The Beasts Hunt ( part I)

The magical beast forest's length and width are unknown, people only know that it is an extremely vast land and the landscape within the magical beast forest is rough, filled with numerous trees and valleys. Crossing the vast magical beast forest is almost impossible due to its expansiveness. Also, it is very easy to get lost within it.

Under commander Tian's lead, who had gone Many times on expedition with my father in the magical beast forest, the soldiers had ventured deep within the magical beast forest in just half a day. Throughout our journey, we encountered some low-level magical Beasts, their level of strength could be considered strong for a regular mortal, however, they were still too weak for an army like the city lord's personal guards.

The ferocious and magical beasts in the outskirts of the magical beast forest were just some low-level beasts such as 1st rank to 2nd rank and some regular wild animals.

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On a grassy land filled with enormous trees next to a big mountain peak, there were dozens of men with long swords and spears in their hands moving deep within the forest. One of them stands out the most as he was riding a ferocious beast that was shaped like a black leopard. This beast was variations type beast with two horns on His head like a bull. It was an extremely fast ferocious beast that could climb up a mountain like it was on a flat land. The one riding that beast was a middle-aged man with a circular face full of beards. He was holding a magic staff on his right hand. His pupils were black and void of any feelings or emotions. His long black hair hung loosely on his back. He wore a black robe with an initial "LI" on his back. As they moved closer to the Mountain.

"Roar."

Just at the time, a huge roar sounded from the bramble and bushes within the woods in front of them. The middle-aged man as well his men looked towards the source of the roar, suddenly, a huge muscular tiger leaped out from the within the woods. From the looks of it, it seemed like the huge tiger was lying in wait in the nearby bramble and bushes for its prey to get closer. The huge tiger stood in front of the group of people blocking them from moving forward. Both of its bloodthirsty eyes were glowing brightly as if he was looking at its favorite meal.

This huge tiger in front them definitely belonged to some rare species because it has a huge pair of wings on his back. Not only that, its fur was white as snow with some black stripes coiling around its head. The name of this tiger was the White Winged Tiger. Also, this tiger possesses a rare bloodline which makes him the king amongst the tiger race. Aside from having a strong and sturdy body with tremendous physical raw power, this white-winged tiger was a type magical beast with its own magic element attributes rather than a ferocious beast who are most adept in close attacks. Although the white-winged tiger might not be as fast as true aerial magical beasts such An eagle or a hawk, it still possessed a huge advantage compared to the other beasts on the ground because of its pair of wings.

Looking at the huge tiger standing in front of them, the dozens of men accompanied the middle-aged man couldn't help but feeling a numbness creeping on their forehead, and beads of cold sweat were rolling down their faces. The heavy atmosphere caused them not dare to move or to scream. Their breathing sped up and all kind of nervous reaction appeared on their faces. No matter how much they tried to hide it, they couldn't hide the fear in their eyes. Sweats were drenching on their skin, their eyes were throbbing, and their hearts were thumping against their chest as if their hearts were going to burst out from their chests. Hesitantly, they looked back at the middle-aged man behind them as if they were waiting for his order or for him to make his move.

" Get in the formation." Said the man sitting on top of the ferocious beast. He exuded an evil air around him.

Despite their fears, the dozens of men mustered all their courage and surrounded the white-winged tiger while they were drawing their swords and spears. The body of the tiger was almost seven meters long and its fangs were like long sharp spikes.

Despite being surrounded, the white-winged tiger stood there like a mountain without moving an inch, like he didn't place those small insects in his eyes. However, its pair of bloodthirsty eyes were locked on the middle-aged man in front of him. The white-winged tiger can feel a slight threat from this man which is why it hasn't moved his eyes away from him.

The magical and ferocious beast had a ranking system that originates from the ancient time just like the humans. A low-level magical beast relies on instinct Whereas a high-level magical beast is completely different because their possess a certain amount of sentience and intelligence. Those that possess a rare divine bloodline like a dragon bloodline, for example, can even speak in human tongue without breakthrough the Saint Beast stage. A high-level beast such as this white-winged tiger understands how to take over a territory for itself and turned it into his own Base. Intruding his base basically, means death because it will protect it at all cost. The white-winged tiger in front of the middle-aged man is precisely one of those high-level beasts that possessed a certain amount of sentience which is why he can feel a threat from this man standing in front of him.

" Attack." Yelled the middle-aged man.

Suddenly, the dozens of men hurriedly roared in anger with the spears and swords in their hands thrust out while pounding on the beast in front of them. They had painstakingly trained since their youth and went on many expeditions with their boss, however, today is the first time they faced such an abnormally.

" Bang."

The enormous tiger's claws easily swept aside their swords and spears, knocking them far away on the side. The gigantic white-winged tiger suddenly leaped up and pounced towards the men behind him and send them flying with his claws like sandbags.

