43: Chapter 43 The True Dragon Ruins: The Opportunity Has Arrived!

Deep within the wasteland, in a hidden corner.

Ghost Scorpion sat cross-legged, his face gloomy, as he cultivated to heal his injuries.

Although he had managed to escape using the Space-Breaking Bead, the aftershock of Patriarch Xia Yuan's long-range strike had still caused him significant internal injuries.

The Shadow Demon Scorpion lay beside him, licking a wound on its front claw that was deep enough to see bone—a mark left by the desperate counterattack of Chairman Zhao's Silver-Winged Griffin.

The most miserable one was the Thunder Jiao.

Although its severed tail had been temporarily sealed with a secret medicine by Ghost Scorpion and had stopped bleeding, its aura was withered to the extreme. It curled up on the ground, its massive Jiao eyes filled with agony.

"Damn that dog Gecko! Damn Patriarch Xia Yuan! This King will definitely make you pay the price!" The Thunder Jiao roared, though the roar was weak and powerless.

Ghost Scorpion opened his eyes, a flash of impatience flickering through them, but he quickly suppressed it.

This Thunder Jiao still had great use; he could not let anything happen to it.

"Lord Thunder Jiao, the most urgent priority is to recover from your injuries as quickly as possible and stabilize your Realm."

Ghost Scorpion said in a deep voice, "Once we have recovered, it will not be too late to seek revenge."

He was also calculating rapidly in his mind.

Although this operation successfully helped the Thunder Serpent transform into a Jiao, the losses were not insignificant.

His identity had been exposed, he had thoroughly offended the Cloud City Xia Family and the Pioneers Guild, and he had also wasted a precious Space-Breaking Bead.

"What kind of Yao Beast was that exactly?"

Ghost Scorpion frowned deeply. "Its defense was astonishing, its breath attack was immensely powerful, and it could speak human language while still a Yao General. Its intelligence was extremely high. If I could obtain its seed, perhaps I could cultivate a similar or even stronger offspring!"

"However, how should I obtain the seed? There are no lizards with matching body sizes, are there?"

After pondering for a moment, Ghost Scorpion shook his head, temporarily abandoning the idea of breeding Ling Tian.

He took the Thunder Jiao and wound his way through the wasteland, finally arriving at an inconspicuous mountain hollow.

The place was filled with jagged rocks and sparse vegetation, looking no different from any other spot in the wasteland.

"We will rest here."

Ghost Scorpion stopped, his voice hoarse.

"Base human!"

The Thunder Jiao lay limp on the ground, roaring weakly: "Go and find some blood food for this King! This King needs a large amount of energy to recover!"

"Blood food? Recovery?"

Ghost Scorpion slowly turned around.

The feigned respect on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a sneer.

He scoffed, "Do you think that the Myriad Beast Pavilion spent so much effort helping you transform into a Jiao just so you could recover your strength and become a carefree Yao King?"

The Thunder Jiao was stunned, a flicker of unease flashing in its massive Jiao eyes: "You... what do you mean?"

"It means..."

A cold light flashed in Ghost Scorpion's eyes!

The Shadow Demon Scorpion, which had been lying quietly behind him, erupted like a phantom!

Its scorpion tail stinger, shimmering with a cold, ghostly blue light, struck with lightning speed, stabbing fiercely into the Thunder Jiao's body!

"ROAR!!!"

The Thunder Jiao was furious, its massive body twisting wildly as it tried to turn its head and bite off the Shadow Demon Scorpion's tail!

But the terrifying paralytic toxin contained within the stinger was extremely potent, leaving it completely unable to move!

One must know that although the Shadow Demon Scorpion was a contracted War Beast, its converted strength was at the Yuan King Late Stage; how could the heavily injured Thunder Jiao possibly contend with it?

"You... you dare to betray this King?!" The Thunder Jiao was both shocked and enraged.

"Betrayal?"

Ghost Scorpion unhurriedly took out a jade bottle and walked over to the Thunder Jiao.

"From beginning to end, you have merely been a rather precious Material."

"Helping you transform into a Jiao was nothing more than to allow your serpent blood to transform into Jiao Dragon blood!"

As he spoke, he commanded the Shadow Demon Scorpion.

The Shadow Demon Scorpion's tail stinger seemed to turn into a straw.

Streams of blood exuding a faint Dragon prestige were forcibly extracted from the Thunder Jiao's body and injected into the jade bottle!

As the blood drained away, the Thunder Jiao's aura withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Its newly transformed dark blue Jiao scales began to lose their luster, and there was even a faint trend of them regressing back into their original deep blue snake scales!

The two short Jiao Dragon horns on its head also became dull and lusterless.

"No! My strength! My Jiao Dragon Bloodline!"

The Thunder Jiao let out a desperate wail, finally understanding that it had fallen into a trap from the very beginning.

Whatever 'glory of the Beast God' or 'newborn king'—it was all bullshit!

Ghost Scorpion looked at the increasing amount of blood in the jade bottle, a satisfied expression on his face.

