Chapter 665 - 416: Seeing Massive World Essence Again, Fifth Life Nears Its End (Part 2)

Chapter 665: Chapter 416: Seeing Massive World Essence Again, Fifth Life Nears Its End (Part 2)

However, this deputy chief instructor of the Dragon Division, who in countless people’s eyes is unreachable and practically a legend.

In front of Lu Xuan, he instead looked especially well-behaved, even carrying a faint trace of barely noticeable tension and excitement. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The look in Xiao Tianye’s eyes as he gazed at Lu Xuan wasn’t like looking at a colleague or a senior, but more like looking up at a martial monument he had pursued all his life, yet still felt was beyond his reach.

Lu Xuan heard him and only nodded slightly, his gaze still calmly overlooking the increasingly clear panoramic view of the base below.

Once the helicopter came to a steady stop, Xiao Tianye was the first to leap down, then jogged to the other side and respectfully pulled open the cabin door for Lu Xuan himself.

As soon as Lu Xuan stepped onto the ground, this deputy chief instructor of the Dragon Division naturally fell half a step behind him, body slightly bent.

While leading the way toward the command room, he spoke in a low voice, introducing the detailed situation of the base to Lu Xuan.

This scene happened to be fully taken in by the elite soldiers during a pause in their training.

In an instant, the huge training square, which had been filled with surging blood and constant shouts, suddenly fell into a brief, eerie silence!

All the soldiers’ gazes snapped together onto those two figures in the distance, their faces filled with incredulous shock and massive confusion.

"I... I’m not seeing things, am I? That’s Instructor Xiao?"

"The Demon Xiao... he, how could he..."

"Since when did our demon instructor become this... groveling?"

In their hearts, Deputy Chief Instructor Xiao Tianye was an unbeatable powerhouse, a "devil" so strict he barely seemed human, and the benchmark of the National Martial Arts Grandmaster they all aspired to.

Xiao Tianye’s strength was extraordinary and his status exalted. Even when facing national-level big shots who came to inspect, he had always been neither humble nor arrogant, composed and at ease.

When had he ever shown such a... posture almost like some flunky sidekick, bowing and scraping?

Yet right now, their own deputy chief instructor was indeed following half a step behind that old man, every move cautious. That genuine respect absolutely came from the heart, it couldn’t be fake!

As a result, countless lines of sight involuntarily shifted from Xiao Tianye to the seemingly ordinary old man walking ahead of him.

The old man’s steps were steady, his aura drawn inward, nothing conspicuous on him at all.

But the more it was like this, the fiercer the storm in the soldiers’ hearts surged.

"That old man... just who is he?"

A huge question mark was like a brand, searing itself into the heart of every Dragon Division elite present.

They realized that this old man who could make "Demon Xiao" treat him like this, his identity and strength probably far exceeded the limits of what they could imagine.

Meanwhile, Xiao Tianye was speaking quietly, introducing the base’s energy supply system to Lu Xuan.

Suddenly, his keen senses picked up those nearly tangible, curious gazes coming from all directions of the training square.

The next moment, Xiao Tianye’s words paused slightly. He silently turned his head, his gaze sweeping across that group of figures who had frozen in place.

Then, his face slowly showed what he believed was a very kind, but in the eyes of all the elite soldiers was even more terrifying than a hell demon, "smile."

Not good!

The moment they saw this familiar smile, every soldier’s scalp went numb. They all lowered their heads in unison, wishing they could bury their skulls into their chests, not even daring to breathe loudly.

"Look, what are you looking at?" Xiao Tianye’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it carried clearly across the entire square.

"What, today’s training load is too easy, so you all have spare time to stand here watching the show?"

As soon as he finished, his gaze instantly locked onto an instructor standing at the front of the formation.

"Gong Kewen! What the hell are you doing! Immediately increase the training intensity! Didn’t you see these little bastards’ bones are starting to itch and they need to loosen up their muscles?"

Xiao Tianye raised a hand and pointed at the distant, cloud-shrouded, endless towering ridgeline, issuing an order like a death sentence.

"Now! Immediately! I want everyone under load, run one lap along the Kunlun Mountain perimeter security line! If you don’t finish, nobody eats today!"

The squad instructor who got called out, Gong Kewen, was also a Master of Transformation with a fierce aura. His face collapsed instantly and his heart wailed nonstop.

Gong Kewen helplessly glanced at those elite soldiers who had already started to shiver, cursing this bunch of overly curious little rabbits up and down in his heart.

Great, curiosity killed the cat, and now he was getting dragged down with them!

Damn it, run a lap around the outer ring of Kunlun Mountain?

On that rugged, steep mountain road, plus carrying heavy loads, you couldn’t finish in less than six hours! That was practically peeling a layer of skin off!

But an order is an order.

Gong Kewen steeled himself and roared, "What are you still standing there for! Didn’t you hear Instructor Xiao? All personnel! Thirty kilograms load! Follow me—run!"

With that, he took the lead, charging out with a heavy tactical backpack on his back.

Behind him, a wave of suppressed, funeral-like wails and cries for mom and dad instantly broke out.

Hundreds of elite soldiers, wearing tragic expressions, followed their instructor and began this sudden cross-country endurance run.

Seeing this, Xiao Tianye finally turned back around, his face instantly returning to its previous respectful expression. He gave Lu Xuan a slight smile. "Mr. Lu, my apologies, my men lack discipline. I’ve made you laugh. This way, please."

Inside the highest command room of Kunlun Base, the atmosphere was solemn and grave.

The base’s highest commander, core officers at all levels, and top combat powers such as Hong Fei, the Dragon Division’s chief instructor, and Deputy Chief Instructor Xiao Tianye, were all gathered here at this moment.

Everyone’s gaze was focused on the three huge display screens directly in front of them.