At the abandoned water tower ten kilometers away from Chongming Island, several people from the Jiangnan Martial Arts Department (MAD) intelligence department looked utterly shocked.
Even from over a dozen kilometers away, they could clearly feel the energy ripples from the violent battle on Chongming Island.
It was too frightening!
Even the strongest among them, the Rank-6 martial artist, could not help but feel his heart palpitate. With such battle fluctuations, if he was nearby, he would probably die without a burial place if he was casually swept up by the fluctuations, right?
Suddenly, one of the personnel's phone rang.
He answered it and yelled, "Chief, that person has reached the island and is fighting the Black King Drake."
"Details?"
"I don't know. There are only some obstacles between the water tower and Chongming Island, and we can't see what's happening on the island."
On the other end of the line, Wang Gang could even faintly hear the muffled noises, explosions, and the roars of Ferocious Beasts.
His tone was somber as he said, "Everyone, please inform me at once if there's any new information. Chief Qin has reported the incident on Chongming Island to headquarters, and they are dispatching elites … Eh?"
Wang Gang's voice suddenly faltered. The faint roars of Feral roars and the rumbles of battle had suddenly vanished from the other end.
"What happened?"
"Chief …"
On the water tower, the martial artist who answered the call appeared grief-stricken as he said somberly, "The battle … is over."
"There's no Feral pursuit … the person who reached the island must have died."
Thud!
Wang Gang's phone dropped to the ground.
Although he had expected such an outcome, he still found it hard to accept. Even if he did not see the elite who fought the Black King Drake on the island, the fact that he could fight it for so long meant that …
His strength was probably only a step away from the "Divine Ability Secret Realm".
The battle on the island might have been to use the Black King Drake to train himself and help him ascend to divine-tier.
And yet, the Black King Drake had ascended as a King Feral.
It had just ascended in the morning, and their intelligence department had only received the information at five in the afternoon, so there was no time to announce it.
Like a walking corpse, Wang Gang explained the matter to Qin Fan's office and said hoarsely, "Chief Qin, I'm guilty. My intelligence department was negligent. If I had known at once that the Black King Drake had ascended as a Feral King and announced the news, that elite would not have gone to Chongming Island."
Qin Fan smiled bitterly. "It's not your fault. I'll contact headquarters right away and see if we could find out who that elite is. He died on Chongming Island, and shouldn't have left without a trace."
"Moreover, don't let your guard down at Chongming Island. Keep it up, and notify me immediately if there are signs of a gathering Beast Tide!"
Qin Fan stood up, took a deep breath, and took out his phone.
That night …
He had lost count of the number of calls he had made.
He contacted the headquarters, contacted the three great martial arts families of Jiangnan, and contacted all the martial arts experts and Extraordinary Awakened who had come to Jiangnan to participate in the auction …
… …
Jiang He had no idea what kind of storm he had stirred in Jiangnan tonight.
After all …
His original intention was just to get two portions of Rank-9 Feral Beast Flesh.
Moreover, from Jiang He's perspective, it was just the Black King Drake, a pinnacle rank-nine Feral. How big of a mess was that?
At most, before he killed the Black King Drake, he had killed hundreds of Ferals that had gathered and could have formed a Feral Swarm with a few nuclear rockets … and a few rank-seven Ferals in the river along the way, as well as a bunch of Ferals hiding in the river with the pea bombs …
As for the six rank-sevens, two rank-eights, and one rank-nine Ferals he had killed on Chongming Island …
It was just something he did in passing, and it was nothing.
Jiang He became troubled as he stood beside the Black King Drake's corpse.
How was he supposed to bring back so many Feral corpses?
His System Backpack only had twelve slots, and three were empty at the moment. Different Ferals could not be stacked.
"Oh, right … there are only two cucumbers left, so I could free them … and there are dozens of qi pellets left, but they're useless to me, so I could throw them away."
With that, he freed up two more slots.
After putting the Black King Drake, the other rank-nine Feral, and two rank-eight Ferals into his System Backpack, there was only one slot left.
Glancing at the six rank-seven Feral corpses on the ground, Jiang He decided to leave them there for now.
After all, those rank-seven Ferals did not look as delicious as the hairy crab he had put away before.
"If I remember correctly, there are a lot of mermaids and prawns in that river, which aren't common in Xibei. I'll bring back a few prawns of the same species, and I could have a sumptuous meal to improve the taste."
Jiang He arrived at the riverbank.
The boiling waters had already calmed down due to the flow of the river.
Jumping into the river, he only managed to fish out six rank-six prawns after searching around for a long time. Thanks to the pea bombs, the prawns that were up to eight meters long were even exuding a meaty aroma, and were cooked to a certain extent.
Still, the prawn meat was not delicious.
He would have to clean them up when he got back, and get an old blacksmith to make a huge wok for stir-fried crayfish. How delightful would that not be?
Moreover, Jiang He also found an eel.
