"Decay and Strife… Why does that sound so familiar…"
In the crowd, the old man who had explained about Heroic Spirits earlier widened his eyes, stared at the giant dragon that looked as if it were carved from jade, and exclaid in shock:
"I rember now! Isn't that… the Green Dragon of Natural Proliferation!"
"Green Dragon?"
Qi Wei repeated the na in confusion and asked curiously:
"Is it also a type of top-tier sub-dragon?"
The old man retorted irritably, "Sub-dragon my foot! This is a pure-blood dragon!"
As his words fell, the entire place erupted. Everyone's jaws dropped.
A pure-blood dragon!
That was an existence second only to ancient dragons! Every single one was a powerful demonic beast born with top-tier monarch potential, standing at the apex of the food chain.
Although their maturation period was extrely long, often starting at several hundred years, once they reached adulthood, they would be top-tier monarchs, equivalent to a peak Luminous Moon Beast Tar.
Moreover, every pure-blood dragon was naturally close to the Mother River. A rare few would even receive its blessing, giving them a high probability of breaking through to the magnate-level.
They were disasters in and of themselves. The area they radiated would transform into an ecological kingdom, allowing them to reign over all things.
Fortunately, pure-blood dragons could only engage in procreation after reaching adulthood. Additionally, the spirituality essence of two pure-blood dragons was too high, making it extrely difficult to produce offspring.
Conversely, it was easier for them to have offspring with other low-tier demonic beasts, which led to the large number of bizarrely-shaped sub-dragon groups today.
However, in that situation, it was less like procreation and more like a corrosion of the low by the high, a way of disseminating their own ecological niche.
Of course, so scholars proposed a different view, believing that the difficulty in the birth of pure-blood dragons might also be the world's own suppression. Otherwise, the unrestricted procreation of powerful lifeforms would consu vast amounts of resources and the world's spirituality, in turn hollowing out the world.
However, this viewpoint was not accepted by the mainstream. After all, if procreation was difficult in this world, they could very well go to the Void Ecology or the Abyssal Ecology, but there was no observable increase in the number of pure-blood dragons there either.
Fortunately, their numbers were scarce. Otherwise, this world wouldn't have been ruled by the Dragon Race.
Instead, humans occupied half of the great earth and even treated these powerful lifeforms as one of their potential contract targets.
Once a contract was ford, one could possess imnse combat power!
Although Qi Wei was shocked, he suddenly thought of sothing, took a step back, and asked with a suspicious look:
"How do you know everything?"
This viewer-turned-comntator knew far too much, as if he had read the script.
Could he also be in disguise?
The others also reacted, their gazes wary, afraid that the old man before them would suddenly rip off his mask and shout, "Fooled you, I'm The Disciple too!"
"…"
The white-haired old man rolled his eyes, speechless.
"Because I'm a researcher from the Borderlands Research Institute, responsible for studying Pet Beast Ecology. I've dabbled in all sorts of pet beasts. I ca here this ti to study this unique Decaying Bee Swarm Ecology."
So he was an old… scholar!
A few others then ca forward to confirm his identity, letting the crowd breathe a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness he wasn't. Otherwise, they would have been played to death by The Disciple!
"My apologies!"
Qi Wei apologized.
Looking at the old man who was dropping knowledge instead of gold, he asked sincerely:
"Then what kind of abilities does it have?"
"According to what I've learned from the Alliance Internal Library, the original Green Dragon of Natural Proliferation was likely born from [The Green of Nature], which represents the collective of natural consciousness. It wields the authorities of Life Decay and the Strife of All Things.
"Life Decay, to put it simply, ans it can corrupt a forest, causing it to grow wildly and beco its fortress and territory. It can perfectly conceal its form, as it shares the sa color as its scales.
The life within will also be corroded by this decaying life force, turning into servants and slave beasts. Even so ancient, sentient, dense forests would voluntarily submit to it.
"The word 'decay' sounds very evil, but it's actually just a part of the natural laws. Like leaves, new buds sprout, and fallen leaves are buried in the soil, decaying into nutrients that supply the great earth, forming an ecological cycle.
