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#346 - Chapter 345: Takahashi Group's Big Move

The biting wind was as sharp as a knife, each gust cutting into the flesh, and the snowflakes were as piercing as needles, each one stabbing into the bone.

On the vast, white canvas, a line of blood faintly appeared in the wind and snow, slowly lengthening at an extremely slow pace.

From a distance, at the left end of the blood-colored line, there was a small blood-colored dot resembling a "comma." It was because of its existence that the blood line continued to lengthen.

Looking closer, the comma gradually became clearer. It had human limbs and a torso. The snow covered his lower abdomen, and his upper body, exposed to the wind and snow, was stained red with blood.

With each step forward, he left bright red footprints, and the blood-colored crystals on his body's surface were rubbed off by the thick snow on both sides, reducing his burden.

This person was none other than Li Chenqiu, who was climbing the snow mountain.

"Hah... huff... hah... huff... hah... huff..."

Li Chenqiu buried his head in his chest, breathing in short, shallow breaths through his mouth and nose simultaneously.

When he first started climbing, Li Chenqiu felt somewhat strained, but with the help of his supernatural ability, he didn't find it too difficult. However, this thought completely changed when he reached the foot of the snow mountain.

His Forbidden Rank was suppressed from Fifth Forbidden to Fourth Forbidden. At the same time, the snowflakes in the world seemed to be enchanted, their power rising sharply, no different from normal arrows!

As he went deeper into the snow mountain, his Forbidden Rank was suppressed again, from Fourth Forbidden to Third Forbidden. To make matters worse, the speed of the snowflakes also increased.

Although Extreme Metal could withstand it, Li Chenqiu, whose abilities were comprehensively restricted to Third Forbidden, couldn't bear it. He felt like his head was filled with lead and could fall off at any moment.

Therefore, Li Chenqiu gave up using his supernatural ability and chose to climb the snow mountain in the most primitive way!

"Fortunately, I replenished my life energy before coming to Snow Dusk Valley."

Li Chenqiu smiled thankfully, protecting his eyes with his arm, and fell forward, forcibly squeezing through the snow in front of him, step by step, until he was swallowed by the wind and snow.

...

Outside the bronze gate, it was now noon.

Snow Dusk Valley was still snowing, and the sky was still hazy.

Takashi Haruyama and Sonoki Akihiko guarded the key, dreaming of the future.

"Senior Akihiko, what kind of reward do you think the higher-ups will give us this time?" Takashi Haruyama's lips curled up slightly, his eyes full of anticipation.

Sonoki Akihiko shook his head: "I'm not sure. This key is very important to the Takahashi Conglomerate, and even the entire Southern Federation. I expect our reward to be unimaginably generous."

"Unimaginably generous..." Takashi Haruyama's eyebrows curved slightly: "That's really something to look forward to. If the higher-ups could give me a Ninth Forbidden revived beast, I could break through to Tenth Forbidden!"

Sonoki Akihiko laughed: "Maybe it's really possible."

Takashi Haruyama waved his hand: "Thinking too far ahead. I shouldn't have such unrealistic..."

Rumble--

Just then, a rumbling sound like the earth groaning echoed in Snow Dusk Valley, and the ground beneath their feet shook violently, even the falling snow in the air paused for a moment.

"What... what's going on?"

"I don't know!"

The patrolling soldiers' nerves tightened instantly. They drew their samurai swords, which gleamed with a cold light, and stood back-to-back, vigilantly guarding their surroundings.

The two who were staying by the key steadied themselves and looked around simultaneously.

Sonoki Akihiko said in a deep voice: "Be careful. I have a bad feeling!"

Takashi Haruyama nodded and took out his walkie-talkie: "Everyone be on alert. Report any abnormalities immediately. Respond if you receive!"

"Received!"

"Received!"

"Received!"

...

At the same time, at the Snow Dusk Valley entrance.

Glug glug--

A sound like boiling water echoed between heaven and earth. The space directly in front of the entrance rippled, and the area continued to expand amidst the howling wind.

"What is that?"

"I don't know!"

Several soldiers in white camouflage uniforms stood in front of the entrance, holding samurai swords, looking at the front with horrified expressions.

Not only did they not know, but Xiang Nanzhi, who was hiding in the shadows, also didn't know.

"Is this a spatial ability?"

Xiang Nanzhi frowned, a faint sense of unease rising in his heart for no reason.

Whoosh--

A gust of breeze brushed past, Xiang Nanzhi's figure swayed, moving to a greater distance, staring intently at the place where the spatial ripples appeared.

A few seconds later.

Tear--

A slender crack slowly appeared, gradually expanding from one meter at the beginning. Bottomless darkness appeared behind the crack. When the crack expanded to a certain extent, the surrounding space no longer rippled.

Immediately afterward, figures rushed out of it, landing in front of the Snow Dusk Valley entrance. In just a short while, they reached a scale of a hundred people.

Xiang Nanzhi's pupils dilated slightly as he watched from afar: "This... this is too exaggerated!"

As a Tenth Forbidden reviver, he could naturally vaguely sense the strength of others.

Among these people, he sensed no less than ten auras no weaker than his own, which meant that among these people, there were at least ten Tenth Forbidden existences!

Xiang Nanzhi swallowed, turning his head to look at the three old men standing at the very front.

These were the most terrifying existences to him, not because the three old men's auras were terrifying, but because he couldn't sense their auras at all.

"I can't see through them. Doesn't that mean they're Eleventh Forbidden?" Xiang Nanzhi's face stiffened: "You've got to be kidding me. So many Eleventh Forbidden... does Li Chenqiu have that much influence?"

Pa!

Xiang Nanzhi slapped his head hard, pulling his head back, hurriedly taking out his phone from his pocket. Just as he was about to inform the Underworld, he discovered an even more serious matter.

His phone bill was overdue.

...

In front of the entrance, after seeing the newcomers, the soldiers hurriedly put away their samurai swords, trotted up to them, respectfully nodded and bowed, greeting them.

Takashi Yuuzheng lowered his eyes: "You were told to stay here to watch people. Did you notice anyone sneaking into Snow Dusk Valley last night?"

"We... we were watching, but we really didn't..."

Before that person could finish speaking, Takahashi Umisato, the head of the Sixth House, waved his hand.

Bang bang bang--

A series of explosions rang out, and several clouds of blood mist scattered in the wind, leaving no one in front of Takahashi Yuuzheng.

"Let's go. Don't waste time."

Takahashi Umisato walked straight towards Snow Dusk Valley.

...

After seeing this scene, Duan Xian, hiding in the shadows, took out his phone from his pocket with a gloomy expression and dialed Wenren Qing's number.

Ring ring ring-- beep!

Wenren Qing's indifferent voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello."

Duan Xian's face changed with worry and unease: "Director, something bad has happened. There's been a major development in Snow Dusk Valley from the Takahashi Conglomerate!"

"Is it related to the explosion deep in Snow Dusk Valley last night?"

"This... I'm not sure. After knowing that someone was watching the entrance, I didn't go in to avoid alerting the enemy."

"Hmm, tell me about the Takahashi Conglomerate's major development."

"Just now, a huge crack appeared in the space directly in front of the Snow Dusk Valley entrance. Over a hundred people came out from behind the crack. There seem to be over a hundred people, all from the Takahashi Conglomerate. The strength of these people..."

"What about their strength?"