I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Inside the camp, the three members of the Void Blade Squad and Dr. Shen were gathered in a tent.

"...That's just the way it is."

Xu Ren whispered to the glowing silver bracelet on his hand.

"I see."

Wu Youqing's ethereal voice, devoid of any discernible emotion, came from the bracelet.

After a moment of silence, she continued:

"You White Crows, you're supposed to be a department that specializes in handling unusual events in border areas, yet you're so unprofessional."

"You didn't even prepare a 'mirror film,' didn't you even consider the possibility of being reflected by GOD-005? Why are you taking chances?"

Despite the obvious accusations, Wu Youqing's voice remained as ethereal and calm as ever, making everyone present feel a little uneasy.

Xu Ren thought for a moment, but did not say anything to refute it, such as, "Preparing to cover tens of kilometers with a lens film is very troublesome and very expensive. They can't afford it. Usually, only some border areas of Grade A or above will have long-term lens film coverage."

She knew very well that Miss Wu was not unaware of the difficulties of the matter, but she had some resentment towards them for putting Xue Jing in danger.

These accusations are just a way of venting emotions; it's best to just bear them silently.

After all, this was basically a pure accident. Who knew that the timing of the [Mirror World] was so coincidental, 'reflecting and merging' the boundary area the instant Xue Jing entered?

With Miss Wu's intelligence and rationality, she clearly understands this principle.

Just as Xu Ren had predicted, Wu Youqing did not make any further accusations. Instead, she remained silent for a while before speaking:

"Xue Jing is a person destined to be plagued by trouble... Only those with 'True Vision' can see that he is surrounded by extremely complex 'anomalies,' like a huge light source that attracts all kinds of 'insects' to him."

"This is probably how it is now, so it's not your fault."

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

They didn't even dare to imagine the consequences if this incident angered Miss Wu.

Xu Ren whispered, "What do we do now, Miss Wu?"

“I don’t think Xue Jing will stop here just because he’s a pureblooded dragon,” Wu Youqing said. “But at least we need to let him know the current situation.”

A mere pureblood dragon...

The mandrill next to him twitched at the corner of its mouth upon hearing this.

Only Miss Wu could say something like that...

Even a juvenile pureblood dragon is a super monster that requires at least three White Raven squadrons to deal with, only after thorough preparation.

No matter how powerful Xue Jing is, he couldn't possibly defeat such a monster. Miss Wu's confidence in him is far too much...

"What should we do?" Xu Ren asked.

Wu Youqing said calmly, "Since it's a divine relic, then we'll use a divine relic to deal with it as well."

"Come to Qingcheng right away."

……

Inside the Roaring Waterfall, in a certain forest.

Xue Jing cleared a space, chopped some wood and piled it up, then used a lighter to make a bonfire.

"I've heard that the materials from dragons are very expensive."

At this moment, Xue Jing was holding the unsheathed Futu Blade, scraping off a large piece of scales from a flying dragon's meat.

This is the tail meat of that dragon.

"Dragon meat can only be found in high-end restaurants in the inner ring area. It's a rare opportunity, so you should definitely try it."

Xue Jing scraped the scales with a crunching sound.

The fine, dark yellow dragon scales were scraped clean by his skillful swordsmanship with the sharp Futu Blade.

"Yoshi, my knife skills are super good."

Xue Jing looked at the whole piece of tail meat, now without scales and with wrinkled skin, and nodded in satisfaction.

He stretched out his finger and touched the keel bone on the cut surface of the tail meat, black flames igniting at his fingertip.

Using Shadow Flame to annihilate the bones and blood inside, Xue Jing waved to the crow beside him, took out various seasonings from the large backpack it was holding, and began to marinate the dragon meat.

On the other side, in the forest, several figures were advancing towards Xue Jing's location.

Each of them was accompanied by a different 'Daruka'. There was a Daruka with six legs, like a large crocodile, and a Daruka with scales all over its body, like a hunting dog, sniffing the ground with its head down... and so on.

“Anlowa, slow down, and be more discreet,” one of the tall men said, frowning.

"We are within the territory of this country. If our patrol team finds us, we won't be able to escape."