"And The Proliferating Green Dragon is naturally able to accelerate the decay of plants and absorb this power for its own use, even using it to attack opponents. I've heard there's an Evil God Cult called the [Church of Decay] that also wields this power.
I don't know if there's a connection.
"However, their racial skill is not this, but a special dream-type and life-type legendary skill—[Jade Dream].
The specific effect is unknown, but the fact that the Queen Bee could be revived now is very likely related to it…"
The old man's mouth was dry from explaining. He swallowed and continued:
"As for Strife, it can also be interpreted as conspiracy and chaos.
This pure-blood dragon dislikes combat. Instead, it prefers to adhere to order, hiding in the shadows to stir up strife among all things, guiding events to develop in the direction it desires.
In the process, it will play with lives until they are driven to madness. Legend says it has destroyed several kingdoms with its sches.
Even the slave beasts of The Proliferating Green Dragon would be tornted to insanity, aberrating into monsters, after which it would just get a new batch.
"Because of its characteristics, unlike other dragons that love treasure, it prefers to collect legendary heroes, schers, politicians, and so on…"
"Isn't that just collecting figurines?"
Qi Wei couldn't help but snark, but he roughly understood the personality of The Proliferating Green Dragon.
It belonged to the lawful evil alignnt.
When the others heard this, their hearts grew heavy.
If they had encountered a pure-blood dragon cub in the wilds, the crowd would have been ecstatic. But if this pure-blood dragon was the transford Queen Bee that had just crushed them, they only felt a sense of tastelessness, and even…
Fear!
A scher was far more terrifying than a reckless brute!
Sensing the somber atmosphere, the old man realized he had said too much and offered a word of comfort:
"You don't have to be so afraid.
The combat power of the Dragon of Decay and Strife isn't particularly outstanding, and the one before us can't be the original one; it should be one of its descendants.
"I was wondering why the ecology of the Decaying Bee Swarm was so strange, able to thrive in decay.
And as a Zerg Race, its numbers were always well-controlled, never exceeding the mystic realm's carrying capacity. It didn't make logical sense.
So it turns out there was a pure-blood dragon hiding behind the scenes, controlling it…"
At this point, the old man's face flushed red. Being able to study the ecology of a pure-blood dragon up close was sothing he had always dread of.
Now, even if he died, it would be worth it.
He only hoped that before he died, he could leave his research data behind.
The crowd rolled their eyes. No matter how "not outstanding" The Proliferating Green Dragon's combat power was, that was only in comparison to other pure-blood dragons.
And even the mysterious The Disciple had beco a pawn for this Dragon of Decay and Strife, helping it break its cage.
To have soone in the palm of one's hand!
If that was the case for The Disciple…
Could they really make it back alive?
'The Green of Nature… The Red of All Beings…'
The Disciple, Lu Yu's incarnation, stood on a stone pillar in the crater.
His gaze was calm. He had also heard the conversation in the crowd, and a large amount of information in his mind began to connect.
Because it involved a high-rank powerhouse, Lu Yu's Eye of Truth couldn't see the Queen Bee's information from the beginning. The labels were just a series of question marks, so he could only judge for himself.
Thinking back, the Queen Bee had indeed never admitted to being an insect from start to finish. And when it spoke of its master, it ntioned he had connections to the Red Dragon Tribe and was even called a hero.
A Beast Tar revered by a tribe of dragons would most likely also have dragon-type pet beasts. Lu Yu just thought it was a pet beast he had subdued later, never expecting it to be the Queen Bee itself.
The Proliferating Green Dragon corresponded perfectly to the title of that Beast Tar, [The Proliferating Green].
He thought it was a bug knight, but it turned out to be a dragon knight!
He was jealous!
'A pure-blood dragon… It's not wrong for it to claim a noble bloodline.
The original Dragon of Decay and Strife's bloodline level should be the sa as the Crimson Hundred-Eyed Dragon King's, belonging to the legendary dragon tier. If it had lived until now, it might have already beco an ancient dragon…'
Lu Yu sighed internally.
