Chapter 176: Mountains Tremble, Farewell to the Divine Bow of Shooting the Sun!

Boom!

The mountains shook, the earth trembled!

Wind Thunder Valley's rear mountain was a continuous mountain range.

At this moment, the mountains seemed to be experiencing an earthquake, rocks flying through the air, the mountains shaking, even the ground trembling, as if an earth dragon were rolling within the mountains, with tremendous noise.

Boom—

The towering mountain range swayed left and right, with sections of the mountain cracking amid the shaking, soil and stone collapsing, trees snapping, the scene utterly terrifying.

The violent shaking spread from the rear mountain all the way to the front valley.

Immediately afterward, the entire Wind Thunder Valley began to shake, like a ship on stormy waves; the buildings, trees, and weapons on the ground—everything—swayed.

"Is this... an earthquake?"

Chen Ao, who was organizing the Demon-Subjugating Colonels to search the mountains, looked startled, then circulated his true qi and shouted loudly:

"Retreat!"

"Everyone withdraw from the rear mountain..."

Boom—

The ground shook violently, as if thousands of troops were galloping underground, making it impossible for people to stand steady.

Chen Ao glanced over and saw a mountain peak several hundred meters high collapsing and cracking apart in the violent shaking...

In an instant, rocks rolled and dust shot up to the sky.

A huge cloud of dust spread from the collapsed mountain in all directions, blocking the outside view.

"Run! Run fast!"

"An earthquake, General, an earthquake—run fast!"

……

Wind Thunder Valley's rear mountain descended into chaos, as hundreds of Demon-Subjugation Office Colonels fled in panic, their faces deathly pale, terrified, sprinting away.

Roar!

A tiger's howl shook the forest!

Even the outermost reaches of Wind Thunder Valley could hear that overpowering, immense roar.

A mutant ferocious tiger, standing nearly a zhang tall with fur blazing red like fire, roared as it charged out from deep within the forest.

Its massive body was covered in red fur like silk, flashing crimson light; its powerful frame could leap ten or more meters high, and when it landed, it smashed a millstone-sized boulder to pieces.

Behind it followed all manner of mountain birds and beasts, thick as a swarm, all aberrant species, even spirit beasts, charging out together from the continuous mountain range and fleeing toward the outside of the valley.

"Run! Run fast!"

All the Demon-Subjugation Office Colonels felt their scalps tingle, utterly terrified.

With so many aberrant beasts stampeding forward, especially the lead ferocious tiger, its strength likely matched that of an Organ Refining Realm expert—far beyond what they could resist.

Many elders and disciples in the valley sensed something amiss, immediately grabbing spears and swords and rushing to the rear mountain, hoping to stop the beasts' rampage and prevent them from striking the valley's buildings and facilities.

Cry!

Just then, a high, ringing eagle cry rang out from the rear mountain, startling the heavens and piercing the nine firmaments.

A colossal bird rose from the vast wild mountains, its huge wings spanning the sky like a dark cloud covering the firmament.

Its wingspan exceeded a hundred meters; as its wings beat, thunder roared and gales swept, bending even thick trees as wide as a water bucket.

Boom—

Its colossal wings swept across the sky, as if a hundred thousand mountains were pressing down, making everyone on the ground feel their souls tremble.

"An... Eagle King!"

A disciple of Wind Thunder Valley cried out in shock, recognizing this peerless ferocious bird that nested in the rear mountain.

Behind the Eagle King followed a dozen or so Wind Thunder Falcons, which, though smaller than the Eagle King, were still enormous.

These Wind Thunder Falcons possessed extraordinary intelligence, like a well-trained aerial army; under the Eagle King's lead, they descended ahead of the beast tide.

Boom!

The Eagle King and the dozen-odd Wind Thunder Falcons flapped their wings in unison, raising a terrifying gale that blew the leading firehide ferocious tiger and all the other aberrant beasts backward into the air, sending them crashing back into the forest.

Roar!

That firehide ferocious tiger let out an angry roar, but the Eagle King swept it away with a single wing.

Seeing this, the other aberrant beasts halted, daring not to charge outward, yet unwilling to return to the depths of the mountains.

For a moment, myriad beasts lay prostrate.

Led by the Eagle King, the dozen-odd Wind Thunder Falcons used their massive wings as a barrier, forcibly blocking the beast tide within the mountains.

……

On Divine Arrow Peak.

Nie Jin Feng, who had been the first to notice the seismic anomaly, now stared blankly.

He gazed at the tens of thousands of beasts held back by the Eagle King in the mountains, plunged into great shock.

"The mountains move, the beasts roar, the mountains move, the beasts roar..."

