Boom... Buzz...
The violent lightning around them instantly began to subside, converging towards Zhang Huangling's body. The next second, as all the lightning entered Zhang Huangling's body, he instantly opened his eyes. A terrifying pressure swept around him, causing Ri Jiu, who had been quite bored in the distance, to shiver. He then glared angrily at Zhang Huangling.
"I know you've broken through and are very powerful, but could you please tone it down a bit? There are only the two of us here. Are you trying to intimidate me?"
Zhang Huangling, who was still immersed in the joy of his breakthrough, immediately withdrew his aura after hearing Ri Jiu's words and said apologetically.
"Miss Rijiu, I'm sorry. I just broke through and was so overjoyed that I couldn't control myself."
"Hmph!" Ri Jiu snorted coldly upon hearing Zhang Huangling's words.
This left Zhang Huangling speechless. He had genuinely been overcome with emotion after his breakthrough and had inadvertently released his aura. However, he didn't realize that when a woman is angry, it's best not to try to explain yourself; she won't listen.
"Brother Gu hasn't returned yet?" Zhang Huangling asked, clearly knowing that Gu Yu hadn't returned, but trying to change the subject.
"Are you blind?" Ri Jiu said irritably.
"Uh!" Zhang Huangling felt very wronged at this moment. He looked at Rijiu and didn't know what to say. So the two of them stood silently for a long time.
"Miss Rijiu, I have something I'd like to ask you," Zhang Huangling couldn't help but ask.
"Spit it out if you have something to say." Ri Jiu still didn't have anything nice to say.
"How long has it been since I started cultivating?" Zhang Huangling asked.
“Seventeen days,” Ri Jiu replied. She remembered it very clearly. After all, Gu Yu left after Zhang Huangling started cultivating. She didn’t care how long Zhang Huangling had been cultivating, but she cared a lot about how long Gu Yu had been gone.
"Seventeen days?" Zhang Huangling frowned. "So, we've been inside the Kunlun Source Gate for a month and a half?"
Ri Jiu didn't answer his question. Instead, she found a place to sit down and looked boredly in the direction Gu Yu had left, waiting for him to return.
Seeing that the other party was ignoring him, Zhang Huangling wisely continued his cultivation. He had just broken through and needed to familiarize himself with his power.
Time passed second by second, and then suddenly a figure appeared.
Upon seeing the figure appear, Riju immediately stood up and rushed towards it.
When Gu Yu saw Ri Jiu rushing towards him, he opened his arms and hugged her tightly. He had completely accepted Ri Jiu in his heart.
"Why did you take so long?" Ri Jiu asked with a hint of resentment, like a young wife left alone in her empty room.
"I've run into some trouble, and it's not easy to solve," Gu Yu said, stroking Ri Jiu's hair.
"Trouble?" When Ri Jiu heard Gu Yu say he was in trouble, she immediately examined his body and asked anxiously, "Are you injured?"
“No,” Gu Yu said, looking at Ri Jiu, whose face was full of worry.
Looking at the two of them, Zhang Huangling suddenly felt superfluous. Gu Yu had returned, and he wanted to ask about the situation, but Ri Jiu acted faster than him, leaving him standing aside like a third wheel.
"That's good." Ri Jiu was relieved to hear Gu Yu's answer. Most importantly, she used her spiritual perception to check Gu Yu's current situation and found that he was indeed not injured.
“Cough cough…” At this moment, Zhang Huangling couldn’t help but cough a few times. After all, he was a grown man standing there, and being completely ignored by the two of them made him very uncomfortable.
"Brother Zhang, have you fused the Thunder Dragon Pearl with your Thunder Body?" Gu Yu then turned his gaze to Zhang Huangling.
“Hmm!” Zhang Huangling nodded. “Although they have merged, they are not completely integrated. My current Thunder Body is only close to the Great Perfection. I’m afraid that to achieve the Great Perfection, I need to reach the King Realm in cultivation and the Ninth Level in Thunder Technique. And to perfect my Thunder Body, I urgently need to reach the Emperor Realm in cultivation and the Tenth Level in Thunder Technique.”
