Chapter 428: Elegance never goes out of style.
The third floor of Qianyin King’s Capital·The sky is filled with haze.
The towering dark castle is looming in the gray mist.
Qianyin Castle·The Sleeper's Room.
Rows of white candles were neatly placed in the corners of the room, and the dim light illuminated the dusty murals hanging on the walls.
The mural depicts thousands of people kneeling and worshiping devoutly.
At the top is a sacred figure wearing a golden robe and a triple crown, holding a cross staff in his left hand, the index and middle fingers of his right hand together and upward, and his thumb clasping the ring finger and little finger.
Around that figure, a holy angel surrounded by names could be vaguely seen.
The solemn murals fill the whole room with sanctity.
In the center of the room sits a slightly raised platform, with a golden coffin embedded with various bright gems placed on the platform.
The entire golden coffin is dazzling.
At this moment, the lid of the golden coffin moved open and made a creaking sound.
A pair of skinny hands stretched out to hold the edge of the golden coffin, and then a sacred and evil figure climbed up from the golden coffin.
Looking carefully, he saw a man wearing a golden starry robe, with dry features, prominent facial bones, and sunken eyes. He wears a sacred triple crown on his head, with a fist-sized golden gem embedded in the crown. The whole gem emits a dazzling halo. A simple cross necklace hangs around his neck, and seven different colors are worn on the fingers of both hands. Gem ring.
This man is none other than the King of Qianyin Kingdom, Mellon.
It was obviously not yet midnight, and the bell symbolizing awakening did not ring, but Mellon woke up.
I saw Mellon slowly walking out of the golden coffin and walking towards the door step by step.
The door that was originally closed opened automatically.
The moment it walked out of the door, thousands of people in the murals on the wall shed tears of blood one by one.
Mellon walked alone in the dark corridor, his heavy steps echoing.
Shake~
The oil lamps hanging on both sides of the corridor light up one by one.
You can see a knight covered in full armor, slowly kneeling down, lowering his head without looking directly.
Then Mellon walked to the door of a nearby room and stopped.
Click!
The door opened automatically and Mellon walked in.
Shake~
The candles in the room are automatically lit, illuminating every place.
Different from the sleeping room, the floor of this room is covered with luxurious fur carpets, antique oil paintings are hung on the walls, and various exquisite ornaments, wardrobes and dressing tables are placed around it.
Mellon walked to the closet and took out a set of gentleman's white shirts and black tuxedos.
He slowly walked to the dressing table and sat down. He slowly reached out and took off the crown, took off the ring on his finger and placed it on the dressing table. At the same time, he took off the golden starry robe he was wearing.
Then Mellon picked up the powder puff on the table and smeared the white powder on his face, making his dry and black face a little whiter.
After doing this, Mellon put on a gentleman's tuxedo, then walked to the clothes rack nearby, picked up a black dome hat and put it on his head.
At this moment, much of Mellon's sacred and solemn aura was removed, replaced by gentleman and elegance.
He stared at his appearance in the mirror for a long time, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he left the room.
Soon after, Mellon came to a closed door.
Two armored knights stood at the gate. The two armored knights slowly knelt down.
The closed door slowly opened back as if it had been touched.
An extremely cold breath rushed towards him.
Mellon was completely indifferent and walked in.
Inside the gate is a dazzling small palace. The floor of the palace is paved with gilded stone bricks, and crystal chandeliers hang from the top.
Candles burned continuously above the chandelier.
In the center of the palace sits a crystal coffin, surrounded by bright flowers. If you look closely, you will find that those flowers are eternal flowers.
Mellon walked step by step to the crystal coffin, and he looked deeply into the crystal coffin.
Lying inside the coffin was an elegant and noble girl in a white evening dress, with long golden hair flowing freely. The white dress lightly wrapped her slender body, and her beautiful face had her eyes closed tightly.
If Shen Qiu was present, he would definitely be able to recognize that the person lying in the crystal coffin was none other than Irene.
