Chapter 1198: Faithfully loyal

In the underground world below Ghent City, Xu Anqing and Chen Jingshu led the group and quickly moved off to a more secure location.

As they walked through some of the passageways, they could even hear the sound of galloping horses on the streets above them.

The commotion caused by the cataphract regiments moving caused Chen Jingshu and the others to realize the seriousness of the problem. There was such a huge din in Ghent City tonight that it made them feel uneasy.

In the underground black market and casino, many of the merchants closed their businesses in panic.

A lot of people suddenly recalled that Ghent City also became this hectic after the death of Donnelly from the House of Norman.

As such, chaos broke out in the underground.

But everyone quickly realized something else. The chaos tonight was different from that previous time. The knights of the sorcerer clans did not swarm into the underground.

Instead, they sounded like they were all charging towards the center of Ghent City.

At this moment, Qian Weining was following the leaders of the group. Ren Xiaosu had already departed from the party, and so had Melgor. Therefore, all he could do was follow the Sanctuary members as they fled.

The pathways in the underground were complicated, but Xu Anqing led everyone around with a sense of familiarity.

While they were moving, Chen Jingshu suddenly asked, "Could they be targeting Summer?"

"That's the most likely possibility." Xu Anqing said, "The identity of Russell's descendant is enough to make the sorcerer clans mobilize this many people. It looks like we've revealed ourselves too soon."

"Then should we go and save her?" Chen Jingshu frowned and said, "It's very dangerous for her to be alone...."

Xu Anqing turned around and looked at Chen Jingshu. He said in a serious tone, "Jingshu, it's useless even if we go. You probably also estimated that more than 400 knights just passed overhead, and this is only on one of the streets of Ghent City."

"Then are we not going to do anything about it?" Chen Jingshu said.

"All we can do now is pray she can turn the situation around on her own." Xu Anqing said, "I'm not heartless; we really have no other choice. Let's get to the temporary shelter first. We can only wait there patiently tonight."

While talking, they could already see a "guardian" in front of them. Perhaps due to the tense situation, the black tattoos on his face even appeared quite distorted.

The rusty metal door behind the guardian led to the shelter they were headed to. This was a secret passageway the underground residents had dug out themselves.

Xu Anqing looked at the guardian and asked, "Anything unusual happen here at the temporary shelter?"

The guardian answered, "Nothing for now. Those who were allowed in managed to match the secret phrase."

"OK." Xu Anqing nodded and said, "Stay alert."

The guardian pulled open the metal door to let them in. More than a 100 people had gathered in the wide passageway behind it. There were the elderly and children among them, and everyone seemed to be trembling in fear.

Xu Anqing led his group through the crowd to head deeper inside. However, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Where are you from?" Xu Anqing looked at a young man and asked, "Why haven't I seen you around before?"

The young man hiding behind an old man at the side said nonchalantly, "There's so many people underground. You can't have met everyone before, right?"

Xu Anqing frowned and said, "At the very least, I should recognize those who are allowed into this temporary shelter."

As he spoke, the last subordinate behind Qian Weining stepped into the temporary shelter. Immediately after, the metal door behind them was slammed shut by the guardian outside.

The young man who spoke earlier suddenly gave a strange laugh. "It doesn't matter whether you recognize me or not. You parasites living underground will rest here forever after tonight anyway."

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of muscular men in the temporary shelter simultaneously drew short swords they had concealed on themselves.

Xu Anqing was more shocked that there were four or five sorcerers already armed with their Eyes of True Sight among these few hundred people. The young man in front of him was even holding a red Eye of True Sight in his hand. This signified he commanded a high status within the sorcerer clans.

Above that, only an archmage like Kayle who had been famous for a long time would be allowed to use a gold Eye of True Sight.

Xu Anqing said calmly, "You were targeting us? You've really mobilized a lot of people then."

"Well, no." The young man said with a light chuckle, "You lot are only the supporting cast tonight. The patriarch has decided not to tolerate you all anymore, so he thought we might as well get rid of you people in case you collude with the Central Plains."

