482: Strange Phenomena During the Tribulation

"A Dragon's roar?"

The player who was asked froze for a moment, not immediately reacting.

This player was named [Little Cabbage], and he was a player with the special nine dragons coffin pull start.

After arriving at the Burial Emperor Star, he owed a favor to the former Jian Family Young Lord, Jian Wanzhong, and secured a job in one of the Jian Family's vassal families, effectively establishing a foothold on the Burial Emperor Star.

As Jian Linran became increasingly proactive in his schemes regarding the Prison Land, Little Cabbage took the initiative to contact him, becoming his eyes and ears in the Prison Land.

Of course, he also became the eyes and ears for the players within Jian Linran's camp; he could be called a double agent, and a double agent that both sides were fully aware of.

To put it bluntly, neither side expected to obtain any crucial intelligence from him; they just wanted to understand the current situation so they wouldn't be completely in the dark.

Now, hearing Jian Linran's slightly uncomposed follow-up question, Little Cabbage immediately realized that he might have stumbled upon a piece of key intelligence—a major scoop!

He cautiously sized up Jian Linran.

This strongest expert that the players had encountered was perhaps becoming increasingly emotionally unstable due to his transformation into a Dragon, no longer caring about what he did, and making it very easy to reveal his thoughts.

This time, he was even more uncomposed. He should have asked, "Did you hear any sounds?", but instead, he directly asked, "Did you hear a Dragon's roar?"

This directly exposed a key piece of information:

The Lightning Tribulation in the Prison Land and the Kongming Grotto-Heaven might be related to a Dragon.

Little Cabbage's mind raced, and he quickly replied, "I haven't heard any Dragon's roar for the time being, but the East Sea Dragon Descendant has gone missing."

This was not a lie; the East Sea Dragon Descendant was inherently elusive, and no one knew where he was now.

However, mentioning the Dragon Descendant so abruptly in the conversation did indeed make Jian Linran even more agitated, and he couldn't help but press further, "Have you searched the East Sea Dragon Lair?"

The East Sea Dragon Lair? Does the Prison Land even have such a thing?

Little Cabbage's mind kept spinning as he thought. Seizing this perfect opportunity of Jian Linran's loss of composure, he continued to answer, "The East Sea is vast, and with the Ancient Battlefield stretching across it, plus the obstruction of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda ruins, I fear it would be difficult for us to find the Dragon Lair to confirm the situation."

Jian Linran couldn't help but scold, "What's so difficult about it? The Heaven-Reaching Pagoda you speak of is the Dragon Lair! Just go and search for it!"

Little Cabbage's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Understood. We will go and search immediately. I wonder if Senior has any other requests? We players will certainly satisfy them."

Jian Linran was about to speak, but then thought of something else, waved his hand, and dismissed Little Cabbage.

Fearing that he might die here, Little Cabbage did not dare to disobey and hurriedly walked out.

After he left, Jian Linran's expression shifted constantly. His Dragon eyes stared fixedly at his Dragon claws, which were trembling uncontrollably. Then, they slowly calmed down. He let out a long breath and looked into the distance with a fierce gaze, though it was unclear what he was thinking.

On the other side, the players in the Prison Land received Little Cabbage's intelligence.

Everyone was full of confusion.

This intelligence was too nonsensical; they didn't know what it was all about.

The players from the Hundred Mechanisms Pavilion analyzed it over and over again and finally could only offer one possible conjecture: "The East Sea Dragon Descendant lied. The ruins at the Ancient Battlefield are not some Heaven-Reaching Pagoda and have nothing to do with the immortal path, but are a Dragon Lair related to a Dragon.

"This Lightning Tribulation, including the Star Fiend's inexplicable sacrifice, could all be the work of some Dragon Descendant, Dragon Kin, Dragon Species, or even a real Dragon cub."

This conjecture was too shocking, leaving them at a loss for what to do.

If the Dragon Lair corresponded to a Dragon Descendant, that could still be understood.

