CSMCDB - Chapter 186
Chapter 186
Wen Yuncheng didn't go out immediately. She watched Lin Jinyu blend into the army to fight, waited a little longer, then activated the enhanced ability of her Illusion Dream (Modified) and observed the giant dragons in the sky.
It was clear that, perhaps because so many had been killed, these dragons were staying closer together. When facing the Empire's Star Emperors, they mostly adopted a stance of confrontation and defense, not fighting with their full strength. In that case… the Star Emperor dragons would have to be crossed off Wen Yuncheng's hunting list.
Moreover, hunting Star Venerate dragons also carried a certain risk, as Wen Yuncheng sensed that these dragons were extremely vigilant. A miscalculation. It seemed that the repeated killings… had made these dragons aware of something.
However, they certainly wouldn't know that Wen Yuncheng wanted to kill them for experience points. They might guess that Wen Yuncheng was after their corpses: dragon bones, dragon blood, dragon meat, dragon scales, dragon sinews—in short, their entire bodies were treasures.
Whew~ In that case, she could take a little risk. After all, she couldn't one-shot the Huanling generals right now, and as for the Huanling armies… it was easy to cause friendly fire. Though, she could probably one-shot a portion of the army in the rear…
Forget it, kill the dragons first. Dragons gave more experience. Having made her decision, Wen Yuncheng closed her eyes to calm her mind and focus. With the dragons being so alert, it wouldn't be good if they detected her killing intent. Wen Yuncheng composed herself, emptying her mind so she wasn't thinking about anything. Only when she felt her heart was as still as water did she activate her stealth skill and fly out on her Floating Magnetic Disk.
That Star Venerate dragon hiding in the rear—it's you!
That Star Venerate-level dragon was terrified. In the past, as a Star Venerate, it would hold its head high with immense pride when speaking with the Empire's envoys, but now… it constantly suspected it was about to be killed.
This was a battlefield for Half-Saints! The Star Venerate dragon felt out of place here, but it was unwilling to go to other strongholds because many of the Star Venerate dragons at those other strongholds… were already dead. Although most of the combatants here were at the Star Emperor level, it was quite safe hiding in the rear. If it went somewhere else, it might not even know how it died. It had heard that the Empire had someone with a Star Power Mutation who would appear and disappear suddenly. Not even a Half-Saint could catch her, and she had already killed many dragons this way.
But… for some reason, it had a bad feeling today. It was a suppressive feeling, a sense of crisis as if it were being watched. Yet when it tried to investigate carefully, there was nothing unusual. The sense of crisis was very faint, more like a figment of its imagination. After all, just being on this battlefield gave it a sense of crisis.
"What's wrong with you?" Another Star Venerate dragon, also slacking off in the rear, noticed its strange behavior. "Not feeling well?"
"I just feel… like someone is watching me."
"Hah, this is a battlefield. It's normal to feel a sense of crisis. You don't need to worry so much. We're in the rear, and there are plenty of Star Emperor-level seniors up front," the other dragon comforted it. Even if there was danger, it should be the Star Emperor dragons in the engagement zone who were in danger. "If you still don't feel right, just move back a little further."
"Alright, I'll move back a bit then." The frightened Star Venerate dragon readily accepted this kindness. It retreated further back and felt much safer psychologically, but for some reason, the sense of crisis seemed to intensify.
An illusion. It must be an illusion.
It comforted itself, but in the next instant, a chill ran through its entire body—a heart-stopping chill!
A young human woman had suddenly appeared before it, standing on a circular disk made of a deep blue, sea-crystal-like material. Before it could even react, a stream of blue laser shot from the woman's hand. The moment it struck its body, it found itself unable to control its movements. It was a feeling of being suspended in the air, pulled by an electric current. A massive machine appeared out of thin air, a large Airstrike Support bomber landing directly on the ground, and countless silver, cube-shaped Silver Busters rained down from the sky…
Engulfed by countless torrents of berserk Star Power, everything happened in an instant. In the final second of its life, the Star Venerate dragon shed tears of regret: it should have trusted its intuition!
"Wen Yuncheng!-"
The Huanling general and the Dragon Race Star Emperor attacked at the same time, but all their rampaging energy hit nothing but empty air. The G-0 Warlord in the sky did not disappear. It only vanished with a loud "bang" after unleashing all its skills, locking onto the Star Venerate dragon that had crashed to the ground and exploding.
[Mission: Dragon Slaying]
[Ding! Killed a Star Venerate-level Dragon. Gained 15,000 experience!]
Host: Wen Yuncheng
Race: Human
Age: 23
Class: Mechanical Overlord
Level: 70
Experience: 56905/107000
Points: 14606
Back at the resting point, Wen Yuncheng patted her chest and gradually relaxed. She had, of course, heard their furious roars, but she paid no mind to such impotent rage.
Her experience gain was now more or less stable. As long as she timed her entries and exits well, she wouldn't be short on experience. But her points… whether it was the consumption from Illusion Dream (Modified) or the power supply for assembling machines, the cost was immense.
Right, her Star Mech was also finished. To her surprise, wearing the mech actually provided a buff that reduced all damage taken by 15%, which was perfect for her. Although Wen Yuncheng didn't know exactly how effective a 15% reduction was, perhaps it meant… if she would have been killed before, wearing the mech would leave her only heavily injured?
Experimenting was out of the question. If she dared to be reckless enough to deliberately test the Star Mech's damage reduction, her Little Ice Mountain would probably turn into a real ice mountain and freeze her to death.
