Yes.
Hu Chaoran, commander of the Far North Army and one of the Chengyun Dynasty's Twelve Generals, had been secretly colluding with Xu Xian of the Dark Plague Extermination World's Wheelcasting Mill.
In the Northland, Hu Chaoran clearly understood that without Bei Gongru, he had no way to suppress these unruly Northland Human Dragons.
Beneath Human Dragons, all were ants. That had always been an ironclad rule.
After the Medical Department was sealed off, the former Human Dragon Oath had become little more than empty words.
If they had not been unwilling to fall out with the Chengyun Dynasty, Northland Pharmaceuticals truly would have dared to kill him.
For that very reason, when faced with recruitment, Hu Chaoran had maintained an ambiguous attitude. On one hand, he used Hua Qianqiu's techniques and experience to pave his own path toward becoming a Human Dragon; on the other, he accepted every benefit offered by the Northland families.
Everything was for the sake of becoming a Dragon Among Men.
Only by becoming a Human Dragon could he have dignity.
Only then could he marry a noblewoman like Beigong Dongzhi.
For a Plague Exterminator born a slave, this was an obsession—and the greatest honor.
Thinking this, Hu Chaoran slowly sent out the order.
"Prepare to begin."
"My Human Dragon ascension ceremony."
Rumble!!
Spiritual power surged like a raging torrent.
A razor-sharp aura filled the space, like cracks left by clenched teeth. Just looking at them made one's teeth ache.
Zhou Zhi gripped the Cosmos Ring, spun twice through the air, and barely found somewhere to stand on the shattered wall.
"Those places where the blades passed through the air look harmless, but do they still injure you if you pass through them?"
In just a few minutes, all manner of fine, dense wounds