Chapter 73

In front of Lu Tianyu, there was a vast underground natural cave, spanning several thousand square meters.

This, however, was not the reason for Lu Tianyu's shock. What truly left him utterly terrified was the fact that within the cave, there were no fewer than several hundred abnormally large beasts, from which emanated battle auras of different colors.

In the first row at the outer edge, over thirty beasts emitted a dazzling yellow battle aura.

In the second row, also over thirty beasts, emitted a striking blue battle aura.

In the third row, still over thirty beasts, emitted a dense green battle aura.

In the fourth row, about ten beasts, emitted a terrifying brown battle aura.

In total, there were four rows of over a hundred beasts, densely coiled within the cave. Upon seeing Lu Tianyu intrude, they immediately bristled and glared at him with fierce eyes.

Being stared down by over a hundred powerful beasts, how could Lu Tianyu not be stunned? It was only because of his considerable courage that he did not faint from sheer terror. If it were someone with less courage, they would have already fainted.

"Damn, I must be the unluckiest person in the world, to have stumbled into the lair of these beasts," Lu Tianyu, quickly regaining his composure from his shock, cold sweat rolling down his forehead, moved without hesitation, frantically retracing his steps to escape the beast lair.

However, just as Lu Tianyu began to move, the over thirty beasts in the first row ahead of him all raised their heads and let out a deafening roar. Then, they moved, charging at Lu Tianyu with a terrifying roar like thunder.

Lu Tianyu had just turned a corner and rushed forward several hundred feet when he sensed a violent, pungent wind suddenly rushing towards him from behind.

Without hesitation, Lu Tianyu immediately raised his right fist and swiftly struck backward.

With a deafening "Boom," the beast that had sneaked up from behind was punched away by Lu Tianyu, colliding with numerous other pursuing beasts as it flew backward, causing them to all fall in a heap.

After repelling the sneaking beast, Lu Tianyu's fist was quickly torn open, revealing a wound about three inches long, from which blood gushed out.

But he had no time to tend to the wound on his fist, and instead, he fled towards the cave entrance with all his might. Even if he encountered Wang Aotian and the others outside, it didn't matter.

At this moment, Lu Tianyu would rather face Wang Aotian and the other four directly than fight these powerful beasts.

However, just as Lu Tianyu was about to reach the cave entrance, a dense, pungent wind surged from behind him, and a sense of mortal danger quickly rose in his heart.

Lu Tianyu's divine sense, which he had released, detected that the beast behind him had fur that emitted a dazzling brown battle aura.

This brown battle aura represented the terrifying power of a Battle King realm.

A Battle King realm powerhouse was absolutely an existence that Lu Tianyu could not defeat. A single palm from the opponent could crush him to pieces, and he would have no means of resistance.

"I'm done for!" Lu Tianyu cried out in despair, leaping even more frantically, desperately rushing towards the cave entrance.

But in the next moment, Lu Tianyu's body could no longer move, as a furry giant paw had already grabbed his legs, pulling him down forcefully.

"Thud" Lu Tianyu immediately fell backward, spitting blood uncontrollably.

Suddenly, Lu Tianyu's pupils contracted again. The beast that had pulled him down was now slowly approaching him, its eyes flashing with a ferocious, eerie red glow.

The beast seemed to be moving slowly, but in the blink of an eye, it had already reached Lu Tianyu. With his current strength, Lu Tianyu could not see how the beast had moved so quickly, as if it had always been standing in front of him.

Smelling the dense, pungent breath from the beast's mouth, Lu Tianyu closed his eyes in despair. At this point, any resistance was futile. The gap in strength between him and the beast was too vast. In front of this Battle King realm beast, he was like a child just learning to walk compared to an adult.

How could a child just learning to walk possibly be a match for a strong adult?

However, to Lu Tianyu's surprise, after he had closed his eyes for a while, the beast did not attack him. Instead, he felt a warm sensation on his right hand, as if the beast was licking it.

Lu Tianyu immediately opened his eyes in shock. Indeed, the beast was extending its long, crimson tongue, licking the blood that was gushing from the wound on his right hand, seemingly very content and enjoying it.

"What's going on?" Lu Tianyu was stunned, completely unable to understand what was happening.

"Whoosh" Just as Lu Tianyu was in a daze, the giant beast suddenly swept its right paw, grabbed his legs again, and carried him upside down on its back. In a single leap, it had already transformed into a brown blur, instantly returning to the cave that spanned several thousand square meters.