Central Plains? Xu Anqing was shocked.

So it turned out the troops in Ghent City tonight were not targeting Summer and the Sanctuary. Their target was Ren Xiaosu!

But something strange suddenly happened in the temporary shelter's passageway. Everyone felt as though their world had turned upside down. What was originally the ceiling had become the ground, while the ground had become the ceiling!

Caught off guard, everyone fell towards the "ceiling" as though they were falling from a great height.

Only Xu Anqing, Chen Jingshu, the other members of the Sanctuary, the elderly, and the children were the exceptions as they hung upside down from the "ceiling." Hands of mud had reached out from the walls of the passageway and grabbed their ankles to hold them so they wouldn't suffer from the sudden switch of the gravity field.

Xu Anqing and the others were hanging in the air like gigantic bats.

Meanwhile, the Tudor family's knights and sorcerers, who were lying in ambush in the passageway, lost their balance in the chaos. Their sorcerers could not even recite the spells they wanted to cast.

Some of the sorcerers also lost grip of their Eyes of True Sight as they rolled off into the distance.

Xu Anqing was relieved to see these two spells, the Inversion spell and the Swamp Hands spell, be cast at the same time. Meanwhile, Chen An'an cheered in surprise when she saw this. "Father is back?!"

The Knights of Tudor and sorcerers struggled to get up after falling once. But before they could grab their short swords and Eyes of True Sight again, the inverted gravity field returned to normal.

All of a sudden, the enemies, who had already taken a hard fall, fell from the ceiling back to the ground again.

The metal door outside opened, and a burly man came in carrying the head of the guardian outside. Meanwhile, more than a dozen people emerged from the walls of the passageway.

This was not an enchanted doorway but an earth-elemental spell.

Tonight, Chen Jingshu and the others were ambushed, but Chen An'an's father, Chen Jiu, had returned long ago. The reason they did not show themselves was because they were waiting for the moment when their enemies revealed themselves.

The spies from the House of Tudor who infiltrated the underground thought they had successfully ambushed the core members of the Sanctuary, but actually, Xu Anqing and Chen Jingshu were merely the bait set by Chen Jiu.

These dozen-odd members of the Sanctuary who had suddenly appeared wore black cloaks. They quickly killed the spies who had sneaked into the temporary shelter and spared all the Knights of the Inferno who came in with Qian Weining. This made Qian Weining realize these people from the Sanctuary must have been hiding here for a long time.

Xu Anqing looked at Chen Jiu. "Boss, when did you all get back?"

"Not long ago. When I learned the enchanted doorway had been destroyed, I quickly rushed back." Chen Jiu pointed at Qian Weining and asked Xu Anqing, "Who are these soldiers? The way they walk and move their arms suggests they're from the Knights of the Inferno. What are you all doing with them? Did I miss something?"

"Ren Xiaosu has arrived in Ghent City. After the enchanted doorway was destroyed, he brought Summer up to the surface and said he was going to retrieve something the Rider had left behind in the Russell family's safekeeping," Xu Anqing explained. "You also heard what the sorcerer from the House of Tudor said just now. They're out to kill Ren Xiaosu tonight."

"It's not only the House of Tudor." Chen Jiu shook his head. "When we rushed back, we discovered that the Knights of Tudor and the Normans' Knights of Radiance had already started making their way back to Ghent City. Zhang Haoyun sent news that the Knights of the Inferno in the south are also heading north. It seems that the three clans have joined forces."

Xu Anqing and Chen Jingshu were dumbfounded. "They're deploying that many soldiers? Is that really necessary?"

"I'm not sure," Chen Jiu replied, shaking his head.

Logically, no matter how powerful Ren Xiaosu might be, there shouldn't be a need to mobilize the main forces of the three biggest chivalric orders just to kill him, right? Ren Xiaosu was only one person, after all.

This was totally illogical!

Xu Anqing said, "What are we going to do? Should we save him?"

"Yes." Chen Jiu said firmly, "The sorcerer clans must have their reasons for mobilizing so many troops to kill him. Who knows? This might be our opportunity to rise up."

