"Roar~~" A silver-white Lion Mastiff Beast, five or six meters tall and more than ten meters long, charged at the Spirit Reader Long Yue, its massive body as imposing as a small mountain and kicking up a fierce gale.
Close behind it came the Elementary Lord-level Red-Scaled Blade Rhino. Its wheel-sized hoof slammed into the ground, crushing the concrete into a huge crater with a rumble. Its body shot forward like a cannonball, breaking the sound barrier as it charged at Long Yue.
It and the Blood-Eyed Lion Mastiff Beast attacked her from both sides.
Meanwhile, on the other side, a gray-white giant python with black stripes, nearly thirty meters long and as thick as a water tank, opened its cavernous jaws. Its body coiled and then sprang forward at astonishing speed toward Tie Liu, the High-level War God defending himself with a shield. It moved so fast it was like a bolt of lightning, reaching the burly, bald man in an instant. Its two long, sharp fangs and blood-red forked tongue looked ready to swallow the human before it whole.
Besides the python, a white figure charged at Tie Liu at a slightly slower speed. The four Lord-level Monsters had clearly divided their roles as soon as they appeared, each pair attacking one of the two human War Gods. Their intelligence was no less than that of humans.
Faced with this situation, the tower-like Tie Liu remained completely calm. He stepped forward and stamped heavily on the ground, shattering it beneath his feet, then thrust his great shield forward and let out a furious shout. The steel-like muscles all over his body swelled in an instant, and he radiated an aura as steady as a mountain. He slammed into the giant python, dozens of meters long. With a deep, ringing clang, the Death Giant Python's enormous head, as big as a small car, was knocked aside by Tie Liu's shield. At the same time, Tie Liu whipped around and swung the bronze battle-axe in his hand like a bolt of lightning, striking the Intermediate Lord-level Blood-Eyed Tiger Mastiff Beast as it seized the opportunity to attack. Sparks flew. The Blood-Eyed Tiger Mastiff Beast yelped and pulled back its paw, blood dripping from it.
In terms of strength and explosive power, the High-level War God Tie Liu was clearly superior to both the Intermediate Lord-level Blood-Eyed Tiger Mastiff Beast and the Elementary Lord-level Death Giant Python. But with their thick hides and powerful defenses, the two Lord-level Monsters continued to cling to him relentlessly.
The battle on Long Yue's side was even more intense and hair-raising than Tie Liu's. Six circular blades with saw-toothed edges became streaks of silver light as they whirled around the two Lord-level Monsters, battering them until they were in a sorry state. Sparks flew from their bodies, and blood spattered from time to time. Even when they tried to attack Long Yue, she dodged with nimble footwork, keeping her distance before using her telekinetic weapons to strike them. She was clearly experienced in hit-and-run tactics. And when the two Lord-level Monsters occasionally cornered her, she could fend them off with the two curved blades in her hands before escaping their encirclement.
The two Lord-level Monsters roared again and again, but they could do little against Long Yue.
The two human War Gods and four Lord-level Monsters fought fiercely, all moving at incredible speeds. In the blink of an eye, they left the stadium and crashed into the area near the teaching buildings. The reinforced concrete structures were like tofu before their incredible physical strength and power; they shattered on impact. Walls crumbled, buildings collapsed, rubble flew, and dust billowed, as if the area had been bombarded with missiles.
Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan watched the battle unfold from a high floor in an office building not far away. They saw six figures fighting at supersonic speeds, leaving ruins in their wake, and both looked stunned.
But neither Chen Daolin nor Ji Xuan had any intention of joining the fight. They simply stood quietly and watched.
Suddenly, a deafening roar came from the distance, followed by the laughter of a human martial artist. Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan exchanged a glance, leaped from the building, and hurried toward the battlefield, their figures darting along like bouncing stars.
