Chapter 45: Gu Chen's Movements, Abyss Pass
Seeing that Li Xiao still had no grasp of the situation, Gu Qingfeng could no longer suppress the raging fury within his heart and lashed out with a kick.
Gu辰 was still being hunted and fleeing across the wilderness; he had no time to waste here.
The Li family's pursuit of Gu辰 had to be stopped immediately. Otherwise, should Gu辰 die in the wilderness, wiping out the entire Li family wouldn't even begin to vent the hatred in his heart.
Li Xiao was sent flying by the kick, his body hurtling backward like a sandbag and crashing the main manor building into a pile of ruins.
Amidst the broken bricks and rubble, he felt excruciating pain all over, unable to summon even the slightest bit of strength.
This was the power of the Northern War King, who had guarded the Abyss Battlefield for eighteen years, single-handedly beating back thousands of clans and earning his royal title through slaughter!
Facing such a supreme powerhouse, even though Li Xiao was a Tier 5 Berserker, he had no capacity to resist whatsoever.
"Li Xiao, listen to me carefully: Gu辰 is my son. If he suffers any mishap in the wilderness, not only will I wipe out your entire Li family, but I will also make everyone who took part in the hunt pay with their lives for my son!"
With these words laden with killing intent dropping, the expressions of everyone inside and outside the Li family manor froze simultaneously.
"Holy shit! Thank goodness my level wasn't high enough to accept the Li family's bounty quest!"
"For the first time in my life, I feel that having a low level is a good thing."
"That was close. I was planning to go to the Li family to pick up the quest early this morning, but fortunately, I woke up late today."
"I'm done for! I just claimed the bounty, but I was only in it to watch the fun! Why should I be buried with him?"
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The crowd boiled over completely. Some laughed with relief, while others turned ashen-faced.
Those professionals who had come for the bounty were utterly dumbfounded.
They had thought Gu辰 was their fortuitous encounter, never expecting him to become a death sentence!
If anything happened to Gu辰, every professional who participated in the hunt would have to die!
They had merely coveted the Li family's bounty, never dreaming they would lose their lives over it.
"Li Xiao, you worthless piece of trash, you deserve to have your son dead."
"Dammit, if this old man survives this disaster, I'll definitely tear down the Li family."
"Stop cursing and hurry out of the city to find people! If Gu辰 comes to any harm, we're all dead."
Within the crowd, a large number of high-tier professionals turned around and left, rapidly rushing toward the gates of the city.
No one doubted Gu Qingfeng's words, and no one dared to run away taking chances.
The one speaking was the King of the North. With a single command from him, everyone hunting Gu辰 would become a wanted fugitive.
Finding Gu辰 was their only remaining hope.
Meanwhile, when Li Xiao heard the name Gu辰, the expression on his face looked as if he had seen a ghost.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"How could it be Gu辰? He's just a farm boy whose parents died when he was young. How could he be Gu Qingfeng's son?"
Li Xiao stood expressionless, too shocked to utter a single word, his mind completely blank.
The person he had issued a territory-wide bounty to hunt down was actually the son of the Northern War King!
How could this be?
It was simply absurd!
Had he known earlier that Gu辰 was Gu Qingfeng's son, let alone that Gu辰 had only killed his son, even if Gu辰 had slaughtered the entire Li family, he wouldn't have dared to utter a single syllable of objection.
Li Xiao's face instantly turned ashen. The mere thought that the person he was hunting was Gu Qingfeng's son filled him with unprecedented terror.
He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of end awaited him.
At that moment, a figure rushed in from outside, squeezing into the Li family manor.
"Reporting to the Family Head, news has come from the wilderness that Gu辰 is fleeing toward the direction of Abyss-Passing Pass!"
Li Xiao's body trembled violently, a spark of light flashing in his eyes before rapidly dimming.
Gu辰 was still alive!
Yet why on earth was he fleeing toward the direction of Abyss-Passing Pass?!
That place had already been invaded by the abyss, and the contaminated lands were crawling with brutal alien races—it was perilous in the extreme!
A mere Tier 1 professional straying into the contaminated zone and getting surrounded by alien races—wasn't that pure suicide?
"Immediately notify all professionals who accepted the bounty to stop hunting and rush toward the Abyss-Passing Pass at full speed!"
"Tell them they must find and bring him back before Gu辰 enters the contaminated zone!"
Li Xiao roared these two sentences out, sounding like a fierce beast driven into a desperate corner.
Hearing this news, everyone around them felt as though the end of the world had arrived.
Abyss-Passing Pass!
The reason it was contaminated by the abyss was because it was located near the Bone-Burial Dungeon.
And the Bone-Burial Dungeon was the only Tier 1 abyss in Lin City's wilderness.
A Tier 1 abyss. Tier 1—it didn't sound very high.
But it was the abyss!
It was vastly more perilous than a Hell-difficulty instance dungeon!
How had Gu辰 wandered all the way there?
Even if he didn't accidentally stray into the abyss, alien races were entrenched all around the Bone-Burial Dungeon.
This was literally a life-of-nine-deaths situation!
Even well-prepared Tier 1 professional teams would be wiped out entirely, let alone Gu辰 fleeing there alone.
"I'm finished! Abyss-Passing Pass borders a Tier 1 abyss directly. Even Level 20 warriors wouldn't dare enter alone. Is heaven trying to destroy me?"
"Stop talking nonsense, dammit! Hurry out of the city. If we get there early, maybe we can drag that lord back!"
"Li Xiao, you fucking wait for me! If I can make it back alive this time, I'll definitely overturn your Li family!"
The Bone-Burial Dungeon!
A Tier 1 abyss!
Either one taken alone was terrifying enough, but now they were stacked with a double buff!
Explosively terrifying!
Although they received the news that Gu辰 was still alive, in everyone's eyes, he was currently walking step by step toward his death.
"No, wait. The wilderness extends in all directions. The closer one gets to Abyss-Passing Pass, the stronger the alien races become. Why would he flee in that direction? Isn't that asking for trouble?"
Lin Yuan pulled a map out of his portable space, and the more he looked at it, the more problematic it seemed.
At this time, Lin Qingqing also looked over, a trace of doubt in her eyes.
"That entire route toward Abyss-Passing Pass is unsuitable for escape. He's clearly being hunted; why would he choose this direction?"
At this moment, Su Ran pointed at Abyss-Passing Pass on the map and shifted her angle slightly downward.
"Big Brother Gu辰 always has a strong sense of purpose in what he does. I have a feeling he isn't fleeing, nor is he heading to Abyss-Passing Pass."
A slender, fair finger moved downward and landed on four small characters.
"He's reached Level 10. Is there a possibility that he's going to clear the Tier 1 abyss—the Bone-Burial Dungeon?"
Su Ran's words caused the eyes of Lin Yuan and Lin Qingqing to light up instantly.
A Tier 1 abyss could only be entered by professionals below Level 20.
"Heh, you don't say—you really don't say!"
"Everyone thought he was being hunted down, and even I almost thought he had fled into the wilderness out of desperation!"
"Now it seems... who would have guessed? Old Gu is actually heading into the abyss!"
"Entering the abyss at Level 10, he truly lives up to being a master!" Lin Qingqing praised with an expression of admiration.
"Let's go, let's go, quickly! We're heading to the teleportation array right now!" Lin Yuan came to his senses instantly, pulling Lin Qingqing and Su Ran to squeeze out of the crowd.
A Tier 1 abyss!
To them, that was an astronomical amount of experience!
Shouldn't they hurry up and latch onto Gu辰's coattails?