The underground world was boundlessly vast. The miraculous soil and special environment nurtured many resources that were not found on the surface or extremely rare.
In the Martial Epoch, resources came first and talent second.
With sufficient resources, one did not have to worry about not attracting demonic geniuses. Even if Xiao Chen ran out of resources, he would not be able to do anything.
The Primeval Heavenly Pills of the Heaven Dragon Palace had helped Xiao Chen a lot, benefiting him greatly. In a mere two months, he had advanced to peak Consummation middle-stage Star Venerate.
Without sufficient Primeval Heavenly Pills, this would be impossible.
One could easily imagine that there would be competition for places with scarce resources.
The resources in the underground world were countless. Netherworld Frost Iron, Obsidian Stone, Heptagold Metal, Ink Silver, Ghost Cloud Steel, Dark Crystal Stone, Underworld Heart Jade, and many more.
The more dangerous a place was, the more scarce the resources would be. This was the law of the Great Thousand Realms.
With so many resources, as long as the four dynasties and eight empires had the ability, they would definitely not let them go. Even the ten Holy Lands of the Righteous Dao and the ten great Demonic Dao sects of the Demonic Dao — these aloof existences — would carve out their own territories.
Furthermore, every layer of the Abyssal Underworld was extremely vast. Most of the time, even the Underworld Monarchs could not control all the resource points.
This gave the other factions a good opportunity. The factions in the Abyssal Underworld divided up and occupied resource points.
The Divine Dragon Empire was one of the top factions in the entire Central Great Realm. Naturally, they could not miss out on this opportunity.
The mission that Xiao Chen accepted was to help the Dragon's Gate take back a lost resource point.
After using the mission card to send a message, Xiao Chen quickly received a reply from the other party.
The mission card contained not only the other party's location but also the corresponding map.
After injecting a strand of Spiritual Sense into the mission card, a three-dimensional map quickly appeared in Xiao Chen's mind.
"Flame Dragon City?"
This city was the main camp of the Dragon's Gate. A complete legion, the Flame Dragon Legion, was stationed there.
Right now, Xiao Chen's destination was to rush to this Flame Dragon City and wait for the other party's instructions on how to take back the lost resource point.
"Whoosh!"
Xiao Chen leaped into the air and jumped off the Demon Blood Vulture's back. Then, he glided over the mountain peaks and gently landed on the ground.
As far as the eye could see, the wilderness was boundless. It was dark and suffused with an oppressive aura.
Who knew what dangers were lurking in the seemingly peaceful front?
Caution flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes as he executed the Thunder Dragon Incantation. He stood on a lightning dragon and soared into the sky.
Who knew what kind of danger he would encounter if he flew in the sky rashly?
It was better to be careful in an unknown place.
The Abyss Underworld was dark.
However, compared to the surface of the underground, there wasn't much difference. It was just that the vegetation was taller and the soil was black.
An ordinary weed could be hundreds of meters tall. Fortunately, it was not dense and was sparsely dotted on the ground.
Otherwise, his speed would be much slower.
Whoosh!
A ghost beast unique to the underground world pounced towards Xiao Chen. It was a ghost beast that looked like a black tiger.
His body had the most obvious characteristics of ghost beasts — lifeless and lifeless.
Ghost Beasts were actually the souls of dead Ferocious Beasts that dissipated into the underground world. Through the underground world, the special environment, as well as the dark energy and negative emotions, they were resurrected and turned into mutated beasts.
Strictly speaking, these Ferocious Beasts were already dead.
However, ghost beasts could cultivate as well. It was common for strong ghost beasts to instantly kill Primes.
Xiao Chen was in a rush, so he attacked decisively, not holding back in any of his moves.
Two Dao disks appeared behind him, ready to deal with the strong ghost beasts that could appear at any time.
As Xiao Chen rushed over, a huge sense of danger appeared in his mind.
Suddenly, a white figure appeared in the darkness in front. The white figure bared its terrifying fangs and bit at Xiao Chen's head.
"Whoosh!"
Without even thinking, Xiao Chen instinctively retreated and dodged. Then, he turned into a bolt of lightning and turned around to counterattack.
A miserable shriek rang out. A Ghost Wolf with white fur opened its scarlet eyes and glared at Xiao Chen.
"Deep Abyss Demonic Wolf!"
Xiao Chen recognized the origins of this ghostly beast. He thought to himself, Its speed is extraordinarily fast.
Its movements are erratic, nearly injuring me.
Die!
Without giving the Ghost Wolf a chance to turn around, Xiao Chen decisively punched, and the two Dao disks behind him gave off a resplendent light.
Saber light and lightning flickered in the fist light. The Deep Abyss Demonic Wolf exploded with one punch.
The Deep Abyss Demonic Wolf turned into scattered black energy that spread into the sky. Its next resurrection would take a long time.
The black light scattered, and a white Beast Beast's Beast Core appeared on the ground. It looked exceptionally resplendent like a crystal.
The Beast Core of a ghost beast was also known as the Demonic Soul Pill. If one directly refined it, one could quickly recover Soul Energy.
