The monster in the blizzard——the legendary giant rhino!

Green Snake Lana said seriously, "What you are doing is wrong. You are not even creatures of the same species."

Cao Xing chuckled, "Your worldly views are even more rigid than I imagined."

"Ilena is my subject, and she will be living in my territory from now on."

"As a lord, isn't it normal for me to care for my subordinates?"

"Or are you saying you want your sister to be lonely for the rest of her life?"

Lana was left speechless by Cao Xing.

She could only turn her gaze toward her sister.

However, Ilena beside her had completely stopped thinking at this moment, her waist twisting incessantly.

She had never seen her sister in such a state, nor had she ever seen a man standing before her completely naked.

All of this was assaulting Lana's nerves. After a moment of bewilderment,

Lana took a deep breath and then dropped a single sentence.

"Do whatever you want."

After speaking, the Green Snake flicked her tail and turned to walk out of the hot spring pavilion.

She fled.

After Lana left,

Ilena still held tightly to Cao Xing's neck, her eyes hazy as she asked, "Lord, is it not good to scare my sister like this?"

Cao Xing chuckled, "What's bad about it? She has been alone for too long; she's almost become reclusive."

"Look at her in the territory; other than you, does she talk to anyone else?"

"What we're doing might just help her come out of her shell faster."

Upon hearing this, Ilena seemed to think Cao Xing made sense.

She nodded obediently, "Mm, I'll listen to you."

Then, she continued to cherish the moment with her most beloved lord.

On the other side, after Lana returned to her room, she lay straight back on the bed.

She collapsed on the bed as if she had lost her soul, staring blankly at the ceiling.

She kept muttering to herself.

"How could it be like this—how could it be like this—"

"He is a human, and we are the Snake-people race—"

"This kind of thing is not allowed—"

She desperately wanted to forget everything she had just seen, but the images kept flooding in like a tide.

Her sister's infatuated expression, the man's sturdy body—scene after scene kept flashing by.

It seemed to have been deeply branded into her mind, unable to be wiped away.

A moment later, she murmured, "My sister looked really happy."

"Is doing such things really that enjoyable?"

At this moment, a hint of curiosity couldn't help but rise in Lana's heart.

Meanwhile, while Cao Xing and Ilena were entangled,

it was already late at night.

Outside, heavy snow was falling, and the cold wind was howling.

It was as if the entire world was shrouded in endless darkness and a blizzard.

At the same time,

on a plain about six hundred kilometers away from the territory, stood a massive Giant City.

This was the Segra Giant City, one of the two Giant Cities within a radius of hundreds of kilometers in the Brisban Wilderness.

Segra Giant City had a population of hundreds of thousands living there year-round. Its policies were more open compared to Merlind City, attracting many wandering merchants from nearby to trade, and as a result, the economy in the city was prosperous and thriving.

However, because of this massive blizzard that had lasted for ten days, hundreds of thousands of residents in the city were trapped and unable to go out.

Food in the city was also running low, and the price of food had skyrocketed, reaching an astonishing level.

Fortunately, the natives of this world had lived here for so many years that they had long-term experience in dealing with such natural disasters.

They would all stockpile large amounts of easily storable food in their basements or storage rooms.

After ten days, although life was difficult, they could barely manage to hold on.

Compared to the humans who could hide in the Giant City, the situation for the beasts outside was much worse.

Many beasts, having not eaten for a long time, had gone red-eyed from hunger.

They rushed desperately into the snowstorm, wandering the wilderness in search of anything to fill their stomachs.

Although the raging blizzard would sap their heat and cause them to lose their sense of direction, for these beasts, the pain of hunger was far more unbearable than the cold.

Moreover, relying on their keen sense of smell, some beasts actually found villages where humans lived.

Red-eyed with hunger, they rushed into these villages or small towns and began attacking humans frantically, causing significant casualties. Recently, Segra Giant City had also suffered several beast attacks.

However, under the city's defense forces, these beasts not only failed to cause any damage to the Giant City but also became food for the city.

At this moment, two militiamen wrapped in thick cotton coats and fully armed were huddled in a guard post on the city wall, building a fire while chatting with each other.

"Crackle, crackle."

