Chapter 274

Lin Shu could only watch helplessly.

"How does it feel to watch the hometown you've lived in for over a decade be destroyed right before your very eyes?"

Bai Tu fought Lin Shu as he spoke.

And mocked him at the same time.

At this moment, he was in complete control.

Meanwhile, Lin Shu was already showing signs of fatigue.

"Boss, it's been over a decade since we last met, and you've already grown old."

Bai Tu said leisurely.

Then he suddenly grabbed the blade in Lin Shu's hand.

And kicked him straight over.

Lin Shu had no strength to resist at all.

His body suddenly fell backward.

"Let me tell you another little secret — the Tenth City was also personally destroyed by me."

"As for your arm, you could say I was the indirect cause of it being severed,"

Bai Tu said as he walked toward Lin Shu.

Sharp bone spurs began to spread from the bones of his right hand.

Just like a white ancient sword.

Bai Tu looked down at Lin Shu from above.

Then he raised the bone sword high above his head.

And brought it down in a swift slash!

But just as the bone sword was about to land on Lin Shu's head—

A mechanical tentacle suddenly shot out from Lin Shu's chest.

And violently pierced straight through Bai Tu's arm.

Bai Tu let out a scream and hurriedly retreated backward.

When he raised his head again, his eyes were filled with resentment.

And at this moment, Lin Shu slowly rose to his feet.

"Heh, so the Tenth Gathering Ground had your shadow behind it too?"

His eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.

On his shoulder—

A small silver-white mechanical spider had appeared.

The little spider raised its legs.

As if it were looking down on Bai Tu.

"Sister Fangfang's spider? Worthy of being called Tier 9 — a Beast Tamer who can lodge her pet beast on you even from tens of thousands of miles away."

The corner of Bai Tu's mouth curved upward.

Puchi!

His clothes began to tear apart.

One bone spur after another spread out from his body.

At this moment, Bai Tu looked just like a hedgehog.

Covered in sharp spikes from head to toe.

"When the Tenth Gathering Ground fell back then, what role exactly did you play?"

Lin Shu asked in a deep voice.

Bai Tu smiled and shook his head.

"Who would have thought that the once Hegemon Blade Lin Shu would one day rely on a woman."

"As for what role I played? Have you forgotten that time we almost died at the Terrain Gathering Ground?"

"I didn't leave anything behind either — I just reported everything I knew, and conveniently left behind a bit of the Worm Emperor's egg fluid."

The corner of Lin Shu's mouth twitched.

The Worm Emperor's egg fluid.

No wonder the worm race back then had charged at the Tenth Gathering Ground like their parents had just died.

So it was because they had sensed the aura of the emperor's offspring.

Lin Shu's gaze instantly turned fierce.

Like a hungry wolf that hadn't eaten in over ten days.

The Bai Tu before his eyes was the very culprit behind all of this.

"Bai Tu, after today, either you die or I die."

Lin Shu roared, dragging his blade.

"No no no, there's no 'I die' — no matter how you calculate it, the one who dies is you."

"You're not still counting on reinforcements from the Divine Capital, are you?"

"To tell you the truth, the Divine Capital right now is even busier than you can imagine."

"One city, and one gathering ground — surely they'll know which to choose."

Bai Tu said with deep meaning.

Just as Lin Shu was about to ask something more—

Bai Tu had already transformed into a spinning top, launching an attack toward him.

The mechanical spider's eight legs flailed wildly in the air.

A beam of spider silk appeared.

It then flew toward Bai Tu.

On its way there,

a rustling sound came through the air.

It was as if even the air itself had been sliced apart.

Bai Tu immediately hurled the bone sword in his hand.

Upon contacting the beam of spider silk, the bone sword was directly sliced into individual strips.

This made Bai Tu's face stiffen.

He quickly flickered his body aside to dodge.

Then he leaped into the air.

From the air, he attacked Lin Shu.

Lin Shu raised the large blade in his hand.

The two collided once again.

Only this time,

with the mechanical spider's help,

Bai Tu was somewhat hesitant and cautious.

The situation was momentarily at a stalemate.

At the same time,

in the military camp,

there were no more ferocious beasts left.

The sound of explosions had vanished from their ears.

Qin Bei glanced around.

Everyone wearing military uniforms was sitting on the ground, gasping for breath.

They were using their own clothes to wrap the wounds on their bodies.

There were also many pet beasts actively using their healing abilities.

"It's over,"

Hu Tian murmured, then collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Yes, it's over. Thanks to him."