Chapter 29: Beast Tide

Other world.

Underground camp.

After dealing with the affairs of Chick Star, Fang Xing immediately returned here.

Feeling the air that was a few points fresher and even an environment more suitable for practicing martial arts, a trace of excitement appeared on his face: "Before school starts, I'll try my best not to leave. I'll just grind!"

This trip to the black market made him feel a lot, and he realized his weakness more deeply.

Weakness is not terrible; just strive to catch up.

"Hmm?"

After coming to the monitoring room and checking the system monitoring logs, Fang Xing's expression suddenly changed: "How could this be? Monsters... so many more?"

In the monitoring of these days, the number of monster activities around the camp had surged a lot in one breath!

Even the camouflage lawn on the ground seemed to have been plowed once, looking messy, with dirt pits everywhere.

"Hmm? Many simulated bird drones are broken..."

Fang Xing hurriedly released new drones and immediately saw a series of astonishing scenes.

On the vast earth, monsters were running, playing...

The territory of the original wild boar monster had long changed owners; it was a group of fist-sized red ants.

And that fierce wild boar monster that had rammed many martial artists to death had actually turned into a white skeleton, quietly standing somewhere, seemingly telling of pain and unwillingness...

"Although I heard information about frequent monster activities in the marketplace last time... but it became too fierce all of a sudden, right?"

"I know too little about this world..."

Fang Xing sighed silently.

Although it was very dangerous outside now, he had reasons why he had to go to the marketplace.

Not to mention anything else, the pills and spiritual rice talismans were used up, so he had to replenish them!

"Finding a relatively safe road through drones shouldn't be too difficult..."

"But the top priority is to see the situation of the marketplace first... if Qinglin Marketplace is breached, then it has no value... no, that's even more worth going to pick up trash!"

Fang Xing's expression became solemn: "Here, I have nano-protective suits and electric batons to use, combined with talismans, my strength has greatly increased... but it's still not very safe, maybe..."

He thought of the product he had been thinking about—Swift Dragon laser gun!

Of course, he couldn't afford the black market version, but the genuine mall version was okay.

Two hundred thousand was not a small amount, but as long as he went to the black market a few more times, it wasn't impossible to earn.

The key was...

"Even if it can't be used against people, it can kill monsters!"

"It's just a pity that the 'cannot be used against people' program in the laser gun is built-in, and it operates even if it cannot connect to the network, otherwise it would be cool..."

Fang Xing discovered that his shuttle between the two worlds also had a benefit, which was being able to bypass some restrictions.

For example, the primary nano-suit in his hand—ever since he saw the version without a backdoor in the black market, he understood that his decision not to bring modern products back was correct.

Of course, if the technology products in his hand could send data back to the Blue Star Federation across a world, it would mean that the Federation had long mastered the technology of crossing different dimensions, and Fang Xing could only admit defeat.

"Most of the Federation weapons that can be purchased through regular channels cannot be used against people... but I can take them to the other world to use. As long as there is no built-in program, I can bypass it, and it can't even report to the police..."

"And the talismans and magic tools of the other world... taking them to Chick Star to commit crimes would definitely be easy to use, and the most critical thing is that they won't leave a single clue..."

Any weapon has a source, but for Chick Star, talismans and magic tools are 'appearing out of thin air,' which can cut off many clues for investigation.

"It's just that it's possible to be related to evil deities... after all, they who hold the authority of the imaginary space should also be able to drop some supplies... but evil deity followers? Aren't they just used to take the blame?"

Throwing the blame to them, Fang Xing was righteous and confident.

Pfft!

Pfft!

In the jungle, a few small birds flew by, their eyes dull, but their movements were very agile.

A moment later, a figure appeared, lurking forward in secret; it was Fang Xing!

"This is a bit troublesome..."

Fang Xing was in his original appearance this time, wearing a hair bun, dressed in ancient clothes, with a large basket on his back, containing some herbs and the like.

After all, spiritual rice was consumed a lot, so he had to go to the marketplace to replenish it.

For this trip, he mobilized a large number of drones to find a suitable safe route and took many detours, which could be said to be quite troublesome.

But thinking of the monster he saw before, Fang Xing felt that taking detours also had the benefits of taking detours.

"That monster... actually six or seven meters tall, its claws were bigger than my whole person... it's either at the late stage of Qi Condensation or comparable to Foundation Establishment... better to take a detour."

He muttered to himself.

In Qinglin Marketplace, Fang Xing also heard the general classification of monsters. Monsters that could basically rival Qi Condensation stage cultivators were Rank 1 monsters.

And those corresponding to Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were Rank 2 monsters!

"Now it's possible that even Rank 2 monsters have appeared..."

"If it weren't for seeing in the monitoring that the marketplace has array protection, as stable as Mount Tai, I wouldn't go..."

Fang Xing muttered, suddenly frowning: "There's a situation?"

Through a hummingbird drone scouting ahead, he saw a scene.

That was a group of cultivator martial artists, besieging a strange monster.

This monster was more than three meters long, looking like a red-haired tiger, with gorgeous and brilliant patterns on its body, and a layer of glowing radiance on its fur.

