The fight between both forces was intense, the weaker ones were already dead. Lu Zheng only attacked once before disappearing. His Fire Deity and Lightning Deity worked the hardest.
Soon, all the Gu clansmen and Xiong clansmen below the Original realm were already dead. Eight Extremities Palace also suffered losses. From the original fifteen, only eleven was left.
These eleven were the four Original realm experts and seven Acquisition realm experts. The Acquisition realm experts supported the Original realm experts in the fight.
Gu Ao panted heavily as he fought. He already knew this was a lost cause.
"Xiong Ba, let's retreat!"
An Yin's gaze was sharp: "Don't think you can come and leave whenever you feel like!"
He used his methods and his attacks became fiercer. It was only a matter of time before the Original realm experts of Gu Clan and Xiong Clan were killed.
Fights between Original realm experts were tense and took long periods of time. It was only after many hours that the remaining Gu clansmen and Xiong clansmen died.
An Yin panted heavily. His chest rose dramatically with every huff and his body was riddled with injuries. He had many Spirit Grade pills for recovering. The injuries would heal in a short period of time.
An Yin wasn't the only one. Zheng Lie, Yu Er Dan and the others were injured too. He shared his Spirit Grade pills with them. It was only Lu Zheng that shied away from the fight that was perfectly uninjured.
For some reason, the rest of them felt bitter when they saw him.
At the D grade encampment, Alaka'i worked with Dong Ji Li and the remaining Dong clansmen to kill the beasts that surrounded the walls of the D grade encampment.
Dong Ji Li's expression was sorry when he had to leave some of his Dong clansmen behind. Yet, the Dong clansmen that were sacrificed did not make a fuss about it.
They wanted Dong Ji Li to live on so he could exact revenge for them.
In this manner, Dong Clan was the first to secure an encampment.
…..
Later on, somewhere in the aperture fragment, the Gu clansmen and Xiong clansmen revived. Their expressions were livid that they had lost and also joyful that they managed to revive.
The Acquisition realm experts of Eight Extremities Palace had long since joined An Yin and the rest.
Gu Ao took deep breaths and controlled his emotions: "Xiong Ba, we cannot afford to fight the Eight Extremities Palace martial warriors at this time. Our remaining time should be spent securing the A grade and B grade encampments"
"Hmm" Xiong Ba nodded in agreement. The time left was not up to ten days anymore. It was barely enough time for them to secure both encampments and ensure their survival.
…..
Lu Zheng and the others had rested enough. They began to engage the rank eight beasts that surrounded the S grade encampment.
The rank eight beasts were strong but they were still beasts. Their intelligence was sorely lacking.
Slowly, they attacked the beasts one after the other, separating them from the rest of the horde. When the beasts found out their ploy, it was already too late.
The process was slow and repetitive but they had great willpower, especially those that died earlier. When a person experienced death once, they would never remain the same.
Eventually, the rank eight beasts were all killed and they claimed the S grade encampment. Nobody died in the fight against the beasts.
The towering gates opened and they entered the encampment. The encampment was like a fortress. The space within it could easily contain a thousand people.
The gates closed and new information entered their minds. It was about the next trial.
"Beast tide!" Cangxiang Zihan exclaimed. The next trial was already imprinted in their minds.
They would have to protect the S grade encampment from the waves of beast tides that would attack them. In the aperture fragment, rank seven beasts and rank eight beasts were the norm.
A beast tide of rank seven and rank eight beasts would have immeasurable battle strength. Even a peak tier of Original realm expert like An Yin could not guarantee his own safety.
The future was grim.
An Yin had an expression of confusion: "How do we go about this matter?"
"I have an idea" Lu Zheng replied after some thinking.