"Hahaha, all of you come join the fun!" Fang Jueyu tossed a few fourth and fifth-grade magic crystal stones to Bernard and the others. "Don’t be shy, consider it a shooting game!"
Fang Jueyu played with that magic cannon all alone, as if he wasn’t facing a horde of cosmic beasts but was instead immersed in an exhilarating shooting game.
"Haha, got another one!"
"Eat another shot from me!"
"Damn! Dodged pretty fast, but could the legendary Artillery King of the Divine Tycoon civilization be just for show?"
"What kind of freak is he anyway?" The surrounding martial artists watched this scene, their jaws practically dropping in shock.
Big brother, this is a beast tide, it devours people. If they break into the city, everyone will be eliminated, which means saying goodbye to the Cosmic Federation School forever. Treating it as just a game, is that really okay?
Especially for those martial artists who have already fled the city, who would’ve thought that Fang Jueyu could actually single-handedly take out millions of energy barytes to activate this plasma tower?
For other cities, the beast tide seemed like a terrifying flood or fierce beast, but within this city, with its abundant energy and impenetrable walls, it was almost like child’s play.
If there were a regret pill in this world, they’d buy it at a high price. Had they not chosen to leave, they could have safely waited out the beast tide in this fortress-like city.
With Fang Jueyu’s incredible stockpile of energy crystal cores, even if this beast tide grew tenfold in size, it might not breach this city!
Now, they could only shiver and hide on the other side of the city, hoping the city’s weapons could intercept and annihilate that horde of beasts.
Though these beasts lacked intelligence, they had instincts. They also knew fear. The four most powerful Controller-level beasts in the horde were precisely shot down by Fang Jueyu before they could even reach the city, suffering heavy losses.
In the end, after leaving behind over twenty million charred carcasses, they scattered and fled.
"Tch, is that it?" Fang Jueyu still hadn’t played enough, and he’d only consumed less than a tenth of his crystal stones.
"It’s over, what a huge loss!" Fang Jueyu suddenly showed a look of regret.
The lowest powered beam cannons were all third-tier; how could the beast tide withstand such attacks? Just being hit meant not only the loss of life crystal cores but almost no intact body parts remained.
Especially those four Controller-level beasts. If he could have collected a few life crystal cores from that level, it would have been a great boost for Mohe. Not only could he break through to Divine Ability User, but could increase several ranks on top of that. What a waste!
"Hey, where are you two going!" At that moment, Er Gouzi and Xiao Hei jumped off Fang Jueyu’s shoulders, hurrying excitedly outside the city. Er Gouzi transformed into the massive shadow of a Soul-devouring Beast, swallowing the corpses of three Controller-level beasts whole. Fang Jueyu didn’t even know where this little body of his managed to stash all this meat.
Xiao Hei also reverted to his original form, feverishly devouring the last Controller-level beast.
"Host, the four beasts you’ve decapitated were perfectly intact in terms of flesh, which is a huge benefit for Er Gouzi and Xiao Hei!" Xiao Yi reported.
After Er Gouzi gulped down those three corpses, he seemed stuffed, and upon returning to Fang Jueyu’s side, he promptly dozed off snoring atop his head.
Though he was asleep, Fang Jueyu could feel a surge of power rising within his body, as if it housed a slumbering ancient fierce beast.
"Host, it looks like Er Gouzi is about to break through!"
"Oh?" Fang Jueyu’s face lit up with delight, thinking that with Er Gouzi already capable of exhibiting power comparable to a third-tier Divine Ability User as a peak Source Energy User, how terrifying would he become after breaking through?
"This guy really isn’t picky at all!" With Soul-devouring Beast bloodline, back on Earth, Er Gouzi used to eat premium dog food costing several hundred US Dollars per pound. But Xiao Hei was accustomed to eating anything, leaving almost nothing edible behind.
The beast corpses lying in front of the city gates were picked clean, saving Fang Jueyu the effort of cleaning up the battlefield.
"Burp!" Xiao Hei let out a loud belch. After devouring the flesh energy, he seemed close to breaking through to a fourth-tier Divine Ability User level!
Watching Fang Jueyu go from crying to laughing, Bernard and the others couldn’t guess what he was thinking. Wasn’t driving back the beast tide supposed to be a joyous occasion?
"Let’s go, the beast tide has retreated. We should be able to get some peaceful sleep now!" Lazily stretching, Nano remarked, his sweet dreams rudely interrupted.
"Wait, let’s stick around and watch a show!" Bernard held them back.
"Watch a show? What show?"
"Hahaha, Kato Taka spent quite a fortune defending against the beast tide this time. Knowing his personality, do you really think he’ll take this lying down?"
"Hahaha, makes sense!" Suddenly reminded of Fang Jueyu’s peculiar personality, the three exchanged knowing smiles, anticipating that "Great Eagle City" would become far more lively than when the beast tide invaded.
"Alright, alright, now that everyone is safe, shouldn’t we settle the protection fee?" Fang Jueyu hovered in mid-air, addressing the martial artists gathered before the city wall. "A thousand points per person, fair and honest, true value service at a bargain price. Thank you for your patronage!"
Fang Jueyu was overjoyed. His current rankings were in the thousands. With over a million people here, a thousand points from each, his total points could increase by a billion! It definitely put him in the running for the top 100 spots on the leaderboard!
Facing life-threatening danger, everyone would rather trade points for safety, but once the danger was averted, parting with that thousand points became quite difficult.
For the stronger martial artists, it wasn’t too bad, but for the weaker ones, earning a few hundred points daily was the norm. This three-year entrance exam had only run for over a week, leaving them with just a few thousand accumulated points.
"Kato Taka, can the protection fee be reduced a bit?"
"Yeah, a thousand points per person is too much!"
"Kato Taka, we weren’t the ones who agreed to use points for safety. We didn’t ask for your protection; it was all your voluntary action. Why should we pay protection fees?"
"Exactly, just because you’re powerful doesn’t mean you can look down on everyone. Do you think over a million of us fear just you?"
"Oh ho! Suddenly everyone’s pulling together?" Fang Jueyu wasn’t surprised by their reaction. In their place, he wouldn’t willingly hand over that many points either.
However, Fang Jueyu was no philanthropist, nor did he have the habit of doing good deeds without recognition.
"Alright, it seems you all forgot the nature of people from the Divine Tycoon civilization!" Fang Jueyu stomped the ground, causing a tremor across the entire area.
"You ask why? Fine! I’ll tell you. Because I protected you, you have to pay this protection fee. Otherwise, all of you will roll out of this city tonight! And I’ll spread the word to all 24 figures of the Divine Tycoon civilization. Whenever we encounter any one of you, we’ll kill you!"
Fang Jueyu pointed at the three naked guys on the city wall, saying, "They are your lessons learned! When people of the Divine Tycoon civilization are angered, no one’s rear is innocent!"