Perhaps Xu Zhi's words and actions had made the researchers hiding in the Fourth Branch feel threatened. As soon as she walked through the entrance, she heard several chains being unlocked, followed by an animalistic roar.
When the cage opened, the owner of the roar quickly appeared before Xu Zhi. It was a mutated tiger, though it looked somewhat strange. Its body was enormous, but its tail wasn't a normal tiger's tail. It looked more like a scorpion's.
Strangely, the scorpion tail was the right size for its body, and several fangs were visible in its open mouth as it roared.
If she had to guess, this was a venomous mutated tiger.
"How did you make this thing?"
Xu Zhi was a little surprised, but she didn't feel particularly threatened.
"Is this what you use to guard the place? Got any more?"
"One isn't even enough to whet my appetite."
Her words seemed to enrage the people inside. As several more restraints were unlocked, a few more strange-looking, abnormal mutated beasts came stumbling out one after another.
Each had its own peculiar features, but the one thing they all had in common was the unmistakable evidence of human interference.
Xu Zhi suspected there was more than met the eye. These creatures probably had something inside them that allowed the researchers to control them. Even though their eyes showed fear when they looked at Doggie, they still forced themselves to surround her.
Interesting.
She smiled. "Come at me together."
As soon as the words left her mouth, all six beasts seemed to be driven by some unseen force. Their eyes grew wild and frantic, and they charged as though they'd been starving for ages and had lost their minds.
Xu Zhi didn't intend to let her other Familiars help. She wanted