The Demon Swordsman 3
Ch. 88 - Black Cross in the Sky
Xin Zhan spurred his horse faster in front of the horde of black-robed people with blood-red moon carvings. They were the Four Surveillance Units, the group that Xin Chen had raised after a bloody fight against the entire top brass of the old Four Surveillance Units.
A black shadow flashed across the sky along with a high screech, lightning appeared behind the clouds along with the arrival of the Black Dragon to the Valley of the Gods. Up ahead, the dust and heat are already visible smoldering on the ground like a giant cremation place. The place where the bodies of hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers burned without remaining.
The black eyeball was trying to catch something up front there, and how shocked he was when he saw Xin Chen had managed to conquer Xin Fai who was then trapped in a prison of light. Just looking at the mere two seconds, Xin Zhan knew what was happening there.
The black power was shattered by the prison of light, it was definitely related to the spell as he saw the foreign carvings created from the light in front of Xin Chen.
"Stop!" Xin Zhan turned his horse back to face the forty-strong Four Surveillance Units.
There, Lan Zhuxian was appointed quickly to coordinate the troops they brought.
Xin Zhan's horse walked slowly in front of his comrades, the young man conveying a short message. Looking at the spies of the men who were completely unafraid of dying in front of him.
They're all different. Xin Zhan had spent dozens of years in the Empire and almost every day he dealt with warriors or warriors. But the gaze of the Four Surveillance Units he saw at that time was never found while in Renwu City.
Xin Zhan was reminded of the principle belonging to the Sacred Sword Alliance. He wanted to use his father's words, at least for the souls that were raging in the war ahead of him.
"When we set foot in this place, we're dead. Then fight with only one breath left. We are demons, devils who take away sins on this earth."
"For the Shang Empire!" The cheer of one of them simultaneously sparked the spirit of his other friend. "If we win, we'll party in hell!"
Compact screams sound loud.
"Lan Zhuxian, I leave the rest to you. Destroy the enemy bases located in the Valley of the Gods hill. Disconnect their communications and scorch whatever is there."
"I understand Young Master. But it feels like you look a little different than the last time I saw you. Did something happen?" Lan Zhuxian asked that because the change in Xin Zhan was indeed so drastic.
"Is the question important?"
"No, Young Master. I'm worried about Young Master's circumstances only. That's it." Lan Zhuxian looked down respectfully. Xin Zhan threw his gaze at the battle there.
Of course the 40 people Lan Zhuxian had brought came with him with careful preparations. Starting from the fireproof armor, the weapons were complete and also along with the map contained the headquarters of Qin Yujin's minions which they obtained after taking the head of one of the important people in the Four Surveillance Units. Precisely, when Xin Zhan finished off their headquarters with Ye Long a few days ago.
During his time in the Shang Empire, Lan Zhuxian did not remain silent and let the Chairman of the Four Surveillance Units fight alone. He looked for all means to find information about the Qin Yujin people. It was not easy to get it, Lan Zhuxian had to spend all his money and some group funds to hire a spy.
And his efforts these few days bore fruit, coupled with the sudden arrival of Xin Zhan to the central city. He did not waste the opportunity and immediately informed Xin Zhan of his plans.
In the end they stood on the ground. Lan Zhuxian had taken over the army and was moving on the hillsides of the Valley of the Gods, down shallow rivers and hidden caves. Looking for the location of the headquarters that was made to blend with the ground.40 people were divided into 8 squads.
Eight people with two archers, four melee attackers, one of them a 'tracer' in charge of finding a hidden base, then a spirit power user.
Xin Zhan spurred his horse as far as he could, until the horse with part of its chest covered in iron armor stopped.
Xin Zhan came down while patting the horse's head. "Till here you get involved, come back. Let the humans fight."
As Xin Zhan understood his intentions, the horse immediately turned around and went as far away from there as possible.
Though he had only run a few hundred meters and Xin Chen was only a few steps left in front of him. But Xin Zhan was already shocked by a terrifying sight that he had never expected for a lifetime.
Lan An has fallen. Then what about his wife Xin Xia, their own aunt? Their son will lose his father figure before he grows up. More than that, Lan An's death took everyone by storm.
His feet ran fast and immediately grabbed onto Lan An's head, his body could burn at any time there but strangely his body was still intact. Because Xin Chen left a little bit of his spirit power to stay with Lan An's body.
"That-can't be ..."
All he knew, Lan An had returned safely to the Shang Empire. How could the man return to the Valley of the Gods and end horribly. Xin Zhan's moans faintly sounded, he was struck. Despite already enduring the desperate grief that urged his eyes to cry, the young man's hands still trembled violently.
How could he explain the death of this good man to his aunt?
"Xin Chen, what happened to him?" xin Zhan asked in a voice that he deliberately hardened. There was no way Xin Chen could not hear because their distance was close.
His sister just lowered her head, the spell in her hand began to shrink. And now only the prison of light remained that still continued to absorb the power of darkness and curses within Xin Fai's body.
"I am the one who failed ..."
"What's wrong?!" The regret in Xin Chen's face further aggravated the atmosphere. Xin Zhan did not know what had happened the slightest while he was away. But now Xin Chen's face, as if to say that his sister had let Lan An die in vain at the hands of the enemy.
"What has happened, Xin Chen?! Answer me!" Xin Zhan clutched the collar of his sister's robe. Real loud.
"You can even save me who's dead at Father's hands! Then why-" his throat choked, his breathing unstable. She's upset. Great anger mixed with disappointment that is not about.
Xin Chen simply kept silent, letting the bad thoughts get more and more fixed on him.
"Why did you let Uncle Lan just die?!"
Xin Zhan repeatedly pushed his chest and forced Xin Chen to open his voice, until his sister finally opened her mouth.
"Uncle Lan tried to save me from a deadly stab, it all went so fast. I was silent like a fool. And let him die. That's it."
Xin Zhan tried to look for lies in Xin Chen's eyes but his sister avoided his gaze. If that's what really happened then Xin Zhan shouldn't have to question anymore.
"You let him get killed?"
"true."
Fists floated up against Xin Chen's cheek. The body receives the blow until it falls.
"You're not my sister."
The War God Spirit briefly heard the feud of the brothers and felt something was wrong.
Why did Xin Chen make it seem as if he was responsible for Lan An's death? Though Lan An was killed at the hands of Xin Fai and insisted on not wanting to be saved by Xin Chen.
But finally the War God Spirit understood the way the young man thought.
He just didn't want Xin Zhan to hate his father any more. Although it was currently herself that Xin Zhan had to hate.