493 The Hated Decision, The Expected but Unexpected Arrival (2/2)

It was already unnerving to see a horde of normal infected coming towards anyone's settlement. But to see half a thousand highly mutated infected, most people would have abandoned their bases and fled already.

This horde was something that even the soldiers of settlements would struggle to fend off.

Roars and growls echoed loudly as the mutated infected closed in towards the base. Some were fast, and some were slow. Nevertheless, that disarrangement showed which ones were attackers and which ones had a higher defense.

But contrary to anyone would expect, the base continued to fire towards the hiding members of Auraboros. They completely ignored the ferocious horde that was coming their way.

And then, they saw a strange sight.

The horde arrived at the strange forest that surrounded the base. Once the mutated infected entered, however, the infected started running off in every direction.

They did run off in every direction except the direction of the base they should attack.

Some would run off along the strange forest, while others would end up running out towards the direction where they entered.

Those infected that got out of the forest would reenter, following the orders given to them but would end up doing the same, repeating the process.

This strange sight staggered everyone's thinking process.

As for Tan Sitong, he stared widely at the comical act before him.

None of his plans here was working. This situation was unacceptable to his ego and reputation.

Something was missing in his calculations. It was the owner of the Spirit Tree that never appeared at all. Their only clue was the report given by Huo Long Yue, but that was never concrete.

Tan Sitong hated one word the most. Nevertheless, it seemed that he had no choice but to use it twice in this mission.

”Retreat!”

He shouted as loud as he could, delivering his order.

It was a different command if Tan Sitong shouted that word along with other orders. Shouting that word alone, however, meant that they were canceling the mission and needed to evacuate the area.

None of the members of Auraboros here though that they would hear that from their leader. Nevertheless, they understood why.

All that happened here was inconceivable to the degree of fantasy. It was even though the existence of the members of Auraboros should include themselves in that genre in the first place.

Abandoning their posts because of the order, they followed the escape plan drafted in case that something happened.

Tan Sitong might hate that word and act. Nevertheless, he was careful enough to make several plans of retreat for situations like this.

The question, however, lay in the enemy whether they would let them retreat or not.

It was not new for the winning side to pursue the enemies and slaughter the losing side.

And that was not wrong.

As they to form their retreat, the enemy within their ranks finally revealed himself.

With two swords moving like whips on his both hands and a flying black Flamberge beside him, he started to kill without mercy. With his glowing red eyes, everyone around him froze, and the blades of his swords danced.

No one was able to resist as they could not move a finger.

Seeing that, Tan Sitong immediately sent his remaining aides to assist his people. Tan Sitong knew about this from Huo Long Yue. The mental attack that the Crazy Dragon experienced the night before.

Nevertheless, who would have known that this mental attack was something of an area effect instead of a targeted one?

Huo Long Yue lacked that information as he was alone with two mindless corpses when he received the attack.

The four remaining aides tried to hold back the enemy. In terms of close-quarters combat, these corpses fighting together was equal to the fighting strength a medium-sized squad had.

But then, another burst of Miasma exploded, covering the four Jiangshis.

Tan Sitong stared wide-eyed as his connection to the four was lost instantly.

And now, he finally determined that the sudden appearance of Miasma in this place was not a coincidence. It was the enemy all this time. And without a doubt, the owner of the Spirit Tree they were trying to acquire.

An Unknown and unexpected existence. A being capable of wielding Miasma despite having a mortal flesh.

While in that predicament, however, the sky suddenly turned dark. The black, heavy clouds violently swirled as if it was already the end of the world.

For the first time since the Qing Dynasty, the time of his execution, Tan Sitong felt fear. He thought that the sky darkening was also a move of his unpredictable enemy.

Then, a ridiculing voice echoed from the sky.

”Scurrying like rats. Is this the most that the China Branch can do?”

Everyone looked up. No one was an exception.

From the circle of the vortex of clouds, a silhouette of a figure emerged.

It was high, but not high enough that everyone here that was beyond human could not see.

Nevertheless, all they could see was a robed silhouette covered in a black haze.