The man named Anrova shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, Captain Apawa. The patrol teams in this country are so small, how could we possibly run into them?"

"This forest is still the territory of that 'long-tailed dragon,' and according to their respect for dragons, they would not trespass into the forest and disturb it."

"This job was too easy! Let's hurry up and catch that long-tailed dragon so we can sell it and have some drinks!"

The others chimed in:

"Exactly, Captain Apawa is being overly cautious."

"We've been doing this for so long, catching a dragon is nothing, no need to be so nervous."

Apawa frowned, shook his head, and whispered:

“I’m a little uneasy. Something feels off. This forest… is too quiet.”

“Normally, even in a dragon’s territory, we should see quite a few Daruka, but we haven’t seen a single one since we entered the forest.”

Seeing that the captain was a little nervous, Anlova was about to say something to comfort him.

Just then, suddenly, the scaly hound Daruka in the squad seemed to have smelled something, stopped, bared its teeth, and let out a low growl as a warning.

Seeing this, everyone's gaze turned serious.

"There's trouble ahead, be careful!"

The group cautiously took a few steps forward, silently parting the bushes that obscured their view.

Then, they saw the dragon.

To be precise, it was the corpse of a dragon.

With its massive body, including a tail nearly twenty meters long, it lay quietly on the ground, its tail severed in the middle, seemingly missing a piece.

Beside the dragon corpse sat a man dressed in strange clothes, holding a wooden stick with a piece of meat stuck in it, roasting it over a campfire. The meat sizzled and dripped with oil, looking quite tempting.

"Isn't that a long-tailed dragon!?"

Anlova's eyes widened.

"Someone beat me to it? Wait, that person actually roasted it! Are they going to eat a dragon?"

The group was terrified.

Dragons hold a very special place in this world; all dragons are offspring of the Dragon God and possess sacred bloodlines.

Although the other country is not as strict as this country, where only priestesses are qualified to tame dragons, absolutely no one would dare to do something like 'eating a dragon'.

"Is that man insane? To do something so divinely retributive, he'll be cursed to death by the Dragon God!"

"What do we do now?"

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

The mission objective was stolen, and by a madman who dared to eat a dragon...

"Or should we retreat? I've never seen his Daruka before, but it looks really intimidating..."

Someone noticed the crow flapping its wings next to the 'madman' and suggested in a low voice.

Captain Apawa thought for a moment and was about to give the order.

At that moment, seemingly unintentionally, the 'madman' turned his gaze toward the direction where they were hiding.

"not good!"

Apawa's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to remind everyone to get ready.

But before they could make a move, a dozen black 'fins' suddenly emerged from the shadows of the forest and swam quickly toward them.

Subsequently.

"Shh-"

A dozen black sharks leaped out of the water and pounced on them, opening their huge jaws and accurately biting each person and each Daruka.

"what!"

"What is this? No, don't bite me! Captain Apawa, save me!"

In the midst of the panic, everyone discovered that after the black sharks bit them, they did not tear their flesh apart as expected. Instead, they transformed into black steel cages, which, like springs, bound them all together, turning them into caterpillars.

Xue Jing stood up, holding roasted dragon meat in his hand, and walked towards the group of natives he had captured.

As he walked, he took a bite of the roasted dragon meat in his hand, savored it carefully, and nodded.

"Hmm... the taste is alright, it's quite juicy, and although the meat is tough, it's not dry, and the texture is pretty good."

While eating dragon meat, Xue Jing walked up to the group of natives, swallowed the food in his mouth, and spoke in a flat tone:

"You locals are so rude to be hiding and watching other people eat."

The group of natives looked at each other in bewilderment:

"What...what is he saying?"

"Is someone from out of town speaking a language I've never heard before?"

"What should we do? This madman who dares to eat dragon meat, will he eat us too?"

Xue Jing frowned, quickly devoured all the dragon meat, and then tossed away the wooden branch in his hand.

He took out simultaneous interpretation headsets from the backpack that the crow was holding and put them on the person who seemed to be the leader of the group of natives.

"Now, can you understand?"