Chapter 886: The Beast Herd

Last time, Tianyin’s sonic powers and Lao Hei’s martial strength were enough to shatter such ice crystals. This time, under the combined powerful attacks of over 300 Chaos Travelers, the massive ice crystals spanning dozens of miles in radius were shattered almost instantly.

It should be noted that Su Che’s time domain could cover tens of thousands of feet, easily encompassing everyone present. However, the strength of the time domain was proportional to Su Che’s own cultivation level. For now, he could at most trap about ten enemies of similar strength to himself.

With each of the 300+ travelers releasing a bit of their power, their combined force could instantly tear apart the time domain. Thus, now was definitely not the best time to reveal the identity of the “traitor.”

Hiss… Hiss… Hiss…

Although patches of icy poisonous mist still tried to slip in through the gaps in the travelers’ attacks, aiming to create chaos among the crowd and freeze them one by one, under the command of top fighters like Wangu, these mists were vaporized into nothingness before they could land.

This was what happened when there were many people—what couldn’t be done by a dozen people could be easily accomplished by hundreds.

“Be careful! Something is trying to emerge from underground!”

One of the veteran travelers standing with Wangu had keen senses and had already detected a slight disturbance in the soil beneath their feet. He immediately sent a warning to everyone.

The warning came at just the right time. As the crowd prepared themselves, suddenly, hundreds of tree roots as thick as thighs emerged from the soil, writhing like giant pythons.

If they hadn’t been prepared in advance, many would have been pierced from between their legs, through their stomachs, and out through their foreheads, with those roots completely passing through their bodies—a truly tragic fate.

Just as the crowd prepared to attack the tree roots, they suddenly retracted deep into the ground, disappearing instantly. Not even a hole remained on the hard ground.

Before anyone could react, hundreds more tree roots emerged from other locations. The crowd hurriedly dodged, and then, in an instant, they retracted again before emerging once more…

This back-and-forth continued, as if someone were constantly casting ground-piercing spells. But everyone knew that the penetration power of these tree roots was far more terrifying than any such spell. A single hit could cause internal organs to rupture; at the least, it would damage the body, and at the worst, it could be fatal.

To avoid the thorns from the tree roots, many people couldn’t focus on continuing to attack the surrounding ice crystals. The icy poisonous mist grew denser once again, and with crackling sounds, more thick ice crystals formed, pressing down rapidly from above.
“The icy poisonous mist has changed a lot,” Wan Gu said to the dozen or so old friends around him. “It’s even more severe than the information we gathered before.”
The dozen seasoned travelers nodded silently.
At such moments, the difference between these top-tier warriors and ordinary travelers became evident—while avoiding the thorns from the tree roots, they could still effortlessly keep attacking and shattering the ice crystals, showing no signs of panic.
At that instant, Wan Gu nodded at his friends, who immediately understood and scattered to their positions, combining their powers to cast a powerful spell.
Whoosh…
A large mirror with a radius of a hundred zhang appeared beneath hundreds of people. Its smooth surface faced downward, with dense, strange runes on the back.
This large mirror supported over 300 travelers, overcoming the terrifying gravity of Magic Island, and slowly rose, hovering vertically at a height of three zhang above the ground.
Hiss…
Hundreds more thorns from the tree roots emerged, trying to pierce and shatter the mirror floating above. Yet, when these thorns hit the mirror surface, they seemed to enter another dimension, failing to touch anything solid.
Even more bizarrely, hundreds of phantom tree roots appeared above the 300 travelers, growing even larger as they pierced upward, instantly splitting the thick ice layer above them.
“Mirror reflection?” Su Che realized immediately that this was a combination of techniques like Great Transformation and Great Mirror, capable of converting downward attacks into pure energy attacks with similar properties, then firing them back—essentially using the enemy’s own tactics against them.
In this way, the thorns from below lost their threat and even helped the travelers shatter the thick ice above.
The Snake Woman’s telepathic voice reached Su Che’s ears from thousands of miles away: “These guys are really hard to deal with.”
“Yes.”

