"Mid-level mutated beast?"
Feeling the spiritual power fluctuation comparable to his own, Yan Gaoyuan's face suddenly changed drastically.
A mid-level mutated ferocious beast has a spiritual power peak between 4,000 and 6,000. It can already ignore some bullets and artillery fire. Its formidable combat power is enough to threaten a fully armed squad.
Although Yan Gaoyuan is one of the nation's elites, he is currently only mid-level himself.
Moreover, at the same rank, humans often find themselves at a disadvantage against mutated beasts emerging from blood-soaked battlefields.
It is worth noting here that "mid-level" is the humans' preliminary classification of strength.
Besides mid-level, there is also lower-level and upper-level.
Lower-level beasts have a spiritual power peak around 1,000 to 3,000, with abilities that surpass normal humans and significant enhancements in various aspects.
Upper-level beasts have spiritual power peaks between 7,000 and 9,000. At this stage, their strength can tear through alloys, and their speed is so fast that the naked human eye struggles to react. They are true war machines.
In other words, an upper-level mutated beast is capable of threatening the safety of an entire city.
Imagine a beast so fast it's almost invisible to the naked eye, and strong enough to rip through metal, appearing in a city—that would be terrifying beyond words.
But that's not even the worst part. Above upper-level, there is something called the "Transcendent."
Unfortunately, humans have only limited contact with the Transcendent, and there isn't enough information to describe such beings properly.
...
"This is really a big problem now."
Yan Gaoyuan's eyes narrowed slightly as he instinctively wrapped his vital points with spiritual power.
A mid-level mutated beast alone is enough to make anyone's scalp tingle, himself included.
The only thing left to hope for is that this mid-level mutated beast is not from a large predator species like lions or tigers—otherwise, its threat level would be even higher.
But after a moment, as if recognizing something, Yan Gaoyuan's pupils suddenly contracted.
It was a very well-known animal.
However, looking at its snow-white fur standing up like spikes, blood-red eyes, and a body several times bigger than normal, Yan Gaoyuan's expression shifted slightly.
"A mutated honey badger?"
In shock, Yan Gaoyuan immediately retreated.
With a "bang," a claw struck a tree trunk as thick as a bucket beside him.
Without waiting for his reaction, the tree split in half, revealing a very smooth cut surface.
"This is more than just trouble now."
A bitter smile crept on his lips as Yan Gaoyuan's right foot stomped the ground, launching himself like a cannonball toward the mutated honey badger.
The battle was inevitable.
No one could avoid it.
Right now, Yan Gaoyuan's only hope was to repel this mutated honey badger and lead everyone out of this cursed misty mountain alive.
...
Not long after, in a small forest—
Cough, cough...
Holding his chest, a figure staggered out from the thick fog.
Behind him were several figures supporting each other.
"We can't rest here."
Spitting blood, Yan Gaoyuan looked back at the depths of the mountain, warning everyone.
"Mm."
The grizzled squad leader nodded in agreement.
However, compared to before, this squad leader was in a particularly miserable state, with three bloody wounds on his back and most of his clothes torn.
The others were in no better condition.
Unfortunately, they had lost six brothers.
Gritting his teeth, the squad leader didn't think much more.
They had barely escaped those blue giant wolves. If they didn't retreat now, it might be too late later.
What pissed him off the most was that among the attacking mutated beasts, there was a honey badger.
Thinking of this, the squad leader gave a bitter smile.
Why couldn't it be some other mutated beast?
But no—it had to be this damn creature.
Because of this thing, even after driving off several mutated beasts, they didn't dare to stop or rest. Instead, they forced themselves to head out of the mountain.
Honey badger. Honey badger.
Life or death, just fight it out.
Though its combat power was not as strong as lions or tigers, it had a big reputation.
And among all that reputation, the worst part was this creature's terrible grudge-holding nature.
If you provoke it, unless you kill it, all that awaits you is relentless revenge.
The honey badger is the kind of beast that once dug a hole overnight to go fight a lion in the zoo just because the lion glanced at it.
Though it lost, its grudges terrified everyone.
Now, a mutated honey badger strong enough to almost overwhelm a transcendent like Yan Gaoyuan had set its sights on them.
Could they not be nervous?
If they didn't hurry and retreat, they might lose their lives here.
...
At the same time, Yan Gaoyuan's group didn't know that far away in a distant canyon, a willow tree that had been watching them all along finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"These big troubles are finally gone."
Yes, finally gone.
If Yu Ziyu's guess was correct, they probably wouldn't come back anytime soon.
Honestly, while that group was fighting fiercely against the wind wolves and honey badger, Yu Ziyu wanted to intervene and trap them.
With his current methods, it wouldn't be difficult to kill them all quickly even from tens of kilometers away using the fog and hallucination abilities.
But after thinking it through, Yu Ziyu gave up.
He needed to use these people to stabilize the human authorities for a while, buying himself some time to develop properly.
Whether his presence was exposed or not, the dense fog and numerous mutated beasts lurking inside should be enough to make some people cautious and stop them from recklessly exploring.
As for whether humans would use large-scale destructive weapons to clear the mountain, logically, that was impossible.
After all, with the revival of spiritual energy, mountains like the one Yu Ziyu was in were abundant.
Without completely confirming that a transcendent being was inside, humans didn't have the guts to use large-scale weapons.
What Yu Ziyu had to do was, without exposing himself, use these reasonably strong mutated beasts to drive people away.
This way, he could hide well in the background and develop peacefully.
After considering this, Yu Ziyu found no flaws.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this matter should be over for now."
For now, Yu Ziyu only sought stability.
Whether they would be discovered later wasn't something to worry about right now.
He had done all he could, and now it was up to fate.
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