"Su Chen, we’re not going, we’ve already gained a lot from the Ancestral House Secret Realm!" Hearing Su Chen say he wanted to go to the War God’s Tomb, a strange flicker crossed Yu Qingrou’s heart. She knew Su Chen was doing this for her, but precisely because of this, she didn’t want Su Chen to risk the adventure with her.
"Qingrou, we’re definitely going to the War God’s Tomb, stop talking nonsense, let’s set off immediately!" Su Chen didn’t explain further, his voice stern and unmistakable.
"But..." Yu Qingrou wanted to say something else, however, Jun Luoying intervened, saying, "Then let’s go!"
"Thank you!" Yu Qingrou glanced at Su Chen, then looked at Jun Luoying, and whispered her thanks.
She felt the summons, and if they truly went to the War God’s Tomb, braving such dangers, even if they succeeded, she would likely be the only one to benefit.
Under such circumstances, Su Chen and Jun Luoying still took the initiative to go. She’d be lying if she said she wasn’t moved.
Afterward, the trio headed for Hui City.
About thirty kilometers southeast of Hui City’s fortifications lay a jungle known as Tianze Marsh Forest.
This jungle was not large, but the trees within were extremely tall, even taller than those in the other jungles of the Qiuqing Continent, blocking out the sky and sun. A multitude of towering trees joined together, forming grand colorful waves.
At this moment, in the depths of Tianze, there was a valley.
The valley was black and red, looking from a distance like a slab of iron glowing red-hot.
On both sides of the valley were eye-catching cliff walls... Content originally comes from novel~fire~net
Cliff walls usually posed dangerous terrain, rarely visited by natives, but today was peculiar, as there were people everywhere on the cliff walls.
Each person stood on the cliff walls, looking towards the depths of the valley, where flickers of purple light shone continuously, accompanied by faint red mist, evoking an extremely eerie and hallucinatory feeling.
On one of the larger cliff walls, a cold, domineering young man in a golden robe stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His eyes, sharp like daggers, emitted blinding light.
Additionally, there was a tall, muscular young man wielding a Wolf Fang Club standing next to him, as well as a fair-skinned, pretty young woman with two buckteeth.
These three were Tyrant Rat, Niu Kang, and Tu Yun.
"Boss Rat, when are we going down?" Niu Kang was growing impatient and suddenly spoke up, his voice full of anticipation.
"Wait," Tyrant Rat uttered laconically.
"Wait until when?" Niu Kang asked again.
"Until these purple lights disappear."
"Toxic?" Tu Yun seemed to have grasped something.
"Yes!" Tyrant Rat nodded, "These purple lights are toxic!!!"
"Boss Rat, I heard... I heard that you devoured Lu Xiang and Xie Peng?" Niu Kang gritted his teeth but couldn’t help asking in the end.
Tu Yun’s face changed drastically, and she glared fiercely at Niu Kang, involuntarily taking a step back.
But Tyrant Rat suddenly laughed, eyeing Niu Kang with amusement. "Are you scared?"
Niu Kang nodded vigorously, "Scared!"
"Lu Xiang and Xie Peng didn’t listen to me, so keeping them was pointless. Just right to contribute some energy to me, a good use for their death," laughed Tyrant Rat. "As long as you two don’t disobey me, you can live. Even, if there are benefits from the War God’s Tomb, I can share them with you both."
"Yes, yes, yes..." Niu Kang quickly replied, trembling, his face turning a pale shade of white from fright.
Tu Yun looked even more terrified than Niu Kang, completely undone.
"Why hasn’t that human brat named Su Chen arrived yet?" Tyrant Rat suddenly raised his head and shook it. "Could it be that he’s scared?"
"Boss Rat, that kid definitely doesn’t dare to come anymore. Boss Rat, you have been instilling such fear across the entire Qiuqing Continent lately that everyone is shivering. That kid wouldn’t come unless he’s a fool!" Niu Kang touched his own head, also doing his bit of sycophancy.
"I heard that the kid has impressive strength and stood out remarkably at the Martial Gathering," Tyrant Rat raised an eyebrow. "At the third level of the Divine Power Realm, he managed to take the first place at the Martial Gathering, quite interesting."
"That... that’s only because Boss Rat, you didn’t participate. Otherwise, that kid would not have been a match for you with just one move," Tu Yun also carefully added his flattery.
"Let him not come then! Once I obtain the War God inheritance from inside the War God’s Tomb, I’ll find him myself! Humans need not survive when they leave the Ruins!" Tyrant Rat said indifferently, his voice cold but filled with an extreme killing intent.
"Boss Rat, what... what... what’s your strength now?" Niu Kang asked softly.
Niu Kang and Tu Yun had also been found by Tyrant Rat just in the last two days.
And before this, they had heard many terrifying rumors about Tyrant Rat. Niu Kang was genuinely curious—just how far had Tyrant Rat’s strength reached?
"Kill Prisoner Order, I did it in three moves!" Tyrant Rat lifted his hand, stretching out three fingers.
Niu Kang and Tu Yun inhaled sharply, scared to the point their hearts almost stopped beating.
After all, Qiu Ling was a city lord, a genuine combatant at the third level of the Creation Realm!
Tyrant Rat could kill Qiu Ling with just three moves?
Wasn’t that terrifying?
After the tremors of fear, Niu Kang and Tu Yun felt an indescribable terror, and their bodies bent even further down in submission.
The Monster Beast Clan was even more ruthless than humans, truly embodying the might-makes-right law of the jungle to the marrow of their bones.
Just then, Tyrant Rat suddenly laughed, "Someone is coming."
Tyrant Rat turned his head.
Niu Kang and Tu Yun also turned their heads.
A group of four people slowly approached.
At the forefront was a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man looked tall and stately, carried himself with extraordinary poise, was dressed in a red robe, and sported a short beard. He was smiling.
Following him were three young people, each one as cold as if devoid of emotion and thought.
"Haha... Brother Rat has indeed arrived." Then, the middle-aged man burst into loud laughter, staring at Tyrant Rat as if he were an old friend he had not seen for many years.
"Tyrant Rat has seen Lord Qiu Wu of Hui City," Tyrant Rat also smiled. The middle-aged man was indeed Lord Qiu Wu of Hui City. As Tianze Marsh Forest was close to Hui City, it was only natural for Qiu Wu to come.
Qiu Wu? Niu Kang and Tu Yun both took a deep look at Qiu Wu and bowed slightly in a gesture of respect. They did not dare to be presumptuous, for Qiu Wu was at the Creation Realm Fourth Level!
If one were to ask who was the strongest among the Eight Great Cities, it would undoubtedly be Qiu Wu, who was also the only one among the Eight Great City Lords to be at the Fourth Level of the Creation Realm.
Not just Qiu Wu, but the three young people standing behind him were all at the Half-step Creation Realm level, none of them weak. Niu Kang and Tu Yun were sure that even without considering Qiu Wu, the three young men were beyond them in a fight.
"Brother Rat, this War God’s Tomb, it doesn’t seem like a place where you should be coming, does it?" Qiu Wu’s smile grew even more intense by a notch.