Mixed Beast Horde

The third day, dawn.

The convoy proceeded as usual. Li Qi made a circuit through the air before returning to the carriage at the center of the group.

After being attacked by a pack of Unicorn Wolves on the first day, the migration convoy had safely joined another convoy on the second day. There were now five Apprentice Level Nine members in the group.

Whoosh—!

Li Qi had barely sat down when sharp, urgent whistles sounded from both sides of the convoy!

Yakesi sprang to his feet as if by reflex. "Something's happening!"

"I'll go take a look!"

Li Qi leaped up, and the Bone Shield flew beneath his feet, carrying him into the sky.

After rising dozens of meters into the air, he clearly saw the entire migration convoy.

At the same time, he spotted two dark masses of beasts, one large and one small, charging toward the convoy from both sides!

Two beast hordes!

Li Qi frowned and controlled the Bone Shield as it rapidly descended.

Whoosh!

As he reached the space above the carriage, he pointed right and shouted, "Yakesi, go support the right side. There are fewer beasts there! Leave the left side to me!"

Without waiting for Yakesi's reply, he flew directly toward the left.

Yakesi froze for a moment. He had not expected Li Qi to start giving him orders.

Then he snapped out of it and let out a strange cry. "Ola!"

Heavy hoofbeats rang out as a Long-Haired Beast, half again as large as others of its kind, arrived beside the carriage.

Grasping his ancestral spear, Yakesi leaped from the carriage onto the Long-Haired Beast's back, then patted the right side of its head.

Amid booming hoofbeats, the Long-Haired Beast carried him toward the right side of the convoy. The tamed beasts along the way moved aside to clear its path.

Meanwhile, after arriving at the convoy's left flank, Li Qi did not attack immediately. He hovered overhead, watching from afar.

There are around three to four hundred beasts on this side. Hmm... something's wrong!

Confusion appeared on his face.

One carnivorous beast species! Two herbivorous beast species! Why would there be a mixed beast horde?

Even during a beast tide, mixed beast hordes were rare, unless...

At that thought, his expression turned grave. Unless a Planetary Level beast is commanding them! Otherwise, carnivorous and herbivorous beasts that oppose each other would never form a horde and act together!

Planetary Level beasts were easy to identify. They were more than twice the size of other beasts of their species.

Where is it? Where is it?

Li Qi searched carefully, his gaze sweeping across the beast horde, but he found no trace of a Planetary Level beast.

Could it be a flying beast?

He looked up at the sky, but it was clear. Let alone beasts, there were barely even any clouds.

"Nothing! How could there be nothing?" Li Qi muttered. He began to doubt his own conclusion. Could this mixed beast horde simply be a coincidence?

Still unwilling to give up, he searched again, yet he still found no trace of a Planetary Level beast.

I can't wait any longer!

While Li Qi had been searching for the Planetary Level beast, the migration convoy had already clashed with the incoming horde. He had seen people fall into the beast horde during the battle.

I'll deal with the Apprentice Level Nine beast leaders first.

Flying toward the horde, Li Qi began searching for Apprentice Level Nine beasts.

Found one!

After a brief search, his eyes lit up as he found an Apprentice Level Nine herbivorous beast.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...

The sixteen Bone Spikes that had been guarding him shot out, streaking toward the Apprentice Level Nine beast.

The beast sensed danger and hurriedly leaped aside to evade them, but before Bone Spikes controlled by Mental Force, it was a futile effort!

The sixteen Bone Spikes curved through wide arcs and slammed heavily into the beast's waist and abdomen, their powerful impact sending it flying.

Under normal circumstances, with the herbivorous beast's tough hide and thick fat, it would have been difficult for a carnivorous beast of the same level to injure it!

However, Planetary Level beasts had undergone deep evolution in their cells and bodily tissues after their life leap. Bone Spikes made from their teeth were incomparably sharp.

Pfft! Pfft...

Meeting no resistance, the Bone Spikes easily pierced the herbivorous beast's body, then burst out through the other side.

Blood sprayed everywhere. The herbivorous beast was blasted several meters through the air before crashing heavily onto another beast, crushing its bones and leaving its limbs limp.

First one!

The Bone Spikes flew back, skimming low over the grass and killing the herbivorous beast. Li Qi silently counted, then turned toward the next Apprentice Level Nine beast.

After piercing through the herbivorous beast's body, the sixteen Bone Spikes continued onward without losing momentum. They traced elegant arcs through the air and charged toward an Apprentice Level Nine carnivorous beast.

The carnivorous beast nimbly dodged, avoiding some of the Bone Spikes, but the rest still pierced its body.

The Bone Spikes returned, again flying close to the grass as they killed the carnivorous beast.

Second one!

Li Qi counted in his heart and controlled the Bone Spikes as they shot toward the next target.

Seconds later, an Apprentice Level Nine beast fell into a pool of blood. After piercing through its body, the Bone Spikes headed toward the next target.

Third one!

Fourth one!

Sixth one! This was the last one.

After killing the final Apprentice Level Nine beast, Li Qi controlled the Bone Spikes to kill more than ten Apprentice Level Seven and Eight beasts.

Once that was done, he called back the Bone Spikes to guard around him and surveyed the battlefield.

At this point, with their Apprentice Level Nine leaders gone, the beast horde had lost its will to fight. Aside from those still battling the migration convoy's warriors, the other beasts were already showing signs of collapse.

Seeing this, Li Qi flew toward the migration convoy's warriors who were still fighting, intending to help them eliminate every beast that still had the will to fight and reduce casualties.

The sixteen Bone Spikes split into four groups and shot toward the beasts still engaged in battle.

Pfft! Pfft...

Amid the repeated sounds of Bone Spikes boring through flesh, beast after beast was slain and fell to the ground.

The migration convoy's warriors were stunned. The beasts that had been fighting them a moment ago suddenly collapsed, grievously wounded or dead.

They looked around and found the same thing happening elsewhere. They had no idea how those beasts had fallen.

Only when they saw Li Qi flying through the air atop his shield, along with the sixteen Bone Spikes floating beside him, did they realize that the inspector had helped them.

The warriors standing atop the carriages had a higher vantage point and could see farther. They saw that many of the massive beasts within the horde were already dead.

"Amazing! As expected of the inspector—he killed so many Apprentice Level Seven, Eight, and Nine beasts so easily!"

"He resolved the beast horde's attack so quickly. That's incredible!"

Those with a strong sense of time knew exactly how long the battle had lasted from beginning to end: less than a minute!

One person exclaimed, "So strong! Could the inspector be no weaker than a Planetary Level expert?"

"Maybe a little weaker, but not by much!" Another person also acknowledged Li Qi's formidable strength.

Praise poured from everyone's mouths. They all admired Li Qi's strength.

Li Qi paid no attention to their praise. At that moment, he was still pondering one question.

Was I wrong? Was there no Planetary Level beast commanding these beasts at all?

The beast horde was collapsing, yet the Planetary Level beast had not shown even the slightest trace. He wondered whether he had simply been too suspicious.

Suddenly, Li Qi thought of something, and his expression changed. "No! That's not right!"