"The crimes you have committed will be read out by the Holy See himself. Now, I order the two of you to come back with me. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." The Ash Knight's voice was hoarse, but it revealed that there would be no disobedience and no compromise.
Ye Xiao laughed: "Your aura looks just like ours, both of us are only rank 6. I don't know where you got the confidence to bring us all back."
Yin Meng was more tactful: "Respected Grey Knight, is there any misunderstanding here? Ye Xiao and I have not violated any religious law. Moreover, how could we two little Silver Knights possibly alarm the Holy See?"
"Whether there is a misunderstanding or not, I am not clear. My duty is to bring back the people designated in the Holy Order, and you two happen to be on the Holy Order."
The Ash Knight raised the heavy, flaming giant sword on his shoulder with one hand and pointed it at the two Silver Knights, emitting an amazing aura. The Ash Knight's aura was hot and high temperature, and the weeds around him even spontaneously ignited without fire, and sparks danced in the wind, drifting in the opposite direction of the two Silver Knights.
"Now, answer me, will you surrender?"
Ye Xiao smiled and said, "What a joke. I'll go back with you. Once we enter the Ashes Trial Chamber, even the innocent will be found guilty."
"I see."
"I understand. Then I can only take you back by force." The Ash Knight suddenly took out a bottle from behind him and threw it hard at Ye Xiao and the others.
Ye Xiao didn't think much about it, and "Thunder" shot out a beam of lightning, hitting the bottle.
The bottle exploded, and some white powder flew out from it. The powder was blown away by the wind and disappeared into thin air, leaving the two silver knights puzzled.
At this time, the Ash Knight had already rushed over carrying his extremely heavy sword. His speed was not very fast, but every time he landed, it gave people a feeling of earth-shaking.
When he entered the attack range of the two Silver Knights, the giant sword on the Ash Knight's shoulder finally bounced up. The moment it bounced up, flames with black smoke spurted out from the cracks, and the whole giant sword suddenly caught fire.
The Ash Knight held the huge sword in both hands and swept it across with great momentum. The huge sword was wrapped in flames, sweeping out a fire dragon, pressing towards Yin Meng and the others.
Yin Meng and Ye Xiao knew when to retreat, and the fire dragon turned into a wave of flames and swept after them. The two silver knights had to attack at the same time. Then, bits of star-like light rain fell into the fire wave, and then there were streaks of lightning that branched out and spread like tree branches, tearing the fire wave apart!
The three knights fought together.
The Ash Knight's sword was clumsy and slow, and it took Yin Meng and the others four or five strikes to swing it once. But the power of the sword was too amazing, and the high-temperature flames it released were extraordinary. In addition, the sword was too long, and the fire wave extended after the attack could sweep at least four or five meters.
In this way, the attack range of the Ash Knight is astonishingly large. With him as the center, the area within a five-meter radius is his home ground.
Yin Meng and the others did not dare to take on the giant sword head-on, so they decided to fight with the Ash Knight in order to consume his strength.
There is nothing wrong with this strategy itself. After all, the Ash Knight is only a Level 6 warrior. Even if his total star energy is more than theirs, it is not much more.
As long as they don't enter the giant sword's attack range,
The two of them shared the responsibility of clearing up the waves of fire, and the star energy they consumed was much less than that of the Grey Knight.
If everything goes well, we can counterattack after the Grey Knight consumes all his star energy.
But after a while, Yin Meng and the others found that their star energy seemed to be invaded by something and was consumed very quickly. In a moment, the fighting spirit armor on their bodies could no longer be maintained, and the light dimmed, looking like it would disappear at any time.
On the contrary, the Ash Knight's entire body was glowing with silver light, which clung to the knight's mottled armor, transforming into fighting spirit and improving the knight's defense.
The Ash Knight also let his fighting spirit spread to the giant sword. Suddenly, the flames gushing out of the giant sword became more wild. The giant sword danced with billowing flames and the heat all around was astonishing.
As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, Yin Meng and the others found it difficult to even maintain defense, let alone fight back.
Finally, the Ash Knight made a fierce upward thrust, causing Ye Xiao's sword to slip out of his hand, and his Dou Qi armor was shattered. He flew backwards, with his chest armor shattered and blood spilled along the way.
Then the Ash Knight raised his foot and kicked Yin Meng, causing her to stagger back and lose her balance. Taking advantage of this moment, the Ash Knight raised his greatsword, turned the blade sideways, and pointed the broad blade at Yin Meng, then struck her hard, trying to knock her unconscious.
Although this blow was not enough to kill Yin Meng, it was more than enough to break a few bones.
Just when they were about to succeed, suddenly, a spot of rusty red appeared in the wilderness.
The next moment, a rusty red blade light flashing with mottled dark spots broke through the air and swept across the body of the Ash Knight before he could react.
