"Damn it, the bait didn't work."
Shi Qinglai sent Xu Yi a thought. "My lord, fall back first. I'll lead the others to hold them off."
Xu Yi sent back, "Not necessarily. Just watch." As he spoke, he took out a vial the size of a fingernail, drew it in, wrapped it up, and hurled it toward the iron house.
With his perceptive powers, he knew exactly how strong a temptation the two drops of spirit liquid inside the iron house held for these strange beasts. Under the Green Core Strange Beast's pressure, they had no choice but to keep their claws sheathed and lie low. Xu Yi could clearly sense that every beast's attention was fixed solely on the great iron house.
He knew that the Green Core Strange Beast was having a hard time, too. All its energy was going into keeping the others in check. If it had any strength to spare, it would have already ordered the beasts to launch a full assault.
With a bang, Xu Yi sent the fingernail-sized porcelain vial flying into the iron house. It held a full six drops of spirit liquid before it shattered. Roar! Roar! The strange beasts all began howling. At last, the Green Core Strange Beast could no longer keep them in check.
Nearly ten thousand strange beasts charged toward the great iron house like an army unleashed. In that moment, the difference between beasts with cores and those without became as vast as heaven and earth.
Those at the front were almost all beasts with cores, numbering several hundred. In practically an instant, they had completely surrounded the great iron house.
Xu Yi led his army in striking at the same time. Though they were a thousand zhang away, the massive iron doors slammed shut in