Two pure-blood dragons with nerdy hobbies, yet their fates were completely different.
The Dragon of Decay and Strife, which loved to make trouble, play with sches, and collect figurines, ended up with many children and grandchildren.
On the other hand, the hardworking Crimson Hundred-Eyed Dragon King, who played a civilization-building farming ga and was an honest dragon, was sought out by the Mother of Dusk. Although it accomplished the god-slaying feat, it also led to its downfall, becoming a high-grade material in Lu Yu's material library.
This proved one thing…
The whole world was persecuting single dragons!
Just kidding. It ant that only the old schers could live long!
Lu Yu joked to himself, also amazed by the Queen Bee's scheming abilities.
From the very beginning, it had targeted him. It seed to be reminiscing about its master, speaking a lot of heartfelt words, but it was actually engaging in verbal misdirection, making Lu Yu subconsciously mistake the target of the revival.
In reality, it wasn't the "he" of The Proliferating Green, but the "it" of the Queen Bee's body.
Therefore, it voluntarily gifted the Primordial Spirit Ascension Fruit, letting Lu Yu see an opportunity.
If he wasn't mistaken, the trick it wanted to play in his mories was to implant a thought…
To kill the Queen Bee after the ritual succeeded!
It just didn't expect Lu Yu to be a "disgusting thing" that anyone would spit on in an ergency. If not for the Taboo Cursed Seal acting up, he would have probably self-destructed after witnessing the Taboo Sun.
"But a dragon-type material is much more valuable!"
The corners of Lu Yu's mouth curled up into a wild smile. He spoke to the Proliferating Green Dragon that the Queen Bee had beco:
"This grand play is getting more and more interesting!"
As his words fell, everyone's eyelids twitched.
A lunatic's train of thought was truly different.
The more dangerous it was, the more pleasure he felt!
The Proliferating Green Dragon gave Lu Yu a deep look and said in surprise:
"Your aura is indeed rarely seen in this world.
It makes eager to turn you into a collection item!"
The mont its voice fell, Little Spider, in her Heavenly Nun incarnation, charged forward, boiling with rabid killing intent.
Anything that wanted to harm her master would be crushed into slag by it!
The black sword in her hand slashed down.
Blood-colored sword qi swept forth, but the sound of clashing tal rang out as a blade-like tail easily parried the attack.
Faced with the life-draining Blood Corrosion Sword Qi, a trace of disdain flashed in the Proliferating Green Dragon's dark green vertical pupils.
A jade-green brilliance spread out, colliding with it.
Even the power of blood corrosion couldn't devour this decaying life force!
As The Proliferating Green Dragon, it also knew the Life Provisions Art!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Little Spider continued to swing her sword, and Little Mouse also manipulated the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree Rootlets to pierce through, forming a pincer attack from two sides.
The Proliferating Green Dragon retreated. Its two blade-like dragon tails intertwined in front of it, were bitten down, and then violently pulled apart.
Sparks flew as they were enchanted with corrupt spiritual energy and swung out fiercely!
It slashed out two dark green light blades!
Jade Dragon Slash!
Faced with this attack, Little Mouse and Little Spider were forced to block. They collided in mid-air, creating a terrifying shockwave.
The battle continued.
But The Proliferating Green Dragon was forcefully taking on two opponents at once, and was even suppressing them!
Although due to the mystic realm's rules, even the resurrected pure-blood dragon was only at the Spirituality Transformation Level.
But one had to know, this was its original body. Not only was it several tis stronger than the Queen Bee's body, but it was also perfectly compatible with its past combat mories.
In addition, during the battle, The Proliferating Green Dragon had been continuously absorbing the decaying life force from the forest to strengthen itself, which was equivalent to having a ho-field advantage buff.
In comparison, Little Mouse and Little Spider had only just entered the Commander Rank.
The fact that they could fight on even terms was already quite remarkable.
Boom!
The Proliferating Green Dragon flapped its dragon wings, its figure flickering.
