Dragon War God

Chapter 899 – Xiong Zhan

He treated this as his last favor to Xiong Wan’er. After settling this matter, he would surely leave.

Therefore, when Xiong Wan’er urged him to flee, not only did he not leave, but he even strode towards the Eight-Armed Blood Lizard. When everyone was fleeing for their lives, they all saw Long Chen going against the crowd.

The people who were running turned to look at the stranger.

“What’s he doing?”

“Is he looking for death?”

“Damn it. The Patriarch and Elder Shi are both covering for us. What if he causes trouble and affects their safety?”

“Brother Long Chen ...” Xiong Wan’er stood frozen. Long Chen had left too quickly and disappeared. When she located him, he was already fast-approaching the beast!

Everyone wanted to know what he wanted to do.

Long Chen acted decisively. He ran very quickly and activated his Dragon Soul Transformation along the way. His full body of red scales looked quite similar to the lizard, but it was a lot more sophisticated.

He had to use his strongest techniques against such a powerful feral beast. With the boost of the Yin-Yang Sword Soul and the Five Emperor Palm, his strength reached its peak. Then, using the Emperor Vanquishers, he unleashed the Emperor’s Manual!

A ray of light shot past Elder Shi and Xiong Zhan. The ray of blood-red light stunned the both of them. It had shot by so fast that they had no time to react.

Then a regal aura descended from the sky!

“Emperor’s Manual, Emperor’s Arrival!”

Under everyone’s stunned gazes, Long Chen punched the Eight-Armed Blood Lizard’s head, and the gigantic beast let out an earth-shaking scream. All the scales on its body trembled, then there was an explosion. Hundreds of thousands of scales suddenly exploded in all directions and massive amounts of fresh blood sprayed into the air!

The beast’s cries of agony stopped. The gigantic body instantly lost its breath. Having lost its scales, it turned into a large pile of soft flesh, and the corpse fell limply on the ground. Dust and sand flew everywhere.

Without saying a word, Long Chen put the Eight-Armed Blood Lizard in the Primordial Realm. The blood of the feral beast could prove useful to him. For example, during his fight against Zhao Kongming, he would not have needed Emperor Crystals if he had beast blood. Instead, he could use beast blood to recover his essence.

By the time the corpse disappeared completely, everyone’s jaws were on the ground.

Long Chen deactivated his Dragon Soul Transformation and returned to his Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage level and stood on the ground. Then he turned around casually.

“Who is that guy?” Many people, including Xiong Zhan and Elder Shi, did not know who the person who had saved their lives was.

When the smoke cleared, Elder Shi could finally see the person clearly. And when he saw Long Chen’s face, due to his internal injuries, blood almost sprayed out of his mouth.

The strength that Long Chen had displayed just now was utterly unimaginable. He had killed a Category Seven Emperor-tier feral beast in just one strike, meaning he was likely an Eighth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator who used some method to hide his strength. Elder Shi recalled his suspicion towards Long Chen. When he realized that he had suspected a very generous person, the old man’s face reddened.

When he looked at Long Chen, he had the urge to hide in a hole.

“Brother Long Chen!” Xiong Wan’er ran up to Long Chen, and when she saw that he was not injured at all, she froze. “You’re actually that strong? This means you’re stronger than even Zhao Kongming, and he ...”

“Don’t say it.” Since she had guessed it, Long Chen did not hide it from her. He trusted that she would not tell anyone, since she was a good girl.

The other people crowded around him. Xiong Zhan had never met Long Chen before, and he hurriedly led everyone to kneel in front of him, saying, “Thank you for saving our lives, brother! I, Xiong Zhan, sincerely thank you!”

“Please get up. It was nothing. Plus, Wan’er and Xiong Jun are good friends of mine. This was only right,” said Long Chen as he hurriedly helped Xiong Jun up.

“You know Wan’er and Jun’er?” Xiong Zhan froze. He did not know that his children knew such an impressive character.

Next to him, Elder Shi coughed drily. His face was a little red when he briefly explained what had happened to Xiong Zhan.

“I see that you’ve already saved many people from the Barbaric Bear Tribe. I am not very good with words, but in the future, just tell me if you need any help. We will surely help you, even if we must risk our lives!” said Xiong Zhan emotionally as he looked at Long Chen.

