Coming Early Is No Match for Coming at Just the Right Time (Part Two) [Seeking Monthly Votes]

Chu Jie wanted to speak, but hesitated.

However, he did not object to Shen Tang's order. He merely stepped aside and back, looking worriedly at the flying snow, then cupped his fists and said in a deep voice, "They're still quite some distance from here, yet their might can already affect the pass. My lord, you must be careful dealing with them."

The only person Chu Jie had ever wronged in his life was Chu Yao. Even if he had to stake his life, he could not let Chu Yao lose his. That was tantamount to not letting anything happen to Shen Tang. Chu Yao's life hung upon Shen Tang's.

If she died, Wuhui would die too.

With her excellent eyesight, Shen Tang could clearly see that as the wind and snow intensified, a thin layer of ice-blue frost had somehow formed over the surface of the battlements. Within just a few breaths, the gale suddenly surged, and the thin ice rapidly thickened from several sheets of paper to a finger's breadth.

The snowflakes mixed into the gale had also turned into icicles.

The icicles struck the martial armor with a clinking sound. They did not hurt, but the strange phenomenon still made the soldiers guarding the pass realize that something was wrong. Alarms rang out throughout the pass. On the beacon towers, the soldiers on watch reacted and shot a special arrow into the sky.

The arrow rose into the air, letting out a shrill cry.

A spot of scarlet exploded at its highest point.

The brilliant fireworks that bloomed lit up the sky for an instant.

With the first bloom came the second, then the third and fourth... The fireworks from the signal arrows passed down in succession along the beacon towers defending the winding mountain range.

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