13: Chapter 13 Ant Swarm VS Rat Swarm

"How dare the Bahu Guild openly defy the City Lord's orders? Seizing public Secret Realms below Rank 2 as private resources?"

Most people here are commoner class-holders.

Most of them have spent the better part of their lives grinding in this Secret Realm.

Now that the Bahu Guild has suddenly occupied this Secret Realm, it is equivalent to cutting off their livelihood. How could they not be angry?

But they dared to be angry, yet dared not protest.

This is only because the Bahu Guild is a four-star major guild in Xihai City, second only to the Xinghai Guild in strength. With their immense power, they are nothing short of a behemoth to commoners, one that cannot be offended!

"Hmph! Our Guild Master successfully completed the Rank 5 advancement quest and returned yesterday. In a few days, our Bahu Guild will be promoted to a five-star guild, and we will be on equal footing with the Xinghai Guild!"

"The situation where the Xinghai Guild dominates Xihai City will change. Naturally, the rules set by City Lord Sikong Yao of Xihai City will also have to change!"

"From today on, the rules of our Bahu Guild are also the rules! If you want to grind in the Green Iron Mine Secret Realm, you must pay a 5 gold coin entry fee. Otherwise, anyone who dares to force their way in will be going against our Bahu Guild, and will bear the consequences!"

After the Bahu Guild's Rank 3 powerhouse, Guild Commander, finished speaking, his subordinates prepared to forcefully occupy the entrance to the Green Iron Mine Secret Realm.

Lu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

He didn't expect to encounter such an incident of Secret Realm occupation just by coming to grind in a Rank 2 Secret Realm!

With the Bahu Guild's strong rise and their domineering style of conduct, Xihai City would likely no longer be peaceful.

But what did this have to do with him?

No matter who it was, no one would stop him from leveling up, because he needed to become stronger to save his family!

In his previous life, he was an orphan and had never felt the warmth of a home.

In this life, he was fortunate to have a family. Although poor, it had the warmth of a home, and his family was his greatest taboo!

Otherwise, he would not have changed his original intentions due to his little sister's illness and be in such a rush to level up and become stronger!

Hum!

Lu Chen entered the Secret Realm directly!

This action stunned everyone. Someone actually dared to openly slap the Bahu Guild in the face? Whose brat was this?!

"Sigh! This young man is reckless! How dare he enter the Green Iron Mine Secret Realm alone?"

The old man who had just warned Lu Chen felt a wave of anxiety upon seeing this.

Not to mention whether or not he would offend the Bahu Guild, even just being able to come out alive was a question.

Once inside these Secret Realms, one could not just leave at will. One had to stay for at least half an hour before being able to exit voluntarily; otherwise, the only way to leave early was to kill the BOSS.

At this moment, Guild Commander was furious, his face filled with killing intent. He had just finished speaking, and someone had already slapped him in the face.

"Whose brat is this? If he steps out voluntarily, I can spare him for his youth and ignorance, and only break his family's hands. Otherwise, if I find out, his whole family will die!"

But no one responded to him, as no one knew Lu Chen's background.

But Guild Commander didn't care about that. Since no one stepped out, he would make everyone pay.

"Hmph! Since no one dares to step out, the entry fee is doubled to 10 gold!"

After speaking, Guild Commander ordered his subordinates: "If that brat is lucky enough to come out alive later, find out his identity for me, then hack him into mincemeat!"

Subordinates: "Yes!"

After Guild Commander left.

The crowd finally dared to express their anger: "10 gold? Is this meant to completely cut off our path to survival?"

Some stood by and watched.

Others went to find the City Lord to report the matter.

Some went home in despair to look for other ways to make a living.

Inside the Green Iron Mine Secret Realm.

Lu Chen looked at the vast mountain range stretching for who knows how many miles and revealed a satisfied smile. With such a huge mountain range, the Invading Monsters inside would definitely be enough for him to reach level 30!

Immediately.

Lu Chen summoned all his beast pets. Thousands of Ice Horn Ants squeaked and excitedly waved their limbs; they were impatient to devour Invading Monsters and evolve.

"Slaughter to your heart's content. After Master reaches level 30, the subsequent experience will all be distributed among you!"

[Master, just watch! See how we sweep through them!]

After Fire Sparrow finished speaking, it took the lead and flew into the air to search for prey.

Snow Cat was not to be outdone and struck quickly.

Swift Black Tortoise remained by Lu Chen's side; it was responsible for protecting Master's safety.

