14: Chapter 14: Meeting People from the Inner City Again

After killing a few sheep, Fang Yuan did not rashly delve deeper into the direction of the zoo, but instead circled around, slowly approaching.

According to Bai Xu, the Blazing Flame Tiger, the Lord of West City Zoo, was probably already a Black Iron Rank Six monster by the third day.

Coupled with its Gold Rank Talent, its strength must have reached the Peak of Black Iron Level Seven, or even Black Iron Level Eight.

Currently, his Rank is only Black Iron Level Five. With the Origin Devouring ability of his 【Source Devour】 Talent, which allows him to devour monsters to increase his strength, his actual combat power is at Black Iron Level Seven.

With this strength, it seems somewhat impossible to deal with a Lord-level monster.

Next, Fang Yuan led Lin Zhi in search of monster traces. Perhaps it was due to being near the zoo, as one-fifth of the monsters he encountered afterward were mutated animals.

The monster Ranks on the third day were generally Black Iron Level Four, with Black Iron Level Three monsters being less than one in ten. After two hours of effort, Lin Zhi successfully killed thirty monsters, upgrading to Black Iron Level Five.

The number of monsters Fang Yuan killed was nearly ten times hers, almost three hundred Black Iron Level Four monsters, which allowed him to accumulate over thirty percent of the energy needed for his next Rank.

At this rate of improvement, he would be able to upgrade to Black Iron Rank Six by the afternoon, and then he could officially advance towards the zoo... Just as Fang Yuan and Lin Zhi were searching for prey, they once again encountered three Inner City trial participants.

West City Zoo not only has Gold-tier Lord Monsters but also a large number of high-Rank monsters, making it a good place to level up.

Such a good place naturally attracts many Inner City people to hunt monsters here, as long as they avoid the Gold-tier Lord Monster.

However, these three Inner City trial participants, who were well-equipped and thoroughly covered in several Black Iron Rank pieces of equipment, looked somewhat disheveled.

Clear cracks appeared on their remarkably defensive Black Iron armor, and one of them had an arm hanging limply.

"Bottom-dwellers from the Outer City~, greetings, my two friends."

The other party obviously also saw Fang Yuan and Lin Zhi. Seeing only the black iron long saber on their bodies, he immediately identified them as Outer City residents.

As soon as the arrogant voice sounded, the subsequent voice suddenly became friendly.

Liu Wen and the other two came before Fang Yuan. Originally, when he saw the two, he only regarded them as ordinary Outer City people.

Even if they were Outer City people who had awakened a Bronze Rank Talent, he wouldn't care. But as the distance shortened, Liu Wen finally noticed the Black Iron Level Five Qi on Fang Yuan and Lin Zhizhi.

All three of his group were only Black Iron Level Four. In this situation, the three Inner City trial participants naturally and quickly changed their attitude.

Arrogance is only directed at the weak. Although the youths from the Inner City looked down on people from the Outer City, they also clearly understood that this world only cares about who is stronger.

"What kind of monsters did you guys encounter? You're so disheveled?"

Lin Zhizhi asked with an inquiring tone. Regarding these three Inner City people, after hearing what they said at the beginning, she was quite impolite.

However, seeing their disheveled appearance, what she first thought of was what formidable monsters they had encountered, rather than targeting them personally.

Three well-equipped Black Iron Level Four Professionals, even against a Black Iron Level Five monster, could handle it with ease, and might even successfully hunt it.

The difference in strength at the Black Iron Rank is not too great. With the aid of Black Iron Rank equipment, killing a monster one Rank higher is not too slow.

For the three of them to be forced to flee in such a state, it must not have been an ordinary monster.

"Ahead, there are a dozen mutated long-armed apes. All of them are above Black Iron Level Four, and there are two Black Iron Level Five monkey kings."

Being defeated by monsters was not something to be ashamed of. Liu Wen frankly recounted the monkey troop they had encountered not long ago.

With the mist shrouding everything, precise directional identification was difficult. Besides the dangerous core areas that required constant attention, even they, people from the Inner City, couldn't know where powerful elite monsters were located.

"There are actually Black Iron Level Five monsters, we can't miss this opportunity."

Upon hearing about the monkey troop, Lin Zhizhi rubbed her fists together, not putting them in her eyes.

Having traveled with Fang Yuan all the way, her courage naturally grew much greater. Moreover, she knew that Fang Yuan possessed Black Iron Level Seven combat power, so she naturally wouldn't be afraid of a mere Black Iron Level Five monkey troop.

"My two friends, don't underestimate this troop of mutated monkeys. Their speed is very fast, and they are in the trees, making them very difficult to kill."

Seeing that she wanted to hunt the mutated monkey troop, Liu Wen, who was not ill-intentioned, kindly spoke out to persuade her.

That troop of mutated monkeys defeated the three of them precisely by relying on their agile movements, hanging in the large trees and occasionally coming down to harass them.

Unless they could be killed instantly, those mutated monkeys would retreat back into the trees and throw stones at people as soon as they were injured.

Liu Wen didn't want to see the two suffer a setback. Although most of these Inner City youths looked down on the bottom-dwellers of the Outer City who lived like they were in a junkyard.

Those who can reach Black Iron Level Five on the third day of the trial, barring any accidents, will basically be above Black Iron Level Eight after leaving the Haishi Void Realm, becoming a part of the Inner City is a foregone conclusion.

Therefore, in Liu Wen's eyes, Fang Yuan and Lin Zhizhi were already half Inner City people.

Lin Zhizhi didn't respond to Liu Wen but instead looked at Fang Yuan beside her.

"Thank you for your kind intentions, my friend, but a mere troop of mutated monkeys cannot put pressure on me."

Facing the other party's goodwill, Fang Yuan's impression of these three Inner City trial participants improved significantly, and his words were not as cold as Lin Zhizhi's.

After speaking, Fang Yuan no longer communicated with Liu Wen and the other two. Time was pressing, and he immediately headed in the direction of the mutated monkey troop.

The Haishi Void Realm only lasts for Nine Heavens. Every minute and second is precious, and not a single bit can be wasted.

"...!"

Looking at the two figures disappearing into the mist, Liu Wen was momentarily at a loss for words.

"These two are truly arrogant. Two Black Iron Level Fives actually dare to set their sights on that mutated monkey troop..."

Yang Kang, one of the three, was quite displeased. Two Outer City people were so daring, and their attitude wasn't very good, making him feel offended.

"Yang Kang, you need to change your short temper, otherwise, you'll easily offend people.

Looking at the two of them, the boy is the leader. He must have awakened a powerful Bronze Rank Talent. They probably really do have the strength to hunt the mutated monkey troop."

Liu Wen directly interrupted when he heard this. From Fang Yuan and Lin Zhizhi's performance, the observant Liu Wen could tell that even though they were both Black Iron Level Five, the girl clearly listened to the boy's ideas.

Yang Kang, who originally had quite a bit of an opinion about the two, felt that Liu Wen's explanation made sense and erased the slight dissatisfaction in his heart.

They came from the Inner City, but their parents were just ordinary Bronze Rank True Spirit Professionals, ordinary people in the Inner City.

They could look down on the bottom-dwellers who had no Talent and could only stay in the Outer City their entire lives, but against Outer City trial participants with good Talent, they had no capital to be proud of at all.