Chapter 159: Suspected...

Lu Sheng ordered his subordinates to launch a carpet-style offensive.

He dispatched team after team.

Each team consisted of at least five hundred Tier-6 monsters, ten Tier-7 monsters, and one Tier-8 monster.

Having successively slain the monster teams led by Bai Cheng and Tian Ya, Lu Sheng now possessed twenty Tier-8 monsters alone.

He had even more Tier-6 and Tier-7 subordinates in his hands.

There were already about ten thousand Tier-6s and around seven hundred Tier-7s.

Twenty massive monster squads were immediately formed and dispatched to slaughter their way into every corner of District 13.

After arranging all this, Lu Sheng relaxed entirely.

Next, he only needed to wait for the harvest.

As time passed, the people of the entire District 13 once again felt the might of Lu Sheng.

With the passage of time, the teams sent out by Lu Sheng began to hunt down the newly descended monsters.

As soon as they took action, Lu Sheng's power was instantly revealed.

Wherever they passed, not a single monster was left alive.

Tier-8 was basically the pinnacle of strength among the descended monsters.

They were not so easily encountered.

The majority were still below Tier-6 and Tier-6.

Tier-7, Tier-8, and Tier-9 were all in the minority.

Among them, Tier-9 was even rarer, and there couldn't possibly be more than a few in the entire District 13.

There would be quite a few Tier-8s, but whenever a team encountered a Tier-8 entity, Lu Sheng would dispatch either Tian Ya or Bai Cheng to strike.

It might seem like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but what Lu Sheng wanted was speed; he wanted to resolve battles swiftly.

He needed to rapidly accumulate resources and enhance his strength.

Leaving such battle power idle by his side was wasteful, so naturally, sending them out was much more useful.

At the same time, Lu Sheng placed positioning anchors on the Tier-8 monsters in each monster squad.

Whenever Lu Sheng wished, he could appear beside these monster teams at any time.

However, Lu Sheng did not want to make himself that exhausted.

He did this merely to guard against the appearance of Tier-9s and to make the collection of Law Stones more convenient.

Origin Points would appear directly in his account, but Law Stones would not materialize directly in his hands.

He still needed to retrieve them himself.

As long as his subordinates collected them, a single spatial teleportation would get him there.

As his Law of Space grew stronger, the number of anchors he could set increased as well.

By now, even he didn't know how many anchors he could place.

Yet, even having grown stronger, he would not set anchors haphazardly.

He would only place them at critical moments to provide convenience.

Once used, the anchors would be erased.

Thus, Lu Sheng rested on the floating continent, waiting for his subordinates to gather resources for him. He was responsible for collecting them, his main body focused on cultivation, and his avatar enjoyed leisure.

If not for the fact that the avatar could not cultivate, Lu Sheng would surely have made the avatar cultivate while his main body enjoyed these leisurely moments.

Fortunately, the sensations were shared; when the avatar enjoyed, he enjoyed as well.

Otherwise, even if it were his own avatar, Lu Sheng would feel shortchanged.

Meanwhile, the previously panicked people throughout District 13 began to receive a piece of news.

The leader of the World Annihilation Alliance, Lu Sheng, had once again sent out his subordinates to clear out the monsters existing within District 13.

Some people had already been rescued.

This news was spread by those who had been rescued.

At the same time, they also described the approximate strength of the monster squads.

Around five hundred Tier-6s, an unknown number of Tier-7s numbering at least five, and the suspected presence of a Tier-8.

This was the news currently circulating throughout District 13.

With the release of this news, the people of the entire District 13 were utterly shocked.

"Subordinates that include Tier-8 existences? No way, right?"

"Heh... Impossible? Let me tell you, not only is there a high probability of Tier-8s existing, but there's also a strong chance there isn't just one."

"Do you know how many monster teams Leader Lu Sheng has dispatched so far?"

"According to incomplete statistics, up to now, five such teams have been discovered, which means there are at least five Tier-8s!"

"And this is still incomplete statistics; there might be many more teams we haven't discovered yet."

As the strength of the monster squads was revealed one by one, the people of District 13 grew more and more shocked, eventually turning into elation.

They well knew what a Tier-8 represented.

