Chapter 50 – Sunrise (2/2)

“Let’s wait for a bit more.” Shao Xuan answered as he gazed at the sky.

The clouds dispersed a little and Shao Xuan could see a peak among the sea of clouds, which was the mountaintop of a mountain in the distance. It constantly revealed its existence within the surge of clouds. Farther away, there were taller mountains poking into the deep blue sky.

When the sun finally came out and shed its lights on the snowy region, the icy tone finally lessened. Endless snow filled one’s horizon and when you looked up, you could see the peak of the mountain.

Snow covered their knees and they could only see the color of white for as far as their sight went. Heaven and earth seemed to be merged together. When you looked down the mountain, the world down there was buried in mist, which could not be seen through clearly.

The vision ahead made one feel as if they were lost in a world of white, which could never be crossed. Some less determined minds might probably flinch at the sight of it.

Here, it was higher than the mountain that Mai had led them to before. Shao Xuan was looking at one of the mountains inside a mountain range. When you looked afar, you could see the white mountain peaks for a thousand miles.

“What…is this place?” Mao looked at the strange scenery and asked anxiously. He remembered the places that he had been to before, and even the scenery nearby. However, he felt completely unfamiliar with the things he was seeing now.

When they were escaping, it felt not far, but judging from the circumstances now, they realized that they were in big trouble.

It was impossible to stay here for long, so Shao Xuan decided to head down the mountain first, at least they would go to somewhere warmer.

In his heart, Shao Xuan was still worrying about old Ke’s tooth sword. When old Ke had given him that sword, he had held it in front of old Ke and told him to rest assured, for he promised to take good care of the sword. However, the sword was gone now.

They headed down the mountain, and after they had gone through the mist, scenery from down the mountain began to appear.

In these mountains, there was no vegetation in the snow covered area, while down here there was a lot of green that enjoyed short winters and long summers.

They were almost two different worlds.

After walking for some time, they saw a big chunk of snow and a thin layer of snow that was melting under the sun. The chunk began to reveal its true appearance under the snow…black scales.

The sword sticking out indicated that it was the Thorn Black Wind’s head, and Shao Xuan quickly confirmed that.

A ball of snow fell down along with the melted snow-water, with traces of red mixed in. Shao Xuan looked closely and found that the sword pierced through for over half its length instead of the previous one third. Around the sword, there was some frozen blood.

Thorn Black Wind’s thorns and scales which usually looked majestic while standing straight, had now all lowered, not moving at all.

Shao Xuan closed his eyes after indicating Mao not to move. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a giant skeleton in his view. Unlike yesterday, the huge ferocious beast had quite a few broken bones now, as if it had hit something hard. Even if it was still alive, it would be severely injured. And the head… the sword got stabbed in deeper into the skull.

If not for the sword, Shao Xuan would be heading down the mountain without any hesitation, and he would never try to examine if that Thorn Black Wind was still alive. It’d better be dead, for even if it was barely alive, with Shao Xuan’s condition, he had no confidence in beating it.

Shao Xuan made a hard snowball with the snow he gathered, and then tossed it towards the sword.

The sword trembled, while the huge ferocious beast did not move.