It stirred up a Miasma Tornado to repel Little Spider and Little Mouse, then tilted its head to look at Lu Yu and said leisurely:
"Let tell you a story!"
"That's fine, I suppose…"
Lu Yu nodded and made a suggestion:
"But can you stop the ritual? You're stalling for ti like this, it's very disrespectful!"
"Co and try if you can!"
The Proliferating Green Dragon was not embarrassed despite its objective being discovered. While fighting the two little ones, it said:
"Once upon a ti, there was a little green dragon.
It was born in a dense forest. As soon as it was born, it saw its parents and stumbled towards their embrace, but it was rejected and casually kicked away.
"Because they only cared about their first brood of offspring. As for that little green dragon, it was just a backup in case of an ergency, a disguise for their cunning nature.
They didn't think it would hatch, but they weren't surprised when it was born either. After all, they were cold-blooded creatures by nature, and the only love they had was given to their first offspring who was taken away.
As for the little green dragon, it was left to survive freely in the dense forest…"
The Proliferating Green Dragon dodged a Shadow Cannon, opened its bloody maw, and spat out a dark green dragon breath.
Corrupt Dragon Breath!
The dragon breath shot through.
After being dodged by Little Mouse, it landed on the ground of the Miasma Valley, instantly corroding the ground into a pool of poisonous swamp.
It possessed the power to corrode everything.
"That little green dragon cried, wailed, and begged, but it never saw its parents return, not even for a single glance. It shivered through countless dark nights.
Finally, it was so hungry that it couldn't bear it anymore and went to catch its first food, a giant needle wasp. The texture was mushy, and it had a foul stench, disgusting to the core.
To fill its stomach, the little green dragon could only swallow it.
"As a result, it was soon chased by the arriving bee swarm and stung all over.
Fortunately, a dragon's body was strong. It endured the toxins and hid back in its lair, but it tossed and turned all night in pain, unable to sleep.
But it was very happy, because it had finally grown up and could hunt. Maybe its father and mother would co back."
"So, it started to try hunting, started to use conspiracies and tricks, luring an Explosive Bear to fight a beehive, and taking the opportunity to steal honey.
It began to taste the benefits of scheming. It could get what it wanted without any effort, so it beca more and more cunning, constantly playing tricks on these stupid demonic beasts.
As it grew, it began to awaken the ability to corrupt plants, becoming an apex predator in a small area. It thought that life would go on like this forever, until it t a little boy."
The Proliferating Green Dragon raised its dragon claw, and the remaining bee swarm gathered, forming the Bee King Shield, blocking the nacing Little Mouse and Little Spider.
Roar!
A dark green dragon breath shot towards the sky, then exploded, turning into beams of light like teors, attacking Little Mouse and Little Spider.
Corrupt Dragon Breath: Thousand Strands!
"Thousand Faces Shield!"
Little Mouse jumped next to Little Spider and consud a large number of thoughts, creating shield after shield.
Although it blocked the attack, a large number of cracks appeared on them.
The aftermath fell to the earth, smashing out huge teorite craters, leaving a ss.
"Co back."
Little Mouse and Little Spider originally wanted to attack, but after receiving the command, they obediently retreated to Lu Yu's side.
"It was the little green dragon's first ti seeing a human. It couldn't help but want to play a trick on this little boy.
It made a vine trap, wanting to see him fall, but he discovered it and pretended nothing was wrong as he walked past. The little green dragon was curious and went to check if the trap had failed, but ended up getting caught itself.
In the end, it was the little boy who saved it.
"The little green dragon was unconvinced and continued to compete with the little boy in pranks, but it lost every single ti.
In the end, they beca friends. The little boy never ntioned contracting a pet beast, as if it didn't see it as a precious pure-blood dragon, but just a friend.
The little green dragon also cherished this friendship.
"However, after the boy ca of age, he had to leave the tribe.
The little green dragon, in order not to be lonely again, beca his pet beast. They grew together, adventured together.
