The Ruse Encloses and Hides the Horse, Blood Banners Suddenly Appear and Break the Misty Sands

"Th-this..."

"How..."

Every Xiongnu soldier went deathly pale, all color draining from their faces, their eyes filled with undisguised horror. They were struck speechless.

Many of their hands began to tremble uncontrollably around their weapons. Even the warhorses beneath them sensed the fear, whinnying and twisting about in unease.

Luandi Guduhou's pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with shock. It was as though an invisible hand had seized his heart in a vicious grip, a chill shooting up his spine straight to the crown of his head.

He suddenly raised his foot and viciously kicked over the personal guard before him. The guard cried out as he crashed to the ground, but Luandi Guduhou did not even notice. He roared in disbelief, "What happened?! My five thousand elite archers!

"In just an instant, they're all dead?!"

His gaze was fixed on the elite archers sprawled on the ground. Only a very few still clung to life, but all had suffered grievous wounds. They lay in pools of blood, painfully taking more breaths out than in, having long since lost all ability to fight.

When he looked up again at those motionless crimson figures atop Sand Fox Post's walls, boundless cold suddenly surged through Luandi Guduhou's heart. The overwhelming chill nearly swallowed him whole, and all his earlier resentment and doubts were replaced by utter wariness.

"Quick! Send someone over to inspect them! Find out exactly what happened!"

It had been too fast—far too fast.

So fast that before he could even see clearly, every single elite archer had fallen.

Forcing down the terror in his heart, he immediately gave an order to the guards at his side.

Two guards accepted the command. Pale-faced, they mounted their horses and cautiously approached the area blanketed by arrows. Every step was like treading