Chapter 707: What True Terror Means

After Lin Fan and the others left, the crowd in the square suddenly burst into an uproar.

“Did they really go? Don’t they know how terrifying the Thunder Monarch is?”

“The Thunder Monarch is a great general under the Supreme Saint. His thunder divine power is overwhelmingly domineering; when he makes a move, the sky is filled with thunderbolts.”

“Hmph, they’re courting death,” Fang Xuan said coldly. “The Thunder Monarch is immensely powerful; even a cultivator of the same rank is no match for him.”

“Liu Qiangwei, you should thank me. If you hadn’t hired those two, during the mission, because of their arrogance, your Rose Squad might have ended up like the Hundred Battle Squad.”

Liu Qiangwei’s expression was unpleasant, but what Fang Xuan said was indeed reasonable.

“Captain, the Hundred Battle Squad once saved us. No matter what, we must at least stop them. We can’t let the last member of the Hundred Battle Squad go to his death,” a member of the Rose Squad said.

Liu Qiangwei hesitated for a moment. “Alright, let’s stop them. No matter what, we can’t let the Hundred Battle Squad be completely wiped out.”

In an instant, Liu Qiangwei and the others turned into rainbows and chased in the direction Lin Fan and the others had gone.

“Hmph.” Fang Xuan sneered at the sight. “Let’s go too. Time to complete the mission.”

…

As for the people still on the square, they were utterly bewildered. To them, today’s events seemed like a fantasy.

Going to rescue someone from the Thunder Monarch’s hands—how could that be possible?

To anyone, that was undoubtedly courting death.

The Thunder Monarch’s ferocious might was unparalleled. Countless powerful teams had once besieged him, only to be annihilated and become his food. Since then, no one dared to seek him out.

“Benefactor, isn’t it a bit rash for us to go so recklessly?” the Venerable Shijia asked in a low voice.

“Hmph, what’s rash about it? This emperor has slain countless ancient clan monarchs,” Lin Fan said calmly.

To earn those ten thousand contribution points, he would do anything. Wasn’t it just a monarch? What was so difficult about it?

The girl who had been worrying about her teammates showed a confused expression upon hearing Lin Fan’s words. She didn’t know if these two could rescue her teammates.

Lin Fan was extremely powerful, and his void-crossing speed was astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, they had traveled who knows how many miles.

“Ahead is the Twin Gorge Dark Valley,” Lin Fan said, pointing to the distant peaks that stood like two giant guardians.

“Yes, that’s it. Our squad completed the mission here, but we never expected to encounter the Thunder Monarch. He’s too terrifying; even the captain at full strength was no match for him.” The girl’s face turned pale as she recalled the previous events.

“Terrifying? When this emperor arrives, I’ll show the Thunder Monarch what true terror means.” Lin Fan sneered, not taking him seriously at all.

As for the Rose Squad, they had been searching for a long time but hadn’t seen any trace of the two.

“Where did they go? How can they be so fast?” Liu Qiangwei looked into the distance, her expression solemn. They hadn’t even caught sight of them yet.

“Captain, could those two have taken the person and fled somewhere else to do evil?” a Rose Squad member said worriedly.

Liu Qiangwei’s heart trembled slightly at these words. “Let’s go ahead a bit further, but we must not approach the Twin Gorge Dark Valley, or the consequences would be unthinkable.”

“Yes, understood.”

…

Twin Gorges, Dark Valley.

The ancient tribe's army set up camp. The Thunder Sovereign sat upon a throne formed of lightning, with bolts of lightning coiling around his body like dragons, brimming with destructive and explosive power.

"Sovereign, those beings have been imprisoned by us," said a tribal commander, kneeling before the sovereign.

"Mm." The Thunder Sovereign nodded, paying no heed to these insignificant ants.

All visible beings on the territory controlled by the ancient tribe's supreme 'Saint' had been suppressed, but those hiding in the shadows were elusive and hard to find.

What the Thunder Sovereign hated most were the beings of the 'Guardian Land.'

Those beings roamed the world, causing no small trouble for the ancient tribe.

However, the ancient tribe could not approach the Guardian Land and thus could not destroy it, but the Thunder Sovereign suppressed each of those beings that emerged, one by one.

The sovereign descended, his might unmatched; none within the eight wilds dared defy him.

Inside the ancient tribe's cage, a dozen beings lay, their auras withered, as if they could die at any moment.

"I never thought we'd encounter the Thunder Sovereign," said a burly man whose arm had been severed, yet his face remained resolute. For a strong man like him, regenerating a limb was no difficult task, but his strength was completely drained, unable to support regeneration.

This burly man was Lie Baizhan, captain of the Hundred Battles Squad.

"I wonder if Qiu Yue has returned to the Guardian Land," a team member lying nearby said weakly.

"I only hope Qiu Yue returns to the Guardian Land and lives well. The Thunder Sovereign has descended; no one from the Guardian Land dares to come save us," Lie Baizhan said, his weathered eyes gazing into the void, but suddenly a flicker of astonishment appeared in them.

"Someone's coming?"

"What? Could it be that Qiuyue has been captured back?" The team members, whose spirits were already low, panicked one after another upon hearing their captain's words.

At that moment, the Thunder Monarch, seated on his throne of lightning, sneered, "I didn't expect the ant that just escaped to bring two more ants, heh."

"Sister, why are you trembling?" Lin Fan, also catching sight of the Thunder Monarch, smiled, but the girl beside him was shivering uncontrollably, seemingly terrified.

"That is the Thunder Monarch," Qiuyue said, pointing ahead in terror.

In the void, a phantom of a thunder demon floated behind the Thunder Monarch, exuding unparalleled ferocity and dominance.

"What does the Thunder Monarch matter? Just remember it's ten thousand contribution points. Eh, your teammates have all been captured, but they're not in immediate danger." Lin Fan extended his divine sense and soon located the imprisoned members of the Hundred Battles Squad within the ancient clan.

As Lin Fan and the others arrived, the ancient clan roared angrily, but without the monarch's command, they did not act rashly.

"Qiuyue, why did you come back?" Lie Baizhan roared.

"Captain, I've brought people to rescue you. They said they can save you." Hearing her captain's voice, Qiuyue's heart surged with boundless hope.

"Rescue us? Who can save us from the Thunder Monarch?" Lie Baizhan let out a bitter laugh, then his gaze turned sharp as he looked at the two standing beside Qiuyue.

"You bastards, why did you come? Don't you know the Thunder Monarch is here?" Lie Baizhan was now burning with rage. If these two wanted to die, fine, but why drag Qiuyue back with them?

"Enough, shut up before this emperor." Lin Fan then looked at the figure in the void, "Are you the Thunder Monarch?"

"Haha, to dare come while this monarch is here—truly bold." In an instant, the Thunder Monarch rose abruptly, his body crackling with lightning. The world darkened, and countless bolts of lightning, like dragons, slithered through the void.

A series of thunderous roars erupted.

At that moment, beneath the Thunder Monarch's terrifying might, everyone's hearts trembled again, except for Lin Fan and the Venerable Shakyamuni.