Chapter 322: Chapter 198: Eternal Star Spirit - Corrupted Leviathan, The Battle Between The Star Spirit And The Dragon!_2
As he fled, he didn’t forget to switch his shell and blend into the escaping Dragon Man crowd.
[You are now inside the shell of an ’Up-Looking Pure Blood Half-Dragon Man’!]
[Your sudden appearance didn’t alarm the other half-dragon men, who were only concerned with frantically fleeing towards the foot of the mountain.]
[You blend into the fleeing crowd and swiftly approach the foot of the mountain...]
[With the mountain constantly being shattered by the giant beasts, huge boulders began to fall!]
[Unfortunately, some half-dragon men were crushed to death by the falling boulders...]
[Suddenly, a gust of wind attacks from above. You quickly look up, only to see a falling boulder close at hand!]
[You can’t react in time or switch shells - death seems inevitable!]
[Your ’Lucky Coins’ start to shimmer...]
[A fleeing ’Bloodline Dragon Man’ seems to find you too slow and blocks its way. It swings its thick tail and throws you against the mountain wall.]
[With a thunderous sound, the boulder falls and crushes the ’Bloodline Dragon Man’ into pulp...]
[You only feel pain all over, and a metallic taste of rust fills your mouth.]
[You’ve sustained some injuries!]
[The mountain shakes more violently, and not just rocks, but also wailing and screaming half-dragon men begin to fall from above.]
[You know, the ’Eternal Star Spirit - Corrupted Leviathan’ is getting closer to you!]
[Ignoring the pain in your body, you continue to flee towards the foot of the mountain...]
[A ’Black Disaster Dragon’, far larger than the others, swoops down and lands halfway up the mountain. It instantly shrinks and transforms into a dignified dragon man shrouded in a black robe.]
[It scans the fleeing Dragon Man crowd with its gaze and spots you, who seem out of place in the crowd!]
[While the rest of the half-dragon men are too frightened, only you seem calm with a resolute gaze.]
[It appears before you in a flash, grabs you by the neck, and hurls you down into the abyss.]
[Layers of dark dragon flames surround your body. The whistling wind of the falling body can’t drown out its urgent words!]
[Stars in reverse! The Stars want to exterminate our race! Go awaken the Hermit Master!]
[As you plunge deeper into the darkness, you see the figure transform back into a dragon and rush towards the horrifying beast without hesitation...]
[...]
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The sudden turn of events left Lin Xun dumbstruck.
"I’m not going to die from the fall, right..."
If that ’Black Disaster Dragon’ just gave an order to go awaken the ’Hermit Master’, he should be safe from death.
The matter at hand... Where is this so-called ’Hermit Master’?
[...]
[You’ve landed at the bottom of the abyss. The dark dragon flames surrounding you absorbed the impact of the fall, leaving you unharmed.]
[You find that the dark dragon flames surrounding you have not completely dissipated...]
[Your shell ’Up-Looking Pure Blood Half Dragon Man’ has gained a temporary ability ’Black Disaster Dragon’s Breath’ (Legend+ level)!]
[This ability is temporary and can only remain in the shell for a short time. The ability will also disappear when the shell dies.]
[Looking around, the scenery at the foot of Dragon Nest Mountain is eerily similar to what you faced in the Underworld Abyss against the ’Ancient Demon - Black Thorn Demon’!]
[A thick layer of dark sludge covers the bottom of Dragon Nest. Bubbling continuously in thrashing waves, toxic black gases emerge.]
[With a ’hiss’, the surrounding black dragon’s breath burns away the toxic gases.]
[Dead members of the Dragon Clan and boulders keep falling, their bodies quickly melting upon landing in the dark sludge at the bottom of Dragon Nest, becoming part of the sludge.]
[You have a chill in your heart. Without Dragon’s Breath shielding you here, your life would be as fragile as a candle in the wind, easily extinguished.]
[Even you, as a ’Pure Blood Half Dragon Man’ who has absorbed countless toxic ores, would also be corroded by the potent poison and turned into a pile of dark sludge.]
[Surrounded by boundless Darkness, with only the towering Lonely Peak left to break through the sky...]