Beneath a half-collapsed apartment building, the tower-like Tie Liu stood with his shield raised before the enormous corpse of a Red-Scaled Blade Rhino. He was covered in dust, his face slightly flushed. The silver-haired woman Long Yue stood behind him, and six saw-toothed discs flew out of the Red-Scaled Blade Rhino's corpse and returned to her side.
During the battle, Long Yue and the others had deliberately drawn the four Lord-level Monsters apart. The moment a building collapsed, they took advantage of the cover and the distance between the monsters, which made it difficult for them to help one another. Tie Liu and Long Yue then suddenly joined forces to attack the Red-Scaled Blade Rhino. The two War Gods had spent so long together that they had become perfectly coordinated, far beyond what these Lord-level Monsters could match. Although the Red-Scaled Blade Rhino was a Lord-level Monster, it was no match for either of the two War Gods. It barely managed to resist for a moment before they beat it to death. The whole thing took less than three seconds. But three seconds was plenty of time for monsters that moved faster than the speed of sound to travel a kilometer. Tie Liu had even taken a combined blow from the other three monsters, and the tremendous force sent him flying into a building. That delay, however, gave Long Yue the chance to use her telekinetic weapons to kill an Elementary Lord-level Monster.
The other three Lord-level Monsters—the Blood-Eyed Lion Mastiff Beast, the Blood-Eyed Tiger Mastiff Beast, and the Death Giant Python—were shocked and enraged, with a hint of fear as well. They already had intelligence, and even when four of them had fought two humans, they had lost a companion. With three against two now, wouldn't things be even worse?
The three Lord-level Monsters weren't stupid. They retreated a couple of steps, lifted their heads, and let out a series of deafening roars.
The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, resting with its eyes closed on a small mound in the stadium, heard the roars in the distance and opened its eyes. Anger appeared in its gaze. Those humans had dared to kill one of its subordinates! It sprang to its feet and blurred into motion, appearing at the exit in an instant. Only afterward did the sound of an explosion ring out behind it. It was clearly much faster than the four Lord-level Monsters.
The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox glanced back at the small mound in the center of the stadium and gave a low growl. At once, the many Beast General-level Monsters left behind nearby rushed over. There were at least a thousand of them, packed tightly together as they blocked the entrance. Plenty of monsters were patrolling elsewhere as well.
Only then did the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox nod in satisfaction. It looked into the distance, a trace of coldness in its silver eyes, then raised its four legs and vanished in a flash. The sonic boom faded into the distance.
Meanwhile, the Communication Watches of the two War Gods, Long Yue and Tie Liu, suddenly vibrated. Their eyes lit up, but their faces betrayed nothing as they continued to confront the three Lord-level Monsters.
Whoosh. A gray figure appeared on the scene like a ghost, then resolved into a huge fox with gray fur and a fiery red tail. Long Yue and Tie Liu's hearts jumped. "So fast."
The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox surveyed the scene. When it saw the Red-Scaled Blade Rhino's corpse lying on the ground, it could no longer contain its anger and let out a roar. The three Lord-level Monsters behind it roared in unison and charged at the two humans before them.
"Long Yue, stick to the plan. Don't engage them head-on. Fall back!" Tie Liu's low voice sounded in Long Yue's ear. Without hesitation, the two of them shot backward at the same time.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The four Lord-level Monsters and two human War Gods once again began chasing one another through the city's forest of reinforced concrete buildings. Clouds of dust billowed in their wake as rubble and debris flew everywhere. Buildings collapsed one after another, easily demolished. The scene was a tremendous, uproarious spectacle.
"Impressive. The two human War Gods killed a Lord-level Monster, but that new Lord-level Monster seems even stronger." The battle had been so thrilling that Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan watched with rapt attention, utterly absorbed.
Just then, Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan's eyes shifted at the same time. They turned toward the stadium and, with their extraordinary eyesight, saw a faint wisp of a shadow drop from a building and rush inside. Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan exchanged a glance, then smiled.
"Interesting. Creating a diversion in plain sight while secretly making another move?"
"Wouldn't that be a diversion?"
"I'd say it's drawing the tiger away from the mountain."
