Planetary-Level Drill Beast

To the right of the migration convoy, a group of over a hundred carnivorous Rift-Toothed Beasts launched scattered attacks against the convoy.

Rift-Toothed Beasts were cunning and cruel carnivorous beasts. Adults reached the sixth rank of Apprentice Level and lived in family units.

They were relatively small, resembling lynxes. Adults were only a little over two meters long, but they possessed explosive power and moved with great speed, specializing in hunting large, cumbersome herbivorous beasts.

However, the warriors in the migration convoy had abundant experience dealing with small, agile beasts like Rift-Toothed Beasts.

Aside from a few expert archers who continued firing arrows, everyone else picked up Bone Shields and war blades to coordinate with the shield-bearing spearmen.

Leaving several people behind to protect the archers, the rest jumped down from the wagons in groups of three or four and took the initiative to meet the incoming Rift-Toothed Beasts.

"Kill!"

"Roar!"

The two sides collided, and for a time, the warriors' furious shouts intertwined with the roars of the Rift-Toothed Beasts.

This was an evenly matched battle!

One side was well-equipped and highly experienced in combat.

The other had sharp fangs and claws, and moved with ferocious speed.

At one battlefront, three warriors used the Bone Shields in their hands to form an impenetrable defense. No matter how sharp the Rift-Toothed Beasts' fangs and claws were, they could not harm them.

Soon, after the spear-wielding warrior stabbed one Rift-Toothed Beast, the other two warriors swarmed in and slew it. Not long afterward, another Rift-Toothed Beast also died under the concentrated attacks of the three men.

Another battlefront was different. The four warriors did not cooperate nearly as well. After one young warrior made a mistake and had his throat bitten by a Rift-Toothed Beast, the scales of victory tipped toward the Rift-Toothed Beasts.

Battlefront after battlefront fought fiercely, with victories and losses on both sides.

Unlike the dense attacks of other beasts, Rift-Toothed Beasts attacked the migration convoy in groups of two or three, with each group separated by several dozen meters.

Thus, by the time Yakesi arrived atop the massive Long-Haired Beast, there were dozens of battlefronts between the migration convoy and the Rift-Toothed Beasts, and the battle line stretched for nearly a thousand meters!

With such a long battle line, the Haheru Tribe alone could not have defended it if other tribes had not joined the migration convoy along the way.

"Hah!"

With an angry shout, Yakesi pointed his spear at the nearest battlefront. He squeezed his legs and commanded the Long-Haired Beast beneath him to charge.

The Long-Haired Beast beneath him was a ninth-rank Apprentice Level beast. When it charged, it created an immense spectacle, its hooves pounding out loud, rapid beats.

Moo!

With a low roar, the Long-Haired Beast charged forward on its hooves, lowered its head, and sent a Rift-Toothed Beast blocking its way flying.

The Rift-Toothed Beast that was sent flying had its waist bones shattered. Blood flowed from its mouth and nose, and its internal organs suffered severe damage. After landing, it took in more air than it exhaled. It likely would not survive.

"Die!"

Yakesi thrust out his spear and performed cranial surgery on a Rift-Toothed Beast that failed to dodge in time.

After killing two Rift-Toothed Beasts, Yakesi did not stop. He commanded the Long-Haired Beast to continue forward, charging toward the next battlefront.

He slaughtered his way through the battlefield, cutting through several battlefronts in just over ten seconds, utterly unstoppable!

Just as he charged toward the next battlefront, preparing to expand his gains, a sudden change occurred.

The ground exploded, dirt spraying everywhere. An unknown grayish-brown object burrowed out from the shattered earth and blocked Yakesi's path.

Then, the grayish-brown object suddenly split open from above, revealing a gaping, blood-filled mouth ten meters across. It was actually a beast!

"Not good!"

Yakesi immediately sensed danger and reacted swiftly.

He knew the Long-Haired Beast beneath him could not stop its charging hooves, so he braced himself with one hand and leaped from its back. Then he stepped on the Long-Haired Beast's back and swiftly flew backward.

The instant Yakesi left the Long-Haired Beast's back, a gaping mouth pounced in from behind and bit down where the Long-Haired Beast had been, directly swallowing it whole!

Fortunately, his decision and movements had been fast enough. Otherwise, he too would have been swallowed by that gaping mouth!

At that moment, the gaping mouth had been only two or three meters from him. He could even see the sharp little teeth inside it, as well as the rotting flesh caught between them!

As he flew backward, Yakesi planted one hand against the ground just before landing, using the force to adjust his body and land on the grass.

His feet plowed through the ground for over a meter. When he looked up, he saw that a large patch of grass where the Long-Haired Beast had been swallowed had also been bitten away.

Staring at the grayish-brown beast, Yakesi tightly gripped his ancestral spear, his expression grave!

"A Planetary-Level Drill Beast!"

Drill Beasts were eighth-rank Apprentice Level beasts when fully grown. They had neither fur nor scales, and their skin was exceptionally tough. Because they lived underground year-round, their vision had deteriorated, but their senses and hearing had been greatly enhanced.

Yakesi's heart sank. This is bad!

If he did not kill or severely injure this Planetary-Level Drill Beast, the entire migration convoy would suffer!

Because Drill Beasts could eat carrion!

And they had the "bad habit" of hoarding food!

As the chief of the Haheru Tribe, Yakesi knew he had to do something.

Because this was his responsibility!

His eyes locked tightly onto the Drill Beast as he rapidly considered a strategy. I don't know what rank of Planetary Level this Drill Beast is, but I'm definitely no match for it!

I can't fight it head-on. I can only stall for time until Li Qi comes to rescue me. As an inspector, he must have means to contend with Planetary-Level beasts. If even he has no way...

Yakesi shook his head slightly and cast those bad thoughts from his mind.

Huff!

He slowly exhaled, flexed the fingers gripping his spear, and steadied his mindset.

He had to focus so that he could face the coming battle against the Planetary-Level Drill Beast.

At that moment, the Planetary-Level Drill Beast stopped chewing. After swallowing its food, it began searching for new prey.

Listening closely and sensing the vibrations of Earth, the Drill Beast locked onto a new prey.

Just as it was about to lower its head and burrow over, a tremendous bang and violent tremor kept it in place.

Bang!

With a tremendous bang, a deep pit appeared before Yakesi. Mud and shredded grass were scattered all around it.

Yakesi had smashed out this pit with his spear!

Silence!

After smashing the pit into the ground with his spear, Yakesi stopped moving, and his breathing slowed considerably.

The Drill Beast carefully sensed and listened, but with the distant battle interfering, it could not locate the target that had created the enormous sound.

After several seconds of silence, the Drill Beast lowered its head to burrow again, but another tremendous sound and violent tremor froze it in place.

This time, the Drill Beast no longer sensed or listened. It raised its head and let out an angry roar!

Roar!

After roaring, it directly burrowed toward Yakesi.

"*! Who said Drill Beasts needed continuous sensing to lock onto a target?"

Seeing a huge swell of grass rapidly rushing toward him, Yakesi cursed and turned to run.

Going head-to-head with a Planetary-Level Drill Beast—wasn't that just asking to die?

He had not even seen his youngest son take a wife yet. He had no desire to die young.

As long as the Drill Beast did not go trouble anyone else, he was willing to play with it a while longer, until Li Qi came to rescue him.