Permanent Martial Arts

The South Mountain Base became busy again. It had been a while since the base had experienced war. Now, war was undoubtedly imminent.

Pangolin Beasts. A massive amount of Pangolin Beasts had appeared in front of the base.

When Lin Feng arrived at the fortress walls of the base, he realized that there were Pangolin Beasts everywhere in front of the base. Tens of thousands of densely-packed Pangolin Beasts were growling.

Lin Feng looked over and realized that there were a few large holes in the ground behind the Pangolin Beasts. Pangolin Beasts were still surging out of the holes continuously. These Pangolin Beasts must have dug more than ten tunnels underground and gathered in front of the base.

“These Pangolin Beasts are good at digging tunnels. Will they dig their way into the base?”

Lin Feng was not too familiar with the South Mountain Base after all.

Lu Wei explained, “We’re already prepared for it. The entire base is built from the toughest steel. It’s simply harder than any fortress of war. Even the foundation is filled with the toughest steel. No matter how sharp the claws of those Pangolin Beasts are, they can’t break through it.”

“If that’s the case, why did the base suffer such heavy losses last time?”

Lu Wei naturally knew that Lin Feng was referring to the unforeseen event which occurred when Zhou Yun was the Chief Commander.

Hence, he explained with a bitter smile, “We suffered such heavy losses last time because Commander Zhou Yun insisted on charging into the lair of the Pangolin Beasts. The defense at the base was weak, and since it had to receive many martial artists who fled back, it left those Pangolin Beasts an opening to strike.”

Lin Feng nodded. It seemed like this was really Zhou Yun’s fault. He had to take the blame.

“There are so many Pangolin Beasts gathered in front of the base. If we ignore them, will we be in danger?”

“Yes. If we ignore so many Pangolin Beasts, more and more Pangolin Beasts will gather. They will dig slowly, bit by bit, or simply attack the base by force. That will be very dangerous. At least, if those Pangolin Beast demons want to jump into the base, it wouldn’t be a problem for them at all.”

Lin Feng understood now. It seemed like having so many Pangolin Beasts was indeed troublesome. Even if he ignored them, as time went on, the Pangolin Beasts might even breach the base.

The skin of the Pangolin Beasts was hard like rocks. They were not huge, but they were about the size of an adult crocodile. However, the demons among the Pangolin Beasts were abnormally huge, about four or five times the size of ordinary Pangolin Beasts.

Moreover, Lin Feng saw about 40-odd Pangolin Beast demons at a glance.

“Why did they suddenly gather outside the base?”

For some reason, Lin Feng felt that these Pangolin Beasts seemed to be very “angry”. They were just gathered outside the base and did not attack immediately, as if they were expressing their “anger”.

Lu Wei fell silent. He had been in the South Mountain Base for many years, and had also studied these Pangolin Beasts for many years. In terms of the understanding of Pangolin Beasts, no one in the entire South Mountain Base could compare to Lu Wei.

“The Pangolin Beasts are actually not violent in temperament. They can even be considered gentle among the many dire beasts. Under normal circumstances, they are unwilling to fight with other dire beasts. Similarly, the Pangolin Beasts are also unwilling to fight with us humans. This area was originally the territory of the Pangolin Beasts. However, when we humans wanted to expand, we built a city here and set up frontline bases. After a few major battles, those Pangolin Beasts have actually already given up a lot of territory.”

“Although the Pangolin Beasts have relatively mild temperaments, they are dire beasts that live in hordes and have very close connections. Once a Pangolin Beast is killed, it will usually attract a large horde of Pangolin Beasts.”

Also, the reason so many Pangolin Beasts have appeared now is most likely the Pangolin Beast demon that Chen Xue had killed. Moreover, that Pangolin Beast probably wasn’t just a demon. Perhaps its identity is somewhat special among Pangolin Beasts.

Understood. Lin Feng completely understood now. This entire situation was caused by Chen Xue. At this thought, Lin Feng frowned.

“So, they can track the dead Pangolin Beast?”

“Yes, they have an extremely sensitive sense of smell. They must have smelled it.”

Actually, this was also why Lu Wei was so angry when he saw Chen Xue carrying a Pangolin Beast demon back to the base. It would clearly attract a large amount of Pangolin Beasts.

“This should be common knowledge. In that case, Chen Xue brought the Pangolin Beast’s corpse into the base on purpose?”

Lu Wei did not speak, but Lin Feng already knew the answer. Initially, Lin Feng only felt that Chen Xue was a little pitiful. Perhaps Zhou Yun’s death had caused Chen Xue to go a little insane.

However, from the looks of it, Chen Xue was not just insane, but audacious. Moreover, deliberately attracting the Pangolin Beasts to attack the South Mountain Base was enough for Chen Xue to be tried in court.

“After this crisis, I will send Chen Xue to the Martial Artist Court!”

Lin Feng also knew about the new policy for martial artists. Right now, his prestige in the South Mountain Base was very high. Sending Chen Xue to the martial artist court was easily achievable for him. Moreover, Chen Xue’s crime was indeed serious. Once she was sent to the Martial Artist Court, no one could guarantee what kind of severe punishment Chen Xue would receive.

After all, such a thing was too heinous. It basically doomed the entire base.

However, sending Chen Xue into the martial artist court was a matter for the future. Lin Feng had to consider how to deal with the current situation. He had only been in the South Mountain Base for a month, but he had already encountered such a huge crisis. If he did not handle it well, the entire South Mountain Base might be in danger of being destroyed.

“There are already 46 demons, and there’s no knowing if more demons will appear later.”

Looking at the Pangolin Beasts that emerged from the underground tunnels, Lin Feng’s frown deepened. The demons among the Pangolin Beasts were actually very easy to identify. After all, they were much larger than ordinary Pangolin Beasts, and could be recognized at a glance.

These Pangolin Beasts were expressing their anger. No matter how gentle these Pangolin Beasts were, Lin Feng knew that they could not possibly coexist with the Pangolin Beasts in peace.

This was a battle for survival between two species. There was no room for negotiation, let alone distinction of right or wrong.

With so many Pangolin Beasts surrounding the base, he had to defeat these Pangolin Beasts.

“Out of the 46 demons, each of you should be able to hold off two demons temporarily, right? Twenty-one, no, it should be twenty. Excluding Chen Xue, you can hold off forty demons for the time being. I’ll deal with the remaining six.”

Lin Feng seemed to be calculating how to deal with those Pangolin Beasts. Lu Wei’s expression changed slightly. Was Lin Feng planning to fight the Pangolin Beasts head-on?

The last time, Zhou Yun had fought them head-on. In the end, the South Mountain Base was almost breached by the Pangolin Beasts. Even Zhou Yun himself was killed in battle. He did not want to experience that kind of disaster again.

He had thought that Lin Feng was “level-headed” enough and would not be so rash. He did not expect Lin Feng to be so reckless as well.

Just as Lu Wei was about to persuade Lin Feng, the martial artists behind him became faintly restless.

“Why is Chen Xue here?”

Lin Feng turned around and saw the disheveled Chen Xue. There was no knowing when she had also arrived at the fortress tower. Many martial artists’ expressions revealed anger as they looked at Chen Xue.

When all those Pangolin Beasts suddenly appeared outside the base, the martial artists at the base naturally knew that the reason likely had to do with the Pangolin Beast Chen Xue had killed. How could they possibly look at Chen Xue without anger?

However, Chen Xue was very calm. She only stopped when she came before Lin Feng.