Inspection

While the Golden Spear Squad rested and treated their wounds inside an abandoned residential building, another tremendous roar came from afar, stirring up the monsters in the streets outside.

"What's with today? What the hell is going on?" After hearing the sound, Liu Yan quickly went to the window to check outside.

"Either a War God level warrior has come to hunt a Lord level monster, or the monsters are fighting and killing each other."

Captain Qin Feng also got up to look. "Everyone, be careful. Be ready to retreat at any time."

"Captain, monsters kill each other too?" Xia Zhi asked. After briefly browsing the Limitless Home forum, he had focused all his attention on cultivating the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade and the Supreme Body Refining Art. He had not looked into much other information.

"In this world, humans need cultivation, rare treasures, and all kinds of resources to evolve. To us, monsters are not only dangers, but opportunities as well."

"The same goes for monsters. High-level monsters are also excellent food for helping them evolve. They kill and prey on one another for the sake of their own evolution."

"Only by becoming stronger can they occupy larger territories, command more monsters, and survive," Qin Feng said with a sigh.

"I wonder what's fighting out there. If Lord level monsters are killing each other and we can pick up some scraps, we'll be rich."

After resting for half a day and replenishing his energy, Xu Kui's bloodless face had gradually returned to normal. He spoke longingly.

"Materials from a Lord level monster start at five hundred million."

"Wake up. Don't let money go to your head." Liu Yan laughed. "If you want to scavenge loot from a battle at that level, you'd better know how to fly. Otherwise, the massive number of monsters beneath a Lord level monster will pile up and crush you to death."

"Even if you can fly, you might not get away! The physical speed of a High-level Beast General level monster already exceeds the speed of sound. Fly too slowly and you can't escape; fly too high and you're in the domain of flying monsters."

Qin Feng barked, "Stop thinking about that. This situation is strange. We need to ensure our own safety first."

Hearing their conversation, Xia Zhi's heart stirred. With his Mental Power, he could fully use objects such as shields to fly. Furthermore, after the third level boost of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, his own strength could be raised 2.8 times. He was not afraid of facing a High-level Beast General level monster head-on.

With Mental Power that had already reached the High-level General level, along with those ten Series 8 throwing knives and two Series 9 throwing knives, he could even pierce a Lord level monster's defenses. Who knew what benefits he might gain?

Even at worst, Xia Zhi was confident that alone, he would be more flexible and could rely on his own strength to escape.

Having thought it through, he no longer hesitated and said to Qin Feng, "Captain, I'll go take a look. I'll find out what exactly is happening."

"Xia Zhi..." Qin Feng hesitated. "Are you sure? There are restless monster packs everywhere outside right now. Even if you're a Mind Controller, your Mental Power is ultimately limited."

"If you want me to kill a Lord level monster, I definitely have no confidence. But... I'm one hundred percent confident in my ability to escape." Xia Zhi smiled and used his Mental Power to control the Alloy Battle Boots beneath his feet, causing his whole body to float up.

"Even if it's a Lord level monster, as long as it can't fly, I'm absolutely confident I can escape."

What people envied most about Mind Controllers was their ability to fly on objects!

Mental Power could only act on inanimate objects, but by controlling battle boots, shields, or other items, a person could fly.

Even War God level experts could only look on with helpless envy.

This was also one reason why Mind Controllers were fought over by every major faction.

After all, below the Transcendent War God level, only Mind Controllers could fly.

"Wow, that's so enviable. I wish I could fly," Liu Yan said enviously.

"Alright, Xia Zhi, be careful. If you're confident, do it. If you find the situation too dangerous, don't force yourself. Safety comes first," Qin Feng reminded him.

"Don't worry." Xia Zhi smiled.

With a shield in hand and the Blood Shadow Battle Saber at his side, he immediately leaped straight down from the sixth floor of the residential building.

Whoosh! Xia Zhi's body plummeted at high speed.

A General level warrior's powerful body could withstand the impact from a six-story drop, but Xia Zhi did not need to endure it with his body.

The invisible yet powerful force of Mental Power acted upon his battle boots, drastically reducing his falling speed. He landed lightly on the ground without making a sound.

Whoosh!

