Chapter 3534: Breaking the Trap

Jiang Hu and the other three also began busily digging for medicinal herbs and sending them back, each time only taking a little so as not to be ambushed by beasts halfway.

Moreover, they took turns leaving the Formation, so that even if danger arose, they wouldn't all be killed by the beasts at once.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil and Divine Sense were probing the surroundings, and soon he discovered that snakes were gathering in the nearby grass, though not many.

Suddenly, a mercenary shouted, but it was too late to run; a flower python sprang from beneath his feet and swallowed him whole.

The others, seeing this, immediately ran back, but another mercenary was also swallowed whole by a python that burst from the ground; Chang Hai was entangled by a flower python's tail, pulled back, then strangled and swallowed.

Only Jiang Hu, who was closest to Ye Liuyun, ran straight back into the Formation.

The Metal Puppet also brandished its Heavenly Devour and rushed out to slay the flower pythons; Long Nv and Xiao Lan Bing came out to help, launching Spiritual Soul Attacks on those flower pythons.

At this moment, the surrounding flower pythons that had gathered also struck out, some attacking the Formation, others attacking the Metal Puppet.

However, for this trap, the flower pythons' realms were low: only three were Eighth Realm, seven or eight were Seventh Realm, and there were just over twenty Sixth Realm flower pythons; none were very strong.

Ye Liuyun used his Golden Pupil's Technique together with the Metal Puppet to instantly kill two Eighth Realm flower pythons; a third, seeing the unfavorable situation, fled first, and Ye Liuyun did not pursue, but instead, with Long Nv and Xiao Lan Bing, used Soul Source repeatedly to slay the surrounding flower pythons.

Qiong Qi's Formation was only broken through two layers by the flower pythons, and those pythons were all annihilated. Apart from some flower pythons killed by the Metal Puppet, most retained intact bodies.

Ye Liuyun ordered the Metal Puppet to pack all the flower python corpses into a Storage Ring and bring them back, then released four more Sixth Realm mercenaries to continue gathering herbs.

Jiang Hu was terrified the last time, but seeing the flower pythons all eliminated, his courage returned and he went out again to collect herbs.

Ye Liuyun originally thought there might still be hidden ambushes among the flower pythons, but considering Jiang Hu's reckless nature, keeping him was of little use, so he let him go.

This unlucky Jiang Hu evaded the first ambush but not the second. Beneath the herb field, flower pythons were still hidden; this time they swallowed three mercenaries, with Jiang Hu being the first to fall.

Long Nv and Xiao Lan Bing immediately launched Spiritual Soul Attacks, killing the ambushing flower pythons again, then the Metal Puppet retrieved the snakes' bodies and handed them to Ye Liuyun, who again dispatched several mercenaries to gather herbs.

This time, until all the herbs were collected, no one was attacked by flower pythons again.

But Ye Liuyun was still uneasy, so he released his Soul, using his Cross‑space Golden Pupil to meticulously scan the ground from the air, and indeed, in the direction they were about to advance, he found two more flower pythons hidden underground. M..

After confirming the positions, Ye Liuyun led the group forward while ordering the Metal Puppet to attack, cutting off each underground flower python's head with a single slash, then digging out the bodies as meat reserves.

And when those two flower pythons were slain, the giant python atop the mountain let out a roar, audible across the entire Lone Peak Mountain.

It also felt the loss was too great, and that Ye Liuyun's group was indeed hard to deal with, so it began gathering all remaining beasts to help defend the summit.

Fortunately, Ye Liuyun had previously cleared the area, so there were few beasts left on Lone Peak Mountain. Below the Ninth Realm, there were only a few dozen beasts.

The Ninth Realm beasts were also heavily slain by Ye Liuyun; in the end, six beasts he hadn't gotten to yet all gathered at the summit.

"Let them all gather! Our next actions will be much easier."

Ye Liuyun then led everyone to finish stripping this area of all herbs before continuing up to the summit.

"Their numbers

are too many, what do you plan to do?" Qiong Qi, seeing the sheer number of beasts on the summit, asked Ye Liuyun.

Although the other species of beasts on the summit numbered less than a hundred, the flower pythons were numerous; together they totaled two to three hundred, and some were of high realms, so if Ye Liuyun attempted a full assault, his strength would be insufficient.

Yet Ye Liuyun was unhurried; after approaching, he had Qiong Qi set up a Formation.

At this point, Lei Ming's injuries had healed; Ye Liuyun had Lei Ming don an invisibility armor and go poison the beasts.

"The beasts' sense of smell is quite sensitive, and their realms are high; I'm afraid I can't get close to them, and they'll easily detect me!" Lei Ming told Ye Liuyun.

"No problem, just get as close as possible; for the rest, I'll have Thief Cat use the Wind‑Thunder Fan to sweep them over." Ye Liuyun had already thought of a solution.

"That's fine!"

Lei Ming immediately agreed, stealthily approaching the beasts as much as possible and then began releasing toxins.

After she returned, Ye Liuyun had Demon Lion use the Wind‑Thunder Fan to blow the toxins toward the summit beasts; as many as could be poisoned would fall, and the rest would spread among them.

The summit beasts were already prepared for battle, but when they saw Demon Lion's Wind‑Thunder Fan only gusting a breeze, they were clueless about what was happening.

Some beasts realized there was poison and quickly held their breath. But the toxin, once it touched them, would still poison them, even without inhalation.

"Wait and see who can outlast the other!"

Ye Liuyun recalled Lei Ming and Demon Lion back to the Space World, sat in place and waited for the beasts to succumb to the poison.

Soon, some beasts felt discomfort and grew restless. Once they realized they were poisoned, a large number of beasts showed reactions.

The Snake King immediately stopped waiting, causing all poisoned beasts to launch attacks on the Formation where Ye Liuyun and his group were.

These beasts, before falling, attacked the Formation with all their might; those unable to use True Essence simply struck with their Physical Bodies.

Only then did everyone spring into action. Chi Lian busied himself absorbing Bloodline Power, Qiong Qi repaired the Formation, Long Nv and Xiao Lan Bing used Spiritual Soul Treasures to attack high‑realm beasts to prevent severe damage to the Formation, and Ye Liuyun wielded Blade Intent to slash beasts outside the Formation.

Under the beasts' full assault, the Formation broke through several layers. Yet Qiong Qi simultaneously set up new Formations and repaired them, which was no problem at all.

Conversely, the beasts' poison took effect even faster. Soon, some beasts that used True Essence turned completely black and collapsed at the edge of the Formation. Those that didn't poison immediately...

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