Chapter 24: Zhao Jing's Death, Wuchang Battle Report On top of the city wall. The smell of blood filled the air. Every time you walk a certain distance, you can see the broken limbs of the people guarding the city, as well as the corpses of birds, beasts, and other monsters. There are also some people whose bodies are intact but who are in a daze. This part is invaded by evil spirits, causing mental confusion. If you are lucky, you may recover gradually over time. Those who are less fortunate will inevitably become stupid and dull even if they recover a little. The most serious case is that the soul has been dispersed and eaten by evil spirits. The body is still alive, but the person has become a living dead. "..."
At this moment, Zhaozhou and others were moving forward along the city wall. Everyone walked in a hurry, with a stern look on their faces. The city defense soldiers who were cleaning up the mess, the staff from the outer city government, as well as the medical officers, coroners, and others, all saluted. But none of the city defense leaders, including Zhaozhou, responded and left in a hurry. The location of the 60th willow night light! That half of the body was still on the city wall. The Zhaozhou commander-in-chief suddenly slowed down his pace. He seemed to lose his strength and his face gradually turned pale. Then the elderly commander closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "It's him." Although it had been preliminarily determined earlier that the half-body was Zhao Jing, everyone's hearts sank when they heard the confirmation from the commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou. It’s not just because Zhao Jing is the adopted son of the commander-in-chief. It is also because Zhao Jing has strong inner cultivation. Among the city defenders, the one with the highest cultivation level is only at the Inner Strong Realm. A warrior with strong internal cultivation also died on the city wall, which made people feel complicated. "From here, the city defense position of Linjiang Division is ahead?" The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou slowly raised his head. In an instant, everyone's faces turned ugly. Zhao Jing, with his strong internal cultivation and twenty personal soldiers, all died here. So how can the new flag bearer of Linjiangfang defend those 360 steps?
Everyone knew that this section of the city wall was lost last night, and many evil spirits crossed the city walls and broke into Linjiangfang, resulting in heavy casualties among the team responsible for cleaning up the city. If a mysterious master hadn’t intervened, the entire Linjiangfang would have been turned into a living hell. Zhaozhou and others looked at each other with complicated expressions. In their hearts, they had basically concluded that the young flag bearer who was highly expected by the Heavenly Supervisory Department had died in the darkness of the night. If you are lucky, you may be killed by evil spirits and your body will be intact. If you are unlucky, most likely only corpses will be left. Even, when they were eaten by the evil spirits, not even their bones were left, only bloodstains on the ground. Just as everyone was thinking this, they saw city defense soldiers coming to clean up the area from the other side of the city wall. "What's the situation ahead?" Deputy Commander Zhou stepped forward and asked, "Can the flag bearer see it?" "Never seen it before." The leading captain bowed and said. "Ugh……" The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou sighed with regret. He looked at Zhao Jing in front of him. Although it was broken into two pieces, at least half of the body was left. It seems that there is nothing left of the flag-bearer of Impermanence. All the high-ranking officers of the city defense force had the same idea and felt quite regretful. But the three deputy commanders looked at each other and felt that it was not surprising that the new flag-bearer was so arrogant and conceited yesterday evening that he refused the life-saving thing from the commander-in-chief. At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded behind me. Everyone turned around and saw a man in a long robe, panting. "I am Xie Jin, the chief clerk of the Guantian Tower in the inner city. I have been ordered to come here to verify the post-war situation in the south of the outer city." The magic mirror in the Guantian Tower was modeled after the magic mirror in Qifeng Prefecture. It could observe the divine light, evil spirits, strange auras, etc. in this world, but it could not see all scenes clearly. Therefore, whenever an incident occurs, it is necessary to verify, register, and store it in a database. The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou sighed and waved his hand. He immediately listened to everyone's reports on the battle situation and casualties of last night. "From here on, for more than a thousand steps, the locations of more than thirty willow branch night lamps have all been lost." "and many more……" Hearing this, Xie Jin was startled and asked, "Is this the location of the 60th willow branch night lamp?" "Exactly." "Starting from the front, is this the defensive position that Linjiang Division is responsible for?"
"good." "But when I observed from the Guantian Tower last night, the twelve willow branches that illuminated the city defense area where the Linjiang Division is located were safe and sound, and there were no omissions." "what?" Everyone was stunned and looked shocked. Xie Jin flipped open the record book and frowned as he said, "In the area where Linjiangsi is located, the city defenses on both sides have been lost in more than 20 places." As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the atmosphere was extremely strange. He looked around and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" "Did the flag bearer of Linjiang Division hold this 360-step defense range?" The senior city defense officials present finally reacted and were all shocked and incredulous. "Not only that! We who are defending the city are only facing the darkness ahead, but after both sides fall, he will also have to face the invasion of demons on both sides..." At this time, the captain named Meng Lu was heard with a serious expression. He is a martial artist at the Marrow Cleansing Stage, and has reached the pinnacle of the second major stage of martial arts. But I asked myself that I would definitely not be able to hold on in such a dire situation. Being threatened from three sides, the only option left is to abandon the defense and escape, which would be death. "and……" After a pause, Meng Lu frowned and said, "This half of Zhao Jing's body was obviously not torn apart by claws, but was cut off by a sharp weapon. It was done in one strike, clean and neat!" "Didn't he die at the hands of the evil spirit?" Xie Jin, who came from the Guantian Tower in the inner city, couldn't help but asked in astonishment: "Was he killed?" The atmosphere in the field suddenly became cold and reached its lowest point. At this moment, a thought emerged in everyone's mind. Was it the flag bearer of Linjiangsi who killed Zhao Jing who came to support? Zhao Jing had strong internal cultivation, but he was cut off by a single sword. How powerful was his opponent? But according to previous information, this person is most likely in the blood refining realm, or at most marrow cleansing, which is the second level of martial arts. In an instant, a layer of gloom covered everyone's heart. At this moment, Deputy Commander Zhou, who was relatively domineering, suddenly shouted angrily, "I will send people to surround Linjiangsi and take his head to pay for Zhao Jing's life!" He immediately drew his sword, turned around and left. But at this moment, an old voice was heard. "stop!" The commander of Zhaozhou shouted, "The matter has not been clarified yet, what do you want to do? This matter..." He took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Master, for reporting to the inner city!"
After the voice fell, he said solemnly: "Seal the city gates, no one is allowed to enter or leave today!" - at the same time The high-rise building of Wainansi is located. "Yang Wang, the chief clerk of Linjiang Division, sent someone to deliver Wuchang's handwritten battle report." "Hmm? Shouldn't he be handing over the task to the Outer South City Defense Commander at this time?" General Han was a little surprised. He took the battle report, opened it and his face changed slightly. For a moment, his expression changed. (End of this chapter)