40 Chapter 40: Arrive At The Liar Of Goblin/Hobgoblin Riders

Inside the special floor, Argon sat leisurely on his dragon throne, scrolling through the system shop.

"Sigh. I should stop. Seeing all these impressive items just makes me salivate."

Out of boredom, he decided to browse the system shop and plan for future purchases once he acquired some soul coins.

"Let's see what Cambion has been doing," he thought. Since Cambion was a subordinate, he could send messages even if the other party was in a different world.

"Cambion, have you arrived at the capital yet?" he asked.

"Yes, my Lord. I'm currently at the inn. Do you have any orders, Your Lord?" Cambion responded.

"No, I don't have any specific orders. You can use your judgment. But if things go awry, I want you to retreat if possible. Although you can be revived, it takes a month for subordinates to be revived," Argon said.

While a month might not be that long, the absence of a Qi Gathering powerhouse for that duration would leave a significant hole in the dungeon's defenses.

"Understood, my Lord."

"Okay, good luck." Argon then ended the call.

Suddenly, as Argon observed the dungeon, he was surprised to see a stream of people approaching. One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, until it reached over five thousand people.

Argon immediately scanned the group to find the strongest individuals. After some time, he identified two individuals.

[San

Cultivation: First-Stage Opening Qi Realm

Special Blood: None

Race: Human]

[Tan Zong

Cultivation: Second-Stage Opening Qi Realm

Special Blood: None

Race: Hybrid]

"Ah, a hybrid? Interesting."

The person named Tan Zong intrigued Argon. Despite outwardly appearing to be at the seventh-stage Building Base Realm, his cultivation was actually that of a second-stage Opening Qi Realm.

"System, do you know what kind of hybrid this person is?" Argon asked, as he couldn't discern anything from his appearance.

[Host, why not use qi to see if this person is using an illusion to change his appearance?]

Upon hearing the system's suggestion, he felt a little embarrassed for forgetting about it. Well, he couldn't be blamed, as he had only acquired this power a few days ago.

Argon followed the system's advice and used his qi manipulation skills. As a peak Qi Gathering Realm cultivator, it was easy for him to manipulate the qi in his body.

He looked at Tan Zong on the screen once again, and shortly after, the friendly old man's appearance of Tan Zong slowly faded, revealing a withered body.

[Host, I believe this person is an evil cultivator. Evil cultivators are humans who become hybrids after injecting the blood of a powerful evil cultivator.]

"Hmm... Thanks for the explanation, system."

'This guy must be plotting something against humans. A typical evil cultivator,' he thought.

Though he didn't particularly care about the guy's intentions, since he entered his dungeon, Argon decided to make him stay.

"Let's see..." Argon checked his soul coins and saw that he had two hundred soul coins.

"Two hundred soul coins are just enough to upgrade Ghorm to the next stage."

Upgrading Ghorm to the second stage of the Opening Qi Realm would cost two hundred soul coins, which he had acquired throughout the night.

Argon teleported directly to Ghorm and upgraded his realm, reminding him of the incoming human army. After that, he left.

For now, he would simply observe the situation.

On the screen, he could see that the humans had already begun their advance. Ghorm had ordered all the goblin riders to retreat to

  the den. Only low-level goblin riders remained in the forest, unable to return in time and falling victim to the humans.

With few obstacles in their path, the human army successfully reached the lair. The three leaders issued orders for everyone to move forward. Rogue cultivators and smaller forces gritted their teeth and proceeded, knowing they had no other choice. The forces under the three leaders followed closely behind.