East of Eden

Chapter 15 ECLIPSE

Close your eyes, it is the sound of the wind blowing the wheat waves, like the cicadas singing in early autumn and the echo of the waves.

Someone stood on tiptoe, touched his lips lightly, and stroked the wound on his face with his fingers. Xing felt a gentle sadness shaking in his heart, and saw that person reminded him with lips: "Don't forget me."

When he woke up, he was already under the pale sunlight, and he realized that it was just a dream caused by the glare of the sun.Xing just climbed out of the underground cell, his whole body was dirty, even his fingernails were covered with dirt. The long climbing consumed a lot of physical strength, and he was wobbly and unable to stand on his feet at all.

"They are coming!" A soldier's voice was loud and clear, echoing in the ring city.

Xing finally stood still, and saw a group of Sakuwa swordsmen waiting solemnly in front of them. Their heads were wrapped in black scarves, and only the silver-gray eyes of Sato were exposed.At this time, the star understands: light is not the end, but the beginning.The last five members of the Weaver Party stand on the sacred square, like five monsters crawling out of the blood, and the ferocious black tiger has been planning to hunt them down for a long time.

The Sakuwa banner flutters, with a black base, a gold border, and a silver dove embroidered in the centre.For some reason, Xing felt that this flag seemed familiar, as if the flag he was carrying had met it head-on on the battlefield.At this time, the man heard many voices.

"Only five people? This is obviously a self-inflicted trap!" Besides the soldiers, there were also many Sakuwa civilians watching. The children discussed without hesitation, and finally scrambled into a slogan: "Get rid of the thieves! Swear to keep the sacred object!"

"Get rid of the thieves! Swear to keep the holy things! Get rid of the thieves! Swear to keep the holy things!" Soon the shouts of the people flooded the sky.

There is an ancient cherry tree in the center of the city, which looks like a haze from a distance, and the thick petals blow down to the feet of the five of them.They were in the middle of the turmoil, but they felt unexpectedly calm. The star took a piece in their palms, and for some reason they were reluctant to drop it.

"Siswell, are you afraid?" Shan Mu asked.

"At this point, there is nothing to be afraid of." The woman reluctantly lifted the knife she had snatched from Sakuwa, which was her last weapon.

"I'm not afraid either!" Yun An said loudly.

"Me too." Long Ying agreed.

A tall man in white clothes came out of the dark crowd, wearing two white pigeon epaulettes made of sterling silver, with a white tassel hanging from the handle: "If you give up now, I can consider letting you live, but you will be imprisoned in a prison cell." , never leave the city."

"How is it possible!" Long laughed.

"I emphasize again that the sacred object will be guarded by the Sakuwa people. This is our creed passed down from generation to generation. If you insist on snatching the sacred object, no matter who it is, gods or demons, we will kill them together!"

The soldiers below shouted after him, raised their swords and struck each other in the air.

Star couldn't remember how the war started, only that people suddenly started rushing at each other.He was in a trance for a second, and a long wind blew by. At this moment, he saw Shano, the white-clothed warrior among the flickering shadows of the crowd, and Shano also noticed his gaze.They looked at each other, and their intersecting eyes were constantly cut by figures.

It seems to be an arrangement of fate, they seem to be drawn to each other by a long line spanning 3000 years.They fought against each other briefly on a rainy night and agreed to meet again another day.

Today is the decision.

Xing pulled his footsteps towards him, but was suddenly stopped by the rushing soldiers of Sakuwa.Xing fired, and the bullet scraped the blade, leaving a trembling echo.Ten steps away, the gun is fast; within ten steps, the knife is fast.In the confrontation, using the gun|shaft as a sword against the soldiers, Sakuwa is agile, which is the result of their training since childhood, and even the most ordinary fighters should not be underestimated.The soldier circled behind Xing, and a vertical strike came from the sky. There was no air between the moves. Xing raised his gun to block the blow, but at this moment the gap between his chest and abdomen was exposed, and another person attacked from the front. , he was pinched from front to back.

"Heh!" He exerted his strength, swung the blade upwards, and at the same time struck back with his elbow, knocking the person behind him to the ground. The feeling of fighting on the snowy field returned, and the scarlet banner flashed in his mind like fragments , Falcon Eagle, and the black-eyed man standing in the heavy snow, that was himself.The person in front was pinched by the wrist by Xing, and the whole person was twisted to the ground. Xing grabbed his knife and shot with his left hand. There were two bang bangs, and there were two more corpses on the ground in a blink of an eye.

He stepped over the body to Sano, the gun was out of bullets, so he dropped the gun and held only the knife.

"Ha——!" Another person rushed towards him, but Xing just stared at Shano's eyes, grabbed his arm with one hand, kicked his stomach with his knee, and rolled over his back the moment the person bent over , Pushing the knife backhand into the neck, blood splashed and did not look back.

