436: The wind rises and the clouds fly (asking for monthly tickets)

The sky was dim, the earth was silent, only wind and snow remained.

“Ying!”

In this deadly silence, at some unknown point, a piercing shriek, like thunder breaking through the night, suddenly erupted.

Sharp, terrified, and shrill, it cut through the wind and snow, echoing through the undulating mountains, traveling far and wide.

This commotion seemed to break the tranquility in the wind and snow; within a dozen li radius, the mountain forests began to stir.

The silent mountain forest, illuminated by the wind and snow, began to rustle.

“Rustle, rustle.”

“Swish, swish.”

Branches swayed, and bent branches rustled, shaking off accumulated snow. On the snowy ground, there was also the sound of something squirming.

These eerie movements, like radiating lines, converged from several directions into one spot, as if some lurking beast beneath the wind-blown wheat fields had caught an unusual scent and was gathering towards this place.

That was a valley beneath a cliff!

The terrain was relatively flat!

To the north of the valley, there was a kind of tremor, faintly resembling a mountain collapse.

Suddenly, in the dense forest of this valley,

“Whoosh!”

A swift sound of something cutting through the air, piercing the wind and snow, ignited a bright and dazzling wave of fire across the vast sky.

The next second,

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Snow-covered trees exploded one after another, broken wood and snow Crumbs flying. After shattering seven or eight trees consecutively, there was a muffled thud, as if it had plunged into something soft.

The next instant, a burst of fire erupted with a bang.

Immediately following,

“Awooo!”

A miserable howl, like a sudden clap of thunder, echoed loudly in the air above.

Within the raging fire in the wind and snow, a massive Demon Hound with six legs, tiger claws, and a dog-like body distinctly appeared.

A three-foot-long arrow, glowing red like a branding iron, was stuck in its back, most of it directly embedded in its body. The arrowhead vibrated rapidly, and bursts of fire spewed out from inside, quickly engulfing the Demon.

And this was like a drop of boiling water falling into a hot oil pan!

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!”

Streaks of fire cut through the approaching night!

The sounds of rapid tearing through the air completely stirred the wind and snow-filled sky into a frenzy!

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Explosions, like sparks, flared up in the cold night, spreading like a prairie fire.

Accompanied by piercing hisses and painful howls, they resonated with each other!

In the raging flames, Demon Heads shrieked as they revealed themselves.

There was a seven or eight zhang long Black Scaled Demon Snake, covered in metallic luster, twisting its body, engulfed in flames, rolling on the ground, smashing trees, and creating a wave of fire;

There was a completely black, fire-bathed Goat-bodied Demon, desperately pressing its sharp horns against the fiery arc of a red-hot arrow, its four hooves crushing the rocks beneath it;

And there was a monster with a human face and fish body, its heart pierced, emitting strange squeaks, falling to the ground in the mountain forest with a bang, and then splashing into a puddle of water with a splat.

In this instant, the valley was in turmoil, filled with wails.

“Whoosh!”

A strong wind blew from the north, sweeping through the mountain forest.

The next moment,

“Kill!”

A roar of killing erupted!

Streaks of black light flew out from the northern mountain forest like a torrent.

Black flags flew flat against the ground between the trees, weaving in and out.

The Fashan Flags, with golden borders and black backgrounds, had a prominent mountain-shaped design in the center. Standing on the flag surface were Black Armored Soldiers in heavy black armor. Beneath their helmets, their eyes, fierce as tigers and leopards, gleamed with piercing cold light.

The Ninth Mountain's vanguard scouts were clearing the way for the main army!

The Black Armored Soldiers flew on their flags, their hands behind their backs, “Clang!” “Clang!” “Clang!” The sound of metal friction roared, cold light flashed, and they drew their sabers, transforming into streaks of black in the wind and snow, shooting towards the bursts of fire with lightning speed.

Amidst the fiery howls, streaks of saber light bloomed brilliantly in the cold night.

“Pfft!”

“Pfft!”

“Pfft!”

Large Demon Heads detached from their necks in the cold light, flying into the air, foul-smelling blood splattering, creating a bloody ink painting.

The scattered, shrieking Demon Heads saw the black armor and the Ninth Mountain's Fashan Flag.

“Hooou!”

Their injuries ignited their ferocity, causing them to let out enraged roars!

The roars echoed far and wide.

A Goat-shaped Demon's sharp horns suddenly burst into flames, then the ten-foot-long, spear-sharp horns detached and shot straight into the sky, followed by a loud “Boom!”

This long horn actually exploded hundreds of zhang high in the sky with a deafening roar, creating a massive fireball in the sky.

This startled everything within dozens of li.

And this place was nine hundred li outside Zhennan Prefecture, where large groups of Demon Soldiers began to roam.

As the fireball exploded, roars successively rose from the surrounding mountain forests under the descending night, and shadows, accompanied by the howls of the Demons, rapidly rushed towards this direction!

The Demons' ferocity was ignited. A large black snake with black hooks on its tail forcibly pulled out the arrow that had pierced its side, extinguishing the flames. Its crimson snake eyes stared venomously at the incoming saber light, and the cold hooks on its tail immediately sprang out, shattering the saber light. Then, the double hooks on its tail flew out directly, shooting towards a Black Armored Soldier on a flying flag.

“Clang!”

“Clang!”

The saber light continuously chopped, creating a buzzing sound of collision.

The Black Armored scout's long saber parried the double hooks, and with a bang, he was knocked back.

“Kill them all!”

The snake's neck frill spread open, and its black forked tongue hissed a piercing cry.

Demon Heads extinguished the flames on themselves, their eerie green or crimson eyes filled with ferocity, and they began to counterattack fearlessly!

And on both sides and behind them, shadows converged one after another.

Even the powerful Qi of Heavenly Gate Devils was rapidly approaching!

But the hundreds of Black Armored Soldiers on flying flags, seeing the endless shadows in the distant mountain forest converging towards them like locusts drawn to a scent, showed no fear. Instead, the light in their pupils grew brighter in the cold night, and their long sabers gleamed like cold stars in the night.

“Xu!”

A sharp whistle, clear and loud, pierced the sky.

Suddenly,

“Whinny!”

A horse's neigh, like spring thunder in the rain, rose from the opposite side of the valley.

A tall horse galloped out from the dense forest on the cliff opposite the valley, its hooves trampling the flying flags, swift as lightning.

Immediately after, neighs of horses, like a tide, rose uncontrollably!

“Rumble!”

Amidst the wind and snow, countless cold lights broke through the cliff, pouring down like a mountain flood!

“Clang!”

“Clang!”

“Clang!”

Countless sounds of drawing sabers, accompanied by deafening hoofbeats, transformed into an unstoppable steel torrent, violently charging towards the Demon Heads with a terrifying, earth-shattering momentum!

And those fiercely glaring Demon Heads, who were counterattacking and charging, stiffened in terror as they witnessed all this, their pupils filled with incredible dread.

“The Fa Shan Army is here!”

These were their last thoughts before death!

The next moment, the fast horses trampled through the air, rushing through the midst of the Demons with a roar, then the saber light fell like a waterfall, their heads were severed, and their bodies were trampled into meat paste by the thundering iron hooves.