Chapter 53: He Si III
Word Number:249
Author:王者之路
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Release Time:2026-03-08
Killing to command fear has always been the way since ancient times.In the late afternoon, the vanguard led by Yuan Ao entered a stretch of rolling hills and rugged ravines, picking their way through a parched, desolate canyon. On either side of the gorge, the hills sat low and squat, draped in exposed rock and fractured sandstone. There was almost no greenery to be seen; the landscape looked like the face of a weathered old man, etched deeply with the jagged crevices of memory. Everywhere the eye fell, there were only crumbling ruins and withered decay. The entire place felt profoundly lonely, steeped in a haunting desolation. Under the weight of this absolute silence—an environment so devoid of life it felt suffocating—the vanguard grew increasingly uneasy, the air thick with a sense of dread and gloom. Yuan Ao signaled several members of the Eagle God Tribe to take to the skies and scout the path ahead. Before long, the scouts returned to report that the canyon stretched on for dozens of miles, and not a single sign of life could be found in the surrounding area. Ba Long, the deputy general, looked skeptical. "Could the intelligence be wrong? I heard the scouts say they’d spotted Wei Hao here before." Yuan Ao scanned the horizon and replied, "Wei Hao’s lair shouldn't be here. From what I know of the Giants, they prefer the cool dampness of mountain caves. There are no high mountains here, only