Chapter 85: The battle begins
The light of the flashlight became brighter and brighter. Gradually, a figure appeared on the hill over there, followed by a second, a third…
We were hiding in the dark, and they were shining their flashlights, so we could see everything that was happening on the hill. We had heard that we might not be facing people, and I was afraid that we would see a group of “zombie monsters,” but in fact, that was not the case. At least the twenty or so people I saw were still normal people.
The atmosphere had reached a critical point of tension. At this time, I could hardly hear the sound of breathing around me. When people are nervous to the extreme, they don’t pant heavily, but instinctively hold their breath.
More and more people were flocking to the mountain, and the people in front of me had already started to go down the mountain. It was only at this time that I saw something wrong. The last ten people who appeared, in such hot weather, were wearing a hat and a cloak. Could this be…? I frowned slightly, first because there really might be such a monster, and second because I didn’t see Luo Fanming’s figure.
However, this is normal. According to the information left by Lao Hui, Luo Fanming has become a monster. Maybe one of the four people wearing hats is Luo Fanming! It’s just that their hats are too low and they are wearing cloaks, so I can’t recognize them.
There were exactly 41 of them, and they began to descend the mountain one after another. The distance between the two peaks was not far, but there was a valley in between, so in the quiet mountains, we could hear their intermittent voices, but they were all meaningless nonsense.
Things like, “I hope this trip goes well, and after we get through this, we can live a good life again.”
Wang Wu was lying in the front, and at this time, he had already made a gesture. The meaning of this gesture was that as soon as they reached the valley and approached the formation, the first team would rush out.
The first team has 14 people and is a purely military team. To put it more clearly, it is a team that specializes in hand-to-hand combat. They will be on the front line, holding back those people and buying us time to cast spells. Hui Gen is in this first team.
Time passed by minute by minute. Although the slope of the mountain was steep, it was still downhill, so their speed was not slow. After just twenty minutes, most of them had already reached the bottom of the valley, and the only ones left were those wearing cloaks.
Their movements were a bit stiff, so they were going down the hill a bit slowly. I sneered to myself, “In the end, they couldn’t reach the ‘height’ of the old village chief. Is this a failure?”
Those who had already reached the bottom of the valley were patient and waited at the edge of the valley. A miraculous thing happened. Those people in cloaks seemed impatient to walk down the valley step by step. When they were about one-third of the way down, they suddenly jumped off the steep slope one by one.
Under the light of the flashlights, I clearly saw that after those people jumped down the slope, they stood up as if nothing had happened. Some of them had lost their hats. Under the flashlights, those were some extremely terrifying faces. This was the third time I had seen such faces. The new skin and the old, decaying skin were interwoven, as were the new and old muscle tissues. The faces were uneven and terrifying…
Several low gasps of air sounded behind me, obviously frightened by this strange scene. Wang Wu turned around and glared at the back. Those who couldn’t bear it for a while covered their mouths to prevent themselves from making a sound…
The pedestrian continued on his way, and Wang Wu raised his right hand, extended his five fingers, and began counting down. Everyone knew that when Wang Wu’s hand was clenched into a fist, it was time to start moving. The storm should be coming…
Five, the pedestrian has already passed the edge of the valley…
Three, they are still about 30 meters away from the sparse forest where the hidden formation is hidden in the valley…
Zero, Wang Wu clenched his fist. The huge fist, in the moonlight, was full of a different kind of explosive power. At this time, the pedestrian just walked into the weed-covered clearing in front of the sparse forest…
“Charge…” A man suddenly stood up. This man was the captain of the first team, named Chen Li. He was a burly man, two meters tall, and also a person who used secret methods to cultivate his body in Buddhism. He suddenly stood up, like a mountain rising from the ground. The word “charge” was undoubtedly ignited in an instant.
Chen Li was the first to rush out, and Hui Gen, who had been lying next to me, also roared and stood up, following Chen Li out of the way. For a moment, 14 men rushed down the hill where we were like the wind.
It was a shocking scene, a group of men sprinting like the wind, with the explosive force and roaring tiger roar to enhance the momentum. This scene made me a little distracted, and I couldn’t help but think about what it would be like if it were a real battlefield, with thousands of troops sprinting.
At the same time, a loud whistle sounded in our team, followed by a lifelike howl of a wolf on the mountain, echoing throughout the mountains with a long tail. It was Xiao Huo…
And in response to Xiao Huo, there were similar dog barks coming from all directions, but the wolf barks were much shorter and more powerful. It was the wolves coming… it was the mountain wolves! Although they were not as strong as the prairie wolves, they were much more cunning…
The sound of the wolves came from all directions, getting closer and closer, heading towards the slope behind Luo Fanming’s group, in order to block Luo Fanming’s group’s escape route!
In just 10 seconds, the situation changed drastically. The group of people standing in the open field were surrounded by the wolves. Under the light of the flashlight, I saw that they were a bit panicked and had not yet recovered.
At this time, the first team had already rushed down the hill for more than 100 meters. In the valley, Lu Fanming and his party finally reacted. I heard a hoarse and unpleasant voice shouting, “Turn off the flashlight…” The voice was not panicked, but calm, as if our sudden encirclement was something that was expected.
The voice was somewhat familiar, but also extremely unfamiliar. But at that moment, I clenched my teeth. Yes, it was different, but it didn’t prevent me from recognizing it as Luo Fanming’s voice! Turning off the flashlight was a very accurate judgment, and it immediately reversed the disadvantage. As long as the flashlight was turned off, and while the first team had not yet rushed to their front, they scattered and hid everywhere. Whether it was fighting or trying to escape in the chaos, they had gained a great advantage.
But did it work? At this point, I had already stood up, and more and more people had followed suit. On this side of the hill, there was a patch of flat ground that had been deliberately repaired. For a while, the sounds of various incantations rang out, and people who were pinching their fingers, stepping on the five-pointed star, and using secret Buddhist methods to cast spells all got into action. We had to protect the first team of Dharma protectors and let them rush past smoothly!
After a few “pongs” and the flashlights went out, several huge searchlights lit up, pointing directly at the clearing in the valley. So was it useful? We had already made preparations long ago.
I didn’t rush to attack because my soul was injured and not fully recovered, which meant that I was greatly restricted in my attacks. I had already made up my mind that if I didn’t attack, I would definitely attack with a “lethal strike”!
My eyes were fixed on Huigen. He was running, and the sword was already in his hand. The bright light of the sword, reflected by the lights, left a trail of bright light in the darkness at a very fast speed. Tonight, it was destined to drink blood. I hoped that Huigen would be fine. I had to keep an eye on him.
As the first group of people rushed out, Xiaobei and the others who were in charge of the formation also hurriedly ran down the hill. They were heavily burdened with the task of completing the formation!
After the initial panic, Lu Fanming and his group were no longer panicking under the searchlights. Among their group, Lu Fanming’s hoarse voice rang out from time to time: “Don’t panic!” “Let’s start the battle!” “Put your life on the line! Charge over, a good day awaits us!”
I followed the sound source and kept looking for where Lu Fanming was. Finally, I found Lu Fanming, the tallest one among the group of people wearing hats!
Although I didn’t attack him easily, it doesn’t mean I didn’t have a way to do so. I took out some talismans from my pocket!