169: The Fallen Tenth District

As the three left, the Thousand-Year Fish immediately jumped out of the water and flew in front of Xu Le.

"Who are they? Why didn't you guys start fighting?"

"Are you disappointed?"

"Yeah!" the Thousand-Year Fish admitted directly.

It had just been happily eating fish, and seeing that Xu Le was in no danger, it had hurriedly sped up its feast. It was prepared to fight to return the favor, but the other party had run away.

Xu Le gave the Thousand-Year Fish a disgruntled look and looked at the Zhuo River again. The small and medium-sized fish in the river were almost extinct. While the number of larger fish didn't show a visible change, many of them would definitely starve to death this way.

"So many small fish, you ate them all?"

"Those big fish would starve to death anyway, so what's the difference between that and eating them too?"

The Thousand-Year Fish's eyes lit up: "Big fish can be eaten too?"

Veins popped on Xu Le's forehead in anger, but the Thousand-Year Fish remained nonchalant.

"Don't be in a hurry, I only ate the small fish within a one-kilometer radius. Once I drive the small fish from other sections of the river over and balance it out, there will be almost no impact."

"It better be like that. Don't sneak any more food, or I'll give you a slash."

Xu Le was helpless and could only threaten it like this.

The Thousand-Year Fish wasn't angry either. Having gained a great advantage, it quickly went to herd the fish. As for the process, wasn't it normal for one or two small fish to insist on crawling into its mouth?

However, it was also afraid of Xu Le's Reapers Scythe, so it only sneaked a few dozen more.

Returning successfully, the Thousand-Year Fish was full of energy, looking somewhat like it had just come back from Red Romance.

Xu Le glanced in the direction of the Ninth District. He had originally planned to return to the city to take a look, but thinking about the Void Realm aura on him and the fact that he needed to see Liu Rufeng "attain Divinity" in half a month, he could only set aside the idea of resting.

He was determined to achieve Divinity.

But so far, other than having 600 Divinity, he had no clue how to achieve Divinity.

He only knew one thing: achieving Divinity had nothing to do with experience points. Otherwise, Old Man Liu should have been grinding in the Fallen Zone instead of holding a Divinity Conference at the Demon Slaying Academy.

"Let's go, follow me to the former Tenth District."

Xu Le took out a map and pointed at it.

Having received great benefits, the Thousand-Year Fish didn't say a word. With a single sweep, it flew toward the Tenth District.

Two minutes later.

Xu Le had already appeared in the Tenth District, over four hundred kilometers away.

As soon as he landed, dense swarms of Demonic Creatures caught the scent of a living being and surrounded him.

With a wave of Xu Le's hand, all the contracted beasts came out.

Following Xu Le's will, they began to clear the surrounding Demonic Creatures.

Amidst the violent flames, the Demonic Creatures wailed.

The experience points on Xu Le surged rapidly.

Although he was still far from leveling up, the sight of the dense experience points scrolling across the screen was pleasing to the eye.

[Experience +36,800]

[Experience +36,800]

[Experience +680,000]

...Nine Phoenix, Little Silly Crow, Little Demon Monkey, and the Tanuki charged straight out.

Especially the Tanuki; ever since it was put into the Contract Space by Xu Le, it was immediately deeply attracted to the interior, wishing it could live there forever.

It was too big!

And it could breathe freely; it was completely a real world of its own.

Xu Le, meanwhile, walked toward the city center with Little Dog, Little Black Snake, Little Peach Tree, the divine statue, and the Thousand-Year Fish.

Dense swarms of Demonic Corpses surrounded them. They had all once been residents of the Tenth District, but now, having suffered Demonic Qi Contamination, they were almost all no weaker than S-rank Professionals.

However, Xu Le was no longer the man he once was. Now that he possessed 600 Divinity, every Skill was terrifyingly strong.

Chain Lightning!

