Chương 103: War God’s : — Chapter 103 - Senior, Called Wang Feng! Massive Gains, Secret Skill and Flood Dragon

Looking at the hidden box, he grabbed it. Then slowly opened it. In that instant, Malevolent Qi surged skyward. Fortunately, being underwater made it far less noticeable. Otherwise, Yan Zhaoxue would've been shocked by the Malevolent Qi within.

"Dragon-shaped Stone Key!" Wang Xian's eyes went wide as he stared at the jade-like dragon-shaped key inside the box, paying no attention to the Malevolent Qi. The joy in his heart overwhelmed everything else! Finally found it! To think it was actually here in this fire pool... Could it be that only flood dragon essence blood can open it?

"Excellent!" Wang Xian steadied himself and examined the stone box carefully, spotting several ancient characters inside: [Northern Depths Conceal Truth, Shatter Delusion to Take the Heart]"So that's how it is..." After seeing those characters, Wang Xian felt a spark of understanding. The meaning was clear: a certain ruin in the north held treasures.

"Shatter Delusion to Take the Heart" likely meant that by breaking through delusion, one could use this dragon-shaped stone key to obtain its "heart."

"Could it be that a martial artist from my previous life obtained this item, didn't hand it over to the military, believed the Northern Zang Ruins held supreme treasures, and went there privately to claim them?"

"And in the process, opened the coffin within the Northern Zang Ruins, causing a catastrophic disaster!"

"This stone box and dragon-shaped stone key... are they a trap?" Wang Xian surfaced from the fire pool. No matter what, since he'd obtained this item, dealing with the Northern Zang Ruins would be much easier now.

"Senior, you..." Yan Zhaoxue hesitated.

"Found something good." Wang Xian smiled faintly, pointing at the stone box.

"Inside here should be this place's Spirit Core, the source of the Malevolent Qi." Yan Zhaoxue gave a soft "mm." So that's what it was... She'd thought the senior had some... peculiar hobby?

"Let's leave this place." Yan Zhaoxue thought for a moment.

"Senior, you can hand this item over to the military yourself. The Battle Merit can count as yours. After all, on this trip, without you, none of us could have killed that Blazing Demon Flood Dragon."

"Let alone this place..." They'd slain the Blazing Demon Flood Dragon, obtained quite a few materials, and used the Blood Sound Conch to kill so many D-rank Ghost-faced Venom Bats. Add to that the merit of removing the ruin. That was enough for them to earn a large batch of Battle Merit. Of course, handing over the Spirit Core would certainly earn them another batch. But the senior had contributed the most on this trip. Yan Zhaoxue felt this item should absolutely belong to him.

She even wanted to offer a bit of extra "compensation."

"That..." Yan Zhaoxue looked up at the opening above. With her condition fully recovered, she was completely confident she could bring the senior up with her in one leap. Just that...

"What is it?" Wang Xian asked.

"Senior, do you want to hold onto me..." With extraordinary courage, Yan Zhaoxue said this with a perfectly composed expression. However. If her feet weren't covered by combat boots, they probably would've dug right through the ground.

"?" Wang Xian looked utterly baffled.

"No need, right? Just grab my hand."

"......" Yan Zhaoxue gave a soft "oh" and nodded. Then she grabbed Wang Xian's hand in one swift motion.

"Senior, hold on tight." Yan Zhaoxue said quietly, her five fingers tightly clasping Wang Xian's hand. Wang Xian thought to himself: Why do I feel like I'm being taken advantage of? Forget it. Looking at her completely calm face, she definitely didn't mean it that way. Purely his own overthinking, Wang Xian concluded. The two shot up into the air. Outside.

"We've fully recovered... it's time to go down." Xu Qian and Bai Xingyun had rested above for an entire day. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Once their conditions were fully restored, they planned to descend into the opening to take a look. Otherwise, going down in a terrible state would probably only add trouble. Just then. Two figures flew out from the opening and landed steadily on the shore.

