diskusbooks Chapter 328: Fragments of the Holy Artifact?
Chapter 328: Fragments of the Holy Artifact?
The sound of metal colliding made Hu Qing's eardrums hurt, and the rattling of iron chains continued to sound along with the beating of military sticks.
Hu Qing had no choice but to lean back against the cold iron fence, looking at the receding scenery through the gap.
Every time the wheels rolled over the gravel, the tearing pain would still shoot straight from the wound to the top of my head.
"Open your mouth."
The silver-armored soldier on the left mechanically handed over a crimson pill.
Hu Qing silently held the Qi and Blood Pill in his mouth, and the familiar burning sensation immediately exploded in his mouth.
The medicinal power turned into a warm current that flowed to every part of his body, and the wound on his left shoulder felt numb and itchy as if it were being bitten by ants - this was the flesh and blood slowly regenerating.
The soldier on the right suddenly sneered: "When we get to the capital, you sea clan spies will have a hard time!"
Hu Qing withdrew his gaze and looked down at his mutilated left arm.
After eavesdropping these days, he has pieced together a lot of information:
This team belonged to the most elite "Sword Star Guard" of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the general in platinum armor was actually the second prince of the dynasty, Zhou Tianxuan.
What is more worrying is the "observatory" and "festival" mentioned by the soldiers in private discussions.
Although Hu Qing didn't know what these were, seeing the serious expressions on the faces of the soldiers around him, he knew it must be related to the so-called second prince.
As night fell, the convoy set up camp in a gravel canyon.
When Hu Qing was dragged out of the prison van, he noticed a bronze tripod erected in the center of the camp.
Zhou Tianxuan was placing the black crystal extracted from the Deep Sea King into the cauldron, and then throwing the crystal bow in...
"Hurry up! What are you looking at?"
The soldier in charge of guarding pushed Hu Qing, forcibly interrupting his sight. The rattling sound of the iron chains was particularly harsh in the twilight.
After Hu Qing finished his physiological activities, the soldiers put him back into the prison van and pushed him next to the cell where the Deep Sea King was.
Anyway, there was a star formation set up nearby, so the soldiers felt safe to put them together and then went to eat with peace of mind.
After they left, Hu Qing supported his body with his right elbow and moved with difficulty in the prison van like a stranded fish.
The broken part of his left shoulder had already scabbed over, but with every bump, tiny beads of blood would seep out, accumulating into a dark red patch on the floor of the prison van.
"time to eat!"
The silver-armored guard came over and threw half a hard biscuit into the prison cart. When he turned around, his armor made a cold clash sound.
After the guards walked away, Hu Qing suddenly started coughing violently.
Under the cover of coughing, he quickly pressed the half Qi and Blood Pill hidden in his mouth under his tongue.
This was the fourth pill he had saved in the past three days. The bitter taste of the pill mixed with the smell of blood spread in his mouth.
Hu Qing looked at the Deep Sea King beside him, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
I didn’t see it clearly before, but now I finally understand Deep Sea King’s predicament.
Seven bronze pillars as thick as bowls pierce the body of the Deep Sea King, and the surface of the pillars is engraved with twisted runes.
The thickest one was inserted directly from the tail vertebrae, passing through the spine to the top of the head. The blue flame burning at the top of the column made the scales flicker.
"cough……"
Hu Qing deliberately made a slight noise, and his right index finger quietly stroked the tail fin of the Deep Sea King hanging outside the cage.
It felt like touching sandpaper soaked in ice water, and dark red blood beads from the whip marks were still visible in the gaps between the scales.
The Deep Sea King's tail remained motionless.
But Hu Qing keenly noticed that the other party's third dorsal fin trembled slightly - this was the reaction of an old hand pretending to be unconscious.
"I know you can hear me."
Hu Qing whispered, his lips barely moving, "They're going to send you to the observatory at the end of this month."
A dazzling arc of electricity suddenly burst out from the bronze pillar!
The scales all over the Deep Sea King's body exploded, and white smoke with a burnt smell rose from his pierced chest and abdomen.
Hu Qing's nostrils were instantly filled with the fishy smell of grilled fish. He quickly fell on his back, and the back of his head hit the car floor hard.
"What's going on?" The patrolling guard came running over with a lantern.
"Snapped!"
The whip shadow came like a poisonous snake.
The golden short whip hit the wound on the Deep Sea King's tail fin accurately, and the scraped scales flew like blades.
The guard gasped for breath and was about to fight again, but was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a horn.
"Change of guard!" someone shouted in the distance.
Hu Qing closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He heard the guard poke the Deep Sea King with an iron rod and said, "Behave yourself! If you move again, we'll whip you to death."
The iron rod hit the bronze pillar, triggering a new round of lightning.
When the footsteps faded away again, something cold suddenly hit Hu Qing's thigh.
He squinted and saw a small piece of black crystal with jagged edges and spider-web-like golden patterns on its surface.
What was even more shocking was that his dantian suddenly vibrated wildly, like a hungry wolf seeing fresh meat.
Fragments of the holy artifact!
I didn’t expect to meet here...
Hu Qing used his body to block his right hand, and his fingertips stroked the cross-section of the crystal.
This was definitely not a natural fall-off, as the broken surface clearly had bite marks resembling teeth marks - Deep Sea King had actually torn it off from his own body using brute force!
Hu Qing quietly pressed the crystal against his dantian and put it inside.
The fragments seeped into the sand like running water, and his broken left shoulder suddenly felt numb and itchy as if it were bitten by thousands of ants - this was the new granulation tissue growing wildly!
The Deep Sea King finally raised his head.
The moonlight illuminated half of his charred face, but his right eye was terrifyingly bright.
Hu Qing suddenly understood that look: it was not surrender, but the patience of a beast waiting for its prey.
Amid the clamor of guard changeover, the two men's eyes met and then separated.
Hu Qing felt a rusty crack somewhere on the prison van's floorboards, and the Deep Sea King's electro-scorched tail tip was silently beating out some ancient rhythm...