The air within the silent chamber began to drop steadily, influenced by the Qilin's innate combat technique. This sudden, sharp descent in temperature caused the vapor in the ice room to condense, and pristine white snowflakes suddenly drifted throughout the space.
Just as Chen Feng's Azure Flame was about to strike the aerial Core Nucleus, Luo Bo, lying on the ground, wounded almost beyond saving, made a move! His massive, blood-soaked body hurtled forward with a whoosh, launching straight at the Qilin's form!
The power of faith is incredibly strong. By all rights, Luo Bo, having sustained repeated, grievous injuries, should have perished long ago.
Now, however, having found the "Dragon God," his fervent belief found its anchor, and under this immense spiritual pillar, his body fought on like a cockroach; even without his wings, he still possessed the strength to lunge at his foe. The Qilin roared in a mixture of shock and fury, raising its two massive claws to slam down upon the attacker's shoulders.
With a loud thump, Luo Bo’s shoulder bones shattered completely, sending him crashing violently to the ground—he looked utterly finished. Yet, this impact forced the Qilin back seven or eight meters.
The Core Nucleus hanging in the air trembled slightly, threatening to slip from control, when the azure flame struck it directly! "Boom..." The nascent world of Xuan Bing—the Qilin’s innate Dou Qi—exploded in the air.
The silent chamber detonated as if an atomic bomb had been ignited, sending a chilling, powerful shockwave like an icy hurricane spreading rapidly outward from the blast center! Situated between the treasure vault and the 'Condensation Array,' the chamber’s dual seals could no longer withstand the sheer magnitude of this impact and collapsed with a deafening roar!
Chen Feng felt as though he had been struck square in the chest by a massive iron block weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds. Seven or eight of his ribs snapped audibly, and a spurt of blood shot straight from his throat.
His vision went black, and he instantly lost all consciousness! His body was thrown backward by the impact of the shockwave, soaring until he was hovering over the 'Condensation Array.' At that moment, a surge of intense magical fluctuation erupted from below.
With a flash of light, the unconscious Chen Feng vanished without a trace! ………… Austin felt a sudden release across his chest as the Level Seven magic Imprisonment technique that had bound him abruptly vanished.
Immediately following, the entire ground began to shake violently. The lake surface, previously calm and undisturbed, erupted as if boiling, churning relentlessly before a monstrous wave surged straight up toward the sky!
"Hurry, let's go!" Rodriguez shouted, taking the lead and running forward. A Level Nine Magus, bolstered by magic, moved with the speed of a meteor, losing nothing to the speed of a Dou Master cultivating Qi!
Though Austin had no idea what had transpired, the situation made it clear that some massive upheaval was occurring beneath the lake. Hesitating not at all, he quickly followed Rodriguez in a hasty retreat!
The ground trembled with increasing intensity, like an earthquake. Boulders rained down from the two peaks flanking the valley.
Rodriguez and Austin dodged the falling rocks as they ran, both quickly slicked with sweat. Rodriguez, a pinnacle expert of the human realm, had never felt so helpless as he did at this moment!
Having achieved the rank of Level Nine Magus, he could devastate heaven and earth, shatter towns, and injure thousands with a mere gesture, believing himself to have transcended nature—even capable of altering it! Yet, when the raw power of nature manifested, he found himself utterly helpless!
So incredibly weak! A sliver of panic crept into Rodriguez’s heart.
What exactly was happening beneath that lake? Why this sudden, violent tremor without warning?
As he pondered, a lean, cold, sharp visage involuntarily flashed across his mind. Could it be connected to this person?
Yes! It must be!
He was from China, and that dragon called him "Lord Dragon God." If this overwhelming power wasn't caused by him, by whom could it be? Thinking this, cold sweat beaded slightly on Rodriguez's brow.
It seemed the power this man—this 'Cao?'—displayed moments ago when he slew those Dragon Knights had all been a disguise! To maintain such a façade during combat, fooling even a Level Nine Magus—what level of strength was that?
He absolutely had to report this news to the Magic Association upon returning! Rodriguez let out a breath and glanced behind him, his face instantly blooming with an expression of utter disbelief!
