Chapter 185: The Giant Mudstone Golem

Plates of round, pristine dumplings were placed before three tombstones. The freshly cooked dumplings were still steaming, and a faint scent of chives filled the air.

Gu Ning’an and Mu Sheng sat on the ground, each holding a pair of chopsticks, savoring the thin-skinned dumplings freshly made.

Gu Ning’an ate slowly, savoring the unique freshness of the chives and pork blended together.

Mu Sheng, on the other hand, ate ravenously, shoveling one dumpling after another into her mouth, showing no sign of slowing down.

Gu Ning’an had witnessed Mu Sheng’s large appetite before, and given that she hadn’t eaten properly for the past seven days, he didn’t find her exaggerated eating habits surprising.

“Sir! Are there any more?” Mu Sheng mumbled with her cheeks stuffed.

Gu Ning’an pointed to the kitchen not far away and smiled, “There are more in the kitchen. If you want more, just go help yourself.”

“Mm!” Mu Sheng stretched her neck, swallowed the dumpling in her mouth, stood up, and asked, “Sir, do you want more?”

Gu Ning’an shook his head and smiled, “I’m fine with these.”

“Then I’ll eat it all!” Mu Sheng said seriously.

“Go ahead, it would be a waste not to.”

With Gu Ning’an’s approval, Mu Sheng nodded and said, “I’ll go then! I won’t waste any!”

With that, Mu Sheng grabbed her bowl and chopsticks and ran off with a clatter.

Once she was far away, Gu Ning’an’s gaze fell on the three tombstones before him, and he said with a smile, “On New Year’s Eve, everyone has a meal together, then I’ll leave…”

“When I come back next time, I hope to retrieve the memories I’ve lost…”

After saying this, Gu Ning’an fell silent and quietly resumed eating the dumplings in front of him.

Boom! Boom!

The ground on both sides of the rift trembled, and soil slid toward the center, as the Heavenly War Cavalry, now re-formed, was forced to dodge the falling debris!

Fortunately, most of the rocks and dirt fell onto the mud golems.

With dust rising, the constant falling of rocks instantly disrupted the battle. Qi Yuan, accompanied by Daoist Mei, walked up to General Gao’s side and asked, “How are the casualties among the soldiers?”

General Gao’s face turned ashen, and he spoke in a deep voice, “After the earlier tremor, 123 brothers have fallen…”

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan didn’t say much but instead patted General Gao on the shoulder and said seriously, “General Gao, we should retreat with our men…”

“Retreat?” General Gao frowned, “We’ve come this far, there’s no turning back now!”

“The Heavenly War Cavalry has never been defeated, and we have no precedent for retreating in the face of battle!”

“Qi Yuan, you can take your people and leave, but I, Gao Zhenjiang, will definitely slay all these evil beings and break through the light barrier!”

At this moment, Daoist Mei interjected, “General Gao… If I’m not mistaken, once the golems are fully integrated, I’m afraid you…”

“No, I mean we…”

“There will be no escape.”

Daoist Mei’s words sent a chill down everyone’s spine!

Everyone turned their gaze toward the direction he indicated!

Through the dust and mist, the original mud golems had disappeared, replaced by a colossal figure being forged by the falling mud and rocks!

The shadow in the mist stood over a hundred feet tall, like a mountain rising from the ground!

What was most terrifying was that it seemed it hadn’t even fully formed yet!

“Run! Run quickly!”

“While the green mountains remain, there’s no fear of lacking firewood!”

Daoist Mei said urgently.

Gao Zhenjiang looked at the giant mud golem in front of him and shouted, “Where are the soldiers of the First Battalion!”

“Here!”

“Escort Master Qi to the valley!”

“Yes!”

Over a hundred soldiers from the Heavenly War Cavalry immediately stepped out of the formation and marched towards Qi Yuan!

Qi Yuan frowned and said, “General Gao… you don’t plan to leave?”

“Master Qi, go…” Gao Zhenjiang said, and with that, he walked toward the soldiers of the Heavenly War Cavalry. Raising his blade high, he shouted, “Heavenly War Cavalry, listen to orders!”

“Roar!”

In an instant, nearly two thousand soldiers of the Heavenly War Cavalry unleashed a roar like the cry of ten thousand men!

“Follow me and crush this evil!”

“Yes!”

Swish!

The giant golem in the dust and fog swung its hand, instantly dispersing the dust surrounding it!

Boom!

The giant mud golem took a step forward, causing the ground to shake violently. The nearest Heavenly War Cavalry soldiers almost lost their footing!

With such a size disparity, the giant mud golem only needed to take a few steps to wipe out everyone in the valley!

“All you mystics! Do you have any methods?”

“At a time like this, if you have a method, use it! Don’t hide it!”

Daoist Mei turned to the scattered mystics standing around them.

Their clothes and appearances were all odd, and some of them had even used fire-breathing and water-controlling techniques just earlier!

In Daoist Mei’s view, to survive now, only “supernatural” could combat “supernatural”! Ordinary tactics had no effect on this giant creature!

However, all the extraordinary people lowered their heads in unison.

Indeed… they had some “methods,” but they clearly weren’t enough to deal with the giant mud golem, whose form they couldn’t even fathom!

“Fire the arrows!” Gao Zhenjiang gave the command! Countless arrows shot out like rain, clattering against the mudstone giant’s body!

The sharp arrows did penetrate the huge body, but they caused no significant damage.

Arrows the size of an adult man’s arm barely stuck into the mudstone giant’s body, hardly even thicker than a hair.

“Alright, it seems this is truly the time of great calamity!” Qi Yuan waved his hand to disperse the soldiers surrounding him and continued, “Since we can’t win, don’t rashly act, let fate decide…”

Boom~ Boom~ Boom!

The mudstone giant’s steps were not fast, but each step was massive!

Within a few steps, it reached the front of the Heavenly War Cavalry soldiers!

As the giant foot, covering the sky, was about to fall, the soldiers fearlessly raised their long blades to the sky!

“Freeze!” A gentle voice came with the wind.

Whoosh~

The mudstone giant’s foot stopped in mid-air, unable to fall.

“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and run out from under the mudstone giant’s foot!” Qi Yuan, seeing the soldiers dazed, couldn’t help but yell.

As soon as these words were spoken, Gao Zhenjiang snapped out of his stupor and, along with the soldiers, quickly ran out.

The soldiers were astonished as they looked at the mudstone giant, still in the “stepping” position, unsure of what had happened.

But they clearly heard that “freeze” command!

In the dead silence, a faint sound of hooves and the “clack” of wheels rolling over uneven ground came from behind the mudstone giant.

Where did this carriage come from?

The same question arose in everyone’s hearts.

Just when they thought the carriage would go around the giant and come toward them, the sound of the carriage suddenly stopped.