Chapter 555: Chapter 72: True Dragon’s Blood, Massive Gains
Lin Chen stood not far away, his gaze fixed on the dragon-like creature ahead.
On its forehead grew a pair of horns, and its body stretched over a hundred feet, its massive form gleaming with a metallic sheen under the sunlight.
However, in this Fallen Dragon Valley, there was no water source. This exotic beast with dragon lineage was still, strictly speaking, an Earth Dragon, albeit with a more Flood Dragon-like appearance.
"In terms of both aura and essence, this Flood Dragon is no different from the previous Earth Dragon. Just the appearance is slightly different, and when a Nascent Soul stage Earth Dragon evolves further, it should become such a Flood Dragon..." Lin Chen mumbled softly as he sensed the aura of the Flood Dragon ahead.
Just as Lin Chen approached within a few miles of the Flood Dragon, its massive body suddenly began to wriggle.
It easily burrowed into the ground like a nimble mudfish, stirring up clouds of dust as it swiftly moved. In the blink of an eye, it appeared before Lin Chen, its crimson eyes fixed on him as if wanting to swallow him whole.
However, Lin Chen merely stood still, slightly tilting his head upwards.
In the next moment, multiple streaks of Sword Qi flew up around him, instantly slashing at the Flood Dragon. The Sword Qi was radiant, and the Flood Dragon’s massive body was instantly sliced in half. Yet even split apart, the Flood Dragon’s body continued to wriggle, seemingly trying to escape underground.
"Almost forgot, this guy’s life force is incredibly tough." Lin Chen murmured, then hundreds of Sword Qi surged before him, slicing the Flood Dragon into thousands of segments. Soon, the Flood Dragon’s aura completely dissipated.
For Lin Chen now, slaying this Divinity Transformation stage Flood Dragon was just a matter of thought. He stowed the corpse of the Flood Dragon into the Profound Celestial Small World and continued towards the depths of Fallen Dragon Valley.
To Lin Chen, mere Divinity Transformation stage demon beasts, even if they had Flood Dragon lineage, were insignificant.
However, what piqued his curiosity was why a Flood Dragon would appear in the Fallen Dragon Valley?
The Spiritual Energy of Qing State shouldn’t be sufficient to nurture the birth of Divinity Transformation stage demon beasts.
"It’s quite strange, as was Elder Taoyao encountered earlier. He was able to cultivate into a Transformed Great Demon in this secret realm, perhaps due to some chance, possibly related to the Fallen Dragon Valley?" Lin Chen thought silently.
Elder Taoyao’s breakthrough into Divinity Transformation didn’t seem coincidental. The presence of these Transformation Period Flood Dragons confirmed Lin Chen’s suspicions.
"Better to be cautious." Lin Chen said, then with a thought, several Spiritual Artifact-level long swords flew out from his Storage Ring.
Flying swords hovered around Lin Chen, ready to prevent any unexpected occurrences.
Although, with Lin Chen’s cultivation, exploring this secret realm should be foolproof, his cautious nature led him to take double precautions. Protective True Essence combined with flying swords were enough to counter most situations.
Considering the presence of Divinity Transformation stage demon beasts in this valley, it was possible even more ferocious demons lurked deeper within. Thus, Lin Chen continued on, slowing his pace slightly. He focused his Divine Sense within a few hundred feet radius to ensure he could detect any sudden developments immediately.
After advancing several hundred feet further, Lin Chen saw towering skeletons, measuring tens, even hundreds of meters in length. These skeletons were clearly gnawed at by some powerful beast. Subsequently, Lin Chen encountered several Divinity Transformation stage demon beasts, all possessing dragon blood.
As he ventured deeper, the cultivation realms of these demon beasts grew higher. The Flood Dragon he slain was merely at the early Divinity Transformation stage, while deeper in, Lin Chen encountered demon beasts at mid and even late Divinity Transformation stages.
Of course, these demon beasts were easily annihilated by Lin Chen. After traversing another hundred miles, the dragon aura within the valley became extremely terrifying, even Lin Chen could feel its impact. This made him more curious, yet his expression grew increasingly solemn.
The Fallen Dragon Land naturally was where a True Dragon had perished. Yet after so many years, the dragon aura it emanated was still frightening enough to affect Lin Chen. This True Dragon was likely at least Mahayana stage, perhaps even higher.
As Lin Chen pondered anxiously, suddenly another aura entered his Divine Sense range. This time, Lin Chen’s expression grew increasingly grim.
"It’s a Unity stage demon beast..." Lin Chen had not anticipated encountering a Unity stage demon beast in the mere remnants of the Dragon Spirit Sect.
This demon beast was entirely different from those Lin Chen had seen before; it didn’t resemble a dragon or serpent, but was rather akin to a colossal black gorilla, albeit with purple-black scales covering its skin. However, Lin Chen sensed an even richer dragon aura from the beast.
The demon beast was only about ten feet tall, yet possessed a fearsome flesh body. As it charged swiftly at Lin Chen, its punch caused the ground to collapse. Lin Chen shifted slightly, dodging the demon beast’s strike, then rapidly expanded his Divine Sense to cover a hundred-mile radius.
As expected, this demon beast wasn’t alone but lived socially. Within a hundred-mile radius, several of these demon beasts were rushing towards Lin Chen.
"What sort of treasures lie hidden within this Fallen Dragon Valley to have spawned so many powerful demon beasts?" Lin Chen was both amazed and acted swiftly.
He summoned the Demon-slaying Blade with a thought, the pitch-black blade tracing a graceful arc through the air, finally suspended before the Dragon Ape’s head.
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