Decades passed, and the little boy also beca a grown man, eradicating demonic beasts everywhere, becoming a powerhouse with a teoric rise to fa. And his tribe, because of him, was nad the Proliferating Green Tribe, and along with the Red Dragon Tribe, they were both top-tier tribes.
Everything seed so good…"
The Proliferating Green Dragon floated in the center of the ritual, its eyes downcast, and continued:
"However, the man contracted other pet beasts, which made the little green dragon very angry. It felt like sothing that belonged to it had been snatched away.
Although it wanted to bite these pet beasts to death, it was more afraid of being disliked by the man. So it chose to wait with its long lifespan, to let him know who could accompany him forever.
"Years passed, and the little green dragon grew stronger and stronger. With its exceptional talent, accelerated by the Beast Taming Space, it soon stepped into the Monarch Rank.
Everything was so beautiful. His lifespan also grew longer and longer.
The boundary between human and dragon seed not so distant.
"However, the battle that swept across the borderlands broke out.
The Red Dragon Tribe united with a large number of factions to resist the Mother of Dusk. The little green dragon advised the man that its power was enough to protect the tribe, there was no need to care about others.
But he refused and said sothing stupid like 'he wanted to beco a leaf that sheltered more people from the wind and rain.' The little green dragon scoffed at this, and then… joined the battlefield!
"It repeatedly relied on corrupting forests into fortresses, sweeping through everything, repelling the main force among the Mother of Dusk's slave beasts, and successfully rescued a large number of tribes, including the Red Dragon Tribe.
This group of people saw him as a hero.
"The little green dragon was covered in scars, but seeing his happy face, it felt very satisfied.
However, one day, he excitedly told the little green dragon that he seed to have discovered what the Mother of Dusk wanted and wanted to find it in advance to end this battle, and then…"
"He died!"
As The Proliferating Green Dragon spoke to this point, its tone beca grim, suppressing its rage, and it said in a deep voice:
"He didn't know what he had discovered. His face grew uglier by the day, and he beca weaker and weaker.
He even imprisoned the little green dragon, broke the contract with it, and chose to set off alone.
"By the ti the little green dragon broke out of the cage and found him, he was already near-death.
His other pet beasts had all died in battle, and he was tainted with an ancient curse. He reached out to touch the little green dragon's head, but then retracted his hand, saying with a trembling voice that he had tried his best to bury it, and that the Mother of Dusk must never find it, otherwise the world would fall into chaos.
"Clearly… clearly he could have shared his life with , even if it was just to live for another twenty or thirty years, but this selfish guy refused again, using his death as the price to completely seal this taboo secret.
"Sure enough, not long after he died, the Mother of Dusk descended with her incarnation for the first ti, and was then slain by a crazed Crimson Hundred-Eyed Dragon King.
Everything ended, but… everyone died! No one rembered the man's sacrifice. In the end, all that was left of the Red Dragon Tribe was a little fellow barely surviving, carrying the corpses and opening up a mystic realm.
"And the little green dragon didn't think the man was great. On the contrary, it hated him to the bone.
He broke their promise for the sake of humans, making the little green dragon return to loneliness.
"So it devoured the man's body and placed it in the Eternal Jade Dream, but he… still didn't co back!"
"I do not accept this ending! I do not accept a future without him! I do not accept… a world without him!"
The Proliferating Green Dragon let out a roar.
The dense forest in the mystic realm hatched, turning into streams of jade-green light and dark green light that surged into its body, forcefully elevating it to the Morning Star Rank.
Its aura suddenly soared.
A suffocating overwhelming pressure swept out. Just a light flap of its dragon wings stirred up a shockwave that swept in all directions, beginning to blow away the thick miasma.
"This is…"
The crowd was shocked, because what appeared in the distance was not the mystic realm's barrier, but the terrain of the main world before they entered, although it was still separated by a spatial barrier.
The mystic realm was about to rge with the main world!
"Saying these words not only allowed to vent my loneliness, but I also took the opportunity to collect the [Jade Dream] fragnts that had been shattered over a thousand years, retrieving a part of my soul from them, re-fusing them, carrying my mories, and perfectly rging with my body.
