But they wouldn’t get any answers out of Paige Sumrs.
She simply watched in silence as he helped Erin Quinn up into a crooked tree. After making sure Erin was seated securely, he took out two sheets of talisman paper and stuck one on each side of her, warning her not to co down until they ca back for her.
"What are those for...?" Paige Sumrs asked as soon as he ca down, pointing at the talisman paper.
He smiled. "To hide her aura. Mutant Beasts don’t track people by sight, but by sll. This talisman paper can temporarily block her scent, making it impossible for the Mutant Beasts to detect her. So, she’s very safe."
But Paige Sumrs had another question. "How long is ’temporarily’?"
Sean Raines held up two fingers.
"Two hours?"
Sean Raines paused for a mont before shaking his head. "Two of my master’s ’hours.’ It cos out to four of yours."
He was so heavily influenced by his master; even after all this ti, he still couldn’t shake so of his old habits of speech.
When Paige Sumrs heard him use that old-fashioned turn of phrase, she nodded casually. But inwardly, it confird her suspicions about his origins. Though the man didn’t look anything like a Daoist from head to toe—except when he used his talismans—these small, ingrained details suggested he likely ca from a school with an ancient heritage.
Once they had also found places to hide, everyone began to wait.
About an hour later, the first thing they felt was the ground trembling.
So of them imdiately grew tense.
’Didn’t they say there wouldn’t be many? What’s with all this commotion?! This is way more than just ten or twenty of them!’
If Sean Raines had known what they were thinking, he would have laughed his head off without any regard for his composure.
A base had once encountered a Beast Tide years ago. Although he hadn’t seen it himself, his master had witnessed it firsthand and even participated in the battle.
According to his master’s description, it had been a scene of ten thousand beasts stampeding as one!
Compared to that, what was a re hundred or eighty beasts now?
As it turned out... he was partially right...
But it was far more than a hundred or eighty!
When the first wave of Mutant Beasts appeared, running ferociously and swiftly in the distance, they kicked up an imnse cloud of dust. Peering through the haze, the onlookers could see the horde of beasts stretching almost endlessly into the horizon, their formation seemingly chaotic yet sohow orderly...
Even Sean Raines, who had been expecting a large number, couldn’t help but frown slightly.
Paige Sumrs, anwhile, gripped her Crossbow, glad that she had taken two extra bundles of Crossbow Arrows from Marcus Monroe.
The Mutant Beasts charged forward nacingly, but not long after entering the edge of their attack range, the few in the lead abruptly slowed down.
But at that mont, there was no ti for anyone to wonder why.
Marcus Monroe’s sweeping Energy Blade was the signal that began the battle!
In an instant, Flas, Water Arrows, and Sharp Blades flew—the Natural Ability Users, with their powerful offensive capabilities, all unleashed their attacks!
A chorus of howls erupted as the dozen or so Mutant Beasts in the first few rows fell without question.
Next ca the entangling and binding attacks from the Wood Elent Superpower Users...
The next mont, the humans’ second wave of attacks descended!
When the Long-range Attack Superpower Users’ energy was nearly depleted, the Earth Ability Users raised earthen walls from the ground to block the advance for a mont. Seizing the opportunity, the Close Combat Superpower Users quickly moved into offensive positions.
Now, it was their ti to show their strength!
No one held back any longer; everyone unleashed their full power. The most common were the strength- and speed-type Original Ability Users. Through countless battles, they had long since learned how to fully leverage their advantages, either hacking down foes with imnse force or outmaneuvering them to win with swiftness.
There were also more unique ones, like Old Man Townsend, whose superpower was the tallization of his hands.
Thus, his fights against the Mutant Beasts were extrely violent and bloody. He would often go for their vital spots with his bare hands—the eyes, throat, or heart—and would be covered in blood in no ti. On a normal day, it would be a terrifying sight. But now, his booming roars and the thick stench of gore only served to ignite the fighting spirit of those around him!
The sa was true for Paige Sumrs.
It was her first ti witnessing a scene like this, but after the incident with the blood-raining bushes, she was now completely calm and composed.
The hand holding her Crossbow didn’t tremble in the slightest. Every arrow she fired reaped the life of a Mutant Beast.
On the rare occasion one was only left half-dead, it would quickly be finished off by soone else!
She never fired a second arrow from the sa spot.
Her figure was like a bolt of lightning; very few Mutant Beasts she passed were able to escape unscathed.
Gradually, her body and face beca spattered with blood, soaking her black combat suit and staining her fair complexion.
The tail of the bandana wrapped around her head fluttered like a small flag.
To her allies, she brought aid; to her enemies, she brought slaughter!
Elsewhere, Sean Raines was also fighting with all his might, and his stack of talisman paper was quickly dwindling.
He wielded a wooden sword. Relying on miraculous footwork that made him seem to float above the ground, he dodged the Mutant Beasts’ attacks while flicking his talisman paper, which would instantly burst into a ball of fla. Wherever his wooden sword pointed, the fireball would seem to fly over weightlessly.
It was a strange form of attack, one that seed unreliable in the eyes of other Superpower Users, yet it struck a Mutant Beast’s forehead every ti. It was as if the attack instantly drained the creature’s energy, causing it to collapse into a limp heap.
As for Sean himself, he seed to have energy to spare, growing stronger the more he fought.
He even had enough spare energy to notice Paige Sumrs.
Her beautiful face was slightly pale and still held a touch of youthfulness, but her eyes shone with a steady and cold light.
Her entire being was like an arrow released from its bow, advancing swiftly across the blood-soaked battlefield. She seed tireless, her determined steps never faltering!
A single glance was all it took to be utterly captivated!
Sean Raines didn’t know how to describe it.
He never actually liked killing, but he had never imagined that a girl could display such dazzling beauty in the midst of battle!
It made him unable to resist the urge to follow her figure with his eyes!
He had always been one to act on his impulses.
As he found himself unable to tear his gaze away from her, amidst the clash of blood and blades, amidst the roars of the Mutant Beasts, he had a sudden realization...
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