dmims Chapter 54 The Power of the Elephant
Chapter 54 The Power of the Elephant
The aftershocks of the fierce battle between the mysterious entity and the suspected Dragon King have not yet dissipated.
At the time, many students secretly recorded videos on their phones and uploaded them to various forums for mixed-race individuals.
At first, some people thought it was a leaked clip from a new movie in Hollywood.
But then, another, clearer video of the intense fight, seemingly shot with a professional camera, surfaced, and it was like a nuclear bomb going off, instantly causing an uproar within the mixed-race community.
A being suspected to be at the level of a Dragon King was completely suppressed by the mysterious man in black armor!
Even though the dragon had just awakened from its long slumber, after devouring the remains of a third-generation species, its own strength was enough to recover to more than 50% of its peak.
Initially, some people argued that the mysterious dragons might be third-generation or second-generation species. Although both have noble bloodlines, there are records of dragon slaying in the history of hybrid species.
However, a leaked top-secret document from Kassel College later revealed the true identity of the mysterious dragon.
The legendary King of Bronze and Fire!
This is the only Dragon King in modern times with surviving photographic records, making it exceptionally significant and of immense research value.
Upon learning that the mysterious dragon was one of the legendary Four Kings, the various hybrid forums were abuzz once again, with posts popping up everywhere and views exceeding ten thousand in minutes.
However, among the numerous posts that either introduced their ancestors' dragon-slaying exploits, popularized the dragon lineage, or made outrageous claims that the Four Great Kings were nothing more than a roadside monster, one post was quickly highlighted and pushed to the top, reaching hundreds of thousands of views in minutes.
The post was very simple, consisting of only one short sentence, and looked like a casual comment from a user.
But this short sentence instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the entire forum users to post comments.
"Since the dragon is the king of bronze and fire, who is that man in black armor?"
Yes, the four kings were born directly from the Black King. They control the four elements of earth, fire, wind, and water, and their appearance is always accompanied by natural disasters and man-made calamities.
It can be said that they are among the most elite beings on this planet.
And now, they actually have the power to suppress them.
Various rumors circulated wildly, with some saying that the one who defeated the Bronze and Fire King was one of the other three Dragon Kings.
After all, the dragon race is not a monolithic entity; they inflict mutual attacks, betrayals, struggles, and infighting.
Of course, some people firmly believe that since it is black, then it must be the Black King.
Legend has it that the appearance of this being heralds Ragnarok, the end of the world, and the coming of doomsday.
All of this corresponds to the Mayan prophecy of 2012 that has recently gone viral online.
So they called on everyone to prepare to build a shelter, but they were quickly ridiculed by others and drowned out by other posts.
Lu Mingfei was naturally unaware of the various speculations about his identity on the mixed-race forum, or rather, he didn't care at all whether anyone could guess his true identity.
After spending a day that the academy named "Operation Autumn," he returned to school alone.
After absorbing most of the dragon blood from Constantine, he has now entered another realm.
While elevating his cultivation level, he also experienced a sudden enlightenment.
He comprehended the power of the Four Symbols.
The so-called power of the four elements is to combine the four elements of earth, fire, wind and water to reshape oneself.
Due to his physical constitution, he cannot use the power of words. Unlike other hybrids, he cannot exert influence on the external world with his spiritual power, which is the so-called communication between heaven and man, and the great resonance between the inner and outer worlds.
However, Lu Mingfei has already figured out some of the tricks of the trade.
As long as he can gather the power of the four elements, namely the power and authority represented by the four monarchs of earth, fire, wind and water, he can use his inner world to influence the outer world, creating elemental resonance and thus achieving the effect of words.
Although this path is still very rough and not a sophisticated method, it has a promising future. With a little polishing, it may lead directly to the Great Dao.
Lu Mingfei was overjoyed to catch a glimpse of the main road. Even he, who was usually serious and unsmiling, showed a slight smile to everyone he met when he returned to the academy.
This made everyone, still reeling from yesterday's battle, break out in a cold sweat.
But given his S-rank status and even his current principal status, no ordinary student dared to say anything and could only watch him leave.
But they couldn't avoid being talked about behind their backs.
