Mountain Lord!

Deep in the dungeon, boxes filled with remains could be seen everywhere, along with scattered bones.

The group supported one another as they headed out together.

Wu Yu observed everyone for a while, then made a circuit of the surroundings.

Unlike the left side, this was already the deepest point. There was no path leading anywhere else.

"How strange. There's nowhere to use the [Dungeon Key]!"

Walking back, Wu Yu watched everyone file out one after another, his heart full of confusion.

Could this [Dungeon Key] only open those cages?

"It came from a gold treasure chest, yet it can only open cages..."

"Impossible!"

Just then, Yu Tiezhu saw Wu Yu lingering behind and hurriedly called, "Little brother, come on, let's go!"

"Coming."

Wu Yu regained his composure and strode over.

When he reached them,

Yu Tiezhu scratched his head and asked with an honest look, "What was your name again, little brother? I kept forgetting to ask earlier."

"My name is... Wu Tian."

Wu Yu's gaze flickered as he gave a name.

"What a domineering name! Wu Tian!"

The blue-haired youth suddenly spoke up, fawning, "Big Brother Wu Tian's dominance overflows; his name suits the man!"

"What mountain bandits or tiger spirits? They're all trash before Big Brother Wu Tian!"

"With Big Brother Wu Tian's talent, he could casually blow everyone else to death!"

"From now on, Xiao Kun will only listen to Big Brother Wu Tian. Big Brother Wu Tian is invincible under heaven!"

As he spoke, the blue-haired youth's eyes darted about, looking every bit the lackey.

Wu Yu smiled and said calmly, "Mostly because I traded for a lot of Psionic Bombs from Inspector Liu. Even if those mountain bandits are Transcendent Martial Artists, they're still flesh and blood. How could they withstand bombs?"

"So that's what happened. When you called Lord Liu to the second floor of the inn earlier, you were buying things!"

Yu Tiezhu suddenly understood and said regretfully, "No wonder! If I'd known, I would've bought some from Lord Liu too!"

"So Big Brother Wu Tian actually had the money to buy Psionic Bombs..."

The blue-haired youth also fell into thought, saying enviously, "You're really rich."

"Oh? You don't?"

Wu Yu smiled, took out a [Silver] card, and said, "I used silver."

"You can buy them with silver too?"

The others were shocked.

"Mm. Silver is more practical in Redfang Village. You can buy all sorts of things with it."

"I saw that Inspector Liu needed it, so I traded him some technological items."

Wu Yu nodded.

"This..."

The blue-haired youth showed a regretful expression, seemingly having thought of something.

Yu Tiezhu looked equally disappointed and sighed, "So there was another way! But all the cards dropped by the mountain bandits we killed were taken by Captain Liu. We couldn't get much."

"As long as we can make it back."

Wu Yu did not care much. He asked, "Didn't you go to the evacuation point with Captain Liu after getting out? How did you end up being captured here by the mountain bandits?"

"What rotten luck!"

The blue-haired youth complained, "Our luck was terrible. We originally thought we wouldn't leave with the NPCs, but a whole bunch of mountain bandits came charging out halfway there! We were scattered in an instant!"

"Especially when the Mountain Lord appeared! I was lucky—I only got beaten up by the mountain bandits. But he had it much worse. He took a hit from the Mountain Lord."

As he spoke, the blue-haired youth pointed at Yu Tiezhu.

The latter gave an honest smile and said, "I'm thick-skinned and tough. It's nothing."

Hearing that, Wu Yu examined him and found that Yu Tiezhu's clothes were indeed only torn. The exposed skin bore no wounds or bloodstains.

"[Nine Oxen's Strength]..."

Wu Yu studied him carefully, his eyes shifting slightly.

After a while, the natives gradually all made their way out.

Wu Yu and the others followed behind, chatting as they walked.

Along the way, Wu Yu approached the guards at the front and asked about the attack.

The guards answered truthfully, recounting the mountain bandits' appearance and the Mountain Lord's arrival in full detail.

"Benefactor, you have no idea how cunning those mountain bandits were! They actually set traps to ambush us. It was like they suddenly gained intelligence!"

"Some of those tiger spirits weren't afraid of death. They clearly used to fear pain!"

"And the Mountain Lord—it attacked us while dragging around a badly wounded body! That was beyond all expectations. No one thought the Mountain Lord would come out of Lostway Cave!"

The guards and merchants all spoke up, their voices full of complaints.

No one had expected so many accidents this time!

One guard recalled the Mountain Lord, fear appearing on his face.

"At first, Captain Lu killed a mountain bandit leader by himself, then chased down several other leaders. He even killed more than twenty mountain bandits along the way."

"Then the Mountain Lord came! Seeing that it was seriously injured, Captain Lu wanted to seize the chance to kill it."

"But with just one swipe of its claw, the Mountain Lord severely wounded Captain Lu. His iron armor and sharp sword were like paper mache."

Wu Yu glanced back at Yu Tiezhu, thoughtful.

A moment later, the group reached the fork in the road.

Standing amid the crowd, Wu Yu shielded everyone behind him and surveyed the area.

"Hmm?"

He looked toward the passage on the right, his brows tightly furrowed.

The small stones he had laid there had been scattered, yet there were no footprints on the ground.

His heart gave a jolt. He immediately narrowed his eyes and examined the surroundings, faintly sensing that something was wrong.

But before he could speak, a foul wind rushed at them from ahead!

Roar!

A tiger's roar came from the direction outside the cave. In the depths of the darkness, they could vaguely see a colossal creature slowly making its way toward them!

"The Mountain Lord!"

Someone screamed and collapsed onto the ground in fright.

"The Mountain Lord is here!"

"Oh my god, why did the Mountain Lord come back from outside?"

"Run!"

The crowd had long been scared out of their wits by the Mountain Lord. At the mere emergence of a giant silhouette in the darkness, they turned and fled in blind panic.

"Damn, why is that huge tiger outside?"

The blue-haired youth was also startled and hurriedly crowded closer.

"Big Brother Wu Tian, do you still have any bombs you bought from Inspector Liu?"

"..."

Wu Yu did not answer him.

He could still sense the [Bi Fang Sigil] on this little hoodlum. In terms of danger, he was even less threatening than that girl.

Through the darkness, he caught sight of the approaching Mountain Lord.

Just as everyone had described, this giant tiger's body was astonishingly huge.

It stood more than three meters tall. Its head alone looked savagely ferocious, and one bite could probably tear an adult to pieces.

Yet its condition was utterly miserable. One leg was broken, and several hideous wounds covered its body. Blood-red aura coiled around them, the injuries so deep that bone showed through.

On one side, flesh buds visibly grew, seemingly trying to regenerate its body.

On the other, its flesh was being constantly corroded.

Looking closely, the Mountain Lord was even blind in one eye!

"It's close!"

Wu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that the Mountain Lord had stepped into one of the traps he had set.

The next moment!

Boom—!!!

It was as though the earth shook and mountains trembled, as thunder exploded.

More than a dozen stones suddenly detonated. Flames surged together, instantly sweeping through everything around them.

The darkness was driven away. The shockwave spread over, and the gale made Wu Yu's clothes flap wildly.

The blue-haired youth beside him was so frightened that his legs went limp. He fell to the ground, trembling without end.