Chapter 354 Heart Guard

Lu Yao looked at the calico cat in the pixel world.

It can transform.

Cat form is convenient for hiding and moving quickly, and is a daily mode. Catwoman form uses more weapons and tools and is a fighting posture.

However, from Lu Yao's perspective, even though Maocao was holding a dagger in his mouth and hiding in a tree with a bow and arrow, aiming at Xue Yi, he didn't look fierce and oppressive.

Lu Yao checked the calico cat's personal panel.

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【Battle Cat LV21】Cat Grass

HP: 501/501

Mana: 162/162

Damage: 18

Defense: 10

Speed: 14

【Wisdom LV5】

【sneak】

【Shapechanger】

Cat form: Transform into the posture of a cat and gain the [Quick Strike] ability.

Human form: Transform into an upright human form and gain the ability to [jump attack].

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[Jump Attack]: Leap into the battlefield from a long distance, causing damage to all enemies near the landing. The effect is related to the damage ability.

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Cat grass reminded Lu Yao of the [Spotted Lynx] created by Isabel, with the same stealth and quick strikes. The war cats of Blood Hill seem to have entered another evolutionary path, and the shapechanger has allowed itself to do more things.

He focused on Mao Cao.

The calico cat popped out its claws several times, bared its teeth and prepared to ambush Xueyi from behind, but it held back.

"What am I doing? Even if you kill it, you won't be able to eliminate the sea of ​​blood. The sea of ​​blood will always appear."

"Be patient and resist the urge."

Inner thoughts float above its head.

When Xueyi has free time, he will walk out of the Blood Lake and chat with the cat grass on the tree on the shore.

"Perhaps you don't believe it. Wherever I moved in the past, there would be accidents in the blood pools and blood lakes. There would be thunder and lightning, storms and earthquakes... I despaired several times, thinking that I was being targeted by nature. No matter how frequent natural disasters are, you can't just point them at me alone, right? Have I offended someone..."

"Do you think there is a god in this world?"

Mao Cao said: "Zhan Mao doesn't believe in gods."

"That's right, your family seems to have believed in themselves since ancient times and has no tradition of worshiping gods."

Xue Yi added: "In the memory of the Blood Ancestor, there is actually a vague memory about God. The Will of Blood is the source of the blood sea in the entire world, but the Will of Blood can only be felt, not observed."

The calico cat interrupted: "What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that during this period of time, you were very sincere in being able to resist not attacking me. So, I will tell you a secret I discovered."

Xue Yi said: "There is a god in this world."

"..."

Maocao yawned: "You came to me just to talk about this?"

"I mean it."

Xue Yi insisted: "There are gods in this world, at least there are probably gods now. I felt a different power in the natural disaster. It is a vast will of the same level as the will of blood, omnipresent and covering the entire world."

"This is a very important discovery. The emergence of God will completely change the original appearance of the world. Just like the will of blood, as long as you follow the impulse of this will, you will gain power and enlightenment! I call it [The Will of Natural Disaster] "

"..."

A sweaty soybean expression appeared on Maocao's head: "The will of natural disasters, the revelation given by it, is to make you homeless and finally come to me?"

"That's it! This is the guidance given by the will of natural disasters."

The blood meaning is very serious: "The will of natural disasters showed me how the blood force is destroyed, and it also allowed me to travel to many blood pools and see the experiences of many blood ancestors. From then on, I know that disasters always follow me and cannot wait. Just think of it when it comes."

Lu Yao nodded slightly.

Children can be taught.

It's not in vain for me to give you strength, you kid, you have finally realized it.

"A safe environment may be full of murderous intent, and a dangerous place may also be the safest rear."

Xue Yi kept talking: "This reminds me of the relationship between the Blood Clan and the War Cat Clan. Usually people think that the War Cats will always try to destroy the Blood Clan, but there has been no war for many years. This also means that there is actually stability in the confrontation, which is also a manifestation of the will of the natural disaster.”

"..."

