Chapter 875: Chapter 386: Transforming into a Dragon (Part 2)
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For a moment.
In the magma, the sound of lightning striking the wooden posts echoed.
This sound seemed as if lightning was mocking him.
None of the falling lightning hit Xu Ran.
At this moment, Xu Ran transformed into a stubborn fish.
The sea of thunder formed by dark clouds seemed like a harmless ocean, where Xu Ran swam fearlessly!
The bald man saw this, his body trembling slightly in the air.
"Has he really mastered the Vortex? And it’s that huge?"
The bald man’s voice echoed in the magma, filled with disbelief.
A vortex under the foot is the hallmark of Tier Two for the calf bone, and even those who fully mastered the vortex have only a fist-sized vortex underfoot.
But now, the vortex under Xu Ran’s foot seemed like an endless jet of air, fast and explosive, even the extremely swift lightning couldn’t hit Xu Ran as he moved rapidly.
Though the bald man previously harbored lucky thoughts, hoping Xu Ran could master the vortex in such a short time, using the air to leverage the vortex and land on other posts.
However, his imagination was limited to that.
Unexpectedly, Xu Ran could master the vortex to such an extent!
"Is this truly someone who just completed Tier Two refinement?"
For a moment.
The bald man started doubting whether the Nine-Layered Giant Tower’s detection mechanism was faulty, why would it behave this way?
Could there be a mistake when detecting the calf bone, otherwise how could someone who just completed Tier Two master such a vast vortex.
Moreover, this vortex seemed naturally obedient!
"No, that’s not right!"
After pondering, the bald man calmed down, recalling all his previous memories.
But because he had existed for too long, his mind was filled with countless memories, even he needed to recall carefully.
"I got it!"
After a while, the bald man’s eyes lit up, as if he had remembered something.
"This is Wind Control Skill... it’s called Wind Control Skill, right?"
In his memory, during the Ancient Times, there was a Flood Dragon.
This Flood Dragon, though its power wasn’t very strong, was memorable to him.
Just because this Flood Dragon started as a small snake, cultivated step by step, eventually surpassing its limitations, becoming a dragon overnight.
In this cultivation process, what allowed it to avoid countless dangers was the Wind Control Skill it mastered.
"I recall, this Flood Dragon was one step away from becoming a Four-Clawed Flood Dragon, once it crossed that step, it would become the newly crowned king of the Demon Race, having a place even during the Ancient Times abundant with Great Power!"
The bald man’s tone was filled with regret, as if the scene of the Flood Dragon’s demise resurfaced in his eyes.
Soon, he continued speaking.
"I remember, that Flood Dragon did not survive the Thunder Tribulation, its entire body was destroyed by it, leaving behind only one scale!"
Dragons have a Reversed Scale, which is generally the most fragile part of the Dragon Race.
However, after the Dragon Race falls, this piece of Reversed Scale will preserve the dragon’s lifetime sentiments.
"I recall, the Reversed Scale of the Flood Dragon was collected by someone, with Wind Control Skill documented in it!"
The bald man’s muttering voice echoed throughout the trial, temporarily forgetting to hide himself.
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Constantly evading the lightning falling from the dark clouds, Xu Ran heard the bald man’s muttering voice, suddenly furrowing his brow, intrigued.
Instantly, he stopped toying with the harmless lightning, his form faster than lightning, maneuvering in the sky, and within breaths, already reached another side.
As Xu Ran’s feet touched the ground, the dark clouds gathering in the sky suddenly turned into ashes, disappearing from their original spot.
Xu Ran didn’t linger, the vortex at his feet burst forth, his entire body immediately arriving beside the bald man, seemingly as familiar as friends who’ve known each other for decades.
"Bald man, the Flood Dragon you just mentioned, I think I’ve seen it!"
Xu Ran’s words didn’t provoke any emotional fluctuation from the bald man.
Instantly, he turned his head to Xu Ran.
"Nonsense, of course you’ve seen it, if you hadn’t, how could you have learned Wind Control Skill?"
Indeed.
The beast hide brought over by two villagers stitched together was where Xu Ran learned Wind Control Skill from.
At the same time, in that stitched beast hide, Xu Ran indeed saw the Flood Dragon mentioned by the bald man.
Not just Xu Ran, even the Peregrine Falcon saw it, nearly getting trapped inside, if not for Xu Ran, the Peregrine Falcon would’ve been gone by now.
However, he didn’t expect that the Flood Dragon in the beast hide had such a legendary dragon form!
How it could evolve step by step from a small snake into a Flood Dragon, and almost became a Four-Clawed Flood Dragon, but unfortunately didn’t withstand the final Thunder Tribulation.
"But how did you acquire the Dragon Scale? I haven’t sensed any hint of Dragon Race aura on you?"
As the bald man spoke, he circled around Xu Ran’s body, observing every inch, not missing any potential hiding spot.
After a long while, the bald man shook his head.
"Still nothing!" The bald man said helplessly, "Logically, Wind Control Skill is a lifetime’s learning of the Flood Dragon, even if it fell, it is stored in its Dragon Scale!"
"Anyone in contact with the Dragon Scale exhibits a clear aura, yet..."
The odd phenomenon surrounding Xu Ran left the bald man perplexed.
Why Xu Ran mastered Wind Control Skill but bore no essence of the Dragon Race?
Instantly, Xu Ran felt frustrated.
If it was just as the bald man said, that Wind Control Skill was chronicled in the Dragon Scale, why did two villagers without any cultivation come upon it?
Besides, those handed to him were two beast hides severed into halves.
Claimed to be Dragon Scale, in reality, it’s Reversed Scale, but even so, it embodies the lifetime sentiments of a Flood Dragon, how could it be sliced into halves?
Moreover, in Xu Ran’s memory, the connectors in the two beast hides were notably perfect.
What kind of external force could achieve this?
Furthermore.
If it truly were Dragon Scale, would all snakes in the Great Mountain dare come within reach?
The bloodline restrictions for the Demon Race are extremely stringent.
Dragon Race, even evolved from a small snake, belongs to Dragon Race.
For the Demon Race, Dragon Race inherently suppresses their bloodline, much less the Snake Demon.
If Great Wilderness Border Village truly possessed Dragon Scale, even the Snake Demon hiding in the Great Mountain, even the Snake King, wouldn’t dare to step into the village, the mere oppression of the Dragon Race would render them immobile.
For a moment, Xu Ran felt puzzled!
After pondering, Xu Ran couldn’t help but doubt the bald man’s words.
"Bald man, are you sure you remember correctly? When I learned Wind Control Skill, it was from a piece of beast hide split into two halves, and its texture has no correlation with scales!"
"Moreover, the seam of those scales is incredibly precise, what kind of external force could create such perfect cuts on Dragon Scale?"
Xu Ran couldn’t figure it out and simply asked directly.
After all, he knew little of the Origin Realm’s history, so he threw the question out, hoping the bald man might have insight into its secrets.
However.
After listening to Xu Ran’s words, the bald man’s eyes widened, as though something tremendous crossed his mind, he kept muttering under his breath.
Moments later, he suddenly turned, gripping Xu Ran’s shoulders with a somewhat frenzied expression, asking.
"Is there really no Dragon Race aura on the beast hide?"
Xu Ran nodded.
"If there were Dragon Race aura, there wouldn’t be so many Snake Demon surrounding the mountain and village!"
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