Chapter 181 - 119: The Violent Rabbits Were Slaughtered into Relocating
Flying low to the ground, he sensed for auras.
He scanned and eliminated one area after another.
His figure suddenly froze as he passed over a stretch of swampland.
Demon Qi...
Or rather, he had found the frenzied, tyrannical aura of the Violent Rabbits!
It was concealed beneath the swamp’s foul stench of decay.
But the aura was too thick; the stench of rot couldn’t suppress it.
Gu Zheng skimmed low over the swamp and found the spot with the densest aura, just below a raised mound of earth on the bank.
WHOOSH~
Following the wind, he circled around the mound.
After putting a bit more distance between them, Gu Zheng stopped flying. The Celestial Frost Blade shot out of its sheath, Divine Wondrous power surging, as he unleashed a rapid series of blade flashes at the ground below.
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
A torrent of light, forming a line, poured out and bombarded the edge of the foul, muddy swamp.
It encircled a large area, utterly destroying and collapsing it as Sword Qi ravaged the earth below.
"SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!"
BOOM~
RUMBLE!
Strange noises accompanied the massive booms, instantly shattering the wasteland’s tranquility.
Underground, collapsed tunnels were exposed to the air. Most of the Violent Rabbits hiding inside were sliced to pieces by the invading Sword Qi before they could even react.
SWOOSH~
Gu Zheng skimmed close to the ground, flying at extreme speed.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +7]
[Demon Points +12]
[Demon Points +5]
...
Harvesting! Harvesting!
He wove through the air above the collapsed tunnels, absorbing the Bloodshed from the slaughtered Violent Rabbits.
In the span of a single breath, Gu Zheng had harvested several hundred Demon Points.
"ROAR~!"
A furious roar shook the void.
The enormous body of the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon leaped out from underground. It was incredibly fast, smashing a Demon Fist toward Gu Zheng.
SWOOSH!
Gu Zheng easily dodged, causing the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon’s attack to hit nothing but air.
His figure continued to skim along, harvesting Demon Points close to the ground.
Violent Rabbits, Violent Rabbits.
Violent...
In other words, violence—or rather, power—was this particular Demon Fiend rabbit swarm’s specialty, their main ability.
Their jumping speed was actually average. Only by relying on the explosive power of a Tier 3 could they surpass the dash of a Super Body.
But that kind of explosive power couldn’t be sustained.
And the Tier 3 Demon Fiend’s pressure was ineffective against Gu Zheng.
It couldn’t catch him, couldn’t hit him, and couldn’t intimidate him.
The Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon could do nothing but rage and roar.
Because of this, Gu Zheng wasn’t in a hurry to flee back to the passageway.
SWOOSH~
SWISH SWISH!
As he skimmed over the ground, he once again swung his blade, Divine Wondrous power surging, and unleashed the Nine Luminaries Golden Saber to its fullest extent.
Blade flashes formed lines that pierced the air and rained down on the ground, collapsing tunnel after tunnel.
The Sword Qi born from the Sword Gang swept through tyrannically, slicing apart one Violent Rabbit after another inside the tunnels.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +8]
[Demon Points +11]
...
Another huge score.
"BOOM~!"
A massive explosion echoed through the air.
The Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon’s enraged Demon Fist blasted the air, creating a continuous series of booms.
SWOOSH~
SWISH! SWISH!
Gu Zheng dodged with ease, his blade flashes forming lines that bombarded the ground, kicking up showers of flesh and blood.
Spirit Capturing!
[Demon Points +5]
[Demon Points +9]
...
"ROAR!"
"ROAR~~!!"
The Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon’s furious roars echoed for over a dozen miles.
Its scarlet eyes burned with a rage that shot out plumes of black-red smoke.
RUMBLE!
A massive boom.
The explosive speed of the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon’s leap suddenly increased severalfold.
SWOOSH~!
Gu Zheng, who was about to swing his blade again, decisively flickered and shot away, also accelerating to his top speed.
BOOM!
SWISH~!
SWOOOSH—
"WHOOSH-BOOM!"
In the span of three breaths, Gu Zheng crossed the stretch of hills and rushed into the passageway entrance.
The gale he stirred up was so explosive that upon entering the passageway, it immediately whipped up a squall that swept out of Old Dragon Bay, causing the group of people outside the passageway to cry out in alarm.
A moment later, Yu Quandong ran quickly into the passageway.
"What happened? What happened?"
He quickly looked Gu Zheng over. Seeing no missing arms or legs, Yu Quandong sighed in relief and slowed down. "Lord Gu, are you alright?"
"I’m fine."
Gu Zheng clasped his hands behind his back, looking toward the Demon Realm side of the passageway entrance, his gaze fixed on the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon outside.
