Color-Changing Bird Hidden Dragon

Time flew by, and the next day arrived quickly. At eight o'clock in the morning, the bell rang again, waking everyone from their deep sleep.

Everyone woke up and made their beds to go to class. Chen Jianshu also opened his eyes and subconsciously touched the head of the person in his arms. He felt something was wrong and looked down to see a golden head.

He then realized that the little girl he was holding was not Xu Xiaoyan, but Ye Xinglan. He was slightly taken aback, having mistaken the little girl for someone else.

There's no way around it; at this age, little Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan are about the same size—both petite and flat-chested, much like Wang Dong, both from the Siberian plains.

If you let him hold and touch it for a while, he might not be able to figure it out. If he accidentally gets stuck and mistakes it, there's nothing you can do but repeat the same mistake.

Ye Xinglan also sat up from Chen Jianshu's embrace. The two looked at each other, and the former's cheeks immediately flushed red, and she struggled.

"I... switched beds with Xu Xiaoyan last night..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was so sleepy last night that I just grabbed you and hugged you like a pillow."

"It's okay... let's make our beds and go to class first."

"Good."

Ye Xinglan fidgeted with her hair somewhat awkwardly, but she wasn't too opposed to sleeping together last night.

It's Military Training now, and there will always be some unavoidable situations. Sleeping together is just a one-night stand, it's nothing.

The image of Chen Jianshu saving her flashed through her mind. She realized that he had saved her life, and sleeping together was nothing.

Even if the ointment applied to her was damp, she wouldn't touch it. Mainly, she didn't feel any resistance. After all, in the Douluo Continent, a world where strength reigns supreme, everyone admires the strong, and she was no exception.

Chen Jianshu saved her life, was stronger than her, and was indeed handsome, perfectly matching her criteria for a partner, which is why she didn't object.

The two looked at each other in silence, made their bed together, and then went to class. Today's lesson was about the Abyss Orc from last night.

Spirit Ice Douluo explained various knowledge about the Abyss Orc. The Abyss Orc are a powerful race in the first fifty layers of the Abyss. They are a combat race, and their strength is around that of top-level Soul Beasts.

They are born with the cultivation level of Soul King, and upon reaching adulthood, they are guaranteed to have the cultivation level of Soul Saint or Soul Douluo, with many even reaching the title level.

Of course, the stronger a race is, the fewer there are. Yesterday, only about fifty Abyss Beastmen attacked the Cold Trench Abyss Orc. The other two races are much weaker individually, and their numbers are in the hundreds or thousands.

Watching Spirit Ice Douluo giving them a lesson, Chen Jianshu fell into deep thought. Previously, they had always learned about this Abyss creature after finishing their lessons before encountering it.

For example, the Predators and Abyss Demon Mastiff were all encountered after the lessons were finished, allowing the students to exploit their weaknesses to fight them.

But last night's situation was clearly unexpected. He had thought it was like a game where an enemy's introduction would pop up before he encountered them, but now it seems he was overthinking it.

Last night, if he hadn't analyzed the Abyss Orc's Character Card and learned that the opponent's weakness was in the back of the neck, that battle would have been really difficult.

He pondered the significance of last night's surprise attack. It was likely meant to tell them that the enemy wouldn't only attack during the day, and that they needed to gather information about the enemy themselves.

The Abyss has a total of 108 layers. When the Abyss invaded back then, the Douluo Continent had no news of Abyss at all and hastily fought against it.

Now, most Abyss Creatures are included in the bestiary, but there will always be one or two Abyss Creatures that are not included. This is normal; who knows, there might be hidden Abyss Creatures lurking here, ready to ambush them.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wu Siduo and the other members of the Scout Group went out to explore again. Led by Ye Guyi, they scouted the terrain within a few kilometers. Today was their fifth day of exploration.

The surrounding temperature had dropped to minus fifteen degrees Celsius. If everyone used their Soul Power, they could still endure it. After reaching an area three kilometers outside the Cold Trench, Ye Guyi gave a signal.

"Everyone, spread out and search the surrounding area. If you find anything, use your Soul Power to notify the others."

As she finished speaking, everyone dispersed, and Xie Xie, having recovered, once again participated in the Scout Group's reconnaissance mission.

He explored the surroundings, his figure wandering around, his gaze occasionally falling towards the direction of the Endless Mountains, observing whether there were any Abyss Creatures launching a surprise attack.

Zhang Yangzi flew three meters into the air, and the raging cold wind howled mercilessly at him, like sharp blades falling mercilessly on his body.

