A Complete Victory

Abyssal Blade—the intent of facing this beast tide alone was to stand at the edge of the abyss.

The blade light in Chu Wen's hand grew slower and slower, yet its aura became more and more terrifying.

Lin Wei carried Chen Dai on her back.

She watched as Chu Wen casually struck down several beast-soldier-class demonic beasts with every blow.

Even ordinary beast generals needed no more than an extra slash.

She even had the illusion that she had come on an outing, except she was carrying a somewhat heavier bag...

Roar!

Splurt!

The two sounds rang out in turn across the lake island.

Lin Wei stared blankly at the scene before her, the corner of her mouth twitching.

Was the gap between herself and Chu Wen really this vast?!

The beast tide that had just pushed her to the limit was nothing more than chopping vegetables before Chu Wen!

"Hm? You actually made it out on your own?"

Rox pulled a short blade from the corpse of a beast general and looked Chu Wen over in surprise.

Though Chu Wen was covered in filth, his spirit, vitality, and mental state were perfectly fine.

Lin Wei, whom Chu Wen had protected, and the unconscious Chen Dai, on the other hand, would probably need to lie in bed for ten days to half a month.

"Teacher Rox!" Lin Wei nearly burst into tears, but with Chen Dai on her back, she could not relax at all.

"Since you're out, hurry up and leave."

Rox thought to himself, The Blood Bodhi Tree feels different. The suppression on my strength isn't quite the same anymore.

He could feel the power within his body surging forth, though he did not know why.

Chu Wen helped Lin Wei carry the unconscious Chen Dai, and under Rox's lead, the group began to leave at speed.

At the bottom of the lake.

"It's done, though it happened far sooner than we expected..."

"Who knows? Forget it. We have what we came for. Let's leave first."

"Did that War God enter the island?"

"Yes. Just as I guessed, the three students brought by that War God must be important. Isn't that War God afraid that, with only warrior-class strength, he'll die in the beast tide?"

"Good. Let's go out. There are seven War King squads outside. Break through the encirclement according to the original plan."

"Eagle-Eye, keep hold of the Blood Bodhi seed."

The Eagle-Eye Beast King naturally nodded.

The surface of Netherworld Lake began to boil.

The aura of Beast Kings blanketed the area once more.

The expressions of the seven War King martial artist squads standing by turned grim. "Senior Rox hasn't returned yet..."

"There's no time! Stop them! Kill as many as we can!"

Those Beast Kings with wings could fly, while War King martial artists still could not truly fly through the air!

It was inevitable that some Beast Kings would escape.

The moment the Beast Kings appeared, the martial artist squads charged after them, and battle erupted!

For dozens of miles around, the sonic booms from their clashes could be heard.

The instant Rox heard the sounds, he accelerated away. He was only about six breaths behind when the fighting broke out.

"This place should be safe now. As long as you're careful, you'll be fine. I'm going to butcher those bastards!"

After leaving the lake island, Rox leaped into the air. The surrounding lake water was swept up by him, exposing a bare mountain of floating corpses.

He was confirming that no demonic beasts lay in ambush here!

"Return to the base on your own."

With those words, Rox stepped across the waters of Netherworld Lake and shot into the sky.

Watching him, Lin Wei felt somewhat complicated. This was the genius War God of the Yatu Family.

"Stop mooning over him. Hurry back. Your arm needs treatment as soon as possible."

After saying that, Chu Wen carried Chen Dai and set off.

In the distance, the Eagle-Eye Beast King sensed the aura of the War God and immediately felt that things were going badly. He fled at top speed.

Clutched in his hand was a blood-red translucent seed—the seed of the Blood Bodhi Tree. Although he felt that something was off, the Blood Bodhi had indeed begun to wither, leaving him no room to think too deeply about it.

"Eagle-Eye, where do you think you're going?!"

The war blade in Rox's hand carved six streaks of silver light through the air, each carrying the killing intent of a high-level War God!

