Volume 1 Chapter 11 Part4 (1/2)
Last chapter recap: Aofeng and her side gets a powerup.
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Chapter Four – Reap What One's Sown
One-star Giant Mammoth , two-star t.i.tan Ape, three-star Clawed Dragon-Lizard, four-star Giant Apponyi Bird, and four-star Caden Tiercel. The five enormous beasts led the charge towards the alliance protecting the city. Many of the mercenaries and soldiers at the front felt great panic. No one doubted the consequences of a sacred beast like the Giant Mammoth charging into the camp.
The hundreds of spirit beasts were also terrifying Also, behind them, an army of nine-star magus beasts streamed out of the forest.
These five sacred beasts and the hundreds of spirit beasts were just the vanguard!
“This lineup is motherf**king insane! So many sacred beasts and spirit beasts coming out together has never occurred in the history of Neversetting Sun before. In previous sieges, there would just be two sacred beasts and about a dozen or so spirit beasts. What kind of divine beast is leading them? The heavens are playing with us!” Lu Feng said as his mouth twitched.
“We cannot let the sacred beasts charge in. Otherwise, we will have high fatalities even with the strength of our mercenaries,” Rong Luo said gravely.
Aofeng, Rong Luo, and Lu Feng, the three people that were able to match sacred beasts nodded to each other. They jumped onto Ben Lei's back and flashed out!
Aofeng and Rong Luo channeled their magic and used full-body armorization. The bronze magus beast armor covered their bodies completely. Sacred beast attacks were extremely strong. They were not fighters like Lu Feng who had cultivated his body to its limits. When one's magister level was lower than the sacred beast, a magister would be done in one blow if they didn't have the protection of the magus beast armor. Aofeng also let out thirty two small ice mice. A number of them remained on the ground, and a portion stood on Ben Lei's back to look down on the battlefield.
“I will go over there to fight the mammoth. Just let me land on his back,” Lu Feng said to Aofeng and Rong Luo.
“I will go fight that Clawed Dragon-Lizard, my lion has a natural advantage against lizard-type magic beasts. Its sacred beast aura does not affect me as much. I will definitely capture it.” Rong Luo pointed in the direction of the Clawed Dragon-Lizard and smiled.
“Alright, be careful, safety first. If you cannot capture them, then kill them. No matter how valuable sacred beasts are, they cannot compare to your life.” Aofeng did not hesitate. She ordered Ben Lei to charge at the Giant Mammoth. The best case would be to injure them in the opening attack and lessen the difficulty for Rong Luo and Lu Feng. She also ordered for Rong Luo and Lu Feng to have an ice mice each so that she could come help them when the situation was not going well.
In terms of speed, Ben Lei was among the best of sacred beasts. He quickly reached the Giant Mammoth who was the fastest of the group. Ben Lei's sharp claws tore a few wounds on the mammot. At the same time, Lu Feng jumped onto the mammoth's back.
Magic beasts could be powerful or ordinary. These sacred beasts were not high star level sacred beasts. Human experts at earth rank could defeat them. Lu Feng was close to the rank of sword master. It was only a matter of time for him to defeat this mammoth.
Ben Lei didn't hesitate after the attack on the Giant Mammoth. He turned towards the Dragon-Lizard. The three-star dragon-lizard looked at the ferocious Ben Lei with terror in its eyes. It spat out a stream of something akin to dragon breath but Ben Lei dodged it in a flash. Ben Lei shot next to the dragon-lizard and bit at its tail. The dragon-lizard roared in pain. A piece of flesh and hide was torn off, and blood sprayed out.
“Zhui Yun, wait for good news from me!” Rong Luo smiled handsomely at Aofeng, took a few steps and leapt down.
Aofeng and Ben Lei charted towards the Caden Tiercel, the four-star sacred beast and the strongest of the group. She and Ben Lei working together could take down this beast quickly. If Aofeng wasn't worried that this beast's attacks could threaten her life, Aofeng would use Liao Ya and Ben Lei's partial armorization to increase her attack power.