The Ice Horn Ant swarm also began to act.

With Master's attribute bonuses, even though they were only level 1, their attack power was enough to slaughter Rank 2 Invading Monsters!

Squeak!

After the Iron-Eating Rat Invading Monsters were attacked, they began to fight back one after another, but facing a large group of ridiculously strong F-Rank beast pets, they were instantly killed upon contact.

Lu Chen followed behind the Ice Horn Ant swarm, as if strolling through his own backyard. He picked up gold coins and Materials whenever they dropped, looking quite leisurely.

Not long after.

A dozen or so Iron-Eating Rats attacked from the side, with an elite Iron-Eating Rat leading them.

[Name: Iron-Eating Rat · Elite]

[Level: LV60]

[HP: 8340]

[MP: 5640]

[Attack: 3170]

[Defense: 3502 Physical Defense / 3692 Magic Defense]

[Skills: Bite, Hardening, Iron Spike Needles, Iron Tail Sweep]

As expected of a level 60 elite Iron-Eating Rat, its dual defense actually exceeded its attack. If it cast the [Hardening] defensive skill, its defense would be enough to make it difficult for many low-level Rank 2 class-holders to break through.

But Lu Chen's attack power was a full [14445]!

Because he had the resurrection ring which allowed for infinite resurrections, Lu Chen had added all 260 free attribute points to [Strength]. Combined with the attributes of his level 20 legendary equipment and his talent of +300% to all attributes, that was why it was so high!

[Water Bullet]!

Bang!

- 8340!

The elite Iron-Eating Rat suffered the Swift Black Tortoise's magic skill attack, and its HP bar was emptied instantly!

Holy sh*t!

There's a cheat!

This elite Iron-Eating Rat died with its eyes wide open!

It thought it could easily ambush this Rank 1 Beast Tamer, but it didn't expect the attack power of the beast pets beside the opponent to be so perverted!

Is this the attack power an F-Rank beast pet can have?

It realized.

It wasn't that the Swift Black Tortoise was perverted!

It was that this Human Race Rank 1 Beast Tamer youth was too much of a Prodigy!

This was an unrivaled Genius big shot!

But it no longer had the chance to convey the information to its clan.

Soon.

The ambushing Iron-Eating Rats were easily wiped out by the Swift Black Tortoise!

Squeak!

Seemingly feeling the arrival of a death crisis, a large number of Iron-Eating Rats began to gather towards their leader BOSS!

Not long after.

A not-so-small rat swarm led by the Iron-Eating Rat leader BOSS was formed.

Seeing this situation.

Lu Chen was not panicked but happy instead: "A rat swarm? Just what I wanted! This way, it can save a lot of time grinding monsters."

If the Rank 2 class-holders outside knew that Lu Chen was not only not afraid of the rat swarm, but actually excited, they would definitely be collectively petrified.

The destructive power of a rat swarm cannot be distinguished solely by level.

A rat swarm formed by thousands of Rank 2 Iron-Eating Rats could contend with a Rank 4 class-holder, and a rat swarm formed by tens of thousands of Rank 2 Iron-Eating Rats could make a Rank 5 class-holder avoid its edge!

Clearly.

The rat swarm Lu Chen was currently facing was the largest kind, formed by a full ten thousand Iron-Eating Rats; these Iron-Eating Rats were instinctively protecting themselves.

Only because they encountered an unrivaled enemy would they have such a crazy, clan-wide attack maneuver.

Lu Chen recalled all his Ice Horn Ant beast pets and set up a battle formation.

The next moment.

The ant swarm formed by thousands of Ice Horn Ants collided head-on with the rat swarm formed by tens of thousands of Iron-Eating Rats!

Clatter!

Blood and severed limbs splattered everywhere!

Of course.

This blood and these severed limbs were all from the Iron-Eating Rats.

The Iron-Eating Rat leader BOSS had thought that by relying on the rat swarm, it could contend with the opponent, but after personally feeling the opponent's strength, it realized how ridiculously wrong it was!

Tens of thousands of HP!

Tens of thousands of attack!

What kind of BUG-like attributes were these!

The key was that this group of Ice Horn Ants numbered over a thousand; what could be used to contend with this?

The Ice Horn Ants only launched ten rounds of attacks before wiping out the massive rat swarm, and the Iron-Eating Rat BOSS was even devoured until not a bone remained.

In an instant.

Lu Chen reached level 30, and his beast pets also began to level up crazily.

Hmm?

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