Monsters Are Coming

Chapter 1459 - 377: We Are the Protagonists

Upon hearing Ji Chen’s slightly smug inquiry, the Dragon Descendant’s pupils contracted violently.It slowly turned its head, its golden vertical pupils reflecting that familiar yet unfamiliar face.

Moments ago, its attention was drawn away by the battle’s shocking scenes, completely forgetting about the old friend that had suddenly appeared beside it.

Memories related to him surged in like tides at this moment.

Their first meeting was inside the prison forged by the White Demons, where all living beings imprisoned were forced to cultivate special magic techniques, becoming furnaces for the White Demons to extract strength.

Back then, Ji Chen curled up in the darkest corner of the prison.

His body was so thin it was nearly deformed, and the contours of his bones were clearly visible under his pale skin. His wrists were entwined with Restriction Chains planted by the White Demons, and his gaze was dim, staring blankly outside the prison, like a living puppet.

Other newly arrived prisoners at least struggled and expressed anger through roars.

But Ji Chen at the time was as quiet as the dead, seemingly having given up and accepted his fate of becoming an energy furnace.

Its own position was right beside Ji Chen’s at that time.

But waiting for death was never its character.

Even when reduced to a prisoner, it never thought it would be forever confined to this cage.

It regarded this as just another challenge on its way to Monster World, viewing the prison as a new battlefield and began devising a breakout plan.

To break through the heavily imposed blockades set by the White Demons on its own strength was clearly difficult.

So it thought of the other prisoners within the team prison.

Ji Chen, who was imprisoned alongside it, became its primary target.

Yet Ji Chen at the time was despondent, having long given up hope for survival, believing he was destined never to be freed from the prison and would forever be nothing but nutrients for the White Demons to extract strength.

Therefore, it needed to inspire Ji Chen to rekindle his fighting spirit and give him hope to live on.

Thus, one day, it proactively asked Ji Chen:

"Hey, do you know the difference between a warrior and a beast?"

At that time, Ji Chen looked at it with bewildered eyes and then shook his head in confusion.

It replied:

"A beast resigns itself when tethered, whereas a warrior thinks about when to bite through the enemy’s throat."

After hearing its response, Ji Chen merely lowered his head slowly, continuing in silence, unwilling to respond further.

But it did not give up, demonstrating its determination to Ji Chen through its actions.

It started to proactively resist the guards, even if it meant being tortured and covered in Lin wounds.

It wanted Ji Chen to see the unyielding will to not bow even in dire circumstances.

During this time, it also spoke to Ji Chen about the world outside.

For instance, the mountains, lakes, and seas of its own world, those battlefields burning with the spirit of freedom, those living beings still resisting.

In those stories were the treacherous places it had conquered and the comrades who fought side by side with it.

Finally, after one night of nutrient extraction, Ji Chen approached it and asked:

"Why resist, knowing there’s no chance of winning?"

At that moment, it knew a seed of resistance had already taken root in Ji Chen’s heart.

It smiled and told Ji Chen:

"Since suffering is unavoidable, why not burn in the fiery flames for just a moment, and die in the most brilliant way possible?"

Later, Ji Chen said, that sentence was like a sharp sword, cutting open the deepest cowardice in his heart.

It was also at that moment he decided to join in the resistance.

Afterward, they concealed their sharp intent, dormant within the prison, continually expanding the scale of resistance against the White Demon Alliance.

It personally taught many living beings from Mire World how to strengthen their bodies through breathing, how to counteract the furnace method taught by the White Demons that extracted vitality from the body.

After a long period of dormancy, they finally awaited the chance to break free from their predicament.

Having thoroughly figured out the timing of the guards’ changes, they initiated a charge.

That night, blood and fire exploded in the darkness.

Chains were broken, cages were shattered, and the prisoners once used as furnaces followed it as they roared and charged out, like a floodwaters surging over everything.

The Dragon Breath it expelled turned into Heaven-Burning Flames, collapsing one White Demon tower after another, illuminating the path for the escapees.

After escaping, they grew fervently like fish in the sea, under the shadow of White Demon’s rule.

It taught the warriors of the resistance army how to forge their physique, allowing those once-bent spines to straightened anew, and the numb eyes to ignite with war intent.

The former slaves bent down further turned through cultivation their muscles and bones into steel, able to stir nature’s spiritual energy with every breath.

The rise of the resistance army thereafter was akin to a storm sweeping across heaven and earth.

They raided the White Demon Clan’s mines, capturing the rare spiritual materials, and crafted blades capable of severing shackles.

They continually conquered prisons, liberating more slaves, causing the team to expand like rolling snow.

Every raid, every bloody battle, would have the flames of resistance burning more fiercely.

Meanwhile, that young boy once curled up despairingly within the cage was transformed during this period into a true warrior.

He learned to control objects with telekinesis, learned how to sharpen spiritual power like a sword blade.

He mastered strategic deduction, able to discover the enemy’s weaknesses on the rapidly changing battlefield.

He also understood how to transform limited resources into the most lethal weapons, letting every unit of energy be utilized to its maximum.

He was no longer the timid prisoner, becoming instead the sharp blade of the resistance army, and, in its view, the most trusted brother.

On the battlefield of blood and fire, they fought back-to-back, intertwining Dragon Breath and telekinesis into a web of death.