Chapter 424: First Battle (100+)
Chapter 424: First Battle (100+)
Chapter 424: First Battle (100+)
Just like previously everything was pitch black outside, as everyone was confused for a moment and a bit apprehensive because their senses were almost blocked.
If it wasn't for the ingenious idea of having tied a rope to each other hands to know of their presence perhaps they would believe that they were all alone in that terrible darkness.
But that moment of surprise and startled was just a fleeting moment, as they were disciples with blood in their hands, and were more than capable of collecting their selves rather quickly, and act.
In no time almost, all of them were in their already set positions, and ready to go! It was time to hunt for some ugly points.
From each group, 30 people were in charge of the Soul Severing Formation, 20 were left as backup, and protection unit, 40 were in charge of fighting, while the remaining 10 would do the collecting.
Each group was really important in their own right, so even the distribution of the points would be done in the same ratio.
Of course, their positions weren't fixed as they would rotate during the fight and each one of them would do all the roles at least once.
Almost immediately 30 white spots appeared inside the Nightmare Forest, it was probably the first time that this much light was seen in this place.
All these spots were around 9-10 meters in radius, and a lot of them were overlapped with each other, as Tianlong Yun's spirit sense was still restricted.
It looked like a festival of fireflies' lights inside a dark and gloomy forest, which was truly appalling considering what kind of place they were in.
The entire area they covered was around 500 meters square, and in that area were more than 20 such trees, as the same number of groups started attacking.
The remaining groups didn't help, but neither stayed idle, as they tried to expand their area, and look for other prey.
If there was one thing that wasn't missing in this place were these trees, after all this was a forest, so there must be a massive amount of them.
It was precisely due to this, that even Tianlong Yun had set some really big numbers in case they wanted to get their hands on the good things.
For example, a good knife manufactured by him would cost them at least 70 ugly points, and if each of them wanted one, then they should at least get 21.000 ugly points.
That was only for a knife though, as there were bigger prizes that required bigger contributions. Like pills and bloodlines, especially the last, the Vampire and Werewolves bloodline could be taken only by 1000 ugly points.
Whoever saw these numbers would think that he was crazy, but no one knew how big the Nightmare Forests were, and how many trees were contained in them.
One thing was for sure though, Tianlong Yun seemed to be planning a deforestation of the Nightmare Forests because there was no way his disciples would lose a chance like this.
He didn't care though, as long as he accomplished his goal, and had enough of these things, then he would create a sufficiently powerful army to take to the Immortal World.
With these thoughts in mind, he was watching at these guys hunting those trees like hungry wolves, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction.
While they seemed to have a bit of trouble with their enemies at the moment and it would take a little to adapt to their sudden and everchanging attacks, they were still hanging really well.
In less than 20 minutes, 5 of those trees were down and even those ugly little shits were collected in a perfect manner, even though with little difficulties.
Still, it was a good start for them, and he was sure that the more time passed, and the more they fought them, the easier it would become for them to deal with those ugly little things.
But while he was really happy with their skills, and results, he finally was reminded of one important thing that he had skipped unintentionally, those little ugly shits loud wailing.
If one was already enough to agitate him, then 5 of them were even worse, not to mention the troubles they would raise if the whole forest was brought to action.
But the solution to that was rather simple though because Tianlong Yun didn't really have a need for them to be alive at this moment, so he immediately instructed them to kill anyone they captured.
While their resistance to soul power was beyond those of the teams capturing them, their physical abilities were almost inexistent and even a little squeeze was able to kill them.
Taking the instructions, the already agitated disciples didn't think twice as they immediately strangled their captives, and bagged them inside their pouches before running towards the next target.
The first wailings certainly disturbed the forest, and created ruckus, as all the tree seemed to get the signal and start attacking the disciples' groups.
But this time Tianlong Yun didn't send him back to the Old Pouch space to keep them safe, as he let them fight their fights.
He would only do such a thing if the situation turned extremely ugly, and they wouldn't be able to handle the situation anymore.
He also had to consider their depleting Soul Power, and he knew that even though they were in big formations the most they could stay outside right now was around 2 hours.
That estimate was made considering the fact that they would change their positions at least three times in this period.
But still, if these ugly things had the effects he had seen with his experiment, then they would be a huge boost not only to him but even these guys. As they would become stronger and would fight for longer.
As he was thinking like this, and observing their conduct and fighting, his disciples were wreaking havoc and cutting the trees one after the other, leaving him extremely pleased.
Until now there were no casualties, as only a few disciples had even been lights injured but that had happened only due to their carelessness.
2 hours almost passed in a jiff, as he could clearly see signs of tiredness, and drowsiness from the disciples, which was a clear indication of their lack of Soul Power, and Stamina.
Still, he had to say that he was quite satisfied with their efforts, and skills as they had been able to deal with more than 100 trees in these two hours, and the area surrounding him had been deforested.
There were no trees in an area of 30 meters radius around him, but at the same time, the pressure outside the boundary had increased by a lot.
All the forest seemed to have gotten the message as they were heading towards them, to give an end to this looming danger.
Staying longer outside would be a truly stupid idea, so Tianlong Yun immediately instructed the disciples to back down, and prepare for retreat, this was enough for now.
This news was a huge relief for the majority of them as they were in a truly bad state, and weren't able to keep it up like they had until now.
Without losing time they changed formation, as most of them were more concentrated on the Soul Severing Formation, as they one by one retreated back while cleaning the remaining skirmishes.
While they were all greedy and ambitious for strength, power, and recognition from their Patriarch, they still had a lot of discipline instilled in them, as they would never leave one of theirs behind.
The one who even tried to do such a thing was immediately killed upon his return, so none of them dared to do it.
Noticing their retreat, the attacks from the trees outside became even more ferocious, and relentless, as they were trying to block their worst enemy leave without any casualty.
Most probably, this was the first time that they were having such a precedent, as a considerable number from their own had fallen to the enemy's hands.
Not to mention that once these guys left the place there would be no trace of them, they would just disappear into nothingness, and there would be no way for them to get revenge.
The Old Pouch was a special separate space, and there was no connection between it, and the world outside, so no matter how powerful one was, or how strong their spirit sense was, they would be unable to sense anything.
For that reason, on the outside that rare treasure was considered as only an old, and useless little pouch, that one couldn't even insert a few coins.
The person who had manufactured this thing was certainly a big expert, and also a perfect craftsman, and had a lot of unique treasures.
But that wasn't important right now, what was important was their retreat back inside the Old Pouch.
They were keeping their lines rather well, and even though it was really troublesome, they were able to block them off, while approaching their Patriarch, and the center position.
They were all satisfied with today's hunt, as this was even their first day and they had already caught more than 100 of them, which meant 100+ ugly points for them.
Everything had been going and was going oily until now, and they were really close to their escape when suddenly the trees stopped attacking for a moment and stepped aside.
It seemed like they were opening the way in fear, but also excitement as if they were going to meet their superior.
But not all of them had the luxury to wait, and notice this, as the next moment a painful shriek broke the silence of the night