CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 414: BLOOD BATTLE

Out of the sixteen people with Lan Xin, seven were already injured. Everyone was fighting desperately. Bursts of ice fog exploded above their heads, causing everyone to begin feeling cold and shivering, their movements slowing down.

Lan Xin and Xiao Lan, along with several other experts, were struggling to fight their way through, while Yang Xiao covered the rear with the Bronze Divine Sword.

As long as the Bronze Divine Sword swept across, all the Tibetan Mastiffs dodged hastily. Those that did not avoid it in time were immediately slain.

There were still two Tibetan Mastiffs blocking the cave entrance, these two had auras darker than the rest, an uncommon dark gold color, indicating a higher degree of evolution.

The Sword Qi from Lan Xin’s sword cleaved through, with a hissing sound, the dark gold aura of the Tibetan Mastiff was split apart but instantly closed up again.

The dark gold aura of another Tibetan Mastiff was also split by Xiao Lan’s Sword Qi, but it too instantly closed back up.

These two monsters did not attack; they were fully focused on blocking the entrance. Their defensive light screens enveloped their entire bodies, and they had to momentarily deactivate the defense to attack.

Lan Xin swung her sword twice in rapid succession but to no avail, she cried out desperately:

"Yang Xiao, we can’t break through the Tibetan Mastiffs’ light screen, what do we do?"

In the midst of holding off the attacking Tibetan Mastiffs with the other girls, Yang Xiao was primarily relying on his Bronze Divine Sword to slash left and right, reducing the pressure on them.

Hearing Lan Xin’s cry, Yang Xiao immediately replied without hesitation:

"You come here and hold them off, I’ll do the slashing."

Knowing the power of Yang Xiao’s Bronze Divine Sword, Lan Xin quickly turned around. In the meantime, Yang Xiao swung his sword horizontally at the Tibetan Mastiffs in front of him, driving back several attacking ones. Then, in an instant, he turned around and fiercely slashed at one of the Tibetan Mastiffs at the cave’s entrance.

That Tibetan Mastiff felt terror at the sight of Yang Xiao’s descending Divien Sword and showed a look of fear in its eyes.

With a hissing sound, the dark gold light aura instantly shattered, splitting the Tibetan Mastiff’s head open.

Without any hesitation, Yang Xiao’s sword swung towards the other Tibetan Mastiff, which had already charged toward Xiao Lan, covered with a dark gold aura.

Xiao Lan couldn’t dodge in time and was knocked to the ground with a scream.

The cave entrance was cleared.

"Everyone, rush into the cave!"

Yang Xiao roared, then turned around to help Lan Xin fend off the other Tibetan Mastiffs chasing after them, as everyone rushed into the cave one after another.

Someone shouted,

"Elder Sister Xiao Lan is missing."

"Elder Sister Xiao Lan has fallen outside."

"Elder Sister Xiao Lan!"

Yang Xiao and Lan Xin had just reached the cave entrance when they turned around to see Xiao Lan lying about 2 to 3 meters away from the entrance. Three Tibetan Mastiffs pounced toward Xiao Lan, with the intent of tearing her apart.

Just as Xiao Lan was about to be bitten to death by the Tibetan Mastiffs, the crowd at the cave mouth was crying out in desperation.

Lan Xin was about to rush out to save Xiao Lan when Yang Xiao suddenly let out a fierce shout and charged forward with the Bronze Divine Sword.

All the Tibetan Mastiffs knew of Yang Xiao’s prowess, and the intense killing aura emanating from the Bronze Divine Sword he held made them tremble with fear.

In a fury, covered in fresh blood and like a War God, Yang Xiao brandished his Longsword, the killing aura billowing around him. He surged forward in a leap, two Tibetan Mastiffs turned tail to run, while another suddenly raised its huge paw to swipe at Yang Xiao.

Enraged, Yang Xiao struck down with his sword and severed its front paw.

The Tibetan Mastiff let out a strange cry, its body wobbling, almost falling. Yang Xiao followed up with a fierce thrust, obliterating the Tibetan Mastiff’s head. He then swiftly scooped up Xiao Lan and ran back.

Lan Xin arrived just in time, cradling Xiao Lan and rushing toward the cave entrance.

Yang Xiao, holding his sword in both hands, turned around and bellowed at the dozen or so stunned Tibetan Mastiffs surrounding him. He brandished his Longsword, ready to strike.

For some reason, the Tibetan Mastiffs suddenly turned and ran away, all at once.

Yang Xiao smiled, caressed his Space Ring, and collected the corpses of the three nearby Tibetan Mastiffs into it before gradually walking towards the cave entrance.

