As roars echoed throughout the entire forest.
Many wild animals also moved closer to this side.
They heard their leader's cry and, which had previously only dared to pick up some low-level spiritual herbs from a distance or simply follow other wild beasts to join in the fun, were now a different story.
Summoned by their leader, they all gathered deep within the core, soon forming a massive beast tide.
The vast majority were ordinary wild beasts that didn't even qualify for a grade.
These usually don't pose much of a threat, but the powerful elite monsters among them are not much weaker than overlord-level creatures.
Elite chimpanzees and giant pythons, for example, are already close to reaching the level of overlords.
All that could be heard were the roars of countless wild beasts, rising and falling, echoing throughout the entire forest.
Sometimes it roars like a tiger, deafeningly loud; sometimes it howls like a wolf, mournful and plaintive; sometimes it roars like a bear, terrifying and frightening.
Even seasoned and powerful mercenaries and adventurers would likely feel intimidated by such a situation.
The bows and spears they held tightly in their hands now seemed to have lost their former power, becoming heavy and powerless.
The alliance of the Forest City Lord and various races, including humans, elves, and dwarves, gradually began to retreat.
The beast tide hasn't fully formed yet; once it does, everyone who stays here will be wiped out.
"Want to leave? Not so easy!"
Mou!
One of the yaks, its body wreathed in flames, roared and charged forward.
As a dominant species, the yak possesses incredibly strong physical defenses; many attacks designed to stop its charge only manage to produce sparks when they hit its body.
"I'll cover your retreat! You all go first!"
A robust, strong dwarf, wielding a massive shield, charged directly at the overlord-level yak.
He is also skilled in power-based attacks, making him the most suitable defender in this situation.
"We're here to help you too!"
The Forest City Lord and other leaders and top experts rushed forward to block the beast tide.
The weaker mercenary adventurers, on the other hand, began to retreat.
“John, you go back to Forest City first. Its defenses are very strong, and the beast tide won't be able to break through it anytime soon. Find a place to refine the Dragon Blood Grass. I'll go help hold off these powerful creatures. Don't worry about me…”
Hans began to instruct his apprentice, after all, his apprentice was not yet skilled enough to handle such a situation.
He certainly couldn't just run away, even though he had suffered serious injuries and his strength had been greatly affected.
But he was a Sword Saint before, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight the beast tide with the city lord and the others. Otherwise, where would he put his face as a Sword Saint?
"……knew……"
However, before the drunken swordsman could finish speaking, his disciple had already started to run away...
By the time he finished giving his last piece of advice, little John had already run quite a distance...
Hans took a deep look at John's retreating figure, then turned around and challenged a dominant creature to a duel.
...
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A figure was running frantically towards Forest City.
John was out of breath from running; he was completely terrified by the horrific scene.
"careful!"
Suddenly, a spider about half a person's height jumped down from a nearby tree, intending to ambush John.
Just as John was terrified and at a loss for what to do, a longsword flicked the spider away.
"Why are you running so fast, John? Our team needs to stay together for better safety."
Lan rescued John in time, and he and the rest of his team arrived nearby, retreating while fending off the oncoming beasts.
Lina, a girl with long hair, followed closely behind the group and said to Lan's back, "Brother Lan, let me heal you first!"
"It's nothing, just minor injuries."
"Even minor injuries should be taken seriously! If left untreated, wounds can easily become infected, and a buildup of minor injuries can severely impact combat effectiveness!"
Lina pouted, and although her words were full of reproach, her tone was very gentle.
A yellow light shone from the top of Lan's head; Lina had cast a healing spell.
Lan's small wounds began to heal slowly, and the bleeding areas started to scab over.
"Lina, I'm injured too. Can you treat me?"
John swallowed hard and asked a question.
"Injured? You run so fast, what wild animal could catch you?"
Lina retorted.
John's biggest wounds were just a few scratches from the surrounding branches when he was running too fast.
"I……"
John's face turned red, but he couldn't say a word.
However, Lan sighed and said to John, "I still have some high-grade healing medicine left. You can take it out if you need it."
Although he harbored some resentment towards John because of the issue of the elixir.
However, his long-cultivated sense of responsibility and justice eventually made him let go of these reservations.
"Hmph, none of your business! It's just some healing medicine, what's the big deal..."
Lan was at a loss for words, but Lina didn't tolerate it at all.
"All you do is complain about this and that. Did any of us owe you anything? We gave you high-grade healing medicine, and you still complain. If you were in our shoes, you would never be able to afford high-grade healing medicine in your entire life."
Lina's words silenced John completely.
However, he still replied with a hint of resentment.
"My master is a sword saint! He even said before that my talent is better than his back then!"
John didn't dare to speak too bluntly to the girl he liked.
If anyone else had dared to say that to him, they would have been met with harsh words.
"No matter how talented you are, it's useless if you don't work hard..."
The atmosphere between the teams has become much worse.
However, with several experienced mercenaries holding the line, the retreat was relatively safe as they steadily made their way back to Forest City.
However, what they didn't know was that a powerful enemy was waiting for them.
Zhao Zian clearly saw how many elixirs John had in his hand.
In the beginning, the ant army had little chance of posing a threat to these high-level mercenary adventurers.
But now I have specialized ant genes in my possession.
By incorporating specialized ant genes into their combat units, each combat unit can now evolve into a giant unit over ten centimeters in length.
One by one, the palm-sized insects rushed over; it wasn't as simple as just biting off a piece of flesh.
He sent his consciousness back to his base camp and urged all the queen ants to speed up the production of their insectoid army.
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