At this moment, the migrating herds of beasts heading south are still moving south, but they are now encountering the most terrible danger they have encountered on their journey.
"Roar!!" A horde of strange sea monsters suddenly appeared in front of them, their eyes gleaming as they looked at the herd of beasts, as if they were looking at a pile of food, without any fear.
The beast horde had only been in the southern region for a short time when they encountered a group of mutated sea monsters face to face, which can be described as very bad luck.
The leading herd of blue oxen was attacked first. The blue ox leader had no time to think and immediately rushed forward. As the leader, it could not back down!
"Moo—!!!"
A thunderous roar echoed ahead, and dozens of bovine spirit beasts followed the blue ox leader, launching a defensive and offensive attack.
The bovine spirit beasts possessed extremely strong defensive and offensive capabilities, and the first wave of mutated sea beasts that charged forward were instantly dispersed by a group of enormous bovine spirit beasts.
Although the mutated sea beasts act in groups, they have lost all reason and are left only with the instincts of hunting, eating, and advancing. They are not much different from magical beasts, except that the energy of the two types of beasts is different.
The scattered and uncoordinated mutated sea beasts were naturally unable to break through the cattle herd's defenses. The herd led by the Azure Ox leader not only had powerful and cooperative spirit beasts, but even the ordinary cattle could cooperate in simple battles. As a result, for a time, the mutated sea beasts were actually blocked from advancing by the cattle herd.
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Along the way, the Green Ox herd not only encountered ordinary cattle herds but also absorbed many bovine spirit beasts.
During its migration, the Green Ox leader gradually realized the weakness of its own kind, especially after encountering its Taoist fellow disciples and the powerful Spirit Rabbit. The Green Ox leader became even more aware of its own weakness, so it no longer limited itself to its original kind and included all cattle in its sphere of influence.
The result of this decision was that while the number of animals in the migrating caravans decreased, the herds of blue oxen grew larger and larger.
Until now.
In the entire migrating caravan, the herd led by the chief of the blue oxen already accounted for one-third of the total number of the caravan.
In this situation where one animal dominates, other spirit beasts naturally try to join the herd, but the leader of the blue ox chooses to refuse, only accepting cattle as members.
This wasn't because the blue ox leader was stubborn, but because it had to do it. It's difficult for animals of the same kind to coexist, and even herbivorous ungulates can clash with the herd.
After all, the herd it led consisted not only of spirit beasts, but also mostly of ordinary cattle, so it had to be extremely cautious.
Unable to advance, the mutated sea beasts behind quickly dispersed to the left and right, surrounding the migrating caravan behind the cattle herd.
In an instant, the entire migration was thrown into chaos. The spirit beasts had already taken the opportunity to escape, leaving behind groups of ordinary beasts struggling and fleeing for their lives.
Unlike magical beasts, mutated sea monsters do not target spirit beasts with spiritual power as their primary targets. In their eyes, any living target is the same; whoever is in front is their primary target.
Ahead, the herd of blue oxen, with their unbreakable formation and led by their leader, successfully broke through the sea monster horde and quickly fled to one side.
Meanwhile, the deer couple, located in the middle of the migrating group, were setting up a defensive shield and struggling to lead their herd away.
Although the red deer herd was also recruiting new members during this period, they had not encountered many deer-like spirit beasts along the way, and the red deer couple had no intention of accepting other species.
Like the leader of the blue oxen, they were very clear about the differences between their groups and did not want to cause any unnecessary trouble.
Although they have almost the same expansion methods, the red deer herd is far less powerful and numerous than the blue bull herd.
Faced with the relentless onslaught of mutated sea beasts, the deer couple were struggling. Their special abilities were not primarily offensive; defense was their only option. However, relying solely on defense to lead a group of ordinary deer away was clearly impossible.
"Young one!!!"
The frightened cries of the deer echoed behind them, but the deer couple could not respond, nor could they even turn around to look, let alone offer any help.
Although there were a dozen or so spirit deer in the herd, they were pitifully few compared to the swarming ferocious sea beasts.
The male stag, watching the mutated sea monsters charging towards it, finally made a decision.
"Awooo!!!"
A piercing roar rang out, and the spirit beasts behind the deer couple immediately abandoned their efforts to help the ordinary deer herd.
All the spirit beast deer defended themselves and fled quickly behind the deer couple. The ordinary deer that followed closely behind the spirit beast deer also fled. However, during the run, the distance between the ordinary deer and the spirit beast deer gradually increased, and the more the ordinary deer fell, the more they fell.
As the roars faded into the distance and the mournful cries of the deer ceased to echo, the pair of sika deer, who had wandered off somewhere, finally came to a slow stop.
Their spiritual energy had long been exhausted, and after running for so long, they were almost completely worn out. They hadn't felt it when they were fleeing for their lives, but now that they had stopped, both deer sensed a deep fatigue.
The deer behind them were equally exhausted. The moment they stopped, there were continuous "thuds" as they fell to the ground. The ordinary deer that followed them were already exhausted. If it weren't for their will to survive, which kept them from slowing down, they would not have been able to hold on until now.
The spirit beast deer weren't much better off. When they rushed out earlier, everyone used their supernatural abilities to repel the mutated sea beasts without reservation. In the subsequent rush, they could only rely on physical strength, as their spiritual energy had long been exhausted.
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