The six top factions of Luzhou only qualified as top factions because each had a Tier-8 holding down the fort.

What about Lu Sheng?

Five Tier-8s?

加上 Lu Sheng himself, wouldn't a single person rival the entire six top factions of Luzhou combined?

Such thoughts involuntarily floated through the minds of everyone who learned the news.

However, the monster attacks quickly pulled these people back to reality.

Whatever they might be thinking, the first thing they needed to do right now was resist the monster advance.

Even if they wanted to join the World Annihilation Alliance to seek shelter, they had no opportunity right now.

No matter what they desired for the future, the primary task was to ensure their own current safety.

Clearly, they were struggling even to guarantee their own safety.

Facing the massive monster army, numerous factions and small groups in District 13 appeared utterly insignificant.

Chen Fengyu was one of those insignificant ones. As a woman, she led a small group, struggling to survive in this world.

Before the beam of light descended, life had been quite pleasant.

Yet with the descent of the beam, the entire world grew far more dangerous.

They could still resist the monsters brought by the first wave of light beams.

Moreover, following Lu Sheng's massive purge, the monsters in District 13 had been completely eradicated, rendering the district exceptionally safe, leaving her with nothing to worry about.

However, with today's descent of the second wave of light beams, the danger level of the entire world escalated once again.

After several small-scale battles, the monsters she currently encountered were noticeably much stronger than those brought by the previous beam of light.

Relying on her Tier-7 strength, coupled with a small number of Tier-6 elites in her squad, simply staying alive was proving extremely difficult.

During this period, she also learned of Lu Sheng sending out a large number of subordinates to sweep District 13 once again.

This news plunged her into a brief contemplation.

After pondering for a long time, she stood up and swept her gaze over her panting, exhausted companions.

"Sisters, I think we need to find someone to pledge our allegiance to."

Hearing their big sister speak, the many women were stunned at first, as if they couldn't believe their ears.

Because in their eyes, big sister Chen Fengyu was a woman who would never condescend to submit to anyone else.

Until now, it wasn't as if no major factions wanted to recruit their big sister, and there were even some medium-sized factions willing to share the world equally with her, forming a faction with two leaders.

Yet Chen Fengyu had refused them all, and without the slightest hesitation.

Yet now, they heard their big sister taking the initiative to say she wanted to find someone to rely on.

Under the current circumstances, this was naturally a good thing, so after a brief moment of stupefaction, they also grew excited.

They immediately started chattering animatedly.

"Big sister, which faction are you planning to join?" a lively girl asked proactively.

"If you ask me, big sister will probably choose a faction whose overall strength is roughly similar to ours to join, so we won't have to take orders from others or be bossed around," a robust-looking woman muttered in a muffled voice.

Her appearance could practically be described as a female version of Li Kui.

"Actually, I think big sister might choose the newly emerging top faction, the World Annihilation Alliance," a somewhat quiet and gentle woman analyzed carefully.

Chen Fengyu smiled. "Quiet! I'll just spell it out directly: I do indeed want to join the World Annihilation Alliance. Actually, I inquired about the World Annihilation Alliance yesterday and was tempted then, but because District 13 had no monsters or dangerous existences and I felt relatively secure, I dismissed the idea of joining."

"Who would have thought, though, that after just a single day, so many monsters would appear, and even fiercer ones at that. If we want to survive safely, we must find a major faction to huddle together for warmth."

"I also inquired about the situation of the World Annihilation Alliance. According to the information I received, they are united and friendly, particularly fond of helping each other, and especially fond of sheltering women."

The lively girl couldn't help but chuckle. "Fond of sheltering women... Big sister, isn't this going to be a wolf's den?"

Chen Fengyu gave her a sideways glance. "Stop joking around, I'm speaking the truth. Also, they don't have strict requirements for people joining the World Annihilation Alliance. Regardless of your strength, as long as you are an individual willing to work, they are willing to take you in."

The lively girl spoke again, "Well, hearing you put it like that, this World Annihilation Alliance really does sound rather nice..."

Before the lively girl could finish, Chen Fengyu suddenly widened her eyes and shouted, "Watch out!"

Zhou兰 felt a tight knot in her chest, and before she could react, a sound of piercing through the air came from behind.

