Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Human and Mosquito’s Perfect Coordination, Successful Infiltration
Chu Sheng hadn’t been idle for the past five hours.
He took the thirty "Special Mosquitoes," all stained with the blood of the Eighth-Grade Azure Flame Flying Lion, and covered a radius of over ten kilometers.
The eight-hundred-meter radar of [Blood Food Tracking Lv3] allowed him to pinpoint the lair of every powerful Demon Beast.
Then, he would dispatch one of the mosquitoes to fly over and gently leave a tiny drop of that fatal "invitation" on the entrance to their cave, on their territorial markings, or even on the nose of a napping beast.
For these Demon Beasts, devouring their own kind, especially the Essence Blood of a peer with a higher-grade Bloodline, was the best way for them to break through their Equal Tiers and evolve quickly. It was an instinct carved into their very genes!
That supremely pure blood aura of the Eighth-Grade Azure Flame Flying Lion.
To them, it was like the sweetest spring in a desert, the brightest lighthouse in the dead of night—an utterly irresistible, ultimate temptation!
So, after Chu Sheng delivered all of these dozens of "takeout orders," a beast tide meticulously planned and directed by him—a single mosquito—erupted with explosive force!
Talk about a genius Divine Mosquito.
Chu Sheng really wanted to do a tactical lean-back.
Meanwhile, Gu Yuexi stared blankly at the apocalyptic scene unfolding before her, her mind a complete void.
She finally understood...
’So... *this* was its plan!’
’Incite a beast tide, let the Shadow Fang Squad and these lured Demon Beasts fight each other to the death, while we reap the rewards!’
’This kind of strategy, pitting his enemies against each other and diverting the disaster...’
’No... this is impossible...’ Gu Yuexi thought, her gaze toward Chu Sheng shifting from shock to horror.
In her two lifetimes, every ancient text she had ever read stated it clearly—a Demon Beast’s Spiritual Wisdom was directly linked to its Bloodline and Grade!
Only a Demon Beast whose Bloodline reached King-level or higher, and whose Grade had broken through to the Ninth Grade, could possibly develop complex intelligence and strategic thinking comparable to a human’s!
But what about this mosquito before her?
It had only just stepped into the First-Grade!
’A First-Grade Demon Beast actually devised and executed such an intricate, flawless plan?! This is beyond smart—it’s freakish! A monster!’
"What in the world is this thing?" Gu Yuexi murmured, dumbstruck.
In the center of the battlefield, the Shadow Fang Squad, who had been preparing to enter the valley, was utterly dumbfounded.
"What’s going on?!"
For the first time, a look of horrified disbelief appeared on Leng Yan’s perpetually ice-cold face.
"Why did a beast tide suddenly erupt?! The intel said nothing about any signs of a beast tide in this area!"
Hu Feng was even more terrified, his face pale and his legs trembling. "N-No... Impossible! It was perfectly calm when I came through here! How... How could this happen?!"
’Could I have accidentally carried the lioness’s blood out with me when I retreated, luring these things here?’
"Captain! To the west! A pack of Three-Eyed Demon Wolves is charging from the west!"
"Dammit! They’re behind us too! It’s Ghost-faced Demon Spiders! We’re surrounded!"
The squad members’ cries of alarm rose one after another. Although they were well-trained, they still felt immense pressure facing such a large number of frenzied Demon Beasts.
But there was no time for them to think! The beast tide was already upon them!
"Form up! Engage the enemy!"
Leng Yan, a battle-hardened captain after all, roared out a command after her initial shock, forcing herself to calm down.
She was the first to summon her ace Contracted Beast—a massive and majestic Seventh-Grade Demon Beast, the ’Ice Soul Qilin,’ covered from head to toe in thick Ice Crystal Armor!
"ROAR—!"
The Ice Soul Qilin roared at the sky, and a visible, ring-shaped frost storm exploded outward from it, instantly freezing the front row of Earth-Splitting Demon Rhinoceroses into ice sculptures!
"All squad members! Form the ’Profound Ice Iron Wall Array’ with the Ice Qilin at its core! Defend the valley entrance to the death! Do not retreat a single step!" Leng Yan’s voice was cold and resolute.
Facing the frenzied charge of dozens, even hundreds, of fearless Fourth and Fifth Grade Demon Beasts, it was impossible for them to escape unscathed, even as the elite of the elite.
But the guild had given them a death order. They had no room for retreat and could only grit their teeth and forcibly engage the rampaging beast tide.
In an instant, outside the valley, frost and fire intertwined, claws clashed with blades, Energy roared, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. The once-tranquil valley entrance had instantly transformed into a gruesome, chaotic scene!
Watching the two sides plunge into a chaotic battle, Gu Yuexi quickly snapped out of her shock.
’An opportunity!’
’This is our only chance!’
’I have to use this chaos to sneak into the valley! Otherwise, once the Shadow Fang Squad desperately suppresses the beast tide, or the beast tide is depleted, our chance will be gone!’
She took a deep breath, glanced at the "monster" on her shoulder who had remained as steady as a mountain from start to finish, as if everything was under its control. Her expression was incredibly complex, but she made her decision instantly.
[Breath Concealing Technique]! Activate!
Her figure, along with Chu Sheng who was perched on her, once again grew faint. Her aura was perfectly concealed, like a wisp of smoke melting into the shadows.
"Go!"
Instead of charging head-on, she lowered her body, using the mountain-like corpse of an Earth-Splitting Demon Rhinoceros that had just been killed by the Ice Soul Qilin as cover to sneak around the flank of the battlefield.
"Thirty meters to the left, a Fifth-Grade Demon Wolf is fighting a member of Shadow Fang. Go around it!" Chu Sheng immediately transmitted the information captured by his [Blood Food Tracking].
Gu Yuexi understood instantly, and with a shift of her feet, she silently changed direction.
BOOM!
Right where she had just been, a violent beam of Demonic Power exploded, blasting a large crater into the ground.
’That was close!’
A layer of cold sweat broke out on Gu Yuexi’s back. If not for Chu Sheng’s warning, she likely would have been caught in the blast just now.
The human and the mosquito coordinated with increasing tacit understanding.
Chu Sheng acted as a 360-degree, no-blind-spot, mosquito-shaped radar, constantly pointing out the safest route for her!
Meanwhile, Gu Yuexi, relying on the profundity of her [Breath Concealing Technique] and the rich stealth experience from her past life as the Empress, pushed her Body Technique to its absolute limit.
At times, she would hide behind a rock shattered by the battle’s aftershock; at others, she would slip past in the shadow of a madly roaring Demon Beast.
Then, seizing the moment when two clashing streams of Energy erupted in a blinding flash of light, she would dash forward several meters!!
The entire process was thrilling and perilous; several times, a fatal attack flew past, just grazing her body.
Finally, after expending nearly all her stamina and focus, they made it through the chaotic heart of the battlefield unscathed and reached the deserted valley entrance!
’We did it!’
Gu Yuexi leaned against the cold rock wall, breathing heavily, her chest heaving. But her eyes shone with an unprecedented light of excitement.
They had successfully bypassed the battlefield and slipped into the valley!!