“With Brother Zhang’s talent, it’s only a matter of time before he reaches the Emperor Realm,” Gu Yu said.
"Brother Gu, all of this is thanks to you. I really have no way to repay you," Zhang Huangling said at this moment, and Gu Yu's head was buzzing.
“Brother Zhang, let me reiterate what I said before: we are comrades-in-arms, and brothers. Between brothers, there is no question of repayment.” Gu Yu said.
“Yes, we are brothers.” Upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, Zhang Huangling understood what Gu Yu meant and immediately replied.
“We can leave here now and go find He Wen and the others to meet up,” Gu Yu said, looking at Ri Jiu and Zhang Huangling.
"Yes!" Zhang Huangling nodded.
The three then left the Thunder Dragon Palace. Gu Yu could now fully control the divine and demonic power surrounding the Thunder Dragon Palace. In fact, the strength of the divine and demonic power here was basically the same as the strength of his three awakenings of divine and demonic power. When he awakened it twice, he could only barely control it.
Because of Gu Yu's breakthrough, the three of them returned very quickly.
Meanwhile, the place where He Wen and his group of nine were located was not peaceful. It was under attack by an army of rat monsters, with countless rat monsters attacking the area frantically.
Besides He Wen and his nine companions, there were quite a few other people here.
Dugu Xing, Li Daoquan, Xiang Tianjiao, Kong Yan, Sima Wentian, and others, although their strength had all improved significantly, were all in a rather disheveled state.
The corpse beetle monsters frantically resisted the rat monsters' attacks, but the number of corpse beetle monsters was not large. Even though the corpse beetle monsters had amazing defense, they could not withstand the large number of rat monsters. Moreover, there were many powerful rat monsters among them, many of whom had reached the General Realm.
At this moment, the Corpse Beetle King was suspended in the air. He looked at the densely packed rat monsters with great anger. This was his territory, and the invasion of the rats was a challenge to his authority. Moreover, he also had to pay attention to the actions of the humans. What if those who came later plotted against He Wen and his companions?
"What exactly did you do? Why did we encounter so many rat monsters?" Yang Xinxin asked Dugu Xing and his group, looking at the densely packed, recklessly charging rat monsters.
"I don't know what happened either. At first, these rat monsters were very timid, but suddenly they attacked us like madmen." Dugu Xing's aura had reached the peak of the Commander Realm, but he was covered in injuries, clearly from the rat monsters' attacks.
“Yes! These rat monsters used to run away when they saw us, but I don’t know what went wrong these past few days, they’ve started attacking us relentlessly.” Sima Wentian also said, “Luckily we met you guys, otherwise we would have been killed by them by now.”
"Where is Gu Yu?" Kong Yan asked He Wen and the other nine. Gu Yu was with them, but now there was no sign of him.
“Our leader has something to attend to,” Shi Shuai replied.
Squeak squeak squeak...
At this moment, the army of rat monsters outside was growing larger and larger. The corpse beetle monsters were gradually torn apart one by one, and many rat monsters swept towards them.
"Prepare for battle," He Wen said. In the days since Gu Yu left, the nine of them had been absorbing the white divine source power, which had greatly improved their cultivation. He Wen's cultivation was already at the mid-stage of the fifth cone realm. If it weren't for the fact that the white divine source power was not suitable for him, he would probably have already broken through to the general realm.
Yang Xinxin is now at the peak of the fifth cone realm, Lu Yun and Li Zhiran have reached the mid-fourth cone realm, Shi Shuai is at the peak of the fifth cone realm, and Zhang Yang, Guo Zitao, and Qi Peng have also reached the early third cone realm. Only Qian Duoduo has not yet reached the cone realm due to the restriction of the Qilin totem. Everyone has made great breakthroughs.
Just as the rat monsters were about to rush towards them, a large ball of white energy suddenly appeared in the Corpse Beetle King's hand. The energy blasted towards the rat monsters that were charging towards them, and the rat monsters were instantly reduced to dust under the bombardment of the white energy.
