Starting with the awakened Poison God: I choose the Master Thief.

[Ding, you have died. Abyss Hunter Rebirth is in progress.]

Oh no! My Tree King Set!

This was Chu Ci's last thought.

Fei Yan watched as Chu Ci, cut into several pieces, turned into light and dissipated, her eyes gradually turning cold.

In the distant sky, the fleeing Meteor Wind Dragonborn, with a wingspan of several hundred meters, looked at her with disdain, as if mocking her incompetence.

At this moment, the last three fire snakes also broke free, and the gathering of thunderclouds finally slowed down a bit.

Roar! Crack!

The Flame Dragonborn let out a deafening roar, tearing the thunderclouds to shreds with its wings.

"You despicable human, you must die today!"

However, Fei Yan's attention was not on it at all at this moment.

"Human, you're courting death!" Fei Yan turned her head and glanced at him, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

"It's so noisy."

She slowly took out a bottle of purple potion, stored in an exquisite jade bottle made of special materials. The potion inside even faintly emitted lightning.

Although doing this comes at a high cost, I still feel like I'm being looked down upon.

Without hesitation, she tore open the bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

She casually tossed aside the jade bottle that looked incredibly valuable, and her originally fiery red hair began to gradually turn purple, with faint flashes of electricity crackling across it.

Raising her staff, Fei Yan took a deep breath and began to silently chant an incantation.

Upon seeing this, the two dragonborn immediately seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, intending to kill them on the spot.

The speed of the Meteorite Dragonborn is very fast; it can cover a distance of tens of kilometers in an instant with just one flap of its wings.

It raised its sharp claws and swung them down with all its might, its cunning dragon eyes filled with hatred.

On the other side, flames gathered in the mouth of the Ember Dragonborn, and the all-destroying dragonfire spewed out from its mouth, also attacking Fei Yan.

……

In a hotel room in Bilin City.

The crimson sphere, which had been hidden under the blanket, was emitting a faint glow. Suddenly, it shone brightly. As fine blood vessels continued to converge, the size of the sphere decreased until it finally formed a naked Chu Ci (a historical figure).

He slowly opened his eyes, and his consciousness returned.

"Where is this? Oh right, I remember now! I think I was instantly killed by something, and this is where I store my clones."

Looking at the system notification, sure enough, the energy of the Abyss Hunter's Reconstruction had returned to 0, and it needed to be replenished with life essence again.

After changing his clothes and putting on a black robe, Chu Ci looked somewhat speechless.

He originally thought there was no danger with Senior Fei Yan around, so he put on the Tree King Set again and took a look at its attributes, but then he forgot to take it off.

"Aaaaaah! My tempered-grade set! Oh well, it's gone, it's gone. I can just get another set. Right now, I'll go back to Dawn City and ask my mentor to give me an easy upgrade quest."

He had just gotten out of bed when suddenly the sun mark on his forehead quietly appeared, and Mina's voice came to mind.

"Chu Ci, have you emerged from the secret realm?"

"Wow! Saintess Mina? How come I can hear your voice?" Chu Ci was surprised and couldn't help but think to himself.

"This is the basic ability of the Saintess's Mark, which allows us to communicate within a certain range and guide each other. Before, I just felt that there was no need to contact you, but now it's different. Since Grandpa asked me to protect you, I naturally need to know your whereabouts."

Oh, so this is basically a locator and a walkie-talkie combined, what a convenient feature.

No, that means this guy will have complete control over my every move and I'll have no privacy at all! I don't want that!

As if guessing what Chu Ci was thinking, Mina's slightly arrogant and disdainful voice came from her mind.

"By the way, don't misunderstand, the mark can only communicate and locate when it is manifested. I wouldn't pry into anyone's privacy. I just sensed you coming out of the secret realm, so I was preparing to locate you and pick you up. But you don't seem to be in Elias. Did something happen?"

Chu Ci told her about his death in the Fulong Secret Realm, but he didn't mention anything about Fei Yan.

It wasn't that he intentionally wanted to hide it, but he felt there was no need to talk about it, and the two of them probably didn't have any relationship.

Mina fell silent for a while before her voice came through.

"I'm sorry, this was my mistake. I thought the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm was the best solution, but it caused you to waste your life for nothing."

"I will find a way to make it up to you."

The girl's voice was firm, and she didn't seem to be putting on an act.

Chu Ci didn't care about these things; he deliberately didn't mention the matter of Yuan Lie's reconstruction.

He was genuinely afraid that revealing the identity of the other party, a holy woman of the Holy See, would cause him unnecessary trouble, just like with Bishop Krend back then.

"Actually, you don't need to blame yourself too much. This secret realm wasn't without its gains. I've already obtained the dragon blood needed to hatch the dragon egg." Chu Ci smiled.

Not only did he get dragon blood, but he also got help with leveling up. Although he lost a set of equipment, he didn't rely on that to deal damage; it only increased his survivability.

"Oh? Really? That's wonderful!" Mina was genuinely happy for him. She had been preparing to continue searching for new ways to hatch dragon eggs.

"By the way, my level has reached a bottleneck. I plan to go back to Dawn City first, and then come back to find you after I complete the advancement quest."

Mina was a little surprised. "Huh? Don't you need my help?"

"What help are you offering? A second-tier mission doesn't warrant four sixth-tier combatants. That's making a mountain out of a molehill. Let's meet up again after the mission is over. Consider this an early holiday for you guys. We'll need your help later anyway," Chu Ci said nonchalantly.

"Okay then."

The two ended their conversation.

Princess Dillin's residence in the royal palace of Elias.

Mina, who had just ended the call, was sitting at a desk with a pile of documents in front of her.

"Sigh, I never expected that even with his advanced stealth abilities, something would go wrong in the Hidden Dragon Secret Realm. I thought that since he could even handle the Divine Taboo, he wouldn't be in trouble if he kept a low profile in a secret realm like this. I shouldn't have risked letting him in. Mina, Mina! How could you be so stupid!"

The girl clutched her long golden hair, looking extremely distressed, her eyes filled with guilt.

Although the chosen ones can be resurrected, she also knew that there were only three such opportunities. Moreover, judging from her grandfather's attitude, Chu Ci was still very important to the Holy See, yet she ended up losing her life right away.

"Ah~ how should I compensate him? Money? Power? Or beautiful women? It seems men are quite interested in these things. No, wait, how could he be an ordinary person in the future? These things are practically within his grasp. Maybe I should ask him directly when he comes? Hmm... it seems like that's the only way."

Bang! Suddenly, the door was opened.

Three disguised holy knights walked in, and Mina's expression instantly turned serious.

"Miss, we've found out everything. The Coria royal family was indeed behind that incident back then. Not only that, but several large kingdoms were also involved. They were very well hidden. If it weren't for Princess Dillian's help in gathering information over the years, we would have wasted a lot of time."

Click!

A crack appeared on the tabletop, which was carved from precious wood, and a flash of hatred appeared in Mina's eyes.

"I will thank Dillian. Chu Ci doesn't need us for the time being, so we still have time. It's time to bring those things to the forefront."

"I will settle accounts with everyone involved in this matter back then." Mina clenched her fists tightly, her eyes revealing a murderous intent that was completely out of character for her.

Dawn City, the city of thieves, the broken clock tower.

The moment Chu Ci stepped inside, Bors' voice rang out beside him.

"It seems you've found a way to hatch the dragon eggs."