Witch Wind

Chapter 39: Storm Taking Shape (Part )

Huaigongling is not a big mountain, but it is a truly famous mountain in Jiangdong.

This mountain range stretches from east to west for seven or eight hundred miles, and its widest point from north to south is only about thirty miles. There is a section in the middle that is cut off by the Jing River, which connects to the Xiaoyandang Lake. Large areas on both sides of the Jing River can only be considered hills, not even small hills.

The main peak of Huaigongling, Laohuai Mountain, is located to the north of the International Concession. The mountain is not high, only about 150 to 160 feet, or a small hill with a radius of five or six miles.

The reason why this mountain is famous is that there is an almost petrified old tree stump left on the top of the mountain!

This tree stump is only about three feet high now, but has a diameter of thirty feet. Almost the entire hilltop is occupied by this huge tree stump. Ordinary people simply cannot imagine that such a thick tree stump was so towering and full of branches and leaves when the old tree was still alive.

I don't know in which year the old tree met with a disaster, but it collapsed and only this stump was left.

But fate has its own way of life, and there is always a glimmer of hope.

Now, a new bud has sprouted in the center of the old tree stump, and it has now grown into an old locust tree that is so thick that three people can hug it.

There is something even more amazing about this old locust tree - no matter the season, no matter whether it is scorching sun or heavy snow, the branches and leaves of this old locust tree are lush and green all year round, and never wither or die.

Therefore, this Huaigong Ridge, this Old Huai Mountain, is well-known in Jiangdong. Some people even regard this mountain and this tree as the dragon's lair of Pinghai City, and regard this old locust tree as the ancestral tree of Feng Shui.

Xing Tianli led a group of Yiduli people and escaped into the mountainous area around Laohuai Mountain.

The plum rain season had just passed, and the vegetation in Huaigong Ridge was lush and shady. Walking in the mountains, I felt cool and comfortable. If there were no one shouting and yelling behind me, it would have been like a picnic.

The mountains in the Jiangdong area are all gentle.

The hills are like the soft breasts of a young girl, with soft and delicate slopes, undulating continuously. Walking on them, whether going up or down the hill, is comfortable and easy, without much effort.

Xing Tianli led his men over seven or eight small hills. The pursuers behind them became more and more numerous. At a glance, there were more than 10,000 pursuers wearing colorful clothes - more than half of them were members of a messy gang, and the remaining small half were the Saint Norman army wearing iron-gray uniforms, and the priests of the Cathedral of Our Lady wearing black robes with long swords hanging from their waists!
The barking of hounds could be heard in the distance.

There was the erratic 'ding-ding' sound of silver bells.

Xing Tianli led his men and walked quickly following some secret signs in the bushes. There was nothing unusual where they passed, but behind them, pursuers kept running into various ambushes. From time to time, a low explosion was heard, and columns of smoke were blown up. Large pieces of soil and grass were blown high into the air.

While walking, Xing Tianli suddenly looked diagonally at a small hill about three miles away.

There's an uncomfortable smell over there.

Cold, ruthless, and full of intense malice.

This smell was very familiar. After a little thought, Xing Tianli remembered that this was the feeling that the pit bull gave him when he ambushed Saint Norman and the reinforcements of the Holy Mother Church in Jingshui a few nights ago.

That piece of metal has a clean, low-yield nuclear bomb on its side, and will explode if it finds something wrong!

The corners of Xing Tianli's mouth twitched.

That pit bull, are there others of its kind? And, they've already set their sights on me?
Tsk, of course there are similar creatures - how could there be only one of such a high-end creation? Even small nuclear bombs have appeared. If there is no means of wireless communication, Xing Tianli does not believe it.

Maybe, his appearance, his name, and some of his basic information are now on someone's desk, and even his name has appeared on some wanted warrants!

There was more than one such malicious aura.

Xing Tianli hurried along, carefully distinguishing the three auras in the dense vegetation on the hill. Two of them gave him the same feeling as the pit bull that day, while one aura made his scalp numb for no reason, his heart beat rapidly, and goose bumps all over his body as if he had been electrocuted.

very powerful.

very dangerous.

