On the seventh day in City No. 003, the Thunder Blade Squad rested inside an abandoned shopping mall.
After a week of relentless hunting, even Warriors whose physical abilities far surpassed ordinary people felt exhausted. Shen Yang leaned against a corner and dozed, Luo Fang counted the supplies in her backpack, and Leng Bao sat by the window with his spear in his arms, keeping watch. Lin Zheng and Liu Xu sat side by side on the stairs, talking in low voices. Every so often, a few soft laughs drifted over.
Lin Yun sat alone on the mall's top floor, keeping his Spiritual Force extended to its maximum range. It was his daily habit—no matter how tired he was, he always made sure the area around them was safe.
Everything within two thousand meters was within his perception. A few Beast Soldier Level Iron-Armored Lizards crawled along the street, a flock of mutated crows circled a distant rooftop, and farther away were several stronger auras, probably Beast General Level. Everything seemed normal.
Then he sensed something unusual.
About twenty li away, two incredibly powerful auras were clashing. They were far stronger than any monster he had encountered before—not High-Level Beast Generals, not Primary Lords, not even Intermediate Lords.
Advanced Lords. And not ordinary ones, either.
Lin Yun's eyes flew open, a glint flashing in them.
"Captain!" He leaped down and hurried over to Lin Zheng. "Twenty li away, two High-Level Lord Monsters are fighting."
Everyone froze.
"High-Level Lords? Two of them?" Shen Yang sprang to his feet. "What kind of monsters?"
"I don't know yet." Lin Yun shook his head. "They're too far away. I can only sense how powerful their auras are, not what species they are. But both auras are incredibly strong—at least as powerful as the Heaven-Swallowing