Chapter 90: Go! Go quickly! Tell the War God — an Evil God has invaded!

However, how could Taotie possibly let them leave?

With a single leap, it was beside the nearest monster, and with a sweep of its Abyss Demon Fork, its tyrannical power cleaved the creature clean in half at the waist!

Immediately after, it hurled the Abyss Demon Fork straight out of its hand.

Empowered by tremendous force, the Abyss Demon Fork shot forth like an artillery shell and blew apart the head of the second-nearest Saint-tier monster.

At the same time, Taotie unleashed a skill.

Dark Divine Claw!

The farthest Saint-tier monster was suddenly seized in midair by a massive black claw, then abruptly crushed to bursting.

In a few breaths' time, all four Saint-tier monsters were dead!

Actually, Lu Zheng had originally wanted to leave these four to Qiongqi to kill — after all, since it had come all this way, it ought to contribute some effort.

He hadn't expected Taotie to go completely berserk!

Not a single one spared — all wiped out!

The slaughter did not stop, and the devouring did not cease.

At this moment, it was like a fiend god, frantically killing and devouring everything around it.

Millions of monsters collapsed and scattered under its assault, fleeing in panic! Lu Zheng immediately dispatched all of his summoned beasts to pursue them — there was no way he could let these hard-won experience bundles escape.

From Lu Zheng's arrival until less than an hour later, the sky-filling sand and dust were gone, the ceaseless roars of monsters were gone, leaving behind only a patch of pitch-black mist.

A moment later, the black mist dispersed.

Over twenty million monsters had vanished; only devastation remained on the spot, along with two figures.

One figure stood nearly three hundred meters tall, with the body of a sheep and the face of a human, eyes beneath its arms, tiger teeth and human claws, its body black with eerie patterns, wielding the Abyss Demon Fork — like a fiend god emerging from the depths of hell.

And atop its head, Lu Zheng stood proudly, like a king commanding fiend gods! Yes, he did that on purpose.

Looking cool was a lifelong pursuit. His strength no longer allowed him to keep a low profile anyway; when it was time to stand out, he would stand out, and satisfy his own vanity.

This bout of slaughter had let Taotie feast to its heart's content, and its level had surged from level 151 to level 167.

Sixteen levels in a row — that was already quite impressive.

A feast like today's was rare indeed.

Lu Zheng returned to the city wall, and everyone was cheering.

The lord of Yellow Sand City, Huang Xiaotian, stepped forward excitedly and said:

"Thank you! You've saved the lives of tens of millions of people! No wonder War God Xuanyuan said that having you here would be enough — it turns out you're this powerful. Only a few days have passed since the college entrance exam, and your strength has already surpassed the ordinary Saint-tier professional's level! Truly too powerful!"

Though Lu Zheng also enjoyed being praised, he was not carried away by the joy of it.

Thinking of something, he immediately asked, "A monster attack of this scale shouldn't be a normal situation, right? Has anyone investigated the cause? What exactly happened?!"

Hearing Lu Zheng's question, the smile on Huang Xiaotian's face instantly vanished, replaced by a look of worry.

"Three days ago, someone came out of the Endless Desert dungeon and reported that monsters in the core area inside were spreading outward — the Desert Temple might have experienced an abnormal situation. Two days ago, I dispatched two fifth-rank professionals to investigate, and they never came back.

Yesterday, I sent the Saint-tier professional Huang Batian to investigate, and there's been no word from him since, and then this disaster erupted today! The Endless Desert dungeon must have undergone a mutation, and a change like this is beyond what I can handle.

I was originally planning to report it to War God Xuanyuan. What do you plan to do?!"

"I'll go take a look."

Lu Zheng said without hesitation.

Right now, Xuanyuan Wuji was off fighting some Evil God, and the situation in the Endless Desert was very likely connected to the Evil God as well. Aside from Xuanyuan Wuji, only he could handle it.

It just so happened that Taotie's level had risen now, giving him a bit more confidence.

He would go in and assess the situation. If there truly was an Evil God, he needed to come up with a counter-strategy as early as possible.

Even if he couldn't kill the opponent, running away shouldn't be a problem.

If anyone else went in, they would definitely be courting death!

Just before leaving, Lu Zheng suddenly asked, "Huang Batian is?" Huang Xiaotian replied:

"My brother!"

Lu Zheng departed, leaving a single sentence in midair.

"I'll do my best to find traces of him!"

With the Evil God involved, Lu Zheng couldn't guarantee anyone's safety; he could only say he would try his best to bring back news so that Huang Xiaotian would know whether his brother was alive or dead.

Professionals willing to venture deep into a dungeon to investigate under these circumstances were people of great righteousness, worthy of respect.

Lu Zheng used his teleportation ability to quickly arrive at the first dungeon area.

Fire Stone Desert — he entered and checked it thoroughly; no abnormalities.

The second one, Storm Desert — still no abnormalities.

Then came Blood Crystal Desert.

The moment he entered here, Lu Zheng noticed the problem.

Under normal circumstances, in this kind of fixed dungeon, monster respawns had a certain range.

Moreover, only after being taunted, and only within a certain range, would monsters attack professionals.

But Lu Zheng had only just entered when he found large numbers of monsters charging toward him with red eyes, swarming to attack.

They had already gathered at the entrance. Judging by their levels, many of them should have respawned in the core area, yet now they were all at the entrance.

Extremely strange.

Regardless, these were experience points, and they couldn't be wasted.

Lu Zheng raised a hand and unleashed the skill 'Wildfire', burning all the monsters to death, converting them into experience points, and pocketing them.

Then he directly continued using the 【Void Walk】 skill to quickly approach the core area.

A Desert Temple existed in each of the four Endless Desert dungeons, and this was the most central place.

According to the information Lu Zheng had, outside this Desert Temple, there should be a level-400 monster called 'Blood Crystal Guardian.'

At this moment it disappeared, indicating that this guy was very likely killed!

Thinking of the earlier missing Huang Batian, he might very well have been able to slay this Blood Crystal Guard.

Because Huang Batian is the same as Wu Tuohai, both are peak holy‑class professionals above level 390; Wu Tuohai can kill the Thunder Prison Guard, so it is only natural that Huang Batian could kill the Blood Crystal Guard.

But after a little thought, Lu Zheng realized things weren't that simple.

Even before Huang Batian arrived here, abnormal phenomena had already appeared in the endless desert; the death of the Blood Crystal Guard should not be the cause of the disaster.

Lu Zheng looked at the temple; the problem should be inside it.

After thinking, Lu Zheng released a Vajra Ape summoned beast and had it enter to investigate.

Following the logic of other places, this temple should also be the entrance to a planar instance.

Indeed, inside appeared a place like a white cave opening.

And just as the Vajra Ape was about to enter the opening, a figure suddenly fell out from inside, followed closely by a terrifying aura.

Lu Zheng was very familiar with this level of aura, after all, he had just killed one not long ago.

And when the figure that had fallen from the opening saw that there was still someone outside the temple, he immediately shouted:

"Run! Hurry up and tell Xuanyuan War God that an Evil God has invaded!"

Saying that, he actually went forward to meet that demigod.

(End of chapter)