Chapter 1263: Chapter 1111: Has the Curse Been Lifted?
Long Yi immediately discovered that the energy of the Half-Dragon Men was astonishing.
"Has your curse been lifted?" Long Yi asked in confusion.
"Hahahaha! Listen, this Giant Pioneer still cares about our curse! Unexpected, right? Poor Giant, a significant part of our curse has indeed been lifted. Though not entirely, it’s enough to deal with you!"
A group of Half-Dragon Men surrounded Long Yi in the middle.
"You can’t do this! He saved my life!"
A young Half-Dragon Man rushed in, shouting loudly. Looking at the expression on the Half-Dragon’s face, Long Yi realized that this must be the young Black Dragon he had just rescued.
"Hahaha, little guy, don’t be deceived by the Giant. This is the Giant’s most effective trick. Offering you a little kindness, and you take his side? Do you forget who cursed you? It was a Giant! And it wasn’t them who lifted the curse!" the leading Half-Dragon Man roared.
"Okay, then I have a little doubt: who exactly lifted part of your curse?" Long Yi asked.
"Hehehe, hahaha! Stupid Giant, you will never know, why? Because we will absolutely not tell you! Hahahaha!"
Saying this, the Half-Dragon Man suddenly opened his mouth wide, and a jet of Fighting Aura burst out, piercing through Long Yi’s chest in an instant. But Long Yi, as if unaffected, wore an indifferent expression and said, "What a pity, but luckily I did not awaken you guys back then. Otherwise, who knows what you group, led by the Black Dragons, might be planning to do behind my back."
After finishing, the Long Yi whose chest had been pierced suddenly collapsed into pieces on the spot! The surrounding Half-Dragon Men crowded around, only to find a pile of rubble.
"Hehe, big brother, your power has grown again, turning Long Yi to stone with just one bite!" one Half-Dragon Man said.
"Get lost! It’s obvious that Long Yi used a stone decoy. Your flattery is too low-grade!" another Half-Dragon Man pushed the previous one aside and said.
"Hey, old timer. Where is Long Yi?" the leading Half-Dragon Man approached the older dragon, looking down on him from a height.
"Where? How should I know?" the old dragon said.
"Old man, your son was just protecting Long Yi, don’t tell me you’re in league with Long Yi?" the leading Half-Dragon Man brought his face close to the old dragon. But in the next moment, his heavy body was slowly lifted by a tremendous force, and at the same time, his entire body was bound by a vast power.
"Mind your language, young man, even your father wouldn’t dare talk to me like that. Even if some of your curse has been lifted, it doesn’t mean you have the strength to shout in front of me!"
Boom!
Dragon Power erupted, blasting the leading Half-Dragon Man right out of the doorway.
The wave that had lifted the curse had also lifted the old dragon’s curse, and since the old dragon could now take human form, his control over energy was far more precise and smooth than that of these younger dragons.
Feeling this immense power, the surrounding Half-Dragon Men immediately ran out, and in a blink, only the old dragon’s son remained.
"Father, do we really need to make enemies of the Giants?" the young dragon asked.
The old dragon sighed deeply and said, "If it were possible, I would rather die than provoke the Giants. These foolish dragons of the Dragon Clan who have not interacted deeply with the Giants can never understand how strong the Giants were back then. To the Giants, destroying the Dragon Clan would be too easy. Although I don’t know why the Giants didn’t do that, if possible, it’s better not to become enemies with the Giants."
The young dragon nodded silently. During the war between the Giants and the Dragon Clan, the young dragon hadn’t been born yet. He couldn’t comprehend what had happened then, but he had heard the old dragon recount those events more than once. Thus, he harbored very complex feelings towards the Giants. On one hand, it seemed the Giants were their enemy who cursed them, but on the other hand, they should be grateful for the Giants’ generosity for merely cursing them.
"Has Long Yi left?" the old dragon asked the young dragon. There was a contractual relationship between the young dragon and Long Yi, so the young dragon could vaguely sense Long Yi’s presence.
The young dragon shook his head and said, "No, he hopes I can help him."
The old dragon looked puzzled: "He wants your help? How?"
"I’m not sure, Long Yi is also puzzled about our curse being lifted." As the young dragon was speaking, Long Yi suddenly walked in through the main door, saying, "Aren’t you curious? Why did all the dragons whose curse was lifted become Half-Dragon Men?"
Seeing Long Yi walking in, the old dragon was startled, hurriedly cast a spell to isolate the surrounding sounds, and triple-checked that there were no outsiders around.
"Mr. Long Yi, what exactly is going on?"
The old dragon was full of perplexity.
"Actually, there’s not much to it, I just felt this planet was filled with danger before coming here, so I made some preparations in advance."
Long Yi said.
