Chapter 1221 Unexpected Discovery

Tang Lan immediately noticed that something was wrong with these soul beasts.

Compared to the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, the soul beasts here have blood-red eyes and seem to have no sense of reason whatsoever.

This made Tang Lan, who had recently gained a great understanding of soul beasts, start to wonder why this was the case.

Just as Tang Lan was pondering, a battle broke out between the two sides.

The city lord's guards continuously unleashed their soul skills, knocking the foremost soul beasts to the ground.

Fearing that these spirit beasts might attack the horses or even injure Tang Lan and Lü Zhiyi, the guards unleashed their deadly moves as soon as they attacked.

Even so, several burly, armored soul beasts managed to withstand the soul skill attacks from the soul master guards.

They charged wildly, and by sheer coincidence, they rushed straight towards Lü Zhiyi.

Although Lü Zhiyi possessed the cultivation level of a Soul Master, he had not experienced many battles over the years and had virtually no combat power.

Even if he encountered a Soul Master of the same level, this guy would probably be repeatedly defeated.

When he saw a soul beast with 20,000 years of cultivation charging towards him, and it was a huge rock rhinoceros covered in heavy armor, his expression immediately changed.

"Protect the city lord immediately!"

Several guards shouted, and three of them immediately jumped out.

Without exception, all three of them were squad leaders at level 50 or above.

Two of them possess the defensive martial soul, the Earth Rock Bull martial soul, and are also twin brothers who look exactly alike.

The two roared simultaneously, their first three spirit rings lit up, and their arms glowed with an earthy yellow light.

The two then grabbed the giant horn of the rock-armored rhinoceros together, and with their combined strength, they managed to block the rhinoceros from their path.

However, seeing the two deep furrows plowed out by the violent collision behind them, it was not hard to see that the two had already done their best to stop the rock-armored rhinoceros.

Then the third person suddenly leaped high into the air, a purple martial spirit longsword appearing in his hand.

With incredible speed, he raised his sword and thrust it towards the right eye of the rock-armored rhinoceros.

With a soft "plop," the longsword plunged straight into the rhinoceros's eye socket, and crimson blood spurted out, mixed with a yellowish liquid.

The rock-armored rhinoceros howled in pain and went berserk, actually sending the thin male soul master flying.

The two burly men were also thrown several meters away.

This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard. However, by this time, the rock-armored rhinoceros was only a zhang away from Lü Zhiyi, and everyone wanted to make a move, but it was too late.

Just when Lü Zhiyi thought he might be injured tonight, a strange blue light shield suddenly appeared in front of him.

Then there was a loud bang.

The rock-armored rhinoceros crashed solidly into the blue light shield, and no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't break through the soul power shield.

Then everyone was shocked to discover that there was not just one soul power shield, but four in total.

In the blink of an eye, the rock-armored rhinoceros was completely imprisoned inside.

Then Tang Lan slowly reached out and grasped it. The cube made of blue light shield visibly shrank, eventually becoming only the size of a walnut, which Tang Lan could play with at will.

And the rock-armored rhinoceros we just saw also shrank in size.

If someone were to look closely at this moment, they would find that the rock-armored rhinoceros inside was completely unharmed and was even continuing to ram into the light shield.

The entire crystal cube is like a true work of art, lifelike and very beautiful.

But those who now knew exactly where this thing came from couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

But at this moment, everyone had no time to think about these things; they could only do their best to deal with these completely irrational soul beasts in front of them.

In an instant, a chaotic battle ensued, and everyone was forced to get involved in the fight against the beast tide.

Tang Lan watched the whole thing closely. It wasn't that Tang Lan was unwilling to help, but rather that Tang Lan was carefully observing why these soul beasts suddenly went berserk.

These spirit beasts didn't attack humans for no reason; there must be something unknown going on behind the scenes.

Sure enough, Tang Lan suddenly noticed something was wrong with the back of one of the soul beasts' necks.

It was a bird that Tang Lan casually knocked down with a single move. With just one glance, Tang Lan noticed a strange object that was only the size of a fingernail.

"Is this a soul tool? What a strange thing."

Tang Lan carefully examined the strange object, which had a dark metallic shell but was filled with a faint red light.

Sure enough, after Tang Lan disassembled the object, the eyes of the large black bird gradually changed from blood red back to their original color.

At that moment, the screams of the guards began to echo around them.

These soul beasts are so crazy, they can even be described as fearless.

Even if they are slashed in the body, they will continue to attack with red eyes, as if they are fighting to the death.

This scene instantly extinguished everyone's will to continue fighting.

These animals were simply dead, but none of the people present were willing to die like that.

"Go away!"

Tang Lan did not want Lu Zhiyi's men to suffer too many losses.

With a slight frown, he swung his right hand, unleashing a terrifying force that swept towards the dozens of soul beasts in front of him like a tidal wave.

These soul beasts were then propelled dozens of feet away by this invisible force and wave.

Then, a series of thuds echoed as the soul beasts fell from mid-air, all of them landing in a daze.

"Let's go! Let's leave here for now and go back to the city to investigate why these soul beasts have gone berserk."

Tang Lan said to Lü Zhiyi, who was still somewhat shaken.

This guy seemed to have already considered retreating, but because of the presence of the Imperial Advisor Tang Lan, he didn't dare to be the first to suggest a retreat.

Upon seeing Tang Lan speak, Lü Zhiyi nodded repeatedly.

He waved to his subordinates and said, "Quickly, before these soul beasts get up, take the injured brothers and let's go back!"

When they arrived, the group had a total of thirty horses, but when they returned, only twenty-three remained.

Those who are injured or whose horses have died must ride on the same horse as others.

After a rapid journey of more than an hour and a half, the group finally returned to Qingyuan City.

Standing in front of the city gate, one can tell from the many messy and mottled marks that the previous beast tide must have attacked this place.

However, Qingyuan City's walls are high and its gates are sturdy, making it far more difficult for an ordinary beast tide to breach.

"Welcome back, City Lord!"

The guards standing at the gate immediately recognized them as the city lord's guard.