The surrounding air was peeled away by the blade aura, and water mist rose into the air.

Eagle-Eye desperately flew higher. Human War Gods had limited speed and could not fly too high.

But as a Beast King, he could. This was his only path to survival.

Rox stood in the air, his eyes half-closed.

A short blade began to radiate sharpness. Blood-red light intertwined in his hand, forming a flying arrow.

"Even if you don't die, you'll be crippled!"

Bzzzt!

The air trembled. Blood mist exploded high in the sky, and amid black feathers that drifted down everywhere, the fate of the Eagle-Eye Beast King was unknown.

Rox did not pursue him further. Instead, he charged back to the ground.

Those who could not fly—he could not let a single one escape!

Beast Kings who dared betray humanity had to be wiped out root and branch. Otherwise, the bottom line of certain unspoken rules would be trampled!

This matter also had to be reported to the higher-ups, sounding another warning against seeking a tiger's skin.

A demonic beast was a demonic beast. Their trustworthiness would forever remain a mystery.

That very night, the upper echelons of the Blue Star Alliance convened an emergency meeting and notified the major families that Beast King betrayal had occurred during the Netherworld Lake incident in the Kunlun Mountains.

Many families could not help but worry. Many gray-market dealings were tied to Beast Kings.

The martial arts families were forced to reassess the risks of cooperating with Beast Kings.

However, all of that had little to do with Chu Wen and the others.

After the three returned to 01010 Warrior Base, they first went to the field hospital.

The doctor's mention of amputation nearly frightened Lin Wei into fainting.

Fortunately, Rox arrived in time and revealed Lin Wei's identity. Only then did the doctor apply to the higher-ups for medical support.

Only then did Chu Wen learn that Lin Wei's earlier techniques had all been made so vicious by forcing her blood and vitality to flow in reverse.

The hardships a woman faced in practicing martial arts were even greater than ordinary people imagined.

He had never expected that such a playful, smiling woman could endure that kind of pain.

Chen Dai muttered in his sleep in the middle of the night, looking as though he slept soundly.

This battle could truly be called surviving a calamity.

Rox felt guilty, but the Netherworld Lake trade had continued for more than two hundred years. For something to go wrong under his watch had put him in a foul mood.

In the end, four War Kings were seriously wounded, nine War Kings were lightly wounded, and fourteen Beast Kings were slain. It could be called a complete victory!

The recorded Beast Kings in the outer regions of the Kunlun Mountains had essentially been slaughtered clean!

Rox stood outside Chen Dai's hospital room, gazing at the snow-covered Kunlun Main Peak. The rage in his eyes had never been concealed.

Inside a cave amid the falling snow.

The Eagle-Eye Beast King stumbled headfirst into it. Blood gushed endlessly from the bloody hole in his back, leaving a trail behind him.

The Bell-Deer Beast King pushed open the cave entrance hidden by a massive boulder and saw Eagle-Eye's miserable state.

"Hmph. If we had waited another year, our losses would not have been so severe."

"That War God was terrifyingly powerful—stronger than any I have ever seen by an unknown number of times..."

The Bell-Deer Beast King sat on a stone stool, recalling Rox's blade light.

Not even the Beast Emperor within Kunlun had ever filled it with such terror.

"Eagle-Eye, you've worked hard."

The Eagle-Eye Beast King's expression changed drastically as he saw an antler mercilessly pierce his throat, slicing him in two along with it.

"How could I possibly let anyone else know about the Blood Bodhi seed..."

He dug the half-translucent bloody seed from the Eagle-Eye Beast King's mouth. Yet before his eyes, the seed burst into fragments with a bang.

"A fake?!"

"Eagle-Eye?! You! Where did you hide the real one!"

The Bell-Deer Beast King instinctively realized that the other had kept something in reserve, but little did he know that even the Eagle-Eye Beast King had no idea what had happened.