Published: February 5, 2025
On the opposite hillside, a golden shadow emerged.
Ye Zhongming's smile spread across his lips.
The Earth Yellow Pill actually managed to bring someone back.
Before being injured and losing consciousness, he had sent the Earth Yellow Pill to find help, thinking of it as a last-ditch effort. Ye Zhongming knew very well that having a second-level mutated lifeform like the Earth Yellow Pill traverse the desolate land to look for team members without his guidance was nearly an impossible task. Even if it did make it out, the team members would face dangerous situations upon entering the desolate land. They had strength, but the desolate land was ultimately still hazardous.
Yet, the Earth Yellow Pill and his team made it.
What delighted Ye Zhongming the most was that, based on the timing, the team had arrived without any delays, meaning they knew he was in danger and came without hesitation.
The Earth Yellow Pill, excited to have finally found its master, barked a few times towards Ye Zhongming, its voice echoing in the valley, startling the fangtooth beast riders who were feeding. They all turned to look at the hillside, and two three-star beast rider leaders shouted at their subordinates. This group of fangtooth beast riders quickly organized themselves, forming a charge formation directed at the position of the Earth Yellow Pill.
These creatures were the most organized and disciplined monsters Ye Zhongming had seen in the Riverbank of Desolation. Their lower bodies resembled those of tigers or wolves, while their upper bodies were quite human-like, culminating in a beast-like head. Their evolution level wasn't high, but their combat power was extremely strong. Just a few days ago, he had seen them hunting several level three mutated lifeforms.
Although Ye Zhongming thought that the Earth Yellow Pill was a fool for being so excited, he didn’t blame it too much. After all, this guy came from a lineage of large dogs and had countless loyalty genes in its body, so a momentary loss of control was understandable.
After giving the Earth Yellow Pill a signal, Ye Zhongming found that after consuming the brain worm, the short-range telepathy still conveyed clear meanings. He called over the Candy siblings, who were unaware of what had happened, and began to circle down the hillside towards the direction of his team.
In open areas, the speed and impact of the fangtooth beast riders would definitely pose a significant threat to the team. If they weren't careful, more than two hundred of these beast riders could easily eat them all.
However, the valleys on both sides were either filled with jagged rocks, dense thickets, or chaotic jungles, which made the very disciplined and collectively powerful beast riders hesitate. They were uncertain whether they should charge forward.
The leader, a fangtooth beast rider standing three meters tall, opened its mouth slightly and roared towards the direction of the team, commanding its subordinates to start feeding!
This half-human half-beast creature seemed to possess intelligence similar to that of humans, even sending out a team of over twenty beast riders to keep watch outside the main force, serving as lookouts for their companions.
Ye Zhongming, who had only run halfway, stopped and looked down at the beast riders with surprise.
In his past life, he had certainly heard of the notorious fangtooth beast riders and had even seen them multiple times in arenas, underground fight clubs, and trading posts at various bases.
In his memory, these fangtooth beast riders indeed exhibited similarities to humans in certain behaviors, making them the most intelligent among the desolate beasts.
Later on, he even heard that in some of the top-ranked desolate lands, these beast riders had become lord-level entities, even controlling some of the major desolate lands. What was even more frightening was that they were among the few creatures that had discovered a method to freely pass through the Chaos Barrier.
Furthermore, they were also one of the rare species capable of engaging in large-scale wars against human combat groups.