Crisis Descended

There was something strange about the mist here.

After walking for nearly an hour, Yan Gaoyuan sighed inwardly and touched the large tree beside him.

He had also noticed a mark he had deliberately left behind.

Sure enough, without realizing it, they had returned to where they started!

"Ah..."

With a sigh, Yan Gaoyuan turned to look at the others.

Although he could not see them clearly, he keenly sensed their unease.

Quite a few of them were raw recruits, after all, and they struggled to cope with such a bizarre situation.

More importantly, he did not know whether it was his imagination, but he kept feeling as though a pair of eyes were watching them from somewhere unseen.

"He really is perceptive!"

Far away, Yu Ziyu watched the group through the dense mist. Noticing the young man at their head remaining on guard, he frowned.

According to Qing'er, this fellow seemed to be called Yan Gaoyuan.

A Transcendent, and apparently one with an unusual background.

"Hmph."

Yu Ziyu snorted, but thought little of it.

His dense mist ability, combined with Hallucination,

could mislead these fellows without their noticing, making them wary.

If these people withdrew from the mountains like this, all the better.

But if they did not, they could not blame him for being ruthless.

When the time came, who cared whether his name was Yan Gaoyuan or Li Gaoyuan...

Several more hours passed before they knew it. Deep in the mountains, the group led by Yan Gaoyuan finally escaped the strange loop and continued farther into the mountains.

What they did not know, however, was that pairs of green eyes were already gleaming deep within the mist.

At the same time, a pair of utterly scarlet eyes, filled with madness, also seemed to be holding something back.

The Wind Wolves, and Honey Badger.

The Wind Wolves were naturally following Yu Ziyu's orders to obstruct the group, while Honey Badger was Yu Ziyu's final killing move.

For this, Yu Ziyu had sacrificed three whole drops of life essence, forcibly advancing Honey Badger into an Entry-Level six Mutated Beast.

In terms of combat strength alone, he far surpassed the Wind Wolves that could spit wind blades.

But as the price, Yu Ziyu had given no consideration to whether Honey Badger lived or died.

He had forcibly brainwashed Honey Badger using Hallucination.

Honey Badger, after all, held grudges more fiercely than anyone.

And now, in his simple memories, the group led by Yan Gaoyuan were his greatest enemies.

"Grr..."

With a low growl, Honey Badger finally lost patience and lunged forward, charging down the mountain.

And at that very moment.

"Awoo, awoo, awoo..."

Wolf howls suddenly echoed through the mountain forest.

Wolves, the most fearsome hunters deep in the mountains.

Now, as their howls rang out, even Yan Gaoyuan and the others, who were very far away from them, felt chills down their backs and their hair stand on end, let alone anyone else.

"Did you hear that?"

A soldier swallowed and asked in alarm.

"No way..."

As though he had thought of something unbelievable, another soldier also grew nervous.

"Whew..."

Letting out a deep breath, the Regiment Commander nodded to Yan Gaoyuan and said gravely,

"There should be no mistake. It's a wolf pack. We just don't know whether they're mutated wolves or ordinary ones."

At this, the Regiment Commander looked around and reminded them,

"Keep hold of your weapons. You can't let go of those."

"Got it, Regiment Commander."

Raising the machine gun in his hands, a dark-skinned soldier smiled.

Time always passed slowly amid vigilance.

Wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads, the soldiers walked even more cautiously.

Every step was fraught with dread-this must have been what that meant.

"Ah!"

A sudden cry broke the deathly silence.

His expression changing sharply, Yan Gaoyuan instinctively stirred his spiritual energy.

But a moment later, seeing that a raw recruit had merely stepped into a hole, both Yan Gaoyuan and the Regiment Commander's faces darkened.

Still, they did not reprimand him.

At this point, it was not just this soldier; the others' nerves were stretched taut as well.

Deep within these mist-shrouded mountains, there seemed to be an oppression ordinary people could hardly describe, pressing on their nerves at every moment.

"It's begun."

Far away, deep in the Canyon, Yu Ziyu's gaze sharpened slightly.

Immediately afterward, a scream rang out across the mountains.

"No!"

With that utterly piercing scream, a soldier's arm flew into the air.

At the same time, a fountain of blood shot skyward.

Looking up, they saw that a streak of azure light, which had appeared from nowhere, had severed the soldier's arm.

"We're under attack! We're under attack!"

Amid repeated cries of alarm, the soldiers raised their weapons.

Immediately afterward,

Bang, bang, bang...

Bullets poured down like rain, and muzzle flashes flared in the dense mist.

"Awoo..."

With a mournful howl, a giant wolf the size of a calf sprang out of the dense mist.

Even more alarming was the azure radiance surging inside the giant wolf's mouth.

"Run!"

With a furious roar, Yan Gaoyuan, his entire body wrapped in spiritual energy, decisively threw a soldier beside him out of the way.

Then he lashed out with a whip kick.

Thud!

With a terrifying boom, the dense mist rolled back.

At the same time, the azure giant wolf flew backward with a low whimper.

"Whew..."

Drawing a deep breath, Yan Gaoyuan had no time to survey the battlefield's casualties.

The mist had filled his vision, and in his daze, even the trees seemed to turn into demons baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

"This mist..."

As he spoke in a low voice, the young man's heart sank, a rare occurrence for him.

Vaguely, a feeling arose within him: this mist seemed to be alive.

But how was that possible?

There was no time to think further, for screams were now coming from the dense mist, one after another.

At the same time, a powerful, foul, bloody stench rushed into his face.

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(Event period: June 12 to June 14)

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