Chapter 100: The Hellhound Was Fierce

“...This...”

Following the direction of Zhang Chu’s finger, Zhang Xueying raised her head, looking panicked.

She quickly activated her perception glasses and captured detailed images of the Vajra Demon Suppression Stone, then sent them to the temporary command group: “Director Fan, Dean Luo, this is the condition of the Vajra Demon Suppression Stone we found at Coordinate Three Hundred and Two. We suspect it was deliberately damaged, and the culprit’s strength is no lower than that of a Spirit Realm practitioner.”

While Zhang Xueying was making her report, Zhang Chu slowly reached out and rested his hand against the stone stele.

Since the fourth form of passive devouring could absorb the spiritual power of Spirit Realm practitioners, perhaps he could find some clue from the Vajra Demon Suppression Stone.

After all, a single palm strike could never determine the identity of the saboteur.

Sure enough, the moment his right hand touched the stele, a faint ripple of spiritual power flowed into Zhang Chu’s sea of consciousness.

“A Spirit Realm fluctuation.”
“At least level six.”
“The cracking of the stele is related to the destruction of the electromagnetic storm array around the Vajra Demon Suppression Stone, which amplified the attack on the Spirit Realm practitioner.”

In just a few seconds, Zhang Chu had already judged the likely cause of the damage.

A level-six-or-higher Spirit Realm practitioner had appeared in the high-tier forbidden zone of Canglong Mountain.

There was no need to think about it.

It had to be someone from the Fallen God Alliance.

“Notice: Special Combat Team member Fan Dayong has sent a video request. Accept?”

Just as he withdrew his hand, video requests from Fan Dayong appeared on both of their perception glasses.

Zhang Chu and Zhang Xueying exchanged a glance. “Accept.”

Soon, the connection went through.

Through the perception glasses, a mountain peak came into view.

This was the area numbered Three Hundred and Three, which Fan Dayong and Huang Lili were responsible for.

“Zhang Chu, what’s the situation on your side?”

Fan Dayong and Huang Lili appeared in the video.

“The Vajra Demon Suppression Stone has been deliberately damaged. The other side is at least a level-six Spirit Realm practitioner,” Zhang Chu said.

“Section Chief Fan, what did you and Huang Lili find over there? Is your Vajra Demon Suppression Stone intact?” Zhang Xueying hurriedly asked.

If only one suppressive stone was damaged, it could be replaced.

If all three were damaged at once, then things would be troublesome.

A Spirit Realm array master from the Martial God Academy would have to come in person to repair it and redeploy the array.

And in the meantime, the Demon Tower could be assaulted at any moment, allowing the seal to be broken.

Fan Dayong shifted his view.

The Vajra Demon Suppression Stone of the Three Hundred and Three area came into view: “Our situation is the same as your highland in the Three Hundred and Two area. The Vajra Demon Suppression Stone we found has also been deliberately damaged. We’ve already synchronized the photos to the temporary command group.”

“Zhang Chu, we need to start the energy balancer immediately and check the array’s power balance,” Zhang Xueying suggested.

Zhang Chu quickly contacted Wang Peng and Hu Sanyi, but there was no response.

What was going on?

Could something have happened?

Zhang Chu faintly felt an ominous premonition.

“I’ll apply right away for War God One to conduct a patrol.”

Wang Peng and Hu Sanyi being out of contact was no small matter. Zhang Xueying quickly reached out to the temporary command center.

Very soon, a notice appeared in the perception glasses of all four people: “The War God One drone patrol plan has been activated. The drone will arrive over Area Three Hundred and One in fifteen minutes and conduct reconnaissance over a radius of ten kilometers. All special combat members, please remain ready for immediate rescue.”

After reading the notice, Zhang Chu frowned deeply.

After his rebirth, Wang Peng and Hu Sanyi had become two of his best brothers.

Now that both had lost contact at the same time, he could not help but worry.

“Don’t worry too much. There are many possible reasons why Wang Peng and Hu Sanyi lost contact. There’s already a strong, high-energy array stationed near the Vajra Demon Suppression Stone, which can easily cause signal loss. Maybe you’ll be able to reach them soon,” Zhang Xueying said gently, patting his back when she saw his concern.

“Boom...”

The moment her words fell, thick smoke suddenly erupted from the crater four hundred meters away.

The entire ground began to tremble.

Damn it.

A volcanic eruption?

Was their luck really this good?

Zhang Chu grabbed Zhang Xueying around the slender waist and flashed away from the crater, reappearing on the mountain slope where they had stood moments before.

Zhang Xueying was still shaken, a tingling numbness running through her body. “Little Teacher Chu, were you doing that on purpose?”

“Huh?”

Coming back to himself, Zhang Chu quickly let go of her waist and said with an awkward laugh, “How could that be taking advantage? This was clearly a heroic rescue of a beauty.”

“So am I supposed to repay you with my body or something?”

Zhang Xueying rolled her eyes at him.

Wait.

What was going on?

Was this woman hinting at something?

He had sworn it: after his rebirth, he would devote himself to cultivation and never concern himself with such lewd matters!

Before Zhang Chu could make a decision that would betray his ancestors, a thunderous cracking sound erupted behind them.

“It’s a hellhound!”

Zhang Xueying snatched up the Divine Slaughter Sword from the sheath on her back.

The hellhound was an oddity among star beasts.

With flesh and blood bodies, they could live inside volcanic craters.

They were swift of body and could breathe fire.

Even star beasts of the same rank would keep their distance from hellhounds.

It was Zhang Chu’s first time seeing one, and he could only exclaim what a monster it was.

Six had leaped out of the crater at once.

Each one was huge, with eerie green eyes and bodies wreathed in flames.

Every single one was of the five-star level.

“Xueying, stay behind me.”

Hellhounds were highly territorial. In an instant, they surrounded Zhang Chu and Zhang Xueying, steadily closing in to shrink the encirclement.

Facing six level-five star beasts at once, Zhang Chu was not confident either.

Moreover, the matter of the vine-demon seed was top secret and could not be casually revealed.

Otherwise, he might well be dragged into a laboratory and dissected.

The electric vine entanglement could not be used for now.

With a flick of his hand, Zhang Chu drew the Blazing Flame Sword into his grasp.

“Woof!”

The six hellhounds seemed provoked, unleashing wave after wave of ferocious howls.

In the next instant, they opened their mouths, and several fireballs erupted from four directions, hurtling toward them.

“Damn it!”

“That attack style is absolutely explosive—way too insane!”

Zhang Chu could only shout in admiration.

Watching the incoming fireballs, the two of them swiftly swung the swords in their hands.

The fireballs were knocked away, bursting into flames in midair before scattering into nothing.

At that moment, the hellhounds launched their first coordinated assault, and their target was surprisingly Zhang Xueying, who possessed only the strength of a level-six martial artist.

Zhang Chu had to face six hellhounds alone.

Unable to use spiritual battle techniques, he gradually began to struggle.

Zhang Xueying, for her part, unleashed a full set of the Divine Slaughter Sword Art.

But her opponent was a five-star star beast.

She was forced back after just one exchange.

If Zhang Chu had not struck a sword blow to drive the hellhound back, she might already have been torn apart.

“Portable high-energy electric net, activate!”

Seeing Zhang Xueying clutching her burned left arm, Zhang Chu hurled out an energy-storage battery.

The battery rapidly formed a high-energy electric net defensive barrier.

The hellhounds’ flames burned at an extremely high temperature, and once contaminated, the wound had to be treated immediately. Otherwise, even a Spirit Realm practitioner would face muscle necrosis.