High Above

Looking out from the hilly area in the center of Avakland, you can see the dark western mountains, where the cloud shadows and sky light intersect, and the moon disappears here, which heralds the arrival of dawn, but this is also the official rise of the sun The darkest moment in the world before yesterday.

  The Avak central laboratory surrounded by forests could not see even a ray of light.

  But at the moment Ian and Adalbert stepped out of the subspace maze, strands of ghostly blue spiritual fire spread from their bodies.

  That is exactly a manifestation of adaptation to the real world by the many souls that constitute the "dead king".

  In just a few seconds, the pale complexions of the Knight of the Valley and Adalbert began to turn rosy, becoming more like living people, and the scarlet eyes also faded one by one, revealing their original colors.

The Knight of the Valley has black hair and black eyes, and Yadbert's hair has faded to gray and gray because he has endured the power of the dead king for a longer time, but his eyes are an extremely beautiful light gold, and you can even see the color in his pupils. A clear line.

The power of the dead soul has been restrained, and it cannot be maintained constantly like the Void Realm or the Subspace Labyrinth. On weekdays, the Lord of the Dead is even needed to help absorb the spiritual quality... But this is normal. After all, the soul of the dead is not a tool for the power of the King of the Dead, but its people in need of refuge.

  Ian could sense that the silver chip on his forehead condensed to form a diamond-shaped structure at the bottom of the skin—just like the pattern on the top of Adalbert's head, where the dead souls usually lodge.

   "The lab stuff is over...but our stuff isn't over."

Turning his head, Ian said seriously to the still dazed Adbert: "The maze of the subspace collapsed, and those powerhouses of the fourth energy level may not be able to rush over at the first time. Grand Duke Sorin will probably stop it, but We didn't really have much time to waste."

   "Let's go, come with me to Azure City, and join the Huaiguang Rescue Team... Remember, your current identity is 'Volunteer of Huaiguang Church', a mountain dweller from Nanling."

  Although Adbert put on a stupid face purely now, Ian wasn't worried that he couldn't understand what he said.

  It is not difficult to pretend to be an identity, and Hui Jian and the others are helping, so there is no need to worry about this.

  Looking around, Ian took Adbert and galloped towards Azure City.

   Along the way, there were no phantoms and no magical beasts, and the two walked very smoothly.

   While on the road, Ian gradually shed all his disguises.

  First of all, the earth element and frost on the air-wrapping armor, the outer armor like a steel rock fell off piece by piece, exposing the damaged carapace at the bottom.

   Then came the hair color and face... At the beginning, Adalbert was still thinking, 'Did the aftermath of the death of the Knight of the Valley appear? But he is not as long as he has the power of the dead king, so how could his hair suddenly become so white? '.

   But soon, he opened his eyes wide in shock, and looked at the white-haired boy who had become another person, even more beautiful!

  The young man with white hair and blue eyes turned his head sideways, glanced at him and then smiled slightly. The clear and gentle eyes were completely different from the deep black eyes of the Glen Knight before, with an indescribable sense of affinity.

  Adbert's mind went blank for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.

【This? ! 】

  Adelbert put forward a difficult guess: [Could it be that this is one of your hidden identities...]

   "It's reversed."

Ian shook his head indifferently, raised his eyes slightly, and turned his attention to the battlefield above - the thunder and flashes were still going on, obviously Mikael was still entangled with Tianhong King, but it was Mikael Er has the upper hand, the brilliance of the second sun has almost completely penetrated the rain cloud, and completely wiped out the light body of the rain snake dragon heart.

   "This is my true identity. There are no more than one person who knows this identity, and you are one of them."

Turning his head, Ian looked at Adalbert, who had a serious expression on his face and wanted to swear that he would definitely keep it a secret from Ian. He chuckled and said, "Don't worry too much, and don't be nervous, no one will come over Asking you the question 'Is Ian Hilliard's student', they don't even think about it."

   "You and I just get along better in the Huaiguang Rescue Team, that's all."

Adbert nodded in a daze. He really didn't expect such a thing... The Knight of the Valley who fought side by side with him, defeated Viscount Avak, and chatted happily with Duke Thorin, was actually such a beholder He looks very young, probably not yet an adult or just a young boy from Bai Zhimin...

  Thinking of this, he suddenly noticed a more terrifying problem.

  【I...en? How old are you? 】

   "Sixteen, just had my birthday."

