Chapter 627: The Moment of Life and Death
Chapter 627: The Moment of Life and Death
Wu Hao nodded his head. He took out a map scroll from his storage ring and slowly pushed it open. He used his finger to point to a certain area and said, “According to our intelligence, a few large factions of the ‘Black Alliance’ are heading to this place. I think that your second brother should be there. According to our speed, we should be able to reach there by tomorrow morning.”
Xiao Yan nodded his head slightly. He slowly calmed his somewhat anxious heart, and sat cross-legged on the griffin before shutting his eyes to recuperate.
Xiao Yan’s group avoided the fatigue of traveling by ground and also the numerous troubles within the ‘Black-Corner Region’ due to them possessing the griffins, a beast that specialized in long distance air travel. Hence, within a night, they had already begun to approach their destination. If they had walked instead, it would have been impossible for them to reach this place within four to five days even if everything had been smooth along the way.
Xiao Yan’s gaze studied the mountains in the distance covered by a faint mist while he stood atop a griffin. The uneasiness in his heart grew even more intense the closer he approached. Xiao Yan had continued feeling this uneasiness for a couple of minutes before he could no longer endure the emotion in his heart. He turned his head and spoke to Lin Yan, Wu Hao, and the others, “I will make a move first, all of you should hurry up and follow.”
Wu Hao and the others were startled when they heard this. However, they did not try to stop him. Given the former’s strength, it was likely that one could hardly find anyone who would cause him to suffer a loss even in the ‘Black-Corner Region’. Moreover, Xiao Yan was not some little novice who had just left home. He was extremely outstanding regardless of whether it was in terms of fighting experience or other areas. Hence, Wu Hao and the others were not worried about him. They merely reminded him to be careful out of habit.
Xiao Yan smiled and nodded to Wu Hao and the others. His shoulders shook, and a pair of beautiful flame wings extended from his back. Perhaps it was because his Dou Qi had turned into a dark-green color after the merger of the ‘Heavenly Flames’, but the original green flame had transformed into an emerald color. At a glance, it appeared as though it was made of emerald, having an extremely beautiful appearance that caused others feel envy. This could be inferred from the envy that had appeared on faces of everyone on those griffins behind him the moment his wings appeared.
The jade-like fire wings flapped gently as Xiao Yan leaped off of the griffin’s back. After a couple of immediate flaps from the wings, his body turned into a black shadow that swiftly disappeared in front of everyone’s sight.
“Ke ke, looks like we need to increase our speed. Otherwise, everything might be settled by this fellow by the time we reach there.” Wu Hao laughed as he saw Xiao Yan swift disappearance. With a wave of his hand, the ten plus griffins emitted an orderly low roar as they immediately flapped their large wings. Their enormous bodies rode the wind and rushed forward.
This was a mountainous region covered in complicated terrain. The enormous trees all around were like pillars supporting the sky as they penetrated the clouds. They also made it difficult for sunlight to enter, resulting in the mountains being very dark.
A large stockade stood under the cover of the enormous, dense trees in a certain spot within the deep mountains, causing this place to be quite hidden. It was difficult to find if one did not purposefully look for it.
The entire stockade was extremely quiet. However, there were quite a number of human figures who were coming and going. These black figures did not make any noise under their feet as they hurriedly rushed up and down the roads. The entire stockade was filled with an anxious atmosphere but it did not appear to be flustered.