183: Silver Realm Pets

Hou Chengzhu ordered, "Once our people cut the power, we'll infiltrate."

About ten minutes later, Hope City, which had been brightly lit, suddenly went completely dark.

"Go."

Several of Hou Chengzhu's subordinates immediately took out rope guns and shot ropes towards the windows twenty to thirty meters away.

With a whoosh, the iron hooks at the end of the ropes deeply embedded into the wall.

Following the ropes, everyone quickly climbed into the room.

At this moment, the room's owner had just found and lit a candle when he looked up and saw seven or eight extra people in his room.

Before he could even open his mouth to ask, Liu Ying killed him with a sword.

After a simple cleanup of the traces, Hou Chengzhu and his group opened the door and walked towards the building where Qin Shi Lei resided.

Family members of the Panshi Battle Group whom they occasionally encountered were also fooled by Hou Chengzhu's mesmerizing arts.

More than ten minutes later, they finally arrived in front of the underground passage for vehicle entry and exit.

However, they saw that the passage had been completely sealed with concrete.

"Do you think this can stop me?"

At Hou Chengzhu's signal, a middle-aged man in his thirties stepped forward and, with a wave of his hand, released a pangolin-like pet.

The pangolin rapidly dug into the concrete.

Before long, a hole wide enough for one person was dug out.

Through the hole was a spacious basement.

From a distance, they saw a phantom image of a city wall suspended one meter above the ground in the center of the basement.

Liu Ying excitedly said, "Leader, this must be the item that forms the city wall."

Everyone quickly ran to the phantom image.

Hou Chengzhu looked with glowing eyes at a palm-sized stone tablet inserted a short distance into the ground beneath the phantom image.

Focusing his gaze, the attributes of the City Guardian Monument appeared in his eyes.

Hou Chengzhu laughed loudly, "Haha, heaven truly blesses me."

Liu Ying also echoed, "Leader's blessings are boundless; only Leader is worthy of possessing such an unparalleled treasure."

She paused and then disdainfully added, "This Qin Shi Lei is truly foolish. He couldn't even bear to send someone to guard this place. Does he really think Jingcui Garden is a dragon's den and no one can truly enter?"

Hou Chengzhu smiled, "Perhaps he's afraid of someone stealing from within."

After speaking, he reached out to grab the stone tablet.

When Liu Ying saw that her Leader had gripped the stone tablet but was slow to retrieve it, she asked, "Leader, is there something wrong with this City Guardian Monument?"

Hou Chengzhu did not answer, but instead shouted, "Lift it for me!"

The veins on his right hand bulged, clearly indicating he was exerting immense strength.

Unfortunately, the City Guardian Monument remained motionless.

Hou Chengzhu casually withdrew his right hand and said indifferently, "You all come and try to retrieve the City Guardian Monument."

Several subordinates stepped forward one after another, trying to pull out the City Guardian Monument, but none succeeded.

Liu Ying's eyes darted around, and she suggested, "Leader, why don't we dig out the entire section of ground beneath the City Guardian Monument? I don't believe that still won't work."

Hou Chengzhu nodded, "Good."

The person from before once again summoned his pangolin pet.

The pangolin, which had easily dug through a half-meter-wide concrete wall earlier, now couldn't dig an inch of ground around the City Guardian Monument.

"The city wall was expanded twice, which means this City Guardian Monument can be changed. Why can't it be moved now?" Liu Ying asked, puzzled.

Hou Chengzhu and the others also looked utterly perplexed.

They had no idea that the 'As You Wish' attribute on the City Guardian Monument had been replaced by a 'Stable as Mount Tai' attribute.

Stable as Mount Tai (Red): The durability of the formed city wall is doubled, and the City Guardian Monument is also as difficult to destroy as Mount Tai.

A few days ago, Qin Shi Lei felt that Hope City was already his main base and had no intention of moving the City Guardian Monument elsewhere, so he re-fixed this attribute.

Hou Chengzhu and his group then tried countless methods, but they still had no way to deal with the small City Guardian Monument.

Not only could they not take the City Guardian Monument, but they also couldn't destroy the city wall through the City Guardian Monument.