  Ian, who noticed the perfect 'stunned' look on the other side's face, comforted him: "Don't worry, I'm an adult, and I'm qualified to wear armor and act alone, so I won't be suspicious."

   "And I have the official establishment of the empire. I will give you my contact information later. If you have time, ask someone in Huaiguang for help. Contact me."

  —Is this a matter of being an adult or not? !

  Adbert's pupils trembled. What he wanted to ask was not this at all—what he really wanted to ask was Ian's strength!

  Ian's strength had the second level of high-level or even peak combat effectiveness before the power of the dead king, so he could immediately have the strength of the third level after a short time after obtaining the power of the dead king.

  And he was extremely talented, and soon after he got the power of the third energy level, he had the embryonic form of the heart light body, and with the power of the heart light body, he crushed Viscount Avak who also summoned the heart light body at that time.

   In addition, his combat skills are also very powerful, enough to compare with the great knights of the major knight orders.

   This is a talented sublimator with all-round growth and almost no dead ends—he is even a researcher in related fields, which proves that Ian is probably not inferior in the academic field.

This is also the reason why Yadbert felt unbelievable before. Apart from the fact that Ian, as a disciple of Hilliard, was actually in the research room of the Imperial Capital, he was really shocked by Ian's current strength. The technical strength of independent research institutes?

   It’s not that Adalbert is boasting. Over the years, he has only seen himself alone, because of the appreciation of Grand Duke Thorin for such treatment!

  So since then, Adalbert has been very interested in the real identity of the Knight of the Valley. The real identity of the other party is definitely a celebrity with a certain reputation in the imperial capital. Maybe it is a senior who has already achieved fame in the industry?

  But he never thought that Ian was only sixteen.

   Sixteen!

genius? I am considered a fart genius, this is it!

  Sixteen-year-old at the peak of the second energy level, with the power of the dead king, he can even condense a heart light body... This is almost catching up with the fastest record held by the great master Friedrich back then!

   And Da Zong Jiang has an entire knowledge base to pave the way for him, but what about the other party? Although the teacher is also a legend of the generation, but in essence he is the disciple of the wanted criminal of the empire...

   Could it be that I am witnessing the growth of a true legend? Thinking of this, Adbert felt relieved.

  Yeah... There is no doubt that even if Ian is not Hilliard's disciple and has no other identity, just all his deeds in the Avak laboratory are enough to be called legends.

  Because it's Ian, everything is taken for granted.

  Ian didn’t know about the endless thoughts in Adalbert’s mind. If he knew, he would definitely retort, ‘It’s not an independent laboratory, but a laboratory building’. This is much more important than any other mess.

   Soon, the two had arrived in Azure City, and Ian also saw the logo of the Huaiguang Rescue Society.

   Today’s Azure City has been bombarded by the aftermath of the battle between the two powerhouses of the fourth energy level. Even the random thunder and light beams can easily burn the buildings into darkness and melt the streets into hot lava.

The dark sky in the distance is slightly illuminated. Although the thick dark clouds at the other end of the sky are approaching, it can no longer prevent the morning sun from shining on the ground. The golden-red light shines on the street, and it also makes a concentric circle flag at the highest point shine. .

"right here."

  Ian led Adbert, who was still in a state of shock, to a relatively intact building under the flag. Here, he saw several members of the Huaiguang Rescue Team guarding the gate.

The team members also saw Ian and Adalbert. They were surprised by Ian's age and appearance for a while, and then they came to their senses and asked what their identities were and whether they needed help. .

  Ian had known them a long time ago as the Knights of the Glen Valley, and he also knew their personalities, so he greeted them very gently and humbly, and secretly praised the courage of the Huaiguang Rescue Team.

These words really warmed the hearts of a demi-human knight and a human archer guarding the gate—most people who will join the rescue team don’t seek profit or fame, but what they like most is the gratitude and praise from others. respect.

   Knowing that Ian knew Hui Jian and was coming this time to meet an old friend, the knight and the archer looked at each other, then nodded, and took out a crystal screen from their arms: "Then I will contact Captain Hui Jian for you..."

  Another complained in a low voice: "Why does it feel like everyone knows Captain Huijian? His circle of friends is too wide, right?"

  Adbert didn't dare to say much, so he could only stand behind Ian, looking very shy.

   Actually shy.

"Who is this…"

  When Hui Jian walked out of the temporary stronghold of the rescue team and saw Ian, he knew it in his heart.

