# 1443
Chapter 1444: That Vow
Hongying felt the powerful aura rushing toward her and froze in place.
"Captain Miao Su……"
"We older generations can't just watch you juniors die before us." Miao Su turned back, a slight smile on her face. "These three fire wolves, I can handle them alone now…… If you were to sacrifice yourselves for this, it would be such a waste."
As her voice fell, Miao Su's figure flickered like a wandering spirit, shooting through the pale purple Domain and rushing straight toward the three fire wolves!
The long scythe cleaved through the air with a piercing shriek, and a crescent-like purple moon arc tore open the earth, severing the foreleg of one of the fire wolves in an instant. Miao Su's eyes narrowed slightly as a terrifying killing intent erupted from within!
Wracked with agony, that fire wolf howled, nearly collapsing on the spot. The other two charged simultaneously, transforming into two slender streams of fire as they engaged Miao Su in close combat!
Under the enhancement of "Ghost God's Guidance," Miao Su, also at the "Klein" level, showed momentum丝毫不弱于三狼联手，凭着一杆长镰挥舞，无数紫月长痕交织成一片风暴，稳稳的将它们的身形压制。
"Captain Miao Su is so powerful……" Molly gazed at the solitary figure suppressing the three wolves, murmuring to herself, admiration flickering in her eyes.
"Let's go help."
Hongying slapped her spear, the crimson flames weaving into feathered armor once more as she rapidly charged toward the final wolf that had its foreleg severed. Miao Su's strike had crippled most of its mobility, and now it moved restlessly outside the purple moon storm, seemingly attempting to bypass them entirely and rush toward Chennan Pass.
Hongying's spear and Molly's broadsword struck simultaneously, forcibly dragging the creature's身形. As a pained shriek echoed from the distance, a fire wolf covered in wounds was hurled out of the purple moon storm, crashing heavily to the ground, its breath already gone.
Single-handedly defeating two to eliminate one wolf, Miao Su seized the remaining "Ghost God's Guidance" enhancement to swiftly dispatch the other two. Crimson blood seeped through the bandages on her forearm, dripping steadily to the ground.
Yet at this moment, Miao Su seemed utterly oblivious to the pain. After wiping the blood from her scythe, she charged once more toward the other massive beasts clashing with the Night Watch!
Hongying and the others followed close behind.
With Miao Su's purple moon storm clearing the path ahead, Hongying lost count of how many beasts she had slain. In this seemingly endless tide of beasts, they stood like a pillar of strength, firmly blocking outside the city wall.
And there were at least a dozen such "pillars of strength" before Chennan Pass.
The hundred Night Watch members who had formed this crimson wall before Chennan Pass had shielded the pass from nearly ninety percent of the beast tide. But a few wounded beasts that escaped or forced their way through the blockade reached directly beneath the outer wall. Several giant serpents scaled the towering walls, seemingly intent on climbing over this defensive line to storm into the pass itself.
A dense barrage of artillery fire rained down from the top of the outer wall. Most of those stationed here were ordinary people like the old military doctor—those without Forbidden Ruins and without cultivation realms. To resist these beasts, they had only two weapons.
One was firearms, and the other was their own flesh and blood.
But to these Klein-level beasts, ordinary bullets had minimal effect. The hail of bullets merely barely delayed their progress as they quickly approached the top of the wall.
Just then, a one-legged figure threw away the metal frame in his hand, gripped a Straight Blade in one hand, and retrieved the Coat of Arms from his chest with the other, forcefully driving it into his own body.
"Li Zhengzhi!" The old military doctor recognized him and shouted his name.
"Old man, I told you—just hide behind me!"
Li Zhengzhi grinned, pulling the "Ghost God's Guidance" from his body. With a flick of his thumb, this gleaming Coat of Arms was sent arcing high into the air. The dim afternoon sun illuminated the few small lines inscribed on the back of the Coat of Arms, making them shimmer brilliantly.
His body leaped down from the top of the outer wall!
The howling wind rushed past his ears. Having lost one foot, his body tilted slightly as he fell.
Meanwhile, directly in his descent trajectory, a giant serpent quickly opened its gaping maw.
Li Zhengzhi roared, the Straight Blade at his waist suddenly unsheathing. The moment his body entered the serpent's mouth, a brilliant blade light erupted, piercing straight through from the serpent's jaw. Gastric fluid and blood enveloped his body—foul and nauseating.
Yet Li Zhengzhi didn't care at all. He burst into laughter,握着着Straight Blade continuing to plummet downward.
The blade light that had slain one giant serpent instantly drew the attention of the other serpents scaling the wall. They swarmed toward Li Zhengzhi's falling direction, multiple Klein-level auras pressing outward.
Li Zhengzhi kicked off the vertical outer wall surface with his single leg, using the momentum to slightly alter his falling trajectory, dodging the simultaneous strikes of two serpents. He then swung his blade, leaving a gory gash on one serpent's body, before的反手将Straight Blade整个的捅入了另一只巨蛇的七寸位置。
The serpent scales caught the Straight Blade's body, and then a thick serpent tail slammed into Li Zhengzhi's back. He lost his center of gravity, the blade hilt slipping from his grasp.
Above, on the outer wall, pairs of serpentine eyes散发出一片诡异的光芒。李正志觉得自己的身体像是灌了铅，沉重的很，连一丝一毫的精神力都无法调动。原本灵活的身形在众蛇的注视下，像是一块雕塑般坠向地面。
李正志的实力在"鬼神引"的增强下虽然不弱，但面对如此之多的巨蛇围攻，终究还是无力回天。
下方，数只血盆大口张开。李正志非但没有绝望，嘴角的笑意反而越发灿烂。他的指尖拨开袖中的引线，一块块他特制的炸药在斗篷下显现出来。
"老子就算死，也得崩掉你们这群畜生几颗牙！"李正志大笑一声。
轰——！
几团炽热的火球在墙壁表面炸开，瞬间淹没了李正志的身体。张开嘴的几只巨蛇被烧得焦黑。与此同时，恐怖的冲击波瞬间扫开了一片巨蛇，将它们震落至下方的战场之中。
外墙上端，目睹这一切的老军医和其他人员双唇颤抖，陷入一片沉默……
叮当。
一枚被抛出的徽章落在外墙边缘，轻轻翻转了一下，然后静静地躺在地上，像一块小小的墓碑。
徽章朝上的那一面刻着几行小字。一位医护人员把它捡起来，仔细辨认着上面的内容：
"若黯夜终临，
吾必立于万万人前，
横刀向渊，
血染天穹……"
她望着墙外那条浴血奋战的暗红色长城，宛若雕塑般站在原地，一动不动。