“What nonsense are you spouting! I was busy looking for people just now, and you didn't even see this massive black line appearing behind us?”
Old Wang’s face instantly turned red. In a normal pairing, when two people advance in an unfamiliar environment, one walks ahead, and the other is undoubtedly responsible for watching the rear.
Therefore, Old Tie’s scolding had a certain logic. However, Old Wang didn't consider them partners at all; he felt he had been tricked from beginning to end…
If not for his insufficient strength, he would have loved to tell Old Tie right then and there: If you hadn’t brought me here, none of this would have happened!
Of course, he wouldn't dare say it. Even when scolded, Old Wang could only lower his head. But Old Tie wasn’t truly angry; he was just unable to refrain from complaining.
What was most important to him now was to escape the range of the beast tide. Tens of thousands of exotic beasts were surging in madly; who could withstand that?
Under normal circumstances, perhaps a hundred thousand could be easily dealt with by experts like them. After all, once one reached a certain realm, if the quality wasn’t there, no amount of quantity would be useful.
But a beast tide was entirely different!
The exotic beasts that joined the beast tide were basically in a state of absolute frenzy. In their eyes, there was only killing and destruction.
In such situations, they would often use their lives to deplete your energy bit by bit. This was the most fatal thing for experts like them!
Don’t forget that Old Tie and Old Wang were pure humans. While in the safe zone, they could rest for a while and slowly recover their energy expenditure.
But this was outside the safe zone. Although the spiritual energy here wasn’t as potent as that of the Black Spirits, the concentration of spiritual energy wasn’t easily digestible. If they were to fight, they wouldn’t have time to recover!
However, as the two fled, another black line suddenly appeared ahead.
Old Tie stopped abruptly, the impact of the sudden halt almost making Old Wang vomit.
“Senior Tie?”
As soon as he spoke, Old Wang himself saw what was happening and his expression froze.
Old Tie sighed, “Kid, you’re truly a jinx. I don’t know if I infected you or you infected me. Forget it, let’s make a desperate attempt. Stay within a meter of me later.”
Old Wang’s forehead was already covered in black lines.
But what choice did he have as the weaker one? Old Wang sighed inwardly. In this world, the weak had no right to speak.
In fact, if someone could observe the situation of the entire area from a higher altitude, they would realize a clear fact.
Although the beast tide originated from more than one place, their direction was all the same: towards a base several kilometers wide, not far from the safe zone, to the south.
The Black Base!
“Captain, it’s bad, Captain! Beast tide detected approaching!”
“What? A beast tide?”
A panicked voice echoed from a black building within the base, and then a piercing alarm blared throughout the entire base.
“Quick, quick, everyone prepare for battle!”
“Hurry, mobilize everyone at the third level of the realm! Call back everyone who is out!”
“Notify the troops in the safe zone to retreat immediately!”
Order after order was issued, and the once peaceful base suddenly bustled with activity.
The first wave of the beast tide soon arrived outside the base. However, the Black Base was constructed in a manner similar to human bunkers, with at least five layers of military defense.
Most of the crazed exotic beasts were impaled by arrows before they could even get within a hundred meters.
But the number of exotic beasts was simply too great. Dense figures surged forward relentlessly. Even after hundreds or thousands died, countless more immediately trampled over their fallen comrades and pressed towards the base walls!
At this moment, two figures stood at the highest point of the Black Base walls, their hands clasped behind their backs, projecting an air of leadership.
“Why are we so unlucky this year? It’s only been a short while since the start of the year, and we already have a beast tide.”
“Heh, we have to go through it once every year anyway, so experiencing it early might not be a bad thing.”
“That’s true. Those simpletons below the fifth level also need some proper training. Sigh, I wonder when they’ll break through this limitation.”
“Don’t worry, that day will come.”
After speaking, the two Black figures once again turned their gaze towards the beast tide.
Unlike the beast tide Li Chonglou had encountered, the one attacking the base now was composed of various exotic beasts, and their numbers had doubled.
Yet, the two Black figures showed no sign of worry; such numbers were still within their tolerance.
Meanwhile.
Not long after Li Chonglou assumed his stance, he encountered the first wave of exotic beasts charging at him. Although they were also at the third level of the realm, Li Chonglou swung his black sword lightly.
The exotic beast was instantly decapitated, its鲜红的岁月 scattering towards the sky.
And this only marked the beginning.
To harvest more quickly, Li Chonglou used the handy black sword he obtained from the Black. Every move was grand and sweeping; with each swing, at least ten exotic beasts were killed in a single blow!
The residual souls collected by the功石 were faster than he had imagined. Before the corpses even fell, the people in the bottle space could already retrieve residual souls from them.
Within the bottle space, watching the endless stream of residual souls being transferred to Old An, Old Lin and his group laughed so hard their teeth almost fell out.
“Little Li is reliable; there’s nothing he can’t do.”
“Why else would they call him the chosen one? From the beginning, I felt that Xiao Ming was no ordinary person!”
The first part of this conversation was spoken by Cai Hong, and the latter by Old Lin. After speaking, Cai Hong immediately rolled her eyes at him.
“You’re just talking big after the fact. When Little Li was unconscious, you were the one most destabilizing morale!”
The surrounding people cast scrutinizing glances.
Cai Hong wasn’t wrong about Old Lin. Back then, when even Old An started to panic, it was Old Lin who kept muttering, “It’s over, it’s all over.”
His words chilled everyone to the bone.
Now, this guy was claiming he had always believed. Believe your ghost!
“Cough, cough.”
Old Lin coughed awkwardly. However, his thick skin wasn’t a first; he directly ignored everyone’s gazes.
“Alright, alright, hurry up and absorb them, or they’ll get cold and won’t taste good.”
“Here!”
Everyone immediately gave him a middle finger.
In reality, Li Chonglou’s swings continued unabated, and at an extremely high frequency. He could swing twice per second, which was continuous!
At this moment, he had transformed into a ruthless slaughter machine, like a hard rock standing amidst the torrent of exotic beasts, unmoving!
The corpses around him piled up higher and higher. The beast horde, besides heading towards their destination, had another characteristic.