Arthur tilted his head. "Who asked you?"
Long Yuxue was choked up by his words.
She jerked her head around and glared, her jawline tensed. After a long moment, she squeezed a sentence through her teeth: "Pretend I didn't say anything."
"Haha, just a joke." Arthur blinked. "Long Yuxue, right? I've heard that name before."
"Oh? You've heard stories about me?" Long Yuxue became interested. Was she really that famous that people from the outside World knew her?
"Of course. Blood God Legion, the daughter of the Vice Legion Commander."
Arthur started talking nonsense again. "I did a little homework before setting out. After all, the place I'm going is the Blood God Legion; I have to know who the local bully is... ah, no, who the person in charge is."
"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. I even thought about clinging to your thigh."
That's it?
Long Yuxue's face instantly fell.
However, during the conversation along the way, the other party seemed to know quite a lot.
In her heart, she was already leaning towards the idea that Arthur really was going to the Blood God Legion to serve.
He was probably some young master from a great family coming here for experience.
"Hmph, clinging to my thigh? Exposed already? Weren't you quite the boaster?"
Long Yuxue finally found an opportunity to mock him. "Don't be like that. I'm really looking forward to seeing you display your Divine Might when you face the abyss."
"That works too." Arthur leaned forward slightly, getting closer to Long Yuxue, and lowered his voice, acting all mysterious. "Actually, I have a way to directly blow up the abyss."
Long Yuxue didn't even glance at him. "Oh? What way?"
"I have a move that can save the World." Arthur leaned back into his seat, waving his hand as if pointing out the landscape. "But the activation conditions are a bit harsh. It requires the legion's defensive line to be broken, everyone to be at their wit's end, and the Abyss Plane to formally invade our World, starting a war of extinction."
"At that time, I can... no, I can blast them all to death with one shot."
"And then win the beauty in the process?" Long Yuxue interjected coldly, her tone as flat as if she were discussing the weather.
"Sorry, I can't grant you that." Arthur waved his hands hurriedly. "Too many people want to be held by me; you'll have to wait in line."
"Shut up." Long Yuxue finally couldn't help but shout. This guy was too much of a boaster and incredibly shameless... The convoy rolled across the wasteland.
Gradually, signs of human life could be seen.
The Blazing Basin had arrived.
Unlike the previous desert, the basin was the place where the most humans lived in the entire western region of the continent.
Most of the buildings there were made of earth and stone, and the people wore clothes with veils to protect against wind and sand, hiding their features.
Naturally, there were no Spirit Beasts here, and the convoy passed through with practiced ease.
The temperature grew lower and lower.
This meant they were approaching the Endless Mountain Range.
Long Yuxue stopped the car in front of a snow-capped mountain and shouted at Arthur, "Get out."
Arthur, who had been sleeping, opened his eyes dazed and stretched. "We're here?"
"You guys are pretty fast; as expected of professionals."
"You're thinking too much; it's *we* who have arrived." Long Yuxue kicked Arthur out of the car. "As for you, climb up slowly."
Arthur, having fallen out of the car, rubbed his eyes.
Before him was a field of pure white.
Endless snow-white peaks rose from the ground, becoming more majestic the further they went, piercing into the clouds.
Looking back, there was still a stretch of green; turning forward, the future was covered by vast white snow.
However, the sunlight here was exceptionally fierce, and the light element was far more concentrated than in other places.
Arthur could feel the Soul Power within his body becoming more active than usual.
There was no road ahead.
The Blood God Legion was located at the highest point of this snowy mountain range.
Long Yuxue jumped out of the car and took a deep breath of the bone-chilling air.
A familiar feeling; she was still more accustomed to staying here.
Standing at the boundary, Arthur looked at Long Yuxue. "Aren't you going to take me?"
She walked up to Arthur and pointed at the narrow path that started from the edge and disappeared into the mist and snow. It couldn't even be called a road; it was just some protrusions and cracks on the rock wall where one could barely find a foothold.
"That path, do you see it?" Her voice returned to its original calm and coldness. "The rule of the Blood God Legion is that all new recruits, regardless of background or recommendation, must climb up by themselves. No flying spirit tools are allowed, and no external help is permitted."
"This is the first and most basic test. If you can't even pass this, you have no qualification to take a single step into the military camp."
She paused and glanced at Arthur. "I'll be waiting for you up there."
"Of course, you can also take the opportunity to run back while you're alone. Then I will treat you as someone with ulterior motives. I'll capture you and bring you back, then you won't have to climb yourself."
"That won't happen." Arthur patted his chest.
Long Yuxue said no more and turned to signal her team members to begin the handover. They were fully equipped, and their flying spirit tools unfolded.
Mechas even flew out from the continuous snow mountains to meet them.
She took one last glance at Arthur standing in the snow and nimbly boarded a Mecha.
The hatch closed, the Mecha took off, and it joined the formation.
Sitting in the cockpit, Long Yuxue saw the observation screen automatically lock onto that tiny figure below. The corner of her lips twitched imperceptibly as she thought, 'Let's see how you keep pretending now.'
Below, Arthur rubbed his butt where he had been kicked out of the car, looked up at the light of the Mechas disappearing into the wind and snow, and then looked at the path before him.
"Then I'll just climb slowly."
Adding his past and present lives together, he had never climbed a snow mountain before.
The accumulated snow under his feet barely covered his shoes, but once he stepped onto the heights of the first snow mountain, the appearance changed instantly.
The rock walls were covered in thick ice, and the narrowest part of the path could only fit half a foot. Outside was a bottomless abyss.
The cold wind whipped snow foam directly into his face.
Arthur didn't care at all.
This kind of test was like a tour to him; he didn't even need to use Soul Power.
Within that seemingly thin body of his was hidden a terrifying Physical Body Foundation that would make even a Titled Douluo cry in fear.
Arthur effortlessly scaled one snow mountain after another, his movements as relaxed as if he were strolling through a forest rather than climbing a desperate snowy peak.
Whenever it was mealtime, Arthur would stop.
Then, completely indifferent to the wind and snow, he would pull out cups of instant noodles from his robes.
He would pour in snow water, and then the water would mysteriously boil.
No one could see how he did it.
He stood on a protruding ice platform no more than a square foot in size, with the vast void below him. The gale and snow almost swallowed him, yet he ate with focused dedication.
Most importantly, the instant noodles in his hand were steaming hot, completely unaffected by the wind and snow outside.
It was as if he were in a different layer of reality.
Before the observation screens of the Blood God Legion, there was total silence.
The brows of several senior officers were knitted into knots.
They didn't understand, but they were greatly shocked... Three days later, Arthur arrived at his destination.
Four figures suddenly darted out from the snow, and four specially designed soul-guided ray guns were instantly aimed at Arthur.
All four were dressed in heavy white cold-weather gear.
Arthur raised both hands. "Don't be afraid, I'm here to report for military service."
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