Chapter 101: The Battle at the Exit
At the moment when the eight people stepped into the aperture at the exit, the pitch-black space that was shrouded in them also just dissipated into nothingness. It's just that at this time, Tianjihong no longer has the interest to look around at the beginning, and at the other end of that aperture, he can already clearly perceive the terrifying coercion brought by the fluctuation of spiritual power, except for the timid Wang Qing and the two mortals, the rest of the people are all ready to join the battle.
At the other end of the exit, as expected, the platform on the top of the mountain looked much the same as when it came. At the same time as several people left the void tunnel, the soles of their feet also stepped on the hard marble slab again, and when they looked around, they could find that the structures arranged here were almost identical, except for the scenery that could not be seen dozens of miles away at any time like at the top of the mountain, the stone pillars surrounded by it, the platform with the central inscription pattern, and the stone pier in the center connected with the formation were all carved out like a mold.
It's just that today Jihong didn't have time to carefully observe the difference between the two, and at the moment when his vision became clear again, a dark gray horse rushed straight towards his back. Fortunately, he was prepared, and immediately bent down and threw himself into the open space outside the edge of the disc on the side. He knew in his heart that such a means of being able to achieve the release of spiritual power without the help of artifacts was by no means something that he could compete with.
As the impact of spiritual power grazed his scalp and flew into the woods on the side, Tian Jihong had time to observe the situation around him. He found that the group was in a dense forest at this time, looking at the neat demarcation of the surrounding area, needless to say, this place was also in a long time ago, it was artificially developed as a teleportation array construction. It's just that although Tianjihong hasn't had time to carefully survey the nearby environment, the appearance of the dense forest not far away seems to be a little familiar, very similar to a location that he has been in contact with before.
But now I don't have the heart to care about these things, the most important thing is to get rid of the trouble in front of me first. What really shocked Tian Jihong at this time was that in the outer area of this platform, there were no less than twenty or thirty people in the field of vision, who were fighting to the death against the spirit beasts that were constantly emerging in the dense forests farther away.
Judging from the clothing of these people, except for a few of them, the remaining twenty or so people were all dressed in striped merchant uniforms, as if they were from the same caravan, and the goods and horses they carried were still firmly tied to the stone pillar at one end, but because the battle had become more and more fierce, even the guards who had been assigned to guard the goods were already engaged in fierce battles one after another.
And what made Tian Jihong feel even more big was that even though the number of monks left here was several times more than the eight people they had when they came, the real situation at the moment was that with his own group of more than thirty people, they were surrounded by the tide of beasts surging around them. The figures of the spirit beasts in the surrounding dense forests were densely packed, and they were fearless in the human race in the center, and the number was several times that of the current number of monks.
The only thing to be thankful for is that most of these guys who are struggling to rush to the forefront of the battle are low-level spirit beasts with weak strength and small size, which are not enough to pose a deadly threat to the human monks who have built a good defense line. As for those big guys who have cultivated to higher levels, they are quietly wandering at the edge of the clearing, and it is obvious that their intention to delay in attacking is to use these low-level spirit beasts as cannon fodder to consume the power of human monks first, and then take the opportunity to find a breakthrough to launch a devastating blow.
Like the spiritual power that almost rubbed the body of Tian Jihong just now, it was emitted by a stork on the left hand side that was the size of three or four people. The bird's green wings are red, its white beak is two feet long, and its slender feet have webbed claws. The only difference from ordinary storks is that a dark gray crown feather is born on the top of its head, the shape of which is like two sharp steel forks soaring into the sky, and there are still fluctuations after the release of spiritual power on it, and the previous training is also emitted from this crown feather.
Of course, the horse training that really rushed towards the position of Tianjihong was only a very small part of the splash that spread out after releasing the attack above his head. Its original target was directed at a powerful monk on the periphery of the platform, and after a quick glance around, Tian Jihong quickly focused his attention on the middle-aged man with a long beard.
What is a little surprising is that in addition to his beard, this big man has a harmless appearance of humans and animals at a cursory glance, his facial features are round and he can't see the edges and corners, his eyes are almost squinted into a slit, and the door of his head is nearly half of the top, and his physique is slightly fat, and his slightly bulging belly is even more fixed on an amiable uncle. Even in his serious face at this moment, it is difficult to make people feel awe and disgust at it.
