While maneuvering her Floating Magnetic Disk in the direction the Dragon Ape King had fled, Wen Yuncheng took out her communication stone to contact Lin Jinyu. She had only been in the Demonic Beast Great Forest for a day and had already solved everything. This was such a huge event… she definitely had to let Lin Jinyu know.

After all, if Lin Jinyu were to hear this news from someone else, her own situation might become a little precarious.

Wen Yuncheng held the communication stone, considering her choice of words and the tone she should use. After much thought, she finally made the call. It took a while for it to be answered; the little ice mountain might have been in the middle of a battle. Wen Yuncheng could hear that it was noisy on her end, with the pained cries of demonic beasts in the background. A cool, clear voice cut through the chaotic sounds, carrying a strange sense of spiritual purification. “What’s wrong?”

“A beast tide broke out in the Demonic Beast Great Forest, aiming to attack the city. I guess they launched a full-scale assault because you left. But they had the misfortune of running into me…” Wen Yuncheng cleverly reversed the order of her level-up and her encounter with the four Star Emperors. Her tone was light and cheerful. “I leveled up. Level 80, Star Emperor 1st Layer. Just as I was excitedly learning my new skills, I discovered that the Huanling Emperor and the Lynx King were moving toward me. Since the Emperor-level experts from Huanling and the Empire are mutually constrained, it’s hard for our side to get away, and the same goes for them. So I took a small gamble, and it turned out four Emperor-level experts came. The other two were the Green Flood Dragon King and the Dragon Ape King, one at Star Emperor 2nd Layer and the other at 1st Layer.” Wen Yuncheng thought to herself that she hadn’t altered the story too much. Broadly speaking… the difference wasn’t that big!

—”You killed them in a counterattack?”

“Mhm! The Emperor-level skills are amazing. Killing them was so easy it surprised me, but the Dragon Ape King escaped. I rested for a bit afterward. Once the three reinforcements from the sects arrived, I left. Now I’m preparing to go slaughter the Dragon Ape King.” Wen Yuncheng chuckled softly. “I originally wanted to give you a surprise, but then I thought, if you didn’t hear it from me, you’d probably worry when you found out, afraid I was seriously injured or something… so I called you first. By the way, that mech of mine is pretty good to use. It’s quite handsome. I’ll show it to you later.”

—”As long as you’re okay.” There was no hint of anger in Lin Jinyu’s voice, but… “You took a risk, and that’s that. No need to make it sound so easy. I know you have backup plans and a random teleportation scroll on you.”

“Huh? I-I didn’t take a risk… I just slightly…”

—”This is the first time I’ve heard you be so detailed.” Lin Jinyu’s voice held a hint of a smile. “As long as you’re okay. Now that you’ve reached the Emperor level, I can rest easy.”

—”You’re so powerful, I can’t fall too far behind.”

Wen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment. She opened her mouth, wanting to explain that killing three out of four Star Emperors wasn’t exactly easy, but saying so would contradict what she had just said. Just as Wen Yuncheng was at a loss, Lin Jinyu spoke again. “There are still a lot of demonic beasts on my end, so I’ll hang up for now. Even at the Emperor level, don’t let your guard down. Always stay vigilant.”

“Okay, I know. You be careful too. I’m worried Fu might target you,” Wen Yuncheng agreed, unable to resist adding a word of caution.

“The Fu organization probably doesn’t have many Star Emperors left. I’ll be careful.”

That… made a lot of sense. Wen Yuncheng looked at the communication stone, which had turned blue again, and couldn’t help but think. After feeling a moment of “pity” for the Fu organization, she sighed with emotion: there truly was no such thing as having the best of both worlds.

In every aspect, she thought.

Wen Yuncheng sighed, then glanced at the Dragon Ape King’s location and was instantly speechless. Why was this guy still running? You’re already so far away, why not stop to rest and heal your wounds?

Oh, the Dragon Ape King wasn’t injured. Wen Yuncheng realized belatedly. At most, he was just a little psychologically traumatized. That was her miscalculation. With a mournful sigh, Wen Yuncheng grumbled to herself about how a mighty sovereign like the Dragon Ape King could be so timid. Couldn’t he just find a random spot in the wilderness to stop and exchange messages with Fu? Shaking her head, Wen Yuncheng resignedly gave chase.

The Dragon Ape King was filled with regret, immense regret. Even after obtaining dragon bones and blood, he had only managed a breakthrough in his realm, unlike the Green Flood Dragon King, whose transformation was complete, turning from a flood dragon into a true dragon. Even after cultivating for a while in the Dragon Race’s secret realm and reaching the Emperor level, was any of that more important than his life? No!

Why didn’t he listen to the Old Fox? The Celestial Fox King was so cunning; his choices would surely have been correct! Look at how many dragons the Empire had killed by now! Dammit. At the very least, he should have learned from the Black Tortoise King. That guy had lived for so long! But no, he had to be led astray by the Green Flood Dragon King, probably because they both had dragon bloodlines.

Because both the Dragon Ape King and the Green Flood Dragon King had bloodlines related to dragons, aside from being rivals who often fought to devour each other’s bloodline, they also shared a slight sense of “kinship.”

But now, the Dragon Ape King’s guts were green with regret. He didn’t dare stop for a single moment, fleeing the Demonic Beast Great Forest like a madman. If the heavens were willing to give him another chance, he never wanted to meet Wen Yuncheng in his entire life!

