Chapter 402: Enemy Agents (1/2)
The thick, pitch-black iron rod looked almost identical to the Divine Seaward Iron wielded by Scarlet Ape; the silverback was obviously mimicking its new leader. It swung the iron rod with a force of hundreds of thousands of kilograms, a blow that would very likely pulversize a regular cultivator.
Scowling, Qing Han reflexively grabbed the iron rod and crushed one end of it into dust with a loud crack.
The silverback’s expression shifted drastically and it whirled around, running off with half of its weapon remaining.
“Shameless humans are never up to any good! How dare you bully us monster spirits in public? Don’t you know fighting is forbidden in Destiny City?!” Its unusually booming voice rang through the area, prompting nearby monster spirits to spring into action and rush to the premises.
“Where’s the human scum insulting monster spirits?” A giant wolf roughly three meters tall with a silver moon between its brows rushed over.
“Perfect timing, Wolfking. It’s the two of them!” The silverback gorilla immediately stopped running and pointed at Qing Han and Lu Yun when it saw the wolf and the dozens of monster spirits in the newcomer’s entourage.
“That’s... a Silvermoon Wolfking!!” someone yelped. “The king of wolves that only emerges from its race once every ten thousand years!”
Although the wolf appeared to be only a nascent spirit cultivator, a strong, razor-sharp aura wreathed it, making the human cultivators around it back away as soon as it arrived on the scene.
“It’s said that six Silvermoon Wolfkings have arisen from the wolves, and all of them are arcane dao immortals. This one before us is the seventh, and it’s already touched upon the void realm.”
The cultivators in the area sucked in a breath upon hearing that. All of the previous Silvermoon Wolfkings were arcane dao immortals!
The wolf before them was already half a step into the void realm. If it then attained immortality, it could very well exceed its forefathers and reach origin dao realm!
“How dare impudent humans bully monster spirits?!” growled the wolf, fixing its silver eyes on Qing Han. “I will permit you to leave if you break one of your arms.”
Qing Han was still holding the remains of half an iron rod in his hand. The silverback gorilla stood behind the wolf and leered tauntingly.
“Since when can beasts like you run rampant in human territory?” Lu Yun took a step forward and responded leisurely, “Aren’t you afraid that the combined might of the human elites will come together, slice and dice all you dumb animals, and stick you in a stew?”
The wolf and other monster spirits in the area glared at him with fury in their eyes.
“Think carefully about your actions. This year’s Sovereign Meet is unlike the tournament three years ago. Back then, we exchanged knowledge and sparred with each other to validate our cultivation. But now, the higher one’s rank, the greater the rewards.
“Wouldn’t it be fine for the competition to be limited to humans? Why should we let dumb animals patake in the glory? Let’s just cut them all down right now, and we’ll have much less competition once the Sovereign Meet begins.
“Besides, humans and monster spirits have been at war for tens of thousands of years. If we were in their territory, we would’ve all died a long time ago.” Lu Yun’s suggestion seeped into hearts like poison, giving rise to waves of shock and want.
That was right, hadn’t things always been like this? Everything was on the table in their quest to take down future competition, which was why they didn’t even bat an eye when monster spirits went after fellow humans.
One person dead was one competitor less. However, Lu Yun’s words had sounded a bell of clarity. If they all worked together now and destroyed the monster spirits in attendance, they would all abruptly have a lot less competition.
Moreover, the monster spirits had been running roughshod over everyone in Destiny City these days. Many a human cultivator had had to take the abuse in silence.