Mofan, Mubai, and Song Feiyao simply stood there. Both the humans and the Beijiang Blood Beasts treated them like air.
However, why were they fighting like this?
Was it a battle between demon beasts?
As elemental lifeforms, they did not need to compete with the Beijiang Blood Beasts for resources. On the other hand, the Beijiang Blood Beasts were carnivorous beasts. The elemental lifeforms were useless to them.
"Could it be that the Beijiang Blood Beasts are unable to cross the Helan Mountains because of the humans?" Mubai suddenly lowered his head and asked.
To the north of the Helan Mountains was a huge tribe of Beijiang Blood Beasts. They were spread across a huge area, and their numbers were huge. They had to cross the Helan Mountains if they wanted to enter human territory.
However, the Helan Mountains were inhabited by Earth Elemental Soldiers. It seemed like they would wake up every time the Beijiang Blood Beasts invaded!
"Meh ~ ~ ~"
"Meh ~ ~ ~"
A few Fighting Rock Goats suddenly cried out. It did not sound like they were panicking when the Blood Beasts approached them.
The Fighting Rock Goats kept crying out. Mofan turned around and saw a few men and women in the outfits of the local herders standing behind them.
It was hard to tell if they had come here because they heard the huge commotion, or if they knew something like this was going to happen, thus they had been waiting here.
"Guys, let's talk over here. Don't let the Blood Beasts hurt you," a herder with two tanned arms said.
Puzzled, the three of them retreated to the top of the fault they were on. From this height, they could see most of the battlefield on the High Sky Rock.
"Since you're here, it means you've found what you're looking for," the leader of the herders said.
"Hehe, are our Fighting Rock Goats still useful?" The man they first met at the bottom of the mountain grinned, revealing his yellow teeth.
Mofan glanced at the group of herders and realized there were not many of them. There was only a group of them, each riding a horseback deer. They were obviously used to the intense battle before them.
"What's going on here?" Mubai could not help but ask.
"Can't you tell? Our Helan Mountains are so close to the Beijiang Blood Beast Kingdom, yet they don't even have a single military fortress. They're relying on us herders to patrol the area. Do they really think our herders are strong, or that the Helan Mountains are so steep that the Beijiang Blood Beasts can't climb over them?" the man with the yellow teeth said.
The leader raised his hand raised, signaling the man to keep his mouth shut.
The leader stared at Mofan, as if he knew something.
But after a while, he looked away and did not say anything. He just stared at the giant leader of the Mountain Sinkers as if he was looking at an old friend.
The group fell silent, but the roars from the Sky Rock Goats were even fiercer. A few Beijiang Blood Beasts were tossed over a thousand meters away, before slamming into the walls and turning into puddles of bloodless paste …
The leader of the giant mountain had already started fighting with the leader of the Northern Frontier Blood Beasts, whose entire body was shrouded in blood-red light. The mountain peaks and boulders were constantly collapsing, falling into the deep valley. Countless boulders as big as houses were knocked into the air and then fell down. Some even rolled down the mountain.
"Are they protecting the Helan Mountains for us?" Mofan finally broke the strange silence and asked.
"Do you know why we are called herders?" the leader of the Mountain Rock Goats asked.
"You are the Beast-Tamers here. The Beasts you tame are mainly Horseback Deer and Fighting Rock Goats," Mofan replied.
"No no no, we are not herding the Beasts, we are herding the elemental creatures of the Helan Mountains!" the leader of the Mountain Rock Goats said.
Mofan, Mubai, and Song Feiyao were astounded.
Did that mean the elemental soldiers were under their command, too?
There were so many elemental soldiers, and they were so strong. They were surely stronger than any troop of elites!
"What kind of magic is that?" Mofan asked in a panic.
Summoning the elemental soldiers with the mountain as the source, what kind of magic was that?
Could it be the Psychic Element?
"We didn't Summon the elemental soldiers. They have always been in the Helan Mountains. They are not completely under my command, either. They were only awakened when the Blood Beasts showed up and temporarily became our soldiers. Most of the time, they are sleeping in the Helan Mountains … "the leader of the Mountain Rock Goats said.
"So it's the Psychic Element?" Mofan said confidently.
"Yes, but also no. You don't mind if I tell you a story from a long time ago, right? Haha, although you will know this old story if you stay here for a few more days." The leader finally had a smile on his face.
Mofan listened attentively.
"We used to be ordinary herdsmen, not battlemages, nor patrolling the border. However, no matter how many herds we had, we would never be able to make a living, since the Blood Beasts would always cross the Helan Mountains and come down to hunt.
"The Blood Beasts were strong, and we were weak. Soon, our herds were not enough to feed them. The Blood Beasts started to set their eyes on the humans in the city. One fine afternoon in the Helan Mountains, the Blood Beasts were crawling all over the place.
"We thought we were going to die for sure, but to our surprise, there was a village deep inside the Helan Mountains. The people of the village stepped forward and used powerful magic to drive the Blood Beasts away, but most of them died in the process.
"They were a bunch of hermits. The Blood Beasts were unable to find them in the valley, but they still stood up for the people around the Helan Mountains.
"There were only a few people left in the village. We were planning to bring them out of the valley and live with us. However, they rejected us.
"There was a person in the village who was proficient in necromancy. He used spring water in place of wine and sprinkled it all over the valley where the villagers died because of the war. He branded their souls into the high rocks, mountain walls, and valley."
"We were confused. We asked them why they were doing it. Weren't they supposed to let the honorable souls leave on their own?
"They said they were protecting something. Even though they had turned into souls, they still had to protect it.
"The souls entered the rocks, and the rocks were alive. These elemental soldiers were the souls of the villagers. They gradually forgot about the things they were protecting, and kept fighting for us against the Blood Beasts of the Northern Frontier."
The leader of the herdsmen kept looking at Mofan while he was talking.
His eyes were fixed on Mofan for a long time when he mentioned the words' replacing wine with spring water '.
Replacing wine with spring water …
The spring water was obviously not the spring water flowing out from the rocks. It was Geyser Spring!
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