Chapter 113: Slaying the King Beast, Crisis Temporarily Averted!
TL: Etude
Ten minutes had passed.
The King Beast, Black-Back Battle Bear, had not been slain by Ye Tian. Though it was covered in wounds and bleeding profusely, saturating the ground into a pool of blood, it continued to fight with immense battle spirit.
Contrastingly, Ye Tian, while uninjured, had consumed much of his physical and magical energy.
At that moment, Ye Tian activated his pseudo-mystic level talent—Blood-Draining Talent.
"Devour!"
A copious amount of the Black-Back Battle Bear's blood flew into Ye Tian's mouth, which he swallowed in one gulp to replenish his physical and magical strength.
Such was the horrifying capability of the Blood-Draining Talent; it allowed him to consume blood to regain strength, fueling him to keep fighting, whereas the Black-Back Battle Bear could not recover its own wounds or strength.
Ye Tian glanced back at the Linhai Base and frowned instantly, "There are too many beasts. At least tens of thousands of warriors have died. If this continues, Linhai Base won't hold!"
He made a decision immediately.
"Teleport!"
Ye Tian instantaneously appeared beside the eye of the Black-Back Battle Bear.
Next,
he struck through the eye of the Black-Back Battle Bear with all his might, letting his terrifying sword qi pierce into its brain.
At that instant,
the Black-Back Battle Bear slapped Ye Tian away.
As he was being flung through the air, Ye Tian activated two major talents—
"Pseudo-Mystic Defensive Talent!"
"Pseudo-Mystic Diamond Bone Talent!"
The two pseudo-mystic talents absorbed the King Beast's strike, allowing Ye Tian to withstand the attack, though his internal organs were still injured.
"Top-Level Healing Talent!"
Ye Tian's injuries rapidly recovered under the effects of the top-level healing talent.
But by then, the Black-Back Battle Bear let out a painful howl. Suffering brain damage was a critical injury for it.
Seizing this opportunity, Ye Tian repeatedly attacked the Black-Back Battle Bear using teleportation, targeting its eye wound each time.
After several strikes, the Black-Back Battle Bear grew increasingly weak until it eventually fell to the ground.
Confirming its death, Ye Tian didn't even have the time to collect its king-level beast blood; he immediately went to support Old Man Li and the others.
Ye Tian's teleportation range had greatly increased compared to before, each teleport spanning roughly ten kilometers. After multiple teleports, he arrived beneath the city walls.
He wasn't worried about being noticed, for people simply thought Ye Tian was extraordinarily fast.
"Die~~!"
With a swing of his sword, countless rays of sword light carried twenty percent of sword intent, annihilating numerous beasts, even top-level beasts found it hard to withstand a single sword ray.
Kill!
Kill!
Kill!
Ye Tian's speed was incredibly fast, slashing through the hordes of beasts like mowing grass.
With Ye Tian's assistance, the pressure on the warriors of Linhai Base decreased dramatically.
In less than half an hour, hundreds of thousands of beasts were completely wiped out. Even the top-level beasts on Xiao Xue's side were mostly ground to death. Only a few faster beasts managed to escape but were soon caught and killed by Ye Tian.
At this point, the beast tide temporarily came to an end.
The ordinary warriors, seeing the beast tide recede, were ecstatic. They rushed out of the base to collect beast blood and corpses. However, Ye Tian, Old Man Li, and others did not relax.
They knew the true origin of this beast tide. What they had faced so far was just a small part of the beast tide, not the main beast army.
The tide had temporarily ceased. Ye Tian flew back to where the Black-Back Battle Bear had died, collecting its king-level beast blood. He collected approximately 10,000 portions, mainly because the Black-Back Battle Bear's body was so large that it naturally had a lot of blood.
As for the corpse of the Black-Backed Battle Bear, Ye Tian also bestowed it upon Xiao Xue.
Xiao Xue liked not only the taste of the blood of ferocious beasts but also their flesh. The way it gained power was quite similar to how these ferocious beasts did.
"Master!" Xiao Xue ran over.
"What's the matter?" Ye Tian inquired.
A bit embarrassed, Xiao Xue said, "Master, when I hunt those top-tier ferocious beasts, can their blood belong to me?"
Ye Tian laughed heartily, patted Xiao Xue on the head, and said, "Sure, it's all yours!"
Delighted, Xiao Xue still hesitated before flatteringly saying, "Master, I remember you have quite a few storage bags. I don't have one. There's too much blood from those ferocious beasts to drink at once. Could you give me some storage bags?"
"Here you go!"
Ye Tian took two storage bags from his person. He emptied the contents into his personal space and wiped off the imprint on the bags before handing them to Xiao Xue.
Xiao Xue quickly integrated the bags and was very pleased. It remembered that Little Purple had a storage bag from which it would take stored items. The convenience of the storage bags had always excited Xiao Xue. This time, it finally managed to obtain two storage bags from its master.
"Hmph, these storage bags are mine. Master wouldn't even give them to you if you asked!" Xiao Xue secretly thought.
Whoosh!
It quickly ran to where the top-tier ferocious beasts had perished and started collecting blood from their corpses. Soon, it filled the storage bags.
In no time, both storage bags were brimming with beast blood. Xiao Xue ingested the remaining blood and began refining it to enhance its strength.
It took a full three days to completely deal with the corpses of the beasts outside the base. Every household received a considerable amount of beast flesh and blood, and ample compensation was given to the families of the fallen warriors.
At the Lin residence, a meeting commenced.
"Master Ye, after calculating, a total of 12,123 warriors and around 20,000 ordinary people have died," Lin Wanli reported to Ye Tian.
"Why did so many ordinary people die?" Ye Tian frowned.
"It's because a few high-tier beasts broke into the inner base. We couldn't hide everyone underground, and many people refused to go. Due to the limited number of warriors, the beasts were not killed in time, leading to this tragedy," Lin Wanli explained with a sense of helplessness.
Ye Tian sighed, understanding that there was little that could have been done. The number of beasts was overwhelming, and it was already commendable that Linhai Base had managed to hold up. Relative to the scale of the invasion, the losses were, unfortunately, rather light.
"Master Ye, what do we do next? The beast tide isn't over yet, is it?" Old Man Li finally spoke.
"It's not over. I want to check on the situation at the Great Demon Sea Base. As for here, always pay attention to what's happening in the wilderness. This is a communicator; it allows you to send me simple messages. Even if I'm at the Great Demon Sea Base, you can contact me. If another wave of beasts arrives, remember to reach out," Ye Tian instructed.
"Master Ye Tian, going to the Great Demon Sea Base? Isn't that too dangerous?" Old Man Li's expression changed dramatically.
He wasn't really worried about Ye Tian's safety, but rather that Linhai Base would be unprotected without him. If a crisis did occur, what if Ye Tian couldn't make it back in time to save them? Hence, he naturally hoped that Ye Tian would stay.
"My decision is final; that's that." Ye Tian spoke and left, not giving anyone the chance to argue.