Chapter 00090: The Beast King on the Frontline
# The Beast King on the Frontline
Chapter 90
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 90: The Beast King on the Frontline
At the Dakar Frontline Airport.
Hundreds of thousands of genetically mutated beasts roamed freely here.
What was astonishing was that despite the large number of beasts, there was no sign of them attacking each other.
About ten miles away from the Dakar Frontline Airport, inside a steel fortress, a man was holding a telescope, scanning the surroundings.
"Sigh, after waiting for so many days, although most of the beasts at the airport have left, there are still so many. When will these things finally leave?" The man with the telescope couldn't help but complain.
"Stop thinking about it. We have food and water here. We eat beast meat and drink groundwater. What more could we want? Think about how many comrades were killed when the frontline collapsed?" replied a young woman.
She was wearing a federal military uniform, clearly a member of the federal army.
Despite being forced by the beasts to hide in this small fortress, she still exuded a heroic aura.
"Sister Han Qi, Brother Wei, do you think Xiao Qi is not going to make it?" A worried female voice came from the corner of the fortress.
This woman, named Zhong Daiwei, was the only one among the four who was neither a supporter nor a member of the federal army.
"Sigh, it's no use. He's lacking medicine. If only the beasts here would retreat, I could go to one of the planes and get some medicine," Wei Datai sighed.
Han Qi snorted, "Those planes have already been wrecked by the beasts. Forget about medicine, you'd be lucky to find a single intact spot."
The four fell into silence.
Everyone knew that despite having beast meat to eat and water to drink, their deaths were only a matter of time.
The beasts would surely find them.
Once the beasts discovered them, they would swarm in, and there would be no chance of survival.
Even if the beasts never found them, staying here was still a death sentence.
No one would come to this place to rescue them.
"Ah..."
Wei Datai suddenly let out a startled cry, breaking the deathly silence.
"Wei Datai, what are you shouting for? If you attract the beasts, you're asking for trouble," Han Qi was clearly displeased with Wei Datai's sudden outburst.
Wei Datai's voice trembled, "No, it's not that. Someone's coming. No, a fighter jet is approaching. It looks like the CY03 from the Security Bureau..."
"What?" Han Qi grabbed the telescope from Wei Datai's hands.
A shocking scene unfolded before her eyes.
A CY03 fighter jet was charging straight toward a horde of beasts, and the beasts, seeing the jet, swarmed toward it.
The jet's engine stopped immediately, and a man with a large backpack jumped out of the jet.
After he jumped out, the hatch began to close.
This was definitely someone with extensive combat experience.
Not stopping the engine immediately could have damaged the plane.
"Why is only one person coming down?" Wei Datai, who had somehow found another telescope, asked in confusion.
"I know who he is," Han Qi's voice suddenly became excited as she saw Ding Huan's actions.
As soon as Ding Huan landed, a swarm of beasts rushed toward him.
Ding Huan immediately unleashed a series of wind blade walls.
Under Ding Huan's wind blade walls, the beasts fell in rows.
But no matter how strong the wind blade technique was, it couldn't stop the endless tide of genetically mutated beasts charging recklessly.
Ding Huan knew that if he wanted to, he could keep killing for an entire day.
But what about after a day?
A day wouldn't be enough to kill all the beasts here.
He wouldn't even be able to kill one percent of them.
There were over a hundred thousand beasts at the airport, not to mention those in the distant forests and mountains.
If they all came out, what chance did he have?
Since he couldn't kill them all, Ding Huan decided not to waste his energy.
He used his wind control technique to step over the beasts and quickly reached the edge of the airport.
The sheer number of beasts still here made Ding Huan realize that he had come too hastily.
He should have developed a gene-based poison mist that could instantly kill the beasts, made a hundred pounds of it, and brought a sprayer.
When the beasts charged, he could have sprayed the poison mist and killed countless beasts.
But developing such a thing would take time, and he couldn't wait.
Once he returned, he would definitely develop this gene-based weapon.
He couldn't continue to be so passive.
As Ding Huan left, the beasts immediately began to tear apart the ones he had killed.
Although the beasts here were restrained by their leader's commands and rarely attacked each other, the dead beasts were fair game for feeding.
...
"Is he one of Ding Huan's disciples? Look at his wind blade technique. Hmm..."
