In the core area of Dongning City, the staffs of the city hall were busy settling the people who had temporarily come in from various districts to take refuge. There would be drills and assessments every month for these kinds of emergencies, so they were very busy. However, they did not panic in the slightest. In their haste, they were very orderly.
Suddenly, in the sky above the core area, a scarlet spatial crack appeared. A middle-aged man with a full beard was holding onto the edge of the spatial crack with both hands. As he stretched his hands, he walked out fiercely while swearing!
“F*ck, how dare you come to Dongning to cause trouble while I’m not here? Where are the beams? Do you think I’m easy to bully?”
When the people below saw this scene, they were not afraid at all. Instead, they were a little happy. Some of them could not help but shout loudly.
“Is it the chief? The chief is back! The chief is back! Brothers, the chief is back! We are saved! We are safe!”
“It’s the chief’s space tearing magic. With the chief here, we are not afraid of anything.”
“Chief, save my son. He’s only a sophomore, only a sophomore…”
“Chief, Chief…”
Li Tianming glanced at the area below him and ignored the others. In the core area, it was very safe. Nothing would happen in the short run. What was important now was the real dungeon and the mastermind behind all this.
“Come out!”
The voice was not loud, but as the voice echoed, it created layers of ripples. Relying on his terrifying spatial ability, this voice spread throughout the wilderness outside of Dongning City, and it was not just the range of the voice transmission, what was even more terrifying was this wave of terrifying attacks.
On the outskirts of the wilderness, a large wave of wild monsters had already surged into the real dungeon. However, many more wild monsters continued to surge in from all over the place. This spatial ripple spread to the place where the wild monsters gathered and ground them into minced meat. Seeing that he was about to cause even more casualties, the black hand hidden behind them could no longer sit still.
In the air, a hand covered in black fur stretched out and crushed the invisible spatial ripple.
“Hehehe, the space-tearing spell battle against Li Tianming. Long time no see.”
As the sound of his voice faded, a gorilla with a pair of dragon horns on its head and densely packed dragon scales on its chest jumped out from the air. Its limbs were thick and powerful, and it had a smug and evil smile on its face, it waved its hand towards Li Tianming.
“Demon Ape? It’s actually you, you monkey. You dare cause trouble in Dongning. You must be ready to die today.”
Li Tianming was a bit surprised. This Sky Demon Ape was one of the earth-rank monarchs. It had a terrifying battle strength and had awakened its divine dragon bloodline. It could be considered an overlord even on earth-rank.
“Hehe, you want to kill me? Li Tianming, you’re so readable and confident. There are so many faithful men like you in Taixia Country. Luo also said that they wanted to kill me. I’m still alive.”
After saying that, it turned around twice in a complacent way to show off its power.
Li Tianming couldn’t stand it. He stretched out his big hand and grabbed a pair of huge transparent space hands towards the Sky Demon Ape. This was a modification of the basic spell, Mage’s Hand, Spatial Hand was also Li Tianming’s signature skill.
When the Sky Demon Ape saw this move, the corners of its mouth curled into a mocking smile. “Hehe, right here, I’m right here.”
It clenched its fist and threw itself at the Spatial Hand. The sky in its name was not for fun, but because it was extremely powerful and was known to have sky-high strength. Therefore, this simple punch instantly shattered Li Tianming’s Spatial Hand into pieces.
However, it was not over yet. After the Spatial Hand, there were still thousands of densely packed Spatial Hands around. In the end, they formed an entire huge Spatial Hand and grabbed the Sky Demon Ape.
“You don’t have any new ideas, you’re still the same. Li Tianming, you can’t do it!”
The Sky Demon Ape ridiculed Li Tianming in a cheap manner. Facing the huge Spatial Hand, it did not show any fear. It withdrew its fist at its waist and crouched slightly. A terrifying wave of energy burst out. A Dragon Demon Fist collided with the huge Spatial Hand… a terrifying explosion reverberated through the sky right after. Countless wild monsters were scared to the point of fleeing in all directions. Even the space around the collision between the two was violently compressed and changed shape.
Li Tianming frowned as he looked at the opposite side. The strength of this Sky Demon Ape was indeed powerful. It was even stronger than when he had fought with it previously. It seemed that it must have found a secret increase in power, otherwise, it was impossible for their strength to increase.
“You suck hehe…”
The Sky Demon Ape was performing a vulgar dance towards Li Tianming without any injuries. However, an explosive shout interrupted it, “Hey, I already killed one. What’s another to me? Hehe!”
“You!”
With a loud shout, a purple-gold divine dragon appeared in the sky. An old man was standing on top of the dragon’s head, coughing lightly. He had shouted too loudly just now, and his throat had been hurt!
The person who had come was the grandfather of the Lin sisters, Lin Qingming. He was the principal of one of the nine great schools, an intermediate earth-rank familiar trainer, and the owner of the three great earth-rank high-rank familiars. Under his tutelage, he had already taught over ten terrifying earth-rank powerhouses.
“Sky Demon Ape, you’re very good. If my two granddaughters die this time, you’ll be buried with them. I’m also an intermediate earth-rank familiar anyway, so killing you won’t be considered a violation of the rules.”
The purple-gold divine dragon looked coldly at the Sky Demon Ape below. The terrifying pure divine dragon’s pressure made the Sky Demon Ape unable to breathe. This was also one of the drawbacks of the dragon bloodline, which was easily suppressed by other superior bloodlines.
“Uh, this, listen to me. It was all an accident, an honest accident.”
The Sky Demon Ape didn’t dare to hide in front of this old man. The earth-rank intermediate level was real, but whoever took him as just an earth-rank intermediate level would be a fool. The three familiars were already earth-rank advanced level! Three against one… even the Sky Demon Ape would have to kneel!
The most terrifying thing was the old man’s connections. There were more than ten earth-rank powerhouses and students who would help him, and two of them were fierce people who had received the title of Immortal. This old man was absolutely not to be provoked!
The towering Sky Demon Ape thought to himself how unlucky he was. He had only come out to stir up trouble, but he had met a legendary fighter.
The cautious, humble, and obsequious Sky Demon Ape took advantage of the fact that the two of them were not paying attention and used its toes to dig a spatial crack on the ground. Its entire body fell into it and instantly disappeared.
Lin Qingming and Li Tianming looked at each other. This Sky Demon Ape actually had such a trick up its sleeve. No wonder it could repeatedly escape when it gets into a sticky situation.
“Teacher Lin, why are you here?”
“Something happened to my two granddaughters. So I quickly rushed over to take a look. How is it? Is there any news inside?”
“I just came back too…”
Lin Qingming shook his head in disappointment. His gaze looked towards the original outer city of Dongning City. That place was now a huge pit. Above it, there was a gemstone that was emitting a sparkling light. That was the carrier of the real dungeon, the Dungeon Gem!
“Get ready. This time, no matter if humans or wild monsters win the dungeon, firstly, we have to ensure that the Dungeon Gem doesn’t fall into the hands of wild monsters. Secondly, if wild monsters win the dungeon, don’t let any of these wild monsters escape… kill them all!”
“Alright, by the way… About Dongning City…”
“If those ability users don’t come back alive this time, Taixia Country will consider abolishing the city-level system of Dongning City…”
Li Tianming became silent. Commoners were the foundation; ability users were the soldiers who protected the country. Without soldiers, how could Dongning City resist the endless tide of wild monsters?
“That cursed ape!”