202: Chapter 202 Beast Tide Invasion

Chapter 202: Beast Tide Invasion

Soul-shaking beast roars sounded one after another, rapidly spreading across all directions of the mountain range like a contagious disease.

Accompanied by the deafening sound of wind rushing past the ears, a series of heavy footsteps suddenly rang out in the gloom.

Tap, tap, tap~

Until the footsteps reached a certain volume, the figures of Aier's squad and others leaped out from the darkness one after another.

Aier hurried over in front of Lister, and respectfully reported, "Lord Lister, many magical beasts and wild beasts in the southern part of the mountain range have already been provoked and attracted."

"Well done." Lister wore a look of approval.

On the other side, footsteps were still coming. Soon, Spartacus and Sejin led the members of their respective squads back, and they had all completed their respective missions.

Listening to the horrifying beast roars continuously coming from the dark and eerie environment around his ears, Lister did not hesitate at all, and quickly took out a special bottle containing the essential blood of the Black Flame Demon Bear from his storage ring.

Ever since he obtained the corpse of the Black Flame Demon Bear gifted by Commander Ellis, he had separated and collected all the precious parts from it.

The animal skin, bones, and internal organs were all fused and made into weapons, equipment, and items for special purposes, while the bulk of the meat was used as rewards and for his own consumption.

Besides these, the most precious thing he collected in his hands was the demon bear's blood, or it could also be called essential blood.

After a magical beast died, the blood in its body would usually trigger a stress mechanism to automatically evaporate and dissipate.

Only the essence within the blood, which was the essential blood, could avoid this situation. Therefore, over time, people directly equated magical beast blood with essential blood, after all, ordinary blood could not be extracted.

The preciousness of essential blood was not only reflected in the Black Flame Demon Bear, but it was also the most precious resource on any other magical beast.

Precisely because of this, it was extremely difficult to separate it from a magical beast, and the stronger the bloodline of the magical beast, the harder the separation.

And after he finished separating the essential blood from the Black Flame Demon Bear, he had only obtained a mere three small bottles.

Last time during the fight for the Earth Dragon Fish, he had already made Spartacus use a small bottle.

In fact, he later found out that he didn't need that much at all; using just a tiny bit could produce the desired result.

Although losing quite a bit of essential blood made his heart ache, it at least allowed him to figure out the potency of the essential blood.

However, this time was different from the last; the Tianping Mountain Range was much larger than the Water Marsh Forest, and the overall strength of the Shadow Leopard Tribe was extremely formidable.

If he wanted to cause a huge impact on the Shadow Leopard Tribe, the scale of the beast tide could by no means be too small, and the essential blood required would be immeasurable.

Suppressing the pain in his heart, he carefully opened the bottle cap, and instantly a special aura mixed with a bloody stench gushed out.

Within a few breaths, the surrounding air was completely filled and permeated by this aura.

Pinching the bottle body and tilting it slightly, a drop of deep Red blood containing rich and explosive magic factors slid down along the bottle mouth.

In an instant, fallen leaves, pebbles, soil, and other substances that came into contact with the essential blood rapidly dissolved and split under the erosion of the violent magical energy.

An invisible aura with a terrifying temptation for magical beasts and wild beasts swept rapidly into the gloom of the mountain range.

Feeling a sense in his heart, Lister immediately ordered, "Everyone, let's go!"

Due to the rugged terrain of the mountain range, before going up the mountain, Lister had instructed a Soldier to take all the horses to standby at the foot of the western mountain.

These horses were all top-grade horses carefully selected and specially trained (conditioned by Baize).

Even without anyone tending to them, they would obey their owner's orders and stand by in place. Sending a knight to lead them was simply to prevent attacks from fierce beasts.

As the figures of Lister and his party, along with Baize, shuttled rapidly through the mountain forest, the sound of the wind in their ears became increasingly piercing and sharp.

Compared to horses that were not yet magical beasts, the running speed of knights was not slower than theirs at all, and was even much faster.

However, doing this would not only waste physical strength in vain, but also lack an extremely important sense of presence and style.

Moreover, the reason why knights were called knights wasn't it because of the word "ride" in front? Otherwise, why spend so much effort raising horses?

The running speed of the group became faster and faster, and their bodies gradually formed a "shashasha" friction sound with the fierce wind, resembling ghosts whose figures could not be seen clearly in the gloom.

Less than a minute after they left, a beast roar with an extremely strong sense of oppression suddenly came from behind.

Following that, one after another, endless beast roars continuously sounded, and a slight ground vibration sensation quickly spread to the feet of their party.

Lister knew that the demon bear's essential blood had taken effect. At their speed, they had already run a thousand meters away by this moment.

Yet this feeling of vibration was still clearly transmitted to their feet, showing that the rioting magical beasts and wild beasts were definitely not few.

