Gate of Apocalypse

Outside of Paris, in front of a manor house, Chen Xiaolian and Tian Lie stood side by side.

Instead of continuing with the look he had when he was bald, Tian Lie changed back to the appearance of the janitor Dagang in Hangan City, looking honest and unremarkable at all.

"Remind you once again, do not kill indiscriminately." Chen Xiaolian glanced sideways at Tian Lie.

"Since when did you become so soft-hearted?" Tian Lie glared at Chen Xiaolian: "If you can't even kill people, what did you call me over for? To be a mascot?"

"It doesn't say that not a single person can be killed!" Chen Xiaolian shook his head: "Without a little blood on their hands, these idiots may not be so obedient. When necessary, we still have to kill a few. But killing too many people will spoil my future plans. Otherwise, what would I have asked you to do?"

Speaking of this, he turned his face and equally glared at Tian Lie: "If it's just killing, wouldn't I know how to do it, needing you?"

"Hey, that's true." Tian Lie grinned: "In fact, if you show your strength a little and kill a few more people, you should be able to scare them. Looking for me to come, just to kill a few less people, right?"

"I hope your name still works." Chen Xiaolian smiled, "You said, we've been standing here for a minute, right?"

"Yeah. How much longer do you want to stand?" Tian Lie turned his head and looked at Chen Xiaolian: "This door isn't exactly sturdy, so what are you waiting for?"

"Of course - waiting for them to open the door." Chen Xiaolian shrugged his shoulders.

Just as he finished speaking, the door also happened to open automatically.

"Not bad for being sensible. It seems like we don't have to use too much violence." Chen Xiaolian raised his eyes and looked at the camera above the gate, waved his hand gently, and strided inward side by side with Tian Lie.

He hadn't killed the tuxedoed man in Bucharest. Apparently, that guy reported to headquarters as soon as he left.

Inside the gate was a field of lavender, with a pathway running down the middle, leading up to a large, medieval-style, three-story main building in front of it.

The main building was white throughout, with ornate reliefs on each column under a high spire.

"How disgusting. When did the people of the Thorn Blossom Regiment become so pompous?" Tian Lie spat into the lavender field beside him, "Had to make a place like this as their headquarters?"

"They're not from the Thorn Blossom Regiment anymore. Even if they all dress up as Louis XIV, you can't care." Chen Xiaolian smiled, "It seems that someone has already come to greet us."

In the main building in front, three people came out.

An old man with white hair, looking at least seventy years old, with a large hawk nose.

A bald man with a greasy head, short but with a cross body.

There was also a fat man with a big belly. Despite it being winter, he was wearing only a beach shirt, yet he was still hot and sweaty and couldn't stop wiping.

The three men walked out the door and stood just before the terrace, lined up, waiting for Chen Xiaolian and Tian Lie.

Chen Xiaolian slowly walked forward, swept his gaze across the faces of the three men, and smiled, "You three, which one of you is the deacon of this European district?"

"My name is Shamash, the assistant deacon of Starfall Warriors European Zone. These two are Junai and Bakturia." The old man took off the small round hat on top of his head and gave Chen Xiaolian a Jewish salute: "I assume that you are the Awakened One who attacked our Bucharest branch and broke Chiron's limbs before. However, according to Chiron's report, it seems that this one friend was not present at that time. I wonder how the two of you should be addressed?"

"These three guys, do you know all of them?" Chen Xiaolian turned his head, treating Shamash's greeting as if it was air, and asked Tian Lie.

"I know two of them." Tian Lie nodded and stretched out his finger to point at the three guys in front of him, "This old man named Shamash is the captain of Team F. There are a total of twenty-six teams in the Thorn Blossom Corps, of which only three detachments have leaders who are Awakened, and he is one of them."

"Since the Thorn Blossom Corps kinda discriminates against Awakened, then this guy should be pretty strong to be mixed up to the level of a sub-captain, right?" Chen Xiaolian nodded: "Is there an A+?"

"About the same, but not the top of the class." Tian Lie grinned: "There's also that dead fatty, the vice captain of the B team. But he and the B team captain relationship is not very good, but this vice captain and is assigned by Tatsu, so ...... well, Gaza guy and he has been very unhappy before. The good thing is that one is a player, one is an awakened, except when entering the copy, the two people do not have much chance to deal with each other.

