The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 332 - 226: The True Dragon of the Xia Family

Chapter 332: Chapter 226: The True Dragon of the Xia Family

As soon as they stepped onto the stone step mountain path, an immense resistance covered them, like being in the depths of a ten-thousand-meter deep ocean, constantly squeezed by the omnipresent, powerful pressure.

"This mountain path tests willpower, regardless of cultivation. Only those with strong willpower can make it to the end."

Ye Wushuang walked easily as if she didn’t feel any pressure at all. Others, however, moved more slowly to varying extents. Several wandering cultivators were bounced off the steps by a repelling force after only a few steps.

When they attempted to step in again, they were blocked by an invisible force, as if an unseen wall stood in their way.

Clearly, everyone only had one chance.

What surprised everyone was that there was another person who walked as easily as Ye Wushuang.

——Jiang Wuming!

Countless times experiencing death and extreme pain had tempered his willpower to be as strong as divine metal!

"You all climb slowly; I’m going up first. The last one to get up here," he said, "is a loser!"

Jiang Wuming smirked, trotting up the steps like he was taking a leisurely stroll up the stairs, sometimes taking two steps at a time.

Soon, Jiang Wuming reached the end of the stone steps. With one step, he stood at the top, as if surfacing from deep waters. The immense pressure from all directions vanished instantly.

"Ah... reaching the world’s highest city!"

Jiang Wuming took a deep breath, delighting and saying to the others, "I smell a very pleasant medicinal aroma. After taking a few breaths, my whole body feels light. There might be some divine pills here!"

Suddenly, Jiang Wuming noticed that everyone on the stone steps had widened their eyes, staring at him with shock.

He was stunned, quickly raised his hand, and was horrified to find that both his arms had turned into skeletons!

"Damn it..."

Jiang Wuming’s vision went black because his eyeballs melted like ice cream.

His entire body emitted billowing green smoke as his flesh and blood evaporated rapidly, turning into a skeleton and then collapsing into bone ashes.

"..."

Silence.

After a long time, everyone sighed regretfully.

What was meant to happen couldn’t be avoided.

"There is obviously deadly poison gas above. Should we keep going or wait for Jiang Wuming to resurrect?" Bai Xiao asked seriously.

"By the time he resurrects, the valuable herbs will all be long gone."

Zhou Yuan shook his head. When exploring a secret realm, time was the most precious resource. If they dragged their feet for a few hours, all the good spots would have been taken by others.

"Let me try."

An extraordinary person from the Eternal Genes stopped, took a round, fleshy creature out of his Storage Ring, and threw it forcefully under the stone gate—it had no self-will, thus not restricted by prohibitions.

The flesh ball rolled on the ground, raising dust, and stopped only after hitting a large rock.

Then, as if stimulated by something, the flesh ball began to expand at a visible speed, like a sponge soaking up water, growing larger and larger.

Before long, the flesh ball had swollen to a height of three floors and started to roll, absorbing all the poison gas along the way.

To be safe, the extraordinary person from Eternal Genes threw out a few more flesh balls to ensure all the poisonous gas was absorbed.

A minute later, wiping the sweat from his forehead, the extraordinary person from Eternal Genes received feedback: "All right, the toxic gas in this area has been absorbed. Don’t go deeper for now."

The flesh ball was a supernatural creature developed by Eternal Genes that could absorb poisonous gas, converting it into harmless oxygen and carbon dioxide. Upon reaching a certain size, it would die of old age, its body melting into water and harmless organic material.

It was an essential tool for exploration and venturing out.

However, it was very difficult and expensive to produce.

[The poison gas has been cleared, you’re safe, for now.]

Safe for now... were there still dangers in this Fragment of Heaven’s Court?

Zhou Yuan thought to himself; could there be an old monster like Ye Wushuang here?

A few minutes later, everyone gradually climbed to the top and saw a spacious square. Beyond the square lay an ancient and grand city.

[This is a corner of the ancient Heaven’s Court "Dancheng." Here you can find countless ancient divine pills and top-quality cauldrons, but be cautious—the automatons guarding this place are still operational, faithfully performing their duties.]

"Dancheng... looks like a place where alchemists lived," Zhou Yuan thought to himself.

Without lingering, the group immediately delved into the city, with other teams spreading out to explore.

The city was in ruins, as if repeatedly ravaged by typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and other natural disasters. Everywhere lay in decay.

Zhou Yuan touched here and there, sighed helplessly; the building materials also lost all their spirituality, unfit to be dismantled and sold.

Suddenly, a storm of cold frost swept through like an onslaught.

Chen Guangxi puffed her cheeks and spat a mouthful of blazing True Dragon flames, turning everything into a shocking sea of fire in an instant. The firestorm raged and spread wildly, engulfing the frost storm mercilessly.

Where the dragon flames passed, everything turned to ashes.

From the ruins of the burned-down houses emerged a figure wearing black armor, surrounded by cold air, exuding a strong oppressive force, brandishing a Pan Ice Longsword, and slashing fiercely at them.

The massive frost sword energy swept across, quickly covering the ground with a thick layer of ice; even the moisture in the air froze, falling as ice crystals.

"Take my dragon’s breath—argh!"