"But why?"

The dark red sunset gradually sets.

Li Guanqi stood in the woods strewn with corpses, looking at the hundreds of flesh-and-blood corpses around him with a surprised expression.

Hundreds of tulip knights.

A dozen black-robed magicians.

It is impossible for all of them to be at the Jiugong level, and judging from the surrounding battlefield traces, this group of people probably did not even reach the Sancai level, and was just a small battlefield for the Liangyi level.

But why?

Conventional war is a kind of war started between countries for the sake of interests. Basically, some things cannot be agreed upon on the table, and then they are discussed on the battlefield.

The essence is to use a "competition" to determine the distribution of benefits, so there will be no fighting between life and death, nor will the Jiugong level or even the Bagua level be sent out.

And the all-out war is not for any profit, but for the ultimate fight to the death, and everyone at the Jiugong level will participate in the war!

If the new school of magicians were recognized as orthodox, it would be equivalent to a schism in the School of Magic.

Therefore, the war in which the Tulip Empire united with the new magicians to challenge the Magic Academy was not a conventional war, but an all-out war involving the participation of the Nine Palaces. The goal of the Magic Academy was to completely destroy the new magicians.

So, why would junior soldiers join the battlefield in this situation?

This is completely meaningless.

The all-out war with an extraordinary worldview compares the top combat power. As long as the winner is determined at the Jiugong level, the war will have a result.

In other words, no matter how the battlefield is fought below the Jiugong level, it will not have any impact on the final battle situation. Under such circumstances, it is meaningless and completely unreasonable for junior soldiers to join the battlefield.

"What happened..."

Li Guanqi frowned slightly.

Something that he didn't know about must have happened between the Tulip Empire and the School of Magic, which caused junior soldiers to join the battlefield.

"Wait a minute. When Miss Saoirse comes over, you should be able to know the truth."

"I hope...she didn't die in the battle."

Li Guanqi sighed softly.

Then he looked around, looking at the corpses around him, with emotion in his eyes.

"Dead Tulip Knights, may the God of Light grant you glory."

"Dead magicians, may you still seek knowledge in the next life."

"Rest in peace, everyone."

"boom!"

After two simple prayers, Li Guanqi waved his hand and used the earth-turning technique to turn over several layers of land in the forest, burying all the corpses more than ten meters underground, so that they would not be killed by the scavenging monsters on the ground.

Defile the body.

As an Oriental, Li Guanqi always felt that even if he could not return to his roots, he should at least rest in peace.

"stop!"

Then, Li Guanqi tapped the ground with his toes, jumped onto the treetop, leaned against the tree trunk, and waited quietly.

This wait lasts for several days.

During this period, the sun and moon changed, the scorching sun rose and set, and the bright moon appeared and disappeared.

Saoirse never came.

But Li Guanqi was not in a hurry, because by pulling two stars in succession, the strength of his spiritual power directly increased several levels. At the same time, he also felt that his control over his spiritual power had become worse, and he was no longer so meticulous.

So while he was waiting these past few days, he was also practicing controlling his spiritual power.

but……

It's too long.

One day, two days, three days... ten days, twelve days!

The Jiugong-level female sorcerer who always wore her blond hair tied into a bun and looked very gentle never came to see Li Guanqi.

But she clearly said that it would come within one to ten days.

Dead?

Li Guanqi didn't know.

But because his control of spiritual power was not perfect yet, he chose to continue to practice where he was, and at the same time, he could continue to wait there.

Sometimes, waiting has no results.

But sometimes, waiting pays off.

"Buzz——"

Day 15.

Li Guanqi was standing on the grass, practicing the perfect control of his spiritual power, when a space crack suddenly appeared next to him.

"Um?"

He immediately looked overjoyed.

But then my heart skipped a beat.

I saw a slim figure slowly emerging from the space crack that distorted the colorful light, and staggered out of it, with an extremely weak breath.

"Miss Saoirse?!"

Li Guanqi's expression changed drastically, and he quickly reached out to support the other person.

"puff!"

The pale-faced Saoirse leaned in his arms, and before she could take a breath for a few seconds, she suddenly spurted out a mouthful of purple-black poisonous blood, directly spraying it on Li Guanqi's chest, causing white smoke to emit from the Heavenly God Armor on his body, and he screamed.

"Zizzi" sound.

"Good guy..."

Ares's voice rang in Li Guanqi's mind, "Fortunately she didn't spray in the face, and thank you, Master, for wearing me, otherwise this mouthful of black blood would be enough to burn through your seven-star physique."

Ares has unlocked the eighth level and can completely resist Bagua-level attacks. Only Jiugong-level attacks can break his defense. However, at this time, under the ablation of Saoirse's poisonous blood, the surface of the armor actually appeared.

White smoke came out.

If it were Li Guanqi's current physique, he would indeed be burned through.

"Um?"

Li Guanqi's complexion changed slightly.

This poisonous blood is so terrifying, but Saoirse is just a magician and her body is extremely weak. How can she withstand the poisonous blood remaining in her body?

"Spiritual power package..."

Li Guanqi put Saoirse down and laid her flat on the grass. After checking, he found that she had wrapped all the poisonous blood in her body with spiritual power, so that her body was not burned through by the poisonous blood.

But this only treats the symptoms and not the root cause.

Because spiritual power will eventually be exhausted. If the poisonous blood is not resolved, Saoirse will sooner or later run out of spiritual power and die - at least this physical body cannot be saved.

What about the soul?

No matter how bad a Jiugong-level magician is, his soul can still reach the eighth level, and he can completely leave the body and survive in the form of a dead soul for a long time.

"Miss Saoirse?!"

Li Guanqi shook her shoulders, but the other person's face was pale, her eyes were closed, and sweat was dripping from her forehead. Although she seemed to be still alive, she didn't respond at all to his call.

Unconscious?

There is something wrong with the soul too!

Li Guanqi gritted his teeth.

Sure enough, to be able to poison the Jiugong level must be a double blow to the body and soul!

"Help, save me..."

Suddenly, Saoirse murmured softly, and raised her blood-stained right hand tremblingly.

"What?"

Li Guanqi reached out to hold her soft little hand, leaned down, and listened carefully to the other party's voice, "Miss Saoirse, how should I save you? Has the Imperial Capital fallen? Should I send you back to the Imperial Capital to find Her Royal Highness the Queen now?"

"No, no..."

Saoirse's face showed pain, and her voice became weaker and hoarse, "No, I can't go to the Imperial Capital. You, you... Mr. Li... you... you can save me... only... only you...

Can...save..."

At the end of the story, the seriously injured female sorcerer completely fainted after her body trembled violently.

"ah?"
To be continued...