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From the looks of it, it seemed to have the gall to start a war of attrition with Gao Peng.

"Gao Peng, that white book wants to speak to you," said Silly as it drifted slowly towards Gao Peng with a bottle of juice.

With that, Silly drifted slowly away again.

Gao Peng was at home, just preparing for the next big thing that could happen. Hearing Silly's message, he was stunned for a moment. He then put on a coat, packed his things and left the house.

Back then, Gao Peng did not think too much. But now, this question was like a heavy stone in his heart.

Gao Peng stared at it. "I have something to ask you. Were you guys at the Wu Gorge

"No, I just want to know, if I had never taken you two from the Wu Gorge, would the black dragon appear?" Gao Peng's voice shook as he spoke. He only managed to steady his voice again after two deep breaths.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

"It's dead."

"It's been killed by my Familiars, its body is just outside."

"You guys didn't manage to kill the black dragon back then? Was it really that strong?"

Gao Peng suddenly spoke in a serious tone. "Have you eaten cake? Just use a spoon, and with a gentle scoop, dig out the soul that's in its brain."

"Do you want to be my Familiar?" Gao Peng offered.

"The saddest thing in the world is having a full set of dragon slaying skills but not a single dragon in the world for you to slay," Gao Peng said enticingly.

Gao Peng stared back in disbelief, "When did I trick any monster?"

Gao Peng, "???"

Gao Peng was shocked, which darned individual had let this spread?

But Gao Peng was indeed at fault in this matter. He sheepishly coughed and then replied, "That was an accident, I did not expect it to grow shorter after evolving… but it did become stronger after that! It evolved to an even stronger Familiar did it not? If I gave you the option of promoting to Mythic Grade, but the price was growing 10cm shorter, would you do it?"

Gao Peng let out a smile as wide as the Cheshire Cat. "The opportunity will come."

Flowing Light was on the dragon's back slicing meat when it sneezed. With a slip of its blade, the piece of meat in its hand that was supposed to be 5kg suddenly became 8kg.

Dressed in beach shorts and carrying a plastic washbasin, Uncle Liu beamed. "How nice of you, lil Flowing Light. Uncle Liu will buy you something good to eat later so that you'll grow big and tall."

After establishing the Blood Contract, the white book floating behind Gao Peng as they left the underground basement.

At the same time, the matters regarding the destruction of Wu Gorge Base City had finally fermented.

News had exploded and spread like wildfire!

In just a matter of a few hours, the news head spread across the entire Huaxia, and had continued to spread outwards.

What started as a ripple had caused a huge wave!

The destruction of a base city was not something new, and Wu Gorge Base City was no big city either, it was just considered a medium sized base city, and this was based on the high population density in Huaxia areas.

But the most important reason for the uproar is that no one managed to escape Wu Gorge Base City alive, every single person died!

The Blackwater Nightmare Dragon's ability to control souls in an area to instantly kill all within it was terrifying. Soul-based attacks are a truly unreasonable attribute.

Because many life forms had weak defenses against soul-based attacks, leaving them with no means to withstand any attacks to the soul. Hence, in the face of a soul-based attack greatly exceeding what they could take, the only result was instant death.

Of course, no matter what the reasons were, what happened had already happened.

The total annihilation of Wu Gorge Base City had begun to ferment, and within that area, created widespread panic amongst the citizens.

Some were worried that disaster would befall them next. The world was getting more and more dangerous. Today was Wu Gorge Base City, could their city face the same fate tomorrow?

Online forums and social media exploded with activity, with people sending out posts and messages.

In the streets, in companies and groups, in public places, people were uneasy and in panic. Some debated loudly, while others whispered in quiet discussions. This seemed to be the only way to dispel some of the fear and unease in their hearts.

Upon receiving the news, the world government had immediately took steps to shut down large forums and deleted related threads from dominating discussions online.

A raging dark current had been hidden under the peaceful exterior of the world.

[1]: this is probably based on fengshui (Chinese geomancy). In this case, it probably comes from the belief that having certain important objects placed at important locations could influence the luck and fortune of the land. Similar to the idea of ley lines and having objects along them that could boost or block the flow of energy along the ley lines.