Just as Xing Tianli exhaled, a clear eagle cry suddenly came from the sky.

The sound was a bit like that of Zhao Qingxuan's two Saker Falcons... But when he looked up, Xing Tianli discovered that the one making the eagle's cry was a gorgeous bird hovering thirty to fifty feet above the ground. It had feathers that were slightly green, a wingspan of only about two feet, three jade-green feathers on each wing, and bronze eyes and claws.

This bird...Xing Tianli couldn't recognize its species.

It looks like an eagle, but it has three slender crests on its head and six long golden-green feathers on its tail, which are more than twice as long as its wingspan, like the gorgeous and brilliant feathers of a bird of paradise.

A very beautiful, dreamy bird.

But the bird was circling above Xing Tianli's head, staring at him with its pair of sparkling eyes, as if it had seen the murderer of its father.

This bird gave Xing Tianli a very familiar feeling.

He was circling in the sky so low, but except for Xing Tianli, no one looked up at Him, even though some people heard His cry.

Very low presence.

So low that it’s almost unreal.

Even with Xing Tianli's cultivation level, when he looked at the bird a few more times, he felt that the bird's shape seemed to blend into the bright sunshine in the sky, blending naturally and harmoniously with the sky, the flowing clouds, and the sunshine.

His presence becomes even more sparse.

The Great Dane - Xing Tianli suddenly woke up. The bird's aura was almost identical to that of the Great Dane. When the big dog was hiding in the bushes, Xing Tianli had a hard time noticing his presence.

The bird's presence is even weaker than that of the Great Dane.

As if it had sensed Xing Tianli's gaze, the bird flapped its wings violently and rose a few dozen feet upwards. Then, with a slashing wind, it quickly passed over Xing Tianli's head and flew rapidly towards another mountain several miles away.

Xing Tianli's eyes followed the bird's figure to the top of the mountain. The powerful eyesight derived from his blood allowed him to catch a glimpse and see a graceful figure flash by under a big tree on the top of the mountain.

Next to the figure, a sleek dog could be vaguely seen running into the bushes.

If it were a normal person, it would be impossible for them to capture the existence of this figure with their naked eyes. It was because of the special bloodline of Xing Tianli's body that gave him extraordinarily strong eyesight that he was able to catch a glimpse of this figure in that one hundredth of a second.

A woman, a slim and graceful woman.

Xing Tianli silently memorized the outline of the figure and fired two shots at his back. The pursuers behind were too dense, flooding the hills like a tide. The rifle of Falusi was very well made and had a range of nearly two miles. Xing Tianli fired two shots randomly, and with screams, two Dongyun patrolmen who were in the front fell to the ground with blood gushing out of their chests.

"Boss, you are a great shooter!" The curly-haired man flattered him hastily, "If you were in our hometown, you would definitely be the best hunter in the mountains!"

Xing Tianli gave a dry laugh.

He really didn't aim just now and was just shooting randomly. Who knew that the two Dongyun patrolmen who were eager to make a contribution would be hit by the bullet?
It's really hard for them. They are so small, with legs only two feet long. How can they run so fast and be so ahead?
Silver bells rang out, and a strange force floated out in the sound. The originally sunny forest was inexplicably filled with a few traces of evil spirits. Ordinary people could not perceive it, but Xing Tianli felt that the sunlight in the sky suddenly dimmed by three points, the temperature in the nearby forest was slowly dropping, and the insects and snakes in the nearby grass were rushing back to their nests.

The wind also became chaotic. It blew from all directions. As far as the eye could see, the clumps of grass seemed to be swept by a tornado, and many long grass leaves were curled up. The sound of silver bells drifting in the wind also became erratic and came from all directions, not just behind him.

A group of Yidoli thugs shook their heads vigorously. A rough man with two cross-shaped scars on his face muttered vaguely: "Strange, I didn't drink too much last night, why do I feel a little dizzy?"

Xing Tianli looked back.

He saw two young men in golden robes had passed the crowd and were almost catching up with him without touching the ground. Behind these two young men in golden robes with scarlet eyes emitting a chilling coldness, a dozen men in white robes, hundreds of priests and nuns in black and brown robes, and a large number of priests of judgment were chasing them at an extraordinary speed.

