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Twice the enemies meant twice the suffering.
With a furious roar, Ke Jihai hurled his spear. It shot forward like a bolt of lightning, skewering the foremost assailant straight through the chest.
But in that instant, the sky above throbbed with a heavy wingbeat, as though some massive bird was drawing near. A prickling warning shot up Ke Jihai’s spine. Without thinking, he threw himself into a roll.
A fireball the size of a cauldron crashed down where he had stood a moment earlier. Black paving stones split apart, and the snow-covered undergrowth instantly withered to ash.
Ke Jihai looked up, and his breath caught.
A massive bird circled overhead. Its head was that of a crow, its wings leathery like a bat’s, and its neck long and serpentine. However, it had no tail.
On its back sat a rider wearing a bronze mask, only two empty eyeholes revealing anything human.
Ke Jihai’s fists clenched in fury. If only I had my longbow! If I had it, would this abomination dare screech and swoop above my head?
Indeed, its cry was just like that of a crow—harsh and grating.
“Father!” He Yue cried out in alarm. He rushed in front of He Chunhua and raised his arms. As soon as he raised his arms, he shot an ice arrow...
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