A cloud of thought emerged from Maocao: "This guy looks stupid, but it turns out he was just pretending. Fortunately, I refrained from taking action, otherwise I might have suffered a big loss."

The calico cat said: "Dragons once existed in this world. It was during the earliest period of the war cat clan's life. The blood clan had not yet been born. The whole world was surrounded by a sea of ​​blood."

"The sea of ​​blood was once so big!?" Xue Yi had an exclamation mark on his head.

"Yes, that is the will of blood you are talking about. Listen to me."

Maocao told it: "The war cats say that the ruler of this ancient world was once a dragon, and he did not have any good intentions towards this world. He created the sea of ​​blood, and the daylight tide was also the disaster he left behind. Destroyed many living creatures in the world several times.”

"The War Cats hid underground in the desert, hid in the snowy mountains, and endured hunger and thirst, so they survived the catastrophe. The originally powerful lives, whether they were giant birds flying in the sky or overlords on the ground, all disappeared. "

"If this is God, then what is there to respect and worship?"

The calico cat said proudly: "We are small, but not as long as we have strength, we can make the war cats kneel. We fight for freedom and survival. We not only want to live, but also stand up and see the world."

Xueyi suddenly said: "No offense, but is it possible that the dragon deliberately kept you, or even eliminated other natural enemies for you?"

This question made Maocao choke.

Lu Yao also felt that this might be a new idea.

Yinglong only regarded the blood hill as a place of exile for sealing and digesting the heart of the [God of Blood]. Judging from his past attitude towards gods, the life and death of other beings were simply insignificant.

Lu Yao opened the World Encyclopedia of Blood Hill.

He scanned through the lines and found the description under the entry "Battle Cat".

"... After the death of the apostle Totoro, the corpse turns into a cat... and evolves into a war cat."

Totoro?

About Totoro, the record has only one word.

"Heart Guard."

Lu Yao searched for clues and pieced together the whole process.

Yinglong sent Totoro to monitor the heart of the Blood God in real time. This apostle died when Yinglong fell. It is also the source of the war cat clan.

The era of My Neighbor Totoro is too far away, and the memory of the War Cat clan is constantly diluted and changed. It has not established a developed civilization, and it is even more difficult to restore the long history.

Judging from this information, Xue Yi's guess is generally correct.

The survival of the War Cat clan is no accident. Their ancestors have made great contributions to the Dragon Prince, and their survival is guaranteed.

Lu Yao switched back to the screen and continued to watch.

At this time, where the calico cat and the Blood Ancestor were, a large band of light appeared in the sky. This light is like a strange field composed of geometric glass pieces, covering the entire blood lake.

Under the dazzling light, the blood lake that originally contained ice floes was pulled up by an invisible force and turned into ice flakes and ice cones pointing into the sky.

Bloody ice cones spread into the air, which is quite spectacular even on the pixel screen.

Any nearby life that couldn't escape was drawn into the ice cone, or paused and suspended in the air, as if they were also frozen.

The surviving blood servants and blood beasts reacted quickly and jumped out of the blood lake as early as possible to hide ashore. Cat heads appeared among the surrounding trees and rocks. They looked carefully at the light above their heads, with frightened expressions on their heads.

Maocao pointed to the air: "...If there is a god in this world, why do you use the tide of daylight to kill lives? Will it be useful if you pray to the gods?"

"...Maybe it works? How will you know if you don't try it."

A dialog box appeared above Xue Yi's head: "Powerful Lord of Natural Disasters, I have witnessed your power with my own eyes and am convinced of it, so I will follow your guidance and never stop."

It prayed: "You, the insignificant people looking up on earth, sincerely pray to you to let the daylight tide here dissipate as soon as possible, so that everyone can live with peace of mind..."

Lu Yao snapped his fingers.

The gods hear your pleas.

arrange.

He moved his fingers, selected the [Daylight Tide] status entry in this area, and deleted it directly.

