Chương 156: War God — Chapter 156 - The Bite Mark on the Shoulder

Coiling Dragon Mountain, Dragon Head Cliff. Lu Tiesheng had been at Dragon Head Cliff for two full days. He looked up at the sky. Dark and overcast, like it was about to rain. With two key students missing, their Tenth Unit had no way to report back. Two days had passed since the final exam ended. Most students had returned home in orderly fashion. Only their Tenth Unit remained, scouting in shifts, searching for any sliver of a chance to enter the Dragon Calamity Bone Tomb relic.

But a void relic created by a Martial Apex Divine Weapon fragment? How could it be so easy to find?

"Captain Lu, the spatial beacon's been up for 2 days now..." A team member walked over, expression heavy.

"Yeah..."

"We'll wait a bit longer..." Lu Tiesheng stared at the center of Dragon Head Cliff, at a special prism-shaped marker. Spatial beacons were marks that martial artists with space-related talents could establish. Often used in relics with complex spatial mazes or shifting terrain. They served as markers that space-type martial combat gear, or other martial artists with spatial talent, could detect.

They could even be used for spatial teleportation with certain special protective gear or transcendent martial techniques. Though that kind of special gear was relatively rare.

"Still no news?" Captain Qian's voice came from behind. Lu Tiesheng didn't turn around. Just shook his head and sighed. Following Captain Qian up were a group of military martial artists. Clearly they'd been searching for opportunities these past 2 days as well.

"If they can make it out, there's only one possibility..." A military martial artist spoke thoughtfully.

"Based on Chi Jiuyou's information, they'd have to open the coffin and obtain the Thousand Tribulations Dragon Spine fragment inside."

"That's Martial God Yang Tianchan's Martial Apex Divine Weapon. It possesses spatial power."

"More than enough to tear open the relic's space."

"But as Student Chi said, that would inevitably awaken the Cloud Demon Dragon remains inside."

"Even as remains, after so many years, it's absolutely not something a third-realm student and a peak fourth-realm martial artist who fell into the relic unprepared with her primal energy drained could handle."

"And according to Student Chi, when he left, the beast corpses inside the relic showed signs of imminent reanimation."

"Student Wang destroyed the key. Refused to open the relic."

"That courage, willing to sacrifice himself alone to protect the many martial artists of Coiling Dragon Mountain, unafraid of death, commands profound respect... But he can only rest forever in the relic now..." This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. He sighed. As a martial artist of Yunhe City's military border defense, he understood all too clearly how much courage that act required. Open the coffin, take the broken blade, slice open the void and flee.

Even without a beacon outside, teleporting randomly elsewhere, there would still be a sliver of hope for survival! But the martial artists of Coiling Dragon Mountain, perhaps even Yunhe City itself, might have suffered a considerable disaster. Now 2 days had passed. Their military had made thorough preparations. At this point, even if that Student Wang took out the Thousand Tribulations Dragon Spine broken blade now, they could quell and slay the Cloud Demon Dragon remains right here! Yet never mind 2 days.

In that kind of relic, a third-realm martial artist and a fourth-realm martial artist who'd lost her primal energy, facing countless dragon-shaped beast corpses about to reanimate, they simply couldn't survive. How could they possibly hold out for 2 days? Impossible!

"In that case, why not try my method?" A woman's cold, emotionless voice rang out from behind. Everyone stiffened.

"Two days to blow up Coiling Dragon Mountain's earth veins."

"The students have evacuated. As long as Yunhe City activates its defenses, the earthquake damage can be minimized significantly."

"Even if blowing up the earth veins triggers other relic upheavals, as long as we're prepared, casualties won't be heavy."

"Then enter the bone tomb and deal with the Cloud Demon Dragon remains once and for all."

"Otherwise, that relic sits in Coiling Dragon Mountain forever. Can your Beizang military ever sleep soundly?"

"Someday when it erupts on its own, better to just charge in now."

"Back then, Martial God Yang Tianchan killed the Cloud Demon Dragon for you and used his Martial Apex Divine Weapon to suppress the remains for so many years. If you modern martial artists can't even handle a single set of remains, you've wasted all the painstaking effort Yang Tianchan put in." The woman's words were plain and indifferent. Yet like a sharp blade, cold light radiating, chilling everyone who heard.

"I think Student Chen has a point!" Chi Jiuyou, standing beside Captain Qian, suddenly raised his hand in agreement.

"Not just that. There are still many fragments of the Thousand Tribulations Dragon Spine. What if someday someone secretly obtains a key from elsewhere, seizes the chance to enter, and covertly steals the Thousand Tribulations Dragon Spine broken blade... then draws out the Cloud Demon Dragon remains..."

"And those beast corpses. That would inevitably cause disaster!"

"Guard by day, guard by night. Hard to guard against the thief within! Even harder against the thief without!"

"Better to seize this chance and resolve it once and for all!"

"Even if the earth veins rupture and cause some casualties, that absolutely can't compare to the casualties from a beast tide caused by the Cloud Demon Dragon remains flying out with a horde of beast corpses!" Chen Yuting narrowed her eyes and glanced at Chi Jiuyou. Said nothing.

"Moreover, Student Wang and President Yan are such heroic paragons. If they're left to rest forever in that relic... unable to even retrieve their bodies..." Chi Jiuyou's face was grave. Lu Tiesheng and Captain Qian exchanged a look. The Beizang military martial artists behind them all frowned. It wasn't that they hadn't considered this approach. Just that the implications were too great. They had to apply to higher-ups first. A decision couldn't be made in just 2 days.

Watching this group of martial artists hesitate and waver, Chen Yuting stared at the beacon for a moment, said nothing, and turned to leave. However. Just then. The marker in the air trembled violently.

"Eh!"

"Captain Lu!"

"The spatial beacon's fluctuating!"

"What's going on?"

"Spatial fluctuation! Quick, quick!" Lu Tiesheng shouted at his teammate. The teammate stiffened, then waved his palm. A star-mark imprint shone through the center of his palm. The imprint flew out and landed on the beacon, causing the entire space to emit intense fluctuations! The next second, a crack appeared on the beacon. Two figures wreathed in dense baleful aura flew out from the crack. Then landed steadily on Dragon Head Cliff.

One was bare-chested, wearing only a pair of shorts, holding a broken blade, his entire body covered in bloodstains. The other wore a martial robe stained all over, her long hair soaked in blood, cascading down. Everyone looked. The entire scene went silent. Every face bore an expression of utter shock. Lu Tiesheng and the Tenth Unit martial artists all gaped, staring at the two in extreme disbelief. As if completely unable to believe they were still alive and had made it out.

Behind them, Chen Yuting's lips curved upward. Not much shock in her eyes. Only calm. An expression of having expected it all along. Her gaze fell solely on Wang Xian. One glance told her most of the bloodstains weren't his own. He was practically uninjured. Only.

'That bite mark on his shoulder...' As if spotting something, Chen Yuting then looked at the woman gripping Wang Xian's arm, narrowing her eyes slightly. Said nothing. ➤ Next: Why Not Consider It a Little Secret Between Us?