Frequent battles told her that an enemy was attacking her.

"Squish!"

Zhou兰 lowered her head to look at the monster's limb penetrating her abdomen, her heart turning cold, her entire body seeming to freeze.

Was she going to die?

She had never even dated a boyfriend...

She hadn't experienced what the big sister described as the taste of a man...

All sorts of reluctance surged into her heart, and her consciousness grew increasingly blurred.

Standing opposite, Chen Fengyu shouted at the top of her lungs, "There's an enemy!"

She first warned the entire team, and then rushed toward Zhou兰's location.

At this moment, behind Zhou兰 was a beetle-man with distinct biological traits—its upper body was that of a beetle, with six claws on its chest, while its lower body consisted of upright legs.

The legs even grew barbs; nobody would want to get hit by those.

A furious Chen Fengyu reached Zhou兰's side in a fraction of a second, using all her strength to hack the beetle-man before her in half with a single blade strike.

Green blood splattered across the ground.

Chen Fengyu hurriedly propped up Zhou兰, who had already collapsed to the ground. The large hole in her abdomen made Chen Fengyu's heart pound wildly.

Large teardrops fell from Chen Fengyu's eyes. "Xiaolan! Hold on! Don't close your eyes, I'll save you!"

Zhou兰 said softly with a pale face, "Big sister, give me the medicine quickly..."

Chen Fengyu paused, her face turning red as she realized her old habit had acted up again.

She hurriedly dug out a healing card from her storage card, used it on Zhou兰, and then pulled out herbal medicine to apply externally to Zhou兰's abdomen.

After finishing all this, Chen Fengyu awkwardly said, "Xiaolan, you rest first, I'll deal with these monsters."

With their level of strength, having undergone continuous enhancement, wounds that would have been fatal in the past were now merely serious.

Aside from the heart and head, which were fatal zones, injuries anywhere else could be treated.

Zhou兰's face was pale, and she could only nod gently.

The monsters attacking this time were all beetle-men. One beetle-man after another had surrounded the female team, launching continuous attacks against them.

Fortunately, the overall strength of the female team was quite good, and they could still resist the numerous beetle-men.

They were even holding their ground with ease.

However, this situation changed as green beetle-men began to appear one by one.

The combat power of these green beetle-men was noticeably stronger than the pale red beetle-men.

Both combat power and defense had increased by a notch.

Furthermore, a Tier-7 beetle-man appeared, and Tier-6s were not in short order either.

A drastic change in the field instantly plunged the female team into a disadvantage.

The women struggled to resist, and Chen Fengyu could not gain the upper hand in her confrontation with the Tier-7 beetle-man.

Both were Tier-7; there was no question of one overwhelming the other.

A layer of hard shell on the beetle-man's body rendered Chen Fengyu completely helpless.

Several attacks landed on it, yet the shell on the beetle-man's back remained unscathed.

It wasn't that Chen Fengyu didn't know to attack the front.

It was just that the opponent had to allow you to hit the front.

Every time an attack seemed unavoidable, the beetle-man would twist its body, exposing its back to Chen Fengyu.

Chen Fengyu's face was practically black with frustration.

Wasn't it said that one must never expose their back to the enemy?

Had this beetle-man never received such education?

Chen Fengyu couldn't help but complain inwardly.

No matter how much she complained, however, the priority was to find a way to resolve the crisis before her.

Yet the next second, an even graver crisis emerged.

Within the beetle-man squad, another Tier-7 green-shelled beetle-man stepped out.

Dealing with one Tier-7 beetle-man was already a handful for Chen Fengyu.

Dealing with two Tier-7 beetle-men now was simply an impossibility for her.

Endless despair filled her heart, knowing that it would be very difficult to survive this time.

Regardless, Chen Fengyu would not surrender without a fight; even if these monsters killed her, she would tear a chunk of flesh off them before she died.

Driven by this mindset, Chen Fengyu's attacking style became increasingly reckless.

She was no longer thinking about survival; she wanted the enemy to die by her hand, at least breaking even.

The battle grew increasingly fierce; every member of the female team bore injuries, and bright red blood flowed freely.