Even spells like wind blades and fireballs cast through talismans... hitting it, were actually deflected, leaving no significant injuries.

"This is... hunting monsters? Looking at the cooperation, it's quite skillful..."

Fang Xing looked carefully and found that there were five people, men and women, led by an old man in a black robe, occasionally using talismans, muttering words, clearly a cultivator.

Most of the others had astonishing agility, holding various weapons, each move carrying an irresistible force, and should be martial artists.

At this time, the old man finally finished chanting the spell, reached out, and a pale green wind blade appeared in his right palm.

A sharp aura immediately spread, making the monster tiger somewhat vigilant.

"Good, Big Brother's Wind Blade Technique is becoming more and more skillful."

One of the four martial artists, a charming woman, immediately praised.

"Go!"

The old man pointed, and the green wind blade flew out, constantly absorbing bits of green spiritual light in mid-air, instantly becoming more than a meter long, and the speed was even more astonishing!

"Awoo!"

The monster tiger roared, wanting to dodge, but was forced back by a man with a huge iron hammer and a body like an iron tower, and could only take the wind blade head-on.

Sizzle sizzle!

The spiritual light on the monster tiger's fur had become extremely dim in the previous round of attacks, and at this time, it actually collapsed directly.

That wind blade cut open the monster tiger's skin, tore the flesh, and left a huge wound on the other party's right shoulder.

If it weren't for this monster tiger dodging in mid-air, the wound might have landed on its neck.

"Good!"

Several martial artists praised one after another, but the old man stepped back a few steps unhurriedly, stuck a Golden Light Talisman on himself, and shouted: "Be careful of this beast's counterattack..."

Injured beasts are the most dangerous!

This naturally also applies to monsters!

This monster tiger was covered in blood, suddenly roared, and opened its bloody mouth.

Wisps of crimson brilliance gathered, condensing into a huge fireball, exploding towards one place!

"Not good, dodge quickly!"

The five people were covered in dust, and then they saw the monster tiger not lingering in battle, directly fleeing along the gap where the fireball exploded!

"Damn it, chase!"

A spiritual talisman in the old man's hand burned, turning into a breeze, blessing his legs; it was the 'Wind-Riding Talisman'!

Several people hurriedly chased, after all, they had scouted for a long time and finally encountered a weak monster tiger alone.

Moreover, they had invested a lot in this monster. If this monster tiger ran away, everyone would be depressed to the point of vomiting blood!

However, in the next moment!

"Awoo!"

A roar of the monster tiger came from ahead, actually seeming to contain pain!

"Stop!"

The old man hurriedly raised his right hand, letting his four sworn brothers and sisters stop, and moved forward slowly.

After passing through a bush, they saw the monster tiger lying on the ground, life or death unknown, and beside it stood a silver-robed youth.

"Everyone, are you here to hunt this monster tiger?"

Fang Xing, in silver clothes and holding a staff, smiled slightly and asked.

Since seeing these five people, he decided to come over and see, and ask about the news of the marketplace.

After all, the drone screen could only confirm that the marketplace had not been breached, but what changes had occurred inside needed to be asked of others.

Fang Xing naturally had to ask carefully, confirm that there was no danger in the marketplace, before entering to consume.

Otherwise... uh... the Federation's nutrient solution, although not great, could barely make do.

Combined with the environment here, the progress of practicing martial arts wouldn't be too slow...

"Exactly!"

The five looked at each other, and the black-robed old man stepped out: "Old man Chen Yi, these are my four sworn brothers and sisters, Hua Feiyue, Chen Hongtian, and the couple Meng Yi and Shen Yuxin... thanks to the love of fellow practitioners in the marketplace, we have the nickname 'Cangshan Five Righteous'."

This was actually somewhat humble, after all, without some skills, they might not dare to go out of the marketplace to hunt monsters at this time.

Cangshan Five Righteous were naturally still ants to the three major forces of the marketplace, but among the lower-level cultivators, they were not unknown.

"So it is Cangshan Five Righteous, I, Fang Xing, pay my respects..."

Fang Xing smiled slightly, his eyes swept over Cangshan Five Righteous one by one, and he arched his hands.

He was prepared to use a new identity to rent a house in the marketplace this time, establish another stronghold for the cunning rabbit's three burrows, so he used his true appearance.

After all, in long-term association, any disguise was easy to be seen through, so it was better to use his original appearance.

Anyway, his original appearance had a clean history and would definitely not cause any trouble, so he could manage it well.

At this time, looking at Cangshan Five Righteous again, he was thoughtful.

Chen Yi was a Qi Condensation cultivator and had many talismans, so his strength should be the strongest among the five.

And Hua Feiyue was in a peach-red dress, her eyes charming like silk, her age was around thirty, truly like a honey peach.

Chen Hongtian was the black-clothed iron tower brawny man holding a hammer, his face like it was carved by a knife and axe, his temperament shrewd and fierce.

Meng Yi was in a green Confucian shirt, his demeanor elegant, and Shen Yuxin beside him had a temperament like a girl next door, the two of them looking intimate. ===== CHAPTER 30 =====