Chapter 161 The Mountain Awakens
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Chapter 161 The Mountain Awakens
"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The dense rain of arrows, like a torrential downpour of pear blossoms, pierced the frozen earth at the bottom of the valley with a sharp whistling sound that tore through the air.
In that instant, only the muffled sound of an arrow piercing flesh remained in the world.
Tuoba Xiao sat high up, a cruel smile playing on his lips, waiting to see the two "hedgehogs" fall into pools of blood.
However, when the last volley of arrows fell, and when the swirling snow dust dissipated...
The smile on Tuoba Xiao's face gradually froze.
Center of the valley floor.
Tang Li remained kneeling there, tightly cradling the unconscious Pei Yunjing in her arms. She maintained her whistling posture, her hair disheveled and her face covered in blood.
She didn't die, and neither did they.
The hundreds of poisoned arrows that were originally aimed at their hearts seemed to have their trajectories forcibly distorted by an invisible, violent current of air just before they were about to touch their bodies.
They were planted densely in the snow beside the two men, their fletchings still trembling violently.
These arrows not only failed to harm them in the slightest, but instead formed a perfect, absolute circle around them.
It's like a forbidden zone drawn by God himself.
"This...how is this possible?"
Tuoba Xiao's eyes widened, and for the first time, he began to doubt his own archery skills: "Sorcery...is this really sorcery?!"
Before he could recover from the shock...
"Buzz—"
Suddenly, a heart-stopping tremor came from the ground beneath my feet.
It started softly, like distant rumble of thunder. Then the tremors grew increasingly violent.
The snow placed on the rocks began to slide down in a rustling sound, and the icicles on the cliff face snapped and fell into the abyss.
Even the white wolf king under Tuoba Xiao's command began to stir restlessly, letting out fearful whimpers and gripping the ground tightly with its four paws, as if it sensed something extremely terrifying approaching.
"What happened?"
Tuoba Xiao tightened the reins, his brow furrowed, and looked around:
"The earth shook?"
The Helan Mountains are geologically unstable and earthquakes occur occasionally. Could the explosion and drumming earlier have triggered the earthquake?
"Great Khan! Look! Look at the mountain!"
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed guard pointed at the towering snow-capped peaks all around and let out a terrified scream.
Tuoba Xiao suddenly looked up.
That one glance sent chills down his spine, and his blood seemed to freeze instantly.
What was once a vast expanse of white, silver-clad snow-capped mountain peak had suddenly been dotted with countless dense black dots.
The black dots were initially very small, like a group of ants.
But they are moving extremely fast and are rapidly expanding, converging, and spreading.
In the blink of an eye, those streaks of black connected together, covering the white snow line, like a stream of black ink cascading wildly down the steep rock face!
"Boom—!!!"
The sound finally came; it was no longer a muffled thunderclap.
That was a world-destroying torrent formed by thousands upon thousands of wild beasts running and roaring at the same time!
The earth is groaning, and the mountains are trembling.
That wasn't an earthquake or an avalanche at all.
That was a desperate charge launched by all the ferocious beasts living deep in the snow-capped mountains within a hundred miles, after hearing the king's call, in order to protect their master!
[The king is calling for help!]
Slay all the enemies!
The raging roar of beasts drowned out the wind and snow, drowned out the war drums, and became the only sound in the world.
"A...a beast tide?!"
Tuoba Xiao's face turned deathly pale, and he almost dropped the scimitar in his hand.
In his life, he has seen wolves hunting and thousands of horses galloping.
But he had never seen such a horrific, illogical sight—
Snow wolves, black bears, cheetahs, and even wild boars and yaks...
These beasts, normally natural enemies and sworn enemies, had now coalesced into a mighty torrent, all heading in the same direction, their killing intent palpable.
At the bottom of the Valley of Broken Souls, beside the woman in red!
The mountain has awakened.
That woman abruptly woke me up!