Iron Armored Dragon's Lair

The entire supermarket was square, surrounded by open ground. Originally, this space served two purposes: first, for customers to park their electric bikes and cars, and second, to allow more people to enter the supermarket at ease. After all, before the Grand Nirvana period, the population in the immediate vicinity of this supermarket alone exceeded a million, not to mention customers coming from other areas. However, now, countless monsters swarmed the open ground around the supermarket. “How do I get into the Iron Armored Dragon's Lair and snatch the Dragon Egg?” “Should I just burst in through the first and second-floor windows at top speed?” Luo Feng, suspended in mid-air, peered through his binoculars at the dense mass of monsters below. “With so many monsters, a lot of them are bound to spot me rushing in! That would be disastrous!” “I should go down first; staying in mid-air like this drains my mental power.” Luo Feng first flew directly above the center of the Carrefour Supermarket. The supermarket covered an immense area, and its rooftop was equally vast and completely empty of monsters. It wasn't surprising, as monsters also adhered to a strict hierarchy: Lord-level beasts, beast generals, and beast soldiers! The entire supermarket served as the core of the beast lair, inhabited by monsters of extremely high status within the horde—either beast generals or lord-level beasts! These high-ranking monsters disliked being exposed to wind, sun, and rain. Thus, most beast generals resided on the third, fourth, and fifth floors. As for the Iron Armored Dragon, it monopolized the first and second floors. The two beginner lord-level Fire-Scaled Three-Pronged Boars lived in another commercial building next to the supermarket, roughly a hundred meters away. Only countless ordinary monsters were left exposed to the elements on the surrounding open ground. Naturally, neither lord-level beasts nor beast generals allowed common monsters into this core area, which was why the rooftop remained clear. Whoosh! Plummeting straight down from high altitude, Luo Feng landed directly in the center of the rooftop. The monsters around the supermarket were too far away to spot him. “Now, how do I actually get to the first and second floors?” Luo Feng crouched on the rooftop. “The third, fourth, and fifth floors are probably full of elite monsters!” “The open ground around the supermarket is also swarming with countless monsters.” “How do I get in?” One plan after another was rejected in Luo Feng's mind. Clearly, the Iron Armored Dragon's lair was practically an impenetrable fortress. Rumble~~ In the distance, the battle between the two Wargods and three lord-level beasts raged like the world was tearing apart, with roars, the crash of collapsing buildings, and the howls of countless monsters echoing continuously. Meanwhile, on the supermarket rooftop, Luo Feng crouched, deep in thought. “Got it!” Luo Feng's eyes lit up. “The supermarket has five floors above ground, and including the underground parking, that makes six floors in total!” “Such supermarkets always have elevators, sometimes even two: one for public use and one for internal freight. The elevator shaft, then, is a direct passage! If I can find this elevator shaft, I can descend straight to the first and second floors in one go!” Of course, the elevator shaft might have been destroyed by monsters. But elevator shafts are narrow spaces, and monsters wouldn't want to destroy the supermarket structure. So, a narrow elevator shaft, usually located at the edge of the building, had a high chance of still being intact. Moreover... the supermarket might have two shafts: one for passenger elevators and one for freight elevators. “Elevator shaft!” Luo Feng quickly began searching the edges of the rooftop. His search method was simple: extend his mental power to penetrate the rooftop slab and investigate the structure below. This technique was only possible for a mentalist! Luo Feng carefully almost lay flat on the rooftop, terrified of being discovered by the numerous monsters on the ground below. “Found it!” Luo Feng showed a hint of joy. “Yes... extend, extend downwards.” “Fourth floor, third floor...” By extending his mental power downwards, Luo Feng investigated the structure of this elevator shaft. The entire shaft was undamaged. The monsters had clearly done a good job protecting the supermarket's overall supporting framework; after all, it was their home! Hiss! Two black throwing knives floated up, gently carving a circle on the rooftop surface! These were Series 9 throwing knives, countless times harder than diamonds, and they sliced through the material as easily as cutting tofu, creating a circular hole. The circular slab of stone was then levitated by Luo Feng's mental power and slowly set down on the adjacent rooftop, without making a sound. “Tsk tsk.” Luo Feng looked down. “This shaft, hmm, the elevator door on the third floor seems a bit recessed, but overall, there's hardly any change.” Luo Feng smiled faintly. His hexagonal shield floated before him. Luo Feng stepped onto it. “Down!” The hexagonal shield immediately began to descend slowly, without a sound, past the fifth, fourth, and third floors... The steel cables and elevator doors were clearly visible, but they were all covered in dust. They hadn't been used in a very, very long time. “This is the first floor.” Luo Feng hovered, stopping at the entrance of one of the elevator doors. The elevator doors were tightly shut. With a thought, Luo Feng had two throwing knives immediately slide between the closed doors, gently prying them open. Hiss hiss~~ Perhaps because the elevator doors hadn't been opened in such a long time, they actually made a sound, startling Luo Feng. “I'm inside the supermarket; there are no monsters on the first or second floor. If the sound is very faint... the beast general monster squads outside shouldn't hear it.” Luo Feng took a deep breath, opening the elevator door at an extremely slow pace, which kept the noise to a minimum. When the elevator door was halfway open, using his mental power and understanding of the door's structure, he easily warped the steel to jam it in place. “Done!” Luo Feng held his breath, not daring to relax for a second. He took a light step, landing on the ground. The shield that had been hovering behind him immediately settled back into place, its two clasps automatically securing it under the control of his mental power. “What a stench.” A thick, foul odor permeated the entire first floor, making Luo Feng's body feel uncomfortable just from inhaling it. “Where's the Iron Armored Dragon's Dragon Egg?” Luo Feng advanced cautiously, his mental power acting on his armguards, shield, and alloy combat boots, making him as light as a swallow, each step feather-light and silent. Phew! Tsk tsk! Luo Feng looked up. The floor between the first and second levels had been almost completely broken through, with only the structural framework at the supermarket's edges remaining intact. Various broken shelves and long-rotted food items were piled along the sides, sometimes blocking Luo Feng's path entirely, forcing him to use his mental power to gently clear a way. “The Iron Armored Dragon probably lives in the center of the supermarket, where it's most spacious.” Luo Feng headed directly towards the central area. Gradually, he vaguely spotted an oval-shaped sphere. “A Dragon Egg?” Luo Feng held his breath, slowly advancing. The roars of monsters outside the supermarket echoed intermittently, making Luo Feng even more cautious, each step incredibly light. “It's even smellier here.” The closer Luo Feng got to the oval sphere, the stronger the foul stench became. “The Iron Armored Dragon probably stays here normally; these smells are likely from the dragon itself.” Soon, Luo Feng was about ten meters from the Dragon Egg, able to observe it quite clearly. It was a Dragon Egg roughly one meter tall, with a greenish shell faintly marked with patterns. “The Iron Armored Dragon's Dragon Egg!” Luo Feng's eyes gleamed; everything was within reach. “But who knows if the Iron Armored Dragon has set up any traps around the Dragon Egg to prevent theft? However, a Dragon Egg is a living thing; my mental power probably can't move it directly.” With a thought, six throwing knives swiftly flew over, forming a circular ring at the base of the Dragon Egg, gently supporting it. It was like an iron hoop cradling the egg. To be cautious, the backs of the knives were positioned against the eggshell. “Dragon Egg, come here.” Luo Feng had quickly opened his backpack, unzipping layer after layer until half of its maximum capacity was accessible. The backpack's full capacity could hold items nearly as tall as a person. The Iron Armored Dragon's Dragon Egg, from a distance, was levitated towards him...