socalfunplaces Chapter 23 The Ambush of Absolute Secrets
Chapter 23 The Ambush of Absolute Secrets
Wu Yi nodded slightly as he listened to the words of the Heavenly Crystal Beast; he had also noticed this.
Everything before my eyes seemed like a script deliberately staged by someone.
And the script is indeed quite reasonable.
The leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance was defeated in Nangong City, and the garrison of Ximen City fled at the mere sight of him. Why was the garrison commander of Beiming Snow Manor an exception?
It makes perfect sense that they fled back to Beiming Snow Manor, joined forces with Jue Tianji, and prepared to make a final stand there.
But precisely because it made so much sense, Wu Yi felt that something was amiss.
Jue Tianji is not the fierce Yama.
It's normal for the fierce Yama King, being a military general, to gather everyone together in a moment of impulsiveness, preparing for a head-on confrontation.
But the secrets of the heavens are different.
This guy, who calls himself a "clever strategist," deceived Bei Ming Lei for so long at Bei Ming Snow Manor, not through brute force, but through cunning.
Would someone who makes a living by scheming repeat a tactic that has already been proven to fail?
"Father, what are you thinking about?" Nangong Wenya asked, tilting her little face up, her nose red from the cold.
"It's nothing." Wu Yi looked away, gently patted her head, and said, "Let's keep going."
The giant dragon flapped its wings and continued flying north.
……
By the time the third village came into view, it was almost dusk.
This village is larger than the previous two villages and is located at the entrance of a valley between two snow-capped mountains.
From the air, the village also shows signs of destruction: collapsed houses, trampled farmland, and scattered timber.
And like the previous two villages, there were no monsters to be seen.
The only road leading to Beiming Snow Village passes through the village and extends northward along the canyon.
The canyon is flanked by steep snow slopes covered with dense pine trees, their shadows swaying in the twilight.
As usual, Wu Yi went into the village to check on the situation.
After asking some questions, he left two of his men to help rebuild the village. He was about to continue his journey when Ximen Xiao stopped him.
"Uncle Nangong, shall we stay here for the night?"
Although he asked a question, Ximen Xiao's eyes were fixed on the village.
Having traveled all day and been freezing in the air all day, he was eager to find a place to rest.
Not only him, but also Nangong Wentian and others, and even Wu Yi's elite subordinates from Nangong City, all looked exhausted.
After all, they haven't had a proper rest these past few days, having been constantly on the move.
Wu Yi was about to speak.
Suddenly, his gaze swept over the snow-covered slope behind the village, and his eyes became fixed.
It was quiet on the snow slope.
It's too quiet.
Even the sound of the wind passing through the trees carried an eerie silence.
There were several patches of snow that were thicker than the surrounding snow, as if they had been turned over and then flattened again.
There were also several snowdrifts whose shapes were too regular and whose edges were too neat, making them seem like the result of natural accumulation.
More importantly, there was a very faint, sweet scent in the air. Although it had been diluted by the cold wind, Wu Yi still managed to detect it.
This tastes like ice cream cream.
But where would you find cream on this snowy ground?
unless……
Wu Yi thought of an enemy that Nangong Wentian had encountered in the snowy land of Beiming in the story.
"The Celestial Crystal Beast." Wu Yi lowered his voice.
"Yes!" The Celestial Crystal Beast's response was equally deep, a hint of seriousness flashing in its emerald eyes. "I sensed it too. There seems to be something moving behind the snow slope, and quite a lot of it."
"Yes, be prepared to transform at any time."
Before Wu Yi finished speaking, countless white figures burst forth from the shadows of the pine trees on the snow-covered slope behind the village!
White robe, white armor, white headscarf.
Hundreds of soldiers from Beiming Snow Manor, dressed in battle robes the same color as the snow, emerged from their hiding place in the snow.
Armed with bows and crossbows, they attacked the location where Wu Yi and the others were.
A rain of arrows descended from the sky in an instant!
Wu Yi's face darkened; these attacks had even affected the civilians in the village!
"Enemy attack!"
Following closely beside Wu Yi, Nangong Wentian reacted quickly, shouting as he pulled out the water dragon cannon that Wu Yi had given him not long ago, pointed the cannon at the sky, and used the water flow to deflect some of the arrows.
Ximen Xiao then summoned Xiao Taixu to transform, which also shattered a small number of arrows.
The elite soldiers of Nangong City who followed Wu Yi also steadied themselves and began to resist.
With everyone working together, most of the arrow rain was blocked.
The rest were burned to ashes by the giant dragon's flames.
Although it cannot transform into a divine weapon and there is a power gap between it and the top divine weapon beasts, the Giant Spirit Dragon is actually still very strong at the level of divine beasts.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the rain of arrows was successfully blocked.
Nangong Wentian gritted his teeth and said, "These demonized soldiers are too despicable!"
Others echoed his sentiments.
However, Wu Yi said, "No, these soldiers have not been corrupted by demons."
"What?!" Nangong Wentian exclaimed in shock. "Then why did they attack us?"
Wu Yi immediately thought of Jue Tianji, and Bei Ming Lei, the young master of Bei Ming Xue Manor who was deceived by Jue Tianji in the story.
But before Wu Yi could say anything, the second wave of attacks came again.
An even denser rain of arrows descended upon them, but this was only the surface. The real killing blow came from the magical beasts that suddenly appeared at the same time!
A large seal emerged first.
Its entire body was covered with short, dark blue fur, the smooth fur gleaming coldly in the twilight, and a long fang protruded from each side of its mouth, each about three feet long, like two curved ice blades.
The surface of the fangs was covered with a layer of pale blue frost, and tiny ice crystals kept falling off the tips of the fangs and drifting into the air.
Ice Fang Seal!
It suddenly leaped up from the top of the snow slope, its massive body drawing an arc in the air before crashing heavily onto the snow at the entrance of the canyon, kicking up a cloud of snow mist.
Then it raised its head and let out a low roar, and the ice-blue light on the two three-foot-long fangs at the corners of its mouth suddenly intensified, like two ice-blue torches that had been lit.
In the surrounding air, countless tiny ice crystals frantically converged towards the fangs, emitting a soft "rustling" sound, like countless silkworms simultaneously munching on mulberry leaves.
In the blink of an eye, the ice crystals condensed into dozens of sharp ice spikes, each as thick as an arm and half a meter long. The tips of the spikes gleamed with a chilling light, hovering in mid-air and trembling slightly, emitting a low hum.
The ice spikes weren't targeting Wu Yi alone, but everyone in the village.
The icicles whistled sharply as they tore through the air, freezing even the moisture in the air into fine frost flowers that formed white streaks in the twilight.
This move has an extremely wide range, covering the entire village, making it impossible to escape.
Those innocent villagers and children were all within range!
In the original work, it was this move that froze the Heavenly Crystal Sword along with Nangong Wentian's arm. The extreme cold power was something even divine weapons could not resist!