Chapter 1 Dark Night

No one can remember the time clearly. They only remember that such a poignant story was once performed on the mainland of China.

Late at night, I can't see my fingers, and I don't know where the moon is hiding.

The residents in the village have fallen into a deep sleep. On the road not far away, the sound of rapid horse hooves is gradually approaching. The people on horseback are wearing uniform night clothes, covering their whole bodies, with only one face exposed.

No expression could be seen. The weapon behind his back was wrapped in a long black cloth, only the hilt of the sword was exposed.

After a while, the crowd on horseback had arrived at the entrance of the village. The village was still quiet, and only the faint sound of snoring could be heard. The group of people jumped off the horse. There were about twenty people in them, and the leader

He was a young man in his thirties. After he counted the people he was leading, he nodded to them and quickly walked along the side road towards the village. Judging from their moving speed and movements, it looked like this.

He is a top-notch master in the world, and the lightness skills he uses at his feet are the secret technique of the largest cultivation sect today - Phantom Trace.

Cultivation sects are the most mysterious existences in the world. They rarely appear in the world of ordinary people. Even if they do, they only occasionally travel. Most of the time they practice on the mountains of their own sect in order to achieve the legendary level.

His strength and the place that all cultivators in the world dream of.

However, today, in this small town, so many people suddenly appeared, all disguised as ordinary martial arts masters. It is not difficult to see that what follows is a secret operation. It is very likely that the bloody storm of the cultivation sect is about to happen here.

Performed in a moment.

When this group of people came to a remote house, they stopped. The young man who led the group made a gesture, and the other young people took out swords from their backs and held them tightly in their hands. The swords in their hands looked ordinary, but they were extraordinary.

When these people held the sword in their hands, a layer of faint blue light slowly emitted from the sword.

The crowd spread out around the house and quickly approached the house. When they were still five meters away from the house, they saw the roof of the house suddenly explode, and a couple in their thirties shot straight out.

They all held a sharp sword in their hands, and the swords buzzed in their hands. The sword in the man's hand still exuded a dazzling silver light, and the sword in the woman's hand also emitted silver light, but it was much dimmed.

Seeing that the target had appeared, this group of people took a few steps back quickly, waiting for the two of them to fall into their circle.

The young man who led the team was stunned for a moment when he saw the silver light radiating from the swords of the couple. His eyes were full of surprise, and he disappeared for a moment. After all, he was also a master of cultivation, so this situation was not enough to affect their minds.

The couple slowly descended from the air and landed on the ground, but they did not bring up a particle of dust. From the surprise of the team leader just now and the light of the swords in their hands, it can be concluded that the two of them are one of the few in the world.

A master of cultivation, his internal strength has been developed to the point where he can freely release it.

At this time, the man in the couple spoke, his name was Duan Qingkong. Duan Qingkong sighed and looked at the team leader in front of him, and said in disbelief: "Seventh Junior Brother, do you really want to drive us all away?

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The team leader, the seventh junior brother in the man's mouth, was named Zhang Shengquan. Zhang Shengquan looked at his former senior brother affectionately, and said helplessly as he looked at him, but did not immediately answer his words, and said: "Senior brother, what have you done over the years?

There is a new breakthrough in my skill."

After hearing this, Duan Qingkong smiled slightly, seeming a little disdainful.

Zhang Shengquan also saw their thoughts from Duan Qingkong's eyes, so he said: "You know this is not what I meant. It is the second senior brother who wants to kill you. We cannot disobey the leader's order. I can only act according to his order."

." At this point, he paused, and then said slowly: "Don't worry, I will never take action today. As long as you escape from my death array, I will let you go."

A subordinate nearby heard the leader say such words and said as a reminder: "Master, the master didn't ask us to..."

"If anything happens, I'll take the responsibility. Just do your best." Zhang Shengquan interrupted his subordinates' questions.

"Okay!" Duan Qingkong smiled, with a sense of ridicule. He gently raised the sword and said angrily: "Since he is ruthless, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Seventh Junior Brother, I have offended him."

After saying that, he and his wife flew towards the Death Gate Formation that had been set up at the same time, but they were flying in opposite directions, one in front and one behind. They all knew that the Death Gate Formation was the most powerful attack among the eight formations.

, if the people around you join forces to attack, no matter how powerful you are, it will be difficult to escape. Of course, you will not be able to escape death.

