It seems to be for Qing Chen, who twice put himself in danger for him.
No, actually he was doing it for himself.
For the passionate self who once stood on that hundred-mile-long river embankment.
He walked through mud and was drenched in torrential rain there.
Looking back after more than a decade, the past is still vivid in his mind, and he thought he had forgotten it.
But he didn't.
The road is hard, the road is hard.
So many paths have diverged; where am I now?
He Jinqiu laughed loudly as he walked forward, not at all like someone who had just severed his wrist.
For every step the twelfth son took back, the other son took a step forward.
He calmly asked, "Where is the Silver Duke?"
The twelfth prince was shocked. He finally understood why he was afraid. The other party had asked for the Silver Duke, who was a demigod, as soon as he opened his mouth. This meant that the other party was confident in challenging a demigod.
What kind of person did the fifth brother bring back?
Seeing He Jinqiu approaching step by step, the twelfth brother quickly retreated and said, "My eldest brother has gone to the Sky Fortress. He's going to use the Sky Fortress to hunt down the Joker! I can take you up there. Without my identity verification, the Sky Fortress won't let you onto the deck!"
"No need," Mr. He said casually.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a jade heart sword flashed past the twelfth elder's brow like a shooting star.
The twelfth brother didn't even have a chance to react; he had only ever seen such absolute speed from his eldest brother.
He Jinqiu strode past the twelfth brother's corpse without even glancing down at him: "Leave the body here, and you can wear the eyes for a while longer until Qingchen comes to pick them up."
The dazzling Azure Jade Heart Sword gleamed in the dimly lit dungeon, moving back and forth like a swimming dragon.
The next moment, He Jinqiu walked faster and faster in the dungeon, and gradually started running.
The jade swords before him converged into one, and with a resounding boom, cleaved open the dungeon door.
He Jinqiu leaped into the air with all his might, and the Heart Sword seemed to have eyes as it spun back, appearing right at his feet as he fell.
He Jinqiu stood tall on the sword and in the wind, swaying as he chased after the Silver Sky Fortress.
But he flew faster and faster. The air fortress was never known for its speed, so compared to He Jinqiu, its flight speed was like that of a tortoise slowly crawling in the sky.
Right now.
The Silver Duke had just arrived at the aerial fortress and was sitting in the command seat.
One of the operations staff officers in charge of the holographic sand table suddenly looked surprised: "Sir, someone is catching up with us."
The Silver Duke was looking down at the battle report from the front lines: "The twelfth prince's airship?"
“No,” the operations officer said, ordering the high-definition cameras at the rear of the war fortress to be activated and firing a swarm of flares into the sky.
Six flares soared into the sky and then slowly descended.
A persistent crimson light shone in the darkness.
The Silver Duke looked up and his eye twitched slightly.
He Jinqiu!
The Silver Duke finally realized where the problem lay. This prisoner, who seemed to have no way out, actually fought his way out of the gate of death!
"Release the shipborne drones and kill them indiscriminately," the Silver Duke said calmly. "The drones will quickly approach him and detonate. There's no need to hold back. Also, use this time to adjust the trajectory of the main guns."
In an instant, the 72 main guns at the bottom of the air fortress slid rapidly to the side under the pull of the rails. Once in position, the magnificent pulse could complete an indiscriminate and blind-spot-free fire coverage in a single direction.
Previously, the white light that instantly pierced the King's Landing across 600 kilometers was a prime example of this technique.
600 kilometers is not a long distance in modern warfare, but it was specifically designed to shoot down aerial fortresses.
At the same time, tens of thousands of protective armor plates spread out like scales around the entire air fortress, each containing a neatly arranged hexagonal honeycomb, and within each honeycomb are drones in standby mode.
Inside the air fortress, dozens of soldiers donned glasses that connected to neurons.
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With a whoosh, all the countless drones were activated!
Soldiers piloted swarms of drones flying out of the hive, creating a terrifying spectacle in the sky like dark clouds.
The Silver Duke silently gazed at the sand table.
