He quickly looked up and saw a huge bird hovering in the sky. Its wings were three or four feet wide. Its feathers were black and shiny, and its body was exuding a faint black fog. It seemed to be a monster.
Before Shen Luo could take a closer look, the bird spread its wings, and dived down towards the col at an extremely fast speed. It soon disappeared from his sight.
Shen Luo felt strange. He quickened his pace, and chased in the direction of the bird.
He chased all the way forward for more than a hundred steps. Suddenly, he heard the faint roars of wild beasts and bursts of mournful howls coming from the front.
"Someone is here!"
Shen Luo muttered to himself. Then, he leaped up and rushed down the mountain.
The closer he got, the louder the sounds of all kinds of howls and beasts.
When he was about halfway up the mountain, he finally saw a village built against the back of the huge mountain in the middle of the valley.
The size of the village didn't look big, but it seemed to be built around a circle of fortifications. Thick and strong trees with sharpened tops were tied side by side to form a solid wooden fence.
These wooden fences surrounded the high wall, which was around six meters tall. Inside the fences, there was a circle of platforms. Every few steps, a young human being in coarse linen clothes would stand on the platforms, holding bows and arrows and long spears, shooting and stabbing towards the outside from time to time.
Outside the wooden fence, there were more than a dozen gray apes gathered together. They were as tall as ordinary people, but their physiques were ten times stronger than ordinary people. Several of them were holding stones in their hands, and fiercely throwing them at the top of the fence. Every time a stone fell, it would make a loud bang. The strength of the stone was so great that it made people speechless.
On the other side of the fence, there were two thick wooden doors wrapped in iron sheets. In front of them, there were also a few apes gathered. They were holding thick stone sticks in their hands, and their arms were constantly swinging and smashing.
Someone on the top of the gate saw that the wooden door was being smashed, and that it was about to collapse. He stretched out his body, and fiercely stabbed down with the spear in his hand, trying to stop those apes.
But as soon as he showed his head, he was hit in the head by a flying stone. His brain immediately burst open, and his body tilted to one side, falling down from the wall.
When the apes gathered in front of the door saw this, they didn't care about continuing to smash the door and came over to fight for it. The man's body was pulled in their hands and was about to be torn apart.
At this moment, a purple-haired woman wearing crude armor suddenly appeared on top of the fence.
His hands quickly formed a seal in front of him, then he waved down. Suddenly, there was a whistling sound in the void, and a group of red flame fireballs the size of a human head fell from the sky, smashing toward the group of gray apes.
Those beasts seemed to know the power of the fireball, so they abandoned the meat in their mouths and dodged to the side.
After the Scarlet Flame Fireball smashed into the corpse, it immediately burst into flames and engulfed it.
Seeing this, the apes became even more ferocious. They once again smashed towards the village gate. The other apes all threw stones at the woman.
"There is a cultivator …"
Shen Luo hesitated for a moment. Then, he looked at the woman's body with rapt attention. He found that this woman's appearance was young and tender. She still had the appearance of a young girl. Her arms and calves were wrapped in a layer of white cloth under the broken armor. Moreover, some black dried blood stains could be vaguely seen on the cloth.
At this moment, the sound of birds suddenly sounded in the sky.
Shen Luo looked up and saw three or four huge birds that were exactly the same as the ones he saw before hovering in the sky. After circling around the village, they suddenly swooped down, crossed the wooden fence, and rushed into the village.
When the youths on the high fence saw this, they all drew their bows and shot arrows at them.
The arrows broke through the air. The speed didn't seem slow, but when they flew to the front of the three giant birds, they were rolled by the wind brought by the latter's wings, and they immediately lost their accuracy. None of them could hit the target.
The giant birds flew into the village and directly knocked down the mud bricks and thatched houses. They either pecked or claw hooks, grabbing the old and young people hiding in the houses.
For a time, screams and screams were heard.
On the side of the road in the village, there were a few skinny people who were not fully clothed sitting by the collapsed walls. They did not hide or move. Their sunken eye sockets were turbid and there was no life in their eyes. It was as if they were already corpses.
There was also a stumbling old woman. Her footsteps were weak. After running two steps, she fell to the ground. She didn't even have the strength to struggle to get up. Her eyes had already dried up, and even tears couldn't flow out.
After the three giant birds flew out of the fence, they immediately opened their mouths and grabbed the old and weak women and children. They threw them to the ground, and their heads were bleeding.
When the gray apes saw this, they rushed up and quickly tore these people apart and devoured them.
After eating people, these animals seemed to be more excited and attacked the village with more effort. The giant birds also flapped their wings and rushed into the village.
One of the giant birds flew over a thatched house in the middle of the village. With just a flap of its wings, the wind rolled up and the whole roof was blown away.
There was a scream in the house. There were thirteen or fourteen children, about eight or nine years old. They were all trembling in the corner of the house. Their faces were full of tears, and their eyes were full of fear.
When the giant bird saw this, it screamed excitedly and immediately swooped down toward the children in the house.
At this time, a white-haired old woman with wrinkles on her face suddenly rushed from the side, holding a wooden broom in her hand. Like an old hen protecting her chicks, she shielded the children behind her.
The giant bird's claws were like hooks. It flew down and was about to grab the old woman.
"Boom!" a loud sound rang out!
A red flame fireball suddenly fell from the sky and hit the back of the giant bird.
The giant bird wailed and was hit and flew out. It crashed into a wall and was buried in the rubble.
On the top of the fence, the purple haired girl's face was pale. She slowly withdrew her hand and squeezed out a smile at the old woman and children in the corner.
But before her smile could fully spread, her back was hit by a stone. She was unsteady and flew out from the top of the wall. She fell to the ground and vomited blood.
Without her help to guard the wall, the young men were immediately suppressed by the stones of the apes. They didn't even dare to show their heads. The apes in front of the village's gate smashed more vigorously.
The two weather-beaten village gates finally couldn't support and were about to collapse.
Once the gate was opened, the village would be destroyed and people would die.
The purple haired girl resisted the pain all over her body and struggled to stand up. She wanted to rush to the village gate.
At this time, her injuries were not light, and she could not walk steadily. She did not notice that the giant bird behind her had stood up from the pile of rubble. With a flap of its wings, it flew towards her, and a sharp beak like an awl pierced towards the back of her head.
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