Outside the village.
The green fields were particularly pleasing under the sun's rays.
Lin Yu and the other two were heading towards another village.
In the past few days, they had gathered information about the surrounding area.
These villages were distributed in a curve, stretching from Willow Village all the way to the State of Chuyun.
Another village was thirty miles away.
At their current speed, thirty miles would be covered quickly, but since there were no anomalies during the day, they weren't in a hurry and strolled along the road.
Occasionally, a few foolish ferocious beasts would mistake them for prey. Lin Yu would slice them down, earning some upgrade points.
Lin Fan walked with his hands behind his head, a blade of grass in his mouth, looking leisurely.
"What do you think this divine object the higher-ups talk about actually is?"
He wasn't the only one curious; Lin Yu was too.
He wondered if it was related to the Soul Suppressing Tablet.
If it was, then he had already obtained a part of the divine object.
As long as he acquired all the soul arts from the Soul Suppressing Tablets in all these villages, he would be one step closer to obtaining the true divine object.
At this moment, a sound suddenly came from a distance.
Bai Xiaosa shouted, "Don't move, there's a strange beast ahead!"
Strange beasts?
These creatures had found their way here too.
While they were in Willow Village these past few days, these strange beasts had also appeared in this area.
Lin Yu snorted coldly.
"How many strange beasts?"
"Three!"
"Kill them!"
Lin Yu said this casually. Before he even finished speaking, his clones had already surrounded them.
With a few screams, the smell of blood wafted over. The clones dragged three massive corpses of strange beasts.
"Huh?" Lin Fan exclaimed.
Lin Yu also noticed something unusual, for on the back of one of the strange beasts was a stone tablet, only about ten centimeters high.
Bai Xiaosa opened his Heavenly Eyes and said, "This is a Soul Suppressing Tablet!"
The Soul Suppressing Tablet in Willow Village was over ten meters tall, while this one was clearly a miniature version.
Lin Yu heard this and also opened his Soul Eyes, a faint blue light flashing within them.
"It really is a Soul Suppressing Tablet! But, isn't this the protective deity tablet of the village? How could it..."
"Could it be..."
The three of them thought of a possibility.
Village massacre!
Strange beasts were different from humans; they were another race.
If they are not of our kind, they must have different intentions.
It was not strange for strange beasts to slaughter human villages.
However, this gave the three of them a sense of pity for each other's misfortune, coupled with righteous indignation.
"Let's go and check ahead!"
Putting away the Soul Suppressing Tablet, Lin Yu temporarily put aside his thoughts of studying it and led the other two forward.
Along the way, they saw grass and trees flattened, and trees broken, clearly signs of someone forcibly clearing a path.
"Stop!"
After walking for a short while, Bai Xiaosa suddenly stopped.
"There are traces of strange beasts ahead!"
Lin Yu's clones also detected the tracks, but he was still amazed by Bai Xiaosa's eyes, which could see so far.
Lin Fan was not to be outdone. His puppet insects burrowed underground, mainly to investigate the situation beneath the surface.
The three walked forward cautiously and indeed saw a group of strangely-shaped beasts gathered around a large stone monument in a vast clearing ahead.
Among them, a fox-headed beast wearing a gray robe was the apparent leader.
He circled the stone monument, studying it, his brow furrowed at times, looking confused at others.
The fox said, "What did those lowly humans confess?"
A giant wolf-like beast, prostrate on the ground, respectfully replied:
"My lord, they confessed nothing. This stone monument has existed for hundreds of years, and they have no idea how it came to be."
"Moreover, they are unaware of the secret within the stone monument."
The fox heard this and sighed.
"We should take this monument out for the higher-ups to study. Our strength is insufficient!"
"Your wisdom is admirable, my lord! Your subordinate is impressed!"
The three had keen hearing and could clearly understand everything.
They never expected these strange beasts to have a social structure comparable to humans.
He wondered if wolves ate sheep.
If they did, then weren't the wolves and sheep ancient enemies?
Lin Yu whispered, "What is their strength?"
"Two realms stronger than me. All of them are sixth-tier strange beasts."
Lin Yu nodded and said, "There are fifteen strange beasts in total. Including the two we just killed, that makes seventeen."
"Let's retreat first and let the clones handle them."
The other two nodded and quietly retreated.
Suddenly, Lin Yu's hair stood on end, feeling a sense of impending doom.
In that critical moment, he quickly used his Sparrow Step.
The next second, he appeared ten meters away.
And in the spot where he had just been, a green praying mantis appeared.
"Human, you seek death!"
The commotion here quickly attracted the attention of other strange beasts.
The fox-like beast quickly said, "There's movement! Find them quickly!"
Soon, the fox, leading a group of strange beasts, arrived at the location of the three of them.
"Well now, it's humans! Just right, we'll slaughter you," the fox laughed heartily.
"Unexpected bonus! We just slaughtered a group of humans not long ago. Humans taste truly delicious!"
These strange beasts cackled wildly, and Lin Yu's anger flared.
Suddenly, he let out a cold laugh.
"Do you really think you can kill us!"
"Clones, attack!"
As the command was given, thumping sounds echoed from all around.
Then, two hundred clones emerged from all directions, encircling the fifteen strange beasts.
The strange beasts were stunned.
"No, these are clones, an illusion! Don't be afraid, clones are paper tigers! Kill!" the fox ordered an attack.
The next second, the green praying mantis vanished from its spot and, like a green shadow, suddenly appeared in front of Bai Xiaosa, its scythe-like arms raised, slashing towards Bai Xiaosa's head.
It sneered, about to claim Bai Xiaosa's head, when suddenly a figure materialized behind it.
A saber strike fell!
With a *shing*, green blood splattered.
The mantis's head landed on the ground. Lin Yu received a kill notification in his mind, confirming its complete demise.
"Hmph, I may not act, but that doesn't mean I'm not strong!" Lin Yu snorted, wiping the blood from his saber on the mantis's body.
He glanced at the saber that had materialized, seeing cracks forming in its patterns. He knew that a Tier 2 weapon was still not strong enough.
With a slight mental flick, the saber dissolved into energy and was immediately reshaped into a brand-new saber.
"I'll make do with this for now! Today, I will go on a killing spree!"
Sparrow Step!
The next moment, Lin Yu vanished.
He reappeared behind the wolf-like beast.
The fox shouted, "Lang Hao, be careful!"
However, before the sound could reach, Lin Yu's saber had already fallen.
With a *thwack*!
The wolf's head landed on the ground, its life extinguished.
Another thirty thousand upgrade points were earned.
Lin Yu grinned, looking at the fox.
The fox was utterly terrified and quickly shouted, "Protect me!"
However, the other strange beasts were already entangled by the clones and were about to die.
Lin Yu chuckled.
The next second, he vanished.
The fox instinctively moved to block behind him, but Lin Yu appeared in front of him.
Hand raised, saber fell!
With a *shing*, the fox's head landed on the ground.
"Ding, you have killed White-Haired Intelligent Fox (Tier 6), upgrade points +65000!"
Sixty-five thousand upgrade points. This fox was even more powerful than he had imagined.
But no matter how powerful it was, under his Sparrow Step, it was just a paper tiger.
Lin Yu's battle ended, and his clones no longer held back.
The clones were inherently stronger than Lin Yu's main body. Under their siege, these strange beasts were no match.
One by one, the strange beasts couldn't last three seconds in the clones' hands before their heads were severed.