NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 190 - Beast Tide
Under normal circumstances, cultivators would not dare to consume the meat of beasts whose level is higher than theirs.
This is because the meat of higher-level beasts contains excessive energy, and this energy is not as gentle as that found in energy potions.
If a cultivator eats meat from a higher-level beast, and their physical stamina is already abundant but they don’t immediately consume a large amount of it, the energy from the beast’s meat will start to surge within their body. This could lead to injuries in the meridians at best, or at worst, completely destroy their meridians.
However, given the current situation faced by the Phantom Team, without needing to be reminded by Mai Dongzi, everyone took out the beast meat they had prepared but dared not eat before, and began consuming it, along with drinking the beast’s blood soup.
Less than a minute after eating and drinking, the group felt a surge of energy, unlike that from energy potions—an aggressive energy that started circulating throughout their bodies and meridians.
Although this process was somewhat uncomfortable, with the energy replenishment, their stamina quickly began to recover.
However, before they could fully recover, another group of beasts discovered them. They had no choice but to quickly draw their large metal knives and face the oncoming horde of beasts.
Because the group of beasts was too numerous, Mai Dongzi not only had to fight with her spiritual power but also had to use it for detection and shielding, causing her spiritual power to deplete rapidly.
To reduce the consumption of her spiritual power, she only used it to shield the group’s scent, without creating illusions to hide their figures.
When the beasts were a bit farther away, they couldn’t detect them, so they remained unaware of their presence.
But when the beasts passed nearby, although they couldn’t smell the scent of their prey, they could still see them with their eyes.
The Phantom Team was once again engaged in battle. This group of beasts was vast, with over two hundred of them.
The only consolation, as they fought through the situation, was that the majority of the beasts were at levels 4 and 5, with only two at level 6.
After eating and drinking, the Phantom Team had also rested for 20 minutes, and the beast meat they consumed was continuously replenishing their stamina with energy.
Though their stamina hadn’t fully recovered, it was enough for them to kill all the beasts in this group, leaving them with some energy left.
Among them, Mai Dongzi exerted the most effort. Even though she saved her spiritual energy by not using it in combat, relying on her martial artist skills alone, she single-handedly killed more than fifty beasts.
Mai Dongzi specifically targeted the highest-level beasts, with the majority of the level 5 and 6 beasts killed by her. The rest of the Phantom Team only had to deal with the level 4 beasts, which saved them a lot of stamina.
But there were just too many beasts. They once again found themselves in a similar situation—before they had even finished off this group, another group was already closing in on them…
“There are two more hours until tomorrow, and tomorrow is the last day of the training.” Mai Dongzi said to the team.
Her words lifted the spirits of the Phantom Team, who had been sinking into a feeling of discouragement.
Just as the team was on the verge of exhaustion and unable to lift their metal knives, and Mai Dongzi’s spiritual energy was nearly depleted, another group of beasts charged toward them. At that moment, Instructor Li and Instructor Shan appeared in their flying vehicles.
Once the Phantom Team boarded the flying vehicles, the girls sat together, while the boys collapsed onto the floor of the vehicle.
Even Yu Guangxi and Durant were no exception. Zhuang Huaiya was so exhausted he could no longer move and was pulled onto the flying vehicle by Mai Dongzi.
These three were the main force of the Phantom Team, aside from Mai Dongzi. Having fought alongside Wang Zhelan and Li Nanxi against the level 5 beasts, not only had their stamina been completely exhausted, but they had also sustained significant injuries.
The only medical pod on the instructor’s flying vehicle was given to Li Nanxi, who had lost an arm again. The others were treated briefly with a healing device to stop the bleeding and would undergo further treatment once they returned to the starship.
Among the ten of them, Mai Dongzi was in the best condition. She had only overused her abilities and didn’t even have a single light injury.
Once they boarded the flying vehicle, it was as if they had exited the training state, and everyone immediately took out their energy pills and drank them.
By the time the instructors had treated everyone else’s wounds, Mai Dongzi had already recovered quite a bit.
“Instructors, did we encounter a beast tide? This doesn’t seem like a situation we should face in this training, right?” Mai Dongzi asked.
The reason the Phantom Team was able to hold out for three hours was that after everyone’s stamina was almost completely exhausted, Mai Dongzi had used her spiritual power to shield them.
While they recovered stamina by eating the beast meat, they continued to fight when they couldn’t avoid the beasts, and they managed to hold on until the early hours of the last day of the training.
“Don’t worry, you were the last team to be eliminated. The Sunlight Team boarded their instructor’s flying vehicle half an hour earlier than you,” Instructor Shan said.
Instructor Shan was not like Instructor Li; he didn’t want to keep his students in suspense. The training had already ended, so they were now able to know this information.
Not only did the Phantom Team feel relieved, but even Wang Zhelan perked up, unable to stop herself from asking, “So my team was the second-to-last to be eliminated?”
Instructor Li felt a bit heartbroken. If it weren’t for getting close to Student Xi, the Ability team would have been eliminated days ago.
Now, however, they had lasted even longer than their Battle Team.
The only silver lining was that the Sunlight Team had only one person eliminated, while Wang Zhelan’s team lost six members. No matter how the points were calculated, their score would be far behind the Sunlight Team’s.
The only team that could surpass the Sunlight Team was the Phantom Team.
Not only did they have no one eliminated, but with the help of Student Xi, they managed to hold out until the end amidst the beast tide.
When the Phantom Team decided to abandon the goal of reaching the finish line the day before yesterday, they did feel some regret, since that was their ultimate mission.
Now, hearing from the instructors that they were actually the last team to leave Liva Star, everyone felt energized.
What did this mean? It meant no other team had reached the finish line.
“Our light brain restrictions have been lifted, and everyone can now access the school network,” Tony informed them of a key piece of information.
After being cut off from the outside world for so long, the others immediately opened their light brains, while Mai Dongzi continued to ask the instructors about the beast tide.
It turned out that the day before yesterday, the Grand Canyon near the finish line suddenly erupted into a beast tide.
Thousands of beasts surged out of the canyon, heading towards the surrounding areas.
At that time, all teams that hadn’t been eliminated were already within a few hundred miles of the finish line.
Once the beast tide broke out, the teams from Imperial Capital University that were heading toward the finish line near the Grand Canyon were the first to be affected.
In the beast tide, humans would be caught in an endless battle, with no time to rest or recover. The result of holding on would be death.
In such a situation, the instructors naturally wouldn’t insist that their students complete the mission, and as soon as the students were in danger, they would immediately use the flying vehicles to rescue their teams.