Chapter 87 Chapter 87 [There is something inside these strange beasts. ...
Deep in the dense forest, the light grew dimmer.
The unusual smell in the air became stronger and stronger. The unpleasant smell was a mixture of some kind of rotten plants and chemicals, floating into the noses of several people in waves.
Jiang Qing raised his hand and fanned under his nose, trying to dispel some of the smell.
There were basically no strange beasts to be seen along the way.
Zhu Tianba walked to a canyon area and stopped, his eyes constantly moving around the surrounding stone walls.
The basic range can be determined around this.
Jiang Qing and Huo Qiushan looked at each other, and Huo Qiushan immediately released his Qingbao Spirit Snake to begin a carpet search.
No bushes, weeds or even undercurrents were left out along the way.
Everyone's attention was focused on this, and at this moment, there was a sudden noise in the bushes next to them.
Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing, looked over there vigilantly, and was ready to fight at any time.
The bushes shook violently, and a figure stumbled over in a somewhat awkward manner.
The man was wearing the uniform of the First Academy, which was torn in many places and his hair looked a little messy.
Hai Yun was panting and looked a little flustered.
Following behind her was a polar fox with a beautiful big tail. The fox's tail was stained with some stains at the moment, and it looked a little embarrassed. When it noticed Jiang Qing and others, its gaze suddenly narrowed. It picked up its owner in its arms with one tail and held her in front of her, with a vigilant look in its eyes.
When the strange beasts here encountered strangers, they immediately entered defense mode.
"Hai Yun?" Jiang Qing's tone was calm, but his eyes were scrutinizing. "Why, you're here right after Lu Cheng left? Is the First Academy planning a rotation?"
Hai Yun steadied herself and raised her hand to signal the polar fox to stay calm.
She took a deep breath. Although she looked a little embarrassed, her eyes were still clear and calm, and she had no intention of taking action immediately.
Hai Yun quickly understood her current situation.
"Don't get me wrong, Jiang Qing." Hai Yun's voice was a little hurried, but her tone was steady. "I'm not here to cause you any trouble."
She explained, "Our team was attacked by a large number of strange beasts with abnormal behavior in the northwest rift valley. We lost two people before we managed to break out."
She paused, her eyes sweeping over Jiang Qing and the seemingly harmless yet profoundly auraed Zhu Tianba on her shoulder, and continued, "Those strange beasts...are in a very abnormal state. They are violent and unafraid of pain. Some even have deformed bodies, their strength and speed far exceeding normal. They...seem to be controlled by something."
Jiang Qing and Huoqiu Shan exchanged glances.
The situation Hai Yun described was very similar to the mutated rats they had encountered before, as well as the effects of Lu Cheng's potion.
"So?" Jiang Qing asked calmly.
"So I think there's something wrong here, a serious problem!" Hai Yun said solemnly. "Although our First Academy is a competitor, we're not so despicable as to allow such a dangerous mutant beast to enter the arena. It poses a threat to all students."
"I was just being chased by several mutants. I fled here and found that the abnormal energy fluctuations in this area are the strongest..."
Before she could finish her words, the ground beneath everyone's feet suddenly shook violently.
“Boom—”
As if some kind of seal was broken, or as if the accumulated energy had reached a critical point, the entire canyon area began to shake violently.
The gravel on the rock wall fell down, the ground cracked, and thick black and red mist gushed out from the cracks, carrying a pungent stench and disgusting pollution.
"Be careful!" Huo Qiushan shouted, and the Qingbao Spirit Snake immediately coiled up, forming a green light curtain blocking the way in front of the few people.
"Kang!" Zhu Tianba jumped down from Jiang Qing's shoulder. His body instantly expanded during the landing and turned into that black and gold mountain of flesh again. The heavy pressure spread out, slightly forcing back the black and red mist that was spreading over.
Dozens of strange beasts of various shapes emerged from the depths of the canyon, cracks in the rock walls, and even from underground.
Among them were the common rock wolves, wind foxes, and armored rhinos, as well as the rarer forest pythons and thunder eagles. But at this moment, without exception, they all had bloodshot eyes, and more or less dark purple markings or deformed organs on their bodies.
The protruding bone spurs, festering skin, and twisted limbs all exude an aura of madness and abnormality.
Their targets don't seem to be specific, they just want to destroy and attack any living thing within their sight.
Hai Yun took the lead in commanding the polar fox to start a defensive counterattack.
The polar fox gracefully swung out a crescent-shaped water knife in the air, and the spreading splashes of water made the manic beast stop for a moment.
Hai Yun seized the opportunity of a few seconds of air attack and dived down at high speed. She stepped on a crooked tree with the sole of her dark blue boots for leverage, and used her waist to propel her body into the air.
"Talent, liquefaction."
"Talent, splash everything."
In an instant, her left hand liquefied, and within 0.05 seconds, it condensed into a sharp water-shaped claw.
The sharp blade drew a graceful arc in the air, accurately grabbing the nearest strange beasts.
The mosaic body bloomed again in front of Jiang Qing's eyes.
This time, Jiang Qing's eyes were like a fireworks special effect wrapped in victory.
As the body of the killed monster turned into a pile of blocks and scattered, a beam of orange and aqua blue light rose up. The beam quickly rose into the air and bloomed in the sky. Not only did it bloom, it also turned into an oversized arrow, pointing to their location.
The arrow special effect lasted for about five seconds before dissipating.
As long as the members of the Fifth Beast Taming Academy who were in the arena looked up at the same time, they could see the abnormality in the sky.
