156: Even the most meticulous plans can have a flaw.

Chu Yuan only heard that one sentence; immediately after, the great battle erupted!

Even with his current Golden Core Middle Stage Realm, he couldn't see the figures of the two people and one entity in the arena!

He could only perceive the shockwaves of countless energy ripples and the dissipation of Mental Energy... and his own body was blown away...

Is this the battle of Eighth Realm powerhouses?

Originally, Chu Yuan had been slightly complacent, feeling that he could already deal with Seventh Realm entities;

But now, that trace of complacency dissipated from his heart...

Not long after, the world returned to clarity;

The shackle around Chu Yuan's neck seemed to lose its power support, becoming illusory, and he broke free from it with force.

"You kid... you really know how to cause trouble." Vermilion Dragon's voice came, and the next moment, Chu Yuan felt his shoulder being patted twice;

"Not bad disguise, huh? If I hadn't sensed your Mental Energy fluctuations, I wouldn't have dared to recognize you."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yuan deactivated the illusion demon silk's disguise and said, "Thank you, Legion Commander... Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Xing Zhao nodded and looked Chu Yuan up and down; although he didn't say anything, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Vermilion Dragon said, "Don't be in such a rush to thank us... there's a fee; it costs thirty thousand military merit. And it's not just me, you have to give your Senior Brother his share too."

"..."

Xing Zhao smiled and explained, "This is the regulation... otherwise, if everyone who encountered danger asked for rescue, wouldn't it be chaotic? You and I are fellow disciples, but in the military, we must follow military rules."

"No problem." Chu Yuan readily agreed. This trip to the Soldier Soul Profound Realm had brought him benefits far exceeding a few tens of thousands of military merit!

Among them, what he valued most was naturally the insights into the Soul Law gained from refining the entities;

But it wasn't as if there were no resources; Meng Yue had accumulated a large amount of resources produced in the Profound Realm, all of which were handed over to him!

Such as Yin Profound Crystals, Ming Smoke Fruits, Luo Soul Jades...

These were all resources targeting the Soul, either for nourishment or for crafting lethal weapons specifically targeting the Soul; regardless of whether he could use them, they could all sell for a good price.

It was a pity that he hadn't obtained the wealth of those refined entities...

Entities didn't need space rings; they could hide things within their bodies, as if in a unique space; unless they handed them over voluntarily, no one could take them away.

While paying the military merit, Chu Yuan asked, "What about Hundred Slaughter?"

"Count him as sensible; he retreated... but what exactly did you do? That old thing is very timid and rarely dares to come out. How did he get so angry this time?"

"It was nothing much, I just slaughtered a few of his subordinates..."

"Seventh Realm ones?"

"Yeah..."

Vermilion Dragon gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

Xing Zhao said in surprise, "Previously, Xue Hai told me that you were only around the Fifth Realm... Did you have another Breakthrough in the Secret Realm?"

"I did indeed have some gains, and it was thanks to Senior Brother's military talisman! It was also after swallowing a few boiling source pills that I barely managed to take down those few Seventh Realm entities."

"Regardless of the means, a kill is a kill... however, the entities of the Soldier Soul Profound Realm do not count as a hostile race, so I can't record military merit for you."

Chu Yuan smiled: "It's fine."

"Your Jianmu Project is about to end, so there probably won't be many missions; do you want to come stay at my place for a few days? It would be a good chance to meet other fellow disciples."

Chu Yuan thought for a moment: "Senior Brother, I would like to ask Great Master Zhang Chen to treat a friend's injury... I don't know where to find him?"

Xing Zhao smiled: "What a coincidence, Great Master Zhang is currently at the First Legion; however, Great Master Zhang is fully booked right now. If you want treatment, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few days."

"Then I will come to visit Senior Brother later."

"Sure." Xing Zhao nodded.

Vermilion Dragon interjected: "You really need to go back first; the Bell Tower Squad suffered heavy losses this time..."

Chu Yuan was shocked. Yuan Yang and the others had clearly left early, and there were no entities blocking them, so how could there be losses!?

He asked urgently: "I watched them evacuate, how could they have suffered heavy losses!?"

Vermilion Dragon shook his head: "They did indeed evacuate the Soldier Soul Profound Realm safely, but they were ambushed by the Nightmare Insect Clan..."

Chu Yuan suddenly remembered that when he saved Jiang Fei, they were indeed being besieged by the Nightmare Insect Clan, and there was even a Sixth Realm one among them!

Only later, that Sixth Realm Nightmare Insect Clan member escaped, and he was entangled by entities... so he didn't pay much attention; was it because of him?

Xing Zhao's brows twitched as he looked into the distance: "Let's go first; those bugs are coming."

Inside the training room, Chu Yuan suddenly pushed open the door; Yuan Yang looked up and said in surprise: "Chu Yuan! You're back!?"

"Captain, where are the others?" Taking a look, there was only Yuan Yang in the training room, so Chu Yuan asked.

Yuan Yang's surprise seemed to be diluted, and there was a dim look in his eyes; "Wang Ying and Li Qi went to the sanitarium to visit Mengru; Feng Hou... Feng Hou is dead."

Chu Yuan turned his head to look at the motorcycle in the corner of the training room, remaining silent; Feng Hou had been constantly modifying it, spending many Materials on it... but he had never ridden it once before giving it to him.

Chu Yuan hadn't ridden it either, it was still here... He inexplicably thought that he should have ridden it a few laps.

"What exactly happened?"

Yuan Yang said in a deep voice: "There was a Nightmare Insect Clan ambush at the exit of the Profound Realm, and we were no match for them... Xu Feiran's squad, as well as two squads from the First Legion, also had people sacrifice themselves!"

"Was there no one to receive you!?"

"Officer Lu was waiting outside the whole time, but he was also entangled by the enemy's Seventh Realm... Although Yuan Yang was grief-stricken, he didn't seem to have any intention of shifting the blame; "If one must blame something, blame Feng Hou for not seizing the opportunity to break through to the Nirvana Realm..."

Chu Yuan said seriously: "How can you say that?"

"Yeah, that's not the logic... but that's what Feng Hou said!" Yuan Yang said sorrowfully: "I have remembered them... we will avenge Feng Hou."

Chu Yuan fell silent again; just like the time Li Mengru was injured, he realized once again that the bond between him and the other members of the Bell Tower Squad was far from comparable to the bond they had with each other.

The pain in Yuan Yang's heart at this moment was far greater, a thousand or ten thousand times more than what he was showing!

Not everyone was like him, being secretly watched over by powerhouses; even though Yuan Yang also seemed to have an impressive background... it was no exception!

If you can't win, you can just call a Legion Commander-level figure to come and rescue you personally? Then why don't others just come and execute missions themselves? Why didn't Jiang Fei's teacher come personally, instead of posting a bounty?

"Let's go." Yuan Yang composed his emotions and said calmly again: "We're going to the sanitarium."