Zhou Huai's pupils suddenly constricted.

A line of crimson data appeared in his consciousness.

Sky Storm Falcon LV42 (Calamity-level BOSS)

HP: 560000 / 560000

Level forty-two.

Calamity-level BOSS.

Zhou Huai's expression was extremely grim.

Run!

This was the only thought in his mind.

Without any hesitation, he immediately gave the order.

Yasuo grabbed Gandalf, who had just gotten up, and threw him back onto his back, then turned and ran.

At this moment, he dared not have the slightest intention of fighting.

What a joke.

A BOSS of this level was simply not something he could contend with right now.

Any single skill could instantly kill his two Clones.

Not to mention the vast, dark army of beasts in the distance, which had already begun to break free from the suppression of the Geocentric Gravity Field.

“Caw—!”

The Sky Storm Falcon in the sky clearly did not intend to let these two ants, who dared to challenge its authority, off easily.

Its eyes, burning with rage, locked onto the blue lightning fleeing below.

Its wings flapped violently.

In an instant, hundreds of azure wind blades materialized out of thin air, like a deadly storm, raining down overwhelmingly.

Each wind blade was enough to easily tear through steel!

“Lightning Rush!”

Yasuo, controlled by the Smart Core AI, pushed his movement technique to the extreme.

His figure transformed into a zigzagging bolt of lightning amidst the dense rain of wind blades, moving through at an inconceivable angle.

Wind blades brushed past his body, leaving deep gouges on the ground.

Pfft!

In the chaos, he swung the longsword in his hand, beheading an exotic beast that had been affected by the previous explosion and only had a sliver of health left.

A warm current surged into his body along the sword.

The lifesteal effect of the wild set was triggered, and his precarious health bar was forcibly pulled back by a small amount.

“Owoo!”

Seeing its attack miss, the Sky Storm Falcon became even more enraged.

It opened its sharp beak, and a highly compressed azure energy orb began to rapidly condense in its mouth.

The surrounding air distorted, emitting an ear-piercing hum.

A terrifying pressure descended like a mountain.

Zhou Huai felt his heart skip a beat.

The Smart Core AI did not hesitate, directly activating the ultimate trump card of the wild set.

Wild Surge!

A primal and wild power erupted from Yasuo's body.

His eyes glowed with a bloody red light, and his running speed instantly doubled!

He completely transformed into a streak of light that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, weaving frantically through the forest.

Just as he rushed a hundred meters away.

Boom—!

The azure energy orb finally shot out of its mouth.

It was like a falling azure sun, fiercely smashing into the location Yasuo had just been.

Destructive energy exploded with a roar.

A gigantic pit, over fifty meters in diameter, appeared where he had been.

At the edge of the pit, everything had been reduced to dust.

The strong wind generated by the shockwave pushed Yasuo's figure another few tens of meters forward.

Zhou Huai looked at the terrifying scene behind him and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

The power of this BOSS's skill was simply too terrifying.

Only then did he fully realize.

He had been wrong from the very beginning.

Such a massive beast tide must contain several terrifyingly powerful BOSSes.

This was definitely not something the current Yasuo and Gandalf could contend with.

His previous actions had been too reckless, practically testing the boundaries of death.

The safest choice should have been to wait for the /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ beast tide to clash head-on with the City Guard.

At that time, the strong individuals in the city would naturally deal with these troublesome BOSSes.

He could then take advantage of the chaos, harvest the miscellaneous soldiers, and complete his mission.

The pressure would be countless times smaller.

The top priority was to shake off the pursuers behind him.

However, Zhou Huai soon helplessly discovered that no matter which direction he ran.

The thoroughly enraged beast tide army behind him still clung on like a persistent disease, chasing relentlessly.

...

At the same time, on a towering mountain peak in the distance.

Several adventurer teams were gathered here, still in shock, looking at the black torrent below.

“My heavens... the sheer number is too much.”

A young professional's face was pale, and his voice trembled.

“So many exotic beasts, if they all charge to the city walls... Donghai City, won't it be breached?”

An experienced middle-aged man beside him patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice.

“Don't talk nonsense.”

“Just a few tens of thousands of exotic beasts, that's a small scene.”

“I've seen large-scale sieges with over a hundred thousand exotic beasts a few years ago, and we still defended it, didn't we?”

“Those magic cannons on the city wall aren't for show.”

Another person sighed and interjected.

“That's true, but this year's beast tides are too frequent.”

“Our days as professionals are getting harder and harder.”

Just as everyone was discussing animatedly.

A sharp-eyed archer in the team suddenly pointed below and let out an exclamation.

“Look quickly! There seems to be someone in front of the beast tide!”

The shield warrior next to him immediately scoffed when he heard this.

“Don't joke around, A-Fei.”

“That's a beast tide, how could there be anyone in front of it?”

“Are you seeing things because you're scared, kid?”

The others also chimed in.

“Exactly, you must have seen wrong.”

But the archer named A-Fei grew anxious and insisted, sticking out his neck.

“I didn't see wrong! It's real!”

“If you don't believe me, see for yourselves! That person is running incredibly fast, and he's carrying someone on his back!”

Seeing his persistence, everyone half-believingly turned their gaze to the front of the beast tide.

The vision of professionals far surpassed that of ordinary people.

In just a moment, they indeed caught a blurry blue light in front of the surging black torrent.

For a time, the mountaintop fell into a deathly silence.

Only the sounds of people gasping in cold air could be heard, one after another.

“I... I didn't see wrong, did I? Th... there really are people?”

“What are these two guys trying to do? Are they crazy?”

A mage muttered to himself.

“Could it be... they're trying to stop the beast tide with just two people?”

The person next to him immediately looked at him as if he were an idiot.

“Are you out of your mind? How is that possible!”

A well-traveled assassin speculated.

“It's very likely that these two unlucky fellows didn't have time to evacuate before the beast tide was upon them.”

“So they can only desperately run ahead of the beast tide to seek a glimmer of hope.”

“Sigh, how pitiful, I hope they can survive.”

However, the older, middle-aged man from before shook his head and let out a cold laugh.

“Survive? That's a pipe dream.”

“Look at the speed of the beast tide, in a few minutes, they will be completely engulfed by the beast horde from behind and trampled into meat paste.”

However, no sooner had he finished speaking.

A sudden change occurred!

Boom—!

A dull thud came from below.

The beast horde chasing behind the two figures seemed to have hit an invisible wall, stopping dead in their tracks, their bodies sinking sharply, deeply into the mud.

The exotic beasts behind, unable to stop, crashed into them one after another.

For a time, there was chaos, the scene like a massive multi-vehicle pile-up.

In the sky, the relentlessly pursuing flying exotic beasts fell like dumplings, uncontrollably plummeting to the ground with a clatter.

And that wasn't all.

Everyone on the mountaintop's eyes were practically popping out.

They saw the space above the two figures tear apart.

Five giant meteors, burning with eerie green flames, trailing long tails of fire, whistled down and smashed into the densest part of the beast horde.

The scene was unprecedentedly shocking.

In the center of the beast tide, a gigantic beast, as large as a mountain, let out an angry roar, and disregarding everything, it directly trampled over the bodies of its companions, continuing to chase after the two figures.

In the sky, the azure giant falcon let out a cry, frantically unleashing world-destroying skills downwards.

However, the speed of that blue light was as fast as true lightning.

It always narrowly avoided all attacks and continuously widened the distance.

This scene completely dumbfounded everyone on the mountaintop.

“This... this is too outrageous...”

“Is that... is that still a human?”