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Somewhere within the kingdom of Si, a group of wars.h.i.+ps are flying high up in the air as they slowly approach a deep ravine in the middle of two high mountains that reach to the skies. This place is called the Dragon's ridge.

The Dragon's ridge is a well-known dangerous place within the Si Kingdom. It is a place known for producing the ever expensive and rare Phoenix plum. It is a fruit that is rumored to have the power to revive even the dead. And ever since this rumor appears thousands of brave men and women would go and wade through the danger just to obtain such a fruit.

However, out of those who ventured inside only a few were able to escape the danger and the worst is that those who have escaped lost their minds. They would mutter the word, 'Dragon' while shaking once asked about what happened to them in that place.

Hence the name Dragon's ridge was given to this place.

The dragon's ridge is a few thousands of square kilometers and has several of the most dangerous beasts in the kingdom. And in some part, there are also the presences of demon beasts which are more ferocious and dangerous than normal beasts.

When the wars.h.i.+ps were about to approach the Dragon's ridge, an alarm in each s.h.i.+p woke the mercenaries. This alarm is very familiar to the mercenaries and each of them immediately scuttles to the deck of the s.h.i.+p with their weapons and armor on tow.

s.h.i.+n Jiao was also jolted up from his rest by this sound and an annoyed expression appear on his face. Right now, he has already changed his appearance to look like an ordinary cultivator and a long hair is tied up behind him in a ponytail by a simple rope.

He appears to be a normal rough mercenary among the crowd. Some of them even greeted him when he walked out and appear on the deck. Of course, those people are his roommates. It seems that the mercenary group is too lax and didn't even know that someone has already infiltrated their number.

Each of them is carrying an identification palm-size wooden slab with traces of spiritual Qi in it. But who is s.h.i.+n Jiao? How could he not figure out how those wooden slabs work? So he immediately made one as his own identification and was able to pa.s.s the inspection.

While standing beside a group, s.h.i.+n Jiao is trying to keep himself from killing anyone in this wars.h.i.+p. This is because the people on this s.h.i.+p are talking about what they have done in Dongxi city. Although he is not related to any of the people from that city, the atrocity these cowards have done in there truly ticks off s.h.i.+n Jiao's self-control. Right now he is currently holding himself through his will. So instead of listening to the disgusting whispers of the people around him, he s.h.i.+fted his gaze towards the view outside of the wars.h.i.+p's deck.

Looking at the misty area outside of the s.h.i.+p, s.h.i.+n Jiao can feel and sense murderous eyes looking at them although the outside is filled with mist. Since the wars.h.i.+p is covered by a barrier the mist is unable to penetrate to the deck. But s.h.i.+n Jiao can feel the cold air as the wars.h.i.+p slowly pa.s.ses through the dangerous area.

He immediately spreads his absolute sense outside and what greeted him almost made s.h.i.+n Jiao jump back in fright and surprise.

This is because he saw a huge head looking down at their wars.h.i.+p. This huge head has four eyes and a semi-long snout with razor-sharp teeth covering its mouth.

It seems that the creature is flying along with the wars.h.i.+ps following its direction.

"Ah… so you've seen them too." A low voice said beside s.h.i.+n Jiao.

This person is the one who boosted the most on how many women he violated in the city. Although he said he abhors killing and has not taken any lives, the man according to s.h.i.+n Jiao is the lesser evil among his roommates.

"Most of these fools could not detect those things as they are hiding their presence. I have a special const.i.tution that makes me different from others. I can steal female abilities through s.e.xual interaction with them. And I got this sharp sense and sharper spiritual sense because of one of the women from the city that begs for me not to kill her family. Hehe… That one was a fine one." He muttered in a low voice.

s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't reply and just look upwards and through the mist, he truly cannot see the large beast. He knows that if that beast decided to attack then the wars.h.i.+p would receive a huge damage.

"Young one, it seems that you are not aware of this? Are you a new recruit?" the man asked.

s.h.i.+n Jiao just nodded his head in reply.

"I guess so… you didn't even draw your weapon." He said with a smile while shaking his head.

"I am Beaver, that's what others call me. And you are?"

"I'm Si Ji…" s.h.i.+n Jiao just said as he s.h.i.+fted his gaze back to the side of the s.h.i.+p.