Wei Datai trailed off, clearly impressed.
Ding Huan's method of killing beasts was like one man being an entire army.
What shocked him even more was Ding Huan's ability to fly through the air.
With just a light step on a beast's back, Ding Huan could leap dozens of feet.
It was almost like flying.
Han Qi shook her head, "He's probably not Ding Huan's disciple. It's more likely that Ding Huan himself has come. With the situation here, he must be worried about his disciples and came to find them."
"Then let's go find Ding Huan!" Wei Datai was excited.
Han Qi shot him a look, "Are you an idiot? There are so many beasts here. If we go out, we'll die. I guarantee that if you go out, Ding Huan won't even know you exist before the beasts tear you apart. Besides, even if you find Ding Huan, do you think he can take you away from here?"
Wei Datai calmed down.
Han Qi was right.
Even if he found Ding Huan, what could he do?
Ding Huan had already reached the steel walls of the human corridor defense line.
The steel walls were stained black with blood, and bones were scattered everywhere.
Torn clothes and broken weapons littered the ground.
The gun ports, laser weapon turrets, and other defenses in the middle of the wall...
All were smashed and destroyed.
A dozen beasts charged at Ding Huan.
He unleashed a row of wind blades and then rushed into the command center.
The command center was also stained brown with blood.
Although the bodies had been devoured by the beasts, Ding Huan could still sense the tragedy that had occurred here.
This made Ding Huan worried.
He didn't know if Qu Yi had managed to escape.
Continuing to search was pointless.
There was no way anyone could still be alive here.
Just as Ding Huan was about to leave the command center, he felt a cold chill on his back.
Without thinking, he threw himself to the ground and rolled away.
"Boom!" A terrifying force slammed into the spot where he had just been standing, creating a deep trench in the ground and shattering the steel structure beneath.
Ding Huan was shocked.
If that had hit him, he would have been dead.
Before he could get up, the deadly force came again.
Ding Huan's spiritual sense had already identified the attacker—a massive gorilla, holding a ten-foot-long iron hammer.
This was definitely a level nine beast.
Ding Huan didn't dare stay a moment longer.
In an open area, he might have been able to use his agility to take down the gorilla.
But in this confined space, he was as good as dead.
If it weren't for the fact that he knew from the Great Desolate Golden Ape that the leader of this global beast tide was a demon dragon, he would have suspected this gorilla was the leader.
Ding Huan threw out a dozen wind blades behind him and then turned into a shadow, rushing out of the command center.
Seeing Ding Huan escape, the gorilla roared in anger.
Oh no, this beast was calling for backup.
Ding Huan was speechless.
He was already no match for the gorilla, and now it was calling for help.
This was completely unfair.
Knowing the beast had no sense of fairness, Ding Huan had no choice.
Sure enough, as soon as he reached the steel wall, an endless tide of beasts charged at him.
At this point, Ding Huan knew his only option was to jump off the wall and flee toward the undersea passage.
Facing such a terrifying beast tide, trying to step over the beasts would be suicide.
Before, without a leader, he could freely use his wind blades to kill the beasts and step over them to reach the wall.
But now, with a beast king leading them, if he tried the same thing, the beasts would go berserk under the king's command, and he would be overwhelmed.
Ding Huan acted decisively.
Understanding the gravity of the situation, he jumped off the wall without hesitation and rushed toward the undersea passage.
Before the human corridor defense line was breached, the undersea passage had been packed with all kinds of genetically mutated beasts.
Now that the defense line had fallen, the number of beasts in the undersea passage had decreased, but there were still countless.
Ding Huan, with his vast experience in escaping, knew that even though there were fewer beasts in the undersea passage now, it was still not a safe place for him.
If the Great Desolate Golden Ape hadn't lied to him, the gorilla he had just fought was not the beast king here.
The true beast king was the demon dragon.
As for why the demon dragon hadn't shown itself, Ding Huan guessed it might be injured or staying in its lair to cultivate.
Either way, if he went through the undersea passage, he would run straight into it.
As soon as Ding Huan landed, he used his wind blades to quickly cut down a large tree.
Before the tree fell, he unleashed two more wind blades, cutting off a three-meter-long section of the trunk.
In that brief moment, the gorilla charged at him.
(End of Chapter)