As the Corpse Beetle King watched its minions dwindle, it suddenly roared, unleashing a powerful aura—the might of a dragon. A surge of immense power erupted from its body, and its dark golden dragon scales shone with dazzling light. With a swift swing of its two dragon claws, countless bursts of white, violent energy swept towards the army of rat monsters.
Under the sudden burst of pressure from the Corpse Beetle King, the rat monsters that were nearby suddenly prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling. The Corpse Beetle King's pressure was mixed with dragon might. Not to mention ordinary rat monsters, even those at the Commander Realm would prostrate themselves on the ground under its pressure.
Countless bursts of violent white energy crashed into the army of rat monsters, instantly creating deafening roars as countless rat monsters were annihilated by the white energy.
This caused fear to appear in the eyes of the other rat monsters. Even those who were not afraid of death would be frightened by this scene. At this moment, the Corpse Beetle King was suspended in the void, and the light emanating from its dark golden dragon scales made it look like a demon god.
Squeak squeak squeak...
Suddenly, a rat's squeak rang out, and behind the rat monster, another rat monster exuded a powerful aura. It emanated black energy and instantly appeared in front of the Corpse Beetle King.
The fear in the eyes of the rat monsters, which were already trembling with terror, lessened considerably after seeing this rat monster appear.
"I am the Rat King. I do not wish to make an enemy of you. Hand over the humans behind you and I will leave immediately." The Rat King said to the Corpse Beetle King. It originally wanted to fight the Corpse Beetle King, but as it got closer, it found that the Corpse Beetle King's strength exceeded its expectations, especially the pressure. Even though it was the Rat King, it was still somewhat suppressed.
In battle, especially for monsters like them, momentum is key. It can lead the other rat monsters by its momentum, but now its momentum is clearly no match for the Corpse Beetle King. This makes it realize that it cannot defeat the Corpse Beetle King in front of it. Since it cannot win, it can only negotiate. It does not believe that the Corpse Beetle King would really fight the rat race for a few humans.
"Impossible! My master ordered me to protect them." When the Corpse Beetle King heard the Rat King order it to hand over the people behind him, its anger surged. In its eyes, Gu Yu's orders were above all else.
"Do you really want to be an enemy of my rat clan?" Upon hearing the Corpse Beetle King's words, the Rat King's pupils shrank. "My rat clan has more than just me as a king. We have three kings, and there is also the Rat Emperor. You should think it over."
"If you want war, then let's fight. Stop with the wishy-washy talk," the Corpse Beetle King said immediately.
"Good, very good, excellent." The Rat King said through gritted teeth as it looked at the Corpse Beetle King. But the next second, the Corpse Beetle King appeared in front of it with lightning speed, and its dragon claws slammed towards it. This made the Rat King's expression change instantly, and it hurriedly stretched out its claws to defend itself.
when…………
boom…………
With a crashing sound, the Rat King was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground.
The scene froze for a moment. The Rat King had actually been defeated by the Corpse Beetle King in one blow, which terrified all the rat monsters.
"Utterly vulnerable, what are you pretending to be so powerful for?" The Corpse Beetle King said with some disdain. It had dragon scales, and even a peak Emperor Realm expert couldn't break through its defenses. Let alone the Rat King, it wouldn't be afraid even if the Rat Emperor came. Of course, defeating an Emperor Realm expert would still be very difficult. Its defense was amazing, but its attack power was lacking. Facing the Rat Emperor, it might be suppressed. Of course, it also depended on the Rat Emperor's level. The early stage and the peak of the Emperor Realm were not the same concept.
"roar…………"
Seeing the terrified rat monsters, the Corpse Beetle King roared again. In an instant, the rat monsters at the front looked at each other, trembling, and began to retreat.
Squeak squeak squeak...
Just then, the Rat King, which had been suddenly blasted away by the Corpse Beetle King, suddenly floated up again. It roared angrily, and the rat monsters stopped retreating one by one upon hearing its voice.
However, there are always some troublemakers. One of the rat monsters at the General Realm was still retreating, but the next second, the Rat King waved his hand, and a black energy swept towards the rat monster at the General Realm. Before the rat monster at the General Realm could react, it was directly turned into dust.
