Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

"Come out, my shadow soldiers!"

Chapter 266 The decision is yours

Endless darkness surged out from under Baihen's feet, and pairs of scarlet eyes opened one after another from the darkness. The Black Shadow Army, which had not been seen for a long time, was finally awakened by Baihen from the Black Shadow Kingdom and came into this world.

"Kill all the monsters inside except the leader." After Bai Hen gave the order to the excited black shadow army, they couldn't help but march towards the depths of the dungeon.

The boss monster of the dungeon is the basis for maintaining the portal. Once the boss monster dies, it means the end of the dungeon. If conditions permit, in order to have sufficient time to mine the magic crystal resources of the dungeon, the boss monster is usually left to be killed last.

The soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps moved quickly in the darkness. Whenever they encountered a monster on the way, they would appear from behind the monster and kill it with a clean and sharp blow, and then lurk into the darkness again.

Four-star strength or B-level strength is the most basic strength of every ghost soldier of the Shadow Corps who is blessed with magic in this world. Among the Shadow Corps, the Scythe Shadow and Clamp Shadow combat-type Black Silver Corps, whose combat effectiveness is stronger than the basic Ghost Corps, have even reached the threshold of A-level.

And this is only their most basic combat power. After being assisted and strengthened by Baihen, the strength they can demonstrate has been greatly improved.

Soon, the soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps had cleared out the dungeon. The Soft Shadow, whose body could stretch and contract like taffy and had exaggerated elastic deformation abilities, captured the dungeon's leader, the monster, alive and brought it to Baihen and his group, who had never left the entrance of the portal.

"Mission accomplished, let the mining team come in to mine magic crystals." After retracting all the black shadow troops except the soft shadow that bound the leader-level magical beast Shadow Spider, Bai Hen said lightly to the extra leader.

"Gudong...Yes!" The leader of the dragon suits looked at the Shadow Spider in front of him that was tightly bound by the soft shadow but still struggling. He swallowed hard and responded loudly to Bai Hen's order.

'No wonder this young man is so arrogant. His ability is indeed enough to justify his arrogance. Even the top leaders of the association may have a headache about how to arrange training and courses for him during this period, but that is none of my business. 'As a five-star hunter, the leader of the supporting cast is very self-aware. With the ability that Baihen has shown now, he is not even qualified to guide him temporarily.

It is estimated that the next time Baihen will be led on a mission by a team of six-star hunters, or a genuine elite assault team led by a large number of five-star hunters.

However, this also made the Extras leader a bit troubled. He came to this dungeon with the mission of recording Baihen's abilities and performance, and he didn't even leave the portal during the entire mission, yet the mission was already over. This left him with no idea where to start except to write about his amazing strength, and he didn't know if it would affect his future promotion.

'A summoning hunter who can form an army of one man, no wonder the association values him so much, the role he can play in the dungeon alone even exceeds that of several ordinary six-star hunters, I'm really envious.' The old and already bloodless leader of the supporting cast couldn't help but feel a little envious when he saw Bai Hen's high-spirited look.

Then he began to worry about how to polish this mission report and capability assessment. After all, he was no longer at the combative age, and it was more important for him to climb up the ladder as quickly as possible.

"Although Bai Hen has cleaned up the dungeon, we can't let our guard down yet. We must create the safest excavation environment for the mining team!" The Dragon Set leader did not rush to call the mining team in. Instead, he ordered his subordinates to go deep into the dungeon and patrol every corner as much as possible to eliminate all threats.

After sending Baihen out of the dungeon, he stayed beside the Shadow Spider. Although the Soft Shadow's restraints looked very reliable, as the person in charge of this place and the strongest fighter besides Baihen, he understood that he must always stay alert in the dungeon. After all, accidents and surprises always accompany the dungeon, and he has seen too many similar tragedies over the years.

After Bai Hen left the four-star portal, he didn't care about the situation here. He got on the special car prepared for him by the Hunter Association and left. At the same time, he called Jin Boying, the president of the local Hunter Association.

