Chapter 10: Magical Beast Army

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Hunting was the best training. After taming a large number of Evil Eyes, Yang Ling seized opportunities to train their attacking and defending techniques in a variety of situations. In order to strengthen the natural battle abilities of the Evil Eyes, he would sometimes have one face off against a ferocious Magical Beast alone.

Under his training, the nonchalant disposition of the Evil Eyes changed drastically. They would gather together when they sensed any action near them and blast the target with consolidated beams of light.

Similar to the Horned Bee Beasts, the Evil Eyes also had an obvious transformation after staying in the mysterious Wizard’s Pagoda for some time. Their eyeballs changed from blue to a light green, and their tentacles became longer and more nimble. The beams of light they fired also changed from white to a pale green, from the size of a thumb to the thickness of a walnut. In the past, the beams of light could only create centimeter-deep holes in stone walls, but now, the holes the beams created here about half a chopstick deep.

Today, Yang Ling was eyeing a Twin-horned Deer near some bushes. He waited silently for an opportunity to strike. Over the last few days, he had already led the Horned Bee Beasts and Evil Eyes to successfully take down several low level Magical Beasts and had obtained dozens of precious Magical Beast Essence Crystals. At the same time, he also gathered upward of a hundred Magical Beast Blood Orbs.

The Twin-horned Deer had a slender body, the patterns on its fur an intertwining black and white. It had muscular limbs and was considered a mid-low level Magical Beast. It had the natural ability to release wind daggers. At full sprint, it could run as fast as the wind. To an average person, this was definitely a Magical Beast that was difficult to subdue. But to Yang Ling, this was not difficult; all he needed was to be patient and await the right opportunity.

As it exhaled, the Twin-horned Deer released a thick bolt of wind, slicing apart the tender branches of a tree before swallowing them with a gulp. It flailed its tail, chasing away chopstick-sized bloodsucking flies.

At the same time, Yang Ling cautiously created a formation with about two hundred Horned Bee Beasts. A moment later, seeing that the Twin-horned Deer had not noticed anything off, Yang Ling released half of his Evil Eyes and ordered them to silently occupy an area advantageous to them.

A breeze blew past. The Twin-horned Deer straightened its ears, a little alarmed. It listened carefully to its surroundings; its nose twitched, as if it was trying to discern strange scents in its surroundings.

Was the attack going to fail?

Seeing that the Twin-horned Deer seemed to have noticed something, Yang Ling quickly collected himself and came up with an idea. He patted lightly on the Horned Bee Beast beside him. The little critter understood and slowly dug out from within the bushes. Over the days of practice, he had already tamed the Horned Bee Beasts to an extreme degree.

The worries of the Twin-horned Deer vanished when it saw the Horned Bee Beast lazily searching for food. It continued munching on the tender branches, unaware of the danger that it was in. With winter approaching, it had searched everywhere for a mouthful of the sweet, tender branches.

In the instant the Twin-horned Deer lowered its head, Yang Ling called for action. The Evil Eyes acted. In that moment, after a flurry of light beams, the body of the Twin-horned Deer became covered with bullet holes. It twitched for a second before collapsing onto the ground.

“Haha, Essence Crystal number fifty!”

Yang Ling sliced off the head of the Twin-horned Deer with a dagger and extracted a dark green Essence Core. He gathered the blood essence of the Twin-horned Deer into two thumb-sized Blood Orbs before allowing the Horned Bee Beasts to devour its body.

After resting for a moment, Yang Ling recalled the Horned Bee Beasts and Evil Eyes before exploring the forest, searching for the tracks of his next prey.

“Help me…”

Yang Ling suddenly heard a pathetic cry as he was walking past a small hill. He listened seriously. He could hear the faint sounds of a battle. At the same time, the wind brought along the faint scent of blood.

Could it be a hunter that came across a Magical Beast?

There were not many people in the nearby forest, and it was rare to see anyone around these parts. In his confusion, Yang Ling followed the scent of the blood, jumping from tree to tree and quickly arriving at the scene. Ever since he successfully tamed the two thousand Evil Eyes, his power and speed had considerable improvements.

“Hmph, you’re trying to escape? You are asking for death!” said a two-meter-tall barbarian as he walked toward a human dressed in tattered clothes. The axe in his hand was larger than a tire.

