The balance of power in this war tilted completely with Li Shutong joining the battlefield.
This demigod simply waited on the Silver City army's route and surrounded them all by himself.
As the soldiers fled, they saw Li Shutong alone, carrying two stones, and immediately said irritably, "Hey, old man, get lost..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was gone.
However, while Li Shutong was happily reaping the rewards of his campaign, his gaze pierced through the layers of soldiers and suddenly saw Qing Chen picking his nose while firing an automatic rifle in one hand.
Li Shutong was shocked. When did his apprentice become such a grotesque figure?!
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Just then, Li Shutong suddenly saw six of his own in the distance, each armed with a heavy machine gun, charging forward with rapid-fire bursts...
Li Shutong: "???"
Then he saw six Vajra warriors and quickly realized what was going on.
Then, he suddenly remembered his strange encounter in Forbidden Land 008, and everything connected instantly.
This is definitely a painting by the Chen family painter, but the problem is, isn't the Chen family painters a family with a tradition of painting gods and Buddhas? Who has nothing better to do than ruin their own reputation?
Li Shutong always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
The next moment, those Vajra, Goddess, Qingchen, and Li Shutong also saw him.
More than twenty paintings froze simultaneously, as if time had stood still.
Immediately afterward, Qingchen turned around and looked back, counting the number of Li Shutongs with his index finger, one by one: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... No, count again! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!"
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Danger!
Li Shutong frowned and asked from afar, "Who are you...?"
But then more than twenty paintings turned and ran away, not even killing the deserters!
It's over!
In the woods, Da Yu broke out in a cold sweat. Who would have thought that Li Shutong would appear here? Wasn't he supposed to be strolling around the Eastern Continent Federation? How did he sneak over here?
Give me a heads-up beforehand!
Li Shutong frowned as he watched the painting's silhouette. He wasted no more time, so he simply blew a puff of cloud of air into dust and bones of the deserter, then turned and chased after the painting.
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A major victory was achieved on the main battlefield.
This was the second great victory of the Giant Dynasty's expedition. All the giants were overjoyed, and each of them picked up a few guns from the ground, intending to take them home as souvenirs or as toys for the little giants in their families.
Giants definitely couldn't use this thing; they couldn't even put their fingers into the trigger ring. A normal automatic rifle was more like a toy to them.
There was also a giant holding the main battle tank's cannon barrel, dragging it on the ground like a donkey, intending to take it back as a souvenir.
It was only thanks to the giant prophet that the giants abandoned their main battle tanks, destroying them and then pulling out the cannons to carry them in their hands.
...In the Forbidden Forest, such a straight stick is hard to find, and it's very handy.
Once upon a time, even the giants dared not venture out of the Forbidden Forest, for they were highly vulnerable to bombing by fighter jets and airships.
Now things are much better; every battle is a resounding victory.
The giants felt that if they continued fighting like this, it wouldn't be long before they reached the Virtuoso's palace.
In the woods.
"Your Majesty, you've finally woken up! I thought you'd never wake up again," the second-in-command said, sitting next to Qing Chen. "We were so worried about you."
Qing Chen found the title 'King' rather novel.
The second-in-command continued nagging, "My lord, you have to come back to Blackleaf Plain with us this time and take it under our control..."
At this moment, Da Yu hurriedly returned from the battlefield with his head down, as if he were about to run away.
Qing Chen stood up... but Qing Ji pressed him back down.
Qing Ji said, "Given your recovery ability, you will be able to get up and walk around after 48 hours."
Qingchen shook his head: "No need, I have a better way... Da Yu, where are you going?"
Da Yu said in a panic, "Huh? I didn't go anywhere. I went to the bathroom. If anyone comes after me, just say you haven't seen me."
Qing Chen was both amused and exasperated: "Don't rush, let me use the forbidden shroud for a moment."
"Is it important? If not, we can talk about it later."
"Very important."
Da Yu struggled for a long time: "What's it for?"
After thinking for a moment, Qing Chen said, "Please wrap up Boss He. He was hit by the Silver Duke's palm, and his muscles and internal organs are shattered. I want to see if he can recover."
After listening, Da Yu silently spread the shroud on the ground, and Li Tongyun and Black Spider carefully placed He Jinqiu inside.
Black Spider said, "This is a forbidden item from the Western Continent. I know it. It's called the Shroud of the Saint, and it was one of the tributes that Blackwater City gave to the royal family."
"Tribute?" Qingchen asked in confusion.
