Chapter 326: Chapter 325: Commander-level Fierce Beast? (Please Subscribe)
On the wasteland, Chen Fan found a spot and sat down to meditate, recovering the True Essence within his body.
The previous slash had consumed most of his True Essence.
The effect was significant, directly splitting one person into pieces, even the Space Items turned to dust.
Fortunately, the Space Items of the other B-level Awakened were still intact. Although he didn’t know what it contained, he could find out by informing Meng Xue later.
As for the other C-level Awakened, he didn’t pay much attention.
Just as the True Essence within his body was about to recover completely, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
"Hua Jun?"
Chen Fan frowned, wondering if some incident had occurred within the city.
He answered the phone, changing his tone slightly, and said, "What’s up?"
"Chairman, there’s something I want to tell you. It might take a while; do you have time now?" Hua Jun cautiously asked.
"Hmm, go ahead."
"It’s like this..."
Hua Jun glanced at Xie Ming and the others. Without hiding anything, he directly explained the situation.
"Oh? There’s such a thing?"
Chen Fan’s tone was surprised.
"Yes, Chairman, I was careless. If the people Yan Hao had called were not Brother Xie and his group but someone else, I would have been dead by now."
Hua Jun sighed and then tentatively said, "Chairman, Brother Xie and his group initially didn’t plan to deal with this matter, but after hearing about your actions, they were full of respect and decided to join the association."
Afraid that Chen Fan might refuse, he added, "Chairman, Brother Xie and his group consist of five people. Three of them are C-level Awakened, and the other two are close to a breakthrough. If they join our association, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.
Chairman, when do you have time to meet them?"
"No need."
Upon hearing these three words, the smile on Hua Jun’s face instantly froze.
Xie Ming and the others beside him also felt a surge of unease.
Could it be that Chairman Li did not think much of them or was he wary and unwilling to accept them?
"If they want to join, let them join. I have urgent matters now and can’t spare time. Also, if others want to join in the future, you decide. No need to report each one to me."
"Yes, yes!"
Hua Jun was overjoyed.
On one hand, he repaid the kindness of Xie Ming and his group.
On the other hand, the Chairman’s words were filled with trust.
After hanging up the phone, he put down his cell phone and smiled at them, "Brother Xie, there’s no need to worry. The Chairman has agreed to your joining."
"What!"
Xie Ming and the others exchanged glances, feeling as if they were dreaming.
"Chairman Hua, Chairman Li, did he just agree?"
"Don’t we need to meet him?"
"No need."
Hua Jun waved his hand and said, "The Chairman is busy and can’t spare the time. Moreover, considering your strength, the Chairman is more than happy, so he agreed immediately. Brother Xie, from now on, you are members of the Anshan City Awakened Association. Anshan City welcomes you back!"
As he spoke, he extended his hand.
Xie Ming reacted quickly and reached out his hand as well.
Before coming, he had made countless assumptions in his mind.
He even prepared words in case of refusal upon meeting Chairman Li.
Who could have thought that it wouldn’t be such a hassle, and a phone call would settle everything?
Hua Jun released his hand and laughed, "Brother Xie, there’s no time to lose. Quickly relocate your family. Anshan City needs people now, just right for you to fulfill your ambitions."
"Rest assured, Chairman Hua, we will go back and relocate our family as soon as possible. At that time, please take care of us," Xie Ming clasped his fists.
"Brother Xie, there’s no need to be so courteous. Just call me by my name. We are all brothers, working together for the future of Anshan City."
"Hmm!"
Xie Ming and the others nodded heavily, unable to suppress the smiles on their faces.
For them, joining Anshan City was the hardest step.
Going forward, given their strength, it would only be a matter of time before they became the pillars of Anshan City.
Meanwhile, Chen Fan hung up the phone, the corner of his mouth slightly lifted, muttering to himself, "Three C-level Awakened, they’ve come at the perfect time."
Anshan City, not too big, not too small, having over ten thousand residents, relying solely on Hua Jun, was indeed difficult to manage. With three more C-level Awakened, it would be much easier.
Moreover, if the surrounding villagers were relocated to the city, having C-level Awakened would mean less worry about encountering high-level Fierce Beasts and minimizing losses.
Of course, when relocating his own village, he still needed to watch from afar.
"Almost time, it’s time to hunt Fierce Beasts."
Chen Fan stood up from the ground, his gaze fixed on the distance.
He no longer needed to worry about medicinal herbs; filling his Elixir Field and Sea of Qi with True Essence to 100% was just a matter of time.
In comparison, acquiring Experience Points had become the primary task.
The two B-level Awakened he killed earlier provided about 60,000 Experience Points each. Adding the previous 20,000+, it was close to 150,000.
But this was still too little.
A single Golden Bell Shield couldn’t even be fully upgraded, not to mention the soon-to-be unlocked Dragon Elephant Wisdom Skill, Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, and a bunch of Inner Power Boxing and Martial Arts techniques.
