Chapter 466 - The Beast
Chapter 466
The Beast
There was a deep rumbling within the salt caves, the sound of boulders rubbing against each other that shook everyone to the bone.
The ground beneath their feet vibrated with the rumbling as white frost crept from the fire crystal pit outwards like an unstoppable force.
The Fox and Shen chiefs only focused on getting out, pale with panic. Perhaps they had already sensed what was at the bottom. They regretted this more than the Flaming Horn’s side– they could have just dug the damn crystals, why did they dig so deep for?
If they knew there was an undefeatable beast underground, they would have been cautious. They would have brought the fire crystals they worked so hard for back to their tribe in this blizzard, leaving everything here behind, never to return!
However, there was no use crying over spilt milk.
They had already opened the door to bloodshed.
“Run! Leave this place!” shouted the Fox tribe, unable to remain calm. He yelled with the kind of hopelessness even he couldn’t believe he was feeling.
He hesitated!
“Chief!” the people around him were starting to hurry him. Even his men were divided into two sides, one side agreed with Flaming Horn and Taihe while the rest wanted to leave while they still could.
“We should…”
Before Lanmu finished, the rumbles grew louder and the ground shook more.
“It’s coming out!” said Shao Xuan in a low voice.
It’s out? What now? We wanted to escape! Lanmu was anxious.
The blanket of snow outside the cave was shaken off. The path they cleared was covered in even more snow. They could not see the outside anymore. The cave plunged into darkness.
Crackle crackle crackle—-
A long, continuous sound of rough salt grains rubbing against rock grew louder until it was rough, yet sharp, and deafening. It was like nails on a chalkboard, sending goosebumps all over, piercing into their brains as every hair stood on their heads.
The sounds echoed within the cave. The weaker warriors bled through their ears with a dazed look in their eyes. It took a while before they snapped back and their hearing was temporarily affected. Since they could not hear whispers, they solely relied on lip-reading.
There was a long whistle like a strong gust of wind was blowing outside, then all the snow outside the mines was suddenly carried into the air.
The ten-meter tall layer of snow outside the mines seemed to break off into unequal flakes, then as if time was reversed, they all flew up into the air. The air currents flung the snow far away.
In a moment, half of the solid wall of snow at the mouth of the cave disappeared.
Shao Xuan reached out to push the snow at the gap between the cave mouth and the boulder aside. A gust of cold wind rushed into the cave but he had no time to care. Shao Xuan, the three chiefs, everyone near the entrance all stood tip-toed or climbed on a rock to see the outside through the gaps.
The layer of snow outside was now only two-meters thick.
A giant beast that looked like a white python shot diagonally out of one part of the mines. As it flew in the air, it created a more violent air current, stirring the air once again. Wind and snow flew hysterically. It did not care about the weather, it was no trouble. More specifically, it was very happy to see such weather, so happy it leapt with joy.