The eight decisive formations are the mountain-suppressing formations of the Can Yang Sect. When the eight formations are activated at the same time, they are truly invincible. Even if the gods descend to earth, it will be difficult to escape. Since the establishment of the Can Yang Sect over 800 years ago, the eight formations have not been launched at the same time.

It has happened before that even an ordinary formation can actually deal with some sects that dare to provoke.

The eight formations are divided into southeast, northwest and heaven and earth, life and death. The Gate of Death Formation is nothing but the most powerful among the eight formations of the setting sun. The cultivators inside have deep internal strength and ruthless methods, which are beyond the reach of ordinary sects. Ordinary third-rate sects

, as long as the people of the Death Gate Formation are dispatched at the same time, even if the Death Gate Formation is not opened, it will be enough for some smaller sects to bear the disaster of annihilation. It is for this reason that the Setting Sun Sect has been the leader among the cultivation sects for hundreds of years.

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Cultivation sects rarely engage in large-scale aggressive wars. Most of their people have seen through the secular world and concentrate on cultivation. However, there will occasionally be some small frictions between sects, and wars between them are inevitable.

Although the night is very dark, for masters of their level, it cannot affect the speed of their skills. For cultivators, when they practice to a certain level, the night is nothing. Just a sound and a movement can

But knowing what is happening around you is just listening and speaking.

The people inside the Death Gate Array saw two people flying over with swords in their hands. They quickly raised their swords to meet them. Zhang Shengquan raised his right hand and laid a barrier around him. He didn't want today's secret to be revealed.

Actions are transmitted. The barrier is transparent and people outside can see inside, but the sounds inside cannot be transmitted.

After the swords collided, they made a crisp sound, and then bounced away quickly. It was difficult to see their speed and movements clearly. The couple stepped back in tacit agreement at the same time and looked at each other. The blow just now was just a test. Although they were

When we were in the sect, we knew about the existence and power of the Death Sect Formation, but we still had no idea how powerful it was.

In the eight decisive formations, each formation has twenty-five people. Four people stand in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and two people are left in the four positions of southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest. The last person is the eye of the formation and also the skill.

The tallest person makes corresponding adjustments when the formation changes to minimize losses. The person with the eye of the formation is also the sect leader of this sect, and the leader of the death sect formation in front of him is Zhang Shengquan.

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The couple moved and once again swung their swords towards the place where they were just now. This time they used 70% of their internal strength. It seemed that they were going to do it for real. The two of them were swimming quickly among the crowd, although both sides were

No harm was done, but the people in the Death Gate Array relied on their tacit cooperation to gradually narrow the scope of control. They knew that it would not be long before the range of movement was only about ten meters, and the couple would be buried.

's grave.

The blue sword light and the silver sword light intertwined rapidly in the sky, making the entire night sky become gorgeous.

The couple also felt the crisis at this time. They used all their inner energy to resist the sword energy, but they still could not break through the death gate formation with almost no flaws. Despair slowly arose in their hearts.

At this moment, the woman was suddenly hit by a sword on the shoulder. Although the sword was not very deep, the blood spilled out quickly. Duan Qingkong was very angry after seeing his wife hit by the sword. Of course, he was also

A little heartbroken. The one he loves most in his life is his wife. He once swore not to allow anyone to hurt her. He doesn't like the life of fighting and killing, and just hopes to live a normal life with his wife and son. Because

Therefore, he gave up the position of inheriting the leader, but today, he still cannot escape the pursuit of his sect.

The woman's name is Dong Xiaorou. The blood on her wound is still flowing rapidly at this moment. As time goes by, she gradually becomes overwhelmed, but she still persists and persists.

Dong Xiaorou's kung fu was not as good as her husband's. She knew that if her husband hadn't taken her to break out with him, with her husband's kung fu, she would have been able to escape alone from this not very powerful death gate formation. At this moment, she felt as if she had become a

burden.

Dong Xiaorou also loves her husband very much. She misses every moment they get together on the mountain of the sect. She met her husband when she was seventeen years old on the mountain and fell in love with him.

