Rat tide

After giving the Nine Tails Illusion Fox his instructions, Luo Yuan headed back. Having the Nine-Tailed White Fox lead the Illusion Fox Clan to County 0231 would make it easier for him to collect attributes there every day. This trip had yielded a rich harvest: not only had his strength reached War God Level, but his Evasion Movement Technique had reached Perfect Level, and his Nine-Layered Thunder Blade had reached the second layer. Even his Mental Power had grown considerably and was not far from War God Level.

Since breaking through to War God Level, Luo Yuan's speed had reached the speed of sound, making his return journey much faster.

When Luo Yuan reached the highway in County 0231 and was about to head toward the Military District Base, he suddenly sensed faint tremors behind him. He immediately extended his Mental Power and saw a dense mass of monsters. Each was only about thirty centimeters long, slightly larger than a human palm, but these tiny monsters surged toward him in a tidal wave. Behind him, a large group of warriors was fleeing in panic, frantically discarding the loads they carried.

This dark mass of rats did not seem endless. It spanned the entire width of the highway and stretched about a hundred meters in length. With each rat beast measuring thirty centimeters long, this rat tide definitely contained tens of thousands of monsters. It already qualified as a small rat tide. Even a War General Level warrior would be swallowed up and killed!

"A rat tide?" Luo Yuan frowned. A rat tide was also known as a rat plague. Even a War God Level expert would face certain death if surrounded by an endless rat tide.

"Fuck, I run into something this dangerous the moment I get back."

Without another word, Luo Yuan hurriedly took off. Running at the speed of sound, he left the rat tide far behind.

As Luo Yuan raced down the highway, he spotted Luo Feng running desperately for his life. He grabbed Luo Feng and carried him swiftly away.

Boom! Boom!

A dark blue, flattened circular Flying Combat Aircraft shaped like a flying saucer suddenly flew over, continuously blasting searing flames at the rat tide below. Under flames reaching a thousand degrees, countless rat beasts caught fire and burned to death. The formerly orderly rat tide instantly collapsed, scattering in every direction.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng arrived at the military district's Warrior Supply Base, where a large crowd of warriors had gathered at the entrance.

"Luo Feng, do you know what's going on with this rat tide?" Luo Yuan asked.

"Uh, I'm not really sure either. I ran into it just as I got back, too," Luo Feng replied somewhat awkwardly.

Luo Yuan took out his phone and opened the Warrior Forum. The lead headline was a report on this rat tide, and he quickly tapped it.

"Today was destined to be a sorrowful day for the Supply Base. Many warriors out in the field lost their lives today. Of the three War God Level warriors who entered the Wilderness Zone today, one was surrounded on all sides by an endless rat tide, trapped within a vast ocean of rats.

The rat tide attacked madly, heedless of any losses, and actually... killed a War God!

Yes, today, a human War God fell!

The rat tide contained not only Beast Soldier Rank rat beasts, but Beast General Rank ones as well. Its leaders were highly intelligent, and once they chose a target, they would stop at nothing! Reportedly, the human War God's struggle destroyed and brought down dozens of high-rise buildings, and the number of rat beasts killed likely exceeded a million.

Unfortunately, over a million rat beasts meant nothing to a rat tide numbering in the hundreds of millions.

And so...

This War God died!"

Reading the report, Luo Yuan's mouth twitched. He had only just broken through to War God Level, yet a War God had died today-and had been swarmed to death by rats, at that.

Rumble... Dark clouds rolled overhead, and fierce winds swept across the land as thunder roared intermittently. With a crashing thunderclap, torrential rain poured down.

On the rooftop terrace of a townhouse in the Supply Base, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng sat beneath the covered veranda.

Luo Feng looked somewhat dejected, while Luo Yuan gazed absentmindedly at the sky.

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, do you think humanity can defeat the monsters completely?" Luo Feng suddenly asked.

"Yes. As long as you're strong enough-strong enough to wipe out countless lives with a single thought-wouldn't these monsters be nothing more than playthings in your hands?" Luo Yuan said slowly. He had felt rather pleased with himself after breaking through to War God Level, but then he thought of the countless powerful creatures hidden throughout the vast universe. In their eyes, even Hong, who was at Planetary Level, was merely an ant, let alone them.

"Luo Feng, I'll leave the task of saving the world to you. Work hard!" With that, Luo Yuan went upstairs to his bedroom.

Watching Luo Yuan's rather languid figure, Luo Feng did not know what to say. Alone in the rain, he began practicing the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade. His movements looked fierce and razor-sharp, carrying the momentum to destroy everything. Upstairs, Luo Yuan used his Mental Power to collect attributes and Nine-Layered Thunder Blade proficiency. Although his Nine-Layered Thunder Blade had already reached the second layer, everyone's understanding differed, and he could grow stronger by learning from others.

By early the next morning, the rain had long since stopped, and a faint glow of dawn appeared on the eastern horizon. The autumn and winter chill was already biting at this hour. Luo Feng was still outside practicing his blade, while Luo Yuan rolled over beneath his quilt in the bedroom.

Blade Technique: Thunderclap proficiency +1

Blade Technique: Thunderclap proficiency +1

Blade Technique: Thunderclap proficiency +1

Luo Yuan suddenly woke with a start. As he absorbed the knowledge of Blade Technique: Thunderclap flowing into his mind, he realized this was a new blade technique imbued with an artistic conception. Luo Feng was incredible-he had actually comprehended a new blade move all on his own overnight. If protagonists are all freakishly talented, I'll create a blade technique too.

Every grandmaster of blade techniques had an artistic conception of his own. According to the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manual, only by raising one's mastery of blade techniques could one reach higher levels.

That afternoon, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng left the Supply Base by train and returned to Jiangnan Base City.

Luo Yuan's villa, Mingyue Residential Area, Yangzhou City.

After a thorough bath, Luo Yuan put on loose training clothes and watched the news in the second-floor Media Room. It showed footage of War God Lu Gang's past battles, with dazzling special effects and incredibly impressive moves. Luo Yuan felt it was a pity. Before he had made it back, this War God, Lu Gang, had perished together with the rat tide. He had actually wanted to see what other War Gods were capable of.

Luo Yuan's strength was now 68,000 kilograms. The second layer of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade amplified his strength by 2.1 times, meaning his raw strength could reach 142,800 kilograms, comparable to an Intermediate War God. Combined with his Perfect Level movement technique and Mental Power-controlled throwing knives, he could exchange a few blows with an Advanced War God.

One morning, the temperature was very low. The area surrounding the Hero Hall funeral home in Jiangnan Base City had been completely cordoned off, because many people would be coming to mourn Senior Lu Gang that day.

The Fire Hammer Squad had gathered together, all wearing black suits and holding small white flowers. Luo Yuan was among them, having been invited over by Gao Feng.

"There are so many people today," Chen Gu could not help remarking.

There were warriors, family members and relatives, senior government officials, and ordinary citizens.

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