Aftermath

"Boom--"

The valley trembled, and the heat traveled from afar.

The Black Rat Chief stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly at the rising mushroom cloud.

Like it, Black Rat Broken Tooth stood to the side, also staring blankly at that spot.

No, not just them, at this moment, every living creature in the valley was looking in that direction.

"Chieftain, this is..."

Broken Tooth turned his head, the words he was about to say stopped, and he stared blankly at the clan leader.

Suddenly, the clan chief's face turned grim.

This was the first time it had ever seen the clan leader's face turn so pale!

The Black Rat Chief glanced at it and said in a deep voice without any attempt to hide his true feelings:

"Somewhat unexpectedly, these guys are more troublesome than I imagined..."

Upon hearing this, Broken Tooth paused, then his eyes widened suddenly as he said:

"Chieftain, are you saying that the explosion was caused by those Calamity Beast?"

"Hmm." The Black Rat Chief responded with a deep voice.

"How is that possible? Those guys are only at the Third Tier at most, and that explosion just now..." Black Rat Broken Tooth paused, and for some reason, didn't continue.

"That explosion, even I might not be able to pull it off?!" Black Rat Chief finished what Broken Tooth was about to say.

After hesitating for a moment, Broken Tooth nodded.

"It's not possible, I just can't do it!" the Black Rat Chief sneered.

"Then aren't those even more impossible to do?" Broken Tooth asked, his eyes wide.

"If they rely solely on themselves, that's indeed impossible, but..."

After speaking, the Black Rat Chief looked at the distant clouds that had darkened as the light dissipated.

Black Rat Broken Tooth also looked over.

After roughly identifying the location, it looked away again.

"Chieftain, are you talking about those guys who caused this massive explosion using the Origin Ore?!"

"Hmm," the Black Rat Chief responded in a deep voice.

"How is this possible? How did they do that?!" Black Rat Broken Tooth said in disbelief.

Although the energy inside the Origin Ore is unstable, at most it just means that there is a risk of waste during mining.

An explosion? Absolutely impossible!

Otherwise, they wouldn't have made those captured Calamity Beast mine!

However, the reality is right here: the Origin Ore did indeed explode, and it was a massive explosion.

How did those guys manage that?!

Black Rat Broken Tooth's eyes were slightly open, unable to figure it out no matter what he did.

"I don't know. Maybe we can only find out by going there now... No, even if we go there now, we probably won't get any useful information. Only by capturing the Calamity Beast that orchestrated this incident will we have a chance to find out!" Black Rat Chief said in a calm voice.

"So now," Black Rat Broken Tooth paused slightly, then suddenly seemed to remember something and looked up, "Chieftain, why did it suddenly explode?"

Without an immediate response, the Black Rat Chief turned his gaze, looking at it with a deep, unwavering expression.

"What you think?"

Broken Tooth froze on the spot, its mind struggling to function as if stuck, seemingly trying to avoid a certain answer. But in this environment, the answer appeared in its mind almost effortlessly.

It said with some difficulty:

"To deal with Lord Curly Fur and Lord Gray Whiskers from the past?"

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, that should be the case," the Black Rat Chief replied solemnly.

"And now, Lord Curly Fur and Lord Gray Whiskers..."

The Black Rat's Broken Tooth, and its mouth was open.

There was no response, and it did not continue to inquire.

Although it has not yet been confirmed, the answer is presented to them in a very probable manner.

That explosion was probably prepared for Lord Curly Fur and Lord Gray Whiskers.

In fact, if the clan leader hadn't rejected its proposal earlier, there might have been more than just those two adults who had sacrificed themselves there.

Thinking of this, Black Rat Broken Tooth lowered his head and clenched his teeth.

A Origin Ore, two Fifth Tier adults—these guys really deserve to die!!

"Chieftain, what should we do now?!"

The Black Rat Chief looked at it, his aged eyes filled with anger, but even more so with a chilling coldness.

"Let's gather information first!"

"Gather information first?" Black Rat Broken Tooth looked up in surprise.

"Hmm, we need to confirm the situation of those guys first, and then decide what to do next!" the Black Rat Chief said coldly. "Go, gather those currently in the tribe's territory..."

Inside the trench.

One after another, the Calamity Beast stared blankly at the towering column of smoke.

It wasn't until the light faded and the smoke column no longer seemed unfamiliar that they gradually came to their senses.

One of the Calamity Beast turned its head, its expression somewhat excited, and said:

"Lord Two-Horned Lizard, is this the thing you mentioned, the thing we'll find out soon?"

"It must be! Such a commotion couldn't have been caused by those Black Rat themselves, could it?!" another Calamity Beast replied.

"That makes sense!"

"Oh, I see! Lord Two-Horned Lizard must be trying to lure those Black Rat over with this explosion! When those Black Rat see such a big explosion suddenly, they'll be shocked and confused, and they'll definitely want to figure out why. Then they'll definitely go over!"

That makes sense...

Suppressed shouts of excitement echoed from within the trench.

Many of the Calamity Beast kept glancing in the direction of the explosion.

The Two-Horned Lizard was also staring blankly at that spot.

The matter is now clear: that human somehow detonated the Origin Ore!

With that amount of Origin Ore reserves, let alone Fifth Tier beast, even Sixth Tier Calamity Beast would probably not be able to withstand it!

No wonder that human dared to say he could kill a few more Fifth Tier Black Rat!

So that's why?!

but...

"How did they manage that?!"

A questioning voice suddenly rang out.

The trench paused, then fell silent, as pairs of eyes turned to the figure standing at the edge.

"I'd like to know too..." the Two-Horned Lizard lizard replied calmly, "This is Lord Feather Owl's trump card, but unfortunately, it can only be used once!"

After saying that, it sighed softly.

Upon hearing this, the beasts' expressions changed slightly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Two-Horned Lizard, if it weren't for us, you wouldn't have used this trump card!"

"Yes!" The other Calamity Beast nodded in agreement.

"You're overthinking it. In this situation, even without you, I would most likely have used this trump card if I wanted to get out. Since we're all going to use it anyway, it's for everyone to use together, not just for myself. It's just too good!" the Two-Horned Lizard said with a smile.