"No wonder he didn't send anyone to guard it; it turns out this City Guardian Monument can't be stolen at all," Liu Ying said through gritted teeth.

"I refuse to believe it," Hou Chengzhu said fiercely, "Immediately go up and tie up Qin Shi Lei's father-in-law and mother-in-law. I want them to obediently deliver this City Guardian Monument to me."

After speaking, he led everyone towards the top floor of the building.

He had already investigated and confirmed that An Qian's mother and Zhang Cheng and his wife were all living in the penthouse suite on the top floor.

At this point, power had been restored.

Taking the elevator, everyone quickly arrived at the top floor.

At Hou Chengzhu's signal, a subordinate stepped forward and kicked the large door flying inwards.

"Who's there?"

Zhang Qiang instantly got up and blocked the large door that was crashing towards Commander Kong.

"Hehe, you're all here? That's perfect, saves me the trouble of looking for you one by one," Hou Chengzhu said with a sinister smile.

At this moment, all the main members of the Panshi Battle Group were in this room.

"It's you." Zhang Cheng spoke, "Hou Chengzhu, what do you want to do?"

Hou Chengzhu waved his hand, releasing his pet, the enormous Golden Anaconda.

Instantly, the spacious room became incredibly cramped, with half the space occupied by the anaconda.

Zhang Qiang's face turned grim as he rebuked, "Hou Chengzhu, if you don't want to die, get out of here immediately."

If he weren't afraid of accidentally harming He Yiyao and the unconscious An Qian inside, he would have instantly stabbed the opponent to death with his spear.

"Haha, guests are welcome. Is this how you entertain guests?" Hou Chengzhu smiled.

"Uncle Zhang, go back to the room and protect An Qian and the others," Zhang Qiang whispered to Zhang Cheng.

He also gave the other party a look, signaling him to send a message to the members of the Panshi Battle Group.

"Nobody move!" Hou Chengzhu shouted loudly, "If anyone moves again, I'll let Huang Long flatten this place, and you'll all be smashed to death!"

Zhang Qiang said in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

"As long as you bring me the City Guardian Monument from the basement, we'll leave immediately," Hou Chengzhu stated his objective.

"So, you're after the City Guardian Monument." Zhang Qiang suddenly understood, "Then let me see if you're qualified."

After speaking, he used Instant Step to charge towards Hou Chengzhu, thrusting the short spear in his hand fiercely towards the opponent's throat.

"Are you in such a hurry to die?"

Hou Chengzhu said with a sinister smile, then a mental shock blasted towards Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang only felt a pain in his head and instantly lost control of his body. Immediately after, a massive figure pounced towards him.

The Golden Anaconda's drooling mouth was about to bite Zhang Qiang's head.

At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot over at high speed, aiming directly for the anaconda's open mouth.

The anaconda had no choice but to close its mouth and directly crashed into Zhang Qiang, sending him flying against the wall behind him.

He Kaige and the others all took out their weapons and charged forward.

The Golden Anaconda swayed its body, raising a gust of wind that swept towards everyone.

Various pieces of furniture in the room shattered and were sent flying.

Those with weaker strength, such as Liang Xinhui, were all swept away and slammed against the wall behind them.

Even an expert like He Kaige, whose strength had reached Bronze Realm Nine Star, was forced to retreat repeatedly.

"If you still don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for being impolite."

Hou Chengzhu said grimly.

Liu Ying chimed in, "Although our Leader isn't on the rankings, his pet is Huang Long, who has already advanced to the Silver Realm. You'd better surrender obediently."

"Silver Realm?" He Kaige and the others' expressions changed drastically.

No wonder he, an expert at Bronze Realm Nine Star, couldn't even block one move from that anaconda.

If the opponent's pet was truly in the Silver Realm, then everyone present would likely be doomed.

The difference between the Silver Realm and the Bronze Realm was simply too great.

Although Zhang Qiang and the others were all very strong, against a Silver Realm beast, they had no chance of winning, even if they ganged up on it.

"If you don't want to die, bring me the City Guardian Monument from the basement, or I'll let Huang Long eat you all."

Hou Chengzhu threatened again.

"A mere little snake dares to call itself Huang Long?"

Suddenly, a cold snort appeared in everyone's ears.