Dragon Tamer

Chapter 554: Chapter 556: A Narrow Encounter
 

Nan Yuso had just woken up, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say she was blurry-eyed and her consciousness a bit fuzzy.

She hadn’t even made out her surroundings clearly but mistook it for Zhu Minglang taking her to a secluded valley…

Little did she know, Zhu Minglang was currently leading a team, followed by members from the Royal Family, Purple Sect Clan, Azure Dragon Palace, Wu Zong, and Yaoshan Sword Sect, no less than three to four hundred people!

The representatives of these forces had been in Li Chuan for some time and had heard some stories about the young master of Zhu Gate here, and among them were many disciples who had participated in the competition among forces; they were also aware of Zhu Minglang and Nan Lingsha.

So Nan Yuso’s teasing remark suddenly pushed the atmosphere into an awkward realm, making these cultivators, with solemn expressions in the Absolute Valley, look at each other with strange glances.

This remark dissipated the ambiguous air in the Absolute Valley that overshadowed the rotten smell, making everyone’s spirits involuntarily relax a bit.

“This place is the Absolute Ridges and Valleys…” Zhu Minglang quietly explained to the oblivious Nan Yuso.

But Nan Yuso blamed this embarrassing incident entirely on her Little Bonny Bunny Dragon, as she was tugging on its ears.

Having walked a good distance, her cheeks were still somewhat hot.

Nan Yuso annoyed at herself for not having practiced her cultivation seriously enough in the past wished her cultivation level was higher so she could silence these hundreds of people behind her!

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Entering a junction of multiple valleys, a Divine and Mortal with exceptional hearing quickly approached.

He had a pair of huge, conspicuous ears but a very small face, which made his ears appear even more prominent.

“I’ve heard some unusual sounds, like footsteps,” said the cultivator with the large ears.

“Footsteps?”

“Yes, and there are quite a few of them,” the cultivator with large ears said confidently.

“Could it be the echo of our own footsteps?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Oh… That’s possible,” the man’s confidence vanished from his face.

Zhu Minglang offered a polite smile.

Brother, why don’t you read more on usual days? Such enclosed valleys are very prone to echoes.

The team continued on. The path became singular, and those skilled in discerning the correct course were sure they were not on the wrong track.

Fortunately, the section of the Absolute Valley beneath the clouds did not have many branches; had it been like a complex maze, they might have been trapped in the valley for a while.

“Mr. Zhu, it’s not an echo,” the man with the large ears came running back to say, “They’re very close now, coming right towards us!”

Zhu Minglang furrowed his brows.

He looked ahead, where the valley was shrouded in the putrid mist spit out by the man-eating flowers, murky and low in visibility, like foggy weather.

And the sounds that the man with large ears mentioned, Zhu Minglang had also faintly heard them; as he said, these things were closing in on them!

“Are they the hibernating dragons of the Absolute Valley??” Hao Ye asked.

“Can you make out what it is?” Zhu Minglang inquired.

The man with the large ears hadn’t answered yet; his gaze fixed on the mist of the valley ahead, and his expression slowly began to change.

Zhu Minglang also looked ahead and saw a series of tall figures emerging from the thick fog, striding directly towards Zhu Minglang’s Sudden Attack Team…

The visibility in Absolute Valley was extremely low, and the sound of footsteps was hard to hear due to the ground being covered in decayed and soft material.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

On the path through Absolute Valley, filled with the scent of rotting flowers, groups of soldiers clad in Silver Rock Armor emerged from the fog. When they approached Zhu Minglang’s team, these soldiers in their thick Silver Rock Armor were also momentarily stunned.

It was like two carriages driving on a bridge, nearly colliding before realizing the presence of the other!

Zhu Minglang stared at these soldiers, his face filled with shock!

How could there be an army in the depths of Absolute Valley?

Who were they…?

“Giant Ridge Generals, they are the Giant Ridge Generals!” Suddenly, a Dragon Shepherd who had fought against the Giant Ridge Generals cried out.

“They’re from the Li Chuan factions!” The Giant Ridge Generals also realized what was happening, emitting roars like those of monkeys!

“Deceitful villains, attempting to launch a surprise attack from Absolute Valley!” A hall master from the Purple Sect Clan shouted in rage. He summoned a purple Mad Dragon and was the first to attack the ferocious Giant Ridge Generals.

The Giant Ridge Generals had long been notorious in Li Chuan, having crossed the Absolute Ridges to pillage many lands, and they hardly ever left survivors.

The Royal Family sent two envoys to negotiate with the peoples of Absolute Ridge Chengbang, but both were killed. The majesty of the Royal Family cannot be challenged, those who do not surrender can only be crushed!

Zhu Minglang heard the angry shouts of combat behind him and, without a second thought, summoned his dragon to meet the enemy!

These were the Giant Ridge Generals?

Absolute Ridge Chengbang also planned to flank from behind and had dispatched a Sudden Attack Team to launch a fierce attack from the rear as the Li Chuan Army initiated its most ferocious offensive!

Both side’s commanders had the same idea.

When narrow paths meet, the brave wins. It seems that only one team will be left to reach the rear of the enemy’s forces on this path!

“Li Chuan rats, who is the leader? Show yourself and prepare to die!” A burly man clad in Silver Rock Demon Armor roared, his bellowing like thunder, his manner arrogant, seemingly unafraid of being targeted by enemy fire.

“How arrogant!” Zhu Minglang saw the man coming for him and decided to meet him head-on.

The Silver Rock Giant Ridge General took large strides, his body swelling during the run. His armor did not shatter from the expansion but instead became part of the skin on his massive physique, integrating into the muscle of his gigantic form!

What had been a rather ordinary Martial Scholar was now a small giant in front of Zhu Minglang, three to four meters tall with skin tough as copper and bone hard as iron, possessing boundless strength!

The Giant Ridge Generals were barehanded, possibly because they mastered the Giant Illusion Technique, and ordinary weapons simply did not suit them.

They used whatever they could grab as their weapon, and this Thunder-roar Huge Ridge General tore off the mutated thorny vines growing on a rocky wall with a single swipe, then swung them viciously at Zhu Minglang!

The mutated thorny vines, terrifying as an Iron Whip, struck the nearby rock layer, creating a startling scar on its surface.

Zhu Minglang had summoned the Refining Ash Black Dragon…

But he had slightly underestimated the terrifying strength of this Thunder-roar Huge Ridge General. The massive thorny vine hit the Refining Ash Black Dragon, and the large-bodied dragon was actually sent flying by the Giant Ridge General!

“Dragon King, huh, not even as good as a mud dog!” The Thunder-roar Huge Ridge General had terrifying strength. He reached out to the rock wall, flicked his wrist sharply, and actually lifted a huge chunk of the rock wall, hurling it at Zhu Minglang!

The rock wall, as large as a building, seemed like an ordinary stone in the hands of the Thunder-roar Huge Ridge General. Zhu Minglang suddenly understood why the Imperial Dynasty was so wary of Absolute Ridge Chengbang; the strength of these Giant Ridge Generals could indeed be considered on par with dragons!