Chapter 485 - 362: Examination Insider, Old Friend’s Death!_2
Chapter 485: Chapter 362: Examination Insider, Old Friend’s Death!_2
Below it, there were additional hints.
“This time, the graduation assessment for all senior students at the school focuses on cultivating students’ actual combat abilities. There are a large number of monster beasts within the Black Dragon Abyss, and only by killing the monster beasts along the way can one reach the Black Dragon Pool.”
“Besides the monster beasts, there are also a large number of Fallen Ones within the Black Dragon Abyss; extreme caution is advised.”
“The Black Dragon Abyss, being the transformation of a legendary Black Dragon’s corpse, still harbors powerful Dragon Might as its guardian. It only allows Professionists below LV69 to enter, so candidates need not worry about encountering peril.”
“Furthermore, there are opportunities within the Black Dragon Pool that are tied to the key for advancing to Epic later on. All candidates, please make sure to reach it!”
“Earth Demon Race, monster beasts, Fallen Ones…”
Zheng Cheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly thought of something.
“This assessment seems no different from the previous ones on the surface, but the key lies in the existence of the Black Dragon Pool!”
He then located the current map of the Chasm; the territory of the Blue Star People had greatly shrunk.
The entire map was shaped like a long, narrow eggplant.
At the southernmost point was the Blue Star People’s fortress within the Chasm, the Underground Great Wall.
Yet, the location of the Black Dragon Abyss was situated on the northeastern side of the map, a good distance of more than five hundred kilometers away from the Underground Great Wall.
“The Black Dragon Abyss is so far from the Underground Great Wall, why didn’t the higher-ups give up? That place has no natural defenses, and it’s also on the edge of the territories of the Earth Demon Race, the Black Dwarfs, and the Fear Race. It could be besieged by the three races at any time.”
“If it were up to me, I would definitely set up defenses on Scale Stone Mountain, unless there’s something indispensable in the Black Dragon Abyss.”
“These are only the official materials, Zhou Xinyu!”
He hurriedly opened the materials sent by Zhou Xinyu, and sure enough, he discovered the secrets within.
“The Black Dragon Pool has a chance to grow a heavenly treasure ‘Dragon Saliva Fruit.’ After consuming it, a Professionist’s insight can be enhanced, allowing them to enter a state of sudden enlightenment before LV69, perceive the laws of heaven and earth, and even possibly gain a preliminary control of the Rule Power!”
Looking at the information sent by Zhou Xinyu, Zheng Cheng’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Dragon Saliva Fruit, enhancing the insight of Professionists, entering a state of sudden enlightenment, advancing the perception of the laws of nature!”
“No wonder… such a heavenly treasure is truly precious to Professionists!”
“And it’s also related to my LV69 Realm Breaking Task!”
“It seems that almost all the candidates are going for the Dragon Saliva Fruit.”
Gathering these materials, he closed his eyes to meditate, recalling every detail in his mind.
“The key to this task is how to successfully traverse the Black Dragon Abyss and reach the Black Dragon Pool!”
“No wonder, the school is strongly promoting the Ten Great Hidden Dragons, uniting people around the Ten Great Hidden Dragons to form a team, then entering the Black Dragon Abyss, successfully reaching the Black Dragon Pool, and searching for the Dragon Saliva Fruit.”
“I’m sure the content of other graduation assessments from before are quite similar to the Black Dragon Abyss.”
“Having lost three years of time, other candidates must have already formed their teams, no wonder…”
Zheng Cheng opened his eyes and sent this information to Yao Zhixue.
As time progressed, the entire school became extremely tense and competitive because of the upcoming graduation assessment.
A large number of senior students began to gather and form teams, hoping to gain an advantage in the imminent graduation assessment.
Among this group of seniors, two of the Ten Great Hidden Dragons, Jiang Jingkui and Xiong Pi, were particularly active in recruiting outstanding students from the school, nearly sweeping up all the notable and strong candidates in this cohort.
Strangely, among this group of senior newcomers, a strong individual named ‘Hu Wei’ rose meteorically.
He was originally a seven-star professional Demon-Hunting Ranger, but unexpectedly, he gained an unknown Reincarnation tool and became a Reincarnator.
No one knew his exact race, but his strength had greatly increased, to the extent where he could even arm-wrestle with Jiang Jingkui and Xiong Pi!
He too was scattering Gold Coins generously and even took out several high-level Reincarnation tools and Treasures to attract a large number of candidates to join.
In addition, several other normally low-profile strong individuals also became active in light of the upcoming graduation assessment.
“Brother Cheng, that Hu Wei is inviting you and Yao Zhixue again,”
In the room, a four or five-year-old little boy was holding the letter in his hands, pouting as he spoke.
Cai Ji.
With Zheng Cheng’s assistance and over two months of leveling up, his level successfully reached LV39. Upon transforming into a human form, he was actually a four or five-year-old little boy.
