Chapter 500 Zhu Yan
Cliff cave, Yellow Turban stronghold.
There were no normal people in the cave, only a dozen demon pill soldiers, two or three demon pill wizards, and demon pill generals guarding the house.
These demons were once human beings, but due to excessive amounts of elixirs and the erosion of evil spirits, they have turned into monsters.
It is rumored that if one possesses true qi as powerful as a torrent, one can restore a mortal who has been transformed into a demon to his original form, but this claim has not been confirmed.
Xia Yu had also tried this, but was unsuccessful. His true energy was not able to transform these humanoid monsters back to their original form.
Therefore, giving these demons a normal death so that they can no longer harm people is the limit of what he can do.
With this thought in mind, Xia Yu sneaked into the cave with a ring-handled knife in hand. Under the cover of magic, no one discovered him for the time being.
The first demons to be solved are the Demon Dan Wizards. These demons called Demon Dan Wizards are just as their name suggests, wizards who have transformed into demons.
Because they were once sorcerers, these demons can use the Five Elements magic to strengthen themselves and other demons, and can also use greatswords generated by evil energy as long-range attacks.
Different from the alchemists who devoted themselves to practice, these sorcerers were completely out of the category of practitioners. They once dreamed of being revered by thousands of people like gods, but now they have gone astray, with only indelible sins left.
The three demon pill wizards were not far away from each other. They were all performing rituals and using the five elements magic to strengthen their own side.
Xia Yu stepped forward quietly, first performing a thunder stick technique to add thunder attribute to the weapon, and then like a ninja, he covered his mouth and wiped his neck.
Because the weapon was blessed with the power of thunder, the sorcerer whose throat was cut had just reacted when his whole body was paralyzed, his mouth and eyes were crooked and he could not make a sound, and was easily killed.
However, Xia Yu also made a mistake. After he killed one of the sorcerers, the remaining two sorcerers immediately discovered that the amplification formation had been weakened.
He looked over in confusion, only to see one of his colleagues lying on the ground twitching, with blood gushing out of his neck. It was obvious that he was dying.
"enemy!!"
The demon pill wizards roared immediately. Compared with the ordinary demon soldiers who had lost their self and reason, although they had also lost their rationality, they only lost their rationality under the blessing of powerful magic power.
The roar echoed in the cave, attracting many demons to look up. Xia Yu's face turned dark, and he cursed inwardly that he was unlucky. He exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and threw the blade in his hand fiercely at one of the sorcerers.
With a "puff" sound.
The screaming wizard was pierced through the shoulder blade and then nailed to the wall by a ring-handled knife.
Beep! !
Suddenly, there was a loud thunderclap. Xia Yu cast a sky thunder spell. Dazzling lightning fell from the sky and was then guided into the sorcerer's body by the ring-handled knife, directly turning him into charcoal.
Although he solved the problem of another sorcerer, Xia Yu's figure was completely revealed, leaving him nowhere to hide.
“Roar, roar, roar!!”
Seeing the invaders, the demon generals roared loudly, and the demon soldiers immediately rushed forward, roaring and slashing with weapons in hand. At first glance, it was really scary.
Although Xia Yu was not afraid, after seeing the scale of the attack, he turned around and ran to the higher part of the cave. The thieves took advantage of the situation and chased after him, scrambling to attack him.
In just a moment, Xia Yu was forced into a desperate situation. There was no way to go in front of the cave, and the back was filled with demon soldiers.
Hearing the roar coming from behind, Xia Yu sneered and turned back. He was a Taoist priest who practiced both magic and martial arts, and he was also very proficient in the earth element among the five elements of magic.
Although he seemed to be running away in panic just now, he was actually searching for the terrain inside the cave.
Now that the terrain has been found, with the help of magical powers, it is enough to cause landslides and cracks in the ground, completely burying the cave in the mountain.
Looking at the demon soldiers getting closer and closer to him, Xia Yu held his breath, suddenly opened his eyes, and slapped the mountain with one palm.
Mountain-shaking curse!
A shock wave suddenly hit the mountain from the palm of his hand, rocks flew out from both sides, and the stone wall collapsed with a loud bang, as if a strong army was attacking from all sides, and the bandits were defeated.
A single move affected the entire body. The interior of the mountain was destroyed, and huge rocks rolled down from the top of the mountain, burying all the demon soldiers chasing from below.
Although these demon soldiers are stronger and more brutal than mortals, they are still not able to fight against natural disasters.
With a loud bang, half of the mountain collapsed in an instant, and even the extraordinary demon general was buried under the natural disaster.
After a while, we reached the halfway point of the mountain.
A figure suddenly emerged from the ground, with ochre-colored vital energy flowing around the figure. He swam freely in the soil like a fish, and finally jumped out.
