162: Chapter 162 Throwing Dragon Flame Bullets? He'll Blow Him Away First.

Daybreak.

The sky outside Wanlong City was still a dark red, as if stained by a layer of dragon blood.

In front of the Dragon Emperor Palace, Ao Ningshuang had already changed into a dark gold battle skirt that was easy to move in. The bandage on her left arm was still wrapped, but her expression was colder than last night. Qing Yu led a hundred-man guard squad lined up neatly behind her, all in Dragon Scale Armor, with Elven Holy Water hanging at their waists and magic-breaking arrowss slotted on their backs.

Lin Zhe walked out of the hall, his expression as calm as ever.

Ao Ningshuang immediately took a step forward: "The first Dark Seal Array is at the entrance of Black Wind Gorge, thirty miles outside the city. I've taken people there three times before, but none of us could truly get close to the array core."

"The road might not be peaceful."

Lin Zhe said indifferently: "Lead the way."

The group did not dally and left the city directly.

Outside Wanlong City, the scorched earth stretched all the way, and the air carried the burning scent of sulfur. The further forward they went, the more chaotic the surrounding dragon qi became; even the rocks by the roadside bore cracks from being burned by Dragon Flame.

Qing Yu walked beside Lin Zhe, her gaze constantly scanning the mountain walls on both sides.

As soon as she stepped into the outskirts of Black Wind Gorge, her brow tightened.

"Sir, there's an ambush ahead."

Ao Ningshuang also stopped instantly, her silver eyes turning slightly cold: "Twenty black dragon auras, all hidden behind the rock walls on both sides of the entrance."

Just as she finished speaking, a cold, low shout suddenly rang out from behind the scattered rocks at the front of the canyon.

"Do it!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Twenty black shadows flashed out simultaneously from behind the crevices in the rock walls.

They were all Black Dragon death soldiers.

They were clad in pitch-black scale armor, wearing half-dragon masks on their faces, their eyes each more vicious than the last. The five people at the very front didn't even get close; they raised their hands and pulled out five fist-sized mini dark dragon flame bombs from their robes.

As the dark red patterns lit up, the air temperature instantly skyrocketed!

The leading death soldier gave a sinister laugh: "Lin Zhe, the Elder told me to send you on your way!"

"Blow up the canyon entrance! Block them all outside!"

Boom!

Five mini Dragon Flame Bombs were hurled violently at the same time, trailing dark red exhaust flames as they smashed straight toward the heads of Lin Zhe and the others!

Qing Yu's pupils constricted, and her hand was already on her longbow.

The guard squad in the rear also tensed their bodies in unison.

Ao Ningshuang's face darkened.

She knew all too well what the dark dragon flame bomb was.

Even if it was just a mini version, once it exploded at the canyon mouth, it would be enough to collapse half the entrance. When that happened, the path forward would be sealed, the path back would be blocked, and with the suppression of the seal array, the situation would be extremely ugly.

But Lin Zhe stood where he was, without moving a single step.

The next second.

Buzz—

A layer of pale gold Rule Shield instantly spread out in a ten-meter radius around him!

The five Dragon Flame Bombs had just crashed into the edge of the shield, and without even a chance to explode, they directly hit what seemed like an invisible iron wall.

A thunderous shock!

Rebound activated!

Swish!

The five Dragon Flame Bombs actually flew back violently!

And not at their original speed.

It was triple!

"What?!"

Before the sinister grins on the faces of those twenty Black Dragon death soldiers could fade, their eyes widened first.

They only saw five streaks of dark red light, faster and fiercer than when they came, tearing through the air and blasting back the way they came!

"Retreat!"

"Quickly retreat!"

"Why did the Dragon Flame Bombs come back?!"

But it was already too late.

The five mini dark dragon flame bombs smashed unerringly and squarely into the rock walls on both sides where they were hiding!

Boom!!!

As the first giant roar exploded, the entire canyon entrance shook violently!

Immediately after, four more explosions merged into one. Dark red Dragon Flame swept out like a mad tide; crushed stones flew into the sky, the rock walls collapsed, and the wave of fire instantly swallowed all twenty Black Dragon death soldiers!

Their screams only had time to sound for half a note.

In the next instant, they were all cut short.

