CHAPTER 404: CHAPTER 404: TIBETAN MASTIFF ATTACK (FOUR UPDATES)

Yang Xiao immediately dashed out the door but had barely run out of the yard when he encountered Lan Xin.

"Yang Xiao, follow me."

Lan Xin’s tone was somewhat urgent.

Yang Xiao followed behind Lan Xin and asked,

"What’s the situation?"

"A group of Tibetan mastiffs with at least intermediate enhanced genes, quite a large number, have been harassing us several times already, and they’ve been night-attacking us each time."

"Isn’t that perfect? Killing them would get us genetic balls."

"It’s not that simple. These Tibetan mastiffs, previously bred by people and then abandoned, are not only numerous but also highly intelligent and extremely cunning.

They choose to attack at night, taking advantage of our limited vision in the dark. When you charge over, though you see only two mastiffs in front, suddenly a dozen can come rushing in from the side to surround you.

We’ve hunted these mastiffs during the day, killing dozens, but they are crafty, keeping their distance from us during the daytime, so we can’t easily find them,

And after the mutation, these Tibetan mastiffs are large and have a formidable attack power; you’ll see for yourself soon enough."

In the midst of their conversation, they had already reached the great hall, where over thirty junior female disciples had gathered, each holding a longsword.

Moreover, four giant torches used for illumination had been lit outside the hall, brightening the entire square.

"Sister Lan Xin!"

Everyone called out upon seeing Lan Xin approaching.

"How’s the situation outside?"

"We killed one Tibetan mastiff, and then I lit the torches on the square. There are about forty or fifty of these mastiffs, and now they’ve all retreated outside of the square, hiding in the darkness."

Junior Sister Xiao Yun said.

Lan Xin led everyone out of the great hall and stood under the corridor.

Yang Xiao saw a Tibetan mastiff as huge as a water buffalo lying in the middle of the square.

Damn, such a massive Tibetan mastiff would scare anyone to death if seen before the apocalypse.

After stepping out of the great hall, Yang Xiao could distinctly feel the cold temperature outside.

Here on Divine Mountain, there was a temperature difference of over ten degrees between day and night, with mid-day temperatures around minus ten degrees and night temperatures reaching minus twenty to thirty degrees.

"What do we do? Just stand here and wait?"

Yang Xiao asked.

Xiao Lan said,

"Young Master Yang, it’s your first time here, and you don’t realize how cunning these Tibetan mastiffs are. If there were only a few of us here to defend, those dozens of buffalo-sized mutant mastiffs would immediately pounce.

Now, with fewer of us, we can only stand off against them here. They can’t persist for long, though. After an hour or two, if they find no opportunity to attack, they’ll leave before dawn. Otherwise, once it’s light, we’ll break out and hunt them down."

On Lan Xin’s side, only about a dozen people truly had high combat power, those girls Lan Xin had taken to the desert to hunt; the majority of the others didn’t have sufficient combat power to confront a single intermediate enhanced gene Tibetan mastiff alone.

"Why would the Tibetan mastiffs want to attack you?"

"Obviously, they want to eat us. Here, there are only snow leopards and snow wolves, neither of which are weak. Besides, snow leopards and snow wolves roam around and aren’t that easy to find. We’re the ones living here persistently, and these mastiffs have been eyeing us for a long time. They’ve attacked a few times and were repelled each time, but we didn’t expect them to come again today."

After Xiao Lan finished speaking, Lan Xin told everyone,

"Stay vigilant everyone. Ten people will stand under the eaves; the rest should temporarily retreat into the great hall. If anything happens, everyone must immediately rush out and fight as a group. Understand?"

"Yes, Sister!"

"Yang Xiao, you should go inside the great hall and rest for now. These mastiffs probably won’t dare to attack forcefully yet."

Yang Xiao nodded and was about to enter the great hall when Xiao Yun suddenly shouted,

"Not good, the Tibetan mastiffs are going to attack forcefully."

Startled, everyone turned and stood under the eaves of the great hall.

In the distance, illuminated by firelight, several tall shadowy figures moved about.

Yang Xiao saw this, took out the Golden Eagle Bow, drew the bow and notched an arrow, and fired a Fire Element Arrow into the darkness afar.

With a swish, the long arrow cut through the night sky and flew over a hundred meters into the darkness, then with a snap, suddenly exploded into ten dazzling Flame Arrow Shadows.

The bright light emitted by the ten Flame Arrow Shadows immediately lit up the surrounding night sky.

With a boom,

the ten luminous arrow shadows exploded at the same time, the intense light repelling all the darkness in the distance.

Then, to everyone’s astonishment, beneath the glow of the flames, a dense pack lay before them, all Tibetan Mastiffs as large as water buffalos, numbering far beyond fifty, possibly even one or two hundred.

The colossal Tibetan Mastiffs, suddenly harassed by Yang Xiao’s Fire Arrows, immediately roared.

Everyone felt a clench in their hearts as fear surged through them.

Even the usually composed Lan Xin trembled slightly.

Over a hundred Tibetan Mastiffs with at least intermediate Enhanced Genes were enough to devour them all.

They were about five kilometers away from the Genetic Store, so there was no way they could run there for refuge.

"Sister, what do we do? There are so many Tibetan Mastiffs!"

Xue Mei stuttered as she spoke.

"What’s the panic about? With your senior sister here, if it comes to it, we’ll fight to the death!" Lan Xin said sternly.

At this time, she could not afford to panic, otherwise, if everyone became panicked, morale would lower, and they would be even less capable of confronting so many Tibetan Mastiffs.

"Yang Xiao, shoot a few more arrows to check; I want to confirm the number of these Tibetan Mastiffs." Lan Xin said.

Yang Xiao fired three more arrows in succession, each landing in different directions. After the fire element arrows exploded, the immense brightness lit up the ground as if it were daylight, and indeed, they saw a large number of Tibetan Mastiffs. Moreover, there were more than just one or two hundred, possibly even two or three hundred.

This time, even Lan Xin felt a sense of despair, her face turning pale.

The junior sister Xiao Lan said:

"I understand now. The recent Tibetan Mastiff attacks were to scout our numbers and strength. They now know our approximate numbers and capabilities, hence they deployed hundreds of Tibetan Mastiffs, aiming to exploit their numerical advantage and wipe us out completely."

Lan Xin nodded,

"Xiao Lan is right; these Tibetan Mastiffs are indeed cunning."

"Sister, what do we do? With so many Tibetan Mastiffs, even in daylight, if they swarm us, I won’t stand a chance."

The other junior sisters also looked at their senior sister with eyes filled with terror.

"Sister, let’s send a distress signal to the northern sect’s brother Mo Yan and the others," Xue Mei suddenly remembered and said loudly.

Everyone suddenly came to their senses and said:

"Yes, how could we forget? When our two sects encounter danger, we can send signals for help to each other, blue smoke by day and fireworks by night."

"Hurry up, sister!"

"Quickly!"

Lan Xin hesitated for a moment and said:

"Even if we send a distress signal to brother Mo Yan now, even if they rush over, together with our two sects combined, we won’t be able to kill these hundreds of Tibetan Mastiffs. And it’s nighttime now."

"But what?" Xue Mei looked anxiously at her senior sister.

Lan Xin sighed and said:

"There’s no ’but.’ Although I dislike Mo Yan, I can’t let him come here to die. If that happens, our entire Shenming Mountain Sect would really face extinction."

(Another update to come; it’s past midnight, don’t wait up.)