Awesome!
Above the clouds, a small boat trailed a faint green light as it sped through the starry sky.
Chen Ke felt the exhilarating speed, a sensation so pleasurable itchy all over his body.
He couldn't estimate the exact speed, but he was certain that it was at least 80% faster than before!
In other words, he could travel six thousand miles to Pearl City in one night and return to Great Xia City before dawn.
On the transparent crystal wall in front of the driver's seat, the navigation radar showed that Chen Ke had entered the territory of Qin.
Chen Ke took control of the Divine Boat and began to descend, slowing down its speed.
The earth was pitch black, and an unpleasant odor filled the air.
The stench of a corpse!
The further the Shenzhou descended, the stronger the stench of the corpses became. Within a radius of several hundred miles, there was no spiritual energy, and even the air was extremely polluted.
Below the Shenzhou, a dimly lit town appeared, resembling a ghost town.
The city had been reduced to ruins, and inside and outside the crumbling city walls lay piles of rotting corpses.
Packs of hyenas and wolves darted around the city walls, howling occasionally, their eyes glowing with a ghostly green light when they looked up.
In the city, some ragged figures wandered the streets like zombies.
Lowering the camera slightly, Chen Ke could barely make out the women's figures.
The territory of Qin was not actually recovered by the human army, but was voluntarily abandoned by the beastmen.
Since the orcs decided to abandon their territory and return to their northern homeland, they recklessly ravaged the cities they occupied and slaughtered the humans in the occupied areas.
This place has become a living hell, and it's unknown when it will recover.
The path to restoring the Qin kingdom for its princess is fraught with difficulty.
The small boat flew over three towns in succession, each one more tragic than the last.
Outside another small town, there were wooden stakes stretching for miles, each with a rotting human corpse wrapped around it, their deaths gruesome and tragic.
Chen Ke was horrified, and a surge of anger, like a rabbit mourning the death of a fox, welled up within him.
This was the first time he had directly experienced the brutality and cruelty of the orcs. (What about human wars that you start in name of unifying heavens)
What a bunch of beasts!
A dense cluster of lights appeared on the towering mountains in the distance.
Chen Ke's spirits lifted, and he steered the small boat upwards.
Such a large-scale pass is situated on such a high and steep mountain wall; it can only be Xianxia Pass.
Sure enough, as the Shenzhou soared higher, the majestic pass, illuminated by lights, gradually revealed its true form, firmly embedded at the mountain pass, blending seamlessly with the peaks on both sides.
Around Xianxia Pass, nine towering peaks rise thousands of feet high, and the nine military camps atop them are equally brightly lit.
The nine peaks, like nine tall and mighty black-armored guards, form a battle array, firmly protecting the strategic pass at the center.
In a broader sense, Xianxia Pass refers to this nine peaks and one pass.
As the mountain rose higher, Chen Ke felt a deep sense of regret. If it were daytime, he would surely have been able to see the entire majestic pass.
Beep beep, beep beep!
Just then, a red dot suddenly flashed on the radar screen.
Is there a master?!
Chen Ke was astonished and immediately channeled his spiritual power to enhance his invisibility and defense.
His current location is at least ten miles away from Xianxia Pass. How could there be any experts in the vast mountains?
With a thought, Chen Ke focused his gaze and looked in the direction of the dot.
On the towering cliff, Yun Xiaolong, his armor tattered and dragging a broken arm, stared coldly at the orcs who were closing in.
One after another, orcs, each over three meters tall, dressed in gray leather armor and skirts, and carrying maces studded with human teeth, passed through towering, strange rocks and surrounded Yun Xiaolong.
Their bodies and faces were covered with thick black hair, obscuring their ugly features; only their blood-red eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light.
Behind the orcs, a scout general rode on the back of a blood wolf, letting out a low, chaotic growl, seemingly dissatisfied with his subordinates' caution.
Sure enough, upon hearing their superior's low growl, the dozen or so orcs immediately quickened their pace, forming an impenetrable encirclement that tightened inwards in circles.
"Your Highness, I, Xiaolong, will not live to see the restoration of the Great Qin Dynasty. I can only serve you here!" Regret was evident in Yun Xiaolong's eyes as he gripped a black sphere tightly with his blood-stained right hand.
Just as he was about to detonate the sphere and perish together with the orc, a sudden change occurred.
A green arc of light suddenly flashed above the orc general.
The next moment, the orc general's head flew into the air, and a pillar of blood shot up from his severed neck!
The blood wolf let out a shrill howl, and then a large bloody bloom exploded on its neck.
The blood wolf, its throat pierced by a sharp sword, collapsed to the ground with a thud, its massive body convulsing violently.
Only Yun Xiaolong vaguely saw that Blood Wolf had actually had his four Achilles tendons severed by a sword, which was why he collapsed like a pile of dirt.
Having seen the sword light, he naturally also saw a blurry human figure.
Yun Xiaolong's breathing became rapid. That shadow was definitely human, and most likely a master from Xianxia Pass who had come specifically to rescue him!
The sixteen orcs, unaware of what had happened, stared blankly at the general's corpse lying on the ground and the blood wolf's twitching body before letting out strange howls.
A phantom-like figure flew by like a ghost, and before the two orcs could even see it clearly, two bloody holes exploded in their throats.
Blood spurted out, and the phantom, leaving behind flying blood droplets, drifted ghostly beside the other two orcs.
Bang! Bang!
The throats of the two orcs burst open with a bang, blood splattering everywhere, followed by gurgling out.
The ghostly shadow sometimes drifted, sometimes darted with lightning speed, always appearing before the orcs in unexpected ways, and striking from unbelievable angles.
In the blink of an eye, all sixteen orcs died with their throats bursting!
A thick stench of blood permeated the air above the cliff.
The ghostly figure stopped, revealing a blood-stained black robe and a sharp sword as clear as autumn water.
ding!
[Congratulations, you have absorbed soul energy, increasing your maximum soul value by 10 points.]
ding!
[Congratulations, you have absorbed soul energy, increasing your maximum soul value by 5 points.]
ding!
[Congratulations, you have absorbed soul energy, increasing your maximum soul value by 1 point.]
ding!
[Congratulations, you have absorbed soul energy, increasing your maximum soul value by 1 point.]
...
Chen Ke stood quietly, his heart filled with disappointment.
Apart from the general who has 10 soul points, the other orcs only have their soul point cap increased by 1 point, which is not as good as the blood wolf.
After one round of harvesting, the maximum Soul Value increased by a total of 31 points.
Looking at Yun Xiaolong standing in front of him, Chen Ke sheathed his longsword and stepped forward.
Yun Xiaolong, overjoyed at his narrow escape, bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, senior..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his neck and fainted.
"I'm sorry, I'm not some senior." Chen Ke helped Yun Xiaolong up and slowly put him on the ground.
Bang bang bang bang!
All the orc corpses, including the Blood Wolf mount, instantly turned to black ash and collapsed onto the ground with a crash.
call!
A gust of wind blew by, and the orc was reduced to ashes.
Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief. In order to deal with these orcs as soon as possible, he used the blood-red killing intent and the death energy of the "Killing God Technique".
He didn't want the young man to see the orc turn to ashes.
Returning to Yun Xiaolong's side, Chen Ke swiftly healed Yun Xiaolong's injuries and fed him several pills.
Sensing that Yun Xiaolong's breathing was steady and he was about to wake up, Chen Ke summoned Ye Zi (Purple Leaf), piloted the Yiwei Divine Boat, and disappeared into the sky.
The murderous intent in his heart was burning fiercely, and only the blood of a hundred bandits from Jigong Mountain could extinguish it.