Chapter 138: There Are Tier 3 Demonic Beasts Too
“This way……”
In the darkness, two furtive figures were far from the Demonic Beasts.
These were Players Honghuang and An Xiu.
Honghuang and An Xiu were both disciples from the second batch to enter, but they possessed high combat power.
Upon entering, they directly chose to battle on First Mountain, and were among the first ten to reach Mid Qi Condensation Stage.
Their involvement in this Game was purely accidental; they enjoyed adventure and excitement in reality, never expecting to develop an alternative life within a Game.
When the Demonic Beasts invaded, they were the first to notice the Demonic Beasts banding together, and followed them back.
Now, seeing people holding the line near Wang’an County, they shared the same idea as Song Jiulai: to investigate the source.
Honghuang and An Xiu were already at the peak of Mid Qi Condensation Stage, just one step away from entering Late Stage, and they figured this was an opportunity.
Therefore, they fought very aggressively.
After all, besides using Points for daily needs, they had both saved a safety net of Points, which was for the System to recall them.
This ensured they could escape in case of a fatal crisis.
They could now conceal their Auras effectively at appropriate distances. Honghuang and An Xiu followed the Demonic Beast horde and soon discovered the last team.
“Just as I guessed, there are indeed Tier 3 Demonic Beasts.”
When they saw the Tier 2 Demonic Beast horde, they had already speculated if there would be Tier 3 Demonic Beasts.
As it turned out, their guess was correct.
The team behind them had Tier 3 Demonic Beasts.
The good news was that the Tier 3 Demonic Beasts were the highest rank.
Besides two Nine Nether Eating Spiders that Song Jiulai had seen before, there were two Black Blood Lions and a Devil Rabbit.
“Something’s not right…”
An Xiu narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, “Why do I feel something is off?”
If they were far away, the Tier 3 Demonic Beasts might not have detected their Auras, but as An Xiu approached this area, he felt something was wrong.
There was a lingering, indescribable chill.
It might be related to the fact that Demonic Beasts were everywhere along the way.
Demonic Beasts would fight each other to the death, so it was incredible that these Demonic Beasts were gathered together without fighting.
Anyone could guess that there was a bigger threat behind it all.
Honghuang also stopped moving.
This area was a vast mountain forest, but the place where the Tier 3 Demonic Beasts gathered was an open-air waterfall, and they stood by the pool.
The once clean and clear water was polluted by their Auras, emitting a chilling green gas and bubbling with unsettling bubbles.
It was obvious that the poison was extreme.
System: “Run!”
“Swish!”
Almost at the same moment the System alerted them, Honghuang and An Xiu ran without blinking.
However, Honghuang instinctively looked back.
Only then did he see, in another direction from the Tier 3 Demonic Beasts, a giant skeleton deer emitting a black Aura, coldly watching them.
Although it had no eyeballs, an immense killing intent could be felt from its eye sockets.
A Tier 4 Demonic Beast, the Yin Sha Deer.
Honghuang’s scalp tingled.
A Tier 4 Demonic Beast was completely beyond their ability to handle. Fortunately, the Yin Sha Deer had no intention of pursuing them.
Instead, their escape actions caused the Tier 3 Demonic Beasts to riot.
The two Nine Nether Eating Spiders moved their eight legs and chased after them.
“Damn it!”
They could fight ordinary Tier 3 Demonic Beasts, but the Nine Nether Eating Spiders were impossible to deal with.
After all, even Song Jiulai had to cooperate with others in a Secret Realm to fight these things.
They reported the news to the System, which was responsible for notifying others.
They also informed Song Jiulai.
“Saw it, a Tier 4 Demonic Beast, the Yin Sha Deer. Didn’t see anything else.”
Song Jiulai was already moving at high speed, approaching First Mountain. “Are you sure there’s no one else?”
“Haven’t seen anyone for now,” the System replied. “Can’t rule it out.”
A Tier 4 Demonic Beast wouldn’t have the intelligence to control so many Demonic Beasts.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a Tier 4.
System: “I suspect it’s very likely that Demonic Cultivator.”
