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Chapter 196 Heavy losses

Xuan and Ling have returned and are currently fighting off the dozen or so crocodiles that attacked Xin and his group. Meanwhile, the level eight crocodile beastman wounded by Yao is frantically running towards the swamp. There's a large hole in the crocodile's back, presumably because the red spear formed by the power of the Beast God has dissipated into energy, allowing it to escape.

Yao conjured a red spear again and hurled it fiercely at the crocodile's head. The spear pierced the crocodile's skull with a thud, then exploded with a bang. The smell of burnt flesh filled the swamp, and the crocodile orc died at Yao's hands.

Yao looked towards the dense forest and saw that Ye and Bai had also returned and were rescuing the flying orcs who were about to be overwhelmed by the wandering orcs. He quickly shouted to Ye, "Ye, come quickly!"

Ye was entangled with several snake-like beasts and scorpion-like beasts and couldn't break free for the time being, so he could only say, "Let me kill them first!"

Frustrated, Yao transformed into a giant phoenix and took flight. Dozens of fireballs spewed from its enormous wings, hurtling towards the fighting beastmen. With a loud "bang," they were all knocked to the ground, their bodies engulfed in flames, and they all cried out in agony, "Ah—!"

Of the orcs in the midst of battle, only two white tigers nimbly dodged the fireballs; everyone else, including Night, regardless of friend or foe, was struck by them all.

"Rush into the water, you'll burn to death!" Yao said, then transformed back into human form and shouted to Ye, "Come quickly!"

Dozens of orcs, their bodies ablaze, rushed into the water to extinguish the flames. Ye, however, only had a fireball graz his shoulder; he swatted at the fire with his hand and put it out. Ye and Bai rushed towards Yao: "Yao, where's Lin?"

Yao turned and jumped into the hole: "She was captured by the wandering orcs. I can't catch up with them in the water. Go find her in the waterway."

Ye and Bai followed Yao towards the cave. They saw Yan tending to the white eagle's wounds, so no one paid them any attention. As they ran, Ye asked, "How did you protect her?!"

No sooner had they finished speaking than the three of them arrived at the underground river. Yao pushed Ye into the water, saying, "Find Lin first, then we'll talk. Hurry up and chase after them!"

Watching Ye dive into the water and quickly disappear, Yao breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Bai, and told Bai what had just happened as he walked out of the cave.

Looking at the white eagle Azhi, whose fate was unknown, Bai asked Yan, "Is there any hope for him?"

Yan said, "He's not dead, but the bones in his wings are broken, and several bones in his body are broken too. He'll need a long time to recover."

Yao said calmly, "As long as they're not dead, go up and save them."

Yao and Bai reached the ground and saw that Xuan and Ling had almost killed off the wandering orcs; those who weren't dead had long since vanished. They had been burned by Yao's fire and were terrified. Now that these level-nine orcs had returned, were they going to stay and wait for Yao to burn them again? Or were they going to wait to be chased by five level-nine orcs? The scene was littered with orc corpses.

The wandering orcs arrived too suddenly. Sheng and his group were afraid that the wandering orcs would rush over and hurt Lin Ni, so they fought them head-on. The flying orcs gave up their greatest advantage in the air and were besieged by beasts, poisonous insects and snakes, suffering heavy losses.

This attack by the wandering orcs resulted in Xin being bitten to death by crocodiles on the spot, and Ou also dying in the battle. Among the remaining flying orcs, Azhi, Dawen, Xue, Wei, and Luo were not only seriously injured but also poisoned. Only Sheng and Huan's injuries were not too severe. Of the nine flying orcs, two level-six orcs died, and those who survived were either seriously injured or poisoned. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were wiped out. However, orcs have a strong healing ability. As long as it's not a severed limb, even the most serious injuries can heal in a few days. As for the toxins, once most of them are squeezed out, the remaining little toxin can be cleared through daily excretion.

Everyone silently tended to their wounds, while Xuan and Ling, like two children who had done something wrong, dared not look at Yao, who stood coldly beside the luggage. At this moment, he seemed like a completely different person; the oppressive aura emanating from him frightened all the beastmen present. Everyone was somewhat frightened by Yao's actions. The usually gentle and smiling divine phoenix was too powerful, and too ruthless.

Xuan asked softly, "Where's Lin?"

Bai pursed her lips, not wanting to talk to them.

Yao turned to look at Xuan and Ling, and said coldly, "What are you standing there for? Go and help everyone squeeze out the poisonous blood."

“Okay!” Xuan agreed and hurried off with Ling to help the injured and poisoned flying beastman.

Bai looked at Yao and asked, "Aren't you going to chase after them?"

Yan then carried the unconscious white eagle Azhi out of the burrow and handed it to Sheng, and then handed the backpack containing Ye Yin and Ye Qing to Bai: "I'm entrusting Lin's cubs to your protection. I'll go up in the sky to chase after Lin."

Sheng took Azhi from him and said to Yan, "I'll go after them with you."

Sheng was only slightly injured and slightly poisoned, but he was hit by Yao's fireball—yes, his heaviest blow came from Yao, but Yao was in a hurry to find Ye and couldn't care less about them.

Yao then spoke up, "Yan, go ahead. Sheng, don't go. Just stay here and watch over them." After saying that, he turned to Bai and said, "If Lin provokes Yin, I'll go save her. Everyone's safety is in your hands. You need to lead everyone to rejoin us."

Bai didn't ask him if it was too late, nor how to save him; he simply let out a sigh of relief and replied, "Okay."

Yan Jianyao made arrangements for the people but showed no intention of setting off. Instead, he transformed into a black eagle and flew eastward to chase after Lin Ni, whom he sensed was there.

Yao remained silent, slowly walking along the clearing where the battle had taken place by the swamp, occasionally flicking fireballs to incinerate the corpses of the dead orcs. He was waiting—