The entire battlefield was fraught with murderous intent, leaving not even a chance for them to tend to their wounds.

They could only continue resisting the beetle-men's assaults.

At this rate, it wouldn't be long before all of them died.

They felt despair, and beneath that despair lay the madness of mutual destruction.

Without this reckless drive, they would have died long ago.

As the battle intensified, casualties began to appear within the female team.

With the death of the first person, the entire team cracked like a breached dam, triggering a chain reaction.

The second... and third people falling soon followed.

Chen Fengyu's body was also covered in numerous wounds inflicted by the beetle-men.

She could sense that she, too, was reaching her limit.

Who could come and save them at a time like this...

At this moment, Chen Fengyu could only pray that someone would come to their rescue, or else they would have no way out.

Yet who could possibly come to save them now.

With the descended monsters being so powerful, other people and factions in District 13 must be struggling to protect themselves.

Where would they have the ability to save her? Even if they had the ability, it was surely too late now.

Her current location was not close to any faction of decent strength.

As she thought about it, Chen Fengyu involuntarily thought of the World Annihilation Alliance.

Perhaps she still had hope. Although their current location was not close to the World Annihilation Alliance, according to the information she had just received, the monster subordinates summoned by World Annihilation Alliance leader Lu Sheng were hunting monsters nearby.

These monsters summoned by Leader Lu Sheng would kill all monsters they saw, but they would not harm humans.

If there really was a monster squad summoned by Leader Lu Sheng nearby, perhaps this was their only chance to survive.

Yet what could they do right now?

How could they make the monster squad summoned by Lord Lu Sheng find their location, and quickly at that?

Perhaps her last hope still depended on that man.

Chen Fengyu was extremely unwilling, but looking at her sisters around her, she had to lower her proud head.

She abandoned the idea of fighting the beetle-men head-on, started frantically dodging their attacks, and pulled out a sound-transmission bug, eager to send a message to someone.

However, the beetle-men gave Chen Fengyu no chance to call for help.

Two Tier-7 beetle-men frantically assaulted Chen Fengyu, leaving her not a single moment to catch her breath.

Even among the beetle-men surrounding them, a third Tier-7 beetle-man appeared.

This third beetle-man also charged toward Chen Fengyu.

Upon seeing the emergence of this third Tier-7 beetle-man, Chen Fengyu felt complete despair.

Even if she called for reinforcements now, by the time they arrived, they would likely only be collecting their corpses.

Just as Chen Fengyu and the others sank into despair, the surrounding trees began to freeze.

At a visible rate, they turned into lifelike ice sculptures.

The ground likewise froze continuously, the frost spreading in a circular coverage, freezing all active beetle-men.

In just a few short seconds, the beetle-men, who had been arrogant and domineering a moment ago, all turned into ice sculptures.

Every single one was lifelike.

Before Chen Fengyu and the others could even react, these ice sculptures began to emit cracking sounds, and then shattered entirely, turning into a pile of ice shards.

The entire female team of Chen Fengyu had no idea what was happening.

They only knew that the beetle-men, who had seemed terrifying to them, were instantly annihilated.

The next second, a large number of Tier-6 monsters appeared and began clearing the battlefield.

They collected all the Law Stones dropped by the beetle-men.

Then uniformly loaded them onto monsters specially assigned to carry Law Stones.

Having cleaned up the battlefield neatly and orderly, the monsters directly retreated.

From beginning to end, they didn't even glance at Chen Fengyu and the others.

Instead, Chen Fengyu and her group kept staring at the monsters.

Watching the gradually departing monster squad, Chen Fengyu stood frozen in place.

Within the female team, a robust woman spoke up, "Big sister, these are the monster subordinates of the World Annihilation Alliance leader, right?"

Regarding the news about Lu Sheng, everyone in District 13 could be said to be thoroughly familiar with it over the past two days.

What the monster squads summoned by Lu Sheng looked like was something basically everyone could distinguish.

As long as there was no one commanding them, they acted freely, and their monster tiers were all above Tier-6, those were Lu Sheng's monster squads.

Chen Fengyu snapped out of her daze. "That's right, these are the subordinates of World Annihilation Alliance leader Lu Sheng."

