Clearing the Beast Herd

Time passes exceptionally quickly when one is immersed in cultivation.

When Teng Qingshan awoke from his contemplation of the Water Element Fist's intent, he realized that night had already fallen.

Faint moonlight spilled across the earth.

It outlined a scene of peace and tranquility.

Teng Qingshan immediately stepped onto his Samsara Spear, preparing to return home.

Just as he was about to enter the city, Teng Qingshan had a change of heart; he turned around and began to patrol the outskirts of Yangzhou City.

He had slain a Warlord Level giant eagle that had attacked him while he was practicing his fist techniques during the day.

Therefore, other Warlord Level Monsters must have appeared by now.

Calculating the time.

It was already July 2015.

Starting in August, large-scale Beast Tides would begin to emerge.

In September, a full-scale war between humanity and Monsters would erupt, marking the beginning of the Great Nirvana Era.

Clearly.

Warlord Level Monsters had already appeared.

The peace of the human world was about to be shattered.

Under the shroud of night.

Teng Qingshan stood on the Samsara Spear, flying at high speed in the low altitude, just over ten meters above the ground.

With vision comparable to a hawk, Teng Qingshan could easily see scenes a thousand meters away, even in the darkness.

At the same time, powerful Spiritual Telekinesis surged out from his mind, spreading over a hundred meters in every direction.

Yangzhou City was vast, with its widest diameter reaching over a hundred kilometers.

But at this moment, Teng Qingshan's flight speed using Object Manipulation had already reached one thousand meters per second!

Wrapped in a faint earthy-yellow airflow, Teng Qingshan looked like a War God encased in earthy-yellow battle armor.

After reaching the third level of the domain.

Even though his Source Energy and Spiritual Telekinesis had not undergone a qualitative change.

His Spiritual Telekinesis, which had nearly reached the limit of a War God, could still forcibly control the earth-attribute Cosmic Energy to form a domain that covered his entire body.

In this way, Teng Qingshan could rely on the domain to offset the air resistance generated during flight, which was the reason why his flight speed could be so fast.

And this was not even the speed of Teng Qingshan flying at full power.

It could only be said that having a domain and not having one were two completely different levels.

In less than a minute.

Teng Qingshan flew over the largest lake to the west of Yangzhou City.

Under the sweep of his telekinesis.

Teng Qingshan indeed discovered that many mutated aquatic creatures had already appeared in this lake.

Even the grass carp had grown to over two meters in length, and dense, sharp teeth had appeared in their mouths.

Other fish species had also undergone varying degrees of mutation.

Those that had not mutated.

Had all become food for the mutated creatures at this time.

Looking at the churning lake, mutated creatures were hunting everywhere.

After patrolling the lake, Teng Qingshan's telekinesis did not detect any Monsters above the Warlord Level.

After all, although this lake was the largest within a radius of a hundred kilometers, its diameter was only a few kilometers, and it was only a dozen meters deep.

The strongest creature inside was a "catfish" that was about to evolve into a mid-level Beast Soldier.

Such a Monster, unable to come ashore, did not pose much of a threat to humans.

Afterward, Teng Qingshan continued to pilot the Samsara Spear and began to patrol the surrounding forests.

This patrol.

Gave Teng Qingshan a surprise.

Because the mutation rate of animals was far faster than that of humans.

Many former farms had been abandoned.

Especially those pig farms; during the rampant spread of the Virus, people had no energy to manage them, which led to the pigs in the large surrounding pig farms basically escaping.

Pigs had huge appetites, and once they returned to the wild, they could grow tusks and revert to wild boars within a few months.

Not to mention that after being strengthened by the Virus, these domestic pigs evolved even faster once they turned into wild boars.

Under the observation of Teng Qingshan, a herd of wild boars was currently in the mountain forest north of Yangzhou City!

The leader of the herd had a body covered in a layer of fine, dense scales, which reflected a faint, fiery red luster under the dim moonlight.

Most importantly, this boar leader had grown three sharp, trident-like horns on its head!

"Fire-Scaled Trident Pig!"

Teng Qingshan's heart sank.

As expected, a Warlord Level monster had already evolved among the pig-type monsters.

Judging by its size and the fiery scales on its body, it was clearly not just an entry-level Warlord; it was already on the verge of reaching the intermediate Warlord Level.

Its strength was comparable to the large eagle Teng Qingshan had killed previously.

Enveloped by his domain energy, Teng Qingshan glided silently over the herd of boar monsters.

Relying on his powerful night vision, Teng Qingshan discovered that there were over a hundred boar monsters in the herd, and aside from the leader, the rest were all Beast Soldier level.

Over a hundred Beast Soldier level monsters?

Among them were ten high-level Beast Soldiers and over a dozen intermediate Beast Soldiers.

A monster scale of this size could already pose a devastating threat to human settlements.

"Since I've found you, I'll kill you all!"

Teng Qingshan's eyes turned cold. Dozens of Flying Daggers roared out, slaughtering the hundred-plus Beast Soldier level boar monsters, while the telekinetic weapon crafted from the eagle's claws and beak he had just acquired streaked through the air like a fiery red light, piercing toward the leading Fire-Scaled Trident Pig.

Swish, swish, swish!

Amidst the barely audible sounds of air being torn apart.

Under the overwhelming Spiritual Telekinesis that neared the limit of a War God, these boar monsters fell like wheat in a gale, collapsing in swathes!

Even the strongest Fire-Scaled Trident Pig had no time to react before a sharp claw pierced directly through its skull.

In less than half a second.

This herd of wild boars, which would have posed a massive threat to Yangzhou City, was wiped out by Teng Qingshan.

After collecting the three hardest and sharpest trident horns from the Fire-Scaled Trident Pig's head, cutting off the single horns from the heads of the other Beast Soldier level monsters, and taking the hide of the Fire-Scaled Trident Pig, Teng Qingshan packed up his spoils and flew toward the next location.

Over the next hour.

Teng Qingshan inspected the entire area within a radius of several dozen kilometers around Yangzhou City, killing a total of five Warlord Level monsters!

Two of them were pig-type monsters.

However, the other Warlord Level pig-type monster was an Iron-Haired Boar; it lacked the sharp horns on its head, but it possessed greater strength and tougher hide, representing another variety of pig-type monster.

The remaining two Warlord Level monsters were a "Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat" and a "Tiger Mastiff Dog."

In summary, these current Warlord Level monsters were all animals that had been common in human society in the past.

It was just that due to the baptism of the virus, environmental changes, and constant fighting and slaughter, they had evolved into various types of monsters.

Carrying a large bag of spoils.

Teng Qingshan returned to the Xingyi Sect headquarters by White Horse Lake. After placing the monster materials in the second-floor warehouse, he headed up to the third floor.

"Qingshan, why are you back so late?"

At this moment, Elder Teng walked out.

For the sake of safety, Teng Qingshan had asked the old man to move in; the third floor was spacious enough to partition off a suite.

"I went out for a trip to observe the situation in the surrounding area. Grandpa, you should get some rest early; I'm fine."

Teng Qingshan said with a smile.

"Hmm, I've heard that mutated animals have been getting more rampant lately. You must be careful when you go out, Qingshan." Although the old man knew that Teng Qingshan's current strength was formidable, he couldn't help but worry.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. Killing those so-called mutated animals is easier for me than chopping vegetables. If I encounter anything I can't handle, I won't force it."

"That's good."

Seeing Teng Qingshan's confidence, the old man finished his instructions and returned to his room to prepare for sleep.