The border region.
Inside General Gong's tent.
"Report! Those monsters have suddenly all retreated. We don't know when their next attack will be."
A soldier ran in, his face covered in blood, to report.
"Okay, go and rest now."
General Gong waved his hand, signaling the other party to step back.
When only the Gong family members remained in the tent, Jing Le's eldest uncle suddenly spoke:
"Father, does Lele really have a way to deal with these monsters?"
"Don't worry, Father, Lele will definitely be able to handle it."
The speaker was Jing Le's older cousin. Why was he so certain?
The reason is that he was the one who discovered the monster's sudden attack on the border that day, and he was the first to fight it.
But at that time he didn't know how powerful these monsters were, so he almost died at their hands.
If Jing Le hadn't given the Gong family a protective jade pendant every day, he might be dead by now.
"These monsters still fear fire, but some have already appeared that are not afraid of fire, making them even more difficult to kill than the previous ones. If this continues, the border may be lost."
My second cousin also shared his opinion.
In summary, these monsters on the border seem to have appeared out of nowhere and are relentlessly targeting Dayong.
They had no corresponding countermeasures, so they could only write to Emperor Jing.
Where is Lele?
Even before they set off from Jingyue, someone had already rushed the message to the border.
It would normally take a month to get here.
Even with a large army riding at full speed, it would take about twenty days.
"We set off yesterday, and we hope we can hold on until Lele arrives."
The Gong family and others looked very solemn; these unusual monsters were incredibly destructive.
From being able to kill at will at the beginning, to now being able to match their strength, or even be much stronger than them.
If no one can handle this, the Great Yong Dynasty is in grave danger.
...
On Jing Le's side, the army was rushing towards the frontier, led by Zhao Gan, the leader of the Imperial Guard.
He was also an old acquaintance of Jing Le.
"Eleventh Sister, you go with the army to avoid any accidents. The rest of you come with me."
After Jing Le finished speaking, he led the others quickly toward the border.
If it weren't for the need to create the situation where Jing Le sets off with the army, she would have already reached the inner border.
Without the 100,000-strong army holding them back, Jing Le and his group found a secluded spot and teleported to the border.
Upon arriving at the border, Jing Le noticed the differences.
"Xiaobai, go over there and take a look."
Their arrival went unnoticed.
"Yes, it's the master."
With a leap, Baihu headed down to the border city wall, followed by Ying San and the others.
It was nighttime, and torches were lit at all the border posts.
The patrolling soldiers went on in pairs, never stopping for a moment.
Under these circumstances, Jing Le and the others went into the shadows.
For some unknown reason, in Jing Le's eyes, the area outside the border was shrouded in black mist.
The further the group went, the thicker the fog became.
[Strange, this mist is somewhat like demonic energy, and also somewhat like death energy; it's a combination of the two.]
Jing Le frowned; she had never seen anyone so angry before.
But as you can imagine, this isn't a good thing.
After walking for a while, there was finally movement ahead.
Jing Le waved his hand, casting a concealment spell on all his people to isolate their presence.
"Aww!"
"roar!"
Jing Le continued walking forward following the sound, and finally, the group arrived at the deepest part of the darkness.
There appeared to be thousands of animals of varying sizes soaking in a huge pool of water.
The water was dark green, exuding a chilling aura.
The animals in the pond were like poisonous insects, killing each other one by one, and the last one standing was the king.
[Hmm? Using animals to raise poisonous insects—what exactly is the person behind this trying to achieve? And how many cases like this are there?]
Looking at this scene, Jing Le felt that there was more than one.
The animals fight fiercely. Each time they devour one of their own kind, they undergo a change, and their physical strength increases.
Even their appearance is changing; presumably, the monsters mentioned in the letter are what they have transformed into.
Shadow Three and the others were also quite surprised by what they saw.
They had been through a lot with Jing Le, but they still couldn't help but feel disgusted by the sight of these animals killing each other.
Shadow Six, taking advantage of the effect of the Isolation Charm, couldn't help but complain from the side:
"These animals are disgusting. Look at his two tentacles, could they have grown from swallowing other animals before?"
"You guessed right, I just saw it."
The one who answered him was Shadow Seven. What he couldn't stand the most was eating insects. Everything else was fine, but just thinking about the corpses of insects in his stomach made him feel nauseous.
Now I'm witnessing so many animals devouring their companions, and even growing limbs of their companions.
It was even more disgusting; his face had turned deathly pale.
When Jing Le and the others arrived, the work was almost finished.
There are now only one hundred animals left in the pond.
They have now each occupied a corner.
It didn't attack, it just watched quietly.
The body naturally absorbs the energy from the pool water.
A moment later, Jing Le noticed a glint of light in their eyes.
They have now evolved and possess human-like thinking.
With Jing Le's eyes, he could naturally see the strength of these strange monsters.
Basically, each of them has the cultivation level of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.
If it weren't for Jing Le and the others, or if Jing Le and the others had arrived later.
The fate of those on the border is truly uncertain.
After all, these monsters possess strength that ordinary martial artists cannot withstand.
Sending out any one of them would be enough to wipe out the entire army at the border.
Moreover, there are about a hundred of them here.
It's unknown whether there are other places like this; Jing Le needs to go and check.
Just then, a man in black emerged from the shadows not far away.
He then took out a bamboo flute from his pocket and began to play it for the animals in the pond.
The animals seemed to be under someone's control, and they all emerged from the pool.
They stood in formation, like disciplined soldiers.
"Beast taming?"
When Jing Le saw this, her eyes darted around, and it was unclear what she was thinking.
Everything that followed was exactly as Jing Le had predicted: the man in black played his flute, controlling all the animals to leave in a line.
"Let's go, keep up."
Jing Le sat on the white tiger and followed behind the man in black without attracting his attention.
That man in black was clearly also a cultivator, but his strength had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
The black man led hundreds of animals toward the border; his purpose was obvious.
That is to attack the city.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