Xia Zhi immediately raced away. His Mental Power continuously acted on his battle boots, making him far faster than an ordinary General level warrior. Like an agile ape, he made two leaps and vanished from everyone's sight.

"So this is Xia Zhi's true strength." Liu Yan could not help sighing. "Mind Controllers truly deserve to be called the most terrifying group among warriors. This is just too frightening."

"With Mental Power aiding them, their speed, agility, and everything else can reach unbelievable levels. And they can control objects from a distance too. That's downright absurd!"

"It is absurd." Xu Kui could not help nodding with a muffled voice.

"That's why you should be happy." Qin Feng smiled faintly. "From now on, we'll have a Mind Controller as our trump card."

Hearing that, Liu Yan and Xu Kui both laughed.

Whoosh!

Xia Zhi became a blurred figure as he rapidly headed north toward the main urban area.

"These roars all came from the north. Another ten li ahead is the stadium where the Earth Bear Lord has its lair."

"Then I'll hide in a residential building three li away from it and observe the situation first." Xia Zhi made his decision as he ran.

Within this monster city of steel and concrete, Xia Zhi used his Mental Power to aid himself, sometimes sprinting and sometimes stopping to investigate.

Whenever he encountered ordinary monster packs, he avoided them if he could. If he could not, he controlled his throwing knives and killed them instantly. Aside from Beast General level monsters, whose most valuable materials he stopped to harvest, he could not be bothered collecting Beast Soldier level monster materials.

Overall, he was moving very quickly. This was Xia Zhi's first time using Mental Power to aid his movements, and the feeling of being so free and unrestrained made him want to let out a few long howls.

Fortunately, he remained alert. In this monster city filled with danger, even a Mind Controller could not be too arrogant.

Ten minutes later, Xia Zhi entered the sixteenth floor of an eighteen-story residential building!

Smiling, Xia Zhi lightly pushed one of the tightly shut doors. It was locked.

But under the invisible influence of Mental Power, he easily controlled the lock and opened the door.

"This door was locked and hasn't been forcibly damaged. It seems no warriors or monsters have entered for a long time."

After entering, he casually locked the door again. Everything in the room was arranged neatly. Aside from the thick layer of dust, there was no sign that anything had been touched.

He pulled off the cloth cover draped over the sofa, revealing a fairly clean leather couch beneath.

He went out onto the balcony, opened the glass window, and looked outside. This residential building was the tallest nearby, and the view from the sixteenth floor was excellent. Everything within several li was in full view.

"That is..."

Xia Zhi stared in shock at the buildings west of the stadium, which had once formed a continuous block but had now been completely destroyed. Monster figures occasionally appeared amid the ruins of the high-rises.

"So the earlier battle happened there. It's so close to the Earth Bear Lord's lair. Who is fighting the Earth Bear Lord?"

Only something with War God level strength could cause such destruction. Xia Zhi absolutely did not believe that a battle of this level could happen near the lair of City 012's overlord monster, the Earth Bear Lord, without involving that old monster.

"Monsters are actually attacking each other outside the stadium?"

A wolf howl suddenly rang out. Xia Zhi turned toward the sound and saw a black Giant Wolf appear in the plaza outside the stadium that housed the Earth Bear Lord's lair. Nearly a thousand monsters under its command surged like a tide toward the plaza.

"Haha, it's actually a conflict between monster Lords. I need to watch carefully. If there's a chance to profit, I absolutely can't let it go!"

Seeing that two Lord level monsters were locked in a bloody fight, Xia Zhi could not help grinning.

If a human War God level warrior had come to hunt a Lord level monster, he would still worry about future trouble if he tried to profit along the way.

But monsters? If there was a chance, he would strike.

"Hm, that is..."

At that moment, four human figures entered Xia Zhi's field of vision. They actually bypassed the monsters fighting in the plaza and stealthily headed for the stadium's enormous main structure from the side.

"That's Uncle Eagle, one of Li Yao's men! Why is he here? And he brought a squad?"

Xia Zhi finally saw the four human warriors clearly and discovered that their leader was Uncle Eagle, the Old Man who had taken part in the negotiations at martial arts hall headquarters.

"A coincidence? Or..."

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