novelraw Chapter 304 310: The Eighteen Bandits of Deserted Valley Town
Chapter 304 310: The Eighteen Bandits of Deserted Valley Town
The six elite warriors brought by the two high-tier jackal wolfmen were all taken down.
During this process, they attempted to teleport and escape several times, but activating the teleportation scroll takes time, and quite a bit of it, making the process easy to interrupt.
Hang Yu has Barbaric Charge, Fierce Strike, and Assault Arrow.
Bai also has plenty of attack skills that can interrupt and many control-effect spiritual profession skills.
Moreover.
The spiritual whip of the giant ant is instantly cast, making it unavoidable.
Although Dog's "Wolf King's Roar" cannot control intelligent creatures, it can suppress and weaken the attributes of the jackal wolfmen. Additionally, the skill has a short dizziness effect, causing the teleportation scroll activation to fail.
The two jackal wolfmen are not very old.
Nor do they come from any major power.
Hang Yu might not be able to beat them in a one-on-one fight.
However, in a group fight, it's not difficult to take them down.
Clang clang!
Several clashes of blades sounded again!
Hang Yu wielded a knife in his right hand and a sword in his left, using the Continuous Strike skill. Because of dual wielding, the power of this skill doubled, slicing out six or seven strikes in an instant like a torrential storm.
Although the attack speed is incredibly fast!
Yegu's abilities can parry it.
But the elite desert wolves and undead knights tangled with him, making Yegu struggle to cope, barely blocking two strikes with a short knife, as wounds appeared on his neck, thigh, abdomen, and arm almost simultaneously.
Not good!
Yegu felt his life energy hit rock bottom.
His strength regressed, reactions slowed, and constitution declined.
Hang Yu's left hand drove a sword into Yegu's right shoulder, nailing him in place, while his right hand cleaved down on the right arm, severing it on the spot, and commanded the elite desert wolf to bite and tear off one of his legs.
Yegu lost his combat ability and fell to the ground.
He was already on the verge of death.
Yeno was in a similar condition, beaten half-disabled by Bai and Er Gou.
Hang Yu ordered, "Don't kill them yet, Bai, seal them, don't let them recover!"
Following Hang Yu's requirements, Hang Xiaobai successively cast the Demon Flower Sealing Skill on Yeno, Yegu, and the two jackal wolfmen, which typically works only on targets in near-death states to take effect.
Once sealed.
Self-recovery stops.
Skills also become unusable.
And of course, they can neither drink potions nor use skill scrolls.
Essentially, unless they break the seal first, they are at others' mercy, with no room to fight back.
At this moment,
Dog's gathered desert wolves
Over thirty had already been taken out.
Hang Yu's skill scroll had summoned four elite desert wolves, of which three were killed, and even the undead knight was in a blood-depleted state. Even the elite giant ants unleashed by the giant ant were almost completely annihilated by now.
All of these casualties were caused by the counterattacks of the two high-tier jackal wolfmen.
They were not only incredibly strong but also had trump cards like skill scrolls and special items, making the fight truly challenging. Fortunately, there were only two, so they were successfully dealt with.
Hang Yu didn't kill them right away.
Of course, it wasn't to negotiate and reconcile with the jackal wolfmen.
In the Spirit Realm.
There's only conquering.
Or being conquered!
The weak never have a chance for reconciliation!
Hang Yu immediately notified the cave base, instructing Old Zhao and the others to bring people as soon as possible.
Before long,
Two or thirty people hurried over.
Zhao Ming, Xu Tianhua, Jiang Nan, and others were present.
Jiang Nan glared at the two jackal wolfmen and said, "Hmph, dare to attack our companions, you deserve to be punished hard by the Great God!"
Zhao Ming and Xu Tianhua were both surprised.
Hang Yu really managed to capture the jackal wolfmen.
That's impressive!
However, at the same time,
Everyone also showed signs of concern.
Humanity had just cleared the way into the Earth Dragon Realm, not even having time to establish a foothold. Their power was currently very weak, and having a conflict with the local natives this early was not a festive occasion.
"Who has charm series, or mind control class skills?"
Hang Yu swept his gaze over the crowd and asked.
His goal was simple: to extract information!
Yet everyone looked at each other with no one responding, despite everyone having innate skills.
There were a few here and there with such skills, but the problem is, the two jackal wolfmen's levels are too high. Even in their sealed state, their abilities would make such skills ineffective on them.
No one has?
