Mana Revival: Starting by Sacrificing the Campus Belle!

Chapter 79: Chapter 70: Got Dumped?

Thunder roared.

The Gale howled.

Fang Xiu stood a short distance away, pondering everything.

’Perhaps, once this is all over...’

’I should find a way to increase Kajimi’s strength.’

After all, only through Sacrifice could Fang Xiu possibly obtain a method to empower Kajimi.

As the Thunder died down and the Gale subsided, Kajimi returned to Fang Xiu’s side.

”This Linglan Giant Flame Tiger doesn’t seem that strong!” Kajimi said to Fang Xiu.

Hearing this, Fang Xiu nodded slightly.

He also felt that the Level 35 Linglan Giant Flame Tiger before him was much weaker than he had imagined.

If it was truly the boss of the Seventh Gate World, it was far too weak.

”ROAR!”

Just then, as if in response to their words, another tiger’s roar echoed from not far away.

Fang Xiu looked over. It was another Linglan Giant Flame Tiger.

In other words, this wasn’t the boss of the Seventh Gate World.

Bosses were unique; it was impossible for two to appear in the same Gate World.

Anyone who’s played a game knows that in a dungeon, only the strongest monster is the boss.

Now two had appeared, and they seemed to have the same level of strength.

There was no discernible difference between them.

Naturally, they couldn’t be the boss of the Seventh Gate World.

”A Level 35 isn’t even the boss... This Seventh Gate World is really something else!”

Fang Xiu had read some files before coming.

He knew that for this Seventh Gate World, they had deduced that the Linglan Giant Flame Tiger was the Gate World’s boss, based on past experience and the accounts of some who had explored it.

But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

The Linglan Giant Flame Tigers here were definitely not the boss of the Seventh Gate World.

Even if the boss of the Seventh Gate World was also a Level 35 Demon Beast, it absolutely couldn’t be a Linglan Giant Flame Tiger.

”Kill it!”

Fang Xiu didn’t care whether it was the boss or not.

He just wanted to avenge Yuan Heng and the others.

Whether it was one Linglan Giant Flame Tiger or two, and whether it was the same one or not, Fang Xiu had only one goal: kill them all.

”Yes!”

Kajimi nodded slightly.

A short time later, she was back at Fang Xiu’s side.

The Linglan Giant Flame Tiger that had just appeared had also been killed.

After a flash of light, Fang Xiu obtained two Refining Materials called [Tiger Fang].

Level 35 Refining Materials were worth a good amount of money.

”Kajimi, do a Flying sweep of the area. See if there are any more Linglan Giant Flame Tigers nearby.”

Fang Xiu didn’t plan on letting it go just like that.

Although he could confirm from the bloodstains on the first Linglan Giant Flame Tiger that it was the one that killed Yuan Heng’s group of three, if there were any others nearby, Fang Xiu didn’t plan on sparing them either.

After all, in the future, there might be a second and a third Yuan Heng, Lin Huo, and Du Xiwei!

Fang Xiu would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

”Yes!”

Kajimi nodded slightly, then transformed into a streak of light.

She shot into the sky.

Her speed was several times faster than when she was carrying Fang Xiu.

”Master, there are no more!” Kajimi reported.

Only then did Fang Xiu nod.

Since there were no more, it was time for him to leave this Gate World.

”Let’s go!” Fang Xiu said.

Kajimi then took Fang Xiu, and they turned into a streak of light, heading for the Gate World’s exit.

A while after Fang Xiu and Kajimi left, the group of Level 30 individuals finally arrived at the location.

”This should be the place. Everyone, be careful!”

They had followed the tracks on the ground to find this spot.

They hadn’t encountered the boss of this Gate World yet.

But many people said it was active in various places, seeming to have no fixed location.

However, researchers believed that this was probably the boss patrolling its territory.

After all, a Level 35 Demon Beast could possess a territory as vast as the Seventh Gate World. It would naturally need to patrol it frequently.

”Captain, look! That seems to be a Linglan Giant Flame Tiger!”

Just then, someone with sharp eyes spotted a figure in the Rock area.

”Careful!”

The leader, who was also the squad’s captain, shouted urgently.

”Wait, it seems to be... dead?”

At that moment, a bolder member took a look.

He even suspected he was seeing things.

But finally, he confirmed it. ”It’s... it’s really dead!”

”What?”

The others were all stunned.

’This... How is this possible?’

’This is a Level 35 Linglan Giant Flame Tiger!’

’Could those three Level 10+ youngsters who just graduated have killed it?’

”Are you sure it’s a Linglan Giant Flame Tiger?”

The captain, though still suspicious, asked once more.

”Yes, confirmed. It’s a Level 35 Linglan Giant Flame Tiger.”

The man quickly double-checked. He finally confirmed that this Demon Beast was indeed a Linglan Giant Flame Tiger.

”Then...”

Just as the captain was about to speak, another voice called out, ”Captain, there’s... there’s another Linglan Giant Flame Tiger here.”

”What?”

This time, everyone was shocked once again.

