Chapter 22: Beast Attack!

The sun blooms on the horizon however, the clouds diffuse the daylight of its soft gentle sweetness. The chilly breeze of dawn slowly blew as frogs hidden in the pond grass croaked.

The silhouette of a man and a beast is currently traversing through the woods in a slow space.

"Hm… According to Old Wang, the Blue Blake Town should be in the northeast direction. It would probably take me about 2 weeks to get there with the current pace."

"Buk!…Buk!…Buk!" Little Chibi seems to be angry as Zhu Dingxiang takes the chance to poke its tiny tail while it was sleeping.

"Growl…" Little White makes a low sound as if wanting to tell Zhu Dingxiang something.

"Hm? You discover something?"

'There is wisp scent of blood in the air.' Frowning Zhu Dingxiang activates his Spirit eyes, but he didn't discover anything in the surrounding 600 meters radius. Because the morning air is still fresh, he was still able to smell the blood from the winds.

'I can't pinpoint the location…'

"Little White, can you follow the blood scent?" Zhu Dingxiang asked as he stroking her back. Little White didn't answer but starts running in one direction silently.

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Meanwhile a distance away.

"OBLITERATE THEM!" A burly man in steel armor roared with all his might, the veins on his forehead were throbbing violently as he kicked away the corpse of a wolf.

"God damn it! Hey, help me!" A man yelled blocked the attack of a big black wolf with a sword. His arms were shaking while there was cold sweat on his forehead.

"Why was there a sudden beast attack here! ARGHHHHhh!!!!!!!!" A skinny man yelled as he was bitten and dragged by a leopard.

"MY ARM!!!! YOU BASTARD!" The skinny man loses it as he desperately stabbing his sword into the body of the leopard. Bloods splashing everywhere as the internal organs of the leopard dropping out from its stomach.

Another leopard seeing its companion got killed got into a frenzy and rushing over. Winds starting to gather at its paws before slashing at the skinny man. After those sharp-looking claws descend, the man's head was sent flying on the ground.

Over 60 people were grouping together protecting a carriage while fighting off the frenzied beasts. "Shield formation! hurry!" The burly man rushed over and yelled.

"CA-CAPTAIN!" Hearing the command, those with shield martial spirit formed a formation surrounded the carriage. Looking at the casualties of his men keeps on piling up, he has a grave look on his face.

There are more than a hundred spiritual beasts of different kind attacking their group. If it's just that, they might be able to fend it off and survive by fighting behind the defensive formation. However, there is a giant black bear watching the battle coldly. Feeling the oppressive aura it's emitting, the man they called "Captain" known that it's impossible to win this fight.

"Young miss, it's impossible for us to win this fight. You should hurry and escape from here!" An old man said with a resolute expression toward a delicate-looking young woman about 22 or 23 years old.

"No! I can't just abandon you, Gran… W-wait!" After shooting an arrow toward one of the spiritual beats, the young girl turns to talk to the old man. However, the old man was already rushed away before she could even finish her words.

"Guard captain Chu! Help me open the way for the young miss to escape!" The old man yelled at the Captain who was engaging in a fierce fight.

"Alright!" Hearing the Old man's yells, guard captain Chu turned around and answered. Looking around the battlefield, he followed the old man rushing toward the direction where the spiritual beast least concentrated.

After they forced opened a path at the expense of more than 10 lives, the old man roared at the top of his lung. "YOUNG MISS! HURRY AND GO!"

Seeing the flustered face of the old man, the woman struggled internally but she could only bite her lower lip and leave. 'I'm too weak! I'm too weak…' Her usual beautiful and cold appearance disappear as she thought and ran away with a face full of tears.

"ROOAARR!!!!!!!!" Before the young woman could even getaway, the giant black bear that was watching on the side all this time roared out loudly. Seeing one of the two-legged creatures about to run away, the giant black bear decided to join the fight.

"ROOOAAAAARRRR!!!!!" Letting out another intimidating roar as the black bear charged over. Hearing the intimidating roar, the guards feel their minds wend blank and lost their mobility.

Rushing through the chaotic battlefield, the weaker spiritual beast makes way while the human cultivators in its way were smacked to death.

The group could hear thunderous footsteps approaching behind them at an alarming rate. The old man turned around and seeing the black bear charging toward them in an overbearing manner. There was no running from this beast…

In just a few seconds, but they feel like a very long time. When the black bear was only about 30 feet away from him, he could hear its grunting clearly.

The old man didn't move at all and keep looking at the black bear. There simply was not time to run. Thinking of the young women behind him, the old man could only hope that he could delay the black bear for a moment and allowed her to escape safely.

"COME AT ME!" Holding his Bamboo Staff martial spirit, the old man roared and send his challenge hoping to get the black bear's attention.

'Right now doing anything other than standing on my ground and triggering its predator-prey instinct would have been a poor decision.' At the moment of life and death, the old man was surprisingly calm. The old man stood on his ground looking at the large, aggravated black bear charging from 10 feet away.

It slowed down almost to a stop 1 foot away in front of the old man and stand up on its hind legs. The shadow of its large frame looming over the old man's tiny body.

"ROOOAAAAARRRR!!!!!" The black bear roaring to his face as it raised a huge black paw and smacked sideways. At this moment, the old man's thought stopped as the vicious paw come into contact with his left arm.

'It seems my time has come…' he though.

"BOOM!" The momentum behind the paw throws him more than 30 meters away like a broken doll before hitting one of the caravans.