Reduced to ashes!

Not one left!

Before the aftershocks of the explosion had even dissipated, the sound of "crack, crack" fracturing suddenly came from behind the rock walls.

Following that, a large amount of rubble rolled down, revealing a hollow that had originally been deliberately hidden.

Inside the hollow, ten black iron chests were neatly stacked.

The lids had been mostly shaken open by the explosion just now, and inside, dark red light surged—one look and you knew they weren't ordinary items.

Qing Yu was stunned, and then her eyes lit up: "Sir, that's..."

Ao Ningshuang had already seen it clearly, her silver eyes constricting sharply.

"Finished dark dragon flame bombs!"

"Ten chests!"

Her voice turned cold.

This bunch of Black Dragon death soldiers hadn't just come for a sneak attack.

They clearly intended to first use the five mini Dragon Flame Bombs to collapse the canyon entrance, and then take advantage of the chaos to detonate the ten chests of finished Dragon Flame Bombs hidden behind, turning the entire entrance into a dead zone!

If they had truly succeeded, never mind investigating the seal array, even the vanguard unit would have suffered massive losses.

But now.

These things didn't even have a chance to be used.

Lin Zhe's expression remained unchanged, as if he had just swatted away a few pebbles.

He walked to the ten black iron chests, scanned the neatly arranged dark dragon flame bombs inside, and spoke indifferently: "They certainly delivered a complete set."

After saying that, he raised his hand and waved.

Swish!

The ten chests of finished dark dragon flame bombs, along with the surrounding residual Dragon Flame materials, were instantly collected into his storage bag.

Swift and clean.

Qing Yu's heart jolted as she watched, and she couldn't help but whisper: "They wanted to blow us up, but ended up delivering their entire inventory."

The guard squad in the rear felt their blood rush to their heads even more.

Satisfying!

So satisfying!

The rebels ambushed, sneaked, and threw Dragon Flame Bombs, but as a result, not a single person was hurt; they were blown to ashes themselves, and even conveniently handed over ten chests of strategic supplies.

This wasn't a sneak attack.

This was practically door-to-door delivery.

Ao Ningshuang stood there, looking at Lin Zhe's back, her gaze changing.

Last night in the Dragon Emperor Palace, she had already witnessed Lin Zhe's composure.

But the scene just now still made her heart jolt fiercely.

She had seen the dark dragon flame bomb with her own eyes too many times.

She knew better than anyone how ferocious that thing was.

Yet in front of Lin Zhe, it didn't even have the qualification to explode.

Ten meters away, once the Rule opened.

Rebound on the original path.

Returned with triple the force.

Twenty Black Dragon death soldiers didn't even get close before their bodies were completely obliterated.

Even the trump card they hid behind was lost along with them.

This was no longer just being strong.

This was an unsolvable problem.

The system notification sound also rang in Lin Zhe's mind at this moment.

[Ding! Detected that the top-tier female NPC Ao Ningshuang's awe and favorability towards the host have increased!]

[The fourth bond trigger progress has increased!]

Lin Zhe's gaze moved slightly, but he did not look back.

Ao Ningshuang, however, had already slowly walked to his side. The original cold arrogance in her silver eyes had clearly faded a bit, replaced by an uncontrollable shock and a deeper sense of admiration.

"Lin Zhe."

Her voice was a bit lower.

"No wonder you weren't worried from the start."

"It turns out that in your eyes, this kind of ambush doesn't even count as trouble."

Lin Zhe said indifferently: "Just a bunch of people delivering things."

Ao Ningshuang was taken aback.

Then, the corner of her lips actually moved ever so slightly.

At a time like this, to still be able to speak so nonchalantly.

Only he could do it.

The dust at the canyon entrance was still swirling, and crushed stones kept falling. Behind the half-collapsed rock wall, one could already vaguely see the surging black mist further in.

That was the direction of the first Dark Seal Array.

Ao Ningshuang suppressed the shock in her heart and looked ahead again, her voice regaining its calm: "The entrance is cleared. Ahead is the outskirts of the seal array."

Qing Yu also immediately stepped forward: "Sir, the guard squad is ready to continue the advance."

Lin Zhe looked up at the increasingly thick dark aura deep in the canyon.

He only said two words.

"Let's go."