Moving Forward Under a Heavy Burden

After Lin Cheng left, some of the nearby creatures cautiously poked their heads out.

"..."

They looked at one another.

Seeing that many of their companions were still there, they all let out huge sighs of relief.

"Eh? That's not right—where's Brother Ironback?"

"Yeah, I was wondering why it felt like something was missing. Where are those Ironback Beasts?"

"They're gone. Dead."

"Thoroughly and cleanly dead."

"...Earlier, I saw a streak of Sword Qi forcibly make more than thirty turns before slitting the throat of an Ironback Beast hiding over three hundred meters underground..."

"..."

The creatures looked at each other, an inexplicable chill rising in their hearts.

Could this be the legendary Ironback Beast Killer?

Terrifying!

Good thing they weren't Ironback Beasts!

Could that horrifying creature from earlier have some grudge against Ironback Beasts?

It specialized in killing Ironback Beasts!

When that terrifying aura had appeared, they had all hidden without a second word. They had no idea which race that expert had come from, much less that he was human—or that this human had once nearly been turned into a snack by an Ironback Beast.

Lin Cheng was extremely hostile toward Ironback Beasts.

After all, when he had first arrived in the Heavenly Realm, he had nearly met his end in the jaws of an Ironback Beast.

Lin Cheng's figure flashed repeatedly through the air. Rather than returning to Crouching Dragon Mountain, he flew toward Azure Dragon Gorge as he remembered it.

Before long, looking down from above, Lin Cheng saw a magnificent gorge winding like an azure dragon spread out before him.

That was how Azure Dragon Gorge got its name.

Following the route in his memories, Lin Cheng soon found the Human Alliance branch. The Human Alliance Leader had long been waiting there.

Seeing the