Fang Chen slowly awoke at the bottom of the lake. After snorting softly, he felt the familiar thump on his back and couldn't help but feel speechless.
He had just taken a short nap—well, it had actually been an hour—and this woman was still here.
Shaking his back slightly, he finally dislodged the woman clinging to him. Then, as the lake surface rippled violently, Fang Chen slowly stood up. Ignoring the woman who had fallen to the ground nearby, he started walking toward the border.
"Ahhhh~~~!" He yawned and staggered forward groggily.
"Hey! Wait! You still haven't shown me! How can you just leave like that?!" The woman behind him quickly chased after him.
What a troublesome woman. That was the label Fang Chen had given her. He paid her no attention.
Due to the rock covering his entire body, Fang Chen's movements were slower, and each step sent tremors through the ground.
With such commotion, there was no way Yun Ying's forces—or even the enemy's—could miss it.
Under everyone's watchful gaze, Fang Chen approached the gates of the border fortress and politely knocked.
"............." For a brief moment, the entire battlefield fell silent. Fortunately, Yun Ying's side reacted quickly.
Or rather, they were used to it by now. The commander instructed his men to open the gates and let Fang Chen in, while remaining on guard against the enemy troops fifty meters away.
Clearly, with this beast around, the enemy wasn't foolish enough to make a reckless charge.
But this also solidified the fact that Fang Chen was indeed a weapon of Yun Ying's side. There was no denying it now.
Not that it mattered to the Yun Ying Empire. In fact, quite the opposite—there was no denying Fang Chen's value.
At this moment, Fang Chen could be considered a secret weapon. As long as a ninth-tier powerhouse didn't appear, he was the grim reaper of the battlefield.
Even eighth-tier powerhouses couldn't do much to him—his defense was simply too high.
With both high defense and high attack, and despite his reduced movement speed, he still moved at a ninth-tier pace.
His only weakness was his slower attack speed, but the spinning drills on his body made up for that flaw.
So after confirming Fang Chen's presence and that the enemy's fifth-tier or higher experts had all retreated, the opposing army had no choice but to begin withdrawing and dismantling their camp.
They had no other option. Even with superior numbers, the enemy had the disadvantage—the defenders had walls.
Now, the advantage of numbers had also been nullified by Fang Chen, leaving them with no choice but to retreat.
With Fang Chen's return, the woman behind him finally regained her senses.
Though still unwilling to give up, she left and returned to her own forces—after all, she still had her role as the captain of a spy unit to maintain.
"Hmm?" Yun Ying took notice of her, but seeing how completely Fang Chen ignored her, he didn't know what to say.
Fang Chen casually curled up in the new nest he had dug for himself. Now he just needed to wait for the enemy's full retreat and the princess's return to the empire.
Once that happened, his deal would be complete. Then it would be time to leave this world.
Although he had been in this world for two years, Fang Chen had already reached its limits.
If he didn't move on to a more advanced world, there wouldn't be enough experience to gain.
In this world, there was virtually no hope of breaking through. Even if there was, he would only end up as a Dragonkin who could wield power but not evolve. So, Fang Chen had decided—it was time to leave.
Though he'd only been here for two years, and his age was just two, Fang Chen's thirst for power was overwhelming. His desire for change even more so.
"System, are there any documented worlds where Dragonkin are the main race, but don't belong to the Dragon Palace and are considered hostile forces?" Fang Chen asked calmly in his mind.
[Yes. There is a Fallen World dominated by Hell Dragonkin, a world where Dragonkin are domesticated and kept in captivity, a world used to train enemy heroes and their combat experience, and a world of Elder Dragons who disobey the Dragon Emperor, among others.]
"How strong are the Dragonkin in these worlds?" Fang Chen asked, propping his right claw under his chin.
[The Hell Dragonkin primarily wield karmic hellfire and are the natural enemies of criminals from the Causal World. The domesticated ones are purely mounts. Those raised for combat are used solely to train dragon hunters and don't possess any special powers. Only the Elder Dragon World has Dragonkin with somewhat decent strength. However, aside from flaunting their age in front of the Dragon Emperor, they are completely useless.]
Fang Chen's lips twitched as he listened to the system's commentary. Clearly, the system was a die-hard fan of the Dragon Emperor.
"Is there anything special about the Elder Dragons? Aren't they Dragonkin like the Dragon Emperor?" Fang Chen asked, puzzled.
[No. These old fossils simply existed earlier. They possess strength, yes, but have no intention of helping other Dragonkin. When the Dragon Emperor established the Dragon Palace, they offered no assistance. Worse yet, at critical moments, they would use their age as Elder Dragons to hold everyone back. Compared to the Dragon Emperor, who sacrificed everything for the Dragonkin, the Elder Dragons are nothing but a bunch of old relics.]
Feeling the disdain in the system's tone, Fang Chen scratched his chin.
"Speaking of Elder Dragons, I actually recall a certain world..." Fang Chen remembered a world from a particular game.
"Do you know this world?" He projected the image of that game world into his mind.
[.........No records found! Detected as a world from the 'Hero Training Experience' series!]
The system confirmed it. Still, the world was shrouded in mystery—who knew if there were gods there or not?
"Can you locate it?" Fang Chen shaped his mouth with his hand and casually asked the system.
[Are you sure? This world is completely new, and it's uncertain whether any gods exist there.]
"I'm sure. The Dragonkin in that world are a perfect match for my transformation talent. Didn't you notice? Those Dragonkin are upper-tier in every class hierarchy," Fang Chen said, the corners of his mouth curling into a smirk.
Those Dragonkin weren't too strong or too weak—just right for Fang Chen's current state.
They offered ideal room for growth. The highest level in that world was only level five, more than enough to collect Dragon Cards and sustain his development for a long time.
[Alright... Beginning world location procedure. I'll need some time and a cross-world travel application. It'll take about a month. Please wait patiently.]
With that, the system's voice faded as it began applying for permission and pinpointing the world.
Relying on Fang Chen's memory of the dragons' image, the system would soon identify the correct world.
As the system quieted down in his mind, Fang Chen closed his eyes.
But he had no idea just how chaotic things were about to become here.
To the east of the border city lay a village that had been raided by bandits. At the far corner of that village...
There was an inconspicuous dry well. And from within that dry well, a pitch-black claw suddenly thrust upward, grabbing the edge of the well.
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