Chapter 596: Retreat from the Start (1/2)
”Prepare for a retreat! Hei Gou, you take care of the scorpions on the left side. Lin Xiao, you're on the right. Don't let any of them get through. Luoluo and Bai Tianyi, you two will take the front. I'll bring up the rear, get moving!”
Xue Wei's voice was calm, but the urgency within was not hard to hear as he gave the orders sternly.
It had not been long since they entered the No Man's Land, and they were still in the desert-like area where the sand had covered the ground, but even so, they had already encountered their first life-threatening situation.
Unknowing whether they were unlucky, or if this area was much more dangerous than first assumed, they had managed to encounter a swarm of Blackscaled Vine Scorpions.
These Blackscaled Vine Scorpions, on their own, were not a great danger, but when they gathered in groups, they could number more than ten thousand, and their lethality became much more remarkable.
The swarm that they had encountered did not number a full ten thousand, but it was not less than eight thousand, and when faced with their small group of five experts, they truly had no other option than to retreat.
Even so, they could not run headlessly into the sand dunes in front, as Xue Wei had already understood that this area was not simple. To survive, they had to stay together, so his orders were orderly and easy to follow, and the group began to fight their way through the agitated swarm of Blackscaled Vine Scorpions.
”Why is it that your Sovereign Beast Aura has absolutely no influence on the beasts of the No Man's Land?”
While they began to retreat, Lin Xiao could not help but feel frustrated. He had grown up in a monastery where he was taught about the dangers that these Sovereign Beasts posed to the human world, as they could control all living beasts, but after traveling alongside Xue Wei, he found that, at least this Sovereign Beast, seemed to be quite defective.
”Focus!”
Xue Wei was also somewhat exasperated. He was aware that the Blackscaled Vine Scorpions in front of him were considered Fierce Beasts, but it was as if they had a strange barrier surrounding their mind that kept them from thinking clearly, or even following their instincts.
It was even more clear that something was wrong when they kept killing these beasts, as the ones at the back kept advancing without caring for the death of their comrades.
It was as if these Blackscaled Vine Scorpions had entered a strange berserk state where they could not connect to the outside world, and even the innate fear they should have when facing off against a Sovereign Beast was completely gone.
While the phenomenon was quite intriguing, now was not the time to pay attention to these details, and Xue Wei grit his teeth as he transformed his arms.
Azure scales had sprouted from his skin, and his fingers had turned into strong claws that ripped apart any scorpion that dared to get close.
Lin Xiao was wielding his staff with familiarity as he swept the scorpions on the ground, and even cracked their protective shell, causing them to slowly die.