In the Dark City,
"Brother is here!"
Chen Shu arrived at the location of the passage. The Bat King had already vanished, clearly heading for support.
After all, the death of a king-tier lord was a direct slap in the face...
Moreover, the Bat King had no obligation to guard the passage entrance. Its unwavering stance was solely to facilitate support for various locations.
But it could never have imagined,
That the culprit had already arrived in the Dark City via teleportation.
Chen Shu gazed at the massive passage floating in mid-air, his eyes filled with a mix of familiarity and strangeness.
He recalled that the passage was once beneath a black tower, but the black tower had long since disappeared, and the passage was now completely exposed to the world.
Chen Shu wasted no more time and stepped into the [Devil's Den].
"Hmm?"
His gaze was vigilant, but fortunately, he encountered no danger.
Chen Shu found himself in a wilderness, with no trace of human presence anywhere around.
"Dark City is gone?"
His eyes widened in surprise as he looked around. The once massive Dark City had vanished, as if it had never existed.
The Free Alliance had been breached, and the Dark City that guarded the [Devil's Den] was naturally unable to escape the same fate.
Gazing at the empty surroundings, Chen Shu felt a pang of emotion.
Would Dragon Abyss City meet the same end...
After a while, he shook his head, dismissing the thought.
The immediate priority was to make money!
Chen Shu glanced at the black mist in the sky and breathed a sigh of relief. The absence of the Purple Moon meant that the beasts' strength would not be significantly enhanced.
A dark and windy night, and a fierce bandit plunders the heavens!
Half an hour later,
Chen Shu had reached the depths of the den. Although he had only visited once, he had memorized the route and appeared completely familiar with it.
He might not remember the way home, but he would always remember the path to his crimes...
"Let's start by raiding the Bat King's territory!"
Chen Shu licked his lips, a hint of greed in his eyes.
It had been nearly a year; the Bat King should have accumulated some wealth...
"You're picking on acquaintances, aren't you..."
Da Li's mouth twitched. "Can't you find somewhere else to fleece? Do you really want to pluck it bald?"
"No choice, I'm familiar with the Bat King's territory!"
Chen Shu shrugged and continued deeper into the den.
And at this very moment,
His body trembled, and he looked towards the distant horizon, his eyes filled with shock.
The mist in the sky parted, revealing a golden light!
A colossal golden angel, wielding a longsword of judgment, appeared. Its aura was unstable, and its entire body was splattered with the blood of legendary beasts. Though its face was pale, it radiated an terrifying aura!
"Hah!"
With cold eyes, it abruptly stopped and unleashed a world-shattering sword energy into the mist behind it!
The terrifying sword energy, tens of thousands of meters long, cleaved through the black mist, seemingly splitting the entire dim world.
Blinding golden light permeated the area, illuminating the entire [Devil's Den]!
The surrounding ferocious beasts trembled, daring not to gaze directly at the golden light from the heavens.
And at this moment, a ferocious roar echoed from the depths of the mist, like that of an ancient behemoth!
Following the roar, a massive purple beast claw descended, powerfully crushing the golden sword energy!
However, a smear of blood also splashed from its claw.
Seeing this, the golden angel did not linger. Forcing itself despite its severe injuries, it fled into the distance.
The black mist dissipated, replaced by a brilliant purple light. Yet, no body could be seen. Even the purple beast claw from moments ago seemed like an illusion.
Fundamentally, it was because the purple light was surrounded by white mist, and space itself seemed to be distorted!
Tens of thousands of meters away, Chen Shu's expression jolted. He recognized it as spatial mist at a glance!
"An ancient fierce beast?"
Chen Shu's heart was filled with shock. He hadn't expected to encounter such a terrifying creature!
Gazing at the brilliant purple light in the distance, he felt a strange sense of familiarity, but couldn't recall when he had seen it before.
At this moment, his gaze swept over to a golden ferocious beast prostrating itself in the distance.
As its body was illuminated by the purple light, its aura seemed to surge, and a fierce glint appeared in its eyes.
"Hmm?"
Chen Shu's expression flickered. A flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he instantly understood the source of the purple light!
He looked up at the dim sky, recalling the purple moon that once graced the [Devil's Den] at night...
"Could it be that moon..."
He swallowed, his eyes filled with awe. He had initially thought it was merely the celestial phenomenon of this异空间, but it turned out to be an ancient fierce beast!
"Old Qiao ran afoul of this thing, no wonder he was defeated..."
His eyes showed contemplation. Logically, ancient fierce beasts and the current beast emperors were not on the same side, unless one chose to submit.
However, as legendary creatures, all sought to be kings and overlords, and would not easily submit.
Furthermore, the current Purple Moon seemed not to have fully emerged, making it even less likely to intimidate other beast emperors!
There was only one possibility: Old Qiao fell into a trap. Under the beast emperors' scheme, he provoked this ancient fierce beast...
Despite witnessing only a glimpse of the battle, Chen Shu had already roughly analyzed the sequence of events.
In fact, this was precisely the case.
Old Qiao's main contracted spirit was suppressed, and his own combat power instantly dropped by thirty percent, making it difficult to contend with the other beast emperors.
This allowed the Devil Bat King to break free and appear on Blue Star, beginning to clear out the remaining forces of the Free Alliance.
Its primary mission was to hunt down core figures led by Qiao Na.
The Free Alliance had been at war with the [Devil's Den] for years, and the two sides were irreconcilable. The ferocious beasts would not allow the alliance to leave any embers.
"Old Qiao, you can only pray for your own good luck..."
Upon seeing this, Chen Shu had no intention of intervening and decisively chose to make a swift exit!
"Leaving already?"
Da Li raised an eyebrow. "I thought you'd say 'It doesn't matter, you'll handle it'..."
"Handle it... what nonsense!"
Chen Shu, with Da Li, teleported away, distancing themselves from the terrifying battlefield to avoid drawing trouble.
"That thing is no ordinary legendary creature, at least on the level of the Nine-Tailed Fox. I can't afford to provoke it..."
Chen Shu shook his head, feeling a deep sense of apprehension as he recalled the crisis from before.
If it hadn't been for the Nine-Tailed Fox's confused state back then, he truly wasn't confident he could have held on for that long.
The two continued deeper into the den, and the process was remarkably smooth.
The [Devil's Den] was vast, and encountering legendary battles required a bit of luck.
A day later,
Chen Shu once again arrived at the familiar Bat Forest, sighing with emotion:
"Revisiting old places is truly a beautiful thing..."