Chapter 155 Volcanic Holy Ruins

Jiang Xiao reluctantly refused the hot pot feast.

He also explained clearly to Teacher Fang that he wasn't exactly on vacation, but continuing his Night Watchman apprenticeship under the guidance of the Night Watchers. He wouldn't truly be on holiday until a day or two before the New Year.

This made Fang Xingyun smile wryly and shake her head. She had been wondering why Jiang Xiao was on holiday a week earlier than other wasteland reclamation apprentices, and now the truth was clear.

This kid had just escaped from the wasteland reclamation army at school, and then fallen into the clutches of the Night Watcher army?

She originally thought Hai Tianqing was joking, but now she realized that a Night Watcher big shot had really taken a fancy to Jiang Xiao.

A Nebula Stage nobody with nine star slots was being fought over by the two top legions in China. What level was that?

And what was the attitude of both legions?

Like everyone else, Fang Xingyun thought that the most dazzling one was the bright white moon - Han Jiangxue.

Then, like the audience after the National League Finals, everyone was stunned to discover in the end that beneath the radiance of that bright moon, there was also a dazzling star hidden.

Teacher Fang helplessly canceled the dinner plan. According to her, she would be returning to the capital in a couple of days to spend the New Year with her parents and two older brothers.

Judging by this, Fang Xingyun and Hai Tianqing's progress wasn't as fast as imagined. However, they had only known each other for two months. Teacher Fang traveling a thousand miles to Jiangbin already counted as progress.

Although Jiang Xiao didn't get to enjoy Teacher Fang's hot pot feast,

Jiang Xiao wasn't the slightest bit envious,

Because he was about to become a hot pot himself.

At this moment, Jiang Xiao was in the volcanic otherworld dimension, enjoying the roasting of the scalding earth and the heat waves from the surrounding lava.

Just now, Er Wei had presented her Night Watcher officer's ID to the guardian army in Earth, and Jiang Xiao had also presented his Star Warrior certificate.

Jiang Xiao almost cried; he finally had a legitimate identity!

Jiang Xiao's certificate didn't matter much, but when the guardian soldiers saw Er Wei's officer's ID, they were shocked.

Although, in name, Light Chasers were on the same level as regular Night Watchers, the Light Chaser Corps was a rare mobile force within the Night Watcher army.

When Light Chaser soldiers appeared, it meant something unlucky was about to happen.

Either this otherworld dimension had internal and external troubles and needed to defend against enemies or clean house;

Or... the Light Chasers were there to supervise and inspect the work of the internal Night Watcher and guardian legions.

Their function was very similar to the internal affairs department in the police force. We might be on the same level, but I can supervise and inspect your work.

Although the Light Chaser Corps was more mobile than regular Night Watchers, Light Chasers were still Night Watcher soldiers, and they couldn't just wander around carelessly.

In the remote Great Northeast, a Light Chaser captain from the Great Northwest suddenly appeared, and a numbered one at that!

What did a number mean?

Not every Light Chaser squad had a number; it was tied to strength and merit.

What did this mean?

The soldier knew the situation in the otherworld dimension he was guarding like the back of his hand and immediately realized that he hadn't requested assistance from superiors recently, and everything inside the dimension was normal.

Therefore, the soldier naturally assumed that this Captain Wei Yu from the Great Northwest was here for a pre-holiday cross-inspection.

The soldier even specifically asked Er Wei if she needed a soldier to accompany her and act as a guide.

But Er Wei said that she was just bringing an apprentice to let the child see what a volcanic holy ruin looked like.

The guardian soldier immediately let them pass and didn't even ask for their entrance fee, and prepared backpacks, protective clothing, water, and other resources.

However, after the two left, the guardian soldier hurriedly informed various internal teams, telling them to strengthen patrols and control, and increase the state of duty...

Jiang Xiao, wearing a dust mask, said, "Is that necessary? Is that soldier finding his platoon leader and reporting to his superior?"

There's a saying that close relatives don't produce great people.

Although the analogy wasn't quite appropriate, that was roughly the idea.

Jiang Xiao had been following Er Wei for too long and had been too cheeky for too long. Sometimes, he even forgot that Er Wei was a big shot.

Whether in terms of strength or status, she was an undisputed big shot.

Maybe... that's why Han Jiangxue insisted on transferring money to Jiang Xiao and repeatedly told him that Er Wei was taking him to improve his strength, not to make money.

Er Wei's hoarse voice came out through the dust mask, sounding a bit strange: "This isn't Jiannan Village Snowfield. They don't recognize me. It's normal for them to react this way. My ID was changed after I was transferred to the Northwest Night Watcher Army, so I shouldn't be appearing within the jurisdiction of the Northern Night Watcher Army.

Their actions show responsibility, verifying my identity and reporting to superiors. Now, our movements will leave traces with the commanders of both Light Chaser corps."

Very rarely, Er Wei said such a long speech, perhaps because they were comrades-in-arms, she explained a lot.

Jiang Xiao wisely shut his mouth. He was here to improve the quality of his star techniques, not to make people angry.

According to the guidance of the guardian army inside the volcanic dimension, Jiang Xiao and Er Wei embarked on the northern route. They had just crossed a scalding mountain, and ahead was a continuous mountain range!

And according to the information passed on by the guardian soldier earlier, the Holy Ruins were 176 kilometers directly north.

Were they calculating the straight-line distance? Climbing mountains, detouring around lakes, etc., probably weren't included in the mileage, right?

