After waiting for a while, Wang Ji climbed to a high vantage point and looked into the distance. He finally spotted the main battlefield of the beast tide. It was time to make a decision. After thinking it over, Wang Ji slowly made his way toward the main battlefield.
He avoided or killed every rat along the way. By now, only the silver-gray rats at the Advanced Beast General Level gave him trouble. The Intermediate and lower-level Beast Generals had all become Essence Source points for Wang Ji.
Boom!
Every punch and kick from this War God carried immense force. But the rat tide bound and entangled him, and he couldn't break free. Each time he gave everything he had to charge out, the Lord-level Rat King would stop him with all its might. With the Lord-level Rat King attacking and blocking him, and dozens or even hundreds of large rats at the Intermediate and Advanced Beast General Levels swarming him, every attempt to break through ended in failure.
"Ahhh... I can't accept this!" The War God tried to break through again, but countless giant rats threw themselves in his way, heedless of their own lives. Bang!
The War God crashed through a thirty- or forty-story building, but it did him no good. He was trapped in the rat tide once more.
Wang Ji waited quietly just 300 meters away.
He couldn't rush. He couldn't show himself carelessly. He couldn't even let the Rat King sense his presence.
The instant the War God failed to break through again, Wang Ji raced toward where he had fallen!
Use the momentum! Let the shield carry him!
Wang Ji dropped into the deepest part of the rat tide! That was where the War God had fallen. The Rat King had just collided with him and been knocked away, leaving a brief opening of a second or two.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Seven or eight Beast General-level rats attacked Wang Ji.
Bang! Bang! Several smoke bombs burst, covering Wang Ji as he swiftly dodged the giant rats' attacks left and right through the smoke.
Thud! He landed safely! The War God had failed to break through and landed beside him.
"You... you're only a Junior War General. What are you doing in the middle of the rat tide?" the War God asked in astonishment. At first, he had seen a person and thought he might have some help. But when he saw Wang Ji's strength, he fell into despair again.
"There's no time to explain! Quick, follow me!" Wang Ji pried open a manhole cover with his blade and dragged the War God down into the sewer.
"Eek! Eek! Eek!"
Countless rats followed them into the sewer. Those that couldn't squeeze in immediately smashed the ground around the entrance. Even if they escaped into the sewer, they still wouldn't get away!
"It's no use! The sewer is the rats' territory," the War God sighed.
Wang Ji hurried forward with the War God. When he found a suitable downward tunnel, too deep to see the end and a little over a foot in diameter, he knew it would do.
"Hold on to my leg!" Wang Ji said, then immediately crawled into the rat hole. The War God grabbed him without thinking.
Whoosh... With over 1,500 kilograms of force, Wang Ji dragged them both rapidly through the narrow rat tunnel.
"You're a spiritual force user too?" the War God asked excitedly.
"Yes," Wang Ji replied. "But my Spiritual Force is only at the Beginner Warrior Level. Otherwise, we could escape through the air."
"How did you come up with this method? You're a genius!" Only then did the War God realize how ingenious this escape plan was.
Outside the little tunnel.
The rats at the Advanced Beast General Level furiously tore at the entrance. Two silver-gray rats strained to crawl inside, but the tunnel held them back. They were practically digging a new tunnel, and they moved painfully slowly.
"Eek!" The Lord-level Rat King suddenly shrieked and charged toward the tunnel Wang Ji and the others had fled into. Bang! It knocked two high-level Beast General monsters to the ground and quickly began burrowing into the tunnel.
As expected of a rat! Even though the Rat King was as big as a water buffalo, its incredible burrowing talent and the tens of tons of force behind its strikes made the earth beneath it as fragile as a biscuit. It burrowed through the ground almost as fast as Wang Ji!
Wang Ji's Spiritual Force was only 1,500 kilograms. Dragging two people and more than 500 kilograms of equipment, he could only manage a speed of a little over ten meters per second. Yet the Lord-level Rat King was almost as fast underground, and it was gradually picking up speed.
"Fuck!" Wang Ji was terrified out of his wits.
"Leave me behind," the War God sighed.
"Let's try again! Just a little longer!" Wang Ji strained with all his might.
"What's your name?" the War God asked calmly.
"I'm Wang Ji. What about you?" Wang Ji asked.
"Lu Gang!" the War God said. "My name is Lu Gang!"
"Lu Gang?" Wang Ji shuddered, a chill rising from the crown of his head.
Wasn't Lu Gang supposed to die at the end of this year? It was only summer now!
Lu Gang had died in a rat tide! A rat tide! Damn it!
"What year and date is it today?" Wang Ji asked. Lu Gang stared at him in surprise, then replied, "October 3, 2056."
"Did I enter a dungeon set in the future?" Wang Ji stared wide-eyed.
"Escape on your own! You're young, and you'll surely reach the War God Level someday. You shouldn't die here because of me. Save yourself!" As he spoke, Lu Gang suddenly let go.
"Don't!" Wang Ji cried out anxiously.
"Go! Don't look back! Hurry!" Lu Gang said calmly.
Boom! Lu Gang's every punch and kick shattered the earth around him. He struggled to turn, then charged toward the surface.
Boom! The Lord-level Rat King and Lu Gang met underground. The Rat King was afraid to face Lu Gang alone, while the earth trapped Lu Gang and kept him from fighting for long. They fought as they both drove toward the surface. Boom!
At last, they broke through the surface, and the Rat King and Lu Gang returned to ground level.
"Eek! Eek! Eek!" The endless rat tide swarmed them again.
Wang Ji could hear their roars and shrieks faintly from above, and his heart grew heavy.
He hadn't expected that not only scenes from the past and history, but also scenes from the future could become dungeons. What did that mean? Were dungeons beyond the bounds of time, with the past and future both in their grasp?
And in the end, he still hadn't managed to save Lu Gang.
The commotion above gradually died down.
Wang Ji stayed underground, continuing to make his way forward.
He had no idea how long had passed.
Ding! Dungeon: Rat Tide. Mission: Survive. Complete! Rewards: 1. Essence Source * 334 2. Treasure: Heavy Mountain Sword
Heavy Mountain Sword? A stream of information appeared. "This is a sword sealed away for countless ages. It is a very special treasure. As you continually nourish it with your body's energy and your comprehension of the laws of your domain, it will slowly evolve into the weapon best suited to you. Source: An accidental find by Lu Gang. But he lacked the ability to discover the Heavy Mountain Sword's extraordinary qualities, so it remained sealed away in his warehouse until now."
A collectible of Lu Gang's? Was it... a weapon that grew over time? Would Lu Gang call him a thief someday?
Wang Ji casually swung it, lightly chopping at a large rock. Whoosh! The cut was perfectly smooth. The blade was incredibly sharp.
Curious, Wang Ji directly clashed the Heavy Mountain Sword against his Grade 5 Blood Shadow Blade.
Crack! A hole the size of a walnut appeared in the Grade 5 Blood Shadow Blade.
"This... it's at least two grades sharper than the Grade 5 Blood Shadow Blade! Otherwise, it couldn't have damaged a Grade 5 weapon so easily!" Wang Ji exclaimed. He hadn't even nourished it yet, and it was already on par with a Grade 7 weapon.
A Grade 7 weapon cost hundreds of millions! Even half-price, it would still cost at least one or two hundred million. Incredible!
Wang Ji stretched. "Time to go home!"
The trip had been dangerous, but he had come away with plenty.
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