What... what happened?
Shi Ruiyuan stood there, momentarily stunned.
Some people nearby also noticed this, while others were too preoccupied with the battle to pay attention.
Before Shi Ruiyuan could figure it out...
In my field of vision, the figure grabbed something in its right hand and suddenly threw it forward.
He instinctively looked in the direction the hand had been thrown.
Suddenly, the Weeping Cypress Demon, which had been opening its mouth as if to shriek, paused slightly.
The branches that were originally waving were still moving due to inertia, but the rest of the branches suddenly drooped down.
Then, after a while, a voice finally rang in everyone's ears again.
"Now's the time..."
Everyone's eyes narrowed slightly, and their gazes all focused on the person at the front.
Liang Yanhao was originally at the forefront and had been trying to break through the Weeping Cypress Demon's defenses, was the first to spot them.
He had already moved forward almost as soon as the words were spoken.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
After severing two branches that were swinging due to inertia, Liang Yanhao suddenly pushed off the ground and leaped to the wound where the group had just attacked.
This wound was different from the others; it was large and deep, revealing the grayish-white substance inside.
In my field of vision, Weeping Cypress Demon's eyes trembled slightly, as if she were about to wake up.
Liang Yanhao took a deep breath, and a large amount of orange flames wrapped around the thick-backed sword.
A glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised the blade.
"Flame... Ember!!"
Weeping Cypress Demon's eyes flickered, as she recovered from the shock of that attack.
It now understood why no beasts had come despite its previous calls, but...
"Whoosh--!"
The crimson flames illuminated half the sky.
Accompanying this was a piercing scream...
Shen Heng paused slightly with his bent fingers, then slowly withdrew them after a moment's thought, letting the roar carry away.
A battlefield somewhere.
More than ten figures were locked in a chaotic battle.
Roars, the clash of swords, and the sounds of gunfire rang out incessantly.
Suddenly.
"Rui--"
A piercing scream came from afar.
The Calamity Beast that were moving or attempting to attack paused, their gazes instinctively turning towards the direction from which the sound came.
They seemed to realize what the roar meant, and all turned to look at the two Fourth Tier Calamity Beast at the core battlefield.
There, the two Fourth Tier Calamity Beast had already left the battlefield and were also looking in the direction from which the sound had come.
" Sister Zhaoran, what's this?" Yu Yanhui to Lin Zhaoran's side and asked softly.
Lin Zhaoran did not reply. She was panting heavily as she recovered her strength while keeping an eye on the situation of the Calamity Beast.
She had some guesses, but wasn't sure!
And that's not the main point. The main point is...
Lin Zhaoran looked up at the Calamity Beast with a barb on its tail in front of her.
After using the explosive damage provided by the base to severely injure and kill the Rock-Armored Mandrill, they found another opportunity to kill the Shadow Blade Bat.
They thought they had already won, but unexpectedly, the Calamity Beast on the other side, which wasn't even recorded in the Calamity Beast Illustrated Guide, was holding its own against all three of them and had been fighting them until now.
Although it was also seriously injured, the strength of this Calamity Beast was indeed somewhat beyond their expectations.
Under her gaze, the Calamity Beast with fangs, slightly yellow fur, and a barbed tail slowly turned its head.
His cloudy eyes stared at them for a while, then he turned his head to look in one direction, pondered for a moment, and then looked up.
"Waaah--"
It was accompanied by a long, low murmur.
One after another, the Calamity Beast turned their heads and trotted straight out of the valley.
After the last Calamity Beast left, the Yellow Hair Calamity Beast gave them a wary look, then turned and left as well.
"This, Sister Zhaoran..."
Yu Yanhui to look at Lin Zhaoran.
The other team members also looked over.
Although no words were spoken, the meaning was clear: to pursue or not to pursue?
Lin Zhaoran frowned slightly, and just as he was hesitating, a voice rang out in the team channel.
"Each squad, follow the Calamity Beast at a distance. If you confirm they have no intention of taking the crystals, then let them go!"
Yu Yanhui slightly opened her eyes, and just as she was about to ask a question, she heard a member of another team speak up.
"Shouldn't we try to kill them all?"
"Some of the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast have already escaped, which means the news will definitely get out. Under these circumstances, it's pointless to expend too much effort to hunt them down. Remember..."
"... Our mission is to destroy the Anchor Point, not to kill the Calamity Beast!"
After reiterating the mission objectives, Shen Heng continued:
"Each squad, after confirming the Calamity Beast has departed, take the crystal from the Anchor Point point, extract the Calamity Beast's Origin Crystal, cut off the main valuable materials, then assemble and prepare to proceed to the next Anchor Point!"
"Clear!"
"Clear!"
"Clear!"
Having finished explaining what needed to be explained, Shen Heng let out a soft breath and looked in one direction.
There, a figure with a single horn was carrying several crystals in its mouth, running wildly outwards.
In fact, after killing the Weeping Cypress Demon, he had considered whether to try to kill all the Calamity Beast to delay the spread of news that humans were starting to attack the Anchor Point.
After all, there are only fifty or sixty Calamity Beast left, and less than ten of them are of the Fourth Tier!
But the existence of the One-Horned Lizard forced him to abandon the idea.
From the start of the battle, the One-Horned Lizard kept moving at a distance and never approached. Even when it was retrieving crystals that stabilized the space, it only picked up those that were far away and never got close.
After finishing off all the prey in the distance, it ran straight to the edge of the valley, looking like it was ready to escape at any moment.
He finally understood. The One-Horned Lizard must have been triggered by some unknown reason, remembering the interrogation he had been subjected to before, which is why he was moved to that side and made up his mind not to participate in the battle.
As for why the strength of the Calamity Beast guardians hasn't changed...
Are they worried about being killed if they find out the information was leaked from them?
Shen Heng withdrew his gaze and looked ahead.
The massive wooden trunk of the Weeping Cypress Demon collapsed to the ground, orange flames still burning above it...
Wang Hu had returned to human form and stood there with his arms crossed.
He glanced sideways at Shen Heng, who was walking behind him, and asked:
What should I do with the materials from the Weeping Cypress Demon? How can I take them with me?
When the base is defending against the beast tide, they don't need to deal with it; the base has its own people to handle the corpses outside the base.
When exploring outside, because not many Calamity Beast were killed, they could be dragged back directly.
But now...
They had killed too many Calamity Beast, and since they didn't plan to return to their base directly, how to take the Calamity Beast with them became a problem.