Chapter 225 - 146: A Hero’s Entrance

Chapter 225: Chapter 146: A Hero’s Entrance

"Early High-Level."

His answer was very vague. It was as good as no answer at all.

Everyone knew he was an Advanced Creature. They just didn’t know what specific tier of High-Level he was.

But Liu Yue wasn’t a fool.

Seeing Gu Qing answer that way, she understood that he was reluctant to reveal his Biological Level to others and tactfully refrained from pressing the issue.

At this moment, Ma Dongyu, who was standing to the side, said self-deprecatingly,

"Gu Qing, I never expected your strength to have reached this level."

"When that masked person appeared just now, I thought you would be quickly defeated and wouldn’t be able to hold out until the powerhouses from Night Court Headquarters arrived to help."

"But in the end, you actually crushed that masked man with ease."

"I was truly blind."

As she said this last sentence, Ma Dongyu was filled with emotion, feeling as if she’d just witnessed the impossible.

Gu Qing, just like her, was only an Extraordinary Contactor from the Extraordinary Bottom Layer.

But the difference was,

the combat power Gu Qing now displayed was stronger than the vast majority of Extraordinary Awakened of the same age.

Crushingly so.

It was just absurd.

The more Ma Dongyu thought about it, the more unreal it felt. Her previous understanding of the Extraordinary was being shattered to pieces.

Zhao Chuan, standing nearby, remained silent the entire time.

He was pondering a question.

’Are Extraordinary Contactors really inferior to Extraordinary Awakened?’

The Gu Qing before him was already strong enough to make Extraordinary Awakened of the same age look on in fear.

He was only in his early twenties, yet with the looked-down-upon status of an Extraordinary Contactor, he had already come this far on the path of the Extraordinary.

No one could guarantee whether he, having already evolved into an Advanced Creature, would continue to advance as quickly and as far as he had during his ordinary stages.

’If he can truly maintain this pace of evolution, far surpassing his peers, and continue to crush Extraordinary Awakened of the same age in combat power, then does it even matter if he’s an Extraordinary Contactor?’

’As for the Superpowers exclusive to Extraordinary Awakened...’

’As long as one’s own body is tough enough and their strength is great enough, perhaps they can overcome all techniques with brute force.’

At this moment, Zhao Chuan had a new understanding of the upper limits of an Extraordinary Contactor.

So much so that when he looked again at weakling Extraordinary Contactors like Ma Dongyu and Lin Tianyang, there was a little less contempt in his eyes and a little more equality.

"Dude, this rat is deader than dead. Why are you still beating up its corpse?"

Wu Jiahao walked over to Gu Qing and stopped, unable to resist quipping, "Anyone who didn’t know better would think this rat bit you in the crotch."

Gu Qing ignored him and continued to shoot the Rat King’s corpse.

Only after firing nearly twenty arrows, when he felt that his qi and blood were almost depleted,

did Gu Qing finally withdraw the Blood-colored Crossbow Arrow in his hand. His gaze fell squarely on the Rat King, feeling that the behemoth before him should now be completely harmless.

Seeing Gu Qing finally stop his assault on the corpse,

Xia Shuran quickly took a bag of cookies and a bottle of mineral water from her Storage Bracelet, hurried to Gu Qing’s side, and held them out to him.

"Senior, have some cookies to regain your strength."

"Alright."

Gu Qing took the cookies and water she offered.

He opened the bag, took a chocolate-flavored cookie, and started eating.

The delicious taste of the cookie exploded on his taste buds, and the rich aroma lingered in his mouth, instantly relaxing his taut nerves a great deal.

"Ahem, Gu Qing, could I have a cookie to try?"

Wu Jiahao gave a tactical cough, looking at Gu Qing with a shameless, beaming smile as he asked.

Gu Qing didn’t mind.

But remembering that Xia Shuran had made these cookies, and that she didn’t seem to like Wu Jiahao very much, he didn’t answer right away.

Instead, he glanced at Xia Shuran beside him, his eyes asking for her opinion.

Xia Shuran took the hint. With another quick thought, she took out another bag of cookies and said with a smile to the others around them,

"These are cookies I made myself. If you’d like, please, come and have some."

"I’ll have one first!"

Wu Jiahao was the first to grab a cookie, and he stuffed it into his mouth without even checking the flavor.

The moment he tasted it, his eyes lit up.

"Holy crap, these cookies are way better than store-bought! Xiaoxia, your skills are incredible!"

"Thank you for the compliment."

Xia Shuran said with a bright smile.

She suddenly felt, ’This show-off in front of me isn’t so annoying after all.’

The others also came up to have some cookies one after another.

Everyone who tried them said they were delicious, praising Xia Shuran’s baking skills to no end.

Liu Yue in particular even linked arms with her and said she wanted to become her apprentice to learn how to make these cookies, which made her a little flustered.

Just as everyone had happily and completely relaxed—

"SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH..."

A series of dull, flesh-tearing sounds suddenly rang out.

Gu Qing was the first to react, his head snapping up to look at the Rat King’s corpse ahead.

He saw that the corpse of the Rat King, which he had riddled with arrows until it was barely recognizable, now had a giant Rat Head Mask on its face. At the same time, nine long tails made of bone blades, gleaming with a cold light, had sprouted from its back.

The eight scarlet eyes on its head looked hollow and lifeless, without a single trace of vitality.

But its massive, deathly-still body began to move with agility, as if it had become a giant zombie.

Without the slightest hesitation,

Gu Qing swiftly used Qi Blood External Release, instantly materializing a Blood-colored Crossbow Arrow in his hand, and unleashed an arrow at the suddenly reanimated corpse of the Rat King.

"WHOOSH—!"

The arrow was too fast for the naked eye to follow.