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Jing Yuan dove down rapidly, killing the Phage Beast closest to the lift platform.

Then Jing Yuan arrived near the lift platform, becoming the first line of defense to protect it!

"Everyone, get on the platform quickly!"

Seeing this, Xia Tianlai immediately directed the people getting out of the vehicles to run toward the platform.

Soon, all the people from Dragon Bone Village were on the lift platform, with only the Wasteland Hunters still on high alert, holding the "second line of defense"!

Jing Yuan glanced back and hurriedly said, "Everyone, get up!"

Hearing the command, the Wasteland Hunters quickly turned and jumped onto the lift platform.

The platform rose slowly as several Phage Beasts rushed over, pouncing straight toward it.

One Phage Beast, using its powerful jumping ability, leaped directly onto the platform.

A group of Wasteland Hunters quickly opened fire, knocking it off.

Seeing the platform rise to a certain height, Jing Yuan also retreated back into the air.

He looked up and gazed out; the plains were already covered with Phage Beasts.

Chapter 188: You Have Angered Him!

The convoy led by Mark had not yet reached Dragon Bone Village when they encountered the villagers walking on the road.

By then, Bai Yuekui had already arrived first and loaded some people onto the swift spaceship.

Bai Yuekui arranged for people to pilot the swift spaceship to the Lighthouse, while she and Master Lai stayed behind.

Mark walked over to Bai Yuekui and said, "Jing Yuan sent word that a large number of Phage Beasts have entered the shielding zone and are running toward the Lighthouse. We might not make it in time; we must be prepared for battle!"

Bai Yuekui shook her head. "Don't act unless it's absolutely necessary!"

Mark looked puzzled but didn't ask further questions.

Dragon Bone Village only had a few hundred people. The four cars and the spaceship had already taken some, and the remaining people were all squeezed into these eight vehicles.

These eight vehicles varied in size and space, but they had to make do.

Besides that, over twenty Awakened Practitioners were left outside.

There was no choice; they simply couldn't fit.

However, it didn't matter, as these Awakened Practitioners were experts; by maintaining the Returning to Origin state, the Phage Beasts wouldn't be able to discover them.

Once the group from Dragon Bone Village was in the cars, they set off grandly once again.

Fortunately, the entire route was across plains, so even those hanging onto the vehicles wouldn't be shaken off.

Halfway through the journey, Phage Beasts came rushing over.

Coming along with the Phage Beasts was Jing Yuan.

Mark drove the vehicle and looked at Bai Yuekui, who was squeezed into a seat with Tasia and Summer Bean, asking, "The Phage Beasts are here; are we really not going to act?"

"Don't worry! Master Lai will handle it!"

Looking at the surrounding Phage Beasts, Master Lai released his pressure as a high-level Phage Beast.

This time, he added targeted Mental Power into the pressure.

As long as any Phage Beast approached them, they would feel the pressure from a high-level Phage Beast.

Consequently, dozens of Phage Beasts did not attack the convoy after approaching it but instead followed along the side the whole way.

Within the domain of a high-level Phage Beast, low-level Phage Beasts do not dare to act up.

But outside the domain, unless the high-level Phage Beast actively attacks the low-level ones, it cannot stop them from following.

Jing Yuan flew in the air, following along the entire way.

From here to the Lighthouse, although the Phage Beasts were watching greedily, none of them stepped forward.

The Lighthouse's lift platform descended again. The sound of mechanical movement attracted the Phage Beasts; they actually climbed onto the lift platform and were even preparing to climb up along the ropes!

Seeing this, Jing Yuan shouted to the ground, "There's no other way, hurry onto the platform!"

After saying that, Jing Yuan immediately rushed forward to slay the Phage Beasts climbing up the ropes.

Once the fighting started, the Phage Beasts went into a frenzy once more.

There were eight vehicles on the ground, and the two lift platforms on the Lighthouse were lowered simultaneously.

