77: Dijiang Divine Bird! Zhu Jiuyin!

The sun was setting.

The towering Life Wall stood under the afterglow of the setting sun, like the majestic Great Wall, protecting Chang'an Base City.

The flying car landed at the checkpoint, and after being inspected by the stationed soldiers, it took off again, flying towards the city.

Zhang Fan and Guo Mi looked out the window, gazing at the bustling Base City.

Outside the city was a wild, primitive area.

Inside the city was an advanced civilization.

Just a wall separated two completely different worlds!

Outside the wall was a paradise for monsters.

Inside the wall was fertile ground for humans.

Zhang Fan's heart completely relaxed, and he lay back in the seat, stretching comfortably with a relaxed expression:

"The Base City is so peaceful; I can let go of all the pressure!"

In the Wilderness Area, even though Zhang Fan was cutting down monsters like chopping vegetables and killing them wildly, his nerves were always taut, never daring to relax even for a moment.

It was exhausting!

Upon arriving at the Base City, he could finally completely relax.

The Base City!

It was humanity's last refuge and a haven for the soul!

Guo Mi's eyes sparkled as she asked, "Brother Zhang Fan, are you going home tonight, or coming to my place?"

"I'd love to go to your place, but Mother has commanded, so I have to go home!" Zhang Fan was quite helpless.

Just now, Empress Dowager Yang had called him, telling him to definitely come home.

Zhang Fan guessed that his mother must have known about what happened today.

That's why she so strongly insisted he had to go home tonight!

To be honest, Zhang Fan wasn't too keen on living with his parents right now.

It wasn't that he had issues with his parents, but rather that he didn't like being restricted.

Parents, you know.

It's fine to visit them occasionally; staying together every day just annoys everyone!

You annoy me, and I annoy you; it's better to live separately so everyone is more comfortable!

"Oh!"

Guo Mi was a little disappointed but still nodded understandingly.

"Teacher Jiang, the monsters we hunted these past two days, I'll trouble you to help sell them. You're good at that!"

Zhang Fan said, "Two-tenths of the profit from the sale will be the fee for hiring you to protect us!"

"Two-tenths is too much!"

Jiang Shengnan said indifferently, "Ten million is enough for me!"

The monsters Zhang Fan hunted these past two days could probably sell for 80 million.

Adding the four Devil Cow Snails, the total value was around 250 million.

Two-tenths would be 50 million, which was indeed too expensive!

Even hiring a Core Formation Realm bodyguard wouldn't be that expensive.

Besides, they were relatives and friends, so she naturally had to ask for less.

...

When he returned home that evening, Zhang Fan was indeed pulled aside by his parents and interrogated about many details of the assassination.

Zhang Fan answered honestly, neither exaggerating nor embellishing, telling everything as it happened.

Upon hearing the dangerous parts, his mother's face turned pale, and her heart was in her throat.

After finally listening, she kept nagging him not to go to the Wilderness Area.

Zhang Fan was quite helpless about this and had to comfort her for a long time before she calmed down.

At night.

Zhang Fan lay on his bed, chatting idly with Da Mimi on a video call while browsing the internet.

Zhang Fan didn't browse forums today but was instead looking up information.

What happened during the day today was truly too dangerous!

Even now, recalling it, Zhang Fan still felt a lingering fear.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and coincidentally killed an Armored Eel, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Zhang Fan hated this feeling; he didn't want to experience it again.

To achieve this, he either needed to improve his cultivation or increase his life-saving methods.

Cultivation couldn't be improved quickly; it required gradual effort.

However, increasing life-saving methods was entirely achievable at this stage!

"Help me find the Titan Beast with the strongest life-saving ability!"

"Brother, please wait a moment!"

Guo Mi, in the video, had also just finished showering and was wearing a vest and shorts, her hair casually draped.

She lacked her usual dignified coolness but gained a playful and lazy charm, making her even more captivating.

Hearing Zhang Fan's instruction, she immediately searched online and quickly found a large list of monsters.

"Brother, here's a list of the top ten Titan Beasts with the strongest life-saving abilities. I'll read them to you!"

"Read them!"

"First place, Titan Turbellarian!"

"The Titan Turbellarian possesses Super Self-Healing and regenerative abilities. Even if its muscles, skin, digestive system, or even brain are cut off, it can quickly regenerate!"

"Its regeneration ability is indeed awesome, but I already have the Titan Dragon Turtle's Super Self-Healing ability. Next!"

"Second place, Cloud Dragon!"

"The Cloud Dragon possesses the Air Transformation divine ability. Once attacked, it will transform into air to resist the attack!"

"In the Air Transformation state, the Cloud Dragon can completely immune physical attacks and most energy attacks!"

"Air Transformation?"

Zhang Fan's eyes lit up.

Air is everywhere, but it cannot be seen, touched, or hit.

Becoming a mass of air was indeed a powerful life-saving ability.

