94: Chapter 94: A master at causing trouble.
This insincere explanation appeared exceptionally abrupt on the dead-silent battlefield.
In the distance, Lei Dingtian stared fixedly in that direction, the corners of his mouth twitching into a cold arc.
He angered a Tier 3 Divine Beast responsible for guarding the core area, leading to over half of everyone being killed or injured, and now he casually dismisses it as a misunderstanding?
When treating them as human shields just moments ago, this fellow commanded the army to charge faster than anyone else.
Now that the main party has come knocking, let's see how he dies in the face of an absolute gap in strength.
Lei Dingtian was even prepared to enjoy watching Lin Yunfei being swallowed in one gulp by the Tier 3 Giant Dragon.
"Hand him over!"
The Tier 3 Giant Dragon completely ignored Lin Yunfei's sophistry.
Its massive body took a fierce step forward, and the heavy weight directly trampled two huge deep pits into the earth beneath its feet.
A dazzling burst of fire erupted from its dark red dragon scales, resembling an active volcano about to erupt.
A substantive killing intent turned into a violent heat wave, bypassing the Chief Examiner ahead and forming a giant flame hand in mid-air, directly grabbing towards the azure dragon chariot in the rear.
Lin Yunfei put away the dry smile on his face, his palm silently gripping the silver life-saving jade talisman at his waist.
Fight if you can win, run if you can't. This battle-tested phrase was engraved deep within Lin Yunfei's bones.
Since the Chief Examiner had already smoothed out the surrounding spatial Law, restoring the jade talisman's function, at worst he would just abandon his score and teleport back.
As for the nine dragons wall, once something entered the Calamity Divine Kingdom, making him spit it out was harder than killing him!
Just at the moment when Lin Yunfei exerted force with his fingertips, preparing to crush the jade talisman.
A grey figure, as if crossing the shackles of time, instantly blocked the front of that violent giant flame hand.
Chief Examiner Wang Zhangjun expressionlessly raised his right hand casually and waved his large sleeve.
"Boom!"
That Tier 3 coercive giant hand, sufficient to instantly crush a Tier 2 Peak Prodigy into bloody foam, collided with an invisible high wall of Law the moment it touched Wang Zhangjun's sleeve.
The firelight instantly shattered into nothingness, turning into a breeze and dissipating.
Ripples visible to the naked eye arose in the space around Wang Zhangjun; that was the absolute control of a Tier 5 Creator over the underlying Laws of the world, a suppression at the level of life itself.
"I said, this ends here."
Wang Zhangjun looked straight into the Dragon's pair of huge vertical pupils, his voice steady yet carrying a powerful oppressive force that allowed no defiance.
The Dragon let out an angry low roar, shaking the surrounding rocks to shiver.
"Human, are you going to shield a thief who broke the rules?"
Facing the Dragon's question, Wang Zhangjun then spoke slowly!
"All resources acquired by testers within the exam venue belong to their personal ability."
"He did not break the underlying rules of the trial. As long as he is in this exam venue, the Federal Military will guarantee the safety of every tester, and no one can be an exception."
Hearing the four words "Federal Military", Lin Yunfei in the rear raised his eyebrows slightly.
The fingers that were originally tightly gripping the jade talisman involuntarily loosened a bit.
He acutely perceived that this examiner, whose strength was unfathomable, seemed to be intentionally protecting him.
And indeed, the facts were just like that.
Beneath Wang Zhangjun's calm and unruffled exterior, an encrypted voice message from a few days ago was echoing in the internal communication channel at this moment.
The sender of the voice message was Major General Lu Shuang, one of the supreme commanders of a certain border defense line of the Federal Military, and also the person who had personally taken the field to take charge of Lin Yunfei's novice evaluation.
Major General Lu Shuang and Wang Zhangjun had once lived and died together on the extraterritorial battlefield, being sworn brothers with a life-and-death bond.
"Old Wang, this time you are going to be in charge of the chief examination for this regional grand competition, and by the way, help me keep a close eye on someone."
"His name is Lin Yunfei."
"This brat comes from a commoner background and has not a shred of noble family background, but at a glance I could tell that this brat is a Genius, and his dependents even possess extraordinary attainments in Formation!"
"He is worth nurturing! But at the same time!"
"This brat's ability to make trouble is top-tier; you must not let him get backstabbed by people from those major noble families, nor let him fall to unexpected situations in the exam venue."
When Wang Zhangjun heard this voice message back then, he just smiled slightly and didn't take it too much to heart.
After all, no matter how much trouble a just-starting Tier 2 tester could make, how big of waves could he possibly stir up?
Until today.
Until Wang Zhangjun saw with his own eyes that this brat had actually provoked a Late Stage Tier 3 Giant Dragon on the verge of berserk state.
And he even treated a group of lofty top-tier noble family Prodigies as rear-guard human shields to evade pursuit.
Looking at the expressions of Lei Dingtian and the others who wished they could tear Lin Yunfei apart alive and swallow him whole, Wang Zhangjun finally completely understood just how euphemistic Major General Lu Shuang's phrase "top-tier ability to make trouble" actually was.
But since it was personally entrusted by a life-and-death friend, and he was a good seedling that the military explicitly named to protect.
Even if Wang Zhangjun pierced the sky today, he still had to bring this brat back safe and sound.
Lin Yunfei was a person extremely skilled at reading facial expressions and sizing up situations.
