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Chapter 121 Star Soul Beast
Chapter 121 Star Soul Beast
Having learned from their previous encounter with the wolf-faced silver bear, the group was much more adept at facing this wild beast again.
First, skilled martial artists unleashed a barrage of arrows. When the arrows were almost used up, they organized their troops to leave the city and use long weapons to force the wolf-faced silver bear back a distance. They then took the opportunity to retrieve the arrows that were scattered on the ground or stuck in the wolf-faced silver bear and sent them back to the city wall.
Round after round of shooting continued until nightfall. By then, while keeping the city gate intact, hundreds of wolf-faced silver bears had fallen to the ground.
Unlike the previous time, everyone showed an unusual determination to resist.
Mayor Yokoyama had already stated that once the city fell, no one would escape; everyone would be wiped out. If they could hold out for a day or two, and wait for all the factions to pack their belongings, they could retreat in batches.
As for the order of retreat, it will naturally be determined according to the amount of effort each party contributed to fighting the beast horde. Those who contributed more will retreat first, those who contributed less will retreat later, and those who did not contribute will have to fight the beast horde to the bitter end.
For those forces unwilling to exert themselves but wanting to sneak away, Yokoyama's approach was even more ruthless and decisive. He specifically ordered Liu Yun to organize a supervisory team, which would immediately kill anyone discovered on the spot without any leniency.
Even if they manage to escape from Liu Yun, they will inevitably be exterminated by the Heng family afterward.
This eliminated any侥幸心理 (侥幸心理 refers to a mentality of taking chances or relying on luck) among these forces and completely cut off their escape route, leaving them with no choice but to fight a desperate battle.
When people have no way out, they often unleash tremendous power. In order to secure a spot for their own side to evacuate first, all factions fought with all their might, repelling wave after wave of attacks from the Wolf-Faced Silver Bear.
Even so, the situation was far from optimistic. As night fell, although the Wolf-Faced Silver Bears had been almost entirely wiped out, a greater number of Star Soul Beasts had taken over the siege mission.
Meanwhile, another disheartening piece of news reached Yokoyama and Xiao Chong: the scale of this beast tide was far greater than it appeared.
It wasn't just the south of the city that was besieged; large numbers of wild beasts had been spotted all around Tiannan Town. However, the beasts were primarily attacking the south, while remaining besieged on the other three sides without actually attacking.
Upon receiving this news, Xiao Chong and Yokoyama could only smile wryly, unsure whether it could be considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
Compared to the Wolf-Faced Silver Bear, the Star Soul Beast was much more troublesome. This was because these wild beasts were most adept at mental attacks, rather than ordinary physical attacks, which caught the group, who were used to physical attacks, off guard.
On the Tianyun Continent, only Mind Masters possess the ability to use mental attacks, and these Mind Masters are actually a very small group. Looking across the entire continent, you often can't find even one Mind Master among a hundred cultivators.
Most martial artists never have the experience of fighting a mind master in their entire lives. This creates a very special situation where many martial artists, who are actually stronger than mind masters, are often taken advantage of by mind masters in battle because they are unfamiliar with their fighting style.
Just like now, even though many Star Soul Beasts under the city had already been shot down, they suffered a great loss when they went out of the city to collect arrows and were attacked by Star Soul Beasts.
Looking at the group of martial artists falling one after another outside the city, Hengshan's face was already ashen, like the bottom of a pot that had been smoked for over ten thousand years.
"No, this won't do. If this continues, the city gates will fall before dawn, and then no one will be able to escape." Yokoyama was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing around the city wall while muttering to himself.
Seeing that Hengshan was already somewhat flustered, Xiao Chong stepped forward to persuade him, "Actually, it's easy to solve. As long as everyone gives up the spirit stones and other supplies they have obtained, and leaves on cloud boats before the beast horde breaches the city, the beast horde won't be able to stop them."
Yokoyama glanced at the bloodthirsty crowd and rolled his eyes at Xiao Chong, saying, "The only purpose these people came to the Southern Wilderness is to make money. Yuan Stones are their lifeblood. Do you think they would be willing to give them up?"
"It seems unlikely," Xiao Chong said uncertainly. "But we can't risk our lives for some trivial material possessions, can we?"
Yokoyama rolled his eyes so wide you couldn't see his pupils anymore: "Who can give up easily unless it's a matter of life and death?"
"Not to mention the mountains of spirit stones I haven't had time to move from my residence, even you, having received so many benefits for nothing these past few days, would you discard them like trash?"
"Of course not!" Xiao Chong shook his head repeatedly, almost breaking his neck, but secretly found it amusing.
Can you compare to me? I won't tell you that the Yuan Stones I plundered have already been put into the Purple Cloud Cauldron.
Moreover, there is still space inside. If you are willing to share half of your spirit stones with me, I can still help you take away quite a few spirit stones.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chong was so pleased with himself that he almost discussed with Hengshan whether he needed to rent his storage space. But he remembered the principle that valuable treasures should not be shown to others, and thus stopped himself from speaking.
He kept his words to himself, but his smug expression betrayed him.
Seeing Xiao Chong's infuriatingly gleeful face, Hengshan asked with some suspicion, "Brother Xiao, you still have the mood to laugh at this time, could it be that you have some clever plan to hide from your foolish brother?"
Xiao Chong's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately put on a dejected expression, saying with a worried look, "Even someone as talented and handsome as Brother Heng is helpless. How could I, a poor man from a remote and impoverished area, possibly have any good ideas?"
After pausing for a moment and seeing Yokoyama's disbelief and suspicious stare at him, he had no choice but to shift the other's attention and said, "However, I can go out of the city and try to weigh this Star Soul Beast to see how much it weighs."
"Can you withstand their mental attacks?" Yokoyama asked curiously.
Xiao Chong thought about it seriously and said, "It's hard to say whether we can withstand it, but it shouldn't be a big problem. It just depends on which side has stronger mental power."
"So, you actually know the Way of the Mind Master, brother?" Yokoyama was taken aback, his face full of disbelief.
He only said he understood, not that he cultivated, because he deeply understood that martial arts and the way of the mind master could not be cultivated together. Even if in his heart Xiao Chong had the support of the Thousand Mountains Old Monster, it was still unacceptable.
It's important to know that the Heng family is a truly powerful clan with unfathomable heritage; they even produced a Martial Emperor in their early years. Having been nurtured in such an environment since childhood, Hengshan is by no means an ignorant bumpkin.
But even just knowing it is remarkable. At the very least, Yokoyama is already a martial arts master, and his martial arts cultivation is far superior to Xiao Chong's, but when it comes to his understanding of the Way of the Mind Master, he is still a complete novice.
Therefore, when Yokoyama heard Xiao Chong say that he wanted to compete with the Star Soul Beast to see who had stronger mental power, his heart was immediately filled with shock.
Xiao Chong, of course, had no idea what Hengshan was thinking, but replied in a pretentious manner, "I learned a little bit when I was a child, and I understand it slightly."