Chapter 21: The Remnant Souls on the Battlefield
Chapter 21: The Remnant Souls on the Battlefield
Dark cave.
After three consecutive days of head-on confrontations, the battle between the players and the Cryptids became increasingly fierce.
A large number of ironworms emerged from the ground under the control of the crypt warriors. They were impossible to kill, which made the players hate them to death.
The only thing that makes players feel comforted is that this game has no monster refresh mechanism, and dead monsters will not be resurrected.
Victory will eventually belong to them.
During this period, Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, also became curious about the dark cave and wanted to know what the characteristics of this domain node were.
He decided to explore ahead of the players.
Just as the player was fighting against the iron-shell worm tide again, a wisp of his consciousness followed the guidance of the perception tentacles and continued to penetrate underground, reaching the fifth underground layer.
Here he saw a huge palace surrounded by stone monuments.
In front of the palace, there are thousands of soldier statues standing. Most of them have broken bodies, wearing black broken armor, holding broken weapons. Some are standing, some are charging, in various postures, and they are lifelike.
At the west entrance of the palace, you can see a large number of ironworms dragging ore into the palace driven by the cave warriors.
Qi Sheng's consciousness also followed the guidance and entered the hall. What came into view was a five-meter-tall, broken statue standing in the center of the hall.
The statue is covered in thick broken armor, holding a bloody broken blade in its hand, kneeling on one knee and gazing at the dome.
Behind it is a huge furnace. The ironworms that enter the palace continuously throw ore into the furnace for refining under the control of the underground warriors.
【Ice Blade! 】
The sudden exclamation from the guide startled Qi Sheng:
"Do you recognize this statue?"
[A warlike madman, he was once the overlord of a region after the fall of Emperor Zhao. ]
"Compared to you guys?"
[Of course, he is far inferior to our four retainers, but his strength should not be underestimated. I have tried to win him over, but he thinks he is also qualified to become the new Emperor Omen and is unwilling to be loyal to me. ]
"Is he dead?"
[The fire of life is extinguished, it is dead... huh? There seems to be a ball of information energy left in its body. 】
“Try to parse it.”
The guide did not answer, and brought a trace of his consciousness closer to the ice blade statue. The analytical ability was also activated at this time, and suddenly endless murderous intent surged like a tsunami.
……
"We, the Emperor's Omen warriors...will not retreat."
As the hoarse and firm voice sounded, countless memory scenes flashed through Qi Sheng's mind like slides.
He saw the dilemma Bingren faced as the world was about to collapse.
That was the time when the four great servants had just entered the Dizhong Village and he had not yet traveled through time.
At that time, the monster world was increasingly corrupted by the terrifying black tide, and the ecological environment became increasingly harsh. The area controlled by Bingren was also eroded by the terrifying black tide.
Faced with a desperate situation, Bingren began to plan for the future.
He sank his palace into the ground, then moved the non-war people underground, and told them to dig up the underground spiritual ore and store it until the future.
A massive underground construction project has begun.
The tribesmen did not understand why the patriarch did this, nor did they understand what he meant by "waiting for the future", but they all chose to carry out his plan.
Before the underground project was completed, a terrifying black tide swept in.
Bingren chooses to lead his warriors to fight against the evil tide and defend the pure land under their feet. Memory fragment jumps.
The evil spirits in the picture are like a swarm of locusts, densely swarming and blocking the view. Bing Blade, wearing heavy armor, leads the black armor army, draws his swords and points at the evil spirits, launching a charge.
The battle was extremely brutal, and after repelling the evil tide, only half of the soldiers survived.
The second wave of evil could arrive at any time. Bing Ren did not choose to leave. He stayed at the entrance of the underground palace with the warriors, ready to fight.
A new wave of evil broke out three days later.
Then came the third and fourth waves of evil spirits. The endless evil spirits caused Bing Ren to fight until his weapon was shattered, and the warriors who followed him were all killed, but he still did not leave.
On the day when the underground palace was completed, the tribesmen who participated in the construction walked out of the cave, hoping that Bingren could go underground to avoid the next wave of evil spirits.
Facing the tribesmen kneeling and begging, Bing Ren glanced at them with his emotionless ice-blue eyes and said coldly:
"The pure land beneath my feet is a gift from the Emperor. I swear to defend it until my life withers away. I would rather die than retreat."
Driving the tribe underground, Bingren faces the final battle.
Endless evil spirits surrounded him, and the flame of life was like a candle in the wind, which could be extinguished at any time.
When he was exhausted, Bing Ren knelt on one knee and looked into the sky at the only remaining ray of "Emperor's Light", with infinite fighting spirit still burning in his eyes.
At the last moment of his life, Bing Ren's mind was filled with the scene of Emperor Omen crowning him and granting him territory.
A strong sense of pride and honor filled his heart. He raised the broken blade with difficulty and pointed at the evil tide. His hoarse voice resounded through the sky:
"The remaining soul of the iron-blooded warrior, the remaining brave man on the battlefield, even the remaining body can kill three million enemies!"
"There are no cowards under the Emperor's Omen. Wake up, everyone, and fight me again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bingren's life fire went out, but his unconscious body moved. Countless dead warriors' remains also stood up at the call of Bingren's remaining will, and continued to fight the evil with him.
The memory fragment ends here.
[This guy... even after his death, he still has the will to fight on his body. He is a complete lunatic.]
The memory fragments shocked Qi Sheng.
Guiding the process of analyzing memories, he could even feel Bing Ren's unyielding will when facing desperate situations.
Di Zhao's casual words were the proudest and most glorious moment in Bing Ren's life, and he chose to fight to the death to protect this honor.
[It seems that his remains were sent to the palace by his clansmen.]
"Guidance, what does Bingren mean by waiting for the future?"
[Not sure, it seems like he has some kind of plan for the future, does he want to be resurrected in some way? ]
Just as Zhihui and Qi Sheng were curious about Bingren's future plans, Bingren's body standing in the center of the hall trembled slightly, as if it sensed their presence, and looked up at their consciousness group. A scarlet light suddenly lit up in its dim eyes, and then a piece of information entered Qi Sheng and Zhihui's minds:
"Guidance? Nine Yin? Yan Ming? Super Dimension? ... Whichever of you four old fellows inherits the will of Emperor Omen and carries my share of glory with him, I am no longer able to fight, I can only help you with this."
As soon as the words fell, the ground behind the ice blade cracked, revealing a golden crystal placed on the formation.
The energy from the ore that is refined in the furnace is transported here, absorbed by the formation and then integrated into the golden crystal.
Even without contact, Qi Sheng could clearly feel the surging pure energy contained in the crystal.
【This kid Bingren... 】
At this moment, even the one who had been introducing the Ice Blade in a joking manner was shocked.
Qi Sheng finally understood what Bing Ren meant by waiting for the future.
Bing Ren believed that one of the four servants would inherit Emperor Zhao's will and become the new Emperor Zhao, so he prepared a cross-century gift for them in advance.
(End of this chapter)