If discovering the corpse of one Linglan Giant Flame Tiger was surprising enough, then finding another was absolutely stunning.

This meant that all previous deductions about the Seventh Gate World were completely wrong.

The boss of the Seventh Gate World wasn’t just Level 35.

It had to be a much more powerful existence.

Who knew what kind of dangers the Awakened who had gone missing in this Gate World over the years had actually encountered.

If the families of those Awakened caused a scene, it would be because the official deductions were wrong. It would be a huge mess.

At this moment, the captain also realized the gravity of the situation.

He hurried over to check.

And then he saw a fallen Linglan Giant Flame Tiger.

’No, this should only be part of it.’

The Linglan Giant Flame Tiger’s body was broken in half at the waist, and it was missing a foreleg.

Most importantly, its head was gone!

”Even though I can’t see the head, I’m certain it’s a Linglan Giant Flame Tiger!” the captain said after a careful inspection. He sighed.

”Captain, so... what do we do now?” a team member asked nervously.

The captain thought for a moment and said, ”Lock down any information about this. Not a word gets out. I’ll report it up the chain!”

”Yes, sir!”

The team members nodded quickly.

They just couldn’t imagine what kind of being in this Gate World could have killed two Level 35 Linglan Giant Flame Tigers.

You had to swipe a badge to enter this Gate World.

If you were too strong, you couldn’t get in at all.

’Could a powerful expert have stolen someone else’s badge to get in?’

All of this became a fog of mystery shrouding their minds.

Meanwhile, the instigator of it all, Fang Xiu, had already left the Seventh Gate World.

When he returned to the Gate World’s entrance, the bodies of Yuan Heng and his two companions were gone.

They must have been collected and taken away.

The three of them were unfortunate. Their Luck had truly hit rock bottom, running into a Level 35 Demon Beast.

But in their misfortune, they were also lucky.

At least they made it to the entrance of the Gate World.

Otherwise, they would have become food for the Demon Beasts in this Gate World.

Even if they were lucky enough not to be eaten by a Demon Beast, they would have ultimately been fated to become fertilizer.

After all, this was a Gate World. No one would have come to collect their bodies.

Even if someone saw them on the road, they would just see them and move on. No one would get involved.

The Gate World itself was dangerous. Even if someone had the heart to carry them out of here, they wouldn’t be able to.

But Yuan Heng had managed to drag the bodies of Lin Huo and Du Xiwei all the way here.

He wasn’t even attacked by other Demon Beasts along the way, which was already very lucky.

If even a single Level 10 Demon Beast had appeared on the path, the three of them would have become Demon Beast food today.

But because they made it to the entrance of the Gate World, at least someone would collect their bodies.

This was truly a silver lining in their misfortune.

After leaving the Gate World, Fang Xiu suddenly didn’t know where to go.

He didn’t really feel like going home right now.

Although he wasn’t close with Yuan Heng and the others, they were still acquaintances and had spent a few days together.

People who had been so full of life were now just... dead.

It still had a certain psychological impact on Fang Xiu.

This was harder for him to accept than when he had Sacrificed Lu Yu’Er.

Fang Xiu could be ruthless toward his enemies.

But these three, who could barely be considered friends, had been killed by a Demon Beast, their bodies left incomplete. His heart felt heavy.

Kajimi didn’t understand this kind of emotion in Fang Xiu.

In her eyes, everything was the same.

Even Fang Xiu himself didn’t know why he felt so upset.

They were, after all, just companions he had spent a few days with.

”Kajimi, let’s go.”

Fang Xiu shook his head, casting the thoughts aside.

He then headed in a certain direction.

He didn’t have Kajimi fly him.

Instead, he hailed a cab and headed toward a specific place in the city.

When the car stopped near a small alley, Fang Xiu paid the fare and got out.

He walked toward the end of the alley.

Soon, he arrived at a place piled high with trash.

Fang Xiu looked left and right, then picked up a stick.

He tapped the wall in the same pattern Chu Qingxue had used that day.

Sure enough, the wall soon opened.

Fang Xiu had Kajimi wait outside and ducked in.

The voice-activated lights here seemed to be broken.

As Fang Xiu walked in, the door behind him closed, plunging the surroundings into pitch darkness.

But Fang Xiu paid it no mind and headed straight downstairs.

He arrived at the room from before.

”Uncle Zhao!”

Seeing Zhao Yao still lounging comfortably in his rocking chair, Fang Xiu greeted him, then helped himself to the liquor on the table, pouring a glass and downing it.

”Hey, kid, this is only our second time meeting, right? You’re already making yourself at home? This stuff isn’t cheap!” Zhao Yao teased him upon seeing his actions.

Hearing this, Fang Xiu smiled. ”In that case, Uncle Zhao, how about you give me back the Magic Core my dad left for me?”

”Ahem, drink! Drink all you want!” Zhao Yao said, coughing awkwardly.

Fang Xiu ignored him and took a sip.

Just then, Zhao Yao spoke again. ”What’s wrong? Did you get dumped? Coming here to drown your sorrows?”