The four-meter-tall Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon’s red eyes were now smoking. The baleful aura and killing intent radiating from its body were so intense that without even swinging its Demon Fist, it caused ripples to spread through the space around the passageway entrance.
"If you’re fine, then..."
Yu Quandong followed Gu Zheng’s gaze, and the words died on his lips.
His body stiffened, his pupils contracted, and for an instant, his heart stopped beating.
Gu Zheng could look directly at the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon in its current state, but he could not.
Even though the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon’s furious pressure couldn’t pass through the passageway, the visual pressure alone filled him with a fear that made him dare not look at it.
Inwardly, Yu Quandong exclaimed in shock.
’Did he completely infuriate the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon?’
No roars, no Demon Fist attacks, just smoking eyes—this showed that the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon had entered a state of absolute fury.
At this moment, not even a newly ascended Heroic Body Realm warrior would dare to provoke its wrath.
And yet Gu Zheng was completely fine?
Yu Quandong was appalled and astonished.
He screamed inwardly, ’No wonder Meng Taiqi and Xie Bisheng took a fancy to him, treating him as a disciple in all but name!’
All else aside, just based on this courage alone, Gu Zheng surpassed ninety-nine percent of people!
...
Gu Zheng saw and understood that the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon had entered a state of fury, but he still felt nothing.
How could the Equipment Effect of "Fearless Hero" be broken by a mere visual shock?
What Gu Zheng was concerned about was that by slaughtering the Violent Rabbits right in front of the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon and completely enraging it, the demon would be on much higher alert the next time he went over.
If that happened, he wouldn’t be able to slaughter Violent Rabbits on a large scale and harvest Demon Points as satisfyingly as before.
This time, Gu Zheng had harvested nearly two thousand Demon Points!
And Gu Zheng hadn’t had his fill yet.
...
With the Tier 3 Violent Rabbit Demon in a state of fury, Gu Zheng didn’t rush back over.
Over the next three days, he made two trips to other Tier 1 passageways and dealt with a dozen or so peak Tier 1 Demon Fiends.
He also made a trip to another Tier 2 passageway to provide support in killing three mid-stage Tier 2 Demon Fiends.
Supporting the hunt for Scattered Demons that broke out of the passageways didn’t yield many Demon Points.
For this reason, on the fourth day, Gu Zheng entered the Old Dragon Bay passageway again. With the Hidden Wooden Fish circling his body, he once more set foot in the Violent Rabbit Demon’s territory.
WHOOSH WHOOSH~
The turbulent hot wind still blew across this desolate land.
Gu Zheng drifted along with the wind, first searching the nearby stretch of hills. He found no Violent Rabbits, nor any lingering trace of their tyrannical, frenzied aura.
He continued onward, past the hills and into the wilderness. He circled the area near the swamp from last time, but again, he found no Violent Rabbits.
There was no tyrannical, frenzied aura either.
’Have they relocated?’
Gu Zheng floated in mid-air, searching close to the ground.
His search covered the entire wilderness, but he still couldn’t find the Violent Rabbits’ aura.
That’s right, that tyrannical and frenzied aura was gone.
Or rather, only a few wisps of it remained, slowly dissipating with every gust of hot wind.
’Have the Violent Rabbits completely moved away?’
Unconvinced, Gu Zheng flew over to the great mountain he had searched last time.
After a full circle, he still found nothing.
However, by following the residual aura of the Violent Rabbits, Gu Zheng continued onward, passing through the great mountain and crossing another vast stretch of wilderness. In the distance, he saw a continuous mountain range.
He followed the aura all the way to the entrance of the mountain range before finally stopping.
The sky above this mountain range pulsed with a scarlet halo.
Terrifying auras could be felt, making one’s heart tremble even from dozens or hundreds of miles away.
The Violent Rabbits had moved into the mountain range!
’He’d slaughtered them to the point that they’d rather flee into a mountain range teeming with powerful Demon Fiends than stay in their original territory?’
Gu Zheng raised an eyebrow, then turned and left.
He returned to the passageway, walked out, and found Yu Quandong.
"Lord Yu, the threat level of the Old Dragon Bay passageway can be lowered to Tier 1."
"Ah, what?" Yu Quandong was confused, a look of doubt on his face. "Lord Gu, you mean to say..."
"The Violent Rabbit Demons have relocated."
Gu Zheng said nonchalantly, "I slaughtered them until they moved from their ancestral land to the distant mountains. Without the Violent Rabbits..."
Yu Quandong didn’t hear the rest of his words.
His mind was buzzing, a single sentence echoing in his head.
’The Violent Rabbits were slaughtered until they moved away!?’