  But when he turned his head and looked at Adalbert, who was afraid to speak, his expression was a little confused: "Is it a survivor? It seems to be stimulated..."

   "No, it's because the second prince fought with King Tianhong, and those who separated from the team are the same as me."

  Ian replied solemnly on the surface, but actually communicated with Hui Jian: [It is inconvenient to say the identity. In short, if possible, send it out as a member of your rescue team... If it is troublesome, tell me the situation, and I will think of a way]

  【Our rescue team has a strict number, and we need to count the number of people when entering and leaving. This is negotiated with the empire, and it is a bit difficult to take them out】

There was a blue light in Hui Jian's eyes, and the two members of the rescue team who were guarding the gate couldn't help but see it. Clerics can't lie, but because of this, their right to silence is very important, so that others cannot hear some confidential information It is a kind of protection, they have long been used to it.

   After thinking for a while, Hui Jian gave a solution: [Ian, don’t you have something to do with the Dragon Blessing Sect? When we left the labyrinth of subspace before, we encountered the team of the Dragon Worshipers. They made a way out all the way and wanted to break in, but I persuaded them to come down]

  【Huh】Ian was taken aback for a moment, and he wondered: 【How did you persuade them to come down? Oh, I forgot, I gave Xiou's dragon soul to you...]

[No, I didn’t let Xiou meet them] Huijian shook his head: [I just told them that I have regained part of the soul including the dragon soul, but it still takes time to help him regain consciousness. After the other party wakes up, the dragon The soul will decide who to follow]

   This is obviously the truth, and it is indeed in line with the absolute neutral position of the Huaiguang Church.

  Hui Jian continued: [After all, I can't prove their identities, and they can't prove themselves, so they left... They are still waiting for news nearby, if you need, I can call them here now]

  【Bailongjiao is so easy to talk? 】Ian felt a little unbelievable, but Hui Jian smiled: 【Elder Man Ya and I are old friends...】

   Needless to say, the following words are enough to explain everything.

  [You really have a lot of friends] Shaking his head, Ian said with emotion: 【Are priests so popular? 】

As for Hui Jian's suggestion, he thought about it, nodded and said: [That's it, although it's a bit risky, but it shouldn't be a big problem—this young guy will be handed over to you, let him go with the Dragon Worship team 】

[Because we have never been enemies, and we will never stab anyone in the back] Hui Jian replied solemnly: [No problem, but I think that this time, the Dragon Worship Sect will not leave in peace... the king of the mountain The child is kidnapped, the scene will definitely be huge]

  【Isn't that good? Ah - maybe don't need to think so much. 】

  Ian raised his head, and he whispered in reality: "It's dawn, it's about to end."

   It is indeed coming to an end.

With the rising sun in the morning, the second sun in the sky completely suppressed the Nimbus Snake God—the battle between the powerhouses of the fourth energy level finally came to a conclusion, and the will of the second prince Mikhail It turned into a ray of light that penetrated King Tianhong's heart light body, making him dissipate with a roar, and at the same time illuminate the entire Avak central laboratory.

  Although the subspace has been shattered, and most of the valuable things in it were taken away by Grand Duke Thorin and Ian, Mikael was not annoyed at all.

He had expected this result a long time ago. Rather, when he was stopped by King Tianhong, and he vaguely felt that the battle between Grand Duke Sorin and Dean Moze was faster than himself and King Tianhong, this result The prince knew that he might not be able to successfully get the inheritance of Inaiga II from the other party.

   But it's not important... He only needs to collect the information in this laboratory, and then he can reversely restore the general scope of the other party's research through various clues.

  This is enough—it is already quite a gain, and it is worthy of him coming here to fight hard for a night.

   And at this moment.

   From the other side of the distant mountain, there was a faint dragon chant suddenly, with a hint of anger.

  A sudden silver dragon shadow pierced the sky. Among the clouds and morning light, the metallic luster was like a sharp sword, cutting off the entire sky.

The dragon shadow vibrates its wings at a speed exceeding forty times the speed of sound, but the strange thing is that there is no obvious shock wave in the sky, only a distorted light rotating around the dragon body, forming a layer of indistinct physical wind shield, constantly Tremor, releasing a super-high-speed shock wave capable of crushing all solid matter.

  The entire Avak region was shaking.

  The real dragon is coming.

