Chapter 1 The Beginning

The one-eyed human leading the way seemed to have suffered a serious injury from the orcs. He coughed violently every few steps, blood occasionally spilling from the corners of his mouth. He looked extremely weak, and his companions supported him as he staggered forward. After walking a few hundred meters further, the elf, who seemed to have preserved his strength the best, obviously had no intention of continuing together. He rushed towards the path down the mountain, leaving the others behind, while the dwarf stroked his frosty beard, his eyes flashing with shrewd light, tagging along behind Fang Senyan and his two companions.

Bloody flaying, cruel throwing, strange braziers, soaring demon claws... all these factors were intertwined and appeared before Fang Senyan's eyes one by one. Ever since escaping from that cruel sacrificial altar, his thoughts had never stopped. Vaguely, Fang Senyan seemed to have grasped something, but he still lacked the key element to connect them all.

The journey down the mountain was even more difficult than the way up, and the surroundings were either covered with snow and slick glaciers, or sheer cliffs. There was nowhere to escape even if they wanted to. Fang Senyan and Reef were also very uncomfortable on such a path, unable to speed up at all, and the Mist Song girl didn't seem to be waking up in this environment, only occasionally coughing a few times. Fortunately, the "Heichimga mucus" she had drunk earlier was still slowly and continuously taking effect, repairing the damage caused by her forced use of the Flame of Life. The more time they had, the better she could recover to her best condition.

The mountain road was long, and Fang Senyan and his group walked for a full hour or so, but they had only covered a little more than half of the icy path down the mountain. They were about to stop for a brief respite when they suddenly encountered a group of strong orcs coming up from below! There were at least a dozen of these strong orcs, a large and imposing force. The leader of the strong orcs was exceptionally tall and burly, with a hideous appearance and crisscrossing scars on his chest. Even in such severe cold, he was still bare-chested, revealing his bulging muscles. His fangs protruded from his lips, and he looked like his strength was almost on par with Lutz!

This strong orc was carrying a huge, thick mace in his left hand, and in his right hand, he held a bloody head... it was the head of the elf who had run ahead!

Even more terrifying was that on the road below, the headless corpse of the elf could be clearly seen still twitching frantically on the ground. Despite the fact that the ice layer next to it was as strong as fine steel, the fingers of the corpse had gouged out bloody marks on it! Where did such terrifying vitality come from? It seemed to be related to the Heichimga mucus.

Even though Fang Senyan and the others had been walking for quite a long time, this place was still a dead end, with bottomless ice valleys on the outside and incredibly hard ice walls on the inside. The group of strong orcs on the opposite side were obviously elite soldiers sent out on a mission. The elf was quite strong, but his head was twisted off without even a sound. It was obvious that the battle abilities of these strong orcs were extraordinary. Fang Senyan and Reef looked at each other. Meeting these guys on such a narrow road, Fang Senyan and the others had no chance of winning!

But at this moment, a black phantom suddenly appeared on the ice peak next to them. This phantom looked quite abrupt at first glance, but upon closer inspection, Fang Senyan found it quite familiar. Because its shape was strikingly similar to the eerie mage tower built in the orc settlement.

Suddenly, an extremely dazzling flash erupted from the projection of the mage tower! This ray of light was like sunlight condensed tens of thousands of times, shooting straight into the sky. If you looked closely, the place where the ray of light was shooting should be in the sky near the orc camp!

The flash appeared extremely abruptly, and the sky it seemed to be shooting towards was empty. But in the next second, faint black clouds appeared there, followed by an angry cry! This cry was not unfamiliar; it was the angry cry of the huge "Son of Sorento" demon bird from before!

This demon bird was actually skilled in illusions! Obviously, the person in the mage tower who was directing the phantom to emit the light was Saruman's clone. You must know that the power a mage displays in his own mage tower is at least several times greater than usual. Therefore, he naturally had enough strength to see through the demon bird's perfect disguise from such a great distance.

The faint black cloud that appeared around the Son of Sorento's body was the wave formed by the vaporization of its feathers after the beam of light struck its body. Fang Senyan also keenly noticed one thing: the flying posture of the huge demon bird seemed a bit strange. He looked closely and found that it seemed to be grasping something with its claws, and that thing was exuding a shocking crimson color. However, because the distance was too far,

The snowstorm was howling, and it was impossible to see clearly.

