150: Chapter 150 Initial Victory

"A piece of cake," Xia Ran nodded.

The next second, the ground trembled slightly.

"Crack, crack..."

Along with the surrounding slopes, countless thick vines and tree roots burst from the soil, then intertwined, wove, and grew!

In just a few minutes—

A wooden fortress about ten meters high and covering two hundred square meters, constructed entirely of plants, stood in the center of the rocky platform!

The fortress was divided into two levels, with observation decks and firing ports.

On the outskirts, a three-meter-high wooden wall made of intertwined thorny vines and hard wooden stakes rose from the ground, protecting the fortress and a small area of the rocky platform.

"Xia Ran, your ability is so practical!" Qi Yun praised.

Xia Ran smiled proudly.

Suddenly, Qi Yun's expression changed abruptly!

"Enemy attack! Those with rare classes or above, follow me and prepare for battle!" Qi Yun's gaze fixed on the bottom of the slope ahead.

Everyone instantly heightened their alertness and followed Qi Yun out of the wall.

In the sparse woods below the slope ahead, shadows flickered, and dense, heavy footsteps echoed.

Then, like a tide, dense swarms of even more hideous monsters crawled toward the wooden fortress, forming a dark, oppressive mass!

At a rough glance, there were at least two or three thousand of them!

Among them were clearly some elite individuals with exceptionally large bodies or even more bizarre appearances!

Leading them were several particularly conspicuous humanoid monsters.

These "humanoid monsters" appeared to possess higher intelligence.

They led the monster army and stopped about a hundred meters away from the wooden fortress.

Upon seeing that Qi Yun and his group consisted of a mere dozen or so people, the leading humanoid monsters actually showed expressions of disappointment and contempt.

One particularly tall, gray-skinned humanoid monster with a single horn on its forehead waved its claw.

Immediately, over twenty ordinary monsters let out excited roars, broke away from the main force, and scrambled to pounce toward Qi Yun and the others!

The one-horned leader actually turned around, seemingly planning to lead the majority of the monsters away to hunt elsewhere.

The next second.

The gray-skinned, one-horned leader who had just turned to leave suddenly halted.

A monster's head rolled to its feet.

It slowly turned back around. Looking toward the wooden fortress again, the previous disappointment and contempt in its eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a burning, intense light of excitement!

Its eyes locked onto Qi Yun, and it spoke in human tongue, though filled with ecstasy:

"That old hag's prophecy was right!"

"We really can wait for powerful humans here!!"

The other humanoid monsters also reacted, looking at Qi Yun and the others with eyes bursting with greed and bloodlust:

"What a strong aura! What kind of attack was that just now?!"

"They don't look weak! They must taste very nourishing!"

"Let me go first! This human belongs to me!"

A tall, thin, green-skinned humanoid monster with exceptionally long limbs, like a stick insect, couldn't restrain itself and charged toward the wooden fortress with incredible speed!

The nails on its hands grew sharply, flashing with an eerie green light, clearly venomous.

Xia Jin gave a sharp cry, her figure flashing as she slashed at the green shadow!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The sound of metal clashing exploded!

The green shadow and red light instantly became entangled, moving so fast it was dizzying.

However, in less than a minute—

*Pfft!*

The green-skinned humanoid monster swayed and fell.

However, the death of their companion, instead of frightening the remaining monsters, seemed to ignite the madness and greed in their bones!

"Kill them! Eat them! Then we can evolve!!"

"Go! Everyone together!!"

The one-horned gray-skinned minor leader let out a world-shaking roar.

"Roar—!!!"

The remaining two thousand-plus monsters, like a bursting black torrent, launched a landslide-like all-out charge toward the small wooden fortress!

A dozen or so humans against over two thousand ferocious monsters!

The disparity in numbers was despairingly vast.

But in everyone's eyes, there was not a hint of fear, only a blazing will to fight!

"Kill!"

As the word fell, the dozen people also boldly charged into the boundless ocean of monsters!

The battle instantly reached a fever pitch!

Energy lights flashed continuously, and the sounds of clashing weapons, monster roars, and shouts echoed across the slope.

Every second, monsters fell, but even more pounced forward without fear of death.

This brutal and grand battle lasted for a full hour!

When the one-horned leader was sliced in half by Qi Yun's Space Slash, the remaining ordinary monsters finally let out terrified wails.

The slope had already turned into a massive slaughterhouse of flesh and blood.

As far as the eye could see, the entire hillside was covered in monster corpses!

Of the two thousand-plus monsters, almost all were wiped out, except for a few that fled!

On the 01 Tribe's side, many people were more or less injured, looking quite disheveled.

An hour of continuous high-intensity combat was a huge drain on both physical and mental strength.

However, just as everyone was catching their breath and checking their injuries—

A soft, warm, and vibrant light green halo quietly spread out with Ke Yun as the center.

As the halo brushed over their bodies, everyone felt a warm current flow into their limbs and bones.

"It's Ke Yun's Healing Domain!"

"So comfortable! My wounds don't hurt anymore!"

"I feel like I have strength again!"

The girls cried out in surprise.

Soon, under the continuous nourishment of the light green halo, everyone's injuries improved rapidly, and minor wounds basically healed.

"Hahaha! Awesome! That was such a satisfying fight!" Chen Xiaolin wiped the blood from her face and waved her fist excitedly, with faint electric arcs still jumping around her.

"I think I've reached level 19!"

"I'm level 15!" Su Mu said happily.

"I'm level 17 too," Sophia nodded.

"My sister and I are both level 18!" Lin Le and Lin Wan said in unison.

The experience points brought by this high-intensity life-and-death struggle were incredibly abundant!

Qi Yun checked his own panel, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He had reached level 25.

Qi Yun's gaze swept over the pretty faces, which, though tired, were filled with excitement and a will to fight, and he felt gratified.

Before reaching the Land of Beginning, these girls had to be strong enough.

However, this Quan Island was indeed dangerous enough; ordinary Tribes would find it hard even to land.

[Run! Run!! You can't go to Quan Island! Over a dozen of our brothers were all lost on that ghost beach! Those monsters aren't just charging blindly; there's an ambush!]

[In the nearby waters, already turned around! Thank you, big shot, for risking your life for the intel! May the deceased rest in peace (prayer hands).]

[Tch, blaming the island's danger for your own lack of skill? Don't you understand high risk, high reward? That island clearly looks like a high-level resource point!]

[Holy crap!!! Big news! That cruise ship, they seem to have successfully landed.]

[Heh, probably the effect of some rare item of gold tier or above. What's there to show off? The monsters on the island will teach them a lesson in a bit.]