Because of the previous lesson with the meatball, no one scrambled to be the first to step into the light portal again.
Qin Shilei stepped forward and touched the light portal with a finger.
The All-Things Attribute Refresh System did not issue a warning.
That meant it wasn't an extremely dangerous异世界?
"Let's go." He called back and stepped into the light portal first.
After a moment of dizziness, Qin Shilei found himself in a bamboo forest. It took a while for An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli to appear.
Was it random teleportation or some other reason?
He walked to a relatively open area, summoned Xiao Qiang, and prepared to find An Qian and the others first.
"Master, I can't fly." Xiao Qiang flapped its wings a few times but couldn't soar high.
"Then go back to the pet space for now." Qin Shilei had to put Xiao Qiang back into the pet space.
He looked around. All he saw were lush bamboo trees.
These bamboos were as thick as an arm and twenty meters high.
Through the gaps in the bamboo, he could see a towering mountain to the north.
There was no other useful information.
Since the only distinctive thing here was the mountain, he decided to head in that direction.
"Help!"
Suddenly, a cry for help came from the front left.
Then, a subordinate of Fire King Hua Feng rushed out from the bamboo forest in that direction.
Upon seeing Qin Shilei, the subordinate's eyes lit up, and he was about to run towards Qin Shilei.
A furry large palm suddenly appeared behind his neck and with a strong swipe, directly knocked his head off.
The headless corpse, propelled by inertia, ran a few more meters before falling to the ground.
A panda?
The one that suddenly appeared and killed the subordinate was an animal that looked very much like a panda.
It had black and white fur, dark circles around its eyes, and a simple, stout build, but a single horn about twenty centimeters long on its head.
"Roar!"
The panda-like animal bared its teeth and roared at Qin Shilei, then charged.
This was definitely not a panda; it was not cute at all.
He hadn't provoked it, yet it looked like it wanted to devour him.
As the creature ran, a lightning bolt gathered on the horn on its head and then crackled, striking towards Qin Shilei.
It was actually a thunder beast that could discharge electricity.
Qin Shilei waved his hand and sent out a lightning bolt to meet the incoming one.
The two lightning bolts collided and annihilated each other simultaneously.
By then, the thunder beast had reached him and swung its paw.
It was the same paw that had snapped the man's neck and sent his head flying just moments ago.
One could imagine the power of that blow.
Qin Shilei thrust his sword forward.
"An inch longer, an inch stronger." He struck the thunder beast's chest first.
He arduously pierced through the thunder beast's thick skin, but it was blocked by its rib cage, failing to injure its internal organs.
Qin Shilei had no choice but to retract his sword and retreat, evading its paw.
The injured thunder beast roared repeatedly, its claws incessantly swiping at Qin Shilei's head.
Qin Shilei dodged left and right, circling the thunder beast and looking for an opening to strike.
Thunder Stab!
Finally, he found a weak spot on the thunder beast. Qin Shilei's Blood Soul sword became a blur, incessantly stabbing at the thunder beast's vital points.
With more than ten stabs to its head, the thunder beast collapsed to the ground.
Qin Shilei collected the bronze treasure chest that had fallen to the ground and the thunder beast's corpse into his Qiankun Ring.
Based on its strength, it was comparable to a black iron one or two-star zombie.
Qin Shilei continued towards the mountain, encountering three more thunder beasts along the way.
The thunder beasts had been gnawing on bamboo a moment ago, but as soon as they saw Qin Shilei, they transformed into carnivores and charged with ferocious expressions.
Their only fate was to become souls under his sword.
"How cute it is to be a vegetarian, why must you want to eat meat?"
Qin Shilei sighed and collected the corpses of the three thunder beasts.
Soon, he arrived at the foot of the mountain.
The mountain's terrain was steep, like a spear piercing the sky.
The entire mountain was thousands of meters high but barren, with no vegetation, a stark contrast to the lush bamboo forest outside.
"Huh!"
Qin Shilei suddenly saw figures moving on the mountaintop.
He took out his binoculars and looked closely at the summit, only to find that those figures were all thunder beasts.
He counted them roughly; there were at least fifty to sixty, and with those hidden by large rocks, the number was likely even greater.
Among them, a few were noticeably taller and larger than the others.
With such a large number of thunder beasts and without Xiao Qiang's help, Qin Shilei did not have absolute confidence in dealing with them.
Just as Qin Shilei was about to turn to search for An Qian and the others in the bamboo forest, five or six people walked out from the bamboo forest.
Looking up, he saw Fan Xiaobo and his subordinates.
Fan Xiaobo's face changed, and he turned to retreat back into the bamboo forest.
Qin Shilei smiled and said, "Ice King, where are you rushing off to in such a hurry? Are you afraid of me?"
Fan Xiaobo forced a calm expression and said, "Arrow God is joking. I'm just missing two subordinates and plan to look for them."
With no one else around, Fan Xiaobo was truly afraid that Qin Shilei would kill him on impulse.
Qin Shilei considered whether to take this opportunity, while no one else was around, to kill this man who harbored resentment towards him.
From their first meeting, Fan Xiaobo had used words to provoke him, wanting him to deal with the Zombie King alone.
At that time, he must have known that Qin Shilei had killed his subordinates and harbored hatred, wanting to use the Zombie King to eliminate him.
The malicious look that flashed in the cave earlier indicated that Fan Xiaobo's desire to kill Qin Shilei had not disappeared.
Just as Qin Shilei was hesitating, Fire King Hua Feng and four or five subordinates also walked out from the bamboo forest.
Then came Lu Tiangang, Xia Yunyan, and others.
However, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli were nowhere to be seen.
"Did you discover anything?" Hua Feng asked, looking around.
"Nothing, except killing two monsters that looked like pandas." Lu Tiangang spread his hands, indicating he had found nothing.
Xie Xingjian and Xia Yunyan also shook their heads, indicating they had found nothing.
Everyone's gaze turned to Qin Shilei, who had arrived first.
"Besides discovering many thunder beasts on the mountaintop, I found nothing else."
Qin Shilei paused, then asked, "Have you by any chance seen my two companions?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison, "We haven't seen them."
Just then, rumbling footsteps echoed from the bamboo forest.
Then, two graceful figures rushed out from the bamboo forest, with dozens of thunder beasts charging behind them.
"Run!" An Qian shouted loudly to Qin Shilei.
Everyone's faces changed, and they all ran towards the other side of the bamboo forest.
After Qin Shilei, An Qian, and Zhang Xiaoli ran past them, they followed at the very end.
It wasn't that he hadn't considered joining forces to kill all these thunder beasts.
However, firstly, this area was exposed to the other group of thunder beasts on the mountaintop, and he feared the battle would attract them.
Secondly, everyone had their own agendas, and cooperation was impossible in such a hurried situation.
Suddenly, everyone ran wildly ahead, with a large group of ferocious thunder beasts pursuing them.
Whoever ran the slowest, if caught by the thunder beasts, would either be smashed to death or trampled into a pulp.