Great wars broke out in multiple cities.
He should be a primary danger figure in the Federation's army.
Among these hundreds of people, someone ought to recognize him.
"My name is Arthur. I've come here with the intention of joining the army in the Endless Mountain Range."
Arthur's tone was flat, as if he were stating something perfectly ordinary.
However, the unfamiliarity and vigilance on the faces of the soldiers present, including the Female Officer, only intensified.
The Female Officer's brow furrowed even tighter. "Join the army? You want to go to the Blood God Legion?"
"You know of it?"
"Do you have a recommendation letter?"
"I do." Arthur was about to take it out when he was stopped by the other party.
"No need to show me. Once you reach the destination, there will be someone in charge to inspect it." The Female Officer waved her hand. "For now, just follow us."
It was a bit too coincidental, but she was fearless; it would be best if Arthur had no ulterior motives.
Otherwise, once they reached the Blood God Legion, he would be at their mercy.
"Oh, I see." Arthur nodded. It seemed this unit belonged to the Blood God Legion. It made sense that they didn't recognize him then.
The Female Officer put away her soul guidance gun, though the scrutiny in her eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
She waved her hand to signal her team to stand down from high alert. The transport convoy reorganized its formation, and the engines let out a low hum.
"You follow in my car." Her tone was flat as she pointed to a plain-looking armored transport vehicle in the middle of the convoy. "Don't run around, don't look around, and definitely don't touch anything you shouldn't touch."
"Understood, Commander!" Arthur stood up straight, the ahoge on top of his head swaying with the movement.
Her mouth twitched imperceptibly as she turned and walked toward the command vehicle.
Arthur followed obediently.
The space inside the vehicle was more spacious than imagined, with various flickering instrument panels and soul guidance screens occupying the front half.
The Female Officer sat in the main control seat and signaled for Arthur to sit in the co-pilot's seat. This would allow her to monitor him more effectively.
She considered herself the strongest in this unit, so it was best for her to keep an eye on Arthur.
The convoy set off, kicking up clouds of yellow sand.
As the convoy traveled through the desert, the atmosphere inside the car was a bit subtle.
This was because Arthur had been chattering and bragging incessantly.
He might have been holding it in for a while.
He had traveled such a long distance alone before, with no one to talk to.
As for the Spirit Souls inside him, Xia Xi was an idiot and couldn't help relieve the boredom.
The Sky-Rending Screeching Vulture was only at the ten-thousand-year level; its intelligence wasn't very high, and it spoke with long pauses.
And the last one, Holy Dragon King Guang... he was just a useless piece of junk.
They couldn't chat at all; they were completely on different wavelengths.
"Commander," Arthur said in a light tone, "regarding those little bugs earlier, you actually didn't need to help me."
"I could have wiped them all out with just a casual move."
The Female Officer glanced at him through the rearview mirror. She didn't respond, but the slight pursing of her lips showed she was listening.
"If we're talking about what I'm best at, it's killing. Killing those Evil Soul Masters." Arthur leaned back against the seat, his eyes spacing out as if lost in memory. "I've been preparing to kill Evil Soul Masters since my Martial Soul Awakening at the age of six."
"When I was nine, I think I was only a Spirit Elder then. I hunted down an Evil Spirit King all by myself."
"That Spirit King was pretty weak, didn't even have battle armor. He couldn't even take one hit from me."
The Female Officer curled her lip.
What a load of bull!
"When I was a Spirit King, alcohol gave me courage... cough, no. I got so caught up in killing Evil Soul Masters that I charged straight into the lair of two Evil Douluo."
"That battle was quite satisfying. The only pity was that they didn't have three-word battle armor. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
Arthur shook his head. "Otherwise, I would have had to use my ultimate right at the start to blast them to dregs, not giving them any chance to mess with me."
The Female Officer rolled her eyes. "You're bragging to the heavens."
Arthur immediately became displeased. He leaned forward slightly, his face full of earnestness. "I'm not bragging, it's all true."
"A Spirit Elder slaying a Spirit King, a Spirit King killing an Evil Douluo... if word of this got out, people would only think you've lost your mind." The Female Officer manipulated the soul guidance instrument panel, her eyes fixed on the sandy road ahead, her tone full of disbelief. "If you're really as powerful as you say, why did you need to get stuck in quicksand and wait for me to save you?"
"I was communing with nature; it's beneficial for the improvement of Spiritual Power," Arthur said righteously. "Besides, I was planning to take action anyway; you just happened to come along."
Then Arthur continued his chatter, talking about how he faced the Ghost Emperor.
"It was truly a narrow escape back then. You know, I certainly wasn't afraid of that Ghost Emperor brat."
"He couldn't do anything to me."
"It was just that my friends couldn't hold their ground; they were on the verge of collapsing."
"Just as I was about to go all out against the Ghost Emperor..."
A long silence followed as Arthur didn't finish his sentence.
The Female Officer finally couldn't help but glance at him. Her gaze lingered for a moment on his excessively handsome face before she quickly looked away. "And then? What happened?"
"Hehe." Arthur chuckled. "Then a passing powerhouse named Xiao Tian appeared. His Young Miss thought I was handsome, so she had Xiao Tian drive off the Ghost Emperor."
"Xiao Tian is a pretty honest guy."
"Oh, you might not know who Xiao Tian is, but you should know Di Tian. Xiao Tian is that Beast God Di Tian."
Arthur spoke nonchalantly, as if he were talking about a young man from next door.
The Female Officer's hand on the steering wheel paused. After a long while, she turned her head expressionlessly. "Keep making things up, I'm listening."
Beast God Di Tian? That was a legendary existence, the King of the Star Dou Great Forest, a terrifying entity that even the Federation Military Department didn't dare to provoke lightly.
In the past, even several Limit Douluo within the Federation joining forces couldn't do anything to him.
Yet this guy before her had the nerve to call him 'Xiao Tian' and even said the other party's Young Miss thought he was handsome and helped him drive off the Ghost Emperor.
Where would a Vicious Beast get a Young Miss from?
Did he really think she was some green recruit who would believe anything?
"I knew you wouldn't believe it." Arthur threw up his hands. "But that's the truth. I'm helpless too. My charm is just too great; sometimes even Spirit Beasts can't resist it."
"If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll throw you out of the car right now." Long Yuxue issued a warning, but her voice had softened slightly.
This guy was just spouting bullshit, just like the men in the legion who wanted to court her.
Those men loved to brag and show off in front of her all day long.
Saying how many Abyss beasts they killed today, saying they were about to have another Breakthrough, saying they would protect her during the next mission—they talked a big game.
When she heard those men in the unit bragging, she found it annoying after just one sentence. She wished she could just plug her ears or coldly scold them to shut up.
Arthur was even more ridiculous.
He was full of tall tales, bragging as if he were omnipotent in heaven and earth. It was so absurdly preposterous that it made her laugh in spite of herself.
But strangely enough, she didn't find it repulsive. She even subconsciously responded, couldn't help but listen to him go on, and was curious about what even more outrageous experience he would brag about next.
It was probably because he looked much younger than her, and his bragging was so open and earnest that it wasn't at all offensive. Instead, it had a rare, lively energy.
It certainly wasn't because he was handsome... The journey was long, and after the car fell silent, the Female Officer turned her head slightly. "My name is Long Yuxue."
Arthur: "?"
What did she mean by that?
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