However, now clearly wasn't the time to consider the reason. Wang Zhong only needed to make a slight judgement of the footsteps coming from underground to estimate the terrifying speed of the beast horde. It was at least 70 miles per hour. Walking on the slippery plankway, they had to be extremely careful with every step they took. This was definitely a speed that Scarlet and Barran were unable to match up to. Furthermore, from the scale of the beast horde, there was no need to consider what kind of mutated beasts they were. They were definitely not something that could be stopped by human strength.
On the left was the mountain wall, while on the right was a cliff. Fortunately, there were some bumps and bumps on the mountain wall, as well as some overgrown vines.
"Let's climb up first! Grab onto that vine! " Wang Zhong thought quickly. It was a pity that there were too few vines on the mountain wall. Within his field of vision, he could only see the tail of a vine four to five metres away from the ground. The rest of the vines were at least a dozen metres away from the ground, and were completely unreachable. Even the one that was four to five metres away was seemingly impossible for Scarlet and the rest to reach.
"I can't go up! You guys go up first! Don't worry about me! " Hymin was slightly anxious. The beast horde was approaching very quickly. In the beginning, they could only sense the vibrations coming from a few kilometres away. However, at this moment, they could clearly hear the galloping sounds!
Due to her being the weakest within the squadron, everyone had allowed her to go up first. However, even after jumping twice, she was still unable to reach the top of the cliff. Being a special ability user, she wasn't proficient in physical strength. Furthermore, the entire cliff was covered in a thin layer of frost, making it slippery to the touch. There was simply no way for her to climb up to that height. Without talking about her, even Milami and Scarlet were unlikely to be able to reach that height.
"You can go up. Believe in yourself!" Wang Zhong shouted out loudly. "Barran!"
"Step on my hand!" Understanding Hymin's intentions, Barran immediately ran to the bottom of the vine and pressed himself against the mountain wall. Placing his hands on his abdomen, Hymin hurriedly stepped on it. With a gentle push from Barran, Hymin shot up like a rocket, grabbing onto the vine.
"Climb up! Milami, follow me! "
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Keep up, keep up!"
With Barran's help, things became much simpler. Everyone's movements were extremely quick. However, they were still unable to catch up to the speed of the beast horde. By the time Wang Zhong, Grai and Barran were the only ones left, the terrifying beast horde had already broken through the layers of dense fog and was right before their eyes!
It was a horde of gigantic mutated rhinoceroses. The 6-7 metre wide mountain path was only wide enough for two of them to walk side by side. The large red crystals on their foreheads were exceedingly eye-catching.
Although it was a herbivorous mutated beast, the temper of the mutated rhinoceros was considerably irascible. Upon maturing, it would stably reach the realm of a Rank 4 mutated beast, possessing extraordinary and boundless strength. The strange horns on its head were as hard as diamonds, while its thick rhinoceros hide was comparable to armour. Its terrifying momentum was comparable to that of a railway train! Furthermore, due to its gregarious nature, they were considered to be a considerably powerful race even within the Absolute Ice Restricted Area, with seemingly no natural enemies.
However, at this moment, over a hundred mutated rhinoceroses had rushed over in terror, appearing as though they had seen a ghost. Taking to their heels, they started to sprint madly. As they neared the bend in the mountain path, due to the slippery surface of the ground or the narrowing of the mountain path, many of the mutated rhinoceroses were shoved down the side of the cliff by their companions. Howls of terror and despair rang out, coupled with the rumbling sounds of their stampedes, as though they wanted to shake off a layer of the entire ice mountain!
Even a heavy soldier like Barran could feel his scalp turning numb at the sight of such an impact.
"Brother Wang Zhong!"
"Grai!"
"Barran, hurry up and come up!" Everyone on the mountain cliff shouted out anxiously. However, under the terrifying galloping sounds of the beast horde, even their voices were drowned out.
Clearly, Wang Zhong and Grai did not need Barran's help. Hastily jumping up, the latter found it slightly difficult to reach such a height for a heavy soldier like him. Coupled with the slight nervousness in his heart, he was unexpectedly unable to reach the vine on his first attempt.
