I Am Your Natural Enemy

He looked at the knife in his hand, jumped down from the Beheading Dragon Platform, walked over to the West River, and waved to King Guilong.

King Guilong quietly surfaced a pair of eyes, cautiously inching over to the riverbank.

Wen Yan threw out the knife. A flash of thunder flickered across its blade, and it reverted to its original form—a blue Reverse Scale.

”Hurry up and put it away. The reason I called you here was to let you get some benefits; this kind of opportunity is hard to come by.”

King Guilong suddenly understood; this genuinely hadn’t occurred to him before.

After integrating the Reverse Scale back into his body, he immediately sensed an additional trace of thunder power inside it, as well as an unnameable feeling.

Though the remaining power wasn’t much, at least now he had a seed to cultivate and strengthen on his own.

With this bit of thunder, once it grows, he can use it to temper himself, and the time it takes to transform into a dragon will be cut by more than half.

Truthfully, Wen Yan still felt a bit of regret—he’d seen the Dragon Gate again this time.

And as it happened, his Scorching Sun progress had surpassed 50%, so he could briefly summon the Dragon Gate now.

He’d chosen West River as the location mainly to see if he could Enlighten the Dragon Gate and help King Guilong recover faster.

Unfortunately, without fulfilling special timing and location prerequisites, he couldn’t Enlighten the Dragon Gate.

So in the end he could only borrow King Guilong’s Reverse Scale and, in passing, let King Guilong get a little benefit.

He didn’t mention the Dragon Gate, mainly because talking about it would only be disappointing; as it is, King Guilong was already quite happy.

Wen Yan squatted by the West River, speaking softly.

”The one who died this time was Glutton, count it as a Dragon Son.”

”Since when did Glutton become a Dragon Son?”

”Don’t interrupt.”

”Oh...”

”Just pretend you don’t know it was Glutton—treat it as five Dragonkin who committed unforgivable crimes.

They were executed on the Beheading Dragon Platform, and as King Guilong, you resolutely expressed your contempt for them.

You personally came here to oversee the execution and ensure there were no surprises in the process.

When you heard about what they’d done, you flew into a rage and even brought out your own Reverse Scale as a weapon.”

From now on, whenever this comes up, make sure you stick to this story.”

King Guilong stared, quickly committing all this to memory.

He’d thought it was just about taking a stand. Unexpectedly, with Wen Yan’s explanation, even he felt like a righteous ally intolerant of evil.

”Alright, head back. I’ll talk to the Scorching Sun Department. Once I’ve finished with these things, I’ll come see you.”

”Oh...” King Guilong actually had a lot he wanted to say, but just being near the Beheading Dragon Platform made him feel uncomfortable all over.

King Guilong slipped beneath the water, vanishing without a trace.

Wen Yan walked up from the bank to the levee. Feng Yao was still standing there, still on the phone.

Seeing Wen Yan coming over, Feng Yao said another couple of words, then hung up.

”That thing you told me about earlier, we’ve already started taking action here.”

”So quickly? Where did you get so many people in such a short time? Aren’t you worried about messing up?”

”It’s not the Scorching Sun Department who went to make the arrests.”

”Hm?”

Feng Yao chuckled slyly.

”That Weasel Demon from before snitched on quite a few people, many of them just ordinary folks.

You know as well as I do—when we want to arrest ordinary humans, it’s way more trouble than dealing with the Different Races.

So we checked around, and as it happens, Jingchu County is cracking down on live-streaming linked to illegal gambling.

We gave it a little nudge so the investigation would extend beyond Jingchu County.

On their list, according to what you said and our own preliminary checks, we added a few more names with interconnected ties.

We just slipped a few names onto that list.

So even if they’re arrested, it has nothing to do with the Scorching Sun Department.

In the Scorching Sun Department, besides a few people, basically no one knows about this.”

Wen Yan looked at Feng Yao, a bit surprised. He hadn’t brought it up before and was trying to get in undercover, specifically because the people involved might be scattered all over the world, possibly even outside the Divine Land.

To launch this kind of big move against ordinary people without any solid evidence—the Scorching Sun Department doesn’t have that kind of authority, let alone be bold in their actions.

Any small action would just alert the enemy, making them hide themselves even deeper.

Unexpectedly, the General Director was more flexible, not letting the Scorching Sun Department intervene at all—just gave other departments a list.

They’d just bring people in for routine questioning.

If it turns out there’s no connection to gambling, they’d get released.

If there is, and they resist a bit before finally admitting to it, even minor players won’t be detained for long.

Even being identified as ringleaders of gambling still basically keeps them within a fixed-term sentence.

At a time like this, anyone who runs would only make themselves look more suspicious.

Compared to the charges on that chain of darkness, gambling is nothing.

”No one tried to run?” Wen Yan was still a bit doubtful.

”So far, none.”

”None of them ever trained at the Dragon Arena? Don’t they know, given their skill level, once they’re caught, it’s highly likely the investigation will reveal other things?

If they’re all arrested together, aren’t they worried someone will rat the others out once they can’t take it?

Also, what if the Scorching Sun Department leaks the news?”

Wen Yan still felt this was a bit risky. Since there was an excuse and they’d already acted, he thought they should move swiftly and hit hard, never give the other side a chance.

Feng Yao looked around, then spoke in a low voice.

”Honestly, I don’t even know how many people in the Scorching Sun Department actually know about this. Aside from the General Director, no one at all knows this detail.”