The members of the Sanctuary did not kill the sorcerers of the House of Tudor. Instead, they severed their tendons and left them in the tunnel so their bloodline spell would not be triggered.

They could not be sure there were no children of any archmages among them. If they accidentally summoned the Tudor family's patriarch here, it would be troublesome.

Once the Sanctuary departed from here, these sorcerers of the Tudor family would be left to wail and curse in the passageway, but no one would bother about them.

...

Some people said Ghent City was so big it would take seven days to get out of the eastern district on horse. This was undoubtedly an exaggeration.

If there were really a need, the warhorses could traverse the city in half a day's sprint.

But at this moment, as Ren Xiaosu stood on the dome of the Rose Monastery and looked around him, he really felt that the vast Ghent City stretched as far as the eye could see. He felt like he was on a mountain.

The Knights of Tudor and the Knights of Radiance rushed in from outside the city. Those knights who were originally headed to the battlefield in the south had all rushed back to Ghent City's rescue.

Knights were garrisoned in Ghent City to begin with. Now that the main forces had all turned around, it was really an astounding sight.

The Tudor, Norman, and Berkeley families even abandoned fighting a civil war due to their persistence in wanting to kill Ren Xiaosu in Ghent City.

"Wang Wenyan." Ren Xiaosu smiled. He believed the Berkeley family's claims would definitely not be able to influence the Houses of Tudor and Norman to arrive at this decision. Therefore, Wang Wenyan must surely have contributed to this ambush that was waiting for Ren Xiaosu.

At the southern gate, the heavily armored Knights of Tudor poured in like a dark torrent.

The Knights of Tudor riding their steeds galloped through the streets with cold expressions on their faces, and the hooves of their warhorses clopped noisily on the stone pavement in the night.

The Tudor family's falcon banner was fluttering in the wind at the front of the group. All of a sudden, Ren Xiaosu saw a fireball rising into the air from a small alley and flying towards him before exploding high above his head.

This was not an attack but to point out Ren Xiaosu's location for the knights who had just entered the city.

A moment later, the St. Tudor Knight commander at the distant city gate raised his lance high up and pointed it in the direction of the fireball.

In an instant, the most elite knights in the Kingdom of Sorcerers suddenly changed directions without any hesitation.

Amid the thunderous galloping, the residents of Ghent City remained silent out of fear. Everyone understood something big was about to happen tonight.

Ren Xiaosu stood at the top of the dome and took in the sight of everything surging towards him. It was as though the night sky was boiling over.

But so what?

He took a deep breath and jumped down from the dome, just like how Ren He had jumped off the mountain peak with him.

Ren He had asked him in the letter: "Xiaosu, are you still courageous?

"Most people only come to realize after their youth has passed that the most precious thing in life is the courage to see the world while they were young, and the unyielding passion that used to fill them."

Without a doubt, Ren Xiaosu had never lacked courage.

White Mask had already returned to his side. The two figures darted into separate alleys like two parallel rays of light that kept advancing, like two shooting stars.

The St. Tudor Knight rode over and clamped the end of the lance under his arm. When Ren Xiaosu came up to him, the knight commander suddenly pulled the reins of his horse.

The warhorse immediately reared up. As it came back down to the ground, the St. Tudor Knight thrust his lance forward with the momentum!

The heavily armored knight's lance penetrated through the air like a heavy cannonball. This was an attack that heavily armored knights were proficient in. Using the huge inertia of their warhorses, even if the enemy had their shield raised, they could not block the impact of such an attack.

But a moment later, the St. Tudor Knight was surprised to see the young man in front of him taking out a steel machine from somewhere and holding it in his arms.

A long, flaming tongue erupted in the darkness of the night. The metal storm fired from the heavy machine gun only took two seconds to completely cover the entire alley.

The dozens of Knights of Tudor who had just surrounded Ren Xiaosu in the alley were instantly wiped out!

Ren Xiaosu carried the heavy machine gun that was still emitting smoke and walked out onto the long boulevard to face the knights who were surrounding him from the front and back alone.

