The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3098 Damn Intruders

No matter how much he grieved, it was useless. Now the place was deserted, and there was nothing left but him, barely clinging to life.

Sigh, I hope I'll have another chance to see my master, senior sisters, and junior brothers!

After a long while, the shadowy figure seemed to have made up its mind, and in a flash, it appeared in front of the wall behind the building at the bridgehead.

The bridgehead buildings on both sides of the lake are all the same, as are the walls behind them, all with recesses and buttons in those recesses. However, because it's nighttime, the buttons in the recesses have disappeared and will only be visible during the day.

Unexpectedly, the shadowy figure stepped forward and pressed down on the dent with one hand. A moment later, the small dent with etched patterns appeared above the dent.

Surprisingly, the shadowy figure was able to create the small etched grooves without using its horn to insert into the grooves.

Then, the shadowy figure placed his palm on the etched patterns again, and with a "bang!" the entire suspension bridge mechanism began to operate. It turned out that this suspension bridge mechanism could operate not only during the day but also at night.

Furthermore, the mechanism of the iron chain bridge operated very quickly, restoring it to its original state in just over ten minutes. This was unlike the slow and sluggish movements when Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing used their innate power to operate the iron chain bridge.

It seems that the operation of this iron chain bridge mechanism also depends on the people involved.

With a click, all the machinery on the suspension bridge came into operation, and the entire suspension bridge was transformed into a usable crossing bridge spanning the lake.

However, the lake beneath the bridge is no longer there; instead, there's a massive chasm a thousand meters deep, and at its bottom, a dark, gaping cave. If Qian Ying and the others were to cross this suspension bridge now, they would be filled with dread. The dark, deep abyss below is like the gaping maw of a monstrous beast, waiting to devour anyone who falls in.

After the suspension bridge was restored to its original state, the shadowy figure withdrew his hand from the etched patterns and then placed it back into the recess, reaching inside as if he had grabbed something. With a pull and a lift, as he withdrew his arm, the recess disappeared, transforming into a handle that could rotate.

"Let's leave it at that from now on. There's no need to activate the bridge-crossing formation anymore, since I'm the only one left here." The shadowy figure muttered to himself again.

The reason the iron chain bridge was submerged in the lake is that the chains on the entire bridge, once submerged, absorb energy through an array on the water, isolating them from the air and preventing them from rusting. This is also why the iron chain bridge has remained intact for over a thousand years.

He then swung his stick, pointed it at a strange beast, and shouted, "Come here!"

Upon receiving the order, the beast immediately rose and approached the shadowy figure. This beast was the largest of all the beasts besides the unicorn and its mother.

"Cross the bridge, to the Red Bee area!" The shadowy figure pointed to the opposite bank with his stick.

The beast immediately stepped onto the iron chain bridge, but due to its enormous size, it was unable to step on the crossbeams. Instead, it grabbed the two thick iron chains on the bridge with its limbs and quickly climbed across to the other side.

The dark figure flashed and landed on the back of the strange beast, carrying it across the iron chain bridge. The iron chains rattled loudly, and the bridge slabs beneath swayed back and forth. Soon, after crossing the bridge, the strange beast, now on all fours, pawed the ground and swiftly moved towards the Crimson Bee area.

The shadowy figure cast several restrictive hand gestures on the beast's back, instantly surmounting the 300-meter barrier along the shore. The beast didn't stop but continued forward. It seemed that under the shadowy figure's control, nothing was now a limitation.

In a short time, the strange beast arrived at the Red Bee area.

After the beast stopped, the shadowy figure stared at the spacious, several-hundred-meter-wide black area in the middle, his anger burning. He hadn't expected that the red beehives, which should have been full, had mostly disappeared, leaving only the hives on either side of the valley, while the hives in the middle, several hundred meters wide, had vanished.

"Damn intruders!" It took the shadowy figure a long time to suppress his anger. He flashed to the nearest beehive and, just as the red snakes were about to attack, he took something out of his pocket and hung it on his waist. All the red snakes dodged and stopped attacking the shadowy figure.

The shadowy figure stepped forward, dug a hole, took out a large piece of honeycomb from the hive, and began to eat it.

He needs energy; otherwise, he wouldn't have come here.

Perhaps because he hadn't eaten for a long time, the dark figure ate very quickly, devouring a large piece of honeycomb in just a few bites. He even swallowed the red bees resting on the honeycomb without being attacked.

It seems that what he just took out should be able to avoid being attacked by the First Red and Red Bees.

After eating nearly one-sixth of the beehive, the dark figure stopped, satisfied, and used soil to plug up the gap in the beehive it had dug. It could be said that the dark figure had consumed almost half of the beehive, and even swallowed tens of thousands of red bees inside.

Fortunately, the hive of the red bee is regenerative. As long as it is not completely destroyed and the queen bee in the hive is not killed, the hive will eventually replenish what it has lost.

After feasting, the shadowy figure seemed to have a more solid body and a clearer outline, as if its true energy had recovered considerably. Unlike before, when it had just emerged from the deep cave at the bottom of the lake and felt somewhat unsteady.

The dark figure let out a long sigh, seemingly savoring the honey, or perhaps sensing the power within its body. After a while, it turned and stepped back onto the beast's back, coldly commanding, "Go back!"

Upon hearing this, the beast raised its limbs again and quickly returned towards the lake.

Next, the beast stepped onto the iron chain bridge, gripped the chains tightly with all four limbs, and quickly returned to the area where the other beasts were located.

The shadowy figure didn't descend; it remained behind the beast, facing the others. With one hand, it swept its staff horizontally, creating a sonic boom, and then transmitted its message to all the beasts through its divine sense: "Chase after them, attack, kill them!"

Upon receiving the message from the shadowy figure, all the strange beasts immediately leaped up, raised their heads, and roared at the sky, their roars echoing throughout the valley.

After that, all the strange beasts turned around and rushed towards the direction of the expedition team.