"We have to escape, we have to get out..."
The Mirror Water Beast's inner voice echoed in Shen Heng's ears.
Shen Heng watched as the number of Mirror Water Beast clones rapidly decreased, then suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and turned his gaze to Li Daoyi.
"Daoist Master, we must spare one!"
The words were heard.
Li Daoyi, who had been floating in the air, paused slightly and looked over. "What are you doing keeping this here, kid?"
As they spoke, the gale had already obliterated the Mirror Water Beast's excess body, leaving only one.
And the one that remained was worn down beyond recognition, unable to even maintain its Fourth Tier aura.
"It knows some more information, maybe we can take it back for interrogation?" Shen Heng glanced at the remaining Mirror Water Beast, thinking about the other humanoid races and opposing sides that the Mirror Water Beast had mentioned before.
"Is this all?" Li Daoyi asked.
"This?..." Shen Heng paused slightly, hesitated for a moment, then coughed lightly and said, "Perhaps we can take it back and study it!"
Upon hearing this, Li Daoyi for a moment, recalling the brief scene he had witnessed upon arriving, and nodded, "That is indeed a good idea!"
As he spoke, he flipped his hand and grabbed at that spot.
The remaining Mirror Water Beast were immediately swept up by the gale and flew towards it, being continuously weakened in the process.
By the time they reached his side, he was only a little over a meter tall, shorter than a person, and his aura had dropped to the level of the First Tier.
Li Daoyi looked at the Mirror Water Beast, which was still alive, and couldn't help but click his tongue.
They're still alive? It's a pity we don't have time now, otherwise we could study them properly!
After thinking it over, he turned around, and the whirlwind pulled the Mirror Water Beast swiftly down.
At this moment, everyone gathered together.
"Daoist Master!" the crowd greeted him.
Li Daoyi nodded, pointing to the Mirror Water Beast he had dragged over, "Do you have a way to trap it?"
Shen Heng pondered for a moment, then looked at Lin Zhaoran.
Lin Zhaoran paused, seemingly understanding something, then took two steps forward. "I'll do it!"
As she spoke, she slightly raised her hand and reached out towards the Mirror Water Beast, which was being swept away by the gale. The gale promptly moved aside.
Shen Heng looked over.
The Mirror Water Beast was staring at him, but it did not resist.
First, the gale was still swirling around it; second, this time it was indeed... severely damaged, so severely that even knowing the future might be dire, it had no energy left to resist.
He just kept slightly opening his mouth.
"Let me go... I won't come to the ' Erosion Zone ' again..."
Shen Heng ignored it and just watched the slowly spreading chill.
Because of the poor condition, the freezing process was not very fast.
Li Daoyi continued to manipulate the Gale to control the Mirror Water Beast, glancing at Shen Heng who coughed lightly from time to time, before looking at the others.
"You little brat, you dare to hit people with so few men? If I hadn't come, you guys would be finished, wouldn't you?" Li Daoyi turned his gaze to Shen Heng.
"If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have fought like this," Shen Heng said, coughing again. "My original plan was to stall for time, then retreat directly. That way, the Mirror Water Beast would either have to chase us or chase others. If they chased us, we could resist and then retreat back to Frontier-Pacifying City; if they chased others..."
He paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"I have no choice but to have the others disperse and retreat to minimize casualties. However, there's only one Mirror Water Beast, so the casualties should be manageable!"
Li Daoyi's lips twitched. Although he knew this kid was reliable, this was really reliable!
He asked himself, if he were in the other person's position, he probably couldn't have done it!
Thinking of this, Li Daoyi slight smile.
"Oh? Then it seems I don't need to come?!"
"Then you'd better come!" Shen Heng said with a sigh of relief.
"You little rascal!" Li Daoyi.
Shen Heng also smiled.
Beside them, Gu Lingxuan silently watched the two of them.
Although she had heard that the two had a good relationship, this was the first time she had met them.
"By the way, Daoist Master, when Shen Heng just said that the Mirror Water Beast might be able to be captured to extract information, why did you say 'that'?" Gu Lingxuan asked.
Upon hearing this, the people nearby all looked over, equally puzzled.
Logically speaking, every modern person should recognize the importance of intelligence.
Upon hearing this, Li Daoyi's expression turned serious.
He slowly looked around at everyone and said:
"Because I'm leaving soon to catch a Sixth Tier Calamity Beast!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's pupils contracted slightly.
Sixth Tier... Calamity Beast?
Shen Heng's gaze also turned serious. He now understood why Li Daoyi had looked so earnest when they first met.
"Capture Sixth Tier Calamity Beast? What's the purpose of that?" Gu Lingxuan asked.
Li Daoyi, "Based on past experience, there should be a hurdle to overcome when breaking through from the Sixth Tier to the Seventh Tier, just like the hurdle from Third Tier Third Tier to the Fourth Tier Fourth Tier! We stagnated for more than a year before overcoming this hurdle, so it's obvious how it will go from the Sixth Tier to the Seventh Tier..."
"It will be even more difficult. Using conventional methods, it will probably take at least several years to find a breakthrough," Shen Heng said with a solemn expression.
"That's right!" Li Daoyi. "In cases of higher difficulty, it will undoubtedly take more time, but as you all know, we don't have that much time to waste. Therefore, headquarters made a plan a long time ago to capture a Sixth Tier Calamity Beast and see if we can figure out how to break through from Sixth Tier to Seventh Tier!"
The others nodded silently.
Shen Heng didn't speak, but his eyes flickered slightly.
Late Sixth Tier, Jiang Xingwei...?
It's only been a year and a half since the Erosion Zone appeared. Although he's only at the Late Sixth Tier and hasn't reached the point of breaking through yet, this speed seems to be faster than he expected.
"But why now?"
Cao Mingyu nodded in agreement, then suddenly, as if remembering something, his gaze turned directly to Li Daoyi.
"Master, you're not about to break through to the Seventh Tier, are you?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's spirits lifted slightly, and they looked over.
"No, I'm still far from it," Li Daoyi stroked his beard. "The plan was only implemented because Jiang Xingwei recently broke through to the Late Sixth Tier. Although he's still a long way from breaking through to the Seventh Tier, capturing Sixth Tier Calamity Beast takes time, and getting the interrogation results also takes time. Headquarters wanted to start this matter earlier, and since your news came back, we decided to do it all at once!"
Although somewhat disappointed, everyone nodded silently.
"But even if we catch it, that Calamity Beast might not know how to break through to the Seventh Tier!" Cao Mingyu asked.
"It's not certain, so it's just a trial!" Li Daoyi.
Shen Heng looked at Li Daoyi, listened carefully to make sure there were no other sounds, and then asked:
"Daoist priest, are you alone?"