Mellon stretched out his hand with slight trembling and gently touched the crystal coffin. His cloudy eyes revealed complex expressions such as sadness and longing.
After a long time, Mellon slowly took a few steps back. He stared at Eileen in the crystal coffin, and slowly raised his hands in a dancing motion.
Mellon danced softly, his steps were very slow and very gentlemanly.
His cloudy eyes were full of tenderness. Although he seemed to be dancing alone, in fact, in his eyes, he was dancing with Irene in his arms. He vaguely saw Irene smiling sweetly at her.
Mellon's withered face revealed a smile involuntarily.
Just when Mellon was immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself.
The sound of heavy footsteps came, awakening Mellon who was immersed in it.
Mellon stopped dancing and put down his hands. The smile on his face disappeared and was replaced by solemnity.
At this time, a knight wearing heavy black armor, standing 2.4 meters tall, carrying a silver spear, and filled with a sense of terror and oppression walked in. He knelt on one knee and said to Mellon.
"King, there is an intruder."
When Mellon heard this, his withered face showed a frightening look of excitement.
"Very good, very good, very good!"
After finishing speaking, Mellon glanced at the crystal coffin and murmured in a low voice.
"Wait for me."
Then Mellon turned and left the small palace.
Soon after, Mellon appeared on the castle's observation deck with the knight.
Looking down, you can see a deep pit with a diameter of 500 meters and a depth of 300 meters in front of the castle.
Black blood flowed at the bottom of the pit, and a huge cross stood in the center.
The bottom of this cross is very long, like a pillar.
Scarlet chains hang on the horizontal part of the cross. These chains extend downward and wrap around twelve scarlet coffins.
There are huge notches on the top wall of the pit. When the mechanism is activated, four huge stone platforms will extend out, sealing the entire pit.
Mellon said in a hoarse voice.
"Eric, wake up the twelve blood knights!"
"Yes!"
Eriqi put one hand on his chest and replied respectfully.
Soon the mechanism was activated, and the chains wrapped around the cross were pulled, and a pair of scarlet coffins were pulled up from the bottom.
When the top is pulled, the horizontal chains begin to be pulled.
The twelve scarlet coffins were slowly pulled horizontally out of the pit.
Mellon looked at this scene, his cloudy eyes revealed a hint of fanaticism, and he let out a hoarse roar.
"Awake, my devout knights, and bring back those invaders"
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The second-floor southern city gate of Qianyin Kingdom.
A thin figure was hiding at the corner of a house, constantly peeking at the huge city gate in the distance.
I saw that the giant city gate, which was fifty meters high, was tightly closed.
There is a mechanical opening mechanism on the wall. If this mechanism is pulled, the lifting device can be triggered, eventually opening the giant city gate.
The figure looked away from the giant city gate and looked at the side door on the right.
The side door is only five meters high and uses a mechanical lock. There is a pull bolt on the inner door that can be unlocked directly.
However, no matter whether it is the main entrance or the side entrance, there are simple coffins placed in front of them.
At this time, the hiding figure seemed to have made up its mind and quickly rushed out of the bunker and rushed towards the side door on the right.
The moment the thin figure approached the door on the right.
Click!
The originally motionless coffin suddenly moved, and the lid of the coffin was pushed open. Corpses wearing gray metal armor and holding long swords jumped out. Their faces were very shriveled, and they looked like mummies.
At this time, the thin figure who rushed forward drew out the Liuyun sword, and the whole sword burned with black flames.
This figure is none other than Yun Xiaoxi.
She swung her Liuyun sword and slashed at a corpse guard rushing toward her.
Click!
The two swords collided together, and fire flew everywhere.
The corpse man was immediately repulsed. Yun Xiaoxi ignored it and took advantage of the gap to rush over.
At this time, corpse guards came up one after another.
"Fire Snake Dazzles!"
Yun Xiaoxi poured all her strength into the Liuyun Long Sword. The flames of the entire long sword burned even more intensely, and she swept across with one sword.