Because Xia Yu was in the innermost part of the cave, he was inevitably buried by earth and rocks, but who could blame him for being a Taoist priest who knew magical powers?
The Earth Escape Technique, one of the Five Elements Magic, can make a person swim in the earth like a fish in water. It can only be learned by people with extraordinary talent. It happened that he had a good talent and learned this way of escaping.
Looking around at the collapsed cliff, Xia Yu took a deep breath, inserted his hand into the soil , and through the metal of the Five Elements Magic, summoned his weapon, the ring-handled sword.
Although he could use his martial arts to wipe out the enemies in the Yellow Turban stronghold bit by bit, that would consume his physical strength and would be detrimental to his infiltration in the later stages, so the disadvantages would outweigh the advantages .
Therefore, the best method is to take advantage of the terrain and then use magical skills to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
As for why he had to enter the cave first, it was just that he wanted to see if there were any captives. If there were, he would rescue them first. If there were no captives, it would not be too late to collapse the cave.
After resting for a while, Xia Yu walked towards the mountainside again.
In fact, he also has doubts now. Logically speaking, the collapse of the cave should have attracted the Yellow Turban Army to come and investigate, but he didn't see anyone coming when he was resting just now.
It's impossible that the other party doesn't care about this stronghold. Even if the stronghold is full of monsters and there are no living people, the monsters are still a force.
Although the soldiers who are transformed into demons by evil spirits have lost their sanity, they will still obey the orders of the master of the evil spirits.
Therefore, Zhang Bao, who is also a Taoist priest, can also control these soldiers who have turned into demons due to the elixir, but now no one comes to investigate what happened, which is really strange.
Xia Yu, confused in his heart, continued walking forward along the mountain road. Although he was a little confused, it did not affect his progress.
After walking for a while, he came to a mountain road with stone pillars standing at the entrance and torches burning on both sides.
The stone pillars were carved with strange patterns, and several lifeless corpses lay beside them, making it look like the entrance to a devil's cave.
Just as Xia Yu was looking at the entrance, a scream was suddenly heard. Xia Yu's face changed and he hurriedly ran inside through the entrance.
At the end of the carved-out mountain road was a camp gate, which was wide open, revealing two distinct groups of soldiers fighting each other.
One of the groups of soldiers was wearing yellow clothes and yellow scarves on their heads, and they were obviously the Yellow Turban bandits. The other group was soldiers from Gongsun Zan's army wearing white armor.
But if you look closely, you can see that the Yellow Turban bandits have red eyes and fangs sticking out of their mouths. They are obviously demon pill soldiers.
Although the Yaodan soldiers have lost their memories and rationality as humans, they can still use some weapons due to the experience they accumulated as soldiers.
It is said that Zhang Jue, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, deliberately used elixirs to transform some of the rebel soldiers into demon elixir soldiers in order to expand his fighting power and overthrow the Han Dynasty.
Under the fearless attack of the Yaodan soldiers, Gongsun Zan's soldiers were defeated step by step, and shrill screams were heard from time to time.
Xia Yu did not hesitate and rushed into the battlefield with weapon in hand.
The defeated soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army were so frightened and panicked that they did not notice any outsiders rushing into the battlefield, but soon they had to pay attention to Xia Yu.
Because Xia Yu was like a wolf among the flock of sheep, every time he swung his sword, he would take off a Yellow Turban head. The demon pill soldiers who had made Gongsun Zan's soldiers miserable were easily dealt with in his hands as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
Just one person reversed the entire battlefield situation.
This scene shocked the soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army. Although the other side was dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, it was obvious from their clothes that they were not on their side.
I don’t know whose general this person is, but he is so brave.
It was like a god descending to earth. In just a short moment, he turned their disadvantage into an advantage.
"Charge! For General Gongsun!"
“Go!!”
Seeing Xia Yu so brave, the remaining soldiers felt their morale rise and their confidence soared.
They rushed forward, waving their weapons and hacking at the remaining Yellow Turban bandits. Boosted by their morale, the soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army felt as if they had endless power in their bodies.
After a moment, the battlefield was clear.
The Yellow Turban bandits, who originally had the upper hand, had now all fled, but Gongsun Zan's soldiers did not pursue them, as they knew the truth: one should not pursue a desperate enemy.
"I wonder which general you are serving under? I sincerely thank you for coming to support us."
A soldier who seemed to be the head scout walked towards Xia Yu who was wiping his knife and asked with a bow.
Xia Yu took a glance and replied, "I am just a volunteer soldier and have not joined any side yet."
"You are a volunteer soldier?!"
The scout leader looked over in surprise. In his opinion, volunteers were not as good as regular soldiers. But now he realized that there were such strong men among the volunteers.
"Since you are a volunteer soldier, would you consider joining General Gongsun's army? With such military power, you will surely be put to good use."
"Besides, you saved us. I believe General Gongsun will not hesitate to reward you."
