85: Chapter 85 Is this the legendary ancient martial arts cultivator?!

Listening to the sounds of machine guns and artillery outside, the entire carriage instantly became deathly quiet; no one dared to breathe, and some even began to tremble, their bodies drenched in cold sweat.

This kind of fear was impossible to describe with words!

Only those who have experienced it and seen those terrifying monsters can personally feel that shudder from the depths of their Soul.

Humans... are a tiny race!

Without sharp teeth, razor-sharp claws, or powerful muscles and bones. Fortunately, humans chose to evolve their brains, allowing them to use weapons, invent armaments, and design various traps.

"Please do not panic, everyone. It's just a small group of Mutant Beasts ahead..."

A soldier spoke up to reassure them.

And indeed, those refugees did not scream; they had been repeatedly instructed before boarding that no matter what happened, they must not shout, let alone leave the group without authorization.

"It's fine, it's just a small group of monsters. We must trust the country and the army!" Gitana stood up and smiled at the people in the carriage.

Just then.

The bus suddenly jolted violently as a long tail shattered the glass, piercing straight toward Gitana's head.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye!

No one had time to cry out!

Gitana's face turned pale instantly; she had no time to react before the long tail, tipped with bone spikes, reached her eyes.

"Ah!"

She let out a scream.

At that moment, Chu Xiao's figure suddenly moved, disappearing from his seat with an even more terrifying speed. When he reappeared, he was standing beside Gitana, grabbing the long monster tail with one hand and crushing it with a forceful squeeze.

A pained roar came from outside the vehicle. It was a lizard nearly three meters long, fiery red all over, with a mouth full of sharp fangs. Its massive head reached through the window into the car, snapping its jaws at Chu Xiao.

"Courting death!"

Chu Xiao snorted coldly and threw a simple punch, instantly unleashing a terrifying power.

Boom!

The entire upper half of the giant lizard was instantly blasted to pieces, a gory mess of flesh. The remaining half of its body fell to the ground, struggling briefly before finally stopping.

The carriage fell silent.

All the refugees looked at this young man, who seemed like a god.

Their eyes were filled with shock.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the Host for gaining the shock and excitement of the refugees. Reward: 1,000 pleasure points!]

[Ding!]

[Gitana's favorability towards you has increased by 80 points!]

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the Host for gaining the shock and confusion of your grandfather, Chu Jianghe. Reward: 500 pleasure points!]

[Ding! ...]

[Current pleasure points balance: 96,342.91]

The System's voice rang out.

Gitana's dark, round eyes stared at Chu Xiao. She opened her mouth to speak, but before she could say anything, Chu Xiao had already vanished from her sight.

The commotion here soon caught the soldiers' attention. When they arrived and saw the lizard monster on the ground with its upper body missing, they all fell silent.

"Is anyone hurt?"

A soldier shouted the question.

Gitana snapped back to her senses and quickly shouted, "We're fine, no one is hurt!"

"That's good!" The soldier nodded, then quickly crouched down to look under the bus, shouting with a serious expression, "This monster burrowed out from underground! Notify everyone immediately—watch the ground!"

He had just finished shouting.

A sharp, monstrous claw emerged from the soil, grabbing his leg and dragging him underground.

A living soldier had died right before their eyes.

No one had time to react.

Once they did, they couldn't help but scream repeatedly. In the face of a true death crisis, fear overrides all reason.

Inside the car, the old man Chu Jianghe sighed. He slowly stood up and walked toward the exit.

"Grandpa, you can't go out! It's dangerous outside!"

Gitana shouted hurriedly.

Chu Jianghe just gave a faint smile and said nothing. He kicked the door open and then leaped forcefully onto the ground.

With a strange cry, a lizard hiding underground was snatched out of the sand by him with one hand.

Despite his white hair and slightly hunched posture, Chu Jianghe was a Cultivator at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment realm.

Dealing with these low-level Mutant Beasts was as easy as pie for him.

Chu Jianghe's hand rose and fell; with a flash of spiritual light, the Mutant Lizard's head was removed, the cut smooth and clean.

"My god! Are they Heavenly Gods descended to earth?"

The crowd in the car exclaimed in amazement.

Gitana's small, pink mouth hung open in utter shock.

At the front of the convoy.

A large number of Mutant Lizards suddenly emerged from the sand, swarming toward the convoy like a school of sharks smelling blood.

Dense and varying in size, there were nearly a hundred of them!

"This is bad! Quick, report to headquarters and request backup. It's a massive swarm of Mutant Lizards—we're surrounded!"

"Commander, look! There's someone up ahead!"

"When did he appear?"

"I don't know, he appeared in the blink of an eye. I recognize him—he's that young traveler from this morning!"

The soldiers shouted.

In an instant, Chu Xiao flashed in front of a Mutant Lizard. With a casual slap, the Mutant Lizard was sent flying, its body tearing apart in mid-air.

Without slowing down, his figure continuously flashed around the convoy, taking the life of a Mutant Lizard each time he appeared.

To Chu Xiao, these low-level Spirit Beasts were absolute trash.

"He's... an Ancient Cultivator! An Ancient Cultivator!"

An officer spoke up excitedly.

"Ancient Cultivator"—not many people knew this term a few days ago, but they had entered the public eye since the Spiritual Qi Recovery.

They possessed a terrifying strength that ordinary people could not comprehend!!!

On television and across various news media, there was a high level of discussion regarding these Ancient Cultivators.

Initially, on the first day of the Spiritual Qi Recovery, major news media platforms received notices to block all content related to the supernatural, monsters, and so on.

However, as the situation evolved, the Spiritual Qi Recovery could no longer be kept under wraps, so they eventually opened the floodgates completely.

Various strange news stories, videos, and photos appeared on the internet...

Ancient Martial Cultivators were one of them.

No one expected that a legendary Ancient Martial Cultivator would appear here and demonstrate such terrifying power.

"Is this an Ancient Martial Cultivator? This is way too strong! Oh my god!"

"No wonder he could walk out of the desert alive!"

The soldier who first met Chu Xiao murmured in shock.