Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Hold on… why are there so many Ferals?”
“Something’s not right!”
Jiang He’s delight slowly stiffened then, and he leapt atop an abandoned bus parked nearby.
Though it was nighttime, Jiang He’s vision had grown stronger by the day. Moreover, the moon was not too dark, which made it no different from morning for Jiang He.
He looked out to find over a dozen of Ferals.
All of them were bounding towards the same direction where Jiang He himself was advancing.
Then, before that dozen of Ferals vanished from sight, another few Ferals charged forward from the distance in the night. In fact, when one of them passed by Jiang He’s bus, it merely looked up at him once before continuing to run ahead.
“…”
Jiang He looked visibly puzzled.
He jumped off the bus and killed the Feral with a single slap, and could not help exclaiming, “What on earth is this?
“Perhaps…
“Could a treasure be born over there?”
That idea struck Jiang He then.
From his experience from reading novels, a treasure’s birth could well be the reason for such a phenomenon. It could possess the ability to evolve Ferals, which was why so many of them were attracted to it.
“No, that’s not it!”
“If that’s the case, the Ferals would lose their rationality over the treasure, and resort to fighting or even killing each other…”
Still, since Jiang He would not know the cause, he saved himself the trouble of thinking.
Killing a few Ferals was a good thing anyway, and the night was still long, and he would not fall asleep even if he went back to his hotel now.
Hence, Jiang He continued forward, drawing out his Dragon-Slaying Saber and cutting down any Feral he could reach. He would even keep trying to fuse thunder will into his blade to strengthen its power whenever in attack.
He noticed in surprise then that thunder will could even be fused into his Ninefold Thunderblade technique, slightly increasing its damage.
Soon, Chongming Island was within sight.
It was quite a big island that spanned almost 1200 square kilometers, with several hundred thousand people inhabiting it. Continuous accumulation of river washed down towards it by increased its size by five square kilometers annually, and certain specialists had forecasted that the island would eventually connect to land.
And now, the land on both sides of Chongming Island was not far.
Jiang He, standing at the northern end of the island was facing a kilometer-wide river that was flowing serenely.
There were many gigantic Ferals gathered by the riverbanks, all of them keeping quiet while staring collectively towards Chongming Island.
From a single glance, one could see that there were no less than a thousand Ferals gathered there, the strongest of which were rank-seven and the weakest rank-two.
Furthermore, their numbers were slowly growing as Ferals continued running there to join the horde, and at this rate, the Ferals’ number would increase by several times in less than two days, reaching thousands or even dozen thousand!
Jiang He’s eyes tightened even as he hid above a tree three kilometers to the rear.
A possibility crossed his mind.
“Feral Swarm!”
“With so many Ferals gathered here, a Feral Swarm would definitely ignite!”
“Damn it!”
Jiang He clenched his teeth. Once the Feral Swarm attacked a city, there was no telling how many would die before they could repel their assault, and the city might even fall…
After some thought, he quietly drew out his Dragon God-Type Nuclear Rocket Launcher from his System Backpack, and loaded a 200-ton yield nuclear warhead.
[W-55 Nuclear Warhead]
[Yield: 200 tons]
[Explosive radius: 8km]
To avoid the Feral Swarm from attacking a human city and inflict massive casualties, it was only logical to chase them off before the swarm took shape.
Without sparing any words, Jiang He fired the nuclear warhead instantly.
Whoosh!
A sharp burst through the air cut through the silent night sky. The W-55 nuclear warhead, propelled by the momentum of the Dragon God-Type Nuclear Rocket Launcher, shot towards the flocks of gathered Ferals, leaving a long trail of flame behind it…
***
Meanwhile.
On a water tower around ten kilometers away, several figures could be seen hiding on the roof.
The water tower had long since been abandoned, with a flying Feral having nested on top. It was dead now, however, as the elites of Jiangnan MAD’s intelligence wing lurked there.
From there, they could observe what happened on Chongming Island with their night vision binoculars, and there was also an Awakened with all-seeing eye powers amongst them.
Unlike the other all-seeing eye working under Pudgy Jiang, this intelligence officer’s powers had reached B-class, and had equipped a headset.
That was when he suddenly could not hold back from exclaiming, “There’s a person approaching Chongming Island, just nearby the gathering Feral Swarm!”
“What?”
Everyone’s face dropped at that, and a middle-aged man could not help cursing, “Which blind fool is that suicidal?” With that many Ferals gathered, the swarm might attack before schedule if they’re startled!”
The middle-aged man immediately contacted Wang Gang, chief of Jiangnan’s MAD intelligence wing, growling, “We’ve got jumped boss. Unknown martial artist spotted approaching the swarm…”
“What the hell!”
“RPG!”
And yet, even before he finished, the Awakened with all-seeing eye cried out in surprise.
In the very next instant!
Boom!
An enormous explosion thundered! Everyone rushed to the edge of the water tower to find a blinding white light blazing where the Ferals had flocked. Night was illuminated into daytime, and even from ten kilometers away, the light was blinding to their eyes.
A small mushroom cloud rose as the light fades.
Raaaawr!
Countless beats shrieked and bellowed, only to have another rocket fired towards their direction in the next second!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three kilometers away from the explosions, the massive tree was already vaporized by the shockwave from the blasts. But at Jiang He’s thought, his Dark Golden Combat and Nature Qi had materialized and shielded his body, with his True Qi forming a defensive screen as well to protect himself.
He then proficiently and rapidly loaded his nuclear warheads and fired four times, each with his W-55 nuclear warhead rounds of 200 ton-yield. As such, within five seconds, a dazzling radiance shone around the beasts flocking at the riverbanks…
As he listened to the Ferals’ crazed shrieks, howls and bellows, Jiang He had an unbearable look on his face…
“Oh, there are just so many of them,” he sighed. “How much could I have sold them for if I killed them in the usual way? Some of them must taste good too…”
“Eh? There’s actually one straggler?”
He hence gave chase, blade in hand, promptly cutting the Feral down with some wild swings.
Either way, the thousand-over Ferals were definitely now blown to hell. Even if they were not dead, the incredible radiation would ensure that they did not live for long… unless there were more freakishness.
That was when a draconic roar echoed from Chongming Island, following by more roars that rang across the night like thunderbolts.
“The Black King Drake???”
Jiang He frowned…
He could sense a heart wrenching, terrifying aura even from afar, and it eclipsed even the Third Elder of the Sky Demon Cult.
“No wonder it was said that the Black King Drake is one of the strongest rank-nine. Its aura is actually that powerful?”
“Even when compared to me… it seemed to be a few notches stronger?”
Jiang He was shocked, but he soon composed himself.
“It’s better if it’s powerful. Would it have been interesting if I could kill it with a few slashes?”
Laughing out loud, he charged his Nine Yang True Qi, materializing the silhouette of several suns behind himself. Bounding across the radioactive wasteland directly, he darted towards Chongming Island.
Still, Jiang He had no idea that the Black King Drake had ascended from rank-nine pinnacle to above rank-nine just this morning…
“Black King Drake, come face your death!” He yelled nonetheless.
His raging cry resounded over dozens of miles!
