dkrc Chapter 42 She is no longer alone
Chapter 42 She is no longer alone
"The elders in the clan have never mentioned it. It's probably something shameful. After all, if it were something good, they would have spread it around long ago," Long Yingxue replied.
They had entered the canyon carved out by the sword.
Long Yingxue reached out and carefully touched the pure white skeletons. Even after thousands of years of wind and sun, no trace of time had been left on them.
She remembered that when she was born, Burial Dragon Abyss was particularly lively, with treasure hunters everywhere.
But after so many years, no one found anything, and no one came here anymore.
Only this lonely skeleton remains, standing here.
"I think you're going to be disappointed this time. If there were any real treasures here, they would have been found long ago. We wouldn't have a chance," Long Yingxue advised.
How old is Cheng Xiao?
He was only sixteen years old.
Little did they know so many secrets.
She was probably tricked by some information fraudster who thought there was treasure here, so they brought her here.
"Don't worry, as long as the skeleton is still there, it means that nothing has been taken." Cheng Xiao ignored what Long Yingxue said and continued walking forward on his own.
The closer you get, the more you can feel that lingering, oppressive aura.
Besides the dragon's oppressive aura, Cheng Xiao also sensed a unique, extreme malevolent energy.
Chu Ning's murderous aura is fundamentally different from ordinary murderous aura because it is mixed with the kingly aura unique to a monarch and the grievances of the thousands of oppressed people of the Great Chu.
After all, he trained them, so he knew them very well.
Seeing Cheng Xiao's determined look, Long Yingxue didn't try to discourage him further.
He understood that young people always have their stubbornness, and they only learn to turn back after hitting a brick wall. All she needed to do was silently follow behind.
They finally stopped when they reached the dragon's skull.
"Go stay on his head, circulate your spiritual energy, and don't move no matter what happens," Cheng Xiao instructed.
Long Yingxue was startled by this serious attitude.
Although she considered that sitting directly on her grandfather's corpse seemed inappropriate and disrespectful, she was used to obeying Cheng Xiao's orders and doing whatever he said.
At that moment, she didn't care about rules or etiquette.
Anyway, from the day she had her cramps pulled, she was essentially expelled from the dragon clan, so she might as well sit down.
Long Yingxue transformed back into her dragon form, leaped into the air, and landed steadily on the old dragon king's skull.
Now she was even more curious about what Cheng Xiao was planning to do.
She adjusted her posture, and her spiritual energy circulated within her body.
The thought of what was about to happen didn't frighten her; instead, it filled her with excitement.
Long Yingxue felt as if her brain had been trained to be abnormal.
Cheng Xiao channeled his spiritual energy into his legs, quickly moving between the dragon bones. In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he set up an array that covered the entire Burial Dragon Abyss.
What he needs to do is very simple.
Long Yingxue had her dragon tendons removed, losing all her talents as a dragon.
Although he later reforged a living "dragon tendon" for her, it was not the original and did not contain any real dragon symbolism.
Aside from enabling Long Yingxue to stand up again, it doesn't have any special effect.
She's like a disabled person who has just gotten used to a prosthesis, and now she's finally adapted to it and found a way to move around again.
Long Yingxue has now fully adapted to the new fighting style, but this is not a long-term solution.
After hearing about the discovery of another complete dragon skeleton on the Cangling Continent, Cheng Xiao conceived a plan.
Although the dragon is dead, the essence of the true dragon is still preserved in his bones.
When Cheng Xiao arrived at the scene today, he found that the true dragon essence within the skeleton was well preserved because it was locked by evil energy.
What he needs to do now is to extract the essence of the true dragon from the skeleton and place it on Long Yingxue's "artificial dragon tendon." From then on, that will be the real dragon tendon, enabling her to regain the power of the true dragon bloodline.
After setting up the formation, Cheng Xiao stood at the eye of the formation.
He poured all the spiritual power in his soul into the formation to activate it.
As Cheng Xiao poured his divine soul power into the array's core without reservation, array patterns lit up amidst the scattered bones.
A dazzling light shot into the sky.
This ray of light even dispelled the perennial sandstorms and dark clouds of Burial Dragon Abyss.
The enormous skeleton of the old dragon king began to tremble violently.
The skeleton seemed to come alive at that moment; it was struggling and trembling.
Just as something was about to break through the formation, Cheng Xiao's Mahayana stage divine soul instantly released its pressure, suppressing the entire Burial Dragon Abyss under the formation.
The skeleton was still resisting, but wisps of pure golden light were forcibly extracted from it.
That is the true meaning of the dragon, buried by time for thousands of years!
This is not the soul of the old Dragon King, but his last remaining will in this world.
Because of the suppression of the extreme evil energy, it remained in the skeleton forever, never dissipating for a thousand years.
Today was convenient for Cheng Xiao and Long Yingxue.
Besides the true dragon, the extreme malevolent energy on the skeleton was also pulled out by the formation.
It intertwined with the true dragon's intent, rushing straight towards the dragon's reflection on the snow atop the dragon's bones.
"Keep your mind focused, you absolutely cannot faint, or you'll really die here!"
Cheng Xiao's voice rang out directly in Long Yingxue's sea of consciousness.
The moment that extreme malevolent energy appeared, he realized just how much of a monster he had nurtured back then.
He severely underestimated the terrifying nature of this malevolent aura.
At that time, Chu Ning only had the cultivation level of Qi Refining, which didn't seem like much, and Cheng Xiao didn't pay any attention to it.
