A Sudden Mutation

"Haha, Huang Long, that's all I needed to hear!" Huang Long looked at the blindfolded face of the Demon Hunter Yudian. A glint flashed through his eyes before swiftly vanishing without a trace.

When he had heard what the Demon Hunter Yudian said just now, Huang Long had inexplicably felt a flicker of killing intent in his heart—killing intent directed at Yudian. Its appearance deeply worried him.

Huang Long could clearly feel Yudian's unwavering loyalty toward him. Yet when Yudian said that he knew he had already died once, an impulse to kill the Demon Hunter Yudian and eliminate all future trouble flashed through Huang Long's mind.

After that, Huang Long did not hear another word Yudian said. His mind had become a tangled mess, filled only with the urge to kill Yudian, struggling against the kind-hearted nature he had developed while growing up on Earth.

How could this be? How could I feel killing intent toward Yudian? Huang Long could hardly believe it. Because he had played games in his previous life and learned Warcraft's story, he had always admired the elite hero known as the Demon Hunter Yudian. After summoning Yudian, he had even treated him with a faint sense of brotherly affection. Usually, Huang Long respected this prince of the Night Elf faction and did not fuss too much over some of the Demon Hunter's actions.

Yet now, merely because of one sentence from the Demon Hunter Yudian, he had developed the desire to kill him.

How did he know? How did he know? How did he know? Countless thoughts flashed through Huang Long's mind. What worried him most was what Yudian was thinking right now. What if he developed rebellious intentions after learning these things? Or what if the Demon Hunter Yudian escaped and spread rumors throughout the Fallen Continent? Once everyone learned of his existence and the existence of the Ancient Tree of Life, countless powerful experts would surely come to seize them. If that happened, his base would never be safe.

The best way to resolve all these disasters was to kill the Demon Hunter Yudian before any of them could happen. That would eliminate all future trouble. Although Huang Long was reluctant to give up the role such a powerful elite hero as Yudian could play in future wars, he had no choice but to abandon Yudian for the sake of his own future path to power.

No matter what world one lived in, there was something called ambition. It existed only within intelligent people. Under the nourishment of the Warcraft Elf System and the cultivation of several wars, Huang Long's ambition had grown wildly. In an instant, it filled his heart, completely transforming him from an ordinary Earthling—a half-shut-in Warcraft expert—into a great tyrant living in another world, a man with limitless possibilities, unmatched potential, and boundless ambition.

And once one had ambition, one also had suspicion. Nearly every great tyrant possessed an immense distrustful nature. It might not show in ordinary times, but the slightest suspicious detail would trigger doubt. The first person Huang Long suspected was the Demon Hunter Yudian, whom he had always indulged, all because of that one highly suspicious sentence.

However, Huang Long was also an Earthling with exceptionally strong willpower. His defiant nature absolutely would not allow his true thoughts to be changed by the manipulation of anything else. Thus, Huang Long quickly snapped out of that state of wanting to eliminate the roots of the problem. Though he no longer revealed killing intent, he still asked that seemingly pointless question.

Of course, as far as Huang Long was concerned, the Demon Hunter Yudian's words were enough. All he needed was to believe Yudian's promise.

Although there was no evidence to prove those words, Huang Long believed in the saying: do not use those you doubt, and do not doubt those you use. If the Demon Hunter Yudian truly betrayed him in the future, Huang Long could only admit that he had misjudged him.

What the world did not know was that sometimes, great tyrants possessed hearts even broader than heroes.

"Yudian, don't worry. I won't disappoint you. I'll make you feel that being my subordinate is something others would envy." Huang Long took a deep breath and calmed all the wild thoughts in his mind, silently making up his mind at the same time.

"Then, Chieftain, do you still need to continue training? According to our agreement, you can stop once your control over energy has improved greatly." Facing Huang Long, the Demon Hunter Yudian spoke in a deep voice. There was a trace of awkwardness in his tone. It seemed that the faint air of authority Huang Long had displayed had left Yudian feeling somewhat unsettled, and he had not yet grown accustomed to it.