The robust woman said with envy, "Truly powerful. I wonder when we will ever possess such formidable strength."

At this moment, Chen Fengyu also felt her mood become exceptionally pleasant; the feeling of escaping death was truly indescribable.

Right now, she felt her entire being enter an ethereal state.

"Big sister, hurry up and figure out a way to join the World Annihilation Alliance..."

...

Scenarios like this were constantly reenacted throughout District 13, indirectly leading to Lu Sheng saving the majority of people within District 13 once again.

And this time, coupled with the previous time, made it twice.

Two life-saving graces, plus the ever-present threat of powerful enemies, gave those lacking a sense of security in District 13 a choice.

They wanted to join the World Annihilation Alliance!

This circumstance was not the choice of just one or two factions; it essentially encompassed the entire District 13.

Up to this point, perhaps the only ones who still didn't want to join the World Annihilation Alliance were the traditional top factions of District 13.

They still held onto their final shred of pride, unwilling to let go, and thus reluctant to join the World Annihilation Alliance.

Yet within these very factions, many members harbored complaints, believing their leaders were being irrational.

Sensible leaders would have already chosen to defect and join the World Annihilation Alliance.

As time progressed, night fell once more.

Across the darkened land, Lu Sheng's monster legion was still hunting the monsters within District 13.

Although he had many subordinates, settling the entire District 13 in a short time was still somewhat difficult.

Even killing chickens took time.

However, the hunting speed this time was much faster than before.

Following an afternoon of hunting, half of the area within District 13 had been cleared.

Killing for another night tonight would inevitably result in the entire District 13 being purged by him once again.

By then, he could proceed with the plan to attack District 8.

Attacking District 8 had always been part of his plan. The number of monsters descending upon District 8 would inevitably be greater than those in District 13, and their strength would also be somewhat stronger.

Resolving District 8 would net him another stash of resources.

His strength would elevate once more.

Throughout the entire afternoon, his subordinates had not discovered the presence of a Tier-9.

Perhaps no Tier-9 had appeared in District 13, or perhaps they had already headed toward the gathering place of the Tier-9 monsters.

In any case, no Tier-9 monsters were seen.

Even so, his harvest was not small; Tier-8 monsters and Tier-7 monsters were more common than last time.

Now his three Law Pillars had reached a height of three hundred meters, still without any feeling of reaching their limit.

This couldn't help but surprise Lu Sheng; it was merely an upgrade in quality.

This potential had likely increased by more than a single tier.

Previously it was twenty meters, ten times that being two hundred meters; now all three of his Law Pillars had reached three hundred meters, and they were still growing.

Yet Lu Sheng was not worried. Growing was naturally a good thing—aren't these things better the taller they get?

As for resources, if the descended monsters weren't enough to kill, he would simply slaughter his way into the monster world.

Meanwhile, Know-The-World, the intelligence overlord of Luzhou, had also learned of the momentum Lu Sheng was generating.

The leader of Know-The-World stared at the latest intelligence in his hands, unable to stop gasping in shock.

Every piece of intelligence left him astonished.

These intelligence reports had been sent over by subordinates, with the word "suspected" written in large amounts on the paper.

The World Annihilation Alliance leader is suspected to be Tier-8... There are records of images showing the World Annihilation Alliance leader fighting a Tier-8 to a standstill...

The World Annihilation Alliance leader is suspected to be Tier-9... There are records of images showing the World Annihilation Alliance leader easily resolving a Tier-8 monster...

The World Annihilation Alliance leader is suspected to have hundreds of Tier-6 subordinates...

The World Annihilation Alliance leader is suspected to have thousands of Tier-6 subordinates...

The World Annihilation Alliance leader has nearly ten thousand Tier-6 subordinates! Nearly a thousand Tier-7 subordinates! Dozens of Tier-8 subordinates!

These intelligence reports were updated very quickly; what was one way yesterday was completely different today.

Looking at the intelligence on the table, the leader of Know-The-World remained silent.

Yesterday, he had assumed that the World Annihilation Alliance should be a top faction of equivalent scale to their Know-The-World.

Yet today's updated intelligence let him know that he had been wishful thinking.

Was this some little snake like them? This was simply a giant python!