Medic Martial Dragon King

Chapter 1024: Chapter 1027: Hellfire Mercenary Corp? (Extra update for Xiao Tang, ranked third in the overall list!)

”If the Dark Church and the Soul Devouring Group could muddle the situation in the Flame Dragon Kingdom, drawing you Flame Dragons into the conflicts of the international Martial Dao world, their reputation among the faction powers would greatly increase,”

Mu Lisi spoke solemnly, explaining Jiang Chen’s confusion, ”After all, up till now, no faction power has ever successfully caused trouble in the Flame Dragon Kingdom!”

Jiang Chen frowned, a spark of realization flashing through his mind, ”That being said, the Soul Devouring Group and the Dark Church are planning something big!”

”Something big?!” Xi’er and the others were slightly startled, all of them looking at Jiang Chen in confusion.

”Think about it, the Dark Church has been battling with your Holy Court for so many years, it’s impossible that they’ve been constantly retreating without fighting back after you’ve destroyed so many of their bases, right?” Jiang Chen spoke gravely.

”That’s because we caught them off guard, and moreover, our Holy Court’s strength is also the strongest; they can’t withstand us!” Bu Langshi raised his head, pride written all over his face.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, ”Mr. Bu Langshi, I mean no disrespect to the Holy Court, but if we follow your argument, shouldn’t your Holy Court have already annihilated the Dark Church by now? Why then has the struggle persisted for thousands of years?”

”This...” Bu Langshi was choked up by Jiang Chen’s words, temporarily at a loss for how to rebut.

”Mr. Jiang is right, there indeed seems to be a problem!”

Mu Lisi took over the conversation, nodding slightly, ”The Dark Church’s response is indeed very strange. For this matter, I discussed it with several others before coming here, but we couldn’t come to any conclusions. Mr. Jiang, have you thought of something?”

”Let’s reason from the beginning!”

Jiang Chen spoke softly, ”The Dark Church has practically declared a comeback internationally in recent years, establishing dark cathedrals in many places, which is also why you were able to annihilate so many of their cathedrals overnight. But my question is, did they do this just to let you destroy them?”

”This...”

Xi’er and the others were taken aback, Ha’er frowned and spoke up, ”Indeed, something is off. From the information we have, besides the Dark Church base we exterminated, the resistance in other cathedrals was not strong, with barely one or two Semi Venerables at each location!”

”Exactly!”

Jiang Chen nodded, ”The base we took down, on the surface, was a base of the Dark Church, but in reality, it was also a research base of the Gene Organization, which explains why there were so many Semi Venerables guarding it.”

”Why is this? They neither protect nor hide but deliberately expose themselves, this...” Bu Langshi started, confused.

”For influence!” Looking up at Mu Lisi, Jiang Chen continued, ”I also thought of this point thanks to Mr. Mu Lisi’s reminder.”

”The reason the Dark Church opened so many cathedrals is to let the people in the faction powers know they still exist and are about to return. They do this firstly to enhance their influence within the faction powers, and secondly to test your Holy Court’s reaction,”

Saying this, Jiang Chen paused and added, ”My appearance, in fact, was not part of their plan. After the attack that night, according to their original plan, they definitely wouldn’t gather together, at least not to seek me out to relocate them to the Flame Dragon Kingdom.”

”In Ta Mu, my appearance was an unexpected event, the same in Ross City. Initially, Ya Si wasn’t looking for me but for Huo Huade; they wanted to use the channels of Huo Huade’s Bolai Group to disperse people across the world.”

”However, my appearance showed Ya Si a better option, the use value of the Flame Dragon is immeasurably great, hence he sought me out again!”

Jiang Chen said this much and stopped, quietly watching everyone.

The others too fell silent, quietly digesting Jiang Chen’s words.

A moment later, they all nodded their heads, having accepted Jiang Chen’s words, and at the same time, their gazes towards Jiang Chen were filled with even more admiration.

It must be understood that Jiang Chen was just a mere youth but possessed such terrifying insight.

Combined with his formidable strength, this Jiang Chen was indeed a fearsome person.

One could only approach him, not make an enemy of him!

”Mr. Jiang, what you’ve said makes a lot of sense.” At that moment, Xi’er spoke, ”It’s just, there’s one thing I don’t understand... Are they doing all this just to create more enemies for us?”

”No!”

Jiang Chen shook his head, ”It’s not just that; same as before, influence. Their ultimate goal should be to increase the influence of the Dark Church. By doing this, they surely have an even bigger move planned, something that will require using their influence, requiring them to take a strong stance.”

”So you’re saying they want to recruit people?” Mu Lisi quietly spoke.

Jiang Chen gently nodded, ”Saying they want to recruit works, but I’m more inclined to believe that they want to find partners for cooperation!”

”Cooperation?!” Xi’er and the others were confused once more.

”The Dark Church openly establishing churches everywhere, wanting to involve the Hellfire Mercenary Corp and the Flame Dragon, is merely to fortify themselves, or rather, to showcase their capabilities. The last possibility I can think of is that they want to cooperate with some major power, a power that currently looks down on the Dark Church as it is. Therefore, they need to demonstrate their own capabilities!” Jiang Chen voiced gravely.

”This...” Xi’er and the others were inwardly shocked.

Ha’er spoke solemnly, ”Mr. Jiang, your deduction is too bold. The powers that can look down on the Dark Church are few and far between in this world, each one of them a dominant force!”

”Vice-captain Ha’er, I’m not very familiar with the dominant forces of the sects, I only know about the Chaide Family, but it seems unlikely they would cooperate with the Dark Church. The ones that could make the Dark Church expend so much must be a power capable of cooperation. Do you know of any dominant forces that could be possible?” Jiang Chen asked, puzzled, looking towards Ha’er.

”This... I don’t know for sure, I only know six dominant powers: The Crusader Legion of the Northern Confederation, your Flame Dragon Kingdom’s Flame Dragon Group, our Holy Court, the world’s foremost God of Slaughter Mercenary Corp, the world’s First Family the Chaide Family, and...”

At this point, Ha’er’s eyes suddenly lit up, ”And the world-class Hellfire Mercenary Corp. If we’re talking about possible cooperation with the Dark Church, it might only be them!”

”The Hellfire Mercenary Corp?” Jiang Chen slightly frowned, ”Why would they be the most likely to cooperate with the Dark Church?”

”If it really is the Hellfire Mercenary Corp, then perhaps the Dark Church’s intention to stir up trouble in the Flame Dragon Kingdom wasn’t a spontaneous decision, but a definite one. The only unplanned element was your appearance, Mr. Jiang,” Mu Lisi spoke gravely.

”Why?”

Jiang Chen’s face was full of confusion.

He had never heard of this Hellfire Mercenary Corp.

Where did they suddenly come from?

PS: The third added Chapter is a special addition for Little Tang!