Jiang Xiao clicked his tongue inwardly. Even on a flat road with good conditions, it would take more than an hour to drive...

Er Wei suddenly asked, "What have you learned as an apprentice in the wasteland reclamation army?"

Jiang Xiao's heart skipped a beat!

Here it comes! Here it comes!

What should come will eventually come!

Just because she didn't say anything didn't mean she didn't know!

While walking, Jiang Xiao suddenly spread his hands, threw the marching bag on his back into the star map space, and then took out his steel giant blade from it.

At this moment, Jiang Xiao was in a state of full preparation, because he didn't know what Er Wei would say next, or what orders she would give.

Er Wei tilted her head, looked at the layers of overlapping huge star map space gates, a strange light flashed in her narrow eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm asking, what have you learned in the wasteland reclamation army?"

"Gulp." Jiang Xiao's Adam's apple bobbed, and he said, "N-nothing, they just made me run every day to exercise."

Er Wei: "Just pure running?"

Jiang Xiao thought for a while, and said, "Run... run to the limit of my physical strength, exhaustion."

Er Wei nodded with satisfaction. She knew very well what kind of training the wasteland reclamation army had done to Jiang Xiao. She just wanted to hear Jiang Xiao say the correct answer.

Er Wei: "You like this kind of training method?"

Having just entered this place, Jiang Xiao already felt thirsty. He licked his dry lips and didn't know how to answer.

But Er Wei said to herself, "You like it."

Jiang Xiao: "I..."

Er Wei: "I can give it to you too. Now, run."

Jiang Xiao: ???

Er Wei looked down at Jiang Xiao and slowly spat out a word, "Run."

Jiang Xiao looked up at Er Wei, but only saw a blank face.

And Jiang Xiao already had the answer in his heart. Having been in contact with Er Wei for so long, she seemed to have never made any jokes.

Er Wei: "Target, Holy Ruins. No stopping unless you see a Lava Ghost Wizard."

176 kilometers?

No stopping, run all the way there?

Jiang Xiao weakly said, "You misunderstood, I don't like the training method of the wasteland reclamation army."

Er Wei: "I like it."

Jiang Xiao raised his hand and cast a blessing!

You like it?

Spoiled brat!

Do you like my big blessing!?

Er Wei suddenly closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and tried her best not to make any sound, but still couldn't stop the nasal sound from coming out.

Her head was dizzy, but it wasn't the dizziness of being hit by a heavy hammer, but the comfortable dizziness of that wonderful taste transmitting to all her limbs.

When she opened her watery phoenix eyes, she found that her apprentice had already run far away.

But Er Wei just pressed one hand on her chest. Suddenly, a tall horse appeared by her side.

"Neigh~"

Er Wei's star pet - Little Xiao Xiao!

"Little Xiao Xiao" wasn't small now. Although it wasn't an adult yet, it already had the size of a mature Bai Shan Xue Yu (White Mountain Snow Feather).

It was plump and strong, extremely majestic.

Its shoulder height was 2.6 meters, and its head to the ground reached a height of 3.5 meters.

It was snow-white all over, without a single stray hair. Its long mane was scattered down, like a galaxy pouring down, flowing with a dreamy color.

However, Xiao Xiao seemed very dissatisfied with the surrounding environment.

After it was released from Er Wei's star map space, the surrounding area was filled with frost, seemingly intentionally changing the hot environment around it.

Er Wei jumped up, sat on the horse's back, and gently kicked its belly with her heel: "Catch up with him, fifty meters in height, fifty meters in distance."

Xiao Xiao spread its snow-white wings, and the surrounding area was filled with bursts of cold air, changing the hot volcanic space.

A single wing was more than three meters long. It neighed and flew into the sky, scattering ice crystals all over the sky.

Jiang Xiao felt something was wrong as he ran. He turned his head to look diagonally behind him, but saw a huge Pegasus exuding bursts of cold air, flapping its huge wings, following behind him.

Xiao Xiao obviously still remembered Jiang Xiao. It still remembered the good times when it didn't dare to ask its owner for food, and instead asked Jiang Xiao for Nang wrapped meat.

"Neigh~" Xiao Xiao neighed excitedly, a pair of huge deep-sea blue eyes, originally calm, but now seemed to have set off monstrous waves, staring straight at Jiang Xiao.

The facts proved that no matter how friendly a star beast was to you, when its rank reached Platinum, when it stared at you straight, it was difficult not to feel fear.

Especially...

Bang!

Xiao Xiao unleashed a Platinum Ice Roar, smashing down far to Jiang Xiao's right. There, several Lava Ghosts had discovered Jiang Xiao's trail, and they were clamoring, trying to come and attack Jiang Xiao, but they were rolled into piles of minced meat by this Ice Roar.

The swirling, crystal-clear ice shavings were stained with the black of the earth, the gray of the volcano, and the bloody color of the Lava Ghosts.

Xiao Xiao was showing goodwill, but Jiang Xiao was startled.

The casting range of that Platinum Ice Roar was extremely wide, even affecting Jiang Xiao and affecting his pace forward.

Looking at Er Wei, sitting in a piece of frost, refreshed in the sky, Jiang Xiao was cursing in his heart!

Er Wei!

Can you please be a human being!

I admit that Night Watch is better than Wasteland Reclamation, okay?

The wasteland reclamation army did make me run to death, but they didn't send a Platinum divine beast to hunt me down!!!