"President, the mission is over. You will receive a report about my mission soon. Now you can prepare for me to attack the five-star dungeon." Bai Hen said straight to the point.

"So fast?!" Jin Boying was quite surprised. As the guide who brought Bai Hen into the Hunter Association, he was also very concerned about Bai Hen's first mission. He naturally knew that Bai Hen had just officially entered the dungeon to start the mission five minutes ago. As a result, he had just made the tea, and it was already over?

Normally, five minutes is only enough for the dungeon assault team to identify the monster type. Even if it is a six-star hunter whose strength far exceeds the upper limit of a four-star dungeon, and who doesn't have to worry about the monsters in the dungeon pushing all the way, five minutes may not even be enough for them to find the dungeon monster leader, right?

However, Jin Boying had no doubt that Bai Hen exaggerated his achievements for the sake of face. After all, something that could not be hidden at all would soon be exposed no matter how much one boasted about it. At this moment, he was even more deeply aware that he had found a treasure, and Bai Hen's strength was far stronger than he had imagined.

"I understand. I will arrange a five-star dungeon mission for you as soon as I receive the mission report. Hunter Baihen, please take good care of yourself during this period." Jin Boying originally wanted to say a few polite words like "thank you for your hard work", but when he looked at the time it would take to complete the mission and thought about Baihen's identity as a summoning hunter, he felt that it would be better not to say anything, and finally he followed Baihen's meaning and communicated directly.

It has to be said that Jin Boying really likes the efficient communication with Bai Hen. As the president of the Hunter Association, even if he is only the president of a local branch in Country Z, he is also scheming with those hunter guilds and the people of foreign hunter associations every day for a few bits of profit. For him, being able to communicate with Bai Hen so easily is already a break.

Not long after Jin Boying hung up the phone, the mission report on Bai Hen's first dungeon mission and the assessment of his abilities quickly appeared on his computer.

The content was very simple. Even though the leader of the extras had tried his best to polish the report, the content was still pitifully small. The experienced Jin Boying saw the core idea of the report at a glance - powerful, but not sure how powerful. Apart from that, there was almost no information.

The leader of the extras was the one handpicked by Jin Boying himself to participate in this mission. His strength was mediocre among the five-star hunters, but as he used to be a teacher and was mature and steady, he was very good in other abilities. If even he said so, then Bai Hen really did not waste any effort at all and completed the task of attacking the four-star dungeon by himself in five minutes.

He even managed to capture and tie up the dungeon leader alive within five minutes to ensure the safe operation of the mining team. His ability and efficiency are even higher than that of a normal elite assault team. No other six-star hunter could be more efficient than him.

"I just don't know where the upper limit of his strength is yet. Let's arrange a more difficult five-star dungeon for him later. I hope he can perform well in the five-star dungeon." Jin Boying is already very satisfied with Bai Hen's performance, but he would naturally be happier if Bai Hen could perform better.

The benefits that a six-star hunter with such high attack efficiency can bring to the Hunter Association are unimaginable. After all, the mainstream dungeon portals are still dungeons below four stars, and five-star or even six-star dungeons above that have always been rare events.

At present, Bai Hen alone can even boost the overall sense of security of the residents of this city and even the area under his jurisdiction. Both in public and private, Jin Boying believes that Bai Hen's importance is enough to rank among the top six-star hunters in Country Z.

And if Bai Hen can perform well in the five-star dungeon, Jin Boying can even assert that Bai Hen's importance will be second only to the seven-star hunter Liu Zhikang and the rare six-star healing hunter, and he will become the hottest new star in Country Z.

"President, a five-star portal appeared in the middle of White Whale Road, and judging from the fluctuations of magic power, it has entered the range of top-level five-star portals!" Just as Jin Boying was imagining how much impact Baihen could bring to the Hunter Association, an emergency call pulled him back to reality from his own world.

"I understand. Keep an eye on the scene and notify me immediately if there is anything unusual!" After hanging up the phone, Jin Boying rubbed his brows with a headache, and immediately began to check the combat power currently available under his command.

