The moment this abnormality appeared, every mercenary's face went pale with shock. Fear spread through the group like a plague.
"Quick, quick, quick! Pull the formation back! Shield bearers, form a defensive perimeter with your shields! Spearmen, move out in formation! Archers, take down any straggling Monster Beasts!"
Not only were the mercenaries at the front in a panic, even the Young Leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group at the rear was anxiously issuing orders.
"What's going on?" Of everyone present, Xiao Han, who had entered the Monster Beast Mountain Range for the first time, was undoubtedly the most confused by this sudden change.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
In the bushes to Xiao Han's right, the leaves trembled lightly. Like waves, the movement rolled closer from afar.
Hiss.
When the rippling leaves reached them, more than a dozen Crimson Ice Snakes as thick as arms darted out of the bushes one after another.
"Damn, more than ten of them!"
A mercenary who seemed rather inexperienced secretly drew in a cold breath.
More than a dozen Crimson Ice Snakes were not a threat to be taken lightly.
"Huh? Something's wrong. Why are they leaving?"
The mercenary realized in surprise that after appearing, the Crimson Ice Snakes did not linger. Instead, as though they had not seen the humans at all, they slithered straight off in another direction.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
Just as the mercenary had breathed a sigh of relief, the leaves ahead began shaking with the same amplitude, but at a much faster frequency.
"Careful. There are probably over a hundred coming," an experienced old mercenary warned.
"Over a hundred?" The mercenary who had spoken earlier had no idea what was coming. The oppressive tension in the air weighed on him until he could barely breathe. Everyone looked as though