Outside the entrance to the Snow King’s Palace dungeon.
The battle between the three major families was becoming increasingly intense.
In Tianjing, the Tian Family was undoubtedly the top family, boasting eighty thousand elite professionals from the higher world!
Even this year’s new professionals numbered three thousand members.
However, the combined strength of the Radiant Guild and Chen’s Army had already surpassed the Tian Family.
Especially in previous battles, more than half of the Tian Family had lost their chance to revive, leaving only a thousand to participate in this dungeon operation.
Meanwhile, the ambushers from Radiant and Chen’s Army numbered two thousand!
With the advantage of double the numbers, they relentlessly suppressed the Tian Family, preventing them from even approaching the dungeon entrance!
At this moment, Zhang Yue arrived, and for the second time since the national challenge, he saw the Beast Tamer with two rare-grade pets: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Seeing Zhang Yue, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was ecstatic, “Brother, you’re finally here! I’ve been waiting so long!”
Zhang Yue got straight to the point, “Where’s the Heart of the Demon?”
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s answer was unexpected, “It’s with the leader of Chen’s Army, Chen Jun!”
“Chen Jun?” Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Zhang Yue was a bit surprised.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon explained, “Ah… this Chen Jun is not the same as that Chen Jun, they just have the same pronunciation but different characters, two different people!”
“Oh?” Zhang Yue sensed something amiss, “So, you know who this Chen Jun I’m talking about is?”
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon hesitated for a moment, realizing he might have let something slip…
Zhang Yue had already realized: this person was not simple!
He knew the former guild leader of Mist Rain Pavilion, who had opposed Zhang Yue and eventually met a tragic end, the eldest son of the Chen family in Coastal City: Chen Jun!
At this point, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon hurriedly changed the subject, “The Heart of the Demon is with Chen Jun, he’s currently leading an attack on the dungeon! If you go in and kill him, you can get the Heart of the Demon!”
A hint of killing intent flashed in Zhang Yue’s eyes, “Are you playing me?”
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was startled by the powerful aura emanating from Zhang Yue and quickly said, “I wouldn’t dare, I never said I had it myself from the start…”
“What I said was, if you help me with one thing, I’ll give you the Heart of the Demon, right?”
“The favor I need from you is to help me kill Chen Jun! If you kill him, you’ll get the Heart of the Demon yourself, wouldn’t that be more thrilling…”
Without a word, Zhang Yue blasted Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon far away with a “boom” of Heavenly Fire.
“Ouch~ what are you doing!” Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, charred black from the S-rank fireball spell, spat out smoke, “Big brother, why did you hit me!”
Zhang Yue: “Exciting, isn’t it?”
“Trying to use me as a tool?” Zhang Yue had already seen through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s intentions, “Chen’s Army and I have no grievances, why should I kill them?”
As soon as he finished speaking.
A stray arrow fell from the sky, landing right above Zhang Yue’s head!
“Ding~ You’ve been attacked by the professional [Flying and Escaping], losing 3895 Health Points!”
Turning around, he saw a fierce-looking archer from Chen’s Army in gray chainmail pointing at Zhang Yue and cursing, “I just missed one shot, who told you to stand so close! What are you looking at? I’ll gouge your eyes out if you keep staring!”
“That guy is Chen Jun’s second-in-command, Chen Jun’s brother, Chen Fei.”
“He’s just as despicable as his brother, extremely arrogant! He attacks anyone he doesn’t like, even passing dogs get two kicks from him! Oh, of course, I’m not saying you’re a dog!”
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, now sporting an explosive hairstyle, appeared beside Zhang Yue, glanced at the arrow stuck in Zhang Yue’s head, and said, “Big brother, now… do you have a grudge?”
Zhang Yue stared at the archer Flying and Escaping, who was still cursing at him, and said, “Now I do.”
With that, he raised the Void Staff.
The other party sneered, “A nobody tired of living wants to take on me, the vice president of Chen’s Army? I think you don’t want to…”
Roar!
