Chương 260: The weird beasts

"You've got to be kidding me!" Long Feng stood frozen, even forgetting to kill the weaker beasts approaching him. They actually set up a perimeter around the city gates? Were these truly wild beasts that didn't know anything else but to destroy? Or was someone controlling their actions in this realm? That was logical. After all, they were probably illusions as well. He quickly retreated, not drawing the attention of the beasts by the gates. Now wasn't the time to be rash.

"I can breakthrough them and get into the city but... I'll have to use more than just fifty percent of my strength." Long Feng swung his sword and decapitated several wild beasts around him, then used the heaven ripping finger to kill some avian beasts while he pondered. There was no one around, but his instincts were telling him that he was being watched. And honestly speaking, his instincts were more right than his brain ever was.

If he suddenly revealed the strength equal to a rank one imperial and fought these beasts as a spirit realm warrior while someone or some people watched, then he wouldn't know how to explain himself. But then if he didn't find a way soon, he would not be able to remain out here for long. It would be ridiculous if he was eliminated by such weak beasts with his combat power. As he fought and moved away, he suddenly sensed dozens of auras approaching him.

And these auras weren't those of beasts but human beings, other geniuses like him. He wanted to quickly duck away but then he had a different thought and decided to stay. At the same time, he purposely lowered his energy again, revealing strength that could barely compare to rank six spirit realm warriors. He was suddenly overwhelmed by the beats around him and found it hard to make a good counterattack. As he struggled, over twenty youths flew over from the distance and paused upon seeing him.

Their team was quite capable, led by a rank nine spirit realm warrior of a high ranked continent and consisted of three rank eight, nine rank seven and the rest were rank six spirit realm warriors. They were working together to slaughter all beasts that approached them, and from their direction, they were probably headed to the city Long Feng just left.

"Look at that guy. He's probably going to be eliminated soon" one of the rank eight spirit realm youths glanced at Long Feng and said.

"He's barely stronger than rank fives. He won't be of much use to us. Let's go" another rank eight spirit realm youth replied indifferently and turned to their leader. Their leader, the rank nine spirit realm warrior stroke his chin for a short while then smiled"We're trying to attack the Northwest City. Even if he's weak, he's still better cannon than nothing. He will do just fine as a cannon fodder. Bring him along" The others nodded and didn't dare to refute his orders.

One rank eight spirit realm warrior flew towards Long Feng's direction with a dark frown on his face. Pausing above Long Feng, he casually killed dozens of beasts around him then glanced down at Long Feng.

"What's your name kid?" He asked coldly. Long Feng paused and thought over whether to give his real name or not. But even if he gave a fake name, he would still be exposed outside either way. So there was no need.

"Kid, are you deaf?" The rank eight spirit warrior frowned with his pressure seeping out.

"I'm Long Feng" Long Feng replied calmly. Then he quickly reconsidered his reaction and decided to act pale and haggard under the pressure. The young man stared at him coldly for a minute before he spoke again"How did a weakling like you get past the elimination round? Your luck would have run out just now, but our young master saved your life. So in this supreme heaven mystic realm, your life belongs to him alone. You will follow us and do exactly as you're told." Long Feng was gobsmacked at this guy's words.

Was this for real? They saved him and so his life would belong to them? Even it they asked him to commit suicide? Was this a joke? This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. The young man took Long Feng's silence as refusal. His gaze turned icy and he released even more pressure. Long Feng reluctantly forced himself to look paler, even taking several steps backwards unsteadily.

"Kid, are you refusing my words? I should let you know that this isn't a request. You don't have a choice. Getting rid of you will take nothing more than a few seconds" The young man didn't notice anything strange in Long Feng's actions and continued to speak threateningly. Long Feng frowned and stared at this young man with a narrowed gaze. He didn't like being threatened. But since he needed to use their team to achieve his goal, then he would let this go.

"What happens if you ask me to die?" Long Feng asked, trying to test this joke one last time. The young man smiled coldly"Are you really deaf? Your life belongs to us. We ask you to die, then you have no choice but to die!" Long Feng stared at him quietly, completely astonished at the arrogance of these high ranked continent geniuses. Own his life? What a joke.

"Now are you going to move or do you wish to die?" The young man asked icily. Long Feng was honestly curious as to how they wished to kill him as killing other geniuses was against the rules. But he wouldn't test that, not yet. He slowly began to move, keeping the pale and fearful look on his face to keep his act up. The young man smiled disdainfully and flew ahead, letting Long Feng to trail behind him. They soon returned to the group of youths.

The rank nine spirit realm warrior nodded at the rank eight guy who led Long Feng over and they began to rush straight towards the city Long Feng just left. Not a single person gave Long Feng so much as a second glance. He naturally wasn't bothered by that and simply flew behind them. After a brief thought, he decided to slow down and barely match the speed of a rank five spirit realm warrior.

After he began to lag behind the group by some distant, one of the rank seven spirit realm warrior was ordered to pick him up. The youth snorted grimly and rushed over, surrounding Long Feng with his energy and flying with him without a word. Long Feng simply smiled faintly. A few minutes later, he once again spotted the city gate surrounded by a thousand beast army, all gathered densely together with a thick murderous aura in the air around them.

The group slowly came to a halt some distance away and stared at this scene with grim expressions.

