128: War God Palace Assessment

Yangzhou City in April felt desolate and cold. After Luo Feng's wedding ended, everyone's life returned to its original track, as if nothing had changed.

Luo Feng had also joined the Dojo of Limits' Elite Training Camp, while Xu Xin continued her university career. The only difference was that a wedding ring now sat on her ring finger, and the credits from her marriage certificate had been added to her academic records.

In her dormitory, there were now a few roommates who knew her true identity, as well as Mu Mu, who still carried a melancholy gaze from her heartbreak.

Late at night, Mingyue Residential Area.

High in the pitch-black sky at an altitude of a thousand meters, a massive Black-crowned Golden Eagle circled above the residential area. Having been reported to the organization beforehand, Qiao Yu's Black-crowned Golden Eagle was no longer within the official defense scope, so it did not wake the other residents of the Base City.

To avoid being seen, Qiao Yu used his Psychic Power to control a Flying Shield, lifting himself a thousand meters into the air. He landed steadily on the back of the Black-crowned Golden Eagle without attracting anyone's attention.

With a cry echoing through the dark night sky, the Black-crowned Golden Eagle flew away from the city at supersonic speeds with a boom.

The main purpose of this trip was to complete the War God Palace assessment task, which only required entering the Wilderness Area to hunt a Lord Level monster. Originally, Qiao Yu could have simply generated a Black-crowned Golden Eagle himself to hand in, but after thinking about it, he felt it was unnecessary.

It had been quite a while since he last entered the Wilderness Area, so he decided to use this assessment to warm up. Furthermore, Qiao Yu realized that his goal of occupying the entire Earth was still too far off.

He originally thought he just needed to take things step by step, reclaiming every city occupied by monsters, and his strength would naturally increase.

However, Qiao Yu had still underestimated the energy that Earth's monsters could provide. Simply reclaiming County 0203 had already made him an Intermediate War God. If he were to seize all the monster-occupied cities on Earth, to what level could his strength rise?

The destination of this trip was City No. 021, a coastal city, which happened to align with Qiao Yu's previous plan to advance toward coastal cities.

In just an hour, Qiao Yu arrived above City No. 021 on the Black-crowned Golden Eagle. From above, the reflection of the moonlight on the sea made the entire near-shore area look shimmering.

Qiao Yu looked at the scenery in the urban wilderness, a confident smile spreading across his face. At this moment, he was no longer the Martial Artist who was at the mercy of monsters in the Wilderness Area, or the one who had to trade his life just to face an Advanced monster.

With his current strength and the protection of the black god set, killing a King-level Monster would be no problem at all.

"This time, I'll let the fungal nest take root in City No. 021."

The previous County 0203 was now under the control of the Huaxia Nation Military. Since it was still over a hundred kilometers away from Jiangnan Base City and separated by several small counties, it wasn't convenient to connect them for the time being. It could only serve as a strategic location for the military.

Qiao Yu controlled the Black-crowned Golden Eagle to fly high over City No. 021. Several flocks of flying monsters were lurking in the clouds. These flocks, which were originally eyeing him hungrily, immediately fled upon seeing a Lord Level Black-crowned Golden Eagle, fearing they would be swallowed alive.

Previously, Qiao Yu would have worried that expanding the fungus too quickly would cause wariness from the human side. But now, Qiao Yu was considered official personnel of China and a member of the Mount Hua Organization. Wasn't it his duty to recover China's lost territories?

Therefore, Qiao Yu no longer needed to worry about attracting too much attention in City No. 021. After all, he had the organization's backing. As for what means Qiao Yu used to reclaim it, did that even matter?

As soon as the Black-crowned Golden Eagle approached City No. 021, roars could be heard rising one after another from the city's commercial district.

Qiao Yu directly ordered the Black-crowned Golden Eagle to fly to the rooftop of the city's tallest building. He mobilized the fungal swarm within his body and planted Fungal Seeds directly onto the building.

Mycelium extended frantically from the Fungal Seeds, instantly covering the entire rooftop before spreading downward.

In just a few seconds, a large building dozens of stories high was completely covered by Mycelium.

"It seems that under the influence of the black god set, the overall strength of the fungus has also improved."

When Qiao Yu first saw the speed at which the Mycelium spread, he was startled. He hadn't expected the Mycelium's momentum to be so fierce. He was already eager to see what kind of strength a Fungus Monster composed of black god fungus would display in actual combat.

The massive change in the building's appearance also attracted the attention of numerous monsters, who approached to investigate.

City No. 021 was indeed a relatively large city; Qiao Yu estimated there were at least a hundred Beast General Rank Monsters.

This city had truly reached the point where Beast Generals were everywhere. The total number of Beast Soldier-level Monster in the city likely exceeded ten million or even a hundred million.

Qiao Yu even speculated that there might be a King-level Monster in this city. He wasn't afraid, of course; instead, he seemed somewhat excited.

If a King-level Monster really existed, then Qiao Yu might be able to obtain his own King-level Fungus Monster on this trip.

black god fungus on the building's surface began to condense into Black Nodules. They formed in one second and hatched in five. Before the monster hordes on the ground could react, over a hundred Beast General Level Fungus Monsters burst out of their shells, rushing down the walls toward the monsters on the ground.

"Roar!"

"Awoo!"

"..."

The Fungus Monsters tore into the hundreds of Beast General Rank Monsters on the ground, followed by a counterattack from the Beast Soldier-level Monster controlled by those Beast Generals.

However, to the surprise of all the Beast General Rank Monsters present, the attacks they relied on failed to cause even a tiny bit of damage to these black monsters.

No matter how they bit or used beast sea tactics, trying to rely on the offensive of the beast tide to eliminate these invasive species...

The result was obvious. Not only did these black monsters suffer no damage, but the Beast Soldier-level Monster under their command trampled each other, resulting in heavy casualties.

The Fungus Monsters slaughtered at will within the beast tide. Every time they killed a monster, they would assimilate it, giving birth to new Fungus Monsters.

Seeing this scene, the hundred or so Beast General Rank Monsters trembled with fear. Not only were these invasive species not decreasing, but they were actually increasing.

Seeing that the situation was dire, the hundred Beast General Rank Monsters tried to flee, only to find that their escape routes had already been blocked by the Fungus Monsters.

"Roar!"

Just then, an Earth-shaking roar resounded throughout the entire city.