A bolt of black lightning shot out, striking the Shield Warrior at the very front and instantly bringing his health down to critical levels.

The electrical arc spread to those nearby, and the Mage-type Demonic Corpses had their health bars emptied instantly, collapsing to the ground.

In less than a second, the health bars of over a hundred Demonic Corpses had been emptied, and most of the remaining ones were at critical health.

Xu Le threw out Hurricane Howl again. The violent tornado pulled the surrounding Demonic Corpses toward the eye of the storm... Little Dog sent out 500 Clones to fight. Although they couldn't use Skills, they were still terrifyingly strong.

Qin Siyuan looked sorrowful as he stood by Xu Le's side. He summoned 10 Advanced Yellow Turban Strongmen to protect Xu Le, without spending any mana to cast Skills.

Xu Le's contracted beasts were fierce, slaughtering in all directions within the city, but contracted beasts were also living beings and would eventually run out of strength.

Even though Little Peach Tree's Spiritual Domain could restore health and mana, the exhaustion of the Physical Body and Soul could not be eliminated.

The Tenth District had nearly thirty-five million people. Even if some Aristocratic Families and the military had escaped, there would be no fewer than thirty-four million Demonic Corpses. It was far too difficult to kill them all.

Moreover, there were other Demonic Creatures in the city, totaling an estimated fifty million or more.

Xu Le looked at the Thousand-Year Fish beside him: "Are you just going to watch?"

"Of course not. These small fry are too weak and not worthy of my action. When it arrives and I strike once, it will be equivalent to three hours of mindless fighting now."

The Thousand-Year Fish's gaze was distant as it looked toward the center of the city.

Xu Le extended his Mind Link, but he only felt dense clusters of mind connection points and couldn't detect anything else.

However, he still remained cautious. There weren't just these endless Demonic Corpses in the city; there was an even stronger presence.

Inexplicably, he thought of the Divine Envoy from the Hope Cup competition.

So, after the Tenth District was occupied, was there a Divine Envoy left behind to govern it?

Xu Le looked at the buildings in the city. They were pitted and hollowed out by Demonic Qi Contamination, leaving only empty shells. Calling them century-old dangerous buildings would be a compliment.

A Demonic Corpse brandished a long spear in its hand. When it touched a nearby wall, the wall instantly crumbled into a pile of dust and sand.

So, what exactly was that terrifying existence in the city? And what was its purpose for staying?

Whoosh!

A white light rose.

Xu Le, who needed a full 260 million experience points to level up, had leveled up.

He finally reached level 83.

Nine Phoenix and the other contracted beasts flew back.

The surrounding Demonic Creatures were cleared, and they joined the battle.

The Little Demon Monkey was fighting with great excitement. After an hour of combat, its body had been buffed to a terrifying degree.

The star radiance profound spear in its hand danced so fast that only blurred afterimages could be seen. It was like a deity of the mortal realm, walking through the swarm of Demonic Corpses, which fell automatically around it.

The Thousand-Year Fish's eyes lit up: "This companion of yours has strong talent, but its body is a bit weak. It's likely reaching its limit."

Xu Le thought to himself that this Thousand-Year Fish was addicted to acting cool, but its eyes were very sharp.

The Little Demon Monkey's Battle Saint Body talent had no limit, but its Physical Body did.

In about half an hour, its growth would hit a Bottleneck.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak! Take a strike from this old monkey's spear!"

The Little Demon Monkey was unaware of others' evaluations. In the heat of the battle, more and more Demonic Corpses died under its spear.

Amidst the dense swarm of Demonic Corpses, a mantis stealthily crouched behind a burly Demonic Corpse, moving forward with the crowd.

Blocking its path was a Clone of Little Dog, which was sent flying by a punch from the burly Demonic Corpse.

Three more dogs pounced, but the burly Demonic Corpse charged forward a bit further.

It had entered the range of Instant Slash. The mantis's eyes were filled with bloodthirsty madness.