“Hmm,” Black Spider said, “Sixty-four years ago, the royal family suddenly demanded that the four dukes present one forbidden item as tribute each year. This is one of the tributes from decades ago, and it can restore the item. It was originally given to the previous king by the previous seventh princess, and then its whereabouts became unknown.”
"I see," Qingchen only understood one thing: the royal family had many taboos...
The tributes from these sixty-four years alone included 256 forbidden items!
Qing Chen looked at Black Spider: "Do you know what those forbidden items are and who controls them?"
Black Spider said, "I know part of it."
"very good."
At this moment, Da Yu had already wrapped the shroud around the body, and everyone was waiting for the results an hour later.
At one point, Qingchen still held onto hope, after all, Boss He's body was riddled with special cancer cells, which gave him some illusions.
But Qing Ji said, "I know what you're thinking, but even cancer cells die immediately after leaving the human body, unless they are placed in a special petri dish or on some animals with low resistance. Once a person dies, they are dead. It's impossible for cells to be alive after a person dies."
Qing Chen didn't say anything. Of course he knew this, but he just wanted to try.
While waiting, Zard's voice came from afar: "Uncle, come with me, he's over here, I just saw him."
Da Yu's expression changed!
He lowered his voice and said to Qingchen, "I'm leaving first. Don't contact me unless it's absolutely necessary. You can have that idiot Zard; I don't want him anymore!"
With that, Da Yu turned and ran.
However, he couldn't outrun Li Shutong...
In the blink of an eye, Li Shutong suddenly disappeared from Zard's side, and everyone only felt a gust of wind.
When Li Shutong reappeared, he had already grabbed Da Yu's ear and slowly walked deeper into the woods: "What's your relationship with Chen Ningzhi, kid?"
Da Yu roared, "Let go! Ouch! That hurts! My ear's about to be twisted off!"
Li Shutong wasn't that pretentious; he really went all out against Da Yu, leaving Qing Chen and the others dumbfounded.
The aloof and arrogant Da Yu was dragged away by the ear – what a rare sight! Qing Chen turned to Qing Ji and asked, "Did you bring your phone? Could you please take a picture?"
Qing Ji: "It's been filmed."
Li Shutong led Da Yu further and further away until even Qing Chen could no longer hear him.
After a brief moment of relief, Qing Chen asked, "Has an hour passed?"
Qing Ji said, "We've arrived."
Qing Chen took a deep breath: "Open it."
Qing Ji gently lifted the shroud, but Boss He inside was still lying quietly, without a heartbeat, without a pulse, without breathing, nothing at all.
Qing Chen remained silent for a long time before suddenly saying, "Wrap me in a shroud. My ribs will regenerate in an hour."
"Um."
Qing Ji gently lifted Boss He up, and then had Qing Chen wrapped in a shroud.
The thick black shroud was like a black curtain on a stage, obscuring the light and brightness, and also obscuring Qingchen.
No one could see Qing Chen's expression inside the shroud.
Chapter 897, Zero?
Just as everyone was waiting for Qingchen to wake up, four airships flew over quickly.
The giant in charge of reconnaissance changed his expression and chattered away, relaying the message deep into the forest... How could an airship dare to approach this place at this hour?
The next moment, the airship's hatch opened, and a figure dressed in white, Shindai Yunluo, jumped down from mid-air.
The giants thought he would fall to his death, but as he jumped into the air, a white dragon appeared at his feet.
With her hands behind her back, Kamishiro Yunra stood gracefully atop the dragon's head.
Giants: "Wow!"
Some of the female giants who participated in the war immediately fell in love with him.
Humans are indeed more attractive than giants... It's not that giants are ugly; in fact, when scaled down, they are no different from humans.
The giants just live too rough a life.
If you compare a giant covered in black and green paint to a god-like figure, the difference is indeed very obvious.
Kamishiro Yunluo landed on the ground and laughed, "We're one of our own. We met at the Giants' Court before."
At this moment, he waved to the airship, and saw that after the airship descended, Shindai Yunxiu came over carrying the fifth brother whose arms and legs had been broken... along with dozens of female slaves dressed in different clothes.
Shindai Yunluo looked at them and said with a smile, "You can't travel together anymore. You can go wherever you want. You can go to a deserted island to find a home, or you can fly directly to the Eastern Continent in an airship to escape your slave status."
The female slaves were somewhat disappointed, and they began to express their reluctance to part with Shindai Yunluo.