If he had this ability this morning, Tang Long and the others would have been helpless against Zhang Fan; he wouldn't even have needed to flee!

Furthermore.

The Cloud Dragon is a type of Dragon Titan Beast, with an extremely powerful physical body.

Even without considering its Air Transformation ability, its combat power alone is top-tier.

"The Cloud Dragon is a good choice. Let's list it as a backup for now!"

"Mhm mhm!"

Guo Mi noted down the Cloud Dragon and continued, "Third place, Blue Scale Shark!"

"The Blue Scale Shark possesses Water Transformation ability, similar to the Cloud Dragon's Air Transformation ability; it turns into water when attacked!"

"In the ocean, a Blue Scale Shark with Water Transformation is basically unbeatable!"

"Water Transformation is indeed good!"

Zhang Fan nodded repeatedly.

If he had Water Transformation ability, he would have just turned into a puddle of water and merged into the Ba River; why would he need to burrow into the ground?

However, Water Transformation has significant flaws. It's most effective when used near water bodies like rivers, lakes, and seas.

But on land, the effectiveness of this ability would be greatly reduced!

"List it as a backup!"

"Fourth place, Nine-Tailed Red Fox!"

"The Nine-Tailed Red Fox can control dreams and travel through them!"

"Theoretically, as long as there's a creature dreaming nearby, the Nine-Tailed Red Fox can hide in the other party's dream, which is equivalent to hiding in another dimension!"

"Its escape ability is super strong!"

"This ability is most effective in the Base City, but in the Wilderness Area..."

Zhang Fan shook his head. The Wilderness Area is sparsely populated, full of monsters.

Monsters certainly dream, but it's hard to guarantee that when attacked, there will coincidentally be a monster dreaming nearby.

Zhang Fan wasn't optimistic about the Nine-Tailed Red Fox.

"Fifth place, Golden Giant Dragon!"

"The Golden Giant Dragon can transform into golden liquid, which is enough to resist most physical attacks and energy attacks!"

"This is good. List it as a backup!"

"Sixth place, Fire Scale Python!"

"After the Fire Scale Python is attacked, its entire body will turn into flames!"

"Once it turns into flames, it can immune most physical attacks and most energy attacks, making its life-saving ability very strong!"

"This one is also good!"

"..."

Guo Mi read, and Zhang Fan listened.

After a round of filtering, Zhang Fan listed the Cloud Dragon, Blue Scale Shark, Golden Giant Dragon, and Fire Scale Python as his four backups.

The Cloud Dragon's Air Transformation.

The Blue Scale Shark's Water Transformation.

The Golden Giant Dragon's Golden Transformation.

The Fire Scale Python's Fire Transformation.

All four life-saving abilities were extremely powerful methods of self-preservation.

Honestly speaking.

Zhang Fan wanted them all!

But Zhang Fan also knew that by himself, he couldn't deal with any of these four monsters!

Because the weakest of these four monsters were all high-level monsters!

"I still have to ask the Old Man for help!" Zhang Fan was a bit helpless.

If he could, he actually didn't want to bother the Old Man.

Zhang Fan already knew what happened this afternoon.

He hadn't expected that the Old Man had actually killed that Eighth Uncle!

This was his own son!

Such ruthlessness was bound to make people tremble with fear.

But Zhang Fan also knew that unless he didn't want to increase his life-saving methods, he would have to bother the Old Man, no matter what.

Who told him he was so weak?

Zhang Fan dialed the Old Man's number and explained his intention.

"Life-saving ability?"

The Old Man directly overturned the four abilities Zhang Fan had chosen:

"In terms of life-saving ability alone, no one can compare to Candle Nine Yin!"

"In front of time divine ability, all life-saving abilities are inferior!"

"Candle Nine Yin?"

Zhang Fan was startled: "But Grandpa, there's no such monster!"

Zhang Fan believed he knew all the Titan Beasts discovered in the world, but he had never heard of a monster called Candle Nine Yin.

Zhang Fan did know the name Candle Nine Yin; it was a mountain god in mythology, whose open eyes brought day and closed eyes brought night, suspected to be a god who controlled time?

"There's no Titan Beast called Candle Nine Yin, but there is a Titan Beast!"

The Old Man chuckled, "You should have heard of Hua Yunzhang, the Demigod of the Hua Family in the Capital, right?"

"Hua Yunzhang? Of course, I've heard of him! He's the famous Protector God of the Nation, the Demigod who guards the Capital!"

Zhang Fan nodded repeatedly, then hesitated, "But Grandpa, isn't Hua Yunzhang's transformation the Emperor Jiang Divine Bird?"

"The Emperor Jiang Divine Bird is just the publicly announced Titan Transformation!"

The Old Man explained, "That old fellow is actually a rare dual-transformation Titan Warrior, one Candle Nine Yin transformation and one Emperor Jiang Divine Bird transformation!"

"Hiss!"

Zhang Fan gasped.

Terrifying to this extent!

Terrifying to this extent!