The tribe owed the teenager far too much.

“Why don’t you take half of the Emperor Crystals from this mine? Half of it is more than ten thousand crystals,” Xiong Zhan said without a hint of hesitation.

If it was not for Long Chen, his son would have been dead by now.

Although some of the other people were pained by this offer, they did not say anything.

“I think you should just let him marry Miss Wan’er,” said a middle-aged man with amusement.

“Uncle, please do not utter such nonsense.” Xiong Wan’er knew that Long Chen and she were not destined to be on the same path. She was afraid that Long Chen would be upset by this.

He was already planning to leave, so he said, “I came back mainly to bring Xiong Jun home. I didn’t expect to encounter the Eight-Armed Blood Lizard. Now that it is settled, I have other matters to attend to, so I must go. You guys keep the Emperor Crystals. I can’t spend that much.”

His tone was final, and even if Xiong Zhan insisted, he would still refuse the crystals.

“Brother Long Chen, why are you in a hurry to leave? Why don’t you come to the tribe and let us treat you to a warm welcome?” Xiong Wan’er said disappointedly.

“Farewell.” Long Chen smiled.

He then looked at Xiong Zhan and asked, “I want to go to the Underworld Estate. May I ask if you have a map?”

“Map?” Xiong Zhan shook his head apologetically and said, “I only have Scarlet Sun City’s map. The Underworld Estate is too large, and very few people can travel freely through the whole place. That is why a map of it is rare. If you want to go to the Underworld Estate, you need to first go to Scarlet Sun City. There are many groups of businessmen there who make trips to Underworld City. Underworld City is one of the hundred main cities in the Underworld Estate. If you can get to Underworld City, then going to the Underworld Estate will not be a problem.” n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I see. Thank you.” Long Chen had a brief idea of where to go.

“This is a map of the route to Scarlet Sun City.” Xiong Zhan hurriedly gave Long Chen what he had on hand.

“Many people gather there to form groups to head to Underworld City together, because too much killing happens along the way and you can die easily. After you reach Scarlet Sun City, go to a place called ‘Heavenly Martial Refuge.’ There, you’ll find people who know how to get to Underworld City.”

Long Chen took the map, skimmed through it, and saw the route he needed to take.

“Goodbye.”

There were many people in this world. Only fate could bring people together. Long Chen had long gotten used to goodbyes anyway. With a smile on his face, he left them and disappeared into the lush, green forest.

“Wan’er, let’s go. Many people died today, and it was all my fault. Let’s carry our dead brothers back to the village. We must conduct their final rites well and move them into the ancestral mausoleum so they can enjoy their afterlife.”

“Oh. Alright ...” Xiong Wan’er’s deep train of thought was interrupted. She glanced longingly in the direction where Long Chen had gone, then started to help her father.

***

In his current state, Long Chen could almost fight an Eighth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator directly. Almost. This was because the higher the cultivation level, the larger the gap was between levels. He wasn’t guaranteed to defeat an Eighth Heavenly Martial Stage opponent. That was his limit.

After obtaining the map, he started to travel on the path to Scarlet Sun City.

Although a lot of killing happened along the way, few were threats to him with his current strength.

“If I were using my original cultivation method, I would be hiding and cultivating right now. However, after obtaining the True Martial Overlord Soul, I can level up by fighting and become stronger during battle. I think it would be smart to create more opportunities for myself to fight. I need to go to places like the main cities so that it will be more challenging!”

With a goal in mind, strong confidence filled his gaze.

The True Martial Overlord Soul gave him a chance to advance his cultivation quickly.

“From today onwards, I only have one mission—fighting. I will fight through every fire and step over every pile of bones until I see Ling Xi!”

This was what Long Chen swore on this day.

He released his fist and smiled. He had a feeling that he would see her soon.

After traveling at full speed for twenty-plus days, he could see Scarlet Sun City far ahead of him. He estimated that it was a hundred times the size of Scarlet Water City. The local population was likely tens of times higher than that of Scarlet Water City, totaling up to hundreds of thousands of people.

This was an imposing city sitting on the horizon. He gradually approached the city. There were many groups of businessmen and people making their way through the entrance. Long Chen’s horizons were widened once again. Here, Mech Beasts were very common, likely because the feral beasts were too fierce to be tamed.