The moment He Jinqiu appeared, he knew that the biggest variable in the fortune teller's prophecy might be He Jinqiu.
He was cautious enough that the moment he saw He Jinqiu, he released drones powerful enough to destroy an air fleet.
Using such a large number of drones to target a single person is a combat tactic that even the soldiers on the air fortress have never seen before.
What a waste! Such a waste!
However, the operations staff officer, looking at the holographic sand table, suddenly realized: "His speed hasn't decreased at all! He's actually accelerating!"
Therefore, even when facing an aerial fortress, the other side still had no intention of retreating.
Is he crazy, or is he confident?
Nobody can be sure.
The Silver Duke calmly declared, "Begin the attack!"
At this point, the Silver Sky Fortress hadn't even had time to fly out of the city.
Many residents, upon hearing the sound of the air fortress moving, were so startled that they pressed their faces against their windows to watch... Could a new war be about to break out?
But what they saw was not war, but a person riding a sword in the sky under the light of flares, charging towards a massive aerial fortress!
In the darkness, the signal lights on the drone twinkled like stars, forming clusters of nebula-like structures, like a tsunami about to engulf a lone boat.
That lone boat looked exceptionally desolate and lonely.
The city's residents stared in disbelief, unable to comprehend how anyone could possibly attempt to shake a mountain-like aerial fortress single-handedly.
They couldn't understand why that solid, mountain-like aerial fortress would place such importance on one person.
But when He Jinqiu looked at the sky full of 'starlight', he seemed to have found the feeling he had when he faced the flood again.
The swarm of drones seemed to surge in like a flood, and he stood in the floodwaters wearing a red vest.
I could hear the squad leader's shouts and my comrades' cheers.
He thought he heard someone shouting:
"The dike in the west has breached! Where is Class Two?!"
He Jinqiu suddenly laughed, a very happy laugh.
The next moment, ten more streaks of light flew out from his chest.
That wasn't the sword he painstakingly honed, but rather the knuckles of his ten fingers.
This is not a sword of the heart, but a sword of bones.
After coexisting with cancer, He Jinqiu's journey through life, which he repeatedly walked in his hazy dreams, was not in vain. Those dreams stirred his spirit and will, which merged with the will of the world time and time again.
Although the world's will rejected him, its spiritual will remained.
He was already a demigod, yet he had no sword to wield.
Since there is no sword available, I will use one of my ten fingers!
It is noon.
But then, two more swords split off from beneath his feet and flew into the night sky along with the ten bone swords.
The twelve flying swords moved faster and faster.
The flares in the sky gradually dimmed, but the twelve flying swords drew a sky full of starlight!
The air currents swirled, and drones fell as they turned to flames.
At noon, all things are born and perish!
The soldiers in the air fortress were slowly falling into shock. In just ten breaths, not a single one of those seemingly overwhelming drones remained...
Is this even human?
He Jinqiu stood on his sword, gazing at the mountains in the sky.
Is it over? Not yet!
In the night sky, he seemed to hear the old sergeant roaring:
"Those in Class Two who aren't afraid of death, come with me!"
He Jinqiu turned around, but there were no comrades-in-arms beside him, only the empty sky.
But it's okay.
The next moment, the twelve flying swords returned to He Jinqiu's side, and he launched another attack on the aerial fortress!
Previously, Old Twelfth said that without him, He Jinqiu would never have been able to enter the aerial fortress.
He Jinqiu replied, "No need."
Even without anyone else around, he could still break in!
But then He Jinqiu transformed into a shooting star, meandering through the sky at an incredible speed.
He was so fast that even the electromagnetic cannons on the air fortress couldn't lock onto him.
The Silver Duke said coldly, "Switch to the main cannon for full-load coverage attack."
However, when the soldiers were operating the main cannon to prepare to fire, they discovered that He Jinqiu had disappeared from the holographic sand table.
"Disappeared?"
"No, he flew directly over the Silver!" a operations staff officer shouted.
In the command room, everyone looked at the figure above the holographic sand table. He Jinqiu was standing on the sword, swaying in the clouds.