The bonfire was burning fiercely, its light reflecting on the faces of the two men, dispelling some of the chill.

One of the militiamen rubbed his hands and turned to ask, "Vidal, I heard your wife is about to give birth, is that right?"

The militiaman named Vidal nodded, a hint of a smile appearing on his face, "Yes, it will be in these next few days."

"Gods above, may the spirits bless you."

The militiaman's face showed a look of emotion, and then he patted his shoulder and asked, "Is there enough food at your home? Your wife is about to give birth; you can't let her go hungry."

Hearing this, Vidal was silent for a moment.

In this extreme, freezing world, food could be said to be the most precious resource and was usually not disclosed to outsiders.

To avoid causing problems or being targeted by people with ill intentions.

But the militiaman before him was a long-time friend, so he hesitated for a moment before whispering, "I can barely hold on for a while longer, but the meat at home has run out."

"The rest is just some dry, hard bread that can barely fill our stomachs."

The militiaman nodded in realization, his tone carrying a hint of worry, "That won't do. Your wife is at a critical time now and needs nutritional supplements."

He paused and said, "I heard that Hoder and Bran, who were on duty last night, encountered a wild wolf that had gone crazy with hunger attacking the city."

"As a result, it didn't even get close to the wall before it was shot dead by the arrow tower."

Speaking of this, he lowered his voice and said cautiously, "It is said that they secretly hid the meat of that wild wolf at their home—"

Vidal frowned, "What do you mean?"

The militiaman leaned closer and whispered, "Don't misunderstand, I'm not planning to steal their food."

"I'm saying, if we encounter a beast today, we might as well do the same—"

"As long as no one else finds out, the City Lord won't punish us."

Vidal shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The chance of that happening is too small, and we aren't the only two soldiers on patrol."

"Everyone is watching."

The militiaman patted his shoulder and smiled, "Don't be so pessimistic. Maybe the Goddess of Luck will favor us?"

Vidal was just about to respond.

Suddenly, both of them felt a slight tremor at the same time.

"Rumble."

They looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.

"Vidal, did you feel that?"

"Yes, I felt it. Could it be an earthquake?"

Just as they were wondering, another violent tremor came.

And it was even more intense than before!

Before they could react, the rumbling sound grew closer and closer, and the entire guard tower was shaking slightly.

It was as if some colossal behemoth was rapidly approaching!

The two finally realized something was wrong.

They quickly stood up and rushed to the window to look outside!

Outside, the blizzard was raging, and visibility was extremely low.

The lighthouse inside the Giant City was constantly sweeping its beam, penetrating into the snowstorm.

And just as the lighthouse beam swept across the distance, it seemed to reveal a huge shadow!

Both of their gazes were instantly drawn to it, their heartbeats suddenly accelerating.

"That—what is that?" The militiaman Vidal's voice trembled slightly.

The other militiaman also widened his eyes at this moment, a sense of fear inevitably emerging in his heart.

Just then, two bright red spots of light suddenly appeared in the darkness.

Like two huge eyes, emitting a heart-stopping red glow!

The height of those light spots even exceeded the city wall, as if coming from some colossal behemoth!

"Gods above—" the militiaman murmured, his voice filled with fear.

Before they could react, that black shadow, carrying a destructive might, suddenly rushed out of the snowstorm!

The lighthouse shone on the monster's body, revealing its true appearance.

It was a beast with a shoulder height of one hundred meters, covered in thick, ice-blue scales. The dozen-meter-long horn on its nose was like a huge, sharp blade, stabbing straight into the sky!

This was the Legendary Frost Giant Rhinoceros!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The two militiamen reacted, shouting at the top of their lungs while simultaneously sounding the alarm.

"Doooo—!" The dull sound of the alarm had just rung out, waking up many militiamen who were on duty.

However, the figure of that giant rhinoceros had already approached.

The Legendary beast's speed was faster than one could imagine!

Its huge hooves crushed the ground, and the snowstorm formed a violent vortex around it.

In the blink of an eye, it arrived at the foot of the city wall.

"Boom!!!"

With a dull, thunderous sound.

The giant rhinoceros's horn slammed heavily into the city wall.