"Yudian, don't worry. This time, I truly want to challenge myself and see just how strong my perseverance really is!" A confident smile appeared on Huang Long's face. It was so brilliant that even the last rays of the setting sun beside him seemed to pale, its radiance making even the Demon Hunter Yudian turn his head for another look.

"Chieftain, are you sure?" the Demon Hunter Yudian asked with a smile. He seemed to have been infected by Huang Long's smile and forgotten the pressure Huang Long had placed on him earlier.

"Of course. As the chieftain of the Night Elf faction, my word naturally counts. Otherwise, would I give you the chance to teach me a lesson without taking revenge afterward?" Huang Long grinned broadly and chuckled.

"Very well, Chieftain. Then continue your training. I will teach you everything I have comprehended and will not dare hide even the slightest thing!" Seeing Huang Long like this, the Demon Hunter Yudian relaxed somewhat. Though his tone still carried deep disbelief, Yudian did not show it on his face. Huang Long's expression was indeed highly infectious, but Yudian was an extremely rational man.

"Hmph, we'll see about that!" Huang Long seemed to have seen through the Demon Hunter Yudian's thoughts and secretly made up his mind. He had to make his control over energy stronger. Only then could he hold his head high before Yudian and look down on the Demon Hunter, showing him what true talent was.

Time passed little by little as Huang Long continued training, until dawn finally arrived the next day.

Throughout the night, Huang Long had continuously practiced the various skills possessed by this body. After a night of constant experimentation, he had more or less mastered all of them. He could even release them one after another in an endless cycle, and the effect was far stronger than using any single skill alone.

Looking at the rising sunlight, Huang Long wiped the sweat from his forehead. Other than feeling somewhat sweaty, he did not feel much else. After all, Huang Long possessed the extraordinarily effective water of the Moon Well. Things like mana and stamina were nothing more than numbers to him; he had no real concept of them. Only Huang Long received such treatment while practicing. Normally, even the Demon Hunter Yudian would not necessarily drink so much Moon Well water at once to replenish his strength and mana.

However, Huang Long had not wasted all that Moon Well water for nothing. His control over energy had reached a terrifying level. Though he still could not control Demon Fire as masterfully as the Demon Hunter Yudian, wielding it as naturally as an arm, he could at least be considered fairly proficient. Compared to Huang Long from before, this control technique had improved by thousands upon thousands of times. The gap between the two was simply immeasurable.

Suddenly, as the Demon Hunter Yudian watched Huang Long manipulate the power of death and the power of ice in his palms at the same time, even this man, who had always been immensely proud, broke out in a cold sweat.

"All right, Master, I admit it. You truly are the kind of genius made for cultivation. Otherwise, you could never have progressed so far in such a short time. Even I underestimated your talent. I apologize for that. But could you please stop using two types of power at the same time? If you make even one mistake and cause the elements to fall into chaos, there could be an explosion!" Sweat formed on the Demon Hunter Yudian's brow as he spoke nervously.

"All right." Seeing Yudian like this, Huang Long could not help but laugh. At the same time, he withdrew the power of death and ice that clung to the outside of his body, causing the Demon Hunter Yudian to let out a breath of relief.

"Huh? Why haven't Ina, Elisa, and Tyrande returned yet?" Huang Long looked around but did not see a single figure. He could not help frowning as unease flashed through his mind.

Given Ina and the others' attack speed, they should have returned long ago. Why was there still no sign of them? Something about this was rather strange.

"Chieftain, I don't know either. I have been by your side the entire time. Should I go search for them?" The Demon Hunter Yudian also noticed that something was wrong and asked.

"No need. I'll go with you. That way, the two of us can watch each other's backs. If we run into danger, we won't be defeated separately!" A sharp glint flashed through Huang Long's eyes as he proposed.

"Good. Let's go!" the Demon Hunter Yudian answered. At the same time, he relaxed his aura and vaguely sensed the traces of aura Ina and the others had left behind, slowly searching for clues.

Damn it. Nothing had better happened. Huang Long looked at the rising sun in the east and murmured to himself.