As for the bald guy, I don't know him. It seems like it was once just a minor character."

"I don't think so." Chen Xiaolian took a look at the bald man Ruchi: "Since they can appear together, it should be a big difference is a class. Maybe it was recruited later by Tatsu."

"Whatever." Tian Lie spread his hands noncommittally: "It's just a bunch of mongrels anyway."

The two of them asked and answered like this, treating the three people in front of them like they were air.

The fat man, Bakturia's face was already a bit ugly, while the bald man, Junei, had a red face, almost on the verge of pressing on.

Only Shamash but only a flash of light in the eyes, coughing.

Rene heaved two breaths and held back his temper.

"Your Excellency seems to know a lot about us." Shamash looked at Tian Lie: "That I was not originally surprised. Since you two dare to barge right into the Romanian branch of our Starfall Warriors and come up to the headquarters so boldly, you naturally have some reliance. But ...... can you tell us first, what exactly do you two want to do?"

"That pretentious man in a tuxedo didn't tell you guys?" Chen Xiaolian coldly looked at Shamash: "Phoenix is my friend, I want to take her away, it's that simple."

"I'm sorry, but capturing her and imprisoning her was a decision made by our deacon." Shamash shook his head slightly, and although his mouth said he was sorry, his expression did not show any semblance of apology: "We have no right to change the decision made by the deacon."

"Then call your deacon to come out and talk." Chen Xiaolian said impatiently.

"Unfortunately, our deacon is not inside the headquarters right now." Shamash shook his head, "Why don't you two give your names first, and I'll convey ......"

"Where's all that bullshit!" Chen Xiaolian frowned: "None of them are fucking in charge, and the one in charge is not here, you are pushing with me here for half a day, don't you know that time is precious?"

Even if Shamash was deep, his face could not help but change.

These two people in front of him were a bit too ungracious.

He originally wanted to feel the other side's bottom first, to see what exactly is the origin. Even if you want to after the soldiers, before the face always have to get by.

But the young man in front of him, it seems to be no intention to speak in a good voice.

Dozens of figures suddenly emerged from all around the manor, surrounding Chen Xiaolian and Tian Lie both in the center, which also included five mechs, with a thunderstorm battle tank.

"I don't know which district you were sent to smash, but do you really think that the headquarters of the ...... European district is that easy to break into?" Shamash's eyes stared at Chen Xiaolian and Tian Lie as deadly as a hawk's falcon: "I admit that the incident in Bucharest made us lose face, but here! It's different!"

Just now, Tian Lie's eloquent speech to the three of them had completely misunderstood him.

Since they appeared at non-copy time, it meant that the other party was not a player, but an Awakened.

And to be able to understand the original Thorn Blossom Regiment so well, it meant that the other party was originally a member of the regiment as well.

The European zone has recently consolidated a large number of small teams, killing unwilling targets and collecting a large number of powerful members. Shamash knew that several other districts had long been eyeing him.

Of course, since the other side was able to send only two people to the door, must also have some kind of bottom in.

But this was after all his own headquarters! The most central part!

After receiving the news from Chiron, Shamash immediately integrated all the high-ranking members in the vicinity to the headquarters and waited for the other party to come to the door.

He didn't believe in the bullshit about saving the Phoenix. That was obviously just an excuse.

As a Jew, Shamash knew very well the routine of finding an excuse to start a war. This has happened too many times in history.

For example, the search for the arsonist who burned down the Reichstag, or entering Wanping to look for his missing soldiers ......

But Shamash doesn't care what the excuse is.

As long as he was the victor, it would be fine.

"There sure are a lot of people." Tian Lie swept around and grinned, "Enough for me to kill for a while."

"Did you forget what I told you before?" Chen Xiaolian glared at Tian Lie: "Kill less people!"

"Then how about ...... you do it?" Tian Lie slightly thought for a moment, face some fret: "You know me, I'm afraid I accidentally can not control myself, kill addicted."

"These are your former teammates!" Chen Xiaolian rolled his eyes: "You guys, you never think of a hint of teammate love?"

"There is only one person in the Thorn Blossoms who is my friend, and that is Tatsu. If it wasn't for him, how could I have put myself into any team." Tian Lie grunted disdainfully.