The Ash Knight's ears rang with the sharp sound of thousands of sharp blades scraping against armor, and he was uncontrollably forced to slide backwards by the rusty red light of the blade. His two feet plowed a hundred-meter-long ditch on the ground before he stopped.
Where he was hit by the knife light, the Dou Qi armor shattered into flickering light, and then the silver-white armor broke into dozens of pieces, revealing the close-fitting combat suit inside, which was quickly stained red by the blood that seeped out.
The knife strike just now actually shattered his fighting spirit, destroyed his armor, and left many wounds on his body.
The giant sword rested on the ground, creating a wave of fire. The Ash Knight stood up and looked up.
Then I saw several chariots coming from the wilderness, and on the leading chariot, there was a figure standing.
The Ash Knight looked at the figure, then at the two Silver Knights, then turned and ran. After running for a while, a chariot drove up from the foot of the mountain in the distance and approached him in a blink of an eye.
He opened the car door and got in. The chariot then turned around and drove towards the War God's Castle.
Yin Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief. She felt weak all over and could not help but sit down on the ground. A moment later, she saw several chariots parked near the village. A man jumped down from the chariot, holding a blood-red sword. It was Tianyang.
Tianyang waved his hand, and someone went to treat Ye Xiao. He walked towards Yinmeng, stretched out his hand and asked, "Are you okay?"
Yin Meng shook her head and stretched out her hand for Tian Yang to pull her up: "We have encountered the Knight of Ashes. I heard that the Ashes Tribunal has developed an item that can suppress the astral essence and weaken the combat power of the Ascendants."
"We must have been tricked by the Ash Knight just now. We were not careful enough and our star essence was suppressed and our strength was weakened. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a mess."
Tian Yang was surprised and asked: "What else does your church have
Embers Knight?"
"Yes, the Knights of Embers come from the Inquisition, which is an independent organization from the College of Cardinals and the General Court, and is only responsible to the Holy See."
"Almost all the knights in the Inquisition are guilty, and they cleanse themselves of their sins by executing the Holy Order issued by the Holy See. The Ash Knights are nameless people. Their past and identities have been erased by the Inquisition. Even the Golden Court cannot find their information."
Yin Meng shook her head and said, "I have been a member of the church for quite some time. Although I have heard of the existence of the Inquisition, this is the first time I have seen the Ash Knight."
"It's really interesting. It's a pity that he ran away, otherwise we could dig up more information about the Tribunal." Tianyang said.
Yin Meng said, "The Ash Knights are unscrupulous people. They can do anything to fulfill the Holy Order, and they will not betray the Inquisition because that is a greater sin for them."
"I have seen in the files that some Ash Knights would commit suicide immediately after falling into the hands of the enemy, and destroy their bodies in a tragic way, so as not to let the enemy obtain any information at all."
"I originally thought that under such conditions, all the Ash Knights would have died..."
Then Yin Meng said, "Why are you here? Did you know we were going to be attacked?"
Tian Yang touched his nose and said, "I am not that powerful. I just feel that your East Court has appeared in the West Land this time, and the Church Headquarters cannot just ignore it."
"If you were alone, you might get in trouble with the headquarters, so I followed you. But I didn't expect that it wasn't the headquarters that was causing trouble for you, but the Court of Inquiry."
Yin Meng nodded gently and said, "I can't figure it out. If it was someone from the headquarters, I could understand, but why would the Inquisition come to us. If the Holy See wants to inquire about something, it should be Bishop Guan Feng, not us two little silver knights."
Tian Yang said casually: "It seems that your church has a lot of troubles. Come, let me escort you for a while to avoid any more accidents."
Yin Meng glanced at him and said, "Thank you for your help."
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East Continent, Gulf Region.
This is a rugged region that backs onto the bay, where the Skyforge has established a high ground outpost to monitor the surrounding area.
Originally, this place was adjacent to the territory of Jingtao Castle, and Qingtian Castle was an ally of it, so this highland outpost was usually guarded by only one or two veterans.
But recently, the situation between the two forts has suddenly become tense, so this highland outpost is now guarded by a team of about fifty people.
Although it was late at night, a high-power searchlight in the outpost still projected a huge beam of light, which kept sweeping. The light fell on the undulating mountains. If there was any movement, the outpost would immediately notice it.
However, on the cliff facing the bay, there was a figure climbing up. The clouds in the sky were moving, and the moonlight would occasionally appear. When the moonlight came out, it was not difficult to see that it was a man, carrying a strange gun on his back, and he climbed up the cliff in a blink of an eye.
He hid behind a large rock and looked forward, then saw a tall watchtower.
He took down the strange gun, placed it on the ground, aimed at the signal receiver on the sentry tower, and pulled the trigger... .