Chapter 187: Chapter 167 Blood Battle at Iron Rock Pass (Part 2)

Chen Xing, accompanied by Sìxiàng, ran outside,

At the medical station outside, many Beast Tamers who were still recovering from their injuries took their beasts and rushed up the city tower. Behind them, the anxious voice of a nurse called out, “Hey, the wounds on your beasts haven’t healed yet!”

Chen Xing casually picked up three unopened bottles of mineral water from the table next to him.

“Do you want a drink?” Chen Xing looked at Sìxiàng, who pinched a bottle of water with its claws, raised its head, and directly crushed the bottle, splashing a large amount of water into its mouth.

Chen Xing jumped onto Sìxiàng’s back, and Sìxiàng flew with Chen Xing toward the city tower.

Atop the city tower, looking into the distance, a massive army had once again appeared on the plains nearby.

Dong Fang took the water bottle Chen Xing threw him, twisted off the cap, and quickly drank it dry.

Chen Xing turned his head and saw Wang Tao leaning against a wall nearby and threw a bottle of water to him.

Wang Tao caught the water, smiled softly, and raised the bottle in his hand, “Thanks.”

Dong Fang muttered, “Don’t these bastards need to recover their strength and wounds?”

Wang Tao squinted, identified carefully, and said, “They don’t seem to be the same Beast Tamers as the ones earlier.”

This batch of attacking beasts was much smaller in number, but it was clear they were spirited, like elites.

“I feel like these guys didn’t even enter the battlefield earlier.”

Wang Tao said, “Those who went first were probably just cannon fodder to wear us out. These are likely the main force coming to reap the benefits.”

Dong Fang stood up, and the Snow Bamboo Swordsman, who was pretending to sleep next to him, opened his eyes.

“Whether they were on the battlefield earlier or not, if they dare come, we’ll smash their teeth in. They really think we’re soft targets,” Dong Fang retorted.

Hurried footsteps came from beneath the stairs of the city tower behind him.

A group of soldiers with their beasts ascended the city tower, some of the beasts still sporting bandaged wounds.

“What are a bunch of sick ones doing up here? Those who haven’t healed, get down!” Dong Fang immediately drove them away.

“It’s our turn now, we’re on a two-batch rotation defense schedule,” one soldier said with a laugh, followed by a large black canine Beast Tamer with its head and ears bandaged, barking a few times.

“Look, Big Black says it’s fine and can still fight!”

Dong Fang chuckled scoffingly, “Are you trying to bully me into thinking I can’t understand what your dog is saying?”

This remark prompted laughter from the surrounding soldiers.

“Alright, prepare to fight. If you’re severely injured later, just summon back your beast and retreat,” Dong Fang said, looking downward.

On the plains below, nearly twenty thousand Beast Tamers surged towards Iron Rock Pass.

Almost simultaneously, atop the city tower, General Gu Yuzhi and General Zhang Tianlin steered their beasts toward the neighboring mountains while the enemy also skillfully dispatched three Super Rank beasts.

As the opponents closed in, intense warfare erupted once again.

Sìxiàng soared into the sky, relying on its advantageous position in the air, accurately raining down Lei Ting.

Thanks to consuming lemon fried chicken in the previous days, the Magic Power inside Sìxiàng had tripled its base capacity.

Yet even so, its Magic Power had significantly decreased, not even half of its peak level remained.

If Sìxiàng’s Magic Power was so scarce, other beasts’ were even more so.

The Snow Bamboo Swordsman, like an elegant swordsman on the battlefield, moved with grace, each thrust of its blade precise, striking directly at the enemy’s vital points.

Its slender limbs stepped on the walls of the city tower, like a beautiful dancer.

But Chen Xing remembered that in the earlier battle, Dong Fang’s Snow Bamboo Swordsman mainly released skills, whereas now it primarily engaged in melee attacks.

A giant tiger with blood-red fur climbed onto the city tower, its back fur stained with blood, merging with the red fur and appearing not very prominent.

The strong blood-colored tiger knocked down a Great Xia army’s beast on the city tower and was about to bite its head.

Suddenly, the tiger’s body stiffened, its eyes became vacant, and it paused, the next second a white blur burst from the side, piercing through its head.

Then, with a ferocious shake, the body of the giant tiger was thrown from the city tower.

Thud!!!