In front of him were the Knights of Tudor, and behind him were the Normans' Knights of Radiance.

He was fully surrounded by foes.

Ren Xiaosu hefted the heavy machine gun in his hands again and fired wildly. "C'mon, sorcerers, make your move."

Right from the beginning, he had taken out a lethal weapon like the heavy machine gun to tell those sorcerers, "If y'all don't make a move, no one can do anything to me."

When the Knights of Tudor on the south side were utterly defeated, Ren Xiaosu put away his heavy machine gun and continued running southwards. At this moment, another group of knights appeared from the alley on the left and tried to outflank Ren Xiaosu.

But before these Knights of Tudor could rush out of their alley, they were intercepted by Old Xu.

With Old Xu around, it would be impossible for these knights from the era of melee weapons to surround Ren Xiaosu.

Perhaps the magi from the Kingdom of Sorcerers did not understand that Ren Xiaosu had not come here to sacrifice himself, nor perish together with the Kingdom of Sorcerers.

As Ren Xiaosu dashed forward madly, a group of soldiers suddenly emerged on the roofs of the Gothic buildings on both sides of the street and started shooting arrows.

The rain of arrows that blotted out the sky was like an enormous swarm of locusts or a storm cloud sweeping over.

When the arrows were about to reach Ren Xiaosu, the young man leaped up and instantly covered himself with his armor. When the arrows hit the armor, they all shattered into pieces.

Before Ren Xiaosu could land on the ground, a steam locomotive suddenly appeared out of thin air under him. Amid the barrage of arrows, it was as though an Eastern dragon had crashed through the ominous clouds.

Ren Xiaosu landed on the front of the train and stood upright. He was wearing gray metallic armor and riding on a ferocious black train. All of this seemed to have come from Purgatory with its finger pointed straight at the hypocritical kingdom in front of it.

The steam locomotive was very fast. When it whizzed through the city, everyone seemed to hear the sound of a storm.

Many of the knights who were shooting from the roofs felt that in the blink of an eye, Ren Xiaosu, who was standing at the front of the train, had gotten very far away from them.

The archmages could no longer sit still. If Ren Xiaosu were to force his way out of Ghent City, what would become of the gods' reputation?

All of a sudden, the hot summer temperature dropped.

Ren Xiaosu frowned and realized that Old Xu, who had been protecting him throughout this battle, was gradually being covered in a layer of frost.

In that instant, several icebergs erupted from the ground and broke through the buildings next to the street as they rose into the air. The bricks of the buildings were all shattered, and the icebergs forcibly trapped Old Xu within them.

Just as Xu Anqing and Chen Jingshu had said, they must not underestimate the archmages no matter what. The Houses of Tudor and Norman were able to stand tall in the Kingdom of Sorcerers precisely because they were capable of doing so.

Ren Xiaosu had never faced a figure like the Tudor family's patriarch who stood at the top of the pyramid of power. And now, the other party had imprisoned Old Xu with a single attack.

That iceberg was extremely dense, and no matter how hard Old Xu tried to shatter through it, there seemed to be no end to its size as it kept "growing."

Ren Xiaosu made up his mind and decided to simply take out an RPG to help Old Xu shatter the iceberg. Although this would hurt himself a little, it would definitely be effective.

If that still didn't work out, he would resort to the thermobaric bombs!

But before he could make his move, he suddenly saw the ground in front of the steam locomotive splitting apart. An icy crack snaked towards Ren Xiaosu like a bolt of lightning.

When the frost hit him, Ren Xiaosu even felt that the armor's movements were slowed a little. Inside the armor, his eyebrows were covered in a thin layer of frost.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly kicked off the steam locomotive and leaped away from it.

The moment he separated from the steam locomotive, the icy crack on the ground turned into a real abyss. A natural moat seemed to have appeared out of thin air on the long boulevard.

The steam locomotive plunged into the abyss of the crevice, having lost the foundation to hold its tracks.

When the sorcerers did not make a move, everything seemed easy. But the moment they struck, it was as if they were out to eliminate what was the greatest threat to they sorcerers.

