Chapter 30: Team mode

"Okay! I promise." In the end, Li Tianba gritted his teeth and agreed.

Without the dragon vein, the Kingdom would be demoted again! The current Divine Dragon Kingdom was however already at the lowest level and could not be demoted further.

"Without their help, I'll end up with nothing. As long as I can become the emperor and kill Zhao Hao, everything will be fine." Thought Li Tianba.

Thinking of the scene of his entire family being whipped, Li Tianba's anger rose even more making his choice easier.

"Then it's settled."

The eyes of the woman on the black lotus flashed, and then she looked at the general next to Li Tianba: "This is General Zaye from the Ram Country? Now the court and the opposition of the Divine Dragon Kingdom are controlled by Zhao Hao. I'm afraid you have come all this way for nothing," she said, her voice tempting and provocative.

"I didn't expect such a thing to happen."

General Zaye's face turned a bit ugly: "This Zhao Hao is so cunning."

Zhao Hao had dismissed Li Tianba. Although Li Tianba still had a large army under his command, his identity was now that of a rogue. Naturally, the treaties he signed with Bin Guo were voided. A rogue didn't even have a place to pee, so how could he still be qualified to cede land to others?

After thinking about it, Zaye said, "Marshal Li, our country is prepared to send 500,000 troops to support you and help you regain the kingdom."

If Zhao Hao became the Emperor of the Divine Dragon Kingdom, then the South Sea territory that Li Tianba promised to give them, along with 100,000 catties of gold, would be lost, therefore he had to help Li Tianba.

With the help from the Ram Country, Li Tianba felt even more emboldened.

General Bin Guo from the Ram Country also possessed the strength of a War Emperor. With three War Emperor realm powerhouses and a million troops, they would be enough to crush the imperial city and exterminate its inhabitants.

The next day, an army of a million troops would rush towards the imperial city, hoping to unleash a monstrous rain of blood.

...

A handsome white horse galloped across the ground, rushing over the grass without damaging it, and skimming across lakes without leaving a trace. As it galloped, the airflow it created formed a long-winding dragon behind it.

"Your Majesty, don't, don't, don't hit yourself against me."

"I'm not doing it on purpose! This is inertia."

As the white horse galloped, a young man wrapped his arms around the slender waist of a young girl, bumping, and swaying back and forth on the horse's back.

The two riders on the white horse were Zhao Hao and Huang Diewu.

At that moment, a hazy mist appeared in front of them, covering the earth and obstructing their view.

"That's it." Zhao Hao stopped his horse, looking excited.

"Your Majesty, where is this?" Huang Diewu's face was flushed from the ride, and she was a bit breathless.

"Dragon Vein!" Zhao Hao exclaimed. In his memory, there was a dragon vein on Carved Dragon Island. The place where the dragon vein was located was full of spiritual energy and thus various monsters hid in it. It was an excellent place for leveling up.

"Call me emperor in the palace, outside you can call me young master." Zhao Hao reined in his horse. At this moment, he changed into a satin brocade robe with a unicorn jade pendant at his waist and a piece of grass in his mouth. He looked like a cynical young noble.

"Okay." Huang Diewu smiled. She wore a yellow feather shirt and a small skirt. Her hair was tied into a dovetail. She looked cute, like a pretty maid beside Zhao Hao.

Looking at the vast spiritual fog ahead, Zhao Hao strode in.

The spiritual fog covering the ground was emitted from the dragon veins. Stepping into the area covered by the spiritual fog, they were only at the periphery of the dragon veins. It was unknown how far they were from the core of the dragon veins.

"Ding!"

As Zhao Hao stepped into the periphery of the dragon vein, the system chimed:

 [The system has detected a large number of monsters nearby. This is an excellent place to improve your cultivation.]

 [Reminder: If you want to gain stable experience, you can team up with the god generals to kill enemies and share the experience points gained.]

"Team leveling, so there was this kind of function!" Zhao Hao's heart raced.

A picture formed in Zhao Hao's mind: Huang Diewu fighting at the front, while he gained experience from behind. Wasn't that fantastic? The idea of sitting back and reaping the benefits made him grin.

"Form a team, I want to form a team," he eagerly notified the system.

[Please choose the hero you want to team up with.]

"Stupid system, there's only one person next to me. Why would I choose anyone else?"

[Please choose the hero you want to team up with.]

"..."

"Alright, I choose Huang Diewu."

[Ding!]

[Hint: You and Huang Diewu have entered team mode. From now on, when you kill enemies, you will share the experience points gained.]

At that moment, the main page of the system in his mind emerged, and the his data and Huang Diewu's data were split evenly.

Host: Zhao Hao.

Level: Level 9 of Marrow Refining.

Experience: 500/9000.

...

God General: Huang Diewu.

Level: War Emperor Tier 1.

Military rank: Bronze 1 star.

Experience: 3182/100000000.

...

"It takes 100 million experience points for a War Emperor to upgrade to the next rank." Zhao Hao's eyelids twitched. "That's terrifying. It seems breaking through to the War Emperor realm is a significant hurdle in cultivation. It's like the distance separating mortals and gods."

Immediately, Zhao Hao adopted the demeanor of a young noble and smiled at Huang Diewu: "Junior Sister, let's go, take me to level up."

"Boom, boom, boom!"

At that moment, the ground beneath their feet vibrated, and rocks the size of fists jumped up like soybeans frying in a pot.

Zhao Hao was startled and looked ahead.

"Run."

"Protect junior sister."

There were screams of panic in front, as a group of cultivators rushed towards Zhao Hao. There were dozens of them, led by a tall man and a delicate girl with a petite figure.

The group was in full panic mode, some so terrified that they dropped their swords to run faster.

Behind them, hundreds of large black rhinos charged forward.

The black rhinos were astonishingly tall, larger than adult elephants, with a thick black aura around them. They were clearly all monsters.

The shaking ground was caused by the black rhinos stomping as they ran.

"You two, run quickly!" the delicate girl called out as she ran, seeing Zhao Hao and Huang Diewu ahead.

"Little Junior Sister, don't shout. Those two are obviously scared silly. Let them distract the monsters first and buy us some time to escape." The tall man rushed to protect the girl, and when he saw the people in front of him clearly, his eyes lit up.

What a beautiful girl. She was even more delicate and beautiful than his little junior sister, especially her autumn colored eyes.

He glanced at Zhao Hao and thought,

"Damn, a rich young master with a pretty maid came to play in the Dragon Vein? This isn't a place for sightseeing. They're courting death."

"Wow, so many big rhinos." Zhao Hao was indeed in a daze, but not out of fear—he was too excited.

A large wave of experience points was coming his way!