Chapter 00080: The Instigator of the Thousand Veins Mountain Beast Tide (Please Subscribe)
# The Instigator of the Thousand Veins Mountain Beast Tide (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 80
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 80: The Instigator of the Thousand Veins Mountain Beast Tide (Please Subscribe)
"It's Teacher Ding Huan. He left the city and told us to hold off the beast counterattack and wait for him to return," Yi Zhenjiang explained.
"Ding Huan? The mentor from Yu Jiang University?" Xing Baisen's eyes immediately lit up.
Ding Huan was quite famous.
"Yes, it's Mentor Ding Huan."
"He just told you to hold the line and wait for him to return?"
"Yes, Commander."
"Good, no wonder the Blade Washing Society is gone," Xing Baisen said.
"Notify the entire team. Not a single beast from outside is allowed to enter Luohe City."
...
When Ding Huan left, he didn't see any powerful beasts.
If he had encountered a gene beast above level three, he would have dealt with it before heading into Thousand Veins Mountain.
Beasts below level three could be handled by Luohe's city defenses, but anything above level three would be dangerous.
However, not seeing any high-level beasts made Ding Huan even more suspicious.
Without high-level beasts, a beast tide couldn't possibly occur.
Ding Huan hurried along the path from Luohe to Thousand Veins Mountain, which was filled with all kinds of beasts rushing madly toward Luohe.
Ding Huan planned to visit the lair of the Great Desolate Golden Ape.
He thought that even if this beast tide wasn't directly related to the Great Desolate Golden Ape, the ape would surely know something about it.
But Ding Huan only made it halfway before he stopped.
Because he saw the Great Desolate Golden Ape, along with Old Six and a massive ape standing over five meters tall.
This must be the real giant ape.
Even Ding Huan couldn't help but marvel at how Thousand Veins Mountain seemed to produce all kinds of apes.
Old Six stood on a huge rock and was the first to notice Ding Huan's arrival.
It let out a cry, as if greeting him.
The Great Desolate Golden Ape also saw Ding Huan and instinctively took a step back.
Ding Huan had left a deep impression on it—too fierce.
Despite being a level three beast, it felt utterly powerless against him.
The giant ape, upon seeing Ding Huan, roared angrily, and immediately, at least a thousand beasts charged toward Ding Huan.
Ding Huan raised his hand and sent out a wall of wind blades, slicing through rows of beasts.
The ground was soon covered in blood, resembling a slaughterhouse.
"Old Six, tell this guy to stop, or I'll kill it next," Ding Huan said, realizing the giant ape was already a level four beast.
He hadn't expected to find a level four beast in Thousand Veins Mountain.
Old Six could understand Ding Huan's words and immediately began shouting at the giant ape.
This move clearly enraged the giant ape.
Although it had been startled by Ding Huan's earlier display, it wouldn't tolerate anyone giving orders in its territory.
In its eyes, Thousand Veins Mountain and even Luohe City were its domain.
It swung a fist at Old Six, sending the smaller ape flying.
Ignoring Old Six, the giant ape turned and charged at Ding Huan.
The violent aura it emitted seemed to churn the very air around it, locking down the space where Ding Huan stood.
Ding Huan, however, relaxed.
He realized that the difference between these gene beasts and cultivators like him, who trained through spiritual roots, wasn't just a small gap—it was an entirely different level.
When he was a level one gene cultivator, the difference wasn't as obvious.
But as his cultivation grew, the gap became more pronounced.
The giant ape might look ferocious, but to Ding Huan, it posed no real threat.
Ding Huan didn't even bother to put down his bag.
The giant ape's attempt to lock down his space was far from sufficient.
With his divine sense, Ding Huan instantly found the flaw in the giant ape's spatial lock and stepped out of it.
At the same time, he sent a wind blade slicing toward the ape's side.
The giant ape's spatial lock could only work on those weaker than itself.
"Bang!" A sound like tearing leather echoed as Ding Huan's wind blade left a deep gash on the giant ape's back.
Blood and fur splattered, but the ape wasn't torn in half.
In fact, the wound wasn't even serious, which surprised Ding Huan.
How could its skin be so tough? His wind blade, though not his full power, could easily cut through ordinary metal.
Yet it couldn't slice through the giant ape's body?
The giant ape, now furious from Ding Huan's attack, roared and charged again.
Ding Huan felt he needed a more powerful weapon.
If he had one, he could easily drain hundreds of pounds of blood from the giant ape.
Gathering his true essence, Ding Huan aimed for the giant ape's neck—its softest spot.
The ape likely thought Ding Huan couldn't reach its nearly five-meter-tall neck under its aura pressure.
But Ding Huan had divine sense.
The giant ape's aura pressure was full of flaws to him.
While other level four gene cultivators couldn't jump under such pressure, Ding Huan could easily leap up and strike the ape's neck.
A shrill scream caught Ding Huan off guard.
He hadn't even attacked yet when he saw the giant ape collapse, its own attack unfinished.
A spear was embedded deep in the giant ape's heart, its other end held by the Great Desolate Golden Ape.
The Great Desolate Golden Ape had helped him instead of the giant ape? Ding Huan couldn't understand what was going on.
The spear had struck a vital point, and the giant ape fell to the ground, glaring at the Great Desolate Golden Ape with a mix of anger and disbelief.
