flstandardbreds Chapter 140 First Shot
Chapter 140 First Shot
Chapter 140 Let's strike first
Within Tiannan Town, the sounds of battle filled the air, and everywhere was a scene of brutal warfare between humans and beasts.
At this point, there's not much difference between retreating first and retreating later, because there's no real safety anywhere.
Fortunately, as Yokoyama had predicted, although the mammoths looked fierce, they were gentle in nature. After breaking through the city walls, they simply wandered aimlessly around the city and rarely attacked the people.
With this greatest enemy gone, the group could fight against the many other wild beasts.
By this time, it was already broad daylight, and the streets of the city were littered with corpses and rivers of blood.
Some of these corpses were left by those who died in battle in the city, while others were left by wild beasts. In the end, they were all trampled into mud and mixed together, making them difficult to distinguish. It was also impossible to tell whether the blood was human or animal blood.
Xiao Chong, Hengshan, and Situ Jiannan also mingled in the crowd, resisting the attacks of the beast horde while retreating towards the town magistrate's mansion.
Given the three of them's stamina, the distance from the city gate to the town mayor's mansion was actually very short, and they could usually reach it without needing to use a cup of wine.
Surrounded by beasts, the three fought their way through while also rescuing those in dire straits. It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that they finally managed to safely retreat into the town mayor's mansion.
Inside the town mayor's mansion, Hengshan's subordinate Liu Yun had already retreated at some point and was now relying on the terrain to lead everyone in the mansion in a desperate resistance.
Seeing the three return, Yin Feng, Fatty and the others relaxed a little. Situ Mingyue was so happy that she cried tears of joy, and even the extremely tired Liu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
Before the three returned, the situation inside the manor was already precarious, with the constant threat of being overrun by the beast horde. Now, with the addition of three experts, the situation has finally improved, and although the beast horde is fierce, it can be held off for the time being.
When people face great danger, time always seems to pass very slowly; a short hour can feel longer than a year in normal times. At midday, with the arrival of two Mongol mammoths, the town hall finally faced its most critical moment.
boom!
A mammoth stretched out its trunk, as thick as a chimney, and slammed it hard against a wall. The wall trembled slightly, and a barely perceptible crack appeared in the falling dust.
boom!
The same method was used to kill the other mammoth.
boom!boom!
With each thud from the two mammoths, the cracks began to deepen and widen. Hengshan and Xiao Chong exchanged a glance, a bitter smile appearing on their faces simultaneously.
"Let's hold out for as long as we can," Yokoyama sighed and reached for the set of Five Directions Formation Flags.
He felt that in just two or three days, he had sighed more than he had in the previous twenty years combined.
In a short while, Hengshan planted the array flags into the ground according to the five elements, setting up a small five elements array around the town mayor's mansion. A transparent, earth-yellow light curtain immediately enveloped the town mayor's mansion.
boom!boom!
When the two mammoths saw the light screen, they hesitated for a while before tentatively sticking out their trunks to strike it. The light screen shook and bounced the trunks away.
"Weren't these five array flags almost scattered last time? How come they're back to life now?" Xiao Chong stared at the light screen, secretly puzzled. But he quickly understood.
Last time, the city gates and walls were to be protected, and the Five Elements Formation covered an area of several hundred feet, thus dispersing its power. Now, the town mayor's mansion is less than one-tenth the size of the protected area, so the power within the formation is much more concentrated, naturally making it appear much more powerful.
"It seems this Five Elements Formation won't last much longer; we'll have to think of another way." Having figured this out, Xiao Chong began to worry again.
The beast tide was too large and too numerous; it was impossible to defeat them head-on. The only solution was to prevent the beast horde from falling out of human control.
If that were the case, even if they couldn't retreat on their own, they wouldn't be as frantic as they are now. But how can this effect be achieved?
After much thought, Xiao Chong suddenly remembered his experience in the final moments of his battle with the Star Soul Beast, and a thought struck him.
When the Soul Arrow pierced through the Star Soul Beast's head, I vaguely felt something being cut off.
What could it be? Could it be the mental connection between the person controlling the wild beast and the beast itself?
What if I tried to sever this connection? Would the beast tide outside stop and collapse on its own?
"Yes, that must be it!" Upon realizing this, Xiao Chong shouted and slapped his thigh as if he had been startled awake from a dream.
Yokoyama was startled and asked, "Brother, you're so jumpy, have you thought of a solution?"
Xiao Chong nodded and said, "I have indeed thought of a method, but whether it will work or not, we'll have to try it to find out."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's take a shot first, whether we have a chance or not. It's better than sitting here and waiting to die!" Yokoyama urged.
"This method requires the use of the Mind Master's Way, but one cannot protect oneself during the casting of the spell..."
"Your safety is in my hands. Whether you are human or beast, if you want to harm me in the slightest, you'll have to step over my dead body first," Hengshan interrupted.
“Spellcasting consumes too much mental energy. With my cultivation level, I’m afraid it will take a long time to recover. So, Brother Heng, do you have any good ideas on how to replenish my energy?” As he said this, Xiao Chong’s eyes darted around, and he looked at Hengshan with a meaningful expression.
“That’s easy, all you need is Yuan…” Hengshan said, reaching into his robes. But as soon as one finger touched the Yuan Power Cards in his robes, he suddenly remembered that these Yuan Power Cards were his private property, and he stopped.
Slowly withdrawing his hand, Hengshan continued calmly, "...This can be resolved with just Yuan Stones. How about this: as long as everyone can escape safely, you can take any Yuan Stones confiscated from my treasury. What do you think, brother?"
"Great! What else is there to say?" Xiao Chong nodded in satisfaction and said to Hengshan, "I will begin my practice now. Brother Heng, you must not let anything disturb me."
Having said that, without waiting for Yokoyama's reply, he immediately sat down on the ground, closed his eyes slightly, and slowly released his divine sense.
His divine sense gradually extended outwards, without any hindrance within the town mayor's mansion. When he emerged from the light barrier and passed by the two Mongol macaques, Xiao Chong's heart stirred, and he finally sensed something unusual.
It felt as if an invisible thread was passing through his consciousness, leading from the mammoth's body all the way to the distance.
His divine sense followed the thread, but because it was too weak, he could no longer sense it after extending it for several dozen feet.
Having finally discovered a clue, Xiao Chong was not about to let it go easily. The scene of his impending battle with the Star Soul Beast replayed in his mind once again.
Soul Arrow! It was only after using the Soul Arrow that I realized it!
Just like Yokoyama said, let's not worry about whether there are any dates or not, let's shoot first!
Xiao Chong suddenly opened his eyes, took the Zhentian Bow from behind him, and slowly pulled it open in the direction the silk thread was going.