Under normal circumstances, matters concerning ordinary five-star portals would not be reported to him specifically, but the nature of a five-star top dungeon was different. It was a dangerous area where even a six-star hunter could accidentally fall into it if he was too careless. If it could not be handled properly, it would definitely cause huge losses. Especially since this portal appeared in the bustling city center, it had to be dealt with as quickly as possible.

However, something even more troublesome happened to Jin Boying. Recently, the frequency and intensity of portals in Country Z or the world have been increasing. Most of the six-star hunters in the Hunter Association have their own tasks and cannot spare time for the moment. Only one hunter is still idle.

However, Jin Boying always felt unsafe if a single six-star hunter led a team to conquer a top-level five-star dungeon. He was a typical patient with insufficient firepower, and would never choose an evenly matched confrontation if he could use excess firepower to push forward.

"Bai Hen, it's decided to be you!"

Chapter 267 The Runaway Five-Star Dungeon

Bai Hen really didn't expect that he would actually enjoy the legendary treatment of being the protagonist. Not long after he put forward his request to Jin Boying, he encountered the incident of a five-star portal suddenly appearing in front of him.

That’s right, Bai Hen is now stuck on White Whale Road.

Then, before Bai Hen could volunteer, Jin Boying had already called to tell Bai Hen about the portal and his arrangements. Jin Boying meant for Bai Hen to cooperate with the team of another six-star hunter, Lu Renjia, to explore the six-star portal together.

If Lu Renjia thinks that he can defeat the leader-level monster in the dungeon, then he should cooperate with him to kill the monster and close the dungeon portal on White Whale Road. If Lu Renjia thinks that it is difficult to kill the leader-level monster without risk relying on the strength of the two of them alone, then he should retreat after clearing the monsters on the periphery and wait for follow-up support.

Bai Hen naturally agreed happily. After all, nothing would be up to Lu Renjia once they arrived at the dungeon. Now Bai Hen just wanted to take the opportunity to prove his strength and quickly elevate his status so that he could have more say and freedom.

The Hunter Association's mission had already been issued, so Bai Hen naturally would not stay with the driver stuck in traffic on the main road any longer. He got out of the car and walked slowly towards the location of the five-star portal.

Although Lu Renjia's team was idle, Country Z was not as small as Country H. Almost all the six-star hunters in the country were concentrated in one city. If there was a problem anywhere, they could be reached by car in no time.

Every six-star hunter in the Hunter Association of Country Z has his own area to protect. Even in the guild of Country Z, it is generally forbidden to gather all six-star hunters in one place to waste combat power, so it will take some time for Lu Renjia to get to White Whale Road.

Taking advantage of this time, Bai Hen simply went to a roadside hotpot restaurant to have a hotpot meal. Even though the portal was not far from him, the roadside shops had no intention of closing their shops and running away. On the contrary, the congestion on White Whale Road could bring them better business in a short period of time. If they closed the shops at this time, the losses would be huge.

"Hello, are you the White Scar Hunter? I'm Lu Renjia from the Hunter Association. I'm sure President Jin has already given you my information. My team plans to enter the portal at 2 pm to begin the dungeon assault mission. If you have any other opinions, please let me know in advance."

Before Bai Hen could even say "Hello" after answering the phone, a burst of voice chatter started coming from the other end of the line, without any consideration as to whether he had dialed the wrong number.

"Okay." Bai Hen replied with one word and hung up the phone. He decided to take a nap during the lunch break.

Lu Renjia was not angry after the call was hung up directly. Instead, he was very satisfied with Bai Hen's attitude of not wasting time. He felt that Bai Hen's decisive and efficient behavior was very much to his liking, and decided to take care of this new member of the association as much as possible in the dungeon to prevent him from making some low-level mistakes in the dungeon.

"You must gather in front of the portal before 1:40. Disband now." After Lu Renjia gave the order to his team members to disband and adjust, he prepared to go to a familiar store to solve the lunch problem. He turned off the communication equipment he used for work and only left another emergency communication phone.

