CSMCDB - Chapter 201
Chapter 201
Wei Qingyu took a deep breath. All of this… they wanted it. The next second, Wei Qingyu composed her expression and immediately became serious. She sat up straight and looked at Zero, who stood quietly to the side. "This is indeed very important! Zero, go and select five hundred guards."
The quiet and loyal shadow acknowledged the order and disappeared from the room.
Wei Qingyu then looked at Wen Yuncheng again. "So, does the screening have to be finished before tonight?"
"It's not that urgent. After all, there are quite a few," Wen Yuncheng said with a smile, taking out a storage ring and handing it to Wei Qingyu. "They're all in here."
"So few?" Wei Qingyu took the ring, still in disbelief, until she probed it and found a large pile of rings lying quietly inside. Alright, this was more than acceptable. "Don't worry, you don't need to handle the logistics."
Wen Yuncheng smiled. "Of course. Our cooperation has always been extremely pleasant~"
With all the troublesome matters handed over to the First Princess, Wen Yuncheng was satisfied.
"The number of demonic beast warriors randomly teleported was fifty thousand, along with one hundred thousand unintelligent demonic beasts injected with berserker potions." The Phantom Saint looked up at the Huanling general in the communication, who didn't dare to meet his gaze. "And now you're telling me this only caused temporary chaos, and the Starry Sky Empire quickly quelled everything?"
"It was our incompetence, but- but we can no longer contact the demonic beast warriors, and we can't contact the Fu organization either! Ge Huan, he…"
"He's already dead," the Phantom Saint said. "News came from the Ge family. Ge Huan's life tablet has shattered."
"…Wen Yuncheng, the one you mentioned who might become the god of the Starry Sky Continent, is now a first-layer Star Emperor. She… according to reports, on the day she became a Star Emperor, she killed three Emperor-level experts while under siege by four from the Fu organization, including Lord Ge Huan. And there's been no news of the Emperor-level expert who escaped."
"Later, she appeared in Zihua Town and killed six Emperor-level giant dragons by herself, without any assistance. At that time, our generals were tied up by the Empire's Star Emperors and couldn't provide support."
"The Illusion God has already given guidance. Not only did you fail to intercept and kill her with all your might, but you've allowed her to grow to this extent?" The Phantom Saint's expression was calm as he looked at the trembling general, a faint smile on his lips. "Are you not planning to return to the Huanling Continent?"
"No! That's not it! My lord, she- she has spatial power. She disappears whenever she's in danger, and we can't lock onto her at all! Jingwu tried, we tried to locate her, and we even borrowed the Illusion God's power! But we couldn't get a location, my lord!"
The general on the other end tearfully explained, but no matter what he said, it had no effect other than making the Phantom Saint's expression darker and darker.
"If she wants to kill you, she has to get close to you. Even if she has invisibility-" The Phantom Saint stared at the general and said in a deep voice, "If you sense something is wrong, can't you self-destruct?"
"The research institute already has a rough idea for reinforcing the planar passage. Before that, hold back their offensive."
"New Emperor-level and Venerate-level experts will be sent to the Starry Sky Continent to support you. Remember this-"
"Even if you die, you must die on the Starry Sky Continent."
The communication ended.
"Lord Phantom Saint, the peace faction… is instigating the people of Huanling to protest again."
"Ignore them." The Phantom Saint's gaze was grim. "As long as we take the Starry Sky Continent, no matter what the peace faction stirs up, it won't be a problem."
There was no turning back now.
If they failed, if they failed… he would rather die in battle.
Wen Yuncheng, a god? The grand trend of the plane, the will of the plane… The Phantom Saint gritted his teeth, unwilling to accept it. A god who has not yet ascended—what was there to fear?
The Dragon King looked expressionlessly at the Huanling general below, who was trying hard to persuade him to send more Emperor-level dragons to their deaths. He wondered if all these humans were so self-righteous, thinking the Dragon Race was stupid.
"In the battle of Zihua Town, all six Emperor-level members of the Dragon Race fell. Not a single one survived." The Dragon King was in his human form at this moment, sitting on a golden, carved dragon throne with a rather lazy posture. But anyone could feel the fury hidden beneath his casual words.
"It- it was that Wen Yuncheng… she only kills the Dragon Race…"
"Oh? Only kills the Dragon Race, you say~" The Dragon King calmly repeated, making no comment.
"Lord Phantom Saint of our Huanling Continent will soon be able to descend upon the Starry Sky Continent, Dragon King… this cooperation can still continue." The Huanling general was not intimidated, but spoke bluntly, "The Huanling Continent will also continue to send more Emperor-level and Venerate-level experts, and our army will also be replenished. Our sincerity is absolute—in this war, we have paid more and lost more, and we came with the determination to win."
"But if we lose, for me, it's just a matter of dying on the Starry Sky Continent. Our Huanling Continent can still continue to develop, but your Dragon Race—after this war, how much trust will the Empire have in you? How much intention to cooperate?"
"Tch, the Empire, ha." The Dragon King sneered. "You think the Dragon Race has never fought the Empire before?" Their cooperative relationship was merely a "peaceful" one that developed because neither side could easily deal with the other. Both Dragon Island and the Empire were well aware of this.
"The situation is different now," the Huanling general reminded him expressionlessly. "The future god of the Starry Sky Continent, Wen Yuncheng, is on the Empire's side."
The Dragon King fell silent.
Moreover, judging by her dragon-slaying actions, the Dragon King couldn't understand why this human, whom the Illusion God had clearly identified as the "future god of the Starry Sky Continent," held such hatred for their Dragon Race.