Of course, the opponent had always regarded Old Xu as an independent entity. By targeting Old Xu first, the sorcerers probably thought it was far more of a threat than Ren Xiaosu.

The Tudor family's patriarch had made his move, but Ren Xiaosu did not panic. He was still determined to break through any encirclements as he headed south.

When the Knights of Tudor and Knights of Radiance saw that Old Xu and the steam locomotive had been restrained separately, they turned fanatical again.

Amid the perilous situation, Ren Xiaosu suddenly made his way into a small alley. He wanted to use the dense buildings in Ghent City as cover to escape the sight of the archmages.

According to Chen Jingshu, the casting range of an archmage's spell should be around a 1,000 meters. Be it the Tudor or the Norman families' patriarchs, they would definitely keep a distance that reflected their desire to live.

This also meant that after Ren Xiaosu entered the alley, the other party would not be able to deal a precise blow to him unless they voluntarily got closer.

A huge ice sculpture of a falcon materialized in the sky. It flapped its wings and flew in Ren Xiaosu's direction in an attempt to identify his exact location from a bird's-eye view.

Each time the falcon flapped its wings, a large amount of frost scattered into the air. The icy aura was an astounding sight to behold.

It flew straight through the air as it searched for Ren Xiaosu below with its sharp eyes.

But just as it was approaching Ren Xiaosu, it looked down and realized he was pointing a black steel weapon at it.

The young man hiding behind a building looked at the falcon through his scope and seemed to be smiling.

A gunshot rang out. Finally, the House of Tudor understood how the falcon the advance guard had sent out went missing back then!

"He actually dares to stay still and ambush us?" An aged voice at the back of the Knights of Tudor sneered, "Close in on him. Don't let him escape from Ghent City."

An archmage looked at the elderly Tudor family's patriarch. "Won't too many civilians become collateral damage if we fight the battle in the city? This might affect our reputation to a certain extent. More importantly, some vital trade goods are stored in this area."

"What's there to be afraid of? His escape route leads diagonally to the southern gate. That's where the Norman family's territory is located." The Tudor family's patriarch said calmly, "We'll kill him right there."

...

On Rose Avenue, Xu Anqing and the others emerged from the sewers. But at this moment, the knights were already in pursuit of Ren Xiaosu and headed to the south of Ghent City.

As such, all they could see were corpses strewn all over the ground.

Just as Summer and Melgor had first witnessed this sight, everyone was shocked and speechless as they stood on the now silent Rose Avenue.

"Did he really fight his way out single-handedly?" Xu Anqing asked with a gasp.

Chen Jiu scanned his surroundings and said, "All of them suffered sharp slash wounds. I'm afraid that this was really the handiwork of one person."

"There's around 710 dead." Qian Weining had identified the death toll with just a glance.

"Someone like that from the Central Plains coming to the Kingdom of Sorcerers is just like a wolf among sheep." Xu Anqing sighed.

Chen Jingshu suddenly said, "He once said he's actually here because he wants to destroy the Kingdom of Sorcerers."

"Let's go, the commotion is happening in the south."

With that, Chen Jiu led the way towards the end of Rose Avenue. When they turned south at an intersection, they were surprised to discover no fewer corpses on the other street than on Rose Avenue.

As everyone walked on, they sometimes felt like they were walking in Hell. Although the Sanctuary members had also killed before, they had never truly fought on a real battlefield.

Therefore, they were shocked by this sight.

It was as though the world's cruelest scene was right here in front of them.

"Aunt, do you remember when we previously speculated whether Ren Xiaosu had killed anyone before?" Chen An'an said in a low voice, "At that time, we guessed he had killed no more than 10 people."

But in actual fact, they had been traveling with the most ferocious superhuman in the world for so long.

Everyone continued chasing southwards for a long time.

Chen Jiu suddenly said, "Create an observation deck for me."

"It will be dangerous. What if you stand too high and attract the attention of the Tudors and the Normans?" Xu Anqing said anxiously.

"I can't care that much anymore. I have to see what's happening," Chen Jiu said firmly.

