Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

The enormous black ape, carrying the Nen worm on its head, ran and leaped wildly through the towering forest, soon arriving at a lakeside, a gathering place for a flock of thousand-feathered cranes.

The Thousand-Feathered Crane has a black neck and white feathers, and outstanding flying endurance. This group of Thousand-Feathered Cranes has about three hundred members, most of whom are mid-level magical beasts. They either rest by the lake or hunt in the lake.

The branches swayed, and nearly a hundred cranes on the lakeside raised their heads alertly. Then they saw a black ape nearly ten meters tall leap out from the canopy of the giant tree, its feet deeply embedded in the rocks by the lake, pounding its chest wantonly.

Startled by this, more than a hundred cranes that were roosting by the lake immediately took flight and quickly rose into the air. However, before they could fly very far, the cranes within a kilometer radius lost their wings, closed their eyes, and fell straight into the lake and onto the shore.

The mind insect atop the black ape's head selected a high-level Thousand-Feathered Crane, about four meters long, to awaken. After hypnotizing and controlling it, it transferred from the black ape's head to the Thousand-Feathered Crane's body.

Then, under Nianchong's command, the Thousand-Crane carried it into the sky and flew towards the distant horizon. Only the Black Ape was left to pick up the sleeping Thousand-Cranes by the lake and put them into his mouth one by one.

Blood stained the riverbank red.

The Thousand Feather Crane flapped its wings and flew through towering mountains and ridges, over misty rivers and lakes, and around the territories of many extraordinary magical beasts. After three days, it finally reached the summit of a precipitous peak.

On the steep, vertical cliff edge atop the mountain stands a rock palace that is clearly in the shape of a human, its overall color scheme being black, giving it a rather eerie and jarring appearance.

The Thousand-Feathered Crane glided slowly and finally landed on the square in front of the main hall. Under the command of the Nianchong, it raised its slender crane legs, slowly climbed the stone steps, and walked into the main hall with its doors wide open.

Wipe, wipe, wipe...

The sharp claws of the thousand cranes scraped against the smooth ground, the sound echoing in the empty and dark hall.

On both sides of the main hall are towering dragon pillars, each with extremely realistic crimson dragon scales, and huge dragon heads extending out, looking down at the road below.

At the end of the main hall, atop ninety-nine steps, lies a neatly arranged bone bed, constructed from countless enormous and regularly arranged magnificent jade skeletons.

On the bone bed, a human figure can be vaguely seen resting his face on his hand, lying lazily on his side.

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff...

Suddenly, flames burst forth from the dragon's mouth, extending from the gate all the way to the high platform at the end. The bright flames chased away the darkness, illuminating the entire main hall and clearly reflecting the figure on the bone bed.

The figure appeared to be a human male, around thirty years old, with an Eastern face, slender eyebrows, black hair, and handsome features. He was wearing a simple black robe.

However, his skin had a sickly pale color, as if he hadn't been in the sun for many years. He was nearly 1.9 meters tall, but looked very thin, with exceptionally long limbs.

If there were elderly high-ranking military personnel present, upon seeing this pale face, they would likely be able to vaguely discern the person's identity.

He is Lin Qingyu, the former commander of the First Division of the Tianfu Army, a former lieutenant general of the Tianfu Army, and a transcendent master.

However, Lin Qingyu's appearance has changed drastically compared to thirteen years ago. He is now younger, paler, and thinner. He no longer has the coldness he had during his military days, but instead appears extremely sinister.

If you're not someone who knows them very well, you'd probably have a hard time recognizing them.

However, Lin Qingyu's acquaintances from back then have long since turned into dust in the abyss.

Perhaps sensing the arrival of Nianchong and Qianyuhe, Lin Qingyu, who was lying on his side, propped himself up with his right hand and slowly sat up.

Barefoot, Lin Qingyu landed on the smooth platform beneath the couch. He hunched over, his elbows resting on his knees, his fingers casually interlaced. He lowered his head, looking down at the Nianchong and Qianyuhe in the distant main hall. His eyes were slightly open, as if a dim light flashed by.

