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"That's the target? How dare he bring so many people with him, doesn't he know we've already come with a large force, could there be an ambush in the dark?" Yan Ye frowned, his subconscious telling him that the other party's actions were somewhat illogical.

"No, my Beast Taming has checked the surrounding space, and there are no other ambush forces in this area besides us," the priest on the right shook his head. "Of course, it's also possible that there's some method my Beast Taming can't detect, but I think it's unlikely."

Yan Ye nodded, as his concern was an anti-ambush from the opponent, so he had led the large force to sneak up behind the enemy, a process that went unexpectedly smoothly, so much so that it made him somewhat unconfident.

No, it's exactly because it went too smoothly that there's a problem!

With this thought, a trace of vigilance flashed in Yan Ye's eyes.

"Could they have some other trump card?" Yan Ye murmured, his gaze involuntarily falling on the Lake of Fire.

When he came, the Chi Family had told him about the dangers of the Lake of Fire, but such danger was only significant for Beast Tamers below Transcendence.

For Beast Tamers above Transcendence, as long as they were not in the epicenter of the Earth Fire eruption, there would be no problem.

Moreover, an Earth Fire eruption wouldn't happen instantly, as there would be a buffering process.

Transcendent-level Beast Tamers would have enough time to react.

If the other side was targeting ordinary soldiers, they had pretty much gone all out.

And according to the intelligence from spies inside, the other side hadn't arranged an escape route, unless they intended to bury the entire mercenary group here.

In the lake's center, two behemoths were still fighting, a hint of helplessness flashing in Yan Ye's eyes at the mess created by the "Pale Grip"...

This was completely unexpected according to intelligence; if it weren't for the concern that a sudden attack might be misinterpreted by the two monsters in the lake, he would have already led the Beast Tamers to strike first.

"They seem to be splitting up," the priest observed, looking down where one of the mercenary groups was splitting to the left and beginning to retreat along the lakeside.

Yan Ye watched the mercenary group moving to the left with caution. Their speed was increasing, showing a tendency to break out of the encirclement.

"What are they doing?" Yan Ye, being a clever man, had a habit typical of shrewd people: thinking several steps ahead in everything.

So when he saw the Huangshi Mercenary Group retreating to the left, his first thought was whether there was an ambush involved.

At this moment, the priest beside him spoke quietly, "Do you think it's possible—I'm just guessing, and it might not be accurate—that they are really running away?"

Upon hearing the priest's speculation, Yan Ye was stunned and then turned to look at the priest.

"Why would you think that?"

"Because the fleeing troops are scattering," the priest said indifferently.

With the priest's reminder, Yan Ye looked again at the Huangshi Mercenary Group.

This time, he indeed saw more telling signs.

Members of the Huangshi Mercenary Group were frequently glancing in their direction, and some summoned their Beast Tamings who were rampaging, making their formation utterly disorganized.

Before his forces could charge, their fleeing formation had already broken down.
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In such chaos, it seemed impossible to concentrate forces to deploy any unit-based military skills.

"Damn!" Yan Ye slapped his thigh.

"These guys are really running!"

"So, do we chase them or continue to hold this position?" the priest pointed in the direction of Ming Junting's troops and said.

Yan Ye looked intently and saw some Beast Tamers in Ming Junting's troops were also quietly leaving the formation, trying to blend into the surrounding crowd of Beast Tamers.

"That one isn't valuable, what's important is his head," Yan Ye said firmly.

Ming Junting was the main conspirator in the assassination of the legion commander. If Yan Ye encountered Chen Xing in the wild, he certainly wouldn't mind killing him as an aside. However, if he had to choose between the two, he could only select the one of greater value.

"However, we can't let that slide either. I'll go after him, and once I've killed him, I'll come back," the priest said flatly.

"Good," Yan Ye considered for a moment, "make it quick."

According to the scout's intelligence, the highest combatant in the Huangshi Mercenary Group was just Chen Xing, whose strength should be between mid and high Transcendence.

