Ning Beichen's speaking speed was very fast, compressing his experiences in this world into half a minute. However, this was obviously impossible, so Ning Beichen's words were only half-finished when the telepathic connection ended.
But neither Ning Beichen nor Liu Yilin felt regret. At least the current situation was good, and Liu Yilin now knew his current predicament.
It was just that the next time they connected telepathically, they would have to wait for a while, as Ning Beichen still needed to take care of Yang Qianrou and the others and couldn't stay in one place indefinitely.
The reason was that many fierce beasts had appeared in the area recently and were showing signs of an encirclement, so Ning Beichen needed to lead them to the next safe place.
Ning Beichen, Liu Yilin, and Haitang agreed to connect telepathically again in three days, and then Ning Beichen left the camp with Yang Qianrou and the others.
Not long after Ning Beichen and his group left, the original camp was destroyed by fierce beasts. Leading the destruction was a giant, golden-yellow lion.
In the days prior, Ning Beichen had led people to slaughter many fierce beasts here, naturally alerting the strong among the beasts. This golden lion was the king of this territory.
Roar!
Seeing that the camp was empty, the mountain-sized golden lion let out a furious roar.
Following this, all the fierce beasts in the mountain range roared, and even Ning Beichen and his group, who were far away in other locations, sensed it.
Soon, Ning Beichen and his group realized something was wrong, as a vast number of fierce beasts appeared around them. Moreover, these beasts attacked them with a frenzy, as if they had no regard for their own lives.
Yang Qianrou and the others immediately organized their teams to deal with the fierce beasts. However, this time, it wasn't just one or two, nor ten or eight, but an uncountable number of beasts, with no end in sight, as if all the fierce beasts in the mountain range had appeared.
Although Yang Qianrou and the others' strength had greatly improved, facing such a beast tide, which was more terrifying than an attack on a city, made them tremble like ants under the feet of a giant.
It wasn't that they weren't capable, but faced with such a multitude of fierce beasts, they were utterly powerless.
"Retreat!"
Ning Beichen did not let them rush to their deaths. Instead, he ordered them to retreat, while he stayed behind to cover their escape.
Yang Qianrou and the others did not insist on staying to share life and death with Ning Beichen. Instead, they obeyed Ning Beichen's orders and retreated immediately, as they all knew that staying would not help Ning Beichen but would only be a burden to him.
Faced with such a large number of fierce beasts, Ning Beichen did not show fear, but he also did not foolishly fight them to the death.
To put it bluntly, even if these beasts stood still and let Ning Beichen kill them, he would be exhausted to death before he could kill them all.
Ning Beichen had originally planned to find a safe place to establish a camp and then contact Haitang and the others. However, such an event had occurred.
This also made Ning Beichen very angry, feeling that his plans were being delayed by these damned beasts. He drew his bronze ancient sword and unleashed a powerful attack without hesitation.
Although the countless sword rains cleared a large area of fierce beasts, for today's beast tide, the number of beasts Ning Beichen cleared was barely a drop in the bucket.
Ning Beichen also knew that he could not kill such a large number of fierce beasts. At most, he could only cover their retreat and buy them as much time as possible.
"One Sword Astonishes the Wind and Rain!"
Ning Beichen casually swung his sword. For large-scale attacks, "One Sword Astonishes the Wind and Rain" was still effective and did not require Ning Beichen to expend too much mental effort.
Moreover, with his current cultivation, while it wasn't to the point where he could use "One Sword Astonishes the Wind and Rain" casually, he could still use it a dozen or twenty times without issue.
Soon, Ning Beichen annihilated another wave of pursuing fierce beasts and protected Yang Qianrou as they retreated towards a safe place.
However, what place in this mountain range could be considered safe? Unless they had the ability to fly.
But to fly, even Ning Beichen couldn't do it, let alone them.
Moreover, the sky was not safe either. In this mountain range, humans were prey, not hunters.
If it weren't for Ning Beichen, Yang Qianrou and the others would have already been drowned by the fierce beasts.
"Keep going south, force your way across the mountain range."
Ning Beichen ordered.
To escape alive, the only way now was to cross this mountain range and leave the golden lion's territory to have a slim hope.
Otherwise, they would have to pray for the heavens to suddenly send down a few airships to take them away.
Or, perhaps some powerful expert would suddenly appear and slaughter all the fierce beasts in this mountain range with immense power!
Or, they could at least threaten the fierce beasts into retreating.
However, in Ning Beichen's mind, these were all unreliable possibilities.
Even if airships passed by, who would risk their airship being destroyed to come down and save them?
As for encountering an extremely powerful expert who could single-handedly make the beast tide retreat, that was even more unlikely. It would be more realistic to pray for the heavens to burp and send down lightning to kill all these fierce beasts.
However, it wasn't entirely impossible. If Ning Beichen could find the golden lion and kill it, without the command of the beast king, these fierce beasts might retreat.
Of course, there was another possibility: the fierce beasts might not retreat, but instead seek revenge for their king.
Fortunately, Yang Qianrou and the others were not weaklings. Although they couldn't compare to the experts of the central continent, they were more than enough compared to ordinary martial artists.
"Move."
Yang Qianrou made a decisive choice. Leading her people, they attacked the charging fierce beasts while quickly ascending the mountain range.
"Woo-aah~"
Just then, a giant black wolf, as fast as lightning, charged towards Yang Qianrou and her group.
Yang Qianrou and the others, just like before, seeing the black wolf approach, immediately attacked it.
But this black wolf was incredibly fast. Before Yang Qianrou could even attack it, it had already landed in the middle of Yang Qianrou's team. With a bite, it clamped its jaws around a person.
Its sharp teeth pierced the person's body, causing him to let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Beast, you court death!"
A person more than two meters tall, wielding a sky-splitting axe, roared. The axe, carrying a whirlwind, slashed towards the giant black wolf's body.
But the giant wolf was cunning. Seeing this, it swung its body backward, presenting its hindquarters to the giant man, and then used its hind legs to kick, sending the two-meter-tall giant flying.
Following this, with a crunching sound, it swallowed the captured human whole, leaving only a mouth full of blood.
Seeing this, Yang Qianrou immediately whipped her whip, striking the black wolf.
The black wolf cried out in pain and hastily leaped backward twice to dodge. Then, with a swipe of its paw, it knocked down another person before fleeing. This instantly enraged Yang Qianrou and her companions, but they were helpless against it.