Chapter 405: Chapter 402: I’ve Been Wanting to Challenge You Again!

The Double-Sailed Dragon raced all the way, finally reaching the base of the Giant Fern Volcano.

The mountain was not steep, with its main body sloping at an angle of thirty to forty degrees. The ground was covered in scorching gravel, with very little vegetation.

The large feet of the Double-Sailed Dragon moved nervously back and forth on the ground, clearly uncomfortable with the heat, suffering a minor burn of “-1” every few seconds.

Of course, such minor burns were nothing to the Double-Sailed Dragon, as its life value naturally recovered much faster than that.

“Gangxin, Gangxin, this is the command center.”

Instructor Xiang’s voice came through, “According to aerial footage, there is a deep passage directly above your location at the Giant Fern Volcano, likely leading to the interior of the volcano. The foreigners who have kidnapped Anvil are taking measurements at the entrance of the passage.”

“How is Anvil now? Is there any danger to his life?” Yuan Yue asked.

“It seems he’s in an unconscious state, injected with some kind of drug,” Instructor Xiang responded, “Those foreigners are likely using Anvil’s safety as leverage…”

“Understood, I’m heading over there now,” Bai Pu said calmly.

“One last reminder, the volcano is currently in an active state and could erupt at any moment, so be careful.”

Instructor Xiang ended the communication.

“Gangxin, please, you must rescue Anvil,” Yuan Yue held Bai Pu’s hands tightly.

You Bai also looked over, his eyes filled with the same plea.

Bai Pu felt the bond between the two for Anvil. Anvil, along with them, had been a colleague and teammate for several years, with a deep connection.

Bai Pu nodded slightly, “You Bai, use your detection ability to observe carefully, let’s discuss how to rescue him.”

…

At the top platform of the Giant Fern Volcano, a winding, deep cave led straight to the bottom of the volcano.

The entrance of the cave was emitting wisps of hot vapor.

Four foreign Awakened stood around the entrance, with Anvil lying beside them.

A young man with glasses and a pale face was manipulating his personal wristwatch, showing footage from deep inside the cave on a virtual screen.

Boom, a large swath of red flashed across the virtual screen, and then the screen went black.

“Fak, lost another probe robot,” the young man with glasses cursed in frustration.

“Old Yu, don’t be so stingy, I’ll give you materials for ten robots later,” the leader, a bearded man, laughed heartily.

“You don’t understand, boss Weber, while the other components of the probe robots are fine, the core is particularly precious, costing me quite a bit of Spiritual Points to make, and it depends on luck,” said Old Yu, the young man with glasses, but he still took out another mechanical sphere and tossed it into the cave.

After landing, the mechanical sphere quickly extended eight legs like a spider and, after a series of transformations, scuttled into the depths of the cave.

A while later.

“Yes! Finally reached the bottom. Wow, it turns out the bottom of the volcano is a natural underground palace!” Old Yu exclaimed excitedly, “The concentration of Spiritual Particles detected by the probe robot is extremely high, 3.25 times that of here! I bet the control authority of this Boundary Land is hidden in the natural underground palace.”

“Along the way, aside from sporadic magma outbreaks, there are no other risks. Let’s go, take this hostage with us…”

The bearded man known as “Weber” hadn’t finished speaking when his expression suddenly changed, feeling heavy footsteps and slight tremors in the ground.

“What’s happening?”

“A large dinosaur is charging towards us.”

The Awakened responsible for lookout, though cautious, didn’t sound panicked, “Boss, it’s just a Leader Level Double-Sailed Dragon.”

“A Double-Sailed Dragon shouldn’t appear here unless something’s driving it,” Weber suddenly stood up, “Prepare for battle!”

The Double-Sailed Dragon, breathing hot air, charged headlong!

An Awakened holding a shield, noticeably strong, dutifully stood in front, but was pulled away by Weber.

“Do you have a death wish?” Weber scolded angrily.

Even without looking at the data, just observing the imposing charge of the Double-Sailed Dragon and its massive figure, one could imagine the terror of this collision, with an immensely high Power rating!

“The hostage…”

The shield-bearing Awakened was just about to remind “the hostage will be trampled to death,” when he saw the Double-Sailed Dragon charging straight through their center.

Anvil, who was originally lying on the ground, vanished from sight.

At this moment, two people stood out from between the two large sails of the Double-Sailed Dragon, it was You Bai and Yuan Yue!

They seized the opportunity created by the Double-Sailed Dragon’s diversion to force the four foreigners to retreat, then directly snatched Anvil.

“Damn it, it’s that group of Huaxia people we’ve been communicating with earlier, they’re here to rescue the hostage!” Weber slapped his thigh, regretting not having kept control of the hostage to maintain the upper hand.

With his experience, You Bai, after scanning with his Green-White Eyes, removed a mechanical button device attached to Anvil and threw it far away.

Boom!

The mechanical button’s landing point exploded, raising a cloud of dust.

“Bastard!” Yuan Yue and the young man with glasses, Old Yu, cursed at the same time.

Weber was filled with anger, now even their trap had been seen through, putting both sides on an equal footing.

“But the one I spoke to earlier wasn’t those two… there’s a third person?”

Just as Weber had this thought, his form suddenly sank as an illusion of a surging Blood River washed over him!

…

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Giant Fern Mountain Range.

A passage covered by ferns.

Haotian and his teammates brushed aside the plants hiding the entrance, as a middle-aged Awakened closed his eyes, piloting a mechanical bird that flapped its wings and flew into the passage.

“It’s safe!”

After a while, the middle-aged Awakened opened his eyes, “It’s a naturally formed passage, wide enough in some parts for several meters, while narrow in others for a person to pass sideways. At the end of the passage, it leads to a natural underground palace with a magma pool…”

“This must be an area of abnormal earthly veins, perhaps hiding the Boundary Stone!”

Haotian looked thrilled, “We can sneak in unnoticed through this passage without having to climb the mountain, and once we find the Boundary Stone, we can immediately claim it!”

Just then, a sound came from not far away.

“Haotian, long time no see… this passage doesn’t belong solely to you.”

Haotian recognized the familiar voice, his complexion changing slightly as he turned around.

Fenghuo, with flaming red hair, led a team over!

Fenghuo gave Haotian a glance, “Do you plan to fight here, or wait until we’re inside and have found the Boundary Stone before we battle?”

Fenghuo’s words suggested a clear preference. Normally, one would first locate the Boundary Stone and then engage in a struggle to claim it.

But Haotian chuckled, “Fenghuo, I’ve long wanted to compete with you again, let’s do this!”

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