Chapter 638

The first to strike was still Tang Ruan.

Purple light scattered.

She had provoked all the tigers over.

The great tiger at the very front charged in madly, leaping high while still more than ten meters away.

Tang Ruan took a deep breath.

A slight crouch, shield braced, spear set.

"Roar!!"

Screeech! Thud!

A metallic scraping sound that set one's teeth on edge.

"Ugh…"

A woman's muffled groan.

Tang Ruan went flying.

After all, the difference in size was simply too great.

When the ghouls had lunged before, Tang Ruan could step back two paces and still hold her ground, absorbing the tremendous impact.

But with this fierce tiger's pounce, Tang Ruan was sent flying in a single hit.

Several brand-new deep metal gouges appeared on the shield.

These had been raked out by a single swipe of the tiger's claws.

Still, she had also landed a vicious spear thrust, the tip drawing blood and inflicting a light wound on the tiger.

"Roooar~~"

"Roar!!"

Two tigers immediately pounced in, savagely tearing at Tang Ruan on the ground.

Tang Ruan parried left and right, the shield's durability plummeting fast.

Scratch marks also appeared on the armor.

In close combat, the spear was very inconvenient; Tang Ruan could not mount an effective counterattack.

But then again, her original task was never to counterattack.

She had teammates beside her.

The soldiers already charged in.

"Quick, support, thrust!"

"Coming, thrust!"

Four female spearmen flashed into motion, their iron spears stabbing out.

Pfft pfft pfft pfft!

Although the tiger-folk wore leather armor, it had already been stretched taut, its thickness thinned.

Against ordinary attacks it offered some protection, but before the thrust assault it was still not enough.

The four iron spears, with extremely high penetrating power, punched straight through the leather armor and into the tiger-folk's skin, sinking deep into muscle.

"Aaow!"

The two tiger-folk, stung by pain, whirled around furiously and slammed at the female soldiers.

These female spearmen did not have Tang Ruan's 8-point Constitution; their 6-point Constitution was simply not enough before the tiger-folk.

The tiger-folk nearly took one out per swipe, sending all four female spearmen flying; one female soldier's shield was even knocked from her hands.

Huang Guang descended.

The tiger-folk's provocation was dispelled.

The remaining 33 fierce tigers immediately turned, lunging at the nearest female soldiers.

Bang bang bang bang!

"Eek!"

"Ah—"

"Yeeergh!"

For a moment, the air was filled with flying female spearmen.

Their iron armor was not destroyed, but the tiger paws struck like muffled hammers; the tremendous impact passed through the armor and injured their bodies.

Fortunately, they all possessed the Soft Body trait, which could reduce this kind of impact damage.

"Wind, come!"

Whoooosh~

Gu Qing raised both hands high; while using the Wind-Raising Art, fresh blood kept welling from her palms.

The strong wind carried the blood aloft, scattering it in a drifting spray across the entire field.

The blood mist touched all the female soldiers, and their life force rapidly recovered.

At the same time, healing light kept descending.

The female soldiers were already healed before they hit the ground.

As long as they weren't instantly killed, Gu Qing could bring every female soldier back.