They all agreed that this newly appointed S-level principal must have had a distorted mindset and a mental problem after seeing the campus he took over being discarded like a rag after yesterday's battle between the two.
We need to hurry to the counseling center and ask Professor Masashi Tomiyama for help!
Back in his apartment, Lu Mingfei closed the door. He had already told Fingel not to bother him with trivial matters during this time.
In his eyes, dealing with the school board's challenge and yesterday's autumn battle were trivial matters.
After all, nothing is more important than improving his own strength right now.
He opened the window, looking out at the campus being repaired bit by bit by the burly men from the school's sanitation department, and suddenly spoke into the air:
"Come in."
A dark shadow suddenly flashed by.
Mai Shude, dressed in a black, tight-fitting uniform, gradually revealed her figure.
Since their parting at the Three Gorges not long ago, Lu Mingfei had instructed him to come to Kassel College for a visit soon.
"Sect Master," said Jiu Demai, nodding slightly and speaking respectfully.
Lu Mingfei didn't even look at her, but instead sat down alone at the tea table to the side.
Seeing this, Shude Mai followed closely behind and knelt down.
She reached out and picked up various tea sets. Seeing that Lu Mingfei didn't intend to speak, she didn't dare to say anything more and obediently started brewing tea.
For a trained ninja, the tea ceremony was merely a basic skill.
While brewing tea, Jiude Mai secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei out of the corner of her eye.
She felt that she understood Lu Mingfei less and less.
If the other party had previously given her the impression of a volcano about to erupt, then now she felt as if she were facing a majestic mountain peak, reserved and understated, inspiring awe and reverence.
"Why did you take Chen Wenwen to the Three Gorges?" Lu Mingfei suddenly asked, his voice calm.
Upon hearing this, Mai Shude, who was pouring tea, was startled and her hand suddenly trembled, spilling the water from the teacup onto the table.
She wanted to pick up a tissue to wipe it up, but Lu Mingfei simply waved his hand lightly at the spot where the water had been spilled, and the spilled tea disappeared completely.
Seeing this, Jiu Demai was horrified, but she really couldn't answer Lu Mingfei's question.
After all, the boss's existence is a secret known only to a select few.
So she could only silently prostrate herself on the ground in the manner of a Japanese person, to show her submission and respect.
As Lu Mingfei watched Jiu De Mai's reaction, the smile that had been on his face due to his improved strength gradually faded.
During his time at Kassel College, he didn't have the opportunity to give the antidote to her, so Mai Shude should have known all along that what she had swallowed wasn't poison at all.
If that's the case, then she has absolutely no reason to obey my orders and come to Kassel College to see me, knowing that she will be punished.
This suggests that she and the forces behind her have grand ambitions.
An eerie silence fell over the apartment.
But just then, there was a knock on the door.
Boom boom boom!
"Principal Lu! Is Principal Lu here?"
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outside the apartment.
Fingel pounded on the door and shouted, forcing himself to speak.
Normally, this task of relaying messages shouldn't have been done by someone as high-ranking as the Minister of the Information Department.
After all, the academy had a whole host of messy things to deal with after yesterday's autumn battle.
For trivial tasks like running errands and relaying messages, he only needed to pull over any henchman.
However, there was nothing that could be done. After the vice principal learned that he had personally filmed the high-definition video on the forum and accidentally leaked it, he was furious. He not only stripped him of his position but also lost his original E-level rank, creating a new F-level rank for him.
Now his status was even lower than that of a serf, completely reduced to the same level as livestock.
Fingel was filled with mixed feelings, but even after he had been knocking for so long, the door still hadn't opened.
Could it be that Lu Mingfei isn't here? But he just received a tip that Principal Lu had returned to his residence.
Are those bastards' intelligence wrong?
Even after being stripped of his position as Minister of Information, Fingel still considers himself the king of paparazzi and feels it is necessary to cultivate the professionalism of this group of new paparazzi.
Just as he was pondering how to deal with these underlings, the door was opened, and Lu Mingfei appeared in the doorway.
"Didn't I tell you not to bother me with trivial matters?" His voice remained calm, but anyone could hear the coldness hidden within it.
"Huh?"
Fingel sensed something was wrong, because the aura of this junior brother Lu, no, Principal Lu, seemed to have undergone some kind of drastic change compared to yesterday.
