This was a lush and perilous expanse of steep mountains and towering ridges, beneath a heavy, pitch-black sky pouring with torrential rain. The downpour washed clean the patches of grass and brush stained with blood. Amidst these very ridges, a group of soldiers braved the pelting rain, searching for something as they savagely parted the soggy weeds to hunt for any trace.
At the edge of the Daxiling Mountains, near a sheer cliff face, vibrant green vines crawled thickly across the rock. Washed by the rain, these vines appeared even more tender and green, as if water might drip from them at any moment.
Amidst rumbling thunder, a sudden, deafening "bang" erupted from the precipitous cliff face, startling the man hiding within a cave nestled in the rock.
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