In an instant, the band of death light lingering high in the sky disappeared without a trace. The ice cones and ice water that had been sucked into the sky fell to the ground, splashing debris everywhere.

It's just that the frozen lives in the sky fell to the ground one by one from high altitude, causing many casualties.

Lu Yao scratched his head, it should have been handled more safely.

Seeing this scene, Xueyi hurriedly knelt on the ground: "You...you...really heard my prayer..."

"Thank you for your grace, the omnipotent Lord of Natural Disasters! Your followers will spread your reputation and let everyone praise your great will!"

The Blood Ancestor patted his belly excitedly.

A huge question mark appeared on the head of the calico cat: "This is impossible... the tide of daylight is irresistible, an unbreakable death rule..."

"Is there really a lord of natural disasters?"

"He's watching here?!"

Maocao transformed into a cat shape and quickly got into a hole in the ground.

Lu Yao looked down at the ground and could only see a pair of wide eyes in the dark cave.

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After the daylight tide was broken by the invisible force, Xueyi believed even more deeply in the Lord of Natural Disasters.

It said to its younger brothers in the blood lake: "The strength of our blood clan comes from the will of blood, but it has never said that we can only believe in the will of blood."

"The great Lord of Natural Disasters has arrived at Blood Hill, which shows that the supreme monarch of this ancient world has reached a conclusion."

"We pursue the will of blood because we are connected by blood. It is the source of the blood clan in the past and tells us where we come from. But we must also fear and respect the Lord of Natural Disasters, because he represents the present and the future."

Xue Yi emphasized: "Brothers, what is the biggest gain we have gained from all these years of traveling here and there?"

It looked at a circle of blood servants around it.

"Come here." The blood servant pointed to one by name.

A mess appeared on the head of the blood servant who was hit, and then he said cautiously: "Didn't we get nothing..."

"Shut up! You idiot!"

Xue Yi cursed and pointed to another blood servant: "You tell me."

The second blood servant said: "It's not easy to live."

"That's right."

Xueyi agrees: "Everyone realizes that it is very difficult to find a blood pool or lake with a suitable climate, without a harsh environment around it, and without being attacked by land grabs or war cats."

"The reason Mao Cao and I can reach an agreement is because of the daylight tide. It has jurisdiction and cannot escape. It is often affected by tides, and I also need the blood lake."

"The will of the Lord of Calamity has come. No matter why, He is above the tide of daylight. Everyone has seen it before, right? That irresistible death light was wiped out by a more terrifying force after I prayed to the Lord of Calamity."

The seal-shaped Blood Ancestor opened his short fin-like claws: "As long as you believe in the Lord of Calamity and pray devoutly, you may get His protection. What reason is there to refuse?"

The blood servants whispered to each other and felt that there was no loss.

Lu Yao ate sweet potato chips with Coke.

The more he looked at Xueyi, the more he liked him.

This guy has a strong ability to withstand blows. After being repeatedly tested by himself, it is still trying to find territory and a way out, and its mentality has not exploded. Lu Yao's evaluation of it has increased a lot.

So later when Xueyi prayed, Lu Yao didn't mind a divine power coming to satisfy its little vanity.

The faith in the simulator is not an illusory thing. This is a special power, a vital energy source for god players, and most of it can only be produced by intelligent life.

Xueyi and his gang offered their faith to him because they wanted a better life. This simple and honest thinking is reasonable.

Under the Xueyi organization, they prayed the name of the Lord of Disasters every day.

Lu Yao saw that it was almost done, so he sent Isabel to take action.

The apostle descended from the sky on a magic wand, causing shock and curiosity in the entire Blood Lake.

"My name is Isabel, and I came here on the oracle."

She floated on the ice and looked at the lake: "Where is Xueyi?"

Xueyi immediately emerged from the water and raised his claws: "Here, here!"

"The oracle... is it the Lord of Disasters?"

"Yes, the Lord of Disasters you mentioned is the great God Yao."

A smiling expression appeared on Isabel's head: "When Lord Yao noticed this world, he thought you were good."