The barbarian had a muscular build, his strength immense. He had been a fighter from birth, a powerful warrior from the mountains. It was said that the elite warriors from their tribe could go one on one against an Iron Lizard, a mid level Magical Beast, with their bare fists. Over the days, Yang Ling had gained an understanding of the area around the elf tribe because of the beautiful Sofia.

“I’d rather die in battle than become your so-called sacrifice!” A human warrior covered in blood clenched a sharp wooden bat tightly in his hands. Behind him, other than a few warriors also covered in blood, twenty humans were huddled together in fear. There were old men, some children, and even a mother carrying a child.

On the ground were dozens of human corpses, some decapitated, some split into two. There were even some who were smashed into pulp; dark red innards, bloody intestines… It was a shocking scene. It looked like what happened just now was a one-sided massacre.

Taking a few steps forward, the barbarian leading the group licked the blood off his axe. “You filthy humans should feel lucky that you can become our sacrifice!”

Seeing the barbarian’s red tongue, seeing him swallow the flesh stuck on his axe, the humans shivered in fear. Some closed their eyes tightly and prayed for the blessings of god; some had dazed expressions, as if they had lost their souls. Some immediately fainted after letting out a scream.

The leading barbarian lifted his ax into the air and said fiercely, “Now, you only have two choices. Obediently follow us back and become our sacrifice, or die where you stand!”

Looking at the merciless barbarians, hearing their raw threats, the human warrior standing in front tightened his grip on his wooden club. After considering it for a moment, he softly instructed the person behind him, “Argus, lead the rest to the south later. If I remember correctly, there is a tribe of forest elves in that direction. Even though we humans are not welcome by the elves, the elves that follow the Goddess of Nature will not leave us in the lurch!”

“No, Casey, I am not leaving. We leave together!” Argus’s eyes were red. He clenched his teeth as he looked at the barbarians to the other side of them.

A month before, in order to earn some money for his sick mother, Argus had followed the troops and Casey into the Terras Forest to hunt. But he did not expect to suddenly come across the terrifying barbarians after they had successfully hunted some Twin-horned Deer and were returning home with a few Essence Crystals. After they were captured, they were kept alive to be the sacrifice of the barbarians. Once every few days, one of them would be dragged out and thrown into a deep pit.

Casey did not say anymore after he looked at the determined Argus. The elf tribe to the south was dozens of kilometers away. With how tired they were, how many of them would escape the pursuit of the barbarian mountain warriors?

“Haha, since you are asking for death, then do not blame us for exterminating you!” The leading barbarian let out a cold grunt and ordered the group to charge forward. A few of the violent barbarians howled loudly as they charged.

Casey looked to the west as he gripped his feeble wooden club, then charged forward without looking back. His hometown, Wissen Town, was to the west of Terras Forest. There, he had his benevolent mother, his little angel who was not even five years old yet, and his beloved wife.

As he looked at the ferocious barbarians, the enormous axe that almost seemed to be growing as it came towards him, Casey did not ask for anything else. Dragging just one barbarian into the grave with him was good enough. But just as he was about to die together with his enemies, he heard buzzes in the air behind him. Following which, a group of ferocious Horned Bee Beasts flew past him like the wind.

At the critical moment, Yang Ling had sent out his army of Magical Beasts. After the long training, the cooperation between the Evil Eyes and the Horned Bee Beasts had gotten better. It was a good time to test their battle abilities against these merciless barbarians.

Caught off guard, the barbarians were instantly overwhelmed. Some of them were blinded, pressing their hands to their bleeding eyes and stumbling around like headless flies. Some called for their parents, pressing on their heads to prevent brain matter from spilling out. Some were reduced to bones in the blink of an eye, falling over in disbelief.

If one were to compare the Horned Bee Beasts to a sharp blade, what the barbarians experienced next was the power of a cannon. A large group of Evil Eyes appeared out of thin air and quickly arranged themselves into a weird, half-moon formation before shooting out bolts of thick green light.

Under Yang Ling’s command, the Evil Eyes shot out continuous light beams, creating a giant, intertwining web of firepower. Everything within their range of fire was mercilessly reduced into nothing. Even giant rocks were obliterated in the blink of an eye.