Chapter 840 - Broken Ice (2/2)

Whatever it was, it was indescribably creepy. The next boom made the ground shake so much their legs went numb. When the next boom came, they saw a gigantic foot set down right in front of them, the cracked ground forming a crater where it stepped.

Their visions were still blurred from the snow but this object was too close and too gigantic to not be seen clearly- especially for a few of them, for the foot had landed right next to themselves, about two steps away.

It was a fierce predator’s claw, covered in thick skin with irregular cracks that looked and felt like scales. Each sharp and giant toe curved downwards, hooking into the ground. A human could fit in that hook.

They looked up to see the approximate shape of a powerful thigh, then at the back, a swaying tail strong enough to sweep a boulder into the air. They could not see anything further above, only a blurry shape, as if this beast was as tall as the clouds.

The team leader almost wetted himself from horror while the rest shut their lips tight, afraid of making even a sound, attracting the attention of this beast, their teeth chattering uncontrollably. Even the most experienced, calmest treasure hunter would not be able to keep calm in the face of a gargantuan creature. They would never have the thought of fighting it. They were as weak as a baby here!

A tall mountain far away cracked, causing an avalanche of rocks and soil but it was mere background noise because the giant’s rhythmic footsteps had become the main attraction.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Previously, they could not recognise the sounds but after seeing this beast, they realised that those were sounds of gigantic monsters crawling out of the ground and the mountains!

The foot in front of them was finally lifted. The few people nearby felt their legs turn to jelly, their eyes fixed on the giant foot.

The foot passed over their heads, bringing with it a shower of pebbles and ice chips on their heads but as if they could not feel the pain, their eyes remained fixated on the foot until it landed once again. Step by step, the foot travelled deeper inland.

The rhythmic footsteps slowly grew further and further away, and after a long time, all the other sounds also faded. The rumbling sounded like an army of ten thousand beasts far away and the ground still vibrated but everything was not as strong as before. Their bones still hurt from the shaking.

Then, they heard the sound of water but they did not dare check it out.

After a long time, the winds slowly weakened and no more water sounds could be heard. The ground slowly stopped shaking and the blurry winds and snow disappeared.

Grey clouds still hung in the sky, a heavy oppression felt like solid weight.

After a long time, when the entire world calmed down and they could not even hear the sound of snow falling, the expedition team came to their senses and peeked from behind the boulders shakily, looking towards where the beast went.

The boulders they used as shelter from the winds had already tumbled a few times from the cracking ground. The ground was no longer white. Rocks and soil scattered everywhere as pieces of the ground protruded upwards. Crumbs and pieces were strewn across the lands like a piece of land cleared for farming. Even the ground seemed to have flattened, for the tall mountains far away had disappeared, leaving behind the occasional protrusion.

However, compared to the changed terrain, they were more shocked at what they saw far away, their eyes glazed and faces frozen. They knew that such a dramatic disaster must bring about large changes but they still could not believe what they saw.

Some of them climbed up the boulder in disbelief, staring with widened eyes.

They were on slightly higher ground, hence had an unobstructed view of a large area. It used to be mountain peaks and land but since then, the mountains had collapsed and they could now see the edge of this frozen land!

They saw water waves on the other side of the boundary!

“It’s… seawater!”

“How… how is that possible?”

Although they did not know how large this land of ice and snow was, they had explored large areas during treasure hunts and could point out routes and mountains with their eyes closed. But now everything had changed!

The rumbling that sounded like ten thousand beasts came from the waves, and it was not a hallucination!

What just happened? Am I dreaming?

The intense shaking, the cracked ground, the hysterical winds, and… the gigantic foot!

As they recalled every scene, they almost fainted.

Was that real? Was that fake?

What just happened to the world they knew so well?

,,,

Before the rise of humans, they were the rulers of this world. Ancient gigantic beasts who had been sealed in ice for a long, long time appeared once more in this world.

Despite the fact that their lives had ended eras ago, despite the fact that they bore no consciousness, their bodies had been preserved in ice, some of them perfectly preserved too!

Shao Xuan had learned the enslavement of reanimated corpses in the desert but he never expected the white flames to be this powerful!