Fighter of the Destiny

The night forest is silent, the cicadas are silent, and the autumn insects are silent.

The tea on the stone table is cold and the lamp is broken.

Suddenly, there was a thin sound of strings coming from somewhere in the woods.

The two looked over and saw a squirrel running past a tree at high speed.

The squirrel was very fat, and its furry tail trailed a gray shadow, which looked very cute.

Looking at this scene, for some reason, Chen Changsheng forgot about the impending death, or even the ending that might be more miserable than death, with an innocent smile on his face.

Queen Tianhai didn't smile, she just looked at the squirrel quietly, not knowing what she was thinking.

She waved her sleeves, as if to brush away some emotions she didn't like.

The cute squirrel was jumping from one tree to another, and turned into a bloody flower in mid-air.

Chen Changsheng was stunned, and asked a little sadly: Why?

The Holy Queen of Tianhai did not answer his words. What answered him were the sounds that came one after another in the forest on an early autumn night.

Those sounds were dull and popping, like a wine skin that could no longer withstand the pressure inside and suddenly burst.

A middle-aged man staggered out from behind a tree. His chest and abdomen were deflated, as if he had been directly crushed by some terrifying force. Blood was spurting out of his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. , before he had time to say anything, he fell down.

Chen Changsheng knew him. He was one of the three cardinals in the Cardinal Office.

He came to see Chen Changsheng, or in other words, he came to protect Chen Changsheng according to Li Gong's order.

Now he died like this in front of Chen Changsheng's eyes.

Those dull sounds continued to sound, and in the forest at night in early autumn, more than ten blood flowers burst out, either on the trees or among the fallen leaves on the ground.

Every blood flower represents the violent death of a master of the state religion.

Further away in the night, some masters of the state religion who had not been affected were forced to show up and flee in all directions, but how could they beat the wind traveling through the night forest?

Seeing this horrifying and even almost bizarre scene in front of him, Chen Changsheng felt cold both physically and mentally.

These dying people are all rare masters in the world, but in front of the Holy Queen Tianhai, they have no power to fight back.

Queen Tianhai's hands have been placed behind her back again, and the wind blowing from her sleeves is still traveling through the forest.

The ruthless killing continued, and people died from time to time. The horror was indescribable.

Chen Changsheng shouted that enough was enough.

He felt that his voice was loud enough, but she didn't seem to hear him.

He felt there was blood in his voice, but she didn't seem to feel anything.

Dozens of incomplete corpses lay quietly in the night forest.

Tianhai Sheng looked at the night expressionlessly and raised his right hand again.

Suddenly there was a painful groan in the night, and then someone was forced out of the night.

The person who came out of the night was Liu Qing. The sword in his hand was bent and deformed, his clothes were full of tears, and blood was flowing continuously.

He knelt among the fallen leaves and looked at the Holy Queen Tianhai behind Chen Changsheng. His eyes were full of shock and awe, but not fear.

Su Li and the mysterious assassin have both left this continent. He, who has reached the peak of gathering stars when he was in Hanshan, is undoubtedly the most powerful assassin in the world now. But there was no way he could get close to the Queen of Heaven and Sea, and even the secret skills hidden in the night were seen through by her at a glance, which was like a joke.

After meeting the Demon Lord in Hanshan, he had become very aware of the gap between himself and those who were truly powerful in the sacred realm. He also understood how ridiculous it was for Su Li to take people like him to Kyoto to kill the Holy Queen. , but he still came to Kyoto.

Because he is an assassin, this is what he is supposed to do.

Assassins will always die, and he has no dissatisfaction with being able to die in an assassination of the strongest man in the continent. He even felt very excited. Neither Su Li nor the eldest sister had ever really fought against Tianhai. Although he lost without any surprise, he had tried after all, and... Tianhai was really that strong!

Looking at the Queen Tianhai beside the stone table, Liu Qing's breath was a little urgent, his eyes were bright, and he seemed a little excited.

Queen Tianhai raised her eyebrows slightly.

