"Hey~"
There were about thirteen or four black spots, moving extremely fast, rubbing the air and making a sharp sound. When Xia Zuo first saw it, it was still far away, but within a few seconds it reached the top of his head, and then he slammed it down.
"Bang bang bang!"
The ground shook, and the flying "black dots" smashed into the depths of the soil, splashing out pillars of mud several meters high, and causing dust to fly.
Only then did Xia Zuo see clearly that the so-called "black spots" were spheres the size of watermelons. They were completely black, with a faint metallic luster on the surface. They were extremely hard and did not deform at all when they were hit on the ground.
Fortunately, the soldiers he brought were all elite, and they were all magic knights. As soon as they found the black metal ball, they made evasive movements, so no one was attacked. Otherwise, they would be seriously injured even if they didn't die.
What exactly is this
Xia Zuo glanced at it for a few times, full of suspicion, and looked up at the direction of the black metal ball. From the traces of its flight in the air, he could guess that the flight distance of the black metal ball was definitely not close. It is very likely that it comes from dozens of miles away, or it may come from hundreds of miles away.
Could this be a marble thrown from a catapult? But it shouldn't be like this, and it's impossible for a catapult to be thrown so far... Xia Zuo couldn't figure it out and frowned deeply.
A soldier looked over and asked for instructions: "Sir, how should we deal with these iron lumps?"
"Move them far away... No, put them here, don't touch them, stop resting, we will set off immediately..." Xia Zuo issued two contradictory orders.
Seeing the soldier hesitate and walk towards the horse, ready to execute the order behind him, Xia Zuo blinked, stretched out his hand to stop the soldier, thought about it and said seriously: "These strange flying things are definitely not normal, we can't leave them here." , come on, cut one open for me and see if there is any special structure or any tricks inside."
"Yes, sir." The soldier obeyed the order and quickly executed it. He took off a hanging sword from his horse and walked towards the black metal iron ball.
Walking to the black metal ball, he raised his sword and made gestures. The soldier looked unconfident. After all, the hardness of the black metal ball is exaggeratedly high, and his strength is relatively average, so he really has no confidence in cutting it open with a big sword. After gesticulating for a long time, the soldier gave up, grinned, turned around and handed the sword to the magic knight next to him.
The magic knight raised his head and did not take the sword. Instead, he took down the heavy sword from behind. Taking a deep breath, the magic knight held the heavy sword in both hands and raised it high above his head.
"ah-"
The magic knight screamed, and he could see the water-like purple light rising from his feet, quickly spreading upward along the magic lines on the armor's surface, lighting up his knees, waist, chest, shoulders, and finally reaching his arms. Pour it into the thick sword along both hands.
"brush!"
The thick sword was covered in rich purple light. Then, amid the roar of the magic knight, it drew a bright arc and suddenly fell, hitting the black metal ball on the ground.
"boom!"
There was a sound of gold and stone clashing, and the sword struck the surface of the black metal ball, and was then bounced back by a huge backlash. The magic knight groaned and took four steps back before stopping. Red blood flowed out of the palms of the hands holding the sword, but the tiger's mouth had been cracked, while the black metal ball was unscathed.
The soldier who had tried to cut open the black metal ball looked a little happy and a little surprised when he saw what happened.
He thought the black metal ball would be difficult to cut, but he didn't expect it to be this difficult.
In fact, no one present expected this.
The injured magic knight looked at the black metal ball with wide eyes. Two seconds later, he noticed that his attack seemed to trigger something. A faint crimson light lit up from the surface of the metal ball, showing complicated lines bit by bit.
Immediately afterwards, as if a chain reaction occurred, a dozen other untouched black metal balls lit up together, their surfaces red, like burning flames.
The people present were astonished and didn't know what was going on. They subconsciously turned to look at Xia Zuo and asked, "Sir, look..."
Xia Zuo looked at the lighted black metal ball, and somehow felt that his whole body was gripped by a huge fear. The hairs all over his body stood up in an instant, and an endless sense of crisis enveloped him.
He seemed to have made a wrong decision... A thought flashed through Xia Zuo's mind, and he couldn't help shouting out, saying to everyone: "Be careful!"
"Huh?" The people in the field were stunned. Some people stayed in place in confusion, but some people reacted and took action.
Many soldiers rushed towards Xia Zuo, preparing to use their bodies to protect the unknown attack. At the same time, a magic knight suddenly raised his foot and aimed at the black metal ball that lit up next to him, preparing to kick this possible "source of danger" Kick away.
At this moment, the surface of the black metal ball cracked with a "click", and an extremely dazzling light and extremely hot flames erupted from the inside.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
"Boom..."
The ground shook continuously, and pillars of fire more than ten meters high rose up. The power of the explosions superimposed on each other, and the shock waves collided with each other, sweeping everything around mercilessly.
Xia Zuo felt a roar in his ears, like thunder exploding beside him. His whole body was dizzy and his vision was blurred. In the blur, the surrounding air pressed against him, and the bones all over his body made an overwhelming sound, as if a giant was grabbing him and trying to squeeze out his internal organs like jam in a bottle. At this time, a pendant worn under his clothes suddenly emitted warm energy to wrap around his body, resisting the huge external force.
"Wow!"
The two forces fought against each other until the end. Xia Zuo's body swayed, he spat out a mouthful of blood, lost his balance and fell to the ground. After a while, he felt the two forces dissipate, and the surroundings returned to calm. His dizziness slowed down, and he stood up with a swaying body and looked around.
Then he saw a shocking sight in his field of vision.
Near him, there were scores of dead soldiers, including many magic knights, all doing this to protect him. Those who were close had their eyes bulging out and blood oozing from their eyes and nostrils - they were shocked to death. For those who were far away, most of their bodies were scorched, and even their armor had been melted away, making them unrecognizable.
A little further away, dozens of people near the black metal ball were blown to pieces, and the remaining people were also seriously injured, with blood flowing freely.
The scene can be described as extremely miserable.
"Bah-bah-"
Xia Zuo spit out the remaining blood in his mouth, rubbed his brows to relieve dizziness, and cast his gaze further away with a premonition.
At the end of the horizon, large amounts of dust rose, the ground began to tremble regularly, pebbles bounced into the air, and the sound of rapid horse hooves became clearer and clearer. It was the sound of a large group of cavalry approaching.
After a while, the cavalry arrived nearby. At a glance, there were more than a thousand people. After that, the cavalry separated to the left and right sides, and with skilled cooperation, they surrounded Xia Zuo's already severely damaged team.