A black fire snake swept forward and instantly knocked away a zombie guard who rushed up.
She rushed in faster, watching the side door getting closer and closer.
Just then there was a bang!
The lid of a larger coffin suddenly flew sideways, and a burly corpse guard jumped out with a big knife in his hand.
"Ouch!"
The corpse guard let out a hoarse roar, his whole body flashed with lightning, he suddenly jumped up, and struck Yun Xiaoxi with his sword in the air.
Yun Xiaoxi was startled and immediately dodged sideways.
Click!
The broadsword struck the ground hard.
The solid ground instantly cracked, and the impact caused Yun Xiaoxi to fly away. After she landed on the ground, she rolled around a few times.
When Yun Xiaoxi got up, the corpse guard had already rushed over, and the flashing thunder sword struck straight at him.
Yun Xiaoxi raised her Liuyun sword to block!
clang.
With sparks flying, Yun Xiaoxi slid back seven or eight meters, her whole arms trembling.
At this time, the other corpse guards rushed up.
When Yun Xiaoxi saw this, she immediately turned around and ran away.
Soon after, on the gray mist-shrouded streets.
Yun Xiaoxi fled here in embarrassment. She turned around and looked behind her. When she saw that no corpse was chasing after her, her anxious heart eased.
A gentle breeze blew by, rattling the windows of the houses along the way.
Yun Xiaoxi moved around weakly, her eyes showing confusion and grievance.
She had been here for several days inexplicably, and she hadn't seen a single living person, and she couldn't see any overlap.
There was nothing to eat or drink here, just the constant growling of the stomach.
However, she wanted to leave this ghost city, but she couldn't defeat the monsters guarding the door.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiaoxi's nose suddenly became sore and her eyes were slightly red.
"Woo~ What should I do!"
On the other side, there was the first floor of Qianyin Kingdom.
Shen Qiu quickly shuttled through the alley alone, and his target direction was the entrance to the city gate in the distance.
He was going to observe the situation at the city gate entrance and look for an opportunity to go up.
Although both Shi Yao and Guo Zong made it clear that climbing the city wall was not feasible, only by finding the key could one have a chance to enter the second floor of Qianyin Capital. But Shen Qiu does not agree with this view.
Just because they can't do it doesn't mean they can't do it themselves.
So he planned to observe it and then try it himself. This is also the reason why he doesn't search with Shi Yao.
Another thing, Shen Qiu didn't want anyone to find the key to open the side entrance.
Because once the channel is opened, the variables are extremely large, and the people in the Blue Alliance and Gray Alliance may ultimately benefit, because they have the largest number of people.
As for the Red League, there are only a few people left, and nearly half of them have failed. The situation will be even more unfavorable by then.
So I might as well climb over the wall myself.
Half an hour later, Shen Qiu successfully arrived at the southern entrance between the first and second floors.
He looked at the towering city gates and walls, and was also shocked.
I saw a pair of dark red coffins hanging at regular intervals on the wall made of a mixture of rock and steel. Looking across, there was no end in sight.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath. This was the first time he saw such a scene, and he felt a little fuzzy in his heart.
He suppressed his uneasy restlessness and took a closer look.
The main city gate is fifty meters high, the side gate is only five meters high, and the city wall is about a hundred meters high. There are some uneven spots on the surface, but not many.
If he climbed normally with tools, it would not be very difficult for Shen Qiu.
But it was probably not that simple. Thinking of this, Shen Qiu tried to approach the city wall from the side.
When he reached the bottom of the city wall, Shen Qiu saw a small amount of broken coffin lid remains.
It was obvious that these wrecks were left behind by people who had tried to climb before, which meant that many coffins had been touched.
But Shen Qiu raised his head and took a closer look. He saw no open empty coffins on the city wall, which meant that every time the bell rang, there would be corpses to maintain and replace the coffins here.
No wonder there is no way to carve a way up.
