Chapter 424: Chapter 412: Encounter with the Dragon-man Race! (Please Subscribe)
Leaving Anshan City, Chen Fan headed towards the northwest.
More than eight hundred kilometers away, there is a city called Star River City. Ten years ago, the city boasted many artificial landscapes, with the night walks making you feel as if you were walking under a starry sky, filled with stars.
Today, the city is occupied by over thirty thousand fierce beasts.
Among them are three commander-level fierce beasts, one ordinary level, one high-level, and one top-level commander-level fierce beast.
Considering that this city is very close to Anshan City in a straight line, it was possible that the beast tide in three days might include fierce beasts from this ruined city.
As such, he decided to strike first.
However, there is also some bad news mentioned in the association’s data: three to four hundred kilometers north of Star River City, there was a gathering of the Dragon-man Race.
The so-called Dragon-man Race is a type of humanoid creature.
They resemble upright-standing lizards, with scales all over their bodies.
However, they possess intelligence, have their own language, and can wield weapons. They are creatures from another dimension.
Due to the revival of spiritual qi, many "portals" have appeared between heaven and earth, allowing creatures from different dimensions to come through these portals.
Within Yan Country, there are also many portals.
Most of them are outside human race cities, in fierce beast territories, but some are within human race territories, requiring strong individuals to guard them and prevent otherworldly creatures from descending.
Unfortunately, the number of strong individuals is ultimately limited, so portals outside human race territories are mostly unguarded.
The only fortunate thing is that these otherworldly creatures also engage in constant slaughter with the fierce beasts, indirectly helping the human race by relieving some pressure.
Nonetheless, if anyone were to hold a favorable opinion towards them for this reason, it would be rather naive.
In the eyes of otherworldly creatures, there is no difference between the human race and the fierce beasts, and even among otherworldly creatures, they will slaughter each other once encountered.
In the past, many camps and even small cities established by survivors of Yan Country were attacked by these otherworldly creatures.
It was only in recent years that a sort of balance was achieved.
"I wonder if I will encounter those guys this time."
Chen Fan murmured to himself.
If he does encounter them, he is not afraid. After all, they are all aliens that need to be eradicated sooner or later.
In the next moment, he took out his bow and arrow from his space items and ran towards his destination.
More than an hour later, Chen Fan saw the outline of the city in the distance, with a hint of a smile of anticipation on his face.
Finally, he had arrived.
If he could kill the commander-level fierce beasts here, along with hundreds of elite-level fierce beasts, then, counting the materials in his space items, he should be able to exchange for several supreme martial arts.
He continued forward, and when he was about ten kilometers away, he activated Celestial Response.
As the saying goes, it’s better to be cautious to avoid thousands of risks. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will be invincible in every battle.
A few seconds later.
Chen Fan’s face showed a different expression.
He looked at Star River City in the distance.
What was going on? Isn’t it said that there are over thirty thousand fierce beasts here?
The aura he sensed was less than ten thousand.
Among them, there were two or three very strong auras, comparable to the President.
This made his face slightly serious.
Could it be that he was late and this place had already been taken by other awakeners?
"Since I’m here, let’s check out the situation first."
Chen Fan tightened his grip on the battle bow.
Those three auras were strong, but he wasn’t afraid.
Aura can change at any time. At this moment, his aura is comparable to those three, but once he activates Vajra Indestructible Body, except for the Spirit Attribute, the other three attributes will increase tenfold. At that time, whose aura is stronger or weaker will be hard to say.
Furthermore, the saying "an inch longer is an inch stronger" is not just a phrase.
Relying on the advantage of bow and arrow, even without activating Vajra Indestructible Body, he has the confidence to shoot them one by one.
He approached closer and closer.
When he was about three kilometers away, Chen Fan widened his eyes in surprise.
He saw a group of humanoid creatures dressed in armor, holding spears and long knives, slaughtering the fierce beasts in the city.
"Slaughtering" would be an understatement; it was more like a one-sided massacre.
In front of those humanoid creatures, even high-level fierce beasts were not their match, either piercing their vital points with one spear or splitting them in half with one knife, blood spraying wildly.
On the tall buildings around, these humanoid creatures were also holding bows and arrows, shooting the fierce beasts from above.
Fierce beasts hit by their arrows would explode as if hit by bombs, their entire bodies blowing apart.
"These are the Dragon-men?"
Chen Fan hid his figure, shocked in his heart.
Each of these Dragon-men was over three meters tall, wearing chest armor and leg armor. If not for their protruding lips, from behind, they truly resembled humans.
Especially the leader of each team of Dragon-men, who was over four meters tall, like a tiger among sheep, exceptionally fierce.
