Chương 97: War God’s : — Chapter 97 - Wait, We Just Entered the Relic and You Already Know the BOSS, Senior?

Wang Xian arrived at the Tannan Cangmang Mountain Defense Bureau and took a quick look around. He spotted three people in dark blue combat suits among the crowd. He waved and walked over. After a quick glance, he smiled from a few steps away:"Fufeng Swordsman, Social Security Sis..." His gaze settled on the woman in the center.

"You must be Form Like a Crane?" The three froze, then looked at him. They exchanged glances.

"You're the 'Old Senior'?" The youthful-looking woman's mouth fell open slightly.

"Wait, aren't you a bit young?" The man before them was tall with a cold, stern face, but his features carried a youthful air. At first glance, he couldn't be old. Only his voice was steady and composed, not matching his appearance.

"Senior... I know you'd dress up younger..." Fufeng Swordsman stroked his chin.

"But isn't this too young? Did you model yourself after your grandson?" Using a false identity on expeditions was common sense. Most martial artists did simple disguises. In relics and unmanaged zones, life and death were up to fate. If anything happened, the law could hardly reach. But...

"..." Wang Xian.

"What's wrong with looking young?" Wang Xian said.

"If I told you I'm actually 20, you wouldn't believe me anyway..." They were online friends. No need to explain too much.

"Good, very good!" The youthful-looking woman looked satisfied.

"I think it's quite pleasant! This must be what you looked like when you were young, right, Senior?" Fufeng Swordsman looked him up and down, suddenly enlightened:"I see!" Senior dressed as his younger self, surely wanting to reminisce about the old days!

"..."

"Senior, you must have had girls chasing after you when you were young, right?" The youthful-looking woman clicked her tongue.

"Your looks and presence are impeccable. That steadiness you carry just feels different from us." He was using Wang Feng's identity now. Though he'd done a simple disguise, he still looked young, about the same as when he'd met that old sister before. The difference was that old sister's realm was too high. She'd seen through his disguise at a glance. These three... their realms weren't high enough to see through it. Wang Xian understood their perception. Nearly two months of challenges.

Hard to change their view in a short time.

"This... this is the combat suit we prepared for you!" The woman in the center quickly spoke up, handing over clothing with both hands.

"Same as our combat suits, but third-tier with no life force restrictions. Senior, you should be able to wear it." Well now. Tier-unrestricted. Even if only third-tier, that was a big gesture. Full sincerity! Wang Xian smiled, took the combat suit, and went to a nearby restroom to change.

"Let's register and head out," Wang Xian said. The four arrived at the Defense Bureau and each took out their magnetic crystal cards to register their identities. Through registration, Wang Xian learned the others' names. The youthful-looking woman was Social Security Sis, real name Xu Qian. She left a deep impression on Wang Xian.

"Completely different from that seductive woman in Martial Path Without Limits who wears all kinds of random skins..." he thought. Fufeng Swordsman was called Bai Xingyun. Not as flamboyant as his in-game skin, but still presentable. And Form Like a Crane, though still wearing a face mask, had a nice name: Yan Zhaoxue.

"Eh... you have a Crimson Dragon War Token?" The military personnel recording the magnetic crystal card glanced at Wang Xian, surprised. Not much battle merit, but possessing a Crimson Dragon War Token meant no ordinary status. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. Normally, fifth or sixth-realm martial artists could gain junior officer treatment through battle merit.

But to obtain a Crimson Dragon War Token, even among those with true military achievements, few ever did. Wang Xian smiled and said nothing. They walked out of the Defense Bureau and boarded a train.

"As expected of Senior... The Crimson Dragon War Token is said to be something only those who've rendered great merit in the military can obtain... Above it there's the Gold Dragon War Token, and the highest tier, the Azure Dragon War Token... I've only seen Grandmasters possess the Gold Dragon..."

"The Azure Dragon War Token seems like only a few exist in all of Dragon Country..." Fufeng Swordsman clicked his tongue, admiration deepening. This was absolutely an old senior! War tokens had nothing to do with strength. Rendering merit in the military was truly difficult. Not just him. The other two thought the same.

"Little Swallow's... grandfather is a Gold Dragon War Token holder, right?" Xu Qian poked the cold-faced woman Yan Zhaoxue beside her.

"Mm..." Yan Zhaoxue nodded lightly, glancing at Wang Xian. She remained silent.

"Your grandfather, is he called Yan Tingxiao?" Wang Xian suddenly asked. The train moved forward slowly. No braking, but Yan Zhaoxue froze slightly.

"Senior, you know him?"

"I know of him. Wouldn't say I know him."

"Little Swallow's grandfather is amazing!" Xu Qian said with pride.

"Back in his youth, he was the leading figure of the Dragon Spear lineage. The highest modern Martial Exam score was set by her grandfather back then..."

"NO NO NO!" Fufeng Swordsman waved a hand.

"Already broken by this year's Martial Exam top scorer with an outrageous score! All history now~""That was still decades ago!" Xu Qian touched the longbow on her back, face full of admiration.

"So you're going to Hidden Dragon Abyss to use dragon blood to temper the secret technique, Dragon Blood Vitality Art?" Wang Xian asked.

"Senior, you even know that?" Yan Zhaoxue looked completely surprised. She didn't recall mentioning any of this.

