Chapter Ninety-Two: When a Demon Beast Knows Martial Arts, Nothing Can Stop It

The murmur of survival, mingled with the incessant sound of boastful conversation, filled a clearing in the dense forest.

This was the Bisstellar Empire, a gathering place for young prodigies. In a clearing of some two or three hundred square meters, dozens of campfires burned.

Young masters and warriors sat in twos and threes around the fires, waiting for the meat above them to finish roasting.

“Your Highness, Lu Kuo and the others have been chasing that girl for quite some time. Why have they still not returned? Could something have happened?”

On a patch of grass laid with a carpet several zhang wide, several young men of noble bearing sat cross-legged upon it.

A strikingly handsome youth held a goblet in his hand and said with some concern to the person beside him.

“You worry too much. If more than a dozen imperial men cannot even handle one girl, what use is there in living?” The youth called Your Highness was exceedingly bold and unrestrained; he not only drank from a bowl, but even the weapon at his side was a wolf-toothed mace.

A glance across the scene showed that among the hundred-odd people, not a single one was standing guard. All were gathered together, talking loudly.

Only a few hundred meters away, behind the grass and undergrowth, nearly a hundred young powerhouses from the Heavenly Martial Empire lay hidden and motionless.

“Why hasn’t Ye Feng returned yet? Some people are suspecting he led us all on a fool’s errand!” From within the bushes, Jin Ming bent low as he came to Galo and the others.

Among this group, only these few were fairly familiar with Ye Feng. So when questions arose, they were the only ones people came to ask.

“His wife is right here with us—what are you all afraid of? Stay put!” Glancing impatiently at Jin Ming, the bald Aoyun waved a hand and said in a low voice.

“Hm? What’s that?” Just as Jin Ming was about to turn and leave, the sharp-eyed Lie Kuang suddenly spoke.

Following the direction of his finger, the others saw that in the forest on the far side of the clearing, and likewise in the dense woods on the other three sides, many ferocious beasts were quietly creeping forward.

“We have them in front too!” Before the others could make sense of it, the child-faced He Tao suddenly cried out, pointing toward the sparse woods ahead.

“My heavens... could all these beasts have been lured here by Ye Feng? That’s far too monstrous...”

“Look, there’s a sixth-tier Great Strength Bear! That thing is no weaker than the ice python from before!”

In an instant, nearly a hundred people widened their eyes and stared dumbly at the hundreds of beasts stealthily advancing, their voices rising in constant speculation.

“Jin Ming, take twenty men to the west. Kill anyone who escapes the beast encirclement!”

“Shamo, take twenty men to the north.”

“Galo, take twenty men to the south!”

Amid the low murmurs, Ye Feng’s voice suddenly rang out swiftly from behind them. “Once those people are wiped out, the talismans go to whoever is fastest. If you are slow, you get none. If anyone dares to turn on our own people, don’t blame me for showing no mercy!”

Ye Feng’s appearance instantly set the blood of everyone present boiling for reasons they themselves could not explain. Perhaps this was what one called the presence of a leader.

His orders were carried out with meticulous precision by all. Very soon, those named by Ye Feng each led twenty young experts toward their assigned directions.

“The rest of you, when the time comes, channel your spiritual energy with full force. If you still get hurt like that, then you can only blame yourselves for being too cowardly!”

As his voice fell, Ye Feng suddenly let out a piercing shriek.

The moment that sound rang out, hundreds of beasts seemed to erupt almost at once, launching their attack upon the unsuspecting people of the Bisstellar Empire.

“Ah... beasts... heavens... why are there so many beasts...”

Roar...

A young man seated on the outer edge suddenly discovered that hundreds of beasts had burst out of the forest.

In panic, before he could even strike, the leading Purple Mane Fierce Lion opened its mouth and crushed his entire head in one bite.

The lion did not even glance at the headless corpse; while chewing the man’s skull, it continued to charge forward.

Boom boom boom boom...

Almost at the same time, cries of alarm rang out from the other directions as well.

Then came the roars of beasts and the sharp, colorful hiss of spiritual power tearing through the air.

Caught off guard, and with the shock of hundreds of beasts bearing down upon them, dozens of people were devoured before they could even recover their wits.

Boom...

Holding his wolf-toothed mace, the so-called prince sent the wind wolf that had rushed before him flying with a single blow.

“Everyone, gather toward the center and form a circular defense!” Seeing the battles erupting in clusters, the prince roared. At the same time, he leaped high into the air and smashed another wind wolf into a puddle of minced flesh.

Huff... huff... huff...

Yet before him, three or four wind wolves suddenly halted, and then each gave an almost synchronized snort.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh...

The next moment, semicircular wind blades several feet long shot out from the wolves’ mouths.

“Scatter!”

The prince shouted furiously, swinging his mace to shatter two of the wind blades.

Swoosh...

The final wind blade flashed by, slicing swiftly beneath his ribs. Blood sprayed at once, and a deep wound that went to the bone opened beneath his side.

Boom boom boom...

At this critical moment, the people who had been seated beside the prince earlier also arrived simultaneously. Their attacks, laden with spiritual power, instantly blasted the three wind wolves into a rain of mangled flesh.

Roar...

On another side, a sixth-tier Diamond Bear suddenly rose to stand upright. With a thunderous roar, waves of earthy yellow beast power surged outward like rolling tides.

Boom boom boom...

Anyone touched by those waves seemed to have been struck a heavy blow, collapsing helplessly as blood flowed from their nose and mouth.

In the midst of the battle, only after everyone had gathered together did they realize that their group, which had once numbered more than a hundred, now had fewer than thirty left.

“Your Highness, what do we do? Discard the talismans, or force our way out?” A bloodied young man, carrying a battle axe, ran up to the prince and asked loudly.

Around them, more than a hundred beasts of all kinds continued to assail them. In particular, those few sixth-tier beasts—every time they struck, someone would stagger backward.

That was only because several people were resisting together. If they fought one-on-one, I am afraid no one present could withstand even a moment against several sixth-tier beasts.

“Just now I saw quite a few people break through. We’ll charge east. Once we’re out, we’ll send up the signal and gather the rest. The ruins concern matters of great importance. We cannot give up so easily!”

Clutching the wound beneath his ribs with one hand, the prince shouted loudly.

“I’ll open the way! Scarlet Flame Fury!”

Without the slightest delay, the moment the prince’s words fell, the young man with the battle axe rushed to the front of the resistance line.

A dense purple spiritual glow rapidly rose all over his body, and then, with immense force, he brought the axe crashing down.

Boom...

A purple axe blade several zhang wide slammed heavily into the beast horde. In an instant, dozens of beasts were reduced to severed limbs strewn across the ground beneath that single strike.