Xue Mei, Ju Yun, and others standing at the entrance looked at Yang Xiao with faces full of admiration, utterly astonished.

The distant Tibetan Mastiff King fumed with rage, unleashing a earth-shattering roar. The Tibetan Mastiffs that had turned tail and run now stopped in their tracks, and then together, they turned around and charged towards Yang Xiao.

However, Yang Xiao had already entered a cave, casually dragging the corpse of the Tibetan Mastiff blocking the entrance inside.

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At this moment, near the Genetic Store approximately five kilometers away from the South Garden of the Shenming Mountain Sect, Mo Yan of the North Garden of the Shenming Mountain Sect was staying in a temporary camp with forty to fifty junior brothers.

Hearing the distant and faint roar of Tibetan Mastiffs, the faces of Mo Yan and the others grew solemn.

"Big brother, do you think Lan Xin and the others are doing okay right now?"

Mo Yan didn’t answer, he was lost in thought.

More than ten days ago, he led all his junior brothers to arrive on time, preparing to join Lan Xin and others for the monthly swordsmanship exchanges. When they passed by the Genetic Store, he made a point of greeting the store owner, Gu Qing.

"Brother Mo, are you heading to the South Garden of Shenming Mountain Sect?"

"Yes."

Gu Qing was already accustomed to the monthly martial arts exchanges between the two sects.

"However, there is some bad news to tell you."

Mo Yan was startled and asked:

"What’s the bad news?"

"Last night, hundreds of Tibetan Mastiffs surrounded the South Garden of the Shenming Mountain Sect, and a fierce battle took place. Those Tibetan Mastiffs haven’t left yet, it’s likely that the people of the South Garden are in great danger."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan and the others were shocked:

"Hundreds of Tibetan Mastiffs?"

Everyone lived on the Divine Mountain, often going down the mountain, and knew that there were hundreds of Tibetan Mastiffs roaming at the base, all abandoned stray Tibetan Mastiffs, large and fierce.

Before the apocalypse, the people of the Shenming Mountain Sect were not afraid of Tibetan Mastiffs because they were martial artists and could deal with them without a problem.

But after entering the apocalypse, those stray Tibetan Mastiffs underwent a genetic breakthrough, growing as large as water buffaloes, very fierce, and gradually became the overlords at the foot of Divine Mountain.

Previously, the Tibetan Mastiffs seldom ventured to the mid-mountain of Divine Mountain, but after the genetic evolution, their range of activity extended further, especially after entering the Enhanced Gene Stage, they began to expand toward the mid-mountain areas of Snow Mountain.

Before, the snow leopards and Snow Wolves were the dominators of the mid-mountain areas of Divine Mountain, and now they have been driven away by the Tibetan Mastiffs.

Mo Yan and the others were always vigilant for possible attacks from the Tibetan Mastiffs. They were not afraid of a few dozen Tibetan Mastiffs, but hundreds of them were a different story and quite frightening.

After hearing what Gu Qing said, Mo Yan was stunned.

Yang Xiao and others had fought with the Tibetan Mastiffs the morning after they first hid in a cave; that was exactly when Mo Yan and his men were at the Genetic Store.

Hearing the faint roar of the Tibetan Mastiffs from a distance, Mo Yan and the others were also frightened.

Whether to continue to the South Garden of the Shenming Mountain Sect had become a difficult choice; facing hundreds of Tibetan Mastiffs, and after Lan Xin and the others had been besieged all night, their combat power was likely depleted. If they rushed over rashly, they were bound to be surrounded and attacked by the Tibetan Mastiffs.

Mo Yan hesitated for a moment and immediately ordered some junior brothers to hurry back and bring enough dry food and simple living supplies, returning quickly to take temporary shelter within the orange light of the Genetic Store.

For over ten days, Mo Yan and the others had been living near the Genetic Store. Not far away was the Turquoise Pool, so water supply was not an issue, and they had enough dry food to last a few months.

During these more than ten days, they dared not go anywhere and just lived near the Genetic Store.

Mo Yan once led his junior brothers to check the situation; from afar, they saw over a hundred Tibetan Mastiffs inside the South Garden of the Shenming Mountain Sect. They immediately used Qinggong to run back, and at that time, they even disturbed a small group of Tibetan Mastiffs that chased them howling for two kilometers before returning.

Since then, Mo Yan and the others had not went to check again.

Originally, they had estimated that the Tibetan Mastiffs would have left after more than ten days, but unexpectedly, they heard the roars coming from afar again today.

"Could it be that Lan Xin and the others are not dead yet?"

Mo Yan fell into deep thought.

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