Yan Army's Crushing Defeat

The disguised commander nodded, then turned and gestured to the squad accompanying him.

Someone in the squad released four Golden Wings. Another six men spread out in a ring atop the mountain, facing every direction. Each took out a bone flute. The six bone flutes were all different, and they raised them to their lips and began to play.

There were mournful "woo-woo" sounds, shrill "beep-beep" sounds, and faint, indistinguishable notes.

The hundred thousand laborers on Ageless Mountain were the first to panic. Someone shouted, "Snakes!"

So many snakes! And it was far more than just snakes. Countless rats crawled out from every nook, cranny, and burrow. All kinds of insects and ants in the mountain emerged as well, their numbers growing ever greater.

The sight of snakes, insects, rats, and ants pouring forth in every color made one's scalp go numb.

The terrified laborers cried out in panic, with nowhere to flee. Yet they soon discovered that as long as they did not move about wildly, the swarming snakes, insects, rats, and ants would skirt around them. It left them both frightened and astonished.

It seemed that every snake, insect, rat, and ant on Ageless Mountain had crawled out, gradually gathering into tides that surged in all directions.

Even on the battlefield, snakes, insects, rats, and ants kept crawling out. At first, neither side, their eyes red with slaughter, paid them any heed. But once they realized the creatures were growing more and more numerous, both sides began to fall into disarray. Snakes kept slithering over to bite them. Mad-looking rats kept leaping onto their bodies and tearing at them. Insects and ants kept climbing onto them, crawling inside their clothes to sting and bite. Some insects even crawled into their ears and noses. The sensation was enough to