"In order to find the entrance to this ancient True Dragon Ruins, my Myriad Beast Pavilion has expended countless efforts."

"Thanks to the Cloud City Earth Vein Circulation Map provided by the Grand Elder of the Xia Family, we were able to lock onto this area."

He spoke to himself, admiring his masterpiece while also showing off to the dying Thunder Jiao.

"This ruin has a Restriction that cannot be opened by anyone who does not possess a True Dragon Bloodline. Your newly transformed Jiao Dragon blood is the perfect key."

"Come to think of it, I must thank that Southwest Guardian of the Great Xia Dynasty. If he hadn't been transferred away recently, how could we have acted so conveniently?"

"Once my Myriad Beast Pavilion obtains the True Dragon Inheritance within the ruins and domesticates a True Dragon beast... Hehe, this Great Xia Dynasty will sooner or later be the hunting ground of my Myriad Beast Pavilion!"

...

Just as Ghost Scorpion was feeling smug and satisfied.

Inside a massive rock less than fifty meters away from them, two pairs of eyes were quietly observing everything.

Ling Tian widened his slit pupils and transmitted his thoughts to Xia Youchu beside him: "Holy crap! This old schemer! He's doing the whole 'draining blood and skinning' routine! He was just preaching about Yao Beast supremacy, and now he's drained his 'father' dry?"

Xia Youchu did not respond, instead falling into thought.

At this moment, her body was enveloped in a layer of five-colored flowing light.

It was precisely by relying on this secret technique that they were able to sneak to such a close distance without a sound, and Ghost Scorpion and that Shadow Demon Scorpion had not noticed a thing!

"Your escape technique is pretty good, what's it called?" Ling Tian asked curiously.

"Lesser Five Elements Evasion Technique."

Xia Youchu said with a trace of arrogance in her tone, "The Five Elements rotate, the aura is self-contained, the body merges with heaven and earth, leaving no shadow or form."

This was an advanced secret method she had obtained at Qingbei University in her previous life. If not for the fact that she was cultivating the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and her internal Yuan power was extremely vast, she would never have been able to cast it with her current cultivation of a 6-star Yuan Master.

"Awesome!"

Ling Tian praised her sincerely.

This was simply a divine skill for lurking and raiding a base!

Xia Youchu lifted her chin slightly, accepting his praise, but her eyes quickly grew solemn as she fell into memories.

The ancient True Dragon Ruins...

So it was here!

In her previous life, when she was a sophomore, the Myriad Beast Pavilion discovered an ancient ruin near Cloud City, causing quite a commotion.

She happened to be training in the vicinity at the time, and by relying on her formidable strength and a stroke of luck, she managed to enter the core of the ruins a step ahead and obtained the True Dragon Inheritance.

Her life-bound War Beast, the Moonlight Wolf, also gained a trace of True Dragon Bloodline because of this, its potential breaking through from the Gold Grade to the Emerald Grade in one fell swoop, laying a solid foundation for her later rise.

Unexpectedly, in this life, due to the butterfly effect brought about by her Rebirth, this ruin had been discovered two and a half years early!

Furthermore, the entrance was right before her eyes!

More importantly, she knew this True Dragon Ruins like the back of her hand!

She had spent a long period of her previous life cultivating within it, and the True Dragon Heaven-Shaking Fist she had used previously was obtained from there!

"Opportunity has arrived!"

Xia Youchu's heartbeat accelerated slightly.

The True Dragon Ruins were extremely exclusive, so they required the essence blood of a Yao Beast with a Dragon-type Bloodline to open.

The Myriad Beast Pavilion had clearly figured this out, which was why they helped the Thunder Serpent transform into a Jiao and seized its blood.

But what they didn't know was that the interior of the True Dragon Secret Realm was also extremely exclusive!

Once a non-Dragon-type Yao Beast entered, it would be struck by the True Dragon prestige!

That was the will left behind by the ancient True Dragon!

Any Yao Beast below the Yuan Spirit Realm would have its Soul instantly crushed by the terrifying True Dragon prestige the moment it stepped inside!

Even Yao Beasts at the Yuan Spirit Realm and above would suffer heavy injuries, their Bloodlines collapsing, which was almost equivalent to being crippled!

Only those with a pure Dragon Clan Bloodline could remain unharmed.

A Jiao Dragon like the Thunder Jiao that had just transformed could also, to a certain extent, be immune to this prestige.

Strangely, within the True Dragon Ruins, both Human Race and Dragon Clan Bloodlines could be immune to the True Dragon prestige.

Xia Youchu guessed that this was because the Human Race and the Dragon Clan were on good terms during the ancient era, which was why this phenomenon occurred.

A sharp light flickered in Xia Youchu's eyes.

Ghost Scorpion clearly did not know about the True Dragon prestige.

This was her and Ling Tian's Opportunity!

An excellent Opportunity to trap and kill a Peak Yuanling Realm powerhouse!

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