Chapter 212 - Chapter 212: Defeated
Chapter 212: Defeated
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Unlike humans, many animals relied on their sense of smell to determine their direction. It was very difficult for the array formation to trap them.
However, Xiao Jin had thought of this before, so he set up another trap outside the gate at the same time. When those wild beasts rushed over, they would fall into the trap.
However, there were too many of them, and the trap could not stop them all.
Xiao Jin looked at the wild beasts that were about to rush up to the gate. He took out the conch that Su Ying had given him and started blowing.
The moment the sound of the conch rang out, those wild and ferocious beasts came to an abrupt stop unexpectedly.
They were either wagging their tails or shaking the fur on their bodies. They were like obedient pets that remained in the same spot as if they were waiting for their owners to caress them.
When they saw this scene, the gray-robed men behind the beasts were extremely shocked.
They couldn’t believe that the wild beasts they were so proud of and which they had used to dominate the northern wilderness were no longer listening to their orders.
The leader of the gray-robed men picked up his whistle and blew it hard. Those quiet wild beasts became restless again.
Xiao Jin blew the conch in his mouth, but he had already drawn the bow and arrow in his hands and aimed it at the gray-robed man blowing the whistle.
When the man in gray was caught off guard, Xiao Jin suddenly shot the arrow in his hands.
The swift arrow sped towards the man in gray.
The gray-robed man felt the killing intent sweeping toward him and he put down the whistle in his hand with a stern expression. He pulled the gray robe on his body. Boom! After a cloud of gray dense smoke billowed out, he disappeared.
However, Xiao Jin’s arrow also disappeared with him.
When the man in gray reappeared, he was behind a big tree. A look of pain appeared in his eyes. He looked at the arrow in his hand and took out a short dagger. He gritted his teeth and cut the arrow off.
He groaned in pain and hid behind the tree to blow the whistle again.
However, the other party’s sound drowned out the whistle’s sound, and the wild beasts no longer listened to their orders.
“Gray Guardian, what’s going on?”
The Gray Guardian looked at the wild beasts that were out of their control, and his eyes were filled with bewilderment. However, since they had already come here, they would definitely not return empty-handed.
“You’ll monitor in secret. If anything goes wrong, think of a way to escape.”
“Yes, Gray Guardian.”
The gray-robed man answered and hid behind a tree. The Gray Guardian stood out from behind the tree. “Everyone, listen up. Follow the beloved ones and charge in. Leave no one alive!”
Roar!
The gray-robed man roared like a wild beast and charged toward the Tiger Base.
However, Xiao Jin did not give them the chance to enter.
“Prepare the fire chains.”
“Yes, Sir.”
The guards of the Tiger Base quickly took out the chains bound with wood strips and straw that they had prepared earlier and lit them with fire. Then, they ruthlessly lashed out with those chains at the gray-robed men who tried to climb up the gate wall.
The length of the fire chains had been precisely calculated. It was just long enough to hit the people below.
Without the help of the wild beasts, the combat strength of these gray-robed men was greatly reduced. They could not even get through the gate. When everyone saw this, their morale rose even higher.
When they attacked again, they did not show any mercy at all.
Xiao Jin drew the bow in his hands to the max again and again as he watched the gray-robed men fall one by one and turn into puddles of stinky blood.
The two sides fought until dawn.
When the Gray Guardian saw the people around him fall one after another, he gritted his teeth and turned to flee.
However, he didn’t know that Xiao Jin had already aimed at him.
“Argh!”
The Gray Guardian’s chest was instantly pierced by the sharp arrow.
His eyes were wide open in an aggrieved expression, and his body stiffened as he fell to the ground.
When the remaining gray-robed men saw their leader fall, they all gasped in horror. They did not dare to continue fighting and turned around to retreat.
The wild beasts that were previously leading the attack on the front line were still lying on the ground like docile kittens and puppies.
“Retreat! Retreat immediately!”
The gray-robed man gave the order, and the people on the gate wall only saw numerous clouds of gray smoke erupting repeatedly. When the smoke dispersed, the gray-robed men had already disappeared.
“They ran away. Those Sky Alpha Cult members ran away. Hahahaha! We won! We won again!”
“That’s great. Hahaha! We’ve finally shown these bastards how powerful we are! Hahaha!”
The victory of this battle further boosted everyone’s morale. It also overturned their previous understanding of the Sky Alpha Cult. After all, they had always thought that the Sky Alpha Cult was invincible and that they were no match for the Sky Alpha Cult members.
However, without the help of the ferocious beasts, these Sky Alpha Cult members were just so-so.
Xiao Jin looked at the wild beasts that were still standing guard at the base of the wall with an icy expression. Although these wild beasts could not be used as weapons by the other party, their base camp could not use them either. It was a pity.
Jiang Yang came up behind Xiao Jin and asked, “Master, how should we deal with these ferocious beasts? Release them and let them go back?”
“If you don’t release them, can you afford to feed them? There are so many of them.” With so many ferocious beasts around, if there was an accident, they could become a huge threat. Therefore, these beasts could not be allowed to enter the Tiger Base.
“How are the casualties?”
“16 people were injured. No one died.”
Xiao Jin nodded. “Take care of the wounded and get replacement guards to continue guarding. Even if we win this battle, we still can’t let our guard down.”
“I understand. Then… do we need to set up the array formation and traps outside again?”
Xiao Jin nodded. “Go and get some men to follow me down to reset the array formation.” Even if the other party was already on their guard against this, different array formations and traps could still have an effect. It was better than having nothing.
“Yes, Sir. 1 will gather them now.”
After daybreak, Su Ying learned that the people from the Sky Alpha Cult had attacked again. She watched as Xiao Jin walked into the house, his body still covered in dried blood.
“Why didn’t you send someone to call me yesterday?”
“It’s just some minor demons and monsters. There’s no need for you to take action,” Xiao Jin said without even raising his head.
Su Ying raised her eyebrows. “You make it sound so easy.”
Xiao Jin walked up to her. She had to admit that this man was really tall. Su Ying never liked to raise her head to look at people. She raised her eyebrows slightly and looked into his lowered eyes as she asked, “You’re not injured?”
Xiao Jin’s dark eyes looked straight at her, and his chilly eyes softened a lot. “It’s too cold outside. My limbs are frozen, and I can’t sense if I’m injured.”
Su Ying frowned. This man was smart and had a martial arts foundation, so she didn’t put any heating pads on him. It did not occur to her that he was still made of flesh and blood.
“Let me take a look at you.”
Xiao Jin murmured and accepted her suggestion readily. He obediently sat down on the chair and allowed Su Ying to take off his cotton-padded robe.
The interior of the house was very warm. The temperature difference between the inside and outside was at least ten to twenty degrees. Even if he took off his cotton-padded robe, he would not feel cold.
None of the gray-robed men could successfully reach the gate wall, so how could Xiao Jin be injured?
Su Ying took off his inner clothes and examined him carefully, but she didn’t find any injuries on his body.
Her warm fingers brushed across his back. Xiao Jin felt his entire body heat up, and his dark eyes turned into an increasingly deeper shade..