Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 976: Giant Vampire Bat

Chapter 976: Chapter 976: Giant Vampire Bat

For thousands of years, teams from the Bitao Martial Academy entering the mountain for training had always been united, facing external challenges together. Incidents of infighting like this were extremely rare.

Even if Ouyang Jian managed to escape danger this time, upon his return to the Bitao Martial Academy, he would still face severe punishment and disdain from his fellow disciples.

As the team leader, once Ouyang Jian fled, his team lost the resolve and courage to continue battling the spirit beast, and the remaining members also scattered toward the opposite bank of the river.

In fact, with their overall strength, if they fought desperately, at least half of the members could have successfully crossed the river after paying a certain price.

However, Ouyang Jian’s decision to flee first had caused their team to completely collapse, as members frantically tried to escape.

Since their cultivation levels weren’t strong enough to allow them to stay in the air for long or to have the ability to fly, they could only launch themselves a certain distance forward and then had to lower their figures to step on floating logs on the river to leap back into the air.

As they descended to step on the floating logs, it presented the spirit beasts with the perfect opportunity to launch deadly attacks.

Screams began to rise from the Nether River intermittently as one member after another from Ouyang Jian’s team fell under the attack of spirit beasts and turned into nourishment for them.

Ouyang Jian, who had been the first to flee, seemed to have good luck, as he unobstructed reached the opposite bank of the Nether River.

With both feet on solid ground, Ouyang took a long breath of relief.

Although he knew that what he had just done could only bring him shame, when compared to his life, he felt he had still come out ahead.

Furthermore, now that he had crossed the Nether River and reached the core area of the Bitao Mountain Range, if he could encounter some great opportunity here and significantly increase his strength to become a Desolate Level Martial Artist, then not only would he avoid punishment upon his return to the Bitao Martial Academy, he might even join the ranks of the academy’s upper echelons.

After all, for a fourth-grade sect like the Bitao Martial Academy, a Desolate Level Martial Artist was an extremely crucial force, and the academy’s upper echelons wouldn’t likely take punitive measures against him just because of an Inner Court disciple.

Thinking this, any flicker of remorse that Ouyang Jian might have felt evaporated like smoke and clouds.

He looked back and saw that his team had been completely annihilated. His lips twitched, and then he gritted his teeth and strode into the forest ahead.

As for the teams of Shen Yulin and Huang Miao who were still fiercely battling the spirit beasts in the river, he would have wished for both teams to fall in the Nether River, and he certainly wouldn’t lift a finger to help them.

Just as Ouyang Jian’s figure entered the forest, Fang Bai, who had been sitting on a rock hundreds of meters away, also disappeared without a trace.

Ouyang Jian walked through a forest and over a hillside, and before him lay a beautiful plain filled with flowers and crisscrossed by streams, resembling a heavenly paradise.

Ouyang Jian, who had been to this place before during a mountain training, knew that despite its paradise-like appearance, the plain was filled with various risks and dangers, so he didn’t dare to be careless.

He circulated his cultivation technique, protected himself with True Yuan, remained fully alert, and subsequently slowed his pace, walking cautiously onward.

He had covered several hundred meters when suddenly a strange, prolonged sound echoed by his ears.

The sound came from behind him.

Startled, Ouyang Jian turned and saw standing on the hill he had just crossed, a figure standing proudly.

"It’s actually him!"

Even though separated by hundreds of meters, Ouyang Jian still made out that the figure was none other than Fang Bai, a member of Huang Miao’s team.

"What is that guy trying to do? Does he not know that making such a loud noise will attract Spirit Beasts?"

Ouyang Jian was frantic and wished he could rush over and strangle Fang Bai.

Ouyang Jian knew that in the core area of the Bitao Mountain Range, whether in the skies, on the ground, or in the water, powerful Spirit Beasts could emerge at any moment.

He had been walking on eggshells, fearing he might disturb a Spirit Beast, meanwhile Fang Bai, seemingly anxious that the Spirit Beasts wouldn’t know of his presence, was boldly howling at the sky.

His howl could spread across several miles, and those Spirit Beasts that favored eating Martial Artists would definitely be drawn to the commotion.

Ouyang Jian turned his head, looked far into the distance, and upon seeing a Stone Forest a kilometer away to the front left, his face lit up with joy. He then fully exerted his movement technique, planning to hide in the Stone Forest to avoid the Spirit Beasts that Fang Bai’s howl would bring, so he wouldn’t suffer for Fang Bai’s actions.

He had just moved when he felt the sky to the west suddenly darken. Looking up, he saw a large mass of dark clouds rapidly approaching.

But soon, Ouyang Jian had an uneasy feeling because that mass of dark clouds was enveloped in an overwhelming aura, rolling in like surging waves.

And that aura did not belong to Human Martial Artists, but to Spirit Beasts.

"That... Those are Bloodsucking Giant Bats!"

By the time Ouyang Jian saw the dark clouds clearly, his pupils contracted, his face turned pale, and he looked completely desperate.

Bloodsucking Giant Bats were carnivorous Spirit Beasts from the True Martial Realm. These beasts were extremely aggressive and ferocious, the smallest being the size of a hand and the largest having wings that could stretch out to several meters in diameter.

Bloodsucking Giant Bats lived in groups. Once they appeared, they would swarm the skies, and neither other Spirit Beasts nor Human Martial Artists would want to encounter them as it often meant a slim chance of survival.

However, Bloodsucking Giant Bats were mostly active at night. Their massive appearance at this time must have been attracted by Fang Bai’s howling.

Individually, a Bloodsucking Giant Bat was not strong, but when thousands gathered, they were terrifying. Even Ren Jingbo, the Desolate Level Perfection head of the Bitao Martial Academy, could not escape unharmed from their attack.

"Fang Bai, you bastard! Look what you’ve done! I’m going to die, and you won’t escape either!"

With fury in his heart, Ouyang Jian frantically rushed toward the Stone Forest. If he could reach the Stone Forest and use it for cover, perhaps there was still a chance to survive.

However, although Ouyang Jian was fast, the group of Bloodsucking Giant Bats flew even faster. When Ouyang Jian was still two or three hundred meters away from the Stone Forest, the thousands of Bloodsucking Giant Bats had already flown overhead and then, changing formation like a giant dragon swooping down from the sky, charged at Ouyang Jian.

Ouyang Jian was terrified, his True Yuan crazily circulated, and he punched upwards, trying to disperse the Bloodsucking Giant Bats rushing toward him.

However, after killing the first Bloodsucking Giant Bat with his True Yuan, the second one pounced, and after killing the second, the third followed closely after...

Thousands of Bloodsucking Giant Bats, like a dark waterfall, poured down from the sky, continuously charging at Ouyang Jian. He only lasted a dozen or so breaths before being overwhelmed by the swarm of crazed Bloodsucking Giant Bats.