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After realizing that the Evil God Cells from a Tier Three Mutant had already infected his body, Wolf Ao knew that the plan to besiege Oasis Town could essentially be declared a failure.

But this command couldn’t obviously be issued by him.

Although Wolf Ao was the supreme leader of the Desert Wolf Race and a giant beast at the Tier Two Peak, if he made a wrong decision that caused serious losses for the tribe...

Even if the leader-level giant wolves or the ordinary Tier One Evolved Desolate Wolves wouldn’t dare to complain openly, they might consider whether to continue following him behind the scenes.

The Desert Wolf Race had evolved to this point, relying on the legacy from the Wolf King’s Tomb in Fallen Wolf Valley within the Taishan Ruins, to initially form a nomadic civilization based on a tribal structure.

The tens of thousands of Evolved Desolate Wolves in the Desert Wolf Race were essentially composed of three major clans, united with over a hundred small units.

Among them, the three major clans were originally leader-level giant wolves. Under Wolf Ao’s selection, they were promoted to Tier Two, becoming early-stage Desolate Wolf Beasts.

The original tribes of the three-headed Desolate Wolf Beasts were also promoted to major clans, with over a thousand evolved clan wolves and the strongest power.

The remaining hundreds of leader-level giant wolves, although only at the Late Tier One stage, formed their own tribes, leading various numbers of Evolved Desolate Wolves, ranging from a dozen to dozens.

And behind each Evolved Desolate Wolf, there would be a group of ordinary families in the Enhancement Stage, spread across the Wilderness.

So, the Desert Wolf Race’s army is essentially a loose tribal alliance, and even with Wolf Ao’s rallying, it could only form a temporary evolved coalition.

Once faced with a crushing defeat, it could easily fall apart.

After all, regardless of whether they were leader-level giant wolves or the lowest tier early-stage Evolved Desolate Wolves, behind them was a small wolf pack based on family units, needing their return to the group to participate in hunting and bloodline continuation.

This attack on the human Oasis Town was a risky move, especially since the advanced combat power led by Wolf Ao had already suffered heavy losses...

If the Wolf Race army were to go to their deaths, it would only lead to the decline of the already scarce Desert Wolf Race.

Without the advanced combat forces to press and contain, relying solely on the Tier One Evolved Desolate Wolf Pack, they could not pose a significant threat to a medium to large human settlement like Oasis Town.

And now, with the wolf pack’s repeated defeats and low morale, it was difficult to gather the strength for another battle.

Wolf Ao took a deep breath, exposing the large wound on his half-bitten lower abdomen to the Scorching Sun’s light.

With the second ferocious bite he had just taken, he directly tore out half of his internal organs from his torso.

This included half of the stomach and intestines, as well as the liver, kidneys, and spleen.

For a Tier Two Life Form, apart from the heart, the other organs could be temporarily lost without significantly affecting the body’s functions.

This is because at this stage, the Evolutionary Cells can already independently breathe and work. As long as there is sufficient nutrition and energy supply, they can even survive independently from the host system for a period.

However, most of the organs torn out by Wolf Ao were already invaded by Mutant Cells, with large parts of the tissue implanted with Evil God Genes, beginning to twist and deform, mutating into various bizarre shapes.

This included adhesive assimilation and tens of thousands of constantly writhing tentacles.

If these remained in the body, they would only further intensify the infection in Wolf Ao’s Tier Two body.

With the continuous exposure to the Scorching Sun, the infection levels within Wolf Ao’s body showed significant improvement.

Normal cells were capable of resisting the effects of the Scorching Sun Curse, while the camouflaged mutant cells, due to the instability of the chromosomal chains in their internal cell nuclei, were easily pierced by the particle rays of the Fiery Sun Energy, losing their normal gene transcription function and becoming unable to continue proliferating and dividing.

And these mutant cells, in order to resist the invasion of the Scorching Sun, started to cluster together, allowing Wolf Ao’s immune system to function.

However, these disguised cells had already spread, requiring at least several weeks of exposure to the Scorching Sun to be completely eradicated.

During this period, to prevent further spread of the infection, Wolf Ao could not perform vigorous activities, nor could he easily mobilize the Tier Three Origin Power stored in his Source Material.

Otherwise, once the mutant cells obtained these Tier Three Wolf King Cells, they would easily form Tier Three Mutant Cells, causing even more severe damage to the host they parasitize.

At that point, Wolf Ao might have to cling to the edge of the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area to barely suppress the spread of Tier Three Mutant Cells, maintaining the last trace of sanity.

And without utilizing the Tier Three Power, Wolf Ao would degrade from an ancient giant beast at the Tier Two Peak to an ordinary existence at the Tier Two Late Stage Upper Limit.

Combined with the now hollowed-out severe abdominal wound, his combat power wouldn’t even match a human Evolver at the Tier Two Peak, likely only reaching the level of Tier Two Late Stage.

The Desert Wolf Race without Wolf Ao would be just an ordinary second-tier medium force.

Even facing the Rock-Horned Horse Race, they would need to weigh their options carefully.

Naturally, they lacked the strength to continue attacking Oasis Town.

Moreover, the current situation was even worse.

Because Wolf Ao, who had stopped to rest, saw only one of the Desolate Wolf Beasts approaching from a distance with the smallest body size.

Lang San had escaped the front row of the Salvation Army convoy, fortunately avoiding the bombardment of the Annihilation Cannon.

At the moment Wolf Da was hit, he fled the battle zone without a second glance.

The nearby leader-level giant wolves, seeing this, also fled, so besides Wolf Da being heavily injured, the other members did not suffer much damage.