At the same time, a sharp alarm blared from the loudspeakers at the military camp stationed at the entrance of the secret realm.
This was psionic technology deployed by a high-level technology-side Scholar, a life detector. All energetic creatures within the entire secret realm were under surveillance, and all their movements could be monitored.
The forms displayed for exotic beasts and humans were red and green dots on the screen.
Normally, no one would specifically track the movements of every exotic beast and human, as there were too many. Only when exotic beasts gathered on a large scale would the duty personnel sound the alarm.
Moments later, in the large tent at the center of the camp, five people gathered. The one in charge was Wang Qibing, the highest-ranking officer stationed in the secret realm, holding the position of Camp Commander!
"This alarm is different from the one a few days ago. This time, it's confirmed to be a beast tide. Many people are already on their way back to the camp. The entire camp should prepare for battle," Wang Qibing said, his lean and capable face showing no surprise, seemingly accustomed to beast tides.
"Camp Commander, do we need to notify the Professional practitioners near the camp?" one of the four company commanders asked.
Upon hearing this, Wang Qibing immediately said, "First Company, send people to activate the traps within two kilometers around the camp and simultaneously notify the Professional practitioners in that range to retreat. If they don't retreat, ignore them and let them fend for themselves."
"The others are to immediately enter combat readiness and hold the camp. We absolutely cannot let a single exotic beast break out of the secret realm!"
The four company commanders below immediately stood at attention and solemnly replied, "Yes!"
In the forest, two male and one female Professional practitioners were fleeing for their lives. The female Professional practitioner, panting as she ran, complained, "Why are we so unlucky! We encountered a beast tide in a second-tier secret realm!"
Generally speaking, it was very difficult for beast tides to appear in low-tier secret realms because low-tier exotic beasts had low intelligence. Without a high-intelligence exotic beast to organize them, exotic beasts were usually disorganized and even hunted each other, so it was almost impossible for a beast tide to occur.
One of the other two male Professional practitioners, a thin man, also said speechlessly, "I don't know what crazy thing these exotic beasts are doing. We didn't provoke them, so why are they chasing us!"
"Less talk, saving your strength to run is the right way!" the last burly male Professional practitioner said, panting.
Just then, footsteps, faint but clear, suddenly came from behind, growing closer and closer.
The three instinctively looked back and saw a handsome young man with a refined appearance. Green airflow swirled around his calves, and he was moving extremely fast, about to catch up to them.
This person was Lu Chenxing. The green airflow on his feet was a basic application of Wind Element. For these basic applications, he never needed to construct any spell formations. He simply thought of it and used it; it was almost as if it came at his beck and call.
Seeing Lu Chenxing about to overtake them, the three also instinctively gritted their teeth and accelerated. At the same time, the burly male Professional practitioner, beads of sweat on his forehead, said, "Brother, you run so fast, do you have some trick? Is there any way you can help us!"
The female Professional practitioner next to him wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing, only looking at Lu Chenxing with some vigilance, fearing he might play a trick.
At this moment, their speed was almost at its limit, but the beast tide was still closing in. If this guy were to play a trick, it would truly be a dead end!
Lu Chenxing glanced at them and felt they seemed like decent people. After all, when fleeing for your life, you don't have to be the fastest runner; you just need to be able to run faster than others.
So, some people, while fleeing, would resort to dirty tricks to hinder others when they saw someone about to overtake them, thereby increasing their own chances of survival.
But these three did not do that, so Lu Chenxing felt they seemed like decent people. He nodded and said to the burly man, "Yes, be ready!"
With that, Lu Chenxing casually made a hand seal and chanted, "Xun Wind supports the body, Nine Heavens lend power! Lightness Technique!"
Of course, these incantations were all made up by him, but the effects were real. Green airflow flew from Lu Chenxing's hand and wrapped around the calves of the three. They immediately felt their bodies lighten considerably, as if a Wind Element was lifting them up.
But in fact, the logic of this spell formation was precisely that: using Wind Element to lift their bodies, reducing their weight, so they could run faster.
The burly male Professional practitioner was immediately overjoyed. He had asked casually, but his heart was actually wary, fearing Lu Chenxing might play a trick on them. But he never expected this handsome young man to actually have a way!
"Haha! Thanks, brother!" he said gratefully.
The female Professional practitioner and the thin man on the other side also repeatedly expressed their gratitude, "Thank you for helping us!"
Lu Chenxing chuckled and shook his head, "It's nothing, just a small effort!"
After that, they kept running forward without a moment's rest. During this time, Lu Chenxing reapplied the Lightness Technique for them twice before they finally caught sight of the camp's silhouette!
"This is great! We're finally almost at the camp! We'll be safe once we reach the camp!" the female Professional practitioner said excitedly.
"Don't be happy too soon! The beast tide behind us hasn't been shaken off, which means they are heading straight for the camp!" the thin man said gravely at this moment.
"Then after we enter the camp, we can rest a bit, right? I'm almost out of strength after running for so long!" the female Professional practitioner said, panting heavily.
Currently, all four of them were in similar states, feeling dead tired. Even Lu Chenxing now only had half of his magic power left. Logically, for someone who was only a first-tier complete Mage, applying acceleration status to four people should have exhausted his magic power long ago.
But he was using basic applications of elements, so under the effect of Weaving, the consumption of magic power became very little. After all, "the more perfect the logic, the less magic power is consumed." This basic application hardly required any logic, just an unconscious thought, which was why he could last so long!
However, even though he still had half his magic power and plenty of mental energy, his physical strength was truly almost gone!
Lu Chenxing now felt his legs weren't even his own anymore, and his ability to run fast was entirely dependent on subconscious reactions!
However, Lu Chenxing still heard the conversation between the thin man and the woman, and his heart tightened. He quickly said, "If they are heading for the camp, then there must be more than just this wave behind us!"
"Brother, what do you mean?" the burly Professional practitioner paused, then asked.
"It means that the current beast tide might be a encirclement, contracting towards the camp's direction. Our left and right sides might also be beast tides converging in this direction! If the beast tides on both sides are faster than the one behind us, we will be surrounded, and then it's over!"