"You cultivate the Hidden Dragon Five Forms, so you must walk the Dragon Spear path..." Wang Xian shook his head.

"The early core secret technique of the Dragon Spear school is Dragon Blood Vitality Art. Through it, you comprehend a trace of Valiant Dragon Spear Intent while cultivating powerful Dragon Force."

"Little Swallow, how high is Senior's spear technique mastery? Even if not on par with your grandfather, it's not far off. How could he not know?" Xu Qian patted her shoulder. Yan Zhaoxue nodded slightly, gaze turning to this old senior. Admiration welled up in her heart. She'd thought the real person might be different from what she'd imagined. But it seemed there wasn't much difference at all. He matched perfectly the image of a true spear grandmaster she held in her heart! Before long, the train stopped.

But it hadn't reached Hidden Dragon Abyss. Instead, it stopped at an unmanaged zone camp. From there, they took a direct flight provided by the camp's military, traveling through midair for about 30 minutes until they hovered above a cliff fissure stretching north to south. The cliff walls on both sides rose a thousand ren, with no landing points whatsoever.

Only by descending from midair into that crevice, seemingly only wide enough for two or three people, could one truly enter the Hidden Dragon Abyss beneath the earth!

"Everyone, below us is Hidden Dragon Abyss."

"Prepare yourselves and head down. We'll be waiting here every morning."

"If within five days you haven't returned, we'll dispatch soldiers to search."

"In all matters, prioritize caution."

"New relics often contain exotic beasts unknown to our Tannan region."

"Especially the dragon-form beasts within that emanate dragon energy!" After the four prepared, they leaped directly from midair, plummeting toward that abyss-like fissure. Falling halfway through the air. A powerful surge of Malevolent Qi suddenly burst from the fissure. In that instant, the four who had stabilized their forms in midair were instantly shaken dizzy and disoriented by this Malevolent Qi, hearts filled with shock.

They hadn't even entered the relic yet, and the Malevolent Qi bursting out was already this intense? At the critical moment. A clear shout rang in their ears:"Grab hold of me." As the words fell, Wang Xian's hand instantly seized the three thrown into disarray by the Malevolent Qi in midair, entering that crevice with pinpoint accuracy.

"There's a stone platform below!"

"Just steady yourselves and land!" All were fourth-realm martial artists with extremely powerful physical conditioning. After stabilizing their forms, they immediately regained their senses and hurriedly released Elemental Force Projection, watching the stone platforms below the fissure as they plummeted straight down. Still, their figures looked somewhat disheveled. Especially Xu Qian, who tumbled several somersaults before steadying herself.

"Such strong gravity suppression!" She forced herself up, looking dusty and disheveled. She looked at the other three. Bai Xingyun's movement technique was decent, but he hadn't landed steadily either, taking a tumble. Especially at the moment of entry, gravity shifted rapidly, and the Malevolent Qi intensity was completely different from outside. Such a sudden change was enough to make countless martial artists suffer for a while.

Yan Zhaoxue had the best foundation, using her spear as a staff to barely steady herself. Though the stone platform cracked slightly under the spear shaft's support, wobbling unsteadily. And the steadiest of all... Senior stood with hands clasped behind his back, expression calm as ever. Even the bone spear on his back hadn't shifted a fraction. He even had leisure to survey the surroundings, sometimes lost in thought, sometimes nodding slightly, as if he had everything figured out.

For a moment, the three exchanged glances...

"I'm a fourth-realm martial artist..." Fufeng Swordsman said. In front of a second-realm old senior, how did he seem like a child? He knew Senior was so steady not because of life force, but because he'd anticipated it long ago, long accustomed to any sudden situations and harsh environments.

"A senior is a senior..." Xu Qian said.

"Indeed, having an elder in the team is like having a treasure... Speaking of which, this Hidden Dragon Abyss is really eerie. The moment we dropped down, a surge of Malevolent Qi burst out, almost like it was aimed at us."

"Who could react to that?" If not for Senior, even just entering seemed like it wouldn't have been easy, right? A new relic. Everything was unknown. At times like this, past experience became especially important.

"Senior, is there something strange about this place?" Yan Zhaoxue asked. Wang Xian nodded.

"Mentally prepare yourselves. Before we even descended into the abyss, we were probably instantly locked onto by that beast."

"Beast?"

"If I'm not mistaken..." Wang Xian looked toward the dark underground and the occasional wisp of scorching heat it exhaled.

"This dragon-form exotic beast should be a C-rank peak exotic beast, the Inferno Demon Dragon. This beast's perception is astonishingly sharp. Nothing within the Malevolent Qi-covered area of Hidden Dragon Abyss escapes its perception."

"And barring surprises, there should be magma dragon veins underground, possibly even Ghost-Faced Poison Bats brought by the dragon energy barrier mist."

"Inferno Demon Dragon?" The three were stunned.

"Wait, what are magma dragon veins? What kind of exotic beast are Ghost-Faced Poison Bats?" Wait. We just entered the instance, and you already know the elite monsters and the BOSS? Wang Xian didn't speak. Couldn't be helped. The stench of this beast was simply too strong. Wang Xian might not be too familiar with native exotic beasts, but this Inferno Demon Dragon was an exotic beast from the alien battlefields. He knew it very well.

"Let's walk and talk," Wang Xian said.

"First, I'll tell you about this Inferno Demon Dragon's traits, moves, habits, and its fatal weakness."

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