Out in the field, a heavily injured Crystal Ape was dragging its broken body and desperately fending off a group of beasts.
Bang!
Its crystal shield, which was full of cracks, finally couldn't withstand the beasts' attacks and shattered. The Crystal Ape panted and leaned against a stone wall, staring fiercely at the surrounding beasts.
Guan Yueyue and the others had a look of despair in their eyes. They had been surrounded.
Although Ye Haoran had warned them about the vicious beasts, they were too far away from the base. There was no way for them to escape.
"Motherf*cker, I will fight you all to the death!"
He Ning had a mad look in his eyes. He took out three bottles of strength potion and directly poured them into his mouth.
Although the effects of the strength potions would be weaker on spiritualists with higher levels, it could be made up for by drinking more.
"Little Yu, give me some blessings!" He Ning roared as he commanded the Crystal Ape to possess his body. His body instantly expanded to three meters tall, and sharp claws also appeared on both of his hands.
Due to the Crystal Ape having already suffered heavy injuries when breaking out of the encirclement previously, right now, He Ning's body was also covered in wounds.
Yu Fa stood up and held the golden grass with both hands. He closed his eyes and muttered, "The great emperor's blessing, Divine Descent!"
Endless golden energy seeped out from the grass, surging towards He Ning's body.
"Yes..."
He Ning clenched his fists hard. The wounds on his body had all disappeared, and his entire body was covered in a layer of divine gold.
Pfft!
Yu Fa suddenly collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon. The tall and straight golden grass in his hand also became dull.
Ye Haoran hurriedly supported him and looked at the grass, which was still emitting a holy aura even though it had wilted in his hand. His eyes were filled with shock.
If he remembered correctly, the textbook mentioned that divine descent was a healing-type divine skill!
[Divine Descent: Recovers the target to full health, increases attack and defense by 50%, and grants immunity to crowd control skills!]
Guan Yueyue had a kingfisher that could see through everything while Yu Fa had a 5-star healing grass with a divine skill. Ye Haoran realized that he had underestimated this team before this.
"Roar!" He Ning let out a furious roar, charging fiercely towards the group of vicious beasts that surrounded him.
Howl!
Roar!
Squeak!
The vicious beasts charged at them with no regard for their lives. Even if their companions in front were torn to pieces by He Ning, they didn't retreat. This was under influence of the Beast Emperor's bloodline power.
He Ning held off the front as hard as he could, while Ye Haoran and Guan Yueyue guarded them from both sides, killing some of the vicious beasts that made their way past him.
All of a sudden, both sides were in a stalemate.
However, no one had any hope in their eyes. They knew that this situation would not last long.
Once someone's spiritual energy was exhausted, this balance would be instantly broken and they would lose their lives here.
Bang!
A Flamingo disguised as a Lava Wolf made its way to He Ning's side, then suddenly charged towards him.
He Ning did not have time to react at all and was directly sent flying, a huge wound appearing on his chest.
"Uh..."
He Ning fell to the ground and clenched his teeth. He supported himself against the rock wall as he stood up.
Looking at the continuous stream of vicious beasts in front of him, He Ning's eyes revealed a look of despair.
The golden light of the divine skill, Divine Descent, had been exhausted. Various injuries had appeared on his body. His spiritual power was almost exhausted.
He no longer had the ability to fight.
"Do you regret joining us on this trip?"
Guan Yueyue suddenly turned to look at Yu Fa with an apologetic look.
"Uh, this can only be considered an accident. There's always risk involved in training," Yu Fa said weakly, with a hint of melancholy.
Ye Haoran stood at the side and looked at the beasts that surrounded him. He was so anxious that he began to curse the system internally.
He thought, "This system doesn't even have a protection mechanism? If I die, how can the goldfish evolve? Is this how you raise a host?"
Suddenly, a soft cry came from above their heads. A huge green bird swooped down.
Boom!
A huge tree fell down, clearing out the group of beasts in front of them.
Sensing the aura on the wood, He Ning was overjoyed and shouted excitedly, "It's a contract spirit! A spiritualist is here to save us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the tree before them stretched out its long vines which wrapped around the four of them. They were then thrown upwards and caught by the green bird.
They narrowly escaped death. When they looked up, they saw three people on the green bird's back. The middle-aged man in the middle exuded the aura of a high level spiritualist. He was at least Level 18.
On his left was a demure woman, and on his right was the feminine-looking young man who Ye Haoran had tortured. Ye Haoran was stunned.
The feminine-looking young man had also noticed him. His eyes were full of resentment as he clenched his fists. He wished he could immediately rush over and throw Ye Haoran off the bird to feed the vicious beasts.
However, he calmed his breathing and looked at the person in the middle in fear. He did not say anything.
Were these three not from the same group?
Ye Haoran didn't understand. Could it be that this feminine-looking young man had also been rescued?
However, it didn't make sense that they were sitting together so intimately.
"Are you all injured?"
The man in the middle spoke indifferently, interrupting Ye Haoran's thoughts.
"Thank you for saving us, Brother. We are extremely grateful!"
He Ning saluted with his fists gratefully. The other party took the risk to save them, so he was naturally very grateful.
"That's good. This beast tide was too sudden. We hadn't anticipated it either."
The man in the middle nodded and fell silent again.
The big green bird soared in the sky, constantly avoiding the Flamingos' attacks, and steadily flew in one direction.
"Eh? May I ask where we are going?"
Guan Yueyue saw where they were headed and was a little confused.
She clearly remembered that the alternate dimension base was to their west, but they were flying east, deeper into the scorching field.
"Oh, the alternate dimension base has fallen. The survivors have built a small base in the East. We are going there to meet up with the others," the man in the middle explained calmly, as if he was describing something insignificant.
The base of the alternate dimension had fallen?
Guan Yueyue and the others couldn't believe it. They hadn't expected the beasts to overwhelm even the spirit guards in the alternate dimension base.
Although they had some doubts about this news, Guan Yueyue and the others did not think too much about it. Why would the other party lie to them?
Ye Haoran's eyes flickered slightly. The terrain of the alternate dimension base was easy to defend and hard to attack. The beasts did not have any coordinated attacks, so it was impossible for them to have broken through the base's defenses so quickly.
Ye Haoran thought of the feminine-looking young man's fearful eyes and felt that there was something off with the man in the middle.
His gut instinct told him that this person was not a good person.
The big green bird flapped its wings and flew quickly to the East, shaking off the Flamingos that were chasing after it.
15 minutes later, a huge group of volcanoes appeared on the ground in front of everyone.
Most of the volcanoes had white smoke coming out of them, and their craters were filled with hot lava.
However, there was one volcano that did not have any smoke or dust. It was as quiet as an extinct volcano.
The green bird flapped its wings with all its might and dived down to the crater with everyone on its back.