The two who'd already prepared were instantly stunned. Especially Xu Qian. She narrowed her eyes, looking at her best friend and the senior's tightly clasped hands. The corner of her mouth crooked, her gaze filled with "interesting" implications.

"Senior, are you two alright?" Bai Xingyun was the first to look toward Wang Xian, walking over and examining him from head to toe, eyes alight with excitement. Wang Xian thought: That look in your eyes is a bit frightening.

"Cough, fine enough. Below was just the Blazing Demon Flood Dragon's nest." Wang Xian said.

"After the two flood dragons died, there wasn't much danger down there." Nearby, Yan Zhaoxue walked over and gently hugged Xu Qian.

"Little Swallow, you scared me to death." Xu Qian patted Yan Zhaoxue's back, then in a voice only the two of them could hear, whispered, "How did it feel being alone with the senior?" Yan Zhaoxue's whole body trembled, then she looked at Xu Qian with complete incomprehension:"What are you talking about?" With an expression of total cluelessness, she walked away. Then she lifted the first Blazing Demon Flood Dragon's corpse and headed outside:"Shall we head out first?" Pretending. Pretending right in front of me?

Xu Qian narrowed her eyes. Her own best friend. How could she not understand her? As if recalling something, Xu Qian ran over to Wang Xian with a coquettish air, voice syrupy sweet:"Senior~ what martial art did you use at the very end?"

"One move and you just slaughtered that Blazing Demon Flood Dragon?"

"I've never seen anything like it before~" As she spoke, she was about to sling an arm over his shoulder... Up ahead, Yan Zhaoxue's brows furrowed at the sight. She immediately put down the corpse and walked over, shouting:"How are you speaking to the senior? Have you no sense of propriety?" With that, she pulled Xu Qian away in one motion.

"Seeing as your condition is so good, you go carry the corpse up front!" Xu Qian giggled, not bothered in the slightest, and obediently went to carry the corpse. But in her heart, she'd already understood something.

"......" Wang Xian.

"?" Bai Xingyun. Two men: one speechless, one utterly confused. Bai Xingyun couldn't quite read the situation, but he was indeed filled with curiosity about the mysterious martial art the senior had used at the critical final moment. You had to know! At that moment, the senior had clearly already burned out completely! Yet he could still strike in an instant, killing the second Blazing Demon Flood Dragon with one move! And! It was obvious! Different from them. The senior had clearly been prepared all along! So.

"Senior, just what martial art was that?" Bai Xingyun's eyes were filled with a thirst for the unknown. A man purely devoted to the martial path!

"A type of hidden weapon, that's all. Nothing worth mentioning." Wang Xian waved his hand, not intending to elaborate. The Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade Art was one of his greatest trump cards. A nation-guarding martial art not recorded in modern martial studies. Even if he explained, they wouldn't understand, and it would be far too troublesome to explain.

"A hidden weapon?" Xu Qian up ahead was astonished. Hidden weapon martial arts were easy to learn but hard to master. Profound hidden weapon martial arts could even achieve a one-hit kill. High-realm warriors facing lower-realm hidden weapon martial artists had to be exceptionally cautious. They were all esoteric martial arts that were extremely difficult to train. To kill a D-rank Blazing Demon Flood Dragon with several thousand life force points in one move, using just a few hundred life force points.

Setting aside whether the martial art was powerful or not. Just that timing and precision had to be an extremely high hidden weapon skill tier. At least tier 7 or 8.

'His spear technique is so high, never expected he'd also be proficient in hidden weapons... Among Dragon Nation's Five Greats combined, there aren't many instructors proficient in this esoteric martial art.' Xu Qian muttered to herself inwardly. Just how powerful was this senior before he lost his strength? How old was he?

'As expected of the senior... he really has so much up his sleeve...' Bai Xingyun thought. The old senior had hidden away far, far too many things. Impossible to learn it all! Simply impossible to learn it all! The group chatted as they walked, harvesting materials from the Ghost-faced Venom Bats they'd killed earlier. Their combat suits all had specially equipped storage pouches. Plus one massive flood dragon.

