Dragon War God

Chapter 922 – Camp Wolf

Camp Wolf was not far from the Underworld Arena; it was situated in the outer section of the hundreds of training camps. That meant that compared to the other training camps, Camp Wolf was considered as one of the weaker ones.

However, with one thousand Seventh Heavenly Martial Stage cultivators, one hundred Eighth Heavenly Martial Stage Sergeants, ten Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage Hundred-Sergeants, and one Thousand-Sergeant at the Divine Martial Realm, this camp was already a mammoth of an organization to Long Chen.

Every Ten Thousand-Sergeant led ten Thousand-Sergeant Camps, while Underworld Admirals managed a hundred Thousand-Sergeant Camps each.

Every camp was divided by tall, ink-green walls. Trespassing into other camps without proper reason was a crime serious enough to warrant the death penalty.

Within the vast training grounds, Long Chen could only stay in Camp Wolf.

Very quickly, a large cluster of ink-green buildings appeared before him. This was Camp Wolf. There was a large sculpture of an ink-green wolf at the entrance, and the opening was through its chest. It was crouching, made of beautiful jade, and emanated thick Royal Qi. The ink-green jade was likely even more valuable than Emperor Crystals.

Emperor Crystals were also a type of stone filled with Royal Qi.

They entered the camp through the large wolf’s chest and arrived in a vast plaza. The plaza looked as if it was boundless, and the soldiers’ accommodations were beyond this place. The plaza was likely used for gatherings and also training activities. The other soldiers had likely received news of the trials, so about a thousand soldiers were already gathered in the plaza, which was almost the whole camp.

The Underworld Soldiers formed one hundred rows in front of Song Yang, with each row forming a team. The Sergeant leading each group stood in front of their groups, while the ten Hundred-Sergeants stood in front of them all. One thousand Underworld Soldiers radiated a powerful aura, as if they were deliberately being intimidating. After they entered, the immense killing intent hit them in their faces, causing the twenty-five newcomers to retreat several steps in fear.

The soldiers burst into laughter after they saw Long Chen and the others’ reactions. When these people first joined, they had also been startled by the existing soldiers.

“Silence,” the few Ninth Heavenly Martial Stage Hundred-Sergeants ordered. The Underworld Soldiers stopped talking.

Song Yang was still in a terrible mood. He walked towards the frontmost section of the plaza, and the ten Hundred-Sergeants stood behind him to brief him on some matters.

“Thousand-Sergeant, which is your grandson, Song Yuchun?” asked a Hundred-Sergeant with a smile.

Song Yang glanced at him coldly and did not speak. Then he looked at the twenty-five people standing obediently.

The Hundred-Sergeant who spoke and the other Hundred-Sergeants all looked at each other.

Did that mean Thousand-Sergeant Song Yang’s grandson had failed to enter?

They once heard that Song Yuchun could have entered a long time ago, but did not because he wanted to wait until Song Yang was the examiner. Then he would enter Song Yang’s camp so that his grandfather could watch over him.

He had not expected Long Chen to foil his plans.

“Sergeants whose teams do not have nine people, step forward.” Song Yang did not chat with the Hundred-Sergeants, but instead looked at the group of soldiers.

Due to deaths in battles and promotions, as well as deaths in the Underworld Battlefield, many groups did not have ten members. That was why the Underworld Army recruited new blood every month. One hundred this month was considered low.

The Sergeants could sense something wrong with today’s situation, so they stepped forward obediently. Thirty-plus Sergeants lacked team members out of the hundred teams.

“You, go to this team!

“You, go to this team!”

Song Yang instructed them without expression. The newcomers were assigned to their teams, but Long Chen seemed to receive special treatment because he was assigned last. Very quickly, Long Chen was the last newcomer remaining, but there were still many Sergeants standing in front of him.

Song Yang’s gaze darkened. He looked at Long Chen for a while and recalled what Qin Xiong had said. Qin Xiong had stated he would not let Song Yang go if he received any negative news. But Song Yang was unwilling to let Long Chen live peacefully.

“You, go to this team!”

Very naturally, Song Yang pointed at a man with tan skin. He was not very tall, but he was very muscular, making him look like a stout, powerful bear. His eyes were filled with bloody violence and his face was pockmarked and had various knife scars. He radiated a violent aura, and with just a glance, he was obviously not a good person.

