The Mirror Water Beast swayed slowly.
Although it was expected, I still felt a pang of regret when I actually heard it.
This human was actually quite nice...
It didn't linger, but instead turned its gaze to another figure wielding Greatsword, and asked again:
"Gu. ci. ou, what about you...?"
The figure slowly raised the Greatsword and replied,
"I won't either!"
"Since that's how it is... then I guess I'll have to say goodbye!"
The Mirror Water Beast swayed slightly, its voice carrying a faint regret, as if lamenting that several interesting toys were about to be destroyed.
The words had barely left his mouth.
Both sides moved almost simultaneously.
The Mirror Water Beast's body suddenly compressed, and in the next instant, it shot out like a cannonball.
Gu Lingxuan had already moved to the side, her Greatsword positioned behind her, the air Distortion in front of the blade to form a visible Barrier.
"Buzz--"
The Distortion air moved forward, slowing the Mirror Water Beast's charge.
They couldn't stop the Mirror Water Beast, but that was enough; the group quickly scattered in all directions.
The next moment.
"Bang--"
A tremendous impact was heard.
The Mirror Water Beast crashed heavily into the ground.
Before the smoke and dust could even settle, several tentacles shot out from it.
Tentacles flew wildly, the air Distortion, ice spikes shot out, and corpses and stones flew everywhere...
One figure after another flew across the battlefield.
Although adding just one more melee fighter wasn't particularly effective against the Mirror Water Beast Mirror Water Beast, it did make the battle a little easier, but...
The Mirror Water Beast suddenly raised its tentacles, whipping up a small hill nearby, and hurled it towards one of the figures.
The figure quickly retreated to the side.
The Mirror Water Beast's gaze swept over the group, its non-existent brows furrowing slightly.
It could clearly sense that these humans no longer seemed to want to kill it as before, but rather their primary purpose was to stall it...
The Mirror Water Beast slowly turned its head and looked in a certain direction.
The departing figures were already obscured by the mountains and trees, but it could still sense them with its spiritual power, one after another, figures rapidly retreating in that direction.
Its gaze shifted again, looking in several other directions.
In these directions, more humans are fleeing, but the intensity of the escape is not as strong as in the direction it initially looked.
So, are these few humans buying time for those people to evacuate?
While pondering, the Mirror Water Beast withdrew its gaze.
It looked at the figures still struggling against it, its body swaying slightly.
Are you trying to buy them time to escape?
"Bang!"
Shen Heng kicked a Calamity Beast corpse away, sending it hurtling towards the Mirror Water Beast.
He didn't step forward. The short time wasn't enough for him to recover much of his Origin Power, and his main fighting style was unlikely to inflict much damage on the liquid, regenerative Mirror Water Beast.
Therefore, just like Cao Mingyu, he threw things at the Mirror Water Beast to harass it.
Anyway, the main goal is to keep the Mirror Water Beast occupied...
Suddenly, Shen Heng paused slightly, his gaze fixed on the Mirror Water Beast.
A series of heartfelt voices rang in my ears, then fell silent.
He let out a soft breath.
A clever opponent is certainly not a favorite...
Without further hesitation, Shen Heng said, " The Mirror Water Beast has realized that we're trying to hold it back, and it's now preparing to intercept and kill the others who are evacuating."
As soon as he finished speaking, the others who were also fighting the Mirror Water Beast paused slightly.
Everyone looked at the Mirror Water Beast Mirror Water Beast, and saw that although it had not yet moved in that direction, its movements indicated that it was already inclined to do so.
"No way, this thing is too smart! We only changed our strategy a short while ago, and it already figured it out?" Cao Mingyu looked at the Mirror Water Beast with disbelief.
" The Mirror Water Beast is very clever, but the most important thing right now is to stop it!" Mirror Water Beast Gu Lingxuan took a deep breath.
"But the problem is, if the Mirror Water Beast insists on running that way, can we stop it?" Lin Zhaoran asked in a deep voice.
Her recent experience made her realize that if the Mirror Water Beast was determined to deal with a certain target, it would be very difficult for them to stop it; at most, they could only delay it.
Upon hearing this, the group fell silent for a moment.
"Let's try it first, and we'll see if it works." A calm voice rang out in the channel. Shen Heng said, "No matter what, we can't just let the Mirror Water Beast pass by like this."
"Understood," everyone replied.
The brief exchange concluded.
Four figures simultaneously ran to the side.
The retreating crowd, positioned to the side of both the Mirror Water Beast and the Mirror Water Beast, did not need to chase directly at it; they only needed to pursue it to the side.
The two sides pursued each other rapidly across the battlefield.
The Mirror Water Beast did not slow its pace because they were chasing after it.
Initially, it changed its target because these humans didn't want to fight it and it realized their goals.
Its intention, indeed, was to force those humans to fight it.
But if these humans can't stop it, then it certainly wouldn't mind dealing with a few more humans.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!..."
With several leaps through the air, Gu Lingxuan quickly arrived at the side and front of the Mirror Water Beast.
She turned to look at the figure of the Mirror Water Beast, raised her broadsword, and swung it.
The Distortion air instantly swept away.
Having already endured numerous attacks, the Mirror Water Beast has learned a certain degree of defensiveness.
It extended its tentacles, picked up a not-so-small hill from the side, and threw it into the Distortion air.
"Boom--"
The hill was compressed and torn apart in mid-air, and the remaining Distortion air continued to move backward, but it no longer posed much of a threat to the Mirror Water Beast.
The Mirror Water Beast's figure sped forward.
From the side and rear, attacks came one after another.
Whether it's Distortion air, a streak of Ice Blast Bullet, or a thrown boulder or corpse...
One attack after another slowed down the Mirror Water Beast's advance, but it couldn't completely stop it!
At one moment, the Mirror Water Beast's body swayed slightly, and a buzzing laugh emanated from it.
"What the hell is this guy laughing at!" Cao Mingyu cursed angrily, feeling rather irritated.
After the Mirror Water Beast switched to its Condensed State, it did become slightly more useful, but the effect was still minimal, especially during this kind of pursuit.
There was no response.
Everyone was looking in that direction.
Shen Heng was also looking in that direction, but his gaze was fixed further ahead.
There, the group of people, who had long since disappeared into the mountains, reappeared at the edge of the horizon.
They seemed to hear the noise and looked over, followed by a suppressed murmur of panic.
One after another, figures began to quicken their pace and ran forward.
Most were only at the Fourth Tier, and many were only at the Early Fourth Tier. Their Origin Power had just been almost exhausted, and they were also carrying wounded soldiers...
Shen Heng withdrew his gaze and looked at the Mirror Water Beast.
He let out a soft breath, his eyes lifting again, becoming even more serious.
"The plan needs to be changed again. We need to be prepared to either kill the Mirror Water Beast Mirror Water Beast be killed by it when we fight it!"