Wen Yuncheng sat in the rest area and began assembling Self-Destruct Dogs. She had to wait for her cooldowns anyway, so she certainly couldn't just sit around idly. The Self-Destruct Dogs could also kill a Star Venerate, but Wen Yuncheng was reluctant to spend the points. Unless her skills were on cooldown or she was just one step away from killing a Star Emperor, Wen Yuncheng was unwilling to waste a Self-Destruct Dog. After all… they were too expensive.
Her point income had dwindled again, and her expenses were exceeding her income. She was the most miserable person in the world.
"We didn't hit her." The Huanling general gritted his teeth. "She got away again."
"It's very difficult to hit her, unless we set up an ambush… but she escaped this time, so she probably won't show up again." After all, that's how it had always been. As long as she was exposed and teleported away, Wen Yuncheng wouldn't risk coming back. This person… her vigilance was driving them mad.
"…At least she won't be appearing in the Chenxing Sea area for a while. Pass the message to the other strongholds and tell them to be on guard."
The Dragon Race and the Huanling general exchanged a few brief words, then suppressed their anger and continued their standoff with the Empire's forces. The Empire's side had shown no intention of rescuing or helping Wen Yuncheng just now, which clearly meant they knew about this plan all along—how detestable.
The Star Emperors didn't react much; they were already used to it. The person they were assigned to protect was Lin Jinyu. This included the Half-Saint, who, while ostensibly in a standoff with the general, was actually focusing all his attention on Lin Jinyu. As for Wen Yuncheng… that little one was already a Star Venerate, and her methods were growing more and more bizarre. The Huanling forces clearly couldn't do anything to her. As long as Wen Yuncheng didn't get reckless and just ran after using her skills, the Huanling side would never be able to kill her in a million years if they didn't have a way to track her.
Seeing the suppressed fury on the faces of the Huanling and Dragon Race members, the Half-Saint squinted, feeling quite pleased. He began to look forward to the scene when Wen Yuncheng appeared again.
The considerate Wen Yuncheng didn't keep the Half-Saint waiting long. She had already set her sights on the Star Venerate dragon that had been next to the one she just killed. This one was also a Star Venerate, and she could take it out in one go. She figured that if she kept this up, the main forces the Dragon Race and Huanling sent out next would probably all be Star Emperor-level combatants. To single-handedly raise the enemy's minimum deployment threshold—the thought made her feel a little proud.
But honestly, the Huanling and Dragon Race truly had a lot of Star Emperors. The number of Star Emperors remaining in Fu could probably be counted on one hand, but Huanling and Dragon Island seemed to have no limit. Was that Huanling plane… really that powerful? It wasn't strange for Dragon Island to have many long-lived dragons who reached the Star Emperor level, but Wen Yuncheng was truly puzzled about the Huanling. Not only did they have many Star Emperors, but they also had many who were just a step away from the Saint level. Was cultivation that easy on that plane?
[Hah, that's why their resources are scarce and the polarization is so severe,] 1947 was able to provide an answer. [If they lose this plane war, the factions and upper echelons on the Huanling side will have to be completely reshuffled.]
"That might be a good thing. What's the point of resources if everyone is dead?" Wen Yuncheng stroked her chin and said. In any case, she was looking at the problem from the perspective of the Starry Sky Continent. In her eyes, the Huanling people were just experience points, invaders. People from another plane came to the Starry Sky Continent to attack them; they deserved to die.
Stretching her body, Wen Yuncheng prepared to claim the dragon head she had just targeted. Once again, she activated the enhanced Illusion Dream (Modified), cloaked herself in stealth, and let the Floating Magnetic Disk carry her into the battle zone in the next instant, heading straight for the Dragon Race Star Venerate in the rear.
That Star Venerate dragon was in a bit of a daze. After all, the companion who had just died was a good friend of its; they often chatted. It had even comforted its companion just before it died, and then, then in the next second, its companion was dead! Slacking off in the rear felt awful now. It desperately wanted to blast the Empire's army with a mouthful of dragon's breath, but the Empire's Half-Saint would probably rip out its dragon sinews at the same time… The Huanling people certainly wouldn't go out of their way to save it, and the Dragon Race's Star Emperors… might not be able to stop him.
Of course, it soon wouldn't have to struggle with this dilemma anymore.
A magnetic pulse came first, forcing it into the air. The familiar, super-sized machine appeared out of thin air again. The G-0 Warlord raised its machine gun and opened fire with a staccato burst, followed by a dense barrage of missiles and laser attacks. Then came the Interceptor Factory and Airstrike Support… Wen Yuncheng even threw a stun grenade and released an Aerial Combat Mech: Gale. Because neither the Dragon Race nor the Huanling had expected her to appear again, by the time they reacted and attacked, Wen Yuncheng had already teleported away.
"Ahhh!!- Wen Yuncheng! Wen! Yun! Cheng!-"
A Star Emperor-level dragon swatted the Aerial Combat Mech: Gale out of the sky with its tail, shattering a few of its scales in the explosion. The pain made it even more furious!
Why only kill the Dragon Race? Why only kill the Dragon Race!
There were so many Huanling troops! And the Huanling generals! You can't even take the dragon corpses with you, so why do you keep killing our Dragon Race! Is it just because only the Dragon Race sent out Star Venerates here? Do you only kill Star Venerates?!
The Dragon Race elder in the Chenxing Sea area was beyond furious. Even if Wen Yuncheng appeared right here, right now, he would absolutely question her with bitter resentment before killing her: Why are you targeting the Dragon Race?!
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