From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 414 - 281 Promotion to Master Level_3

Chen Zihang waved his hand in greeting, "I had heard you guys entered the Inner City, but couldn’t get in touch."

After Lu Heng entered the Elf Royal City, he hadn’t come out, so he wasn’t aware that Chen Zihang had also been summoned. Seeing him was somewhat unexpected.

"You’ve been summoned too? Alone?"

Chen Zihang shook his head and answered, "No, the scale of this summons is quite large. We brought a squad, broke out from the Dark Werewolf territory."

Hearing this, Lu Heng took the initiative and said, "Let’s sit down and exchange information."

"Sure, I also wanted to ask how you got into the Inner City. Come with me, I’ll take you to meet the others," Chen Zihang said as he led Lu Heng to a hotel in the Outer City.

After entering the spacious hotel room, they met nine others, all rank-and-file soldiers, and the leader was none other than Zhuo Hongjun.

When their eyes met, Zhuo Hongjun’s gaze revealed a complex expression.

In fact,

he had heard a few days ago that Lu Heng had entered the Inner City, which annoyed him somewhat.

Ever since he met Lu Heng, he always felt overshadowed by him.

He had always been the top of his age group, always the standout, and now he felt utterly dominated by Lu Heng, leading him to harbour no good feelings towards him.

Even the last time when the Dragon Might Mercenary Group was formed and he parachuted in as the deputy leader, he thought he’d be impressive.

But as soon as Lu Heng appeared, he was appointed Honorary Group Leader, essentially stepping on Zhuo’s head.

And it wasn’t just Lu Heng stepping on him; Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu became Honorary Group Leaders too, collectively trampling over him.

He resented Lin Zeyu the most; despite just being a rich young master, he managed to become his immediate superior.

He had to stand at attention and salute when he saw Lin Zeyu, which nearly drove him to the brink of rage. freewebnoveℓ.com

Apart from Zhuo Hongjun, there were three others he recognized among those who had been summoned.

They were members of the team that had previously entered the Liu River Mist Zone, one of whom was a Superpower Soldier who had acquired the Source Material of the Flame Demon "Flame Messenger."

Seeing them, Lu Heng instantly knew their situation.

When a Superpower Soldier of Zhuo Hongjun’s Captain rank was summoned, the Daxia Military would definitely look for soldiers with similar countdowns within the military branches, group them together, and make arrangements.

Looking around the group, Lu Heng asked, "Jian Qing didn’t come in?"

Chen Zihang nodded and answered, "No, Captain Jian wasn’t summoned, just the ten of us. We were teleported to the Dark Werewolf territory and took several days to get out."

These military branch Superpower Soldiers may not be very strong individually, but they would definitely have the most tacit cooperation in group combat.

Moreover, they would undergo specialized training in Superpower User tactics, which might be more than a match for many higher-level Superpower User teams in an encounter battle.

However, seeing Zhuo Hongjun caused Lu Heng to frown slightly.

Because of his past life experiences, he was well aware that the current deputy leader of the Dragon Might Mercenary Group, a renowned gold-plated War God, was the biggest variable in this team.

However, Chen Zihang was here, and aside from him, there were three other Superpower Soldiers who had protected the nuclear power station in the Liu River with him.

Having fought side by side, he would definitely lend them a hand if he could.

So, Lu Heng first sat down and exchanged situation updates with them.

Chen Zihang, curious, asked, "I heard a few days ago that a team had entered the Elf Royal City. After asking around, I guessed it must be you. Tell us, how did you get in?"

Lu Heng didn’t go into detail, simply saying, "We killed a Witch Demon, found the Magic Secret Book of the Great Arcanist Augustus, returned it to him, and got the entry qualification."

Chen Zihang exclaimed, "That’s a pity, we’ve been on bounty hunts these past few days but haven’t come across any significant targets."

Lu Heng continued, "By the way, have you been pursued by mysterious forces these past few days?"

Chen Zihang countered, "You mean the second Main Quest? Strangely, since we arrived here, we’ve heard that other Superpower Users have been pursued by unknown forces, but we haven’t encountered any.

"Moreover, since we arrived, there have been no reports of attacks on other Superpower Users; it’s like this mysterious force just disappeared."

Hearing this, Lu Heng frowned and pondered.

Combining this with the information Xie Shi’en provided earlier, it seemed like some things were becoming clearer.

Xie Shi’en had mentioned that the mysterious assassin pursuing him was after the Life Protection Box he carried.

Chen Zihang also mentioned not having heard of this mysterious assassin lately.

Combining the two pieces of information, it appeared the assassin had discovered the Life Protection Box was with Xie Shi’en and was no longer pursuing other humans.

The target was Xie Shi’en alone.

To be precise, it was the Life Protection Box.

Since Xie Shi’en had been staying in the Elf Royal City these past few days, naturally, the mysterious assassin couldn’t chase him into the city and thus hadn’t appeared.

Concerning the information that Xie Shi’en had the Life Protection Box and that it was the target of the mysterious assassin, Lu Heng couldn’t disclose it.

The fewer people who knew this secret, the better.

Lu Heng then changed the subject, "By the way, did you gain any Bloodline Class from the Dark Werewolves after you escaped their territory?"

Chen Zihang blurted out, "Some of us did..."

He had only started to speak when Zhuo Hongjun interrupted, "Chen Zihang, go check if there are any new bounties."

"Me?" Chen Zihang touched his own nose, looking somewhat surprised.

Because he was not under Zhuo Hongjun’s command; he was a student from the Defense Academy and had only been arranged into Zhuo’s team after being summoned.

Therefore, Zhuo didn’t usually speak to him in a commanding tone.

Clearly, Zhuo asking Chen to check the bounties was a pretext; he actually didn’t want him to continue speaking.

Another Superpower Soldier stood up and said, "I’ll go check instead."

Chen Zihang couldn’t be bothered to get up and continued sitting.

He turned to Lu Heng and asked, "Since you can enter the Elf Royal City, can you take us with you?"

"Well... I could," Lu Heng didn’t finish his sentence because he was still considering whether to take them with him.