The trio intercepted three sacred beasts in the air. Li Qing, Ba Tuke and his son Ba Erbo stopped the Giant Apponyi Bird and the t.i.tan Ape. Ba Erbo and Ba Tuke worked together against the t.i.tan Ape. Li Qing's seven-star sacred beast had an absolute advantage which made up for their shortcomings. It would not take long until they obtained victory. However, they would immediately kill the sacred beasts.
As the battle between the strongest started, the mercenary companies below gathered their strength and waited for the attack from the spirit beast wave.
At this time, two black tails of smoke sudden rose from Crimson Forge and Wolf Pack's merged camp as well as Flying Aspara Mercenary Company's camp. This event caused a wave of panic.
Hm, the rear was on fire? What had happened?
“Which b.a.s.t.a.r.d set a fire!”
“What smell is this, it's special?”
People on both sides were puzzled. Flying Aspara Mercenary Company had many people. Other than his closest confidants, Ba Tuke had not told his plan to anyone else. Due to this, these mercenaries were also in discussion.
“Such a fragrant smell.” One old and relatively experienced mercenary from Flying Aspara Mercenary Company sniffed. Then his face paled as he shouted in shock, “Oh, my G.o.d! This … … this is Sidian Pollen!”
“d.a.m.n it, it is Sidian Pollen! Heavens! Which animal did this!”
Flying Aspara Mercenary Company immediately descended into chaos! Because they saw that the spirit beast wave in front of them suddenly paused. The spirit beasts smelt the scent of the Sidian Pollen and their eyes lit up. They altered the direction of their movement and charged towards Flying Aspara Mercenary Company's camp!
“Ah! Save us! “Heavens!”
The hundred spirit beasts were originally in a loose formation. While they would charge, the wave would not create a terrifying amount of death. But as they were attracted by the Sidian Pollen, all of the pressure landed on Flying Aspara Mercenary Company. The spirit beasts moved rapidly, and the defense line was wide. Everyone else could only watch and couldn't reinforce them in time!
This was the first time large-scale fatalities appeared on this magic beast siege. The magisters at the front ranks of Flying Aspara Mercenary Company all died under the attack. Some were even consumed by the spirit beasts, and didn't even leave a corpse behind. The scent of blood spread from Flying Aspara Mercenary Company's camp and was even denser than on the battlefield.
Ba Tuke and Ba Erbo in the distance had just cut off the head of the t.i.tan Ape when they heard the screams come from the camps behind them. They thought their plan had succeeded and turned their heads back smugly to look. But when they looked, their small smiles froze on their faces. In this instant, the two wanted to die!
“No! This is impossible!” Someone seemed to be squeezing Ba Erbo's throat as he shouted in terror.
“d.a.m.n it, Ba Erbo, what did you do! I told you over and over, you mixed up the two boxes!” Ba Tuke's eyes were flushed red as he wailed. His vision darkened and he felt as though the end of the world had come.
Flying Aspara Mercenary Company was finished!
“This was your guarantee? This is the big trouble for Crimson Forge? This is our victory?” Li Qing had just managed to cut off the head of the Giant Apponyi Bird when he saw this scene. It angered him so much he almost fainted.
“d.a.m.ned Ba Tuke, you reap what you sow! I will not be fooled by you again. Die!”
“Ah! Li Qing Daren, no!”
Before Ba Tuke and his son finished speaking, Li Qing kicked them off the Saber-Toothed Tiger King's back with a black expression. They fell from more than a thousand meters in the air. Ba Tuke and Ba Erbo could not fly. A seven-star sacred swordsman and a one-sword spirit magister fell to their deaths like this!
But the battlefield was in chaos. Other than Aofeng who had been observing this scene through the small ice mice, no one noticed the inglorious deaths of these two.
“Sidian Pollen? Then what is behind our camp?” Hearing the wails of the mercenaries from Flying Aspara Mercenary Company, Crimson Forge and Wolf Pack's mercenaries gaped with wide eyes. They scented the air with focus and confirmed that this scent was not a flowery scent, but a slightly noxious scent. Many of the scattered spirit beasts were avoiding them. Someone finally remembered.