The last weakness has been patched.
"Next, I just need to hold the ritual to rge the mystic realm with the main world, successfully perform the ritual, let further undergo a bloodline tamorphosis, condense the Eternal Jade Dream, and everything can get back on track…"
The Proliferating Green Dragon looked at the silent Lu Yu and said with a smile:
"You are indeed very smart, but unfortunately, in this match, I am the winner!"
As its voice fell, ancient trees hidden in the forest throughout the mystic realm shone brightly.
As nodes of the ritual, they extended countless rootlets, breaking through the space barrier and taking root in the great earth of the main world.
Rumble!
A large amount of Earth Vein Power was drawn in.
Outside the mystic realm, the earth dried up and cracked, and a large number of plants withered into ashes. This was still spreading outwards, turning everything into a barren wasteland.
And the imnse spiritual energy that was devoured surged into the mystic realm, turning into a vast, sacred, giant spiritual energy formation array that covered the entire mystic realm, emitting a terrifying power that trembled the soul.
This was the Miracle Ritual, born from stealing the Earth Vein Power that nourished all things!
It possessed the power of miracles to achieve anything!
"It's over…"
Seeing this scene, everyone despaired.
Sure enough, even a monster like The Disciple couldn't contend with this transmigrated ancient pure-blood dragon.
Qi Changhai and Qi Wei looked at each other and suddenly smiled:
"It's great to have you as a father!"
"It's great to have you as a son!"
The Proliferating Green Dragon floated in the air, holding the core of the ritual.
Looking at the despairing crowd, it operated the core of the formation, condensing an earth-yellow blade of the earth that stretched across the sky. It emitted the power of a peak Morning Star Rank, and it was still soaring as it devoured the Earth Vein Power.
The Proliferating Green Dragon was going to wipe out all the Beast Tars, including Lu Yu, and extract their Beast Taming Spaces to strengthen the mystic realm.
Only in this way could it obtain more authority in the main world, draw the Earth Vein Power of the entire borderlands, and complete its goal.
"It's over."
The Proliferating Green Dragon said faintly and struck directly.
The Blade of the Earth slashed down, shaking the mystic realm. However, unexpectedly, the target was not The Disciple and the others, but…
It!
Crack!
"How is this possible!?"
Although The Proliferating Green Dragon reacted instantly and dodged backwards, it was still cut in half at the waist.
Dark green blood splattered like rain. Its dragon eyes widened, filled with disbelief.
With its last ounce of strength, it looked at The Disciple.
The only suspect was him!
Sure enough, Lu Yu adjusted his hat, leaned on his civilization cane, and revealed a shy smile:
"Seeing such magnificent trees earlier, my hunter's heart was stirred, so I made a few small modifications to so of them."
As his words fell, within the mystic realm, the giant trees serving as nodes shed their bark one after another.
Their insides had actually been corroded and transford by spider silk, and at the sa ti, they were wrapped by Thousand-Faced Soul Tree rootlets, concealing their aura.
A full two-thirds of the nodes had been converted, and control of the ritual was directly usurped!
He had pulled a move of taking the firewood from under the cauldron!
Although Lu Yu's Eye of Truth couldn't see the specific information of the Queen Bee, it saw a large number of ritual nodes.
Although he didn't know what their specific function was, whatever the enemy wanted to do, he just had to destroy it.
Therefore, after the Spiritual Puzzle was born, he had been busy with this matter, just to give The Proliferating Green Dragon a surprise, to give it a taste of modern man's great wisdom.
At this mont, even The Proliferating Green Dragon's eyes showed a look of despair.
As a scher, it had actually been out-sched by the man before it!
The "sharp blade" it had personally forged had actually beco the weapon that killed it!
This scene stunned everyone.
They never expected that The Disciple could still turn the tables!
Lu Yu took off his felt hat and placed it on his chest, bowed slightly, and said with a smile:
"It seems this ti, I'm the one who gets the last laugh!"
"Lady Fan Lü, farewell!"
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