172: Chapter 172 The Crimson-Scaled Earth Lizard King's Sneak Attack

A massive figure suddenly soared into the air from behind the pile of corpses.

Like a beast that had been lying in wait for a long time, finally waiting for the moment its prey revealed a flaw, it unleashed a strike with all its accumulated power, holding nothing back.

The figure was at least seven or eight meters long, shaped like a medium-sized bus, its entire body covered in scales that gleamed with a dark red light in the twilight, and it was a full two sizes larger than an ordinary Red-Scaled Earth Lizard.

Its claws were spread open, a full half-meter long, like five curved sickles, slashing straight down toward the top of Qin Ce's head.

The Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King.

After mutating, it had almost reached Silver Low-grade.

Half of the previous rout of those ordinary Earth Lizards was not a collapse; it was actually bait.

It was an illusion deliberately created by this Earth Lizard King.

It made the group retreat, scattered the forces of the Seventh Squad, drew everyone's attention in all directions, and then hid itself behind the pile of corpses.

Waiting for the culprit who decided the course of the battle to be isolated and helpless.

Then it would strike in one fell swoop to turn the tide of the battle!

"Captain!!!"

Jiang Mo's voice was almost a roar.

"Boss!!!"

Lei Gang was leading the pursuit on the left flank, and when he heard the roar and turned back, his pupils contracted violently.

Without a word, he turned around and charged back.

The Black Iron War Ape followed behind him, its silver-gray fur rustling as it ran.

His eyes were red, not because of fear, but because he owed Qin Ce his life.

His life had been saved by Qin Ce from the refugee camp, his body had been healed by Qin Ce, and his Pet Beast had been chosen with Qin Ce's help.

If Qin Ce died, he would not know how to repay him.

"Chief!!!"

Sun Lie was riding on the back of the Ice-Armored Blazing Rhino, galloping over from the right flank.

The hooves of the Ice-Armored Blazing Rhino trampled on the sandy ground, kicking up sparks.

"No!!!"

The thirteen newcomers shouted almost simultaneously.

Their Pet Beasts followed beside them, some running, some flying, some jumping.

Their faces were full of fear, not fear of the Earth Lizard King, but fear of loss.

They had only been with Qin Ce for a week—one week to transform from refugees into Beast Tamers, from sickly weaklings into warriors.

They had just gained a sense of belonging here, and they did not know what they would become without Qin Ce.

Everyone was running back.

The previous discipline, the previous organization, the previous formation, all scattered at this moment.

No one cared about the left or right flank anymore, no one cared about melee or ranged, no one cared about who should cover or who should attack.

There was only one thought in their minds—go back, go back to save the Captain, go back to stand in front of the Captain, go back to take that claw strike for the Captain.

Even if they couldn't stop it, even if taking one hit meant death, they had to block it.

Five pursuit squads, over twenty people, and over twenty Pet Beasts were sprinting toward Qin Ce from all directions.

But it was all too late.

The Earth Lizard King dived down too fast, like a meteorite falling from a great height. Qin Ce's team members were still a hundred meters away, and even the fastest, Lei Gang, was still eighty meters away.

Eighty meters, for the pounce of a Silver Rank ferocious beast, was merely the blink of an eye.

Yet Qin Ce stood where he was, not moving.

His shadow was obscured by the Earth Lizard King.

That massive figure covered the sky above his head, the twilight sank behind him, and darkness surged up before him.

His team members were shouting for him, calling him, roaring.

He heard them, but he did not turn his head.

At that moment, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

It was not a bitter smile, not despair, but a smile of getting exactly what he wanted.

In the world of Beast Tamers, strength is the hardest currency.

You can have leadership, you can have command ability, you can have charisma, but if you do not have strength, your team members will never be convinced of you from the bottom of their hearts.

They will listen to you, follow you, and risk their lives for you, but that is not because you are a powerhouse, but because you gave them benefits. Between these two, there is a layer of window paper separating them.

To gain their wholehearted recognition, strength recognition is the most fundamental thing.

And now, he was going to complete the last piece of the puzzle for his troop training!

That was to conquer them with pure strength!!!

The moment the Earth Lizard King dived down.

The aura inside Qin Ce changed.

It was like someone had ignited a bomb inside his body.

A massive wind pressure exploded outward with him as the center, and the mid-grade bronze wind-element energy poured out from his body like a breached flood.

The energy was so strong that it blew the gravel and dust on the ground scattering in all directions, and the two Earth Lizard corpses closest to him were pushed several meters away by the airflow.

The roaring sound of the wind pressure exploding drowned out the beast roar of the Earth Lizard King.

It drowned out the screams of his team members.

It drowned out all the sounds on the battlefield.

Qin Ce raised his right hand, palm facing upward.

Wind-element energy condensed crazily in his palm, compressed, and compressed again, until a Wind Blade took shape.

Qin Ce's palm aimed at the Red-Scaled Earth Lizard King above his head, and he looked up and softly spat out four words.

"Spider-Web Wind Blade!"

Boom!

The Wind Blade left his hand, and the next moment, it exploded in mid-air.

Dozens of tiny Wind Blades intertwined into a huge net, enveloping the Earth Lizard King from head to tail.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

The sound of countless Wind Blades cutting into the body was like raindrops hitting leaves.

Under the cutting of the Wind Blades, the scales of the Earth Lizard King emitted a harsh metallic friction sound, and sparks flew everywhere.

The net woven by dozens of Wind Blades was like an invisible giant hand, binding the Earth Lizard King tightly.