138: Chapter 138 The Number One Under Heaven

"Hmph."

Fang Xun looked at the Disaster Beast charging from all directions and let out a soft sound.

Not long ago, Fang Xun and the others had captured that little 'Baka' who didn't look friendly at all.

Unfortunately, the group couldn't communicate.

Fang Xun only knew words like Baka, Muri, Sugoi... and 'pretty girl'...

Qi Lian and Lu Li were equally clueless.

Their knowledge reserve was even less than Fang Xun's.

And this place didn't even have internet access, making it impossible to ask Emperor Doubao for translation.

Just as Qi Lian tried to extend a tentacle to directly probe his memory, he committed suicide before anyone else could react.

When he made his move, the group thought he was going to continue resisting; no one expected him to turn the blade on himself.

The short saber slashed across his chest and abdomen, spraying blood, and his internal organs spilled all over the ground.

Initially, Fang Xun was surprised why this person would be so resolute.

Now it seemed, he was truly ruthless.

Ruthless to the enemy, even more ruthless to himself.

The nearby Disaster Beast, upon smelling the scent of blood, rushed over as if driven mad.

"Go, go, go!"

Fang Xun pulled one person with each hand and quickly ran away.

But the next moment, he heard the roar of a helicopter.

A helicopter existed in this place?

But the helicopter hovered high up in the distance. As Fang Xun wondered if they had come to inspect them, something was thrown down from it.

Soon, the object landed on the ground right in front of Fang Xun, smashing into a pulp of flesh and blood.

What was thrown over was actually a person.

Then, one, two, three...

Large chunks of flesh and blood exploded around Fang Xun and the others.

The scent of blood spread, and Fang Xun even saw the mountain-like monster tremble.

It changed direction and actually started moving towards them.

"Damn it, what's going on? Why would someone suddenly target us?!"

Lu Li held the Alchemy Long Saber and shielded Fang Xun behind her, while Qi Lian had already partially manifested her true form, intimidating the small creatures rushing near them.

"Besides that Pleasant Goat, did you bring anything else?"

Lu Li asked.

Although Pleasant Goat was also a legendary creature, without various magical artifacts, he was just a goat. The power Fang Xun borrowed from Pleasant Goat was not as good as using his own Fierce Fire.

"I still have the twelve talismans," Fang Xun clicked his tongue.

"That's great... Great my foot! Didn't you give those to the old man? Do you have another set?"

Lu Li asked with a sliver of hope.

"Nope." Fang Xun spread his hands; he only had one set.

"Then you stand behind me!"

Lu Li pulled Fang Xun behind her.

At this moment, a tall, slender shadow appeared in the distance. Every step he took could cover a hundred meters. If he stood up straight, he might even be forty to fifty stories tall.

Although only a small shadow could be seen now, that shadow was rapidly approaching.

A Super A-Class Disaster Beast.

A Super A-Class Disaster Beast!

That ferocious aura was unmistakable.

Lu Li took a deep breath. This terrifying entity, capable of triggering a city-wide evacuation alert in an entire city, was now visible everywhere here.

But this wasn't the end. A terrifying aura was also coming from their flank.

Lu Li looked over. It was a creature with four huge hooves planted on the ground, and its body seemed to be a massive lump of flesh. Countless inky tentacles explored everywhere on the flesh lump, searching for the scent of blood.

Innumerable mouths split open, dripping saliva that formed puddles on the ground.

Another one, and another, and another...

In a short time, at least seven or eight Super A-Class Disaster Beast auras were surging over.

And this didn't even include the slow-moving, mountain-like figure.

They had clearly locked onto the group's aura.

"Qi Lian, you take Fang Xun and go first."

Lu Li seemed to have made up her mind: "Even though he's a bit useless right now, he cannot die. I will hold them off here; your chances of escaping will be greater. I have the best mobility and can hold out the longest. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

As she spoke, she looked towards the slender shadow. That shadow, which had been so far away, was now clearly visible.

If they ran, it would be hard to outrun it, right?

Fang Xun was the guardian deity of Dongcheng City; he could not die.

Qi Lian was one of the keys to suppressing the Disaster Beast in Dongcheng City so they wouldn't cause trouble. She was also the most familiar with this place and could lead Fang Xun away; she also could not die.

Now, only she could die.

As Lu Li said this, a few unbidden tears fell.

She turned her head away, not wanting Fang Xun to see. She was supposed to be very strong.

This kind of self-sacrifice wasn't the first time, so why was she so heartbroken this time?

Immediately after, Lu Li resolutely gripped her Alchemy Long Saber and enveloped her body with Psychokinesis.

Before rushing out, Lu Li hardened her heart. With teary eyes, she suddenly turned back.

Seeing Fang Xun's astonished expression, she suddenly hugged him.

Then she kissed him forcefully, stirring her tongue wildly in Fang Xun's mouth, before she directly let go of Fang Xun and charged towards the slender shadow.

Damn it, remember this for the rest of your life, you bastard.

But Lu Li had only run a few steps when she was grabbed back by a pink tentacle.

"Qi Lian, let go! Otherwise, none of us might escape!"

Lu Li urged anxiously.

"Do you really want to die?"

Fang Xun wiped his lips, took hold of Lu Li's hand, and gently took the Alchemy Long Saber from her.

"Isn't there... no way out anymore?"

Lu Li looked at Fang Xun with some grievance. The slender shadow was getting closer and closer, from only being a shadow to now being able to see the figure towering like a skyscraper.

In just the time it took to say a few words, it had closed in.

They couldn't run.

"If there's no way, must I let the people around me get hurt?"

Fang Xun fiddled with the Alchemy Long Saber.

The long saber slowly transformed in his hand, eventually taking the shape of a short saber.

"Actually, ever since that foolish girl Jiang Qin encountered the first Disaster Beast, I've been wondering.

Why must the people around me get hurt before I gain that kind of power?

Why?

If only I could acquire that kind of strength in advance, how wonderful that would be..."

As Fang Xun spoke, his expression slowly changed.

It became somewhat sorrowful.

Fang Xun raised his hand and casually summoned a relatively thick tree branch, holding it.

"Do you know?

When I was little, my father made me a wooden sword.

It was probably about this long."

Fang Xun gestured with the wooden stick, as if reminiscing.

"At that time, holding it, I felt like I was number one under heaven.

Thinking back now, it was just a very crude stick.

What use could a broken fire poker have?

I was so foolish back then, holding a broken stick and thinking I was number one under heaven."

Fang Xun used Lu Li's Alchemy Long Saber to slowly trim the wooden stick, which still had twigs on it.

Until it vaguely resembled the one from back then.

"Now that I think about it, if I could still hold it.

I

Would still be number one under heaven."