The King of the Mountain broke away from the cage that Feiyan ground imprisoned him, and immediately came to the place where the lunatics who dared to capture his offspring were located. It came to the sky above Azure City with incredible speed.

Before he approached, Ian sensed a terrifying wave of source quality. The silver light separated from the fuzzy air shield surrounding the giant dragon and turned into thousands of wind beams, sweeping across the city in fine detail. .

  Then, he noticed something and landed in Azure City, which is the area where Ian, Hui Jian and others were located.

Hum—the giant dragon descended on this place with an extremely fast speed but with an extremely light reaction. Everything was extremely contradictory. The body of a giant dragon more than 100 meters long was clearly enough to crush all buildings and crush the street itself, but However, Ian saw that the King of the Mountain just flapped his wings lightly, and the houses and ruins on the surrounding streets moved towards the sides out of thin air, just like humans sweeping away the biscuit crumbs on the table.

He landed in front of the camp of the Huaiguang Rescue Team, and the dragon claws touched the ground without even leaving a trace. Ian keenly sensed that the entire dragon body of the King of the Mountain did not have the slightest weight, hovering around him. The twisted light shield is not only a means of defense, but also a powerful force field that isolates gravity!

  This is a front-end technology that can only be possessed by the "Ether Furnace", which is almost like warp speed navigation!

  —As expected of a powerful species that can escape from Prisoner Star Prison alone...

  Ian thought so in his heart, although not every real dragon is as strong as the dark golden dragon on the path of disaster, but the power of the king of the mountain is beyond doubt.

   But now there is no time to think.

A silver dragon emerges from the wind and light. There are solid light patterns flowing all over his body. The smooth head and sharp dragon horns make the king of the mountain look like a fighter from the future, and the clothes he wears all over his body The metal-colored scales and the flashing inscription circuits on the scales deepened this point even more. Regular crystals shining with white light protruded from the key parts of the dragon's body, combining one source after another into a more complex structure. array of .

   This is a nearly perfect combat structure. The dragon body itself is an etheric weapon that is difficult for manpower to reach. Just the details reveal a design that surpasses the entire era. But even with such a perfect body, there are many incomplete gaps and damages on it, which are obviously the traces left after the fierce battle.

  Flying Flame Land's plan did cost the King of the Mountain a lot...but the final winner is still the King of the Mountain.

The golden-red dragon eyes stared at the humans on the ground. His eyes swept across Hui Jian, Adalbert and Ian in turn, and then took a deep look inside the stronghold. The eyes of the King of the Mountain softened visibly to the naked eye. , there is no longer the anger that was enough to shake the entire sky and the earth as before.

Obviously, he has noticed the sleeping Xiou's soul, and after confirming that his offspring is unharmed, the true dragon of the fourth energy level slowly opened his mouth, with a voice like the clattering of steel: [Thanks Huaiguang Church Rescue and help, your brilliance even if it is a true dragon, you must bow your head and respect... I, Amok Nosdir, the king of the Baisen Mountains, thank you for your dedication and sacrifice]

  He really bowed his head, hanging his head down, close to the ground.

And Huijian took a step forward, and his eyes lit up with white psychic light, which represented Huaiguang's dialogue with the real dragon: "Whether it is the sky or the earth, human beings or real dragons, there will always be disputes. To cause disaster and catastrophe, we are just trying to prevent all the destruction from expanding as much as possible."

   "And this time, we are definitely not the only ones in action. If your team hadn't attracted the attention of a large number of monsters and phantoms on the south side, we would not be able to break into the subspace maze for rescue."

  【I know, they have tried their best to remedy my child's behavior, and I will reward them】

  The King of the Mountain nodded slightly. His tone was wise and peaceful. He really looked like a king rather than a brutal and ferocious beast—of course, facing those who really touched his child, that must be a different attitude.

   Judging from the actions Ian observed before, if the King of the Mountain senses that Siou is in danger, the Avak area will probably be washed by dragon stars at forty times the speed of sound.

  —The wind beams that softly probe every corner of the city are not real detection methods, but are all invisible source quality bombs that contain a high amount of source quality and extremely high impact.

   It really fell down, no different from a meteor shower, and even more terrifying than a meteor shower.

   At this moment, Ian noticed that the real dragon turned his gaze to himself.

   Then, a soft female voice sounded in my heart.

  【Ian... I know you, my child's friend, you have Xiou's breath on you... Did you rescue him? 】