At this moment, an abnormally tall mutated rhinoceros had already rushed up with a thunderous momentum, its gigantic body appearing just like an armoured railway.
It's over! Feeling slightly hopeless, Barran felt that it was impossible for him to survive after falling into such a beast horde. However, at this moment, he suddenly saw a black shadow appear before him. In the next instant, another hand grabbed onto the back of his collar and pulled him up. Grai's voice rang out, "Grab onto the vine!"
The force behind this pull was incomparably great, causing Barran's over 100 kilogram body to feel as though he was soaring through the clouds. Grabbing onto the vine on the mountain cliff, he hastily looked down.
What he saw was that the person who had pulled him up by his collar was Grai, while the black shadow standing before him was senior Wang Zhong. Holding onto the heavy shield that he had snatched from Barran's body, Wang Zhong leaned against the mountain cliff to provide cover.
Bang!
The frightening mutated rhinoceros leader brought along a terrifying force as it smashed against the slanted surface of the shield. In an instant, a huge depression formed on the incomparably hard alloy shield, while the remaining force scraped against the mountain wall, causing countless rock fragments to fly out!
Wang Zhong clenched his teeth. The impact of a brute force type 4th rank mutated beast was truly too frightening. Even though he wasn't facing it head on, he was still relying on the mountain cliff to use the shield as cover. However, in an instant, he felt both his arms and half his body turn numb from the impact. If he had a slightly weaker fleshly body, he might have turned into minced meat from that collision.
Being knocked slightly off course, the mutated rhinoceros leader appeared to be slightly dumbfounded. It did not expect for such a small protrusion to appear on the smooth mountain cliff. Slipping, the terrifying force of the collision caused the other mutated rhinoceros running alongside it to tilt to the side, causing its hind hooves to miss.
Whoosh!
Meow! Meow!
A terrified roar rang out from the mutated rhinoceros, as its front hooves continued to paw at the ground. However, it was still unable to stop its slide, causing it to fall off the cliff by the side, causing the entire vanguard of the beast horde to fall into chaos.
Wang Zhong hurriedly took advantage of this instant to toss his shield over to Barran, before leaping up, following closely behind Grai as he climbed up the vines.
Only after everyone had climbed up the mountain cliff did they heave a sigh of relief. Tightly grabbing onto the vines, they stuck onto the mountain cliff, not daring to climb too high. After all, the mountain cliff was too high, and they were basically unable to see the top. The safest method was to wait for the beast horde to pass before jumping down.
At this moment, looking back at the beast horde below, the chaos caused by the few mutated rhinoceros falling off the cliff was quickly flattened by the boundless beast horde rushing over from behind. Even more mutated rhinoceros rushed out from the dense fog. Fortunately, these big fellows were only focused on fleeing for their lives, and utterly did not notice or care about the group of people climbing up the mountain cliff. Why are there so many mutated rhinoceros? Where did they come from? What are they fleeing for?
However, this was clearly just the beginning. After the hundred over mutated rhinoceros with astonishing charging power, a horde of lightning dragon mutated beasts followed closely behind. These gigantic fellows were even larger than the mutated rhinoceros. Although they were slightly slower, the impact they gave off when they ran was not the slightest bit weaker than that of the mutated rhinoceros horde. In fact, it was even stronger. With a height of 6 to 7 metres, they appeared to be able to threaten Wang Zhong and the group of people on the mountain cliff, forcing everyone to climb up a small distance. What's more, there were countless different kinds of mutated beasts weaving their way through the gaps between the thick and sturdy limbs of these gigantic lightning dragon mutated beasts, appearing just like a huge gathering of mutated beasts from the entire northern region.
There were all sorts of different kinds of mutated beasts present, including those that were large in size, small in size, carnivorous, herbivorous, hunter or prey... however, at this moment, all of their faces were filled with the same expression of terror! With all their might, they ran and squeezed forward. The big ones trampled the small ones to death, while the small ones squeezed out even smaller ones. Every single one of them appeared as though they were being chased by the god of death!
"Is there some terrifying mutated beast hunting them from behind?"
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