204 Thousand Eyes Vine (1/2)
Lin Yun didn't plan on bickering with Sauss. He only shook his head and said, ”Wait a minute.”
”Ah… I'll wait..” Sauss might not have noticed at first, but he understood everything a few moments later.
Because just as he spoke, dust could be seen rising from just below the red cloud.
”Oh my god…” Sauss held his breath. That cloud of dust was simply ten times higher compared to the one around the large Thunder Elephants.
”... How… How many magic beasts are there?”
”There should be a few hundred…”
”I'll go organize the main force…” Sasu's expression also sank. With one look at their momentum, he was able to determine that this beast tide might be the end of this joint exploration of the nine major forces.
”Hold on… Leader Sasu.” Lin Yun thought for a moment before telling Sasu. ”I think that we should still rely on the camp for defense and try to hold on as long as possible without staking it all against these magic beasts.”
”This won't do. In that scenario, the magic beasts would keep…” Sasu subconsciously shook his head, but he then seemed to think of something. ”Merlin, did you discover something?”
”I didn't, but I have a feeling that the Four Seasons Canyon isn't too welcoming towards us.” As Lin Yun said that, he sensed the mana fluctuations in the air, and he could clearly feel that there was some sort of strange power in the Four Seasons Canyon.
”The Four Seasons Canyon doesn't welcome us… What do you mean?”
”I can't explain it concretely, but the way I see it, we should defend the camp as much as possible, I'll lead a few people to see if we can find the origin of this magic beast tide.”
”Okay.” Sasu didn't ask much and only nodded to express his approval. In his heart, he already knew that this young Great Mage would never do anything he wasn't sure of. Since he'd made this suggestion, he definitely already had some clues.
”Great Mage Merlin, I'll go with you!” Sauss promptly volunteered.
”Leader Sauss, you have been operating in the Poison Fog Canyon for so many years, you definitely have some experience in defensive battles. It would be better if you remain on this side to help Leader Sasu. How about I take Leader Solomon and Leader Badrack with me to investigate?” Sauss' fighting strength was still a bit inferior, so Lin Yun recommended Solomon and Badrack. One was a 9th Rank High Mage while the other was a 9th Rank Spirit Archer. With himself added on top, he was guaranteed to be able to move in and out of the beast tide.
”Okay.”
”No problem.”
After the two agreed, Lin Yun shouted to Xiuban, and the group of four left the camp. They followed a river that cut the Four Seasons Canyon in two and went around the beast tide.
”Merlin, did you actually find anything?” Solomon was blunt with Lin Yun and asked him right after leaving the camp.
”Yes, I did…” Lin Yun paused and then continued, ”Didn't you notice that the mana of the Four Seasons Canyon is a bit too vigorous?”
”Yes, I seemed to have that feeling. But what's the issue with the mana being too vigorous?”
”The mana is too vigorous, it's not supposed to be like that normally. It's so abundant that you don't need to do meditation to lure it towards you…”
”Then what's wrong?” Solomon still couldn't understand.
”...” Lin Yun irritably rolled his eyes.
It wasn't as if Lin Yun had never been to a place with such abundant mana. The camp in the Bone Plane was the convergence of endless Soul Fires, condensing the mana within the camp into a liquid state. But when Lin Yun had walked through that camp, he had only felt that everyone's aura was filled with mana. It definitely wouldn't be like this, where mana would strive to rush over, as if it was seeking them out.
”And there was the Shadow Wolf…”
”What about the Shadow Wolf?”
”The color of the Shadow Wolf's eyes was abnormal, a deep red, like blood. It had clearly fallen into some berserk state. Moreover, the Shadow Wolf had a very strong aura of life. Even after its death, it still had far more energy than the usual Shadow Wolf...”
”I still don't understand...”