But if you look closely, you can see that such a big man is clearly one of the strongest monks left here. Compared with the uniform clothing of the merchant on his side, the robe he wore was embroidered with pale gold patterns, which looked more graceful and gorgeous, and the surrounding stars held the moon, which tightly surrounded him in the most central position, it seemed that this big man was probably the leader of this caravan.
The weapon in this man's hand is also quite comical, which are two steel flying rings the size of fists. In addition to the sharp tooth-like lines on its outer side, which has a strong lethality, a weapon of this size is really a sense of disobedience when compared to the physique of that big man. But to Tianjihong's surprise, this seemingly bulky big man, when he manipulated the flying ring against the enemy in actual combat, he showed a handy posture, and his actions seemed very flexible.
The two flying rings that would wrap around his palms were actually shuttling between the enemy's vital parts like arm commands, and judging from the corpses of spirit beasts lying horizontally at his feet, there were already five or six spirit beasts of extraordinary strength defeated under this flying ring. And as I just said, several powerful spirit beasts that were hovering in the shadows of the dense forest in the distance and did not want to show their faces were all locked on the body of this middle-aged man at this moment, and they all knew that this guy was the biggest obstacle to their defeat of the opponent now, and if they could solve this person, the human monk's defense line would also be broken.
At this moment, when Tianjihong had just come back to his senses, the two people from the Qingluo Sect beside him also immediately discovered that this big man should be the backbone of the dozens of people who stayed here. So without waiting for Tian Jihong to get up and react more, the two of them rushed closer to the big man, looking like they wanted to discuss joining the battle with him. Of course, Wang Qing behind him also followed closely with his face, and now that the human side is surrounded, the strength of the latter is obviously not able to find a breakthrough to escape, so following behind these people must be the safest choice now.
Tian Jihong is naturally not stupid, in addition to having the same thoughts as Wang Qing, he also wants to find out what is the reason for the current situation of being surrounded by spirit beasts. Generally speaking, it is quite rare for a beast tide to attack humans in such a deep mountain, not to mention that now that they have reached the outskirts of the mountain range and are still at the node of the trade road, it stands to reason that it is impossible for such a number of spirit beasts to reach this area.
And judging from the offensive situation of the spirit beast raid, the attack method of going forward and not fearing death like this is not at all in line with the style of these fierce beasts that have given birth to spiritual intelligence. Even if they are forced by the obscenity of several spirit beast overlords on the periphery, but the latter wants to gather and manipulate such a number of alien beasts to launch waves of attacks in a short period of time, it is too incredible, after all, these guys are still fundamentally different from the rabbit and mouse king two days ago, relying on the blood connection between the same clan to manipulate the spirit intelligence, there must be a hidden secret.
After dodging several attacks from his side one after another, Tian Jihong also gradually approached the position where the middle-aged man was standing under some pushing. Along the way, Tianjihong also had a more detailed understanding of the current battle situation; According to his judgment, the fierce battle between humans and beasts may have lasted for some time, but fortunately, except for three people who were injured and stayed aside to rest, no human corpses have been seen on the monk's side for the time being. It's just that everyone's faces are tired, and I don't know how long they have been fighting here.
On the side of the spirit beasts, there are already corpses all over the field, because the strength of the spirit beasts that are urged to rush towards humans is generally not very good, in the case of the existence of a master like a middle-aged man, and now the open space separated by the outer part of the platform and the dense forest has already been filled with dozens of large and small spirit beast corpses. In addition to this middle-aged man, Tian Jihong also found two other people in the team, and the spiritual power that erupted from his body was no less than the former, thinking that most of them were martial artists specially hired by the caravan as bodyguards.
Under the deployment of the middle-aged leader, the three of them formed a corner to guard one side of the platform, and led other less powerful monks around them to form a solid encirclement, stubbornly defending the road to the central platform. At this time, when he saw a few people teleported from the other end, the big man also anxiously beckoned to Tianjihong and a few people to hurry up, obviously he had something to say.
When Jihong finally squeezed to the side of the big man that day, the two people of the Qingluo Sect and Wang Qing behind him arrived here one step in advance, and several people had already begun to fight fiercely with the surrounding spirit beasts, while distracting themselves to discuss the next arrangements. At this time, Tian Jihong was also a little surprised to find that the young man with the bow and crossbow was also alone from the other side of the direction like himself, and approached here, and the two of them invariably joined the discussion of the four people in front of them.
“… I didn't expect this to happen, our group has been here for almost a day and a night, but we haven't been able to wait for the teleportation array at this end to be charged, but fortunately, you came to help. The big man was anxiously explaining to the two girls of the Qingluo Sect.