Monsters Die When Killed

It was trying hard to sell itself, its gaze incomparably sincere. And along with the giant crocodile, more than forty other members of the Scale Race forces were staring over, their eyes equally bright with anticipation.

They were all vying for the chance to be eaten, but since the giant crocodile had already spoken, they, being of a lower tier, dared not open their mouths.

"Eat... eat you?!"

When Su Zhou heard this, he couldn’t wrap his head around it. He had no idea what it was saying. It wasn’t until the giant crocodile lifted its own tail, apparently about to continue slicing open its armored hide with the knife, that he snapped out of his stupor. A wave of revulsion washed over him. "You want me to eat you, and you’re calling it a blessing?!"

"Do you really know what you’re asking for?!"

"Yes, of course I’m aware—Venerable Lord, I’m begging you! It was our mistake for not being prepared to receive you. Please, you must not detest us or withhold your boon... I am willing to atone tenfold, tenfold!"

The giant crocodile prostrated itself humbly before Su Zhou’s shoes. It meekly stuck out its tongue, wanting to lick the tops of his shoes clean. When the young man instinctively pulled his foot back, it made the crocodile shed anxious tears, but its huge body remained docilely on the ground.

’What kind of messed up, twisted world is this?’

Lifting his head, Su Zhou instinctively turned to look at the Zhengguo Action Team. Everyone wore expressions of shock and bewilderment. Even Jin Qiong, who had inherited the memories of the ancient Garuda, couldn’t stomach this kind of worldview and mentality. She wore a look of disgust. "It’s an Extraordinary High-tier individual, for crying out loud... Even I would have to put in some effort to take it down. With a bit more work, even if it’s still not worthy of a Divine Beast’s notice, it could at least stand on the same stage as its peers."

"A Spirit Beast, and a powerful one at that! How can it be so subservient? Even if it’s survival of the fittest, it’s hardly the weak prey anymore!"

Turning his head again, Su Zhou looked into the eyes of the gathered beasts. They were all filled with anticipation, eager to offer themselves as a sacrifice.

They were gazes that could not have been more sincere, more devout, more respectful—utterly pure and clean.

But in that instant, Su Zhou felt none of the pleasant satisfaction he’d experienced when he was respected and thanked by the Hundred Schools’ Righteous Army in the Divine Wood World or the residents of Naisel City. When it came to sincerity, those two groups probably couldn’t even compare to these Scale Beasts of the Beast God Realm.

At this moment, all he could feel was a skin-crawling revulsion, accompanied by an overwhelming sense of foulness and nausea.

"What should we do about these Scale Race members?"

"They’ve been brainwashed by the faith spread by the Divine Beasts of the Beast God Realm. That does make things tricky."

"Forget it. Let’s leave them be. Our objective is the Tree of Life. Once we’ve confirmed its status, we can take our time figuring out the chaos in the Beast God Realm."

The Zhengguo Action Team’s discussion didn’t last very long. After all, they were all human, so naturally the safety of the Human World was their first priority.

Su Zhou simply stopped the giant crocodile’s self-mutilation and clearly stated that he forgave their previous disrespect. Only after hearing these words did all the Scale Race beasts let out a sigh of relief, as if shackles had finally been removed.

Their expressions and their very way of life were pitiable, but they themselves were oblivious.

Only Su Zhou was silently contemplating. ’Perhaps... this is also a form of Reincarnation... What if a Spirit Beast were to break this cycle...’

He didn’t dwell on it, just let out a sigh.

The group set out again.

However, at this moment, the Zhengguo Action Team spotted another small squad from the Feather Race flying leisurely through the air, heading in their direction.

They appeared to be escorting something that looked extremely important.

This was the work of the Divine Bird, Ghost Car—a ploy to divert disaster by inciting the Scale Race’s hidden forces to attack the survivors of the Immortal Realm, who were acting as bait. In other words, the humans. However, the Feather Race had gotten the news too late and weren’t as fast as Jin Qiong. As a result, before they could even lead the enemy to the bait, Su Zhou and his team had already dealt with the Scale Race’s covert forces.

The Zhengguo Action Team naturally didn’t know this, but they could still see that there was something unusual about this Feather Race squad.

"Jin Qiong, it’s up to you this time."

