Chapter 2266 - Primordial Beast, the Hou! (1/2)

“Everyone, be careful. This place isn’t far from their base.”

Clang! Within the silver barrier, Yeon Gaesomun grabbed several of his black sabers.

While Yeon Gaesomun was weaker than Wang Chong, he had been born in the complex environment of the Goguryeo Empire, and he had grown up amidst blood and fire.

His entire life consisted of war, scheming, and fighting.

These various experiences had given Yeon Gaesomun a very sharp intuition for danger.

Long before danger had descended, he would sense something. It was this intuition that had allowed him to survive that terrifying explosion in the steel fortress.

When that giant lightning vortex appeared in their vision, Yeon Gaesomun had immediately felt his heart begin to rapidly thump, that familiar sense of danger emerge in his mind.

Moreover, judging by the energy pulses coming from that lightning vortex, this place wasn’t very far from their objective.

Yeon Gaesomun had barely spoken when resounding laughter erupted from the vortex, accompanied by a boom of thunder.

“Hahaha, a pack of reckless ants dares to intrude on the land of gods and devils!

“Since you seek death, I will fulfill your wish!”

The voice was so deafeningly loud that it drowned out the howling winds around them.

Everyone paled.

“We’ve been discovered!”

The Demonic Emperor Old Man’s face sank, his body tensing as he prepared for battle.

This was clearly no weakling. Although they had been extremely secretive on this journey to the north, if their foe was at Genesis Supreme’s level, they would always be found no matter how well they were concealed.

To only be discovered upon reaching the heart of the polar lands was already very good!

“Don’t panic. Their actual body isn’t here. This is just long-distance voice transmission.”

Wang Chong’s bright eyes peered into the depths of the lightning vortex and saw his foe.

As a Grotto Heaven realm expert, Wang Chong could peer through space.

His foe had only left behind a ball of energy in the vortex. His actual body was not present.

“Wang Chong, it would be one thing if you didn’t come, but since you’re here, don’t think about leaving alive. Do you take me for Genesis Supreme?” That resounding voice spoke once more. It appeared that Wang Chong’s voice had allowed him to immediately identify Wang Chong.

“Ignore him. His actual body can’t be far. Let’s hurry and advance.”

Wang Chong immediately shot forward, advancing with the rest.

But before they could get far, a savage and frightening roar that was brimming with a desire to kill and brutalize came from the distance.

Roooar!

Wang Chong’s eyes flew open as he came to a stop.

Boom!

The earth shuddered as the giant snow tornadoes began to converge on the group, seemingly pulled by an invisible force.

Bang!

In a flash of light, an enormous silver being jumped out from a snow tornado and crashed in front of them like a meteor.

This was a bizarre, four-footed creature that was the height of seven or eight adult men. Beneath its thick silver fur, one could see that its body was bursting with muscle.

Its two hindlegs were rather short, but its forelegs were thick and muscular like those of an ape, two pillars rammed into the earth.

Most bizarre of all was that there were two rabbit-like ears, each six feet long, growing from its head.

Despite this, nothing could conceal its vicious and savage nature.

The moment this bizarre creature hit the ground, it crouched down and took on an aggressive posture.

Its crimson maw was covered in sharp and intersecting fangs, and as it growled, saliva rained down from the teeth.

The saliva didn’t even freeze when it touched the ground. On the contrary, there was a soft hiss as holes were dissolved through the thick ice.

It was clear that this creature’s bodily fluids contained a powerful toxin.

“What monster is this?”

Everyone in the silver barrier was alarmed by this monster that had leaped out of the snow tornado.

Each of them could tell that this silver monster was packed with explosive power.

“It’s a Hou!” the Wushang Village Chief suddenly said as he stared at the strange monster.

(TN: The Hou is a mythical beast that is said to live in the far north. It has been described as appearing like a dog and also like a rabbit. It is apparently capable of defeating and eating dragons.)

“Our Wushang Village has ancient texts that describe this monster, but this beast should have gone extinct in ancient times. I did not think that some of them still lived.”

There were many well-preserved ancient records in Wushang Village that were not available in the outside world. The Wushang Village Chief didn’t know where these records had come from, only that they had been passed down through the generations, long before he had been born.