Chapter 1750: Flowers in a Mirror, Moon in the Water; Attempting to Kill

Only then did Yalun and the others have time to reorganize their defensive line, arrange for rotating watches, and so on. After finishing these tasks, Yalun brought Mengte to Xia Duo:

"Lord, why have you come?"

Hmm?

Xia Duo raised an eyebrow, "Was it not you who called for me?"

"No."

Yalun also looked surprised, but he still explained: "From the moment the Homeland was attacked by intruders yesterday until now, we have not had a moment of rest. Besides, we did not know how to contact you."

I see!

Xia Duo was lost in thought. He was certain that it was almost impossible for Yalun to be lying. Although the other party was not his subject while alive, they now addressed him as Lord, mostly because he had given them their names, and also because Sikabeilumu had taken the lead.

In fact, it was possible that in Yalun's mind, "Lord" was simply Xia Duo's name.

But a call was not the same as shouting a name. In the Outer Planes, as long as one had the thought of calling in their heart, and as long as it was strong enough, one could change reality—though, of course, only the reality of the Outer Planes.

Thus, through the connection between the Homeland and him, transmitting a voice to his ears might not be impossible.

Xia Duo filled in some details in his own mind; after all, in his view, this Daxia Homeland was more like his Shenguo Chu Xing, and it was perfectly normal for it to have all sorts of miraculous properties.

So he asked again: "Do you know what those enemies actually are? And why are they attacking the Homeland?"

This question was critical. If the identity of those undying enemies was unclear, and the reason for their attack was unknown, then even if this crisis were resolved, the next one might be even more intense.

Additionally, Xia Duo thought about the nature of Magic in the Outer Planes; the Force Field spell he had just cast was actually more like Psionic.

Although he had indeed provided the components for Spellcasting, at the same time, he could feel that he had not touched the true Magic Net, but rather that the Plane's characteristics had automatically generated the Spell.

He felt as if there was still a thin veil between him and the Magic Net here. This veil appeared thin, but it was actually very firm, which made his Spells like flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water.

At this moment, it might still be in effect, but the next moment it might fail, or change into another effect.

Just as Xia Duo was pondering, Yalun also began to answer the question he had just asked—

"I also don't know what those enemies are. Yesterday afternoon, Mengte was outside searching for new crop seeds and accidentally encountered them, and then they chased Mengte back to the Homeland."

"It wasn't me!"

Hearing Yalun mention him, Mengte immediately grumbled with dissatisfaction: "I already said, they didn't follow me back."

"Before I encountered them, I had already spotted them. I saw them searching for something, heading straight in the direction of the Homeland. Even if they hadn't met me, they would have met someone else."

Yalun did not refute Mengte's words, but continued: "Those intruders pollute the Homeland after they die, making the land of the Homeland barren, and every time they die, they become a little stronger."

"They get stronger after death?" Xia Duo was greatly surprised.

Fortunately, just now, because he was worried about having to kill them again after killing them once, he had only trapped that group of hyena-like creatures. If he had killed them, perhaps the situation at this moment would not be what he wanted to see.

"Yes, although it is subtle, those things do indeed get stronger after death. At first, we killed quite a few, and after some died multiple times, we could clearly feel they were much stronger. So later, I didn't let them kill those things, but focused on blocking them, only killing them when forced to in order to temporarily relieve the pressure."

"Let me try."

Xia Duo did not doubt Yalun's account, but he still had to try. After all, he could not stay in the Outer Planes forever; he would eventually have to leave.

If he did not find a way to clear them out, then when he came back next time, he was afraid he would not see Yalun and the others.

Arriving at the edge of the village, that group of hyena-like creatures was still frantically slamming against the Force Barrier. Observing from close range, Xia Duo noticed that while this group of creatures appeared to be the same species, every individual had exceptionally distinct differences from the others.

For example, some individuals had five legs, some had two tails, and some had disgusting flesh tumors growing on their bodies, as if they had mutated.

But overall, it could be seen that they were modeled after a specific species.

As for what exactly they were, Xia Duo did not know either, only that they resembled hyenas, so calling them "mutated hyenas" would be fine.

"Get me a shield."

"Use mine, use mine."

Xia Duo took a shield from nearby; this was one he had sent over from the Main Plane earlier. Fortunately, he had sent these weapons and equipment, otherwise Yalun and the others might not have been able to hold out until he came to support them.

With the shield, and taking a long sword handed over by Yalun, Xia Duo opened a gap in the bowl-shaped Force Barrier, letting only one mutated hyena out, then sealed it again.

And the moment this mutated hyena was released, it locked onto Xia Duo and charged straight at him.

With a "thud," the dog's head hit the shield, making a dull sound. Xia Duo's arm remained unmoved, but he felt a massive force strike him. If it were an ordinary person from the Main Plane, they would likely have exhausted all their strength just from this one impact.

And even for Yalun and the others, who were slightly miraculous, it would require a great deal of effort to withstand the impact of this mutated hyena.

Xia Duo did not launch an attack, just braced against the shield, testing the mutated hyena's next move. The fact was very unexpected; although this hyena showed obvious target-orientation when it was just released, it now had no further actions.

It just bared its fangs and brandished its claws, constantly slamming against the shield, and even though Yalun and the others were right beside it, it had no interest in them at all.

That was not what Xia Duo saw when he first arrived in the Outer Planes!

At that time, although these mutated hyenas still had clear targets and kept wanting to charge into the village, if they encountered obstruction, they would still adjust their direction of attack.

They would not mindlessly slam into a shield forever. If that were the case, Yalun and the others would not have had much pressure at all; they would only need to fix the shield being slammed, and could even use the shield as bait to utilize these hyenas!

From this, it could be seen that these mutated hyenas had more interest in Xia Duo than in the Homeland itself.

Seeing this scene, a sense of absurdity suddenly rose in Xia Duo's heart. He was clearly staying perfectly fine in the Main Plane, so how could he have attracted such a group of mutated hyenas?

However, these questions were secondary; the most urgent thing at present was how to deal with these hyenas that could not be killed.

While thinking this, Xia Duo's right hand had already thrust the blade out, piercing the neck of the mutated hyena in front of him with one strike, and with a slight pull, he severed the windpipe. Under normal circumstances, this should have been enough to kill this guy.

But even with its windpipe severed, this hyena was still jumping around, and even at the cut of the windpipe, a large amount of granulation tissue emerged, clearly in the process of recovering.

At this time, Yalun reminded him from the side: "Only by hitting the heart can you kill them."

"Hmm."

Xia Duo nodded, and thrust his sword out again. The tip of the sword sank in from the shoulder blade position, going straight into the body, but this strike failed to hit the heart.

After all, the target was not a humanoid creature he was more familiar with; Xia Duo was just guessing the position of the heart based on feeling. If one strike didn't work, he would use two, three, or even more.

Anyway, this mad dog didn't fully know how to resist.