196: The first wave of ferocious beasts were killed!

Gu Xiaoyue faced Song Jun with an attitude that was neither humble nor arrogant.

"I am a quasi-Legendary level Beastmaster."

Her strength was already sufficient to take the exam for the Legendary level; she just wanted to further consolidate her strength and hadn't gone to take the test yet.

"I am a Legendary level Beastmaster."

"I am also Legendary level."

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu stood on either side of Gu Xiaoyue, indicating their strength to Song Jun.

"Only I am at the Master level, but I will be able to take the quasi-Legendary exam in a while! Furthermore, they are all members of the National Team. Lieutenant Colonel, our strength is not weak!"

He Zhichen was still fiercely arguing his case; he had been protected by his older brother since he was small, and now he wanted to fight to help his brother!

Their strength was indeed impressive, to the point where Song Jun even doubted the authenticity of their Beastmaster rank.

But since they were able to make it into the National Team, it meant their strength was absolutely real and indisputable!

However, real combat is different from a Beastmaster rank examination, and even more different from the games played in simulators; it is a battle of real blades and guns!

Just as Song Jun hesitated, everyone felt a slight tremor in the ground.

An earthquake?

No, the beast tide has arrived!

In fact, this timing was a bit slower than Gu Xiaoyue had anticipated.

This was because the fierce beasts organizing this beast tide included one Monarch-level beast, as well as three Lord-level ones.

One of the Lord-level beasts had been killed by Gu Xiaoyue and her group, and in its dying moments, it sent a signal to its companions—there were experts in this raid, so they should plan carefully!

Consequently, the Monarch-level Mountain Demon had some intention of backing down, but the other two Lord-level Eight-Winged Golden Eagles were brothers of the one that had been killed, so they naturally refused to let the matter rest!

In the end, the Mountain Demon was persuaded, and the beast tide was launched!

As the tremors in the ground became increasingly violent, Song Jun gave a bitter smile, "Now, even if you wanted to retreat, it is too late!"

Gu Xiaoyue lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, nodding slightly.

"Lieutenant Colonel Song, wait for reinforcements in the rear. I will go up and hold the line for a wave; if I can't hold it, I will come back!"

She summoned Qingqing, "Qingqing, use your human form to scout ahead first. Avoid their main combat forces and just check the levels and numbers of the fierce beasts."

Immediately, Gu Xiaoyue turned and left, sprinting in the direction the beast tide was coming from.

Watching Gu Xiaoyue's nimble figure depart, Song Jun couldn't help but sigh with emotion; truly, the younger generation is to be feared!

Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and He Zhichen immediately followed Gu Xiaoyue, but even though they wanted to overtake her, they simply couldn't.

Are they really going to have to fight behind her?

All three young men couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

They ran to the outskirts of the Dimeny Amusement Park, which was a grassy area, where hundreds of Mature Fourth-Order fierce beasts were stampeding not far away.

They would likely reach Gu Xiaoyue and her group within a few seconds.

Gu Xiaoyue summoned a row of her pet beasts. Since they were on grassland, she decided to let Xiao Lv handle the crowd control first.

Xiao Lv smiled sweetly and waved her little hand in front of her.

The grass within the range of her skill began to grow wildly, and all the fierce beasts that stepped into this area had their legs entangled and were tripped to the ground!

Xiao Mo also stepped forward half a pace to cast the Yuan Absorption skill, saying in a young boy's voice,

"Watch me!"

"You little runt, get aside! It has to be yours truly who handles this!"

Although Hou was trash-talking Xiao Mo, it tacitly bypassed the fierce beasts that Xiao Mo was currently using Yuan Absorption on.

It used Fire Sea on the other fierce beasts, wiping out a whole group in one move—dozens of them!

"Stop that right now!"

Gu Xiaoyue had also been using the Yuan Absorption skill to absorb the levels of the fierce beasts.

She hadn't been paying attention for a moment, and Hou had actually unleashed Fire Sea to attack the fierce beasts.

These dozens of fierce beasts were burned directly into charcoal by Hou, making Gu Xiaoyue's heart ache as if it were bleeding!

"Don't attack for now, take a break! Or else I'll send you back to the Yu Beast Space!"

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu exchanged a smile, knowing that Gu Xiaoyue's plan was to start by using only crowd control skills.