That's troublesome!
The two jackal wolfmen cannot stay here indefinitely.
Humans are already few in number and need to log off daily, unable to perform 24-hour surveillance. The two jackal wolfmen are not weak, and Bai's seal duration is quite limited.
"Maybe I can give it a try!"
A voice emerged from the crowd.
Everyone turned toward the voice to see a thin, scholarly old man step forward.
This person looked to be in his seventies, one of the oldest present.
Of course, after entering the Spirit Realm, age is not a barrier as physical abilities are standardized.
The fact that the old man could come to the Earth Dragon Realm indicates his strength is not weak, and indeed, he was level 7!
Hang Yu, Zhao Ming, and Xu Tianhua didn't have a strong impression of this old man. Although his abilities were pretty decent, he was just average in this group and not particularly powerful.
"Boss Hang, my name is Tang Ru. I used to be a university professor, and my innate skill is Mind Reading!" the old man introduced himself to Hang Yu. "This skill is almost useless in the Descent Forest, but in situations like this, it seems to have found its place."
Mind Reading?
This is a very peculiar ability.
This skill can directly extract the memories of intelligent creatures.
The stronger the skill, the more potent the reading effect, treating an intelligent creature's mind like a USB drive, allowing for selective reading of data, copying, and storage at will.
Even the memories the subject can't recall.
They can also be extracted with this skill.
However, there are preconditions for using Mind Reading. First, the subject must be an intelligent creature, and second, there must be contact with the subject. Both conditions must be met simultaneously.
Tang Ru?
Remember this person!
His abilities were useless in the Descent Forest.
But now, it's different. This once useless ability will have a significant role in the future.
Hang Yu nodded and said, "That would be appreciated, sir. I need to know everything about the jackal wolfmen, including their numbers, power, and base locations!"
"Understood!"
Tang Ru placed his hand on the jackal wolfmen wrapped like mummies.
He quickly extracted and decoded the memory content.
This group of jackal wolfmen is not particularly large, consisting of a total of eighteen high-tier jackal wolfmen, leading a force of eight to nine hundred. Initially, they were like a wandering band of brigands.
They were like a thief gang.
Constantly roaming an area of hundreds to over a thousand miles around.
Sustaining themselves through raiding hunting parties of minor lords and obtaining resources from clearing small bosses in remote regions.
About half a year ago, the jackal wolfman gang had a turn of fortune. When they came near a place known as Deserted Valley Town, they heard about ongoing internal strife within the town.
Deserted Valley Town had been ruled by bear goblins for over a decade.
Not long ago, the old lord passed away, falling suddenly.
Other high-tier bear goblins fought over the new lordship position, bashing each other's brains out so much that most high-tier bear goblins were killed and were in the process of reviving while the soldiers had half-dwindled from the infighting.
The jackal wolfman gang saw an opportunity.
When the bear goblin infighting was at its peak, they suddenly took advantage and launched an attack on the town, exterminating the remaining bear goblins and destroying the souls in the resurrection stele, making it impossible for them to revive, then seizing control of Deserted Valley Town.
In other words.
The jackal wolfmen became the new rulers of the town.
The jackal wolfman gang's leader became the new minor lord.
The change of lordship in Deserted Valley Town is outside the jurisdiction of the great lord ruling this area. As long as Deserted Valley Town regularly pays the required protection fee to the great lord, the great lord does not care who rules Deserted Valley Town.
Having a territory now.
Equates to possessing resources.
The jackal wolfmen quickly recuperated and became even stronger over the past six months.
Yeno and Yegu were two of the eighteen thieves of Deserted Valley Town, their strength considered relatively weak among them.
After obtaining this information, everyone showed a solemn expression. It seems the situation is far more serious than imagined... This is not a wandering native, but a native with territory!
They control Deserted Valley Town territory.
There are eighteen high-tier jackal wolfmen!
And hundreds to nearly a thousand soldiers!
Zhao Ming furrowed his brows tightly, "What do we do with these two guys now?"
They can't be released, nor killed, sending them back to Deserted Valley Town to apologize to its lord? Only the insane would do such a thing; reconciliation is impossible as humans simply have no bargaining chips!
Once the jackal wolfmen find out there's a large group of alien races nearby.
They will surely send forces to hunt and eliminate them.
Everyone just left the Descent Forest, with only a cave base, not even a fixed territory, and cannot match them in a short time. The situation is very dire, and they must come up with a solution!