Shen Qiu squinted his eyes and observed further. Suddenly he was keenly aware of something abnormal. The wall was stained with many small white threads. These white threads were like spider webs, connected to the coffin hanging nearby.
If there were no accidents, the climber should have touched these white threads, thus alerting the monster in the coffin.
But these white strands are extremely thin and inconspicuous, and they are also widely distributed.
The climb itself is difficult, but if you have to avoid this white thread, it will be even more difficult.
And this is not the most troublesome thing. After all, being able to see the danger is nothing. The most troublesome thing is the danger that cannot be seen.
Shen Qiu remembered clearly that Shi Yao clearly said that there were mechanisms on the city wall.
Therefore, taken together, the difficulty is estimated to be quite high.
It's really impossible to climb up quietly, unless you can fly over.
But even flying would probably be difficult, let alone whether it could fly with such high energy. Even if it could fly, the target would be so conspicuous that it would definitely trigger something.
However, Shen Qiu did not flinch, instead his eyes showed eagerness to try.
He quickly made a decision. He moved along the city wall, as far away from the city gate as possible, and was ready to look for a suitable climbing point.
More than an hour later.
Shen Qiu stopped under a city wall, raised his head and looked up.
On the smooth wall, there were protruding stones and nail rings nailed on by people.
His eyes suddenly lit up. It was obvious that this should be the climbing point that Lanmeng had tried before. This was simply a pillow given to him if he was sleepy.
With these things left behind by them, the difficulty of climbing suddenly dropped a lot.
However, Shen Qiu also noticed that these measures disappeared near the coffin hanging in the middle, which meant that the people of the Blue Alliance could not get up there.
But Shen Qiu didn't care. He felt that as long as he could climb to the coffin point, he could pull up the chain and rush up.
So Shen Qiu began to twist his neck and move his hands and feet.
Complete all preparations.
He stretched out his hand to touch the raised rock mass, then stretched out his right foot, stepped on the nail ring below, and climbed up little by little.
However, after climbing a few meters, Shen Qiu stopped.
He frowned, and white threads appeared on the wall above his head.
Shen Qiu then carefully reached out his hand, touched the spare climbing point next to it, and continued to climb up.
A few minutes later, Shen Qiu climbed thirteen meters high.
However, Chen Qiu's forehead was already beading with sweat. This was the first time that he climbed so hard, and he had obviously explored the road before.
His nerves were still tense, for fear of making mistakes.
"Huh!"
Shen Qiu breathed out slightly and stretched out his hand again.
When he grabbed the bulge on the wall above, the bulge suddenly sunk in.
Click!
The wall he had been leaning against suddenly had a gap, and a spear penetrated through it.
Shen Qiu immediately sensed something was wrong, and his body suddenly tilted, forming a bow shape, and he dodged narrowly.
Shen Qiu's expression twitched slightly, and he looked at the city wall with a ghostly expression. Although I knew there was an agency, I didn't expect it to come so quickly.
But after marveling, Shen Qiu readjusted his mentality.
Then he moved his position little by little and continued to climb up.
Time passes little by little.
Finally, Shen Qiu climbed under the hanging coffin. Shen Qiu raised his head and looked above.
It turned out that there were no footholds like nail rings on it. And it was covered with white threads everywhere, leaving little room for climbing.
It was obvious that we had reached our limit here, and it was impossible to continue climbing up quietly.
Shen Qiu's expression changed, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.
"Fight!"
In an instant, Shen Qiu's whole body flashed with lightning, and he jumped up suddenly, grabbing the hanging coffin with one hand.
At this moment, he was like a fly swooping into a spider's web, instantly disturbing the white threads in the entire area.
Suddenly, each coffin began to shake, including the one held by Shen Qiu.
But Shen Qiu didn't care at all. He climbed up quickly, climbed directly to the top of the coffin, then stepped on the coffin and pulled the iron chain, and rushed up quickly.
Click!
