Chapter 0283: Beastmen Mountains

Chapter 0283: Beastmen Mountains

Based on the current situation, the demon beasts' attack was a complete failure.

The flying beastman observing the battle on-site would definitely report this incident back.

Qin Yun wanted to find out who was colluding with the beastmen to order the demon beasts to attack the city. Therefore, he immediately decided to follow this flying beastman back to its location.

"Little Yun brother, wait..." Before Meng Feiling could finish calling out, Qin Yun had already leaped off the city wall and rushed toward the flying beastman, vanishing into the darkness.

Qin Yun activated his shadow power and sped toward the flying beastman's location from the ground.

Soon, he arrived below the flying beastman.

After careful observation, he could confirm that it was indeed a beastman. It had a human body, a pair of huge wings on its back, eagle legs with claws, and its entire body was covered in feathers. Its head was also that of an eagle.

"This guy is quite strong. Judging by the strength of its aura, it’s equivalent to a human at the ninth level of the Martial Body stage."

The position where Qin Yun was, was about three thousand meters away from the city gate. It was very dark here, and even with occasional flashes of light, he wouldn’t be exposed.

The bird-man hadn’t noticed Qin Yun and continued flapping its wings while observing the distant battle.

Before long, the battle outside the city gate became less intense, with demon beasts' corpses littering the ground. Only a few people were injured, and no one had died.

The battle was over, and the assault by over a thousand demon beasts on the city had utterly failed!

On one hand, Zhenyao King City had been well-prepared, and on the other hand, Zhuochuan and the elite from Runes Hall were present.

Additionally, the beastmen, believing that the great formation had been destroyed by Xia Yusen and others, thought they could enter the city.

The beastmen never expected that all of this had been disrupted by Qin Yun. Moreover, their conspiracy had been exposed!

After seeing the battle end, the bird-man immediately flew high into the sky and hurriedly left.

Just moments ago, Qin Yun had collected a lot of the bird-man's aura. Using this aura, he crafted a Soul Pursuit Talisman.

He had used this Soul Pursuit Talisman before to successfully track down an enemy.

Although Qin Yun could fly, he didn’t follow the bird-man too closely. Mainly because the bird-man was very fast, and if he pursued it directly, his aura might be exposed, which wouldn’t be good.

"Damn beastmen, I’m the crown prince of the Tian Qin Empire, and you dare to plot against my city!" Qin Yun grumbled angrily as he crafted the talisman.

What angered him the most was the high possibility that this was orchestrated by either the Blue Spirit West Palace or the South Palace.

He must find out who was responsible to know who to hold accountable.

After crafting the Soul Pursuit Talisman, Qin Yun used it to track the bird-man’s direction and followed.

Zhenyao King City was on the border of the Tian Qin Empire, and the beastmen army was outside the border, in the mountains not too far away.

After chasing for a while, Qin Yun left the national border and entered those mountains.

The mountains were barren, largely because of the destruction caused by the Beastmen. Originally, they had been beautiful green hills.

"So this is the Beastmen Mountains! I’ve heard about them since I was young, but this is the first time I’ve actually entered them!" Qin Yun carefully ran through this barren mountain range.

Even for a Martial Warrior, it wasn’t safe to enter these mountains casually.

There were many strong warriors in the Zhenyao King's mansion who had never set foot inside, as it was extremely dangerous.

Legend has it that the Beastmen first appeared after the founding of the Tian Qin Empire, and they did so quite suddenly.

The sudden emergence of the Beastmen remains an age-old mystery. At that time, they were incredibly strong, and many warriors sacrificed their lives to drive them back to the Beastmen Mountains.

Qin Yun couldn't help but admire the speed and power of that bird-like beastman; its flight was so fast that even those at the Martial Body realm would have difficulty catching up.

"This guy must have returned to his nest! I need to hurry and catch up to eavesdrop on their conversation!" Qin Yun entered the Beastmen Mountains and ran at full speed.

Late into the night, he finally reached the heart of the mountains, getting closer to the bird-like beastman.

On his journey, he encountered numerous beastmen.

He didn't engage them, instead bypassing those beastmen as he continued to chase the bird-like one.

After entering the Beastmen Mountains, Qin Yun got a rough understanding of just how many beastmen there were, and he was deeply shocked.

There were so many beastmen in these mountains. It was unclear how they reproduced or what they ate.

"If human cities didn’t have formations, they would have been overrun by these beastmen long ago!" Qin Yun thought to himself, "The person who discovered the mysterious patterns and used them in formations was truly a genius!"

Once inside the Beastmen Mountains, the bird-like beastman noticeably slowed down.

