Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The heaven-reaching fire column started to close in an instant and went back into Jiang Chen’s body, as did the dragon and the phoenix.
The cracks on Jiang Chen’s skin also recovered, not a single trace of them left. The radiance around his body vanished, too. His skin could be seen once again.
In the end, all of the disturbances in the valley quieted down.
Jiang Chen’s injuries had recovered. He stood there solidly.
But it was more than that.
Tang Zhengyi and the others perceived the change in him. He was standing close to them, but they felt like they were so far away from him that he was unreachable.
They were conflicted about Jiang Chen’s state.
He had passed through the bottleneck of practitioners. He had become a Martial Venerable, but not an average Martial Venerable.
The extraordinary power was slowly flowing in his Holy Sea. In his body, the force of phoenix and dragon was transcendent.
Jiang Chen wished he could find a Venerable to fight right away.
Suddenly, he heard Whitty’s voice in his head. “Dada, are you all right?”
“Yeah.” Jiang Chen strode over towards Whitty and took the animal, which weighed a couple of tons, into his arms. He buried his head in the latter’s soft fur.
As a giant cat, Whitty didn’t like to be hugged so tightly, but he didn’t stop Jiang Chen. He didn’t move at all. His blue eyes were wide open.
“Whitty, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have left you out here alone,” Jiang Chen said.
Hoot! Whitty let out a sound beyond expression, wagging his tail rapidly.
When Jiang Chen put him down, he licked where Jiang Chen’s face had touched with his red tongue. It wasn’t because he thought Jiang Chen was dirty; it was just animal instinct.
For Whitty, the unique smell of faces was used to claim ownership.
In the past, he had rubbed Jiang Chen’s trousers a lot because he couldn’t bear to part with the latter.
He was licking in order to remember Jiang Chen’s smell.
Jiang Chen squatted, looking at Whitty in a soothing manner. “Everything will be fine.”
He had never thought he would run into Whitty in the Alien Battlefield, since he had no idea how Whitty had arrived there, but such a happy encounter made his heart bloom.
Along with the state breakthrough, he had regained his confidence as the First Young Master of the Sacred Zone.
He looked up, having no idea if what he was looking at was the Three Middle Realms, the Dragon Field, or both.
Tang Zhengyi and the others came up to him. They not only respected Jiang Chen, but admired him.
He had been an average man with an average background in their eyes, but by that point, they thought he was extraordinary.
“Get ready for a big battle,” Jiang Chen said to the people walking toward him. He hadn’t forgotten where he was.
“Yes, sir!”
Although they and the Dragon Rebel Army outside the valley had a huge difference in strength, Tang Zhengyi didn’t hesitate or feel even a little bit scared.
Whitty was almost as intelligence as a human teenager. As soon as he heard there was a battle, he stood up right away and growled.
Pah! Jiang Chen patted his head unhappily. He said sternly, “You, rest.”
Whitty made a mournful sound, then he ran quickly around Jiang Chen to prove that he was fine and a single drop of essence blood wouldn’t affect his strength.
“Eh?”
Jiang Chen was surprised. Whitty’s improvement was beyond his expectation. He couldn’t help but wonder how the latter had recovered.
“There were so many flying insects here. Whitty was really bothered by them, even hated them, so I had to kill all of them.”
“Flying insects? You mean the demons?” The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth twitched.
Unlike how the army handled demons, Whitty acted alone.
“Then I found that killing those flying insects could enhance my strength. And they attacked me first, so I killed and killed.” Whitty was excited, but something suddenly occurred to him, so he asked carefully. “Dada, are you angry with me?”
“No. As you said, they were pests. Just keep killing as many of them as you can,” Jiang Chen said.
“Exactly. They were pests. Especially the ones with horns on their heads. I felt stronger and stronger after killing them, so I kept hunting those big pests, but there aren’t many left nearby.” Jiang Chen knitted his brows tightly. Then he asked, shocked, “Big pests with horns on their heads? Aren’t those celestial demons? You’re already strong enough to kill celestial demons?”
If that was true, Whitty was already as good as a Celestial Venerable!
So that drop of essence blood had been nothing at all. It would only take him a few days to recover.
“That’s right.” Whitty stood up complacently. He said with an astute look, “Can I eat roasted meat as a prize? I haven’t had any for a long time!”
Jiang Chen had roasted too much meat for him when they were traveling through the Realm of Beasts, which had completely spoiled him.
“No problem. The thing is, there’s no meat in this damn place. I’ll feed you meat everyday once we get out of here,” Jiang Chen said.
Whitty was so excited to hear this that he flew. When it came to food, he was like a child.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
All of a sudden, the whole valley shook. A formidable energy exploded from underground.
“Is this the Dragon Rebel Army’s Unique Formation of Thunder? Gosh, they’re so generous!” Tang Zhengyi paled, but he didn’t feel desperate. Looking towards Jiang Chen, he said, “General, please give your order.”
“Don’t worry. How dare they call this a unique formation? I’ll crack it for you.”
Jiang Chen was relaxed. Tactical formations and wards were the last things he was afraid of.
The Flying Dragon Dynasty and the Dragon Rebel Army’s skills in this area were at the level of kids fooling around, so he didn’t them take seriously at all.
As soon as the unique formation was switched on, the power was sucked inward. The valley was experiencing devastating power.
It felt like an earthquake and a volcano eruption had occurred at the same time, strong enough to destroy all creatures.
However, when the valley was on the verge of being demolished, the deafening disturbance suddenly disappeared.
The Dragon Rebel Army felt like they were deaf. They heard nothing.
“What happened?” The Commander of Holy Wind and the other two commanders were confused.
Before they could investigate, Jiang Chen had flown into the air with his men.
“You’re so stupid!” Jiang Chen said in a cold tone.
“A Venerable. He’s really a Venerable,” Murong Long murmured, as pale as a ghost. He perceived the energy Jiang Chen was giving off.
Murong Long didn’t have to see his attack to know they were doomed to fail.
“The beast didn’t kill you,” the Commander of Holy Wind said, shocked.
Jiang Chen sneered. The Dragon Rebel Army and Whitty hadn’t been in a hostile conflict as soon as they met.
On the contrary, Whitty trusted them. He was intelligent enough to tell them he wanted to leave the Alien Battlefield and wanted to know which way to go.
The Dragon Rebel Army took advantage of his trust and tricked him into a tactical formation.
Whitty didn’t notice anything was wrong until the Dragon Rebel Army took an iron chain out.
Maybe in their eyes, Whitty, as an animal, wouldn’t be able to resist an iron chain.
They couldn’t know that Jiang Chen had been telling Whitty again and again that all creatures were equal, and he shouldn’t allow anyone to lock him up.
So, Whitty resisted the iron chain. The Dragon Rebel Army stopped disguising themselves and switched on the tactical formation.
Fortunately, they had underestimated Whitty’s strength, so the latter ran away.
Jiang Chen would definitely seek revenge for the suffering they had caused Whitty.
