Chapter Eighteen: Pincer Attack from Front and Rear

  "Look, it's retreating quickly. This is the Blood Blade Mantis, a powerful demon beast at the third level of the peak." A few meters tall, the Blood Blade Mantis with its cold and menacing glow emerged from the half-destroyed cave, and Gao Jin hastily reminded everyone.

  "Damn it, how can there be such a Blood Blade Mantis." The Blood Blade Mantis was the king of close combat, and Wang Yanran almost got cut by its scythe-like forelimbs, her body retreating violently, her face still filled with lingering fear.

  "How is this possible, and there's another Blood Blade Mantis." A huge blood shadow emerged from the cave, followed by a Blood Blade Mantis that walked out of the collapsed mountain cave. Gao Jin looked at the last Blood Blade Mantis to emerge, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his handsome face. This was a pair of Blood Blade Mantises, which had been unseen earlier because they were in the cave ***, giving birth to the next generation. Now that they had been interrupted, these Blood Blade Mantises would definitely launch a relentless pursuit against them.

  The male Blood Blade Mantis let out a shrill cry, saw Wang Yanran retreat, and immediately chased after her, swinging its sharp blades and creating a series of whooshing sounds. Each swing was capable of delivering a fatal blow to Wang Yanran, forcing her to open up her movement technique to dodge. Even Gao Jin and the others opened up their movement techniques to retreat backward, for the Blood Blade Mantis was too terrifying.

  "Damn it, we're doomed! These two Blood Blade Stag Beetles have locked onto us and won't stop until they've killed us!" Gao Jin cursed as he watched the female Blood Blade Stag Beetle emerge, its scarlet triangular eyes fixed intently on him.

  "Two Blood Blade Mantis, this time they will not die without shedding their skin. I just don't know how Fu Qingxuan and the others are doing, whether they have escaped or not." Fang Yan flashed into the woods, saying with some worry.

  Gao Jin and Wang Yanran were extremely powerful, and the Blood Blade Mantis was dead set on them, so a fierce battle erupted between the two sides. Fang Yan didn't even have time to spare for Fang Yan. Fang Yan was delighted to be idle, watching the two sides fight and waiting to reap the benefits.

  Blood Blade Mantis is an ancient variant, awakened the ancient bloodline, extremely powerful, even High Heaven and his gang only managed to fight them to a draw, it's impossible to determine the winner in a short period of time.

  "The battle is not intense enough, let me add some fuel to the fire and make it burn even brighter." Fang Yan looked at Gao Jin and others who had stabilized their footing after initial chaos, advancing and retreating, attacking and defending as one, but in the end, the two Blood Blade Mantis were still at a disadvantage.

  "Fang Yan, you're courting death! How dare you ambush a member of the Wang family? I'll have your head!" Fang Yan burst out of the thicket and launched a surprise attack on one of the seven Qi-refining stage members of the Wang family. Wang Yanran's eyes widened in anger, her eyes blazing like they could spit fire. Fang Yan's sudden move immediately disrupted their formation.

  "Fang Yan, you wait for me, after I kill these two beasts, your time of death will arrive immediately." Fang Yan disrupted the situation, and just as he was about to heavily injure that female Blood Blade Mantis, but unexpectedly, Fang Yan ruined it. Gao Jin was enraged.

  "Haha...... I won't play with you guys anymore, I'm leaving." Fang Yan heard this and let out a long whistle, then violently rushed towards the outside of the mountain valley.

  "Hurry, hurry and inform the people at the mountain pass to stop this kid." Fang Yan had just left when Gao Jin's heart became greatly anxious. If he let Fang Yan escape, they would truly have lost both their wife and soldiers. Today, even if they couldn't kill these two Blood Blade Mantis, they must keep Fang Yan here.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom......"

  At this moment, a sudden change occurred. On the outskirts of the valley, a fierce rumbling sound burst out, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the roar of beasts continued. More than ten long-haired striped tigers rushed into the valley.

  "Ah, what's going on? So many three-level long-haired striped tigers!" The Wang family's children guarding the valley entrance couldn't help but exclaim in surprise at the sight of the long-haired striped tiger that was charging forward in a state of furious rage.

  The long-haired striped tiger rushed into the valley, and two Qi-refining period cultivators of the eighth layer didn't even have the intention to resist, turning their heads and running away.

  "Pffft!"

  The eighth disciple of the Wang family's Qi training period escaped, unaware that Death was beckoning him. He hadn't even fled ten or so zhang when a figure flashed by, and with a "plop", the Wang family disciple fell into a pool of blood. Until his death, he never knew who killed him.

  "One is settled, and another is Gao Zhiwen." Fu Qingxuan beheaded Wang Han, who was trying to escape, and her beautiful eyes were looking at Gao Zhiwen, who was rushing towards the valley.

  "It's bad, it's bad! A lot of monsters have come from outside the valley!" Gao Zhigang rushed into the valley and shouted loudly.

  "Boom!"

  Gao Zhiwen rushed into the valley, and at this moment, Fang Yan also rushed out of the valley. Seeing someone, he didn't think twice and threw a crushing mountain fist at Gao Zhiwen. This Gao Zhiwen was extremely unlucky, being hit by Fang Yan's one punch and sent flying, before he could even steady himself, he was trampled to death by the rampaging striped tiger.

  Gao Zhiwen's sudden tragic death, Fang Yan let out a sigh of regret, what a waste, this was a ten-point merit value, just like that it was gone. He then retreated into the mountain valley with some reluctance.

  "Huh? Fang Yan, how is it you?" Just as Fang Yan was about to escape, he unexpectedly retreated back so quickly that Gao Jin couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

  "Damn it, what's going on? How can there be so many third-level demonic beasts?" Fang Yan dodged Gao Jin's incoming slash and was stabbed by the sword energy, but he didn't even frown as he rushed towards the center of the valley. It wasn't until then that Gao Jin saw the three-stage long-haired striped tiger charging into the valley.

  To say that the Blood Blade Mantis was still under Gao Jin's control earlier, but now the Long-haired Spotted Tiger had completely exceeded his control. At this moment, he only had one thought, which was to quickly take people and escape from this place. The Blood Blade Mantis and the Long-haired Spotted Tiger were attacking them from both front and back, and they could already pose a threat to their lives.

  "Ah…… Fang Yan, you cunning little beast, I swear to God that if I don't tear you into a million pieces, I will not be human." At this moment, Gao Jin felt the anger in Wang Yuer's heart. Why did she hate Fang Yan so much? All of this was part of Fang Yan's plan. Just thinking about how sinister Fang Yan's intentions were made Gao Jin shiver with fear.

  "Hurry up and break through, we've been ambushed by this little beast Zhong Fangyue."

  Gao Jin gave the order to retreat, and the originally well-organized troops suddenly became chaotic, with everyone pushing towards the back, wanting to escape this terrifying valley. The crowd was shrouded in a shadow of death.

  Bang! Bang!

  A dozen or so people cautiously retreated, trying to avoid the monster's attack. Some didn't react in time and were chased by the blood-bladed mantis that rushed up. The sharp blade moved, fresh blood gushed out, a ghastly wound appeared on the abdomen, intestines spilled out, and miserable cries continued.

  The pungent smell of blood filled the air, making these demonic beasts even more frenzied.

  "Quickly, the situation is critical, these demonic beasts are too ferocious, we must break through. You lead the way in front, I'll take care of these two Blood Blade Mantis in the back and let our people rush out." Just a moment later, amidst the chaos, two people were torn to shreds by the demonic beasts. Gao Jin's eyes turned bloodshot as he roared at Wang Yanran.