Following Lin Jingge's example, Tang Cheng immediately jumped up to the treetop with Lin Jingge.
We abandoned the idea of climbing the tree because we were worried about birds, but so far we haven't seen any birds after two waves of beast tides.
Lin Jingge reacted quickly, scanning the area with her divine sense as soon as the beast tide appeared, which led to the warning she gave earlier.
Zhou Xuan and Lin Fu, who were behind them, found a huge ancient tree nearby and instantly leaped to the treetop.
Coincidentally, they were directly opposite the tree that Lin Jingge was standing on.
"What do we do now?" Tang Cheng clung tightly to the tree branch, looking at the monsters at her feet with a face full of terror.
Although none of these demonic beasts exceeded the fourth rank, the sheer number of second and third-rank beasts was enough to send chills down one's spine. If someone with trypophobia were present, they would likely faint on the spot.
"We can only wait until the beast tide passes before making any plans," Zhou Xuan said from the other side. Although his voice wasn't quiet, Lin Jingge and the other person standing opposite him couldn't hear him in the noisy environment.
After he finished speaking, he realized that Lin Jingge and the other person, who had been staring down at the beast tide under the tree, had not reacted.
He was somewhat annoyed, and then he used telepathy.
Lin Jingge then looked up.
She nodded to Zhou Xuan, agreeing with his idea.
However, the monsters below were not so easy to avoid.
Some horned monsters were running rampant in the forest, and many of them smashed several thick ancient trees in half.
Those thick horns looked as if they were even sharper than a knife.
Tang Cheng, who had thought she would be safe once she climbed the tree, panicked again when she saw the tree shaking violently from being hit.
"GeGe, what do we do? There's a monster crashing into a tree!" Tang Cheng was clinging tightly to the trunk beside her, almost wrapping her legs around it. "Aren't these monsters stupid? Why would they leave a perfectly good path and crash into a tree? What's the point?!"
Even in her panic, Tang Cheng didn't forget to complain.
"Of course it's because of you!" Lin Jingge thought to herself, but she didn't say it aloud.
Just before the tree was about to fall, Lin Jingge seemed to have anticipated it and pulled Tang Cheng onto the ancient tree opposite.
The tree that Zhou Xuan and the others were standing on was more than half again as thick as the tree they had been on before.
The moment they broke free, the tree was smashed in two by the monster.
With a loud "boom," a huge tree fell down.
The lush foliage scraped against the branches of several trees opposite and also knocked down quite a few small trees.
It was at this moment that Lin Jingge suddenly saw a bright yellow figure flash by on the fallen tree.
When Lin Jingge looked over again, there was no one left to see.
[Xiao Shi, did you notice that figure over there just now?]
[That's the person I encountered before. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have been hiding behind the tree for some time. I estimate his cultivation level is at least Spirit King or higher! Otherwise, I wouldn't have failed to detect him!]
[I see...] Lin Jingge lowered her eyes.
She didn't understand why the other party was hiding behind the tree, but this incident did serve as a wake-up call for her.
She needs to be even more vigilant here!
The trees beneath our feet were still swaying due to the beast tide.
Perhaps because the ancient tree's trunk was so thick, it was not immediately knocked down by the beast tide below.
Therefore, the beast tide posed no threat to the four of them in the short term.
Lin Fu patted his chest with lingering fear: "Now, we just need to wait for the beast tide to pass."
Although he wasn't afraid of these low-level demonic beasts, there were just too many of them, densely packed together, and just looking at them made his scalp tingle.
Therefore, it is best not to fight these monsters.
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than he heard Lin Jingge exclaim in his ear: "Watch out!"
Lin Jingge, who was speaking over there, had already pulled Tang Cheng up to the upper branches of the ancient tree.
The branch beneath their feet had been shattered in two by a burst of spiritual energy.
The branches of the ancient tree that was struck were not small; a large section of the branches fell and hit numerous demonic beasts.
Low-level demonic beasts have little intelligence. After being hit, they were suddenly enraged and instinctively looked up at the tree and howled, making a deafening sound.
Many of the monsters seemed to have made a pact, all crashing into the ancient tree at the same time.
No one knows what the ancient tree is made of, but even so, it was not shaken by the monsters in the slightest.
Lin Jingge was not in the mood to care about these things at the moment, and did not notice this strangeness.
Xiao Shi, perched atop Lin Jingge's head, watched this scene with its cat-like eyes sparkling, seemingly lost in thought.
Lin Jingge supported Tang Cheng, her gaze fixed on the source of the spiritual energy.
She stood taller than those people, and from that angle, she seemed to be looking down on them.
"Oops, I missed." The owners of the two streams of spiritual energy said, feigning surprise.
His provocative expression was incredibly irritating.
There were five people standing behind the opponent. Judging from their appearance, they didn't seem to be an allied team. Instead, they were protecting the person who made the move.
The threat of wild animals has not been eliminated, and now human-made disasters have struck.
Thanks to Lin Jingge's reminder, Lin Fu and Zhou Xuan replaced the branches in time, thus preventing them from falling.
He steadied himself, looked up, and saw that the person opposite him was merely a Spirit Master. Not only did he attack, but he also dared to provoke him. Enraged, he thought, "Damn it!"
He cursed under his breath, and a flash of white light appeared on his hand. An attack formed from condensed spiritual energy instantly reached the man's eyes.
"Young Master Zhao, be careful!" A man in black behind the man exclaimed and quickly stepped forward to block the attack.
Lin Fu's furious attack, which was also the full-force attack of the Spirit Sect, was not so easy to withstand, especially since the opponent was only a Great Spirit Master.
He was immediately knocked back several steps and spat out a mouthful of blood.
If it were flat ground, it wouldn't have been so bad, but with Young Master Zhao inside, there were six people standing on a single tree branch. The man in black was driven back, and Young Master Zhao, whom he was protecting, was also pushed off the branch.
Fortunately, someone was quick-witted and pulled Young Master Zhao back onto the tree branch.
However, the man in black who blocked Lin Fu's attack for Young Master Zhao was not so lucky; no one present was willing to lend a helping hand to him.
He fell vertically down into the dense swarm of monsters below the tree.
Because he was severely injured, he didn't even have time to use his spiritual power to run away. He landed heavily on the back of a demonic beast.
The numerous demonic beasts present instantly swarmed forward.
"Ah—" came the man in black's violent roar.
Finally, a flash of white light appeared, and the man in black vanished from the spot.
One less person has been added to the list of one hundred people on the identification tags.
—The man in black is out.
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