Although killing Awakened yields high experience, he didn’t want to do it unless necessary.
So, to gain Experience Points, he could only hunt Fierce Beasts.
Of course, if he encountered Cultists, destroying their Black Balls filled with death aura would also yield considerable Experience Points. Unfortunately, such opportunities were rare.
Chen Fan stretched his body, accompanied by a series of sounds, he regained his original form. Simultaneously, a black Battle Bow appeared in his right hand, and he carried over two meters of arrows on his back. Each arrow was as thick as a grown man’s arm, looking intimidating.
The next moment, his body propelled like a missile, whistling towards the north.
After about ten minutes, the outline of Anshan City appeared ahead. Chen Fan didn’t stop; with a thought, he extended the distance of Celestial Response to the maximum.
"Lion Apes, and two of them?"
Chen Fan’s mouth slightly curved as he closed the Celestial Response range and quickly sped towards the two Lion Apes.
"Roar!"
At this moment, two nearly ten-meter-tall Lion Apes were feasting on a high-level Fierce Beast, the scene was extremely bloody.
But the two Lion Apes were very excited, occasionally pounding their chests and roaring.
Suddenly, a violent buzzing sound approached from afar. The Lion Ape on the left couldn’t react to what had happened before an arrow pierced its chest, the powerful kinetic energy of the arrow throwing its body backward dozens of meters.
With a loud crash, the tens of tons of Lion Ape fell on its back, a fist-sized blood hole in its chest, blood gushing out.
Its breath waning.
"Roar! Roar!"
The other Lion Ape roared in anger, scanning its surroundings, seemingly searching for the attacker.
Suddenly, another sonic boom echoed.
Seeing a huge flame flying towards here at an astonishing speed, upon closer inspection, it was not a flame but an arrow surrounded by fiery True Qi, resembling a flame.
"Boom!"
Another loud noise.
The second Lion Ape’s chest exploded with a one-meter diameter hole.
With a thud, this Lion Ape also fell backward but unlike its companion, it died instantly.
Two kilometers away, Chen Fan looked at the Battle Bow in his hand, satisfiedly nodding.
No wonder it’s the Tier Four Alloy Battle Bow, a single normal-power arrow could easily penetrate the defense of Elite-level Fierce Beasts, aiming at vital spots could directly kill.
If True Qi is applied, like the Sun-Shooting Arrow just now, it would be an instant kill.
Chen Fan stepped forward, gathered the vital materials from the two Lion Apes, and stored them in Space Items before reopening Celestial Response.
Soon, he detected the aura of another two Elite-level Fierce Beasts, about thirty high-level Fierce Beasts.
"There’s also a Fire Scaly Pig, how timely,"
Chen Fan’s mouth curved into a smile.
He immediately headed towards the location of the Fire Scaly Pig.
In the next moment, an arrow surrounded by fiery True Qi whistled again.
"Boom!"
After a huge burst, even the formidable Fire Scaly Pig had a six or seven hundred centimeters large hole on its body, falling down with raised dust.
Again, an instant kill with one arrow.
"No wonder it’s the Tier Four Alloy Battle Bow,"
Chen Fan sighed again, using only the basic Sun-Shooting Arrow, yet hadn’t even used the more powerful Flaming Arrow.
"I should find one or two Commander-level Fierce Beasts to test my skills."
Chen Fan looked towards the distance.
The land occupied by the Human Race now is less than one-tenth of what it was ten years ago.
Three super-large cities stand in a tripod configuration. The regions between the three super-large cities are considered absolute safe zones. Around these super-large cities, gradually formed over ten large cities, the same goes for medium cities.
On the outermost perimeter are small cities like Anshan City.
From the sky, the entire Human Race territory resembles a circle, a sort of fortress.
Outside the fortress lies the territory of Fierce Beasts, with greater danger the deeper you go.
After collecting materials from the Fire Scaly Pig, Chen Fan continued moving forward.
On the way, he killed nearly ten Elite-level Fierce Beasts, yet he still couldn’t detect any aura far exceeding that of Elite-level Fierce Beasts.
Chen Fan frowned, his gaze fixed ahead, noticing a human city appearing in the distance out of nowhere.
But unlike the cities he had seen before, this city was a scene of ruins, desolate and broken.
"Is it a relic of an old city?"
Chen Fan opened Celestial Response, and was shocked to find the city had thousands of auras, all Fierce Beasts!
Most of the auras ranged from Mid-level to high-level Fierce Beasts.
There were dozens of Elite-level Fierce Beasts auras.
Besides that, one aura was several times stronger than those of Elite-level Fierce Beasts.
"Is it a Commander-level Fierce Beast?"
Chen Fan muttered.
This powerful aura gave him a sense of danger, but not extreme danger.
"Let’s check it out."
Chen Fan swallowed his saliva.