Eternal Heavenly Emperor

Chu Hao had no choice but to protect Uncle Yu as best as he could, struggling immensely as they squeezed their way out.

Once out of the Beast Fighting Arena, he took Uncle Yu back to the Chu Family residence. Then, arming himself with the Red Shadow Sword, he said, "Uncle Yu, I'm going to hunt ferocious beasts. Wait for me here! Little Leopard, you must take good care of Uncle Yu!"

"Ao!" Little Leopard let out a soft cry, as if to agree.

"Young master, that's too dangerous. You should stay here too!" Uncle Yu did not want Chu Hao to take risks.

Chu Hao laughed heartily and said, "How can a man grow without braving the storm! Don't worry, Uncle Yu, I know what I'm doing and I won't just throw my life away!" He was determined to procure that Fire Spirit Pill.

Before the age of 30, a Martial Artist's strength grows exponentially. An additional 2,000 jin of strength now could potentially result in an increase of 20,000 jin, or even 200,000 jin in the future!

Knowing Chu Hao's determined character, Uncle Yu realized that once his young master made up his mind, he wouldn't change it, so he could only nod in agreement.

Chu Hao turned and left.

Actually, taking Flying Fire along might have been a good support, but the creature was a ferocious beast by nature. In the midst of such chaos, who could tell if it was "wild" or "domesticated"?

It's better not to bring it along, better to keep it by Uncle Yu's side for protection, especially since some scoundrels take advantage of such times to create trouble. Uncle Yu, being utterly defenseless but utterly loyal to the Chu Family, would surely fight if robbers came knocking. It was far too dangerous!

Chu Hao walked briskly while above him the Golden Iron Claw Eagle continued to circle and cry out. The ear-piercing shrieks were almost enough to make one's head explode!

How could they fight like this? They couldn't even unleash half of their combat power!

Shoo!

Just as he furrowed his brows, a swift arrow shot from nowhere, zooming towards that giant bird in the sky! The strength of the shooter was terrifying, and the bow was definitely a treasure too—it could shoot hundreds of meters into the air, and the arrow was still incredibly fast!

The giant bird extended its iron claws, catching the arrow with incredible accuracy, then snapped it in two. However, before it could even cry out, another sharp arrow was already on its way!

One arrow followed another, as if the barrage would never cease!

The giant bird was immediately occupied and could no longer scream.

The mighty warriors of the city were making their move!

Chu Hao nodded to himself silently. Just as beasts had their Vajra Realm Tyrants, humans also had their Vajra Realm powerhouses!

With the giant bird silenced, the citizens of Eastern Cloud City finally had time to seek refuge, dispersing into eight massive underground plazas throughout the city, each constructed from giant stones, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

About ten minutes later, Chu Hao arrived at the city gate and climbed onto the city wall. He looked out beyond the walls and involuntarily gasped.

The hillsides were swarming with ferocious beasts!

It was as if an enormous army had descended upon them, numbering at least thirty or forty thousand, and that was just from one direction! All told, this wave of beasts had to be at least a hundred thousand strong!

A chill went down Chu Hao's spine.

Even though this world revered martial prowess and everyone practiced martial arts, which meant that the average strength far surpassed that of earthlings, it was often said, "the poor write, the rich fight." Cultivation was the preserve of the wealthy!

Without money, how could one buy Strong Muscle Powder or Strong Body Pills? Besides, even if you did increase your strength, your belly would still be left unfilled!

And so, despite Eastern Cloud City's population nearing one million, at most only one percent had reached the First Tier Lesser Mahayana realm! That is to say, only about ten thousand people had the minimal combat power required to fight against ferocious beasts!

If it weren't for the advantage of city defenses, wouldn't humans have been utterly slaughtered?

"Fire arrows!" A commanding officer on the city wall shouted orders, and upon his command, nearly a thousand arrows rained down upon the beast horde like a torrent.

Mournful howls erupted as immediately, over a hundred beasts fell, but many more remained utterly undaunted by the arrows. Their fur had horrific defensive power, almost as if they were born with shields.

Boom! Boom!

Two enormous bulls stepped forward, a sight never to be seen on Earth! Each bull was ten meters long and five meters tall, with three horns on their heads, and each stomp seemed to make the ground tremble.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two bulls began to accelerate, lowering their heads and aiming straight for the city gates!

The beasts obviously possessed a certain intelligence, knowing that the gates were far more vulnerable compared to the city walls.

"No good, aim for those iron bulls, shoot! Shoot now!" The commanding officer on the city wall immediately went pale, yelling at the top of his lungs.

Shoo shoo shoo shoo, a thousand arrows flew in unison, all targeting the two bulls.

Bang!

Wave after wave of arrows fell, and one of the bulls finally cried out mournfully, tumbling to the ground and rolling several times like a mountain of flesh before it came to a stop, never to rise again.

But the other bull continued to charge at the city gate, its body resembling a pincushion, riddled with arrows.

Bang!

It slammed heavily against the city gate, and at once, the entire city wall trembled.

"The gate is broken!" someone wailed, their voice laden with an indescribable terror.

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