It slid all the way on the ice, and then suddenly stood firm in front of the apostle.

"Xueyi reports to you."

A grinning expression appeared on the top of the Blood Ancestor's head.

"Long story short."

Isabel told it: "You are allowed to build the temple of God Yao here. If you don't have the ability, you can build a statue. As long as you chant the name of God Yao, you can see the statue of the god that spans many worlds."

"Temple, please rest assured! A magnificent temple will be built next to the Blood Lake!"

Xueyi patted his chest and said: "Xueyi is loyal to the Lord of Natural Disasters!"

"That's it, I'm leaving first. Some Yao believers will come later, don't worry."

"Then take care."

The seal bowed.

Isabel flew into the air and disappeared.

"Brothers, come out. From today on, we will spend all our time building the temple."

Xue Yi turned his head and put his paws on his waist: "The messenger of the will of the Lord of Natural Disaster has responded to us. As the place where the oracle descended, we must seize the opportunity to build the temple. This is both our mission and our honor! I will do it with you!"

Under the leadership of the Blood Ancestor, the blood servants and hundreds of blood beasts in the entire Blood Lake began to dig stones under the ice and snow, bite off and push down big trees, and then use wood, stones and ice to restore and build the temple and statues that existed in the brain.

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During the whole process, Mao Cao was secretly observing from a distance.

It has always kept a distance from the Blood Lake and was very cautious about Lu Yao's miracle of curbing daylight. When Isabel appeared, it hid far away for fear of being discovered.

And when the temple was built, Mao Cao finally took action.

It switched to cat form and ran all the way, crossing the mountains and snowy areas, all the way to the depths of the vast desert.

Many caves were dug here, and war cats were standing guard.

Maocao ran all the way to a cave entrance, got his identity confirmed, and went in.

Lu Yao locked his view on the top of the calico cat, and as she moved around, he finally arrived at an underground cave with many connections.

In the center, there was a burly white cat-man. It wore a black eye patch on its left eye and was standing in front of a map on the ground that looked like a sand table, swinging its tail as if thinking about a strategic plan.

"Marshal Sha!"

Maocao returned to human form and stood still.

"Oh? Captain Maocao, why did you leave your jurisdiction?"

Marshal Sha turned around: "You need to give me an explanation."

It asked: "What happened? Did the blood lake overflow, or did the blood ancestor launch a large-scale attack on the garrison brigade?"

Maocao said: "In the area of ​​the cat claw forest in my jurisdiction, there was a suspected will of God on the blood lake, and that power defeated the daylight tide."

"Defeat?" Marshal Sha asked back.

"It is certain."

Mao Cao stated: "Every time the daylight tide appears, it is accompanied by the ebb and flow of the tide. I asked the squadron leader of the nearby garrison, and the blood lake and blood pool in their jurisdiction have the same rising tide phenomenon, but only the tide in my garrison dissipates as soon as it appears."

It recounted the whole incident.

Finally, Mao Cao said: "This Lord of Disasters who is suspected to be a god, whether he is the master of the daylight tide or has some relationship with the will of blood... This powerful force, just by existing, will pose an unpredictable threat to the War Cats."

"Marshal, I think we must determine whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, and prepare early."

Lu Yao looked a little surprised.

The War Cats are really tough. Even if they know that the gods are watching, they will not give in.

Marshal White Cat walked slowly and silently: "You hope that I can send you some people to monitor the Lord of Natural Disasters and his messengers, right?"

"Yes. Please be sure to send the most elite manpower. The Lord of Natural Disasters has unimaginable terrifying power."

A sighing expression appeared on Marshal Sha's head: "Mao Cao, you are a keen old cat and an excellent captain, but you think too little about the current situation of the fighting cat clan."

"Tell me the current situation of our three major legions."

Maocao immediately said: "There are three major legions. Each legion has one marshal, five captains, thirty squadron captains, and each squadron has three old cats..."

"wrong."