"Wait--who the hell are you ......!"

Shamash's face changed.

And this yellow-faced guy in front of him, the tone and content of his speech, how was it so much like ......

Like a guy he used to know before?

"You finally remembered me ah, Shamash." Tian Lie laughed and stepped forward: "It seems that you really are not too stupid."

"You ...... you are Tian ......"

Shamash opened his mouth wide and watched as Tian Lie's body squirmed and swelled up like a blow-up balloon.

The original thin body had now become strong and tall, with bulging muscles. And all his hair also disappeared, becoming more light and brighter than the head of Junai.

Tian Lie stood in front of Shamash and looked at him in a condescending manner, "Finally remembered me, Shamash?"

"Tian Lie! Aren't you dead!"

Junai, who was already ready to strike, let out a scream when he saw the change in Tian Lie's appearance.

"Surprised to see that I'm still alive? Surprised or not?" Tian Lie smiled brightly.

"I ......" Ruuchi gritted his teeth and did not say anything further.

"Now that you know it's me, why don't you hurry up and let the people go?" Tian Lie glanced at Shamash: "Although your deacon is not here, but this little matter, you can still make the decision, right?"

A drop of sweat slowly left the corner of Shamash's forehead.

Silence.

"It looks like ...... this is a refusal?" Tian Lie waited for a few seconds and got a little impatient.

"Come on Shamash! Stop talking!" Jounouchi suddenly shouted.

The day Lie inclined his head, raised his eyelids to look at Junai, and suddenly he kicked over.

In this flash of lightning, Rounai's body suddenly turned into a shadow, dodging Tian Lie's kick.

"Do it! Shamash!"

Jounouchi appeared a few meters away, and already had a howitzer in his hand, blasting at Tian Lie.

At the same time, the other Awakened Ones who were ambushed around him also shot at the same time!

The grenade blasted at Tian Lie's body, but it did not send out any explosion, but splashed out a large water splash.

A nuisance burning sound was immediately emitted from Tian Lie's body, and his body began to be rapidly dissolved.

"Sulfuric acid bomb?"

But Tian Lie did not think anything about the damage of the sulfuric acid bomb, laughed and rushed towards Runei.

The fat man Bakturia took a deep breath, the whole person suddenly swelled up ten times, the height of a heavy fist smashed into the feet of Tian Lie.

The moment the fist smashed out, the outer layer was instantly attached with a layer of holy light.

The sky martyr just rushed to the front of Junai's body, before he had time to punch, Bakturia's huge fist has smashed to the back.

If it was just a simple physical blow, Tian Lie would not even bother with it. But the holy light attached to the fist looked quite pure, so he could only turn back quickly and smashed his fist with full force on Bakturia's fist.

In the midst of the booming impact, Tian Lie was shaken and staggered backward several steps, while Bakturia's huge body was sent flying as if it completely violated common sense physics.

"Not a bad strength, but still a waste!"

Tian Lie roared furiously, and two black swords coalesced out of his hands at the same time.

But with that strike from Bakturia just now, the others also found the opportunity to fire.

A dozen battle pets of various colors were summoned, while a large number of weapons began to fire at the same time.

As for Jounet and Shamash, they both quickly retreated to the periphery, one blasting sulfuric acid shells with a howitzer, while the other quickly recited a spell.

As Shamash's incantation moved, a black gas swirled up from the ground and summoned a huge bone dragon.

In its mouth, a blazing green flame was burning.

"Heavenly Blaze ...... you've let me down too much!"

Chen Xiaolian sighed deeply and said to Tian Lie, "I had thought that your prestige in the Thorn Blossom Regiment was useful."

Tian Lie grabbed a griffin battle pet and tore it into pieces with a roar, dodging several energy beams before he roared at Chen Xiaolian: "Damn, not all of these guys are from the Thorn Blossom Regiment! Some of them were recruited later! And ...... Laozi in their hearts, after all, has been dead for so long!"

"But if it's Tatsu, these guys should have already fallen to their knees by now. Your deterrent power is still not enough after all."

Chen Xiaolian shook his head and teased, while slashing a hand slash at the neck of an Awakened who had just rushed to him. The Awakened's body twitched for a moment, then rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground.

