Pretending To Be A Boss

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Every team had their own calculations, and no one was clear about how this hunt would eventually turn out.

Song Que and Gu Luo's teams were the least calculating of all.

Song Que's idea was simple, there must be something powerful deep within the Red Clay Forest.

The appearance of the Zudun Giants must have a reason.

He was the purest hunter in this hunt.

The two teams had already reached the depths, where the red-tailed trees and earth-burrowing trees became even more massive and their branches even more sinuous.

Along the way, Song Que saw many hunters.

He finally understood the strange phenomena that Ye Feng and Gu Luo had mentioned.

These people indeed looked abnormal, the combination of the smiles at the corner of their lips and the chaos and ferocity in their eyes formed a chilling and malevolent visage.

Along the way, they either encountered such people or a cluster of corpses shattered by freeze or shot between the eyebrows.

Their brutality and bizarreness cast a terrifying atmosphere over the night.

"These people seem to be hypnotized, let's try not to provoke them as much as we can," Song Que said.

Lin Jue wondered and said,

"I think these guys are all easy targets; I could knock one down with a cudgel. What's there to fear?"

Song Que shook his head and said,

"We are all hunters here; we are here to hunt, not to fight amongst ourselves. When facing the terrifying creatures of the mine area, we might need to join forces. Plus, since this group of people is hypnotized, who exactly hypnotized them? We must find that person."

Gu Luo and Ye Feng remained silent.

Song Que indeed was a man of justice, but he was perhaps a little naive.
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The minds of the people they encountered along the way had been severely corrupted.

And there were at least two groups of people: one group killed with extremely brutal but neat methods, and the other continuously "recruited" to form an army with smiling faces.

"Continuing forward, we come to the deepest part of the Red Clay Forest. There await forty Zudun Giants. Gentlemen, brace yourselves."

Song Que walked ahead, and this time Xiao Shi didn't follow behind him but walked in front of Song Que.

Lao Lei widened his eyes and said,

"I'm afraid we have already encountered a beast horde."

Ye Feng activated his Ultimate Vision, and his expression changed immediately. He said in a grave tone,

"Less than three hundred meters ahead of us, there are seven Ironwood Giraffes, but what's strange is that next to the Ironwood Giraffes, there are their natural enemies, four Perfect-level creatures, the Bloodhowl Panthers."

"There are nine Golden Fierce Birds in the sky. And there's a countless number of Black Spotted Monkees in the trees. Although these are only Enhanced-level creatures, they are in vast numbers, and they are all watching us, indicating that they have already spotted us."

Song Que silently calculated the chances of victory.

The situation was very grave; they had not yet reached the final core area of the Red Clay Forest, and there were already so many creatures.

After careful consideration, he thought they still had a chance to fight.

But what Ye Feng said next made everyone feel the terror of the Red Clay Forest.

"Listen... if we keep moving deeper, we will probably be overwhelmed by the beast tide."

The Ultimate Vision gave Ye Feng the most coveted non-human visual ability of all eyes.

Yet under the night sky, he was still a beat slow, and only after finishing his report did he realize that behind that group of creatures, there was an even more horrifying number of beasts charging in a tide.

"Behind those creatures we just mentioned, there are ten Hell Three-headed Dogs, over thirty Bone Hyenas, seven Iron Tank Pigs, three Hell Flame Wolves, and even further back, I can only see very thin silhouettes and cannot discern what creatures they are, but their numbers rise another level."

Everyone was shocked.

The deepest part of the Red Clay Forest was crammed with such a vast number of creatures?

Ye Feng's expression grew even uglier.

"It seems we have no way back."

"What do you mean?" Gu Luo rarely saw Ye Feng so pessimistic.

"We are now trapped, no matter what, we will have to go through a great battle."

"Behind us, an uncountable number of Wild Plains Oxen have formed a line, like a wall, they have surrounded the entire area."

Song Que was stunned.

He had already felt the tremors on the ground, though they were far less than the terrifying vibrations brought by the Zudun Giants.

But he did not expect that it was a herd of Wild Plains Oxen running.

What number of Wild Plains Oxen must it take for merely their running to cause such a great spectacle?

Song Que quickly calmed down and analyzed,

"These herds must have been following some kind of command; they have formed three defense lines. The first line of defense is formed by the Wild Plains Oxen, the second by various mine area creatures. The third line of defense should be the forty or so Zudun Giants Brother Ye saw."

"Moreover, with the tremors brought by the Zudun Giants, most teams have probably already entered within the first defense line. Rather than a defense line of Wild Plains Oxen, it now looks more like a fence."

The group was more accepting of this explanation, but greater mysteries arose.

How could these wild beasts work so well together?

Song Que brought the group's doubts to light as well.

"Zudun Giants have always been the servants of gods in myths, managing the seedlings of sacred trees for the deities. These creatures, some of them natural enemies, have put aside grievances and overcame their wild nature to fight together, likely under some kind of summons."

"If I'm not wrong, the Sacred Tree is about to be born."

"What is that thing?" the One-eyed King was curious.