"This king will dispatch elite Dragon Race warriors to participate in the battle. Dragon Island and Huanling are still in an alliance."
"Thank you, Dragon King."
Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu weren't taking risks. As soon as night fell, they would teleport to Dragon Island to scout the terrain and draw maps. If they found a cave, they would sneak in to have a look. If there was a dragon inside, they'd slay it and take its treasure. If there was no dragon, they'd just take the treasure. If there was no treasure, they'd just have a look.
During this period of map exploration, Wen Yuncheng didn't see any young dragons. She guessed that all the dragons that left the central area—the gathering place of the Dragon Race—were adults, and at least Star King level. Because in the outer areas, she had never killed a dragon below the Star King rank.
"Shh, I hear snoring." Wen Yuncheng looked towards a certain cave. "There must be another dragon in there. I hope it's an Emperor-level one." She had never killed an Emperor-level dragon in the outer areas, and she didn't know why. Did all the Emperor-level dragons have to guard the central area? The ones appearing in the outer areas of Dragon Island were all Star Kings and Star Venerates. Killing one of each per night was only 20,000 experience points, and it was easy to get exposed.
Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu crept to the cave entrance. Lin Jinyu began to set up an array, covering the entire cave. Then Wen Yuncheng used the Stealth Assassin skill, watching the stealthed assassination machine walk into the cave.
Waiting, waiting.
Along with an explosion, the system mission also popped up:
[Mission: Dragon Slaying]
[Ding! Killed a Star Venerate-level dragon, gained 15,000 experience!]
"A Venerate-level again," Wen Yuncheng complained. "Let's go, let's go take a look."
Lin Jinyu nodded, canceled and dispersed the array, and then entered the cave with Wen Yuncheng.
This was the hunting method they had figured out. Since there was usually only one dragon in the caves in the outer areas, the assassin could handle everything, but the final explosion could easily expose them. Of course, all it took was for Lin Jinyu to set up a sound-insulating array to solve everything.
Entering the cave and seeing this dragon's collection, Wen Yuncheng was speechless. Star Stones were piled up into a small mountain, looking very beautiful. But… while it looked like a lot, the actual value when converted to the numbers on a Star Stone card probably wasn't that great.
Wen Yuncheng collected the dragon's corpse. Although she was disappointed with this dragon's collection, she was never at a loss.
Half a month passed, and the map of the outer areas of Dragon Island was more or less scouted out, except for the details: for example, they hadn't visited every single cave that some dragons had dug outside. Wen Yuncheng looked at the simple, hand-drawn map of Dragon Island and couldn't help but sigh, "The central area is quite large. Or rather… the Star Saint is in the center, and the range he can sense is really large."
"Dragon Island has a secret realm. The central area is a dragon vein region. Although it's called a dragon vein, it's essentially a convergence of Star crystals." From this, it was clear that the concentration of Star Power in the center of Dragon Island was even higher than in a typical large secret realm.
The two didn't stay on Dragon Island for long. After collecting the Star Stones, they shuttled back to the Imperial Capital. This rough hand-drawn map could be given to the Empire, and then… they could try to venture deeper into the center of Dragon Island to kill dragons.
It would be even better if they could find Huanling's base on Dragon Island and the planar passage. After all… as long as they were killing dragons in the central area, once a battle started, the chance of exposure was as high as ninety percent. Even if the Dragon King couldn't catch them right away, he would strengthen his guard. Besides, half a month had passed, and a number of dragons had gone missing one after another. The Dragon King should already be suspicious, right?
"Tomorrow, I'll make you a bowl of longevity noodles." It was already late at night when they returned to their residence. After a simple bath, they were ready to rest. Half a month of continuous nighttime operations had left them both very tired.
"Okay, but you don't have to get up early. I think I can sleep until noon…" Wen Yuncheng shook out a clean towel and walked behind Lin Jinyu to dry her hair. "It's just a birthday. Having you by my side is enough."
"Is that so?" Lin Jinyu let Wen Yuncheng dry her hair, raising a hand to take out a small sword ornament from her storage ring. It was carved from wood, very small, only half the size of a palm. The blade was polished very smooth, and both the body and the hilt were carved with exquisite patterns. "I didn't know what to give you. After thinking about it, I could only carve a small trinket."
"Huh? You're with me every day, where did you find the time?" Wen Yuncheng was pleasantly surprised. She reached out and took the small wooden sword. "Oh my, if you give me this, I won't know what to give you for your birthday."
"You don't have to give me anything. Having you by my side is enough." Lin Jinyu returned Wen Yuncheng's words. Seeing Wen Yuncheng looking at the small sword so intently, the tips of her ears turned red and she raised her hand as if to take it back, but Wen Yuncheng pulled her hand back and clutched it. "You… just keep it. I haven't really learned how, so it's not carved well."
"Nonsense, it's clearly very exquisite. I like it a lot." Wen Yuncheng put the small wooden sword away, then suddenly pounced, pinning Lin Jinyu down on the bed and nuzzling in the Little Ice Mountain's embrace. "You're so good."
"…" After Wen Yuncheng had nuzzled for a while, Lin Jinyu patted her back. "Get up. Dry your hair before you sleep."
"Mmm, but I'm already a Star Emperor, so even if my hair isn't dry…" Wen Yuncheng's whining words came to an abrupt halt when she looked up and met Lin Jinyu's eyes. She quickly changed her tune, "Alright, I'll dry it before sleeping. But I'll dry yours first."
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