Even though Ding Huan couldn't understand the ape's roars, he could sense its meaning: "Why did you, Old Six, help a human ambush me?"
Ding Huan instinctively looked at the real Old Six, who wore a smug expression.
Ding Huan suspected the Great Desolate Golden Ape had been influenced by Old Six.
"Old Six, come here," Ding Huan beckoned, then sent another wind blade flying.
This time, the giant ape couldn't block it.
The wind blade sliced through its neck like tofu, decapitating it.
Seeing Ding Huan's wind blade effortlessly sever the giant ape's head, Old Six shivered.
These things, which it once saw as mere toys, now terrified it.
"Was it you who incited the Great Desolate Golden Ape to attack?" Ding Huan asked, tossing a pen and paper to Old Six.
Old Six quickly wrote, "No, definitely not. That dog ape wanted to enslave Ah Huang. Ah Huang has such noble blood—how could it be enslaved by some country bumpkin? Ah Huang refused, but the dog ape forced it to join. When Ah Huang saw you teaching the dog ape a lesson, it took the chance to get revenge."
"Looks like you and Ah Huang are quite close," Ding Huan said sarcastically, glancing at Old Six.
Calling it "Ah Huang" so familiarly—they must be close.
"Was the giant ape bullying you? Did you ambush it yourself?" Ding Huan asked the Great Desolate Golden Ape.
He believed this explanation made more sense.
He had previously warned the Great Desolate Golden Ape not to venture into human cities and risk death.
The Great Desolate Golden Ape wouldn't have forgotten that.
Sure enough, the Great Desolate Golden Ape nodded repeatedly.
It seemed Old Six was right—the giant ape had tried to force it into submission, and it had refused.
"Good. I assume you have a way to issue commands? Tell all the beasts attacking Luohe to return to Thousand Veins Mountain," Ding Huan said.
Though he said this, Ding Huan wasn't entirely sure if the Great Desolate Golden Ape could do it.
After all, the giant ape had been the one leading the beasts.
Now that it was dead, could the Great Desolate Golden Ape command the others?
To Ding Huan's surprise, the Great Desolate Golden Ape immediately climbed onto a large rock and let out a deafening roar.
"Roar!" The violent sound echoed, and soon, Ding Huan heard the distant cries of beasts from the direction of Luohe.
In no time, he saw groups of beasts rushing back, passing by him, and disappearing into Thousand Veins Mountain.
"Heh, that dog ape forced Ah Huang to be its top lieutenant. Now that the dog ape is dead, Ah Huang has the right to become the beast king here," Old Six wrote again.
...
On the Luohe beast defense wall, besides the city guards, the stationed army had also arrived.
Moreover, relevant departments began organizing the evacuation of residents.
Based on past experience, these beasts were fearless.
Once a beast tide began, they would stop at nothing to breach the city.
Not every place had the terrifying defensive capabilities of the Human Corridor.
In fact, even the Human Corridor's defenses had eventually been breached.
Just then, the beasts that had been charging relentlessly toward the city suddenly retreated like a receding tide.
If viewed from a distance, the retreat would look like a tidal wave.
"What's going on?" The newly arrived soldiers were baffled by the retreating beasts.
A battalion commander asked in confusion.
They had fought countless battles with beasts over the years.
Almost every time, the beasts wouldn't retreat unless they were severely weakened.
Recently, they had heard that even if the beasts were weakened, the tide wouldn't stop—it would just keep replenishing.
Now, with the beasts holding the absolute advantage, they had retreated so suddenly.
It was hard to believe.
"It must be Mentor Ding Huan. He went to Thousand Veins Mountain," Yi Zhenjiang said excitedly.
He idolized Ding Huan.
"Ding Huan is powerful, but he's just one person. How could he make so many beasts retreat?" The battalion commander naturally didn't believe it.
Xing Baisen laughed.
"It's simple. We'll wait here. Ding Huan said he'd return."
...
"Tell me, why did the giant ape start the beast tide?" Ding Huan beckoned the Great Desolate Golden Ape but directed his question to Old Six.
The Great Desolate Golden Ape was still wary of Ding Huan.
Previously, Old Six had been captured by Ding Huan but not killed, making it think Ding Huan wasn't particularly bloodthirsty.
Today, however, seeing Ding Huan's wind blade wall effortlessly kill hundreds of beasts and decapitate the giant ape, it began to doubt its earlier assessment.
The Great Desolate Golden Ape knew it couldn't escape Ding Huan, so when Ding Huan beckoned, it obediently approached.
Old Six quickly wrote, "A level nine or higher great demon beast has appeared on Earth. It demanded that all beasts obey its commands and attack human cities together. That dog ape listened to it and incited the beasts of Thousand Veins Mountain and the surrounding areas to join the attack."
A level nine or higher demon beast?
Ding Huan's heart skipped a beat.
He wouldn't confuse demon beasts with ordinary beasts.
Old Six also knew the difference.
A level nine or higher beast was far stronger than him.
In terms of levels, he would need to reach gene foundation establishment before he could face a level nine or higher demon beast.
As he was now, encountering such a beast would mean certain death.
No wonder the Human Corridor defenses had been breached.
With such a powerful entity emerging, it was no surprise.
"Where is this great demon beast?" Ding Huan asked cautiously.
When facing something far beyond his strength, he had to avoid it—otherwise, it would be suicide.
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