She knew that Liu Qing was from Tianji Pavilion, and she had not planned to kill him for the sake of old man Tianji, but now she was ready to kill him because she didn't like to be looked at like this.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been paying attention to her every move, or because I really have the so-called heart-to-heart connection in the dark. I heard the fallen leaves beside the table being lightly stepped on by the soles of my boots, and watched her stir up. Eyebrow, Chen Changsheng knew that she was planning to kill Liu Qing, just like she had coldly killed those priests who had left the palace before.

Liu Qing had rescued Su Li in Xunyang City and helped him on Hanshan Mountain. Chen Changsheng certainly didn't want him to die, so he was very anxious, especially when he heard the faint sound of hoofbeats outside the wall, and guessed that it was the state cavalry listening. The movement is coming this way. If he can't stop her from continuing to kill people, then tonight's Anglican Academy and Baicao Garden will most likely turn into a horrific cemetery.

But he couldn't move now, and could only make very small movements from the neck up, so he could only try to persuade her with words again. He looked at Queen Tianhai and begged: Please let them go. They are all low-level cavalry and have nothing to do with such a big thing. As for him...he is a madman, why kill him.

Queen Tianhai looked down at him and said, Why should I promise you?

Chen Changsheng was silent for a moment and said, After all, you gave birth to me, but you didn't raise me. I don't ask for anything else. I just want this one thing from you.

Queen Tianhai's eyebrows were raised again, seemingly mockingly.

Chen Changsheng pretended not to see the change in her expression and continued: Why do you need to kill so many people? Isn't it enough for you to kill me?

Queen Tianhai withdrew her gaze and looked at the bloodstain among the fallen leaves. The bloodstain was not left by the priest from the palace, but by the squirrel with the fluffy tail.

For some reason, she looked at the blood stain and was silent for a long time, seeming to be thinking about something.

The clatter of cavalry hooves outside the courtyard wall was getting closer and closer, and one could vaguely hear the chaos in the National Education Academy. Chen Changsheng even heard Tang Thirty-Six's shouts.

Time was still passing and he was getting more and more nervous.

Suddenly, Saint Tianhai reached out and grabbed his collar. The night wind blew through the autumn forest, and the two of them disappeared.

Liu Qing stood up with difficulty from the fallen leaves, spat out a mouthful of blood again, and looked at the empty stone table with a dazed expression.

Accompanied by the sound of banging and opening the door, several holes were opened in the courtyard wall, and the state cavalry and people from the state academy rushed towards the woods.

Liu Qing turned around and disappeared into the night.

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Chen Changsheng only felt his body light up, and then he realized that he was in the air. The autumn forest in the Baicao Garden turned into a blanket in the distance under his feet. The lights in the palace also turned into the reflection of the stars in the river. The burning lights in the National Education College The torch gradually faded away, and then he saw Qujiang in the distance, saw Zhuo Shilin, and then entered a cloud and mist.

As the clouds broke through, the cool night wind howled, and the ground and the shallow water channels came towards him. He dropped his feet to the ground and looked around, only to realize that he had arrived at the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven.

The next moment, his feet left the ground again, not flying again, but being lifted up.

Queen Tianhai carried him like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered, across the clear channels between the stone flats, and arrived at the bottom of the sacred path of Tianshu Mausoleum.

There was a pavilion there, and under the pavilion sat a man, his whole body hidden in armor, like a bronze statue.

It's cloudy in Kyoto tonight, and there are very few stars visible.

When the Heavenly Sea Saint Queen brought Chen Changsheng to the pavilion, the clouds in the night sky spread through a tiny gap, and starlight fell on the armor.

The man in the armor woke up, and two distant and vicissitudes of life appeared in the depths of the dark helmet.

The Holy Queen of Tianhai said: Those who follow the Shinto way will be killed.

The man in the armor did not speak, but slowly raised his right hand and grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist.

With this movement, a few wisps of dust splashed out from the armor, as if more than six hundred years had passed.