"Roar" Seeing the beast bring Lu Tianyu back, the over a hundred beasts in the cave immediately raised their heads and let out a deafening roar. The massive sound waves quickly converged, forming a rolling sound wave that echoed for a long time within the cave.

Lu Tianyu felt a sharp pain in his eardrums, almost fainting from the sound wave. However, he managed to stay conscious, determined to see what these beasts intended to do to him.

"Whoosh" The beast carrying Lu Tianyu leaped and landed in the middle of the circle of beasts, then dropped Lu Tianyu to the ground with a thud.

After doing this, the beast immediately prostrated itself on the ground, its mouth slightly open, as if it were speaking to something in front of it.

Seeing this, Lu Tianyu immediately turned his head in shock, and a sense of incredible strangeness rose in his heart.

He saw that the object of the beast's prostration and narration was a small, snow-white beast, less than half a meter long.

This small, snow-white beast looked similar to a common dog, the only difference being that it had nine eyes on its forehead.

Lu Tianyu had never heard of a beast with nine eyes before, and this was the first time he had seen one, so he couldn't help but look at it curiously.

Perhaps the small beast noticed Lu Tianyu's gaze, as it immediately turned its head and stared at him, its nine eyes all fixed on him with curiosity.

"This small beast seems to be no ordinary creature. Even the powerful beast with Battle King strength must kneel and submit to it. I wonder what it intends to do with me?" Lu Tianyu immediately understood that the reason there were so many beasts in the cave was clearly to protect this small, nine-eyed beast.

This nine-eyed beast was the true ruler of this place, and his fate was now in its hands. If it wanted to kill him, it only needed to give a command, and the surrounding guardian beasts would surely rush forward and tear him to pieces.

"Roar!" The Battle King realm beast that had brought Lu Tianyu back, after a series of incomprehensible roars, let out another deafening roar, respectfully looking at the nine-eyed beast, as if waiting for its orders.

"Roar" The nine-eyed beast immediately responded with a similar roar, then moved, crawling on all fours to Lu Tianyu's side, and slowly licked the wound on his right hand, sucking a thread of blood into its mouth.

"Zzz..." After sucking a thread of Lu Tianyu's blood, the nine-eyed beast, like the powerful Battle King realm beast, couldn't help but lick its lips in a state of ecstasy.

"Roar..." After doing this, the nine-eyed beast again raised its head and let out a roar, and the other beasts, as if receiving an order from their ruler, quickly returned to their positions, forming four rows in front.

In the open space at the back of the cave, only Lu Tianyu and the small nine-eyed beast remained.

"This nine-eyed beast doesn't seem to have any ill intentions towards me, but what does it want to do with me?" Lu Tianyu sighed in relief, but his heart was still on edge, as he couldn't figure out what the nine-eyed beast intended to do with him.

"Ah!" Just as Lu Tianyu was pondering, the nine-eyed beast beside him suddenly opened its small, elongated mouth and bit into his arm in a flash.

"Crack" The nine-eyed beast's teeth were abnormally sharp, quickly creating a small blood hole in Lu Tianyu's arm, from which blood gushed out.

"Whoosh!" Seeing this, the nine-eyed beast's eyes immediately lit up, and it opened its mouth and sucked in all the blood gushing from the wound, which instantly turned into a blood arrow and entered its mouth.

The nine-eyed beast raised its head and swallowed, and its nine eyes all flashed with an unusually excited light.

"Does this nine-eyed beast like to drink my blood, which is why it hasn't killed me?" Lu Tianyu, thinking of this possibility, instantly turned pale, his face devoid of any color.

He would rather the nine-eyed beast bite him to death than endure the pain of his blood being drained until he became a dried-up corpse.

With this thought, Lu Tianyu immediately moved, leaping up from the ground in a single bound, stabilizing himself, and without hesitation, bent his right hand into an axe shape and fiercely chopped down on the forehead of the white, nine-eyed beast.

Even if he were to die, Lu Tianyu did not want to die in such a humiliating way. At least, he would take the nine-eyed beast down with him.

"Roar" But before Lu Tianyu could fully execute his fatal move, a deafening roar came from behind him. The powerful Battle King realm beast had already leaped forward, quickly pinning Lu Tianyu to the ground, its two large, copper-bell eyes emitting a terrifying glow, staring at him as if it wanted to tear him to pieces.