novellhall Chapter 107 Tianshan Snow Throat
Chapter 107 Tianshan Snow Throat
Chapter 107 Tianshan Snow Throat
This arrow was both poisonous and deadly; if it were any other Fire-level divine mage, they probably wouldn't have had time to dodge and would have perished beneath its blade.
But Lu Ren, being a versatile warrior with exceptional perception, reacted instantly.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The arrow that was aimed at his heart and was meant to kill him only grazed his arm and scratched his skin.
Lu Ren looked back and saw a man in black robes appear in the woods, wearing a mask so his face was obscured.
The other party showed no intention of communicating with him, and upon realizing that his arrow had failed to kill him, he began to nock and shoot again.
Beside the archer stood a dozen or so men in black robes, all wearing silver-white masks with three overlapping triangles on them.
It's obvious without even thinking that the hundreds of dead rock-shelled lizards below were the work of these lunatics.
"Swamp Mist—"
The figure in the sky was as small as a speck of ink. Suddenly, a thick fog erupted from that point, expanding and swirling back, completely engulfing him and the entire sky.
In an instant, an arrow pierced the air, but the thick fog obscured its vision, causing it to miss its target.
Taking advantage of the swamp fog, Lu Ren seized the opportunity to fly upwards, dodging left and right, avoiding several flying arrows he sensed.
Jiang Yueying cried out in a strange voice, burying her face in his chest: "Lu, Lu Ren!"
"Hold on tighter, I'm going to speed up!"
"Lu Ren, you're so dirty-minded!"
"Waaaaaah!"
Jiang Yueying trembled with fear, remembering the vertical roller coaster she rode with An Yourong in junior high school, but this time there were no seat belts.
Before Lu Ren could fly out of the fog, he heard the sound of wind coming from above, as well as the sound of wings flapping.
"Brother, you're up there!"
"I can see it!"
A sudden gust of wind dispersed the fog, and the masked man who had just been holding a longbow appeared above him.
The opponent stood on a giant bird of prey, whose wings whipped up a whirlwind that instantly dispersed his swamp mist.
The raptor emitted a violent cry, its eyes were two huge, wide-open, pale spots of light without pupils, its claws were slender and pale like bones, and the edges of its feathers were possibly broken and uneven, as if they were transformed from fragments of a shroud or intermittent gray mist.
During his time studying at the Shen family, Lu Ren memorized the appearances of thousands of virtual beasts, and recognized the virtual beast in front of him at a glance.
Is it the Strange Pigeon of Tianchi in the Celtic region of Northern Ireland? Something doesn't seem right. Lu Ren saw a vertical pupil on the bird's forehead. This is—the Banshee! Also a Silver-level True Seed Beast famous in Northern Ireland, capable of transforming into various Beast forms.
To actually have a banshee as a tamed beast, the price of that thing's spirit remains is no less than the price of the Medusa spirit remains that the young lady went to Greece to obtain.
Is this person a beast tamer? No, he's a prop master. The beast tamer is probably someone else below.
Are these people Europeans? What are they doing here, and why are they attacking them?
Lu Ren tried to communicate: "Brother, is there some misunderstanding? We—damn it!"
The other party showed no intention of communicating with him at all, having already drawn the longbow to its fullest extent, with the arrow tip aimed at his head.
The moment the bowstring snapped, the arrow was no longer an arrow but a streak of dark light tearing through the air.
Its trajectory was taut and straight, its shriek like the final whistle of a soul abruptly cut off, the arrow's cold gleam condensing into a single point, biting straight at his brow.
At this distance and speed, there was no way to avoid it. Lu Ren could only frantically squeeze out his mental energy, trying to deflect the arrow.
"collapse"
At the critical moment, it was Lu Youhe, who was lying on his back, who sent out her little "green vine shield" to protect Lu Ren.
"Beautiful Yuhe!"
The arrow pierced through the Green Vine Shield and remained on it; this bronze-grade alchemical shield was pierced directly by an arrow!
"Ah! My shield is broken!"
Sniper rifles could barely leave a mark on her small vine shield, but now an arrow easily pierced it, damaging the alchemical staff on the shield and rendering it unusable.
Lu Youhe hadn't forgotten that this shield cost hundreds of thousands, and she was furious: "Who are you? Attacking us the moment you see us, how rude!"
This wasn't a matter of politeness or not. The masked man remained silent, only nocking arrows with his bow, and Lu Ren's expression tightened.
The other party should be a prop master, and a Torch-level prop master at that, with a very powerful alchemical prop in their hand.
"Hold me tight!"
"Swamp Mist"
The fog returned, and the masked man lost sight for a moment. Although the fog was quickly dispersed by the wind stirred up by the raptor he was riding, just as it was about to dissipate, a figure broke through the thick smoke and appeared a few meters away from him.
