Level up is hard? I can Directly Purchase infinite Levels!-Chapter 58: What Exactly Happened in the Mountains?

It took a long time for the alien race powerhouses in the grand hall to barely steady their turbulent emotions.

"That human is a born prodigy!"

"We must eliminate him at any cost!"

Sydell’s voice was icy.

All the shock transformed into razor-sharp killing intent, and the temperature in the entire hall seemed to plummet.

The two alien-race Grandmasters nodded heavily, fully agreeing.

The significance of a prodigy was simply too great.

Even a royal clan as powerful as the thunderclan needed unimaginable resources and long years to cultivate a single prodigy.

But a born prodigy—its implication was even more terrifying.

It meant he had not relied on postnatal cultivation; his innate talent and growth potential alone had already reached a horrifying level.

A true monster rarely seen across countless ages!

"Born... a prodigy?"

Quet and the others finally reacted.

Raine was only at the Elite rank, yet he had already accomplished all this. If that wasn’t a born prodigy, then what was?

"He hasn’t truly grown strong yet. If he’s allowed to reach Expert, Master, or even Grandmaster..."

"I can’t imagine what kind of consequences that would bring."

At this point, the gargoyle Grandmaster turned to Sydell.

"I must return to my clan immediately and personally report this."

With that, he directly departed with the other gargoyle powerhouses.

To eliminate such an existence, he felt that an ordinary Grandmaster might not even be enough.

After all, the prodigy Bruce had advanced to prodigy status only after killing an early-stage human Grandmaster!

If even Bruce had died, then sending a normal Grandmaster would be courting death.

"Quin, return to the clan at once," Sydell ordered immediately.

"Report everything that happened here—especially all intelligence regarding Raine—to the clan leader in detail."

Quin nodded, accepted the order, and swiftly departed as well. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Left alone in the vast hall, Sydell fell into deep calculation.

They had already missed Arlis—this time, they absolutely could not let Raine slip away!

...

"What?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Are you kidding me?!"

When the news spread to the middle and lower levels of Crimson City, countless alien race soldiers and officers lost their composure.

Shouts of disbelief and outrage erupted everywhere, drowning out nearly all other sounds.

They had not yet recovered from the humiliation of several of their own geniuses being killed by Raine earlier.

And now they were told that the same human recruit had slaughtered more than a dozen geniuses from various races—including the thunderclan prodigy—deep in the mountains, and had even taken down several lord-level alien beasts along the way?

This wasn’t a one-on-one duel, not a same-rank battle, nor a fight with equal equipment.

It was a single Elite-rank human soldier facing a coordinated hunt by multiple Master-rank alien geniuses!

Just hearing it sounded exaggerated enough to be a legend—let alone that it had happened to a human they once regarded as prey.

They would rather believe the Crimson Moon rose in the west than accept such a possibility.

After a long, deathly silence, all of Crimson City boiled over.

They began frantically inquiring, verifying, and trying to confirm the truth of the news.

This matter was intimately tied to them—because that human named Raine was now a living threat to their entire front line.

The shocking news did not remain confined to Crimson City; it began to spread like a plague across the wider territories of the alien races.

...

Bloodhowl Highlands, Medical Tent.

For three days straight, Kyle and old Gore had remained inside the tent.

The other garrisoned soldiers on the highlands were equally concerned. Even while standing guard, their gazes would drift toward the medical tent from time to time.

At this moment, the external wounds on Raine’s body—including the horrific penetrating injury—had already healed under the effects of high-grade medicines and his own formidable physique.

With the aid of sacred healing potions and the self-regeneration of his three-star Obsidian Golem body, his internal injuries were mostly mended as well.

Raine felt as though he had been sleeping for a long time in a dark prison, and at last struggled to pry open a narrow crack.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"He’s awake!"

Old Gore exclaimed in delight.

Kyle immediately leaned in.

"Uncle Gore... Kyle..."

Raine tried to move his body, feeling as though he were carrying a massive stone on his back.

Kyle carefully helped him sit up.

This time, the injuries had been far too severe—especially his abdomen, which had nearly been shattered.

And then there was Selas’s sneak attack, that spear piercing straight through his chest—the agony still seemed to linger, making him frown unconsciously.

Though the wounds had healed, the massive blood loss and depletion of blood qi left him feeling intensely weak, still unaccustomed to his recovering body.

"I... how long was I unconscious?"

Raine’s voice was hoarse.

"A full three days," Gore replied, his tone tinged with reproach and lingering fear.

"You hardheaded brat—did you really have to run into the depths of the mountains?"

"I went to... use extreme environments to temper my body. I didn’t expect to run into something like that,"

Raine explained, then quickly asked, "Right—what about that woman?"

"She was taken away by the higher-ups and sent to the rear for treatment. She shouldn’t be in mortal danger,"

Gore answered.

"That’s good."

Raine let out a long breath of relief.

From the疯狂 pursuit by those alien race geniuses, he had already guessed that the woman named Arlis was extremely important.

He didn’t care who she was exactly—he only knew that she was a warrior who had bled and fought for humanity.

That alone was enough for him to risk his life to save her.

Deputy Captain Aaron, Captain Tom, Herbert, Dennis, and the others soon entered the tent after hearing the news.

"Deputy Captain Aaron, Captain Tom!"

Raine tried to force a smile.

"Good kid! You’re a real iron man!"

"If we’d arrived even a step later, you really would’ve gone to meet the ancestors!"

Seeing Raine awake, Tom burst into hearty laughter, slapping the edge of the bed hard—though his movements were careful.

Aaron stepped forward and carefully sensed Raine’s recovery.

After confirming that it was stable, he reminded him solemnly,

"Your recovery is going well, but from now on you absolutely must not act recklessly again. Otherwise, you may leave hidden damage that could affect your future advancement."

"I understand,"

Raine nodded seriously.

"You brat—you never learn, no matter how much it hurts!"

"Deputy Captain Aaron told you not to wander off, and you turned around and slipped straight into the mountains. You really have no memory at all!"

Old Gore scolded from the side, though the concern in his eyes far outweighed the blame.

"Uncle Gore, look at me now—where could I even run to?"

Raine said with a bitter smile.

"By the way, this is a good chance to ask you something,"

Tom said, recalling the investigation in the mountain depths and steering the conversation back to business.

"What exactly happened deep in the mountains before?"

"Deep in the mountains?"

Raine didn’t immediately understand what Tom was referring to and asked in return, "What do you mean?"

"The battle that took place there—about that prodigy, Arlis,"

Tom clarified.

Deputy Captain Aaron, Kyle, and everyone else held their breath and listened.

"Oh, that battle,"

Raine said frankly.

"I originally went into the mountains to find an extreme environment to further temper my Obsidian Golem body, and to hunt some alien beasts to accumulate bloodcores."

"I didn’t expect to discover an unconscious person in a mountain ravine."

"She was being hunted by a group of alien races. I planned to carry her away first, but that drew the attention of several lord-rank alien beasts that blocked us."

"And the alien race geniuses pursuing her took the opportunity to surround us as well."

"When it became clear that we couldn’t get away..."

"I had no choice but to kill all of them first."

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