novel bin Chapter 253 Bloody Scene at Night
Chapter 253 Bloody Scene at Night
Chapter 253 Bloody Scene at Night
Mo Fan then set up camp with Zhang Xiaohou and Zhao Manyan, while Jiang Han helped Xin Xia and Ling Ling prepare the ingredients for dinner. Yes, ingredients—these were all prepared by Ai Tutu and Mu Nujiao when Jiang Han was in Shanghai.
As for Chen Ying, she originally came to help Jiang Han, but Jiang Han was worried, so he used the excuse of needing someone to keep watch to arrange for her to go and keep watch around. After Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan and the others finished setting up the convertible, Jiang Han and the others had also prepared dinner.
"Brother Jiang, I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good." Zhang Xiaohou sniffed the tempting aroma of the food and praised with a smile.
"Yes, it does smell really good," Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan agreed in unison.
"It's alright," Jiang Han said casually.
Along the way, Jiang Han didn't skimp on the Swift Star Wolf, which served as Lingling and Xinxia's mount. It ate the meat of two Sand Howling Tigers before it was full. To be honest, Jiang Han didn't even realize that this guy could eat so much.
After dinner, Lingling, Xinxia, and Chenying went straight to their tents to rest, while Jiang Han, Mo Fan, and the other two boys took turns keeping watch. Jiang Han and Zhang Xiaohou were on duty for the first half of the night, while Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan were on duty for the second half.
The temperature in the desert next door was very low at night. After the last trace of warmth on the loess land faded, the biting cold silently crept in. Jiang Han was able to regulate the surrounding temperature with the power of his domain, so Zhang Xiaohou and Jiang Han, who were responsible for guarding the first half of the night, had a relatively better time.
When it was Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan's turn to keep watch, Zhao Manyan couldn't help but sneeze as soon as he stepped out of the tent. Rubbing his arms, Zhao Manyan said, "Wow, the nights in the Gobi Desert are so cold. Why don't you keep watch, Mo Fan?"
"You're dreaming. It's not that easy to slack off," Mo Fan said, annoyed.
"Here, put these on." Jiang Han said, taking out two military overcoats from his system space and throwing them over.
After putting on the military overcoat, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan immediately felt much warmer. Jiang Han also threw the general's overcoat to them and went back to his tent to rest. He had walked such a long way during the day and had to kill Sha Xiaohu when they encountered him, so Jiang Han fell asleep within minutes of lying down in the tent.
Outside the tent, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were idly passing the time around the campfire. After about half an hour, Mo Fan suddenly heard some noise in the distance. Although he had awakened shadow magic and possessed night vision, the sky was filled with white sand, making visibility very low, and Mo Fan could not see very far.
"Old Zhao, you stay here and guard the camp. I'll go check the situation." With that, Mo Fan's body turned into a shadow and darted away into the distance.
Just a few minutes after Mo Fan left, Zhao Manyan heard a dense rumbling sound coming from afar, along with the faint roars of beasts. The various sounds overlapped, making it impossible to tell how many creatures were desperately running for their lives across the Gobi Desert.
"Damn, is this some kind of mini-demon tide?" Zhao Manyan muttered under his breath.
In the distance, Mo Fan appeared on a raised stone wall. He did not rush over rashly, but hid his body in the gap between two rocks. He was also shrouded in dark power, so ordinary demons could not find Mo Fan hiding here.
Mo Fan looked into the distance. His view was not obscured by the white Xisha. Under the moonlight, he could clearly see a small group of Sand Howling Tigers running wildly across the land. Their roars were deafening, and their footsteps made the ground tremble. Following the direction the Sand Howling Tigers were chasing, he saw a group of hunting mages running for their lives in front of the group of Sand Howling Tigers.
There were about six or seven Sand Roaring Tigers in total. If it weren't for Jiang Han, they would have run away as fast as they could.
Six or seven Sand Howling Tigers at the Warrior level, and they were even going berserk. Just thinking about it made Mo Fan's scalp tingle. Suddenly, Mo Fan recognized two of the group of Hunter Mages. They were the "Auntie" and the Black-Bearded Captain he had met during the day. They were terrified and rushed towards the Sand River in a panic.
"Tsk tsk, it's like choosing the path to hell when there's a way to heaven," Mo Fan muttered under his breath.
Just a few minutes after Mo Fan finished speaking, Captain Blackbeard led his men into the white mud and sand of the Sand River. Even after entering the Sand River, they still dared not stop for a moment, and they did not stop until they were four or five hundred meters into the Sand River. The group of Sand Howling Tigers that had been chasing them also stopped on the riverbank after they entered the Sand River.
"Roar! Ro ...
Captain Blackbeard and his men breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Sha Xiaohu had stopped chasing them. But what happened next was even more terrifying. Rows of white sand demon soldiers condensed from the white sandstorm, wielding their sand-transformed swords and looking at Captain Blackbeard and his men. Instantly, blood splattered in the Sand River, and the group's shrill screams echoed through the night sky.
Hundreds of white sand demon soldiers, each three meters tall, lined up in four or five rows. The defensive magic erected by Blackbeard and his companions, who were surrounded, crumbled instantly amidst the dense array of white sand blades. The sand blades of the white sand demon soldiers were not sharp and had blunt blades; a single strike would not kill a person. Blackbeard and his companions were completely crushed to death by the immense force of the blows.
In the camp, Jiang Han, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by a piercing scream. Lifting the tent flap, Jiang Han rubbed his eyes and asked, "What happened? Why is it so noisy?"
"You should see for yourself," Zhao Manyan, who was staying behind at the camp, said, his voice trembling as he pointed towards the Sand River.
"Holy crap, how come so many white sand demon soldiers suddenly appeared?!"
Upon seeing the situation in the Sand River, Jiang Han instantly regained his senses.
At this moment, Jiang Han also noticed Lingling, Xinxia and others coming out of their respective tents. They were also awakened by the screams, and they had naturally seen the tragic scene in the Shawang River. The pungent smell of blood permeated the air.
After Mo Fan returned, Jiang Han asked, "What exactly happened? Why did the White Sand Demon Soldiers suddenly riot?"
"Remember the dark-skinned female mage and the black-bearded man we encountered during the day? They were chased by six or seven Sand Howling Tigers for some reason, and in their panic, they ran into the Sand River. The result is what you just saw," Mo Fan explained.
"Are they really that reckless?" Jiang Han said, somewhat speechless.
"Mo Fan, how about we treat this trip to Dunhuang as a vacation, and go back to where we were supposed to be tomorrow?" Zhao Man said weakly as soon as Jiang Han finished speaking.
Before coming here, Zhao Manyan had read a lot of information about the Sand River with Mo Fan and Jiang Han. He knew that the Sand River was a famous forbidden area for humans in Dunhuang, and he had seen many hunter mages lose their lives here. However, what he saw in the information was just a number. When he saw people die in the Sand River with his own eyes, Zhao Manyan could no longer remain calm. Even though he knew that Jiang Han had reached the level of a high-level mage and had a commander-level summoned beast, he still couldn't help but tremble with fear.
"We...we have Jiang Han and Xin Xia with us, right? With them around, we shouldn't end up as badly off as they are," Zhang Xiaohou stammered.
Lingling had seen many horrific scenes since she was a child, accompanying her father on various bounty missions, so her complexion was relatively normal. However, Chenying and Xinxia were different. For a long time, that person did not speak, mainly because the bloody scene just now was too horrific, and they needed time to adjust their emotions.
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