Lu Renjia usually carries three communication devices with him, one for daily use, one for work, and one for emergency contact during work. Before awakening, he was a typical office worker, and what he hated most was leaders arranging new tasks outside of working hours. He has continued this habit to this day.

Although he felt that the content and intensity of his work were much easier after becoming a hunter, it was difficult for him to have real vacation time as a hunter, so he redefined his work and rest time according to his own ideas.

For example, conquering a dungeon and the preparations before conquering the dungeon are undoubtedly working hours, but there are also rules for these working hours.

You need to stay vigilant at all times in the dungeon, and it goes without saying that Lu Renjia will not joke with his own life. However, during the preparation time before entering the portal, Lu Renjia strictly allocated himself some rest time that was not part of work.

Unless the situation is urgent, Lu Renjia thinks that he should have at least two hours of rest at noon. During this period, he does not want to receive any information about the preparations for attacking the dungeon.

In order to ensure that his assistants or association members would not bother him for no reason, he simply let his team members move freely nearby during each dungeon attack. As long as they could make their own preparations in the process and ensure that it would not affect the subsequent dungeon attack missions, Lu Renjia would not care what they did during this period of time.

After six o'clock in the evening, Lu Renjia would turn off his work phone. Unless there was an emergency situation where the portal was about to go out of control, he would leave the task for the next day. Therefore, Lu Renjia was very famous in the Hunter Association, and many people were eager to join his team and become his subordinates.

Therefore, after removing the six-star hunter who was the team leader, the combat effectiveness of Lu Renjia's team was also among the best offensive teams in the whole country Z. The large number of applications from talents made it easy for Lu Renjia to select the team members he needed.

However, Lu Renjia is not a person who loses contact after get off work. Lu Renjia's emergency contact phone is open 24 hours a day. Once an emergency occurs that requires his presence, he will immediately take his team out. Therefore, few people are dissatisfied with his statement.

When Bai Hen finished his nap and arrived in front of the portal at around 1:50, he saw a group of guys who seemed to be on vacation sitting together and sharing what they did and bought at noon.

"Hello, I'm Lu Renjia." A middle-aged man with a square face and his whole body covered in silver armor immediately came forward after seeing Bai Hen, stretched out his right hand and introduced himself in a serious manner.

"Bai Hen." Bai Hen stretched out his hand and shook his. Both of them separated immediately after the touch, as if they were just being polite and that was the end of it.

Seeing that Bai Hen seemed to be more interested in his team members, Lu Renjia smiled at Bai Hen apologetically and said, "Sorry, they just finished their lunch break and haven't gotten into the game yet. I'm sorry to bother you." Then he turned around and gave an order, "Assemble immediately and prepare to enter the dungeon."

At Lu Renjia's command, his team members seemed to have turned on a strange switch and became completely different people. In less than a minute, they completed the entire process of packing their belongings, putting on their equipment, and arranging themselves in the standard formation for attacking a dungeon.

Lu Renjia didn't show any expression on his face, but he was quite satisfied in his heart. This group of guys were faster today than in the past in terms of preparation and assembly speed. They lived up to his usual kindness to them. This time he really earned face in front of his colleagues.

"White Scar Hunter, I heard that you are a summoning hunter. You will be in this position after entering the dungeon." Lu Renjia pointed to a gap specially left in the orderly dungeon team in front of him, "My subordinates and I will ensure that you can exert your full strength."

Bai Hen looked at the place where Lu Renjia pointed to. It was in the center and front of the team. On both sides were tall and strong meat shield type warriors, behind him was a healer, and not far in front was the six-star hunter Lu Renjia. It could be said that it was the safest place in the entire team.

"Brother Lu is so kind. Even an outsider like me can see that is the safest position. Although I am a summoner, I am also a six-star hunter after all and do not need such protection." Bai Hen patted Lu Renjia's armor to express his gratitude, and then rejected him.