While she was stunned, a water wolf rushed in front of Jiang Qing, opened its bloody mouth, and when its green fangs were only one centimeter away from her arm, a black figure rushed out from the right side with such great strength that it knocked the water wolf out directly, breaking several trees in a row before it finally stopped.
Jiang Qing also came back to his senses and was trying to regain control of the rhythm of the game.
The strange beasts on all sides were instantly ignited, and countless pairs of red eyes suddenly lit up in the dim woods, crevices, and even underground, like the lights of hell.
"Qingbao, snake coils around the wall." Huoqiushan reacted very quickly and shouted sternly.
The Qingbao Spirit Snake's long body coiled in an instant, its scales emitting a jade-like luster, and a solid arc-shaped light wall blocked everyone's way.
Almost at the same time, a sharp sound of flapping wings was heard above the rock wall, and several wind eagles with messy feathers and red eyes swooped down. The wind blades they swung out from their wings were not pure wind blades, but chaotic airflow mixed with black silk threads, cutting through the air and making a sound of tearing silk.
"Polar Fox, Ice Mirror." Hai Yun's eyes focused.
The polar fox in front of her raised its head gracefully, opened its mouth and spit out a stream of cold air, which quickly condensed into a huge, mirror-smooth ice wall above everyone's heads.
The chaotic airflow hit the ice mirror and was partially refracted and deflected, even accidentally injuring a few wolves on the ground that were interfering.
"Thank you." Huo Qiushan was stunned for a moment and said to her.
"No need to thank me. The situation is special. We should cooperate temporarily to deal with these mutated beasts first." Hai Yun's tone was surprisingly calm.
"good."
Jiang Qing quickly assessed the situation in his mind and said to Hai Yun, "Let your fox release the ice restriction."
Zhu Tianba can also use this ability, but right now she has other arrangements that require Zhu Tianba to do, and it is difficult for it to perform two operations at the same time.
Hai Yun didn't hesitate at all: "Okay! Polar Fox, Ice Region Restriction."
"Tianba, suppress the area. Rock protrusion array." Jiang Qing gave the order at the same time.
Zhu Tianba made a low "kang" sound, and invisible waves spread out with it as the center. The mutant beasts that were rushing towards him madly suddenly slowed down, as if they were stuck in a quagmire.
Immediately afterwards, the ground shook violently, and countless sharp rock spikes suddenly shot out from under the feet of the mutant beasts, instantly stringing together the dozen or so beasts in the front into candied haws.
The polar fox gracefully leaped into the air, its nine fluffy tails stretched out. Extremely cold air filled the air, and the water molecules in the air quickly condensed. Large flakes of ice crystals swept towards the beasts on the flanks like a storm, freezing their limbs to the ground and making their movements extremely slow.
Huo Qiushan and two other members of the school team also fought with all their might. The poisonous mist of the Qingbao Spirit Snake and the long-range attacks of the other two spirit pets accurately killed the restrained mutant beasts.
Jiang Qing and Hai Yun stood back to back, one commanding the giant pig as big as a mountain to crush and control the area, while the other shuttled like a ghost, using the water-made blade to carry out precise and efficient assassinations.
The two of them cooperated with each other in a hurry and showed a tacit understanding.
"There's something inside these strange beasts." When Hai Yun killed a deformed rock wolf at close range, she keenly discovered that there was a small, dull chip embedded in its broken neck.
After killing them, the chips will not remain embedded in the bodies of the deformed rock wolves, but will be superimposed on other wolf packs and strange beasts.
When the monsters with the chip effect are superimposed on them, they will become stronger when they attack again.
"The strange beasts are constantly getting stronger. We can't kill them, otherwise..." Hai Yun's face suddenly became very ugly.
Otherwise, when the energy of all the chips is superimposed on one alien beast, they may not be able to withstand it.
Jiang Qing was attracted by her voice and immediately looked at the necks of the wolves. Sure enough, he saw the chips on their bodies.
"Similar to the strange beasts implanted with crystals in Wind Whispering Canyon, but the technology is more... crude?" She frowned.
And...the energy flow up there is particularly strange.
At this moment, Zhu Tianba shouted at them.
The familiar voice brought Jiang Qing back to her senses. She concentrated the defensive power of the golden light shield to one point and was able to move at any time.
A vague guess arose in her mind, but she needed to see it closely before she could be sure.
Jiang Qing said quickly, "Hai Yun, cover me. I'm going to the center of the wolf pack."
"Okay!" Hai Yun didn't ask anything and had no doubts about Jiang Qing's instructions. She agreed without saying a word.
"Polar Fox, Water Curtain Tianhua."
As soon as she finished speaking, a water curtain about three meters wide instantly formed, wrapped around Jiang Qing's body, and sent her directly into the wolf pack.
This operation is very simple. The strange beast that has lost its mind will not stop the prey that is delivered to its door.
After Shui Mu delivered the person, he turned into a pool of water and poured it onto the surrounding soil, leaving only a thin water rope tied around Jiang Qing's waist so that he could take her away at any time.
Jiang Qing disguised herself as a weak prey, and the golden light shield protected her tightly.
She stood still among the wolves, looking up and observing their bodies carefully.
Just as Hai Yun said, almost every exotic beast here has a purple chip of various shapes embedded in its body.
In terms of shape, these chips look like they were cut from a huge crystal.
The cut at the edge is not very complete, indicating that it was broken without human intervention.
But that's not the point.
The point is, isn’t this just a piece of beast core power?
She said that the positioning and Zhu Tianba's induction were clearly here, so why couldn't they find it!
It turns out that they were all scattered.
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