Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 488 Death Tide
In Mansen, under the cold moonlight, dark shadows are flickering among the treetops and dense forests.

The fire a few hours ago seemed to have made the entire Savage Forest boil. Although they were all goblins, the demise of the tiger tribe apparently did not cause any sense of grief. On the contrary, they used their own death to kick off a grand carnival for hunters.

As for the ultimate prize of this carnival, it is the young mythical beast that is powerful enough to determine the survival of any force or tribe for thousands of years: Qiongqi!
"Wow!"

Above the dense forest, a large green bird suddenly swooped down from a great height. Before the bird arrived, the whistling hurricane created by its broad wings had already torn apart the large branches and leaves at the top of the dense forest, making a rustling sound.

Then the hurricane subsided, and the big green bird that had fallen into the dense forest disappeared out of thin air. However, a young girl in a green dress with fluttering clothes appeared on a thick branch above the dense forest.

The girl tapped the branches with her bare white toes, and smiled as she glanced at the tall goblin with a wolf's head and a human body at the bottom of the tree. She raised her slender willow-shaped eyebrows and said teasingly:

"Cang Mo, have your group of puppies found any traces? Give me a hint! Don't worry, as long as we can find the cub of the divine beast, we can split the reward 50-50. How about that?"

"No way."

"Hey, don't be so cold. Lord Qingque of my tribe and your Cangyue Wolf King are close friends. Even if our tribes are not allies, we can still be considered friendly neighbors. It's a win-win for both of us. I'll monitor the sky and you'll search the ground. Then..."

The girl's voice was melodious and like a cry, but Cang Mo, who was standing beside the tree trunk, only felt it was noisy. He opened his slightly drooping eyelids and looked up at the green-shirted girl who was still chattering above him. He interrupted her impatiently and said,
"Qingxi, instead of spending time chatting with me, you might as well go and search a few more times. If we still can't find the Qiongqi baby before sunrise, then you and I will both be punished by our tribe."

"Tsk~" Upon hearing this, Qingxi, who was sitting on the branch above, let out a light click of the tongue, and there was no trace of nervousness between her brows.

"Don't think too much. My clan is not as unkind as your Canglang clan. As for Qiongqi, it would be best if it could stay. After all, it is still my Mansen's sacred beast. But what if it really can't stay? Then don't keep it. Since the great god Zhuyin didn't kill the human who killed the tiger and stole the beast, isn't it normal that we can't stop him? Lord Qingque won't blame his clan members for such a thing."

"And to be honest, I seriously suspect that the great god Zhu Yin deliberately let that human leave. If it weren't for the time travel that destroyed most of the traces, the other party..."

"Be careful!"

The girl's chatter was once again interrupted by a deep voice. Ignoring Qingxi above who reacted quickly and whose expression changed slightly, Cangmo glanced sideways at the several black shadows that flashed by in the darkness in the distance, and his tone sounded particularly distant.

"The thoughts of the higher-ups have nothing to do with you and me. We have only one mission, which is to find the human who kidnapped the divine beast Qiongqi as soon as possible. As for after we find him? Let's talk about it after we find him first."

The wolf head was covered with hair and its specific expression could not be seen clearly. After he finished speaking, Cang Mo withdrew his gaze from the distance. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw a beam of dark red fire rising into the sky from the depths of the dense forest on the southeast side.

"This is?!"

His sight suddenly shifted, and the rising flames seemed quite eye-catching under the night sky with the moon hanging high in the sky. Even though they were far away, Cang Mo locked onto the location of the flames at the first moment.

About ten kilometers to the southeast, the flames shot up to a height of at least twenty meters. This level of flames was definitely not simply the aftermath of a battle, but was caused by a fierce fight between an extremely powerful fire fairy. No, it was more likely that the human being had been exposed and was being surrounded and killed!

Thinking of this, Cang Mo Wolf raised his head slightly, and was about to speak to remind Qingxi on the branches above, but when he looked up, he only saw the shadows of the trees swaying above his head, and a giant green bird with wings spread had already leaped out of the treetops and flew away quickly in the direction of the rising flames.

"We can discuss cooperation later. I'll go investigate first. You take your time. Hahaha..."

Qingxi's wanton laughter came from the sky. On the spot, Cangmo's mouth twitched slightly, and then he did not delay any more. He just jumped out lightly, and his whole body turned into a black giant wolf several meters in size, and also rushed towards the fire in the distance.