The twenty or thirty-meter-thick city wall crumbled at a single touch, just like dregs of tofu!

Stones flew everywhere, accompanied by the screams of soldiers.

Then, this terrifying giant rhino charged into the Segra Giant City!

Late at night.

Cao Xing gradually finished dressing.

Behind him, Ilena remained in her half-human, half-snake form, lying on the ground without a stitch of clothing.

She looked as if she had exhausted all her strength; her body had become soft and limp, and even her tail rested listlessly on the surface of the water.

This was the first time he had ever exhausted this white snake.

Ever since reaching Level 100, Cao Xing had felt his energy becoming incredibly vigorous.

It was as if he had an endless supply of strength.

Even under the siege of those two mature women, Cao Xing could gradually hold his own, so dealing with one member of the Snake-people race was naturally a breeze.

"Ilena, I'm heading back." Cao Xing's voice echoed.

The snake-person behind him replied weakly, "Mmm… Alright, Lord."

"I need to rest a little longer…"

Cao Xing smiled, then turned and walked outside.

When he pushed open the door of the hot spring pavilion, the howling cold wind mixed with snowflakes swept in once again.

It showed no signs of letting up.

"It looks like this blizzard is going to last for a few more days."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing couldn't help but frown.

Up to this point, the blizzard had been going on for about 10 days.

Although his territory had temporarily solved its food problems, the same could not be said for the territories of other Survivors.

As mentioned before, due to various reasons.

During the blizzard, food in every territory was being consumed rapidly.

Many territories had run out of food, leading to a series of serious situations, and some had even been destroyed because of it.

Just like in Segra Giant City, within their circle of Survivors, the price of food had been driven up to an astronomical level.

Those Survivors who had a surplus on hand had once again made a fortune.

But even so, compared to the hundreds of thousands of Survivors across the entire region and the hundreds of millions of territory residents, this amount of food was completely insignificant.

Many territories had even been destroyed because of this.

The number of online users in the chat channel was also constantly dropping.

Many Survivors were complaining in the chat channel.

"Damn it, this ghost weather is outrageous. A natural disaster that lasts for over a dozen days at the drop of a hat—how are people supposed to survive this?"

"Yeah, if I had known, I wouldn't have recruited more people. I just expanded my territory's population, and before I could stock up on more food, this blizzard hit. What bad luck!"

"Brothers, does anyone have extra food? Sell me some. I just recruited a batch of Rabbit-Ear girls into my territory. They all have sweet voices and soft bodies, and their figures are top-notch. As long as you give me some food, after this blizzard ends, I'll send a few over to you!"

"Holy crap! Rabbit-Ear girls? That's a rare race. Last time at a slave market in a city, I saw a Rabbit-Ear girl sold for the high price of 2 million crowns!"

"I'm a bit tempted! Let me go check if there's any extra food in my warehouse."

Under the temptation of such a rare race, this lord successfully obtained a batch of supplies.

Seeing this, other lords followed suit.

"I have ten werewolf soldiers here; they can switch between timber wolf and human forms, and their combat power is extremely strong. Whoever funds me with food, once this blizzard ends, these werewolf soldiers will all be yours!"

"One noble princess. Whether it's her figure or temperament, she is a top-tier beauty. She just joined my territory not long ago, and I haven't had time to build up favorability. 1000 kilograms of food, and she is yours!"

"Is anyone selling handsome Elf Clan guys? Get me ten! I still have plenty of food here!"

They posted their conditions in the chat channel.

Although trading one's own territory residents as commodities sounded a bit inhumane.

But at a time like this, when they were barely able to survive, who had the energy to care about such things?

Furthermore, it wasn't just territory residents; some Survivors were also bringing out their hidden treasures to seek trades.

Among them, there were even quite a few things that made Cao Xing feel a bit tempted.

For example, Advanced Knight Hall blueprints, Commander-level creature recruitment scrolls, and even Epic-quality orbs, and so on.

Looking at the various conditions offered by these Survivors, Cao Xing pondered, "Damn it, should I take a batch of the food I have and trade it?"

But after thinking about it, he gave up on this idea.

Because he only had a few tens of thousands of kilograms of food left himself, and that was only because of what he had scavenged from that Rat-man cave today.