He was taken aback. A divine cultivator, instead of thinking of running away, was rushing over?
But just as he was about to release the arrow after drawing it fully for the third time, he saw the sorcerer's mouth bulge out.
"Sludge Cannon"
—
Large amounts of thick, black sludge sprayed out like ink. The sticky liquid with strong adhesion pressed down on him, and the raptors at his feet let out shrill, unpleasant cries, trying to avoid the sticky sludge.
The masked man lost his footing, and the third arrow failed to be fired.
Just as the records say, this harbinger of death hated unclean things.
Having regained the height advantage, Lu Ren said, "Moon Shadow, release one over there."
"Methane explosion!"
Outside his small, delicate palm, a fierce explosion poured down, like a burning dome suddenly opening up, instantly engulfing the space below him into a boiling sea of fire.
Lu Ren casually patted the bottom of the little one who was hanging in front of him like a koala, constantly moving around.
"Don't move."
"My shoe fell off—"
"Jade feet? I like them."
"Hey! You, why are you pinching my foot?!"
"I told you not to move."
Lu Ren looked tense, staring intently at the sea of fire, his senses heightened, ready to flee or fight at any moment.
The flames ahead expanded and tumbled in the air, and the scorching air surged upwards, violently distorting the surrounding air.
Is it resolved? Obviously not, but at least the injuries are serious, right?
After the flames died down, the man and the bird were completely unharmed!
The masked man now has a wooden shield, which should also be a silver-grade alchemical artifact.
"Lu, Lu Ren, what do we do?!"
Their most powerful and lethal moves had all been blocked like this, and Lu Ren was really at a loss.
The opponent's two weapons, one offensive and one defensive, put immense pressure on him, not to mention the banshee beneath him who was skilled in mental attacks.
With two little girls attached to her, she wasn't as agile as the other girl, and if she tried to escape, she would only be caught.
Unable to fight back or escape, Lu Ren chose to back down: "Brother, isn't there some misunderstanding between us?"
"My brother's started shooting arrows again!"
"Brother, look behind you!"
"Lu Ren, how childish are you? This is such an outdated tactic!"
Lu Ren had no idea that his sister was the type to say the most inappropriate things in urgent situations.
But the next moment, the bird of prey in the air froze, as if it had been suddenly electrocuted, and then plummeted straight down.
The masked man on the giant bird's back, who had just drawn his bow to its fullest extent, lost his balance again, and the two of them plummeted toward the valley.
Behind the raptor's original position, a beautiful figure appeared in the air at some unknown time.
Shen Yaoxing, dressed in a long gown, floated gracefully in the air, her eyes gleaming with a silvery light.
It was she who had just activated her skill; Medusa's gaze froze the banshee in place.
She had suddenly felt uneasy, wondering why Lu Ren and the others had been gone for so long, so she came to check on them.
He glanced down below, then looked at Lu Ren, who was engaged in combat: "What's going on?"
"Why didn't you freeze that person in place!"
"I tried it. There's something on him that can block my Medusa gaze!"
"Catch these two!"
Lu Ren forcefully flung the two little ones clinging to him and tossed them toward Shen Yaoxing.
After dropping the two bundles, he immediately swooped down towards the masked man who, even as he fell, still kept his bow drawn and aimed at them.
"Whoosh—!!"
Another arrow came flying, and this time Lu Ren freed his hands, revealing a black wooden sword in his hand.
With a flick of his wrist, he sent the arrow flying.
"when--!!"
The arrow was deflected by him, but Lu Ren was shocked. The wooden sword had a terrifying force. With his Fire-level physique, he had only managed to deflect an arrow, but his entire hand was numb from the shock!
However, what he didn't know was that the masked man was the most surprised at that moment.
What did I just see? An arrow capable of piercing mountains and splitting rocks was cleaved in two by a divine cultivator?
Seeing the boy flying towards her with a sinister grin, the masked man calmly raised the wooden shield in his hand, activating a perfectly round, semi-transparent protective barrier.
When Lu Ren saw the shield, he realized that it had blocked Jiang Yueying's methane explosion.
Knowing he couldn't cut it open, he bypassed the masked man and swiftly flew towards the golden raptor that was still falling and had been frozen in place by Shen Yaoxing!
There were clearly many people below, but only this person caught up. It's estimated that none of the others had the ability to fly, or more accurately, this person didn't either; he was just using the banshee as a means of pursuit.
Even if a silver-level void beast falls from a hundred meters in the air, it won't be much of a problem. If we don't kill this giant bird, we'll still be caught up with later.
After Lu Ren broke through to the Fire Spirit Realm, the most overpowered thing was neither the significant improvement in his physique nor the improvement in his spellcasting ability.
It is the ability to fly using telekinesis.
