You Broke Through to War God?

It was around four in the morning, and the sky was still shrouded in a thick, gray mist.

Abruptly, a brilliant golden light shot straight into the sky from a corner of the county town.

Although the radiant golden light vanished in an instant.

It left the various martial artist squads hunting monsters within the town wearing expressions of utter shock.

They speculated one after another whether someone in the town had just broken through to the War God Level.

As for whether it was someone surpassing the War God Level, none of them dared to even consider such a possibility.

After all, there were so few powerhouses beyond the War God Level in the entire world; it was impossible for one to appear in this ordinary county town.

"What are you all chatting about?"

When Li Qingxu arrived at the resting spot of the Eagle Predator Squad, he heard them discussing something animatedly.

"Haha, we were talking about who could have caused that golden light just now."

"Huh."

Suddenly, the captain, Xiao Qi, let out a surprised sound.

He hadn't even noticed when Li Qingxu had arrived; had he not spoken up, Xiao Qi wouldn't have known he was there.

Moreover, the feeling Li Qingxu gave him now was completely different from before.

Previously, clad in blood-stained clothes with his sharp edge fully exposed, he had looked every bit like a god of slaughter.

But now, in casual attire, Li Qingxu looked like a leisurely young master from a noble family, his temperament entirely changed.

"Could it be that he broke through?"

This thought suddenly flashed through Xiao Qi's mind, and he subconsciously asked, "Did you break through to the War God Level?"

"What!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three team members exclaimed in shock.

They widened their eyes, staring at Li Qingxu in disbelief.

A War God Level powerhouse was a high-tier force among human martial artists and was their ultimate goal as well.

"No."

Li Qingxu shook his head.

He had only just broken through to the Life Spring Realm, which was roughly equivalent to the War General Level.

He was still a minor realm away from the War God Level, which corresponded to the Divine Bridge Realm.

"Phew, Brother Xiao, you really gave us a scare."

"Exactly."

Hearing Li Qingxu's denial, the three team members finally exhaled and relaxed.

"It wasn't you?"

Xiao Qi felt a flicker of doubt in his heart, then proceeded to introduce his three team members to Li Qingxu.

They would be working together from now on to hunt down that Primary Lord Level monster.

The strongest member of the Eagle Predator Squad was the captain, Xiao Qi, whose strength was at the Advanced War General Level, and his weapon was a battle blade.

Next was the burly man, Huang Ming, also an Advanced War General, who wielded a mountain-cleaving axe and a one-meter-tall titanium alloy shield.

The other two members, Zhao He and Wang Hai, had only recently broken through to the War General Level, and both of them utilized firearms.

Only a martial artist squad with such strength would dare to claim they were going to hunt a Primary Lord Level monster.

Even then, they weren't guaranteed a kill on the first attempt; they would likely need to engage in a prolonged skirmish with the Lord Level monster.

The group left the county town and traveled at high speed, arriving at their destination just as noon approached.

City 026, once a third-tier city, had now become a home for hordes of monsters.

The Primary Lord Level monster they were tracking was not in the main urban area, but at a large comprehensive shopping mall in the suburbs.

As for the main urban area of this city, it was home to more than just Primary Lord Level monsters.

According to the intelligence they had gathered previously, there were several Intermediate Lord Level monsters lurking there.

"Not good!"

When they arrived at their final destination, the scene before them caused Xiao Qi's expression to change drastically.

Outside the dilapidated large shopping mall lay the mangled, massive corpses of monsters.

An extremely thick, pungent scent of blood permeated the air; clearly, a slaughter had taken place here!

"Brother Xiao, our prey has been snatched by someone else!"

"Damn it!"

The scene before them filled the other team members with rage.

They had nearly emptied their savings just to wound that Primary Lord Level monster.

If it hadn't been for the fear that the monsters might launch a desperate counterattack before dying and take one or two of their team members with them, they would never have chosen to retreat to the base city to regroup.

But now, all their previous hard work had gone up in smoke.

"It wasn't done by humans; look at those corpses."

Li Qingxu said as he looked at a monster carcass.

This mangled monster corpse looked as if it had been sliced into three pieces by an extremely sharp blade.

Yet, each piece of the carcass showed signs of being crushed by immense force, with the beast's bones shattered into powder.

Hearing Li Qingxu's reminder, the Eagle Predator Squad finally began to examine the monster corpses carefully.

They soon discovered something amiss.

Although these monster corpses bore cutting marks, many valuable monster materials had not been carved off or taken away.

There was even the corpse of a high-level Beast General whose most precious fur was still intact; only its abdomen had a massive, bloody hole.

It looked as if some creature had bitten open its belly and devoured the organs inside!

"That's right, these monster corpses were killed by a monster."

Xiao Qi carefully inspected the carcasses one by one, his face lighting up with joy as he spoke.

But in an instant, his expression shifted.

These monster corpses had all been killed by the same monster.

To be able to kill so many Beast Soldier and Beast General level monsters, the strength of this unknown monster must be truly terrifying.

And the fact that it dared to pick a fight with an Elementary Warlord level monster spoke volumes.

Clearly, the other three members had realized this as well, and each of them furrowed their brows.

Only in Li Qingxu's eyes did a flash of divine light appear—it was the urge to fight.

"Let's go, we're going in to investigate."

As they entered the large shopping complex and drew closer to a five-story department store building.

Suddenly, a crisp crunch-crunch sound rang out, like the chewing of some animal.

This sound instantly caused expressions of unease to appear on their faces.

Anything capable of treating a severely wounded Elementary Warlord monster as food must surely be an Elementary Warlord monster itself.

As for whether it could be an Intermediate Warlord monster, they deemed it impossible based on the degree of destruction to the surrounding buildings.

After all, an Intermediate Warlord monster could easily kill an Elementary Warlord monster.

"Brother Xiao."

The three members looked at Xiao Qi; whether to fight or retreat was entirely up to him to decide.

After all, it was now obvious that there was an Elementary Warlord monster inside this shopping complex, and it was likely uninjured.

"Move in!"

Xiao Qi did not hesitate in the slightest.

Since they had already come this far, there was no reason to retreat.

Moreover, it wasn't as if they had never hunted an Elementary Warlord monster before; they had previously managed to wound one so severely that it had fled.

With Li Qingxu, whose strength exceeded his own, now joining them, his confidence had grown even further.

Immediately, he ordered the two members using thermal weapons to find high-rise buildings outside and wait for an opportunity on the rooftops.

Since these two members had only just reached the Intermediate Warlord level, they would only have one chance to strike.

If they missed, they would have to evacuate their positions immediately and find another high-rise.

As for Li Qingxu, himself, and Huang Ming, they would go and lure that unknown Elementary Warlord level monster out.