The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

"Humans, we are all rulers in our own right, why must you keep pressing us?"

The black gorilla, whose only remaining head was intact after being beaten, begged for mercy.

You can't outrun them, you simply can't outrun them.

Even using all four legs, you can't outrun them.

As dawn broke, the man and the beast fought their way through the night, their battles spreading for nearly a thousand miles.

Along the way, the black gorilla did consider venturing into the territories of other king-level beast kings in order to escape Ji Chen's pursuit.

After all, the Beast King has a strong sense of territory and will be furious if a powerful stranger intrudes, which will be its chance to escape.

Unfortunately, it was too arrogant after breaking through to the fourth tier a couple of days ago, and the nearby beast kings all had a deep impression of it. Seeing how miserable it was this time, they all chose to watch from afar.

"The king of humans, I misjudged him this time. How about... I just apologize and let it go."

The black gorilla wiped the blood from its nose with its bent arm and said sheepishly.

Ji Chen ignored him and continued to approach.

A fourth-tier mutated beast is a treasure trove, so how could he let this chimpanzee go? With its size, it could definitely raise his miniature Yoda to the third-tier limit or even the fourth tier.

Seeing that Ji Chen remained unmoved, the black gorilla, despite its weakening body, managed to withstand a punch from Ji Chen and said with a fierce but weak voice:

"Hmph... Human, don't push your luck!"

"I, Old Black, am not made of clay. If you keep pushing me, don't blame me for taking you down with me!"

Ji Chen stopped.

He wasn't worried about the black gorilla's threat; he had already seen through the gorilla's unease and knew it was just a bluff.

Even if his guess was wrong, based on what Ji Chen knows so far, it's hard to believe that there's a superpower within the category of fourth-order evolved creatures that could kill him.

He stopped, only wanting to get one last bit of information out of the black gorilla.

Having lived in a human city all his life, he still knows too little about the outside world.

"I can let you go, but first tell me what you can offer me."

The black gorilla finally breathed a sigh of relief when Ji Chen stopped, and then bared its teeth.

From its larvae to adulthood, whether before or after the mutation, it has always been quite afraid of pain.

Therefore, when it attacked Ji Chen for the first time, causing injury to his finger bone, it already had the idea of ​​retreating. However, it did not retreat because it wanted to maintain its dignity as a king and wanted to put on a show first so as to save face.

result... ...

The black gorilla wished it could travel back to last night and give its pretentious self a good thrashing.

It pursed its lips and asked cautiously:

What do you want?

"Could you first tell me about the distribution of forces in the vicinity?"

The black gorilla, fearing Ji Chen might be dissatisfied, racked its brains and poured out all its resources to introduce the product to him:

"With your territory at the center, including myself, there are three Beast Kings in the vicinity... ..."

The three beast kings are a giant python on the northwest side that resembles a rock formation, is over 150 meters long, and is as thick as a small house.

To the southwest is a large dog with fiery red fur. Wherever it goes, it's like lava erupting, leaving nothing but barren land. It is considered the most powerful of the three beasts.

"As for the east, because there is a big river blocking the way, it is not easy for me to travel there, so I, Lao Hei, have not had time to go and have fun yet."

"By the way, there was supposed to be another beast that could break through to the fourth rank and become a beast king last night, but unfortunately... hehe, it was unlucky and got killed by a rock that fell from the sky."

The black gorilla licked its lips, its eyes showing both schadenfreude and regret.

The mutated beast horde is not a unified entity; internal fighting is extremely brutal. In their eyes, apart from themselves and the tribes they already know, all other mutated beasts are competitors, and they will kill them without hesitation.

Ji Chen learned from it that even if the mutated beast that was about to advance last night survived, the three beast kings that they had already confirmed would not allow it to advance.

More likely, they will be killed and devoured by these creatures after just advancing to the next level, before they have had a chance to quickly improve their strength.

After obtaining the information he wanted, Ji Chen suddenly fell silent.

The large black gorilla, who was just opening its mouth to describe the local customs and animals, suddenly jumped up, its hair standing on end.

"What do you want? Didn't you say you'd let me go if I introduced you to someone? Aren't you going to keep your word?!"

"What do you mean by breaking your promise? I just told you to introduce me first, I didn't say I definitely wouldn't kill you."

As Ji Chen spoke, he stepped forward and knocked the giant gorilla to the ground with two loud thuds.

"No, no, no, I have more information, it concerns the secret to increasing your strength! You definitely want to know!"

The giant gorilla blocked Ji Chen's blow to the head with its fist and hurriedly said.

Ji Chen kept moving, jumping onto the gorilla's thick chest and punching and kicking it.

"Then why don't you hurry up and tell me?"

"Then stop!"

The giant gorilla felt aggrieved, as if it had been cursed for eight lifetimes to have encountered Ji Chen, this scoundrel.

Ji Chen swung his claw at the giant gorilla again, and only stopped slightly when he saw that its health was still terrifyingly high.

