Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor-Chapter 980: Antlered Silver Lions

Fang Bai’s gaze lingered on Liu Qingqing, noting her ethereal beauty and adorable charm, which inevitably reminded him of the friendships he had formed with beauties like Dongfang Rushi, Dongfang Ruhua, and Xia Chenyu back in the Secular World.

Initially, when Fang Bai and others had traveled from the Secular World to the True Martial Realm using the Teleportation Array, they hadn’t expected the array to malfunction at the last moment, scattering Fang Bai and his many friends and loved ones to different corners of this world.

Fang Bai often thought of those lost friends and cherished confidantes, uncertain of where the Teleportation Array had taken them, whether they were dead or alive, and how they were faring now.

The five of them wandered across the plain covered with plants and flowers, traveling dozens of miles without encountering any carnivorous Spirit Beasts—only herbivorous ones.

Spirit Beasts were usually classified into two types: herbivorous and carnivorous.

Herbivorous Spirit Beasts tended to be gentle by nature, mostly feeding on Spiritual Medicines. As long as one didn’t invade their territory or provoke them, they were unlikely to attack.

Carnivorous Spirit Beasts, on the other hand, were the complete opposite—ferocious and aggressive, often preying on their own kind or human Martial Artists.

Being in the core area of the Bitao Mountain Range and not encountering any ferocious carnivorous Spirit Beasts was clearly abnormal, so Huang Miao and her companions didn’t dare to let their guard down; on the contrary, they grew even more tense.

In their eyes, this superficial calm might well signify the approach of a violent storm.

A clear stream meandered across the plain, stretching out before the five of them.

Huang Miao and Liu Qingqing, being women who loved cleanliness, had fought against Spirit Beasts several times during their previous trials and had their clothes dirtied with dust. Despite their discomfort, there had been no time to clean themselves.

Now that they saw a stream ahead, the two women whooped in delight and hurried to its edge to kneel down. After washing their hands and faces, they also scooped up some water to rinse off some of the dust from their clothes.

As they bent down to tidy their disheveled clothes and hair, gazing at the water’s surface, they noticed that the stream before them and the ground beneath their feet suddenly began to quiver faintly.

"What’s happening?"

Huang Miao muttered to herself, glancing at Liu Qingqing beside her, who appeared just as perplexed.

The two women then turned simultaneously to look back at Fang Bai and Hou Ziping, Liu Liehu who were standing behind them, only to see that the men’s attention was directed toward the distant opposite side of the stream.

While Fang Bai remained calm, his expression unaltered, Hou Ziping and Liu Liehu were wide-eyed, their faces drained of color as if they had seen something both shocking and frightening.

Huang Miao and Liu Qingqing’s hearts tightened, and they promptly stood up, following the gaze of Fang Bai and the others to peer into the distance. They too turned pale in an instant.

There, at the juncture of heaven and earth, dozens of Spirit Beasts charged toward them.

Each of the dozens of Spirit Beasts was over ten feet tall and more than five meters in length, their silver fur shining brilliantly under the sunlight, reflecting a dazzling silver luster as if they were clad in silver armor.

The huge Spirit Beasts, lifting all four paws, stormed toward them from afar at a speed comparable to the wind, rapidly closing the distance to Fang Bai and his companions. Wherever they passed, the ground was stamped into large, basin-sized pits, flowers vanished, dirt flew, and their imposing presence was staggering.

The trembling of the ground was caused by the rapid stampede of the dozens of giant Spirit Beasts.

Not only did the dozens of Spirit Beasts possess alarmingly large bodies, but each one also emitted a wild and powerful aura. As they thundered forward, their roars were deafening, striking terror into the hearts of Huang Miao and the others.

"It’s the Antlered Silver Lions!"

Huang Miao, having seen much of the world, blurted out in shock upon seeing the dozens of giant Spirit Beasts charging towards them.

The Antlered Silver Lions lived in the core area of the Bitao Mountain Range and were a highly aggressive carnivorous Spirit Beast. Naturally massive in size, with sharp teeth and tremendous strength, they were the Hercules among Spirit Beasts.

It was said that the Antlered Silver Lions were descendants of ancient Spirit Beasts. Although their bloodline was no longer pure after millions of years of breeding, they still had incomparable advantages over ordinary Spirit Beasts.

At birth, an Antlered Silver Lion already possessed strength equivalent to that of a Heaven Level Realm human Martial Artist, and upon reaching adulthood, it could easily tear apart a Heaven Level Martial Artist, with attack power comparable to that of a Desolate Level Martial Artist.

If the Bitao Martial Academy expedition team encountered an adult Antlered Silver Lion in the mountains, it would be extremely unlucky for them. Escaping with their lives would be considered fortunate.

Huang Miao was seeing the Antlered Silver Lions for the first time, and it was a sight of dozens at once. The mass of enormous Spirit Beasts seemed to surge from the edge of the sky, overwhelming like a tidal wave, an imposing momentum that stunned her, Hou Ziping, and the Liu siblings.

"There are too many Spirit Beasts, and they’re too strong, let’s find somewhere to hide quickly!"

Hou Ziping was the first to come to his senses, his voice trembling as he spoke.

Even if all of those Antlered Silver Lions were just newly born, the five of them stood no chance against them. The best plan for now, as Hou Ziping suggested, was to find somewhere to hide, keep their presence concealed as much as possible, and hope that the Antlered Silver Lions would not discover them.

"Let’s go to that Stone Forest over there!"

Huang Miao turned to look at the eastern side of the stream and saw a Stone Forest, several dozen feet high, standing among a patch of wild grass a kilometer away. Her eyes lit up as she pointed in that direction.

Having said that, she turned around, led Fang Bai and the others along the stream, and darted towards the Stone Forest.

While Fang Bai was not afraid of those Spirit Beasts, he had no intention of using the Beast Taming Scripture to drive them away either. In his opinion, Huang Miao and the others had significantly improved in combat efficiency after their fierce battle in the Nether River, even though their Cultivation Level had not increased.

Currently, although there were no mid-rank Spirit Beasts among these dozens of Antlered Silver Lions, each one had an attack power that was enough to match a Heaven Level High Rank human Martial Artist. Even a Desolate Level Martial Artist would find them to be a headache and would have no choice but to flee in panic.

Furthermore, Fang Bai understood that with the attack and destructive power of the Antlered Silver Lions, even if his group of five hid in the Stone Forest, it would only be temporary.

Therefore, in the end, his group of five would have to fight those Antlered Silver Lions. This was a rare opportunity for real combat.

After all, with Fang Bai present, even if Huang Miao and the others fiercely fought with those Spirit Beasts, they would at most be injured, with no risk to their lives.

Huang Miao and the others exerted all their strength to fly towards the Stone Forest, believing that entering it would mean safety.

At the same time, the dozens of Antlered Silver Lions seemed to notice the intentions of Huang Miao and her group, as they also picked up speed and changed direction, charging towards them.

Although the Antlered Silver Lions were massive, their running speed was astonishingly fast, like a whirlwind sweeping past, rapidly closing the distance with Huang Miao and her group.

The closer the Spirit Beasts got to Fang Bai and his companions, the more violently the ground shook. Even the water in the stream started boiling as if ignited by the earth’s tremors.