Demonic Cultivators and Demonic Beasts share the same origin, so many Demonic Cultivators can control Demonic Beasts.
However, this also depends on talent; some can control at most one or two, while others can control a large group—of less high-tier beasts.
That Demonic Cultivator is confirmed to be Golden Core Stage, so it’s not entirely surprising he can control a Tier 4 Demonic Beast.
Song Jiulai wanted to jump up: “Damn it, if it’s really the Demonic Cultivator who destroyed the Spirit Fox Sect, he could wipe us out himself. Golden Core Stage, and with the Flying Sparrow Sect Ancestor gone, who can stop him?”
“Not necessarily,” the System said. “The Flying Sparrow Sect must have a trump card. If he shows up in person, the Flying Sparrow Sect’s True Man might return immediately, and the Sect Token hasn’t been used yet…”
The System couldn’t analyze a reasonable possibility: “Perhaps he is testing you.”
Song Jiulai was distraught: “Why were we so unlucky to pick Wang’an County first?”
She had just said it casually at the time.
“This is just one possibility, and it might not be the Demonic Cultivator. We haven’t even seen anyone, how can we lock onto an enemy in the void?”
Song Jiulai: “Then who do you think did it?”
System: “……”
This was putting the System on the spot.
However, it did propose a possibility: “Perhaps nature has gone mad. The Longevity Sect has been killing too many Demonic Beasts recently and can’t stand it, so they organized a retaliatory strike.”
Song Jiulai: “……”
This was even more absurd than a Demonic Cultivator showing up.
The Demonic Beasts in Cave Demon Valley alone outnumbered the people on the Yunzhou Continent.
If not for the major Sects surrounding Cave Demon Valley and jointly suppressing it, the Demonic Beasts of Cave Demon Valley would have long since emerged and killed all the Cultivators.
Song Jiulai remotely controlled: “What’s the situation with the battle now?”
The System observed: “It’s alright. They are all Tier 1 Demonic Beasts, and they can hold their own. The Flying Sparrow Sect also has Late Stage disciples, so this wave isn’t critical. It depends on when the Tier 2 Demonic Beasts make their move. If they can hold on until the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples return, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”
“The key is that Tier 4 Demonic Beast. The scale of this Demonic Beast invasion should be considered small.”
This wasn’t just the System talking nonsense.
Song Jiulai knew it herself.
If it was just a Tier 4 Demonic Beast and only a few Tier 3 Demonic Beasts, then the scale of this invasion was indeed very small.
The kind that wouldn’t even make it into the archives.
Yet, with such a scale, if the Cultivators couldn’t rush back in time and launched a surprise attack, it wouldn’t be a problem to slaughter half a county town.
If Song Jiulai could kill that Tier 4 Demonic Beast, the Yin Sha Deer.
It wasn’t impossible to try.
She could easily fight Tier 3 Demonic Beasts at Late Qi Condensation Stage. Now that she had reached Foundation Establishment Stage, why couldn’t she fight a Tier 4!
According to standard combat power, this Yin Sha Deer should only be manageable by someone at Mid Foundation Establishment Stage.
Good things don’t happen, but bad things do.
Honghuang and An Xiu were being chased relentlessly by Tier 3 Demonic Beasts.
They were running for their lives, but they had the advantage of a head start and familiarity with the environment around Wang’an County, barely keeping pace with the Tier 3 Demonic Beasts.
But that only lasted for about ten minutes.
“May the heavens strike us! Did we dig up their ancestors’ graves!”
These two Nine Nether Eating Spiders were relentlessly chasing them and wouldn’t let go.
Honghuang and An Xiu, who had never experienced this before, were somewhat disbelieving. During their Training, if they provoked a Demonic Beast they couldn’t defeat, the Demonic Beast wouldn’t chase them once they ran far enough.
This was because higher-tier Demonic Beasts had their own territories, and venturing elsewhere could lead to conflict with other Demonic Beasts.
Demonic Beasts also tended to avoid danger.
But these two Nine Nether Eating Spiders were completely different!
