Death Toll

"After causing a ruckus in Dubian Town, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey left, taking the two servants from the Bookstore with it," Steward Wang said fearfully. He didn't know much about the authors Zhang Ke and Xun Ling and thought the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey would kill them.

After all, in Steward Wang's eyes, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was a beast, and it was common for spirit beasts to unleash their beastly nature.

"Was it taken away by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey?" Ma Feifei asked, frowning. He really hadn't expected that. After all, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was Divine Beast guardian Divine Beast of his Mysterious Bookstore, and its loyalty was beyond question.

Now, things have turned out differently; it was actually the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey who rescued them.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, and many people in Dubian Town also witnessed it, which can also prove it," Steward Wang replied firmly.

"That damned monkey! He's gone too far! The shopkeeper treated him so well, and he actually did this. He's definitely not one of us; his heart is surely different!" Zhang Caicai said Rage from the side.

Zhang Caicai's words made Ba Jiu, who was standing next to him, feel a little awkward, because he was also a beast. As for Luan Feng, she was more composed. Although she was now one with the Fenghuang, she was still human in essence and did not feel embarrassed.

However, Zhang Caicai seemed to realize this as well, and looked at Ba Jiu with an apologetic gaze. Ma Feifei and the others, on the other hand, looked at Yun Qingyang.

Because Yun Qingyang is also a beast!

"Why are you looking at me?" Yun Qingyang didn't care about other people's gazes, but she did care about Ma Feifei's gaze. Seeing Ma Feifei staring at her, she frowned and asked.

"You don't mind?" Ma Feifei asked indirectly, a hint of doubt in her eyes. Given Yun Qingyang's temperament, Zhang Caicai saying such things would basically guarantee a terrible outcome, but in reality, Yun Qingyang didn't react at all.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyang roughly understood who Ma Feifei was referring to. He glanced at Zhang Caicai, shook his head, and said, "I didn't understand."

Ma Feifei: "..."

The matter has been roughly understood. It started when the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey went berserk and launched an indiscriminate attack on Dubian Town. Then, it took the two authors, Zhang Ke and Xun Ling, and left the Azure Dragon Continent, returning to the Book Battle Continent.

The only remaining question is why the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey suddenly helped Zhang Ke and Xun Ling return to the Book Battle Continent.

When Ma Feifei subdued the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, the system recognized the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey as a guardian Divine Beast, which proves that the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey's loyalty is trustworthy.

Furthermore, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey is a spirit beast that came directly from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, so theoretically there should be no possibility of it lurking.

Needless to Captivate, the Mysterious Bookstore could offer the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey so much; just the divine artifacts alone would be enough to make him the envy of the entire Azure Dragon Continent.

Although Zhang Ke and Xun Ling came from the Book Battle Continent, they didn't have anything good on them. Besides, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey n't stupid, and verbal Captivate wouldn't work on it. So there was no way they could use rare and precious materials to Captivate the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.

If all these possibilities are ruled out, then there is basically no reason to believe it.

The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey had no motive or reason to defect from the Mysterious Bookstore.

But why is this happening?

Sitting in the rocking chair, Ma Feifei frowned in deep thought, but could not find the answer for a long time.

However, the impact of the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was enormous. The reason why the flow of people in Dubian Town began to flow out was because everyone believed that everything the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey did was at the behest of Ma Feifei, the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore.

This led to some complaints about the Mysterious Bookstore, but due to the Mysterious Bookstore's domineering nature, people dared not speak out and eventually had no choice but to leave Dubian Town.

That night, Zhou Zhuling brought firsthand news. Because the news of Ma Feifei's return to Dubian Town had spread throughout the entire town, everyone went to Wantong Trading Market, hoping that Ma Feifei could take responsibility for this incident, give a reasonable explanation, and give everyone an account.

Ma Feifei had no other choice but to ask Zhou Zhuling to issue a statement explaining that the matter was unrelated to the Mysterious Bookstore, that the Mysterious Bookstore was investigating the indiscriminate attack on Dubian Town by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, and that they would also apologize for the harm caused to everyone by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey's rampage.

Besides that, Ma Feifei had no other options. He was completely bewildered himself, let alone able to give everyone an explanation.

"Furthermore, the damage caused to Dubian Town by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey this time is enormous. Large areas of houses in the entire Dubian Town have suffered massive damage, and our Wantong Trading Market's ninety-nine mansions have also been severely damaged, with more than sixty mansions destroyed and many people killed." Zhou Zhuling said with a worried expression. After learning about the situation for a day, she realized that it was far more serious than she had previously thought.

"Sigh!" Ma Feifei sighed and said, "Please calculate the losses on your end, and Mysterious Bookstore will compensate us accordingly."

No matter what, Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was an employee of the Mysterious Bookstore, and as the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, he could not escape responsibility for the losses caused by Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.

"Okay!" Zhou Zhuling nodded slightly, a hint of hesitation on her face.

"Just say it," Ma Feifei gestured to Zhou Zhuling, indicating that there was no need to hesitate. Things were already this bad, and he felt that nothing could be worse than this.

"We tallied the death toll today..." Zhou Zhuling glanced at Ma Feifei before speaking softly.

"How many died?" Ma Feifei's heart sank. Everything else was fine, but this was serious; these were human lives at stake.

"The death toll exceeds 80,000, including two prominent figures at the Spirit Saint realm, eighteen Spirit Venerable Spirit Emperor, 1,200 Spirit Venerables, 43,000 Spirit King, and nearly 40,000 Spirit Master and Spirit Practitioner," Zhou Zhuling said in a heavy tone.

"Hiss!"

Ma Feifei gasped. "So many people are dead?"

That's over 800 million lives! All of them died in that one moment.

In an instant, Ma Feifei felt a chill run down his spine, as if more than 80,000 lives were hovering behind him, and so many eyes were staring straight at him, making his spine tingle and a sudden, indescribable fear rise in his heart.

"This is only a preliminary count; the actual death toll may be higher," Zhou Zhuling said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Too many people have died...