Chapter 1244: 1 vs 100,000 (1)
Chapter 1244: 1 vs 100,000 (1)
November 14, 2017
Ji Province, Juelu Commandery.
It had been a full month since the outbreak of the Ji Province incident, now in September of 190.
For Yuan Hong, this month had felt like an endless nightmare.
For an entire month, he had been thoroughly beaten down.
Yuan Hong couldn't understand where these ten thousand Aberrant Beasts had come from. Usually, Ji Province didn't have such a large number of Aberrant Beasts, yet suddenly, they had emerged in droves.
The sudden appearance of this ten-thousand-strong Aberrant Beast Army had left him questioning his very existence!
Fortunately, as time passed, Yuan Hong finally saw some good news amidst the overwhelming bad.
The most exhilarating news for Yuan Hong, without a doubt, was that Lu Hai Kong's forces, after playing a supporting role for over half a month, had finally taken decisive action, creating a major sensation.
Lu Hai Kong's Black Wind and Iron Blood Legions, operating in Juelu, had hunted down over a thousand Aberrant Beasts in just a few days.
In addition to the Black Wind and Iron Blood Legions, Lu Hai Kong himself had joined the fray, targeting the most powerful Aberrant Beasts within the Beast Army. In just a few days, Lu Hai Kong's forces had nearly captured half of the top-tier Aberrant Beasts in the Beast Army.
With Lu Hai Kong's full-force assault, the pressure on Yuan Hong's Anping Defense Line significantly decreased.
However, despite the reduced pressure, Yuan Hong remained vigilant. He and Lu Hai Kong were old acquaintances, and the number of times Lu Hai Kong had deceived him was not insignificant. Being deceived repeatedly had naturally made Yuan Hong cautious about trusting Lu Hai Kong.
Despite the favorable situation on the other side, Yuan Hong's efforts to gather commoners and concentrate various resources did not cease for a moment.
Whether Yuan Hong's cautiousness was right or wrong, the subsequent developments completely caught him off guard.
On the fourth day after Lu Hai Kong's official intervention, the massive Aberrant Beast Army underwent a change that Yuan Hong couldn't comprehend. The Beast Army's frenzied assault on the Anping Defense Line suddenly halted.
Nearly ten thousand Aberrant Beasts, as if receiving a special command, stopped their attack. The scattered beasts began to gather.
Initially, the Beast Army's actions startled both Yuan Hong and Lu Hai Kong. The formation seemed to indicate that the ten thousand Aberrant Beasts were preparing for a full-scale assault, and both men believed they were the target.
However, they soon realized the situation was not as it seemed. The Beast Army, though assembling, made no further aggressive moves. They neither launched a large-scale attack on the Anping Defense Line nor attempted to encircle Lu Hai Kong's forces. They remained in a state of high alert, as if waiting for something.
This change in the Beast Army's behavior left Lu Hai Kong utterly perplexed. Yuan Hong, however, had slightly more intelligence on this matter, knowing about the existence of that 'monster.' He could vaguely guess the reason behind the Beast Army's reaction.
Indeed, subsequent events confirmed Yuan Hong's suspicions!
On the second day of the Beast Army's assembly, the monster that had injured Zhang He appeared. It charged into the Beast Army alone, and on that day, Yuan Hong finally saw the monster's figure from the Anping Defense Line's walls, using a long-range vision artifact.
This was an incredibly ferocious monster with three bone spikes on its back, a two-meter-long pure white bone tail, and a semi-exposed bone armor covering its body. Beneath the armor, its scales were a mixture of crimson and orange, and its eyes glowed with an orange hue. The creature's appearance was truly terrifying!
But beyond its fearsome looks, its combat prowess was even more horrifying.
From the moment this monster appeared, slaughter descended upon the beast army.
The monster was like a killing machine, its bone spikes, tail, and powerful limbs all serving as deadly weapons.
Whether it was the small and agile beasts that relied on speed or the massive beasts that boasted immense strength, or even the long-range skill-casting beasts, any creature that caught its eye was doomed. With a single strike, these unfortunate creatures would meet their end.
Witnessing the monster's rampage through the beast army, everyone was deeply shocked.
Amidst the awe, Yuan Hong's keen senses picked up on something peculiar about the situation.
It was evident that, in terms of strength, the monster was overwhelmingly superior. Not only could it defeat Zhang He with a single blow, but from the ongoing battle, Yuan Hong could discern that the monster had the ability to absorb energy from the bodies of the beasts it killed.
With such power and the ability to maintain its stamina, the beast army below should have been at a disadvantage.
...
Indeed, the current situation seemed to confirm this. The beast army was being slaughtered, while the monster remained unscathed. It appeared that the monster was on the verge of achieving the feat of defeating ten thousand beasts single-handedly.
However, as a mere observer, Yuan Hong couldn't shake the feeling that things weren't as straightforward as they seemed. He even suspected that the monster's circumstances might not be as favorable as they appeared.
It turned out that Yuan Hong's intuition was spot on; the monster's situation was indeed less than ideal.
Despite the beasts appearing as fragile as chicks before it, and its slaughter of them being effortless, the monster didn't find it easy.
This creature had a specific target in mind when it arrived. Its mission was to slay the leader of this beast army, which should have been a simple task for it.
After all, it could sense the presence of its target, and had pursued it for an entire month. It, too, could feel the presence of its quarry.
Initially, it believed that by charging into battle, it would locate its target and swiftly dispatch it within the vast army. But despite its meticulous calculations, it hadn't anticipated that the moment it arrived, the target's aura, which had been like a beacon in the night, would suddenly vanish.
This was a dire situation. Without being able to sense the target's aura, finding it within the massive army became an almost impossible task, causing the monster's expression to darken.
"Damn it! To be outmaneuvered by a beast!"
(End of Chapter)
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