Damn, that's the downside of big guys. Unless you hit a vital spot, you can fight these tanky guys all day and they might not die.

"What if I tell you and you still don't let me go?"

"Look at you, you're so big, with those glutes and biceps. What kind of secret could possibly compare to yours, Old Black? You think your life is so important, worth more than a thousand pieces of gold, don't you?"

"So you have to tell me first before I can decide whether or not to let you go."

Ji Chen spoke slowly and deliberately. He held the absolute initiative, so naturally he wanted to properly handle the big black guy who was putting on airs in front of him.

The black gorilla swallowed hard, wishing it could spit the shameless man to death.

Who doesn't value their own life more than a mountain, whose life is immeasurable? This person has no intention of a fair trade.

But it was helpless. All its strength lay in its fists, yet it was utterly defeated by Ji Chen and had no other means of counterattack.

"Three hundred miles from here, there is a strange tree. Unlike other ordinary plants, it has virtually no means of protecting itself. Moreover, each time it evolves and advances, it can produce one to three exotic fruits."

The big black dog's eyes were full of longing; clearly, the fruit was extremely tempting to it.

"The exotic fruit not only enhances the strength of us mutated creatures, but also allows us to comprehend innate skills during evolution. It is a unique treasure in the world."

"I, Lao Hei, was fortunate enough to eat one three days ago, which allowed me to successfully break through and become the Beast King."

exotic fruit.

Ji Chen pondered for a moment, finally understanding why so many fourth-tier beast kings could emerge from the surrounding area of ​​only a thousand miles.

only... ...

"Since the exotic fruit is so important, and the strange tree has no ability to protect itself, how could there possibly be any left? It would have been snatched up in three days, wouldn't it?"

"Are you expecting me to wait until it evolves again?! Are you kidding me?!"

As he spoke, Ji Chen raised his fist threateningly.

"No, no, no..."

Big Black advised Ji Chen to be kind, and quickly explained:

"Although the Strange Tree has no offensive or defensive capabilities, it is very adept at concealing itself, and can only be seen by beasts with a special destiny."

"Moreover, even if you see it, you can't just eat the exotic fruit. You have to sincerely agree to the strange tree's conditions before it will give it to you. Otherwise, even if you forcibly take the exotic fruit, it will only be poison."

At this point, Big Black's eyes darted around, then he looked away, appearing slightly guilty.

"It bore two strange fruits. Eating one only requires protecting it once, which I, Lao Hei, can handle. But eating two means serving it like a slave for a whole year. I, Lao Hei, am not one to sit idle, so I took one and left. That's why there's no share for you, brother."

After listening.

Ji Chen was silent for a moment, then, under the apprehensive gaze of the giant gorilla, slowly said:

"But what if I still want to kill you and eat your flesh?"

. . . . . .

In the end, Ji Chen did not kill the chimpanzee.

There was no way around it; this old black guy was too cooperative. He had only just expressed his intention to break the agreement when it took the initiative to back down, acknowledged him as its leader, and even painfully cut off a piece of its own thigh, saying it would be an apology for its ignorance during their first meeting.

Then she added that this wasn't for her own survival, but rather to prevent Ji Chen from breaking the contract and hurting her conscience.

With his younger brother already so enlightened, what else could Ji Chen say?

My life is yours.

Ji Chen sat on Lao Hei's shoulder and patted him on the shoulder as encouragement.

"Let's go back to the city first, and then we can talk about the strange tree."

Old Hei's tense body finally relaxed, and he strode towards D City.

. . . . . .

On a hilltop outside the city's isolation wall, Ye Xiao stood against the wind, watching Ji Chen's figure disappear into the distance, her eyes filled with melancholy.

"He's already at the fourth tier? Chu Junhui..."

Thinking back to how he had repeatedly raised his superpower to the third tier in his parallel world, only to waste his time slowly grinding away at that low-level secret martial arts inheritance, it took him a full six months to barely step into the fourth tier.

Thinking of this, he felt a sudden imbalance in his heart, and the intense sense of loss almost tore his chest apart.

I'll say it again: On what grounds?

Spurred by Ji Chen's formidable strength, Ye Xiao began to think about what other methods in this world could quickly enhance his power.

If he doesn't take the wrong path and develops normally, he will never catch up with Ji Chen.

If he misses out even a day, he can only watch Ji Chen enjoy power, wealth, and women, while he can only hide from Ji Chen like a rat in a gutter.

Otherwise, once his secret of rebirth is discovered, he will have nowhere to stand in this apocalyptic world.

"Unfortunately, the fruit of the strange tree is only effective for mutated beasts. For humans, unless they are preparing for abnormal development and abandoning their human form, eating the strange fruit is just a waste."

If he were heartless and cruel, it would be fine; he could even abandon humanity for power. But he wasn't. He still craved Liu Yan, the woman who had repeatedly broken his heart.