Of course, one needed to remove some impurities first. If one did not, one could only absorb a small amount.
As Xiao Chen fought intensely, the ghost beasts he encountered grew increasingly stronger.
However, he did not spend too much time. He dealt with them in one exchange. If he could not, he would make a detour.
Four hours later, the silhouette of a city appeared before Xiao Chen.
This was Flame Dragon City.
The city was not very large, but it was heavily guarded. There were many camps around, heavily guarded.
Xiao Chen could also see Dragon Race cultivators patrolling the surroundings.
Whoosh! "
Just as Xiao Chen was observing, two Dragon Race cultivators wearing battle robes suddenly appeared and looked at Xiao Chen cautiously.
When these two Dragon Race cultivators discovered Xiao Chen's Dragon Race aura, their expressions eased up slightly.
Xiao Chen had just said that the city was heavily guarded, and he was immediately discovered. Indeed, it was extraordinarily strict.
"Recently, Flame Dragon City has been heavily guarded. It is not open to the Dragon's Gate's outer palace disciples. If you are here to stay, you will be disappointed," the person on the left said directly as he looked at Xiao Chen.
Naturally, Flame Dragon City provided many conveniences to the Dragon's Gate's outer palace disciples.
As the Dragon's Gate's headquarters in the underground world, it naturally provided many conveniences to the Dragon's Gate's disciples.
Many Dragon Race cultivators came to the underground world to adventure. Many of them would use Flame Dragon City as a resting place.
Xiao Chen took out his mission token and identity token. Then, he said, "I am Xiao Chen, a core disciple of the Heaven Dragon Palace. I am here on a mission from the Dragon's Gate."
The two guards had a strange look on their faces after inspecting it.
However, they still returned the mission token and core disciple identity token to Xiao Chen. Then, they respectfully led him into the city.
"Come with me. The general has been waiting for a long time already. Of the seven outer palaces, you are the only one missing."
After following the two through many checkpoints, Xiao Chen successfully entered the city. Then, he was led to a tower with the Dragon Race's characteristics.
At the top floor of the tower, Xiao Chen reported honestly. After verifying his identity, he was invited in.
When Xiao Chen pushed the door open and entered, the average-sized room was already filled with people.
Aside from the Flame Dragon Legion's upper echelon, there were also the other outer palace core disciples who had accepted the mission.
Xiao Chen was somewhat surprised to see Murong Yan among the core disciples.
Like Xiao Chen, Murong Yan had also accepted the mission.
"Xiao Chen? The Heaven Dragon Palace has a total of three heaven-class core disciples. I recall that they are Yi Xin, Li Luo, and Jue Yun. There doesn't seem to be a disciple called Xiao Chen among them. "
A middle-aged cultivator wearing Battle Armor with a clearly stronger aura than everyone else in the room spoke indifferently as he looked at Xiao Chen.
If Xiao Chen guessed right, this person was the Flame Dragon Legion's leader, General Feng.
Xiao Chen said calmly, "General, the mission does not seem to state that only heaven-class core disciples can accept this mission."
"However, the mission specifically states the difficulty. This is not an ordinary Rank 1 mission. Furthermore, it explains the mission's importance in detail. I was the one who asked the Dragon's Gate to issue this mission. I am very clear on what kind of person I am looking for. "
General Feng frowned slightly. Clearly, he was not satisfied with Xiao Chen. He was even more dissatisfied with the administrator of the Heaven Dragon Palace's Mission Hall.
This was simply messing around. It was fine for the other outer palaces to send ordinary core disciples. After all, they all had Divine Dragon bloodlines.
However, the Heaven Dragon Palace actually did not send a heaven-class core disciple to accept this mission.
"General, I can verify that although Xiao Chen has a mixed-blood dragon bloodline, he is definitely not weak."
Unexpectedly, Murong Yan, who initially looked down on Xiao Chen, took the initiative to speak up for Xiao Chen at this moment.
General Feng felt slightly surprised. After some thought, he said, "Since Murong Yan has confirmed it, then I will not question your qualifications to accept this mission. Sit down. I have always dealt with matters and not people. Please don't mind my earlier attitude. "
Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Many thanks."
Xiao Chen also felt somewhat depressed in his heart. The Divine Dragon bloodline was indeed good.
Murong Yan's words prevented General Feng from questioning him, saving him a lot of trouble.
However, the other outer palaces' core disciples did not think much of Xiao Chen as they looked at him. After a glance, they no longer paid him any attention.
There's no need to thank me. I was just speaking the truth.
Murong Yan's proud words appeared in Xiao Chen's mind.
When Xiao Chen heard that, he felt stunned. He did not seem to have any intention of thanking the other party, as what Murong Yan said was the truth.
However, since Murong Yan sent a voice projection to him, Xiao Chen still replied, Many thanks.
"Humph!"
Murong Yan appeared proud as he snorted coldly, showing an expression that said, "At least you are tactful."
Xiao Chen knew the other party's temper. He smiled faintly and ignored him.
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