His Beast Taming quality was not low, capable of fighting above his level, and it was said he also possessed spatial abilities, but the priest's Beast Taming also had a spatial attribute.

It was a perfect counter to Chen Xing's Beast Taming attribute.

Therefore, it was most appropriate to leave Chen Xing to the priest. Although Chen Xing's priority wasn't as high as Ming Junting's, he had remarkable potential and was a top-tier genius. He was also involved in that incident, and the higher-ups had put him on the must-kill list. If they could eliminate him ahead of time, it would be beneficial.

The priest nodded, took a step forward, and merged into the Beast Taming behind him.

The Beast Taming behind him shook its head, then looked at Yan Ye with its crimson eyes and nodded, before stepping forward and vanishing from its original position.

Chen Xing led the team to retreat.

Suddenly, spatial fluctuations transmitted from nearby.

The Sìxiàng at Chen Xing's side clenched its fist and smashed it towards the direction from which the spatial fluctuations came!

In the transparent air, the fist seemed to have hit something.

"Such keen perception, your Beast Taming is truly not simple," said a voice from the void, as a monster with sheep horns on its head and blood-red skin appeared beside the Sìxiàng, smiling at it with a grimace.

[Species] Peeling Sheep Honorable

[Quality] Purple Overlord

[Attribute] Spatial

[Energy Level] 179

[Energy Level Cap] 179

[Spatial Affinity] 58

[Divinity] 1 (Divine Enhancement: Strength +1)

An enemy with a spatial attribute.

Chen Xing did not expect that such a difficult opponent would catch up to them.

"I can feel that your Beast Taming Level is much lower than mine," the Peeling Sheep Honorable spoke in human language, "but it's not far off in strength from my Beast Taming. It's a pity, someone with a talent like yours is exactly what I like to kill the most."

Chen Xing sharply noticed the phrasing of its words.

Could it be that the speaker was a Beast Tamer?

This must be some sort of fusion ability of a Beast Tamer, and now the consciousness of the Peeling Sheep Honorable might be under the control of the Beast Tamer.

With a flicker, the Peeling Sheep Honorable vanished on the spot.

The next second, a Beast Taming not far away was cleaved in two!

From top to bottom, as if an invisible blade had bisected it, spilling its intestines and innards all over the ground.

"Hahaha, die!"

With another flicker, the Peeling Sheep Honorable disappeared from the spot again.

Almost at the same time, Chen Xing executed Unity of Heavenly Aspects and merged into the Sìxiàng's body.

The Peeling Sheep Honorable appeared where Chen Xing had just been standing, its curved blade slicing through the air.

He narrowly avoided the blade.

Facing an opponent with such speed and mastery of spatial abilities, Chen Xing couldn't stay exposed outside, although the damage could be transferred, all the transferred damage would fall on the Beast Taming; this way, he would be the biggest weakness.

So it was still more appropriate to use Unity of Heavenly Aspects in this situation—as long as the opponent didn't have mastery of mental-type attack skills.

"Draw him into the Dark Realm," Chen Xing issued the command within the consciousness space of the Sìxiàng.

He noted the Peeling Sheep Honorable's innate skill.

[Innate Skill] Bloodthirsty Hunter (Active) (Perfect): After slaying an enemy, it absorbs the force of the enemy's blood energy, temporarily enhancing its own physical attributes, and can be stacked.

This was a skill that could stack in battle, so they couldn't give the opponent a chance to stack up innate skills in the outside world.

The Sìxiàng hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Because drawing into the Dark Realm was a rather special ability, the Sìxiàng would not casually pull someone into the Dark Realm unless Chen Xing commanded it.

Moreover, the Sìxiàng understood the subtext of its master's words; in the Dark Realm, isolated from the sight of the outside world, they could summon Taotie.

So the subtext of drawing into the Dark Realm was—close the door, release the Taotie!

With a wave of its hand, the Peeling Sheep Honorable, which had just slain three Beast Taming, felt a powerful spatial force emerge around it.

The space around it twisted, and as a creature of the Spatial Series, it keenly sensed that this was some kind of spatial manipulation.