The Lihuo Red-Eyed Beast used a ring of fire, while Shui Lingyu's Jade Kirin used Mental Power to interfere with the fierce beasts, causing them to panic in place and allow Xiao Mo and Gu Xiaoyue to absorb experience.

Before long, the fierce beasts within the range of her and Xiao Mo's Yuan Absorption had all dropped to the Mature Third-Order, and they had lost their combat effectiveness.

Gu Xiaoyue clapped her hands, "We need to kill them quickly; the second wave is coming soon!"

In just these few minutes, Xiao Mo had risen from the early stage of Mature Sixth-Order to the mid-stage, and the experience bar for Gu Xiaoyue's Yuan Absorption skill was also full.

She fed all the experience to Xiao Qi, but unfortunately, this amount of experience was not enough for Xiao Qi, who was at the mid-stage of Mature Ninth-Order, to level up.

Since she couldn't fill it up once, she would just feed it a few more times!

"And you are not allowed to use lightning skills to strike them! If you strike them once, they turn into charcoal! They won't be worth any money!"

Gu Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said to Xiao Qi, "Use Wind Blade. If you kill them with Wind Blade, they can still be used!"

Xiao Qi nodded. He unleashed a Wind Blade, and the heads of dozens of fierce beasts flew into the air; the scene was very bloody!

Gu Xiaoyue, however, was somewhat excited. She smiled wickedly, calculating that these fierce beast corpses were worth quite a few star coins!

While laughing, she advanced forward, collecting these fierce beast corpses into her Yu Beast Space!

He Zhichen reported the battle situation to He Zhiyong.

"The first wave was Mature Fourth-Order fierce beasts, about four hundred of them, and they have all been slain!"

Just as this news of victory was relayed to He Zhiyong, another support team arrived.

"How is it going? Can they still hold on?"

Although Song Jun was dissatisfied with Gu Xiaoyue and her group for refusing to evacuate, he had to admit that her actions could indeed buy them more time to wait for reinforcements.

"Zhichen said the first wave of fierce beasts were Mature Fourth-Order; over four hundred have all been slain!"

Mature Fourth-Order, several hundred of them, finished in just a few minutes!

Song Jun took a deep breath; he had even prepared for Gu Xiaoyue and her group to flee in the face of battle.

The current situation was still good.

"The next wave is Mature Fifth-Order. He Zhiyong, take a team and go support them!"

"Yes, sir!"

He Zhiyong gave a military salute and led a team to rush to the front-line battlefield.

Meanwhile, Qingqing, who had gone to scout ahead, returned.

Gu Xiaoyue raised an eyebrow as she listened to her report.

"Over six hundred Mature Fifth-Order, over four hundred Mature Sixth-Order, and there are actually over eight hundred Mature Seventh-Order?"

Qingqing nodded and continued.

"There are over two hundred Mature Eighth-Order, over one hundred Mature Ninth-Order, and only twenty-plus Tenth-Order beasts.

And there are two Lord-level and one Monarch-level!"

She didn't care about the fierce beasts below the Lord-level, but this number was truly somewhat massive.

If she really had to fight to the end, she might end up dying from exhaustion!

Taking advantage of the fact that the Mature Fifth-Order fierce beasts hadn't arrived yet, she took nine Huanpo Lotus flowers out of her Yu Beast Space.

She had eaten some and used some before, and she still had twelve left.

Ever since she shared the Yuan Absorption skill, she felt that the Huanpo Lotus was no longer of much use to her.

"Chu Li, Senior, He Zhichen, here you go!"

Gu Xiaoyue distributed the Huanpo Lotus to them, three for each, and kept three for herself for future use.

Chu Li accepted them calmly, while the expressions of Shui Lingyu and He Zhichen were somewhat subtle.

They even thought that Gu Xiaoyue was making arrangements for her affairs after death, distributing her inheritance!

"Strength is important, but you must also keep your original intentions."

"There isn't much I can do; keep these Huanpo Lotus flowers and feed them to your pet beasts in the future."

Gu Xiaoyue didn't know their inner thoughts; she was only thinking about trying her best to help them strengthen their power.

The beast tides and risks they would face in the future were unpredictable, and only by improving their strength could their safety be guaranteed.