124: Chapter 124 One man is an army, follow me into the rescue!

Captain Wang stared blankly at Lin Yuan, who was standing atop the Beast King's head, feeling as if his brain had stopped functioning.

Is this really the young man Li Chifeng brought back?

Strolling casually and crushing a Beast King with a single stomp—are you sure this isn't a Martial Arts Grandmaster? But a young man of eighteen or nineteen?

Has the world gone this crazy? How did I not know...

Among the three to four hundred soldiers present, aside from those in Li Chifeng's squad, everyone else was no better off than Captain Wang, each one rendered speechless.

Lin Yuan scanned the crowd, slowly descended to the ground, and patted the still-dazed Captain Wang on the shoulder.

"Captain Wang, take your men and recover here. You can leave this to me."

As his voice fell, Lin Yuan turned and walked toward the charging beast tide.

With his left hand behind his back, he casually traced patterns in the air with his right. One after another, blinding silver light blades shot out, and swaths of fierce beasts fell like wheat being harvested, as blood flowed like a river.

Lin Yuan continued walking step by step over the corpses of the fierce beasts, gradually receding into the distance...

"Am I seeing things? Where did this young man come from? He's too much of a monster..."

The burly captain, an early-stage Rank Four, had returned to his original form and spoke with disbelief.

Li Chifeng was helped up by his teammates and came to his side.

"His name is Lin Yuan. We ran into him on the road. At the time, he insta-killed over a dozen Rank Three fierce beasts and saved our squad. He said he came to join the army, so I let him follow us."

"What? To join the army? That's fantastic! Our military is about to produce another monster!" the Rank Four captain said with relief.

"Captain Liu, this isn't just some genius; you can't even call him that anymore. He's simply a freak."

"Freaks are good. Our military lacks freaks, hahahaha..."

Hearing Captain Liu's hearty laughter, the soldiers relaxed. Just moments ago, everyone thought they would likely die in battle here today. They hadn't expected a freak to suddenly appear and save them.

Captain Wang also snapped out of it at this moment. Looking at Lin Yuan's receding back, he began to feel quite embarrassed.

Did I just say he was fooling around? Did I tell him not to run around and not to cause trouble?

I must have been out of my mind to say such things to a figure like a God of War. How embarrassing...

"Alright! Hurry up and recover on the spot. In ten minutes, we continue the hunt. We can't let Brother Lin fight alone!" Captain Liu issued the order.

"Yes!"

...

By the time everyone had recovered and set out again, Lin Yuan was nowhere to be seen.

"Force march! Support Brother Lin!" Captain Liu shouted the command.

"Yes!"

The army of over three hundred showed no signs of disorder, chasing after Lin Yuan in unison at high speed...

Along the way, the soldiers' shock grew beyond measure.

The corpses of brutally killed beasts were everywhere, the ground dyed red with beast blood, yet that heroic figure was still nowhere to be seen.

"This... how many beasts has Brother Lin killed... I feel like this branch of the beast tide isn't even enough for him to kill alone."

"Yeah, we still can't see him. If the military had more monsters like him, the beasts would have been driven back to their hometowns long ago."

"Alright, stop the chatter and hurry up..."

The team accelerated again, chasing after Lin Yuan with all their might.

But when they chased all the way to the entrance of Void Rift No. 3, they still didn't see Lin Yuan, only beast corpses covering the ground.

"Captain Liu, Brother Lin couldn't have charged into the rift, could he?" Li Chifeng guessed.

"It's possible. This Brother Lin really is a monster. Doesn't he get tired? Is his spiritual power bottomless?" Captain Liu sighed with emotion.

"Brother Lin is definitely no ordinary person. To have such unfathomable strength at such a young age, I wonder which power cultivated such a genius and was actually willing to let him onto the battlefield alone."

"Forget it. The inside of the rift isn't a place we can go. Let's report this to the Regimental Headquarters as soon as possible and return to our station first," Captain Liu decided.

The team then hurried toward the Regimental Headquarters station and returned shortly after.

Upon returning, Captain Liu called Li Chifeng and went to the Battalion Headquarters.

They happened to run into the Seventh Battalion Commander, who had just finished a meeting, and went up to meet him.

"Reporting, Commander, we have something to report," the two said while saluting.

"You're back so soon? Is the beast tide branch resolved? I heard the level of this branch wasn't low. The meeting just decided to send a few more squads to support you. Why are you back early?" the Seventh Battalion Commander asked in confusion.

"It's like this, Commander. This is exactly what we need to report..."

Captain Liu then recounted the entire event, leaving the Seventh Battalion Commander shocked and speechless for a long time.

"You're saying that Lin Yuan has already fought his way into the Void Rift?" the Seventh Battalion Commander frowned.

"Most likely. We chased him to the entrance of the Void Rift and didn't see a trace of him. He probably went inside," Captain Liu guessed.

Hearing this, the Seventh Battalion Commander pondered for a moment. Their Seventh Battalion was the one furthest back; they lacked personnel, and experts were even rarer.

This Lin Yuan was an army unto himself! If someone with such strength could join the Seventh Battalion, their battalion could hold its head high in the future.

Competition also existed within the military. The military frequently held Grand Competitions to promote healthy rivalry, which was a necessary factor for growing the military's strength.

"This Lin Yuan cannot fall to another battalion. He is the chance for my Seventh Battalion to rise. You two, come with me right now!" the Seventh Battalion Commander waved his hand.

"Where are we going, Commander?" Captain Liu was puzzled.

"Follow me inside to snatch him!"

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At this moment, Lin Yuan had indeed charged into the Void Rift. He had destroyed hundreds of fierce beasts along the way, but they provided few ability points. Soul bodies below Rank Four provided too little.

So he decided not to register yet. He couldn't waste the ability points; it wouldn't be too late to register after a round of harvesting.

Thus, Lin Yuan stepped directly into the Void Rift.

As soon as he entered, Lin Yuan found that this place was a plain. The golden soil was bare, without any vegetation.

He could see scattered beasts rushing toward the exit. Lin Yuan unsheathed his swimming dragon sword and casually dealt with them.

Then, guided by Chu Leida, he charged toward the main beast tide.

Along the way, Lin Yuan devoured many more soul bodies. The beast tide had originally rushed out of the rift and had been driven back by the military, so it was inevitable that a large number of soul bodies remained on the path.

"Coming to the military was the right choice. There really are enough soul bodies here. This is great!!"

Lin Yuan felt a secret thrill as he absorbed them vigorously.

Before long, Lin Yuan arrived at the main beast tide area. At a glance, there were truly a lot of fierce beasts.

It was several times larger than the one at Tiger Leaping Cliff. No wonder it required a whole regiment to resist. High-level martial artists in Great Xia were still too scarce, and even fewer were willing to serve in the military.

"There are about two thousand military personnel here. The leader has the strength of an early-stage Rank Six; he should be the commander of this Regimental Headquarters," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The beasts in the tide were mostly around Rank Four. The military personnel firmly held the upper hand, pressing the beasts into a steady retreat.

Lin Yuan was in no hurry to act. Instead, he followed behind the ranks, devouring soul bodies.

Looking at the ability points on the system panel, Lin Yuan revealed a faint smile.

Roar!! Roar!! Roar!!

Just then, a series of giant roars from fierce beasts rang out. Lin Yuan frowned and looked over. At the rear of the beast tide, a vast mist suddenly rose into the sky.

Pairs of bloodthirsty eyes flickered in and out of sight within the mist.

The beast tide consciously split to both sides, as if making way for this mass of mist...