With Countless Qualities Bestowed Upon Me, I Shall Ultimately Become Immortal-Chapter 621 - 552: Meng Jigang Fights the Flame Demon Alone, Four Arhats Break Through the Demon Tide Together!
Seeing the four monks wink at him, Meng Chuan raised his eyebrows in response:
"I promise I’ll master it."
Beside him.
Although Shi Cheng’s expression did not change, seemingly possessing great composure.
In fact, he was quite surprised by this scene.
Deploying a military formation is a skill built over time, impossible to achieve overnight.
Where did Meng Chuan, a student from Martial Arts University, learn this?
After all, he’s not from the Central Military Academy...
Does Northern United University teach this?
Impressive indeed...
Shi Cheng collected himself, immediately pointing out minor flaws in Meng Chuan’s troop deployment.
The army below took orders and made adjustments.
In less than a minute, everything was in perfect order again.
Looking down, a voice reached his ear:
"Captain Meng, after graduating from United University, would you consider enlisting?
Become my adjutant instructor, as long as your martial arts skills keep up, I guarantee you’ll get promoted once every two years!"
Officer careers in the Defense Army start with the rank of Platoon Leader, originating from the Martial Arts Family.
Further advancement requires not only martial arts skills but also accumulated experience.
Ordinary people need 3, 4, or 5 years to gradually ascend, accumulating service years.
If an officer is outstanding and excels in all aspects, there is a slim chance of early advancement.
Meng Chuan’s martial arts skills are advancing rapidly, with a perfect record of completing national missions and rich experience in the Demon Nest.
In other aspects, his military formation coordination shows remarkable promise.
Indeed a highly exceptional, versatile talent!
Because of this, Shi Cheng dared to make such promises, ensuring advancement within two years.
Then...
Meng Chuan contemplated briefly and politely declined with a smile.
Shi Cheng, though disappointed, had to accept it.
The Defense Army’s discipline is strict, he can’t ’moonlight’.
Meng Chuan has to first become a professor, then a principal, and maintain cooperation with Hanhai Company.
After comprehensive consideration, enlisting seems impossible...
The commanding officer of San Qin, Qin Yue, had spoken to him early, also hoping he’d join the army.
Torn between academia and business, even joining the army would mean returning to his hometown.
What’s the point in hanging around with a bunch of monks here...
His bald head is merely temporary... 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Shi Cheng reiterated discipline once more and then remained silent with hands clasped behind his back.
He also had to stay by the Demon Nest, ready to provide support at any time.
Finally, Meng Chuan picked up the conversation.
He gave a deep, commanding order.
The entire army marches forth!
...
The Chi Li Demon Nest is only a few dozen kilometers from the station outside the city, extremely close for someone with martial arts cultivation.
Meng Chuan and four others led the way, progressed for a while, then entered the forest.
Though Yu Province is mostly plains, the arrival of the Demon Nest has unpredictably altered the nearby terrain.
After crossing two abrupt hills over a hundred meters high, and passing through an inexplicably appeared forest barrier, the view suddenly opened up.
As the main force arrived, the team stationed near the Demon Nest quickly ran over to report.
Approaching Shi Cheng, he gestured to them:
"Go tell Captain Meng and his team, he’s the commander of this operation."
"Got it!"
Meng Chuan cupped his fist in response, while observing the Demon Nest entrance less than a hundred meters away.
It’s his first time entering a higher-level Demon Nest, containing the Demon Nest Master.
Just glancing at the entrance shows the difference from lower-level Demon Nests.
Pale red demonic qi flows like ribbons.
Not only does it overflow from the entrance, but it also entangles the surrounding trees.
The demonic qi, like blood-sucking long ribbons, withers and kills the touched giant trees.
Only charred tree trunks remain, without a single yellow leaf...
The terror of the demonic qi is evident.
Meng Chuan further believed, if the entire human world were filled with such miasma...
It would truly be the end of the world...
He sighed inwardly, tightening the already well-gripped Bridge Moon.
After the stationed soldier completed the report, Meng Chuan nodded.
Beside him, Shi Cheng emphasized again that once inside the Demon Nest, everyone must follow Captain Meng’s orders.
The soldiers stood ready, as Meng Chuan and the four monks led the way, constantly hearing the crunching sound beneath their feet.
This was the sound of dry leaves, carbonized from the erosion of demonic qi, being crushed.
Meng Chuan happened to meet Liao Chen’s gaze beside him, and the two nodded to each other without speaking.
The five led the soldiers, gradually penetrating the demon-qi miasma...
...
Such hot weather...
The further they went, away from Principal Sui’s gathered little sun, the hotter it became.
This is the effect of the Fiery Sun Heaven phenomenon within the Demon Nest.
The further inside, the temperature increasingly scorches, uninhabitable for ordinary people.
Meng Chuan held his breath and focused, scanning his surroundings, leading in the Demon Nest passage.
Feeling the surrounding heat, an inexplicable familiarity emerged.
He reflected inwardly...
From afar, the soldiers saw an unknown layer of fire glowing on his body, glaringly bright in the dark, stirring their thoughts.
Liao Chen and the others found it unsurprising, as Meng Chuan was just like that.
In combat, his body exhibited an even more dazzling array of colors...
Who knows, what strange abilities these might be...
In fact, this peculiar layer on his body was the Fire Flame Body’s [Fire Attribute Resistance] effect activating.
Immediately, Meng Chuan ordered all soldiers to equip armor, dismissing any complaints about the heat.
Fire Attribute Resistance activates when encountering "fire damage sources."
Note, it triggers passively only upon receiving damage!
From this, one can deduce that the atmospheric heat isn’t merely scorching.
Instead... it’s fire poison!
Meng Chuan raised an eyebrow, finally understanding the origin of the familiar feeling.
He glanced at the panel again, confirming in his mind.
He had long before broken the Limit Breaking [Scorching Sand (Low Level)] trait.
