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Chapter 1077

Chapter 1077: Human Wave Tactics

These four-armed natives were so intent on killing Qianye that they didn’t care at all about the two-arm casualties . Seeing Qianye evade several of their attacks, the four-armed warriors became furious . They shouted out commands to the nearby two-armed people, having them restrict Qianye’s movement space .

Qianye knew that the four-armed people were on a completely different level compared to the two-arms, but he would’ve never imagined they would send the latter to their deaths . One had to know that they were intelligent lifeforms as well—many of them possessed human or dark race bloodlines, and were inherently resistant to orders sending them to their deaths .

Qianye saw terror and hesitation in the eyes of the two-armed natives . They approached him unwillingly because they knew doing so meant death . But their eyes were shrouded in an odd yellow color as the four-armed warriors roared, hiding whatever emotions they might have had before . Soon afterward, they lost all reasoning and charged toward Qianye amidst loud cries .

Qianye saw that the four-armed warriors were the ones in control . He laughed coldly as he charged out from the encirclement of two-armed people and arrived beside one of the roaring four-armed warriors . A swing of East Peak was all it took to sever his legs .

The four-armed native fell down screaming and rolled about in pain, his flailing weapons producing an area of death around him . All the two-armed people near him were badly mutilated .

Qianye only injured the warrior because he would turn into a natural obstruction in his badly injured state . Otherwise, not to mention a hundred thousand, just ten thousand of them was enough to squeeze him to death .

Despite that, the ones shouting out the orders weren't just a single four-armed warrior . Even though dozens of them were issuing commands at the same time, the two-armed natives never got confused . They simply charged at Qianye as though a single person was guiding them .

Qianye found it strange and wondered if all the four-armed people were simply shouting something like “charge”, an order that would make no difference no matter how many people were issuing it .

As the two-armed soldiers grew in number, Qianye slashed and dodged but wasn’t able to improve his situation at all . He glanced around him and noted the locations of all the four-armed people around him . It wasn’t going to be that easy to surround and kill him with two-armed cannon fodder!



The four-armed warriors were quite tall—the strongest ones were almost ten meters in height, while the shorter ones were at least four . They looked fairly eye-catching as they towered over the horde of two-armed men . The latter could obstruct him on the ground, but there was nothing they could do to him in the air .

At the thought of this, Qianye shot into the sky and pounced onto a four-armed warrior . He struck away the native’s weapon and, with a turn of his body, slashed open the man’s head .

Qianye leaped up again after the successful kill, tapping a tree-trunk in the air before shooting toward a different four-armed warrior . Yet another cull ensued .

Qianye flew about in the air, felling seven of these four-armed warriors and clearing the left side of the battlefield . The sea of two-armed people below him could pose no threat .

It was at this point that a sudden change happened .

The dozens of remaining four-armed warriors retrieved the bows on their back and nocked their arrows . In the blink of an eye, countless arrows were whistling through the air toward Qianye .

Qianye’s expression changed at the sight of these green-shrouded arrows!

He pounced toward a large tree, circled to the back, and began climbing upward . The projectiles whistling behind him flew around the tree as they closed in .

In the blink of an eye, Qianye had reached the crown of the tree . There, the branches were already quite thin and no longer able to hide his figure . Although most of the pursuing arrows had struck the tree trunk, there were still ten or so on his tail .

Qianye was a powerful character even by the twelve major vampire clans’ standards, someone who could suppress people like Edward . Despite his superiority in speed and agility, he still couldn’t escape these arrows after going all out . The archery skill of these natives was far beyond what the Empire was capable of .



With no path upward, Qianye made a sharp turn and slammed down into the sea of two-armed people like a comet .

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!” Several of the pursuing arrows stabbed into the ground behind Qianye . The projectiles almost vanished completely into the earth, leaving only the fletching . It would seem their accuracy was lacking just a bit during sharp turns .  

However, Qianye let out a muffled grunt as he was struck on the thigh and shoulder .

The arrow in his thigh had gone in quite deep, while the other one nailed into his shoulder blade .


Qianye’s face turned pale as he reached back and pulled the arrows out . The arrowheads weren’t serrated, but there were strange blue patterns upon them representing an intense poison . Qianye’s wound felt somewhat numb, but the venom was swept away by a wave of sanguine flames .

