Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 43 I'm back again!

The next day.

"Brother Lan, really, I'm giving you one more piece of advice: City 003 is too dangerous. How about we go to City 023 first?"

Zhuge Tao sat next to Jiang Lan, turned his head slightly to the side, and said to Jiang Lan with a helpless expression.

"It's alright, I know what I'm doing," Jiang Lan said. "Besides, didn't you also say that those powerful lord-level monsters are basically gathered in the city center, and the outer areas of the city aren't that dangerous?"

"I know my own limitations, and I won't go into situations I can't handle."

Jiang Lan reassured Zhuge Tao.

Zhuge Tao was clearly still uneasy, but he couldn't refuse Jiang Lan right away. After struggling with his thoughts for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Okay, let's go to city 003. But you have to promise me that you won't venture deep into the city unless you're absolutely sure you're safe. And if you encounter any danger, call for help immediately. I..."

Zhuge Tao subconsciously thought that he would help if he saw the cry for help.

But before he could say it, he swallowed it back.

He's a high-ranking general, and even Jiang Lan couldn't solve this problem. How could he possibly solve it?

Zhuge Tao immediately changed his words:

"I'll send people to rescue you!"

Jiang Lan twitched the corner of her mouth.

If they really encounter danger, by the time Zhuge Tao sends someone to rescue them, it will be too late; he'll probably be long dead.

However, Jiang Lan would definitely not allow that kind of thing to happen.

Having experienced the previous battle with the Bloodthirsty Tank, he had sounded the alarm and vowed never to take unnecessary risks.

Anyway, his current rate of improvement is not slow. According to previous calculations, it will take at most a month, and at least ten days, for Jiang Lan's physical fitness to fully reach the threshold of the planetary level.

Now, all he needs to do is take it one step at a time.

Of course, this "taking it slow" only applies to Jiang Lan.

To put it bluntly, some martial artists may not improve their strength as much as he does in a single day, even after a lifetime of training.

"Don't worry, Brother Tao. I spent several days in the wilderness by myself before, and nothing happened to me, right?"

"All right……"

Zhuge Tao knew that Jiang Lan's mind was made up, and no matter how much he tried to persuade her, it would be useless.

Thinking of this, he looked towards the cockpit and said to the pilot:

"Let's go to the outskirts of City 003."

……

Half an hour later.

Inside the fighter jet, Zhuge Tao looked out the window and then said:

"This is the outer perimeter of city 003. The fighter jets have limited defensive capabilities and cannot proceed any further."

Jiang Lan, leaning on his golden-feathered halberd, stood up from his seat. "It's alright, help me open the hatch."

At this point, the plane was hovering about four or five hundred meters above the ground and had not landed.

"Should we open the door after landing?"

"No need, just open the door."

Zhuge Tao wanted to say something more, but when he thought about Jiang Lan's current physical condition, he swallowed his words.

"Open the hatch."

Zhuge Tao gave instructions to the driver in front.

"receive."

The pilot agreed and then pressed a button on the control panel. With a mechanical sound, the hatch opened.

"I'm leaving now, Tao-ge. You should go back."

Jiang Lan, wielding a halberd, approached the hatch.

Zhuge Tao said, "If anything happens, contact us by mail. Don't go into danger."

"Okay, okay."

Jiang Lan was completely impressed by Zhuge Tao; why was he acting like a mother hen?

After saying that, without waiting for Zhuge Tao to speak again, Jiang Lan grabbed the Golden Feather Halberd in one hand and pulled himself up to the side of the cabin door with the other, leaping down to the ground.

Feeling the whistling wind in his ears, Jiang Lan felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration spreading throughout his body.

"boom!"

The Golden Feather Halberd fell first, its handle, made of some unknown material, striking the ground and creating a crater about ten centimeters deep in the asphalt road.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Lan slightly bent his knees to completely dissipate the impact, then he raised his head, looked at the fighter jets circling in the sky, and waved.

As if receiving some signal, the fighter jet circled and continued to take off, then flew back in the direction it came from, and soon disappeared from Jiang Lan's sight.

Jiang Lan tightened his grip on the halberd, looking around with a hint of excitement.

"Wilderness area, here I come again!"

At this moment, Jiang Lan was on a section of highway.

However, there shouldn't be any monsters in this area.

After all, he made such a big commotion just now; if there were any monsters nearby, they would have heard the noise and come over long ago.

Jiang Lan opened the built-in navigation function on the communication watch and took a quick look.

At this moment, he was about fifteen kilometers away from the city center where he had officially entered City 003.

For Jiang Lan, this distance wasn't far; at full speed, it would only take about thirty seconds.

Considering the obstructions along the way, it should take at least a minute to get there.

Let's get started!

Jiang Lan aimed in the right direction, took two strides, and charged towards her destination.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

A series of sonic booms rang out as Jiang Lan passed by.

But less than two seconds later, Jiang Lan stopped in her tracks.

Jiang Lan frowned slightly as she looked at what was in front of her.

Not far in front of him, where there was nothing before, the asphalt road surface was suddenly drilled through, and then two huge worms, each more than three meters long, resembling earthworms in appearance, with cylindrical mouthparts at the front, crawled out.

Jiang Lan has never been afraid of anything since he was a child. Even when he experiences sleep paralysis in the middle of the night, he has to try his best to open his eyes to see if it is a female ghost.

But he was terrified of insects.

Jiang Lan was utterly powerless against this sticky, chubby thing that was crawling on the ground.

"Holy crap, Zhuge Tao didn't tell me there were such disgusting things in this place!"

Jiang Lan got goosebumps all over.

However, there's an old saying that goes something like this.

All fear stems from insufficient firepower.

Jiang Lan doesn't have any other advantages, except that she's young and energetic!

Suppressing his nausea, Jiang Lan's body suddenly vanished from its original spot, appearing in front of the two sandworm monsters in the next instant.

"boom!"

Jiang Lan mustered all his strength and swung his halberd, creating a series of whooshing sounds as he cleaved two sandworms in two from the middle.

Although they looked quite intimidating, these two were only at the level of advanced beast soldiers. Faced with Jiang Lan's attack, they couldn't even react, let alone retaliate.

Jiang Lan breathed a sigh of relief as the sandworms multiplied from two to four.

Before he could even catch his breath, the four sandworms suddenly sprang up at the same time and pounced straight at Jiang Lan.

"I#@*!"

Jiang Lan was startled and swung her halberd with lightning speed, making more than ten swings in less than a second.

In a short period of time, the four sandworms multiplied into more than twenty, and they all fell to the ground.

Of course, this time they were utterly dead.

(End of this chapter)