Tian Lie's body had been deformed by the intensive artillery fire, and the sulfuric acid splashed on his body was not stopping corroding his body, but his hands did not stop at all, and he had already killed three people in a short period of time.

"Think he's good? Then go get the fuck out of him! Why look for me!" Tian Lie chopped off an enemy's arm with his sword and roared at Chen Xiaolian.

"......" Chen Xiaolian was speechless.

Faced with Tian Lie, many of these Awakened Ones did show fear, but still charged forward with a hard face.

The three of them reacted quickly after the initial surprise, and led their men to surround Tian Lie in the middle of the group.

Chen Xiaolian sighed, it seems that Tian Lie has been missing for too long, in the hearts of these guys, although there is still the accumulated authority, but it is clear that no longer has the original overwhelming deterrent effect.

This is not to mention that this guy, Shamash, has already set up an ambush in the headquarters. Tian Lie alone, may not be unable to kill.

"Forget it, it's better if I ...... do it myself."

Chen Xiaolian shook his head helplessly, his body flashed, and suddenly appeared in front of Rounai.

Ruene completely did not expect this young man to be so fast, eyes awe, the whole body suddenly covered with a layer of non-gold and non-stone armor.

And in his right hand, he also held a dagger and fiercely stabbed at Chen Xiaolian.

A flash of sword light!

Jounouchi's dagger only made it halfway to the top before it tumbled into the air along with half of his arm.

A knee strike hit him hard in the small of the back, kicking the abdominal armor to pieces, and Jounouchi's entire body bent down like a shrimp.

Just after finishing Junai, Chen Xiaolian had flashed to Bakturia's body again.

The size of the two sides is almost like an elephant and a mouse, but Chen Xiaolian's sword is in this instant condensed the same ten times larger sword Qi, overhead heavy cut down.

Bakhturia roared, arms in front of his body, holy light focused on the arms before, trying to stop Chen Xiaolian chopped down the sword qi.

However, the thick almost substantial holy light is still easily broken, blasted in all directions, and Bakturia's entire body was blown backwards, falling heavily in the flower field, rolled twice, and never moved.

The way the blast flew, are sprinkled with blood and broken flesh, his two arms have been shattered into many pieces of bone.

The next sword was aimed at the bone dragon in the air!

It just opened its mouth wide, ready to spit out the green flames in the air towards Tian Lie, but was blown right into the mouth by the sword qi. A violent explosion directly blew the entire head of the bone dragon to pieces, falling to the ground in a heap and shattering it into a field of bones.

"Shall we continue?"

Before Shamash could fully react, he already saw Chen Xiaolian standing in front of him, the cold blade of his sword across his neck.

Chen Xiaolian looked at him, his eyes full of killing energy: "I repeat, hand over the phoenix! I'm not very patient, so this is the last time."

Shamash's heart was thumping, completely unable to believe what just happened.

How could this guy ...... be so strong!

Shamash was still hesitating, Chen Xiaolian had already waited impatiently, and with a light finger point from his right hand, he had already punctured a large hole in his arm.

"All ...... people stop!"

Shamash screamed miserably.

The other Awakened immediately stepped back and stopped fighting.

In just a few moments, they had already been killed by Heavenly Lie with three of them and two more seriously injured.

If the team rules of Starfall Battle Team Europe weren't really too harsh, they would have already turned their heads and fled.

The consumption that Tian Lie used to recover just now was also quite significant, and after taking two breaths, he stood up straight again.

The Awakened who were summoned to the headquarters were considered elite members in the European zone. The fact that they were surrounded by so many powerful Awakened ones, even Tian Lie could not have fought so lightly.

But with Chen Xiaolian around, Tian Lie hadn't worried since the beginning.

"Phoenix ...... in ......"

Shamash opened and closed his lips and was just about to speak when he heard a cold hum from behind his head.

"Who told you to stop?"

Chen Xiaolian raised his head and saw that at some point on the roof, a man had appeared.

A middle-aged man with a face as cold as a sword.

He wore a large brimmed hat on his head, a slim-fitting Russian military coat, and his eyes were pure turquoise blue, as deep as a lake. But despite the military uniform, the whole man exuded an aura not similar to that of a soldier, but more somber and cold.

"It's you, Dimitri."

Tian Lie narrowed his eyes, looked at the man overhead, and coldly said.