Chapter 637: Noble Shaman! Please stay! (Please subscribe

Li Chen casually picked up a feather headdress and put it on, held a totem wooden staff, and according to a certain rain-prayer ritual depicted on the scroll, imitated the peculiar rhythm of communicating with the heaven-and-earth spiritual charm, and began to chant a section of obscure syllables in a low voice.

In an instant, the originally clear sky gathered dark clouds at a speed visible to the naked eye, a biting cold wind whistled, a heavy moisture permeated the air, and even fine ice crystals began to fall!

A pressure originating from the ancient spirit of nature enveloped the surroundings.

Feng Shuo, who was on the side, watched, dumbfounded, his chin nearly falling to the ground. It took a long time for him to react, and he knelt down with a "thump," his flattery pouring out like a tide: "Master! You are truly a god descending to earth! Literary and martial, unifying the world! Oh no, unifying the world! Even this Daluo barbarian's evil witchcraft, you can use it better than their ancestors after one glance! This subordinate's admiration for you is like the surging river..."

Li Chen waited for him to finish flattering and said: "Your words are not bad; get up."

The next day, it was Li Chen's turn to lead a team to patrol outside the pass.

He rode a warhorse, led a cavalry team, and routinely patrolled the area within dozens of miles outside Hantie Pass, playing with some wizard props in his hands.

When they reached a remote snow-forest valley, Li Chen's keen spiritual sense suddenly moved, and he raised his hand to signal the team to stop.

"There's a situation." He listened intently. From afar, there came the sound of intense spiritual energy fluctuations, the clash of weapons, and shrill beast roars, and a faint smell of blood drifted in the air.

Li Chen's gaze narrowed, and he waved his hand: "Go, let's go take a look!"

At the same time, on the other side of the valley, not far from Li Chen's team, a tragic encounter was unfolding.

A few days ago, in order to get rid of Xie Ergai, this "trouble," Tuoba Zhen had assigned him to lead that ten-thousand-man cavalry team, using the excuse of "going to certain border areas to investigate the terrain and draw detailed maps," calling it an "important task," but in reality, they were all unimportant areas far from the main battlefield.

Xie Ergai was ambitious; how could he not see that Tuoba Zhen was annoyed by him and wanted to push him aside?

He was resentful and even more unwilling to be marginalized like this.

Thus, he acted on his own, took out the map, and conducted a "deep study."

He pointed at the location of Hantie Pass on the map and expounded his "brilliant plan" to several experienced old generals under his command: "Gentlemen, please look! Although Hantie Pass is not the front line, the defensive troops here are relatively weak, and it is located at a traffic hub!

If our army can make a surprise breakthrough from here, we can tear open a gap and drive straight in, stabbing directly into the belly of May Tian Ce's Northern Border! At that time, it will certainly cause large-scale chaos in the May Tian Ce army, creating an excellent opportunity for our main force! This is a risky move, winning by surprise!"

An old centurion with a scar on his face and rich experience couldn't help but remind him cautiously: "Young Master... er, General, Hantie Pass is strategically located, easy to defend and hard to attack, and its rear supply line is long.

Even if we luckily break through, our army will be isolated and deep, and the grain and fodder will be difficult to maintain. There is a risk of the entire army being wiped out. Should we reconsider, or report to the Khan."

"Presumptuous!" Xie Ergai was furious upon hearing this, feeling that his authority had been challenged, and scolded, "What do you know? The art of war is the art of deception! How can one be constrained by common sense? Reporting everything—wouldn't that delay the war opportunity? I have made up my mind; say no more! Immediately assemble the team and follow me to investigate the terrain outside Hantie Pass!"

He couldn't listen to advice at all and acted arbitrarily, personally taking a vanguard team of a thousand men and rashly penetrating into this area near Hantie Pass.

Then, in order to find a suitable attack route, he took two shaman wizards and his twenty-plus personal guards to the scene to investigate.

As a result, before the terrain was investigated, they accidentally disturbed a huge ice-plain giant rhinoceros sleeping here!

This giant rhinoceros had strength comparable to a human cultivator in the mid-stage of the Heavenly Abyss Realm, with thick skin and flesh, immense strength, and when it went mad, it charged around, which was not something an ordinary army could easily deal with.

Xie Ergai's troops were caught off guard and instantly suffered heavy casualties.

He himself was so scared that his face turned pale. The so-called "art of war" and "cultivation" appeared pale and powerless in the face of real danger, and he could only awkwardly command his men to form a formation to resist, retreating while fighting.

But they were forced into a narrow dead end in the valley by the giant rhinoceros, and the situation was precarious.