The Heavens Leave No Path Blocked

Wang Ji felt his heart seize with terror. He was blocked both front and back! Wang Ji struck out with all his might toward the ceiling, "Bang!"

Dust sprayed everywhere, momentarily obscuring the surroundings. But it was useless! This was merely a sewer two meters high and two meters wide. There was simply nowhere to hide!

Sure enough, the rat monsters in front and behind ignored the dust entirely, charging straight toward Wang Ji.

"Hm?" Wang Ji's expression suddenly shifted to joy. In his spiritual perception, there were many winding rat tunnels within the soil layer. A few of these tunnels were relatively large, nearly a meter in diameter. There were also numerous smaller rat tunnels, many with a diameter of only a foot or slightly more.

"Haha! I'll make use of your rat tunnels first!" Wang Ji laughed loudly and dove into a rat tunnel that was just over a foot wide.

If he were an ordinary martial artist, this would be suicide. Imagine a rat tunnel only a foot wide, barely enough to squeeze into; if you had to rely on your waist and abdomen to push yourself forward, how fast could you possibly go? You would likely be caught and eaten by the rats before you even crawled two or three meters.

But Wang Ji possessed spiritual force! Wang Ji gripped his shield in his hand. His spiritual force pulled him forward as he crawled. Wang Ji didn't need to exert any physical effort at all; a force of 1200kg dragged him along.

With the friction of the surrounding tunnel walls, his speed couldn't be called fast, but it was definitely not slow!

As for the wild-boar-sized rats and the even larger silver-gray ones, they couldn't squeeze into this tunnel at all!

Only those at the Beast Soldier level could enter this tunnel. But how could those at the Beast Soldier level be a match for Wang Ji? His flying knives shot out like swimming fish, killing the pursuing rats before returning to the buckle at Wang Ji's waist.

Heaven never closes every door!

"Rumble..." The silver-gray giant rat in the rear squeezed into the tunnel by force, causing the tunnel to collapse with a series of crashes. Even for this high-level Beast General silver-gray rat, its tunneling speed was only a few meters per second. How could it possibly keep up with Wang Ji?

Wang Ji didn't know how long he had been in these winding tunnels. Finally, he found an exit leading back to the sewer, "Bang!"

Wang Ji forcibly broke through the ceiling of the sewer and rushed to the surface.

"Squeak?"

"Ah?"

Wang Ji looked at the tide-like swarm of rats two hundred meters away and was dumbfounded. Why did he deliver himself right to their doorstep! Had he been running for all this time just to throw himself into the net?

The War God being besieged was already exhausted. Initially, upon seeing the commotion here, he had felt a glimmer of hope, but seeing that Wang Ji was only a low-level War General, his hope instantly turned to disappointment. "You go quickly! If you get trapped in the beast tide, you won't have a single chance left! Go!"

"Swish!" A black-gray afterimage flashed by. Before Wang Ji could even dodge, he was sliced into two pieces!

"Damn it!"

It was the Lord-level Rat King! A distance of 200 meters was less than a second for the Rat King. The Rat King didn't mind raising a hand to kill this little bug.

"Hoo, hoo..." Wang Ji appeared inside the abandoned building. He had been killed by the Rat King for the second time. This Lord-level monster was truly terrifyingly strong.

Wang Ji
Age: 17
Strength: 10805kg
Speed: 98m/s
Nerve Reaction: Low-level War General (Excellent)
Essence Source: 525

He had 37 points left from last time. That meant he had gained 488 points this time? Not bad! Wang Ji felt a sense of comfort in his heart.

"Use! 450 points! Keep the remaining 75 points in reserve."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh... so good... ah, ah, ah, ah..."

A sensation of pleasure, like a massage, washed over him. A few minutes later, Wang Ji panted heavily and steadied his body. He didn't feel weak; on the contrary, his energy was terrifyingly abundant.