Qian Weining took out a pair of military binoculars from his knapsack. "This was given to me by my master. You can use it to see farther out."

"Thank you," Chen Jiu said to him after taking the binoculars.

After that, a member of the Sanctuary next to Chen Jiu held a red Eye of True Sight in his hand and recited an incantation. The gray brick ground underneath Chen Jiu's feet suddenly rose up. This earth-elemental spell instantly provided Chen Jiu with a platform and sent him dozens of meters up into the air so he could visually survey the entire city.

But before the observation deck could reach its highest point, Chen Jiu raised the military binoculars to his eyes and was stunned by what he saw.

In front of him, no one in the vast Ghent City turned their heads to look at him. Everyone only had one target: the young man sprinting madly in the distance.

Chen Jiu swore this was the most magnificent sight he had ever witnessed in his life. All of the enemy's forces were converging in one direction like a dark torrent, and their target was only that one person.

As he was standing high enough, and with the aid of the binoculars, Chen Jiu could see the entire battlefield.

Ren Xiaosu had already deactivated his armor, so it might not seem like there was anything magnificent about this scene. However, there was another sense of spectacularity in the speed and strength of that mad sprint.

Chen Jiu suddenly realized there was another trick to the young man's escape route. It was not without pattern as the other party traversed the alleys.

During this grand pursuit, Chen Jiu saw Ren Xiaosu constantly avoiding the residents' homes, and it was as though he were worried the innocent would become collateral damage in the battle.

It was not that the young man did not have a chance to fight back, but that he was not obsessed with the battle as he fled southwards.

No, he was not trying to escape. Rather, he was trying to lure the knights and sorcerers to pursue him southwards.

"Why?" Chen Jiu muttered, "What are you trying to do?"

...

There was a massive goods distribution center located near the southern gate of Ghent City. All the tribute transported from the south to the House of Norman was loaded and unloaded here.

Just when Ren Xiaosu arrived at this area, the heavily armored Tudor family's patriarch got up from his palanquin. Due to his old age, the heavy armor was a burden for him. He needed someone to support him so he could properly stand up.

The huge palanquin was being carried by 16 shirtless gladiators. Silk and tassels were hanging from the pavilion-like structure.

On the palanquin, the Tudor family's patriarch stood still and stared ahead with the black Eye of True Sight in hand.

Hundreds of Knights of Tudor surrounded the patriarch in case anyone suddenly ambushed him.

"Go and create an opportunity for me." The Tudor family's patriarch's aged voice crackled from behind his armor.

The second-in-command of the House of Tudor nodded next to him. "Understood, Father."

The archmage used the Wind Bind spell to lift himself into the sky. During this short moment in the air, the gold Eye of True Sight in his hand gradually started glowing.

The chanting of the mysterious incantation sounded like a distant hymn.

The Knights of Tudor who were guarding the palanquin sat solemnly on their warhorses, their expressions concealed behind their dark-gray visors.

Ren Xiaosu was getting close to the southern gate and was only one kilometer away.

Suddenly, he felt a tremendous silvery glow flaring up behind him. The killing intent the House of Tudor had suppressed for a long time was finally about to bloom.

The two archmages had joined hands, with one archmage's sole intention to create an opportunity for the Tudor family's patriarch to kill Ren Xiaosu. In their opinion, Ren Xiaosu was a dead man running.

The incantation, which went on for several seconds, was recited for just the moment it would take effect.

But to their surprise, it was not just time that was a step ahead of their sorcery, but guns and explosives as well.

The sound of a gun being fired came from the top of the walls.

As the clap of thunder boomed, Ren Xiaosu smiled at the cap-wearing girl up ahead. She was smiling back at him.

It was as though the two of them did not care where the bullet that was just fired was headed. Time seemed to have stopped in their world.

Just like countless times in the past, she would always turn up when Ren Xiaosu needed her.

There was no prior agreement between them, but the girl was unwilling to miss out on any part of Ren Xiaosu's life.

