Chapter 85

"Zongzi, it is the body of a 'Silver Shadow Leopard,' a magical body, a general body." The intelligence officer reported immediately, almost shouting in surprise.

"Hmm? Is that so, leave it to the Silver Leaf Group." Guroding was overjoyed but quickly suppressed his desire to claim it for himself.

"Zongzi, this..."

The discovery of a general body is more precious than a king body. In the hands of any noble, using this to win over a Seven-Star Flying General would be a matter of a few words. This is not just an ally; it could be a century-long contract of loyalty like that of Ancient Sixteen. If both sides cooperate well, they might protect each other for life. In the black market, a general body can be exchanged for five Seven-Star cores, which shows its value.

"Leaving it to the Silver Leaf Group is what I promised before. As a noble, one must never break a promise to an ally." Guroding felt a bit reluctant but, thinking of his path to the clan head and the words of Teacher Gubo, he decided to stick to his decision.

"As you command." The advisor saluted, understanding that Zongzi was placing a heavy bet on the Silver Leaf Group.

"Is there anything else in the ancient temple?" Guroding asked again.

"Some strange maps are carved on the walls, and there are secret techniques for Body Arts from level one to six. Mr. Du is studying those maps and seems to want to explore the underground caves. I mentioned earlier that the underground water flow on Baitan Star is abundant, with countless caves, so there's no need to search. But Mr. Du seems very interested and wants to go down and take a look." The advisor was speechless; such a disobedient brat was really hard to handle.

"Leave him alone, you should retreat quickly. Du Nan is likely waiting for the insectoid reinforcements." Gubo suddenly transmitted a message.

Everyone was suddenly enlightened.

Only now did they remember that the Silver Leaf Group liked 'danger' and enjoyed training their strength with blood. If Du Nan stayed behind, he was probably waiting for the next batch of insectoid reinforcements to practice. This kind of dangerous thing, others wouldn't do, but the Silver Leaf Group was the opposite, always acting recklessly. At this moment, Ancient Sixteen also spoke: "I guess Du Nan had this plan from the beginning. He wants to test the combat effectiveness of the inner mecha."

Guroding nodded.

Ordinary people would test 'new weapons' on the magic network or in a safe place, but the Silver Leaf Group... always used the blood and lives of enemies to test.

"Put on the inner mecha, coordinate with the medium mecha for a while, I'll take a look around first."

Sure enough, Du Nan's figure disappeared before the cave, leaving a message.

The members of the Silver Leaf Group had burning battle intent in their eyes. The soldiers who heard the message only thought, "A bunch of lunatics." They followed the orders from the upper levels and quickly evacuated Baitan Star. They didn't know how many insectoid swarms would attack in a few days, but they were sure it wouldn't be less than before. The Reaper Corps and Super Mecha Generals would at least double.

At this moment, no one suspected that Du Nan was being cowardly, hiding in the underground cave to avoid danger.

They only thought that Du Nan was deliberately training the others in the Silver Leaf Group, making them face the insectoid army alone. If the battle went badly, this young man would definitely come back to help first. As for what was in the underground cave: water! Besides this, no one believed there was anything else. If there were treasures, the insectoids wouldn't have missed them.

In the high sky, Guroding's guard was evacuating the battlefield; their mission was complete.

On the ground, the Silver Leaf Group was still slaughtering the last of the small insectoid swarm.

In a certain place in the underground cave, Du Nan stopped in front of a giant door over a hundred meters tall. Faintly, a menacing aura seeped through, making one feel a chill. An ordinary magic energy warrior would probably have been scared stiff, but Du Nan, finding his target, was even more excited. The transcendent existence inside the door still exuded a menacing aura and unquenched killing intent, which suited his heart even more.

Buzz!

Pushing open the giant door, a chill swept over.

Du Nan saw the figure on the huge throne and was momentarily stunned. He didn't expect the giant beast in front of him to be so familiar. It had a tiger-like body and head, with four curved horns and massive wings, and its body was covered in spiky, shining quills. It was bizarre yet exuded a sense of perfect power. Even though it had been dead for billions of years, it still had an indescribable killing aura.

Before the throne in the ancient temple, countless corpses lay piled high, covering the ground. Human strongmen, star beasts, insectoid kings and generals... these corpses, piled like mountains, had long lost their energy, leaving only broken shells. The wind from opening the door caused some of the corpses to crumble into dust.

Du Nan suppressed his shock and slowly walked through the mountain of corpses, the sound of shattering bones under his feet. Suddenly, an inexplicable pressure emerged.

The air became ten times heavier, making it hard to breathe.

The giant beast on the distant throne seemed to open its eyes. An unimaginable pressure instantly suffocated all movement. At this moment, Du Nan felt he couldn't take another step. This was a hundred times more terrifying than the Pure Blue Suffocation, robbing him of all movement.

Step!

Du Nan barely took a step.

At the same moment, a splash of blood flew out.

On Du Nan's right calf, a wound continuously bled, and even the instant healing ability of the divine artifact fragment was ineffective. Du Nan's eyes, enhanced by the divine artifact fragment, gradually became blurry. The corpse of the strange beast on the throne seemed to have a divine aura that forbade any living being from approaching, disturbing its eternal rest.

Another step, and five more streams of blood spurted from Du Nan's body.

There were no blades in the air, no magic energy attacks, yet everything happened naturally. This unnamed heavenly power was warning: those who approach will die without a trace.

Sss!

Du Nan took another step, and more wounds appeared on his body.

Blood splattered, covering the ground.

Roar! A dragon's roar seemed to echo in the ancient temple, and Du Nan unconsciously transformed into an ice dragon to protect himself. However, even with the body of an Ancestral Elemental Dragon, he couldn't escape. Ice shards and fragments rained down, and the ice dragon was disintegrated piece by piece, leaving only bones.