But if it were a Dragon Kin or even a Dragon Species, that would be an expert capable of dominating even on the Burial Emperor Star.

With such experts, what virtue or ability did the Prison Land have to possess them?

However, once they thought of Jian Linran's pursuit of Dragons and his fanaticism for the Prison Land, it couldn't help but make people's imaginations run wild.

Could it be that there truly is a Dragon in the Prison Land?

For a moment, countless players were excited.

These players split into two groups; one part continued to wait outside the Kongming Grotto-Heaven for changes in the Lightning Tribulation, while the other part headed to the East Sea to search for the Dragon Descendant, attempting to force answers out of him.

The many Fourth-Rank Experts in the Eastern Region, not knowing which player they had obtained the news from, were also thrown into an uproar.

Even as Fourth-Rank Experts, who could be respectfully called "High-level Cultivator" by players, they were still shocked when they heard that a Dragon was Undergoing Tribulation.

After some deliberation, some Cultivators could no longer sit still. They took the initiative to contact the players and offered stakes, wanting the players to go into the Kongming Grotto-Heaven to explore and die.

The players looked at each other, not really wanting to go.

Thus, a Cultivator spoke up, "The Ascension Assembly is currently being held, and countless heroes are desperately fighting for spots to enter the Sect. Today, we have decided that as long as you enter the Kongming Grotto-Heaven to investigate the Lightning Tribulation situation, anyone who can find useful information will be able to enter the Sect."

Once these words were spoken, there was an uproar.

Everyone knew the importance of the Ascension Assembly and knew that those players had already gone crazy with competition.

Those who remained here were either Golden Core Players who were unwilling to restart and change their cultivation paths, or those who had been eliminated at the entrance of the Ascension Assembly or even directly in the battles in the Great Desert.

Suddenly hearing that they could take a shortcut and enter the Sect directly, the group of eliminated players immediately became excited.

"Isn't it just one life? I'll give it!"

"Anyway, after entering the Sect, I'll have to restart anyway. Isn't dying now just the same?"

"Go! This is an unprecedented opportunity!"

For a time, countless players fearlessly rushed into the Lightning Tribulation, their figures gradually disappearing into the surging, flashing lightning.

The Lightning Tribulation had been missing for a long time, and no one knew what the current Lightning Tribulation's rules were.

Was it continuous without gaps? Would it increase in power based on the number of people Undergoing Tribulation? These were all unknown.

Therefore, when the many Fourth-Rank Experts saw that the players had indeed been incited to rush in, they nodded in approval, then retreated further, pushing the players to the front.

After waiting for about a few hours, a player finally found a key piece of information from within the Lightning Tribulation: "The Lightning Tribulation is not aimless; it is concentrated in a certain area. Other areas are only affected, and their power cannot be compared."

This player didn't dare to get too close and just watched from afar. Additionally, because Spiritual Sense was sealed within the Lightning Tribulation, he couldn't determine what features that area had or whether any living being was Undergoing Tribulation.

However, he was recognized by the Fourth-Rank Experts, who gave him a spot to enter the Sect on the spot.

Thus, more players became excited and desperately approached the central area.

After another dozen hours or so, a player who didn't know how many times he had died finally reached the central area and obtained the second key piece of information: "I didn't see any living being making a Breakthrough, nor were there even any traces of a Formation, but there is a dragon-shaped ridge standing unmoved in the thunder, which is quite strange."

This player was immediately promised entry into the Sect.

Immediately, the Fourth-Rank Experts began arguing again, clearly very curious about the so-called dragon-shaped ridge, concerned about what it was and whether it was truly a Dragon.

"The Kongming Dao Lineage is hiding a Dragon Descendant? Or a Dragon Species? To have planned for so long is truly terrifying."

"Perhaps when Kongmingzi had the various Grotto-Heavens go into hiding back then, it was for this very reason?"

"Explore again, report again! Let these players go to their deaths again!"