Marshal White Cat interrupted it: "The Third Army, including me, has a total of 93 old cats, 803 new recruits, and 947 auxiliary soldiers. Plus some internal affairs logistics wounded, the Third Army has a total of 2,017 people. There are less than 1,000 soldiers who can participate in the war, and it is very difficult to guarantee the jurisdiction. "

"How come there are so few... But the Maoqiu meeting only said last year that there are three thousand people in the three armies?" Maocao was shocked.

"That's the expected number, the actual number is another matter."

Marshal White Cat said slowly: "As you are on the front line, you should know that just to contain and suppress the dangerous blood ancestors, as well as the unexpected threats brought by the daylight tide, the loss rate of legionnaires has always been very high."

"The Sea of ​​Blood cannot be completely eliminated. They are like companions of the daylight tide. But we have to clear out some of the Blood Ancestors regularly to ensure regional stability and prevent them from attacking the civilians of the War Cat Clan."

"Soldiers who are disabled due to injuries and sacrifices make civilians less and less willing to join the army. Honor can maintain our sense of responsibility and fighting will, but for civilians, they are far away from death and danger..."

It said: "Do you know what the Legion was asked the most about at the Cat Hill Conference?"

Maocao replied: "It seems that the counselors have been proposing to reduce the number of troops, saying that the Blood Clan is no longer a threat and there is no need to maintain such a large defense line."

"Not bad. What do you think?"

"Of course not!"

The calico cat said: "The reason why those blood ancestors are honest is because of the legion's intimidation. If the jurisdiction is removed and the blood clan fights for territory and conflagrations, they will definitely attack the war cat civilians, and they need the blood element to provide strength."

Marshal White Cat said coldly: "Well said, do you think the counselors don't know anything at all?"

"this……"

Maocao was silent for a while, and an exclamation mark lit up above his head: "Is it a deliberate reduction of soldiers... to allow the Blood Clan to attack civilians? Then after a large number of civilian casualties, they will use this to obtain more soldiers and legion supplies... This strategy terrible."

Marshal Sha did not express his position, but said: "The clan is very unstable now. No matter what other war cats think, the Third Legion will always follow the tradition and fight for the life and dignity of every war cat."

"The third legion has just cleared out the war cats in the second legion that colluded with the Blood Ancestor. Only by standing still can it act as a deterrent. Therefore, I can't give you any support for the time being."

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All the way back to the precinct, Maocao was shocked by the scene in front of him.

It shouted: "All members of the Second Squadron must assemble! Enter combat readiness!"

All the new recruits and auxiliary soldiers immediately came out and formed a battle formation around the squadron leader.

They all looked ahead nervously.

Next to the blood-colored lake, there is a palace built of wood and stone. It has ice walls and a dome, shining in the sun.

Outside the palace, the Blood Justice team was confronting a group of Blood Clan.

The attacking Blood Ancestor said: "Xue Yi, I want the territory here. Be sensible and leave on your own."

"Impossible, I'll hit you if I want!"

The Blood Rebels were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but they did not give in, shrinking their defense with the temple as the center.

Maocao also transformed into a human and stepped forward: "Xue Bing, who allowed you to appear in my jurisdiction?"

"Yo? Isn't this Captain Maocao Squadron?"

Xue Bing raised his paw to signal, and a question mark appeared on his head: "What? You want to protect the blood justice? Did I hear you correctly? This is an internal matter of the blood clan. Do you want the War Cat Legion to interfere?"

"This is not the place for you to come."

Maocao warned the other party: "Go back to your Niujiao Mountain and don't act wild here."

"It turns out we found foreign aid."

Xue Bing just looked at Xue Yi: "I will decide the blood lake here today, no one can protect you! demolish that stone house outside!"

More and more blood servants and blood beasts appeared behind it, and a huge group of thousands of people surrounded almost the entire blood lake.

Maocao and dozens of war cats did not dare to act rashly for a while.

The war is about to break out.

At this moment, two figures slowly walked out from behind the temple.