Finally, he stood in front of Shano. The silver pigeon knight's clean white clothes, boots, and bundled silver hair were in stark contrast to his bloody body.Xing's face was covered with filth, and his mouth was filled with the smell of blood and rust. Only his eyes were bright, and they were so dark that they looked like sharp swords.

Xing stared at him, more like looking through him at someone from 3000 years ago.He remembered that he once knew such a knight. They fought against each other but fought side by side. The memory is blurred, but they will not be completely forgotten.

"I remember you." Shano said.

"Me too."

This time, they will not show mercy.

Shano picked apart the blade with his thumb, and slowly drew the knife.As soon as he drew the knife, there was a sense of momentum, and the sound of scraping metal in the scabbard made one's scalp tingle.Xing only has an ordinary knife snatched from Sakuwa soldiers, which is a bit shorter than Sano's knife.

Xing made the move first, and his muscles | possessed some kind of memory. He swung three swords along this memory, which was both a test and an attack. Shano retreated quickly, and Xing's last knife slashed on his silver wrist, which surprised him for a moment. "Ha!" Shano yelled, the rotation of the waist affected the rotation of the knife, like a snow-white whirlwind swaying away the stars, the toes touched the ground, and instantly grasped the rhythm of their attack.

Although Xing was in a state of being suppressed for the time being, he persisted and was looking for a breakthrough.It was the first time for Shano, who was able to survive five moves like this, to meet his opponent, so he couldn't help being curious, but he was distracted for a moment, and was immediately taken advantage of by Xing. There is no fancy straight knife, but it is enough to make people feel frightened.

clang!

There was a sharp crash.Shano said in surprise, "This is a barbarian's move!"

The man shouted from his blood. Shano, who lived in this era, had no idea what a "barbarian" was, but his body miraculously retained the impression of them.Xing didn't care what he said, and hit him on the head again, but it didn't work, and was thrown away by Shano.

"It's really a barbarian to fight with no life." Shanuo thought to himself, the man in front of him had no intention of conserving his strength at all, and used his full strength for every blow.

Xing had already been overdrawn, and he could hardly get up after this kick, with blood foam oozing from the corner of his mouth.I saw the sky spinning above my head, and everything in the world was blurred, like a veil covering the camera.

"You can't do it anymore, do you want to continue?" Shano asked.

Xing turned over and gritted his teeth to support himself to get up.At this time, he saw his companions, Shanmu, Long, Yun'an, and Siswell were all disarmed, and Sakuwa held a knife against their necks. They looked at Xingxing through the shaking crowd, as if they were still Shout something to him, but Star can't hear.

Time began to slow down, his temples throbbed, and everything in front of him became blurred.Suddenly, a wisp of ballad swayed through my mind, the melody was ethereal and distant:

The long wind blows, the four fields are boundless

The sky is so blue, call me insane

The dead are rushing, who will go with them

The geese return to the north, the snow falls in the wilderness

The whip is gone, the sunset is long

Jade flute and horse, don't cross the land

......

"Don't forget me." On the wheat field, the golden man whispered in his ear, Xing seemed to feel no pain.

He suppressed his beating heartbeat, grabbed the knife and stood up, unable to stand still, staggered a bit.

"Continue." He wiped the blood from the blade, his voice hoarse.

Shano stood under the cherry blossom tree, raised his chin slightly, the man's black eyes were annoying, since that was the case, he did as he wished.Shano roared and slashed forward, it was a false move, in order to expose the opponent, after the first pass, he unreservedly showed his truly powerful move - the last swing with all his energy!

"Easy!" he yelled.

In an instant, it was as if snow had fallen from the sky, a silvery white arc surged past, and the air trembled.Blood dripped onto the ground bit by bit.Shano knew that he had been stabbed, he looked at Xing, the knife left a bright red wound on his waist, but the man did not back away, but unexpectedly rushed forward, even though doing so made his wound deeper.Still holding the knife in his right hand, he pushed the knife towards Shano's neck with the last of his strength. If the knife had grown an inch longer, he would have killed him on the spot, but it was a pity that the blade hovered in front of Shano's throat, trembling slightly, and never Can't move forward.

Xing's eyes contained resentment, burning like a raging fire, but he really couldn't do it anymore, he had already burned to the end.

Shano was startled at first, and then he burst into anger: "You really don't want to die!" He didn't know who this anger was directed at, maybe it was directed at Xing's eyes, or it might be directed at himself.The man kicked Xing to the ground, pulled the knife out from his waist, and Xing rolled down limply like a sack.

"Why do you want to do this! Do you want to get the sacred object so much! Why do everyone want to grab it from us! What is it for!"

Shano squatted in front of Xing, roughly pulling his hair back, forcing him to raise his head.Xing's eyes are still pressing fiercely, like a solid stone that can't smooth its edges and corners.At that moment, Shano was clearly the winner, but he was slightly shaken by the gaze of the loser.Finally, he made up his mind, raised the knife with both hands, and planned to end Xing's life in a polite way.

