White Tiger Mountain

Yang Chen gave a sheepish smile. He had hoped to squeeze out a few more benefits, but it seemed Elder Wang wasn't biting.

As expected, the older one gets, the more cunning one becomes; Elder Wang was not easy to fool at all.

Elder Wang looked at Yang Chen with a smile, stroked his beard, and said slowly, "Actually, you can consider this an opportunity provided by Grandmaster Chen. That person will be arriving in a few days. If you have proof of completing this mission by then, it will be quite easy for you to become their disciple."

Yang Chen's expression turned serious. He leaned in and whispered into Elder Wang's ear, "Elder Wang, who is this person you're all talking about? Don't go selling me out!"

Elder Wang gave him a look of annoyance. "What are you thinking? Since Grandmaster Chen said that person is no weaker than him, then they certainly aren't. As for who is stronger or weaker, well, that's hard for me to say. Heh heh!"

Elder Wang offered a sly smile, lost in his own thoughts.

As for Yang Chen, he breathed a sigh of relief. At least it was a Heaven Gate powerhouse!

Yang Chen was proud and ambitious; not just anyone could be his master. They had to possess terrifying strength, at the very least. Otherwise, what was the point of apprenticing? To surpass them?

In Yang Chen's mind, the purpose of taking a master was to find a shield and someone to provide guidance.

If he found a useless master, what would he get besides a title? Nothing at all!

Forget it. He would just focus on completing this mission. When the time came, he would see the person for himself. If he wasn't satisfied, he would simply walk away.

Besides, completing this mission would earn him a weapon, which wasn't bad either.

Yang Chen carefully reviewed the file again. Although this was his first mission and he had the strength to back it up, he had to be cautious. After all, his opponent was a Spirit Beast, not a human.

Humans might give you a chance to survive, but Spirit Beasts didn't care about such things. It was a fight to the death, so he had to be careful—especially since it was an S-Class Spirit Beast!

"Flying Tiger, mid-stage S-Class Spirit Beast, excels in wind-based abilities, capable of flight!"

That was all the information provided about the Spirit Beast, but even this little bit had cost a group of A-Class ability users their lives to retrieve!

It was no easy feat!

"Flight!"

Yang Chen's expression grew grave. One couldn't fly until reaching the Grandmaster level, but if this Spirit Beast could use its natural advantage to take to the skies, he might not be able to kill it!

"It seems I'll have to find an opportunity for a one-hit kill!"

Yang Chen pondered for a moment. Elder Wang did not interrupt his thoughts; after all, this was an S-Class mission, and extra preparation was always good. If Yang Chen were to accidentally fall into the jaws of this tiger, it would be a significant loss for Number 98.

A genius as young as Yang Chen was a rare find across the entire globe!

He could not afford to lose him!

After a long while, a smile finally appeared on Yang Chen's face. He turned to Elder Wang and said, "Elder Wang, will you send me over?"

"No problem!"

Elder Wang waved a hand, and a middle-aged man in a black suit immediately walked over, bowing respectfully by his side.

"Take him to White Tiger Mountain, then wait on the perimeter. If there is no news in three days, you are to return on your own!"

After Elder Wang finished speaking, he looked at Yang Chen. "How about it? Three days should be enough, right?"

Yang Chen carefully assessed the size and breadth of White Tiger Mountain before nodding. "No problem, I can find it within three days!"

"That's settled then. Go with him; he's responsible for your transport."

Elder Wang nodded, a look of appreciation in his eyes.

The middle-aged man then said softly to Yang Chen, "Sir, please, this way."

Yang Chen nodded and followed the man out.

Elder Wang watched the direction in which Yang Chen left, his lips moving slightly.

"Is it a bit too rushed to have him take on an S-Class mission like this?"

"The Grandmaster Body is not as weak as you think. You know that as well as I do. Don't worry!"

Chen Tianxin's voice echoed in Elder Wang's ears. Elder Wang curled his lip, then slowly walked back to his counter and began to take a nap.

Before long, a black sedan could be seen streaking across the horizon, flying toward the south of Jiangnan City.

Yang Chen sat in the sedan, his eyes slightly narrowed, his mind constantly calculating how to deal with the S-Class Flying Tiger.

The fact that the Flying Tiger could fly was a troublesome matter. Furthermore, Yang Chen had no experience fighting Spirit Beasts. However, having lived at the very bottom of society, Yang Chen possessed a trait others lacked.

He wasn't afraid of death!

But Spirit Beasts were even more ferocious.

Spirit Beasts lived in a jungle where the weak were prey to the strong; they were inherently more vicious than humans.

Therefore, the trouble was even greater.

Although Spirit Beasts had fewer tricks than humans, their combat instincts were extremely powerful.

This was one of the points of concern!

The car moved quickly, and with no traffic to speak of, it had carried Yang Chen dozens of kilometers in just half an hour. Looking into the distance, the outline of a massive mountain was already visible!

"White Tiger Mountain!"

The middle-aged man's voice rang out, pulling Yang Chen out of his thoughts.

Yang Chen gently opened his eyes and looked out the window at the mist-shrouded mountain. He could already feel a faint pressure emanating from within White Tiger Mountain.

That's right, it was pressure!

Before even approaching White Tiger Mountain, Yang Chen could already feel the pressure.

Although this pressure wasn't particularly strong—it could even be considered negligible—any D-Class or C-Class esper who entered would likely lose their combat effectiveness in an instant.

Not to mention E-Class espers, who didn't even have the qualifications to set foot here.

Even with Yang Chen's A-Class spiritual energy cultivation, he felt a slight resistance, but fortunately, he possessed the Grandmaster Body, allowing him to easily disperse the pressure.

"White Tiger Mountain is rumored to have been formed by the fall of a White Tiger at the Grandmaster realm. It contains the pressure of a Grandmaster-level White Tiger; apart from espers above B-Class, no one else can set foot inside!"

At this moment, the middle-aged man in black who was driving spoke up to explain.

By now, the black sedan had reached the outskirts of White Tiger Mountain, then slowly came to a halt on the ground.

Yang Chen stepped out from the car, looking at his surroundings, and was immediately struck by the feeling of being in a fairyland.

Everything around was shrouded in mist, and as he looked out, the entire shape of the mountain range resembled a massive tiger. With the ethereal white clouds drifting about, it looked exactly like a slumbering white tiger.

However, there were no signs of human life for thousands of miles around this white tiger. There had been before, but after the S-Class Flying Tiger attacked, the area had become completely deserted.

"Mr. Yang, you may go in now. However, after three days, I will have to leave. This is Elder Wang's order, and I hope Mr. Yang understands."

The middle-aged man in black also stepped out of the car, bowed slightly to Yang Chen, and said softly.

Yang Chen nodded; this had been agreed upon beforehand, and he was confident he could resolve these matters within three days.

"Understood."

With that, Yang Chen walked straight into White Tiger Mountain without looking back, his figure slowly obscured by the vast, white mist.

To be continued!