188: Chapter 188 The Opportunity Left Behind by the Founder of the Peerless Sword Dynasty!

"This... how is this possible?!"

Li Junze watched as Lin Ran revealed a hundred-thousand-foot dao tree and crossed the final ten steps as if they were one. He could no longer sit still, his face filled with sheer horror.

This...

Who the hell is the one with a System, him or Lin Ran?!

Why did he always feel like he and Lin Ran weren't even on the same level?!

Even though he possessed the waste-to-prodigy face-slapping system, why did he always feel like he couldn't even compare to a single hair on Lin Ran's body?!

Every time he encountered Lin Ran, he ended up humiliated. How was he supposed to slap anyone's face?!

"System, does Lin Ran also have a System?"

Li Junze asked inwardly, his mind collapsing.

"Ding! Apologies, Host. This System has not detected any System aura on this individual!"

Hearing the response from the waste-to-prodigy face-slapping system, Li Junze was on the verge of a total breakdown.

So, an unparalleled Prodigy with a System like him couldn't even compare to a Prodigy without one?!

Could such a monstrous person truly exist in this world?!

At this moment, his face felt hot and stinging with shame; he was filled with immense regret.

Had he known this would happen, he wouldn't have let Lin Ran enter the Dragon Pool just to complete a face-slapping mission.

Now, not only had he failed to slap anyone's face, but the Opportunity and Legacy within the Dragon Pool were about to be snatched away by Lin Ran alone.

He truly regretted his past actions!!

"I hate this!!!"

Li Junze roared in his heart, his lungs nearly bursting with rage.

...

On the other side.

After being swallowed by the dragon head phantom, Lin Ran arrived at the very bottom of the Dragon Pool.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked ahead, discovering a broken sword thrust into the ground not far away.

Beside the broken sword grew a miraculous three-leaf flower that emitted a dazzling radiance.

Next to the three-leaf flower was a blood-red vine that looked incredibly bewitching.

Lin Ran walked forward and looked closely, noticing a manuscript lying beside the broken sword.

He bent down to pick it up and opened it. Rows of calligraphy that resembled wandering dragons and sharp Sword Qi met his eyes.

"To be opened by my descendants."

"This sword is named the dragon slaying sword, but it is incomplete. It cannot slay a dragon, only suppress one."

"That Evil Dragon's cultivation is unfathomably deep, having already touched the threshold of the Seven Stars. Were it not for the difficulty of the Seven Stars illuminating the world, I fear it would have already ascended to the Seven-Star Divine Realm!"

"Though I have suppressed it and founded the Jue Jian Imperial Dynasty, the power of suppression is finite, while the Evil Dragon's will to escape is infinite."

"I hope my descendants can find the remaining fragments of the dragon slaying sword to kill this Evil Dragon and ease my heart's worry."

"This flower is the three god flower, and this vine is the blood essence vine. The miraculous uses of these two divine objects will be known upon refining."

"I hope my descendants do not neglect my dying wish nor rest easy. Remember this!"

Lin Ran read through the manuscript line by line, then tucked it away.

"Senior, although I am not your descendant, I shall take up your dying wish to slay the dragon."

"I shall take this dragon slaying sword, blood essence vine, and three god flower!"

Lin Ran cupped his fists slightly toward the Void Realm.

He was determined to take the fragment of the dragon slaying sword here, as he already possessed one fragment.

As for the blood essence vine and three god flower, they were rare treasures that Lin Ran naturally wouldn't let slip by.

By taking the Opportunity here, it meant he had accepted a strand of Karma belonging specifically to the Ancestor of the Jue Jian Imperial Dynasty, and he would have to inherit the Ancestor's wish to slay the dragon.

Lin Ran didn't mind this at all.

After all, for Li Huayin's sake, he already intended to kill the Evil Dragon.

As long as he could gather all the fragments of the dragon slaying sword, he would be able to kill it!

With a wave of his hand, Lin Ran swept the three god flower, blood essence vine, and the fragment of the dragon slaying sword into his possession.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully completing the Heavenly Mandate Mission!]

[Rewards: 25,000 destiny points, dragon slaying sword Fragment (II), Top-tier Divine Art — God Extinguishing Star Fall Technique!]

The God Extinguishing Star Fall Technique was a top-tier divine art specifically targeting the Divine Soul.

With this technique, Lin Ran could use his Divine Soul power to cause a calamity of falling stars within another's Sea of Consciousness, thereby destroying the enemy's Divine Soul.

"System, which fragment is this dragon slaying sword piece?"

Lin Ran asked secretly.

"To the Host, it is Fragment Three!"

The System replied.

Lin Ran nodded.

In that case, he had now gathered Fragment One, Fragment Two, and Fragment Three.

"I wonder how many dragon slaying sword fragments I need to collect to synthesize the complete sword?"

Lin Ran continued to inquire.

"To the Host, only one final fragment remains!"

The System replied.

A look of excitement flashed in Lin Ran's eyes.

With only one fragment left, he could assemble the complete dragon slaying sword.

When that time came, killing the Evil Dragon would be nothing more than a thought away!

However, the most pressing matter was still raising his cultivation.

Lin Ran took out the blood essence vine and activated the Innate Pure Yang Method.

The blood essence vine was a divine object of heaven and earth; for it to mature, it needed to absorb sufficient essence blood.

Lin Ran could sense the aura of a Dragon Clan creature on this blood essence vine.

He guessed that when the Ancestor of the Jue Jian Imperial Dynasty fought the Evil Dragon back then, he must have secretly used the blood essence vine to drain the Evil Dragon's essence blood, allowing it to grow to maturity.

Only a mature blood essence vine could be considered a true divine object of heaven and earth. The energy contained within was incredibly pure and vast!

Lin Ran's cultivation soared wildly at this moment, and before long, he achieved a Breakthrough to the Yang Venerable Realm Ninth Heaven.

But he chose not to break through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

After all, he was still waiting for the Heavenly Sword Secret Treasury to open!

There was a suppression within the Heavenly Sword Secret Treasury. If his cultivation reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm, he wouldn't be able to enter even with a heavenly sword token in hand!

Breaking through from the first level to the ninth level of the Sun Venerable Realm didn't consume much energy.

Lin Ran estimated that ninety percent of the energy within the blood essence vine still remained.

He planned to use this energy to Cultivate the Nine Dragons World Creation Art and raise the World Realm level of the Yin-Yang Primordial Dao Ancestral Dragon.

About half a day passed.

Lin Ran raised the World Realm of the Yin-Yang Primordial Dao Ancestral Dragon to the sixty-ninth layer of the First Heaven.

His current Physical Body strength was terrifying to an unimaginable degree!

Even if Long Ling reached the Yang Venerable Realm Ninth Heaven, she likely wouldn't be his match in terms of physical strength.

One had to remember that Long Ling was a True Dragon Hatchling; her physical strength was the very definition of peerless from birth!

Yet even so, if Long Ling were at his level, her physical strength would be far inferior to his. From this, one could see just how strong his body had become!

With that, Lin Ran had refined one of the three opportunities left by the Ancestor of the Jue Jian Imperial Dynasty.

Next, Lin Ran took out the three god flower, his eyes burning as he looked at this divine object!

If he remembered correctly, a divine object like the three god flower was something one could only hope for but never seek out!

Because...

The three god flower could help one Cultivate the legendary and unparalleled Three Lives Primordial Spirit!!!