"Ouch! It's so cold!"

Zhang Yangzi was shivering from the cold in the air and quickly landed. In the terrain of the Far North, flying-type Soul Masters are still too restricted, unless you are an ice-type flying-type Soul Master.

However, after a quick glance, he didn't see any Abyss Creatures around. After all, he couldn't possibly have missed such a large Abyss Creature, could he?

On the other side, Dai Yun'er released her Spiritual Eyes Martial Soul, also gazing towards the direction of the Endless Mountains in the distance, but still found nothing.

"Safety."

Just after Dai Yun'er confirmed that she was safe, Wu Siduo happened to appear in her field of vision. Her figure lightly stepped on the snow and went directly to explore an area three kilometers away, becoming somewhat separated from the main group.

Dai Yun'er hesitated, then said, "Sister, aren't you supposed to be this reckless? They only dared to explore within a two-kilometer radius, and you went straight to three kilometers away?"

However, she quickly thought of Wu Siduo's White Tiger Martial Soul. Well, it's alright then, she really is quite fierce.

Just as Dai Yun'er was idly looking around, she suddenly seemed to have made a new discovery.

Her Spiritual Eyes granted her an extremely powerful amplification of vision, allowing her to see the faint footprints on the snow.

She paused for a moment, and after confirming that it wasn't a human footprint, she immediately went over and examined it closely.

The footprints resembled chicken feet, with three toes pointing forward and one pointing backward. The footprints were very shallow, indicating that the creature that left them was very light. Of course, it's also possible that the blizzard slowly covered the footprints.

Upon discovering the anomaly, Dai Yun'er immediately raised her hand and then performed a Martial Soul transformation, switching her Spiritual Eyes Martial Soul to the Nether Civet Martial Soul. Netherworld power gathered from her palm and then erupted.

A black Soul Power signal shot into the sky, standing out conspicuously against the snow-covered landscape. Those who received the signal immediately moved toward Dai Yun'er.

Meanwhile, Wu Siduo, two kilometers away, also noticed the black signal and rushed over immediately. Just then, a cold glint suddenly shot towards her from not far away, and a sense of crisis arose spontaneously.

As a cold glint flashed, Wu Siduo felt her hair stand on end, her black Cat Ears instantly stood up, and she abruptly turned her head.

Swish!

A cold glint flashed past her hair, and a huge, crimson-black creature appeared. It had bird feet and an eagle's body, but no wings; it only had upper limbs resembling lizard claws.

Meanwhile, its head resembled that of a lizard, and its dark red vertical pupils were staring intently at Wu Siduo.

The two were five meters apart. The thing that had just launched the attack was its tongue. This strange creature was half bird and half lizard, about 1.5 meters long, and its tongue was black, hard, sharp, and somewhat resilient.

"Another new Abyss creature!"

Wu Siduo's alarm bells rang loudly. Just as she was about to retaliate, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

Swish!

Another whooshing sound came, Wu Siduo's body was pierced through, her black tongue protruding from her body. Just when the two Abyss creatures thought they had successfully hunted their prey...

The pierced figure vanished into dark Soul Power; it was merely a Clone.

Pfft!

The next moment, black claws pierced through the Abyss Creature that had just attacked her, and Wu Siduo's figure emerged from the shadows, killing it in a single exchange.

"A chameleon-like ability to become invisible, and the ability to eliminate one's presence."

After killing one, she began to quickly organize the information she had gathered in her mind, her hands moving non-stop as she unleashed her hundred claws, countless black claws sweeping across the battlefield.

They charged headlong into the other direction, while several claw-like beams flew into the sky and exploded. The commotion attracted everyone's attention, and they all gathered around.

Night Rakshasa used her Hundred Claws to severely injure another Abyss Creature, severing one of its limbs. Just as she was about to press her advantage, she suddenly noticed several whooshing sounds coming from the air.

"Clone!"

She immediately released her Clones, and five avatars appeared. She quickly dodged the incoming attacks, only to see three more invisible Abyss Creatures emerge.

After barely dodging the tongue that was as thick as a steel pillar, she immediately switched her Martial Soul. Her Cat Ears and Cat Tail disappeared instantly, replaced by tiger ears and a tiger tail.

A wave of dark purple light burst forth, instantly killing one of them. The remaining two then went into hiding again, their tracks lost and unable to be attacked. Just as Wu Siduo was in a very passive position, a delicate shout rang out.

"Holy Light!"

