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The rhythm of the Fearsome Beasts’ attacks on the city became faster and more violent, as if they were drugged and fell into a frenzy. The cultivators of Lunan City were able to repel them at first, but then they discovered to their horror that even after killing the beast king in the horde of Fearsome Beasts, the horde of Fearsome Beasts still did not break up.

In fact, they became more aggressive and ferocious, as if a pair of invisible big hands was controlling them behind the scene.

“Sir! We have lost the north western corner!”

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“The south-western corner can’t hold on much longer either.”

“A gap has opened up in the eastern corner, and the horde of Fearsome Beasts are charging into the inner city now!”

“Captain Li, we can’t hold on much longer. These Fearsome Beasts are too fucking crafty!”

As the urgent reports came flooding in, Li Tieniu, who was coordinating the whole situation, looked more and more troubled. He slapped his thigh and said, “Damn it! When will the rest of the 4th Battalion arrive?”

Once Lunan City fell under the Fearsome Beasts’ siege, Flame Country’s main artery leading to the western region would be cut off, and the vast expanse of territories in the western region would also fall.

Right at this moment, a raucous clamor rose at the rear of the Fearsome Beast herds. The auras of a Great Grand Master and a few Grand Masters swept in like a sharp sword piercing through!

“Old Li, hang in there. We are coming!” The few platoon captains of the 4th Battalion roared out.

The remaining members of the 4th Battalion led by Niu Xianzu swooped in to disrupt the wave of Fearsome Beasts from the rear. Li Tieniu’s spirit lifted and he gave the order, “Regroup immediately and attack at will. Coordinate with the reinforcements to slaughter these mother-fucking beasts!”

An hour later, this wave of Fearsome Beasts’ siege was put down. The corpses outside Lunan City were piled up like mountains, and the blood flowed like rivers.

Clad in black battle armor and a heavy sword hanging at his waist, the muscular Niu Xianzu spoke up, “How is the situation here?”

Li Tieniu replied, “More than half of the cultivators at the perimeter of the city here are killed or injured. The 4th Battalion has also lost more than a hundred people. This wave of Fearsome Beasts is too evil. Captain Lu has gone deep into the blood-sucking wasteland in order to find out the truth…”

Moments later, after Niu Xianzu was briefed on all the details, he yelled, “This is outrageous! As the highest-commanding officer, how can he take such risks to endanger himself? Does he know how much impact it will have if something happens to him?”

“Captain Lu did this because he wanted to get to the root of the problem ASAP,” Li Tieniu said with his head lowered.

Niu Xianzu’s face darkened and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes. And at this point, from the depths of the mountain forest, a gust of wind with a bloody stench blasted out. All the cultivators who were just taking a break, immediately tensed up in trepidation.

As the next wave of Fearsome Beasts was about to attack the city, a platoon captain said, “Shall we report this situation to the military zone immediately to get them to send more men?”

“We don’t have time. There’s no point in doing this. But I reckon the military zone should have also detected this anomaly. We just need to hang in there. Hang on until the military zone’s large forces arrive.” Niu Xianzu immediately rejected the proposal.

Immediately, a decision was made to abandon the outer city, pull back the defensive line and retreat to the inner city. The residents of the outer city were to be evacuated as quickly as possible.

“But what if those people in the outer city refused to evacuate?” Li Tieniu asked worriedly.

“Then let them die!” Niu Xianzu tossed out this statement. He immediately succeeded Li Tieniu as the highest-commanding officer here.

In the blood-sucking wasteland,

Lu Yu learned more about Du Feng from the mouth of the man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks. One piece of news astounded Lu Yu immensely.

This guy Du Feng had gone deep into the blood-sucking wasteland a few years ago to carry out a mission. By chance, he met a SS-class beast in a state of weakness. Du Feng took advantage of this opportunity to control this SS-class beast.

“What? Are you sure about this?” Song Yu asked, her face full of shock. She thought she must have misheard him.

If a human wanted to control a Fearsome Beast, he had to start taming it while it was still in its infancy. Only then was there a chance of success.

This was even more difficult in the case of SS-class Fearsome Beasts. Even if they were in a state of weakness, Grand Masters would still find it difficult to handle them.

“Advisor Lu may not know about this. Du Feng has a skill that can manipulate Fearsome Beasts, and it was through this skill that he controlled that SS-class Fearsome Beast.” The man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks said in an ingratiating manner.

A look of amazement flashed across Lu Yu’s eyes. This was the first time he had heard of a skill that could control Fearsome Beasts.

In fact, this kind of skill that could control the Fearsome Beasts existed a long time ago. Although such skills were not abundant, they were not exactly rare either. The four great families and even the federal government tried to develop such skills at that time, but the effect was minimal, practically negligible.

And the cultivator who could master this skill would experience mutations in his body. Eventually, he would look half-human, half-beast.

Therefore, this skill had been abandoned by the federal government completely. And in private, some cultivators who were not so strong thought of taking unorthodox and evil shortcuts to improve their combat power. One of these was to control the Fearsome Beasts to use them to defeat their enemies.

In the end, these cultivators were persecuted by the federal government and eliminated totally. Much to everyone’s surprise, Du Feng, who was a battalion captain of the Gamma Military Zone, actually secretly mastered this skill.

This kind of behavior was no different from playing with fire and burning himself!

Surely an SS-class Fearsome Beast was not that easy to control? It was very likely that when this Fearsome Beast gradually outgrew its weak infancy period, Du Feng’s control over it would gradually weaken.

“Haha! Looks like Du Feng held you in abnormally high regard.” When he saw how much this man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks knew about Du Feng, even secretive things like what was just revealed, Lu Yu gave a meaningful smile.

“Advisor Lu, I know an even greater secret.” In order to get more chances to live, the man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks moved closer to Lu Yu and whispered, “Actually, the poisonous gas that pervaded the entire blood-sucking wasteland is released by that SS-class Fearsome Beast controlled by Du Feng.”

Lu Yu’s eyes widened in disbelief instantly.

The parent body that released the poisonous gas was actually the Fearsome Beast that Du Feng controlled. When he thought of Du Feng appearing in the blood-sucking wasteland, an ominous conjecture made his face increasingly more grim.

Sure enough, the man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks continued, “No, to be more precise, it is Du Feng who manipulated that Fearsome Beast to release the poisonous gas.”

The moment he said these words, Song Yu widened her eyes. “This guy Du Feng… is he out of his mind? Does he know what consequences this will bring?”

It was such a great irony that the perpetrator who instigated the Fearsome Beasts to attack the city was a battalion captain of the Gamma Military Zone.

Lu Yu growled, “Why did he do that?”

“Uh… your humble subordinate doesn’t know either.” The man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks shook his head. As he was a trusted aide in Du Feng’s camp, Du Feng told him everything, except for this matter which Du Feng kept mum totally. “But your humble subordinate is willing to work for Advisor Lu as a planted agent in Du Feng’s camp to get to the bottom of this matter.”

The man with the protruding mouth and sallow cheeks had shown enough sincerity. He believed that Lu Yu would definitely take him under his wing. However, the reality was downright cruel. Lu Yu refused his offer outright.