Chapter 658 (1/2)
Chapter 658: 658
Countless rocks fell from the peak of the mountain . These rocks had some residual snow on them and had the wet marks of melted snow . They landed between the mountains, on the cliffs, and broke into countless fragments . They then violently bounced into the air and continued falling, landing on the black heads of the cavalry troops in the valley .
From the peak of the mountain to the valley, it was a long distance . The rocks' speed had become incredibly fast and were much more terrifying than the short spears thrown by the gra.s.sland cavalry .
The gra.s.sland cavalry squeezed together and it was hard for them to dodge . The countless rocks landed on them and there was dust flying everywhere . Some of them had holes smashed in their bodies while some of their heads exploded like ripe melons and fruits .
The exit of the valley was instantly dyed with different colors from the fresh blood and meat pulp . There were screams and cries everywhere . The procession was chaotic, there were horse hooves everywhere and smoke and dust filled the air .
Many cavalries had blood on their faces, underneath the blood was despair . What happened next, however, left them truly in despair . After the falling rocks, it was a rain of axes .
Zeng, Zeng, Zeng, Zeng! The sound of swis.h.i.+ng air could be heard as at least a thousand heavy axes were thrown down from the mountain tops, towards the gra.s.sland cavalry troops that were already in chaos .
The rocks that had fallen from the peak of the mountain were heavy, the axes were heavy too . To throw them for such a long distance, one would need an immense amount of power . According to logic, only a martial cultivator would have such powers . However, it was impossible to find so many martial cultivators in the world and to group them into an incredibly organized ambush team .
What followed the axes were earth-shattering screams . 2000 over young men in animal hide started jumping between the mountain rocks . They ran and screamed as they charged below . They weren't martial cultivators but they had powers that matched those of martial cultivators . This was because they were Desolate Men and they were natural-born warriors .
This was a unilateral ma.s.sacre .
Dozens of heavy rocks landed on the horse carriage . It started rocking violently and what followed was a lightning-like cras.h.i.+ng noise . The arrows beside the black horse carriage that were piled up like heaps of grains were smashed by the rocks . The crushed fragments were dyed red and sticky with the flesh and blood of the cavalry troops, looking unusually bright .
The big black horse stared outside the horse carriage, it couldn't see what was happening outside but it knew the situation was changing . It couldn't help but be nervous but a little curious too .
Ning Que said in a low voice, ”It's here . ”
The sound of falling rocks, axes and screaming didn't stop . After a very long time did everything quietened down . What followed was a volley of cheers before it went back to absolute silence .
Ning Que embraced Sangsang and got off the carriage .
Last winter, the Left King's Palace went against the contract that they had with the Desolate Man's tribe . They secretly joined up with the West-Hill Divine Palace coalition army to ambush the main force of the Desolate Man . They hunted them down for hundreds of miles, causing ma.s.s destruction to the Desolate Man .
This spring, the Desolate Man's tribe stalked the Tianqi Mountains for countless nights under the leaders.h.i.+p of the Wayfarer of the Devil's Doctrine Tang until they were at the peak of the Helan mountain range . They ambushed the cavalry of the Left King's Palace .
Out of the 3000 over cavalry troops from the Left King's Palace, only a few hundred of them managed to escape . Only 3 fallen knight commanders out of the dozen of them survived . Prince Long Qing was severely injured and only managed to escape from the hands of the Tang with the help of his two hidden Haotian Taoism cultivators .
There were the corpses of the gra.s.sland cavalry troops all around the valley . Occasionally, there were a few warhorses that were standing disconsolately beside their masters . The 2000 over powerful Desolate Man warriors were holding the iron axes in their hands up high and cheered excitedly .
This was a perfect revenge from the Desolate Man to the people who betrayed them .
However, the cheers from the Desolate Man warriors stopped quicker than expected . They looked at the black horse carriage that was surrounded by all the corpse in the valley as they got quieter, a shocked expression on their faces .
The mood of the Desolate Man warriors wasn't complicated . Compared to the people in the world who saw this black horse carriage, they were only afraid . Very innocently afraid .
Especially when the door of the black horse carriage was opened and Ning Que held on to Sangsang while they walked out . The Desolate Man warriors looked at the thin little girl, almost as if they saw the most terrifying night .
”Many people are easily intoxicated with the pleasures of revenge, I, however, do not find any meaning in that . Even though I have been doing this for the most part of my life, revenge requires animosity first and that means losing first . ”
Ning Que looked at the powerful person in leather who was several feet away and said, ”Desolate Man are natural-born warriors, you have command over this many Desolate Man yet lost so badly last winter . This is unbelievable . ”
Tang thought back to the b.l.o.o.d.y battle in the Middle Army Tent in the winter night last year . No matter how tough he was, he still kept silent before saying, ”You have no idea how much power the West-Hill Divine Palace hides . ”
Ning Que said, ”I do not need to know these, I only know that the Desolate Man are miserable now . ”
Tang said, ”No matter how miserable we are, without us, you would have died today . ”
Ning Que said, ”I knew you all would come . This has nothing to do with me or Sangsang, hence I do not have to express my grat.i.tude to you all . I have created a perfect ambush opportunity for you all . If you did not grasp this opportunity, the Desolate Man has no right to venture south, much less get back your country . ”
Wherever Sangsang was, the dark clouds and crows would follow . The black horse carriage had followed the Tang Empire's northern Wilderness towards the east and had attracted many people's gazes along the way . Outside Helan City, Ning Que didn't choose to go north but rather, to venture east . Creating such a big commotion and revealing his tracks, it was to attract the enemy of the Eastern Desolate Man .
The Eastern Wilderness was always under the powers of the Left King's Palace and Long Qing was already the master of this patch of Wilderness . Ning Que knew that Long Qing would definitely appear first . Hence, he wanted to use him and the cavalry troops of the Left King's Palace to attract Tang and the Desolate Man warriors .
The tracks of the black horse carriage had entered the Easter Wilderness and the West-Hill Divine Palace and the Buddhism Sect didn't have time to respond . However, Long Qing and the Desolate Man had time to . Tang had no idea of Ning Que's intentions and even if he could guess it, he wasn't sure . However, hearing what Ning Que said, the Desolate Man couldn't possibly give up this chance of taking revenge .
Hence, Tang and the Desolate Man warriors would appear here .
Tang said, ”We are here and we have taken our revenge . We will leave now . ”