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At this moment, Lei Xiao and the others, who were standing at a distance, looked at the huge five-clawed black dragon with undisguised shock in their eyes. They had no idea when Lin Yuan had obtained such a beast.

Their understanding was still that Lin Yuan was a class that relied on extremely high defense and damage reflection to fight.

Now, Lin Yuan has actually summoned a black dragon, and this black dragon is so powerful that it can kill a level 65 Abyss Lord on its own, even though it is a level above the dragon.

Lei Xiao's mouth dropped open. He recalled that when they were training on the Azure Island, Lin Yuan was also very strong, but he definitely didn't have such an outrageous beast taming ability.

Zhang Lie and Su Qing were stunned. As magic-based and support characters, they were well aware of the value of a fully grown black dragon.

Chen Feng and Tang Yu exchanged a glance, both seeing disbelief in each other's eyes. They had thought that after their second transformation, they had closed the gap between themselves and Lin Yuan.

It has only now become apparent that the gap between the two sides has actually widened, and it seems that Lin Yuan's trump cards will never be fully revealed.

"Lin Yuan, we are so grateful for your help this time. Otherwise, our Dragon Fang Squad would have been wiped out here today," Zhang Lie said sincerely.

Su Qing cast several healing spells, stabilizing her teammates' injuries.

Subsequently, Su Qing, Chen Feng, Tang Yu, and others also came forward, expressing their gratitude to Lin Yuan repeatedly.

In a brutal place like the Abyss Battlefield, the strong prevail, and strength is the only passport to everything.

Lin Yuan's overwhelming strength had completely won over the Dragon Fang team.

Lin Yuan simply nodded slightly and smiled, "We're all classmates from the War Academy, so it's only right that we look out for each other when we're out and about."

Then, Lin Yuan gave a command to Xiao Hei with a thought.

The little black creature in mid-air transformed into a streak of black and gold light and flew back to its beast-taming space.

The suffocating dragon's might surrounding them finally dissipated, and the Dragon Fang Squad members finally felt they could breathe more easily.

Lin Yuan looked at Lei Xiao and asked about their current situation.

"Didn't you come to the Northwest Abyss Battlefield for training a while ago? How did you end up in a place like this?"

Lin Yuan pointed to the corpse of the earth dragon and asked the question that had been bothering him.

"Furthermore, how did you end up provoking a level 65 Abyss Lord and getting cornered?"

Although their squad consisted entirely of second-tier elites, they were only around level 40.

When encountering a level 65 boss monster, one should logically avoid it in advance and not provoke it.

Upon hearing Lin Yuan's question, Lei Xiao's bitter smile vanished instantly, and his expression turned serious as he began to tell Lin Yuan the truth of the matter.

"Lin Yuan, to be honest, we also came to Bloodbath Gale Canyon with a mission."

"We, like you, are also investigating the reasons for the recent frequent outbreaks of small animal tides in the Northwest Theater Command."

Lei Xiao recalled his previous experience, a hint of lingering fear flashing in his eyes.

"We investigated the area around the canyon for a long time and collected a lot of traces of monster activity."

"We discovered that all the monsters' movements point to the deepest part of the canyon."

"In order to find out the truth, our Dragon Fang team has decided to risk going deep into the core area of ​​the canyon to investigate."

"Thanks to Tang Yu's wind-based stealth skill, we carefully avoided many high-level monster groups along the way."

"As it turned out, we discovered a great secret in a hidden basin deep within the canyon."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly, signaling Lei Xiao to continue.

Lei Xiao took a deep breath: "We discovered an Abyss Blood Altar there."

"The Abyss Blood Altar?"

Lin Yuan expressed his doubts, having seen records of this type of architecture in the academy's encyclopedia of abyssal monsters and historical documents.

The Abyss Blood Altar is an evil formation typically used for large-scale sacrifices to summon even stronger demon gods.

The appearance of such altars was often accompanied by large-scale killings and sacrifices.

Lei Xiao nodded and continued to describe the scene they had witnessed.

"The altar was enormous, and its surface was covered with intricate abyssal runes."

"A red light continuously emanated from the center of the altar, enveloping the entire basin."

"Not only the blood altar, but we also saw traces of human activity around the altar."

"People?" A hint of doubt flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. "Could they be other trapped teams of job changers?"

"No, not trapped job changers." Lei Xiao gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with anger.

"They're from the Abyss Cult, those fallen traitors who betrayed humanity!"

Upon hearing the words "Abyss Order," a cold glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

It's the Abyss Order again!

This wasn't the first time he'd dealt with these people!

Lei Xiao clenched his fist and said, "We've been lying in wait in the distance for a while, observing them, and we've figured out their purpose."

"These fallen members of the Abyss Order are using that blood altar to control the high-level monsters in the canyon."

"They constantly capture low-level monsters for blood sacrifices in order to influence the minds of those lord-level monsters."

"Their intention is to control these lords and unleash a massive beast tide that will sweep through all the frontline camps!"

Once this massive beast tide takes shape, the overwhelming horde of monsters will overwhelm humanity's defenses on the northwestern abyss battlefield.

At that time, the soldiers and trainees in the front-line camps will face a major disaster.

This is why there have been various small-scale beast tides recently; those are experiments conducted by the cult.

"So how did you get chased by this earth dragon?" Lin Yuan asked.

Lei Xiao lowered his head with some self-reproach, his tone filled with guilt.

"During our retreat, we accidentally triggered a hidden surveillance array they had set up on the perimeter."

"We've been discovered; the Abyss Order has found us."

"To prevent their plan from being exposed, they took direct control of the earth dragon."

"This level 65 berserk earth dragon has been relentlessly pursuing us, determined to silence us."

After listening to Lei Xiao's story, Lin Yuan's expression became completely serious.

The seriousness of this matter has far exceeded the scope of the investigation he was originally assigned to.

If the Abyss Order's plot succeeds, countless frontline soldiers will lose their lives.

Someone has to stop them and destroy that operating blood altar.

Lin Yuan glanced at the way he had come from behind, then looked towards the depths of the canyon.

Without much hesitation, he made a decision immediately. He looked at Lei Xiao and asked, "Lei Xiao, can you still identify the exact location of that Abyss Blood Altar?"

Lei Xiao nodded and answered confidently, "Yes, I remember that location very clearly."

Lin Yuan said directly, "Alright, then we don't need to go back to the main city. Let's go straight there and take down that Abyss Blood Altar!"

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