[Sword III] Seeking Wings

The Spike soldiers roared in confusion, and dozens of long knives slashed almost simultaneously.

Tang Xiaoyi could only do light work in a hurry, jumping high on the spot with Modin, barely avoiding those fierce blades that were almost woven into a dense net.

"Hide well, don't come out." She pushed Modin off the bottom of the car, and hastily shot a few arrows to kill the Spike who continued to chase and slash, almost cutting off the power mechanism on the car, and jumped onto the branch on the other side.

Sure enough, as expected by intuition, all the Spike soldiers stopped attacking the grain carts, but turned around in unison, roaring and rushing to her position.

All the knives chopped down, cutting the big tree where she was into pieces in a few seconds.

"Why...?" Tang Xiaoyi was surprised.

In the Daokou checkpoint area, the first time they encountered the violent wolf tooth soldiers, they also concentrated on attacking themselves, but she was not a land master at that time. This phenomenon was the first contact between the poisonous mist controlling them and her phantom weapon. Natural induction of attraction and repulsion.

But now, she has become the unique manipulator of the evil spirit here, and even has enough intuition to predict the actions of these spike soldiers.

——However, it is completely unable to influence their behavior.

It was as if her reason had issued an order, but it was blocked by another lingering interference in her own consciousness.

What kind of interference is this...?

Tang Xiaoyi thought that his illusion weapon was incomplete after all, and also thought of the unfathomable wolf fang master who was spying on them from outside the forest.

It wasn't even ruled out that it was Chi Xiao's insidious method.

The situation did not allow her to find a conclusion.

Although each of her arrows could penetrate at least two Spike Soldiers, they quickly wiped out the first few dozen that appeared.

But there are still more reinforcements coming from the forest at a speed much higher than her killing the enemy.

At this time, the number of Spike soldiers was close to a hundred, and they were surrounding Tang Xiaoyi who was standing on the tree.It was already difficult for her to maintain a long distance from them where she could shoot arrows all the way, so she could see very clearly that all the delirious enemies had exactly the same fury expression as if they wanted to tear her into pieces.

The dense forest area is not suitable for the huge body wing activities, but Tang Xiaoyi has no choice.She flung herself to a corner where the vegetation was slightly sparse, continued to shoot arrows with one hand, and pulled out a short knife with the other, cutting off the big branches around her that might damage the wing cloth at the fastest speed.

But it was too late.

Several spike soldiers also jumped onto the tree and quickly approached her.

Normal Spike soldiers don't know the lightness kung fu unique to the Central Plains martial arts.

But these few actually know it, and they are very skilled.

Their movements were dexterous, quick, and silent. Although Tang Xiaoyi quickly realized that they had solved most of the problems by turning around with a few arrows, but after all, they were delayed for a moment due to unexpected, and did not have time to eliminate the remaining two opponents.

She saw the cold light of the blade and heard Modin's scream.

But it was too late to escape.

Tang Xiaoyi closed her eyes subconsciously, and directly raised her hand to protect her vitals, hoping that the metal armor on her uniform would be strong enough so that she wouldn't be cut off by the opponent's blade.

However, the expected impact and pain did not come.

She opened her eyes and saw the wolf tooth soldier who was close at hand, still with an extremely furious expression as if he wanted to swallow her alive.

But they didn't hurt her.

He just crossed the long knife around her neck, grabbed her arm, and made a gesture as if to escort her.

The strength of the two Spikes grabbing her was not small, it was very painful, but it was just enough not to cause any real damage - and it was just enough that she couldn't break free.

Tang Xiaoyi was "escorted" and fell off the tree.

——He was heading in the direction that the sword blade of Scarlet Sky Red Lotus on the ground was pointing just now.

She stopped resisting for a while, and was dragged forward obediently, so that she could concentrate on examining the two living puppets beside her.

There was no luster in their cloudy eyes, obviously completely manipulated by the evil spirit, without half of their own will, but the expressions on their faces were so vivid and furious - and so careful and meticulous, they did not hurt her, the illusion master, at all.

Tang Xiaoyi was being held firmly, unable to struggle, he could only try his best to turn his head and use his teeth to touch the armor with mechanism on his shoulder.

Hidden in her consciousness, the inexplicable interference that could prevent her from manipulating the living puppet reappeared.

This time, it actually restrained her actions in a targeted manner.

Tang Xiaoyi could still walk forward with the Spike, but gradually felt that the muscles in her neck became extremely stiff, making it difficult for her to reach the organs on her shoulders.

But she still struggled to make it through.

Spike soldiers saw her small movements and seemed to come to stop her.

Because he moved closer to her shoulder at this time, Tang Xiaoyi saw the bluish edge of the metal armor reflected in those eyes that were originally dim.

... vague, faint, like a phantom that is about to disappear.

...like the current Red Sky Red Lotus, the last remaining light.

Tang Xiaoyi suddenly felt that the originally nihilistic interference in his consciousness sank down as if it had substance, and he felt a heavy soreness in his heart.

The muscles of the arm also seemed to be subconsciously relieved of their strength, and the place where the Spikes grabbed it was especially painful.

