Chapter 280 - 254: Escape (2)
Chapter 280: Chapter 254: Escape (2)
It was pure chaos everywhere now.
Battlefields were everywhere.
Zhao Chi had no idea which way to run.
"Grrr... ROOOAR..."
A pack of Ghouls crawled toward him.
A cold sweat broke out all over Zhao Chi’s body.
He had just witnessed the strength of the Ghouls. At the time, he’d thought Ordinary Ghouls were rather weak.
But back then, he had Gu Qing and the others by his side. And now?
’Fuck.’
Zhao Chi held his breath and crouched behind a pile of rubble, praying the Ghouls wouldn’t spot him.
’But how was that possible?’
The Ghouls had poor eyesight, but their sense of smell was incredibly keen.
They quickly found Zhao Chi hiding among the ruins. They shrieked and roared at him, viscous fluid dripping from between their sharp teeth.
"Damn it..."
Zhao Chi tried to force a teleport again.
But the system prompt remained the same: [You are attempting a forced teleportation back to your territory. This may constitute a legal violation. Do you wish to proceed?]
He quickly clicked [Yes!]
[Teleportation Failed]
’Fuck!’
Zhao Chi knew the resistance army had blocked the teleportation corridors.
’This complicates things.’
’Looks like I have to fight...’
However, Zhao Chi was overthinking it.
The Ghouls had indeed spotted Zhao Chi, but he wasn’t their target at all.
Instead, it was a group of Bear Knights not far behind him.
"AWOOOO—"
The Ghouls roared again and charged the Bear Knights on all fours, sending up huge splashes of water.
Zhao Chi felt like he’d truly cheated death.
But his escape wasn’t complete. Another pack of Beastmen came howling and charging.
’Damn it...’
But the Beastmen weren’t targeting Zhao Chi either. Their target was a group of Black Armored Noble Soldiers charging in from the side.
Zhao Chi had dodged another bullet.
’Looks like I really need to increase my own power after this.’
’Having powerful Female Heroes and Female Soldiers is great, but there are too many restrictions.’
’I feel so helpless when they’re not around.’
’I managed to get a lot of Supplies and money this time. I’m definitely going to focus on improving myself first!’
Zhao Chi thought as he ran.
Suddenly, he heard an angry curse.
"You motherfuckers! All of you, just fucking die!"
Zhao Chi quickly stopped in his tracks.
No matter who was fighting, a war of this Level was far beyond what Zhao Chi could handle.
Just getting close could get him killed in the crossfire.
Looking closer, he saw the person up ahead was wearing Golden Armor. It was the noble, Du Li.
Du Li was already seriously wounded.
In the distance, another figure was rapidly approaching.
"Du Li, is it? Don’t worry, you’re not going to die. We haven’t gotten our hands on all your nice things yet. How could we let you die so easily?"
"Die? You’re the ones who are going to fucking die, you low-life scum!"
A spectral image emerged from Du Li’s Body.
But the figure waved a hand, and the spectral image instantly vanished.
"You’re finished. Why are you still struggling? You trash noble."
The temperature plummeted.
The puddles on the ground instantly froze into solid ice.
Du Li’s legs were frozen solid in the ice.
He used all his Power, but the ice at his feet didn’t even crack.
Du Li was horrified.
’It’s just ice... How can I not break free?’
"Of course you can’t break free. This isn’t Ordinary ice. If you cooperate, maybe we’ll grant you a quick death."
The figure raised its hand.
A thick layer of ice crept up from Du Li’s feet.
In a matter of seconds, Du Li was completely encased in ice.
The next moment, both the dark figure and Du Li vanished.
’Is it safe up ahead now?’
’No, it’s not safe...’
A group of fully-armed Human Race Soldiers charged past, clearly fleeing for their lives.
’I can’t stay here any longer...’
Zhao Chi immediately took off as well.
The fighting was everywhere.
Zhao Chi’s goal was to head southeast.
But the area was crawling with High Tier Magical Beasts.
Even against Middle Tier Magical Beasts, Zhao Chi was no match.
He could only move in fits and starts, constantly ducking for cover.
Without realizing it, Zhao Chi had already run for 2 kilometers.
But the entire way was nothing but ruins and corpses.
It wasn’t just the area around the virtual training grounds; even Ordinary shops and homes had been destroyed.
The Ordinary civilians were either dead or wounded.
Zhao Chi didn’t know which side had injured them.
’But his gut told him it was probably the resistance army.’
’After all, the nobles were the ones who’d been ambushed. Their main focus and Energy would be on striking back, not wasting it on attacking civilians.’
’So... it had to be the resistance.’
’Why?’
’Isn’t the resistance army supposed to be on the side of justice?’
’Why would they attack civilians?’
’Not necessarily... Maybe they were just caught in the crossfire?’
Many civilians were buried in the rubble, while others lay dying by the side of the road.
Although Zhao Chi wanted to help them, he didn’t have the Ability to do so.
’Sigh...’
As he ran, he saw three more High Tier Magical Beasts appear up ahead.
A member of the resistance was directing the Magical Beasts to attack a noble.
’That noble looks kind of familiar...’
’It’s Zhao Quan!’
’I have to go around!’
Zhao Chi decisively turned and ran to the right, but that way was also blocked by Magical Beasts.
His surroundings were completely blocked off. Fierce battles between Magical Beasts raged everywhere.
’I have to turn back and find another way.’
"Well, what have we here? A little rat? Hey, you’re Zhao Chi!"
A voice called out, full of pleasant surprise.
’Fuck!’
The curse flashed through Zhao Chi’s mind.
’I’ve been sneaking and hiding this whole time, I thought no one would notice me.’
’I can’t believe I got spotted here.’
Zhao Chi immediately spun around and ran for his life.
But his Body was suddenly lifted off the ground, as if he were floating in mid-air.
He struggled with all his might, but it was useless.
He considered using the Thunder Light Technique to strike the man, but his intuition warned him against it.
’They were on completely different Levels.’
"Zhao Chi, those Female Heroes of yours are quite something. They’ll be mine from now on. Haha, what a pleasant surprise."
"Aren’t you with the resistance? Why are you grabbing me?"
The resistance member snorted. "Fuck, you’ve got some nerve asking that. You don’t know what kind of scum your Zhao Family is? To get the Power you have, you must have plundered the fruits of countless people’s labor. Now shut your damn mouth!"