54: Chapter 54 No, is that right?

Meanwhile, in another corner of the True Dragon Ruins.

Shadow Snake and Ghost Scorpion were like ants on a hot pan.

They were trapped here, and since the exit was controlled by that monster, they were practically turtles in a jar!

"We can't wait any longer!"

Shadow Snake's face was so gloomy it could drip water.

"Once that woman and that monster finish digesting the True Dragon Inheritance, the next ones to die will be us!"

Ghost Scorpion roared anxiously: "Then what do we do?! We can't break the barrier in this hellish place at all!"

Shadow Snake's eyes turned ruthless. From his Storage Pouch, he carefully took out an object.

It was a Luoyang shovel with an archaic design.

The shovel's body was covered in eerie runes, emitting a strange fluctuation.

"This is... a Realm-Breaking Shovel?!"

Ghost Scorpion gasped, "The life-saving item bestowed by the Pavilion Master?! You're actually willing to use it?!"

Shadow Snake's mouth twitched with heartache: "If I don't use it, what else can I do?! Just wait for death?! This item is one-time use; once it's gone, it's gone!"

"But our lives are more important!"

Just as they were preparing to activate this precious Realm-Breaking Shovel.

Boom—!

A terrifying killing intent that made their Souls tremble suddenly erupted from the depths of the ruins!

It was exactly that destructive killing intent unleashed by the True Dragon Will aimed at Ling Tian!

The two were stunned at first, then their faces revealed wild joy and relief!

"Hahaha! Heaven helps me!"

Ghost Scorpion almost laughed out loud.

"That True Dragon Will really is suspicious! What kind of nonsense Legacy is this! It's simply a trap to lure people in and kill them!"

Shadow Snake also let out a sigh of relief and sneered: "Good thing we didn't obtain the Legacy! Otherwise, the ones being targeted by that terrifying will right now would be us!"

"Quick! Take advantage of this! Let's go!"

They didn't hesitate any longer and immediately poured their Yuan Qi frantically into the Realm-Breaking Shovel!

Hum!

The runes on the shovel lit up, and a tiny spatial crack was forcibly torn open!

The two, like stray dogs, dove in without looking back!

...

Outside the ruins, above the wasteland.

Patriarch Xia Yuan and President Zhao Dehou were flying rapidly in this direction, relying on vague clues and powerful perception.

The Silver-Winged Griffin spread its massive wings, carrying President Zhao Dehou, following closely behind Patriarch Xia Yuan, who was walking through the Void Realm.

"Old Zhao! Are you sure this is the direction?!" Patriarch Xia Yuan was anxious, his voice filled with impatience.

"It should be correct! According to the residual energy last captured by the guild, the area where Ghost Scorpion last disappeared is right around here!" President Zhao Dehou also furrowed his brows.

Suddenly!

In an inconspicuous mountain hollow below, the space distorted!

Two disheveled figures scrambled out!

It was Shadow Snake and Ghost Scorpion, who had just escaped!

"Hm?!"

Patriarch Xia Yuan and President Zhao Dehou's eyes instantly turned sharp as knives!

People from the Myriad Beast Pavilion?!

"Take them down!"

Patriarch Xia Yuan didn't waste any words. The terrifying pressure of the Yuan Wang Realm descended like the collapsing sky, crushing down!

President Zhao Dehou also snorted coldly. The Silver-Winged Griffin flapped its wings, and countless silver wind blades sealed off all their escape routes!

Shadow Snake and Ghost Scorpion had just escaped the ruins and hadn't even caught their breath before they felt as if they had been struck by two massive mountains!

Thud!

With no power to resist, the two were pressed flat against the ground, vomiting blood!

"Holy crap?"

"Yuan... Yuan King!!"

Their eyes were filled with despair!

They had just escaped the tiger's den, only to fall into the wolf's mouth!

Patriarch Xia Yuan flashed and appeared before them, stepping on Ghost Scorpion's back, his voice bone-chillingly cold:

"Speak! Where is my daughter Xia Youchu?!"

Shadow Snake and Ghost Scorpion were scared out of their wits; how could they dare to hide anything?

Like beans spilling from a bamboo tube, they told everything they knew.

