Little Wu then reassured him that Min Hong's welfare was still his top priority within this place, and once he discovers something out of the ordinary, he would instantly alert him…

Little Lin had grown much stronger and she seemed to be returning to her peak due to the intense training she and Little Bing had been going through…

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Min Hong on the other hand didn't tell them about the upcoming battle since he came here to seek some answers himself, so he left and opened his eyes…

"Alright… Let's see what you guys can do…"

Min Hong mumbled to himself as he activated his physical body bloodlines, and instantly, three miniature image shadows appeared around him…

He sent a thought towards the 'Dawn Sovereign' figure and instantly his robes transformed followed by the appearance of an Imperial staff and a crown over his head…

With another thought, one of the god-beasts in his robes came out roaring with the power of Peak Awakening Stage expert, but that single technique took about five percent of his bloodline purity....

Moreover, this was still based on the fact that he had summoned a lizard looking reptilian beast which was the weakest of all the beasts embroidered into his outfit…

He returned that beast to his outfit and the dawn sovereign shadow vanished…

"Next up!"

Min Hong with a single thought summoned his unknown second bloodline which was the warrior looking bloodline shadow which was clad in golden battle armor with white flaming runes;

It had a shield and a spear in both hands and Min Hong sensed the amount of power it wielded, and from what he could tell, it was exactly 60 percent of his body cultivation which was the exact level of purity the specific bloodline was;

"2 Star Awakening Stage unh?"

Min Hong mumbled to himself as the shadow vanished once again;

"Alright, it is your turn…"

Min Hong mumbled to himself and instantly, a six armed, three headed shadow appeared in front of him…

Its massive pitch black wings with blood red runes stood strongly behind it, as its skin alternated colors between pitch black and blood red which actually signified tow battle modes;

The blood red which was the vampiric part of its nature, and the pitch black which was the devilish part…

Min Hong checked its power level and was stunned to realize that it actually had a power level equivalent to 40 percent of his total battle power which was in the 5 Star Nirvana stage;

This meant this specific bloodline shadow was capable of unleashing the power of a 8 Star Saint Stage expert, but when Min Hong actually tried to use one of its attacks which was the archery of the blood elf, it burnt 5 percent of his bloodline purity, and that attack was the weakest within its arsenal…

"Three of each should be enough to end the entire battle myself, but then, I don't know how long it might take me to actually recover, and we are supposed to leave for another mission shortly after which would take us to the borders of the East Wind Empire…" Min Hong mumbled to himself;

"I would have to settle for one each then…"

"It would be utterly stupid to have myself weak when heading towards the East Wind Empire who would have definitely issued a massive bounty to have my head on a plate…"

Min Hong thought to himself as he planned his battle tactics…

"Alright, that should be good enough since I would be going all out…"

Min Hong added as a yellow spirit ring appeared around him, spinning valiantly whilst radiating a deep feeling of mysteriousness and unbridled power;

"It's been a while boy, I will be counting on you today…"

Min Hong added and without even doing anything, all his 10,000 dragon tattoos roared in anticipation as Min Hong chuckled lightly;

"Easy, Easy!"

"Easy boys, you definitely wouldn't miss out on the action…" Min Hong spoke like he was calming a restless horse…

Daniel and Little Fei smiled and shook their heads in wonder when they saw what happened; it was like almost every part of Min Hong's abilities were autonomous, self-conscious and sentient…

The roars calmed and Min Hong finally stood up from his meditative position, and despite everything he had done, he had barely spent half an hour, thus, he decided to go visit Ki Ting…

On getting there, he knocked and the door flung open instantly with Ki Ting somehow more reserved than before;

After all, she had seen Min Hong and the princess earlier and she instantly understood that she had no chance with him, and it would be unreasonable and shameless to keep smashing someone who had another lover, even if he was ready for it…

Min Hong entered and noticed there was something on her mind, so he asked;

"What is wrong?"