"Another guest has arrived..."

Pfft!

The four-meter-tall crane suddenly stiffened, then fell straight forward, unable to move an inch.

The Nen insects on Chiyu Crane's body rolled off like transparent jelly, cowering on the ground and trembling almost imperceptibly.

An invisible spiritual force swept over the Nianchong's body, and two images immediately appeared in Lin Qingyu's mind.

The five-meter-tall body, made of black lava, ignored the combined attack of the Azure Claw Wind Arc Slash and forcefully tore off the head of a Mountain-Bearing Crocodile Turtle.

The three-and-a-half-meter-tall dragon-man with crimson scales stretched out its claws and tore off a small half of its own body, then dismembered itself bit by bit.

Clearly, these are some images of Wang Yi from the perspective of the blue-haired baboon.

The mind-controlling insect in Hongyalin Bridge, while manipulating the blue-haired baboon to escape, hypnotized some of the magical beasts encountered along the way, causing them to rush out of the Star Vortex Gate and then transmit these two images.

After being received by its fellow Nen Insects who were guarding outside, the Nen Insect traveled over mountains and valleys to reach the palace and deliver the message to Lin Qingyu.

"Oh? China has produced another remarkable junior." Lin Qingyu murmured softly, his tone a mixture of praise and admiration.

"It's all the fault of the Candlelight Army. Why did they suddenly decide to investigate the interdimensional passage? They've ruined all my plans. How am I going to explain this to the Bee Queen?"

"Only fifteen interdimensional portals completed their mission, but now it seems even those fifteen are doomed."

Lin Qingyu touched his forehead with his left hand, his five fingers digging deep into his messy black hair: "However, being able to discover such an extraordinary junior means that this failed plan has played a slightly extra role."

"What kind of magic is this? The scales look a bit like a fire dragon. Could it be that he has the bloodline of a fire dragon... Or has China made a huge breakthrough in its research on magical beast bloodlines...? Probably not, I haven't heard anything about it."

"So, this junior is born with the ability to absorb the bloodline magic of the Flame Dragon, even more so than me... Is it only the Flame Dragon, or other magical beasts as well...? Amazing, truly amazing!"

"A mid-level mage can ignore the Sleep Domain and be immune to mental magic? In that case, he is simply the natural nemesis of the Queen Bee."

Lin Qingyu's shoulders slowly began to twitch, and then bursts of suppressed laughter gradually became rampant throughout the hall.

"Hehehehe, haha, hahahahahaha... hahahahaha..."

After a long while, Lin Qingyu, who was laughing until tears streamed down his face, finally stopped and turned his gaze back to the Thousand Feather Crane and the Nian Insect lying prostrate on the ground.

"I'm sorry, I haven't spoken to humans for many years, and I've accidentally picked up the habit of talking to myself."

For a moment, Qianyuhe and Nianchong felt as if a thousand-pound mountain was pressing down on them, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Lin Qingyu put a pale index finger to his lips: "Shh, let's make a promise, don't tell anyone what I said, okay? If the Queen Bee finds out, I'll be in big trouble."

boo.

With a soft sound, the bodies of Thousand Feather Crane and Nianchong suddenly exploded, their flesh and bones turning into nothingness, leaving only two magic crystals rolling on the smooth floor.

The two magic crystals rolled precisely into the grooves on either side of the main hall, then rolled down the grooves into the ground, eventually falling into the wide underground well at the bottom of the main hall.

The vast underground well was of unknown depth and filled with magic crystals of various colors.

Two new magic crystals fell into it, splashing up countless other magic crystals, which then returned to the ocean of magic crystals, becoming inconspicuous.

"Apart from those fifteen small star vortexes, all communication was cut off; anyone who ventured out died."

"Junior, here's a little gift for you. I look forward to meeting you, hahaha..."

As Lin Qingyu finished speaking, amidst laughter, the flames in the dragon's mouth were extinguished, and the hall was plunged back into darkness.