I'm not just human!

Chapter 64 The Demise of Civilization

The whole city is on fire.

The flames were fierce and violent, seemingly unstoppable, spreading along with the buildings to the unseen horizon.

Xia Fa forced himself to remain calm, took a few steps, and hid behind a giant wall that was half broken.

He didn't know why he had been teleported to this place even though he had taken the exit from the Ghost Realm, nor did he know what had happened here.

The most urgent task is to first observe the situation clearly before considering how to extricate oneself.

He half-squatted down, leaned his shoulder against the wall, and poked the wall with his hand.

The moment the tip of my index finger touched the marble wall, it quickly turned bright red, like a branding iron that had been heated to a high temperature, and immediately poked a small hole in the wall.

The melted lava flowed down the small hole, and Xia Fa casually blew on it, his breath carrying wind, snow and ice shards, which immediately cooled the hole down, and even the lava quickly turned black and solidified.

This is a very simple application of the power of the Etheric Source Pact, which is perfect for this context.

Countless cries, roars, and screams, accompanied by the stench of burning buildings or charred corpses, wafted through the walls.

Xia Fa pressed his eyes close to the small hole, surveying the entire city as he began to gather necessary intelligence and information.

He certainly wouldn't recklessly rush into the palace complex to retrieve the sealed artifact, but with the artifact so close, he wouldn't give up because of the potential dangers.

After he had fully planned everything, he decided to take a risk.

The city complex before us is surrounded by mountains on three sides, resembling a "U" shape. The unique architecture built by the giant jaw beasts stretches along the exit of the "U" shape into the boundless distance.

I was on the hillside to the left, a high vantage point that offered a panoramic view of everything.

This place should have been a villa in the suburbs, but now only ruins remain, the walls are even blackened, and not far away, a headless giant jaw beast corpse is crackling and burning, and the bones are faintly visible.

It seems that he is the owner of this villa.

"The sealed artifact is located at the very innermost part of this U-shaped mountain, built against the mountainside. If I go downhill... I should be able to get there in a few seconds at full speed..."

Xia Fa had a well-thought-out plan in mind. Although he was only a fungus-level superhuman, he signed a secret contract with a more comprehensive range of abilities from the Ether Source.

This means that in situations where he needs to travel quickly, he can simply cast a "wind speed" effect on himself, causing his speed to increase dramatically.

"Was a war taking place here? No, wait..."

Xia Fa's gaze swept around the palace complex, trying to find any possible enemies.

Suddenly, his pupils dilated slightly, as if he had seen something extremely strange.

From the western gate of the palace, one after another, giant jawed beasts seemed to have lost their minds, screaming and howling as they ran out.

No, rather than calling them "giant jaw beasts," in Xia Fa's eyes, they are now closer to "demi-humans."

These giant-jawed beasts all walked upright like humans, even when they were running for their lives, they used their short, thick legs.

The scene looked extremely bizarre because the heads of the giant jaw beasts were so large, like grapes stuck on a toothpick, that it even gave Xiafa the feeling that their heads might fall off at any moment as they ran wildly.

But what surprised Xia Fa even more was that these giant jaw beasts... were all wearing clothes!

What he had seen before were the severed limbs and remains of the giant jaw beasts everywhere. Although he had seen some pieces of cloth, he hadn't thought much of it.

Only now did Xia Fa realize that these giant jawed beasts, as bizarre creatures that were close to wild beasts, seemed to have actually developed a rather advanced civilization!

The giant jawed beasts that ran out of the west gate of the palace were dressed in sky blue or light pink dresses, and overalls with shirts, which surprisingly fit them quite well.

Although they look very strange, there is no doubt that these giant jawed beasts learned human weaving and clothing production techniques and perfectly integrated them into their civilization.

In addition, Xia Fa also noticed that the giant jawed beasts, which were clearly dressed as men, had tattoo-like patterns engraved on their huge oval heads.

The patterns were mostly swords, lions, black bears... and the colors were black or a somber red.

As for the giant jawed beast dressed as a woman, its head is decorated with patterns of roses, jasmine, and other flowers.

This allowed him to almost instantly distinguish between the male and female giant jaw beasts.

Right now, this group of about a dozen giant jawed beasts is fleeing the palace complex like madmen.

Xia Fa felt a chill run down his spine, realizing what might have happened in the palace, and perhaps something extremely terrifying.

But this did not deter him in the slightest; he decided to continue observing and wait for the right opportunity to act.

At this moment, seemingly as the giant jaw beasts ran out of the palace, countless giant jaw beasts... all ran out of the buildings in the city within this U-shaped mountain!

They wailed, cried, and screamed... It was hard to tell whether they were fleeing for their lives or simply losing their minds and making a futile struggle.

"The civilization of these giant jawed beasts... has actually flourished to such an extent?"

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised because he saw hundreds of thousands of giant jaw beasts running out.

And the place where they are located is less than one-thousandth of the area of ​​this city that has no visible boundaries.

These giant jaw beasts that escaped were clearly just commoners among the giant jaw beasts, all dressed in cloth clothes or skirts.

The patterns on their heads are extremely simple, even somewhat rough.

Although it still features patterns like lions, bears, or roses, it is clearly of much lower quality compared to the giant jawed beast that escaped from the palace.

To be honest, the moment Xia Fa saw these giant jaw beasts, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Because... the Jaw Beast is an anomaly! And humans have always been mortal enemies!

The supernatural beings have a great fondness for human flesh and blood, or human souls, and some even feed on negative emotions such as human pain and sorrow.

At the same time, humans will also hunt down the supernatural for the sake of the extraordinary essence or the secret contract.

Now, the giant jaw beasts, which are almost insect-level creatures, have actually established a preliminary civilization, and their population... no... their population is so prosperous that it is estimated to be over 100 million giant jaw beasts.

If one day, a powerful being were to emerge from this Jawed Beast civilization and lead the Jawed Beasts to attack human society...

It's important to understand that the giant jawed beasts that have developed civilizations wouldn't simply attack like wild animals like those in the underground cave realm. They would definitely build armies, practice battle formations, use weapons, and even employ various insidious or cruel strategies and cunning schemes...

Xia Fa felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it.

Fortunately, it is unknown what has happened, but the civilization developed by the Jaw Beast is about to be destroyed.

Just as he was thinking this, suddenly, in the distance, shrouded in the city's mist, a massive figure, as large as a mountain, appeared, riding a warhorse that was also as large as a mountain.

Xia Fa was shocked, his face filled with disbelief.

This is... an unknown entity resembling a heavily armored cavalryman!

An unknown being comparable to the nine righteous gods!

An unknown entity that almost made him lose control just by casually casting a glance at him!

And now, it... is slowly riding towards me in my direction!