HBWnovel Chapter 366 Surprise Attack
Chapter 366 Surprise Attack
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The sky was dim, leaden clouds hung low.
The thick gray clouds were like a quilt, tightly covering the area around Eagle Grief Cliff.
The setting sun was still hanging on the horizon, yet the sky had already turned a deep dusk.
Shadows covered the ground, making the sunset seem all the more dazzling for a moment.
Chen Mu stared dumbfounded at the slowly collapsing Eagle Grief Cliff.
Where was the Mountain Protection Restriction?
Hadn't it already been established?
Where did the Mountain Protection Restriction go?!
Boom!
In his daze, another clump of skeletal remains shaped like a green flame flew across the sky.
The towering top of Eagle Grief Cliff exploded with a loud bang, the pointed peak instantly crumbling to pieces.
Soil and rocks sprayed in all directions, creating a huge opening in the clouds under the churning wind and sky.
The mountaintop's falling rocks clattered loudly, yet the entire Eagle Grief Cliff seemed to fall into a strangely eerie silence.
At the foot of the mountain, halfway up, on the streets of the Market District, in the Medicinal Fields, everyone was looking up, frozen as if turned to stone, not daring to breathe, leaving only their faces dumbstruck.
The next moment.
The entire Eagle Grief Cliff collapsed into chaos with a bang.
People unleashed their skills, scattering in all directions.
Chen Mu swallowed his saliva and came back to his senses.
He turned his head to see his new neighbor, Du Cheng, kicking away a collapsing beam and leaping out from a pile of rubble.
Raising his hand, he threw out a swallow-shaped flying kite, leapt onto it, and with a bang, shot up into the sky.
Carrying a rolling air current, he turned into a small black dot in the distance in the blink of an eye.
Chen Mu immediately abandoned any attempt at concealment, his body emitting surging black smoke, with a wailing howl, he fiercely activated the Five Ghosts Great Escape Technique.
But just as he was about to bend his knees to leap and fly away, Chen Mu stopped again.
"Something's not right!"
He stared intently at the gray clouds in the sky.
Threads of mournful green lightning flickered within the thick clouds, barely visible.
He felt as though he was being targeted by a ferocious demon, sending a chill over his heart.
Chen Mu's hair stood on end, his scalp itching from the tension.
Suddenly, the entire sky flashed with a burst of green light.
Clumps of green, arrow-shaped flames violently broke through the clouds, pouring down to the ground like a downpour.
Chen Mu watched in horror as a person maneuvering a flying kite was struck by the flame arrows.
His flesh was burned away in an instant, leaving only a pale skeleton with an open mouth silently screaming.
But after only a few struggles, the bones turned into powder and dissipated.
The green flames, however, soared upwards, becoming even more fierce and rampant. What the hell!
Chen Mu's back was instantly soaked with fine, cold sweat.
Looking at the dense shower of flaming arrows, his eyes involuntarily widened.
"Lucky! Lucky I didn't fly out just now!"
"Otherwise, I'd be done for!"
Chen Mu didn't dare to hesitate.
Point Ground into Steel!
The ground in front of him suddenly turned into a quagmire.
Next, he leaped up, Mana surged as he was midair.
Longitudinal Rainbow Light!
Great Escape Technique!
Black smoke and Spiritual Light appeared simultaneously.
He then took a dive forward.
Accompanied by a wailing howl, he plunged headfirst into the ground and disappeared.
Almost in the instant he vanished,
The entire sky was filled with mournful green flaming arrows hitting the ground.
The wooden building Chen Mu had meticulously cleaned up was instantly riddled with holes, flimsy as paper, collapsing and igniting in the mournful green flames, burning up and becoming clean ash in a few breaths.
...
Northern side of Eagle Grief Cliff, thirty miles away, atop a small mountain.
Chen Mu poked his head out of the ground and activated the Truthful Listening Technique. Only when he was sure there was no one within ten miles did he emerge from underground.
That stealth ability was indeed formidable.
