Chapter 89 Breakout! Encountering Hero-Grade Alien Units

As for Luo Qingyan, although she had no idea what Lin Ran was thinking, she would certainly obey his every word in this critical moment.

"Holy Light Cross Slash!"

As the two of them and the beast horde charged towards each other at high speed, the first wave of engagement quickly ensued.

Luo Qingyan didn't hold back, slashing with her weapon.

A dense and fierce holy light instantly cut down the flying beasts that dared to intercept them, tearing them to shreds.

As for the ground beasts below the trees, with the exception of a very few possessing ranged attack abilities, the rest could only desperately try to topple the trees that Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan were stepping on.

However, the reason the two with flight capabilities stepped on the treetops was solely to use them as springboards to propel themselves faster.

Therefore, the time they spent stomping on the trees was less than a second.

Often, the ferocious beasts wouldn't even reach the tree they had just stood on before the two had already moved away.

The ground beasts' attempts to crash into trees, on the other hand, not only slowed their own movement but also led to them trampling each other.

The fallen trees also obstructed many of the beasts, even causing minor internal conflicts among them.

With Luo Qingyan at the front, wielding her light sword to deal with the flying beasts, Lin Ran could seize a moment of leisure to activate his Gate of Babylon and shoot downwards.

With the surge in his combat power, the limit of Gates of Babylon he could control had increased from a dozen to over twenty.

Under this barrage of attacks, he was still able to earn a significant number of hunting points.

Previously, due to the redemption of items and rare treasures, Lin Ran's hunting points had dropped to below 3000.

After just a short while of shooting, it had already increased to 3500 points.

Not only that, but the meticulous Lin Ran even took the opportunity to use his Ope Ope no Mi's manipulation ability to constantly collect rare materials from the beasts, which was quite comfortable.

However, the beasts naturally couldn't stand to see Lin Ran enjoying himself so much.

At this moment, a fifth-tier avian beast with a sharp beak suddenly lunged from the side, pecking directly at Lin Ran's neck.

Soru!

Lin Ran executed a sharp, sudden change in direction mid-air, dodging the peck and retaliating with a Rankyaku.

However, as he was facing a fifth-tier beast, the Rankyaku didn't seem to have any particularly significant effect. The large bird continued to peck at Lin Ran, seemingly unfazed.

It even let out a "caw" of disdain.

Lin Ran's face immediately contorted.

"Damn it, you think I'm easy to bully if I don't show you some real power?"

Amaterasu!

Ink-black flames instantly engulfed the large bird, roasting it as it flapped uncontrollably, yet the flames showed no sign of weakening.

The large bird completely lost its earlier arrogance. Roasted in the air, it screeched and frantically pecked at Lin Ran.

Unfortunately, relying on Soru and Geppo, two martial arts movement techniques, Lin Ran was completely untouchable. Instead, he continuously toyed with it.

Finally, until the bird's life force was consumed by Amaterasu, it was merely a clown flailing behind Lin Ran.

Luo Qingyan, who witnessed this peripherally, felt almost speechless.

Who knew why this guy could increase his speed so much in such a short period, and also master so many unknown martial arts techniques.

She considered herself a top-tier genius rarely seen in millennia, yet in front of Lin Ran, she still felt a sense of powerlessness.

She had initially thought she could at least catch a whiff of his exhaust fumes, but now even seeing his back was an extremely difficult feat.

Lin Ran took a moment to glance at their current situation.

While the scale and density of this beast tide were immense, its depth was rather average.

They had now essentially reached the end of the beast tide, with only one step left to the final mountaintop.

"Let's go up the mountain first. I have a vague feeling that something on the mountain is summoning me."

"But I can't quite figure out what it is..."

Lin Ran spoke hesitantly.

Luo Qingyan naturally wouldn't object to Lin Ran's opinion. After dealing with the last few flying birds around her with her light sword, she leaped towards the mountaintop in a single stride.

After their breakthrough, the beasts behind them had already begun to turn their attention and regroup their offensive towards the mountaintop.

However, strangely, the moment the two stepped onto the mountaintop, it was as if they suddenly became invisible to the beasts. They actually ran in the opposite direction.

Luo Qingyan frowned in surprise:

"This... why did they leave?"

"Shouldn't human flesh hold a fatal allure for ferocious beasts?"

Luo Qingyan's words were true.

The main reason why ferocious beasts were far more aggressive towards humans than other races was their craving for fresh human flesh.

As for the Fallen, their flesh had mutated, losing this deliciousness in the eyes of the beasts.

But now, after being frustrated, they could resist the temptation of such a delicacy and chose to give up directly.

Were these no-brained, savage beasts?

Lin Ran, however, noticed something different:

"The beasts' change in attitude began when we reached the summit of this mountain."

"It's likely that there is something on the mountaintop that they fear immensely, which would cause this..."

Luo Qingyan turned her head hesitantly:

"The summit of this mountain..."

The peak of the Fulong Mountain Range had a flat top, and its actual area was quite enormous.

Although it was teeming with extremely high-tier ferocious beasts, there was no need for such extreme fear, was there?

After all, self-cannibalism among beasts was relatively rare.

Not all beasts enjoyed feeding on their own kind.

Compared to the delicacies of humans, the flesh of their own kind was extremely crude to them.

Generally, only the most brutal and ferocious beasts that killed anyone they saw would act rashly. Otherwise, unless they were starving, they wouldn't easily attack.

Thus, they generally preferred to consume plants, minerals, and other creatures.

Besides, this was just the outer edge of the mountaintop at most. What could be so significant?

Lin Ran mused.

Subsequently, he felt an intense aura of death emanating from the sky far above.

On a stone pillar atop the summit of this mountain range, a deep blue soul body stood silently.

It was crackling with surging electricity, and its soul body was encased in a pale golden armor.

It wielded a chain-like lightning in its hand, and its eyes, like those of a death lamp, were fixed upon them.

Through the energy analysis of his Eternal Mangekyo, the power emanating from it was terrifyingly immense.

Lin Ran's pupils constricted sharply.

A Hero-class異族 (alien/otherworldly) unit from the lineage of the lightning element!