nycdaug Chapter 458 Travel
Chapter 458 Travel
At noon local time on October 6, Li Chenglong walked out of the banquet hall, followed by the rest of the guests. Wang Xuance, Ye Tian, Su Changsheng, and Chu Meiyu came up one after another to have a brief conversation with Li Chenglong, all trying their best to persuade him to stay. However, seeing his firm attitude, they could only offer some words of blessing.
After saying goodbye to them, Li Chenglong called Han Li and Han Xing to his side and carefully gave the siblings some instructions, also making some simple plans for their future. Han Xing shed tears of reluctance and knelt down: "Teacher, I will definitely live up to your expectations and create my own achievements."
Li Chenglong helped him up, looked at Han Li with tears in her eyes, smiled and nodded, then walked away from them. He clenched his fists and shouted, "Holy Dragon Armor, combine!" Immediately, a huge golden dragon flew out from his body, circled him twice, and then plunged down from the top of Li Chenglong's head, thus completing the armor transformation.
The golden light blinded everyone, and when they finally saw clearly, they were astonished to find Li Chenglong covered in magnificent dragon-shaped armor, then slowly rising vertically into the air. Wang Shanshan shouted, "Mr. Li, will we ever meet again?" Li Chenglong turned around and smiled, "The universe is so vast, we will surely meet again."
After saying that, he casually waved his hand, and a strange, dark red rift suddenly opened in the space. Li Chenglong leaped into it, and the rift immediately disappeared, as if it had never existed in the first place.
Chu Meiyu smiled and said, "We haven't yet discovered how much ability he still has." Ye Tian shook his head: "Yesterday at noon, eight of us level 11 ability users sparred with him, and you participated too. He only used one move, and none of the eight of us could stop him, let alone his true strength."
The oldest among them, Su Changsheng, stroked his beard and chuckled, “I feel that Mr. Li’s strength is at least level 12, and possibly even level 13. But as far as I know, even in Kyoto, the largest base in the country, there is no superhuman with such strength.”
Han Li wiped away her tears, patted the dust off her younger brother, and turned to Wang Shanshan, asking, "Miss Wang, when can my brother and I start working?" Wang Shanshan smiled and said, "Tomorrow. I'll come pick you up myself tomorrow. Don't worry, our Wang family promised Mr. Li, and we will never go back on our word."
Han Li shook her head: "No, my brother and I want to join your Wang family's hunting team. We need more battles to hone ourselves. Before, due to some mental reasons, I was originally an ability user, but I never showed my abilities. Now I've figured it out, and I want to work hard with my brother to become stronger."
Wang Shanshan scrutinized Han Li for a while before realizing that she was indeed a superhuman, and a dual-elemental one at that. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I had promised Mr. Li that I would arrange some safe and easy jobs for you two siblings. Since you are willing to join the hunting team, I will agree. Moreover, I have always believed that heaven helps those who help themselves, and hard work pays off. If you are willing to work hard, you will definitely achieve something in the future."
The area of this Earth, specifically China, is larger than the China he is currently in. According to Li Chenglong's understanding, this China covers an area of 1160 million square kilometers and is divided into 40 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. The reason he needs to use space travel is because the area is too vast; even using the crystal chariot, there wouldn't be enough time to see the entirety of China.
Another reason was that Li Chenglong wanted to understand the situation in this world so he could pilot the Flying Dragon into space to see if there were any alien alliances or interstellar organizations. If possible, he also wanted to end the apocalypse on Earth and allow people to live peaceful lives.
Li Chenglong had always wanted to find other people with the ability to travel between dimensions, as this would greatly increase his chances of eliminating the void creatures that could traverse different dimensions. Although he had traveled to many places and encountered many superhumans or psychics with spatial abilities, such as Teacher Lena, Cecily, and Roddick, according to the records of the Interstellar Alliance, no one possessed both spatial and dimensional abilities like him for thousands of years.
After traversing the dimensional rift for a while, Li Chenglong felt it was about time and flew out. His plan was to travel throughout China within a week, and then go to the headquarters of China, which was also the largest human base at present, the Kyoto Base.
As Li Chenglong traveled, his expression grew increasingly grim, because the situation in this China was truly appalling. Although this China was larger than the one he had come from, very little of it was usable. Some areas had been occupied by various alien species, while others had been completely destroyed by void creatures, turning them into barren wastelands even more desolate than deserts.
Li Chenglong, who had transformed into his blue agile Holy Dragon Armor form, was flying slowly from southeastern China to the north when he noticed signs of battle in the distance. Judging from the energy reaction, the battle seemed to be quite intense, so he flew towards that direction.
At this moment on the battlefield, five level 11 ability users are battling a pack of giant canine beasts. Nearby, a dozen vehicles are parked, each loaded with various supplies. They were originally ordered to deliver these valuable supplies to an army stationed forty kilometers to the south. However, after traveling less than twenty kilometers, they encountered a pack of thirty to forty giant canine beasts. Although they tried their best to escape the pack, they were soon trapped.
A tall, officer-like Level 11 ability user said, "The road ahead has been blocked by these damned beasts, and reinforcements won't arrive anytime soon. You four go quickly, I'll stay here and hold them off, or we'll all be finished." A man next to him said, "We'll go together, and this batch of supplies is too precious. If we can't deliver this batch of supplies, then all the brothers ahead will be doomed."
Another bespectacled man unleashed a wind blade, repelling a giant dog, and said, "Most of this pack of beasts composed of giant dogs are level 10, but the two leaders are level 11. If we were at our peak, we could easily kill them, but we fought those black spiders all day yesterday and this morning, and we're simply exhausted."
The giant dogs seemed to realize that the five level 11 ability users were at their last gasp, and they all assumed attack stances, preparing to deliver the final blow to the humans. Just as these warriors were sinking into despair and preparing to face death, a sword beam suddenly flew down from the sky, directly cleaving the two leading giant dogs in two. Then, two more blue sword beams appeared, killing more than a dozen more giant dogs. Seeing this, the remaining giant dogs tucked their tails between their legs and fled at an extremely fast speed.
The warriors had already given up hope, but the three sword beams that suddenly appeared killed nearly twenty strange beasts, including the two level 11 giant dogs that led them, pulling them back from the brink of despair.
The tall, imposing man at the head of the group was the first to react. He stepped forward, saluted, and said solemnly, "May I ask which powerful individual you are? I am an ability user from the XX Regiment of the XX Army. We were on a mission to escort supplies. Thanks to your help, we were able to break through the encirclement. Please come out and meet us so that we can thank you in person."
The five saw energy fluctuations appear in the air, followed by a streak of blue light before disappearing. The man with glasses said, "Captain, I can sense that he's gone, but judging from the residual energy, he was at least a late-stage level 11 ability user, and possibly even level 12."
The leading man nodded: "Since people don't want to come out, they must have their own reasons. Let's not overthink it. Let's hurry up and treat the wounded, check the vehicles, and wait for our comrades to come to our aid."
Li Chenglong really didn't want to get involved, otherwise it would cause unnecessary trouble, so he quickly left after helping them. Calculating the time, he had already been traveling in China for seven days; it was time to head to the Kyoto base.