"I have to let you go… I know you are in a complicated relationship at the moment, and I don't want to make it any more complicated than it already is…" Ki Ting hit the nail right on the head;

"But I want to have you one last time…"

She added and without waiting for Min Hong to reply, she launched herself towards him, and Min Hong indulged instantly, giving her a solid hour of good shoving, and when they were done, Ki Ting was renewed both internally and externally;

"Now this is a massive achievement for me…"

She said as Min Hong was about to leave whilst she was still laying on the bed naked and breathing like she just ran around the world seven times in a minute;

"Unh?" Min Hong was stunned by her statement;

"I know your future is limitless since you have overwhelming talent, and someone like me doesn't stand a chance in having your heart..."

"...But when you eventually become a top expert in the future, I can still brag around to everyone that we shared such a sweet moment, not once but twice…"

She added as Min Hong instantly became flabbergasted at her thought process;

'I like this girl…' Daniel blurted in between a rib cracking laughter whilst Little Fei also joined in in the laughter…

"Alright, scoot away, I have to dress up… We can't have the people thinking you are a wayward leader now, can we?"

She added before standing up naked and shaking everything for Min Hong to see whilst she began to dress up once again…

"I want to have her, she's a keeper…" Daniel added as Min Hong left the building to go meet the princess…

The moment he landed at the door, she opened the door like she had been expecting him, but had a normal expression on her face which surprised Min Hong a bit;

'Did she find out?' Min Hong thought to himself as Daniel roared in laughter one again;

"That is the life of a wayward spouse and a cheat… Unnecessary fear…" Little Fei added as Min Hong frowned at the despicable duo…

But he turned around just in time to see the princess shut the, and the moment she did, she revealed her usual sweet smile and approached Min Hong;

"I missed you…" She said as she came up to him, hugged him and planted a kiss on his lips…

Then she pushed Min Hong to sit on her bed before sitting on his laps as she began to fondle his bangs which she placed there as a symbol of her love earlier in the day…

"So, do you think we can pull it off?" She asked with a smile;

"I have told you we have to wait till the time comes-"

"Not that you silly…" The princess bit his ear playfully;

"I meant the upcoming battle…"

"Oh that, there is no need to think too much about it…"

"Oh?" The princess exclaimed;

"Tell me about it…" She said somewhat eagerly;

"But that would ruin the surprise…"

Min Hong cheekily responded as the princess pouted in playful anger, but just as they wanted to start their lovey-dovey play, Gong Yi knocked and from the entrance he delivered his message;

"Fei Hong, we are done and everyone is ready…"

The princess frowned slightly, she was hoping to share another long moment of fun with her spouse but they just had to come ruin it, but her anger wasn't directed at Gong Yi but rather the Diamond Crust Alliance for cutting her long moment pretty short;

But then Min Hong's next statement caused her face to grow even darker;

"Alright, we are setting out immediately!"

Min Hong said as the princess looked to him with a wronged expression;

"Sorry dear, the quicker we end this, the more time we can spend on our journey to our next mission…" Min Hong placated her;

"No… You have to promise me an entire day… Just me and you indoors all day and nothing else…"

She refused to back down and Min Hong was amused by this side of her; apparently, there was no way one can truly erase a belief that had been bred into one's bloodline…

"Alright…" he gave up as the princess' face brightened instantly;

"Good, I love you…"

She added with a kiss as the finally exited the room to find a heavy and solemn atmosphere generated by experts who have seemingly decided that they might not return today…

Then Min Hong understood it was time for a speech of some sort, thus he stepped forward and this time, the princess actually walked with him, hugging his left arm;

"I don't have any preplanned speech to give you all… Neither can I give those war god speeches that makes you believe that you can defeat an immortal..."

"But I will tell you what we believe in…"

"To us from the Empire, today was simply a mission to be accomplished and nothing more…"

"We had planned to be efficient, quick and quiet; but then we entered the Land of Stones and realized that a lot of wrong deeds had gone unquestioned in this place..."

"Common folks and indigenes have been tyrannically forced to abandon the place where their ancestors built with their blood and sweat…"

"They have seen their freedom and normal lives forcefully yanked from their grasps, forced to live at the extremes, within the shadows, never to see the light of day or return to their normal lives…"

"It is for this reason that the nature of our mission changed; We decided that we wouldn't be any different from the tyrants if we had the ability to change the situation but turn a blind eye to it.."

"Thus, we now look to not only return the land to its rightful owners, but to also ensure its future will flourish from now henceforth, so that the labors of your heroes past would not be in vain…" Min Hong began…