"This is the Northwest City. Many others are rushing over, and much more wild beasts will also rush over soon, and stronger ones. We have one chance to attack. According to Intel, if you attack once and fail to breakthrough them, then they would all increase by a level in strength, meaning peak spirit level beasts will become Imperials. Some Cities are already facing such situations." The leader spoke with a solemn expression. Everyone listened seriously.

Long Feng also paid attention and was surprised to hear this. It seemed like these geniuses had some means of communication with each other to share news and rumors. He wouldn't have known that failing to rush through the beasts would result in them all becoming stronger by a level. Although it wouldn't have mattered much to him, it was better to know.

"Young master, there are three peak spirit level beasts..." a rank seven spirit realm youth muttered.

"The three peak spirit realm beasts are far away from each other. We will need to distract the beasts somehow and then we'll rush in. I will handle all strong beasts while you'll all handle the rest. Many others are rushing over as we speak. And if we let them arrive, the beasts will similarly increase out of nowhere and raise the difficulty to another level." The leader looked at everyone and continued.

"Young master, how do we distract them?" Someone else asked. The leader smiled and turned to look at Long Feng for the first time.

"Kid, I'm sure you've been briefed as to why I saved your life right?" Long Feng was simply too speechless to reply. What was he supposed to say? Yes, he had been told that his life no longer belonged to him. And that he was to die without hesitation if they asked that of him? Was that what he should say?

"Kid, I don't care what you think or whether you accept or not. That is just the laws of this world. The strong gets to decide, and between us, I am strong." The leader continued indifferently, taking Long Feng's silence as grievance or defiance.

"You will rush over to that City gate. If you manage to survive, then it's your luck and we'll let you go. Should you fail, we will try to save you. All I need you to do is distract the beasts for a bit" Long Feng narrowed his eyes and stared at this peak spirit realm warrior. The coldness in his eyes was beginning to turn into flickering killing intent.

"What? You wish to fight to the death?" A rank eight spirit realm youth saw the chill on Long Feng's face and mocked with a smile.

"Kid, even if you don't want to go, you still have to. Doing as I ask will give you some chance of survival. But defying me... hehehehe, I may not be able to kill you and risk getting eliminated for breaking rules myself, but I can choose a random rank six or seven spirit realm youth here and get them to kill you. I'll naturally repay them for their elimination later on." The leader paused, and noticed that Long Feng's expression hadn't changed a bit. In fact, it was getting more icy.

"But you're not even worthy of getting one of my brothers eliminated just for your life. I will throw you right into the center of those beasts with your cultivation sealed and watch the spectacle." He dismissed Long Feng's expression and continued indifferently. Long Feng finally understood how they would kill others here. Human nature was unpredictable. They would simply kill with a borrowed knife; using the beasts to kill someone. The rules never mentioned anything regarding that.

"Kid, do you really want me to move?" The leader asked coldly, finally getting impatient and annoyed by Long Feng's gaze. Long Feng could sense the killing intent of all these youths gathered on him. The moment he refused, they wouldn't hesitate to take action and throw him to his death. Of course, that would be possible if they were truly threatening a normal rank one spirit realm warrior. But he wasn't willing to reveal strength beyond a certain extent. And peak spirit realm level was above that point.

Killing this group wouldn't take much effort, but the aftereffects of that would be great. After weighing the pros and cons, Long Feng decided to follow his instincts. He couldn't reveal his strength, not before he was absolutely sure that no one was watching. He sighed and began to fly towards the beasts. This was the best way in the current situation. The peak spirit realm youth nodded faintly at Long Feng's compliance. This was how it should be to him.

They watched Long Feng's movements closely as he approached the hundreds of wild beasts roaring around. Once he reached a thousand foot away from the wild beasts, they all turned to glare at him with blood red eyes. There was nothing but pure murder, destruction and blood lust in those eyes. A weaker spirit realm warrior would crumble under the sudden gazes of a thousand spirit realm beasts at once. Even Long Feng was a bit startled.

He could sense over a hundred rank six, over fifty rank seven, a dozen rank eight and three rank nine spirit level auras gather around him at once.

"They didn't attack?" He noticed in surprise. Normal wild beasts would have attacked in a frenzy at this point, not caring about their lives. But these ones... although their eyes clearly showed their immense bloodlust, they still didn't move, actually using their auras to warn him. Or that was how it seemed to him.

"This supreme heaven mystic realm is interesting." Long Feng thought.

"Kid, keep moving! Do you wish to die?" The peak spirit realm youth behind him shouted coldly when he saw Long Feng pause. He was also confused as to why the wild beasts didn't attack immediately, but he didn't think too much over it. Long Feng felt displeased. If he wasn't trying to rein in his recklessness, then this peak spirit realm youth and his rag tag group would definitely be in for a solid beating. But he still continued moving.

He was also curious about these wild beasts that seemed to restrain themselves? The pressure from the thousand auras gathered on him slowly increased as he moved forward. At five hundred feet away, he seemed to have reached a limit. All the wild beasts below rank six spirit level roared wildly, their killing intent surging into the sky. They all charged straight at him, their blood red eyes fixed on him filled with endless destruction.

This was the primal instincts of wild beasts, which was why they were called wild. They would attack anything that had life and wasn't a beast like them. Hell, they attacked themselves as well, killing each other, when their own kids or family; if they knew of such a term. They had no mind. Instead, they seemed to have a destruction filled mind that pushed them to kill any living creature in sight.