It turned out that after Long Yi entered the vicinity of this planet, he immediately felt that surging Dragon Power everywhere. When he let Little Black Dragon revert to its true form and fly to the Imperial Palace, what reappeared was not the Black Dragon’s form, but that of a Half-Dragon Man. Unable to fly as a Half-Dragon Man, a panicked Long Yi could only carry him with magic. Fortunately, as a member of the Dragon Clan, some magical abilities were almost innate. Soon Little Black had mastered his new body and learned to fly on his own. However, Long Yi felt the crisis, so he used the power of rock to create a fake body for himself and followed Little Black back to the Imperial Palace. In conversation with the old dragon, all Half-Dragon men who heard of Long Yi’s arrival rushed over, and Long Yi successfully deceived them with his disguised body.
"Then, you came back risking danger, wanting to know something?" The old dragon felt he couldn’t quite see through this giant Pioneer. Although giants were powerful, Pioneers were an exception because their purpose was to blend into the lives of ordinary people. Thus, Pioneers did not possess such great strength, which could be seen from his struggle to find the key to traverse planes. If it were the giants of old, crossing planes would be as simple as opening their own front door.
"I want to find out who performed the act of lifting the curse, and I am curious about how they did it," Long Yi said.
"Actually, I don’t think our curse has been lifted," the old dragon said.
"Why do you think so?" Long Yi was somewhat surprised.
"I too was affected by that strange fluctuation, but my power hasn’t changed at all. If I were to revert to my dragon form now, I would also become a Half-Dragon Man," the old dragon said.
"But Father, you just blasted away that man who dared to offend you!" Little Black exclaimed in surprise.
"That’s because your father was already very strong," Long Yi smiled.
The old dragon also smiled slightly, not denying it, but continued the conversation, "It must be said, that fluctuation was indeed miraculous. However, it had no effect on an old dragon like me. And if the curse had truly been lifted, my power would definitely have increased now, even if only half the curse was lifted, my power would be enough to tear through the plane and send you away from this Lower Plane."
Long Yi nodded and said, "That’s exactly why I want to figure out, what exactly that fluctuation was."
The old dragon nodded, in fact, he was even more curious than Long Yi.
Long Yi immediately left after taking some blood and tissue samples from both the old dragon and Little Black. Before leaving, the old dragon told him that most of the Black Dragons on this planet had reached a consensus, preparing to go to The Divine Auffa Empire to join the recently arrived Black Dragon Legion of this Plane. They believed that by following the Black Dragon Legion, they might have a chance to return to Dragon Star.
However, a small portion of the Black Dragons and some other members of the Dragon Clan were skeptical about this move, and an even smaller minority of Dragon Clan believed that they had never won against the giants during the wars of old, and going after them now would only be inviting trouble. Of course, this faction did not plan to join the giants; they chose to remain on this planet, maintaining a neutral stance.
Suddenly, the entire Plane burst into a chaotic dance of dragons.
The Dragon Clan, silent for nearly ten thousand years, reappeared, stirring the whole Plane; but as soon as people heard that these members of the Dragon Clan were coming specifically to deal with Long Yi, the entire Plane exploded.
Could it be that the Dragon Clan couldn’t tolerate Long Yi anymore? Some clever individuals immediately guessed—could Long Yi be a giant?
Lyd Jon, the current emperor of the Red Skin Clan, was already quite certain of it.
The conflict between Long Yi and the Ancient Mage Tower ended with Elma leading the entire Ancient Mage Tower to vanish, and the group of bandit leaders, initially trained as commanders, achieved nothing and were thrown onto a remote planet.
Some of the bandit leaders cursed and complained, as Elma had indeed made promises, and now that he was gone, those promises could never be fulfilled. But Lyd Jon was not upset; on the contrary, he was filled with excitement. In his view, he had done the greatest deed in the entire multiverse.
He had helped a giant.
Lyd Jon firmly believed that Long Yi was the pioneer of a giant, his extraordinary deeds coupled with this specific invasion by the Dragon Clan proved just that.
Lyd Jon wouldn’t tell anyone about this, but when Long Yi’s identity was known across the Plane in the future, he, Lyd Jon, would be remembered in history for his association with Long Yi’s deeds!
The central planet of the Sanctuary Empire had now been completely occupied by the Black Dragons, and every moment more Black Dragons from all corners of the Plane flocked here to join. Before long, there were over fifteen thousand Black Dragons—no, to be accurate, fifteen thousand Half-Dragon Men. These enormous lifeforms of half-dragon and half-human had terrifying strength, neither the ancient powerhouses nor the later Ancient Mage Tower were a match for them. And what’s more, public opinion also believed that Long Yi was no match for them. The simplest proof was—if Long Yi were their opponent, would he have allowed them to dominate until now?
Indeed, this reasoning was correct. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