[You feel an indescribable sensation rising from the depths of your heart... You start to move towards a certain direction within the darkness.]
[This feeling seems to emanate from your bloodline, a silent call guiding you towards a more noble lineage.]
[With each step you take, an overwhelming force of dragon aura strikes again!]
[This pressure is more intense than anything you’ve felt on the outskirts of the dragon nest, making you feel as if a ’Hermit of the Past - The Dark Dragon’ lies beneath the darkness ahead.]
[Without the swirling dragon flames protecting you, your lowly bloodline would have left you unable to move a step further.]
[You withstand the overwhelming dragon aura, and walk steadfastly forward...]
[In the darkness, a cliff face appears, studded with countless ’Dark Glow Poison Stones’. At a glance, each stone quality surpasses any you have seen before.]
[Will you take out your pickaxe to mine these stones, or continue to follow the call of your bloodline?]
[You’re aware that the surrounding dragon flames will not last forever.]
[The crumbling bodies that fall relentlessly and the continuous roar of beasts from the ceiling above act as warnings that when the dragon nest collapses, your death will follow.]
[You continue to heed the silent call from deep within your bloodline, sprinting along the cliff face...]
[Soon, an enormous cave comes into sight...]
[The cave walls are densely populated with ’Dark Glow Poison Stones’ and an overwhelming pressure, several times stronger than before, emits from the dark cave.]
[Even with the dragon flame’s protection, you can’t suppress the fear rising from your heart, making you want to kneel and bow before the burden...]
[Will you enter the cave before you?]
[You suppress your fear and enter the cave with decisive steps...]
[The dense, high-quality stones surround the cave passage. Amidst the infinite fear, you feel the power of your bloodline subtly increasing!]
[Your bloodline, which had never risen before without absorbing the power of the stone through secret methods, has increased. This is something you could never have imagined.]
[If you could stay in this cave for a longer period, even if you do nothing, becoming a ’Blood Descendant Dragon Man’ or even ascending to a ’Black Disaster Dragon’ wouldn’t be a far-fetched dream!]
[The cave isn’t as deep as you imagined. In no time, you reach the end of it.]
[What meets your eyes are a dozen massive creatures that invoke goosebumps!]
[They are just as monstrous as the remains of the ’Hermit of the Past - The Dark Dragon’ you saw before, except now they aren’t mere skeletons but real, terrifying, and flesh-and-bone dragons!]
[These Dark Dragons remain still, their fierce heads lowered, and their eyes tightly shut, deep in slumber.]
[You notice that some dragons have dense scars on their skulls, appearing to be equal in size to their closed eyes.]
[You instantly understand that they are the ones who gouged out their eyes, imprisoning their own ancestors. They are the traitors who pledged allegiance to the Stars!]
[While the Dark Dragons slumber, their scars squirm occasionally, hinting at an ability to heal...]
[You have found the ’Hermit of the Past - The Dark Dragon’!]
[You gaze at the depth of the cave and see a giant throne, a splendid seat made entirely of Dark Glow Poison Stone.]
[A Black Dragon, larger than the others, lies dormant on the throne, unfazed by the rumbling sounds coming from outside the cave.]
[You walk towards the throne, a putrid stench of rotting flesh assaulting your senses.]
[Covering your nose, you cautiously peer at the colossal creature on the throne...]
[The scales on its skull gleam, and the scars where its eyeballs once were are completely healed and vanished. There isn’t any rotting wound on its body.]
[Will you use ’Black Disaster Dragon’s Breath’ to awaken the dormant ’The Dark Dragon’?]
Lin Xun hesitated for a moment.
He did not forget his own identity, that he is seen as a traitor in the eyes of the Stars.
Just because the ’Black Disaster Dragon’ outside cannot recognize him does not mean the traitor voluntarily pledged to the Stars right before his eyes would not identify him.
If he were to awaken ’The Dark Dragon’, he might be greeted by a devastating dragon breath.
The ’Memories of the Dark Dragon Knight’ in his inventory hasn’t moved since after he opened the path to the Hermit Canyon.
Lin Xun was not sure how he could acquire the inheritance.
"If only I could find the imprisoned Hermit ancestors. As followers of the ’Almighty True Knowledge’, they might offer me some guidance..."
