392: Chapter 392 The Situation Takes a Turn

Three days later.

Chen Yi felt the timing was about right, so he took the initiative to find Hua Liuli.

Hua Liuli was not surprised to see Chen Yi arrive.

Has your energy recovered enough?

Chen Yi nodded: Yes, we can start awakening the next one!

Hua Liuli remained calm and immediately ordered her subordinates to bring in more Spirit Beast Girls.

This time, the number of people was double that of the last time, totaling over thirty, all in the same state of having vacant eyes and sealed spiritual power.

Take a look, whoever has the highest bloodline rank, you can help her awaken first!

Hua Liuli said, Prioritize those with high potential; I need to strengthen our combat power as soon as possible.

Chen Yi acknowledged and began walking through the crowd, using his system to scan everyone's bloodline information.

Finally, he stopped in front of a girl in white.

This girl looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, with white hair reaching her waist, delicate features, and skin so fair it was almost transparent.

[Name: Bai Li]

[Bloodline: E-rank Snow Snake]

[Hidden Bloodline: SS-rank White Dragon]

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SS-rank White Dragon bloodline!

Chen Yi did not hesitate and immediately began the awakening ritual.

The process this time was even more shocking than the one with An Ruowen.

When Chen Yi placed his hand on Bai Li's forehead, the temperature in the entire testing ground plummeted, and frost rapidly condensed on the ground.

Roar—

A low dragon roar emanated from within Bai Li!

The girl's body began to change. Two crystalline dragon horns grew on her forehead, fine white dragon scales appeared on the surface of her skin, and her spine bulged, as if something was about to break out from within her body.

Suddenly, a pair of pure white dragon wings unfurled!

Bai Li opened her eyes, and her originally vacant pupils turned into slit pupils.

She slowly floated up, three feet off the ground, surrounded by a tiny vortex of ice and snow.

SS-rank Bloodline—White Dragon, awakening successful!

Hua Liuli watched this scene and, for once, clapped her hands: Very good! Chen Yi, you have proven your worth once again!

Chen Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said pantingly: I need to rest for a few days; the next awakening might have to wait until—

It's fine, just make sure you rest well!

Hua Liuli interrupted him, Go back first and recover properly! Tell the logistics department directly if you need any resources; I have already given orders that all your needs will be met with priority.

Thank you, Queen!

After thanking her, Chen Yi left the testing ground, supported by his Contracted Spirit Beast.

Over the next half month, life entered a peculiar rhythm.

On average, every two or three days, Chen Yi would awaken the bloodline for a Spirit Beast Girl.

He always chose those with the highest potential, so every awakening caused quite a sensation.

Within the Demon Abyss Cult, Chen Yi's name became increasingly famous.

There were even quite a few little fangirls appearing!

Feeling like this Chen Yi is just too awesome!

Meanwhile, Hua Liuli was busy with the final strategic deployment.

There was not much interaction between the two, but every time they met, Hua Liuli's attitude toward Chen Yi became a bit gentler.

She would even take the initiative to ask about Chen Yi's needs and care about his recovery—this kind of treatment was extremely rare within the Demon Abyss Cult.

Chen Yi was happy to be idle, spending most of his time in his room, enjoying the romantic atmosphere with The girls!

Eating the resources of the Demon Abyss Cult, sleeping on the beds of the Demon Abyss Cult—everything seemed to be going according to plan!

Until half a month later, when something finally happened in the outside world.

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Beast Tamer Association headquarters, emergency meeting room.

Luo Qinghe sat at the head of the table with a gloomy expression, with the senior members of the association and several of Chen Yi's Contracted Spirit Beasts who had been left outside sitting below.

On the holographic projection screen in the center of the meeting room, a news segment was playing.

According to our station's investigation, the hero Chen Yi, who shocked the world half a month ago in the battle to annihilate the Skeleton Progenitor, has recently been exposed for having close dealings with the high-level members of the Demon Abyss Cult—

The screen switched to a clear video, showing Chen Yi walking side by side with a silver-haired girl.

This silver-haired woman has been confirmed as a high-ranking cadre of the Demon Abyss Cult, active for over five hundred years—

The screen switched again to historical archives, showing a photo from five hundred years ago.

And the silver-haired woman in the photo was almost identical to the figure in the surveillance footage.

Mr. Chen Yi has been missing since half a month ago, and the Contracted Spirit Beasts he took into the Space-Time Rift have also disappeared! According to informed sources, the last person Chen Yi contacted before his disappearance was indeed this member of the Demon Abyss Cult—

Currently, the Beast Tamer Association has not yet made an official response to this matter!

But more and more evidence suggests that Chen Yi may have already—

Luo Qinghe turned off the projection, and the meeting room fell into dead silence.

This is a news segment that started broadcasting simultaneously on all major global media outlets this morning.

Luo Qinghe said in a hoarse voice, We have tried to contact all media to retract the story, but it's completely useless—the Demon Abyss Cult is very well prepared this time; I estimate that even if it's retracted now, it's of no use.

A senior member slammed the table: Nonsense! How could Chen Yi possibly defect to the Demon Abyss Cult! He just annihilated the Skeleton Progenitor!

But the problem is he has indeed disappeared!

Another senior member sighed, And he was indeed with that silver-haired woman before he disappeared; the testimonies of Guo Xiangyang and Wang Feng also confirmed this.

So what? Chen Yi must have been kidnapped! Controlled!

If he was controlled, why didn't his Contracted Spirit Beasts resist? According to our investigation, those Spirit Beasts of Chen Yi left with him voluntarily—

Enough!

Luo Qinghe shouted, and the meeting room quieted down again.

He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

Half a month ago, Chen Yi had agreed with him to start a special operation against the Demon Abyss Cult in three days.

For this, he had also mobilized a large amount of resources and made careful deployments.

But three days later, Chen Yi did not appear.

There was no news, no explanation; he just vanished like that.

At the same time, the Demon Abyss Cult suddenly launched an attack on one of their secret strongholds.

Fortunately, Luo Qinghe had been prepared, and the stronghold had been deployed with various defensive measures in advance. In the end, they repelled the invading enemy at the cost of only a dozen Spirit Beast Girls and two Beast Tamers being injured.

The battle was won, but the plan was completely exposed.

What was worse was that this battle was filmed and reported by the people the Demon Abyss Cult had planted in the television station!

The focus of the report was not the Association's victory, but—why was the Demon Abyss Cult able to precisely attack the Association's secret stronghold?

Combined with Chen Yi's sudden disappearance, some keyboard warriors also began to post speculations online.

Could it be that Chen Yi betrayed us, allowing the Demon Abyss Cult to know about Luo Qinghe and the others' plans?

Once this kind of rhetoric appeared, it naturally faced furious backlash across the entire internet.

Who is Chen Yi?

He brought back the truth of the world, annihilated the Skeleton Progenitor, the leader of the younger generation, the hope of humanity!

How could he possibly side with the Demon Abyss Cult?

However, as time passed, Chen Yi never came forward to clarify, nor did he even show his face again.

That seed of unease began to take root and sprout in people's hearts.