The helicopter's rotors whipped the air into a gale.
Inside the cabin.
Ye Qingshan and the others slumped against their seats, swaying from side to side.
Every one of them was gasping for breath.
Their uniforms were soaked in beast blood and reeked of it.
Even men as tough as steel had reached their limits after the relentless battles in the heart of Shennongjia.
All except Lin Yuan.
He sat upright by the window, his eyes half-closed.
The Heavenly Dipper Qi Refining Formula ran at full force, devouring the free-floating aura in the air.
Several team members watched his profile, which showed no trace of fatigue. Their eyes burned with undisguised admiration.
He had charged through a pack of hundreds of Second-Tier Ferocious Beasts single-handedly, fighting his way in and out seven times.
Su Qingxue sat across from Lin Yuan.
She clutched a custom-made alloy lockbox tightly in both hands.
Inside was the Blood Abyss Bodhi, a strategic resource that could transform Dragon Country's martial arts landscape.
Then.
Su Qingxue's gaze settled on Lin Yuan.
She knew perfectly well that without the man in front of her,
forget seizing the Blood Abyss Bodhi.
Their entire squad would have been wiped out in Shennongjia.
After all.
In her memories of her previous life,
Dragon Country had never organized a strike operation on this scale.
Back then, Dragon Country had no true Third-Tier Martial Artists.
Lin Yuan's existence was a powerful variable that had shattered the balance.
Several hours later.
The helicopter landed on a helipad inside the Martial Arts Research Institute.
The cabin door had barely opened
when the medical team waiting nearby rushed forward with stretchers.
"Quick!"
"Stretchers two and three, over here!"
"Prepare the high-concentration aura nutrient solution!"
The medics in white coats hurried Ye Qingshan and the others