He began to spread his absolute sense as far as he could and discover a far more frightening scene.

There are hundreds of those huge creatures flying along with the wars.h.i.+ps. He can now clearly saw their full feature. They look like those flying dragons from the western fantasy stories, but their bodies are as big as their heads. Covered in dark scales and long wings that look like that of a bat, the dragons silently soar through the wind.

Suddenly, a loud roar was heard that reverberated throughout the wide and deep canyon. This roar made every mercenary prepare their weapons on hand and takes on a vigilant stance.

The man named Beaver standing next to s.h.i.+n Jiao patted s.h.i.+n Jiao's shoulder.

"Lower your stance young lad… This is a dangerous situation we are in. This is the first time I have heard that roar ever since we began traveling through the Dragon ridge." Beaver said with obvious worry in his eyes.

"You mean this didn't happen before?" s.h.i.+n Jiao asked in confusion.

"Out of my many years in traveling through this canyon, this is the first time I hear of it," he said as his eyes darted on his surroundings.

s.h.i.+n Jiao also saw the panic in the eyes of the dragons that are flying above and below their s.h.i.+p.

Then suddenly, s.h.i.+n Jiao can feel a strong energy fluctuation coming from afar.

"Some people are fighting." He muttered as he s.h.i.+fted his gaze in the middle of the bow and the starboard of the wars.h.i.+p.

The man squinted his eyes as he could not see nor detect anything. But then s.h.i.+n Jiao suddenly saw some people walking out of the captain's cabin of the s.h.i.+p. When his eyes gaze upon the woman clad in black a smirk appears on his face.

"It seems that this is her unlucky day." He thought.

He remembers the woman to be a member of the Lao clan when he enters the city she was one of those people who tried to a.s.sault him and Wen Mo Yang.

A smile appears on s.h.i.+n Jiao's face. As he thinks of what is happening in the direction where the wars.h.i.+ps are going. He knew that many of these wars.h.i.+ps would encounter some misfortune. So he didn't want to intervene. He would at most save the wars.h.i.+p he is in, as he still needs it to be able to reach the capital city of the Si Kingdom.

And true to his conjecture, the dragons around the wars.h.i.+p was immediately startled when huge energy blasted towards their direction. With the dragons in chaos, some of them rammed on the wars.h.i.+ps causing the s.h.i.+ps to go out of control and hit the other s.h.i.+ps near them.

Luckily for s.h.i.+n Jiao's s.h.i.+p that they are located near the wall of the gorge. And they are not that affected by the dragons trying to dodge the powerful force in frantic direction.

However, a dragon from under their s.h.i.+p still flew upwards and directly hit the hull of the wars.h.i.+p making it lost its control and flew upwards. This in turn hit the dragon above making it angry. Then a yellow bright light suddenly appears on its mouth.

Everyone was in a panic already as they scramble all over the s.h.i.+p. Some even jump out of the s.h.i.+p due to the sense of danger they are facing.

"Raise your s.h.i.+elds!" shouted Fifi Lao as she already took out a talisman and throw it upwards.

However, she knew that this is futile judging from the cultivation level of the dragon alone. Everyone in the s.h.i.+p knew that, if the level 5 dragon released its breath to the wars.h.i.+p it would be destroyed even with its protection array.

As everyone is in panic, s.h.i.+n Jiao's figure is nowhere to be seen. And unknown to them, he is already outside the s.h.i.+p and is currently hovering atop the dragon.

"I can't let you destroy that wars.h.i.+p yet. It still has its use for me." He said as he took out his trusty sniper rifle.

The dragon suddenly detected a dangerous premonition and suddenly stops charging its dragon's breath. Then it s.h.i.+fted its gigantic head towards s.h.i.+n Jiao's direction. Its b.e.s.t.i.a.l instinct is telling it that the small human floating behind it is dangerous. So it because cautious and didn't dare make its move.

"I guess, these beasts are more reasonable than most humans." s.h.i.+n Jiao said with a smile as he hid the sniper rifle back to his ring.

With a nod of his head, he returns back to the s.h.i.+p while the dragon looks at the human who spared its life with a complicated expression on its face.

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