The ferocious beast horde had completely retreated within half an hour. The Burnt City was temporarily safe once again.

Le Yan’s face turned dark as he saw the beast horde gradually disappearing from his view. Now that the beast horde had suddenly retreated, Le Yan had lost his chance to earn back some of the reputation that he had lost. Hence, it was of no surprise when he saw that citizens’ awe-filled eyes were all on Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan.

Regardless of how much he hated it, these two people had been invited here by him. He had to express his gratitude and thank them for helping generously and killing those Insect Beasts before they managed to cause any severe damage to Burnt City.

However, Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan were not in the mood to act as polite guests. Although Gu Lingzhi had appeared to be very relaxed in the battle earlier, she would not have been able to defeat the Insect Beasts so easily if it wasn't for her Fengwu Sword being extraordinarily sharp. Furthermore, she had consumed a lot of her spiritual power to destroy the Insect Beasts’ internal organs and thus, she desperately needed to restore her spiritual power.

Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan casually mentioned some placating words then bade farewell and returned to their...