At the same time, following Cang Mo's footsteps, a group of dark green wolves jumped out from all directions of the dense forest, and soon gathered into a mighty green tide. Wherever it passed, the grass and trees fell, and smoke and dust billowed. Moreover, the scale of the tide was still expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it became a continuous river, mighty and majestic.

For the Cang Wolf, numbers are their biggest advantage. Any Cang Wolf is part of a wolf pack. This is why Qingxi would actively seek cooperation from Cangmo. They are even better at searching for prey than birds that fly high above.

The sound of galloping footsteps was like the roar of war drums. Tall trees were swept straight by the rushing tide. With the wolves' attacking speed, the distance of ten kilometers could not be covered in an instant like a flying bird, but it was only a moment.

It took only a few minutes for the rising and spreading dark red flames to be within reach, but the closer they got, the slower the wolves' running speed became, until they came to a complete standstill dozens of meters away.

Behind the wolf pack, Cang Mo, who had shouted to stop the wolves, had a gloomy look in his eyes. Not far away were charred trees burning fiercely. Even though there was still some distance between them, the spreading heat wave still made the entire wolf pack restless.

Fear of fire is the nature of all wild beasts. Of course, this does not include Cang Mo, who has been promoted to a fairy. The reason why he ordered the wolves to stop was mainly because it was too quiet ahead, so quiet that it even made his fur stand on end.

Clearly, before the wolves arrived, at least four or five faster goblins had already rushed into the dark red sea of ​​fire in front of them. But now, apart from the occasional crackling sounds caused by the flames licking the tree trunks, no roars of fighting could be heard from the sea of ​​fire.

When looking closely, the strange dark red fire seemed to be slowly wriggling in the moonlight, like a huge, constantly changing living creature that was silently devouring all the goblins that trespassed without permission.

Cang Mo knew very well that this feeling was just an illusion, but his keen beast instinct told him to retreat! He must immediately get away from the dark red flames in front of him that were still spreading outwards!
The tasks assigned by the clan are important, but they seem insignificant in the face of a possible life-and-death crisis.

He took a slight step back, and just as Cang Mo was hesitating whether to retreat directly or send the wolves in to investigate first, an exceptionally high-pitched and shrill bird cry suddenly rang in his ears from the front.

"Wow!"

"escape!!"

The wolf's head suddenly raised up, and it looked up following the sound of the bird's cry. It saw an extremely familiar green bird shadow rising into the sky above the fire, the air flow being torn apart by its wildly flapping wings. In just a blink of an eye, the bird shadow rushed out hundreds of meters away with a roar.

However, the next moment, a slightly smaller golden-red fire phoenix followed the trajectory of the bird's shadow and also rushed straight into the sky, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly shortening.

Below, the sound of birds singing had gradually become inaudible, but the fear contained in the birds' singing still lingered in Cang Mo's heart. His amber wolf eyes reflected the two bird shadows, one blue and one red, that were approaching rapidly in the sky above.

Then, in Cang Mo's slightly dull vision, the two finally intersected completely and turned into a dazzling fireball that exploded high in the sky.

Starting from this fireball shining in the sky, the invisible air wave immediately tore through the misty clouds. After more than ten breaths, the magnificent fire in the center of the air wave just dissipated. As for the blue bird shadow that was desperately fleeing before? Now there was only a charred corpse falling straight from the sky.

"Qingxi..."

As he murmured, the hesitation in Cangmo's eyes had been completely replaced by a strong desire to survive. In terms of personal combat power, Qingxi, who had the advantage in the air, was definitely stronger than him, but now in front of the fire phoenix, even escaping was a delusion.

In other words, if the Fire Phoenix's target was him, his fate would not be any better. Even the wolf pack could not protect him.

So don’t even think about investigating; escaping is the most important thing right now!
Then a thick black evil spirit suddenly surged out of his body, but just as he was about to turn around and run away, a chilling murderous intent surrounding his body made his movements suddenly stiffen.

It is difficult to describe the extreme fear that surged into his heart at this moment, but his intuition told him that if he moved again, he would die!

Soon, the black evil spirit that enveloped the body slowly dissipated, revealing the wolf demon Cang Mo, whose body had quietly transformed back into human form. On the opposite side of the wolf pack not far away, giant skeleton wolves surrounded by flames were stepping out of the dark red sea of ​​fire.