" Ahhhhh." Miserable cries and screams of pain split the air.

While the tiger was cruelly killing and sending his men flying with its claws, the middle-aged just slightly pound his magical staff on the ground.

" 6th rank magical earth spell."

" Earthen spikes."

Numerous Earth spikes and spears had erupted simultaneously from the ground beneath the white-winged tiger as well the men that were attacking the tiger all together, every single spears and spike were over a meter high or long. In the blink of an eye, most the men that were attacking the white-winged tiger were all pierced by the innumerable spears and spikes, which had caught them off guard. They didn't even dare to imagine that their leader would use them as a bait to kill the tiger. He didn't even signal them to move away. It was like a devastating and unpredictable ambush. The dozens of men entered a state of anguish and despair.Unfortunately for the leader, the white-winged tiger flapped its wings and its huge body immediately flew up into the air before one of the Earth spikes and spears can even pierce him. A high-level magical beast such as the white-winged tiger has a great sense of danger, he can feel the fluctuations of the magical energy beneath him. Before the middle-aged man could even finish casting his spell, it was already long gone. The huge tiger was currently flying in the skies while the dozens of men below ground were crying in pain.

" Patriarch, save us, save us please." A poor man who had been pierced in the chest by a huge Earth spears cried out miserably in pain.

" Ah ah, I'm begging you, please save us, Patriarch." Another poor soul who had both of his legs pierced by multiple Earth spikes also cried in pain and agony.

In spite of killing four of his men on the spot and severely injured seven of them, there's not even a trace of guilt or emotion in his eyes. He stood there with a big Frown on his face while looking at the white-winged tiger flying over his head in the sky.

Suddenly, a powerful fluctuation of wind attribute magic emerged from the tiger's mouth.

"Roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...….."

A sharp and penetrating tiger's Roar screeched throughout the sky. An invisible sound wave accompanied by a huge gust of wind like a tornado could be seen coming out from the tiger's mouth. The sound waves emerged from the tiger's mouth were like ripples on a calm river surface. At this moment, the huge tornado accompanied by the sound waves came down towards the middle-aged man like a huge invisible giant net. Inside the tornado, there were many tiny winds blades flying around in every direction. After casting this powerful magic spell, the huge tiger keeps on flapping his wings watching to see the insignificant humans turned into minced meats by his attack.

"Earth Rock Armor."

" Earth wall."

As soon as the middle-aged saw the tiger's attack. He quickly cast two magic spells simultaneously. One was an armor made of soil and rock that covered his whole body. The second one was a huge wall curved downward. Without wasting any time, the man quickly hides behind the Earth wall.

" Boom....,"

A huge explosion can be heard as soon the sound waves and the huge tornado came in contact with the Earth wall. The Earth wall shook violently and some stones started to fall. Roughly twenty seconds later, the Earth wall completely crumble down and collapsed. The attack power of the huge tornado with innumerable wind blade decreased by a huge margin, nonetheless, some of the wind blades still cut through the Middle-aged man earth armor and slashed his body. They had penetrated the Earth rock armor and injured the man's body. Blood started to flow through his body. The middle-aged man was looking at the tiger flying in the sky with a deep hatred in his eyes. Also, he was terrified at the same time. He really had a bad luck today. What kind beast did he meet today? A powerful magical beast that can fight on the ground and in the sky at the same time. As he was an Earth mage, aerial magical beasts are his worst opponent because if his opponent can fly, his Earth magic almost become useless. He is not even a 7th rank mage yet.

What should he do now? There's no way he can win this fight. There's only one possibility to stay alive.....Run!

He didn't dare to hesitate any further. He ran toward the mountain peak leaving his mount as well as his injured men behind. He can always find a new mount or hire more men when he got back. He tried to get away from the tiger as fast as possible with his injured body. However, no matter how fast he ran, his speed was just garbage compared to the white-winged tiger. Not to mention he was bleeding like a pig.

With two or three flaps of his wings, the white-winged tiger had already closed the distance between them.

" Shua, shua, shua, shua, sh....,"

Suddenly, the sky turned red as innumerable high-speed fire arrows were flying like a glistering meteor from afar, they were as fast as a bolt of lightning. The white-winged tiger sensed the huge danger behind him and tried to get away from the range of the fire arrows attack, however, some of the arrows still pierced through his right wing leaving behind a gaping hole. Its huge body was sent flying away by the impact, and it broke a few trees along the way. As his body couldn't stay in the air by losing his right wings, the white-winged tiger fell on the ground which caused the woods around him to tremble as if there was an Earthquake.

"..."

The middle-aged was frightening out of his wit when he witnessed this sight. He looked at the direction where the tiger crashed down.

" There's only one person I know who possess this large amount of mana to cast a spell like that."

Then he looked back where the attack came from.