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Chapter 329 - 161 The Gates of Chenguan Prefecture Are Opened, Genius and Mediocrity?_1
Chapter 329 - 161 The Gates of Chenguan Prefecture Are Opened, Genius and Mediocrity?_1
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"What in the world are the people from the Luo Family waiting for?"
Chenguan Prefecture border.
Within a fortified city, atop the city wall.
The general clad in dark red armor couldn’t help but silently ponder in his heart.
However, before he could come up with an answer,
he vaguely saw hundreds to thousands of yellow papers, inscribed with symbols like ghostly talismans, slowly drifting into the void.
"What are those?"
Watching those yellow papers that could float without wind,
observing the mysterious runes on them, like ghostly talismans,
his face couldn’t help but show even more confusion.
And just as he was about to say something to his deputy beside him,
a bone-chilling coldness suddenly began to slowly descend into the emptiness.
"Huh..."
"Inhale..."
"Huh..."
"Inhale..."
With each breath of the general clad in dark red armor,
a long trail of white mist appeared in front of him.
As time passed, the temperature around them
seemed to be dropping rapidly.
Cold, so cold...
Why is this happening...
The general wearing dark red armor slightly mobilized the Qi-Blood Force within his body and, after covering it completely over himself,
he then felt somewhat better.
Only, he still didn’t quite understand where this extreme cold was coming from.
"Is it those yellow papers floating in the void?"
Looking at those yellow papers sketched with numerous symbols akin to ghostly talismans,
this general clad in dark red armor
couldn’t help but recall some information that he hadn’t paid much attention to before.
It was rumored that there were Talismans in the world.
Talismans, which could steal the authority of heaven and earth.
Whether it be thunder, wind and rain, extreme cold, or extreme heat.
At first, someone had said,
the Luo Family had such Talismans.
It was said the Luo Family once used a great flood from heaven to repel their enemies.
Before, the general clad in dark red armor had been somewhat skeptical.
He only thought it was an exaggerated rumor.
A flood from heaven?
How preposterous!
Only now, when he saw those yellow papers floating in the void, when he saw the mysterious runes inscribed on them twinkling faintly,
did he seem to have no choice but to admit.
The rumors were true.
In the hands of the Luo Family were indeed precious Talismans that had stolen the authority of heaven and earth.
"General..."
"The temperature outside is dropping lower and lower. If this continues...
"I fear in no time at all, our forces won’t be able to hold out..."
Behind the general in dark red armor,
the deputy’s face showed distress as he spoke in a low voice.
Naturally, under the assault of this extreme cold,
the deputy was also covered with a thin layer of Qi-Blood Force.
Only, how long this Qi-Blood Force could last,
whether it could hold out until those Talismans lost their effect,
no one knew.
"What should we do?"
Atop the city wall, the general clad in dark red armor pondered silently in his heart.
The more he thought, the more helpless he felt.
As the temperature grew ever lower, and the Qi-Blood Force inside him that wasn’t abundant to begin with was consumed faster and faster,
his face inevitably took on a shade of helplessness.
Chenguan Prefecture, with its treacherous terrain, was easy to defend but hard to attack.
Within it were countless fortified cities, that was a fact.
Facing some ordinary enemies, these strongholds seemed to be Chenguan Prefecture’s reliance.
Even for the general clad in dark red armor,
previously, he had thought so in his heart.
But now, as the Luo Family took out those Talismans and began to unleash their power,
this sturdy city had seemingly transformed from being an initial bastion to a present tomb.
Go out?
Outside the city walls were reputed to be a million of the Luo Family’s armored elites waiting.
Whether in terms of high-end or low-end combat power,
Chenguan Prefecture was at least on par with the Luo Family’s.
And if they didn’t go out...
under the terrifying potency of the Cooling Charm,
they could very well perish without a fight due to the extreme cold.
"What should we do?"
"What should I do?" the general clad in dark red armor wondered in his heart.
And just as he grew increasingly agitated,
suddenly, a scream rang out.
He turned his head towards the source of the sound,
only to see a soldier with a pale face and a slight frosting of white on his body,
now plummeting down the city walls.
It seemed the soldier, due to the extreme cold, was unable to properly control his body,
which led to an accidental fall from the city wall.
"General, the temperature is getting lower and lower..."
"We’re close to not being able to bear it!!!"
Behind him, after a prolonged silence, the deputy spoke up again.
It wasn’t that the deputy could no longer wait.
Mainly... under the onslaught of this extreme cold,
the Qi-Blood Force within him
had reached a critical point,
on the verge of being completely depleted.
...
At the urging of the deputy beside him,
the general in dark red armor
couldn’t help but flash a hint of an unusual light in his eyes.
To stay in the city was death.
To go out and confront the Luo Family head-on
would still spell death.
If death was the outcome no matter what, then one might as well...
Thinking this, he couldn’t help but slightly turn his head,
looking towards his deputy behind him.
After a long look, he finally asked in a low voice, "What do you think of how the Miao Family treats us?"
Upon hearing these words, the deputy slightly staggered in his thoughts.
He seemed somewhat surprised that his own general would ask such a question.
"The Miao Family naturally treats us very well."
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