Working together on multiple occasions, one would handle concealment while the other took care of burying bodies. They had always been successful.
"Tsk tsk... Patriarch Wei is really powerful!" the shorter man said, looking at the mountain that had been reduced by half, his face full of awe.
"Not just Patriarch Wei but also three other Condensing Aperture experts," the tall and strong man shook his head. "Four of them set up the altar, pooled their collective power, and only then could we see the situation as it is now."
"That's why I say Patriarch Wei is powerful," the short and thin man retorted. "Those people have never worked together before."
"Are you planning to follow Patriarch Wei?" the tall and strong man gave him a sidelong glance.
"After this battle, there will be many more than just me wanting to follow Patriarch Wei," the short strong man said calmly. "You wouldn't be thinking of following those other unpredictable fellows, would you?"
"I don't want to follow anyone," the tall strong man shook his head.
"East Ridge has changed; we need to find a big backer," the shorter man couldn't help but sigh.
The tall and strong man fell silent.
...
After a while.
Feeling the feedback from the Secret Technique and sensing that the man below had been pinned down motionless, a slight smile appeared on the corner of the tall strong man's mouth: "We'll talk about finding a backer later. For now, let's go hunt the next prey."
But just as he was about to withdraw his Secret Technique, his face changed abruptly.
He felt the prey he had firmly pinned down beneath the ground suddenly unleash a tremendous burst of strength.
It was as though he had caught a python as thick as the mouth of a bowl with his bare hands.
Despite his exertion, he could only watch as the opponent shattered the hold of the Exotic Force like rotting wood and broke free from the Coffin Mountain Secret Technique.
"Go!" he exclaimed loudly.
The short and thin man beside him tensed up, quickly spat out some tricky Curse Command, and clenched his fist significantly.
A deep blue light shot out from between his fingers, and a pale blue orb of light suddenly rose from beneath their feet. The figures of the two men became obscured by the swift blue light.
By the time Chen Mu emerged from the ground, the tall man was left only with a head, while the shorter man had only his eyes visible.
The other man emotionlessly gave Chen Mu a glance.
Then the blue light flashed explosively, the orb closed up, and the two men disappeared from sight.
Escape?! Chen Mu's eyes flashed fiercely.
He had been pressed into the soil and scraped around—had he not been physically strong and possessed the Point Ground into Steel, by now he would have been flattened by the mountain!
And now they wanted to run?
Truthful Listening!
Hum...
A ring of gray ripples immediately spread out in all directions. The landscape within a radius of ten miles flashed into his mind in the blink of an eye.
Gone?!
Chen Mu's expression changed.
To think they could evade the Truthful Listening Technique's search!
He swept his gaze around ferociously.
Three Yin Slaying Demon! Three Yin Slaying Demon...
A blanket of ghastly green crescent blades slashed in all directions.
If he couldn't see them, then he would force them out!
Bang!
A hundred meters away, near a tree thick enough for three people to embrace, a distortion of light and shadow occurred.
As if a projection screen was tapped, ripples appeared on the surface of the tree trunk.
Chen Mu abruptly turned his head, exhaling a forceful breath through his nostrils.
Yin Error!
A flash of black light.
A hundred meters away, the black crescent blade swooshed past.
Yet, this strike met with air; there was neither a feeling of impact nor a splatter of blood.
Chen Mu's face immediately contorted in frustration.
Just as he was about to continue invoking the Three Yin Slaying Demon to cover the vicinity, the Yin Error crescent blade that had flown skyward suddenly whirled back.
Aiming three meters to the right of the large tree, it plunged into the ground with a 'thud'.
Ah...
A dull scream echoed.
Boom!
The crescent blade burst out of the earth.
Two bodies with severed heads appeared among the fragments of shattered blue light.
Constantly nourished by the Spirit Nourishing Curse, the spiritual intelligence of the Yin Error crescent blade had grown significantly, managing to break through the opponent's hiding Secret Technique and excel in tracking capabilities!
"Haha! Well done!"