"That's clearly luring the snake out of its hole."
"More like luring the fox out of its hole."
The two seemed to have forgotten that two human War Gods and a group of Lord-level Monsters were fighting fiercely right below them. Instead, they cheerfully bickered back and forth.
The one who had sneaked inside was the War God Liu Feng. He was a High-level War God himself, and had the best speed and Movement Technique of the three, but his explosive power was lacking, which was why he was somewhat weaker overall. He used his Movement Technique and slipped through a crack in the stadium like a passing breeze, evading the monsters' attention without anyone noticing.
This was also because the several Lord-level Monsters had taken so many of the defenders with them that the number of monsters in the stadium had greatly diminished. Otherwise, Liu Feng could never have slipped inside so easily.
Liu Feng emerged at the edge of the stadium and cautiously surveyed his surroundings. Seeing that the vast stadium was empty, with not a single monster in sight, he smiled. Without hesitation, he hurried toward the small mound in the center. When he saw the beautiful, crystal-like vine, delight flashed across his face. "So this is the Concentration Vine? Where are the Concentration Fruits?" His gaze swept quickly over the crystal vine, and he soon spotted four crystal fruits hanging from it. His smile widened. "Four. Good thing that fox didn't eat them all."
What they had worried about most was the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox eating all the fruits on the crystal vine. If that happened, all their effort would be wasted. Fortunately, the outcome was even better than they had expected.
"No time to waste. I'll get the fruits first." Liu Feng stepped forward and reached for the fruits on the vine.
Just then, the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and a shadow shot toward him at incredible speed, so fast it was almost impossible to react.
Liu Feng didn't hesitate. His figure flashed, and he appeared a hundred meters away in an instant.
"What the hell is that?" Liu Feng's expression turned grave. He hadn't let his guard down for a moment, which was why he'd been able to react the instant the underground attack came. Otherwise, even as a High-level War God, he might have been caught off guard.
The ground of the small mound split open, and a giant scorpion emerged. It stood three or four meters tall and was seven or eight meters long, its body covered in thick, black, ice-cold armor. Its scorpion tail was especially striking, more than ten meters long, with a green hook swaying at its tip and glinting with a chilling light.
"Intermediate Lord-level Earth King Scorpion." Liu Feng's expression changed.
He'd never expected the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox to leave an Intermediate Lord-level Monster behind to guard its lair even after it had left.
Liu Feng was in a difficult spot. The Earth King Scorpion was no great threat to him, but it was another matter with it guarding the Concentration Vine. Although it couldn't move as fast as he could, its tail could strike faster than he could move, and its reach completely covered the vine. He also didn't dare fight the Earth King Scorpion here, worried he might damage the Concentration Vine.
As the Earth King Scorpion emerged from the ground, the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, which was entangled with the two human War Gods, Long Yue and Tie Liu, suddenly turned around and looked toward the stadium. Fury was clearly written across its fox-like face.
"Yow~~" It instantly understood that it had fallen for the humans' trick. In its rage, the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox threw back its head and let out a piercing shriek. Invisible waves of air rolled outward. For a moment, sand and stones flew and dust billowed around the giant fox, while windows shattered one after another within several hundred meters. Even the two War Gods showed signs of pain. The slit between the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox's brows, like a closed eye, suddenly opened, revealing a silver pupil like quicksilver that gave off a faint glow. At the same time, Long Yue and Tie Liu's eyes grew unfocused, and their movements slowed.
Whoosh!
The Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox appeared like a phantom before the burly, bald Tie Liu. A paw as big as a millstone smashed viciously down toward his head. If it hit, even a High-level War God would not escape death.
On the other side, Long Yue, a Spirit Reader, snapped awake at once. "An illusion?" When she saw the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox in front of Tie Liu, its paw coming down on her companion, her eyes flew wide open. "No—"
Squish! Tie Liu's head burst apart like a watermelon struck by a boulder, spraying red and white fragments everywhere.
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