"Don't! Stop! Stop!" Siswell cried, reaching out but couldn't reach anything.

"What are you shouting for? You will die immediately." Sakuwa kicked her to the ground.

Shano's knife was very sharp, leaving a very thin trail of wind when it slid through the air.Xing followed the blade upwards, watching the blade split the sky in half, the bleak sunlight enveloped his eyelashes, the tip of his nose, and his tightly biting lips, cherry blossoms floated into his hanging hands, he seemed to smell a certain fragrance , ancient sandalwood incense.

At twelve o'clock sharp, the eid energy towers that provide artificial daylight in the East 1 time zone shut down one by one, and darkness descended on the world from west to east.The closure of the energy tower caused the temperature on the mainland to drop sharply, and a rare southwest wind blew up on the desert. The wind was getting stronger, circling around the city like a howling beast.

For the first time, Xing saw the shocking scene of switching between day and night.The sky was getting dark at first, but the light had not completely disappeared. Then, the dark clouds drifted from the west, as if God and Satan were fighting in the sky. Satan led his black cavalry to sweep forward, and people could even hear the roar of horseshoes.There is a long golden arc at the junction of darkness and light, which is probably the most brilliant light in the world. Its perfect arc reminds people of the ancient sun, as if this golden line is the incarnation of the sun. Time and space spy a glimpse of humanity.

Shano's knife was about to fall.

Sun...light....sun....bright...

Xing squinted his eyes and looked at the distant place. There seemed to be a dreamland shaking in the hazy golden light, so he walked in docilely.

White flowers bloomed all over the hillside, and the wheat field was golden. The man's long golden hair was burning all over the field like a fire, and his eyes shone like the summer sun.He ran barefoot in front, sometimes approaching, the bells on his ankles rang, his white robe fluttered, the field was filled with their laughter, and the sparrows flew up.Suddenly he turned his head, his golden hair brushed his golden eyes, and stretched out his hand——

"Chang Xing!"

A loud call pierces the darkness.

Cang Xing?

The brain shook violently, and countless echoes sounded.

Blue star, blue star, blue star, blue star, blue star!

his name!

Suddenly, a hot emotion swept over him, making him almost cry out.At this moment, he remembered that it was his favorite person, Mira wearing stars, the number one warlock in the Eastern Continent who was enshrined by tens of thousands of temples built by the world!Compared to Liang Shiheng, he would rather call him another name, a name only he knows.

He shouted: "Liang Chen!"

Just when he uttered the first sound in his memory 3000 years ago, like the first sound of a baby bird breaking its shell, the paleness and chaos of the whole world faded away, and everything became clear and clear.In the rolling wheat waves, they held hands tightly, as if holding the whole summer.

Beasts are fleeing in the grassland, goshawks are screaming in the sky, everything is bound by fate and keeps moving forward, like a river flowing down thousands of miles from a snow-capped mountain.Liang Chen and Cang Xing stood in the middle of the wheat field, the sun was shining all over the ground, Liang Chen raised his hand and clasped his fingers, forehead to forehead, breathing intertwined with each other, Cang Xing could hear his heartbeat, smell his breath. Breath, but also feel the warmth of his palm.

"Listen, you must always remember." Liang Chen closed his eyes, and put his other hand on his cheek: "I will bestow immortal power on you, please never forget the stars in the universe, and never forget the beauty of the earth." Green grass. The God of the West gave me the bow and arrow of the God of War, the God of the North gave me the cleansing wind, the God of the East gave me the blue star, the God of the South gave me a staff that blossoms and bears fruit. And I entrust half of my strength to you, When the world is disillusioned, if you can still think of me, everything about me will be driven by you."

His voice was like a mantra, Cang Xing pressed against his forehead, followed him to repeat it over and over again, and finally Liang Chen kissed him: "Don't forget me."

The wind was cold, and the sharp blade slashed at the man's neck, but at the moment the knife touched him, it was bounced off by a certain huge force, flew twice in the air, and pierced into the sand with a swipe sound. trembling constantly.

"How is it possible!" Shano looked at his empty hand in disbelief.

Cang Xing, who was kneeling on the ground, let out a short groan, feeling the current pass through every blood vessel, and some valves were opened to let the blood flow unscrupulously.Just now, at the moment when the blade licked his neck, he was surrounded by a strange pain, his fingers were twisted into a curved shape, and one or two golden lights shot out from his fingertips.These golden lights grew and expanded wildly, tearing apart his body like some clawing arms.

I don't know who shouted: "Look at the statue!"

I saw that the pyramids in the hands of the idols were all turned upside down, with their peaks pointing upwards. A golden arc of light connected the four statues, forming a huge halo outside Yelan City. People were stabbed so hard that they couldn't open their eyes. Reaching a certain resonance, he bent down in pain, the long-suppressed core in his heart suddenly exploded, and star-like debris scattered all over the sky.