"What's going on?" Everyone's expressions changed.
They had already withdrawn from the site of the ferocious beasts' self-destruction. Though they looked somewhat bedraggled, most had suffered only superficial wounds and had not truly sustained any devastating blows. Logically, even if the other two routes encountered the same situation, they should not have run into major trouble. Moreover, they had received Lin Chuan's warning and should have been prepared. How had something suddenly gone wrong?
"These ferocious beasts weren't merely self-destructing. They could use the spatial blast from their self-destruction to open spatial passages, allowing other ferocious beasts to cross over in an extremely short time and strike directly inside the forces' formations!" Bu Lianshi said with an ugly expression.
"What? Then why was it different on our side..." Everyone revealed shocked expressions. They had also noticed that after those pangolin-like ferocious beasts self-destructed, they disrupted space and damaged the surrounding spatial fabric. They had assumed this was meant to prevent cultivators from using spatial abilities to travel through space. Although few cultivators in the second level of the Ancient Immortal Realm could use such abilities, it made sense if the goal was to cause greater casualties.
But they had never expected that the ferocious beasts' self-destruction was not their actual objective. It had merely been to open a passage for other ferocious beasts.
"We slaughtered half of the ferocious beasts right from the start, causing their numbers to drop drastically. If they had transmitted more beasts afterward, not many would have come through, and they would instead have fallen into our encirclement. That was probably why they ultimately gave up on transmitting them and only self-destructed!" Xiao Heng analyzed.
"That should be it. The number of ferocious beasts transmitted over should be closely related to the number that self-destructed. Our