Chapter 104: Guardian Beast

Beep beep beep~

Xu Feng’s Communicator rang.

“Xu Feng, are you still in the Blackwater Swamp?” Sun Lei’s loud voice came through the Communicator.

“I am still here. What’s wrong?” Xu Feng asked.

Hearing Sun Lei’s voice, Xu Feng suddenly remembered that he had a mission to find the Village of Sacrifice. Now he had actually become the Village Chief of the Village of Sacrifice. Xu Feng didn’t know how to face Sun Lei, since he was still a member of the Thunder Martial Hall.

“If it really comes down to it, I can let the Thunder Martial Hall develop the Village of Sacrifice, but I must not give up ownership this time,” Xu Feng thought to himself. Only by firmly keeping the Altar of the Village of Sacrifice in his hands could he prevent the tragedy of his past life. Xu Feng had made up his mind: even if the Village of Sacrifice became deserted and remained a Level 1 Village forever, he would never hand it over to anyone else.

“Come here quickly! We’re fighting with those fanatics from the Doomsday Ark Alliance!” Sun Lei’s frustrated and angry voice came through the Communicator.

After speaking, Sun Lei sent over a set of coordinates.

Xu Feng glanced at them. The coordinate location was not far from the Black Water Lake. If he followed the passage from the Sweetwater Lake, it would only take ten minutes to get there.

“Maybe this is the real entrance,” Xu Feng thought as he arrived at the Sweetwater Lake and slowly went down.

The Sweetwater Lake was not big, and its water was clear enough to see the bottom. At the very edge of the lake, there was a passage about as wide as a person. Xu Feng walked along the passage outward.

This water passage was built with square stones about a meter on each side, and it looked very old. The passage twisted and turned. On the map, it didn’t seem long, but in reality, it took at least fifteen minutes of swimming to get through.

Without an item that allowed underwater breathing, this water passage alone could stop enemies from attacking the Village of Sacrifice.

When Xu Feng reached the end of the water passage, sure enough, he saw a Light Gate that looked like a gate to the stars, just like the passage Light Gate in Nüwa Village.

“This is the real entrance.”

Xu Feng opened the village construction menu and set the access permissions for this Light Gate, then he plunged through it. He didn’t want just anyone to be able to come and go from the Village of Sacrifice freely. Now, the Village of Sacrifice had become his exclusive possession, and he wouldn’t allow others to touch it.

Inside the Light Gate was the Sweetwater Lake, and outside was the Black Water Lake. On one side, the water was clear and transparent; on the other, it was as black as ink. Only a single Light Gate separated them, but the water quality was completely opposite.

Xu Feng passed through the Light Gate and entered the Black Water Lake.

The coordinates Sun Lei gave were not far away. The fight must have been intense, so Xu Feng needed to hurry over.

Just as Xu Feng was swimming toward the coordinates, a massive black shadow suddenly blocked his way.

Xu Feng’s heart jumped, and he looked up.

“A Flood Dragon, a Flood Dragon!”

Xu Feng’s heart leaped into his throat. His luck was really bad. The first time he met a Flood Dragon, his hard-won Three-Star Elite combat partner was killed by it. Now, right after gaining a territory, he was blocked at the entrance by a Flood Dragon.

Xu Feng panicked and slowly backed away, wanting to slip back through the Light Gate and return to the Village of Sacrifice.

After retreating more than ten meters and getting close to the Light Gate, Xu Feng felt a surge of relief. His life was hanging by a thread, but the Flood Dragon hadn’t attacked him.

Xu Feng’s curiosity grew strong, and he couldn’t help but look at the Flood Dragon again. He discovered that the over-ten-meter-long Flood Dragon was quietly floating ahead, its lantern-like eyes fixed intently on Xu Feng.

“It didn’t attack me?” Xu Feng wondered.

Looking more closely, the name above the Flood Dragon’s head was actually green.

“Black Water Flood Beast” was this Flood Dragon’s name.

Xu Feng was overjoyed. This Flood Dragon’s relationship with him was actually friendly.

“Wait, the first time I saw it, its name was red, meaning hostile, and it even killed my combat pet. Why is it friendly now that I’m seeing it a second time?” Xu Feng was puzzled.

The only difference between the first and second time was that Xu Feng had become the Village Chief of the Village of Sacrifice and gained ownership of the Village of Sacrifice.

“Could it be that this Flood Dragon is the Guardian of the Village of Sacrifice?” A sudden idea flashed in Xu Feng’s mind.

Every village that could be developed had a Guardian. In Nüwa Village, the Guardian was an Insect Nest. But the Village of Sacrifice was empty and looked long abandoned. Most importantly, Xu Feng hadn’t entered the Village of Sacrifice through the real entrance but had climbed over the outside mountain to get in, thus gaining ownership of the Village of Sacrifice.

“Maybe because of that, by some twist of fate, this Guardian of the Village of Sacrifice is already friendly with me,” Xu Feng guessed.

Thinking this, Xu Feng slowly swam toward the Flood Dragon.

As Xu Feng swam, the Flood Dragon remained floating in place, its tail gently swaying and stirring the water. Its two lantern-like eyes watched Xu Feng with curiosity and confusion, but without any killing intent.

When Xu Feng swam close to the Flood Dragon, he realized just how big it was.

Its body was nearly twenty meters long, with a girth over three meters in diameter. Compared to it, Xu Feng was as small as a baby next to an adult.

The Flood Dragon’s body was covered in black scales, each as big as a washbasin, gleaming with a metallic sheen. Its legs had three toes, also covered in fine scales. The tips of its claws curved slightly, like daggers, emitting a coldness with a faint mist swirling around them, though it was hard to notice unless you looked closely.

The most unique part was the Flood Dragon’s head, which looked very similar to the heads of legendary Eastern dragons, except it had no horns. There were only two fist-sized bumps on its forehead. Presumably, if this Flood Dragon advanced one more level, it would grow dragon horns.

Xu Feng cautiously reached out and gently touched the Flood Dragon’s scales. They were hard and slightly cold.

The Flood Dragon seemed a bit uncomfortable with Xu Feng’s touch. It let out a soft sound, slightly shifted its body, swam to the front of the Light Gate, coiled up, and closed its eyes as if to rest.

Although the Flood Dragon had no hostility and seemed to be part of the Village of Sacrifice, guarding its true entrance, Xu Feng had no way to command it. Otherwise, with a Three-Star Lord Rank pet like this, who could be his match?

Xu Feng glanced back at the Flood Dragon, smiled slightly, and swam outward.

What Xu Feng didn’t know was that after he swam away, the Flood Dragon suddenly opened its eyes, stared at Xu Feng’s retreating figure, and subtly curled the corners of its mouth into a human-like smile.

“In my past life, it must have been that Death Fortress and this Flood Dragon fought each other, and the Flood Dragon was severely injured. That guy took advantage, killed the Flood Dragon, and then entered the Village of Sacrifice to occupy it. He must have been from the Doomsday Ark Alliance,” Xu Feng thought, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.