Chapter 37

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Everyone listened to Xu Ziyang's words and gazed far ahead along the mountain path. Indeed, there was not a trace of any beast, and everyone was puzzled about where the beasts had gone. Could it be that they had all gone to Changri Valley as Xu Ziyang said? But Changri Valley was a place that was easy to defend but hard to attack. The easiest place to attack was still the secluded valley guarded by their own clan!

No one could figure out why. Not only the disciples at the fork where Xu Ziyang was, but also the disciples at another fork were looking at the mountain path in confusion. Yesterday, they had also been attacked by beasts, and they had expected even more ferocious beasts to attack in the next few days. But it was almost noon, and they still hadn't seen a single beast.

The Xu family disciples were in confusion, while the City Lord's Mansion, the Xiao family, and the Wu family were left only with frustration. The City Lord's Mansion, which should have been the most relaxed, had now become the most dangerous place. Originally, Li Wanpeng, based on past experience with the beast tide, thought that beasts almost never came through the official road, so he had chosen to guard the official road first.

However, what he didn't expect was that as noon approached, an endless sea of beasts surged towards the City Lord's Mansion on the official road. The official road was an open area, with no natural defenses. In an instant, the City Lord's Mansion's guards were scattered. Li Wanbao's face turned completely green with fear, and he felt wetness in his pants. He turned and fled back to Zhongdu City in a panic. By the time he returned to Zhongdu City, the thousand people from the City Lord's Mansion were reduced to just over a hundred.

Now, let's talk about the Wu family on Luofeng Ridge. At this moment, Wu Yue was standing on Luofeng Ridge, looking down at the beast tide. From the ridge, the beasts were lined up, surging towards the ridge entrance. Because the ridge entrance was very narrow, only one beast could pass through at a time. Although the line of beasts stretched endlessly from the ridge, the pressure on the Wu family was not great. A group of people gathered at the valley entrance, and they could easily kill the beasts that came out one by one.

However, occasionally, flying beasts would come from the sky, but fortunately, there were not many. Although they could injure the Wu family disciples and cause chaos, they still tightly guarded Luofeng Ridge.

The situation at Changri Valley was a bit worse than at Luofeng Ridge. The reason was that three beasts could surge through Changri Valley at once, and occasionally, flying beasts would attack. Although the Xiao family still tightly guarded Changri Valley, the damage was more severe than at the Wu family.

Wu Yue and Xiao Ruxing were both thinking the same thing: why were there so many beasts at their respective posts? Could it be that this was not a medium-scale beast tide but a large-scale one? If it was a large-scale beast tide, could the Xu family hold their position even if they could hold the key points?

Wu Yue and Xiao Ruxing were not worried about the Xu family. They were worried that if there were endless beasts here, there would be even more at the secluded valley guarded by the Xu family, which was easy to attack but hard to defend. They thought the Xu family's thousand people would not be able to hold it.

The survival or death of the Xu family had nothing to do with the Wu family or the Xiao family, and they wouldn't care. In fact, they secretly hoped that the Xu family's thousand people would all die in the mouths of the beasts. The three families had lived in the same Zhongdu City for thousands of years, and the accumulated grudges and hatred had reached a critical point. So, even if the beast tide couldn't do much to the Xu family, they had already planned actions against the Xu family.

What they were worried about was that if the Xu family was killed by the beasts, the beasts would pass through the secluded valley and cut off their connection with Zhongdu City. At that time, they would be attacked from both front and back, and the worst part was that there were no natural defenses behind them. If the beasts really attacked from behind, few of the people they brought would be able to return to Zhongdu City.

Time passed in the battle. Suddenly, at the entrance of Changri Valley and on Luofeng Ridge, Xiao Ruxing and Wu Yue were shaken and turned to look behind them. They saw a distant rumbling sound coming from behind. The vast snowfield was still empty, with no sign of any living thing, but the rumbling sound grew louder, and the ground began to tremble.

Suddenly, a cluster of black dots appeared on the vast snowfield. The black dots were lined up, and when they first appeared, they seemed to be far away, but they quickly grew larger, filling the eyes of the Xiao family and Wu family disciples.

It was an endless sea of beasts charging towards them. These beasts had come from the official road. After killing most of the City Lord's Mansion's guards, they found the beast-attracting talisman. But the talisman immediately caused a frenzy among the beasts, and in an instant, it was torn to shreds.

The torn talisman quickly lost its effect, and within a few minutes, the scent of the sneaking grass disappeared completely. All the beasts were confused, sniffing around, trying to find the source of the sneaking grass scent.

Soon, the beasts discovered that the source of the scent was in the direction of Luofeng Ridge and Changri Valley. All the beasts immediately became excited and charged towards Luofeng Ridge and Changri Valley with loud roars.

Thus, the Wu family and the Xiao family were in a tragic situation. They absolutely did not expect that the beasts had come from the official road guarded by the City Lord's Mansion. Instead, they thought the beasts were coming from the direction of the secluded valley guarded by the Xiao family.

Wu Yue and Xiao Ruxing were decisive people. They immediately realized that they could not hold their positions. So, they immediately ordered their family disciples to break through towards Zhongdu City. In their minds, since the beasts were coming from the secluded valley, breaking through towards Zhongdu City would be the weakest point of the beasts.

However, reality was cruel. The direction they chose to break through was exactly where the most beasts were, as the beasts had come from the official road. By the time the Wu family and the Xiao family broke free from the beasts and fled towards Zhongdu City, the thousand people who had come in a grand procession were now reduced to just a dozen or so from each family. They had fewer survivors than the City Lord's Mansion, which had fled at the first sight of the beasts.

At this moment, in the Xu family's residence in Zhongdu City, Xu Haoran had already regained consciousness and was completely recovered. Xu Haoliang was standing in front of Xu Haoran, his face pale as he listened to Xu Haoran's angry outburst.

Seeing the full garden of fragrant comments, I first thank the full garden of fragrant for your attention to this book. Rest assured, this book will not be a forbidden love story. Ha ha, Xu Lin has his background and story, which will be gradually revealed. Please allow me to keep it hidden for now.

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