Before Chen Fei could finish speaking, he was pounced on by a Blazing Lion that attacked from the side!
The lion, engulfed in flames, bit Chen Fei wildly, and just as he barely escaped, he was sliced in half by the sharp pincers of a charging Golden-armored Scorpion!
Whoosh!
A white light flashed.
Chen Fei was gone.
Beside him, the Beast Tamer Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, owner of the Blazing Lion and Golden-armored Scorpion, raised an eyebrow, “You dare mess with my big brother? You’ve got some nerve!”
Zhang Yue, who hadn’t even had a chance to act, glanced at Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, who had almost one-shot the vice president of Chen’s Army, and was somewhat surprised by his strength.
But it made sense, after all, anyone who could make it to the national challenge was a top-tier expert in the Dragon Kingdom, one in ten thousand.
It’s just that during the competition, Zhang Yue had almost instantly defeated Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, so he had no impression of his strength…
Zhang Yue said to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, “With your strength, why not kill Chen Jun yourself?”
“Chen’s Army isn’t just Chen Jun, their family is too powerful! I’m all alone, I can’t take them on!” Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon said, “But you’re different, you’re the mighty Xiu Luo God!”
“Fighting them would be like a father disciplining his sons!”
When Zhang Yue first received the anonymous letter from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he thought the other party was some kind of tough character, and when they met, he would surely use the “Xiu Luo identity” to threaten Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue never expected that this guy was actually a jokester, just like Liu Yao!
At this moment, Zhang Yue had no time to banter with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
There were more important matters at hand!
Seeing the Tian Family being oppressed ahead and the open entrance to the Snow King’s Palace dungeon.
Zhang Yue planned to support the Tian Family first, then enter the dungeon.
Who wouldn’t be tempted by an SS-rank reward?
Zhang Yue was no exception.
Just then, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon suddenly said to Zhang Yue, “Big brother, I know you want to help the Tian Family, but hold on!”
“If you don’t go in now, the only SS-rank reward will be snatched by the Radiant and Chen’s Army people!”
“I’ll help you support the Tian Family, you go get the dungeon!”
Was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon really so kind?
Of course, Zhang Yue’s bigger concern was whether he could handle the task: “Can you do it?”
As Zhang Yue hesitated, he suddenly received a Feixin message.
Seeing the message content, Zhang Yue didn’t hesitate and headed straight for the Snow King’s Palace entrance.
Leaving Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon bewildered, “Didn’t you just not trust my strength? Why do you suddenly trust me now?”
The entrance to the Snow King’s Palace was blocked by Radiant and Chen’s Army, making it difficult to approach.
However, this was no problem for Zhang Yue.
Roar—
With a deafening dragon’s roar, a massive Dark Dragon that seemed to cover the sky flew over the crowd and disappeared into the entrance light curtain of the Snow King’s Palace.
The people present from Chen’s Army were all bewildered, “What just went in? A dragon??”
The vice president of Radiant Guild, Radiant Sky, stationed outside the dungeon, was shocked to see the familiar Apocalyptic Black Dragon, “Quickly inform the guild leader, Zero has entered the dungeon! Tell them to be careful!!”
The Tian siblings, Tian Xin’er and Tian Yu, who thought they were doomed, were also incredibly excited.
“It’s Zhang Yue! Zhang Yue is here! It’s really him!!”
“My brother-in-law is here to save us! I’m so moved!!”
A Chen’s Army guild elite retorted angrily, “Moved for what? He’s not here to save you, he’s just here to take the dungeon!”
“Even if the King of Heaven himself came today, you’d all have to die!”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Suddenly, from the outskirts of the crowd, screams erupted, accompanied by dozens of white lights shooting into the sky!
The officials of the Radiant Guild and Chen’s Army were all shocked.
“What’s happening? What’s going on outside?”
Soon, someone reported from outside, “We’re under attack!”
“Who dares to attack Chen’s Army? Are they tired of living?”
“It seems to be… the Temple of Destiny!”
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