He looked around.
The number of Dragon-men was around three thousand, divided into teams of hundreds, slaughtering fierce beasts in the city.
The fierce beasts seemed to be less than ten thousand now.
Evidently, the remaining twenty thousand mid to high-level fierce beasts had been killed, while there were less than a hundred Dragon-men corpses on the ground.
"Damn it!"
Chen Fan gritted his teeth.
These were all his experience points!
Although he was angry, he did not act rashly.
No aura of commander-level fierce beasts was perceived in his mind, indicating that the original three commander-level fierce beasts here had been killed.
Along with those elite-level fierce beasts being cleaned up as well.
The ones responsible for this were not the ordinary Dragon-men outside but likely the three strong auras inside.
"Should I retreat?"
Chen Fan frowned.
Indeed, the current situation was somewhat dangerous. He could retreat while these Dragon-men had not discovered him yet.
Besides, his plan was to hunt the commander-level and elite-level fierce beasts here and obtain their materials. Now that all the commander-level fierce beasts were dead, this plan was foiled.
It might be better to go to other ruined cities given that there was still time.
However, he had an inexplicable concern.
The distance between here and Anshan City is not far but also not close.
One day, might these Dragon-men also attack Anshan City?
This possibility couldn’t be ruled out, as many human race gathering places in the wild had been slaughtered by these Dragon-men even in broad daylight.
"Since I’m already here, I might as well test their depth."
Chen Fan’s eyes flashed with a glint.
He continued towards the center of the city.
The Dragon-men were focused on the fierce beasts in front of them, oblivious to a ghostly figure passing by.
"It’s just ahead."
Chen Fan hid in the darkness and looked ahead, his eyes brightening.
He saw several fierce beast corpses, huge in size, laid out in an open space ahead.
One was twenty meters long, like a lion.
"Earth-Splitting Lion."
Chen Fan swallowed.
This was the most powerful type of commander-level fierce beast, mighty and possessing wisdom not inferior to humans.
Unfortunately, it was still killed by the Dragon-men.
"The corpses of the three commander-level fierce beasts are here, along with elite-level fierce beasts. What are they doing? Performing some kind of ritual?"
Chen Fan frowned.
He saw hundreds of Dragon-men dragging the corpses of elite-level fierce beasts and placing them in a certain pattern.
Among them, more than ten Dragon-men seemed special.
Their height was shorter than average Dragon-men, their physiques were not as sturdy, and they wore white robes instead of armor, giving a peculiar feeling.
"Are they Dragon-man priests?"
The term appeared in Chen Fan’s mind.
He looked in another direction, his pupils narrowing.
There stood three Dragon-men, each over five meters tall, wearing battle armor of different colors.
They were talking about something.
Chen Fan perked up his ears.
Those three Dragon-men evidently didn’t expect anyone could unknowingly approach so close under their noses, so they did not suppress their voices deliberately.
But Chen Fan did not have the imagined smoothness.
He found he could not understand their language.
However, at that moment, other voices reached his ears.
"Sister Xin, are we doomed?"
A female voice, full of terror, sounded.
Chen Fan looked closely, surprised.
Several hundred meters away, a few women sat on the ground, each with their hands and feet locked in shackles, unable to move.
"It seems so."
One woman smiled bitterly and said.
Upon hearing those words, the terror in the eyes of other women deepened.
A few women’s terror turned into anger.
"These Lizardmen, if they want to kill us, why bind us here?"
"Exactly, if they have the guts, let us loose and fight them!" The speaking woman got excited, directly shouting at the Dragon-men: "You scum, can you hear me? Release me immediately! Can you hear me?!"
The nearby Dragon-men glanced at her, showing a human-like contempt.
Then, they turned away, whispering, ignoring her no matter how she cursed.
"Alright Lingling, save your strength, they don’t understand what you’re saying. Even if they did, they wouldn’t unlock these shackles for you."
Tang Xin sighed.
The woman blinked, lowered her head, and quietly sobbed.
Seeing this, other women’s eyes reddened too.
They were all awakeners, hunting fierce beasts with their team.
The team had several B-level awakeners, strong in power.
But unfortunately, they were ambushed by the Dragon-men; the male awakeners in the team were all killed, their bodies eaten by the Dragon-men.
As for them, they were left alive, brought to this place.
"Sister Xin, what are these creatures doing? Why are they arranging those fierce beast corpses like that?" One woman couldn’t help but ask.
"If I guess correctly, they should be trying to perform a summoning ritual." Tang Xin said softly.
"Summoning ritual?" The women exclaimed.
"Summoning ritual?"
Chen Fan was also startled.