, they have never quarreled in the decades they have been together. She feels that she is the happiest woman in the world, because her husband always lets her go. At this time, she understands that if the formation is shrinking by a few meters, no matter how tall her husband is,

With her martial arts, it was difficult to escape. For a moment, she thought of death and wanted to die under the opponent's sword. When the opponent was about to swing the sword in his hand, she almost gave up resistance, closed her eyes, and thought in her heart

She secretly said: Farewell to my husband. Then she waited for death to come. However, just when the sword was about to fall on her head, she heard a "clang" sound and was knocked away by another sword, and the owner of this sword,

It was her husband.

Duan Qingkong seemed to have read his wife's thoughts. He knocked the sword off his wife's head and held her tightly in his arms. A tear dropped gently from the corner of his eye, passing through the air and falling on the dusty ground.

It aroused many mottled tears. However, the two parties who were fighting did not pay attention to this scene. Zhang Shengquan, who was watching this scene from a distance, felt a sudden pain in his heart and had an unknown premonition.

Duan Qingkong quickly raised the sword in his hand above his head, suddenly flew up on the spot, swung the tip of the sword downward, and suddenly shouted: "Luo-ye-wan-yang."

After Zhang Shengquan heard these four words, his face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted to the men next to him: "No, don't hide, defend with all your strength." The reason why he said this was because he knew this trick.

What does it mean.

As soon as Zhang Shengquan finished speaking, Duan Qingkong was seen spinning at high speed in the sky. The rotation of the sword in his hand stirred up sword waves. The sword light that was just silver turned into a faint golden color at this moment. He held the sword

His hands were trembling, and he seemed unable to fully exert the power of this move.

Suddenly, a terrible thought popped into Zhang Shengquan's heart, as if he knew what Duan Qingkong had just done, but he didn't have time to think too much, and the sword wave inside the barrier was too much for him to bear.

In a moment, the surrounding barrier had been twisted, deformed, and finally dissipated by Duan Qingkong's sword wave.

Zhang Shengquan also had a stream of blood from the corner of his mouth here, apparently suffering from internal injuries.

The people inside the Death Gate Formation were painfully resisting the sword waves coming towards them. Those with weak internal strength were already overdrawn. At this moment, they couldn't run away even if they wanted to. Once they gave up their defense, they would be beaten by a wave of swords.

The Dao Jian Bo killed tens of thousands of people. Beads of sweat flowed from everyone's face, and their internal energy was consumed rapidly. Just when they were about to lose their support, the sword wave gradually slowed down.

Duan Qingkong's rotation changed so much that he could see their appearance clearly. At this time, he had almost lost all the internal strength in his body, but he still used his last bit of strength to throw his wife far away in his arms.

Out of the surrounded area, he himself fell heavily from the air, with dust flying. Then, sharp swords were slowly inserted into his body. At that moment, Duan Qingkong seemed not to feel any pain.

The corner of his mouth curled up into a happy smile. In the end, he slowly closed his eyes without leaving any regrets.

A sound of broken metal came from his body, resounding throughout the night sky. The sound was so clear, with a hint of desolation. The people present were all cultivators, and they all understood what had just happened. Duan Qingkong said at the end

At this moment, he burned his true energy ball, used the fire of life to instantly improve his internal strength, and used his own strength to break the formation. He did this just to save one person, the wife he loves most in this life.

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Burning the true essence of life is something that all cultivators know, and it is also something that all cultivators dare not do. Burning the true essence of life also burns your own life. Although you can burn your own power in an instant

It has been upgraded to a new level, but the consequences are unbearable. The real energy will disappear with the sudden burst of power. There will not even be a chance to reincarnate or reshape the body. That is the absolute destruction of the soul.

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"No." Dong Xiaorou shouted hysterically when she saw her husband died under the sword of her sect. When her husband launched the last move of the Setting Sun Sword Technique, his eyes were filled with tears, like a kite with a broken string.

The rustling flooded her world. Dong Xiaorou, who was twenty meters away, could easily escape, but she did not move, standing there in a daze. Her husband burned the fire of life in order to save herself, how could she possibly

Leave him behind! Dong Xiaorou's world was completely dimmed in an instant. Her mind was completely filled with the memories of each other. Her frozen sight stopped in the ethereal corner, transforming into gray pictures. The pictures were like

Replaying the scenes of the past, slowly walking in the memory, the laughter of the past, the sweetness of the past, the past years are reduced to the eternal past at this moment. Dong Xiaorou's heart has been broken and can no longer be pieced together.
To be continued...