Alien world

Chapter 1802, Section 435. Xiao Wu
Black Pearl was certain that the Rat King only had the ability to strike once, so she decided to risk trading blows with him. She retracted her dragon wings and swooped down with a storm!

A terrifying roar shrieked through the air, enough to wake any opponent facing it, keeping them awake all night.

The Rat King stared at the approaching black dragon, shattering the floor tiles beneath its feet. Dark green veins snaked beneath its bulging tendons, and a gate weighing over ten tons transformed into a handleless hammer in its hand, smashing it down towards the diving black pearl!

A rusty, foul wind rushed towards them, but a cunning glint flashed in the black pearl dragon's eyes. Suddenly, when it was still forty or fifty meters off the ground, it spread its wings and narrowly missed the gate that the dragon's horns had just passed.

She had just taken a deep breath when that "Annan" voice accurately pierced her ears from the sidelines again:

"I, Annan Reeves, will give you all my wealth, and I'll put Liberty City in your name, making you the richest black dragon in the world!"

Black Pearl knew perfectly well that it wasn't Annan Reeves at all, but she was still momentarily stunned. Just then, the Rat King bent his knees, then leaped up, his muscular, steel-like claws grabbing Black Pearl's dragon tail and whipping it towards the ground like a whip!
Bang-!
The two enormous objects, each weighing tens of tons, crashed to the ground, sending terrifying dust billowing outwards and pelting the audience like bullets.

As the audience was still trying to avoid it, the ground beneath their feet suddenly began to tremble—the ravaged, cracked, and bloody arena could no longer hold on, and with a deafening roar, it slid all the audience members down to the next level.

The battle between the two colossal beasts, the Rat King and the Black Pearl, was nothing short of legendary. The bloody scene swept away all the spectators, and also took away those who had bet on the Black Pearl to win and were angrily cursing the demons who were rushing towards Annam!
Annan carried Russ, who hadn't woken up despite the commotion, grabbed Beldona, and took flight with the succubus's small but not useless wings, heading towards the upper levels untouched by the smoke and dust.

Amidst the constant roaring smoke and dust beneath them, the occasional figures of the Rat King and Black Pearl could be seen entangled and tumbling in battle.

The McKenna clan must have suffered heavy casualties... But since there are plenty of ratmen, they might make room for other gray rats.

Landing on the sixth floor, after setting down Ruth and Beldona, Annan stared at the faint tremors, roars, and occasional flashes of dragon breath visible in the smoke and dust, realizing that the Black Pearl was at a disadvantage.

The Rat King's strength lies entirely in power, while the Black Dragon, though the leader of the five-colored dragons, only possesses power as one dimension of strength. Her refusal to return to the air signifies that she is being held back by the Rat King.

What's it like to be grabbed and brutally beaten by a giant beast that's over ten meters tall?
"Damn rats!"

Annan didn't know, but he could glean some clues from the continuous angry roars of the dragon, which eventually turned into painful howls at the end.

Looking down from above, the bloody scene of the landslide revealed a corner of the seventh floor collapsed. The rock strata had stabilized and the landslide had ceased, but debris from the aftermath of the battle continued to fall and flimsy buildings continued to collapse.

The battle between the Rat King and Black Pearl lasted for more than ten minutes before finally ending with one side losing its fighting ability.

Who's winning?
Annan craned his neck and saw the smoke and dust being torn apart by a gust of air, revealing the Rat King gripping the Black Pearl by the neck.

This scene was witnessed by every level of the ratmen in the city-state, and cheers rippled outwards like waves.

In this way, there were no obstacles for the Rat King to return to the upper echelons.

Annan wanted to feel sorry for Black Pearl, but since it involved the Free City's plans and 10,000 gold dollars, he could only make her suffer a little longer.

He silently vowed in his heart that as long as Black Pearl went to Liberty City, he would find her a job with a salary that would satisfy her!

Knowing the relationship between Annam and Black Pearl, the Rat King did not break her neck, but simply threw her out, causing a group of houses to collapse, and roared angrily, pounding his chest and looking up at the sky.

Philosopher and his sister emerged unharmed amidst the still-unsettled dust and declared the Rat King the victor.

The Rat King picked up the severed hand from the pile of rubble and reattached the arm.

There is a thirteenth round, and the format has changed. Instead of a two-on-one battle, it has been changed to a free-for-all between the remaining three and ten contestants to determine the final winner.

The disappearance of the battlefield is nothing; they can simply find an open space to begin. However, although the Rat King fought a fierce battle with the Black Dragon, expending a great deal of energy and losing an arm that, even if reattached, wouldn't fully recover in a short time.

But the thirteenth round became meaningless the moment the Rat King defeated the Black Dragon in front of all the ratmen. Even if the other seeded players joined forces to attack the Rat King, they couldn't suppress his reputation.

As Annan had predicted, the thirteenth round was entirely a one-man show by the Rat King—the Rat King ripped off his left arm, used it as a meat hammer to smash around, smashing twelve opponents into a pile of minced meat before putting it back.

The Rat King proved his abilities, and then came the award ceremony.

The Macken Ratmen invited all the demons to the thirteenth level for a ceremony. Annan suspected a conspiracy and did not attend, instead hiding on the sixth level to secretly observe the deeper levels through a telescope.

The black pearl was still embedded in the ruins, and Annan dared not go there. He could only ask his sister-in-law, Philosopher, to send some men to guard it to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation.

Annan scanned the unconscious Black Pearl with his telescope for a long time. "What's that?" Beldona exclaimed beside him. Annan moved the telescope back to the thirteenth floor and saw a fel-elemental lake and tiny silhouettes on its shore.

To Bellunda's astonishment, on the twelfth promontory walkway, elite rats were carrying a pile of living offerings and throwing them into the lake from the cliff edge.

The lake that had swallowed the altar reacted—it began to slowly rotate, forming a deep vortex in the center that resembled a passageway.

"Huh?" Annan suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, I think I'm just seeing things."

"I don't believe a champion warlock would be blind."

Annan also thought it was unlikely, but he seemed to have seen the Felhound mixed in with the offerings and thrown into the Fel vortex...

Wasn't Huichao dead? He personally witnessed Michelangelo and the other three kill each other, leaving not a single one alive.

Forget it, even if they come back to life, they won't recognize me, and who knows where this thing leads? Maybe it's the stomach of a giant horned rat?
Just as they were about to continue observing, a dragon's roar filled with rage and shame suddenly rang out from not far away:

"No more, no less!"

"Oh no, Black Pearl is awake! We have to get out of here!"

Annan didn't know whether Black Pearl would blame herself for losing, but that roar just now was clearly not an expression of love.

If she went back to the tavern and found they had run off with all the money, wouldn't she go crazy?

Putting away the binoculars, carrying Ruth on their backs, Annan and Beldona fled towards the surface—from the other side, far from the tavern.

They ran back to the first floor without stopping, but Black Pearl didn't catch him. Instead, Philosopher's siblings found them.

She stepped out under Beldona's somewhat wary gaze and said coldly, "The plan has succeeded. The Rat King will soon become the legion commander."

(End of this chapter)