CHAPTER 609: CHAPTER 609: THE HIDDEN DRAGON EMERGES FROM THE ABYSS

No response.

The next second, the light arrow pierced through his body, and under the powerful impact, his body instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

Yagyu Kenjiro, who was beside him, widened his eyes in horror, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Xiao Zhan as if a thought occurred to him.

Swoosh!

A dark shadow suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Before he could react, a chill spread across his neck.

Following that, he felt the world spinning, and then his consciousness began to sink, finally disappearing completely.

Xiao Zhan coldly looked at his corpse, his face emotionless.

Less than two seconds.

He had taken down two Seventh Graders, all within his plan.

He raised his head and looked outside the villa, his eyes as sharp as sword blades, locking on Koizumi Hideo who was several kilometers away.

"Chase and kill."

Xiao Zhan gave the order.

"Yes!"

Li Teng and others immediately rushed towards Koizumi Hideo’s hiding spot.

Several kilometers away.

Koizumi Hideo, lacking the strong perception of Xiao Zhan, could only stare at the screen. When he saw Xiao Zhan looking towards him, he felt a chilling aura of death through the screen.

Panic stricken and without time to grieve for Koizumi Youtaemon’s death, he immediately fled.

Run!

The faster, the better!

That was his only thought at the moment.

However, he hadn’t escaped far when, the next second, a beam of black light appeared behind him like the speed of light and instantly pierced through his body.

His body exploded on the spot, turning into a pool of blood and flesh without a chance to react.

Xiao Zhan appeared beside this pool of blood and flesh, looked at the large number of people ambushed around, and a cruel cold smile appeared on his lips.

...

Three days later.

Xiao Zhan returned to Hidden Dragon Hall.

Zhan Yuntian seemed to have already known about Xiao Zhan’s exploits and was waiting early there.

After Xiao Zhan entered Hidden Dragon Hall, he looked around and then looked at Zhan Yuntian, "Who finished first?"

"You."

Xiao Zhan nodded.

Zhan Yuntian continued, "However, there’s no criterion of completion based on order."

"Um."

Xiao Zhan nodded again.

He knew this; from the beginning of the mission, there was only one requirement - to survive.

As long as one returned alive, it would be considered passing the assessment.

Then, Zhan Yuntian said, "Nevertheless, being first has its benefits. You can now begin enjoying the resources of the national treasury first, before the others return. You can use any resources in the treasury without any limit, of course, if quantities allow."

"And after they return?"

Xiao Zhan asked.

"After their return, the unused national treasury resources will be divided equally among all. Of course, you can also trade."

"Didn’t you say the resources were only enough to nurture one Eighth Grade Spirit Master?"

"Yes."

"What happens when they all return?"

"Don’t worry about that, among them, two are already not coming back," Zhan Yuntian replied very calmly.

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan felt a touch of surprise inside; he didn’t expect two to have died so quickly.

It made sense, too, thinking about it. Using one’s own strength and family power to overthrow a Federation, if there wasn’t some special capability, how could it be possible?

"Who else is alive?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"Tang Kun."

Xiao Zhan nodded.

Then, Zhan Yuntian took out a key, "Now you can enter the core of Hidden Dragon Hall, Hidden Dragon Emerge from the Abyss. You only have one chance to enter, and once you leave, you cannot enter a second time. Make good use of this opportunity."

Saying this, Zhan Yuntian handed the key to Xiao Zhan then promptly left.

Xiao Zhan received the key, a very simple, plain red pentagram.

He smiled, looked at Ye Youlong, and then gripping the key, he walked towards Hidden Dragon Emerge from the Abyss.

This was the top-tier cultivation room.

In the entire Longxia Federation, only this one existed, not accessible to ordinary people, nor could ordinary people even enter.

It could tailor a cultivation path that best suited one’s body attribute and also assist in training whatever path one chose based on free will.

All resources of the Federation could be transmitted in real-time before you, aiming to fully nurture you into an Eighth Grade Spirit Master.

Once Xiao Zhan entered, the artificial intelligence immediately initiated a scan, and the room, which was initially beautiful, immediately turned pitch black, a death aura enveloping him.

"Detected strong Death Aura, high purity flame energy, high purity spatial attribute, matching corresponding attribute resources for you."

"Detected high muscle strength, appropriate body strengthening resources have been matched for you."

"Detected backlash of Death Attribute on the host, appropriate healing resources have been matched for you."

"Detected host’s lifespan less than three months, unable to advance to Eighth Grade, suggest the host resolve core lifespan issues first. Solution one: Erase Death Attribute, develop other attributes, this method will reduce strength to Third Grade, and future advancement beyond Sixth Grade will be impossible forever."

"Solution two, place oneself in a desperate situation to survive, needs host’s personal comprehension. This method is theoretical, no reference data from real cases, choose cautiously."

Xiao Zhan laughed.

Seeing the latter part, he couldn’t help but feel a bit excited, thinking the artificial intelligence would provide some good method.

But it turned out to be self-comprehension.

Artificial intelligence is still just artificial intelligence.

Xiao Zhan looked at Ye Youlong, "What do you think? Which option seems better?"

However, Xiao Zhan felt somewhat relieved; they could actually erase their Death Attribute directly here and resolve the issue.

But for him and Ye Youlong, who developed based on the Death Attribute and with Death Demon Scythe becoming an Artifact Spirit surpassing SSS grade because of Death Aura,

If the Death Attribute was erased, would it still have the SSS grade quality?

Certainly not.

The artificial intelligence had already given the answer; they could never break past Sixth Grade in their lives.

Being unable to break past Sixth Grade, if it were a peaceful era, it might be fine since nothing is more important than being alive.

But in these times, with only Sixth Grade power, survival definitely would not be possible.

No need to even think about what to choose.

Expectedly, Ye Youlong didn’t hesitate much and directly chose the second method.

To place oneself in a desperate situation to survive.

Although risky, although reluctant, but this was already the consensus they had reached.

Then, both of them began cultivation.

What they didn’t expect was that the auxiliary cultivation fluids here, the worst were Perfect Prediction, which Qin Wanfeng had saved for a lifetime to accumulate.

Here, it was limitless, literally limitless, and moreover, several grades higher than Qin Wanfeng’s Perfect Prediction.

Without hesitation, they started cultivating.