Chapter 84: The King Beneath the Ranks

Even though it was separated by an entire city, perhaps it was an illusion, but Zhou Liming could actually faintly feel the heat radiating from it.

Like a rising sun, its light shone over the whole city. Like a phoenix reborn from the flames, this bird-shaped Fierce Beast, which had just broken through the egg, spread its wings and flew high in the sky, occasionally letting out a crisp cry. From the moment it appeared, all the Fierce Beasts in the entire city trembled and submitted to its intimidation.

Now Zhou Liming finally understood why leaving City Yue B had been so smooth. It was because all the Fierce Beasts above the Third Stage in City Yue B had long vanished.

From the moment this bird-shaped Fierce Beast appeared, Zhou Liming clenched his fists tightly. Influenced by the Fierce Beast Gene in his body, he was now filled with combat spirit and had the impulse to fly into the sky and teach it a memorable lesson. This sudden impulse surprised Zhou Liming. He couldn’t quite figure out why he had the urge to discipline it.

Just thinking about how this unknown Fierce Beast could force the high-level Fierce Beasts in the entire city to flee, one could imagine how terrifying its power was. On what grounds could he possibly teach it a lesson?

Thinking about his defense, after his promotion in City Wan J, he could at most withstand bullets from heavy machine guns. In front of this terrifying-level Fierce Beast, he wasn’t even worth a crumb. He might not even get close before being roasted into dried meat. Although Zhou Liming guessed that the original Fierce Beast he acquired was very high-level, it… hadn’t grown yet, at least not now. So he could only endure it.

Everyone in the X Squadron was stunned. They watched the bird-shaped Fierce Beast fly around and land on a seventy-story high-rise building. Then, the entire building actually caught fire within a moment, erupting into a massive blaze. This bird-shaped Fierce Beast let out a sound of pleasure in response to the flames.

Apart from relief, there was no other emotion to express in the scene. A Fierce Beast at this abnormal level was far beyond the capability of the current X Squadron to handle.

Just in the daze of the crowd, within less than five minutes, this more than seventy-story high-rise building turned into powder under the burning heat and melted down. Zhou Liming knew this was due to the bird-shaped Fierce Beast’s extremely high temperature, which roasted the cement and sand into dust, melting even the reinforced steel inside. That was exactly why the entire building collapsed into dust in such an unbelievable way. Some nearby buildings were also affected, leaving only incomplete sides.

A moment later, this bird-shaped Fierce Beast finally retracted its form and abilities, blinking out of sight before everyone’s eyes.

Lian Ruixue didn’t hesitate. With such a terrifying Fierce Beast around, if they stayed any longer, who knew if it would find them?

So everyone quickly got back into the vehicles and left. Lian Ruixue modified the plan again, changing the landing spot for the Transport Aircraft to a place even farther from City Yue B. She couldn’t be sure if a Transport Aircraft appearing too close to City Yue B would be discovered by it. If something went wrong, the mission wouldn’t just fail; total annihilation would become inevitable.

On the highway, the speed of the business vans was naturally very fast. Members of the X Squadron were running alongside as Fierce Beasts in their Fierce Beast Form.

Zhou Liming sat on the roof of one of the business vans, cross-legged. Under the increased speed, the wind blew fiercely, but for the non-human Zhou Liming, the impact was almost zero. He could now control his Fierce Beast Form at will. At this moment, he was just sitting like a normal person, wearing only a pair of black tight pants and a black vest.

Lian Ruixue seemed to hesitate for a moment before flying onto the roof as well. She landed there and then retracted the wings on her back.

Zhou Liming just glanced at Lian Ruixue’s figure, then slightly turned his head away. With her curves fully displayed, he was afraid he might get a nosebleed.

Unnaturalness flashed across Lian Ruixue’s face, but she quickly returned to her cold expression and said, “Could it be a Level Seven Fierce Beast?”

Discussing this issue relaxed Zhou Liming’s slightly awkward heart a bit. He shook his head and said, “No, it should be a Level Six Fierce Beast.” Zhou Liming knew she wouldn’t believe it, but from his subconscious, he felt that it belonged to the Level Six Fierce Beast category.

“A Level Six Fierce Beast?” Lian Ruixue truly didn’t believe it. “The Giant Worm Beast is also a Level Six Fierce Beast, but why does it have only half of its dominance?”

Zhou Liming looked back towards the direction of City Yue B and said calmly, “King. It is the King-level among Level Six Fierce Beasts, at the very top of the Level Six Fierce Beast chain. Although it is a Level Six Fierce Beast, its strength is still greater than some low-end Level Seven Fierce Beasts. Generally speaking, there will be a King within every stage of Fierce Beasts. Even in the first stage of Fierce Beasts, there will be a King.”

Lian Ruixue seemed to understand. Thinking of the abnormal nature of this Level Six King-level Fierce Beast, she rarely let out a sigh. “Humans are going to fall into a greater disaster again.”

Zhou Liming didn’t respond. Instead, he gazed into the distance. The landing of this Level Six King-level Fierce Beast would likely cause Fierce Beasts to devour human living space once again, because it needed its own territory. At present, humans had absolutely no chance of resisting a existence like a Level Six King-level Fierce Beast.

Had the Sixth Stage reached its end? Would there still be a Seventh Stage, or even an Eighth Stage?

Nobody could give an answer at this time. Judging by the subconscious urge within his Fierce Beast Gene to make this Level Six King-level Fierce Beast submit, perhaps…

On the way, signs of Fierce Beast activity were rarely seen. The few that were spotted were running westward.

Although the arrival of the Level Six King-level Fierce Beast had lowered everyone’s mood, it wasn’t the worst news. At least on the positive side, no Fierce Beasts would jump out on the road anymore. With their current abilities, the X Squadron was already struggling to face Level Six Fierce Beasts. Although his Death Light had the ability to eliminate a Level Six Fierce Beast, his current power was limited to just three moves. Once used up, he would be left at their mercy.

It was good to have the military as a rear support. It was good that the military satellites were specifically mobilized to serve the X Squadron, allowing them to clearly know if there was any danger twenty or thirty kilometers ahead.

About thirty kilometers away from leaving City Yue B, Lian Ruixue received news that there were a large number of Fierce Beasts more than ten kilometers ahead, which should have fled from City Yue B. It was impossible to proceed further from here. So Lian Ruixue ordered the convoy to stop and began sending their current location coordinates to the incoming Transport Aircraft.

The Transport Aircraft that obtained the X Squadron’s location coordinates appeared over everyone’s heads more than ten minutes later.

After successfully landing on the highway, Lian Ruixue didn’t dare to be careless. After assigning someone to keep watch, she urged Dr. Su and the others to board the Transport Aircraft as soon as possible. In fact, there was no need for Lian Ruixue to urge them. The group of people who understood the changes in the world at this time, like drowning people grasping at a straw, had lost their previous refinement. They all went crazy climbing into the cargo hold, which was only half open.

Only after these people had all boarded the Transport Aircraft did it become the turn of the X Squadron members.

This time it took even less time. In just under two minutes, the Transport Aircraft, whose engine had never been turned off, roared louder and took off from the highway during its run-up.