68: My nose was bitten until it bled.

Savage Bull Charge!

Over a hundred Magic Bulls roared in anger, galloping with hooves raised in perfect unison.

Pairs of horns, cold and sharp, glinted with a chilling light as they faced the wind, seemingly ready to pierce the heavens.

Just looking at them made everyone's hearts tremble with fear, as if they were seeing the most elite cavalry.

Disorganized they might be one thing, but in formation, they were invincible!

"Brother, why don't you release the fish too! Once we get out, I'll give you 3 million Credits."

"I'll give 2 million Credits."

"I'll give 4 million Credits."

"I'll give 3 million Credits."

Zhuang Xiaoyan's eyes flickered: "I'll give 20 million Credits."

Heh, what a little rich girl!

Xu Le looked at Zhu Gui. Zhu Gui looked at the others and said with a stiff upper lip, "I'll give 1 million Credits."

Xu Le smiled: "You should have said so earlier! It's a deal!"

With a wave of the scythe of death staff, over a hundred Ghost Red Carp appeared, following behind the Little Dog.

Rumble~

The Magic Bulls' charge had already arrived.

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

Various long-range attacks were hurled indiscriminately into the herd of Magic Bulls.

They prayed in their hearts: "As long as these dogs can hold out for a minute—no, even 30 seconds—they would have a sliver of hope for survival."

Everyone stared with wide eyes and clenched fists, hoping to lend their strength to the pack of dogs so they could withstand the fiercest wave of the charge.

As long as they could withstand the first wave.

The threat of the Magic Bulls would be reduced by at least seventy percent.

"You must hold on!"

Seeing the Magic Bulls collide with the dogs, the crowd even forgot to attack for a moment.

This was the moment that decided life or death.

If the dogs couldn't stop them, there was no point in resisting anymore.

Bang bang bang bang... The sounds of impact hit their ears like raindrops. Then, they saw the Magic Bulls at the very front collapse instantly, like waves crashing against a reef.

The Magic Bulls charging from behind crashed into the defeated ones, then into the dogs, and then they too became part of the routing force, falling back and crashing into the newly charging Magic Bulls.

Wave after wave.

The Magic Bulls didn't advance an inch.

The dogs stood firm.

No, the dogs were counter-charging.

The relatively small dogs actually pushed back wave after wave of Magic Bulls, instead charging forward to bite and tear.

The Magic Bulls in the back were still continuing their charge.

A mountain-like Earth Spike suddenly burst from the ground, sending two nearby Magic Bulls flying.

A tornado whistled, sweeping past the Magic Bulls.

Although it didn't manage to pull the Magic Bulls in and kill them, it left them covered in wounds.

What kind of dogs are these to be so strong?

Everyone looked at Xu Le in shock.

It wasn't that they hadn't seen pets capable of using Clone before.

Usually, there were three or five, maybe a dozen for some, and at most around a hundred.

They had never seen anyone's pet produce six hundred Clones, and with such high combat power.

If someone had told them before that a pet could produce 600 Clones, and each Clone could withstand and defeat a Magic Bull's charge...

They definitely wouldn't have argued.

What was the point of arguing with a lunatic? Wouldn't that just make them look stupid?

Zhu Gui swallowed hard, his gaze toward Xu Le becoming increasingly fanatical.

"Yin!"

The Little Yellow Chicken, having revealed its true Phoenix form, let out a clear cry. Together with its nine Clones, it continuously bombarded the herd with fireballs.

A massacre!

It was a one-sided slaughter.

The hundred-plus Magic Bulls had no room to resist. They couldn't even win a one-on-one against a Little Dog Clone, let alone one-on-five.

With the addition of the Little Yellow Chicken, Little Silly Crow, and Little Black Snake, things went from bad to worse, and they were soon completely wiped out.

Flash!

A white light flashed.

Xu Le leveled up to Level 59.

"Almost Level 60."

"I haven't even used the Level 50 contract slot yet."

Xu Le muttered to himself. The others slowly snapped out of it, looking at Xu Le as if they were looking at a monster.

One of the boys quickly ran to Xu Le's side: "Classmate, are you really a Contractor?"

"Genuine and authentic!" Xu Le replied.

"Then do you have anything you want to say? Say a few words."

"Say a few words!"

"Say a few words!"

Having survived a disaster, the crowd began to cheer and jeer.

Xu Le glanced at the hundred-plus Ghostly Magic Oxs added to his scythe of death staff, and his mood improved greatly: "Alright, I'll say a few words."

"Thank you all for your generosity. I remember the total is 28 million Credits. If you're not busy, remember to give me an IOU."

"Thanks again!"

After saying that, he smilingly handed out paper and pens to everyone.

Everyone looked at each other, eventually focusing their gazes on the hundred or so Ghost Red Carp floating in the air, their expressions growing increasingly bitter.

"What did they even do just now?"

"Uh, they looked pretty floating in the air. At least they're a qualified group of cheerleaders," one member, who didn't want to be named, said while clutching his chest.

"Not exactly. They did shoot a small arrow just now and took a few bites. Look, that Magic Bull's... nose was bitten open."

"..."

Biting a nose open—this damage was truly terrifying!

Having survived a near-death experience, the original feelings of luck and gratitude could have filled ten thousand words.

However, at this moment, the gratitude in everyone's hearts wasn't quite so much anymore.

Xu Le happily tucked away the IOUs.

Looking back, the temple was still directly ahead.

Clearly, the Magic Bulls had nothing to do with the power trapping them.

The crowd began to worry again.

"Should we go up and take a look?"

"How do we get up? We can jump, but we'll just fall right back down. It's pointless."

"Brother Le, I see there's a Phoenix among your contracted beasts. Is that really a Phoenix? Could you have it fly us up to take a look?"

After a battle, everyone had learned each other's names.

Feeling like they were friends bound by life and death, Huang Yongqiang started eyeing the Little Yellow Chicken.

The Little Yellow Chicken shook its head frantically, continuously relaying emotions of resistance through the Mind Link.

It wouldn't even allow its Clones to do it.

It was the Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix, a Divine Beast that looked down on the world. It didn't even let its master ride it, so why should it let others?

Xu Le naturally wouldn't wrong the Little Yellow Chicken and refused directly.

Being rejected made Huang Yongqiang feel embarrassed, and he said rudely, "Fine, the Phoenix is a Divine Beast, so forget about riding it. But riding that raven should be fine, right? After all, I spent 2 million Credits!"

!!!

Someone wants to ride me?

The Little Silly Crow was instantly enraged, lifting its cold eyes to glare at Huang Yongqiang.

"Gua gua gua!" (Stupid idiot, do you want to die?)

Xu Le stroked the Little Silly Crow's head, and the latter immediately calmed down, squinting its eyes to enjoy the God's soothing touch.

Only then did Xu Le coldly refuse: "That's also a no! Those 2 million were the price for you begging me to release the fish. Besides, these contracted beasts are my dear friends and family."

Begging?

Huang Yongqiang felt like he was about to explode with anger.

He spent 2 million just to see some fish, and he couldn't even ride a bird.

What, was that bird made of gold?

However, he could only think those words in his head.

By now, he had recognized that Xu Le was the powerhouse who had previously suppressed Bu Yang. Compared to him, he was far outclassed.

Zhuang Xiaoyan clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention, directly ignoring the dispute between the two and tossing out a question: "Everyone, think hard. How do we leave this place?"

The solution, naturally, lay within that illusory temple.

But how were they to get up there?

Everyone looked at Xu Le, only to see a pair of large gray wings appear on his back. With a gentle flap, he flew directly toward the temple.