Perhaps, that's just how people are; what they can't have always stirs their hearts. Liu Yan had become his inner demon.

"Um?!"

Suddenly, Ye Xiaotong's eyes caught sight of an isolation wall far from Ji Chen's battleground, which had been breached by a massive horde of mutated beasts that had stormed into the city.

"Hahaha, no matter how strong you are, Chu Junhui, today you will be stretched thin and suffer heavy losses in the end."

Especially since the direction the mutated beast broke through was near Ji Chen's manor villa, Ye Xiao immediately smiled.

But the thought of Liu Yan being there made him unable to smile.

Looking in the direction Ji Chen had left, there was still no movement. Ye Xiao gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, covered her face, and rushed over.

"Ahhh... Chu Junhui, I really owe you!"

. . . . . .

Because of the earthquake caused by the meteorite impact, most residents came out of their apartment buildings, fearing that the high-rise buildings would collapse and bury them.

The open area outside was crowded with people, who talked fearfully while listening to the howls of mutated beasts outside the city.

"Why are there earthquakes and beast tides both? God, why won't you give ordinary people like us any way to survive?"

"What's the use of complaining? Instead of thinking about these things, we should pick up our weapons and fight the mutated beasts at the isolation wall."

"What are they trying to do? The military is truly useless; they couldn't even predict these things. If they can't stop it even with a border wall, I really don't know what they're good for!"

Some people were too scared to go to the front lines, but in order not to appear cowardly, they would pull up the armed personnel on the front lines and use them as targets.

Upon hearing this, the nearby crowd glared angrily.

With so many people watching, this person shrank back, but still stubbornly insisted:

"Anyway, if I'm put on the front lines, I'm sure I'll do a better job than them."

At this moment, the howl of the mutated beast grew louder as it approached, followed by screams from the crowd in the distance.

Everyone panicked immediately, disregarding the still slightly swaying high-rise building, and frantically searched for houses to hide in.

The man who had been shouting earlier was also trying to escape, but as he heard the increasingly close howls of the mutated beast, he couldn't muster any strength in his legs and was crushed into a pulp by the charging mutated beast.

There were so many people that it was almost impossible to breathe, and stampedes occurred almost every moment in the panicked escape.

Several mutated beasts, each as tall as a three- or four-story building, charged past, leaving a trail of fleshy carcasses beneath their feet. Their previously crazed eyes were now cleared by the abundance of delicious food.

They hunted freely among the crowds.

No, it's less like hunting and more like picking up takeout; a single bite can swallow several screaming, kicking humans.

Screams erupted as the true hell was finally revealed to the people of D City.

Armed personnel provided continuous support, but due to the dense crowd, they could only move forward with great difficulty.

Just then, a figure suddenly rushed out from outside the broken isolation wall, and with a casual wave of his hand, several air bullets were launched, which hit the rampaging mutated beasts and exploded into a spray of blood.

"It's a superhuman! It's a superhuman! We're saved!"

Some people, in their despair, wept with joy.

Next, Ye Xiao

Hearing these praises, Ye Xiao was not happy at all. Instead, his face darkened and he channeled his frustration into motivation. The power of his air bullets seemed to have increased to a new level, and he pierced through the heads of two mutated beasts in succession.

"Wow, no wonder they're soldiers trained by Commander Chu, superhumans are really awesome."

The people hiding in the corner were shocked.

Upon hearing his enemy's name, Ye Xiao staggered, nearly being struck by a mutated beast.

"Oh no! The superhuman is in danger..."

"Shut up!"

Ye Xiao let out a furious shout, stopping this guy who had repeatedly challenged his nerves.

Despite his displeasure, Ye Xiao helped D City stop the mutated beast heading towards Ji Chen's villa.

Behind them, a newly promoted senior colonel was observing Ye Xiao through binoculars, and asked his left and right in confusion:

"Whose general is this, that he is so brave?"

He had interacted with and met several superhumans in the city, but none of them included someone as strong as Ye Xiao, who could fight a third-tier mutated beast alone.

"He might be a hidden superhuman who only revealed himself when he encountered danger. Sir, look, he's still covering his face."

The colonel's eyes narrowed slightly, but he still said in a deep voice:

"Give the order to investigate as soon as possible. However, considering his meritorious service in defending the city, I will put in a good word for him with my superiors and hopefully save his life."

But before they could figure it out, after seeing the isolation wall blocked again, Ye Xiao glanced back reluctantly before making a ruthless decision to teleport out of the city.

He dared not stay here, much less see Liu Yan.

"Lin family, I hope you'll pull hard enough!"

He had been to Ye City once before, but unfortunately, more than one nuclear bomb was placed there, and nuclear radiation was everywhere.

Ye Xiao dared not take the risk, so he stepped back.

But having witnessed Chu Junhui's strength this time, he dared not delay any longer and had to cooperate with the Lin family of Yecheng to inflict a severe blow on Chu Junhui.

They even tried to kill him!