Chapter 149 The Change of Chang Beast's Purpose
It was just a burst of poison fog, and a hundred monsters within its reach were mostly directly dissolved.
Such an attack also made Zhao Yimin and his companions on the city wall's hearts skip a beat.
It was horrifyingly fortunate that the area swept by the Centipede-mouthed Blood Toad was at a considerable distance from them and their Angel Envoys.
They composed themselves and attacked the incoming Chang Beasts even more vigorously in order to eliminate these monsters faster.
With the Centipede-mouthed Blood Toad sharing the burden, fewer monsters reached Zhao Yimin and the other Angel Envoys, gradually allowing them to gain the upper hand again.
Although the Chang Beasts surged forward, the majority of the monsters were still blood-colored flesh corpses and some rodents; such were the constituents of their army.
However, ordinary flesh corpses had no advantage in front of Su Han and his group, and one after another, they were killed.
At the Centipede-mouthed Blood Toad's position, the attack was even more terrifying; the poisonous fog enveloped an area of more than ten meters, and its crimson tongue continuously swept across, severing monsters at the waist.
A large number of monsters turned into corpses that piled up and then, under some unknown force, turned into a bloody mush.
The whole ground turned blood-red and the sticky mess was somewhat nauseating.
The Chang Beasts continued to rush forward in an attempt to kill the Centipede-mouthed Blood Toad, charging like a tidal wave, but their attacks left no marks on it.
Their strength was insufficient to break through the blood-red shell of the Centipede-mouthed Blood Toad.
"Awoo,"
The slaughter continued, and suddenly a howl rang out as a Bone Armor Giant Pig knocked over the huge body of a Double-headed Blood Wolf, its sharp fangs stabbing into it, causing severe damage.
Zhu Xiong seized the opportunity; his heavy and sharp ax hammered straight down, chopping off the Double-headed Blood Wolf's head with one blow.
The Bone Armor Giant Pig pulled out its fangs, opened its massive bloody mouth, and then bit onto the other wolf head.
A cracking sound erupted, loudly breaking, and in that moment the Double-headed Blood Wolf was killed.
On another side, the Devourer took the opportunity to wrap its right arm around the Crimson King Kong's arms and torso.
The Crimson King Kong struggled fiercely, and its wide-open sharp fangs bit hard onto that arm.
Blood splattered out, yet the Devourer audaciously drew closer, its left arm moving towards the Crimson King Kong and delivering a heavy punch to its head.
The eyes were directly shattered by the force, and at that moment the grotesque, tumor-like palm of the right forearm, its bloody mouth opened to the extreme, almost the size of the Crimson King Kong's head.
Then, a gruesomely bloody scene ensued.
The giant maw bit off the head of the Crimson King Kong in one gulp; above the neck, only emptiness remained. Blood, like a fountain, erupted wildly, drenching the Devourer in crimson.
As the two leading monsters were killed, all of the Chang Beasts soon halted their actions and immediately rushed into the fog, retreating swiftly.
The battle finally came to an end, the ground smeared with blood mush that emitted a strong smell of blood, but on this battlefield, Zhao Yimin and the others did not care so much, sighing with relief and slumping against the city wall.
Zhu Xiong returned from outside the city wall, a few cracks in his bone armor, but he was unharmed.
"Zhao Yimin, take a few people and come with me to support the other gates..."
Zhu Xiong knew the urgency of the matter, but Su Han spoke out, "No need, their fighting has ended too."
As soon as the words were spoken, they saw Ye Kailing being carried by a Bat Wing Beast from below, and on the ground, Gan Xinglei and his group were also rapidly approaching, riding the Vine Giant Rats.
"Su Han, my side had a Blood Rhino, Second Order strength, but it got killed by the Bonestead Rat Demon,"
Gan Xinglei reported to Su Han, knowing that Su Han must not have any trouble holding the line here, but he only relaxed after seeing Su Han was fine.
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"My side had a Six-clawed Red Bear, also Second Order strength, but my Red Scale Lizard Monster killed it."
After reporting their respective situations, everyone took a detailed count and realized for the first time that the number of Chang Beasts that had attacked their territory had reached four to five thousand.
The people couldn't help but become serious—this was no small matter.
"Having reached this scale, but the mastermind still hasn't shown up; it couldn't be like the Northern Qing Grain Warehouse, where an even larger horde exists, could it?"
Gan Xinglei frowned, troubled by the large number, which was certainly not good news.
Zhu Xiong wondered, "All this for a turtle? Even though it's Second-order Intermediate, it doesn't seem worthwhile given that four to five Second Order monsters have already emerged."
Although the Ironback Alligator Turtle, if assimilated into a Chang Beast, would indeed be a strong fighting force, adding four or five Second Order monsters didn't seem like a reasonable trade-off.
"It's not about the Ironback Alligator Turtle."
Su Han's gaze shifted slightly, pondering his thoughts before looking at everyone and saying, "They originally targeted the Ironback Alligator Turtle, but most likely, they discovered the traces of the Mother Nest Ancient Tree, leading to the current siege."
"Hmm?"
Everyone paused at Su Han's words; the Mother Nest Ancient Tree hadn't seemingly made direct contact with the Chang Beasts, so how could it be targeting the Mother Nest Ancient Tree?
This seemed improbable.
