Volume 4: The Winds and Clouds of the Western Blue Sky Chapter 15: Fall of the White Eagle
The sound of weapons clashing between the two sides echoed far away in the desert at night.
Attracted by this harsh and obvious sound, many shadows hiding under the sand sea and in the caves began to stir.
…
The huge bonfire shook violently.
In the flickering firelight, the confrontation between Qi Ji and Femont instantly entered a white-hot stage.
The light and shadows of the blades clashing flickered alternately in the firelight.
The faces of the onlookers flickered in the flashing light of the knife.
Qi Ji and Femont both knew that it was not convenient to fight a mobile war under such circumstances. Otherwise, with their bursts of speed, they could easily run hundreds of meters away in a few leaps.
Therefore, the two men's feet were like being nailed to the spot, and they just kept swinging their swords at each other endlessly.
As soon as they started fighting, the two of them quickly gauged each other's strength and speed.
Femont was certain in his heart and had initially confirmed that Qi Ji's strength was inferior to his own, and he immediately calmed down.
His sword moves changed, and he began to use more light and flexible multi-directional slashes in a calm manner. The blooming blade storm almost condensed into a flower made up of sword light in the eyes of the onlookers.
Is Qi Ji’s power really inferior to his?
Of course it can’t be worse.
Qi Ji didn't even seriously perform the Breathing of the Sun, but instead fought against Femont purely with his own strength.
After obtaining the "Muxinliu" from the sword master Isshin, he has relied on the "Hundred Rivers" effect of Wuxinliu to integrate all his own moves and formed a martial arts concept that is like a general outline.
His "technical weaknesses" no longer exist after he has mastered it.
Therefore, even though he had actually only practiced martial arts for more than three months, in fact, there was no difference between him and the genius in front of him who had been immersed in swordsmanship for nearly twenty years.
He was already able to take on all of Femont's blows with just his skills, even though he was weaker than his opponent.
But it is still difficult to fight back.
The two men's high-speed attack lasted for hundreds of rounds in an instant.
Femont's expression has changed from calm at the beginning to becoming more and more solemn.
He had keenly discovered that the power released by Qi Ji in the process of attack and defense with him was gradually increasing, and as the power increased, Qi Ji's posture after taking his attack became more and more stable.
His advantage is being gradually eroded.
That’s right, Qi Ji is not the kind of person who would not use his advantages and pretend to be cool.
After he understood the current limit of Femont's power, the Breathing of the Sun gradually began to exert its power, becoming stronger and stronger. He soon caught up with Femont and then became equal to him.
Once the advantage in strength disappeared, Femont immediately felt obviously exhausted.
Of course it was because Qi Ji's Wuxin Style included the special blocking and counter-shock techniques from the "Ashina Style".
"Downward Carp", "Climbing Carp" and "Flowing Water".
The three force-unloading and anti-shock techniques allow the two sides to change their offensive and defensive positions in the continuous knife fight.
Under the increasing force of Qi Ji, Femont's face was filled with surprise, and the extraordinary factors in his body were flowing at a speed higher than usual, like running water.
This is the extraordinary stage known as "Magic Torrent" in the Xicang Continent and "Flow" in the Donghua Continent. It is also the third stage of the extraordinary.
Compared to the first stage "Magic Gathering" which fills the body with supernatural factors and passively improves the strength of the body, or the second stage "Magic Explosion" which ignites part of the magic power in the body with the spirit to additionally strengthen the body.
The characteristic of the third stage of "Magic Torrent" is that the extraordinary person's control over the extraordinary factors in the body has reached an extremely high level, which is enough to maintain and push these extraordinary factors to continue to explosively amplify the body during the flow.
The faster the extraordinary factors circulate in the body, the greater the degree of amplification that can be achieved.
However, there is a limit to the speed at which the body can withstand the operation of extraordinary factors.
Soon, even if Femont gritted his teeth and urged it on, the extraordinary factors in his body could not be accelerated again.
Finally, it was Fermont who moved first.
At the same time, a strong wind suddenly blew, and many bonfires in the entire camp were blown out. Even the huge bonfire where Qi Ji and Femonte were competing was swaying like a snake in the strong wind, as if it would go out in the next second.
"It's a sandstorm!" Several exclamations came from the crowd.
People with good eyesight can already see the sandstorm rolling up from the horizon, covering the sun (moon) like a curtain.
The next second, Femont was chopped by Qi Ji's sword and flew backwards, then landed more than 20 meters away with an ugly look on his face.
"I lost." Femont looked gloomy. He took out the red Abyss Egg that had been hanging around his neck from his chest. "Then, according to the agreement, this Overlord Egg will..."
"roar!!!"
An inhuman roar suddenly sounded, enough to make everyone present fall into fear and despair!
