170: Chapter 170 Tianlu's Third Skill: Illusion

The crisis did not end there.

After this attack, over a dozen more attacks converged from all directions.

A short while ago, just as Qin Ce used Tianlu's Lumeng to turn the Red-Scaled Earth Lizards that were originally besieging them into a defensive wall, the leader of the Red-Scaled Earth Lizards had set its sights on Qin Ce.

It knew very well that the key to this battle was Qin Ce and the Tianlu by his side.

That damned little flying lion had used a bizarre skill to control its subordinates.

It had created excellent attacking conditions for those twenty-four Beast Tamers.

That was how the current evenly matched situation had formed.

If it weren't for that human and the little flying lion, those twenty-four people would be sitting ducks!

Therefore, when the beast horde's siege was obstructed, the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King did not continue to command or mobilize its troops.

Instead, it began plotting a sneak attack!

It deliberately detoured from the slope behind to the South, which was closer to Qin Ce, and lay behind a large rock, its dark golden eyes locked onto Qin Ce.

Then, it opened its mouth to emit infrasound waves, directly commanding dozens of Earth Lizards above Bronze Rank that were hiding on the periphery and unable to squeeze in, forming a fan-shaped fire net hidden within the besieging beast horde.

At the moment it spotted Qin Ce withdrawing his gaze from the battlefield, feeling relaxed in his heart.

A dark red light lit up deep within their throats.

With the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King leading the attack, the other beasts struck simultaneously.

Dozens of explosive flame beams converged on Qin Ce and Tianlu.

This coordinated fire was extremely sophisticated, with a special attack sequence. Through different rhythms, they continuously compressed Qin Ce and Tianlu's evasive space from the outside in. The initial flame beams locked down a three-meter radius, and then it continuously compressed, densely sealing off any escape routes until there was nowhere left to dodge and they would be struck.

In the end, Qin Ce and his companion were bound to take at least one hit.

This level of coordination was not something a black iron rank beast horde should naturally possess.

But after the brief appearance of the God-level Ruins this time, a bloodline connection had emerged within the Red-Scaled Earth Lizards.

They subconsciously gained this combined attack technique.

The spectacular attack covered more than half the battlefield.

This left the scouts nearby, who hadn't yet recovered from the shock of Qin Ce's brilliant use of borrowed force to create an offensive-defensive stalemate, stunned by the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard's exquisite focused sneak attack the very next moment.

"Holy crap, that's awesome... Hey, watch out!"

"This attack coordination—is this a battle that a black iron rank beast horde can have?"

"It's over. That young master is only black iron rank, right? Being attacked by a Silver Rank Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King, isn't he dead for sure?"

"Have these beasts become spirits?"

"It's not becoming spirits, it's mutation. Under the stimulation of the God-level Ruins' aura, all the fierce beasts nearby have undergone significant mutations."

The scouts were simply astonished.

But the Beast Tamers of the Seventh Squad turned around and exclaimed, all wanting to rush up to rescue him.

But the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King's sneak attack was too fast, so fast that they didn't even have time to shout "Captain".

The surrounding Red-Scaled Earth Lizards roared in excitement; this wave of attacks was so satisfying.

Then, in the blink of an eye.

The first flame beam flew past Qin Ce's shoulder, the heat scorching the fabric of his military uniform on his shoulder.

The second one swept over his head, burning off a few strands of his hair.

The third, fourth, fifth—one after another, each one closer than the last.

Qin Ce stood on the corpse of an Earth Lizard, dodging continuously under his feet, surrounded by scorching flames that grazed past him.

The great net formed by the flames was about to tighten, and several attacks were about to slam into Qin Ce.

However, at this moment, Qin Ce suddenly looked down at Tianlu.

He snapped his fingers.

"Tianlu, [Void Walk]."

The voice was not loud, but everyone heard it.

Then, they saw a point of nine-colored light light up on Tianlu's antlers.

It enveloped Qin Ce and itself.

The silver light, like moonlight, like mercury, like a thin veil, covered the human and the beast.

Then, Qin Ce and Tianlu's bodies—at the moment before the flame beams arrived, Qin Ce took a step to the left, and the whole person, carrying Tianlu, vanished!

The flames exploded where they had been standing.

The next moment, the figures of Qin Ce and Tianlu appeared five meters to the left.

They had perfectly dodged the Red-Scaled Earth Lizards' attack.

This scene made the recently high-pitched beast roars come to an abrupt stop.

Everyone around exclaimed: "A spatial teleportation skill!!!"

Clatter.

On the hillside, the binoculars in the scout's hand fell to the ground.

The Wang family scout in the leather jacket didn't even feel it when his cigarette burned his hand; he just muttered: "A Black Iron Low-Grade Pet Beast that knows a spatial teleportation skill..."

The space attribute is the rarest, most profound, and hardest to control of all attributes.

In the entire Fengling City, the number of Beast Tamers who could master spatial skills below Gold Rank could be counted on one hand.

And the little lion in front of them, just a month old, not only mastered it but used it so precisely.

Under such focused fire, under such a blockade, it had found the only path to survival.

Qin Ce ignored those exclamations.

He stood on the corpse, looking down at the Silver Rank leader.

The leader lay behind the large rock, and for the first time, a hint of uncertainty and fear appeared in its dark golden eyes.

It didn't understand why this Black Iron Low-Grade little lion could use spatial teleportation.

It didn't understand why this human couldn't be killed even like this.

Qin Ce looked into its eyes and then spoke.

"Are you done attacking?" He paused, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth. "Then it's my turn."

"Tianlu, Lumeng attack."

He directly had Tianlu unleash two Lumeng attacks at the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King.

Then, two light talismans flew one after another toward the Silver Rank Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King.

The Earth Lizard King wanted to dodge, but its size was too large, its speed was too slow, and it hadn't even reacted yet.

The first light talisman landed on it; its body suddenly stiffened, its dark golden eyes filled with disbelief.

This is... energy chaos?

At this moment, it finally understood why the previous Earth Lizards had fallen directly.

This is a type of attack that disrupts the body and all energy.

Including physical strength!

And a young beast that was clearly Black Iron Low-Grade could actually control it.

This kind of energy influence across ranks, even if only for a fleeting moment, was by no means simple.

Afterwards, the second light talisman landed right after.

This action seemed to be letting the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King confirm once again that this little thing really had the ability to control it.

"This child must never be left alive!"

At this moment, the leader's entire attention was focused on Tianlu.

But after doing all this, Qin Ce turned around and ignored the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King, leaving it with his back.

He directly ordered his stunned subordinates to attack the ordinary Earth Lizards: "Continue the attack!"

Boom!

At this moment, morale exploded, and the Seventh Squad's attack rose to another level!

Sun Lie and Feng Bao began to take the initiative simultaneously. The Ice-Armored Blazing Rhino's lava bombs and the Chi Tiger Beast's Thunder Light Claw, one on the left and one on the right, simultaneously slammed into the besieging beast horde in front.

The next moment, the beast horde let out miserable screams.

The Earth Lizard horde began to fall into chaos.

Some were still rushing forward, some had already started to retreat, and some were spinning in place, at a loss.

Those Bronze Rank Earth Lizards began, under Qin Ce's designation, to be reaped by the two Silver Rankers who had taken the initiative.

Then those at the black iron rank were also killed one by one under the subsequent attacks of the other Beast Tamers.

At this moment, the Seventh Squad's attack surged like a tidal wave.

The newcomers were no longer afraid, the veterans were no longer nervous, and even the Pet Beasts were fighting more fiercely.

Morale exploded, attacks surged like a tide.

For a time, Qin Ce's squad actually began to counterattack against the trend!

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