The towering wave that had shot straight up from the lake had, in an instant, transformed into colossal ice pillars. These pillars, spanning four to five hundred meters, stood starkly against the backdrop of the roaring earthquake, appearing utterly bizarre!
After Rodriguez and Austin fled, the peaks on either side of the valley collapsed directly. The entire Nine Nether Gorge was instantly flattened, and the previously dense mist vanished instantly, as if evaporated...
………… "Oh, what is this..." A mist-like figure suddenly materialized above the Nine Nether Gorge. Immediately following, four more appeared in quick succession!
All five were clad in long white robes, and all appeared quite ancient. "Blast it, we are one step too late!
This is the Qilin's innate combat technique released just before death!" one elder stated. "Lord Dragon God might not have fully recovered his strength yet; under the Qilin’s attack, I fear for..." another elder voiced his concern.
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"Stop overthinking. Ten thousand years have passed.
Have you forgotten the words Lord Dragon God spoke before he left? Since he was confident enough to return, we should not doubt him.
I believe the old man must be fine!" a third elder asserted. "Indeed, let's cease speculation.
The fact that such towering ice pillars formed here proves the Qilin unleashed its technique from the lakebed. We simply need to examine what remains down there to know!" the first elder stated.
"Agreed!" the group chorused. The first elder hovered above the Nine Nether Gorge, now covered by the debris of the collapsed peaks.
With a wave of one hand, all the magical elements in the air rushed violently to gather in his grasp. The gravel and soil across the gorge floor slowly shifted to either side of the ice pillars, instantly forming a massive void leading straight to the Qilin’s lair!
To shift collapsed mountain peaks with a mere wave of the hand, and to carve a hundred-meter-deep hole into the earth so casually, seemingly without exerting his full strength—what kind of power was this? A Dou Zun?
Or something beyond? No one saw it, so no one would ever know.
The five elders descended without expression. Their figures blurred in the air, and they arrived beside the silent chamber, which was now partly shielded by the collapsed Xuan Bing.
It was impossible to tell how they descended; there wasn't even the slightest fluctuation of energy in the air! Another elder waved his hand, and the collapsed silent chamber instantly reformed, looking virtually identical to how it was before!
If anyone had witnessed this, they would never have believed it was magic; it was nothing short of a divine miracle! At the center of the chamber lay a broken dragon carcass, and beside it, a dead Qilin.
"Is this the Third Platoon Lieutenant who discovered Lord Dragon God?" one elder inquired. The first elder nodded: "Yes, it should be him!" As he spoke, he raised his left hand slightly, and Luo Bo's corpse floated upward weightlessly, as if gravity had ceased to affect it.
As Luo Bo’s body ascended, the corpse of a small Iron-Backed Silver Tiger was revealed beneath. "Hmm?
Why is there an Iron-Backed Silver Tiger corpse here? Furthermore, I sense Lord Dragon God's aura on it," one elder frowned slightly.
"It is indeed strange. We have the Qilin and the Third Platoon Lieutenant, but where is Lord Dragon God?" The group exchanged puzzled looks.
One elder surveyed the scene and pointed to the spot where Chen Feng had vanished: "There is a magic array here!" "Could it be..." The group converged near the array. "Indeed, this is a Teleportation Magic Array!
Lord Dragon God must have been transported away by this array! Ah, but the array has been damaged; Lord Dragon God's destination point...
is untraceable now!" the first elder sighed. He concluded, "Let's take this Third Platoon Lieutenant and the Iron-Backed Silver Tiger with us.
Perhaps we can glean some information about the Dragon God from them!" The others nodded in unison. Then, the figures of the five elders slowly faded, vanishing from the silent chamber, while the bodies of Luo Bo and Xiao Hu disappeared simultaneously...
PS: Volume Two concludes. Chen Feng’s journey in Dragon Mountain finally reaches a pause...
Originally, the outline included a segment involving a berserk rampage, but I canceled it after consideration. Chen Feng has too few established moves; he cannot be allowed to rampage too early...
otherwise, it becomes difficult to control! Hehe!
A small spoiler: Volume Three will enter human society. Human society is nowhere near as monstrous as the magical beasts, so look forward to it...
Haha! Also: Are there any recommendation votes left?
Go ahead and shower Old Ya with them—even if you turn Old Ya into Little Ya!~~~