On the left is a tall ice and snow monster. It uses a pine tree as a pole to carry a bulging luggage.

On the right is a caveman with a stone mask on his face. He is holding a hemp cloth bag diagonally across his face and carrying a tempered sword and a hundred-fold shield.

The ice giant said: "Excuse me, who is Mr. Bloody Righteous here?"

"I am Xue Yi, you are..." Xue Yi subconsciously replied.

"My name is Bing Fist, his name is Shi Xiao, and we are Yao people from Shacheng."

"Yao tribe... Where is Miss Isabel?" Xue Yi seemed to be grasping at straws: "Is she here?"

"have no idea."

The troll said, "What's the matter?"

"Need I say more? Didn't you see the group of blood clansmen on the opposite side..." Xue Yi was furious: "With Miss Isabel here, they definitely won't dare to mess around, nor will they dare to demolish the temple."

"Demolish the temple?"

Ice Fist put down the bag on his shoulder, lightly hit his fists together, and looked to the side: "You come or I come?"

"You go."

Shi Xiao touched the mask with his hand: "I will build a circle of stone walls around the temple first, so that no strangers will come to harass it. The temple needs peace."

"Okay."

The ice giant walked forward step by step and looked at the blood ancestor in the lead: "Are you going to demolish the temple?"

Xue Bing cursed: "If you don't want to die, get out of here, where did the big fool come from?"

It was the giant Iron Fist who answered it.

Both sides entered the battle scene at once.

Lu Yao cut in and took a look.

A large number of blood beasts and blood servants had been lurking and rushed towards Ice Fist. The scene was extremely spectacular, like a group of wild dogs besieging a giant bear.

However, as the champion of the second martial arts competition, the level of the ice giant LV35 and the characteristics of [Ice Fist] and [Ice Element] are very effective here.

Ice Fist is like a tiger in a flock of sheep, not caring about the monsters at all.

Its fist firmly locked the blood ice, and the opponent's body was constantly in a [Frozen] state, unable to escape from the battle. The blood ancestor's health continued to decrease... and he was finally beaten into a pile of blood.

The leader was beaten to death, and the minions immediately fled.

Ice Fist did not chase the enemy, but just picked up the bag again and asked Xueyi: "Mr. Xueyi, can we build a house here?"

"Yes, of course."

Xueyi said hurriedly.

Shi Xiaoze has already started to build a wall with stones.

Cat Grass, who witnessed everything, had a question mark on his head again. He couldn't help but ask: "Are you the messenger of the Lord of Calamity?"

"Messenger? You mean the apostle?"

Ice Fist bowed his head politely and said: "We are ordinary Yao residents, and we are considered... fighting enthusiasts. We moved here from Sand City to live. Apostles are noble figures, and Miss Isabel is the apostle."

"Are you civilians?"

"Yes."

Cat Grass asked: "Then how strong are your Yao apostles?"

"Sorry... I haven't seen the apostle take action, so I don't know."

The Ice Giant recalled: "But the real combat members, the legion led by Mr. Haizhe, the evil man, have the mission of hunting gods in the abyss. The apostles should be stronger than him."

"Hunting... gods?"

The calico cat trembled: "Then What are you doing here? Are you going to start a war against this world? "

"War? Don't joke about that. We Yao people are a peace-loving race."

The giant said: "Where there is a temple, the Yao people will come to build it."

It looked around: "This is a beautiful place. We will build a city worthy of it and make this world a better place... By the way, who are you?"

Mao Cao said stubbornly: "War Cat Clan, Mao Cao, I don't believe in God! War Cats don't believe in God. God has never given us help. We only believe in ourselves!"

"Oh, it doesn't matter."

A smile appeared on the head of the ice giant: "This place looks very desolate, and the food doesn't seem to be much. Without the protection and help of the gods, you live completely on your own. It must be very difficult. It's amazing."

Mao Cao suddenly couldn't hold it anymore.

It turned around and ran away quickly before it lost its composure.