Crackle...
"Who goes there!"
Just as Jiang Ping, Li Xuanhong, Cheng Guang, and Song Kang were relaxing and chatting, a faint sound of fire igniting was heard. ng Ying was the first to notice, quickly turning his head to look northward down the tunnel.
The other four imdiately ceased talking and turned their heads northward.
In the snowy night, over two hundred ters away to the north, a fla suddenly burst into life.
"Is there soone?"
"There must be soone. Let’s hurry and check it out."
"Wait, don’t all go. Jiang Ping, you go."
ng Ying furrowed his brow slightly, stopping the others, then indicated Jiang Ping should go alone. The remaining three nodded and stayed in place.
Jiang Ping, holding a large knife, cautiously approached the fla alone.
Soon, he was less than a hundred ters away from the fla.
Whoosh...
At that mont, a black figure erged from the snow behind the fla, raised a huge bow, and shot an arrow at Jiang Ping.
Clang...
"Who’s there, courting death!"
Jiang Ping’s roar imdiately drew the attention of ng Ying and the other four.
"There really is soone."
"Combat has started, let’s help!"
Two hundred ters away, Jiang Ping swung his blade to deflect the iron arrow, then rushed forward to engage the attacker. Watching closely, Li Xuanhong and Cheng Guang, who were a bit impatient, rushed forward to help.
ng Ying and Song Kang stayed at the tunnel entrance, observing the situation. They noticed the man in black was quickly knocked back by Jiang Ping and fled northward before Li Xuanhong and Cheng Guang could reach him, eyebrows furrowing deeply.
"Sothing’s wrong, Xuanhong, Cheng Guang, get back quickly..."
Whoosh...
Suddenly, from over two hundred ters to the southwest, ca another iron arrow.
The arrow was clearly tied with so flammable substance, igniting in mid-air, but its target wasn’t ng Ying or Song Kang; instead, it was the snow at the far ends of the tunnel.
"Xuanhong, Cheng Guang, quickly return!"
Interrupted, ng Ying reacted extrely quickly, calling the two back, then ignoring the archer, he slashed away the incoming iron arrow before chasing after the archer.
As the black-clad man fled northward, Li Xuanhong and Cheng Guang had already realized sothing was amiss, but by then they were over a hundred ters from the tunnel entrance.
The speed at Cold Resistance Level is fast, but that depends on comparison.
Whoosh...
From the northwest ca another iron arrow, blazing with a fla.
Clang!
The only one near the tunnel entrance who still stood there was Song Kang.
He realized the situation, deflected the iron arrow, and pursued the archer.
ng Ying, after a fifty-ter chase, saw the person to the southwest escape. He furrowed his brow deeply, and when he turned to see Song Kang also pursuing soone to the other side, his pupils dilated, and he shouted in alarm, "Song Kang, don’t chase!"
Whoosh...
Thud!
To the south, a third hastily fired iron arrow went unchallenged and struck the snow beneath the southern side of the tunnel.
Like the previous two, this iron arrow burned fiercely in mid-air, piercing into the snow, undeterred. Instead of being smothered, it continued to burn.
"What are they planning?"
"Why are they shooting flaming arrows at the snow?"
"Whatever their plan, put out that fire quickly!"
Unlike the others, ng Ying had already figured it out. The four who appeared consecutively were clearly part of a preditated setup, their intentions obviously unfavorable to the group.
So, he dashed to the south side of the tunnel, signaling Song Kang, Li Xuanhong, and Cheng Guang, who were closer, to extinguish the fire quickly.
Crackle crackle...
However, their actions were still a bit too slow.
Or perhaps, whatever was buried on the south side of the tunnel was too easy to ignite.
The sound of faint crackling made the four freeze montarily.
Boom...
A raging fire suddenly erupted from the snow that had just been hit, consuming the tunnel’s exit in an instant and spreading northward for over a hundred ters.
Boom...
Judging by the burning pattern and the scale of the ten-ter-high flas, there were clearly substantial amounts of flammable materials buried on both the north and south sides of the tunnel in advance.
"What’s going on!"
"There’s a fire ahead?"
"Just break through the tunnel, the main army is here, no problem."
"What is there to fear from fire, we’ve arrived."
...
The mont the flas rose, those at the Cold Resistance Level atop Long Mountain, and the army inside approaching the exit, were imdiately aware.
Li Xuanling and the Cold Resistance Level individuals at a distance imdiately rushed over. At the sight of the towering flas, their expressions changed slightly before commanding the army to break through the tunnel.
"ng Ying, what happened with the fire, where are the others?"
Fortunately, the army was unhard; it was rely an ordinary fire...
ng Ying was unaware of what exactly happened. Feeling relieved, his heart skipped a beat when Li Xuanling questioned him, just as he was about to respond, suddenly—
Roar...
A colossal roar echoed from the north, causing everyone to turn their heads.
Li Xuandu’s expression froze as he instinctively asked, "Didn’t the Advanced Cold Beasts retreat from the Beehive? Why are they back?"
Roar... Roar...
Rumble rumble rumble rumble...
Several furious roars followed, causing the ground to tremble, as if the entire snowy plains ca alive with rumbling.
Li Xuanling, ng Ying, and all others at Cold Resistance Level around them, their faces imdiately changed.
"The fire, the fire, this fire is just like the Holy Tripod of Great Xia, it too attracts Cold Beasts. Quickly extinguish it, put out the fire, hurry..."
ng Ying was the first to react, roaring at the others to put out the fire.
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