The ropes connecting the lift platforms were almost entirely covered with Phage Beasts.

There were also many Phage Beasts on the lift platforms.

Jing Yuan couldn't handle it all by himself.

Fortunately, at that moment, the Awakened Practitioners from Dragon Bone Village rushed forward and repelled the Phage Beasts on the platform.

Only after the Phage Beasts on the platform were cleared could the vehicles get on.

In the crowd, Xu Tong inserted a device into Great Mountain's abdomen to create spirit guiding bullets.

Xu Tong fired a spirit guiding bullet, which indeed lured many Phage Beasts away.

But there were too many Phage Beasts, and many still remained on the platform.

Just then, several gravity bodies flew down from the Lighthouse.

Among them were Flying Snow and Erica.

Erica immediately unleashed her fire support, repelling a batch of Phage Beasts.

The warriors from both sides worked together and finally cleared the Phage Beasts from the platform, allowing the vehicles to drive in smoothly.

Once the vehicles were secured, the platform rose. The remaining Phage Beasts on the ropes were also slain one by one by Jing Yuan!

Jing Yuan rushed to the ground and launched another wave of attacks against the Phage Beasts. He also used his war blade to harvest the spirit seeds from the dead Phage Beasts, absorbing another wave of life source essence.

Master Lai, floating in the air, saw this and seemed to understand why these Phage Beasts were rioting!

More and more Phage Beasts gathered around, and Jing Yuan couldn't deal with them all, so he could only follow them up onto the Lighthouse.

The lift platform rose to the height of the Outer Ring platform, where everyone gathered.

Even though the Lighthouse's Outer Ring platform was only three or four hundred meters away from the Lighthouse, they could still see the Phage Beasts on the ground from there.

The people from Dragon Bone Village were alright and relatively calm.

The people on the Lighthouse had never seen such a scene and were terrified for a time, even more so than during Charles's rebellion!

After all, Charles's rebellion was a struggle at the top; no matter who won, they had a way to live, just a difference between living a bit better or worse.

But facing Phage Beasts, everyone had only one path—death!

Jing Yuan flew to Bai Yuekui's side and asked, "Are all your people here?"

Bai Yuekui nodded. "They're all here!"

Jing Yuan sighed and said, "I can finally catch my breath!"

Since returning from Steel Flame Fortress, Jing Yuan had been constantly traveling and fighting without a single moment of rest.

Bai Yuekui was somewhat surprised—was Jing Yuan's stamina really this good?

No one knew that the reason Jing Yuan could engage in such high-intensity combat for so long was entirely because he could absorb the life source essence of the Phage Beasts!

By absorbing life source essence, his strength increased and his stamina could be restored!

Jing Yuan had killed those Phage Beasts at the end and absorbed quite a lot of life source essence; although he still had some stamina left, his mind was on the verge of collapse, and he urgently needed rest.

"Jing Yuan!" Penny walked over from the crowd.

Jing Yuan looked at Penny and quickly asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

"I saw earlier that your body seemed to have some issues!"

Penny shook her head and smiled. "It's nothing."

Jing Yuan nodded and then walked toward Mark, patting him on the shoulder and saying, "For now, let's settle these people first!"

"Okay!"

After Jing Yuan finished speaking, he left the crowd and returned to his residence with Penny.

Penny went to get some food for Jing Yuan, but when she returned, she found that he had already fallen asleep... The arrival of the people from Dragon Bone Village at the Lighthouse for refuge was an emergency, so the containment procedures were not followed.

Mark temporarily arranged for the people from Dragon Bone Village to stay in the Armament Preparation Depot, the Law Enforcement Office chapel, and other places.

The most urgent task was to control the Lighthouse's ascent to escape the pursuit of these Phage Beasts.

The Phage Beasts below the Lighthouse sensed the massive amount of life source essence on the Lighthouse and began to stack themselves like a human pyramid.

Before long, a small mountain made of stacked Phage Beasts formed beneath the Lighthouse...