Chapter 53: Nether Candle

North of the city lies the armory.

To be precise, the armory is located in the northwest corner of Mapleleaf City.

A large number of armaments are stored here, waiting to be put into use when the army sets out.

The defense here is strict. At all times, a hundred-man team is stationed here on rotation. This team is divided into ten smaller squads, each led by a cultivator.

Of course, this does not mean that the proportion of cultivators in the Mapleleaf City Guard is so high. Rather, it is because the significance of the armory is so great that the commanders in charge of defense have deliberately increased the proportion of elites.

In comparison, the City Lord's mansion itself does not have many cultivator guards, because the City Lord Wei Quji himself is the most deterrent force in Mapleleaf City.

At the same time, rotating to guard the armory is also one of the daily tasks of the Dao Academy disciples. Every day, two Dao Academy disciples are stationed here. The Dao merits are few, but the advantage is that they are stable, and there is basically nothing to do, which does not affect meditation and cultivation. This task is actually抢手 (qiang3shou3 - in demand), and it is a case of "the early bird catches the worm."

The armory is divided into inner and outer sections. Such a high level of defense is not just to protect the mountains of common weapons and armor in the outer armory.

Spatially, the inner armory is extremely small, occupying only a small room in the middle of the entire armory.

But from the walls to the roof and even the ground, special arrays are engraved to prevent violent intrusion. If there are attacks that these arrays cannot resist, the self-destruct array in the inner armory will be activated.

Various measures restrict anyone from entering the inner armory through the main gate except with a special seal.

And the two disciples of the Dao Academy, and the strongest ten-man squad in the hundred-man team, guard the inner armory. They do not move a single step except for rotation.

Such defense is almost foolproof. Especially today is the big day of the Three Cities Dao Discourse, a large number of city guards are stationed in the city, and no one with eyes will come to seek death.

So when two people in the uniforms of the city guards came, and the seal was verified to be correct, the squad leader on duty did not think much, and pinched the seal to open the inner armory door.

"Wait." A Dao Academy disciple sitting cross-legged on a futon on the right side of the door suddenly said.

His intention was not to suspect these two people, but to feel that he also needed to take a look at the seal, so that it would be in line with his duties.

But the two people who had already stepped into the inner armory suddenly turned their heads.

One's long hair exploded, like black needles filling the air. One opened a bloody mouth and spat out a stream of vile blood!

The Dao Academy disciple who had called out was almost instantly stabbed in the face by the black hair and died on the spot. The city guard squad leader cultivator was wrapped in the vile blood, and instantly only bones remained!

In just one exchange, there was only one cultivator left outside the inner armory door. Although the remaining nine city guards were elite, they were only mortal forces.

"I just wanted to slack off..." The only remaining Dao Academy disciple touched his forehead, and the next moment he soared up, flicked his fingers, and a golden light arrow pierced the air towards the enemy.

Ding-grade high-quality Dao technique, Golden Light Arrow.

It was instantaneous, indicating that this person had at least completed the Small Heavenly Cycle, and his cultivation was above the eighth rank.

While attacking, he commanded, "Spread out and report the news! I'll hold them here!"

Indeed, he was not sure of defeating these two guys who dared to attack the Mapleleaf City Armory, but at this moment, the official forces in Mapleleaf City undoubtedly occupied an absolute advantage. As long as the news was sent out, no matter how many opponents came, they would only end up being annihilated.

It was the habit of soldiers to obey orders, of course they would not delay, and the nine soldiers immediately dispersed and fled.

At this moment, almost everywhere in Mapleleaf City, except for the martial arts field and other places where strong people gathered, chaos broke out.

Arson, sudden killings, and temporary clamor.

Inside the armory, the two attackers did not hesitate. The attacker with black hair as a weapon stayed to fight, while the attacker who spewed vile blood rushed directly into the inner armory.

They have a very clear goal! Such a thought flashed through the mind of the only remaining Dao Academy disciple. Flicking his fingers in succession, sharp edges came one after another, and he unleashed the Golden Light Arrow with the effect of a rain of arrows across the sky!

The Golden Light Arrows competed with the Black Hair Arrows, one sharp, one strange.

Just as they were in a stalemate, a long knife suddenly slashed across, and the black hair attacker crashed to the ground, his head and body separated.

Wei Yan gripped the long knife and turned into the inner armory.

A stream of vile blood snake lunged at him. Without dodging or avoiding, he slashed down with his long knife, cutting the vile blood snake in half. He thrust forward between the separated blood snakes, almost face-to-face with the attacker who spat out vile blood, and plunged a knife into this person's heart!

But this attacker smiled strangely. He croaked and used his last strength to rejoice: "The Nether Candle has already been sent away!!"

Behind Wei Yan, the two halves of the vile blood snake suddenly twitched. One half pounced on the Dao Academy disciple who cast the Instant Golden Light Arrow, blocking his action, and the other half, like a snake, wriggled away from here!

There was no doubt that the treasure called the Nether Candle was in this half of the blood snake.

"You can have the Nether Candle." Wei Yan pulled the long knife out of this person's heart, his voice as cold as frost: "But today, I will kill all the people who came here!"

At the same time, in various parts of Mapleleaf City, long-hidden masters appeared.

An attacker had just set a fire, and the next moment he was shot into a hedgehog, and the flame was extinguished instantly.

On the other side, bloody Dao techniques had just pounced on passers-by, and waves rolled over and logs roared... A series of Dao techniques blasted the attacker into pieces.

Mapleleaf City had been prepared for a long time, and almost all the masters had been dispatched. A disaster was immediately suppressed.

...

"What happened?" Hearing the screams coming from afar, Jiang Wang immediately picked up Jiang An'an.

The hunchbacked old man surnamed Gui also instantly grabbed Qingzhi's hand.

"Don't panic." Wei Quji pressed his hand on the stand, "The competition continues!"

Outside the martial arts field, except for the soldiers maintaining order, teams of city guards scattered.

The people watching the game were not afraid. If something could happen to them with Wei Quji and Dong A on the scene, then they would not be safe anywhere.

Moreover, these city guards were obviously performing military duties, and they dared not leave to disturb them.

...

Inside the armory, Wei Yan strode out, almost roaring: "Shen Nanqi, why didn't you stop that section of the blood snake just now? Don't tell me you couldn't do it!"

The blood snake escaped with the Nether Candle. With just a few transmissions, such a delicate little object could disappear without a trace.

This also meant that the "bait" that Wei Quji had taken out had been eaten. They had to kill all the "fish".

The Dao Academy disciple named Shen Nanqi roared back in the same loud voice: "Do I know what the Nether Candle is? Who told me? Since you had a plan and were prepared, why didn't you tell us? My fellow disciple died, died in front of me!"

The golden light on his hand was faintly visible. If it weren't for such a moment, he would almost have thrown the golden light arrow at Wei Yan's face.

"Our city guard brothers died even more." Wei Yan's face was ashen.

He might not want to explain, but before turning to leave here, he still added: "We don't know the lurking situation of those people. If it's not kept secret, they won't appear."

Which people? Shen Nanqi still wanted to ask, but did not. He knew he would not get an answer.

At this time, he even understood that he was able to come here to slack off today, perhaps Wei Yan had arranged it. Among the Dao Academy disciples who were not competing and happened to be "free", and could also hold back this level of opponent, no one was more suitable than him, Shen Nanqi.

Mapleleaf City Dao Merit Ranking Fifth, Shen Nanqi.

The person he liked the most was nobody, the person he hated the most was Wei Yan.

Unfortunately, although he was also good at Gold-type Dao techniques, he was no match for Wei Yan.