The first to burst from the forest were a dozen or so Ironclad Rhinoceroses.
Their eyes were bloodred, and branches had torn wounds across their backs. They lowered their heads and charged the people by the lake. More Soul Beasts followed, ranging from hundred-year to ten-thousand-year beasts. They trampled one another, and some of the smaller ones had already fallen beneath the herd's feet.
"Don't kill them!" Xiao Wu rushed to the front.
She seized an Ironclad Rhinoceros by its long horn with both hands. Its charge gouged two deep furrows through the earth beneath her feet. Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor wrapped around its legs just in time, and Dai Mubai slammed into its flank. Together, they toppled it onto open ground.
More Soul Beasts had already crossed the tree line.
Ning Rongrong raised the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as high as she could, sending several boosts down at once. Oscar kept making Recovery Sausages, while Bai Chenxiang delivered them to the scattered team members. Ma Hongjun flew above the herd, tracing an arc of Phoenix Flame across the ground. It burned only shrubs and dead leaves, never touching the Soul Beasts.
"There's a way out to the south!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. "Head south!"
The frenzied Soul Beasts could not understand him, nor could they sense the bloodline pressure of Xiao Wu and Da Ming. The Rakshasa Aura within the Blood Nails had smothered their ability to judge danger, leaving only the instinct to charge toward the Lake District.
Tang San closed his eyes and pushed the Blue Silver Domain to its widest reach.
The bloodred markings had severed the Blue Silver Grass roots into countless sections, but a few patches could still answer him. Following those broken wisps of presence, he quickly