Ling Cage: Twelve Talismans? I have everything I need.

Chapter 28 Extracurricular Learning
Xuefeng's roar was like a bucket of ice water poured over Hongkou and Poxiao's heads. The two of them looked up sharply, following the direction Xuefeng was pointing.

A colossal creature slowly emerged from behind the Devouring Beast horde. Its body rose like a small hill.

Each stomp of its thick limbs caused a dull tremor, its exaggerated jaw extended all the way to its abdomen, and huge bony spurs protruded from its back.

"A Devouring Beast! It's a mutated Devouring Beast!" Haji exclaimed, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

This level of Devouring Beasts is not something they can easily deal with with their firepower, not to mention there is a group of Pan-type Devouring Beasts around them.

Dawn and Red Knife's expressions also turned extremely ugly.

Facing this monster head-on, fighting it head-on is tantamount to giving up.

"Everyone!" Hong Kou's voice crackled through the communicator, forcefully suppressing the surging fear within him.

"Abandon the supplies being moved! Get on the vehicles and retreat as quickly as possible! Gravity bodies will provide rear cover!"

"Quick! Get in the car!"

Despite the excruciating pain in his left arm, Bo Xiao sternly commanded the hunters and the commoners.

Xuefeng, Haji, Kunjie, and the others immediately sprang into action, covering the panicked Dust People as they stumbled and staggered toward the nearest armored transport vehicle.

However, in this chaotic moment, a piercing voice rang out in the communication channel, filled with undisguised fear.

"No! It's too late! That monster... that monster will catch up with us! I'm going first!"

It's Rock!
He had already boarded the armored vehicle at some point, and the engine roared to life, the tires screeching against the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

Inside the driver's seat, Rock's expression showed extreme fear, and his forehead was covered in sweat.

He stared intently at the mutated Devouring Beast in front of him, his eyes filled with nothing but the madness of survival.

He completely disregarded the other Dust People and Wilderness Hunters who hadn't yet boarded the vehicle.

With a sudden turn of the steering wheel, the vehicle reversed direction and sped away from both the Two-jawed Beast and the main force!
"Rock! You coward! You beast!" Xuefeng's furious roar echoed through the communicator as he witnessed this scene.

Haji and Kunjie were trembling with rage, wishing they could shoot out the tires of that escape car.

"Ignore him! Focus!" Hong Kou forcibly suppressed the contempt in his heart.

The most important thing now is to save the lives of the remaining people.

Her black, gravity-based form immediately blocked the convoy's path, frantically slashing at the snake-dogs that were trying to bypass her and pounce on the convoy.

The other two gravity machines also unleashed their firepower desperately, trying to tear a path of survival before the two-jawed beast could get close.

The enormous two-jawed beast seemed uninterested in the fleeing Rock. Its massive head slowly turned, looking at the crowd running towards the vehicles.

Especially the black one at the very front.

Its massive jaws opened and closed slightly, emitting a low grinding sound. Its enormous body began to accelerate, each step causing the ground to tremble violently as it charged towards the Red Bandit with a clear objective!

But right now!
The enormous body of the flower-calyx beast suddenly stopped! Its forward momentum came to an abrupt halt.

With intense longing, the enormous head abruptly turned to the right side of the ruins—the higher area closer to the city center.

Its distorted human face seemed to be catching some kind of irresistible, ultimate temptation.

It was an aura of life essence that was far purer, more magnificent, and more... delicious than the three metal cans and the scattered humans before them.

Like a lighthouse in the darkness, it instantly attracted all its attention.

The Diplodocus let out a low growl, its meaning unclear, a mixture of excitement and greed.

Without hesitation, the massive body abandoned the hunter convoy that was right in front of it and turned around to run wildly toward the area to the right of the ruins.

The Devouring Beasts also changed direction and ran after them.

This sudden turn of events stunned all the hunters.

"It...how did it leave?" Haji asked, still shaken, as he watched the massive silhouette of the two-jawed beast disappear behind the broken wall.

"I don't know!" Dawn reacted the fastest, shouting through gritted teeth, "Everyone get on the bus immediately! Quick! Now!" Red Collar stared in the direction where the jaws had disappeared, her heart filled with doubt.

What attracted the Devouring Beast? What's in that area?
But now was not the time to think too much. She quickly manipulated the gravity body to retreat back into the convoy: "Gravity body, get on the vehicle, quick!"

The hunters snapped out of their daze and scrambled onto the vehicle in a flurry of activity.

With engines roaring, the two armored personnel carriers sped away, fleeing towards the lighthouse.

About three kilometers away from where the Red Bandit Squad encountered the Devouring Beast, on a small hill with a wide view.

Yang Chen was flying in the air, with a thin root that he had pulled from some unknown vine in his mouth.

Not far from him, six teenagers were looking down, as were Fang Yuan and Wulan Haisang.

Each person had a telescope, curiously observing the Devouring Beasts below that were eyeing them menacingly.

"Can you see clearly?" Yang Chen's voice clearly reached the ears of the six children.

"Snake-dog, a generalized type, is the most common species. Its characteristics are high speed, group behavior, and attack method is mainly pouncing and biting. Its weak point is in the abdomen, which is also the location of their spirit seeds. Destroying it is the only way to truly kill them."

“These things are very common, so there are no specimens in the village.”

Because in the village classrooms, the children can only learn theoretical knowledge.

Therefore, Qiu Shi would usually have Yang Chen take the children who were learning quickly out to observe in real-world situations.

As for Fang Yuan and Wulan Haisang, they had nothing else to do, so they came out as well.

A child whispered, "Teacher Yang...they won't notice us, will they? They're so close..."

“They’ve already discovered that you haven’t mastered the Return to Origin technique, which is obvious to the Devouring Beasts.” Yang Chen smiled. “But it’s alright, we’re flying in the sky, they can’t reach us.”

Ulanhai Sang and Fang Yuan experienced the magical feeling of floating in the sky.

He swung his arms and legs wildly, as if he were swimming, but unfortunately his posture was incorrect.

One of the children seemed more composed. He adjusted the focus of his binoculars, carefully observing a snake-dog: "Teacher Yang, is the way they communicate—through those tentacles on their heads?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Yang Chen nodded approvingly: “When you see the tips of their tentacles glowing, they are communicating.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of gunfire and explosions could be faintly heard in the distance, in the direction from which the Red Bandit Squad was attacked.

"Huh? A fight broke out over there?" Ulan Haisang, who was swimming, immediately picked up his binoculars and looked over.

"It looks like a group of people with big pot lids?" Fang Yuan looked in the same direction.

Ever since Xu Tong called the lighthouse "Big Pot Lid," the name has spread throughout the village.

Yang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly: "What a coincidence? We've run into them again."

"But they seem to be in quite a bit of trouble now."

Tsk.

If it's a mutated Devouring Beast, those people probably can't handle it, so let's lend a hand.

"You can observe the mutated Devourer Beasts later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Chen released the Return to Origin state.

The horde of Devouring Beasts below became even more restless, frantically leaping towards the group in the sky.

It's alright if the children don't return to their origin, since they won't attract many Devouring Beasts anyway.

But Yang Chen was different. Once he released the Guiyuan technique, he was like the sun appearing at night. The two-jawed beasts in the distance rushed towards him like madmen.

The children looked through their binoculars and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Wow, what a huge Devouring Beast, what a huge face."

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