The Dragon Ape King’s communication stone was flashing continuously, but he didn’t dare to stop. He held his breath and ran for over two hours before finally stopping in a desolate, remote area to catch his breath. Only then did he have a moment to check the communication stone.

—”Huanling says Wen Yuncheng’s Apostle in Zihua Town has disappeared, but Wen Yuncheng didn’t swap places with it. What’s the situation on your end? We can’t contact Lord Ge Huan, the Green Flood Dragon King, or the Lynx King!”

“Dead, they’re all dead,” the Dragon Ape King said irritably. “Wen Yuncheng has reached the Emperor level! Unless a Half-Saint or eight… no, ten Emperor-level experts go to surround her, it’s impossible to succeed. She’s simply… I will not carry out any more missions related to Wen Yuncheng. I’ll even leave the Fu organization and let you hunt me down, or let Huanling hunt me, or Dragon Island hunt me! No, I can’t waste time talking to you, I need to run farther…”

The communication was cut.

The Dragon Ape King threw the communication stone away directly. He took out several more from his storage ring and tossed them all aside. Then he continued to flee for his life.

On the other end, the Fu organization’s message receiver stared at the now-blue communication stone, struggling. “Wait! Dragon Ape King? Dragon Ape King?!—” Dead? All dead? Impossible, right? Even if Wen Yuncheng reached the Emperor level, she killed three out of four Emperor-level experts by herself?! And the Dragon Ape King could only flee pathetically?

The receiver clutched the communication stone, stunned. After a few seconds, he threw the stone away and walked straight out.

“Huh? You’re not receiving messages anymore?”

“Suddenly remembered I have something to do.” The receiver smiled shyly and left the base. Then he threw away his Fu organization uniform, token, and everything else related to the organization, and fled for his life.

—What a joke! Still staying? The Fu organization now has only one (expletive) Emperor-level expert left! What’s the point of staying!

Whoever wanted to be the receiver could be the receiver. He, for one, couldn’t take this shock anymore.

Wen Yuncheng didn’t know that after all her continuous efforts over the years to trap and kill Fu’s high-ranking members and Emperor-level experts, she had now killed all but one of their Emperors. In her mind, Fu’s Emperor-level and Venerate-level experts seemed endless and would just respawn; kill one, and a pair would show up.

She also didn’t know how much of a shock Ge Huan’s death had sent through the Fu organization, and that the message receiver wasn’t the only one to flee. He was just the beginning—the beginning of the desertions, the beginning of the organization’s decline and fall.

The only thing she knew was—the Dragon Ape King was really (expletive) good at running!

She had no intention of letting the Dragon Ape King go to a base to act as bait, but the Dragon Ape King (expletive) didn’t rest for a single moment! Wen Yuncheng had no idea what was in this sovereign’s head. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, did he only know “running away is the best policy”?!

[From a certain perspective, he is very vigilant and quite clever.]

Unfortunately for him, he ran into Wen Yuncheng, who had marked him with a monitor.

Three days. A full three days! Wen Yuncheng looked at the approaching marker and felt like crying. She immediately activated her camouflage and moved in quickly. She wouldn’t give the Dragon Ape King another chance to escape. Even if he did escape, she wouldn’t get distracted by anything else. Even if Lin Jinyu called, she would absolutely—

—answer it.

At worst, she’d just have to hunt the Dragon Ape King for another three days. In this world, the only thing more important than Lin Jinyu’s call was Lin Jinyu herself.

[…] The old father, looking bored as he canceled his recording action, expressed his great disappointment in his cub.

Wen Yuncheng silently crept toward the Dragon Ape King. He was currently drinking water by a river. He was too hungry and thirsty and had to stop for a short rest… before running again. He no longer planned to stay on the continent. If possible, he planned to fly across the ocean and live in seclusion on a small island for a decade or so before returning.

Shh~ Look what I’ve found? Here is a lone Dragon Ape King. We can try to capture him. Look at his strong body and black fur. Oh, he’s drinking water and seems to be trying to catch fish—we’ll slowly approach him from behind, careful not to make any sound.

The assassin stealthily approached without a sound. The moment the fear effect from the first strike hit, the Dragon Ape King actually tumbled into the small river!

Wen Yuncheng didn’t let him go. She led with a magnetic pulse, then G-0 Warlord, Interceptor Factory, Thunder Walker, HS-12 Plasma Generator… She unleashed all her major skills in an instant, mercilessly overwhelming the fear-stricken Dragon Ape King.

The river water exploded eight meters high, and what fell back down was a mist of water and the dead, shredded fragments of fish. Wen Yuncheng instantly entered her mech to avoid having her image ruined.

Looking at the mess on the ground and the miserably dead Dragon Ape King, Wen Yuncheng reflected for a moment on whether she had been too aggressive. She really didn’t need to use so many skills.

—Oh well, consider it a sign of respect for a forest sovereign.

Wen Yuncheng painstakingly searched for the Dragon Ape King’s storage ring. The next second, she put away her mech, took out her Mechanical Throne, and summoned her Floating Magnetic Disk. Now, she could go find more demonic beasts to kill. Hmm, maybe take another stroll through the Demonic Beast Great Forest? If those guys were too scared to come out, she could go and test her mettle against Huanling’s Half-Saint generals.