Chapter 42: The Mountain Master Goes Out, and All Beasts Follow

At night, the world is desolate.

The entire 400-mile West Mountain was silent and desolate, with an even more solemn and solemn atmosphere than usual.

The cold west wind blowing on people's faces was as painful as a knife, but the thirty soldiers stationed around the campfire stood still like a mountain. As long as they could defend the campfire, the wild beasts in the mountains would never be able to defeat God!

Suddenly, a warrior yawned. He was a little puzzled. The tribe had adjusted their sleeping time earlier in recent days, so why was he so tired tonight?

And the yawning sound seemed to be contagious. Soon, the surrounding soldiers began to yawn one after another.

Wu Ye was a little drowsy. He immediately became alert and prayed loudly to the campfire, "God, I beg you to turn your eyes to the tribe..."

In the bonfire pit built of black stone and white lime, the golden-red, never-extinguished tribal fire seemed to have heard the prayers.

The outer circle of flames transformed into a perfect wheel of wisdom, shining brightly everywhere.

When the thirty soldiers stationed there were illuminated by this light, the sleepiness in their hearts receded like the tide.

The light of the flame did not stop shining, and spread to the tribe as Zhou Tieyi's gaze followed.

When Zhou Tieyi set his sights on the tribe, he saw five nightmare tapirs sneaking into the tribe silently from the corners of the tribe, at the doorsteps of the houses, in the haystacks, and in the shadows everywhere.

This strange animal is the size of a domestic dog, with an elephant's trunk, rhino's eyes, an ox's tail, and tiger's feet.

With the magical powers of the dream tapir, once people fall asleep, it can easily hide in the illusory dream. At that time, it would be difficult to discover it with Zhou Tieyi's current magical powers.

Unfortunately, Zhou Tieyi and the tribe had already anticipated that the mountain master's attack would definitely take place at night, so they adjusted their sleeping times in advance so that the dream tapir could not fall asleep easily.

"How dare you, little beasts, invade my tribe!"

The glow of the flames condensed and, with the help of the bonfire, turned into a six-foot-tall, semi-illusory Buddha statue. The Buddha made the Dharma Seal with his hands, like a blooming lotus. The wisdom light behind his head illuminated the five shadows, making it bright and open, making it difficult for the nightmare tapir to hide.

Originally, the nightmare tapir followed the mountain master's instructions and came to this tribe only based on its instinct to lure people into dreams. But now, it was frightened by Zhou Tieyi's [Drive Away Beasts] and [Preaching Seal], and it froze in place, unable to move.

The warriors who had been patrolling the tribe immediately came to the five places where the light was shining, excitedly picked up the straw ropes, and tied up the five nightmare tapirs.

Before they could be happy, they heard a loud tiger roar coming from the distant western mountains.

Then, a tiny, fragmented sound suddenly came from the silent forest. The sound came from far away and then became loud and noisy, just like tiny snowflakes causing a mountain-like avalanche.

"Enemy attack!"

On the lookout tower, one soldier carried the rhino horn on his shoulder while another blew it hard.

The weeping horns sounded one after another, bringing courage and hope to the soldiers.

Deep in the forest filled with ghostly shadows, the night birds first flapped their wings and were startled awake from the trees, like a dark cloud that blocked the moonlight in the sky.

Then came hundreds and thousands of wild beasts, who, as if driven by the will of some creature, kicked up dust and rushed towards the tribe fearlessly.

There were continuous dull sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground, followed by mournful and shrill animal cries.

One by one, small herbivores fell into the trap and were pierced through the vitals by the wooden spikes. Before they could struggle to get up, the animals behind them trampled on them madly. It was not until the animals noticed the trap that they flew over it.

However, within twenty or thirty breaths, the traps that the tribe had spent several days preparing yielded great results.

But this was just the beginning. After using small herbivores to test the location of the trap, tiger roars were heard again in the forest. This time, a more dull running sound was heard. Dozens of wild boars and bison were like light tanks, jumping over the trap and crashing into the earthen wall of the tribe.

These wild boars and bison weighed at least half a ton, but before they could completely hit the earth wall, Zhou Tieyi, who had a comprehensive view of the overall situation, seized the critical opportunity.

"prick!"

Zhou Tieyi was like a god, completely in control of all the movements on the battlefield. He gave orders before the first wave of wild boars and bison completely broke the earth wall. His majestic voice went straight into the soldiers' ears.

Sharp spears pierced out from the grooves of the earth wall, aiming at the weak eyes of wild boars and bison.

The animal bones at the top of these spears are taken from powerful wild beasts and are sharpened to an extremely sharp edge, no worse than ordinary metal spears.

The warriors who had taken the snake blood pills when the horn was blown were as strong as tigers. The spears pierced their cheeks, bringing up a puff of hot blood.

The wild boars and bison in the front were silent, but their huge corpses continued to crash into the earth wall with all their strength left.

The earthen wall was shaken and dust fell off, and soon a layer of dust barrier was formed.

But the killed wild boars and bison had no way to charge again. Instead, they blocked the impact of the beasts behind them. Cracks appeared in the earth wall, but it never collapsed.

The soldiers on the watchtower stared at the gray barrier and did not shoot arrows immediately. If they could not hit the eyes of the wild boars and bison behind them, their arrows would only be stuck in the thick skin and flesh and would not cause any damage at all.

Suddenly, in the gray barrier, a series of nimble shadows leaped up on the backs of wild boars and bison, trying to cross the low earth wall and directly attack the warriors with spears inside.

"shoot!"

Arrows fell and hit the bodies of the wolves at the right time. Even if a few wolves managed to dodge the rain of arrows and escape into the earth wall with their bravery and agility, they were quickly strangled by the waiting warriors.

At this point in the battle, the balance of victory has begun to tilt.

A tribe of 400 people, united as one and well prepared, could burst out with enough fighting power to survive at the foot of the Western Mountains within 400 miles. This was why the tribe was able to survive well even without gods.

And now, with Zhou Tieyi as the backbone and the right time, place and people, how could we not win easily?

The elite warriors guarding the campfire looked out at the battlefield and saw that their tribesmen, under the command of God, easily blocked the tide of beasts. They wished they could join in the fight as well.

"coming!"

At the campfire, Zhou Tieyi's voice was cold. The tribe faced the direction of the frozen river, and the moonlight formed a layer of silver frost on the ice surface.

A huge snow-white tiger came walking on the silver frost. Under its feet, a green cloud swirled and met the cold air on the ice. As it ran, a mist formed from the river surface.

Even with Zhou Tieyi's divine eyes that could cover the tribe, he could not see anything. So, in his eyes, the mist seemed to have life, using another kind of power to repel his prying eyes.

Magical power [Call the wind and fog]!
Within two or three breaths, the fog thickened and obscured the direction of the ice surface. Zhou Tieyi could only vaguely see the outline of the strange beast behind the tiger through the fog.

In the outline.

The monkey with green fur had claws like iron hooks, the black leopard had three tails, it crouched cunningly on the wolf, and the water charm with human bones had red eyes...

They followed behind the mountain master, like a gust of strong wind, dimming even the light of the campfire.

When the mountain master travels, hundreds of beasts follow him.

(End of this chapter)