Beside him, Zhang You Long heard Nie Jin Feng's muttering and his heart jolted as well,

"No wonder, no wonder..."

Nie Jin Feng's muttering reminded him of an old legend circulating within Wind Thunder Valley.

It is said that over a thousand years ago, the founding ancestors of Wind Thunder Valley, the Wind Thunder Two Saints, traveled across the four seas in search of a place to establish their sect.

When the two passed through Wind Thunder Valley and witnessed the moving mountains and roaring beasts, they decided to locate their sect in Yunzhou rather than the original Celestial Phoenix Dao City.

Abandoning the Dao City for Yunzhou caused quite a stir at the time, even attracting the scrutiny of many for a while.

However, as time passed, Wind Thunder Valley produced no miraculous treasures, and so it gradually faded from memory.

Only the successive masters of Fenglei Valley knew that the two Fenglei patriarchs originally established the sect here to seek the legendary realm‑pacifying divine weapon.

What lay before them, though far smaller in scale than the records of the patriarchs' lifetimes, undoubtedly confirmed one thing,

The realm‑pacifying divine weapon is right here in Fenglei Valley!

Moreover… it's in the rear mountain.

"Senior Brother…"

Nie Jinfeng's eyes blazed frighteningly; he grabbed Zhang Youlong's arm, squeezing it painfully.

"Inform all disciples and elders in the valley that this is a tremor of the rear mountain's ley lines, startling the mountain's strange beasts and causing a beast tide, so there's no need to panic."

Zhang Youlong stared for a moment, then nodded heavily: "Exactly, the earth movement caused the beast tide—just like that!"

After a few whispered words, Zhang Youlong hurried down the mountain.

Nie Jinfeng, meanwhile, stepped forward and appeared like a ghost before Qin Shuo.

"You saw the divine weapon again?"

"Not bad!"

Qin Shuo did not deny it.

Having caused such a commotion, even if he denied it, Nie Jinfeng would not believe him.

"Do you feel the divine weapon's summoning and guidance?" Nie Jinfeng asked again.

"No."

Qin Shuo shook his head, then asked bewilderedly:

"Why must we wait for the divine weapon's summoning and guidance? Wouldn't it be faster to go straight into the mountain and find it?"

"Do you think this old man is so stupid he couldn't even think of such a simple question?"

Nie Jinfeng gave Qin Shuo an annoyed glance and said flatly:

"That mountain range—I searched it inside and out as soon as I first sensed the divine weapon."

"Not only me; all past masters of Fenglei Valley have searched it as well."

"If the realm‑pacifying divine weapon were truly in the rear mountain, it would have been found long ago—why would we still be waiting until today?"

"Just because you Fenglei Valley folks can't find it doesn't mean I, Qin someone, can't. Valley Master Nie, don't be overconfident!" Qin Shuo sneered mockingly.

This old fog has been belittling him ever since he came up the mountain; now that he finally has a chance to turn the tables, how could he let it slip?

"Can you sense the divine weapon's exact location?" Nie Jinfeng raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of suspicion and astonishment.

"Perhaps in your sight, that divine weapon appears on some peak of the rear mountain."

"But let me remind you, according to the records of past valley masters and disciples who have seen the divine weapon's true form,"

"the Sun‑Shooting Divine Bow has appeared in many places inside Fenglei Valley, including the Divine Arrow Peak where you now stand."

"even in the dwellings of some disciples…"

"Are you saying the divine weapon moves?" Qin Shuo frowned; this was indeed information he had never known.

"It's not that the divine weapon moves; if it truly did, why has it appeared only in Fenglei Valley for thousands of years?"

"I suspect that different people see the divine weapon in different places because what we see are merely its projections."

"Wherever one who meets the divine weapon's conditions is, the weapon projects itself to the place easiest to observe."

"As for the divine weapon's true location, perhaps only after gaining its acknowledgment can one learn it."

"Now, do you still think you can find the divine weapon's true hiding place?"

Nie Jinfeng snorted, wearing the expression of 'I've thought of all that you're thinking.'

Qin Shuo suddenly understood; no wonder, when he first saw the divine weapon, he felt it was right above Fenglei Valley.

This time, upon seeing it again, that red light pillar appeared in the rear mountain.

It turns out all of this was merely the divine weapon's projection.

But…

He still declared firmly: "Why not?"

Before his words faded, a pitch‑black, fish‑shaped beautiful jade appeared in his hand.

It was exactly the spiritual mystic jade that the Holy Demon Bai Ze once gave the Howling Moon Demon King to seek the realm‑pacifying divine weapon.