Su Han hinted, "Initially they may have been targeting the Ironback Alligator Turtle, but it's likely they discovered the traces of the Mother Nest Ancient Tree, which triggered the siege." Behind the scenes Monster
In the battle just now, he had noticed the violent assaults on the city walls appearing to aim at destroying the camp, devouring those within.
However, the sporadic probing attacks were clearly marking the territory.
A monster capable of transforming monsters into minions, upon encountering a more formidable monster, would undoubtedly become greedy.
Reminded by Su Han, everyone also understood the key points, but their expressions grew even grimmer.
The Ironback Alligator Turtle being assimilated was insincere to them, just another troublesome monster to deal with.
But if the Mother Nest Ancient Tree were assimilated, saying goodbye to the world sooner would be for the best.
Under Su Han's command, each of the three Angel Envoys was a monster unto themselves.
If the Mother Nest Ancient Tree were assimilated and turned against them, Su Han might be the only one who could match it.
"It's not the theft but the thief's intent that's worrisome. Being targeted by such a monster is no trivial matter."
Zhu Xiong became troubled, realizing that if this monster wasn't dealt with, just the lurking Chang Beasts outside were already a significant problem.
The search team couldn't go out, materials couldn't be scavenged, other monsters couldn't be killed, so they would have to sit and consume their reserves.
"Why don't you take action?"
Zhu Xiong tentatively asked, knowing Su Han's strength was great and that he could handle the Chang Beasts unless their numbers reached a terrifying level, then it would just be serving up food on a platter.
"Let's scout the lair first. If I act directly, what if it gets scared off?"
Su Han estimated that the monster was most likely a Third Order, otherwise, it wouldn't dare stalk the Mother Nest Ancient Tree.
Of course, a stronger power was unlikely.
Otherwise, there would be no need to use Chang Beasts to probe.
So, it was probably within Third Order, that much could be deduced.
But the problem lay therein, a Third Order being daring to stalk if Su Han's strength were revealed, together with three Third Order beings, would the monster still dare?
What if it temporarily withdrew and went into hiding?
What would happen to Su Han's Fusion materials? A Third Order monster wasn't exactly a cheap commodity.
Zhu Xiong fell silent, Su Han patted his shoulder and laughed, "The Tree-born Worms have already given chase, let's see if we can follow a vine to find a melon."
Chang Beasts arrived suddenly, Su Han hadn't had a chance to set more traps. Chasing with the Bat-winged Alligator Dragon wasn't very realistic either, so the Tree-born Worms were more reliable.
A range of three thousand meters should be sufficient to gather some useful information.
Everyone returned to their posts to guard, but soon after, Su Han received data transmitted from the Tree-born Worms.
A rather unfavorable situation: The Chang Beasts hadn't withdrawn and were scattered across different terrains as if going into hibernation.
Upon hearing this news, Su Han's expression could not help turning even grimmer, as the monster was more cunning than he had thought.
"It seems we can only wait and see."
Waiting was one method, to see if they could gather more clues; he refused to believe the monster possessing these Chang Beasts could completely hide in South City.
While intensifying the defenses, Su Han also started processing that bloody mush, which he had determined to be the blood of Chang Beasts after focusing his mind earlier.
[Detected Fusion Material: Blood of Chang Beasts, Proceed with Fusion?]
The Mother Nest Ancient Tree, under Su Han's control, slightly moved its body, allowing its vines to reach the edges of the city walls in the ring areas.
The vines extended into the bloody mush of Chang Beast's blood and began intimate contact with it.
The quantity of blood left behind by thousands of Chang Beasts was not small, the sight was hair-raising, like the ground of a chaotic slaughterhouse, fully covered in bloodstains.
Fusion.
Su Han did not hesitate, immediately letting the Mother Nest Ancient Tree try to fuse with the Chang Beast's blood.
Soon, the Fusion progress displayed on the panel and gradually increased.
Blood of Chang Beasts 1%, 2%...
The speed of Fusion wasn't too slow; to some extent, the blood of Chang Beasts could also be considered as Essence of Flesh, although it seemed to have some particularity which warranted separate categorization.
Su Han quietly waited, a day passed by quickly, and the blood of the far-off Chang Beasts was slowly fused by the Mother Nest Ancient Tree.
Blood of Chang Beasts 55%
In just one day, it had risen by so much; the materials were already used up.
Su Han had planned to use monster corpses as material for conversion, but unexpectedly, just after nightfall, the monsters attacked again.
This time, the number of Second Order monsters was not large, but the quantity of Chang Beasts was almost double that during the day.
They fought all night long, and Zhu Xiong, Gan Xinglei, Ye Kailing, Yan Meiyu, and Bai Qilan's Angel Envoys joined the fight, including Su Han's two associated beasts, the Alien Thorn Worm and the Centipede-mouthed Blood Toad.
After a night of battle, many monsters were killed or injured, yet they still failed to breach the camp's defenses.
During the night's clash, Zhang Dahai and Guo Gang's Angel Envoys, through misfortune turning into a blessing, successively reached the racial limit of First Order Upper Grade.
Although it's a pity that Chang Beasts couldn't be used as sacrifice materials for Divine Initiation Rituals, Su Han's domain was not lacking in monsters that could be used as sacrifices.
Therefore, the next morning, Su Han had them prepare to hunt the domesticated monsters, ready to advance to Second Order.