Generally speaking, only those at the Frost Moon Realm can fly, while other divine cultivators can only fly at the Star Cocoon Realm. Only divine magicians at the Fire Spirit Realm can fly.
However, most divine cultivators are support-type professionals with limited combat power, making them difficult to pose a threat.
Therefore, flying is a very scarce ability in the early stages. Even though this prop master is so awesome, he and the young lady knocked him down from the air and there was nothing he could do.
Now, as long as we cripple this banshee, even if there are any of these people who can fly, they will only be support-type professionals. We can kill as many as they come.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Ren landed on the back of the giant bird's head, swung his knife, and thrust it forward!
The moment the blade pierced the neck feather, first sparks flew from between the metal and the feather tube, followed by a muffled tearing sound like leather being ripped, and finally, blood gushed out.
Blood exploded in the air like a fan-shaped waterfall, each drop reflecting his cold profile and the giant bird's suddenly contracting pupils.
The scalding blood mist mixed with the drifting black feathers, and a light red rain fell from the sky.
"Hardening One"
His right hand hardened, and he reached into the back of the raptor's head, pulled out a piece of its remains, stepped on the bird's carcass, and flew upwards again.
Throughout the entire fall, the masked man watched as the group of people in the air left, while the group of people dressed in black robes and masks below him rushed towards them.
On the other side of the mountain path, Ji Liguang had already been brought back by Shen Yaoxing. The girl had silky golden hair, which was a little frizzy at the moment. Her clothes were dirty but not tattered.
Her clothes were also made of alchemical materials; although they didn't provide much defense, they were not easily damaged.
Otherwise, if a melee tank like her were to have her clothes ripped off during combat, it wouldn't be a combat adventure game anymore, but rather a pornographic film.
Seeing the group finally return, looking rather disheveled, he exclaimed, "Where have you been? You're all covered in dust and dirt!"
Lu Youhe was very anxious: "Young Miss, Lu Ren is injured!"
Lu Ren said irritably, "Don't make such a fuss, it's just a minor injury."
Shen Yaoxing frowned as well: "What was that group of people all about?"
"I don't know either. We just saw a lot of salt-shelled lizard corpses down there, and we were just about to leave when a group of guys wearing masks and black robes appeared and started attacking us for no reason."
Lu Youhe looked at his arm: "What minor injury? Lu Ren, your arm is all black!"
Lu Ren examined the wound. His left forearm had just been grazed by the arrow. The bleeding had stopped long ago, but the area where the arrowhead had grazed him was now turning black, indicating poisoning.
The Black Mountain High Moon Squad also surrounded them, and in no time, they all looked so disheveled.
Upon hearing this, Gu Manman asked, "Wearing a mask? What kind of mask is it?"
"Silver-white, with three triangles—do you know who it is?"
"I have some guesses."
Tell me quickly!
Gu sighed slowly, "It's a long story, it all started three hundred years ago—"
"To make a long story short!"
"Based on what Brother Lu just said, the large number of rock-shelled lizard carcasses—you've probably encountered a Snowthroat."
The Black Mountain High Moon Squad suddenly realized, while the mage White Paper looked horrified: "What, Snowthroat?! Isn't that just something made up in a story?"
Lu Ren and Shen Yaoxing were completely bewildered. "Snow Throat"? What's that?
"A group of lunatics who believe in the Tianshan religion. They can be found not only in Yanzhou, but also in several countries and regions that the Tianshan Mountains span."
"The Tianshan Sect?" Lu Ren asked. "What is their name?"
Gu slowly shook his head and said, "It's not really. It's just some primitive beliefs in nature worship. Many people living near Tianshan believe in this Tianshan religion. Internationally, this sect doesn't really get involved."
Shen Yaoxing then asked, "You're only talking about sects that believe in nature, so why did they attack us?"
"Because those who attacked you were not ordinary Tianshan believers, but an anomaly among them, Snowthroat."
"The doctrine of the Tianshan Sect is that Tianshan is not an inanimate object, but a living entity that slowly digests the world."
Tianshan believers consider the snow line to be the gums of Tianshan, glaciers to be the saliva of Tianshan, storms to be the breath of Tianshan, and the bottomless ice fissures and rock crevices to be the esophagus and stomach of Tianshan.
Most Tianshan believers would at most use livestock as sacrifices to pray for peace and prosperity in the coming year.
Snowthroat is a group of madmen who believe that civilization, livestock, and humans all happened to fall onto the skin of this giant beast.
food".
They believe that the mountain is digesting, and they are the throat of the Tianshan Mountain, helping it swallow. Therefore, they regularly hold rituals to hunt all kinds of creatures to help the Tianshan Mountain digest its food.
Brother Lu may have accidentally wandered into their ritual and was killed by Snowthroat as food to be sacrificed to Tianshan.
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