Thinking of this, his pace involuntarily accelerated by another fraction, and seeing this, the others also accelerated and followed closely behind.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the place at the foot of the mountain where the horses were standing by.

Mounting their warhorses, Lister dripped another drop of demon bear essential blood onto the ground, and then led the crowd galloping towards Red's squad.

In less than a few thousand seconds, rumbling earth-shaking sounds rapidly attacked from behind them, and the speed was so fast that Lister's expression suddenly changed.

"The effect is actually this good!"

Originally he thought the formation of the beast tide would be a bit slower, but now it seemed he still underestimated the attraction of the Black Flame Demon Bear's essential blood.

Not only that, his previous behavior of slowing down the horses' speed to lower the attention of the northern and southern outposts had now completely vanished into thin air.

Such a huge commotion happening in the Tianping Mountain Range would inevitably attract the attention of the patrolling Soldiers at those two adjacent outposts.

Thinking of this, he knew that their actions must accelerate again, otherwise once those two outposts reacted, they would definitely report to the tribe's encampment.

"Everyone accelerate with all your might!"

With an order, the crowd immediately struggled to wave the horse whips in their hands, and the warhorses beneath them sped up their hooves again in pain.

Looking at the deep snow that severely slowed down the horses' speed, Lister no longer cared about the issue of commotion, and fiercely waved the sharp spear in his hand forward.

The fierce hurricane formed by the "Storm Spear Technique" instantly burst out, and the snow in front of the crowd swirled into the air like flying dust, making the ground instantly flat.

Without the obstruction of snow, the speed of the horses could be fully unleashed.

At the same time, the Shadow Leopard Tribe outposts on the northern and southern sides were also completely startled by the rioting beast tide and the huge commotion caused by this hurricane.

"What happened, how could there be such a huge commotion."

A young patrolling Soldier in the observation room of the northern outpost heard the huge commotion coming from a hundred meters away, and shouted out in panic.

However, the dark night of winter was too dark. Without the illumination of firelight, he could not see a thing, causing a trace of fear toward the unknown to involuntarily arise in his heart.

The experienced patrolling Soldier in his prime next to him, however, reacted all at once.

"Not good, this seems to be a beast tide happening in the Tianping Mountain Range."

"What, a beast tide!" The panic on the young Soldier's face intensified even more.

Without paying attention to his shock, the prime-aged Soldier shouted loudly toward the bottom of the observation tower, passing this news to the patrolling Soldiers below.

Hearing the words "beast tide", the expressions of the Soldiers stationed around the outpost changed drastically. The Soldier who reacted the fastest hurriedly leaped onto the horse's back and galloped towards the direction of the tribe's core encampment.

A similar scene also happened at the southern outpost, except that the reaction speed was a bit slower.

On the other side, Lister and the others, who had already rendezvoused with Red's squad, charged towards the core encampment of the Shadow Leopard Tribe under Lister's command.

Raymond, who was observing the field of view in the sky, provided them with the best action route at all times.

In the dark night, the Knight Squad wearing full-plate armor resembled ruthless grim reapers, shuttling like the wind through the dense forest gathered with winter trees.

All tribe Soldiers and Serfs seen on the road were mercilessly killed with a single strike.

And the people touched by Baize were even more miserable. With sharp claws harder and sharper than a mithril sword, a gentle sweep left a pile of severed limbs and bodies on the ground.

As the crowd galloped and charged swiftly, drops of demon bear essential blood fell to the ground from time to time, and soon a small bottle of essential blood was completely used up.

Seeing that there was still some distance from the core encampment of the Shadow Leopard Tribe, Lister had no choice but to endure the heartache and pull out the last small bottle of demon bear essential blood to continue using.

Until after charging all the way unimpeded and using nearly a third of the demon bear's essential blood, the appearance of the core encampment of the Shadow Leopard Tribe finally appeared before their eyes.

Looking from afar, a large number of endless wooden buildings were built consecutively, with a rich aura of fireworks permeating among them, resembling the prototype of a small city.

On the outermost periphery of the tribe, watchtowers built from stone walls stood toweringly, with the distance between each being no more than fifty meters.

Below the watchtowers, squads of Soldiers composed of five to ten people patrolled back and forth, and the tightness of the defense was quite good.

Yet all this was viewed by Lister based on the comparison between tribes, compared to the tall city walls of the kingdom.

This wide-open defense form was almost identical to the northern tribes seen in film and television dramas in his past life.

The huge loopholes filled everywhere gave him the feeling that he could casually break in anywhere.

However, he knew that this construction form did not represent all tribes; among other tribal forces, there were also quite a few that built solid city walls as defensive facilities.

Retracting his gaze slowly, he quickly poured a drop of essential blood from the bottle containing the remaining two-thirds of the demon bear's essential blood carefully into another small empty bottle.

