Chapter 178: Starry City Fallen
[Ding! Congratulations, host! Your Divine Pet, Berserk Bear, has killed 10 Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vines! Its talent has been randomly increased!]
[Ding! Berserk Bear’s Normal Talent has been increased by one level!]
[Ding! Your Divine Beast’s potential strength has been increased! Your Berserk Bear’s potential has been increased from Low-Grade King to High-Grade King!]
Hearing the system notification, a smile finally appeared on Lugh’s tired face!
It was really not easy!
Lugh felt that the battle in Starry City was more tiring than the month-long battle in Mysterious Fantasy Mountain!
He turned around and found that the Beast Master who kindly reminded him not to be distracted had disappeared.
The only thing left was the Twisted Tree Demon who was waving the thick tree trunk crazily!
Soon, the Twisted Tree Demon’s entire body was covered with the Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine!
This d.a.m.ned world!
Lugh cursed in his heart!
Another half an hour had pa.s.sed, and Lugh was leaning against the broken wall, breathing heavily.
His forehead was already soaked in sweat!
He was really too tired!
Even if the Berserk Bear’s Immortal Body had a powerful recovery ability, it could not withstand such a high-intensity battle!
The Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine were indeed soulless subsidiary bodies. They did not seem to know what fear was. They could only attack the living things around them!
The number of them made people’s scalps go numb. They felt that they could not kill them all no matter how hard they tried!
The Berserk Bear was still slightly better. The Stormhawk had gradually left the battle and killed fewer and fewer Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine.
In terms of endurance and stamina, although the Stormhawk was stronger than the Berserk Bear, it could not compare to the Berserk Bear!
At this moment, Lugh heard the bugle call for a complete retreat!
“Is it going to be released?”
Lugh also knew that this might be the best outcome!
The Platinum-Grade Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine was too strong. There were several Super Talents, and even Morocco might not be able to deal with them!
Moreover, in the entire Starry City, other than the Beast Masters who were still struggling, there might not be many people left alive!
Retreating wasn’t cowardice!
It was to stop the damage in time.
“Stormhawk, come and pick me up!”
After the Stormhawk heard Lugh’s order, it immediately swooped down from the sky!
When it flew across the land, Lugh jumped onto its back!
Almost at the same time, the other Beast Masters who received the order also began to retreat.
As he quickly rose into the sky, Lugh saw that more than half of Starry City had already turned scarlet red.
The top experts of Starry City and Seven Star City were still fighting against those Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine!
However, Lugh noticed that there were still six Platinum-Grade Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vines, and only one had been eliminated!
Of course, it was also possible that there were more after they were killed!
Lugh could not figure out the situation of the battle!
In any case, he knew that this Platinum-Grade Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine was too powerful!
There were already three Super Talents, and their growth speed was very fast!
Those Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vines waved their vines, and countless tall buildings were easily swept down by them!
Many Beast Masters sat on their mounts and watched the battle in the distance!
The Beast Tamers retreated to the mountain hundreds of miles away. There were still thousands of troops and more than 3,000 surviving civilians!
There might be other survivors. They might have run to the mountain.
Everyone began to set up camp. Only then did Lugh notice that many familiar people had disappeared.
After setting up the simple tents prepared for them by Starry City, Lugh felt that he was going to collapse!
The others were also suffering!
Wu Yuchan did not even set up a tent. She just lay on the gra.s.s, not even wanting to move a finger!
The original team of more than 180 beast tamers in Seven Star City could only return safely with less than 100 people!
The losses were extremely heavy!
The bonfire was burning, and the Beast Tamers surrounded the bonfire, but their hearts were indeed silent!
Many people’s eyes were still flashing with tears!
Many of their comrades had left for good.
Most importantly, Starry City didn’t manage to defend itself in the end!
“Audra didn’t come back!” Wu Yuchan said in a low voice!
“En!”
Lugh nodded!
He heard the crying.
He took a deep breath, walked out of the camp, and looked at the civilian camp at the foot of the mountain.
The cries of pain were almost all coming from somewhere!
There were at least 100,000 people in Starry City, and those who could escape were very few!
