Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Even the employer forgot for a moment and leaned closer to Yi Tian.

Looking again at the eerie ancient trees, one couldn’t see into the depths.

The dimness of the Ancient Dark Forest gave them a sense of terror.

"Rustle... rustle..."

The sound grew increasingly dense.

Yi Tian focused his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, knowing something was approaching.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, Yi Tian’s eyes shifted, and a Sword Qi shot towards the treetops on the left.

"Ah-yi..."

A piercing scream sent chills down the spine of the employer and the other women.

Accompanied by the scream, a furry creature over a meter long fell from the treetops.

"A dead Ghost-faced Woodland Spirit, its power..."

"Ee-jii..."

Before Yi Tian could investigate the three-dimensional attributes of the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirit, a series of shrill screams erupted, jarring to the ears.

Angry at the death of their companion, they leapt from the surrounding trees, launching an attack on Yi Tian and his group.

Yi Tian saw these creatures clearly: faces like monkeys, wrinkled, with long arms, covered in black fur.

Strangely, these creatures had only one leg.

They leaped through the forest with their strong arms, not adept at terrestrial movement.

Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits.

All B-level adult Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits.

"Gather tightly together."

Having drunk Hundred Flowers Spirit Wine before arriving, Yi Tian could still exert ninety percent of his strength.

Ninety percent strength was enough!

Moreover, Yi Tian also carried a wine gourd.

Upon hearing Yi Tian’s words, the employer and her subordinates stood back-to-back, adopting a defensive stance.

"Pffft!"

"Pffft!"

Streaks of Sword Qi burst forth from the Cyan Gang Sword.

Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits, falling in mid-air, were slashed dead on the spot.

Their blood, green, made everything seem even more eerie.

"Ee-jii..."

The roars of the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits grew louder, as if disturbing a monkey’s nest, as Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits appeared from all directions.

It was impossible for Yi Tian alone to cut through them.

The employer also joined the fray.

She drew her sword and swung her Sword Qi, able to inflict considerable damage on the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits.

From her Sword Qi, Yi Tian sensed she was a master of the Seventh Level Sword Technique, with Spiritual Power above 950.

More and more Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits besieged them, some already standing alongside the employer’s subordinates.

They used their sharp claws and arms as strong as Vajra.

When blade and sword clashed against their arms, it even produced a sound like clashing gold and iron.

Faced with the siege, Yi Tian was unafraid.

But Yi Tian lacked a Group Attack Martial Skill, having to kill one by one, and his strength was insufficient.

By then, the employer’s subordinates would surely have casualties.

"Ee-jii!"

Yi Tian suddenly noticed a voice coming from behind a large tree over a hundred meters away.

Its voice was deep, as if commanding the many Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits.

"World-Edge!"

Yi Tian pinpointed the location and released a World-Edge Sword Qi.

The Sword Qi cut down the large tree, slashing the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirit behind it.

"Ee-ah!"

A miserable scream echoed as this Ghost-faced Woodland Spirit was slain by Yi Tian.

"Ee, oh, oh..."

This sound attracted all the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits, causing them to flee in panic, one by one clinging to tree trunks and quickly escaping.

With their king slain, the other Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits lost their command and could only flee.

They chose not to take revenge!

"Lord, they have no Beast Cores!"

One of the employer’s subordinates reported to her.

Yi Tian carefully inspected the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits.

They were neither ferocious beasts nor top-level intelligent life.

They were high-level intelligent life forms, possessing a certain social structure, potentially evolving into top-level intelligent life.

Upon encountering enemies, they didn’t act recklessly; they had command, discipline, and understood tactics.

"Let’s go!"

Yi Tian urged the employer and others to cease their entanglement and continue forward.

After running for half an hour, without harassment from Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits, they were about to reach Python Mountain.

"Stop!"

Yi Tian called the employer to a halt again.

"What’s wrong?"

After the encounter with the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits, the employer was vigilant.

"There’s an ambush ahead!"

Yi Tian sensed an anomaly ahead with his Spiritual Power exceeding 650.

"What should we do?"

The employer had great faith in the second-best under heaven’s ability.

Yi Tian didn’t immediately answer, turning his back, he took a sip of Hundred Flowers Spirit Wine from his wine gourd.

The employer was curious about what the second-best under heaven looked like but didn’t dare to look, fearing they’d be eliminated.

She thought to herself that the second-best under heaven was still an alcoholic, even in such a situation, still in the mood for drinking.

After seemingly taking a sip to "calm his nerves," Yi Tian finally spoke, "Let’s detour, it’s not far from Python Mountain."

This vast forest had paths everywhere.

The unknown enemy ahead, daring to ambush them, couldn’t be a mere ferocious beast.

At the very least, it was something akin to the Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits.

"Alright!"

The employer completely followed the second-best under heaven’s suggestion.

They planned to detour ten kilometers to bypass the area ahead.

Ten minutes later...

"Get ready, those things don’t plan to let us go, prepare for a full assault!"

As soon as Yi Tian’s voice fell,

"Creak, creak..."

Along with the sound of stepping on fallen leaves and urgent footsteps.

"Kill the men, capture the women alive!"

This time, both Yi Tian and the employer understood their language thanks to the Celestial Dao Stone.

A savage wielding a Bone Blade, with an animal pelt around his waist, appeared in Yi Tian and the employer’s view.

He was very tall, a full two meters and a half, with a hairy bare upper body.

Soon after, a large group of savages appeared behind him, with similar features.

"Ancient Forest Tribe, Heiza, high-level intelligent life, Third Awakening, Strength: 1902, Constitution: 1899, Agility: 1656."

The previous Ghost-faced Woodland Spirits were high-level intelligent life of the Second Awakening, these savages were of the Third Awakening. They had a language, formed tribes, and could use weapons.

This was a precursor to crossing into civilization.