The Rat King pointed to the rat monster that was about to enter the realm, and then looked at the army of rat monsters. His meaning was already very clear.
Anyone who dares to run will suffer this fate. Charge! Kill this damned Corpse Beetle King! If you disobey my orders, I will kill you all.
The intimidation made the rat monsters' faces turn ugly. Charging forward meant certain death, but retreating also meant certain death. The most crucial thing was that they didn't want to die!
"Squeak squeak squeak..."
The Rat King roared angrily. Yes, the rat monsters were no longer running, but they weren't charging forward either, which made him very angry. This was disobeying his orders.
Everyone frowned as they looked at the Corpse Beetle King in the sky. The importance of high-end combat power was evident. No matter how many people you had, if the opponent had one being who could suppress everything, your numbers would be useless. This was an ironclad rule.
"What a powerful corpse beetle monster! Luckily, it's on our side. If it had joined forces with the rat monster, we probably wouldn't even have a chance to survive," Sima Wentian exclaimed, looking at the corpse beetle king in the sky.
The situation was awkward; an army of countless rat monsters was being held back by a Corpse Beetle King, which gave the Rat King a real headache.
"King Corpse Beetle, I'll give you one more chance, as long as you..."
"Stop with the nonsense, come on, let's fight." The Corpse Beetle King was in a very strong aura at this moment. Sometimes, a strong aura can become even stronger. It could make the entire army of rat monsters afraid to step forward. This made its already overwhelming aura even more awe-inspiring because of its increased confidence.
"You reckless fool, do you really want to be an enemy of the rat clan?" The Rat King dared not step forward to fight. Ordinary rat monsters were afraid of death, but as the Rat King, it was even more afraid of death. What enabled it to rise step by step from a rat monster to a powerful Rat King, second only to one rat and above ten thousand others? It was through its cautiousness and its ability to avoid danger time and time again.
Hearing the Rat King's words, the Corpse Beetle King became impatient. "If you want to fight, then fight. If you don't dare to fight, then get out of my territory. All your whining is nonsense."
“You…” Hearing the Corpse Beetle King’s words, the Rat King was furious, but still dared not step forward.
"Hmph!" The Corpse Beetle King snorted coldly. It had finally figured out that this Rat King was nothing but a coward.
"It seems you really intend to become an enemy of my rat clan," the Rat King said through gritted teeth. "Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?"
"Damn it! If you want to fight, then fight; if you don't want to fight, then get lost. What are you babbling about?" The Corpse Beetle King couldn't take it anymore. If it weren't for the safety of the humans behind it, it would have charged forward and slaughtered everyone in its path.
"I am the Rat King..."
"Get out! Get out of here right now!" the Corpse Beetle King cursed.
"Ah..." The Rat King was furious. Its black power surged out and instantly pulverized the rat monsters below.
This made the rat monsters below even more terrified.
"Hmph!" The Corpse Beetle King snorted coldly, and its aura immediately spread out. A violent white energy swept out, and the rat monsters standing in front and close by were torn to shreds one by one.
This caused the other rat monsters to widen their eyes in shock, swallow hard, and a foul odor filled the air; they were so frightened they wet themselves.
Squeak squeak squeak...
Suddenly, countless rat monsters began to scream, and the scene quickly spiraled out of control as the rat monsters began to flee again.
"Don't run! Don't run! Anyone who runs, I'll kill them!" Seeing this, the Rat King immediately waved its claws, and bursts of black energy spread out, instantly turning many fleeing rat monsters into dust. However, this seemed to be a fuse, making the scene more and more chaotic, and more and more rat monsters fled. Even though the Rat King was powerful, it was impossible for it to kill all the fleeing rat monsters in an instant.
The situation had spiraled out of control, which caused the Rat King's expression to change drastically.
"Come back! Come back to me! Aren't you afraid that if you go back, the Rat King will send rats to kill you? Come back to me! Come back!" the Rat King shouted hysterically, but to no avail.
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