Seeing Marshal Li, who looked like a god descending from heaven, at a loss under the city, and hearing Prisoner Kong's urging, the soldiers beside him, who had already felt disheartened, could not help but become excited and quickly ran to one side.
Principal Kong sneered in his heart. He didn't expect Li Yan to be so loyal. This was also something he couldn't have imagined.
Thinking about how Li Yan usually kills people decisively and treats life as grass, he didn't know where Li Yan's weakness was, and he had no choice but to do so just now.
Moreover, Priest Kong didn't know to whom the jade ring belonged. As he said, he just felt that the jade ring was extraordinary and it would be good even if he kept it for himself. He didn't expect it to have such miraculous effects.
But at this moment, the soldiers nearby were in chaos. Priest Kong quickly collected his thoughts and shifted his gaze away from Li Yan who was standing with a sword below. He was also surprised when he saw him.
Because at this moment, a man and a horse suddenly rushed out from the side outside the city. The man on the horse was wearing silver armor that covered his entire body, and he held a long spear in his hand.
This person appeared suddenly and came at an incredibly fast speed. Just when all the people on the city wall were focusing their attention on Li Yan below the city, the man in silver armor had already appeared.
When he saw this man again, he was coming as fast as the wind, and in a flash he had arrived at Li Yan's side at the foot of the city.
Then the man in silver armor hung the spear in his hand on the horse, and with his other hand he stretched out his arm, grabbed Li Yan in one go, and then laid him across the horse's back. At this time, Li Yan was still absent-minded and let this man do whatever he wanted.
Then, the man in silver armor let out a crisp whistle and kicked the warhorse under his crotch. The warhorse spun on the spot, let out a long neigh, and then galloped off into the distance.
All this happened so fast that everyone on the city wall was a little dazed. Then Principal Kong shouted, "Strong crossbows, attack the enemy!"
Kong Xiao didn't know who the person who suddenly appeared was, but judging from his figure and some of his facial features exposed outside the helmet, he didn't recognize him either.
But as long as Li Yan is not dead, let alone the internal and external collusion, I am afraid that even if he is in Meng Kingdom in the future, no one can protect his safety. Li Yan's martial arts are too terrifying.
As soon as he spoke, the man in silver armor who was riding his horse suddenly slowed down. Seeing someone was about to shoot a powerful crossbow, he suddenly turned around and saw a cold light appear.
Principal Kong was startled, but soon he saw that it was an arrow, and he just smiled coldly.
The man had already run more than ten feet, not to mention that the wall of Qingshan Pass itself was thirty feet high. This man actually wanted to hurt him with a hidden arrow. Did he really think he was also Li Yan
At this distance, even if he allowed the arrows to hit him, he would have been exhausted by the time they reached him. Although he thought so in his mind, he did not dare to be negligent.
Because the arrow came at an incredibly fast speed, it was already in front of him almost at the same time he could see it clearly. Kong Xiao dodged to the side and used his internal force to chop down the arrow with the long sword in his hand.
The next moment, just as he expected, his sword struck the arrow shaft with one strike, and at the same time, Kong Xiao shouted, "Break it!"
But suddenly he felt a strange force coming from his sword, which shook his sword to one side, and then the arrow disappeared.
Principal Kong was shocked. When he was about to look for it, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. Then he heard shouts from all around him, "General Kong..." "Sir..."
Then, endless darkness surged before his eyes.
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The Bright Fire Kirin was in a state of dispirited spirit. It squatted in front of the scarlet gate, staring at the passage emitting black smoke with its big eyes. It had just tried to enter for the fourth time this month, and was still pushed away by an irresistible repulsive force.
"It's been a year and two months, how come that guy is still alive? This is impossible, it's simply impossible. Even if it was a fake Dan cultivator who couldn't pass the level successfully within half a year, his soul would definitely not be able to withstand the erosion of the black smoke and heat waves in the passage, and his soul would have been annihilated long ago."
The Bright Fire Kirin thought dazedly that the most terrifying thing in the dark passage was not the heat and black smoke, but the boundless loneliness and long-term confinement of the body, which would drive people crazy and insane.
Ninety percent of the monks who died in the black channel died from the collapse of faith. They either went crazy and committed suicide, or fell into a state of suspended animation in their subconscious, and then they really lost their lives.
But Li Yan has been in there for more than a year. The Bright Fire Kirin tried to enter the black channel several times a day in the beginning, but now it has only tried once every five or six days without giving up. However, he was bounced away every time.
To this day, the Bright Fire Kirin has lost its mind, because that wisp of fire brought it too much benefit. It is so great that it thinks that as long as it devours all the red flames in the fan, it can be freed from the constraints of the "Fire Palace" forever.
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In the pitch-black passage, you couldn't see your hand in front of you, only hot black smoke like boiling water was floating everywhere. Li Yan was lying quietly, still with one hand raised above his head and the other hand hanging down to his leg. His legs were slightly bent, maintaining a crawling posture.
At this time, there was no sign of life on Li Yan's body. His whole body became skinny and withered, with only a layer of dry skin covering the skeleton, as if he had been dried.