Occasional blasts of icy wind swept through; even the beastmen struggled to endure it. So, at night, weaker beastmen would hide in caves and not come out.

However, the eerie cold wind didn’t bother Qin Yun.

After a while of running, he finally caught up with the bird-like beastman.

The bird-like beastman suddenly landed on the mountainside of a large mountain.

Noting the location, Qin Yun carefully activated his Fire Cloud Steps and rushed over.

As he approached the mountain, he stopped using the Fire Cloud Steps and quickly climbed up into a cave.

The cave was unguarded, as this area was controlled by powerful beastmen. Other beastmen would be killed if they entered without permission.

Besides, no human had ever ventured into this territory before, so the beastmen in this area were not very vigilant.

Qin Yun carefully stepped onto the path and, after entering deeper, arrived at a spacious stone chamber.

The bird-like beastman paced anxiously back and forth in the hall.

"Lord Leader, all the Demon Beasts we sent out are dead!" The bird-like beastman's voice carried a hint of fear, worried that the leader might punish him.

"Dead?" The leader roared, his voice hoarse and deep, like the rumble of thunder.

"How did they die?" The voice asking the question sounded eerily familiar to Qin Yun.

Qin Yun immediately recalled the voice, and the image of an elder in blue robes appeared in his mind—the leader of the Blue Spirit West Palace!

He had been present when Qin Yun challenged Xiao Yanglong, so he remembered the voice.

"So it was the Blue Spirit West Palace behind this!" Qin Yun clenched his fists tightly.

The Blue Spirit West Palace is colluding with the Beastmen, threatening the lives of millions, which filled Qin Yun with rage.

The birdman detailed the process of how the demon beast hordes were wiped out.

"An old man holding a glowing long staff... Could it be Zhuochuan? With that old guy around, it's no surprise the demon beasts were destroyed. Why is he in Zhenyao King City? Did he find Xia Yusen? Is he trying to stop him?"

The leader of the West Palace took a deep breath and frowned, saying, "If the Runes Hall finds out, we'll have a tough time breaking into other cities!"

The Beastman leader said, "What a pity. Zhenyao King City is huge. If we'd succeeded, we could've used all those bodies to raise an army of powerful demon beasts. These demon beasts could lay many demon beast eggs, and the spiritual beasts hatched from these eggs would be completely under our control!"

Qin Yun already knew that demon beasts hatched from demon beast eggs were extremely powerful.

If they could enslave such demon beasts, they would indeed gain immense power.

To get demon beasts to lay eggs and hatch them, they needed a lot of food. In other words, the demon beasts would need to consume a lot of humans.

Now, Qin Yun finally understood the West Palace leader's conspiracy. They had their eyes on the power of spiritual beasts and wanted to control this power. To obtain hatched demon beasts, they planned to use the citizens of the Tian Qin Empire as food!

This made Qin Yun even angrier. If he had the strength, he would have charged out and fought the West Palace's leader.

"What's our next move?" asked the Beastman leader.

"Let's try another city. Too bad Zhenyao King City was so close to the Beastman Mountains. If we could take it, the Tian Qin Empire would be within our grasp," said the leader of the West Palace with great regret. "Since Qin Long came back, the Tian Qin Empire has been slipping away from us. If this continues, it will become a powerful force and oppose us!"

This point was quite similar to Zhuochuan's guess.

"Yang, it's all on you now! With our ability to control demon beasts, together we’ll conquer this land!" The Beastman leader laughed heartily.

"Lord, may I take my leave?" Seeing that his leader was in a good mood, the birdman also sighed in relief.

"Leave? You're returning empty-handed without killing a human for me to eat? Guards, grab Black Crow and hang him outside my cave. We'll roast him for breakfast tomorrow!"

"Lord, spare me!" The birdman knelt down immediately, begging.

Without another word, the leader left with the West Palace's Yang.

Soon after, several wolfmen came and seized the birdman.

One of the wolfmen laughed, "You dead crow, we've been wanting to eat you for a long time since you fly around all the time! Haha... come dawn, we'll feast on your flesh!"

The birdman, tied up, kept cursing and pleading, hoping to be spared.

"Beastmen are just beastmen. They don't know how to win hearts. This birdman hasn't made any mistakes. He's not good at fighting, so it's normal he didn't participate in the battle!" Qin Yun thought disdainfully, then took out a high-quality Beast Control Talisman.

Once a Beast Control Talisman is inserted into a beast, it can control the beast for a period of time, and it wasn't difficult to refine, much easier than refining a Beast Control Ring.

Qin Yun had refined a few of these talismans, and he planned to test if he could control the Beastmen with them. If it worked, he could subdue the birdman.