Chapter 71 of 100

Chapter 71: The Peak of the First Yuan Heaven

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Every twelve hours or so, Chu Yunsheng had to return to the building, each time extremely exhausted. He needed to use the time to get the new maps from the professors to catch up on sleep inside the building.

Moreover, once he stopped fighting, his mind was filled with the characters from the ancient book and the growing worry about the impending battle with the flame monster, making him dazed and confused.

He vaguely felt that at the peak of the First Yuan Heaven, he needed to understand certain things to smoothly break through to the Second Yuan Heaven realm.

Only at the Second Yuan Heaven realm would he be qualified to face the flame monster!

Therefore, due to his exhaustion, Chu Yunsheng always put away his battle armor when entering the Jingjiang Building, ignoring the noise in the hall, not even knowing what they were arguing about. Even when Colonel Du hinted that he should show his abilities appropriately, he refused.

It wasn't that Chu Yunsheng was trying to act cool; each time he returned, he was mentally and physically drained, wanting only to catch up on sleep. Besides, he currently lacked the strength of the Second Yuan Heaven. Even if he displayed his First Yuan Heaven abilities, it would only invite more skepticism.

Chu Yunsheng would always curl up in a chair, his spirit worn out, and drift off into a deep sleep. Yao Xiang stood guard nearby, constantly trying various cultivation methods. Since the last incident, many people wanted to challenge him. Chu Yunsheng was uneasy about resting alone, especially during this period of mental confusion, so he asked Colonel Du to bring back Yao Xiang.

Since the Dark Age began, among the people Chu Yunsheng gradually encountered, the only ones he could trust, besides his most trusted Yu Xiaohai, were Yao Xiang.

Colonel Du's people collected more and more red-armored insect corpses and red-eyed monsters, which Chu Yunsheng stored in his storage talisman. He planned to reforge his battle armor and the Qianbi Sword once he reached the Second Yuan Heaven realm, expecting better results than now.

On the last day, in the final twelve hours, Chu Yunsheng was just one more essence energy tempering process away from reaching the peak of the First Yuan Heaven realm he had long anticipated!

The dense essence energy made Chu Yunsheng feel his body brimming with immense power, leaping from one vine to another with incredible speed and agility!

At this moment, Chu Yunsheng emerged from a window of a building, climbing out along the giant creature's vines.

In front of him was a group of red-eyed monsters attacking over thirty people. Since Colonel Du spread the news of breaking through the fog wall and escaping to Jinling City, those who had been hiding in despair in various corners could no longer hold on and flocked to the Jinjiang Building in District 9.

Without hope, only despair, people would fall into decadence. Once a glimmer of hope appeared, no matter how faint, people would burst with the strongest desire to survive, especially those parents with children.

The fog-shrouded city had once cut off the last hope of the citizens, making them indifferent even to the passing of Colonel Du's army. Now, this army, with scientists, a large number of awakened warriors, and heavy weapons, declared that they would break through the fog wall in three days and escape to Jinling! The people who heard the news, like drowning people clutching at a straw, saw this as their last chance. Except for those who were too weak to move, everyone immediately rallied around Colonel Du.

Chu Yunsheng vaguely recognized a few people in the crowd. They were the companions of the city management officer who had guided him and Yao Xiang a few days ago. The officer was no longer there, but the woman led the remaining people, still using the red-armored insect shells as shields and fighting the red-eyed monsters with iron rods.

These were ordinary people, relying on a few guns and knives to fight the red-eyed monsters. When Chu Yunsheng appeared, they had already suffered casualties, with five or six half-dead bodies lying on the ground. What shocked Chu Yunsheng was that not a single person had fled; they all fought and defended with all their might, retreating toward the fog wall.

There were only about a dozen red-eyed monsters. Chu Yunsheng quietly drew his bow, pulled out an arrow, and infused it with sufficient essence energy. His archery skills had improved significantly, and at a distance of less than forty meters, he could barely ensure hitting the monsters, which were nearly two meters wide, though hitting them in flight was challenging.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...!

Chu Yunsheng fired several arrows in quick succession, adopting a barrage tactic. His speed was very fast, and in an instant, he fired five arrows! To speed up, he dispensed with the arrows and directly formed ice arrows with essence energy, shooting them into the red-eyed monster group with a cold glow.

Dealing with the red-eyed monsters did not consume much essence energy. Each ice arrow only took a small amount from him. Although he fired many ice arrows, his essence energy was abundant, and to quickly reach the peak state, Chu Yunsheng no longer cared about wasting this last bit of essence energy. He still had over twenty fully charged essence energy talismans in his storage talisman.

The red-eyed monsters, which had been so arrogant, were now frozen and fell to the ground. The remaining ones immediately flew toward Chu Yunsheng.

Chu Yunsheng channeled essence energy, rapidly firing several arrows, then put away his bow, drew the Qianbi Sword, and leaped from the vine, slashing through the charging red-eyed monsters from mid-air, cutting through two in one stroke!

"Look!!! It's the person in the red armor!" a woman in the crowd screamed.

"Are we, are we saved!?" a mother wept with joy.

"Hmm, I think I've seen this person before," a child among the city management companions muttered.

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Chu Yunsheng quickly swung the Qianbi Sword, and the red-eyed monsters dwindled. The last one, to everyone's amazement, turned and fled!

Since the first day the monsters descended upon humanity, no monster had ever fled from a battle!

Even the battle-hardened Chu Yunsheng was stunned.

The only one he had seen flee was the last red-armored insect in the supermarket, which had only emitted a strange hiss to call its distant companions but never fled without a fight.

In that moment of shock, the red-eyed monster had already flown a distance. Chu Yunsheng quickly picked up his bow, leaped from vine to vine, and infused the last of his essence energy into the bow. He jumped onto a vine and fired three arrows in quick succession, hitting and downing the last panicked red-eyed monster.

At the same time, the final process of essence energy cleansing his body was complete. Chu Yunsheng felt his body lighten, almost falling from the vine. His body began to automatically and slowly absorb the essence energy from the surroundings!

The essence energy entering his body rapidly and evenly circulated through his body, and he could even hear strange sounds from within.

Chu Yunsheng was tense and didn't even bother to pick up the red-eyed monster corpses, rushing quickly to the building in District 9.

When he burst through the door, Chu Yunsheng was no longer concerned about putting away his battle armor. He swept through the crowd like a whirlwind, grabbed Yao Xiang, who was talking to Ding Yan, and rushed into the nearest room, urgently saying, "Guard the door for me!"

Before Yao Xiang could react, he slammed the door shut.

In the hall, the awakened warriors, startled by the sudden appearance of the red battle armor, were in complete chaos, demanding that Colonel Du explain the situation!

More and more people felt it was a military deception, a trap to send them to their deaths, and the situation was on the verge of erupting.

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