Many children had lost their parents, many elderly people had lost their children, many wives had lost their husbands, and even more families had not escaped!
If this had happened in Seven Star City, if something had happened to Lugh’s friends, Hestia, and Xu Xiaoxiao’s family, G.o.d knew what crazy thing Lugh would have done!
Lugh’s mind was filled with information about the Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine!
He returned to the campfire, his mind in a mess!
Wu Yuchan said in a low voice, “Don’t be sad. Just get used to it. Death is temporary. At least he can still be considered a hero!”
“I know!”
Lugh hesitated for a moment and decided to go and see Morocco.
Only he knew about the information about the Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine!
There were some things that he needed to remind of Morocco of.
If he could use this information to completely kill the other party, that would be the best!
Morocco’s tent was the biggest and most luxurious one. He was right in the middle of Seven Star City’s Beast Master Camp!
After the soldier on duty reported, Lugh saw Morocco!
Morocco’s face was full of fatigue!
On the table in front of him, there were two dishes, one meat, and one vegetable, as well as a bowl of white rice, but they were already cold!
“Seeing that you are not injured, I am very happy!”
“Thank you for your concern, Lord Guardian!”
Morocco rubbed his tired face and perked up, asking, “Why are you looking for me?”
“I suspect that the plant-type Fierce Beasts we encountered are actually clones. They are just subsidiary bodies. They should have a common mother body!”
In the end, Lugh still said this matter!
If he didn’t say it, perhaps no one would ever know!
Because the words of the Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vines also had crystal cores!
“What?” Morocco looked at Lugh in surprise. “Why do you say that?”
“It’s just a feeling!” Lugh was serious. “When I fought with those blood-red vines, I felt that they had no soul, no meaning, no emotions. They were more like machines that only knew how to kill!”
“Wait, let me think!”
Morocco stood up and tried to understand the few Platinum-Grade blood-red vines that he had fought with during the day!
Thinking back, those blood-colored vines did indeed look like machines!
They only knew how to keep on killing!
Their vines would never dodge attacks, and they weren’t afraid of death.
Every attack seemed to want to perish together with the other party!
Logically speaking, even if plant-type Fierce Beasts generally had lower intelligence, Platinum-Grade Fierce Beasts should have a certain level of intelligence!
Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages was the instinct of all living creatures!
Fierce Beasts were no exception.
But they just didn’t have it!
Thinking of this, Morocco said, “Your guess is a bit bold, but it’s not impossible. Indeed, there are some extremely rare plant-type Fierce Beasts that have the ability to create clones, but their methods are not quite the same!”
“So, it seems that these blood-colored vines might be able to use seeds to create clones!” Lugh suggested, “Actually, we can send a Beast Master with a spirit-type divine pet to take a look. They should be able to sense the soul of the Fierce Beast!”
Although spirit-type Divine Beasts were rare, it wasn’t as if there weren’t any in Seven Star City!
“You’re right. Our Seven Star City just happens to have such an expert!”
Morocco brought Lugh out of the tent and instructed the guard. “Go and call Sang Kun over!”
Very quickly, Captain Sang Kun rushed over.
It was only then that Lugh found out that Captain Sang Kun also had a spirit-type divine pet!
“Sir, do you have any orders?”
“Follow us out and do an experiment!”
“Okay!”
The three Beast Tamers left the camp and went to the small town outside Starry City!
They found a Gold-Grade Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine!
After all the vines of this Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine were cut off, Sang Kun put his hand on the main trunk of the Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine!
“Spiritual communication!”
His eyes instantly turned silver-white!
After turning silver-white, his eyes returned to black.
“It has a soul!”
“What?”
This time, it was Lugh who was shocked!
How could a clone have a soul!?
Could it be that the main body of the Bloodthirsty h.e.l.l Vine had separated its soul?
Sang Kun looked at Lugh and said, “Its soul is very strange. It doesn’t have normal emotions. It’s filled with bloodthirsty emotions. It only knows how to kill and destroy. Fundamentally speaking, it’s not a soul, but only a killing consciousness. The reason it has a soul should be because it was plundered!”