Starting as dockworkers, they swept through Chongqing.

"And you."

She turned around and stared at Siren, who was walking slowly towards her.

"Stop scaring my sister with these nonsensical words."

"Just because she's soft-hearted doesn't mean you can take advantage of her indefinitely."

Xilun stopped and calmly glanced at Lanzer.

"what ever."

Lanzer's chest rose and fell slightly.

For some reason, the calmer Xiren became, the angrier she felt.

"Keep going!"

The convoy headed deeper into the mountains and forests.

Sure enough, many low-grade medicinal herbs grew on the mountainside.

The guards responsible for collecting the herbs dispersed and dug up the white star leaves and black tooth roots, stuffing them into burlap sacks that had been prepared beforehand.

Everything went smoothly at first.

The tense atmosphere gradually eased.

The guard who had previously questioned Xilun even glanced at him deliberately, his expression carrying a hint of mockery.

"It seems some people's intuition isn't very accurate."

Xilun ignored him.

He looked up at the tree canopy.

It was so quiet in the woods.

As soon as the convoy entered the mountainside, the chirping of insects and birds disappeared without us noticing.

The next moment, a green fruit fell from the tree canopy.

Snapped!

The fruit hit a guard on the shoulder.

The man subconsciously looked up, about to utter a curse, when a hideous face covered in black hair suddenly peeked out from behind the branches.

"squeak!"

A sharp cry suddenly echoed through the mountains and forests.

Dozens of dark figures swooped down from the treetops.

"Enemy attack!"

"It's a black-armed mountain ape!"

The guards quickly drew their weapons.

The first mountain ape had barely landed when a broadsword cleaved its chest open.

Black blood splattered on the tree trunk, and a foul stench spread instantly.

Most of these black-armed apes are only first-order variants, with a few reaching second-order.

The convoy contained twenty or thirty extraordinary individuals who were not afraid.

The guards formed a battle formation and quickly killed more than a dozen mountain apes.

One of the burly men even burst out laughing.

"That's all?"

"Perfect timing to eat monkey meat tonight!"

Before the words were finished, a deep roar suddenly came from the depths of the mountains and forests.

boom!

The nearby branches and leaves shook violently.

Countless water droplets fell from the leaves, and the withered leaves on the ground were swept up by an invisible wave of air.

The black-armed mountain apes, which had been frantically attacking, stopped their movements, then excitedly pounded their chests and let out piercing screams.

Siron's pupils contracted slightly.

"They're here."

A large tree that required three people to encircle suddenly collapsed.

The tree trunk crashed down, pinning two guards who had no time to dodge underneath.

Immediately afterwards, a white giant ape nearly three zhang tall slowly emerged from the forest.

Its entire body is covered in long, grayish-white fur, but there is not a single hair on its chest, and black stripes grow on its bare skin.

His two arms were so thick they were almost deformed, and his fists almost touched the ground when they were lowered.

The White Ape King grinned, revealing two rows of dark yellow fangs.

A pair of cloudy eyes revealed a cruelty that was almost inhuman.

The laughter of the crowd stopped abruptly.

"The Beast King of Alien Species..."

"Third-tier Extreme Realm!"

The guard who had previously mocked Xilun turned deathly pale.

Lanzer also froze for a moment.

She instinctively turned to look at Xilun.

However, the White Ape King gave everyone no time to react.

It suddenly lunged forward and slammed down with its fist.

"First release"

The guards at the front raised their shields to block, but the iron shields dented like pieces of paper.

The terrifying force pierced through the shield, shattering his sternum, and sent him flying more than ten meters along the ground.

"spread!"

Lan Ze'er shouted and drew his Thunder Spear to meet the attack head-on.

After all, she was an extraordinary individual with a perfected third-tier physique.

He channeled his strength into the spear, and the tip drew a heavy arc as it pierced fiercely toward the White Ape King's throat.

The White Ape King raised his arm to block.

clang!

The spear struck its arm, producing a metallic clanging sound.

Lan Ze'er's arm went numb, and the space between his thumb and forefinger split open on the spot.

The White Ape King slapped down with his backhand.

She hastily raised her gun, but was still knocked back seven or eight steps, the ground beneath her feet exploding.

"withdraw!"

"Everyone, evacuate down the mountain!"

Lanzer had realized that the caravan was no match for this beast king.

However, the mountain apes had already pounced from all directions.

Screams, screams, and the clash of weapons mingled together, shattering the silence of the mountains and forests.

Just as a driver was about to turn the steam carriage around, a mountain ape pounced on the driver's seat and bit off his throat.

Another truck crashed into a tree trunk, causing a boiler pipe to burst and scalding hot steam that scalded several nearby monkeys, sending them rolling on the ground.

The convoy formation quickly collapsed.

Lanzer, with a few guards, barely managed to hold off the White Ape King, but his wounds kept multiplying.