Including how Ghost Scorpion was tricked by Xia Youchu into the ruins and killed, including how they themselves broke in, how they were pulled into the Dragon Ascending Ladder, how they saw Ling Tian reach the summit, and finally the terrifying explosion of killing intent from the True Dragon Will...

Listening to their narration, the expressions on Patriarch Xia Yuan and President Zhao Dehou's faces went from anger, to shock, and then to disbelief!

Xia Youchu and her War Beast actually used the ruins to kill a Peak Yuanling Realm minor pavilion elder of the Myriad Beast Pavilion?!

This... how is this possible?!

She is only at the Yuan Master Realm!

That War Beast of hers has the strength of a Demon General at best!

This isn't just challenging a higher level; this is Heaven-Defying!

But soon, their attention was drawn to the matter of the "True Dragon Will erupting with terrifying killing intent."

"The ruins are a trap?!" President Zhao Dehou exclaimed.

Patriarch Xia Yuan's face also became incredibly ugly.

If it was as these two bastards said, wouldn't Xia Youchu be in danger right now?!

"Let's go!"

He lifted the limp Shadow Snake and Ghost Scorpion like dead dogs and rushed towards the spatial fluctuation point that had just healed not long ago without hesitation.

According to the information forced out of them, they knew the ruins rejected War Beasts without the Bloodline of the Dragon Clan, which was how Ghost Scorpion was tricked.

"Griffin, you wait outside for support!"

President Zhao Dehou gave an order to the Silver-Winged Griffin, then rushed into the True Dragon Ruins with Patriarch Xia Yuan!

Shadow Snake and Ghost Scorpion were on the verge of tears.

They had just spent a huge price to escape, and now they were dragged back in?

...

Inside the ruins, in the Dragon Transformation Pool cavern.

As soon as Patriarch Xia Yuan and President Zhao Dehou entered, they felt that wild, ancient aura filling the world, as well as the heart-palpitating, terrifying killing intent!

Their hearts sank to the bottom instantly!

Were they too late?!

Xia Youchu, she...

The two followed the source of the aura and killing intent, rushing into the cavern frantically.

Then, they saw the scene before them.

A dried-up pool.

A giant dragon face floating in the air, seething with killing intent.

And... a massive, dark red blood cocoon at the bottom of the pool!

Xia Youchu was guarding the blood cocoon with a nervous expression.

"Youchu!"

Patriarch Xia Yuan was pleasantly surprised and appeared beside his daughter instantly, "Are you okay?!"

"Dad? Chairman Zhao? Why are you here?!" Xia Youchu was also stunned to see them.

"Now is not the time to talk about this! What is going on?!" Patriarch Xia Yuan looked at the giant dragon face in the air and the blood cocoon with a grave expression.

He could feel that the terrifying killing intent was being unleashed by the dragon face specifically at the blood cocoon.

President Zhao Dehou also rushed over, and upon feeling the unfathomable aura of that dragon face, his scalp tingled.

Just then!

Crack!

A crisp cracking sound echoed!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the massive dark red blood cocoon at the bottom of the pool cracked open a gap from the top!

A sharp claw gleaming with cold light suddenly poked out from within and tore the blood cocoon open fiercely!

Immediately following, a massive, ferocious figure exuding a terrifying aura stepped out from the shattered blood cocoon!

It was Ling Tian!

His size had surged again, reaching a shocking length of five meters!

His body was more slender and robust, with muscle lines full of explosive power.

His grey-black skin became deeper, his dorsal fins stood tall like a forest of swords, and dark red energy luster flowed along their edges.

His overall appearance was still that of Godzilla; he hadn't turned into an Eastern Divine Dragon.

However...

At the vital point of his throat, a palm-sized scale shimmering with mysterious dark gold luster was exceptionally striking!

The Inverse Scale!

A Dragon has an Inverse Scale; touch it and it will surely rage!

The appearance of this Inverse Scale added a touch of ancient and noble aura to his ferocious appearance!

The energy fluctuations radiating from his body had reached the level of a Half-Step Demon King!

"Youchu, your War Beast..."

President Zhao Dehou looked at Ling Tian, whose aura had changed drastically, and spoke hesitantly, "It seems... it evolved quite successfully, right?"

Patriarch Xia Yuan also nodded slightly. Although there wasn't much change in appearance, this aura couldn't be faked; it was much stronger than before.

