Chapter 266: Begging the Beast Herd

As the group pondered, a commotion broke out within the beast herd.

A sheep head flew high into the air, and fresh blood sprayed far from its neck.

Immediately following, a chubby, large pig head was tossed high; the head of the pig-headed half-orc had also been severed.

Roar, roar, roar!

As fresh blood sprayed, the beasts surrounding the sheep-headed and pig-headed ones immediately rushed up, tearing apart and devouring the two half-orcs.

The remaining half-orcs of the Broad-Eyed Academy could only watch helplessly, unable to intervene.

To them, the pig-headed and sheep-headed ones were merely temporary leaders; their deaths actually provided them with more opportunities.

Ben Jieming exclaimed in admiration, "Young Master Lu has such formidable stealth techniques; he didn't even reveal himself after killing two beasts."

Liu Qingyan, however, wore a look of despondency: "Nothing he does is excessive; he is simply a miracle."

She always thought about repairing her relationship with Lu Tianyu and becoming his Dao Companion again.

Unfortunately, throughout this journey, Lu Tianyu did not even look at her, which made her extremely heartbroken.

However, she secretly steeled herself, determined to successfully cultivate the Blood-Thirsting Winter Yin Art, stand on equal footing with Lu Tianyu, and then have a showdown with him.

Shangguan Wan'er, however, frowned tightly: "These two are dead, yet the beasts show no signs of leaving, which means they were not the ones leading them."

"What if killing the dog-headed one doesn't work?"

Lu Wenbin snorted: "If Big Brother says it will work, it will work; the dog-headed one should be the last one."

He always chose to trust Lu Tianyu unconditionally.

No sooner had the words fallen than a dog head soared into the sky, blood spraying.

The beasts swarmed up, dividing and eating the corpse of the dog-headed one.

Everyone saw Lu Tianyu's figure at this moment.

Yet those beasts turned a blind eye, not launching any attacks on Lu Tianyu.

Only those half-orcs had their ferocity undiminished in their eyes.

However, they were wary of the Sword Talisman in Lu Tianyu's hand and did not dare to attack easily.

Just like that, Lu Tianyu held the Sword Talisman and walked unhurriedly to the front of the puppet array: "Withdraw the array, speed up!"

"Understood!"

The group cheered instantly, one after another turning into streaks of light to follow.

Those half-orcs hesitated for a moment, but in the end, they still followed.

They wanted to hunt down straggling beasts and look for opportunities to strike at Lu Tianyu and the others.

They had all realized that Lu Tianyu must be an important student of the Changheng Academy, possessing numerous treasures; killing one was equivalent to killing many.

And at this moment.

In front of a continuous range of peaks in the Yaoshou Senlin, hundreds of beasts were gathered.

Strangely, there were twenty-seven or twenty-eight human cultivators standing among the beast herd, not receiving any attacks from the beasts at all.

"Hahaha!"

Long Ba of the Dragon Leap Gate laughed heartily: "The number one person on the hunting leaderboard this time will surely be me; I don't even know how many beasts I've killed, I can't even count them."

"I wonder if those people from the Seven Star Sect, Yaochi Sect, and Joyous Union Heaven Sect are all dead yet."

"It's just a pity that I haven't encountered any beauties from the Yaochi Sect along the way; I can't taste them, what a regret."

As the senior brother of the Dragon Leap Gate, he was incomparably proud.

He possessed a secret technique capable of controlling beasts, and he himself was not attacked by them.

It was equivalent to him killing beasts without them resisting, yet the beasts would not attack him.

Throughout this journey, he had killed an unknown number of beasts and, along with the people from the Dragon Leap Gate, had controlled over a hundred beasts to reach this place.

Long Ba was no fool; he had also sensed the strangeness here, as the beasts had all become bloodthirsty, crazy, and lost their sanity.

He prepared to find a place to hide.

By the way, he would kill one or two of the beasts here as bait to lure other beasts to come and eat, taking the opportunity to slaughter them.

He would sit and wait for the people from the Changheng Academy to come and rescue them.

The only regret was not being able to meet people from the Yaochi Sect to play the hero saving the beauty and get a few women to play with.

A tall and ugly man on the side nodded in agreement: "Brother Long is able to control beasts to attack other beasts and is even treated as one of their own by them; this is already invincible."

"This time, Brother Long will surely be in first place, and I, your younger brother, will also bask in the glory."

"If I can survive this time, I, Luo Bingtian, will follow Brother Long's lead!"

He was the leader of the Rakshasa Sect this time.

Originally, the Rakshasa Sect and the Dragon Leap Gate had agreed to act together, which made their actions very smooth; this was something he had never expected.

If it weren't for the beasts being demonized and losing their sanity, not attacking humans who possessed the same aura as them, this trip probably wouldn't have been so smooth.

The Rakshasa Sect had originally intended to be on good terms with the Dragon Leap Gate, and Luo Bingtian was just going with the flow.

Long Ba was very pleased by the flattery: "Don't worry, Brother Luo, I will definitely be able to lead you all safely out of the Yaoshou Senlin."

"Without further ado, we should search for ready-made beast caves in these mountains as soon as possible and have the beasts expand them for us to stay in."

"However, the matter of setting up the array will have to be left to Brother Luo."

Luo Bingtian patted his chest in assurance: "Don't worry, I am good at arrays; leave it to me!"

And at this moment, Lu Tianyu led the group to the side of a swamp.

The edges of the swamp were lush with water plants, and the water was clear.

However, it was misty inside, and the green fog was even mixed with wisps of colorful smoke, making one look on with dread.

Lu Tianyu searched the memory given to him by Dongfang Shu: "Everyone, behind the swamp are continuous peaks; once we arrive, we can find a shelter."

"The Seven Star Sect should be wanting to cross the swamp, with the same goal as us."

"Everyone, tell me, should we cross through the swamp, or go around the edge of the swamp?"

He scanned the crowd.

He himself had no problem, as he could cross by piloting the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, but these people could not.

Shangguan Wan'er said: "We are safe for the moment, we can walk along the edge of the swamp."

"If we encounter danger, we can enter the swamp then, and hunt some demonic beasts along the way."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wan Ziling and Zhao Qian immediately agreed: "That is excellent; the swamp is too dangerous, with unknown creatures and poisonous gas, one would fall into a trap if not careful."

Guo Zhuying also nodded: "Let us walk along the swamp first."

Murong Xue then said: "I will listen to Young Master Lu."

Lu Tianyu nodded: "Then let us go around."

"Everyone, try to stay as far away from the swamp as possible."

Although he took the lead and walked forward.

Half an hour passed quickly, and nothing happened during that time.

And at this moment, a towering giant tree appeared in front of the group, its leaves lush, blocking out the sky and sun.

The diameter of the tree trunk rising from the ground reached more than three zhang, and some of the thick branches extending from it covered the swamp.

What was strange was that the tree trunk was unexpectedly wrapped in black tree roots, intertwined and knotted, looking very eerie.

Most enticing of all, the mulberry tree was hung with black mulberries the size of fists, making one unable to resist the urge to pick one and take a bite.

Lu Tianyu, however, stopped his pace at once.

From his powerful Divine Sense came the faint sound of a cry for help.