The magic of Reincarnators is truly not to be underestimated.
In the room, there were only the three of them: him, Zheng Cheng, and Yao Zhixue.
“Ignore it.”
Zheng Cheng said, “The situation in the Black Dragon Abyss is very complex. With more people, we might attract the attention of the Earth Demon Race. This time, just the two of us will act.”
Yao Zhixue nodded and said, “I’ll listen to you.”
“But what about Zhou Xinyu and Cui Xiabing…”
In recent days, in addition to Hu Wei, Zhou Xinyu and Cui Xiabing had also been persistently inviting them to join.
Especially Cui Xiabing.
Due to those three years, the team she had built already had other leaders.
Apart from leveling and studying, she spent most of her time in the past few months vying for control of the team with the new leader.
As for the new leader, Zheng Cheng was also quite familiar with him.
Xu Duoyi.
As a seven-star level war sacrificer professionist, her strength had increased rapidly during the three years when Cui Xiabing and the others were absent.
Relying on the auxiliary abilities of a war sacrificer, as well as her striking appearance, she had indeed attracted a group of strong individuals to join her side.
Although Cui Xiabing’s strength hadn’t diminished much at this time, it was still somewhat difficult for her to regain the team leader position after being absent for three years.
Fortunately, with the help of Purple Poppy, she was also able to stand up to Xu Duoyi.
As for Zhou Xinyu, the situation was even more troublesome.
Originally, he was the most valued member of the Zhou family, but because of these three years, the Zhou family believed that he had already fallen and had no choice but to shift their resources to another family member, Zhou Xintong.
Although that family member’s profession level wasn’t as high as Zhou Xinyu’s, he was also an eight-star level professionist, the Wrathful Vajra King.
And due to three years of resource inclination, Zhou Xintong’s overall strength had already far surpassed Zhou Xinyu.
He wanted to fight for his position, but under the family’s oppression, he had to temporarily join Zhou Xintong’s team, becoming his deputy.
Saying he was a deputy, but he was completely a puppet.
Everyone had their own troubles, and Zheng Cheng didn’t bother getting entangled with them.
So for this graduation assessment, he decided to team up with Yao Zhixue and head to the Black Dragon Abyss!
Zheng Cheng suddenly asked, “Has Chen Xiao been contacted?”
Yao Zhixue shook her head and replied, “No, I went to their school’s base in Chang’an City to inquire. Chen Xiao, Qin Zheng, Bai Jingqi, Li Zhen, Li Jiao, Song Chaoyu were not there, and even Zhu Chengyu and Zhao Junwu couldn’t be reached.”
“Later, I asked the local Nightwatcher for more information and finally got a definitive answer.”
“Where are they?”
“They are trapped in the territory of the Earth Demon Race,” Yao Zhixue said. “One and a half years ago, the Earth Demon Race launched a major counterattack, capturing over ten bases on the borders of the Chasm.”
“At that time, Chen Xiao and his group were undergoing trials in one of those bases and eventually went missing. Because of this incident, at least over a hundred students from the Northwestern Military Academy disappeared!”
“Probably, is…”
“Disappeared?”
Cai Ji said in disbelief, “How could that be, Chen Xiao is so lucky, how could…”
“Don’t rush.”
Zheng Cheng patted Cai Ji on the head to stop his nonsense.
“Let me check first.”
With an instruction, Zheng Cheng activated the Central Radar Life Monitoring Technique and wrote down Chen Xiao’s name in the search bar.
Soon, a clear green line appeared in the 3D map in his mind.
However, due to the distance, there was no precise location.
“Chen Xiao is safe. He should still be alive.”
Cai Ji quickly asked, “What about the others? Bai Jingqi, Qin Zheng?”
“And Song Chaoyu,” Yao Zhixue added.
“Right, I also encountered Jiang Muyun in Chang’an City, she’s now the captain of the Chang’an City Nightwatcher team, level LV79!”
“Jiang Muyun?”
Cai Ji blinked with confusion and said, “Who’s that?”
“The daughter of Black Sun.”
“Oh, it’s her. I almost forgot about her if you didn’t mention it.”
While they were talking, Zheng Cheng entered Qin Zheng’s name as well.
Another green light appeared, spreading towards the west.
“Qin Zheng is also safe.”
“Bai Jingqi… is safe too, just a little weak.”
“Li Zhen… no response?”
Zheng Cheng’s gaze shifted slightly, “Did he die?”
“What about Jiaojiao?”
After entering Li Jiao’s name, another green light appeared.
“She… is also safe.”
“What about Chaoyu?”
“She…”
Zheng Cheng typed in Song Chaoyu’s name again, and the light flared brilliantly.
But strangely, this light was crimson red!
“No good! Chaoyu is in trouble!”