"Um … great hero, my body is weak, and I've just encountered a storm. It's hard to walk. Would you …"
Who cared if he was' walking 'or' Xiahou '? If he could' hitch a ride ', who would want to walk?! Ning's heart was filled with resentment towards his current status as a scholar who didn't even have the strength to truss a chicken.
"No!"
The 'number one sword in the world', the Xiahou swordsman, gave Ning a cold glance, then shook his head. "You'll be a burden if I bring you along."
"Uh?"
Ning stared, slack-jawed.
Fine. This reason was too strong. He had no words to refute it!
The fine steed galloped forward, and the Xiahou swordsman on the back of the steed straightened his back, as straight as a sharp longsword.
"This is too much! This is too much! "
Ning stared gloomily at the back of the 'Xiahou swordsman', then angrily stomped his feet. "If it weren't for the fact that I've lost all my strength, would I have needed your help?"
His plan to 'hitch a ride' had failed. Ning had no choice but to carry the chest on his back, constantly moving forward, one foot deep, one foot shallow.
The torrential rain continued to pour down, and the misty rain filled the air. The road beneath Ning's feet gradually became muddy, making it harder for him to walk.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
After walking for another two hours, the torrential rain finally stopped. But … from a gorge up ahead, a series of sounds of battle could be heard.
"A gentleman doesn't stand beneath a collapsing wall! Right now, I'm no longer a Zifu Disciple. I'm a scholar who doesn't even have the strength to truss a chicken. "
Seeing this, Ning hurriedly ran towards the mountain forest next to the road to hide.
"Hey! Don't come over. Hide over there! "
Just as he entered the mountain forest, Ning suddenly heard a soft, hushed shout from next to him.
"Uh? Someone's here? "
Ning was startled, and he hurriedly turned his head to look.
He saw that behind a giant boulder in the mountain forest, the 'number one sword in the world', his face cold and his sword-intent bursting forth, was actually hiding behind the boulder, his face ashen. He looked completely terrified.
"You … you are hiding here as well?"
Ning stared, slack-jawed. "Aren't you the 'number one sword in the world'? Shouldn't a hero of the Jianghu like you travel the world with your sword in your hands? Why … have you become like this? "
"Hmph! What do you know? "
The Xiahou swordsman turned to glare at Ning. "Of course I am the 'number one sword in the world'. But those people … they are the Heavens! "
"…"
Upon hearing this reply, Ning was speechless.
The reason was too sufficient, and the logic was too tight. There was simply no way to refute it.
Since even the Xiahou swordsman didn't dare to show himself, Ning began to feel interested in the battles between the two sides.
Lying on the edge of the rock, he stretched out half of his head and carefully observed the battle ahead.
"Hiss …"
When Ning saw the two combatants clearly, his heart was filled with waves of shock.
"No wonder Xiahou Swordsman hid in fear! As expected … the number one sword in the world is nothing. "
The two parties fighting near the gorge ahead were not mountain bandits cutting off the path, nor were they martial artists fighting. They were … a group of monsters!
On one side were three huge wolves that were about ten feet tall, while on the other side were a dozen … lobsters.
"Shrimp, you've crossed the line! This was the Black Wolf King's territory. Scram! "
The three giant wolves roared angrily, waving their sharp claws and baring their fangs, fighting with a group of lobsters that were waving their pincers.
"This world … has become so chaotic? How are humans … going to survive if demons run amok in broad daylight? "
Ning stared at the scene in front of him. His jaw dropped, and he couldn't close it for quite some time.
"Eh? That can't be right, right? If monsters are so rampant, then … how was Ning Caichen able to survive for so long? And that peddler in the pavilion … how is he able to travel everywhere to sell his wares? "
Ning turned his head to look at Xiahou Swordsman. "Hero, this … has the world become so chaotic?"
"Of course not!"
Xiahou Swordsman seemed to have calmed himself down. In front of Ning, he regained his confidence as the 'number one sword in the world', and he proudly raised his head. "This is a battle between the wolf army under the command of the Mountain God and the shrimp army under the command of the Water God. Normally, they don't care about mortals. "
"However … if we are drawn into a battle between divine soldiers, we might be accidentally injured."
"Mountain God? Water God? Divine soldiers? "
Ning suddenly felt that surviving in this world was simply too difficult!
"I have to recover my strength! I have to recover my strength! Otherwise, before I even wake up from my dream, I might be crushed to death by that monster! "
What would happen if he died in his dream? Ning didn't want to personally test it out for himself.
"How can I recover my strength?"
Ning had no idea at all.
"Bastard! You shrimps dare to be so arrogant? "
A furious roar could be heard from the horizon up ahead. A black wind howled, and a Diremonster with the head of a wolf and the body of a human charged towards them.
"Die!"
The Direwolf, riding the wind, wielded an enormous warhammer in his hands and smashed viciously towards the shrimp soldiers.
"Rumble …"
Mountains crumbled and the earth cracked. Shattered rocks flew everywhere, and the powerful shockwaves caused the entire world to shake.
This heaven-shaking blow caused the shrimp soldiers to be smashed into pieces of flesh and blood, sending them flying everywhere.
Unfortunately for them, half a meter long shrimp body flew out, smashing towards Ning and the Xiahou Swordsman's hiding place.
"Damn!"
Seeing this, Ning and the Xiahou Swordsman's faces instantly turned ashen. They felt as if their souls had left their bodies, and they hurriedly covered their heads and fled.
"Rumble …"
The half lobster body smashed through trees, smashing through rocks, smashing through everything in its path. It brushed past the heads of the two, howling through the air before smashing heavily against a cliff, causing dust to fly everywhere.
"Whew …"
Having dodged that attack, Ning sat down on the ground, panting heavily.
No wonder the 'number one sword in the world' had been so terrified that he didn't dare to show himself. That Direwolf, riding the wind, was already at the Xiantian level.
In front of such a monster, the 'number one sword in the world' … would probably be able to kill it with a flick of his finger, right?
"Eh? Xiantian level? "
Ning was suddenly startled. "The power system of these monsters … why is it that it is the same as the monsters of the Grand Xia Dynasty?"
After thinking for a moment, Ning realized that since 'Earth' was part of the Three Realms, it wasn't strange that the monsters here were the same as the monsters of the Grand Xia.
"I finally avoided disaster!"
By now, the wolf army and the shrimp soldiers had finished their battle. The lobsters had been wiped out, and the wolf army had returned victorious.
The Xiahou Swordsman once more regained his confidence and composure as the 'number one sword in the world'. Holding the longsword by his waist, he walked out of the mountain forest with his head held high and his chest puffed out.
It was as though … the person hiding behind the boulder, trembling, wasn't him at all.
The Xiahou Swordsman left, but Ning didn't.
"According to the teachings of the Grand Xia Dynasty, the flesh and blood of monstrous beasts can nourish one's blood and strengthen one's body."
Ning looked at the three meter long lobster behind him, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face. "The most important thing for me right now is to increase my power."
He walked to the bottom of the cliff. Seeing that enormous lobster, Ning gritted his teeth. "I heard … that lobsters can be eaten raw?"
From the shattered shell of the lobster, he pulled out a piece of lobster meat that was as white as jade. Ning opened his mouth and bit down viciously.
"The taste … isn't bad?"
After swallowing the lobster meat, Ning discovered … that it didn't have any effect at all.
Wasn't it supposed to nourish one's blood and blood? Why wasn't it useful at all? In my current state, I don't even have the strength to truss a chicken. How am I supposed to survive in this terrifying world?
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