323: Wind Wolf Mountain

Zhu Zhiyong felt a wave of regret after hearing Zhu Nan's words, thinking he was stupid as hell. He had only been thinking that the Young Lord's strength was peerless and that taking down those wolf packs should be no problem, so he had let it slip. Fortunately, Long Yuan didn't seem to mean any reproach, so he braced himself and said, "Those wolf packs have been entrenched on Wind Wolf Mountain for a long time. Recently, due to the concert, many out-of-town fans have been coming to South Yue City from all directions. I've heard that people have already gone missing in the Eastern Wilderness. I reckon they must have been snatched away by those wolf packs..."

When Long Yuan heard that fans had been snatched away and that those wolves enjoyed gathering to eat people, his expression immediately soured!

He nodded and said, "Head toward Wind Wolf Mountain after you descend. We're going to exterminate them today!!!"

"Us?!" Zhu Zhiyong was greatly shocked. Surely the Young Lord didn't expect them to face those wolf packs themselves?

"Don't worry, I'll get there ahead of you. You just need to assemble at the foot of the mountain to deal with some ordinary wolf packs. Wait for my signal before entering the mountain!" Long Yuan said.

"Yes!!!" The three of them quickly responded in unison and began to assemble the troops to descend the mountain... After they had all left, Long Yuan spread out his Soul Net, enveloping all tens of thousands of people on the back mountain. With a silent shout of "Collect," everyone vanished from the outside world in an instant and appeared within the Heavenly Dao Space!

Among them, the Evil Cultists were all imprisoned separately, while the Mutated Beasts were let loose within the space. These Mutated Beasts were different from the Evil Cultists; they didn't inherently possess a desire to exterminate the Human Race. Within the space, they would continuously receive Long Yuan's will and would slowly be assimilated by the space's world, so they could be kept. However, the Evil Cultists had long since been brainwashed, and it was almost impossible to change them from their state of hating the Human Race. Thus, Long Yuan only imprisoned them temporarily, intending to hand them over to the Xuanwu Guard later.

Next, Long Yuan looked up information on Wind Wolf Mountain and quickly determined its exact location. At the same time, he opened countless light screens to understand the situation from every angle. As the massive amount of data was continuously analyzed in his mind, he had a clear plan for the situation at Wind Wolf Mountain in less than ten minutes. He then jumped into a helicopter and flew toward it at high speed... In the endless wilderness outside the East Gate of South Yue City, mountains rolled, forests were lush, weeds were overgrown, waterways flowed freely, and wild beasts were everywhere. However, the figures of hunters also faintly appeared in various treacherous spots. These people's cultivation Realms were generally above Martial Master. After all, the Mutated Beasts that dared to move in the wilderness near a first-class base like South Yue City were relatively ferocious and dangerous. If a Martial Apprentice went out without a strong person to protect them, they would purely be seeking death.

However, recently, some hunters wanting to enter the vicinity of Wind Wolf Mountain found things to be abnormal. Since wolf packs usually only come out to hunt at night, the daytime is relatively safe. Hunting beasts here at that time would not only yield more but also be safer. But these past few days had been different; many people found that the wolf packs were appearing even during the day. Although they were only low-rank wolf packs, it was a very bad omen. If one provoked these low-rank wolves and ended up drawing out the high-rank wolf packs behind them, the consequences would be unthinkable. Consequently, hunters avoided Wind Wolf Mountain one after another, turning elsewhere to hunt. This news continued to spread within their circles and quickly reached South Yue City, which was where the information Zhu Zhiyong revealed to Long Yuan came from... It was said that outside South Yue City, Mutated Beasts could reach a maximum level of rank six, which was equivalent to the Realm of a human Martial Commander. But this was only a legend; so far, rank-six Mutated Beasts had not appeared before the Human Race. Otherwise, South Yue City would be in great danger, as its highest combat power was only at the Martial General level. If rank-six Mutated Beasts also came to attack, once the city's defenses were breached, the entire South Yue City would be unable to withstand their sharp claws and fangs!

Furthermore, the Human Race now had a Martial King, while the Evil Cult claimed to believe in a Demon God. This Demon God was said to override even Martial Kings and Martial Saints. If a Demon God truly existed, then the Human Race's good days would likely be over. Therefore, no one believed that the Demon God the cultists worshipped actually existed.

But this also kept the Human Race of South Yue City on guard. Did rank-six Demon Commanders, or even stronger rank-seven Demon Kings, exist in this wilderness?

If they did, how should South Yue City defend itself?

In fact, this question had long loomed over South Yue City like a dark cloud. It was just that people didn't dare to think too much about it because they knew it was useless. Stuck with an indolent Prince Fu, they could only lament their bad luck... While piloting the helicopter, Long Yuan also used the Heavenly Eye to concentrate part of its monitoring capabilities on the Wind Wolf Mountain area. From the pushed information, he saw the reports of the wolf pack's abnormal movements at Wind Wolf Mountain. As the camera slowly moved, the entire Wind Wolf Mountain area began to unfold before his eyes. Even though it was currently nighttime, everything was crystal clear, as if he were there in person!

"Wind Wolf Mountain? Didn't the Heavenly Eye mention before that it's one of the headquarters bases of the Blood Wolf Hall?" Long Yuan suddenly thought of this.

In the wilderness outside South Yue City, there were hundreds of wolf packs distributed about, and Wind Wolf Mountain was one of the largest wolf pack bases among them. Additionally, there were Snow Wolf Mountain, Iron Wolf Mountain, and Wood Wolf Mountain. These wolf mountains had actually all been annexed by the Blood Wolf Hall, becoming four of their primary bases.

It could be said that the previous Tiger Tooth Mountain outside the North Gate paled in comparison to the Blood Wolf Hall's headquarters bases. The Blood Wolf Hall representative who appeared on Tiger Tooth Mountain was merely a Martial General transferred from the Blood Wolf Hall headquarters. The true strength of the Blood Wolf Hall was hidden within these primary bases!

Long Yuan immediately pulled up the information and images for Iron Wolf Mountain. Sure enough, it was also a bustling scene. Many wolfmen were coming and going, some transporting supplies, some training in Beast Arts, and others drilling attack Formations!

"They're even drilling Formations? It's undoubtedly an Evil Cult base!" Long Yuan's eyes widened. He hadn't expected the Mutated Beasts of this world to develop similarly to the Human Race. If Mutated Beasts really all became sapient, would the Human Race even stand a chance?

However, Long Yuan knew very well that these Mutated Beasts on Blue Star were just small fry within the Beast Race. Those alien creatures were the truly terrifying existences. It was said that some powerful creatures were not only born with powerful physiques and extraordinary Realms but were also not inferior to the Human Race in terms of intelligence. The great sages among them were even stronger than those of the Human Race!

Therefore, it wasn't strange that the Mutated Beasts on Blue Star knew the Dao of Formations. This was an inevitable result of the world's changes. With the rise of the Beast Race, the Human Race's advantage in intelligence was slowly being diminished. If the Beast Race continued to develop in leaps and bounds on the path of immortal cultivation and became Spirit Beasts, it was only a matter of time before they surpassed the Human Race completely!

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