Monster (Please Recommend)

"Second Brat, if you rush in recklessly again, watch that dog life of yours!"

Huang Xie grabbed his nephew by the ear and lectured him sternly, terrified that the fellow would get himself killed next time.

He even began considering extending the employment term so he could keep an eye on this nephew.

He knew that although his nephew had some skill, more often than not, he was rather... naturally airheaded!

Turning around, he saw Zhong Shenxiu circling the Bearman's corpse and could not help approaching to ask, "What have you found, Lord Su?"

"Since the Xiongyi Tribe was wiped out, it was only natural for the remnants to turn into bandits. But they usually traveled in groups of three or five. It was rare to see one alone..."

Zhong Shenxiu forcefully turned the Bearman's corpse over and saw that the armor on its back had shattered, revealing a savage wound.

"Looks like it encountered some enemy earlier and was the only one left?"

Xue San came over, his expression grave.

It had taken their entire group working together just to barely defeat one Bearman.

Yet three or five Bearmen could easily wipe them out!

What level of thing could have slaughtered and maimed a small squad of Bear Barbarians?

I'm afraid only a cultivator lord could deal with it... Cold sweat involuntarily appeared on Xue San's forehead.

The Second Yanhan Empire truly possessed figures such as Sword Heroes and sword immortals. Ordinary military experts and wandering heroes, even if they cultivated to the peak and returned from Houtian to Xiantian, merely barely matched the entry-level skills of such people. The gap between them was no exaggeration to call heaven and earth apart.

Unfortunately, Martial Arts were easy to seek, while the immortal Dao was hard to come by.

Countless people painstakingly sought a path to cultivation, only to spend their entire lives unable to enter its gates!

Er Ha lay atop the Bearman's back, his nose twitching a few times before he cried, "I smell the aura of whatever wounded this Youxiong person. It's the same as the aura that destroyed the field ridges..."

"In other words... that Monster is still wandering nearby?"

Zhong Shenxiu's expression tightened as he realized disaster was at hand.

Judging from the wound, the thing that had attacked the Bearman was very likely a Monster from the Black Mist. Most such Monsters were extremely hostile toward living things. With it wandering nearby and seeing so many villagers gathered together, it would be like seeing dish after dish laid out before it.

There was a strong chance it would come out to feast to its heart's content!

Just as he thought this, a scream rang out. "Look over there!"

Zhong Shenxiu looked west and saw a swath of Black Mist. Under the blazing sun, it showed no sign of weakening. Instead, like a fanged and clawed beast, it continuously spread its form toward the village.

The Black Mist was not fixed in one place. At times, it spread, and at times, it receded.

These temporary manifestations would disappear before long, but they would inevitably leave devastation as far as the eye could see.

The Black Mist surged like the Qiantang Tidal Bore, crashing straight toward them. It had been several li away a moment ago, yet in the blink of an eye, it was right before them.

"Quickly... run back to the village!"

The Old Village Chief shouted himself hoarse. Many villagers wailed for their fathers and mothers, not even having time to gather the spoils or the bodies of their companions before fleeing desperately toward the village.

"We're leaving too."

Xue San and the others ran even faster.

After all, they were hardened soldiers and practitioners of Martial Arts.

Thump! Thump!

Zhong Shenxiu clutched his chest, seeming to hear his heart beating with vigorous force.

It's that thing! Is it connected to the Black Mist?

Zhong Shenxiu had his suspicions, but he absolutely did not dare test them. With a shift of his feet, he ran far away.

The instant he left, thin mist had already enveloped the area. Visibility plummeted; while it was not quite impossible to see one's hand before one's face, it was not far from it.

Once someone was more than ten-odd meters away, they vanished completely from view.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several crimson Tentacles suddenly stretched out from the Black Mist. Like vines from ancient trees, they were covered in knobby nodes.

Only upon getting closer did they realize those were not tree knots, but eyeballs!

The crimson Tentacles failed to catch Zhong Shenxiu and swept to the side instead.

One of the men in Zhong Shenxiu's squad vanished before he even had time to scream.

Zhong Shenxiu rushed out of the Black Mist, blinked, and truly could not remember the name of that passerby who had been in his squad.

"Lord Su!"

At that moment, Xue San, Huang Xie, and Er Ha also arrived at his side. Staring at the edge of the Black Mist, they muttered, "A temporary outbreak of this Black Mist usually means some dangerous species has escaped... It will disperse soon enough."

Zhong Shenxiu saw that the Black Mist seemed to have reached the limit of its expansion.

But in the next instant, two crimson eyes appeared within the Black Mist, seemingly staring at their group.

A bizarre Monster slowly emerged from the Black Mist.

It resembled a Giant Hound with an entirely black body, but blood-colored vines grew from it, seemingly deeply rooted in its flesh, replacing its bones and protruding from all over its body.

The blood-colored vines from before had merely been part of them.

The Giant Hound had clearly set its sights on them. With a low growl, it pounced.

"Woof woof!"

Er Ha cried out, "Friendlies don't attack friendlies!"

The Giant Hound acted as though it had not heard him. The vines on its body lashed out like iron whips, sending the spear in Er Ha's hands flying and knocking him to the ground with a scream.

Fight to the Death!

Cold sweat poured down Xue San's face. Knowing the Monster had targeted them and that running would be useless, he roared, "Form up!"

But this time, the military saber formation was useless.

The Giant Hound pounced, Blood Tentacles dancing wildly all over its body as though it had grown dozens of arms. They directly blocked the flashing saber light. Its great mouth opened and bit off the arm with which Xue San held his saber.

Xue San screamed and fell to the ground. He then saw Huang Xie knocked down by the Giant Hound. The Black Dog's enormous mouth split open like a chrysanthemum, as though it intended to swallow Huang Xie whole. Despair filled his heart. He knew that not only was his group finished today, but even the nearby village would likely be wiped out.

Just as he closed his eyes to await death, he suddenly heard a Blade Cry.

Xue San's mind shook. He saw Su Daozhi holding the Wild Goose Feather Saber, moving with the blade, severing several iron-whip-like Tentacles and forcing his way out of the encirclement!

He even slashed at the Giant Hound, rescuing Huang Xie.

"Lord Su... you..."

Huang Xie's dog eyes widened round in disbelief.

He could tell that what Su Daozhi used was the purest form of military saber techniques, yet every move and stance seemed tempered through a thousand hammers and forged through a hundred trials.

"After being together for years, I never knew that you, Lord Su, were such a... genius of the saber Dao!"

Su Daozhi was naturally no genius. He was neither accomplished in letters nor skilled in martial pursuits, and his Daoist Arts were an utter mess.

But Zhong Shenxiu was different.

He had at least been the number one under heaven in his previous world, with extraordinarily rich combat experience.

With a saber in hand, he moved like a swimming dragon. Leaping forward, he drove the blade into the Giant Hound's eye.

The Giant Hound let out a mournful howl, yet it did not die. Instead, countless strands of flesh spread from the wound. The flesh all over its body pulsed and swelled, transforming it into a Flesh Ball that rolled back into the Black Mist.

The dense Black Mist dispersed. After being wounded, this Monster had actually fled.

Watching this scene, Zhong Shenxiu felt deeply alarmed. "Even the most ordinary Monster in the Black Mist is this difficult to deal with. No wonder people in this world turned pale at the mention of the Black Mist... Still, after putting on this show, I've finally gathered enough for one Heavenly Show Point..."