"Haoyuan Sect!" Feng Ji cried. "It's a sect, and quite a large one!"
"A sect means trouble!" Hua Miaoyi said. "If it were only ferocious beasts, we'd have less to worry about. People are the most dangerous."
"Look! Their mounts are Silver Mountain Badgers!"
Everyone's gazes converged, and their expressions changed together.
When the rift opened, they had seen an abyss filled with Silver Mountain Badgers.
They had naturally assumed these were the greatest threat before them. Who would have guessed there was a sect as well?
The sect's disciples rode Silver Mountain Badgers.
They could now be virtually certain that the Silver Mountain Badgers in this abyss were raised by this sect, the Haoyuan Sect.
A soft hum sounded!
The abyss's position was fixed.
A mighty roar erupted within the abyss, and countless pairs of eyes suddenly turned toward the night sky.
With another roar, the ground shook. The Silver Mountain Badgers leaped up, scrambling up the cliffs at unparalleled speed.
Despite being as large as cattle, these creatures were ten, even a hundred times more nimble than blue sheep when leaping between rocks. In an instant, they had climbed hundreds of meters.
At a glance, a silver ocean surged toward them, like the icy chill rising from the hells of the Nine Hells, rushing straight into their faces.
Every cultivator's aura grew heavy as a mountain.
Sweat broke out across the backs of every Qianlong member.
How could they withstand a tide of ferocious beasts like this?
Nothing short of a nuclear bomb!
Yet the commander-in-chief apparently had made no arrangements for one.
Lin Xiaosu stood. "First Special Assault Team, take your positions!"
"Yes!"
Lin Xiaosu stared at the points of light before him as they made their final adjustments.
A soft hum signaled that everyone was in