Chapter 37: If You Want to Court Death, Don’t Blame Me!

The forces of the Radiant Alliance quickly chased them to outside the broken walls of the Old City District.

The footsteps of the few people paused in unison.

"Captain, what should we do? That brat seems to have run inside."

"Should we… also chase after him inside?"

A young team member's voice carried a tremor, and cold sweat had already seeped from his palms gripping his weapon.

He had heard that strange beasts were everywhere in the Old City District, and their Ranks were not low. If their small number of people went in, a single mistake could lead to total annihilation.

The team leader at the head, a stout man with a ferocious scar on his face, knitted his brows into a knot and spat fiercely.

"Damn it! This brat really knows how to pick a place!"

How could he not know the dangers of the Old City District.

But the higher-ups gave a strict order that they must bring back the man named Yasuo—see him alive, or see his corpse dead!

"What the hell is there to be afraid of!" Another team member barely mustered up his courage to pump himself up. "The strange beasts inside are only around Rank twenty-something. As long as we are careful and don't provoke those BOSSes, we can definitely withdraw completely unscathed!"

The scar-faced captain's eyes were gloomy, flashing a hint of ruthlessness.

"No matter what, we have to go in and take a look!"

"That brat is only Rank 10. Entering the Old City District is no different from courting death! Maybe by the time we find him, he will have already become a cold corpse!"

He took a deep breath, waved his hand abruptly, and his voice carried an unquestionable resoluteness.

"Pull yourselves together, everyone! Go in! I don't believe he can grow wings and fly away!"

"Yes!"

Although their hearts were pounding, with the captain's order, the seven or eight elite members of the Radiant Alliance had no choice but to bite the bullet, scale the mottled walls one after another, and file in.

Inside the Old City District, broken walls and ruins were everywhere, overgrown with weeds.

The air was filled with a strange mixed odor of decay and blood, and the towering abandoned buildings, like silent giants, cast large shadows, adding a sense of eerie oppression.

This place was the paradise of death.

Carrying Jasmine on his back, Yasuo walked on this ruins where dead silence and danger coexisted as if walking on flat ground.

His footsteps were light and swift, and he could always accurately find the safest footing, avoiding those loose stones and hidden traps.

The smart core ai operated at high speed, digitizing the surrounding environment, continuously analyzing the best marching route and avoiding potential threats.

Jasmine tightly pressed against Yasuo's broad back, her small face turning pale from tension, and her large eyes vigilantly scanning her surroundings.

Several scouting spirit eagles she controlled, like loyal sentinels, kept circling in front and on both sides, feeding back the scouted information to Yasuo in real time.

"Boss! Thirty meters to the front-left, at that corner, there are three rotten corpse dogs! The Rank is around 22!" Jasmine's voice was kept very low, carrying a trace of urgency.

Hearing this, Yasuo's figure did not pause at all.

His toes lightly tapped on the broken wall, and his body floated up like a weightless feather, silently skimming over the top of the dilapidated billboard on the other side.

Below, the iconic low roars of the rotten corpse dogs and the "rustling" sound of sharp claws digging into the ground were clearly audible.

Yet they failed to discover all along that the target was quietly passing right over their heads.

"Huu…" Jasmine let out a long breath, her small hand gently patting her rising and falling chest.

"Boss, you are too amazing! You could even dodge that!"

Yasuo did not speak, continuing to shuttle through the complex ruins.

Suddenly, Jasmine's voice grew urgent again, this time carrying a clear tremor.

"Boss! Directly ahead! Underground… something is coming from underground! The speed is so fast! The size… the size is huge!"

Before her words fell!

"Boom!"

The ground of the street not far ahead suddenly collapsed, and gravel and dust soared into the sky!

A giant python covered entirely in dark green hard scales, as thick as a bucket, abruptly broke out of the ground from beneath!

On its huge triangular head, a pair of turbid yellow vertical pupils flickered with a cold, bloodthirsty light, and its scarlet forked tongue flicked in and out, making a terrifying "hissing" sound.

[ Burrow Stalker LV26 (Elite) ]

[ HP: 28000 / 28000 ]

A Rank 26 elite strange beast!

The Burrow Stalker abruptly opened its blood-stained giant maw capable of swallowing an elephant, a fishy wind rushed at them, and it bit straight towards Yasuo like lightning!

Jasmine was so frightened that her face lost all color, her small face instantly losing its blood, subconsciously closing her eyes and screaming out.

"Ah——!"

However, the violent impact anticipated did not come.

She only felt Yasuo's body sink abruptly downwards, and then moved sideways in an unbelievable horizontal shift.

The giant python's blood-stained giant maw brushed past Yasuo's shoulder, biting fiercely into empty air!

"Snap!"

A broken wall beside it was bitten into pieces by it in one bite, with bricks and stones splashing everywhere!

Yasuo didn't even look back, a flash of lightning under his feet, [ Lightning Rush ] was fiercely activated!

Carrying Jasmine, his figure instantly bolted out dozens of meters, disappearing into the shadows of another alley in a few nimble bounds.

Missing its strike in one blow, the Burrow Stalker angrily swung its huge tail, whipping the surrounding broken walls and ruins to make loud rumbling noises, dust filling the air, but having long lost its target.

For a long time, Jasmine opened her eyes with lingering fear, finding that she was already safe.

She looked at Yasuo's mountain-like steady back, her eyes filled with the joy of surviving a disaster and an indescribable adoration.

"Boss… you… you are simply not human…"

This kind of footwork, this kind of judgment, was simply unimaginable!

Yasuo's tone remained calm, carrying a strange rhythm: "Do not panic, just closely follow my body."

Time unknown how long had passed.

When night quietly descended, putting a deeper layer of darkness over this dead silent ruined capital.

Zhou Huai leisurely woke up from the soft bed.

Opening his eyes, the very first thing he did was share all the memories from Yasuo's side.

"Heh, the Zhou Family's actions are really fast." Zhou Huai's mouth hooked into a cold sneer, but his eyes held no trace of fear.

He had originally anticipated that the Zhou Family would retaliate for that trash Lu Qi, but he hadn't expected their action to be so swift.

Just as his side finished clearing the dungeon, their personnel had already properly deployed around Clear Water Lake.

Fortunately, the smart core ai's action was decisive enough. Under heavy encirclement, it forcefully cut a bloody path, successfully escaped, and plunged headfirst into this dangerous Old City District.

"Next, it depends on my operation."

At this moment, Yasuo was bringing Jasmine, hiding in a dilapidated two-story small building to temporarily rest and regroup.

He suddenly opened both eyes, shifting his gaze to Jasmine who was still in lingering fear on the side.

"Use your spirit eagles to see if anyone from the Radiant Alliance has entered around here."

Hearing this, Jasmine was slightly stunned, unable to help murmuring in her heart: "Eh? Why has Boss's speaking style returned to normal again?"

However, now was obviously not the time to complain about this.

She hurriedly nodded, quickly summoning the scouting spirit eagles to let them silently merge into the night and circle up into the high altitude.

A moment later, Jasmine opened her eyes and reported with a solemn expression: "Boss, a squad has indeed entered, a total of nine people, looking like they are searching for us. Their current position is in our southwest direction, about two hundred meters away!"

Hearing this, Zhou Huai's mouth hooked into a playful smile.

"Oh? They actually dared to chase into the Old City District?"

"Since you guys want to court death so badly, don't blame me!"