Song Yang was only assigning them casually, so not many people suspected that something was wrong.

But many sergeants gave Long Chen pitiful looks.

“Thousand-Sergeant assigned him to become the Butcher’s subordinate? This brat looks so fair and delicate; he’s done for.”

“The Butcher is violent, vicious, and kills people like it’s nothing. And he’s particularly interested in fair and delicate-looking youths like him.”

“Although the Butcher won’t kill him, once this kid is in his hands, I don’t know what’s going to happen to his ass.”

“Look at the people in his team. In the beginning, all of them were fair and youthful. Now they’re all thin and malnourished-looking. Their health levels haven’t been on par with the army’s standards in a long time.”

Long Chen heard all of them.

He looked at the Butcher, then at the men who were clearly not living well behind him, and shrugged. If the bastard decided to cause trouble, Long Chen would make him suffer.

“Alright, join your teams. I won’t waste time. Your Sergeants will tell you everything about the army’s rules and what you need to take note of. Sergeants of newcomers, follow me to get your armor. As for the others, take your new members and return.”

“Yes, Sir!”

Everyone nodded and left in an orderly fashion. Long Chen followed the soldiers behind the Butcher and left with them. After he left, Song Yang gave the Butcher a look.

“Thousand-Sergeant, you don’t need to say a word. I understand.” The Butcher gave a perverted sneer.

“That’s good,” said Song Yang with a smile.

***

There were also training grounds and soldier accommodations beyond the plaza in Camp Wolf. Long Chen followed the others and did not speak along the way. There was only numbness in their eyes.

“Brother,” said one of them, turning around, “did you offend the Thousand-Sergeant?”

“Why do you ask?” asked Long Chen with a smile. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

When the soldier saw that Long Chen did not seem to know what was coming, he shook his head resignedly and said, “If you did not offend him, he would not have assigned you to the Butcher.”

“Is this guy a pervert who is interested in men?” Long Chen asked.

The moment he asked it, the rest of them turned to look at Long Chen with numbness in their eyes.

The Butcher was very impressive if he reduced eight men to this state.

“Surely the eight of you combined can defeat one Eighth Heavenly Martial Stage cultivator.”

The few of them looked at each other, and then one said bitterly, “Since you’ve joined us, then we’ll treat you as one of us and tell it how it is. You don’t know the Underworld Army’s rules. We all despise the Butcher, but what use is that? Indeed, the eight of us could fight back if we worked together, but there are laws in the military. If you violate them, you are killed. For example, working together to fight a Sergeant is against military law.”

“Is there any way to kill a Sergeant?” Long Chen asked.

The other people looked at each other, then pitifully at Long Chen. As the saying went, the newborn calf did not fear the tiger. [1]

“In the Underworld Army, killing one of our own is considered violating military law and will result in different levels of punishment. You may only kill in the Underworld Battlefield. However, injuring someone is still permissible. For example, every soldier may challenge a Sergeant. If you defeat the Sergeant, you will automatically be promoted to Sergeant. This rule is only applicable to a Sergeant. As for positions such as Hundred-Sergeants and above, it will depend on the Thousand-Sergeant or Ten Thousand-Sergeant above you. Only the Sergeant can be challenged.”

Another person said, “You understand what we mean, right, kid? Only one person may fight the Sergeant. This means that if you want to take over as the Sergeant, fighting him together as a group would be against military law. Therefore, the Butcher is not someone we can disobey.”

“I see.” Long Chen nodded and did not react. He still looked nonchalant.

Looking at him, one of the other soldiers said half-mockingly, “You may be carefree now, but when the Butcher returns later, you’ll know how terrifying he is. Then you will regret the decision you made to join the Underworld Army. You will feel like life is a nightmare.”

The other people looked like they agreed.

Long Chen smiled and said, “That’s because you all are willing to endure it and do not dare to fight back. If the alternative is to live in humiliation, you might as well kill him off. Let’s just go. Take me to the place.”

The other people mulled over his words, but very soon, the brutal reality brought them back into depression once more.

1. The newborn calf does not fear the tiger = a newbie who is not afraid of any threat due to ignorance ☜