But upon closer inspection, it seems that nothing has changed, which is quite strange.
"This is not a small matter; it's a big one."
Fingel hadn't forgotten his business; he made a move to go in, but was stopped by Lu Mingfei.
"Let's say it here."
Fingel did not suspect anything, or rather, he had become accustomed to Lu Mingfei's sometimes rather abstract behavior.
"Not long ago, the academy detected information about another Dragon King."
Fingel began, and in just one short sentence, he delivered an explosive amount of information.
Upon hearing the words "Dragon King," Lu Mingfei stepped aside.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Fingel was quite flattered; he had never been treated like this by Lu Mingfei before.
Upon entering the apartment, the first thing he noticed was the tea set on the tea table, which appeared to have been disturbed.
However, he didn't care, because he wouldn't find it strange that Lu Mingfei could do anything on his own.
Fingel took his laptop out of his backpack, connected to the internet, and was redirected to a designated website.
This is a website with a distinctly vintage feel; its background images, organizational structure, and even layout all reflect the style of the last century.
But those who can get into this forum never care about the so-called layout; they are bloodthirsty sharks, there only for money.
"Hunter's Home is the world's largest bounty hunter website, where people are posting missions and bounty amounts every moment," Fingel explained.
Lu Mingfei nodded, signaling him to continue with his eyes.
"Our people detected this post earlier today."
Fingel swiped the mouse and opened a new page.
The post on the page was simple: someone claimed that the King of Earth and Mountains was about to awaken in the ancient capital of the East and offered a bounty of one hundred million US dollars to kill him.
Initially, the comments under this post were mostly sarcastic remarks.
Some people believe that dragons don't exist and that this guy is just making fun of everyone.
Moreover, someone who can come up with a hundred million US dollars in cash wouldn't come to this website to hire these desperate criminals.
One hundred million US dollars is enough to recruit an entire special forces unit to do his private work.
The rebuttal posts included both ordinary people and people of mixed race; their focuses differed, but all were extremely sarcastic.
The turning point came when the forum moderator pinned a post.
This post was suddenly highlighted and pinned to the top, and even received a verified badge, which means that the other party has paid a deposit of 100 million US dollars to the website's designated account.
It should be understood that even a deposit is an astronomical sum for these desperate criminals who live on the edge.
It's fair to say that even if the final payment isn't received, the mission is still worth the trip. As a result, the comments section quickly shifted from mockery to a uniform barrage of requests for "join" and "take me with you."
Lu Mingfei's gaze swept over this information and he looked at Fingel.
"What did the vice principal say?"
Fingel scratched his head, looked at Lu Mingfei's icy face, and said cautiously:
"The vice-principal means that too many things have happened in the college recently, and the board of trustees is sending a more authoritative investigation team, so..."
Fingel hesitated, but the meaning was self-evident.
The vice principal needs him to go into hiding for a while. After all, with the nominal principal gone, everything will be much easier to manage.
"Okay, I'll go."
Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and then readily agreed, after all, this was the only information he knew about the Dragon King at the moment.
Seeing that his mission was accomplished, Fingel breathed a sigh of relief, dusted himself off, and hurriedly left.
The moment he left, Mai Shude also appeared.
She had just been hiding in the shadows of the apartment.
"Sect Leader, are you going to Beijing?" she asked cautiously. "Would you like me to secretly accompany you?"
"Need not."
Lu Mingfei flatly refused her: "Let me take a look at the roster of members of this sect that you mentioned before."
Mai Shude, who had been rejected, quickly handed over the roster.
After briefly flipping through the pages, Lu Mingfei spotted a few familiar names, but he didn't linger and quickly glanced at them.
Finally, his gaze suddenly stopped on a certain page of the roster.
"Let her come over," Lu Mingfei said calmly. "Zero."
"I have another favor to ask of you."
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"Mr. Frost, I'm sorry, the mission has failed."
"You are the sharpest sword your family has ever forged, how could you fail?"
"Someone is blocking me. Their strength is no less than mine, and their bloodline is at least A-grade."
"That old Angers... ha... even in his old age he's causing us no peace of mind."
"In that case, come back. I have something else I need you to do."
"Yes."