Then, he, whose figure could only be seen vaguely in the dark, spoke, "Baize, use your telepathy to tell Raymond to catch this bottle containing magical beast essential blood and throw it inside the Shadow Leopard Tribe."

Baize softly acknowledged, and immediately activated its telepathy ability, calling for Raymond, who was observing the field of view in the sky, to pay attention.

Seeing Baize nod gently to indicate there was no problem, Lister circulated battle qi to wrap around the bottle body, and then forcefully threw it straight up with his arm.

The bottle was like an arrow leaving the string, appearing in the sky several hundred meters high in the blink of an eye.

With the terrifying eyesight of a lion, Raymond instantly captured the special small bottle as small as an egg, waved its wings with an acceleration, and grabbed it firmly.

The next second, it flapped its wings and ascended into the higher, thick clouds, flying directly above the Shadow Leopard Tribe's encampment in a few breaths.

The obstruction of nighttime vision and Raymond's deliberate concealment made it so that not a single person in the Shadow Leopard Tribe discovered its huge body.

As its sharp claws loosened slightly, the bottle in its claws fell rapidly straight down.

A few dozen seconds later, a slight cracking sound rang out, and the bottle silently and precisely fell into the Shadow Leopard Tribe's encampment.

The moment the demon bear essential blood came into contact with the air, the extremely alluring aura filled with violent magic factors spread in all directions like a succubus coming from hell.

With the assistance and spread of the fierce wind, the Totem Warriors within the Shadow Leopard Tribe quickly sensed this aura, and terror instantly filled their faces.

"Not good, a powerful magical beast is attacking!"

"Magical beasts are attacking the tribe, magical beasts are attacking the tribe!"

"Quickly report to the commanders!"

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Panicked shouts sounded one after another, rapidly spreading to all parts of the tribe like an infectious disease.

The upper echelons of the tribe who were conducting the "sacrificial ritual" were also startled by this sudden shouting.

Raymond, who had been paying attention to all this, quickly passed the news to Baize.

After learning from Baize that everything went smoothly, Lister immediately tightened the reins and turned the horse's head around, ordering in a deep voice, "The plan is successful, everyone follow me to the north side."

With that said, a burst of heavy and powerful hoofbeats quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Not long after they left, a violent vibration sound that seemed as if it would overturn the entire earth swept over.

A small number of Soldiers remaining to patrol the outer periphery of the encampment reacted in the first instance, staring with shocked eyes into the dim distant forest.

A few breaths later, countless crimson double pupils emerged one after another in the darkness.

Suddenly, waves of chills piercing the deepest part of the nerves bolted straight from the soles of the stationed Soldiers' feet up to their crowns.

Before they could react, patches of crimson pupils turned into huge, terrifying dark shadows leaping out, resembling life-claiming fiends released from the abyss of hell.

The next second, I don't know which Soldier in the crowd suddenly snapped back to his senses, and then shouted with a terrified expression.

"Not good, the beast tide is here, run quickly!"

This shout was like a bomb instantly detonating the scene. Looking at the dense, countless beasts in front of them, a large number of Soldiers had no desire to resist at all, turning their heads and fleeing in all directions.

Even the few Soldiers who originally had the idea of resisting instantly wore away the courage in their hearts seeing this, and fled along with them.

No matter how those captain-level Totem Warriors shouted to stop them, the Soldiers were like loose sand without any response.

If Lister saw this scene, he would definitely hold that Soldier's hand and express heavy gratitude.

Under the condition of lacking defensive power, the beast tide entered as if entering an uninhabited realm, invading the interior of the tribe's encampment in the blink of an eye.

A large number of ordinary commoners were like pheasants waiting to be slaughtered at this moment, without the slightest ability to fight back.

Painful and shrill wails quickly spread out, and large areas of the Shadow Leopard Tribe's encampment seemed like a blood-Red world.

On the outer periphery of the sacrificial ritual area, Saloyan Dan the commander in charge of guarding grabbed the collar of a Soldier who ran over stumbling and rolling, staring with wide, angry eyes, "Why is it so noisy over in the residential area, don't you know today is the sacrificial ritual!"

"Reporting, reporting to Lord Saloyan Dan, it, there is a powerful magical beast attacking." The Soldier whose breathing was uneven replied with difficulty.

"A powerful magical beast!" Saloyan Dan's expression froze, and then he resolutely denied, "The tribe's territory has been cleared countless times long ago, how could there be any powerful magical beasts existing."

"It is, it is true, this little one—"

Before the Soldier could finish speaking, a horse-riding Totem Warrior galloped over quickly, reporting with a panicked expression, "Lord Saloyan Dan, a beast tide has attacked the tribe and has already rushed into the encampment."

"What, a beast tide!!!"