Qi Ji and Femont couldn't help but look in the direction where the roar came from.
Amidst the yellow sand, a majestic, human-like figure rose from the ground.
It rose rapidly into the air, and when it reached a certain height, it suddenly spread its huge wings behind it. The flapping of the wings allowed it to hover in the air.
From Qi Ji's perspective, the moon is behind it, and its shape looks even more fascinating against the backdrop of the moon.
It was a terrifying creature as big as a human, as strong as a mountain, with a face like an ox, huge horns on its forehead, and covered with black hair!
"That... is a "big demon"!" Off the field, Melina's face changed drastically. She took out her bent wooden staff and called the two knights to come over. In the tense situation, she tried her best to force herself into a meditative state. Two seconds later, she gently waved the wooden staff, and the wooden staff seemed to have the tip as the apex, opening an invisible barrier that enveloped the three people.
Melina whispered to Lancelot and Gawain beside her, "I activated the magic 'Breath Concealment'. It is impossible to conceal the perception of the legendary 'Big Devil' who is at least level 4. However, there are many people here, the aura is mixed, and the target is big enough. Maybe it can slightly increase our chances of survival..."
The big demon in the sky seemed to have found its target, and it calibrated slightly in the direction of the camp.
The next second, its wings, like those of a giant bat, suddenly closed!
boom!
It rushed out at high speed, and with the naked eye one could see the funnel-shaped water mist accumulated by the rapid compression of the air on its body!
That is a unique phenomenon when the speed of an object approaches the speed of sound!
Qi Ji's face changed drastically. He wanted to return to Melina and the others to provide basic protection. However, he failed to find the three people when he turned around at first. It was not until he concentrated on looking for them seriously that he was surprised to find that Melina was still looking at him not far away.
He immediately took a quick step back to the three people.
Femont's face also changed drastically. He immediately got back on his horse and went to gather his Eagle Regiment's men to maintain the formation.
But his efforts were in vain.
But more than ten seconds later, a huge demon flying at high speed suddenly appeared, and then dived towards the camp rapidly in the desperate eyes of everyone!
The huge sonic boom resounded throughout the world.
The next second, it seemed to lock onto its target, and knocked Femont and his horse into a handful of blood mist!
"Captain!" Femont's Eagle Regiment subordinates were almost furious when they saw this, but they were completely powerless to do anything.
Then, after this attack, it actually raised its body and flew away into the distance.
That's right, it just went away.
Qi Ji's eyesight is far superior to that of ordinary people, and what he sees is very different from what others see.
In his eyes, the big devil's target was indeed Femont, but he didn't want to kill Femont.
Instead, he grabbed Fermont in his hand the moment he touched him, and flew into the sky holding Fermont.
Femont's white horse was just smashed by him.
That monster came for Fermont...
Qi Ji thought silently, and then inexplicably thought of the red abyss egg on Femonte's body.
But the situation did not allow him to think too much.
As the sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun came, the terrifying roars of monsters began to be heard one after another around the camp.
The devil is coming!
A large number of non-supernormal low-level beast demons such as scaly monsters, temple wolves, and tigers appeared, among which there were also sporadic first- and second-level supernormal demons such as fallen demons and higher-level furious demons.
Qi Ji took a quick look and saw that the members of the Eagle Group who had just been gathered were still grieving the sacrifice of their leader.
He couldn't help but yelled immediately: "There is no time to grieve for you now! Your leader was only abducted but not dead. What is more important for you now is to protect your own lives, perform your duties well, and not bring shame to the Eagle Group!"
Although he was not very good at inspiring others and had no interest in comforting the members of the Eagle Group, in such a critical situation, he could not take care of more than a hundred people in the entire caravan by himself, and watching innocent people die was inconsistent with his long-standing code of conduct.
At this time, the professional hired personnel of the Eagle Group must play a role.
The Eagle Regiment truly lives up to its elite reputation.
Following his reminder, the members of the group woke up as if from a dream, and under the organization of several second-level cadres, they immediately began to run around and shout, moving the temporary sharp wooden fences on the periphery in an orderly manner, shrinking the scope of the camp and reducing the scope of activities of the entire caravan.
Afterwards, groups of four quickly set up defenses using the artificial terrain advantage.
The members of the caravan were tightly surrounded by a small circle of herbivorous dragons. They huddled together, some praying in low voices, some crying loudly, and the whole team exuded despair of having no chance of escaping death.
Qi Ji looked at these people and shook his head helplessly.
If fourth-level high-level demons like the one just now do not appear again, then he is willing to lend a helping hand and save everyone's lives as much as possible.
But if that devil appeared again, he would not hesitate to take Melina and the other two and escape first.
Soon, with the arrival of the first wave of demons, the battle began!
The bloody battle lasted all night.
