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"ROAR~"

The remaining four Violent Rabbits saw the miserable state of their companion. Instead of fleeing, they abandoned their original opponents and leaped toward Gu Zheng.

WHOOSH!

WHOOSH~

"ROAR!" "ROAR!"

The sound of rushing wind, accompanied by the frenzied aura of the Violent Rabbits, charged straight for Gu Zheng’s face.

SWISH!

Gu Zheng swung his blade, charging head-on to meet them.

SHING SHING SHING~

The light of his blade became a single line, flashing past the four Violent Rabbits that made no attempt to dodge.

With a series of sickening sounds, the four large bodies of the Violent Rabbits were sliced into more than a dozen pieces.

Their furious fists never even grazed Gu Zheng’s armor.

Spirit Capturing!

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It wasn’t just Bloodshed, there was Demon Essence too!

Second-rank Demon Fiends had generally condensed Demon Essence within their bodies, making them rich in energy.

Gu Zheng had reaped a small windfall.

"They’re dead, all of them!"

"Good... that’s great. They’re finally dead."

"Thank you, my lord!"

"..."

Seeing all nine Violent Rabbits fall, their bodies torn to pieces, the surrounding Demon Suppression Guards who had been fleeing and dodging all sighed in relief. They either lay down or sat, gasping for air.

A man in his thirties, wearing a suit of Silver Moon Armor covered in claw marks, walked over to Gu Zheng.

"Yu Quandong, here. Greetings, Lord Gu!"

Yu Quandong cupped his fist in a salute and said gratefully, "We owe you our lives, Lord Gu. If you hadn’t arrived in time, we would have all perished under the Demon Fists of the Violent Rabbits."

’Violent Demon Fist?’

’It’s a fitting name.’

"I was still a step too late." Gu Zheng frowned slightly as he looked at the dozens of mangled Demon Suppression Guard corpses not far away. "How often do these Violent Rabbits charge out of the tunnel?"

"They come out about once a day."

Yu Quandong replied, gesturing with his hand. "Lord Gu, please follow me. The tunnel is in the mountain pass on the other side."

"Have Violent Rabbits been the only ones charging out since the tunnel formed?" Gu Zheng asked as he followed Yu Quandong along the mountain path.

Behind them, a group of Demon Suppression Guards, having rested enough, began to clean up the scene.

The bodies of their Demon Suppression Guard comrades needed to be collected, and the corpses of the Violent Rabbits were not to be wasted either.

Violent Rabbit meat was edible and contained abundant energy.

The meat of a second-rank Violent Rabbit was even richer in energy!

「Meanwhile.」

Gu Zheng followed Yu Quandong to a mountain pass.

"Lord Gu, please look."

Yu Quandong pointed to a spot in the mountain pass, less than two meters above the ground, where a vortex-like distortion in space marked the entrance to the Tunnel Between Two Realms. "After this tunnel appeared, other Demon Fiends have shown up, but it’s mainly been Violent Rabbit Demons! These frenzied, short-tempered Violent Rabbits are astonishingly destructive. The moment they see a person, they give chase relentlessly."

"It’s just that before today, they were primarily first-rank Violent Rabbits. This is the first time nine second-rank Violent Rabbits have charged out."

"So, you’re saying there’s a tribe of Violent Rabbit Demons on the other side of the tunnel?" Gu Zheng’s sharp brows raised. "Do we know what rank the strongest Violent Rabbit in this tribe is?"

"Well..."

Yu Quandong pondered for a moment. "It should be third-rank. I’ve entered the tunnel before and stood at the entrance on the other side. I saw swarms of Violent Rabbits, but most of them were first-rank."

’A change in quantity leads to a change in quality.’

If the vast majority of a Demon Race were first-rank life forms, then there wouldn’t be many second-rank, and third-rank would be the absolute limit.

’Fourth-rank?’

’Impossible. One couldn’t be born.’

"Third-rank at the strongest?"

Gu Zheng muttered to himself. "In that case, I can charge in and wipe out this Violent Rabbit Demon tribe!"

"Hm? Hmm!?"

Yu Quandong’s eyes went wide, suspecting he had misheard. "Lord Gu, what did you say? Charge in? With just us? Charge into the tunnel?"

"No. Charge into the Demon Realm."

Gu Zheng said softly, "And it’ll just be me. You all just need to guard the tunnel and provide backup."

"Backup? No, wait, Lord Gu, you must be joking, right?" Yu Quandong was starting to panic, a sense of inexplicable nervousness washing over him. "Lord Gu, the Violent Rabbit Demon tribe at the end of the tunnel has third-rank members! Maybe even fourth-rank! If you go over there, won’t you just be serving yourself up on a platter for them?"

"Don’t worry, I don’t take risks I’m not prepared for," Gu Zheng reassured him softly. "If the situation looks bad, I’ll pull back immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure blurred. With a light leap, he soared into the tunnel entrance.

"Wait, he’s really going in?"

Yu Quandong was frantic. He hurriedly followed, rushing into the tunnel.

The tunnel at Old Dragon Bay that connected the two worlds wasn’t very long—less than a hundred meters.

However, it was ten meters high and ten meters wide.

Above, below, and on all sides was a scene of chaos. A thick fog swirled into vortexes, from which terrifying red and black lightning occasionally flashed.

But all this terrifying power was blocked by an invisible spatial curtain, making the walk through the tunnel feel like watching a silent, spectacular show on either side.

Wisps of dry, hot wind blew in from the other end of the tunnel, brushing against Gu Zheng’s face and stirring the tips of his hair.

Covering the distance of less than a hundred meters, Gu Zheng reached the end in just a few steps.

Behind him, Yu Quandong had just rushed into the tunnel. "Lord Gu, wait!"

WHOOSH!

Gu Zheng stepped out of the tunnel entrance and into the Demon Realm.

His landing point was a desolate land resembling a loess plateau.

Barren hills where not even a blade of grass could grow stood upon the blackish-red earth.

The sky overhead was so dark and heavy it seemed ready to collapse at any moment, while a scarlet halo pulsed on the distant horizon.

The dry, hot wind blew everywhere, kicking up sand, gravel, and a mix of bone fragments and withered leaves that battered everything relentlessly.

"Wa-wu?"

Pang Hu appeared on Gu Zheng’s shoulder. He swished his tail, his small, round face showing clear disgust. "Wu! Wu~!"

After patting Gu Zheng’s cheek with a meaty paw, Pang Hu leaped back into the tunnel.

Gu Zheng paid it no mind.

His feet left the ground, and he floated in mid-air, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings.

Soon, from the base of an earthen slope, he saw Violent Rabbit Demons, each about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall, walking out one by one.