But just now, in his perception, that extreme evil energy had actually reached the strength of the Nascent Soul stage!
When a cultivator breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, their divine sense will begin to resonate with heaven and earth, and the cultivator will be able to touch the edge of the laws.
This is the pinnacle for mortals, and also the final hurdle for cultivators before they truly become immortals.
This extreme malevolent energy now even has a hint of the laws of heaven and earth!
Cheng Xiao had encountered many demonic cultivators on his cultivation path. They used the flesh and blood of ordinary people as a means of cultivation and absorbed evil energy.
But no demonic cultivator's malevolent aura has ever reached this level.
Faced with such a sudden situation, Cheng Xiao dared not be careless. He separated his divine soul to Long Yingxue's side, ready to take action at any time.
But the fusion will be interrupted as soon as he makes a move.
This was not what he wanted; there was no second true dragon skeleton on the Cangling Continent.
Now it's time to test Long Yingxue's willpower.
Although the current situation is dangerous, it has confirmed Cheng Xiao's thoughts.
The malevolent energy on the dragon bone was not his inner demons or illusions, but a real phenomenon.
Although it's unbelievable, Chu Ning did indeed come here, and even killed the old Dragon King.
Long Yingxue did not see Cheng Xiao's figure, or rather, she had no time to observe the situation outside.
Because the true dragon's intent, mixed with extreme malevolent energy, had completely penetrated into her body.
"hold head high!"
Long Yingxue raised her head and let out an extremely shrill scream.
The screams echoed throughout the canyon.
pain!
It hurts so much!
The artificial dragon tendon that Cheng Xiao had crafted for her was simply unable to withstand this earth-shattering power.
The true dragon's intent was extremely domineering, and it began to reshape her bloodline as soon as it entered her body.
If it were just about reshaping her bloodline, she could tolerate it, since Cheng Xiao had done something similar before.
But within that true dragon's intent was also mixed a murderous aura!
This malevolent energy was frantically cutting through her limbs and bones, relentlessly destroying her body.
Just as the true dragon's intent reshapes its body, the baleful aura destroys it, and the true dragon's intent repairs it again... This cycle repeats endlessly.
Long Yingxue's scales began to bleed, and the wounds that had already healed burst open again, instantly staining the huge skull beneath her with blood.
A terrifying backlash followed.
Long Yingxue's consciousness began to blur, and her body instinctively wanted to give up resisting.
I'm so tired, and it hurts so much.
Dying here, alongside my grandfather whom I never met, leaving everything to fate, seems like a kind of liberation.
She suffered terribly for the past thousand years.
She was in so much pain that she wanted to sleep forever.
Perhaps only in this way will there be no more pain, no more betrayal, only happiness.
Just as Long Yingxue was about to close her eyes, she looked through her blurred vision at Cheng Xiao, who was at the center of the formation.
The strong wind blew the boy's linen clothes up.
He was clearly much weaker than her, yet he was forcibly activating this heaven-defying formation.
Long Yingxue had no idea where Cheng Xiao had found this formation, nor did she know how much hardship he had endured behind the scenes.
Everything he did was to make her stronger.
Even though he was in great pain, he stood ramrod straight.
Cheng Xiao's eyes remained calm.
He suppressed the raging energy at the core of the formation, without retreating even a step.
A strange power rose in Long Yingxue's heart.
This force actually allowed her to endure the excruciating pain!
Yes, she's no longer alone!
This good-for-nothing young master, ridiculed by the whole world, risked his life to give her a real dragon tendon.
He didn't fall, so what right does she have to give up?
"I can't die! I absolutely can't die!" Long Yingxue's dim vertical pupils suddenly burst with dazzling golden light.
If she dies, Cheng Xiao will definitely be killed by the backlash of the formation. Then who will avenge the great hatred of having his supreme spiritual bone dug out?
"I want to live! I want to help him fight his way back to the Cheng family, and grind those beasts to dust! I want to take back everything he lost!"
Supported by this almost fanatical belief, Long Yingxue let out a long, angry roar.
She no longer passively endured the defense, but completely relinquished control of her body, actively opening her damaged meridians and allowing the violent baleful energy to rampage through her body.
Each destruction and restoration made her physical body even stronger.
The true dragon's intent and the ultimate evil energy fought for a thousand years on that skeleton.
One wants to soar into the sky, while the other keeps it firmly locked up.
Now, the two forces are using Long Yingxue's body as a battlefield, fighting each other inside her.
Although the two forces were evenly matched, with Long Yingxue's continuous reinforcement, the True Dragon's Will gradually gained the upper hand.
The wind gradually stopped, and the Burial Dragon Abyss fell into complete silence.
Cheng Xiao, who was at the center of the formation, was somewhat surprised and slowly withdrew his divine soul power.
In the silence, a crisp sound came from Long Yingxue's body.
The artificial dragon tendon, which was originally out of place, was completely transformed under the terrifying tempering of the true dragon's intent and the extreme evil energy, and perfectly integrated with her flesh and blood.
A powerful dragon's might erupted from Long Yingxue's body in an instant.
This dragon's might was even more terrifying, stronger than when she was at her peak.
Because of her declining cultivation, Long Yingxue's dragon body was now less than ten feet long, completely lacking the imposing aura of a true dragon, and resembling a small snake.
But under the influence of the true dragon's will, its originally withered body instantly swelled up in the wind, transforming into a colossal creature hundreds of feet long.
"roar!"
A dragon's roar that shook the heavens and the earth tore apart the dark clouds that never dissipated above the Burial Dragon Abyss.