What do you want me to do?

The battles around Fu Wu and the other warrior were both fierce, yet their trajectories diverged entirely.

Fu Wu was a seasoned eighth-rank warrior, his strength unquestionable, but now facing a ninth-rank Pegasus Star Beast, he found himself in quite a predicament. The Pegasus Star Beasts were descendants of the Pegasus lineage, their innate talents unquestionable, and their power rivaled that of the Blood Moon. After just dozens of exchanges, Fu Wu was firmly suppressed by the Pegasus Star Beast, barely managing to hold his ground.

Meanwhile, Han Yanxin's battle was of a different nature. Although recently promoted to the eighth rank, his power was formidable. With his efforts alone, he held his own against two eighth-rank warriors from Blood Moon City, refusing to fall behind. In fact, one eighth-rank warrior who fought him, despite receiving special attention from Han Yanxin, had already sustained injuries.

This man was known as the Strength Venerable, the very one who had once joined the Cloud Venerable in surrounding and attacking Han Yanxin. Over the years, the opponent had also seized some opportunities and barely broken through to the eighth rank.

Amid the fight, Han Yanxin glanced toward the battle circles of Li Jiehao and the others and shouted, “Brother Li, help me take down that old Cloud dog; consider it a personal favor!”

“Haha~”

“Then watch closely!”

Li Jiehao was truly formidable. His long sword gleamed coldly, and the two seventh-rank warriors beside him were forced into continuous retreat. Taking advantage of this, Li Jiehao advanced toward the Cloud Venerable.

Elsewhere, Zhang Ze and his two companions had been sprinting for a full day and night. From afar, they spotted the intense battle raging around Anqing City.

It was more than just grand in scale—the entire outskirts of Anqing City were surging with various energy torrents, two of which were especially overwhelming. Though separated by some distance, the trio felt their hearts tremble.

Having obtained the Heavenly Emperor’s God-Exterminating Finger a few days prior, Zhang Ze, sensing the energy’s turbulence from afar, had a rough understanding of the situation. He sighed, “This uncle of the teacher truly lives up to the ‘God’ in his name.”

“We can’t go back now!” Lu Mingyu added. “If you ask me, we should hide these things first, then take a stroll over to Blood Moon City.”

Li Sanqing remained silent, but Zhang Ze quickly voiced his agreement. “I think that plan’s feasible.”

Soon after stashing their spoils, the three dashed toward Blood Moon City. As for the battle in Anqing City—what good would worrying do? Would it save even one life? Li Sanqing fully understood this. After another day and night, the trio finally glimpsed the silhouette of Blood Moon City in the distance.

Stopping in their tracks, Zhang Ze pointed northeast toward the fortress city and chuckled, “The seventh-rank guardians there aren’t inside the city.”

Lu Mingyu doubted it. “How do you know?”

“Heh heh~” Zhang Ze smiled. “Forget how I got these four bags of loot?”

Following Zhang Ze, the three quickly approached the vicinity of the fortress. “Same old rules—I’ll scout ahead first.”

Clap!

Just as Zhang Ze was about to lead the way, Lu Mingyu stopped him. “There are no seventh-rank warriors left. Why do you get to take point? I’ll go!”

Zhang Ze replied nonchalantly, “There are still two sixth-rank inside, and one of them has probably already noticed… I emptied his warehouse!”

“If you think you can handle it, then go ahead.”

“…”

If you chicken out, don’t complain!

You’re always fussing over every little thing!

Zhang Ze sneered inwardly, then concealed his aura and slipped into the city. Seeing his bold back, Lu Mingyu gritted his teeth in frustration and shouted, “When we get back, I’m going to make our Captain Wu soak your feet!”

Li Sanqing simply ignored him.

Zhang Ze moved through the city with practiced ease. How many times had he been in and out of this place? Passing the sixth-rank mansion he had visited last time, he tracked another sixth-rank presence and soon infiltrated that mansion.

But he quickly noticed that the guards here were much stronger than before. When he visited the other sixth-rank mansion, there were hardly any guards, but this one was heavily fortified.

“Looks like they’re on alert,” Zhang Ze muttered, reaching the mansion’s inner chambers.

Outside one room stood four guards—two second-rank warriors in front and two third-rank ones near the door. Even more daunting, a patrol squad of five warriors circled nearby.

They were clearly warning Zhang Ze not to think of raiding the warehouse.

Yet Zhang Ze was not one to give up easily, especially right in front of their warehouse.

He circled around to the back of the building, waiting until the patrol passed the corner, then swiftly climbed onto the roof. Stealthily, he lifted several tiles and, judging the timing right, dropped down into the warehouse.

At once, his eyes were filled with mid-grade crystals, alloy weapons, and various pills.

What was there to say? Time to pack up!

In barely two minutes, Zhang Ze had packed most of the crystals and every single pill into his backpack. He glanced at the alloy weapons but could only leave them behind—there was no room.

The thought pained him. Didn’t this world have any spatial storage devices?

In just over ten minutes, Zhang Ze returned to Li Sanqing and Lu Mingyu, his backpack bulging.

Lu Mingyu, licking his lips, asked, “What goodies did you swipe this time?”

Zhang Ze frowned. “What’s it to you? This is my private property, got it?”

Lu Mingyu could only glare silently, unable to retort.

Li Sanqing inquired, “No seventh-rank inside the city?”

“Nope.”

“And the two sixth-rank didn’t go to the front lines?”

“No. The sixth-rank I visited is still there.”

Zhang Ze explained the situation to them and tentatively asked, “How about you two sneak in and see if you can find anything useful?”

“I’m in!” Lu Mingyu was eager, but Li Sanqing immediately dampened his enthusiasm.

He then turned to Zhang Ze. “Taking a few trinkets from them won’t really help the battle in Anqing City.”

“What do you mean?”

“Zhang Ze, I want to blow it up,” Li Sanqing said solemnly.

Hearing this, Zhang Ze shuddered.

Lu Mingyu asked irritably, “What? Are you carrying an H-bomb now? Blowing up this fortress…”

Suddenly realizing something, Lu Mingyu’s face went pale with panic. “You don’t mean…”

“Exactly.”

“Only by destroying it can the battle in Anqing City end sooner,” Li Sanqing affirmed firmly.

Zhang Ze, seeing the two exchanging knowing looks, was completely baffled. “Are you really carrying an H-bomb?”

Li Sanqing smiled. “Do you know why there are only seventeen cities in this star system?”

Zhang Ze had no clue.

“It’s because there are exactly sixteen massive crystal ore veins in this system. Except for Anqing City, every other city has crystal veins underground.”

“You mean these crystals?” Zhang Ze held up a mid-grade crystal.

Lu Mingyu scoffed, “No single ore vein would contain only mid-grade crystals like that.”

He took the crystal from Zhang Ze, examined it, then skillfully pocketed it.

Just as Zhang Ze was about to curse, Lu Mingyu hurriedly said, “Li Sanqing wants you to blow up those ore veins now…”