Chapter 780: The Terrifying Claws

This terrifying situation caused many to begin to shrink back.

What kind of claws are these?

These certainly cannot be human!

What is that?

Tales of gods and ghosts have influenced these people since ancient times. The first thing that popped into their minds was: ghosts!

Liu Zheng knew that if this situation caused these people to fall into chaos, it would be disastrous.

He roared, "This is not a ghost, it is bleeding!"

Only then did the crowd look, and sure enough, the two claws that had intended to snatch Liu Zheng away were already dripping with black blood after being smashed by Pei Qianyun, a shocking sight.

"Everyone, do not panic, do not panic! Everyone, look!"

Wu Zhen also roared at this moment.

At this time, the situation in the passageway began to become unstable! The suction coming from the end of the passage was much weaker than before. Not only that, the entire passage was no longer just shaking; it was experiencing a collapse of mountains and splitting of the earth—the walls and the ground began to cave in.

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Wu Zhen gave a reminder.

Fortunately, the one hundred and one people who followed Liu Zheng were all highly skilled in martial arts, and despite being caught off guard, they still quickly steadied their minds.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

While people exclaimed in shock, they also felt fortunate in their hearts.

It seemed that the one hundred and one people from just now had indeed had some impact on this passage! Although three more people had been snatched away at the same time, this influence had not stopped!

"Everyone, steady yourselves first!"

"Attack together!"

Liu Zheng immediately gave the order.

Perhaps because of the instability of the passage, these claws were also greatly affected when snatching people. This gave Liu Zheng's side room to operate.

While the passage was collapsing, the claws at the end attacked again!

This made Liu Zheng even more certain that these beings—whatever they were—likely did not possess high intelligence, which ruled out the possibility of them being human.

If that is not human, then what is it?

What was shocking was that the structure of these claws was unknown, yet they were so resistant to damage; no matter how sharp the weapons were, they did not cause much harm to them. It was only people like Pei Qianyun, who possessed innate divine strength, who could pose a threat to the claws due to their immense power.

Nearly a hundred people began to grapple with these claws.

But these claws were simply too fierce; even in this situation, they still snatched away quite a few people.

Bang, bang, bang.

Clang, clang, clang!

Everyone took out their own weapons to engage the claws.

The stones grew larger, and the commotion grew louder.

Those claws seemed not to have anticipated the current situation.

"Vice Minister Liu, watch out!"

The passage was still collapsing.

Soon, dust and stones fell down, and everyone fell into a panic.

As time passed.

"No—"

Liu Zheng's expression changed drastically.

That massive stone slammed solidly into Li Xuanya's back! Following that, Li Xuanya spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Liu Zheng was safe, but at this moment, the passage collapsed completely; everyone felt the ground they were stepping on begin to crack, and amidst a chorus of screams and exclamations, everyone felt their center of gravity vanish as their bodies plummeted rapidly.

Just as Pei Qianyun was fighting the claws in the heat of the moment, a delicate cry suddenly came from beside him.

Liu Zheng looked up in horror as a huge stone smashed toward his head.

This delicate cry naturally came from Li Xuanya beside him; before Liu Zheng could react, Li Xuanya had already lunged over and pushed him away.

A wave of darkness descended, and no one knew where they were falling to.

Feeling only a burst of intense pain, Liu Zheng sank into the darkness and lost consciousness completely.

"Young Master!"

Pei Qianyun roared in anger, grabbing Liu Zheng tightly with his hand.

Liu Zheng, however, was clutching Li Xuanya tightly.

"My Lord, do we really have to dig?"

"This river water..."

"Even if we dig through..."

Du Liang looked at the frozen river surface and fell into deep thought.

It was too cold.

Over these past few days, the ice at the bottom of the river had grown much thicker.

The offensive of the Longyan Army was simply too fierce, which was beyond his expectations. It turned out that the Longyan Army had actually hidden so much powerful Weaponry and Equipment over these few years. By comparison, the items their Nanyang Army had bought at high prices from Yintan City were simply trash!

Five hundred thousand troops, wanting to break into Longyan...

Du Liang knew this was nothing but wishful thinking!

"How could there possibly be..."

A group of people felt cold enough just standing on the ice of the river surface, and they could not help but complain in their hearts.

Du Liang said indifferently: "Dig! Dig quickly!"

These soldiers had no Method, so they could only pick up their hoes and begin to dig with great difficulty.

Could it be down below?

Du Liang took a deep breath.

In that case, he only had one retreat path before him: find a Method to locate that Imperial Jade Seal!

Then, make further plans.

Bang, bang, bang.

He also watched the current battle situation quietly.

Among these remnants of the flourishing Tang, there are indeed experts.

These past few days, no matter how he bombarded them with Cannon fire, no matter how he cursed, he was never able to provoke these people's anger; still, no one was willing to come out and accept the challenge.

If he could not find it in this direction, it seemed he would have no choice but to take these soldiers and head back home; this was a result he could not accept.

Xiao Qian.

Cannon fire, charge, close-quarters combat.

This fourth hill had almost been dyed red with fresh flesh.

Every time they were about to take it, the soldiers who reinforced the position would come in an endless stream.

By the time he took the third hill, the battle had actually already entered a white-hot and scorching state.

Because the fourth hill was very important.

This was the hill from which one could already reach the Tomb Cluster. The Liaodong Army and the Nanyang forces would not yield this hill, no matter the cost. And Xiao Qian, likewise, had to take this hill, no matter how many losses it incurred!

Yet Xiao Qian knew that at this moment, time was of the essence.

"Is the general stationed on that hill from the Liaodong Army, or from Nanyang?"

He suddenly asked the deputy generals beside him.

This was the time to compete in troop strength.

This was the time to compete in willpower.

However.

"But the general on that hill is truly fierce, with no mean martial arts! Holding a Giant Axe, he fights as if entering a land with no men."

Xiao Qian smiled: "Is that so?"

At this moment, with his long saber in hand, hearing these words, he truly felt an itch to test his skills.

The deputy generals looked at each other in dismay.

"General, this..."

"This is truly impossible to scout."

"General, this..."

"General, you absolutely must not."

"General, you are the commander of the entire army!"

His martial arts, though not comparable to the naturally superhuman Pei Qianyun, he considered himself not bad.

It seems...

It is time for him to take the field.

Xiao Qian kicked his horse's belly hard and shouted: "Lads, follow me!"

His personal guard unit roared their assent.

The Qingzhou Armored Soldiers, the most elite few hundred men, finally entered the fray!