The next moment, a blinding Holy Light shone down, and Wu Siduo felt uncomfortable, but the light was not directed at her.

Sizzle!

As several sounds, like water droplets being evaporated by high temperature, Speaker out, five or six hidden Abyss Creatures were revealed. Wu Siduo looked up and saw that the person who had rushed over was Ye Guyi, the leader of their scout team.

After the holy light successfully shone on the invisible Abyss Creatures, Wu Siduo switched her Martial Soul without hesitation and swiftly killed them.

After these Abyss creatures died, their corpses turned into red energy and disappeared; this was also Simulation.

When these Abyss creatures die, all their energy returns to the Abyss. Unless this energy is absorbed, the Abyss will only grow stronger with each battle.

Ye Guyi landed quickly, and the rest of the Scout Group arrived one after another. Everyone wanted to ask what had happened, but Ye Guyi said with a solemn expression:

"Everyone, return to the Cold Trench. We need to inform the Chief Instructor about the newly appeared Abyss Creatures!"

As the order was given, everyone rushed towards the Cold Trench Barrier. As the Scout Group returned, a somber message came out: new Abyss Creatures had appeared.

All 290 trainees remained on the training ground. Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Xie Xie, who was unharmed.

"Xie Xie, are you alright? Do you want to come back to the dorm so I can check you out and make sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine. This is just a reconnaissance check; I haven't engaged in combat with Abyss Creatures."

"It's good that you're alright."

Seeing that Xie Xie was unharmed, Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief. On the other side, Chen Jianshu, standing next to Wu Siduo, noticed that she was injured and immediately reached out to help her up.

The latter looked over and saw that the other party was channeling intense Life Energy, and his injuries began to heal rapidly.

Wu Siduo felt the other party injecting hot energy into her body and breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, the hot energy injected into her body afterward was not necessarily healing Life Soul Power.

"Thanks."

"Just something I did."

After a brief chat, the two got down to business. Then, Spirit Transferring Douluo came up to the platform and announced the information about the new creature.

"We have received information that the newly appeared Abyss Creature is named the Hidden Dragon."

Upon hearing the name, Gu Yue and Na'er were momentarily stunned. Wait, what did you just say? But the information continued to be released.

"The Abyss Creature, codenamed Seventy-Eight, resembles a bird with bird-like feet and an eagle-like body, and also resembles a lizard with lizard-like hands, a crocodile-like head, and a frog-like tongue."

"The ability is to conceal one's presence and become invisible. The way to counter it is to use a wide-range Soul Skill, look for footprints, or use incredibly powerful Spiritual Power to see through the opponent."

"Similar to a chameleon, with a light and agile body, sharp feet like those of a bird, and moving silently, it can also be called Color-Changing Bird, Color-Changing Bird Hidden Dragon."

With the announcement of the new creature, everyone became worried—it was an invisible dog! Those invisible creatures are really disgusting.

Furthermore, most of them were at the Spiritual Power Spirit Connection Realm, with very few reaching the Spirit Sea Realm, let alone being able to see through the monsters' disguise.

Chen Jianshu hesitated upon hearing the name of this Abyss Creature. Who came up with this name? Color-Changing Bird, Hidden Dragon? Color-Changing Bird Hidden Dragon, what a damn talent.

It is called the Color-Changing Bird because its energy properties are similar to those of a chameleon, and its body shape resembles that of a bird, hence the name Color-Changing Bird.

The Hidden Dragon, a chameleon is still a dragon, a milk dragon is still a dragon, and invisibility is its signature ability, hence the name... Hidden Dragon, the Color-Changing Bird Hidden Dragon! Next are the characteristics of this Color-Changing Bird Hidden Dragon.

"As far as we know, the Hidden Dragons have a unique attack pattern: they will only attack if their numbers exceed those of the enemy."

"To give an example, if there are 295 people here, they will only attack if there are 296 Hidden Dragons around."

Next, the attack patterns of this new species were revealed. After learning about the attack patterns of this new Abyss Creature, Chen Jianshu seemed thoughtful. In other words, if they were attacked, it meant that there were at least two Hidden Dragons nearby?

He began to think of a way to deal with these Abyss Creatures. The surrounding snow was vast and white, which made it easy for them to hide. It seemed that he could only rely on footprints or use a wide-range Soul Skill to deal with them.

However, soon, an idea popped into Chen Jianshu's mind:... Is there anything like radar? Like a bat's acoustic radar, or a temperature night vision device or something like that?

The second and third updates of October 15th are a combined four-thousand-word chapter.