Siren did not approach the battlefield.

In his current state, he has no chance of winning against the White Ape King.

He grabbed Lan Po's wrist.

"Walk."

Lan Po was still looking at her sister, her face pale.

"But my sister..."

"She has reached the peak of the third-tier physique; she still has a chance to leave."

"Your presence here will only distract her."

After Xilun finished speaking, without waiting for Lanpo's reply, he pulled her directly towards the dense forest on the side.

He wasn't fast.

However, the Moon Memory Meditation Method can clearly capture the presence of nearby mountain apes.

Whenever there was movement ahead, he would change direction in advance.

A second-order mountain ape leaped out from behind the tree.

Without exerting any force, Xilun simply sidestepped the claws, grabbed its wrist, and pulled it with the help of the claws.

The mountain ape lost its balance and its head slammed hard against a rock.

Blue Soul quickly followed up with a kick, sending it tumbling down the hillside.

The two changed directions repeatedly in the forest, managing to break through the weakest point of the mountain ape encirclement.

The shouts of battle behind us grew fainter and fainter.

Half an hour later, Xilun finally released Lanpo's wrist and leaned against a tree, slowly exhaling his stale air.

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

The short distance I just walked has already aggravated several meridian injuries.

Lan Po, however, was almost completely unharmed.

She was panting, her eyes filled with shock as she looked at Xilen.

"You really did sense it in advance."

Xilun did not respond, but simply looked towards the mountainside.

At least, Lan Po was the only one among these people who was willing to believe him.

If you have the capacity, helping her once in a while isn't a big deal.

The battle in the distance continued for a long time.

As darkness fell, people began to flee from the woods.

Lanzel appears last.

She held the Thunder Spear in one hand and clutched her abdominal wound with the other. The scars on her face looked even more grotesque due to blood loss.

Seeing that Lan Po was safe and sound, her tense body visibly relaxed.

Ultimately, five of the twenty or thirty people in the convoy died and three were seriously injured.

Both steam cars were completely destroyed, and a freight car was dragged into the forest by apes.

The remaining group set up camp in an open area at the foot of the mountain.

Several wounded soldiers leaned against the campfire receiving first aid, creating a somber atmosphere.

Those who once mocked Xilun now look at him with completely different eyes.

No one could understand how someone with an ordinary aura and severe injuries could sense the alien beast king from such a distance.

What they found even more incomprehensible was that, amidst that chaotic encirclement, Xilun and Lanpo were almost completely unharmed.

Lanzer was also watching Xiren.

His eyes were complicated.

She felt surprised, annoyed, and a hint of regret that she was unwilling to admit.

If they had listened to Xilun earlier, they wouldn't have lost so many people.

But she never apologized; she simply remained silent and arranged for the vehicle to be repaired and the body to be disposed of.

Night fell completely.

The group washed the bloodstains in a nearby stream, lit several bonfires, and decided to spend the night there.

Xilun sat alone under a tree, far from the crowd, closing his eyes and breathing deeply.

Moonlight filtered through the branches and leaves, casting dappled silver light on him.

A wisp of scattered energy was slowly drawn by the spirit, flowing laboriously along the damaged meridians.

In the middle of the night, Xilun suddenly opened his eyes.

The wind in the woods remained unchanged.

The campfire was still crackling.

But in his mental perception, several unfamiliar presences were rapidly approaching.

At least four Tier 3 Extraordinary Beings.

One of them had a perfect physique.

Xilun looked at the unsuspecting camp, his gaze gradually darkening.

This time, it wasn't an alien species that came.

are people.

Beside the campfire, a guard was adding firewood to the fire.

The stars were whipped up by the night wind, their light flickering uncertainly.

Most people in the camp had already gone to sleep, with only a few guards on night watch patrolling back and forth.

After the fierce fighting during the day, everyone was exhausted, and even Lanzer leaned against the wheel and closed his eyes to rest.

No one noticed the danger.

Xilun, however, had already stood up.

He released his mental perception using the Moon Memory Meditation Technique and distinguished the scents in the forest one by one.

Four Tier 3 Extraordinary Beings.

In addition, there were more than a dozen auras of varying strengths scattered around.

These people deliberately kept their footsteps low, using the darkness to get closer, and made no extra noise while moving.

It wasn't a chance encounter.

Their target is this team.

Lan Po was never truly asleep.

Hearing the noise nearby, she immediately poked her head out of the covered wagon.

"Silon?"

"What's wrong?"

Someone is approaching.

Xilun glanced at her: "Run!"

Lan Po was taken aback.

Her daytime experiences left her with no doubts.

How many people?

"At least four Tier 3."

Her eyes widened, and she turned and ran toward Lanzer.

"sister!"

Lan Ze'er suddenly opened his eyes and immediately pressed his hand against the Cang Lei Spear beside him.

"What's wrong?"

"Enemy approaching."