The spinning bullet stirred up the darkness of the night and traveled across time and space, piercing all the way through the archmage who had flown into the sky.

The person Ren Xiaosu had been waiting for had finally arrived, and those who were supposed to be here were finally here as well.

Luo Lan was jumping up and down on the walls as he waved his hands. The golden martyred spirits set up their guns while Zhou Qi had a look of disdain on his face.

Wang Yun, Ji Zi'ang, the Great Hoodwinker, and P5092 looked at each other happily while the chubster, Xun Yeyu, stood off to the side with a look of despair.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yingxue stood behind Yang Xiaojin like an obedient kitten.

They were all covered in dirt, and it looked like they had not wasted any time in rushing to Ghent City.

Yang Xiaojin and Zhou Yingxue had arrived earlier, even earlier than Ren Xiaosu.

A second later, Ren Xiaosu spun around and looked in the direction he had come from. The Tudors' and the Normans' knights were surging towards him from that direction. The galloping of their steeds' horseshoes sounded like the ocean tide, and their battle cries sounded like the howling wind.

All of the world's foes?

Ren Xiaosu laughed and said, "Y'all done chasing? It's my turn now. Welcome to my world."

In the deep darkness of the night, the tens of thousands of gratitude tokens in Ren Xiaosu's mind palace were rapidly decreasing. Light gray Proficiency Stones were dispensed out of the vending machine and dissipated into dust as they came rolling out, turning into the foundation of Ren Xiaosu's sorcery.

"Prosperous! Northwest!"

In front of the boundless incoming tsunami, a stellar gate opened.

The stellar gate was no longer the same as before. It had become more than 10 times larger and looked as though a divine kingdom were about to descend on Earth.

The revolving particles were as dazzling as starlight!

Yang Xiaojin looked quietly at the sight behind the stellar gate and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. That was the Jing Mountains, the place she had first met Ren Xiaosu.

...

A group of troops who had been stationed in the Jing Mountains for a long time were checking on the vital signs of the two huge monsters in front of them daily.

Groups of tiny nanomachines were swimming inside the monsters' bloodstreams.

Five tactical military laptops were set up in front of the sleeping behemoths. These troops had even brought along a power generator.

At this moment, one of the huge monsters suddenly opened its eyes. The vertical black pupils in its amber eyes were an abyss sharp as knives.

The other creature was still sleeping under the control of the nanomachines.

The awoken monster slowly stood up.

A red warning alert appeared on the computer screens in the form of exclamation marks indicating danger.

"We've lost control of the evolved creature, A002!"

"We've lost control of the evolved creature, A002!"

The nanomachines in Creature A002's body gradually inactivated. That creature's huge willpower started resisting all external electromagnetic waves coming from its brain stem.

In the end, it broke free from the "lock" in its body.

Everyone in this group of troops was simultaneously looking at the stellar gate next to Creature A002. The seven satellites in the sky quickly searched for all activity on the surface of the earth and finally zoomed in on the stellar gate in Ghent City.

This was a... dimensional portal.

The program running on the tactical laptops seemed like it had encountered an error. It was as though it could not understand what was going on.

They could only let that creature plunge headfirst into that dazzling portal.

...

"Roar!"

A terrifying roar rang out from the stellar gate and sent the oncoming knights and warhorses into panic. Those trained warhorses seemingly turned into ordinary frightened foals and were unwilling to take another step forward.

A red figure large enough to blot out the sky emerged from behind the stellar gate. Then it lowered its head and nudged Ren Xiaosu affectionately.

Ren Xiaosu smiled in return and stroked its snout. "Are you Midnight or Dusk?"

Midnight and Dusk were the names of the two terrifying creatures.

This was an old friend who had accompanied Ren Xiaosu through a difficult time back in Laboratory 39.

It was a gift from Ren He for Ren Xiaosu's 12th birthday, two pet leopard geckos.

On that day in the Jing Mountains, it did not climb out of the volcano due to its rage but because it sensed its master's aura.

They had consumed the Blood of God. Upon receiving the summon of that god, they returned to their master's side again, all the while faithfully loyal.