Hearing this, Xia Yu couldn't help but look at the scout leader who was bowing to him.
Unexpectedly, this guy was quite loyal to Gongsun Zan and actually recommended Gongsun Zan to him as soon . However, if he really wanted to join other forces, why would he look for a loser?
Although Gongsun Zan was also one of the heroes in the late Han Dynasty, he was eventually defeated by Yuan Shao, trapped in a high building, and burned himself.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu shook his head: "No, I have no intention of joining someone else's team for the time being."
Hearing Xia Yu say this, the scout leader looked regretful, but did not try to persuade him any further.
The scout leader then ordered the surviving soldiers to rest where they were, and once they had recovered their strength, report the intelligence they had gathered back to the base camp.
But before the rest time was half an hour, Xia Yu, who was sitting alone to recover his strength, suddenly sat up and shouted loudly: "Attention! There are demons!"
The thunderous shout startled the soldiers who were resting on the spot, and the next moment, a fierce roar suddenly sounded.
A gigantic ape demon suddenly fell from the sky. The ape demon was as tall as a house, with snow-white hair standing up like steel needles, and its scarlet eyes revealed a bloodthirsty light.
The claws were like sharp blades, and with a slight swing, five deep claw marks were left on the cliff.
Demon Zhu Yan!
Zhu Yan is a demon that looks like a large ape and was recorded in the "Western Mountains Classic" of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
It is said that Zhuyan lives in Xiaoci Mountain, which produces copper and white jade. It is a wild beast with red feet, white head, and looks like an ape. Legend has it that once Zhuyan appears, a war will break out in the world. It is a terrifying and ominous monster.
At this moment, after this ominous demon appeared, the soldiers of Gongsun Zan's army were so frightened that their legs trembled, and the sound of weapons falling to the ground could be heard one after another.
"You guys go away. Staying here will only get in my way. I'll take care of this demon."
Xia Yu shouted loudly, dispelling the soldiers' fear, and then he stepped forward with his sword in hand, charging straight at the demon.
The fierce battle began instantly. The demon's sharp claws left deep claw marks on the ground with a single swing. Fortunately, Xia Yu was agile and was able to easily avoid the attack.
Then Zhu Yan suddenly jumped up like a real monkey and pounded the ground with both fists, making the ground rumble.
The reality is not like in the game, where one can dissolve all attacks with one move of energy. Faced with this large-scale earth-shaking, Xia Yu had no choice but to leap up and try to dodge.
Neither side could do anything to the other, and the fight went on and on.
Because Zhu Yan was entangled by Xia Yu, the soldiers hurriedly gathered together.
Looking at the brutal and bloodthirsty demon, the gathered soldiers all showed fear on their faces. However, as the military order was as strong as a mountain, they did not dare to flee as deserters.
But there must be a decision, so all the scout soldiers looked at their boss, the scout leader.
The scout leader had a grim expression on his face. He glanced at the fierce battle over there, then looked at his brothers in front of him, almost all of whom were injured.
There was fear in the eyes of these wounded soldiers. If they were facing the demon pill soldiers, they would still be able to gather some morale, after all, those demons at least looked like human beings.
But facing the demon Zhu Yan, they did not disband and flee, which was already commendable courage.
The scout leader could also see this. He was confused for a moment, then suddenly slapped himself and said fiercely, "Let's go. Staying here will only hinder our benefactor. Bring the information to General Zhao Zilong and ask him to come and help our benefactor."
After saying that, the scout leader ran towards the exit first, and the remaining soldiers also hurriedly followed the scout leader to escape.
Xia Yu, who was fighting with Zhu Yan, saw this scene out of the corner of his eye and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He had just heard the words of the scout leader.
At this time, Zhao Yun was participating in the crusade against the Yellow Turbans as a general under Gongsun Zan. In the game, in order to find the scout who was missing after going out for reconnaissance, he single-handedly broke into the East Mountain of Taishan County, which was rumored to be the Yellow Turbans' lair.
Now that he has rescued the scout troops, it is enough to leave a good impression on Zhao Yun. If Zhao Yun defeats Zhu Yan together with him, they will become comrades-in-arms directly.
With this relationship, it would be much easier for him to become sworn brothers with Zhao Yun or invite Zhao Yun to join his army.
However, having said that, becoming sworn brother to Zhao Yun is probably the biggest gain.
Now that Zhao Yun is serving under Gongsun Zan, he will definitely not join his army for no reason, even if he saved Zhao Yun's comrades.
Besides, he has no power and no fame now, and can't compare to Gongsun Zan, the tyrant of Youzhou. It is estimated that he has to wait until the real princes rise up and the troubled times come, and Zhao Yun leaves Gongsun Zan, before he can join him.
By then, he might have become a local lord and be qualified to invite Zhao Yun to join him.