"I understand. After you enter the dungeon, always pay attention to my location and don't be too far away from me." Lu Renjia did not continue to persuade Bai Hen. For him, a worker who had already gotten rid of vulgar interests, something like visiting Zhuge Liang three times was absolutely unacceptable.

After Bai Hen refused, Lu Renjia's men quickly retracted their formation and filled the gap, making the entire team look more impeccable.

It was two o'clock and it was two o'clock. Lu Renjia did not enter the portal immediately because he had made preparations in advance. He just stood in front of the portal and waited silently for the time to come.

ding ding ding-

"Let's go!" Along with the sound of a classic alarm clock, Lu Renjia shouted to cheer everyone up, and then took the lead to walk towards the portal. Bai Hen followed Lu Renjia's footsteps and was the second to step into the portal. Then Lu Renjia's subordinates maintained a neat formation and stepped into the portal.

After the last person in the team stepped into the portal, the portal, which was originally emitting soft blue light, suddenly emitted a dazzling red light and turned into a striking red color.

"Huh? This can't be a coincidence, right? I remember that my luck should have always been neither good nor bad." After stepping into the portal, the scenery that Bai Hen and Lu Renjia saw was not a traditional dungeon, but a vast expanse of white ice and snow, and there was no trace of the portal behind them.

"Oh no, this is an anomaly caused by the red portal!" Lu Renjia felt something was wrong when he saw the unusual scenery in front of him after stepping into the portal, but without a portal behind him, he couldn't even evacuate, let alone remind Bai Hen and his men not to come in.

"This abnormal fluctuation must be reported to the president immediately!" The members of the Hunter Association guarding outside the portal made an immediate decision as they looked at the portal that was filled with an ominous red color and was still expanding. This was no longer something that they or even the two six-star hunters at the portal could solve. They had to seek support as soon as possible!

Chapter 268: Encirclement and Suppression of the King of Cold

"This is really bad..." Lu Renjia's face looked very ugly. Originally, a top five-star dungeon was not necessarily something that he and a new six-star hunter could easily solve. And now this five-star dungeon had produced unknown changes. It could be said that it was a life-or-death situation.

And this narrow escape from death refers to Lu Renjia himself. In Lu Renjia's opinion, no matter whether it is the newly promoted six-star hunter Bai Hen who is a summoner or the assault team composed mainly of five-star hunters, they are almost certain to die.

In Lu Renjia's impression, when a portal mutates, it will always mutate to a higher level, and it is almost impossible for the dungeon to be downgraded. Not to mention that this is not the first time Lu Renjia has experienced the mutation of the red portal, and that abnormal fluctuation is simply unforgettable in his mind.

That was shortly after Lu Renjia awakened to become a six-star hunter. He led a team on a four-star mission and unfortunately encountered a red portal mutation. But the difference was that the scenery of the dungeon that time was a dark forest.

In that unusual underground city, even the thick-skinned and tough warrior-type six-star awakener Lu Renjia almost died on the spot. It was the timely support of the seven-star hunter Liu Zhikang that saved his life and the lives of some lucky people.

The four-star dungeon alone was enough to threaten the life of an ordinary six-star hunter after the mutation. Even though Lu Renjia thought that he was much stronger now than he was before, he still couldn't imagine how he could survive in a dungeon with a guaranteed six-star difficulty.

"I'm afraid the only chance of survival is to hold on and wait for the support of the Seven Star Hunter Liu Zhikang. Before that, I must lead them to survive in this place with all my strength!" Lu Renjia's eyes showed a firm look. Although he knew that if he abandoned the others, his chances of survival would be greater if he was alone, he couldn't live here alone.

While Lu Renjia was still struggling with how to lead as many people as possible to survive, Bai Hen also slightly changed his plan.

If it is in an ordinary dungeon, then normal soldiers of the Shadow Legion are enough to push forward. Although the strength of each Shadow Legion soldier is not outstanding in the top five-star dungeon, their diverse arms, huge numbers and immortal characteristics can also allow them to defeat all enemies.