When he confirmed that the Chief Examiner was truly shielding him with his life, his entire body visibly relaxed.
This brat actually leaped down from the azure dragon chariot and strode through the shattered military array of the Azure Dragon Guards.
Amidst the ghost-seeing gazes of the hundreds of Prodigies present, Lin Yunfei walked straight to the side of Chief Examiner Wang Zhangjun, came to a halt, and very naturally puffed out his chest.
With his hands behind his back, where was there any trace of embarrassment on his face from being caught stealing?
Replaced instead by a sense of righteous awe, as if having suffered monumental grievances yet remaining unyielding and resilient!
"May Lord Examiner be clear-sighted! This student has always been well-behaved and conscientious all the way here."
Lin Yunfei cleared his throat, his voice resonant, ensuring that everyone present could hear it crystal clear.
"Along the way, encountering fellow classmates besieged by a large wave of Vicious Beasts and trapped deep within. This student couldn't bear to watch them die miserably, so I proactively stepped forward, leading my subordinate Azure Dragon Guards to act as the vanguard, carving out a path of survival for them!"
He turned his head to look in Lei Dingtian's direction, his eyes filled with sincerity.
"Young Master Lei, Young Master Lian, speak a word of justice. Just now, wasn't it yours truly, Lin, who stood at the very front and blocked the most violent attacks for you?"
Standing in the distance, Lei Dingtian's hands gripping the battle spear had lost their color due to excessive force.
A word of justice?
You stood at the very front because you ran the fastest!
It was because that Tier 3 Giant Dragon kept chasing you, and we were forcibly tied onto your chariot by you, muddle-headedly becoming scapegoats!
Lian Yun trembled all over with anger, pointing in Lin Yunfei's direction, gasping heavily for breath, unable to squeeze out a single sentence for a long time.
Lian Zhan was biting his teeth even tighter, his facial muscles twitching violently, forcefully swallowing back the foul language that reached his lips, because in front of the Chief Examiner, he dared not act presumptuously.
Seeing that they didn't speak, Lin Yunfei let out a long sigh, his face showing a compassionate expression of "if I don't enter Hell, who will".
"Lord Examiner, look, they have all acquiesced."
"For the sake of the overall situation, this student even risked my life. But what about this Vicious Beast?"
Lin Yunfei reached out to point at the Dragon ahead, his tone turning exceptionally aggrieved and indignant.
"Indiscriminately breathing fire at us all the way, not to mention destroying the exam venue discipline, it even attempted to slander me!"
"I merely passed by its cave, saw that the stones inside looked unique, and casually picked one up for self-defense."
"As for the baby dragon, it ran into my carriage by itself and insisted on coming out with me. Seeing that it was pitiful, I kindly took it in, so how did that become abduction?"
"How could a good student full of love and selflessness like me possibly be a thief?"
This string of arguments calling a stag a horse and turning black into white completely plunged the Tier 3 Giant Dragon into frenzy.
"Roar!!!"
The Dragon let out a deafening roar, its massive body abruptly standing upright, its twin wings beating frantically, whipping up a sky full of sand and dust.
"Cunning human! Hand over the nine dragons wall and my child, or today I will flatten this Crimson Wasteland!"
Facing the Dragon's threat, Lin Yunfei not only didn't retreat, but instead leaned closer to Wang Zhangjun's side.
"Lord Examiner, listen to that, it is threatening the future pillars of the Federation!" Lin Yunfei said with heartbreaking grief.
Wang Zhangjun's eye corners twitched slightly.
He had lived for so many years, seen countless arrogant and despotic young masters of noble families, and also seen sinister and ruthless lone wanderers.
But someone like Lin Yunfei, who could cause a monstrous disaster and still hide behind elders while calling black white with such thick skin, was truly the first time he had ever seen one.
No wonder Major General Lu Shuang repeatedly emphasized in the communication that this brat's style was "flexible and ever-changing".
"Silence."
Wang Zhangjun raised his hand slightly, interrupting Lin Yunfei's impromptu speech.
He once again cast his gaze toward the furious Dragon ahead, the Tier 5 power of Law no longer restrained, transforming into an invisible sharp sword pointing straight at the center of the Dragon's brows.
"This is a human exam venue, the rules are set by the Federation, and it is not up to you to call the shots."
Wang Zhangjun's voice completely turned cold, carrying an aura of iron-blooded slaughter forged from countless battles.
"If you feel it is unfair, you are more than welcome to submit a protest to the Federal Arbitration Tribunal."
"But as for this student, you cannot touch a single hair of his today!"
The moment the words fell, behind the grey-robed man, the phantom of a majestic divine statue standing thousands of feet tall faintly emerged.
That divine statue held a giant sword, surrounded by terrifying phenomena of shattering stars.
The true combat power of a Tier 5 Creator was displayed without reservation at this moment.
The sky of the entire Crimson Wasteland was illuminated in a pale white by the light emitted by this divine statue.
The Dragon felt the fatal threat sufficient to completely erase it from the world; its massive body froze mid-air.
It stared fixedly at Wang Zhangjun, a hint of struggle and deep dread flashing within its dark golden eyes.
And behind Wang Zhangjun, Lin Yunfei poked out half his head, twitching his eyebrows at the Dragon, with an expression that seemed to say:
"If you have the ability, come over and hit me!"
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