Wang Ji
Age: 17
Strength: 15305kg
Speed: 133m/s
Nerve Reaction: Mid-level War General (Qualified)
Essence Source: 75

This was already strength approaching a mid-level War General. If Wang Ji were ruthless enough to invest the final 75 points, he would immediately become a mid-level War General!

Wang Ji suddenly remembered something... could Essence Source be used to increase spiritual force?

Wang Ji experimented, his mind stirring, "Spiritual force, add 1 point!"

"Hiss..." A wave of numbness washed over his soul.

"Spiritual force: 1210kg"

It worked! It actually worked! Wang Ji felt regretful; what a waste! It would have been so much better to add it to his spiritual force!

Wang Ji decided to keep 40 points in reserve and invested the remaining 34 points entirely into his spiritual force.

"Hiss..."

"Spiritual force: 1550kg"

His spiritual force scanning range instantly exceeded a radius of 50 meters!

He hadn't heard Liu Zhendong's voice outside for a long time. Wang Ji actually wanted to run into Liu Zhendong right now; it would be best to just finish them off in one go. But they had likely already left.

Wang Ji dialed Jiang Nian's number, "Hello! Uncle Jiang. Hahaha, I was just being hunted by Liu Zhendong!"

Across the line, Jiang Nian asked nervously, "What about now? I've already contacted my former teammates. They're setting out right now to come and extract you. Where are you?"

Wang Ji laughed, "I've already shaken them off completely! Sorry for the trouble, Uncle Jiang. Please tell the uncles that I appreciate it, but there's no need for them to come."

Jiang Nian asked, "You really shook them off? How could you possibly do that? That Liu Zhendong is an Elementary Warlord!"

Wang Ji laughed, "My strength had a bit of a breakthrough just now. Alright, I won't say more. When I get back, I'll treat you and the uncles from your team to drinks. I'm truly grateful to you all for today."

It was true; asking his former squad members to intervene would cost a significant amount of favors and resources. Yet, for the sake of Wang Ji, a person unrelated to him, Jiang Nian had helped without regard for the cost. It was truly moving.

Wang Ji kept this favor in mind.

Wang Ji found a sealed room on a middle floor, took a folding sleeping bag out of his backpack, and lay down fully clothed. Today had truly been exhilarating. However, the gains were also immense.

The Rat Tide instance still had one entry remaining. Once he was well-rested, Wang Ji prepared to give it his all tomorrow.

But the question remained: should he save that War God tomorrow?

Wang Ji vaguely understood that the final rewards would likely differ depending on the mode of completion. Of course, he genuinely wanted to save that War God in his heart. However, whether or not to do so still required some weighing.

Soon, Wang Ji drifted off to sleep.

Outside the building, the roars of beasts rose and fell; after being startled awake a few times, Wang Ji quickly fell back asleep.

The next morning, golden sunlight spilled onto the balcony. Wang Ji stretched deeply. In this world after the Great Catastrophe, the freshness of the air was something people of the past could never have imagined.

There were traces of monster activity below. Wang Ji retreated slightly further inside to prevent these monsters from disturbing his peace.

He used some scavenged firewood to boil water, brewed a high-energy drink similar to milk tea, and enjoyed a luxurious breakfast with some dried meat. Wang Ji was ready.

"Enter!"

Ding! Entering instance: Rat Tide. Mission: Survive. Remaining entries: 0/3

Wang Ji appeared on the 14th floor of an abandoned building.

Wang Ji still started by killing monsters from the ground level. These were all Essence Source points.

Whether in strength or otherwise, Wang Ji had undergone a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering transformation. With the coordination of his spiritual power, he could quickly kill Intermediate Warlord-level rats.

Charge and kill! Relocate! Charge and kill!

When the time came, Wang Ji climbed to a high vantage point and looked out. He finally discovered the main battlefield of the beast tide. Now, it was time to make a decision. After a moment of thought, Wang Ji slowly began to creep toward the main battlefield.