Su Che replied to her, “It’s not just the large number. The key is that the dozen or so leaders are top-tier powerhouses in the Chaos. Any one of them is more formidable than ten ordinary travelers put together. I suggest you concentrate your efforts and finish this quickly. If they use a strategy of taking you on one by one, you and the Mixed Separation Divine Tree will end up in a very passive position.”
“Alright, I’ll follow your advice.”
The Snake Woman said softly, “I’ll focus all my strength on this now. You guys should also be careful to avoid accidental harm.”
“Understood,” Su Che replied.
Just a few breaths later, Wangu led everyone to shatter the ice crystals surrounding them. As they broke free, they heard roars coming from all directions, converging toward them.
“So many magical beasts.”
Someone exclaimed in shock. Countless dark spots appeared on the ground. After taking a quick count, there were definitely no fewer than three thousand of them.
Normally, a Chaos traveler could handle at most two magical beasts at once; three would be certain defeat. Although top-tier powerhouses like Wangu could handle a dozen or so without trouble, could everyone withstand a battle of three thousand against three thousand?
Wangu noticed the panic on some people’s faces and quickly shouted, “Don’t panic! One against three might be tough, but three thousand against three thousand is a completely different situation. After all, these magical beasts are just low-intelligence beasts. As long as we work together and don’t get separated, it shouldn’t be a problem to take them down one by one.”
Everyone nodded. This made sense.
In the blink of an eye, over three thousand magical beasts with long tails rushed over, forming a circle that surrounded everyone.
As soon as some of the beasts reached attacking range, they began spewing various types of energy projectiles—ice arrows, fire arrows, and highly corrosive venom…
Boom! The scene immediately became chaotic.
But since a group of the three hundred travelers was dedicated to defense, they created a highly resilient semicircular defensive barrier that blocked all these attacks, turning them into dazzling fireworks bursting outside the barrier.
“This won’t work.”

Su Che could tell at a glance that although the Snake Woman had a long lifespan, due to the limitations of her living environment, she had never experienced combat involving armies of over a hundred since birth. Such a tactic was extremely unwise, so he advised her again, “There’s no need to surround them. Instead, concentrate your forces and launch a sudden attack to scatter them completely, creating a chaotic situation that will be advantageous for you. Don’t worry about minor losses—killing a few hundred magical beasts is worth it if it can scatter them.”
“Okay, okay. You take command; I’ll follow your orders,” the Snake Woman replied softly through telepathy, seemingly without any temper, only filled with charm.
“Form a conical formation and charge with full force!” Su Che transformed an offensive formation into a mental image and sent it over.
Soon, more than three thousand magical beasts outside the defensive barrier let out loud roars, as if a chaotic crowd pushing and shoving each other began to gather in one direction.
Wanguo frowned and said to the others, “Obviously, someone is directing them. It must be that Mixed Separation Divine Tree.”
Someone nodded in response, “This shows it has evolved enough intelligence—more than just basic survival instincts.”
Most agreed with this view, as they had never had close, face-to-face interactions with the Mixed Separation Divine Tree like Su Che had, so their understanding of its intelligence was limited. They were even unaware of the existence of a magical beast commander like the Snake Woman.
All along, the Chaos Travelers had regarded the Mixed Separation Divine Tree as a supreme treasure of chaos, not as an intelligent being on par with them.
It was merely a tree that had naturally arisen in chaos. No matter how powerful it was, it couldn’t compare to advanced intelligent beings like them who had received systematic education, endured countless hardships, excelled at learning from experience, and loved to accumulate knowledge.
What they didn’t know was that the one remotely controlling these magical beasts was neither the Mixed Separation Divine Tree nor the charming Snake Woman, but Su Che, a traitor among their own ranks.
“Concentrate and strengthen defenses!”
Wanguo realized what those magical beasts were about to do and immediately gave instructions to the travelers in charge of defense, directing all defensive forces to the area where the beast horde was about to charge.
Roar…
The beast horde roared as it launched its attack from dozens of miles away.
“Kill!”
At Wanguo’s command, the travelers in charge of attacking cast their most powerful spells, trying to disrupt the attacking formation of the beast horde.

We can’t let them concentrate such impact force; it must be dispersed so that everyone can withstand it.
Boom, boom, boom…
Vibrant, powerful spells struck the beast herd, instantly lifting entire groups of magical beasts into the air. They were thrown high only to be pulled back by those extremely tough tails buried in the ground and crashed heavily to the ground.
In the past, even an expedition team of a dozen or so people could hardly deal fatal damage to these beasts. But today, with a dense network of fire from at least two hundred people and the destructive forces of various spells colliding, unimaginable chain reactions were created.
Theoretically, for example, if a hundred Chaos warriors each struck once, taking turns attacking one beast, after a hundred strikes, that beast might not die but would only suffer minor injuries and remain intact.
But if a hundred people attacked simultaneously, the terrifying power concentrated at one point would be enough to reduce that beast to dust in an instant.
That’s exactly what happened here—many of the beasts’ hard scales on their surfaces melted instantly under the impact of this combined energy, leaving only bloody messes. The next moment, their bodies shattered into pieces scattered across the ground, only to be ground into flesh paste, fragments, and dust by the relentless, raging energy—until nothing remained…
It was such a process of death. In the blink of an eye, over a hundred beasts were reduced to rubble, leaving only bare tails that swiftly retracted underground.
“That’s it! Keep going—kill them!”
The voice of Eternity echoed within the defensive barrier. The more than three hundred travelers, having achieved success with a single strike, were greatly inspired, as if they could already see the victorious scene of all three thousand beasts being destroyed after just a few dozen more attacks.