When Black Sheep dragged his weary body to the exit, he discovered that the place had already descended into complete chaos.
Bloodstains were everywhere, and various wails were incessant. A Man-Pig was using his body to block the door, while an “earth-level” member was frantically attacking his back.
That Man-Pig was trembling all over, his eyes about to lose focus, yet he still had no way to counterattack. He gripped the doorframe with both hands, facing Earth Monkey with his back, the eyes visible through his mask filled with unbearable pain.
Black Sheep took about three seconds to assess the current situation.
When the two saw Black Sheep emerge from within, they both froze for a moment, and Earth Monkey’s offensive also stopped.
After all, this Black Sheep looked like he had just gone through a death match, with quite a bit of blood dripping down his sleeves. The two didn’t quite understand why a “zodiac” would experience a death match in the “cargo hold.”
“Move aside,” Black Sheep said.
Man-Pig forced himself to hold on with his last breath, quickly thinking through the current situation. He had no idea how the battle below was going, nor did he know whether the Black Sheep before him was friend or foe, but since he had come out from inside the door, perhaps…
He hadn’t wanted to let go, but at this moment both his hands and feet had lost all feeling. He had used “Hardening” to withstand almost all the attacks from an “earth-level” member—it felt like being beaten while wearing steel plate armor. Although no wounds were visible, all his internal organs were in pain.
Black Sheep took advantage of his dazed moment to step forward and push him aside. The numerous corpses before him also came into Black Sheep’s view.
Pei Qianhu’s students were already lying scattered all over the ground. Their necks had all been twisted—clearly they had been attacked by an “earth-level” member.
Now only a lone Man-Monkey remained, swaying unsteadily in place. She held two pens in her hands as weapons, and even her mask had been torn. Hearing movement behind her, she turned to look at Black Sheep.
Her eyes became instantly complex—as if she had seen a lifeline, yet she also worried about putting Black Sheep in danger. She could only swallow the four words “Teacher Black Sheep” that had reached her lips, pretending under a fearful expression that the two didn’t know each other.
Although she knew Black Sheep might be the only person who could save her now, and missing this opportunity meant certain death.
But comparatively, she hoped more that Black Sheep could go save her teacher. Perhaps she still had a one percent chance of surviving from these people’s hands, but her teacher didn’t even have that one percent.
Earth Monkey stared blankly at Black Sheep. After all, there was currently only one Earth Sheep on the entire “train,” which inevitably aroused Earth Monkey’s suspicion: “Wait, what’s your identity?”
Black Sheep didn’t speak, only bypassing the numerous “zodiacs” before him and walking straight forward.
“Hey…” Earth Monkey placed his hand on Black Sheep’s shoulder. “What’s the situation below? Which side are you on?”
Black Sheep frowned, turned around to grab Earth Monkey’s arm with a reverse lock, then held the fragment in his hand against his neck.
“You…”
Although Earth Monkey was being controlled, his expression was still full of confusion.
This Black Sheep was already covered in wounds—shouldn’t he be choosing to preserve his life at a time like this?
“You’re a ‘rebel’…?” Earth Monkey asked somewhat uncertainly. “You want to save this ‘human-level’ member…?”
“Their lives have nothing to do with me,” Black Sheep said in a low voice. “Tell me where Heavenly Tiger is.”
“Heavenly Tiger…?” Earth Monkey paused, recalling the scene he had witnessed in the corridor earlier.
Heavenly Tiger had clearly entangled an Earth Tiger, the two fighting inextricably. Because the scene was too brutal, none of the many surrounding “zodiacs” dared to step forward.
Seeing Earth Monkey hesitate for a few seconds, Black Sheep knew he was hiding something. He then reversed his grip on the fragment and, taking advantage of Earth Monkey’s inattention, stabbed a bloody hole in his shoulder, then pressed it against his neck again.
“Ah!”
Earth Monkey hadn’t expected Black Sheep to act directly without saying a word. The intense pain made him cry out.
He clutched his shoulder, only feeling blood continuously flowing through his fingers.
“I don’t have time…” Black Sheep said weakly from behind Earth Monkey. “Next, I’ll poke a hole in you every ten seconds until you take me to find Heavenly Tiger.”
Earth Monkey tried to move his body, only to find that the other kept locking his wrist from behind. If he wanted to break free, he would have to cripple one hand.
“No… are you, are you crazy…?” Earth Monkey replied through gritted teeth. “We don’t even know each other… is it necessary for you to make an enemy of me? Besides, my teacher is Heavenly Monkey, and if you do this…”
Without another word, Black Sheep stabbed another hole in Earth Monkey’s shoulder, making him scream again.
“I’m in a hurry,” Black Sheep said, forcing himself to stay alert. “Take me to find Heavenly Tiger.”
Seeing the other’s crazed appearance, Earth Monkey could only nod in agreement. His earlier calmness had completely disappeared. After all, he had only come here to provide support following Qinglong’s orders—no one wanted to lose their life in confusion.
Black Sheep glanced at Man-Monkey one last time, then left expressionlessly with Earth Monkey.
…
“Tsk, what did you say?” Zhoumo stared blankly at that “Ant King,” her expression still puzzled. “You’ve seen Qi Xia?”
The “Ant King” reached out to grab Zhoumo and conveyed all his thoughts.
“You said ‘Dragon’ wants to… ‘escape’?” Zhoumo was somewhat uncertain of the “Ant King’s” meaning, but after all, his words could only be transmitted to her alone, so she could only try to ask clearly. “Tsk, which dragon, and escape to where?”
The “Ant King” still didn’t speak, only gripping Zhoumo’s hand. Zhoumo also nodded repeatedly after a moment.
“Okay… damn it, I understand…”
“What’s wrong?” Yan Zhichun felt something was amiss and looked at Zhoumo with furrowed brows.
“Tsk, bitches… it seems things have changed a bit…” Zhoumo turned around with a serious expression and said to Jiang Ruoxue and Yan Zhichun, “Let me think about where to start…”
“Focus on the key points,” Yan Zhichun said. “Did something happen to Qi Xia?”
“No… it’s Heavenly Dragon…” Zhoumo shook her head. “This ‘ant’ says that Heavenly Dragon had long anticipated that Qi Xia would rebel and secretly fanned the flames, because he wanted to use this chaos to completely escape from the ‘Land of the End’ and seal Qinglong here. This person discovered Heavenly Dragon’s secret, so he was demoted from ‘earth-level’ to ‘ant.'”
After hearing this, Yan Zhichun’s eyes widened slightly, but she quickly found another key point: “Wait… he said he already told Qi Xia about this?”
“That’s right. He said he once wrote the two characters ‘escape’ and ‘dragon’ in Qi Xia’s palm, but because time was limited, he couldn’t convey more.”
Yan Zhichun lowered her head to think for a while, feeling that many people seemed to have laid plans within this “rebellion” activity.
It appeared to be a group of “participants” rebelling, but Heavenly Dragon was secretly fanning the flames, Qinglong was pulling strings in the shadows, and then Qi Xia turned the tables, stepping on their arrangements to actually lead people to attack… In this kind of monstrous game, could ordinary “participants” obtain what they wanted?
“So… what do we do now?” Jiang Ruoxue also asked with some confusion.