At this moment, a scream of extreme terror suddenly came from behind Fang Senyan and the others. It was the dwarf who was following behind. He suddenly trembled all over, staring blankly into the air. For dwarves who have been mining underground for a long time, their eyesight is usually quite good. If anyone could see clearly what the giant bird was holding in its claws, it would be him.

This dwarf actually slumped weakly to the ground, panting heavily. His eyes showed a strange, fearful look, as if he had completely forgotten the desperate situation in front of him.

Fang Senyan wanted to ask the dwarf what he had seen, but he had only taken a few steps when he suddenly looked at the mage tower phantom next to him. Although it was almost impossible to see anything clearly in the heavy snow, Fang Senyan's perception once again played a huge role. He could clearly grasp the veins and rhythm of the battlefield:

If I were the attacker! Then the second attack will be launched at this

moment!

The fierce light flashed again as expected, shooting straight towards them!

The mage tower phantom that launched this attack became thinner, and this time the demon bird "Son of Sorento" struggled to flap its wings in the air, creating a huge snowstorm. Its defense was obviously very terrifying. Even if it was hit head-on by the light before, it only seemed to have lost a few feathers, and it didn't suffer any substantial damage at all. This time, the Son of Sorento was obviously prepared. The storm it stirred up howled and surged in the air, colliding violently with the ray.

Above the glacier, a muffled explosion suddenly sounded, and snow dust billowed hundreds of feet into the air, enveloping the surroundings like clouds, but there was a dark, condensed light that lingered, giving people the feeling that it could penetrate the truth of history, the river of time! Fang Senyan's heart trembled. This familiar feeling was the powerful strength of Saruman's clone. Could the purpose of these orcs' great efforts be to hunt down the Son of Sorento in the Misty Mountains?

The mage tower phantom on the distant ice peak was already flickering and swaying non-stop, obviously on the verge of collapse, indicating that the energy supply was greatly weakened. Similarly, the huge "Son of Sorento" was not having an easy time. It cried out miserably, and its claws loosened, and the things it was holding fell down, heading straight towards the orc camp. It also couldn't maintain its balance in the air, spinning and awkwardly flapping its wings, and then crashed heavily into the snow peak!

The monstrous strength of this demon bird was terrifying. Even the glacier and snow peak that had stood between heaven and earth for countless ages trembled for a moment.

The place where the huge demon bird crashed into the snow peak happened to be above Fang Senyan and the others, thousands of feet away. Snow that had accumulated for who knows how long found a breakthrough in an instant and poured down with a roar. And in the face of such a massive avalanche, individual strength could only be described as minuscule and desperate, reduced to the extreme!

Before this, neither Fang Senyan nor Reef had ever experienced such a terrifying avalanche. But at this moment of life and death, Fang Senyan's mind was even more agile. Instead, he stared intently at the group of strong orcs opposite him... living here, they must know how to survive an avalanche. Therefore, once he saw the group of strong orcs rushing to cling to the mountain wall and choosing places with protruding rocks above their heads as much as possible, Fang Senyan immediately did the same.

In just a few breaths, the snow that had accumulated for thousands of years poured down like a waterfall. Fang Senyan only felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and a crazy snowstorm howled straight down behind him. Fortunately, the hard ice rock above his head was like a pillar in the middle of a rapid stream, blocking the avalanche and skillfully leaving him a space to survive. However, just as Fang Senyan was secretly rejoicing in his heart, his feet suddenly loosened! It seemed that the whole world was convulsing and trembling at this moment! Then it completely collapsed and shattered!

This snow peak in the vicinity is called "Daridadk" by the orcs, meaning "the place where the gods originated." They have stood here for millions of years and should continue to stand tall for thousands of years to come. After being washed by a long period of time, the ice on these ice peaks is as strong as steel. Even if you try to chisel it with a chisel, sparks will fly, and it will be difficult to damage it even a little. Even with flame burning, it is extremely difficult to melt. Therefore, the winding road up the peak that Saruman's clone tried to build back then was not built using the conventional "destructive" method of opening mountains and splitting rocks, but rather using a unique "construction" method!