The coffin lids all around suddenly opened sideways, and some were in disrepair and fell directly.
At this time, only crawling corpses were seen crawling out of the coffin, wrapped in rags, with their whole bodies shriveled, their hands and feet deformed into claws, and their mouths grinning, revealing sharp fangs.
Shen Qiu's bracelet made a warning sound.
"Ghoul, atomic wave reaction 110, judged level is LV2 (low level)."
One after another, the crawlers locked eyes on Shen Qiu with their red eyes. They were like geckos, rushing toward Shen Qiu quickly.
The steep walls seemed like flat ground in front of them.
At this time, Shen Qiu didn't care about the swarming zombies, staring at the top, and quickly pulled the chain and rushed upward.
Just when many zombies were about to catch up with Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu yanked the chain and climbed straight up the city wall.
However, after going up, Shen Qiu's heart sank suddenly, and countless corpse crawlers also climbed up and directly blocked Shen Qiu on the city wall.
At the same time, zombie guards came around with weapons in hand.
The bracelet beeps again.
"Corpse guard, atomic wave reaction 240, judged level LV2 (low level)"
At this moment, Shen Qiu was completely surrounded, and more and more monsters gathered, but Shen Qiu did not panic.
He put the Cang Bone Blade back into the scabbard and squatted down slightly. Terrifying lightning burst out from his whole body, and then penetrated the Cang Bone Blade with violent power.
The entire Blue Bone Blade suddenly made a buzzing sound.
"Thousand Blades Thunder Slash!"
Shen Qiu instantly pulled out the Blue Bone Blade and swept around.
Click!
The zombie guards and zombie monsters swarmed in and were all killed and their bodies cut off at the waist.
The entire area was cleared, but more and more monsters were swarming in the distance.
Shen Qiu didn't dare to stop at all. He rushed to the wall in front of him very quickly and looked down.
Sure enough, there are also corpse coffins hanging on this wall.
He immediately climbed over the wall and slid down with the chain.
Bang!
He stepped on the hanging coffin and looked down.
It turned out that it was still seventy meters above the ground.
However, at this time, the black ghouls crawled down from the wall above their heads like locusts.
Shen Qiu glanced back, twitching the corners of his mouth fiercely, then regardless of the height, he let out a low growl.
"Ah!"
Shen Qiu's body erupted with terrifying thunder and lightning, and he jumped down. The whole person was like a thunderball, hitting the ground hard.
boom!
The entire ground was smashed into a deep pit.
Before the dust dispersed, Shen Qiu sprang out and ran forward.
At this time, a large number of ghouls landed on the ground and chased after Shen Qiu.
Unfortunately, their movement speed could not keep up with Shen Qiu's, and the distance soon became wider and wider.
Ten minutes later, Shen Qiu hid in a corner, looking back.
After confirming that no corpse man was catching up, he took a long breath. After wiping the sweat from my forehead, I finally got it done.
This job is really not something that ordinary people can do.
It was so difficult for him to force his way up alone. No wonder the Blue League gave up on forcing the climb. There were so many of them, so it was simply unrealistic.
After Shen Qiu calmed down for a while, he began to observe the surrounding environment.
He found that the second-story buildings in Qianyin Kingdom were obviously much more refined and more impressive than the first-floor buildings.
If the lower level is a slum, then the second floor is a bustling city.
The buildings here are no longer in the rigid pigeon cage shape, they basically have their own characteristics.
Shen Qiu looked at the time on his wristband. It was now past ten o'clock in the evening, and it would soon be midnight.
When the time comes, the monsters in the entire city will wake up, and he should quickly find a suitable place to hide.
Although there are houses around here, everyone can hide.
But the location is not very good. Once discovered by a monster, the direction in which you can escape is very limited.
So Shen Qiu walked along the street.
ps: Sorry, I have been hospitalized and it will take 3-5 days to be discharged. But don’t worry, I will ensure that I update a minimum of 6,000 words every day. Please understand.
(End of chapter)