Lightning Is the Only Way

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The earth moved in front of the Earth Movers, and the ground around them heightened until it was around a kilometer higher than the sea level. The water was pushed to the side and flooded the landscape. Yet, to the beasts, this flood of water didn't even reach their knees. This was no hindrance.

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The beasts immediately jumped back to the shore after their bridge crumbled. A Water Maker had destroyed the foundation of their bridge, making it collapse. When the viper saw that, its eyes became bloodshot.

"We need to stay near the water," it said, creating fear inside its army's ranks. "We have no other choice. We need to confront them directly. If we can't get to our Lord, we will become prey to these shrimps, and even if we manage to survive, the surrounding tribes will also see us as prey. We have carved our territory here, and if we can't defend it, we will die!"

The beasts were still fearful, but an incredible amount of motivation appeared in their eyes. It was now or never! If they couldn't defend against this Horde, they would die. There was no way out!

"Charge!" the viper shouted, and the Earth Movers lifted the land so that it was just a couple meters above the sea level. The beasts charged forward, and an army of sea beasts greeted them.

Fish started springing from one end of the bridge to the other, biting anything they could find and pulling it into the river. Crabs and shrimp stood vertically at the bridge, using their shears and claws to attack. Beasts with the water element started shooting water from the side, pushing the beasts into the water.

The opposition was powerful, and a massive amount of beasts fell into the water. Yet, they were Spirit Beasts. Even if they fell into the water, they weren't helpless. They were still powerful and could defend themselves.

The remaining sea beasts waited in the water, attacking everything that fell into the river. Yet, the fighting was brutal. There were a lot more ground beasts than sea beasts, making this fight incredibly difficult.

The viper's narrowed eyes shone. "There are not that many!" it shouted. "Continue going forward but go slower. We can exhaust them!"

The beasts roared and continued going. The sea beasts were threatening their home, and they had to defend it! Their lives were on the line!

After some minutes, the assault of the sea beasts became less relentless. By now, the beasts only fired at them occasionally. The crabs also retreated back into the river.

When the viper saw that, it hissed angrily. "They are gathering their forces to kill our lost tribesmen! We can't save them, but we can use this opportunity to assault the front! Follow me!" the viper shouted as it charged to the front, where it used its tail to throw away the few sea beasts in its path.

Meanwhile, down in the water, a pair of eyes narrowed. 'This viper is a problem,' the owner of the eyes thought. 'He motivates the army and leads them. If I can stop him, I can secure a more secure position in the Horde and demonstrate my power. Time to go in!'

beasts away from the center of the army, and it had already received several injuries. Yet, it continued

Splash!

head. The viper didn't

PSH! PSH!

another snake, while that snake bit the viper's tail. Additionally, due to the power of Shira's jump, they both

PENG! PENG!

the effectiveness in that and had modified their bodies

water were fighting other beasts. Yet, even though there were still more sea beasts in the water

the land beast. Yet, that attack was never made as a sneak attack. They always

using this opportunity to gain combat experience. This would also solve the issue of

viper quickly looked at its opponent. Noticing that Shira had also abandoned her tail to get rid of the venom, the viper knew immediately that this opponent wasn't stupid. Snakes were crafty creatures, and the viper knew that very

moving as their commander had fallen into the

they saw the pangolin standing tall. "Kill these beasts

in rage as they continued their charge. The Elder had ordered that they attack, and even the Lord listened to the Elder.

bloody. A lot of sea beasts that hadn't had an opponent yet started going for one. After several minutes, every sea beast was fighting

to the terrain advantage, the sea beasts lost way fewer lives than

fewer until only the ten Earth Movers remained.

surprisingly, no sea beasts attacked them. Some of the sea beasts that had won their battles only looked at them without attacking.

their Lord! Their Lord was powerful, but numbers could overwhelm him! On top of that, such an invasion always had another Lord leading them. If that Lord used the other beasts to wear their own Lord down, the enemy would

the top of the Spire. "Lord!" they

weird, black snake-like creature with massive arms sitting on their Lord's corpse. The creature had some meat in its hands

asked, not

have instructed our tribesmen to continue fighting. The defenders at the border have also already noticed the commotion and entered the fight. A little over half of the Tribe has died,"

Movers were shocked and weren't able to process what was happening right now. Their Lord was dead, and the Elder was talking to this creature like it was their Lord. A nightmare had descended. They

you. Don't worry," he said as he slithered forward. He passed the shocked

that is not currently fighting an opponent will immediately come

of the Spire,"

were shocked. Their Elder was standing beside this weird creature? What was going

swam to the Spire and sprang on land. The remaining duels were still