Chapter 439: Hunting Advanced Fierce Beasts

On the Wasteland, Lu Yu found a relatively flat piece of ground, sat down slowly, and prepared to recover the True Essence consumed within his body through meditation.

That full-force strike earlier had exhausted nearly half of the True Essence in his body.

However, the effect of that strike was quite significant, directly grinding one of them into powder, and even the opponent's Space Item instantly turned to dust and dissipated into nothingness.

Fortunately, the Space Item of the other B-Class Awakened remained.

Although Lu Yu did not know exactly what was stored inside at this moment, he knew that as long as he informed Ji Wanqing later, with her abilities, she would certainly be able to figure out what was inside.

As for that C-Class Awakened, Lu Yu did not pay too much attention.

Just as the True Essence in Lu Yu's body was about to fully recover, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated violently.

"Hai Qiong?"

Lu Yu frowned slightly, secretly pondering in his heart, could it be that some change had occurred inside Yongan City?

He answered the phone, deliberately changed his voice, and asked, "What is it?"

"Chairman, there is something I would like to report to you. It might take up some of your time. Is it convenient for you to listen to me now?"

"Hmm, go ahead."

"The situation is like this..."

Hai Qiong glanced at Meng Rang and the others beside him, and without the slightest concealment, recounted the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

"Oh? There is actually such a thing?"

"Yes, Chairman, it is all my fault for being negligent. If it hadn't been Brother Meng and the others that Yan Hao brought this time, but someone else, I am afraid my life would have been lost by now."

Hai Qiong sighed, then tentatively said, "Chairman, Brother Meng and the others actually did not intend to intervene in this matter at first, but after hearing about your actions this time, they felt respect for you, so they came here specially, hoping to join our Association."

Fearing that Lu Yu would refuse, Hai Qiong hurriedly added, "Chairman, there are five people in total who came with Brother Meng this time, three of whom are C-Class Awakened, and the other two are only one step away from breaking through.

If they can join our Association, it would undoubtedly be like adding wings to a tiger. Chairman, when do you think it would be convenient for you to spare some time to meet them?"

"No need."

Upon hearing these three words, the smile that had been blooming on Hai Qiong's face instantly froze.

Seeing this, Meng Rang and the others beside him could not help but feel a surge of unease in their hearts.

Could it be that Chairman Su looked down on them? Or was he wary of them and unwilling to take them in?

"Since they want to join, then let them join. I am busy with important matters right now and cannot get away for the time being. Besides, if there are others who want to join the Association in the future, you can make the decision yourself; you don't need to report every single one to me."

"Yes, yes!" Hai Qiong was suddenly overjoyed.

On one hand, he had finally repaid the life-saving grace of Meng Rang and the others; on the other hand, these words from the Chairman were undoubtedly a great sign of trust in him.

After the call ended, Hai Qiong put down his phone and looked at Meng Rang and the others with a full face of smiles, saying, "Brother Meng, you don't need to be nervous, the Chairman has already agreed to let you join."

"What!" Meng Rang and the others looked at each other, all feeling as if they were in a dream.

"Chairman Hai, Chairman Su, he... just agreed like that?"

"Do we not need to go and meet him in person?"

"No need." Hai Qiong waved his hand and said, "The Chairman really cannot spare the time right now, and besides, you all have extraordinary strength; the Chairman is already happy enough, so why would he refuse? That is why he agreed directly.

Brother Meng, from now on, you are official members of the Yongan City Awakened Association. Yongan City welcomes your return!" As he spoke, he enthusiastically took the initiative to reach out his hand.

Only then did Meng Rang react, hurriedly reaching out his hand to shake Hai Qiong's.

Before coming, he had imagined countless possible situations in his mind, and had even prepared what to say in case he met that Chairman Su and was rejected.

Who could have expected that things would go so smoothly, and that a single phone call would solve all the problems.

Hai Qiong let go of his hand and said with a smile, "Brother Meng, there is no time to lose, you should hurry back and move your families over as well. Yongan City is currently in need of people; it is the perfect time for you to show your skills and realize your ambitions."

