A team of galloping horses roared across the plain.
Kalanda, who was leading the way, said to Xiao Chen beside him: "Master Xiao Chen, we can reach Phoenix Village to rest at noon."
Hearing about Phoenix Village, Xiao Chen suddenly remembered that this was the place where Luo Ling gave him the ring. At that time, he was in a bad mood watching Luo Ling dancing, and the figure in front of the bonfire has been deeply engraved in his mind. However, now, compared with that hug, all these have faded.
Thinking back to that feeling, Xiao Chen actually began to worry about gains and losses. However, Xiao Chen was essentially a casual person, and he quickly came to his senses and said to Kalanda, "Can the people and horses behind us still bear it?"
"The man is fine, but the horse needs to recover its power, otherwise it won't be able to hold on." Karanda replied.
"Then let's slow down a bit and have a rest and a meal in Phoenix Village at noon. The time should not exceed two hours." Xiao Chen replied.
After talking to Kalanda, Xiao Chen whispered to Chen Hansheng: "Old Chen, I think you still have to take command. You are a soldier and the person in charge of this mission. Why do you need me, an outsider, to give orders?"
Chen Hansheng on the side laughed and said, "It's true that I was a soldier. Li Tianrui, Cai Long and the others are also genuine soldiers. But tell me, can we convince those guys behind us? Xiao Li, can you control these two hundred people?"
Li Tianrui shook his head. "How can I be that good? Last night when we were camping, any of them came out to challenge me and knocked me down. Not to mention that they were fighting each other." He rolled up his sleeves and pointed. There was a large bruise on his arm.
"Among us, Lao Chen is the most powerful. He fought that woman on equal terms. He almost pinned her to the ground." Cai Long said with a smile.
"She let me win, so there was no need to fight." Chen Hansheng blushed for a rare moment, and he didn't know why. "People are grateful to Xiao Chen for sparing that girl, and we can't let our people lose too badly. But with just my two brushes, I still can't convince everyone. Only you, Xiao Xiao, can knock down a large number of them. This is strength. These rough guys will respect this. If you knock down dozens of people, you will be the biggest. Kalanda knocked down several other mercenary leaders, and she can be your deputy. You, just be at ease as the leader."
Xiao Chen knew this was the truth, so he nodded and said, "Okay then. Please bear with me."
At this time, a horse came running towards them. Xiao Chen looked and saw that it was the girl Katarina. Kalanda had asked her to be a scout in the front, but somehow she rushed back in a hurry.
"Boss, boss!" Catalina screamed at Kalanda all the way. She drove the horse very fast, and just about to collide with the group, she pulled the horse back. Xiao Chen saw that her expression was very frightened, and the fear that struck Xiao Chen was not much different from the last time.
Just as Kalanda finished inspecting the rear team and rode back to the front, she shouted, "What's going on? Speak properly."
"Boss, Xiao, Sir Xiao, it's bad. The village ahead was attacked, and the villagers seemed... seemed to have been killed. There is blood and corpses everywhere, it's really, really tragic..."
Kalanda's face darkened and he asked, "Have you spotted the enemy?"
"I ran around the village for half a circle and found nothing. I walked through the whole village along the main road and saw no one alive, not even a live chicken."
"Massacre the whole village? Who would do such a thing?" Xiao Chen, Chen Hansheng and others all looked incredulous and asked Kalanda.
"Horse thieves! They must be horse thieves! These damn bastards." Kalanda clenched his fists, and the handle of the whip in his hand suddenly turned to powder. "But the horse thieves nearby won't do such a thing. They still need the support of the villagers. It must be horse thieves from other places passing through here, who would do such a cruel thing!"
"The team should slow down and advance cautiously. Kalanda, send out more scouts in all directions to find out the movements of these horse bandits." Xiao Chen ordered with a heavy face.
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The midday sun shone on a large pool of blood at the entrance of the village, steaming up a pungent stench. Xiao Chen stepped into the village he had just visited not long ago, and found that he could no longer recognize this place. There were hacked corpses and broken limbs everywhere. An octogenarian was beheaded in his yard, a strong man was chopped into several pieces with his weapon, and a two or three-year-old baby was nailed to the wall. Even more miserable were the women, covered in blood and lying naked in broad daylight. I don't know how many people had abused them before they died.
The blood really flowed like a river.
These faces, filled with fear and pain, had only moments before welcomed them with wine and bread.
Xiao Chen even recognized a little girl of four or five years old in a yard. He had hugged her and given her candy, but now he only found half of her body. The only big eye left had no tears, and the cloudy eyeballs were empty and lifeless.
However, it was this lifeless eye that pierced into his spiritual sea like an iron rod. Xiao Chen instantly entered a state of meditation. The second magic light ball that he had been looking for in his mind was shattered at this moment, and the light ball composed of countless runes dissipated in the meditation space...
"Mom, Mom!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. All around me were running shadows, and countless people were wielding weapons and killing people. Crazy laughter, sharp screams, and the sound of collisions kept ringing in my ears.
I ran, ran, ran home. But everything in the house was in a mess, except for a pool of blood, and there was no sign of my mother. I ran out screaming, but I bumped into a man who walked in with a knife. What was the man holding in his other hand
Why, why does it look so much like my mother’s head
"Oh, there's a little one too, but it's a pity that she's too small, otherwise she would be a beauty." The man had long blue hair, and his voice was ethereal and evil. "If you don't hurry, you can catch her and raise her. What a waste..."
"Give my mother back to me." She rushed forward and bit the man's hand, trying to take back her mother's head, but the man kicked her away. Then, she saw him raising a knife.
The world was twisted and slowly fell into darkness, leaving only the tearing pain...
Xiao Chen felt like he was really split in half, and the pain made him hunch over. In that moment, he experienced every bit of the little girl's pain, seeing what she saw, hearing what she heard, and even thinking what she thought.
Is this the power of the second magic, "Soul Interrogation"? No, dear angel, how can I be qualified to interrogate you? I am willing to talk to you and comfort your painful soul. Let's call it "Soul Interpretation".
Xiao Chen tried his best to convey the message of rest to the little girl's soul fragment, and told her that he would avenge her and kill the blue-haired murderer who killed her and her mother. Xiao Chen didn't know what the dead soul looked like, or whether it was conscious, but he could clearly feel that the little girl's will was slowly freed from extreme pain, and she was at peace and returned to dust.
However, Xiao Chen once again underestimated his own huge and overly active mental power. He suddenly realized that there were many soul fragments around him that were similar to the little girl, and the spirits of comfort were rushing towards him.
At once, hundreds of images and sounds flooded into his mind, some fighting, some fleeing, some being killed miserably, and some being repeatedly humiliated. It was like countless tortures were being performed on Xiao Chen at the same time.
He knelt on the ground, his eyes were red and wide open, he screamed, and his hands flew around like a madman. A normal person would have fainted in such a situation, but Xiao Chen's powerful mental strength supported his sanity. Dozens of memories, hundreds of feelings, and thousands of pains made him look like a madman.
Chen Hansheng and Li Tianrui followed behind Xiao Chen. They first saw him stunned for a while, then began to cry, and then suddenly bared his teeth and claws, like a madman. The two were horrified and wanted to rush over to restrain him, but they didn't expect Xiao Chen's strength to be so great at this time. They were easily thrown away by Xiao Chen, and there were several bloody marks on their hands and bodies.
"Let me do it." At this time, Kalanda heard the noise and rushed in from outside the yard. She raised her fighting spirit, approached Xiao Chen, and then slashed him on the back of the neck with a knife. Xiao Chen finally fainted.