Chapter 3921: Borrowing a Knife to Kill Someone

A continuous stretch of rolling green mountains echoed with occasional loud roars of beasts.

A faint yellow glow lit up a low earthen mound, and a giant yellow pangolin emerged from underground. Its eyes darted around as it gazed into the distance.

Inside the yellow pangolin, Wang Qingshan and nine other True Immortal cultivators gathered in a hundred-zhang-wide space.

"We are already close to the activity area of the Chaos Beasts," said Meng Yuhua, a tall young man in a green shirt who was a mid-stage True Immortal. "We must be careful."

In terms of cultivation alone, he was not as strong as Wang Qingshan; he was able to serve as captain solely due to his connection with Meng Yudie.

Meng Yudie had already revealed her true intentions to them: investigating the Chaos Beasts was indeed a real objective, but so was using this opportunity to eliminate Wang Qingshan and the others. It was an attempt to kill with a borrowed knife.

It would not be easy to use the Chaos Beasts to eliminate all eight of Wang Qingshan's group; even eliminating half of them would be considered a good outcome.

Meng Yuhua had not expected the Wang family's puppet beast to be so powerful. They had encountered many Chaos Beasts along the way, but none of the beasts had detected them, allowing them to arrive safely.

According to intelligence, this was the Hulan Mountain Range, belonging to the Hulan Tribe. The Hulan Tribe was a small tribe that harbored many Golden Immortal stage Chaos Beasts.

The Hulan Tribe governed several smaller tribes, all of which had True Immortal stage Chaos Beasts. These were scattered across the outer reaches of the Hulan Mountain Range, while the depths of the mountain range served as the habitat for Golden Immortal stage Chaos Beasts.

Wang Qingshan and his group could only operate in the outer regions of the Hulan Mountain Range, primarily to investigate the number of True Immortal stage Chaos Beasts in each small tribe.

Ordinary Chaos Beasts had not mastered the power of laws; however, their senses of smell, hearing, and sight were excellent, and they were very agile. They had to be cautious, as being discovered and caught in an attack by a horde of Chaos Beasts would lead to serious trouble.

Wang Yingjie held a golden orb in one hand, which flickered with continuous golden light.

This Golden Dragon Orb could reveal situations from afar, allowing them to easily spot Chaos Beasts in the distance.

"Two five-colored Chaos Beasts, thirty-five four-colored Chaos Beasts, one hundred eighty three-colored Chaos Beasts... and over five hundred colorless Chaos Beasts," Wang Yingjie stated. "This tribe has a relatively large number of Chaos Beasts. It is located in the southwestern part of the Hulan Mountain Range."

If they used their divine sense to probe the cultivation level of the Chaos Beasts, the beasts might detect them. Therefore, they could only record the colors of the Chaos Beasts, which was already quite good. If they truly tried to record the cultivation levels of the Chaos Beasts, they would also be discovered.

Liu Hongxue held a red-glowing magical disk in her left hand and a golden-glowing jade pen in her right, using them to record the number and location of Chaos Beasts in this tribe.

A rumbling sound shook the ground slightly.

"Some Immortals have trespassed into the Chaos Beasts' territory," Wang Yingjie said with a frown. "They have been discovered."

"Can you identify them?" Bai Jiangxue asked.

"Judging by their attire," Wang Yingjie replied, "they appear to be cultivators from the Xuemiao Race."

"Let's not bother with them," Meng Yuhua said. "We don't have the ability to save them; we just need to take care of ourselves."

If they were disciples of the Nine Immortals Sect, he would consider intervening, but cultivators from the Xuemiao Race were another matter.

The Nine Immortals Sect and the Xuemiao Race were allies, but their subordinates did not have deep ties. Meng Yuhua certainly wouldn't risk his life for cultivators of the Xuemiao Race.

Wang Qingshan chanted an incantation, and the pangolin puppet beast burrowed underground, moving slowly.

Wang Yingjie held the Golden Dragon Orb, investigating the number of Chaos Beasts in each small tribe.

Seven days later, in a peach blossom forest on the outskirts of the Hulan Mountain Range, a pangolin puppet beast emerged from the ground.

"We have already recorded the situation of many Chaos Beast tribes, and the mission is almost complete," Wang Qingshan said. "Fellow Daoist Meng, let's head back!"

