Chapter 81

As the son of the Grand General of the Northern Border, Qin Xuehou was a descendant of a military family spanning eighteen generations, and he harbored a hatred for the Sakura Kingdom that far exceeded the norm.

"Young General Qin, times have changed."

A beautiful woman wearing a cheongsam said with a smile.

"Ever since that Sword Head Zhang entered the Sakura Kingdom's borders and casually executed two Tier Six practitioners,"

"the people of the Sakura Kingdom haven't dared to make a peep in front of the Dragon Nation. If it weren't for the Eagle Nation backing them up, they probably would have surrendered to the Dragon Nation long ago."

"So what?"

Qin Xuehou swept a cold, piercing gaze over her.

"Don't be so fierce."

The beautiful woman chuckled, showing not a hint of fear.

"I heard this SS-tier practitioner is the little princess of the Jiutiao family, a beauty so stunning she's said to appear only once every two thousand years."

"How about it, Young General Qin? Do you want to kidnap her and make her your mountain-stronghold lady?"

Qin Xuehou did not speak.

The red-haired youth from before, however, blinked his eyes, looking quite tempted:

"The little princess of the Jiutiao family, I have an impression of her too, but why did she come to the Dragon Nation?"

At this moment, Yang Yingying, the only S-tier practitioner among them, finally had a chance to speak.

"I heard from my father that she seems to be here looking for Li Yao."

"Li Yao? That Summoner who soloed a Nightmare-tier dungeon?" the red-haired youth said dismissively.

Dungeons have varying levels of strength, and Nightmare-tier difficulty also has its own gradations.

As a native of the Capital, he naturally looked down on dungeons in such backwater regions.

However,

he had volunteered to participate in the second batch of the dungeon raiding team

precisely for the Purgatory-tier dungeon that Li Yao had opened.

I've come all the way to Nancheng to help you clear the Primal dungeon; it's not too much to ask to raid one of your Purgatory-tier dungeons, right?

Even if it were a trash dungeon, a Purgatory-tier first clear would still be worth his time.

"That's right, it's that Li Yao."

Yang Yingying saw the other party's disdain for Li Yao and tried to curry favor:

"I heard that if it weren't for Jiutiao Meise, my two cousins wouldn't have let Li Yao enter the dungeon at all."

"A Summoner entering a dungeon—I can't imagine what use he could have other than leeching rewards."

Li Yao should already be dead at the hands of my two cousins, right?

Yang Yingying thought to herself.

Yang Junfei and Yang Feng were to kill Li Yao in the dungeon and then lead the younger generation of the Yang family to conquer the Purgatory-tier dungeon.

This was the plan the Yang family had originally devised.

But now, it seemed there was some trouble.

Yang Yingying still wore a fawning smile, but she was extremely agitated inside.

These three—

aside from Qin Xuehou, who might genuinely be here for the Primal dungeon,

Yan Gao Jie and Shang Zijin were both likely here for the Purgatory-tier dungeon.

Facing these two, the Yang family had no right to refuse.

Damn it!

Yan Gao Jie completely ignored Yang Yingying's fawning and asked with suspicion,

"You're saying Jiutiao Meise is here to find Li Yao?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three SS-tier practitioners' eyes lit up simultaneously.

With no blood relation or prior connection, they couldn't think of any explanation for Jiutiao Meise traveling thousands of miles to find someone, other than professional reasons.

Shang Zijin mused, "I was wondering before: Jiutiao Meise is a Heart-Whisper Witch, hailed as the strongest support-type class."

"Why would she waste her energy to learn an S-tier Shikigami summoning skill?"

Qin Xuehou cut to the chase: "Shikigami summoning is ultimately a conceptual summoning skill; the things summoned can only be considered projections."

"In that case, the Star-Whisper Witch's strongest ability is her amplification of monsters."

"Coincidentally, the summoning skills in the Sakura Kingdom are almost all Shikigami summons."

"Hmph, typical of the Sakura Kingdom people; the classes they advance into are all such crooked, evil paths."

The three were among the top prodigies of the Dragon Nation, and their vision had long since expanded beyond the borders of the Dragon Nation.

Now that they had the chance to analyze the abilities of foreign prodigies, they would be more confident in future resource disputes at the borders.

Speaking of this,

Yan Gao Jie's eyes grew increasingly jealous.

To be sought after by such an ice-cold beauty—does a sewer-tier Summoner even deserve it?

"I'd like to see if the amplified summoned beasts are still just trash that breaks with a single pinch."

"I only hope he remembers his own surname."

Qin Xuehou's eyes were cold, his gaze fixed deeply on the entrance to the Primal dungeon.

"If I discover he has any intention of treason,"

"regardless of whether he cleared the Primal dungeon or what contributions he has made,"

"I will kill him."

Meanwhile,

inside the Primal dungeon,

"Li Yao, if you keep hiding your strength like this, I will kill you!"

Yang Junfei was furious.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Li Yao looked innocent.

"I'm a Summoner; what, do you expect me to rush up and hit people with my staff?"