"By the way, in Dragon Firmament Questioning the Martial, did you encounter any very strong opponents?" On the road, Wang Xian suddenly asked.

"There was one." Yan Zhaoxue thought for a moment.

"Chi Jiuyou, chairman of the Blade Technique Association at Tiandu Jingwu University. If I hadn't cultivated the Thousand Troops Spear Technique to the Return to Simplicity realm, I would probably have only been able to tie with him, or lose by a narrow margin." After all, her meridians were damaged. Even with the combat suit masking it, her actual strength was somewhat affected. In a three-person battle, it wasn't obvious. But Dragon Firmament Questioning the Martial was one-on-one. Then it was very obvious.

"Chi Jiuyou..." Wang Xian was slightly taken aback. So it was you.

"He got second place..." Bai Xingyun became happy just thinking about something.

"Now that the Hidden Dragon Abyss has been removed, they were originally the second batch to enter and explore it. Too bad... all the good stuff and good materials, we've already gotten our hands on."

"Speaking of which, without the senior, we might not have even been able to defeat the first Blazing Demon Flood Dragon..."

"They couldn't have won either, let alone removed the ruin." The group walked up to the top of the Hidden Dragon Abyss. The military's direct flight aircraft was still there. But when they saw that massive flood dragon corpse, they instantly lost their composure. So they hurriedly called for over 10 more direct flight aircraft, and only then barely managed to tie up the flood dragon corpse and transport it to the temporary camp. After that, the process went very smoothly.

Exchange materials for Battle Merit, or sell a batch, then report to the higher-ups about removing the Hidden Dragon Abyss ruin. Because there were four people. After carefully dividing the Battle Merit, Wang Xian, this old senior, obtained nearly 60, 000 Battle Merit. As for that flood dragon pearl, Wang Xian had a major use for it and did not exchange it. The dragon-shaped stone key could be handed over to the military.

But Wang Xian wanted to hand it over to someone he trusted more, the military in the Western Shu region, or find a time to go himself. After dividing everything up. Wang Xian used 50, 000 Battle Merit to exchange for one Secret Skill alone in the combat affairs zone: [Armament Six Lines] At this point. This ruin exploration trip could be considered a perfect conclusion. He'd reaped a bountiful harvest. At the same time, the moment of parting for the group had arrived.

"Everyone, until we meet again by fate." Outside the Cangmang Mountain Defense Bureau, Wang Xian waved at them.

"For a while after this, I probably won't be logging into Martial Path Unbounded, so I won't be able to spar with you." The three were silent, their moods somewhat complicated for a moment. Wang Xian's gaze swept over the three, finally resting on Yan Zhaoxue. He smiled:"Your spear technique has already reached tier 5, and you've comprehended various spear intents. I've also fully shown you the Hidden Dragon Five Forms."

"Next time we have the chance to meet, I hope your Hidden Dragon Five Forms can also reach the Return to Simplicity realm!" Yan Zhaoxue nodded heavily. The senior's expectations and encouragement gave her tremendous motivation!

"Bye-bye!" Wang Xian waved his hand and left. The three watched for a long time. Suddenly, Xu Qian let out an "Ah":"Didn't we forget something?"

"Forget what?"

"What exactly is the senior's name?"

"Isn't it Cao Thief?"

"Get out of here, that's his online name! The senior seems to have never even mentioned his name!" The three were stunned. Only then did they realize it seemed they indeed had never asked.

"The senior is called 'Wang Feng.'" Yan Zhaoxue said softly.

"Earlier at the Defense Bureau, when he swiped his magnetic crystal card for identity information, I saw it..." Bai Xingyun suddenly understood, giving Yan Zhaoxue a thumbs up: "President Yan, it had to be you! So attentive!"

"Tsk, rare indeed." Xu Qian said meaningfully.

"Before, you couldn't even remember my birthday correctly. Never expected you'd be this attentive now..." Yan Zhaoxue said nothing, only quietly watching the senior's figure disappear from sight... ➤ Next: Core Secret Skill, Weapon Six Lines! Martial God Divine Weapon!