Finally, we lured these guys out.

Xing Tianli smiled and whispered, "Speed ​​up, it seems like there's someone difficult coming... You don't want your widow to enjoy your reward, do you?"

The word "widow" greatly stimulated this group of Yiduoli villains. They had been running all the way up the mountain and were already sweating and panting. At this moment, they suddenly found strength from nowhere, and quickly quickened their pace, following closely behind Xing Tianli.

Xing Tianli glanced towards the hill where the beautiful bird had just landed.

He still remembered that the white-robed priest he killed in Shan De Fang said that Xing Tianli participated in the ambush of the Saint Norman army and the Holy Mother priests. Xing Tianli judged that the only one who could provide this information to the white-robed priest was the Great Dane that escaped halfway!
This guy appeared in the forest again today.

Won't they inform the Holy Mother Church?
However, even if they tipped them off, what would happen? It was just an ambush that turned into a forced attack... Anyway, the people who did it were all Dongyun Ronin under Kumayama Jiro. Whether it was an ambush or a forced attack, the people who died were all Dongyun people. What did Xing Tianli have to do with it?
There are two small hills on the left and right in front, and in the middle is a small river several meters wide.

The river was not deep, only about one or two feet, and the current was not very fast. On both sides of the river, there were several feet wide beaches covered with pebbles of all sizes. Perhaps naughty children had played on the beach, and where Xing Tianli and others ran, there were piles of stones everywhere on the beach, like piles of graves.

The stone piles ranged from a large one of 150 feet in diameter to a small one of 50 feet in width, and were all about 10 to 20 feet high. On this river beach, these stone piles were inexplicably harmonious and not at all out of place.

Xing Tianli led his men to run through the piles of rocks. In front of them was a row of hills covered with lush vegetation. Because the trees were so lush, there was even a hint of chilliness.

The pursuers from behind were running towards them, roaring as they rushed into a small ditch between two small hills. The riverbanks on both sides were not wide enough for them to pass through, so many of them simply jumped into the river and waded through the water.

The section of the river winding between the two mountains was not very long, but more than two miles long. Together with the riverbanks on both sides, the total width was nearly thirty feet. By the time Xing Tianli and his companions ran out of the river and reached the edge of the hills ahead, the river behind them was already full of pursuers. There were too many people to run in the river, and the water had overflowed onto the hillsides on both sides.

Xing Tianli walked forward for dozens of steps until he was halfway up a small hill that was more than ten feet high. He turned around, stopped, and nodded gently at the man in the golden robe who had recently caught up to him a hundred feet away: "You guys, you really dare to catch up with me?"

The expressions of the two men in golden robes suddenly changed, and they suddenly jumped into the air.

On their waists, on two matte metal belts, a dozen thumb-sized scarlet gems flashed dazzling light, and an invisible force field dragged them into the sky.

But just as they flew up more than ten meters high, the entire ditch, along with the two large areas in front and behind the ditch, and the large hillsides on both sides of the ditch, exploded.

The power of money is sometimes like a devil.

Especially in the International Concession, as long as you have enough money, you can really make those lawless businessmen sell their souls to you - let alone a mere munitions?
What's more, with the secret cooperation of 'Amit', the secret investigation bureau of the Aimee Federation, and the special investigation bureau of the Kingdom of Yingjishi, Xing Tianli used his amazing 'money' ability to create this earth-shattering explosion without wasting any mana.

One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand kilograms of explosives?
God knows!
Anyway, Xing Tianli didn't count. It was the Dongyun dwarfs from the Xiongshan Group who buried these explosives here.

The slopes of two hills, each over a hundred feet high, facing the river collapsed simultaneously, with countless rocks and earth falling and landslides.

In the river, columns of water shot up into the sky with fireworks. On the beach, thousands of pebble piles exploded at once. The terrible shock wave swept up countless pebbles of all sizes, turning the area within a radius of several miles into hell.

Countless pursuers dressed in various colors were torn to pieces in the explosion.