"This is just the beginning," Meng Yuhua replied. "If Senior Jin isn't satisfied when we return, won't we have to make another trip? It's not too late to go deeper into the mountain range, investigate the conditions of slightly stronger tribes, and then return to report."

"Go deeper into the mountain range?" Wang Qingshan said, a troubled expression on his face. "We might encounter mutated Chaos Beasts there! They have mastered the power of laws and are extremely difficult to deal with."

"If we are careful and avoid being discovered, won't that be enough?" Meng Yuhua said seriously. "The intelligence we currently have isn't sufficient for our report."

Meng Yuhua said seriously. If he had come to investigate by himself, he would have long since returned to report. But now it was different; the Wang family's puppet beast was indeed powerful, and the Chaos Beasts hadn't detected them.

He wanted to gather more intelligence and report it to Jin Yulan upon returning, which would count as a meritorious deed.

Wang Qingshan frowned deeply. This was too risky.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, I am the captain; listen to me," Meng Yuhua said, his voice grave. "This is indeed dangerous, but how else can we earn merit?"

Wang Qingshan nodded. He chanted an incantation, and the pangolin puppet beast burrowed underground. After traveling underground for an hour, the pangolin puppet beast stopped, and the Golden Dragon Orb in Wang Yingjie's hand immediately shone brightly.

"We've found a tribe, and it's quite large," Wang Yingjie said slowly. "It has over three thousand Chaos Beasts: thirty-five five-colored Chaos Beasts, one hundred forty-five four-colored Chaos Beasts... and over a thousand colorless Chaos Beasts."

Liu Hongxue recorded the information, and the pangolin puppet beast continued forward.

One day later, the pangolin puppet beast appeared in a narrow, long valley.

Inside the puppet beast, Wang Yingjie held the Golden Dragon Orb in his hand.

They had recorded the situations of multiple Chaos Beast tribes, and what they didn't know until they investigated shocked them. It seemed only if the nine major forces of the Sky Morning Sea Domain joined forces could they possibly eliminate the Chaos Beasts in the Hulan Mountain Range.

"This is bad," Wang Yingjie exclaimed. "A large number of Chaos Beasts have been mobilized and are rushing towards us. I don't know if they've discovered us."

They were now deep within the Hulan Mountain Range. If they were encircled, they wouldn't be able to escape. They now had two options: either stay put, in which case discovery would mean certain death, or escape immediately before the Chaos Beasts arrived.

"Retreat immediately," Meng Yuhua said. "Don't rely on luck."

Wang Qingshan chanted an incantation, and the pangolin puppet beast burrowed underground, moving swiftly.

A loud roar of a beast echoed. Soon after, a large number of flying Chaos Beasts appeared in the sky, seemingly searching for someone.

At the same time, many Chaos Beasts were running on the ground. In less than a quarter of an hour, a large number of Chaos Beasts had been mobilized. The pangolin puppet beast moved swiftly deep underground, and Wang Qingshan and the others were tense.

"This is bad," Wang Yingjie said. "A Chaos Beast is blocking our path. It's a mutated Chaos Beast."

No sooner had he spoken, the pangolin puppet beast stopped. A powerful gravitational force appeared out of nowhere, trapping it. Wang Qingshan continuously chanted incantations, but the pangolin puppet beast remained motionless.

"We must abandon the puppet beast and escape," Wang Qingshan said. "Retreat quickly."

A large number of Chaos Beasts, mostly single-colored with many flying types, were rushing towards them. The ground cracked open, and Wang Qingshan's group of ten flew out from underground, their expressions tense.

"Split up and retreat," Meng Yuhua said. "Each person for themselves."

After Meng Yuhua finished speaking, he crushed a green-glowing talisman and transformed into a dazzling green light, vanishing.

Bai Jiangxue chanted an incantation. With a flash of white light, a pair of white-glowing feathered wings appeared on her back. With a gentle flap, she transformed into a white whirlwind that swept away into the distance.

Wang Mengbin chanted an incantation. A world-shaking roar of thunder came from high above, and thick silver lightning bolts tore through the sky, striking the approaching Chaos Beasts.

A single-colored Chaos Beast at the early True Immortal stage was struck by a silver lightning bolt. It immediately fell to the ground, a terrifying blood-filled hole appearing on its body, from which blood gushed continuously.