The flesh and blood of the rotten body had disappeared, leaving only the white bones. Two balls of fire were flickering in the empty eye sockets. Although it was silent, as the number of giant skeleton wolves increased, a strange breath of heat and cold began to smoke the Cangqing wolf pack on the opposite side, causing them to retreat again and again. Even Cang Mo at the back of the wolf pack could not help but turn pale.

[Death Tide (Triggered): When a large number of Hell creatures gather around, the Hellfires in their bodies will connect on their own, thus forming a large-scale Hell Death Tide. All natural creatures within the range of the Death Tide will be severely suppressed, and at the same time, the various attributes and abilities of the Hell creatures will be improved accordingly.

Tip: The current number of Hell creatures is 573. All attributes of all natural creatures within the Death Tide range are suppressed by 3% to 6% (the degree of suppression is determined by the comparison of the creature's will). All attributes of Hell creatures are +4, undeath +1, sacred and elemental resistance is increased by 8%, and a primary fear aura is added (a will judgment will be launched every 10 seconds, and those who fail the judgment will fall into a 'panic' state)...

Tip: The effect of the Death Tide will be enhanced as the number of Hell creatures increases, and there is no upper limit to the enhancement. 】

"The tide of the dead... Hades..."

Looking at the pack of skeleton wolves that seemed to be pouring out from the sea of ​​fire, Cang Mo's tone was almost a groan. He seemed to understand why His Majesty Zhu Yin, who was as elusive as a dragon, would deliberately let go of this human who killed the tiger and stole the beast.

Compared to Mansen, the god who basically doesn't care about anything, the Lord Mingwang in the underworld is much more protective.

On the opposite side, after the giant skeleton wolf, more kinds of hell creatures also walked out of the dark red flames one after another, including mountain bears, shadow leopards, golden eagles... Cang Mo even saw a very familiar skeleton bluebird. All the beasts or goblins attracted by the flames, without exception, were transformed by the boiling hellfire into part of this dark red death tide.

Flesh and blood were burned, and souls were corrupted. For the first time, the raging flames from the depths of hell fully revealed their horror in this wild forest. Wherever the flames burned, the world... became hell!
Soon, nearly six hundred creatures from hell poured out, their auras connected, forming a dead tide of bones that surrounded the entire wolf pack. Under the silent gaze of countless leaping soul fires, without even having to take any action, the wolves belonging to Cang Mo whimpered and fell to the ground one after another, and then were forcibly burned to death by the spreading hellfire while wailing and struggling, and finally turned into newborn hellhounds that stood up again in the flames.

There was no resistance, no escape. Such wailing and transformation lasted for a full five minutes before it finally ended. At this point, the number of hell creatures within the range of the death tide had successfully exceeded one thousand. Looking around, the rising and spreading undead aura was so majestic that it formed a dark red cloud curtain in the sky that blocked out the moonlight.

Under the cloud curtain, surrounded by thousands of undead, the only one left at the scene was Cang Mo, with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. He still retained his slightly trembling flesh and blood body. Although he was not attacked by the undead, he forced all the wolves under his command to accept the transformation obediently, and the strong backlash caused him to suffer heavy injuries.

"Tap, step..."

Suddenly, a steady sound of footsteps came from the front, and the dense tide of death in front of him quickly split into two parts. Resisting the intense pain in his head, Cang Mo, who was in the center of the tide of death, looked up and saw a tall human with a halberd slowly approaching under the kneeling bodies of countless undead.

The moment their eyes met, without the slightest hesitation, Cang Mo's knees softened, he immediately lowered his head, bowed down, and said in a deep voice:

"Little wolf Cang Mo, I am willing to be your wolfhound and let you drive me as you please. I have no other wish!"

"Oh?"

Stopping, dropping his spear, and looking down at the figure in front of him who was bowing, Xu Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, and a hint of paradise that was invisible to others had unfolded before his eyes.

[Hint: It is detected that the life form has actively surrendered to the hunter. The current loyalty is 50 (extremely fearful, which may decline as the fear subsides). Yes/No to accept it as a servant. ]

Glancing at the 50 points of loyalty clearly displayed on the paradise's prompt, Xu Yue curled the corners of his mouth sarcastically, then raised the Fang Tian Hua Ji wrapped in dark red flames in his hand and smashed it down from the air.

"If you can survive, I will give you a chance to be a dog."

"No!"

"boom!!"

(End of this chapter)