Having just subdued the group of Scale Race beasts with his own bloodline, Su Zhou now looked at Jin Qiong, the meaning in his gaze self-evident.

The other members of the action team also turned to look at her, signaling that it was the Divine Bird’s turn to act.

"Ugh, fine, fine. Judging by how you handled it, it didn’t look that hard anyway..."

The golden-haired beauty clicked her tongue, pushed off the ground, and transformed back into her true Divine Bird form before flying over.

The process isn’t worth detailing. Under the Divine Bird’s Suppression from the Great Roc Golden-winged Bird, this squad of Spirit Birds fared no better than the Scale Race had against Su Zhou. They relayed Ghost Car’s orders to Jin Qiong without hesitation, which revealed to the team that the Divine Beasts of the Beast God Realm had known about their arrival all along.

"It seems we overestimated the strength of the Beast God Realm, but also underestimated their caution... There’s no need to proceed so cautiously anymore."

After realizing this, the Daoist Saint couldn’t help but sigh. "Since we’ve already been discovered, we might as well proceed at full speed, meet up directly with the Europe Action Team, and charge straight towards the location of the Tree of Life."

"The Secret Technique can be used at any time, but it will take about three hours to fully ascertain the vitality of the Tree of Life," Lin Chengde said. The Agricultural Saint’s Disciple calmly reminded them, "Three hours wasn’t long in our original plan. But now, if the beasts of the Beast God Realm learn that we’re heading for their Life Lord’s Holy Land, we’ll likely face a three-hour siege."

When he said this, everyone except for a slightly frightened Tang Yuan looked completely unconcerned—from the two military Transcendents to Liu Wuxin. Su Zhou, Zhang Fucheng (who knew Su Zhou’s true power), the Daoist Saint, and Jin Qiong were even more nonchalant; they nearly let out a dismissive "Oh."

"Unless they can whip out a few Human Immortal Commander Level experts, holding out for three hours will be a piece of cake. Don’t forget, the action teams from the American Federation and Ross Country will be arriving later to take some of the pressure off us."

That was Bai Canglang speaking. He grinned so wide his canines showed, cheerfully patting the gun in his hand. "I wonder how much I can raise my kill count this time. Man, it’s so hard to rack up kills in peacetime."

"The lines of the Venerable Lords all have hidden reserves."

But at this moment, the Spirit Bird off to the side—a pure-white goose that had been subdued by Jin Qiong’s Suppression—thought this was a question for it. It answered honestly, "Last time, when the Ghost Car Venerable Master and the Cyan Bird Venerable Lord fought over the main city, they both deployed those reserves, summoning the Divine Feather of an old Venerable Lord from a thousand years ago... Its might was enough to destroy half the city. It probably had the power of an Immortal Beast."

The heartily laughing Bai Canglang’s expression suddenly stiffened.

’The Divine Beast lineages can actually produce Commander Tier combat power?’

’But on second thought, it wasn’t that surprising. A fully-equipped Extraordinary Peak Daoist Saint could probably also unleash Commander Tier power. By relying on a Divine Feather left behind by a powerful ancestor, much like the Dragon Race relies on their ancestors’ Dragon Pearls, they could indeed achieve a temporary Breaking Realm.’

Upon hearing this important piece of information, everyone present immediately turned to look at Su Zhou.

"Well? Can you handle it?"

The Daoist Saint asked grimly, "If worst comes to worst, we can temporarily retreat. This information is too important; it’s worth taking the time to prepare. If we really have to, I’ll go back and grab my full set of gear, call a few old friends, and get several Saints to join forces. Then we’ll just smash our way through."

His tone was impassioned and stirring.

But Su Zhou just shook his head. He didn’t speak, just raised his hand and held up two fingers in a V-shape.

’What does that mean? Does it stand for victory?’

Just as everyone was wondering, Su Zhou seemed to realize something was off. He hesitated, then raised three fingers, and finally opened his whole palm, showing five fingers.

’Now what does that mean?’

In response, the young man said humbly, "For this kind of Commander, I was originally going to say I could finish one off in two seconds, but that’s too much of an exaggeration. After all, I don’t even know what specific type of Commander will show up. I’d probably be eating my words."

"But taking on five of them at once? A trivial matter like that is no problem at all."

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