But this is obviously abnormal. Bai Hen even guessed that the mutated dungeon was aimed at him and could not be conquered at a normal pace. Bai Hen also planned to use his "full strength" to deal with it.

"Come out, Tara." Amidst the astonished eyes of everyone, Bai Hen called out the leader of the Black Shadow Legion who he had almost forgotten for a long time.

A man with orange-red skin, well-developed muscles, tall and mighty figure but with a cat-like head emerged from Baihen's shadow, knelt down in front of Baihen and greeted him respectfully: "My Lord, please give me your instructions."

"Lead your black shadow army to kill all living things in this space except humans. Leave no one alive!" Bai Hen pointed to the ice and snow world ahead and gave orders to Tara again after hundreds of thousands of words.

"Yes, my lord." Tara stood up and stretched out his right hand under the shocked gaze of Lu Renjia and his men. A huge darkness surged and expanded from under his feet, filling up the entire space, but avoiding the land under the feet of Lu Renjia and his men.

The general of the Ninja Group (Ghost) - Niga;

Razo, the general of the Blade (Claw Shadow);

Bart, the general of the Black Bat Group (Flying Shadow);

The general of the Troll Group (Giant Shadow) - Samo;

Ika, the general of the Samurai Corps (Helmet Shadow);

General of the Alien Group (Soft Shadow) - Leisu;

Mingta, the general of the Shadow Eaters (Shadow Eaters);

Kabo, the general of the Hunting Clamps (Clamp Shadow);

Manny, the general of the Mantis Group (Sickle Shadow);

Nine shadow generals who were once ignored by the White Scar and then resurrected by Tara in the Shadow Kingdom led their shadow troops to fill this space. Then, led by the nine howling shadow generals, they marched towards the ice and snow forest in a mighty manner.

"White Hunter...are these your summoned beasts?" Lu Renjia swallowed and asked carefully.

He couldn't judge the strength of the huge group of black shadow soldiers just now because of their mixed aura, but he was sure that each of the nine ferocious-looking black shadow generals was definitely stronger than him, and he couldn't even tell the strength of the cat-headed burly man who appeared at the beginning.

"We are the Lord's army, the Lord's servants, the Lord's most loyal shadow army!" Tara emerged from the shadows and introduced to Lu Renjia in a pious tone.

"If I conquer this dungeon, it means I can have the same status and power as Liu Zhikang. That should be no problem, right?" Bai Hen asked Lu Renjia.

"Ah... yes. A hunter who has the ability to conquer a six-star dungeon single-handedly can basically be considered a hunter at the same level as the seven-star hunter Liu Zhikang. He is also what is internationally known as a national power-level hunter." Lu Renjia already knew what Bai Hen was planning to do, and an incredible emotion surged in his heart.

But when he thought back to the huge black shadow army he had just seen, he felt that if it was Bai Hen, he seemed to be able to do it. Except for Liu Zhikang and those national power-level hunters, Lu Renjia had never seen another hunter as powerful as Bai Hen.

In addition to the unknown number of shadow armies, there are nine shadow generals who are guaranteed to be six-star hunters under his command, and a shadow leader who is above them. This strength on paper alone is enough to make Bai Hen surpass 90% of the six-star and S-level hunters in the world.

Moreover, Bai Hen may have other cards in his hand. If the unknown cards are taken into account, Lu Renjia can almost be sure that Bai Hen is qualified to become a seven-star hunter.

"Is it true that Country Z is going to have a second seven-star hunter?" After being shocked, Lu Renjia fell into ecstasy again. Not to mention what a new seven-star hunter could bring to the country, just the fact that there was a quasi-seven-star hunter by his side in such a dangerous place was enough to excite Lu Renjia.

Lu Renjia knew that he and his subordinates would not have to die this time, and they would definitely be able to get out of this underground city alive!

Of course, Lu Renjia ignored the trivial matter of why Baihen's summons were dressed as Japanese samurai or ninjas. Isn't this normal? Some people's summons were Western vampires or even succubi!