Above the mountain peak, the sound of the wind chimes grew stronger and stronger. The rhythmic melody seemed to resonate with the entire mountain peak, causing the houses, land, and other things on the mountain peak to be in a strange resonance.
There were more and more black-robed people standing in the open space. From the few at the beginning, it gradually grew to a dozen, twenty, thirty …
It seemed that as the sound of the wind chimes grew louder and more uniform, the number of black-robed people that could be condensed would increase.
The black-robed person standing in the center at the very front was the one who had been in the Gao family's main house from the beginning. It was also the Gao Yuhan that Gao Manqiu had mentioned.
Gao Yuhan stood in front of all the black-robed people, standing alone and showing his unusual status. Seeing that there were more and more black-robed people in front of him, Gao Yuhan's aura also grew stronger and stronger. As the wind chimes sounded, Gao Yuhan's black robe fluttered. From time to time, a large piece of it would be blown away, revealing the empty darkness inside.
There were no limbs, no skin, only darkness!
But all of this was only seen by the black-robed people. No one else knew!
As the sound of the wind chimes grew louder and louder, the number of black-robed people was about to reach its peak. The aura on their bodies also became more and more powerful.
Suddenly!
Ka!
A voice came from underground and spread out from the center. When it landed in the rhythm of the wind chimes, it sounded like a pig squeaking in a symphony.
Hua!
A large number of black-robed people's aura stagnated for a moment, but they quickly unblocked it and continued to increase their energy.
An occasional sound did not affect them too much.
But before they could continue, a series of "ka ka ka" "boom boom boom" suddenly came from underground. It became louder and more rapid, and the noise was incomparably deafening.
This was no longer as simple as disrupting the rhythm, but directly covering the original sound of the wind chimes on the mountain peak!
Earthquake!
It was actually an earthquake?
The aura of the black-robed people collectively weakened and dropped a lot in an instant. At the same time, with a few "swoosh swoosh swoosh" sounds, several black-robed people could not hold on any longer and disappeared, leaving an empty black robe on the ground.
Gao Yuhan was depressed. He was completely speechless about what happened tonight, especially when he had just gathered the direct descendants of the Gao family, and then an earthquake appeared out of nowhere?
This mountain peak was a treasured land of Feng Shui. Even normal snowstorms would not occur here!
Which part of it went wrong?
Without waiting for Gao Yuhan to figure it out, the earth began to tremble, the ground began to crack, and the stone wall of the trial soared into the sky without any warning. Not only did it scatter the black-robed men, it also completely disrupted the resonance of the wind chimes on the mountain peak.
Gao Yuhan felt like she was about to spit out a mouthful of old blood. She thought she was dreaming. How could a trial monolith appear here?
The huge stone wall was like a skyscraper, standing upright on top of the mountain peak. From a distance, it looked extremely strange.
Not only was the black-robed man shocked, but the rest of the Gao Family members were also shocked. Uncle Gao was even more shocked, wondering if he was dreaming.
Just like that, the sudden appearance of the trial monolith directly caused the gathering of black-robed figures on this mountain peak to disappear. It also caused the figure that Gao Yuhan had painstakingly formed to vanish into thin air.
Although it disappeared, a sense of resentment and killing intent lingered, wandering around the whole mountain like a ghost, gloomy and cold.
Gao Manqiu and Gao Shaohui, who were underground, sensed the murderous intent at the same time. The two of them looked up at the same time, and to their surprise, they discovered that under the moonlight, there were countless black shadows scuttling about. They were like wisps of black smoke, but also like malicious spirits, floating in the air in search of something.
"Sister, we …" Gao Shaohui swallowed and said with a trembling voice, "Are we guarding the Meltdown Fragment?"
The moment the trial monolith appeared, Chu Han had already jumped into it. The Meltdown Fragment was too important for him now. Since the rank nine trial monolith had come to him, there was no reason for him to waste any more time.
Wangcai also directly followed him as a guardian, leaving Gao Shaohui and Gao Manqiu outside, who couldn't enter the trial monolith.
Gao Shaohui had never thought that such a solemn history that seemed to only appear in books would happen to him one day.
Protecting the Meltdown and punishing evil. These were things that seemed very distant from his history. As a direct descendant of the Gao Family, when the Meltdown branch appeared in front of him, when the family and beliefs clashed, he felt a sense of dread.
Gao Shaohui suddenly had such a realization. Was he guarding the Meltdown Fragment?
As a member of the Yin and Yang Eight Gates, he was a member of the Meltdown Fragment!
Gao Manqiu focused and said firmly, "Stick to the Meltdown Fragment and never betray us!"
Those black shadows seemed to have discovered them, and they began to dive down from above, howling at them like ferocious ghosts.
Gao Shaohui took out a dagger from behind his waist and grinned, "Now I'm suddenly glad that the direct descendant of the Gao family isn't determined by blood relationship."
His words were very meaningful. The three direct descendants of the Gao family weren't close relatives, and they didn't even know who their biological parents were. When their blood was tested to a certain level, they were separated from their close relatives and arranged to grow up on an independent mountain. After that, they had nothing to do with their biological parents, and in the future, they would directly listen to the arrangements of the elders and the family head of the family.
Among the three of them, Gao Shaohui had the least contact with the elders of the Gao family. This was because he was neither the eldest son of the direct descendant nor the Goddess, so he felt that his sense of belonging was not as deep as the feelings he had when he ate and drank with Chu Han for several months.
Moreover, in his opinion, guarding the Meltdown Fragment was a matter of course.
Gao Manqiu was the Goddess, so she was even more different from the rest of the Gao family. The Goddess' inheritance existed independently, and it was different from the Water Tribe's Saintess' memory reincarnation. The Goddess' inheritance came from perception.
Therefore, for Gao Manqiu, the Gao family was just a residence.
Therefore, when the crisis came, the two siblings didn't hesitate to stand on Chu Han's side. They chose to confront the Gao family head-on!
"Junior of the family!
Out of the way! "an angry roar sounded out from the shadows.
The two of them didn't retreat, and they looked at the group of shadows in front of them and took the initiative to attack.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
This was Gao Shaohui's dagger. It slashed through the air, and its speed was so fast that it cut through space.
Gao Manqiu used the same trick again, and a gust of wind rose, causing the surrounding sand and stones to rise into the air.
Boom!
The hurricane spun, sweeping up sand and stones, causing the entire underground to appear in a terrifying tornado. The tornado continuously rose up, tearing at the shadows.
Some of the shadows were blown away, but some continued forward, emitting a biting cold attack.
"Courting death!" It was still the same voice, and it seemed to be the leader of the shadows.