“Good coordination,” Dong Fang said, “Can your beast still release that skill from earlier?”

“Yes,”

Chen Xing nodded.

Dong Fang’s face showed a smile, “Then let’s coordinate well this time!”

At the critical moment earlier, Sìxiàng had unleashed Soul Shock, briefly controlling the giant tiger.

Then the Snow Bamboo Swordsman, waving its limb like a long sword, had pierced through the giant tiger’s head.

Chen Xing, lost in thought, discovered a better use for Sìxiàng, perhaps there’s no need for it to personally kill the enemies, cooperating tactically with his comrades could also be a good choice.

After all, the magic power of Sìxiàng had already dropped to the warning level.

A mere Soul Shock couldn’t kill the giant tiger, but Soul Shock combined with the Snow Bamboo Swordsman could.

Sìxiàng lowered its flying altitude, hiding behind the Snow Bamboo Swordsman.

It released Soul Shock repeatedly.

The Snow Bamboo Swordsman was like a white ghost, striking ghostly blow after blow.

Normally, the effects of Sìxiàng’s Soul Shock wouldn’t be so pronounced, given that the control duration of Soul Shock was limited.

But Chen Xing had optimized Sìxiàng’s skills last night.

As a small game among all Sìxiàng’s skills that made earning Proficiency Points the simplest, using Soul Shock to blow away playing cards could gain Proficiency Points.

Soul Shock was not only the first skill of Sìxiàng to reach Transcend Proficiency Level, it was also the skill with the highest Proficiency Points among all Beast Taming skills.

A total of fifteen thousand Proficiency Points.

On ordinary days, Sìxiàng would practice its Proficiency Level with playing cards whenever it was free; these were the Proficiency Points it had earnestly earned.

Soul Shock +4

[Extra Effects]

1. Shock effect increase +3

2. When the target’s soul quality is significantly lower than Sìxiàng, Soul Shock has a chance to directly shatter the target’s soul (Rare).

The enhanced effects were extremely obvious, though targets with soul quality significantly lower than Sìxiàng had not yet been encountered.

However, Chen Xing could feel the significant improvement brought by the increase in the shock effect +3.

Currently, Sìxiàng only had an Energy Level of 63, but with a single Soul Shock, a Beast Tamer of over eighty Energy Levels would be dazed for a while.

When applied to a Beast Tamer with an Energy Level in the nineties, it also caused a significant stiffening effect.

Suddenly, a malicious blue flame arrow shot diagonally across the battlefield and hit Dong Fang with precision.

A circular shield of light automatically emerged on the surface of Dong Fang’s body.

The light shield lasted for a moment before shattering with a bang, and the flame arrow continued its course, striking Dong Fang.

Boom~

Dong Fang rolled twice on the ground and lay motionless.

“Brother Dong!” Chen Xing felt a tightness in his heart and hurriedly ducked his head to run towards Dong Fang’s position.

Lying on the ground, Dong Fang’s face was pale and his eyes were tightly closed.

Chen Xing shook him several times.

Dong Fang’s eyebrows furrowed, and he opened his eyes a slit, “Stop shaking me, I’m not dead.”

Rising from the ground, Dong Fang hid behind the city wall, clutching his chest and coughing violently.

“Good thing I carefully learned two skills to save my life, dammit, our performance as Beast Tamers was too eye-catching, the opponent targeted me for a sneak attack.”

“You be careful too, kid. On the battlefield, besides killing beasts, killing Beast Tamers is also a good strategy, and we’re not Advanced Beast Tamers yet, our physical condition is almost the same as an average person’s.”

Chen Xing nodded repeatedly.

He was preparing to summon Taotie behind the city wall so that any injury would be directly transferred to Taotie, rather than to Sìxiàng.

With the experience they just had, Chen Xing and Dong Fang were more cautious when directing, rarely exposing themselves and hiding behind the city wall.

The surrounding Beast Tamers also learned from the experience, hiding themselves well and tightly.

Not giving the enemy a chance to aim.

There was a sound of heavy footsteps from below the wall behind them.

“All hands, prepare to change the guard!”

The voice of General Gu Yuzhi came through the loudspeaker.

Military Beast Tamers from the rear climbed up to the bastion to take their place, replenishing the defense line.

Many Beast Tamers on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief.

Their beasts had already reached their physical limits.

Now they were just pushing through.