The eel was as thick as an arm and up to five meters long, and must have been rank-four when it was alive. It was not worth much to Jiang He, but he had promised the little loli at the Martial Arts Department (MAD) of Linzhou that he would catch an eel for her to play with, and bringing it back counted as fulfilling his promise.
"Still, she wanted a live eel, and since it's already dead … I can't play with it, can I?"
Jiang He shook his head, saying, "I can eat it even if I can't play with it …"
His System Backpack was already full.
And Jiang He had to carry the eel in his hand.
"By the way, that little loli's name was Liu Xue?" Jiang He could not help chuckling when he suddenly remembered the little loli's name.
Liu Xue, Zhou Yu …
He had beaten up three people during the day, and two of them actually had the same name as people he knew. That was not unusual, since the Hua Nation was so vast and there were many people with the same name. Running into two people with the same name and getting beaten up by him meant that they were fated.
Holding the eel in his hand, Jiang He walked over the waves and darted to the other side of the river.
"I've gathered two portions of rank-nine Feral meat and Orirocks. I have enough materials to level up my farm, and I'll return to Lingzhou City after the auction tomorrow. I'm feeling uncomfortable all over without farming for a day."
Jiang He sighed.
Whipping out his phone and checking the time, he found that it was almost eleven. There was still almost four hundred kilometers to go back to Jiangnan, and it would be bedtime after he returned and took a bath.
Whoosh!
Casting Blind Princess's Eight Practices, Jiang He turned into an afterimage and disappeared into the night.
Back at the water tower.
The Awakened with the hearing aid 'all-seeing eye' was resting for the time being. Right now, a martial artist was keeping watch.
Holding a pair of night-vision binoculars, he was checking his surroundings, and vaguely saw a figure flash away in the distance. When he looked again …
He realized that it was just an illusion.
… …
After running almost fifty kilometers in a single breath, Jiang He took out his sports car from his System Backpack when the road ahead cleared up.
Since his System Backpack was now free, Jiang He put the eel inside and commanded it with his mind. The engine of the red Ferrari rumbled as it sped towards Jiangnan City.
Soon, he was just a dozen kilometers away from Jiangnan City, and he ran into quite a few cars there.
All of them had returned from the wildlands.
When Jiang He stopped his car to relieve himself, he ran into a burly man with a full beard, who stared at Jiang He's car for a while before chuckling. "Interesting. There aren't many people driving sports cars outside these days … did you go out to hunt Ferals too, young man?"
Jiang He nodded and smiled. "Yeah. I had nothing better to do, so I went out for a stroll."
The bearded man smiled but said nothing.
You're good at bragging, but what do you mean by going out for a stroll … Look at your blood-stained appearance, anyone who didn't know would think that you had been in a bloody battle for days and nights. Even so …
Where were the Feral materials?
Everyone was driving modified pickup trucks or off-road vehicles when they went to the wildlands so that it would be easier to transport the Feral materials back. Surely you can't stuff the Feral materials in your sports car, can you?
Still, the bearded martial artist did not point that out.
"By the way, bro, I noticed that many parties of martial artists were returning to Jiangnan City overnight … is the wildlands near Jiangnan City very dangerous at night?"
The bearded man glanced at Jiang He again.
As expected …
He was a fledgling who did not even know such common sense.
"The wildlands are definitely more troublesome at night than during the day," he said, "but it's not a problem as long as you hide well. Most Ferals only appear at night, and it's common for martial artists to spend the night in the wildlands."
"The reason we're returning is because we heard that there's a huge problem in the wildlands. One of the Ferals might have ascended to Feral King, and a Feral Swarm could be unleashed at any moment."
"I see."
Jiang He nodded and smiled. "That's quite dangerous. Alright, bro, I'm going to take a bath. It's quite uncomfortable to be covered in blood."
He climbed into his sports car and sped off.
On the other hand, the bearded man shook his head with a pained smile … it was not as if he had not run into such people before. Most of them were second-generation children of influential families who would go for a stroll in the wildlands to put on airs, smearing themselves with blood so that they could brag when they returned.
Back at the hotel.
After taking a bath and throwing away his bloodstained clothes, Jiang He put on his silk pajamas before going to bed and sleeping.
A life without a maid to serve him was very dry and dull.
Waking up naturally, Jiang He washed up and put on a new set of tracksuits. Just as he was about to take out a boxed lunch for breakfast, there was a knock on his door.
Opening the door, Long Mountain Lin entered.
His expression was solemn and there was a hint of sadness on his face as he said somberly, "Jiang He, did you hear about what happened last night? That vermin on Chongming Island ascended as a Feral King and killed a top rank-nine elite. "
Jiang He: "…"
He did a double take before he could not help chuckling. "It's just a rumor and shouldn't be taken seriously. Have you had breakfast, Elder Lin? Come, let's eat together. "
What Feral King? Nonsense, isn't it?
I was on Chongming Island last night, how could I not know?
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