217: Chapter 217 Retreat...Awakening

A defensive line was constructed on the outskirts of Jianghai City, garrisoned by a regiment of troops.

At this moment, all the soldiers were on high alert, looking up at the sky. Within a patch of dark clouds, a long, serpentine creature could be seen writhing.

An invisible pressure filled the hearts of every soldier.

"What is that creature... It's not the Ancient Divine Phoenix. What kind of monster is it..."

Because only a few leaders in Jianghai City knew of the existence of the mythical creature, the Dragon, they did not know exactly what creature was in the sky.

Judging purely from instinct, they believed it to be a terrifyingly powerful creature.

"This powerful creature isn't coming for Jianghai City, is it?!"

"It's asking for death! Our Jianghai City's aerial interceptor missiles aren't just for show!"

"However... it seems this creature is coming for the Ancient Divine Phoenix..."

"Hmm, that's possible! I don't know why this creature has stopped moving in the sky..."

...

In the sky, rolling dark clouds covered a radius of a hundred miles. The dark clouds spread out from the depths of the Qinling Mountains, stretching endlessly.

The mythical creature, the Dragon, writhed within them, its long, thick, jet-black body occasionally emerging from the dark clouds.

"Damn it! The thief's scent is actually here. How could he endure such an environment..."

The mythical creature hidden in the dark clouds felt resentful!

The spiritual energy in the surrounding air made it feel extremely uncomfortable, much like a fish living in the deep sea coming to the surface; its body felt very unwell, and it felt weak all over.

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar erupted from its mouth, and its massive black figure sped towards the distant mountains!

Because it knew that those mountains were the place with the densest spiritual energy in the vicinity, and the thief creature must be hiding there!

"Huh... why are there so many stone statues around..."

The mythical creature, having its attention drawn by the stone statues, stared at them for a while. Although these stone statues had no special aura, their unique appearance left a deep impression on it.

"The surrounding spiritual energy environment is too terrible. This creature doesn't seem as simple as I imagined..."

The massive figure in the rolling dark clouds, with a pair of vertical, emotionless pupils, looked towards the distant mountains, and ultimately returned towards the Qinling Mountains.

"Damn ant, I will let you know what the price is for stealing my things!"

It had already sensed that the scent of the ancient spiritual plant had disappeared, so it must have been consumed.

Although it didn't know why this creature hadn't fled, it was certain that the concentration of spiritual energy in the outer areas was lower than here. If this creature wanted to escape, it would definitely run towards the rear.

Its territory was in the rear, and it had already memorized the creature's scent, so the creature could not escape.

Feeling the weakness coming from within its body, the massive creature hidden in the dark clouds chose to leave this place.

It had underestimated the degree of spiritual energy depletion outside its territory and needed to prepare more measures to support its excursions...

Accompanying its departure, the dark clouds, like receding tides, quickly gathered and disappeared, and the sky returned to clarity once more.

...

"What the hell is going on? Is this creature crazy? All thunder and no rain, and nothing happened at all?!"

"Sigh, this is a good thing for our Jianghai City..."

"This creature, as powerful as the Ancient Divine Phoenix, has appeared in our Jianghai City's field of vision for the first time; it is highly significant!"

The sudden, unprovoked departure of the creature in the dark clouds caused the army stationed at the edge of the Qinling Mountains on the outskirts of Jianghai City to heave a sigh of relief, while simultaneously wondering about the reasons for the creature's appearance and departure...

"The mythical creature, the Dragon, has left?! What is the reason for its departure?"

"I don't know... but it is a good thing for our Jianghai City. Right now, our understanding of the mythical creature, the Dragon, is still too little; we are not confident in facing it."

"Hmm."

The departure of the creature in the dark clouds also allowed the leaders of Jianghai City, who had been on high alert, to heave a sigh of relief.

...

On the other side, at the peak of Divine Phoenix Mountain.

A mountain-sized Giant Panda cowered under a large, leafy tree, its bear body trembling continuously.

"Roar... so scary..."

Little White Fox Ah Li looked up with her large, sparkling pink eyes, watching the dark clouds dissipate. While feeling relieved, she turned to look at Ye Yang's figure not far away with some concern.

His body lay prone on the spot, motionless, eyes closed tight, as if in a normal state of deep sleep.

"Big Brother, you must succeed in your atavism breakthrough..."

...

Deep within Ye Yang's consciousness.

A large bird, bathed in flames, soared high in the sky; fierce winds swept through the clouds, and flames filled the area.

"I don't know how much time has passed; at least a few decades, I'd say. Time in the outside world shouldn't have been that long..."

Bright colors flashed in his golden pupils.

He had entered a state of atavism memory. Everything that happened here was too real, completely transcending Ye Yang's understanding of dreams.

If it weren't for the sun and moon here cycling just like the outside world, giving him a vague concept of time, he definitely wouldn't have been able to keep track of it.

Decades had passed since he became a fledgling.

In these decades, not only had his size grown to the same as his outside form, with a wingspan of fifteen meters, but he had also mastered almost all the power contained within this body itself.

"Wind Blade!"

With a thought, as the energy within his body flowed, an invisible, colorless air blade several meters large surged forward!

Whoosh!

The clouds were, unsurprisingly, severed by this sudden strike and scattered by the accompanying hurricane.

"Wind Blade" sounds very ordinary, but it meant that Ye Yang now possessed the invisible Wind Power within this body.

"Now, after using Wind Power in this body, my burst speed has far exceeded my original body..."

"Furthermore, I can still feel that there is an even more powerful energy within my body that has not yet awakened..."

In this current state, Ye Yang had long since experimented; the system had no effect as it did in the outside world, so these few decades were all spent passing day by day.

However, even knowing this was a false time, Ye Yang found it very interesting. He had seen many strange creatures, and what made him even happier was that he could clearly feel his mental power level rising rapidly.

Anyway, relying on that sliver of connection with the outside world, he knew that decades had not passed in the outside reality—not even a month had passed. Since that was the case, he was naturally in the mood to stay here with peace of mind.

Just at this moment, a fiery red figure flashed from afar, rushing towards here rapidly.

A fiery red large bird, very similar in appearance to Ye Yang, appeared before him.

"Zhu Yang, tomorrow is the day for awakening the origin power; the Great Lord sent me to inform you."