"Don't worry, Chairman Hai, we will go back right away and bring our families over as soon as possible. At that time, I hope for your continued support, Chairman Hai."

"Brother Meng, there is no need to be so polite, just call me by my name. From now on, we are all brothers, fighting for the tomorrow of Yongan City."

"Hmm!" Meng Rang and the others nodded heavily, and smiles of relief could not help but appear at the corners of their mouths.

For them, the difficult first step of joining Yongan City had already been taken.

In the future, relying on their strength, becoming the backbone of Yongan City was surely just a matter of time.

On the other side, after Lu Yu hung up the phone, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he muttered to himself, "Three C-Class Awakened, they came just at the right time."

Yongan City is neither big nor small, with over a hundred thousand people living in the city; relying on Hai Qiong alone to manage it was indeed quite strenuous.

Now with three more C-Class Awakened, the management work would naturally be much easier.

Moreover, when moving people from the surrounding Zhai into the city later, having C-Class Awakened to escort them would effectively avoid encountering Advanced Fierce Beasts and minimize potential losses.

Of course, when his own Zhai was migrating, he still intended to watch from afar in secret to ensure everything was foolproof.

"That's enough, it's time to set off to hunt Fierce Beasts." Lu Yu stood up from the ground and looked into the distance.

Now he no longer needed to worry about medicinal herbs; filling the True Essence in his Dantian Qi Sea to one hundred percent was just a matter of time.

By comparison, obtaining Experience Value had become the primary task at hand.

The two B-Class Awakened he killed earlier each provided about 60,000 Experience Value, and adding the 20,000-plus he had accumulated before, his total Experience Value was now approaching 150,000.

For him, this was still far from enough.

This amount of Experience Value was far from sufficient to even upgrade a single Golden Bell Shield, let alone the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art and Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill that were about to be unlocked, as well as numerous Internal Energy and martial arts techniques.

Although killing Awakened could yield high amounts of Experience Value, Lu Yu was unwilling to do so unless it was a last resort.

Therefore, the main way to obtain Experience Value at present was still hunting Fierce Beasts.

Of course, if he could encounter Evil Cultists again and destroy the Black Balls containing massive amounts of death aura in their hands, he could also obtain a large amount of Experience Value, but unfortunately, such opportunities were rare and hard to come by.

Lu Yu stretched his body, and accompanied by a series of bone cracks, he returned to his original appearance.

At the same time, a pitch-black war bow appeared out of thin air in his right hand, and on his back he carried several arrows over two meters long, each as thick as an adult man's forearm, looking extremely intimidating.

The next moment, he dashed toward the north.

Ten-plus minutes later, the outline of Yongan City had already clearly appeared before his eyes.

Lu Yu did not stop, and with a thought, he directly pushed the range of his Heaven-Human Induction to the maximum.

"It's a Lion Ape, and there are actually two of them?"

The corners of Lu Yu's mouth curled up slightly; as he deactivated Heaven-Human Induction, he sprinted rapidly in the direction where the two Lion Apes were located.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the two Lion Apes, with their towering figures nearly ten meters tall, were greedily devouring an Advanced Fierce Beast, the scene appearing exceptionally bloody.

Yet these two Lion Apes were unusually excited, from time to time forcefully beating their chests and emitting bursts of deafening roars.

Just then, a violent humming sound came from afar, and before the Lion Ape on the left could react to what was happening, its chest was pierced through by an arrow.

The powerful kinetic energy carried by the arrow shaft directly sent its massive body flying backward for several dozen meters.

Accompanied by a loud boom, the Lion Ape, weighing several dozen tons, fell heavily onto its back on the ground, a fist-sized bloody hole appearing in its chest, fresh blood gushing out like a spring, and it was clear it would not survive.

"Roar! Roar!"

Seeing this, the other Lion Ape let out an angry roar and began looking around, seemingly wanting to find the attacker.

Suddenly, the sound of a sharp sonic boom came through the air once more.

A large mass of raging flames was seen flying toward this location at an astonishing speed.

Looking closely, it was not actual fire, but an arrow, only the arrow was surrounded by fiery red True Qi, looking from afar just like a burning ball of flame.