Only a head of disheveled black hair showed a hint of life. Of course, all of this could not be seen by anyone in this dark passage.
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Li Yan looked ahead, feeling lost and sad. He had just seen the jade ring under Qingshanai City, but now he was standing in the void again, surrounded by the endless starry sky, and even under his feet was a large area of dark night sky. This made Li Yan lose his direction. East, west, south, north, up, down, left, and right were all starry sky. He didn't know how he got here, and where he was going.
"Aying, Xiaogong, Xiaomeng..." Li Yan's consciousness became clear for a while, then dazed for a while. At this moment, his mind suddenly became clear, which reminded him of his wife and children.
"No, I have to go to the city. They will be fine too! Then where did Dong Lingmin go?" At that moment, he remembered something else.
Looking at the endless starry sky around him, he roared like a tiger, gathered his strength, and stomped hard under his feet. Since everything around him was the same, the place under his feet was the only place he could actually touch.
Then he would crush it and break the cage, but Li Yan only felt his legs and feet were weak. The internal strength that could move mountains and rivers in the past was simply beyond his reach. His dantian was empty, and his feet were soft and powerless when they landed.
Li Yan panicked for a moment. Strength was the source of his self-confidence. He had never thought that one day he would lose the power to dominate the world.
For a moment, the confidence he had always had disappeared, and he became more and more panicked. Looking at the endless starry sky around him, he began to run as fast as he could. He wanted to escape from here. Perhaps it was this strange space that made him lose the invincible power he should have possessed.
Li Yan didn't know how long he had been running. He just felt that he was getting more and more tired, his mouth was getting more and more thirsty, and his body was exhausted to the extreme.
The stars that were originally like a dream around now looked like ghost eyes in the dark night, flashing cold light, making people feel a chill down their spine at one glance.
It seemed that as long as Li Yan turned around, he would see countless ghosts rushing towards him from behind, and they would then let out sinister laughter, filling this silent and maddening space with the blood of death.
Finally, Li Yan was too weak to run anymore and could only stagger forward step by step. He didn't know how long he had been walking, was it a month or two, he didn't know.
He could only move forward little by little with steps that seemed to be filled with lead, until finally, he fell heavily into the starry sky.
At the moment after he fell, he felt like he was still walking, because his face was facing the ground, as if he was looking up at the starry sky.
He was going to die here eventually, but he finally understood one thing.
"Damn God, playing tricks on me like this. It turns out that I have been dead for a long time and am just a helpless soul wandering around. Since I am dead, it is good to send me to the Palace of Yama. At least I can flip a few times in the oil pan and listen to the sound!"
Li Yan thought helplessly that he had killed too many people in his life and did not expect to be able to enter the fairyland after his death. Even a quiet reincarnation might be a luxury.
It was too quiet here, making him feel extremely depressed. He wanted to yell a few times, but after opening his mouth several times, he found helplessly that he couldn't make any sound.
"That's it, since we can't get out anyway, haha, it's good this way, maybe I can reunite with Aying, Xiaogong, Xiaomeng and the others."
"Pah, pah, pah, they are all fine, why do we need to reunite, why do we need to reunite..."
Li Yan was thinking randomly like this, all kinds of strange thoughts came to his mind, his consciousness became more and more blurred, and various thoughts slowly left him.
Just when all Li Yan's thoughts were about to dissipate, "Lao Wu, Lao Wu..." a familiar voice sounded in his ears, and Li Yan couldn't help but shudder.
"Is it mother?" Li Yan opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at the starry sky around him. The surroundings were still empty and boundless.
"Haha, it's an illusion again. I haven't been home to visit my parents for a long time since I was stationed at the border."
Li Yan stared at the starry sky in a daze. He felt that he could hear his mother's voice before he died. Even if it was just an illusion, he would be satisfied. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and filial.
Thinking of his parents, Li Yan's heart suddenly calmed down. "Xiao Gong, Xiao Meng and the others will be fine. They are protected by Li Er and Li Si. They will miss their parents too. I can't die. I can't die. I want to get out!"
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In the dark passage, Li Yan, who had been lying there for an unknown period of time, suddenly moved his body slightly, and then returned to calm. After a pause, a suppressed low roar echoed in the black passage. Although it was dry and hoarse, it lasted for a long time.
Li Yan shook his head gently. He found tears on his face. Although they were quickly evaporated by the hot air, he could still feel the tears flowing freely.
He wanted to use his hands to wipe away the tear marks that no longer existed, but he found that his hands were bound up and down, and only his right hand, which was raised upwards, could barely reach the top of his head.
"Where is this again?" Li Yan felt that everything changed too fast. He was surrounded by the starry sky just now, but now he was in this dark place again. He felt dizzy and didn't know what was going on.
After a long time, Li Yan seemed to have returned to his soul, and a flash of lightning flashed through his mind.
"This is the black passage in the 'Fire Palace', but those before..."
Li Yan suddenly remembered what he had experienced, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was true or false. He even felt that he was in the black passage in the "Huoyan Palace" and it was just a dream. He was indeed a general.