Lan Po lowered his voice and said urgently, "There are at least four third-tier extraordinary individuals, and more than a dozen others. We must leave immediately."

Several guards nearby heard the commotion and got up.

Lanzer carefully looked around.

The woods were dark, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind.

She stood up despite her abdominal injury and used her strength to sense things, but found nothing unusual.

"Where did you see it?"

"I didn't see it."

Blue Soul turned to look at Xilun under the tree.

Lanzer's expression immediately turned ugly.

"It's him again?"

"But he was right during the day!"

"Just because you're right during the day doesn't mean you're right every time."

Lanzer was already annoyed by the matter of the White Ape King.

She's injured now, and the vehicle is under repair; it's impossible for her to leave with everyone in the middle of the night.

Moreover, there is currently no movement around the camp.

"Blue Soul, don't believe everything."

"If he could truly sense four third-tier extraordinary beings from this distance, why is he still in this half-dead state?"

Lan Po grabbed her arm in a panic.

"Sister, it's true."

"Let's wake people up first, at least to prepare."

Lanzer shook off her hand.

"Stop fooling around."

"Everyone just went through a fierce battle during the day and needs rest. Are you really going to make all the wounded go into the mountains in the dark right now because of something he said?"

"But……"

"No," Lanzer said impatiently. "Have you forgotten that he also borrowed the money you were going to use to buy medicine for your mother?"

"What kind of formidable figure can someone be who needs to borrow money from a woman?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding guards hesitated.

West London did indeed issue an early warning during the day.

But the strange aura in the mountains and forests might just be detected by some ability he is familiar with.

As for extraordinary humans, they usually consciously conceal their aura.

To determine the exact number and strength of an individual from a great distance without anyone noticing, one would need to be at least a fourth-tier expert.

The Xilun before us is clearly not like that.

Xilun walked slowly towards them.

"Blue Soul".

"let's go."

Lanzer looked at him coldly.

"What do you mean?"

Xilun didn't answer her, but looked at Lanpo.

"They're almost there."

"The convoy can't be stopped."

"Given my current situation, protecting everyone is unrealistic."

"But there should still be some chance to protect you."

Lan Po's face turned pale.

She looked back at her sister, then at the weary guards in the camp, unsure of what to do.

Lanzer retorted angrily, "You still want to take her away?"

"Blue Soul, you're not allowed to go!"

Siren said calmly, "Staying here will lead to death."

"If you trust me, then follow me."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the camp.

Lan Po bit her lip.

During the day, the same is true in Xilun.

After being reminded, there was no argument, nor was there any attempt to forcibly stop them.

Then the white ape king at the third-tier extreme realm really appeared.

She dared not gamble a second time.

"Sister, I'm sorry."

Blue Soul quickly caught up with Xilun.

"You come back here!"

Lanzer tried to stop him, but his abdominal injury was suddenly aggravated, and he paused slightly.

In that instant, Xilun and Lanpo had already disappeared into the forest.

Lan Ze'er gripped the Cang Lei Spear tightly, his face terribly gloomy.

"Ungrateful wretch."

"I saved him, and he still dared to kidnap my sister."

Just as she was about to lead her men to give chase, a very faint, crisp sound suddenly rang out from the woods in the distance.

It looked like a withered branch being broken by someone stepping on it.

Lanzer paused in his movements.

The next moment, the outermost guard froze.

A jet-black dagger pierced through his chest.

Not a single spark of fire was reflected off the blade.

The man in black covered his mouth, drew his knife, and casually pushed the corpse into the shadows.

At the same time, two screams rang out from the other side of the camp.

"Enemy attack!"

Lan Ze'er's expression changed drastically.

The surrounding darkness seemed to suddenly come alive.

More than a dozen masked men in black rushed out of the woods at the same time, their crossbow bolts whistling through the air as they shot towards the group of people around the campfire.

puff!puff!puff!

Several coachmen who had just woken up were shot through the body by crossbow bolts before they could even pick up their weapons.

The campfire was kicked away, plunging the camp into chaos.

"Dark Souls Mercenary Group!"

Someone recognized the gray soul mark on the man in black's chest and screamed in terror.

Lanzel had no time for regret.

Two powerful auras had locked onto her from the left and right.

The man in black on the left is thin and holds a long sword.

The man on the right is holding a pair of short axes, and he exudes great strength.

Both of them are third-tier extraordinary beings.

"Lanzel".

The man with the sword glanced at her face, his smile chilling.

"I've been looking for you for a long time."

Where is your sister?

Lan Ze'er gripped the Cang Lei Spear tightly and thrust it out.

"roll!"

The gun tip sliced ​​through the air, aiming straight for the opponent's throat.

The swordsman dodged to the side, the blade slicing along the gun barrel toward Lanzer's fingers.

The man in black with the short axe seized the opportunity to close in and slashed at her injured abdomen from the side.