She also woke up because of this, regardless of the angle at this time would deeply scratch her mouth, she directly opened her mouth and bit the organ on her shoulder.

A short arrow popped out and accurately pierced the wolf's tooth soldier's throat.

Freed with one hand, she grabbed the short arrow and wiped out the other spike soldier.

Tang Xiaoyi held the arrow in one hand, wiped the blood from his mouth, raised his eyes and glanced around.

Numerous Spike soldiers were still surrounded, and even remained furious, but they did not rush forward again.

In the backpack hung on the frame next to it, the blue light on Chixiao Honglian's sword just flickered faintly for the last time.

She became more and more sure of the principles of these visions.

"I've made up my mind, you guys go away," she said.

Then he turned around and walked towards the grain truck without looking back.

The Spikes dispersed.

***

Tang Xiaoyi went back to the grain truck, and dragged out Modin who was squatting under the truck with a pale face.

"It's okay, it's done." She comforted.

But when she smiled, she showed a mouthful of red teeth covered in blood.

Modin was so frightened that he almost screamed.

"Don't be afraid, you take a rest first, I'll go and look around." Tang Xiaoyi said, walking away by himself to check the corpse of the Spike on the ground.

She picked up a barbarian-style trinket from one of the spike soldiers who miraculously used the Central Plains Light Kung Fu.

Tang Xiaoyi was familiar with this thing.

Ten years ago, when she was researching the mechanism wings in Ziyuan Mountain, the passer-by hero Chi Xiao called to help collect materials wore such accessories.

That passer-by back then was indeed of a foreign race in appearance and attire, and he knew how to use Central Plains kung fu.

But obviously, the dead man in his early twenties on the ground was not him.

The passer-by hero Tang Xiaoyi met was already a middle-aged man ten years ago.

So, maybe that uncle is of the same race as these spike soldiers?Maybe their Central Plains Kung Fu was taught by him?

"...I hope he himself doesn't join the Spike Army."

Thinking this way, Tang Xiaoyi turned around and went back, driving on the road.

***

The dazzling light in front of him finally dissipated, and Chi Xiao found himself sitting in a carriage.

Outside the car window, the eyes are covered with silver, with jagged boulders and towering cliffs that are difficult for apes to climb.

There is only one steep and straight road that can go up from the bottom of this cliff.

He recognized it, it was the mountain road leading to Chunyang Palace.

In the narrow and dark compartment, there was a man and a woman beside him.

...that was his parents.

Chi Xiao had almost forgotten about them, and it took a long time before he recognized them.

Surprisingly, the figures of his parents he saw at this time were all unusually tall, and he had to try to raise his head to look up, only to be able to barely see his shoulders, but he couldn't see their faces clearly for a while.They were wearing dark winter clothes, and they were silent all the way, as if they were two huge inorganic shadows that were compatible with the environment, one on the left and one on the right, firmly holding him back.

Chi Xiao lowered his head and discovered the reason for this strange vision.

Now he has become what he was when he was seven years old.

Tang Xiaoyi can lead people into the illusion she created, allowing them to see virtual landscapes and figures, and even interact with the illusion, but it cannot change the entrants' perception of themselves and make them change their appearance in the illusion.

The only thing that can do that is the natural evil spirit of the mass grave forest.

——Only when the spirit is deeply eroded by evil spirits, will it fall into the darkest shadow in your heart in the most unbearable posture under its interference. If there is no rescue, you will repeat the extreme pain and madness in your memories infinitely until you become a A living puppet completely manipulated by demons.

"I... couldn't hold on after all." Chi Xiao closed his eyes.

——Perhaps he will be the first, or even the last miracle among Taoist priests of the same cultivation level to be eaten by the low-level feng shui evil spirit.

After trying various methods of warding off evil spirits and clearing the heart, including connecting Chixiao Honglian to the illusion, he sighed deeply, and temporarily let his "parents" in the illusion of heart demons continue to take him in a carriage and drive towards the mountain road go.

In his memory, this was the last time he saw his parents.

Chi Xiao was born in an ordinary family. He was weak and sick since he was a child. He has wandered outside the gate of hell countless times, but he miraculously survived.Seeing that he would not be able to work even if he could grow up, his parents decided to take him to the Chunyang Palace in Huashan to pray for blessings after giving birth to a healthy younger brother.

Of course, the actual plan was to throw him there.

——Although their family is not considered poor, it is difficult to support a patient for nothing.

Now that there is a second son to continue the incense, there is no need for a "useful" elder brother to exist.

As in the memory, his parents made a poor excuse to make him wait where they were, and then they both walked away.

Back then, he understood immediately, but he didn't move a single step. He just silently watched his parents wipe away tears as they walked, and finally disappeared into the wind and snow as if fleeing.

But now, he intends to catch up.

It's not that I regret the decision I made back then, nor that I still miss that bit of kinship.

——But if at such a critical juncture, changing the direction of memory may become an opportunity to break free from the illusion of the mind.

Chi Xiao tried to take a step forward.

The wind and snow that had been flying irregularly suddenly seemed to come alive, and quickly condensed into a vast barrier, firmly blocking him.