The most enthusiastic Marist priests and nuns, the silver bells in their hands all flashed a faint light when the explosion occurred. An invisible barrier emerged around them, and they let out hysterical howls, trying their best to mobilize their mental strength to resist the shock wave of the explosion and the pebbles flying all over the sky.

One mental force field after another shattered like an eggshell under a hammer. Ninety-nine percent of the priests and nuns howled in agony, the silver bells in their hands exploded, blood gushed out of their seven orifices, and their bodies were shattered in the explosion.

There were loud noises one after another, flames shot up into the sky, and the area within a radius of several miles was completely engulfed in flames and smoke.

Two men in golden robes flew into the sky, and under their feet was a major explosion point. The cruel Dongyun dwarfs had buried a full 1,000 kilograms of military explosives under their feet.

The huge flames completely submerged the bodies of the two men, and a faint golden light could be seen flickering in the fireworks.

After a long while, the sound of explosions echoing in the mountains and forests stopped, and the fireworks and dust caused by the explosions gradually dissipated.

The river stopped flowing, and the collapsed mountains on the two hills completely submerged the river. There was wisps of green smoke on the floating soil, and not even a trace of broken limbs or blood could be seen, which saved the trouble of cleaning up the battlefield.

Behind the ditch, nearly half of the pursuers were still staring at the horrific explosion scene in amazement.

Many people in the underworld suddenly let out a strange cry, and turned and ran away crying and shouting.

As for the Saint Norman soldiers in iron-gray uniforms, there were nearly a thousand of them who were lucky enough not to rush into the ditch. They survived the explosion. Under the scolding of several officers, these Saint Normans gritted their teeth, tensed their faces, lined up in a line, roared, and launched a charge towards the hill where Xing Tianli was.

They stepped on the loose soil with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and rushed over in a crooked manner.

Behind Xing Tianli, on top of the hill, countless dwarfs jumped out, roaring with joy, thousands of guns roared in unison, and the chaotic rain of bullets was like countless locusts, all hitting the surviving Saint Norman soldiers.

Jiro Kumayama was wearing armor, like a general commanding an army. He waved his hand majestically and said, "Destroy them all!"

As a result, more than ten thousand Dongyun ronin cheered, fired their guns indiscriminately, and charged towards the less than a thousand Saint Norman regular army.

Jiro Kumayama was shaking with excitement.

Saint Norman’s regular army... This is one of the top three powerful regular armies among the hundred countries in the Far West.

If he could command these ronin to wipe out the Saint Norman army of less than a thousand people, then his name, Jiro Kumayama, would surely be recorded in the history books of the Dongyun Island Union!
"Today is the day to bring honor to our family!" Xiong Shan Ji Lang knelt down in front of Xing Tian Li with tears of gratitude: "Your Highness, it is all your grace that has allowed Ji Lang to have the good fortune he has today!"

Xing Tianli ignored Xiongshan Jilang. He looked at the two floating figures in the sky with extreme seriousness.

In other words, it cannot be described as a "human being".

The black armor with light golden stripes, made of the same material as beetle shells, tightly wrapped their bodies. The burly bodies that were originally over 6 feet 5 inches tall had now reached an astonishing 8 feet (about 2.6 meters).

An invisible force field was lingering around them, and their bodies were emitting terrible high temperatures caused by the explosion. On their insect-like visors, two fist-sized scarlet eyes were staring straight at Xing Tianli, and their eyes were filled with inhumanly cold murderous intent.

"What is this?" Xiongshan Jiro and the leaders of the Xiongshan Group finally saw the two floating guys clearly. They became inexplicably stiff, looking at the two guys, their minds went blank!
This is the instinctive fear of lower life forms when facing higher beings.

It was like a poisonous king cobra quietly slid into a pond, and then all the frogs that sensed its breath closed their mouths...

"Boy, you are not only interesting, but also very bold!"

Xing Tianli looked at the two transformed guys with a grim gaze and flicked his finger lightly: "If you don't want to die, kill them!"

Thousands of frightened Dongyun people were awakened by Xing Tianli's words. The madness and bestiality in their bones suddenly broke out, and they forgot themselves, raised their guns, and pulled the trigger at the two men.

(End of this chapter)