It was unknown how long this blizzard would last, so he couldn't afford to trade it away.

As for the Lizard Overlord's meat, Cao Xing indeed still had quite a lot on hand.

But this stuff could only be sold by the portion, and one portion was only 100g.

At the current stage, what these Survivors needed was a large amount of food, not this kind of meat that could increase attributes.

Just as Cao Xing was thinking about these things, he suddenly saw many spam messages appearing in the chat channel.

"Holy crap! Brothers, something happened!"

"Segra Giant City has been attacked by a monster, and the city walls have already been breached by this monster."

"That monster is so huge, so fierce. It's at least over a hundred meters tall, just like a damn mountain!"

Hearing this person's description, the Survivors immediately became interested.

They asked one after another, "A monster over a hundred meters tall? It's actually that big? What level is it?"

"I don't know! I used the system panel to look at it, and it was just a string of question marks, but it looks like a rhinoceros!"

Cao Xing, who was watching the chat channel, immediately had a slight change in expression.

He immediately opened the map to check the location of Segra Giant City.

At the same time, the Survivor continued to narrate, "That monster is terrifying. With just a casual charge, the tens-of-meters-thick city walls were smashed to pieces!"

"The attacks from those Expert-level arrow towers landed on it, but didn't even break its defense!"

"The soldiers in the city couldn't stop it at all. That monster is about to charge into the inner city."

"At this rate, I feel like the entire Segra Giant City is going to be destroyed by this monster!"

"I can't do this, brothers, I have to run away first!"

The chat channel fell silent for a moment.

Because according to what this Survivor said, the strength of this monster was definitely beyond their imagination.

This also extinguished the thoughts of some lords who had ideas.

After all, not to mention whether they could deal with a monster of this level,

just braving the violent snowstorm to reach Segra Giant City was an extremely difficult task.

As for Segra Giant City, it could only pray for its own survival.

At this moment, after hearing the Survivor's description, Cao Xing had already confirmed one thing.

"A body size of over a hundred meters, looks like a rhinoceros, and can destroy tens-of-meters-thick walls with a single charge…"

"I just took a look. Segra Giant City is located in the Brisban Wilds, about six hundred kilometers away from my territory."

"According to the information provided by Bing Lan a few days ago, she unsealed a Legendary Giant Rhino in the area within a thousand kilometers of the territory."

"In other words, this monster is most likely that Legendary Giant Rhino!"

Cao Xing took a deep breath, his tone carrying a hint of gravity: "I didn't expect that after this monster escaped, it would hide for so many days."

"Tonight, it actually ran to the Brisban Wilds and attacked a Giant City."

"And this Giant City has a permanent population of hundreds of thousands. With the destructive power of a Legendary monster, I'm afraid it could completely destroy this city in a short time."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing realized he had to act as soon as possible!

After all, this Legendary Giant Rhino was, in the final analysis, caused by him.

If he let it run rampant, not only would Segra Giant City suffer a catastrophe, but it might even trigger even more serious chain reactions.

The next moment, he said quickly, "All Legendary-level units in the territory, assemble at the fastest speed, quickly!"

The moment they heard the order, several terrifying auras rose up in the territory!

From the Alchemy Workshop, from the Mage Tower, and from the Lord's Castle!

They all turned into streaks of light.

A total of six figures gathered together.

Except for Braum, who was in a dream, and Bing Lan, who had been sent out by him, the six Legendary-level powerhouses in the entire territory were all looking at him with solemn expressions.

It seemed they didn't know why their lord had gathered them all together so urgently.

Cao Xing scanned them and said quickly, "The situation is urgent, so I'll make this short."

"Segra Giant City, six hundred kilometers away, has encountered an attack from a Legendary Giant Rhino."

"We need to get there as fast as possible, kill this monster, and save the residents of Segra Giant City!"

On the field, the six Legendary units felt a bit surprised after hearing about the Legendary Giant Rhino.

However, they didn't say much and instead said solemnly, "Yes, Lord!"

Cao Xing nodded and continued, "Now, Francesca will stay at home to guard the territory."

"The other five will take me and rush to Segra Giant City!"