It seems those two guys from the Myriad Beast Pavilion were exaggerating a bit?

Isn't this True Dragon Ruins quite good?

It even helped Xia Youchu's War Beast evolve.

However...

The giant dragon face in the air, the moment it saw Ling Tian's final form...

It was dumbfounded.

Completely dumbfounded.

"Im... Impossible!!!"

The True Dragon Will let out a roar even more broken than when the Dragon Transformation Pool was drained!

"The Dragon Pearl! You ate it! The Dragon Transformation Pool! You sucked it dry! The true dragon bone! You gnawed on that too!!"

"So much energy! So much Dragon Origin!! So much Legacy left by the Seniors!!!"

"And all you evolved was... a scale?!"

Although it was a precious Inverse Scale, this was too much of a waste, right?

What kind of Pixiu breed is this?! It only takes in and doesn't put out, right?!

You ate so many treasures of the Dragon Clan, and all you squeezed out was one scale?!

Even if you grew a few more!

Even if you turned into a Flood Dragon!

This investment and return are completely disproportionate!!

It's a huge loss!!

"I... I..."

The True Dragon Will was trembling with rage, as if it might collapse and dissipate at any moment.

It stared fixedly at the dark gold Inverse Scale on Ling Tian's throat.

A fury of being deceived, being fooled, and having its last value squeezed dry erupted like a volcano!

"I... really have to control you properly!!!"

Boom!!!

A killing intent ten times more terrifying than before, like the entire sky collapsing, pressed down fiercely toward Ling Tian, who had just finished evolving and hadn't yet figured out the situation!

Even Patriarch Xia Yuan, a Yuan King, and President Zhao Dehou, at the Peak Yuanling Realm, felt themselves as small as ants, unable to even muster a thought of resistance!

Just as the giant claw of the True Dragon Will was about to land on Ling Tian's head!

"Roar—!!!"

"Get lost!!!"

Ling Tian suddenly lifted his head and let out a roar that shook the Soul!

This roar was no longer the previous beast roar filled with the desire for destruction, but carried an indescribable ancient majesty.

And a nobility that towered above all living beings!

A pure Dragon Roar!

Although the sound was still thick and deep, different from the clear and resonant dragon roar of an Eastern Divine Dragon, the pressure of the Bloodline hierarchy contained within it could not be faked!

Boom!

That terrifying suppression force about to fall, under this pure-blood Dragon Roar, actually stalled suddenly as if it had met its nemesis!

The giant dragon face in the air trembled violently, and the dragon eyes were filled with disbelief!

"This... this is... Pure-Blood Dragon Might?!"

It stared fixedly at Ling Tian below, especially at the dark gold Inverse Scale on his throat.

Earlier, because of extreme anger and the devastating loss, it had overlooked some details.

At this moment, the instant Ling Tian actively unleashed the Dragon Roar, it sensed carefully again...

That's right!

That supreme Bloodline pressure originating from the depths of the life Origin was indeed the real deal of a pure-blood True Dragon!

But...

Why?!

Why is his appearance still this ghost of a look?!

This is not scientific! This is not Dragon-science!

Any creature, even with only a trace of dragon blood in its body, under the baptism of the Dragon Transformation Pool and Dragon Pearl, would absolutely evolve in the direction of the Dragon Clan!

This is the inevitability of Bloodline!

It is the iron law of biological evolution!

Just like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, the final form must be a Dragon!

Even in the ancient times, the Human Race, who were the leaders of all spirits, when combining with the Dragon Clan to give birth to Dragon-Humans, their ultimate evolutionary path was inevitably to shed the human body and transform into a True Dragon!

But this monster before its eyes...

A trace of suspicion flashed in the eyes of the True Dragon Will.

It directly exhausted its own Origin and activated the secret pupil technique of the Dragon Clan—[True Dragon Truth-Breaking Pupil]!

Golden light flared in its eyes, as if it wanted to pierce through the Void Realm and look directly at the most fundamental secret of Ling Tian's Bloodline!

It wanted to see, what on earth is this bastard's background!

However, the moment its gaze pierced through the scales on Ling Tian's body and reached the core of his Bloodline...

The entire dragon was stunned in place!