mr. Liu, at the border. As a result, the two sides fought together. Li Xingkong stood on a nearby slope and silently looked at the countless lives below. , disappeared in this stormy season.

When he turned his head, he suddenly saw another high ground on the side. A masked man in black was drawing a bow and arrow, and was focusing on the battlefield below. Li Xingkong, who didn't listen carefully to the specific deployment, didn't care at first and just thought it was Lu Bu. However, when the man in black shot an arrow, Li Xingkong couldn't help but re-examine it.

The sharp arrow that flew out seemed to have transcended the barriers of time and space, like a meteor falling to the earth. The frantic airflow around it appeared hazy visible to the naked eye. Li Xingkong clearly realized that this was at least a strong man at the level of a great swordsman. The strength that only one possesses, because even Lu Bugui himself, as a swordsman, is far from the same.

After this arrow, the man in black dodged away, but the battlefield below suddenly changed. Sharp arrows shot through a carriage with the force of thunder. In the carriage, a person dressed as a lady was holding a child. He was shot through at the same time and fell into a pool of blood. Then there was a heart-rending wail from the carriage at the front, and the violent air flow dispersed, stirring up dust all over the sky. Only a man flying out with a sword was seen, like an eagle striking the sky, arrogantly looking at the wind and rain.

Another great swordsman!

But this great swordsman is actually the target, Mr. Liu himself. Li Xingkong clearly remembered that the mission introduction only mentioned that Lord Liu was a civilian official and was accompanied by swordsmen and magisters for protection, but it did not mention Lord Liu's own strength.

And the most important thing is that there is no master in Lu Bugui's killer organization who can compete with the great swordsman!

Mr. Liu, who had lost his wife and son, looked crazy. Lu Bugui was the first to bear the brunt. He only had time to make a gesture of retreat before he was seriously injured by a sword. Ren Feng, Gu Yu and other senior officials covered each other and jumped out of the battle circle. As for the high place, they were released. Li Xingkong fled without looking back.

The rain wet my clothes and it was very cold; the wind blew on my cheeks and it hurt.

Pieces of broken flowers followed the north wind, crossing the incomplete arc, fluttering and falling to the soil. Li Xingkong walked back to the small town as quickly as possible, walking through dead leaves and fallen flowers. Then he first went to Luo Yingxue's ordinary farmhouse, hoping that he could grow a pair of wings and go faster.

Turning around the winding path, as soon as he saw the courtyard door, there was a smell of blood blowing in the wind. Li Xingkong frowned, and a strong uneasiness poured into his heart.

The door of the small courtyard was open casually, and the outer fence was also damaged a lot. The closer to the courtyard, the stronger the smell of blood became. The corpses of more than a dozen children were scattered around the courtyard, and the blood seeping into the soil was shocking. Li Xingkong boasted that he was used to seeing dead people, but he couldn't help but shed tears. The happy family yesterday had become so cold now.

Ren Feng's broad chest was pierced by a sword, and he was nailed deeply under the cherry blossom tree. The white cherry blossoms on the tree were stained with blood, turning into bright red and drifting in the wind, as if the flower of Nirvana from the other side, telling the poignancy of life with blood, blooming It sheds its final glory and then returns to the earth, disappearing in endless reincarnations.

"Uncle, you..." Li Xingkong covered Ren Feng's wound and didn't know how to express it. With such an injury, even the gods might be powerless. "Yingxue, where is Yingxue?"

"Yingxue went to school and hasn't come back yet." As soon as Ren Feng spoke, blood surged out and dyed Li Xingkong's clothes red. "I'm very aware of my injuries. Don't be too sad."

"How could this happen..." Li Xingkong actually didn't want to believe that such a cruel scene was actually reality, "Where is Lu Bugui? What kind of mission did he take? I must go to him to settle the score!"

"Lu Bugui is dead." Ren Feng tried his best to look around, looking at the cold corpses in the courtyard, tears bursting out of his eyes, "I rushed back as soon as possible, but two men in black still beat me to it. It seems that They have known all our information for a long time. Those two people are very powerful, after all, I am not capable of protecting them. "

"Uncle, you have tried your best." Li Xingkong looked around and found no sign of Gu Yu, "Where's Auntie, didn't you escape together?"

"Yu'er..." Ren Feng turned his head and looked into the distance, his gentle gaze seemed to have spanned space and came to the place where his beloved would rest forever. "She blocked a sword for me on the way. I should have followed her at that time. Gone..."

Gu Yu fell on the way to escape, and her last wish was that Ren Feng could break out of the siege and come back to continue taking care of these lonely children. So Ren Feng had no choice but to reluctantly leave, leaving the place where he wanted to accompany his wife to be buried together. He walked through mountains and rivers with tears in his eyes, heading towards a home that still needed him.

It's a pity that Ren Feng rushed back, but in the end he couldn't do anything...