“Damn it!
There are several Hundred Beast Kings hidden within the beast pack!”
The scout Gu Master’s expression changed drastically.
Without wasting another moment, he rushed toward caravan leader Jia Hu to report the situation.
Jia Hu’s expression became grim.
Then, as if remembering something, he immediately shouted, “Don’t panic!
Owlcats are nocturnal beasts.
As long as we hold out until dawn, they’ll retreat on their own!”
Jia Hu’s words quickly spread through the battlefield, stabilizing the morale that had begun to collapse.
Unfortunately, the situation was far from as optimistic as everyone imagined.
“Ahhh!
Save me!!” At one part of the defensive line, the formation suddenly collapsed.
A Gu Master was knocked to the ground by several owlcats.
Their sharp fangs flashed coldly as they tore into his body, and his desperate screams abruptly stopped as blood splattered across the ground.
“Quickly, close that gap!” Three Gu Masters immediately rushed over to reinforce the broken defensive line.
“Green Vine Gu!” Emerald green vines shot out one after another, twisting like snakes and pythons.
They quickly spread across the gap, weaving together into a dense barrier and sealing the broken opening.
“Fist Stone Gu!” Another Gu Master thrust both fists forward.
Fist-sized rocks shot out like bullets, smashing into the charging owlcats and forcing them back.
At the same time, his body gradually turned to stone, allowing him to stand at the front and shield his companions while continuing to attack.
“Sticky Oil Gu!” The last Gu Master lowered his head, opened his mouth, and spat out a large amount of thick Sticky Oil.
He spat out another massive stream, drenching most of the owlcats gathered in front of the defensive line.
“Die, you beasts!”
A moment later, the Gu Master wiped his mouth and snapped his fingers.
A fireball shot forward and struck an owlcat pouncing toward him, instantly setting its oil-covered body on fire.
The owlcat turned into a massive fireball.
It crashed back into the beast pack, igniting the oil covering the surrounding owlcats and triggering a chain reaction.
In the blink of an eye, the entire area was engulfed in a sea of fire.
Unfortunately, the Owlcat Beast King finally made its move.
The Gu Masters desperately tried to hold the defensive line, but their efforts were useless before its overwhelming strength.
It tore open the breach with ease, widening the gap and allowing more owlcats to pour through.
Soon, the collapse began spreading across the entire defensive line.
“Retreat!
Retreat!”
With no other choice, everyone was forced to abandon the first defensive line and fall back to the second.
The fierce battle soon fell into a stalemate.
Although the Gu Masters were well prepared and fought desperately, the sheer number of owlcats was simply overwhelming.
“Link the carts and wagons together!
Pile up the goods and form a high wall!”
Behind the second defensive line, everyone hurriedly began constructing a third line of defense.
There was no other choice.
The caravan had already been pushed into such a desperate situation that they could only sacrifice their own goods and use them to build a defensive wall.
No one dared to slack off.
They had already reached a critical moment of life and death.
If the defensive lines collapsed, none of them would escape alive.
Finally, dawn arrived.
The owlcats were nocturnal beasts.
As the first rays of sunlight appeared over the horizon, the beast pack finally began to retreat, leaving behind thousands of owlcat corpses scattered across the battlefield.
However, before the retreating beast pack could get far, someone suddenly blocked their path.
A man stood atop a large boulder with his arms crossed, looking down at the approaching owlcats.
He was tall and imposing, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
The muscles beneath his clothes were firm and powerful.
Dressed in a tight-fitting black robe, he stood alone atop the boulder like an unshakable mountain beneath the cold morning sky.
“Heh, you beasts think you can come and go whenever you please?
Wouldn’t I lose face if I simply let you leave?”
Lin Feng grabbed the edge of his black robe with one hand and tore it off.
The heavy robe crashed to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
“Hisss!” The Owlcat King let out a sharp roar, as if warning Lin Feng or directly ordering the beast pack to attack.
Thousands of owlcats under its command immediately surged forward and pounced toward him.
Lin Feng, however, remained completely calm despite facing thousands of charging beasts.
The blood-bat tattoo on his back suddenly flashed, and a crimson cloud poured out from within it.
Upon closer inspection, the crimson cloud was actually formed from countless dark red bats.
They had long, narrow fleshy wings, with a pair of large main wings and another pair of much smaller secondary wings beneath them.
These bats had no claws, but the edges of their wings were extremely sharp, like blades that could easily cut through flesh and bone.
This was the Rank 3 Blood Path Gu, the Blade-Winged Blood Bat!