Qianye felt fortunate that the natives had thought their poison was enough and never bothered to modify their arrowheads . Such crafting was too much work for the natives who had to procreate in the daytime and go into deep sleep at night to resist the cold . Using a bit of poison saved them much time .

Besides, a poison that could give Qianye such discomfort could easily kill any other beast . Even a demonkin expert like Eden would have to go through a bit of trouble when poisoned . While surrounded in every direction, just a slight delay was enough to plunge one into peril .

It could be considered good luck that only ten or so arrows had managed to chase after him until the end, two of them finding their mark . From a different perspective, these four-armed natives wouldn’t be at their current level if all of their arrows could chase after Qianye until the end . They would have to be at or near the divine champion realm .

The two-armed natives had swarmed over at this point, and Qianye no longer dared take to the skies, lest he became an easy target . He flashed into the crowd of two-armed people and adopted the most primitive way to protect himself .

Qianye’s movements became extremely small and meticulous, only enough to disable the enemy . He would not kill if he could injure, and only lightly if he could help it . This wasn’t born of benevolence but rather to conserve energy for potential danger .



The Book of Darkness could convert essence blood, but the rate was nowhere near the consumption in battle . He could replenish blood energy but not origin power, which was being drained at a steady rate .

Having adapted to the high gravity, most species in the Great Maelstrom possessed strong bodies . This was a problem for Qianye because his domain would have little effect on these people, and he couldn’t use Life Plunder too often . This crippled half of Qianye’s trump cards, leaving only the Shot of Inception for use in critical situations .

It was soon dusk .

Qianye was bathed in blood . All he could remember was that he had killed close to a hundred four-armed warriors and countless two-armed ones . His body was growing heavy, and every movement felt exhausting . He could feel his origin power and blood energy hitting empty .

“Will I ever escape?” Qianye sighed secretly . He had never imagined that he would be dying to a native human wave tactic, not on the front lines against the dark races, nor amidst a civil conflict in the Empire . Now that was frustrating .

That six-armed giant simply wouldn’t enter the forest and was currently quite far away . With the energy Qianye had left, it wasn’t possible even if he wanted to use Spatial Flash and take the giant down with him .

The curtain of the night slowly descended, and the forest grew darker . The darkness had no effect on Qianye, but the same couldn’t be said for the natives . They did possess some night vision capabilities but couldn’t compare to Qianye’s vision, which stemmed from his ancient vampire bloodline .

With the pressure on him reduced, Qianye finally made a decision on his path of escape . He charged out toward the Pond of Life!

Now that it was night time, most creatures would instinctively choose to sleep even without the frigid night freezing their vitality . All reproduction activities had stopped .

It was probably the same for those giant beasts in the Pond of Life . In their weariness, they would probably not mind an insect flying past them—provided said insect didn’t sting them .

Qianye was betting on the sea creatures being in a resting state and ignoring him as he passed by the water .

When the sky was completely dark, Qianye finally got through the encirclement and arrived at the point where the forest and lake waters met . That was where the invisible border existed .

The distant six-armed giant became restless . It roared continuously, instructing the two and four-armed natives to tighten their siege . The giant also tried to enter the forest, knocking several trees down and injuring itself .

This proved that there was something the six-armed giant feared in the Pond of Life . It didn’t want Qianye to go there .

It made sense for one to do something the enemy didn’t want; this was a good strategy under most circumstances . Qianye advanced firmly and crossed the invisible border .

A furious roar echoed in the Pond of Life as he crossed the boundary . A shockwave of desire surged over and struck Qianye, as well as the natives chasing after him . Even the people who were just close to the border weren’t spared . Apparently, the creature in the water had been infuriated .

As the tides fell, Qianye was overcome by a momentary daze . The stunned state was immediately suppressed by his Venus Dawn origin power, granting him clarity once more .

The natives around him, on the other hand, fell to the ground and became entangled like a group of mating beasts . It was clear that they could produce offspring, so they couldn’t resist the torrential urge .

Qianye was delighted because this tide of desire was much weaker compared to the daytime . Apparently, the creatures in the water needed to sleep too and were using minimal effort to deal with them . This intensity was enough for him to resist, which was beyond the power of those two and four-armed natives . This wave of desire actually helped Qianye deal with his pursuers .

Qianye continued running toward the Pond of Life, but he glanced back briefly before doing so . There seemed to be a commotion in the distance; the natives were beleaguering someone .





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