Chapter 68: The blood general

The tide was slowly approaching the mine region. Long Tao got lucky6 this time. Not only was he able to attract the silver winged condor to the mine region, from the looks of it, if the process went well, but he will also get the eggs. Those eggs are quite valuable. Given Long Tao managed to get away with those, he would be able to sell it for a huge commission in the black market. Especially if it was the silver-winged condor. Flying beasts got more attention then the normal ones due to aerial mobility and if it was put up for auction, the amount received would be quite generous. Long Tao decided to keep the eggs quite safe. He had to wait till the Crimson Lord artifact completed its upgrade and store these pieces inside.

The silver-winged condor was even more enraged then the metal clawed bear. Its children were taken away. It ordered all the beasts within the area to follow up the trail of the man. He had to get its children back and would take revenge on the person. What it didn't expect was that he would be confronting the metal clawed bear as it reaches the rendezvous point of the avatars. It was just above the mines. The time was of the essence here as three enemies were approaching at high speed and Long Tao had to lure the trap to put them against each other.

Nearby the mine regions-

A group of figures could be seen dashing at high speed towards the mine. It was none other than the Blood general and his group. The blood general was a known figure in Chu country and its surrounding. His story was filled with bloodshed. No one knew the origins or the parentage of the blood general. The first record of his started when he first joined the Chu army at the age of 15. He cleared his way through brute force and ability to get a position in one of the squads that belonged to the north-eastern Chu military. The group he was assigned to was sent for multiple reckon missions which involved spying, massacre, and assassination. The blood general began to outshine his peers soon enough, due to his ability, bloodthirst, and talent. Soon enough as he entered the QI master realm, he was given the charge of the group. It was the beginning of his rise.

The group started out working day and night to fulfill missions. There was a rumor that the blood general never once stayed within the barracks, always on the move doing some mission until he became a Qi general himself. The reason behind these actions was attributed to the rumor that he might have killed some family member of a high-ranking official and was hence trying to protect himself from being killed by avoiding to stay within the camp. The rumor was proven true when he returned after formally breaking through the Qi general realm and massacred the whole lineage of one of the previous Qi generals.

The Chu country began to value his abilities and his blood-thirsty attitude with a tendency to massacre got him attributed with the title of Blood general. After taking the mantle, he moved to many other regions and had fought on many fronts. The Jiao listed the Blood general on the top rankers of the bounty list as he has killed a greater number of soldiers than any other enemy general. But no one knew his actual cultivation. Some said that he was at the 2nd level of Qi general, while others said that he was at first. He was proving to be the most disturbing obstacle for Long Tao's plan. He didn't expect the Chu to dispatch the blood-general to these regions. The whole group that was accompanying him was dangerous. Although they were in the Qi master realm, the experience was vast and had brawled with Qi generals in the past. Long Tao was currently trying to come up with a plan.

The mine region-

Long Tao was trying to communicate with the artifact about its progress in absorption. The QI in the area was changing just like the artifact had said. Now that the surface mine was aired absorbed and the intermediate level mine was surfacing into the environment, the Qi concentration was becoming denser and denser." How much longer will it take to absorb?". The keeper's voice sounded" 70% has already been absorbed. We require a little more than 1 day to absorb the whole mine, but the QI radiation had already started. I hope you have made the proper arrangements for escape.". Long Tao was satisfied with the speed. The environment began to shake as huge roar and rushing sound could be heard. The Beast tide finally reached. The show shall begin.

The metal clawed bear and its group reached here first, but the man they were chasing ad vanished into thin air. Soon enough they heard a screech, and when they looked upwards, they could see a large horde of Flying beasts approaching the area. The two groups confronted each other and suddenly a particular object made its projectile towards the Metal clawed bear. The bear smashed it. From what could be seen it was kind of an egg. When the silver-winged condor saw this, his eyes became blood-shot and screeched madly, after which it rushed towards the bear at full force. The clash began.

The Blood general reached near the location, just to find it overturned by beasts. There were hordes of beasts clashing among themselves everywhere. He could see the corpses of the Chu military guards lying all around. The Chu general didn't manage to comprehend the situation at first. This location was quite far from the beast's dwellings. How come so many beasts attacked the camp here. He himself with his teams couldn't control the situation. The number was just too large. He then sensed a huge amount of power being radiated from some area. "I will be following up with the brawl. You people are to scout the location and take into custody any remaining survivors. I will personally interrogate them to find out what went down here. Also, one should proceed to the main camp to report the situation and dispatch a force to handle this. We can't lose this mine.

He is managed to reach the location where the bear and the condor were confronting each other. He was surprised to see the two overlords of the region clashing here. From what he could comprehend, the horde was the combination of either of their armies in confrontation. But the scene also provided a rare opportunity. The two beasts were going to be injured after the fight. It didn't matter who won, the victor would be grievously injured too. The blood general wanted to make use of the opportunity to get his hands on the corpses of both the beasts. A level 4 beast corpse was like a huge treasure trove. Even he was excited about it.

The underlings were currently busy searching the whole locality. They wanted to find and take in any survivors. They decided to split up and search the surroundings. Each of the people went separate ways. It hadn't been even 10 minutes since the search began when they heard the shout for help from one of their comrades. When they reached the location, one headless corpse was lying there, blood flowing out of it like a river. They verified the surroundings and from what they could tell, the guy who just died was no match for the enemy who ambushed him. They instantly reported the situation to the blood general. It seemed like this beast tide was planned and not by coincidence. The situation demanded immediate attention from the general.

The blood general was surprised to hear this. The beast tide was planned by someone. What would their motive be, by attracting the beats tide here? Soon enough another report came, about another ambush. The situation was getting more and more perilous. His squad was being hunted down by unknown entities. With passing time, more and more members were being killed, and the only headless corpse was being left behind. The blood general decided to proceed towards the location and verify it himself. He couldn't take any more chances with the current scenario. The reports came in more frequently than before. More and more people were being killed. His squad was about to be wiped clean.

Long To was executing the group which was searching the location of the mines. He wanted the group to stay away from the mine. The atmosphere's QI was getting denser and denser by the second. Any high ranked cultivator can make out the presence of a natural resource in this region. The absorption was now at 80 %. Log Tao was currently tagging behind a group of two men who were proceeding towards the mine entrance. He summoned his sword and cleaved one of them clean. A hand brawl began with the other guy. The fight continued, and he was finally overwhelmed by Long Tao, who then caught his head and ripped it apart from his neck. A huge fountain of blood came rushing out of the body, and Long Tao was about to leave when he saw a figure approaching. It was the blood general.