Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox

A moment later, two figures suddenly appeared outside the university town. One was a bald, burly man as tall and imposing as an iron tower, clad in a tan combat suit. In his left hand, he gripped a heavy, pitch-black shield over a meter tall, while his other hand held a bronze axe, its sharp edge glinting with a cold light. Beside him stood a silver-haired woman in a silver-white combat suit; she had a slender, graceful figure and a face like that of a young girl, and she held a pair of gleaming curved blades in her hands.

The two seemed to appear out of thin air. After exchanging a glance and nodding in unison, they transformed into two shadows and charged toward the monsters inside.

Both of them moved at astonishing speeds, exceeding the speed of sound, causing delayed sonic booms to echo through the air. Chaos erupted within the university town as countless peripheral monsters roared and thundered toward their position.

The university town was scattered with a large number of monsters, with many Beast General Level monsters roaming about. Inside the town's vast, enclosed gymnasium, which was overgrown with vines and knee-high weeds, a massive gray fox lay resting on a small mound in the center. It stood about four or five meters tall and over ten meters long, with a stunning, fire-red tail of similar length swaying behind it. On its forehead was a thin slit, resembling a closed vertical eye. This was the High Lord Level monster that dominated this area: the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox.

The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox lay quietly on the mound like a small mountain, its two front paws crossed beneath its chin. With every breath, a rush of air echoed through the quiet gymnasium, causing its massive body to rise and fall rhythmically.

"Roar~"

"Awoo~"

"Growl~"

Suddenly, a chaotic and piercing series of roars erupted from outside, causing the resting Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox to snap its eyes open. It revealed a pair of beautiful, silver-white vertical pupils shimmering with an eerie light. It lifted its head to look toward the source of the commotion, a hint of confusion appearing in its gaze.

In its memory, it had been a long time since any humans dared to come here and disturb it.

Seeing such a massive disturbance outside, could it be that those damned humans had returned?

While the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox was still pondering, the roars of monsters and the sounds of violent explosions continued to ring out. The commotion outside the gymnasium grew louder and began to spread inward.

The gaze of the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox turned cold as it stood up. Standing four or five meters tall and over ten meters long, it looked incredibly terrifying. With its massive fire-red tail swaying gently behind it, its overwhelming aura made it look like a demon stepped out of mythology.

"Yoo~~"

The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox suddenly raised its head and let out a sharp, long howl toward the sky.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The next moment, four massive figures charged out from the four corners of the gymnasium—southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest.

There was a Red-Scaled Blade Rhino, massive in size and covered in red scales, with a blade-like horn standing upright on its forehead.

There was a Death Giant Python, over twenty meters long, its gray-white scales ringed with black stripes.

There were a Blood-Eyed Lion Mastiff Beast and a Blood-Eyed Tiger Mastiff Beast, similar in size to the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox—larger than a standard truck—with silver-white bodies, faint shimmering silver scales beneath their fur, a single white spiral horn on their massive foreheads, and blood-red eyes.

These two Primary Lord Level monsters and two Intermediate Lord Level monsters were subordinates subdued by the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox. They had been lurking in the four corners of the gymnasium, but now, having received the order from the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, they all charged out.

After the four Lord Level monsters rushed out, the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox yawned, shook its massive head, and lazily laid back down. It lowered its head to look at the vine behind it—a strange plant that looked as clear and crystalline as white crystal, like an exquisite and beautiful work of art. The veins on every leaf were beautiful, and four crystalline fruits hung from the vine, each the size of a chicken egg. A faint, mouth-watering fragrance wafted from them. The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox looked at these fruits with a hint of satisfaction in its eyes.

Leaving was impossible; it would never leave in this lifetime. Its home was so comfortable, there were delicious fruits to eat, and its subordinates were so capable of fighting. It intended to stay home for the rest of its life.

The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox never considered whether its subordinates outside could repel the enemy. In its view, four Lord Level monsters, combined with a large number of Beast General Level monsters, would make even a High God of War among humans hesitate.

Under normal circumstances, that might be true, but the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox did not expect that while the intruders were indeed High Gods of War, they were not as it imagined—among them was a Spirit Reader, a terrifying existence even among Gods of War.

Outside the gymnasium, the two figures were leaping and moving amidst the countless monsters. The iron-tower-like Tie Liu was powerful and steady as Mount Tai, following behind his companion Long Yue to protect her. Whether it was his meter-tall shield or his heavy axe, every swing sent at least one or several monsters flying; he was like a human tank. Meanwhile, Long Yue moved with agility, manipulating six disc-like weapons with razor-sharp serrated edges. They transformed into six silver streaks of light, whistling through the air and leaving long, silver ribbons of light in their wake, frantically reaping the surrounding monsters and stirring up a bloody storm.

Under the joint efforts of a High God of War martial artist and an Intermediate God of War Spirit Reader, the monster horde had no match, falling like wheat before a scythe.

However, the dead monsters were but a drop in the bucket compared to the massive total number of monsters. Tie Liu and Long Yue's intention was not to slaughter the monsters before them, but to lure out the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox entrenched inside, so that their companion, another High God of War named Liu Feng who was hiding nearby, could sneak in and steal what they wanted.

The harvest from hunting a Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox was high, but it paled in comparison to the other treasure inside.

Furthermore, even with the strength of the three of them, it would be difficult to kill a Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, especially with its other subordinates helping.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Four consecutive sonic booms echoed from the gymnasium, and the two Gods of War heard them from afar, their expressions shifting.

The next moment, a Red-Scaled Blade Rhino, a black-and-white giant python, and the two Mastiff Beasts appeared before the two Gods of War, roaring or growling as they charged toward them.

Why weren't there two? Why four?

"The situation has changed." Long Yue's face darkened. The intelligence she received stated that besides the High Lord Level Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, there were only two Lord Level subordinates.

With their combined strength, dealing with them wouldn't be difficult.

But she hadn't expected the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox to have four Lord Level subordinates—two Primary and two Intermediate—which made the situation very troublesome.

Although they could handle it, if they didn't lure the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox out, the God of War Liu Feng wouldn't be able to sneak in and seize the treasure.

In terms of strength, Liu Feng was actually the weakest of the three; if he encountered the High Lord Level Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, he would definitely be no match.

Tie Liu and Long Yue exchanged a glance, murderous intent in their eyes, and made a decision in an instant.

They had to create a bigger commotion to lure the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox out.

Since the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox wouldn't come out, they would just have to finish off its subordinates first.

Just as the two powerful Gods of War and the four Lord Level monsters erupted into a great battle in the university town, two human martial artists walked over on a nearby street.

One was a young man with an ordinary appearance, wearing a gray combat suit, carrying a bronze spear in one hand and a shield in the other.

The other was a young female martial artist with short hair, wearing a black combat suit, tall and beautiful, carrying a battle blade and a shield.

They both looked up at the same time, toward the direction of the university town, where violent explosions and the roars of monsters continued to ring out.