Boom!

Thunder roared, and as Du Nan was about to lose consciousness, another giant, unwilling to submit, appeared.

Striding toward the throne... the light of the giant's lightning splashed behind him. The supreme battle body, which even the sun couldn't burn or destroy, crumbled and scattered like sand. This terrifying scene seemed to say: whether a god or a demon, all are mere dust before the strange beast on the throne.

Rustle!

The giant crumbled, and Du Nan, covered in blood, reappeared.

Trembling uncontrollably a hundred steps before the throne, he couldn't take another step. The pressure, comparable to the weight of the sky, bent his spine. The countless corpses at his feet seemed to laugh, mocking another overconfident fool coming to die.

A thousand-year-old family, never kneeling... a faint thought flashed in Du Nan's mind.

Du Nan's eyes suddenly opened wide.

"I will never let a corpse kill me. Get out of my way, weak scholar. You are just a memory. Now, I, Du Nan, inherit everything!" His roar shook the temple, and countless bones shattered. The 'mocking' faces disappeared, leaving only Du Nan, who continued to move forward, ignoring the blood and flesh flying around him, step by step, until he reached the strange beast on the throne.

The eyes enhanced by the divine artifact fragment saw only darkness, and his feet didn't know if they were walking straight. Du Nan could only move forward in a daze.

At this moment, his injuries had reached their limit.

He couldn't see, hear, or feel anything, only moving forward by willpower. Then, as if merging with the strange beast's body, Du Nan slowly 'disappeared' into the giant corpse, like mud into water.

At this moment, a surge of energy suddenly erupted.

After Du Nan completely 'merged' with the strange beast's corpse, all the corpses in the temple crumbled into dust, transforming into energy and entering the strange beast's body. Slowly, the strange beast's corpse began to revive. The eyes, closed for countless centuries, seemed to open, emitting a terrifying light.

The light shot out, and the entire temple turned into a world of pure white.

After a while.

Everything became quiet. In the temple, on the throne, there were no more corpses. Everything was clean, leaving only snow-white ashes to prove they had existed. In the empty, lifeless hall, Du Nan, covered in blood, stopped and leaned against the base of the throne.

Slowly.

He slowly sat down, like a newly crowned emperor.

On the surface of Baitan Star, the six members of the Silver Leaf Group were fighting a bloody battle. The insectoid reinforcements had arrived, along with four Super Mecha Generals. Without Du Nan, Lu Sheng and Li Wenfu barely managed to handle one. The slightly weaker Reapers also caused the five members of the Silver Leaf Group significant trouble. With inner mechas, they could handle the enemies, but the pressure on the battlefield wasn't the main issue. The Silver Leaf Group was worried because Du Nan hadn't returned in five days.

Without Du Nan, everyone felt like they had lost their main support.

"Get out of my way!"

Ye Binghua sensed something was wrong and immediately burst with strange power, pushing back the Super Mecha General and rushing to an underground cave entrance.

Yin Ling and others, sensing the change, also rushed to support.

A few seconds later, they saw the strangest things in their lives: first, Ye Binghua, who would fly away if a boy came near, was now supporting Du Nan, walking slowly out, not caring that her white clothes were stained with Du Nan's blood. Second, Du Nan, a super monster who could rival anyone in the entire Blue Citizen layer, was now so weak he couldn't even breathe, looking like a sneeze could kill him.

He was so weak, probably even a newborn baby was stronger.

"Yin Ling, would you feel ashamed to run away to save a teammate?" Li Wenfu, seeing Du Nan's condition, suddenly asked.

For a shameless fat guy, he didn't want Yin Ling, a proud person, to say 'run away.' For Du Nan's safety, he didn't want to stay and fight. So, this shameful decision should naturally be made by him. In Li Wenfu's mind, winning or losing didn't matter; as long as friends were safe, it was fine. Whether it was shameful or not didn't matter; as long as no one lost their life, it was fine.

Yin Ling glanced at the dying Du Nan and then glared at the fat guy: "Run, fatso. Do I look like the kind of person who abandons teammates and cares only about face?"

"Like." Li Wenfu nodded seriously and then charged out.

"Fatso." Yin Ling and Li Yinzhu also charged forward, breaking through the combined defense of the four Super Mecha Generals.

Surprisingly, Ye Binghua didn't let go.

She supported Du Nan with one hand and held a sniper rifle with the other. At this critical moment, she seemed to trust no one and only wanted to protect him herself. Lu Sheng, after a moment of shock, immediately reacted, pulling out two hand cannons and firing at the Reapers.

The insectoid swarm grew larger.

Yin Ling and Li Yinzhu's desperate actions made the four Super Mecha Generals very cautious.

They knew the key was the 'injured person,' so they slowly surrounded them, not rushing to attack.

At this moment, the half-unconscious Du Nan raised his hand.

Buzz!

A strange sound echoed, causing a massive sand wave... Du Nan merely flicked a drop of blood, instantly opening a bloody path in front of him.

The blood drop flew past, and hundreds of insectoid soldiers, without even reacting, turned into blood mist. The four Reapers with the hardest shells were also reduced to meat paste. A Super Mecha General, unable to block in time, saw its arm turn into blood mist, a kind of particle-like blood mist that couldn't be restored.

Faced with such power...

"Retreat." Before the Silver Leaf Group could react, a Super Mecha General ordered the insectoid swarm to flee. Unlike the Silver Leaf Group, which was worried about their teammate, the Super Mecha Generals, after carefully observing Du Nan, found that he wasn't weaker and had no internal injuries. The blood and wounds on his body seemed more like a deadly trap. Without understanding the enemy's situation, they made what they believed to be the correct choice after the 'one drop of blood attack': escape!

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