The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 451 - 429 The Truth Behind the Flawed Bloodline_1

Chapter 451: Chapter 429 The Truth Behind the Flawed Bloodline_1

Beneath the rocky peak, the laughter of the eighth-level Flame Dragon was piercing.

Moreover, it openly stated that it was because Pu Zhaotian had resolved to battle for the position of True God that the Dragon Cave decided to make an exception and change its mind temporarily.

Otherwise, the moment Long Yan arrived, he would have slain this group of Human Race youngsters without hesitation.

"Dragon Cave!"

Atop the rocky peak, beside the Sword Boat, the expressions of the people present turned ugly.

As descendants of a Human True God, Fan Chen, Dong Wenjian, and Liou Youyu had never suffered such humiliation. So who were they to now?

But when they thought about being in the territory of the Demon Sovereign in the Saint Spirit Continent, and considering the way the Old Thunder Dragon, who had always been cruel and tyrannical, didn’t exactly respect their ancestors, they had no choice but to endure for the time being.

Pang Jian’s eyes were deep and profound as he quietly perceived with his Spiritual Soul.

With a concentration of his unique Divine Sense, his pupils suddenly turned golden, his gaze like a golden torch that pierced through the darkness, using his sharp insight to assess the condition of the eighth-level Flame Dragon.

The tall human form of Long Yan’s skin shimmered with a streak of flame.

He even glanced at Pang Jian with a chuckle.

Pang Jian, hovering in mid-air, quivered slightly and flew towards the peak of another vacant rocky summit.

In that brief moment of Divine Sense perception, he saw that beneath Long Yan’s skin layer lay what seemed like an incredibly turbulent and violent Fire Mountain.

He also saw streaks of meteors passing through the sky beyond, saw the lights of thousands of homes in the human world, and witnessed the soul images of many fire-attribute Spirit Beasts, as well as the scenes of Flame Clan warriors burning fiercely.

As an eighth-level Flame Dragon from the Dragon Cave, Long Yan had refined and comprehended fire mysteries of an astoundingly diverse nature.

To Pang Jian’s Divine Sense perception, each of Long Yan’s dragon meridians appeared as streams of flame, containing unimaginably abundant Flame Force.

His dragon body, dragon soul, and dragon blood had been refined to near perfection without any discernible flaws.

Having advanced to the Soul Wandering Realm and condensed a special golden Spiritual Soul, Pang Jian now understood just how powerful Long Yan was.

The Red-eyed Demon Wolf from the north of the Fourth Realm also possessed a full eighth-level Bloodline, capable of slaying several eighth-level Alien Tribe warriors on its own.

Yet even the Red-eyed Demon Wolf, in Pang Jian’s opinion, was not on par with Long Yan, and the shortfall was not insubstantial.

He now had a brand new and profound understanding of the Dragon Cave and these highly blessed members of the Dragon Race.

Long Yan did not mind his scrutiny, laughing as he looked at the deep pit where the "Return to Ancients" ceremony had taken place. "Elder Xiong, you haven’t returned for many years. Coming back to the Saint Spirit Continent this time, why didn’t you visit the Dragon Cave?" he asked.

"I came back in too much of a hurry and had to prepare for the struggle for the Demon God position, so I didn’t go to the Dragon Cave," said Elder Xiong, his voice tired and weak, reverberating from deep within the earth.

Pang Jian’s thoughts shifted slightly, but his face remained expressionless.

Having obtained a drop of the Primordial Serpent’s Demon God essence blood, Elder Xiong had long resolved the issue with the snake poison, and these past few days had been spent exploring the profound truths of the Primordial Serpent bloodline.

Yesterday, when he spoke with Yuan Qi, his voice was booming and thunderous—why would it now sound so tired and weak?

Concealing his skills!

Pang Jian had a flash of understanding, knowing that Elder Xiong was purposely feigning this condition, not wanting Long Yan to detect anything.

And Long Yan’s purpose in coming here was likely to probe on behalf of Demon King Yuan Min, to see if the Rock Bear had accidentally succumbed to snake poison, and whether he had recovered.

As a dragon from the Dragon Cave, Long Yan made no enemy of any Demon Race tribes on the Saint Spirit Continent.

Only a member of the Dragon Race like Long Yan could venture into Rock Bear’s territory and yet leave unchallenged, able to inform Yuan Min about Rock Bear’s physical condition.

"I’ve come to visit on behalf of the Dragon Cave, yet Elder Xiong won’t show yourself even once?" Long Yan’s face flushed with anger.

"I’m indisposed," grunted Rock Bear.

"Sick, are you?"

Feigning concern, Long Yan crouched down to look at the hole hiding Rock Bear and said, "The contest for the position of Demon God is imminent. Elder Xiong, if you truly feel unwell, perhaps... you should consider withdrawing? You are naturally the most qualified contender for the Demon God position, with sufficient age and seniority. But if you are indeed in poor condition, the Dragon Cave can still choose another Demon King."

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

Threads of faint electricity condensed into many miniature red dragons, flying from Long Yan’s fingertips.

Dozens of slender red dragons descended into the pit, burrowing deeper to find Rock Bear’s hiding place, wanting to witness his true state for themselves.

At this moment, Long Yan’s actions could be considered an offense!

"Even if I’m not in the best condition, I can still kill that minor Yuan Min. Perhaps, consuming his Demon Heart will restore me to my peak strength," countered Rock Bear with a snort from underground. "I’m too old, and this contest for the Demon God position is my last chance for an extension on life. I will not give up!"

"Puff! Puff puff puff!"

Deep underground, the delicate red dragons belonging to Long Yan collided with the formidable Boundary Wall, unable to advance a single inch further.

But through the strength of the Boundary Wall, Long Yan judged Elder Xiong’s condition once again.

Yuan Qi snorted coldly, "Today, I have truly witnessed the arrogance and tyranny of the Dragon Cave."

"Haha!"

Long Yan laughed heartily, quickly retracting all the released blood dragons, and swiftly stood up from his crouching position.

He faced Yuan Qi, who also bore a human-like form.

"I heard from White Fox that you come from a Fragment Land known as Northern Qi in the far north of the Fourth Realm. There, many Demon Races like us exist," Long Yan said with a bold smile. "We at the Dragon Cave are extremely interested in that place and hope you will join me on a visit there to share more about the situation."

This was his most crucial objective in coming here.

What the Dragon Cave was most concerned and attentive to was the presence of another Demon God that may exist within the Fragment Land of Northern Qi!

"If you’re interested in Dragon Cave, we can arrange for a dragon to personally take you deep inside." Yuan Qi spoke calmly, aware that once he set foot in the Saint Spirit Continent, the dragons from the Dragon Cave would ultimately come seeking him. "I am but a minor demon from the Solitude Mountain Range; my knowledge of the place is not too extensive."

"I’ll ask you first, and then the Dragon Cave will consider whether or not to delve deeper into Northern Qi," Long Yan chuckled.

"May I refuse?"

"Haha, I hear that your bloodline is also complete. As long as you can take one punch from me, you can choose not to go to the Dragon Cave," Long Yan laughed.

As he finished speaking, the two red jade horns on Long Yan’s forehead suddenly lit up brilliantly.

The human-shaped Long Yan raised his fist and smashed it towards Yuan Qi.

In midair, a fierce ball of flame thundered down!

That initial punch-sized ball of flame, embodying the ferocious power of a fire capable of burning all heaven and earth, expanded a millionfold in an instant!

Upon the rock peak, Pang Jian and Fan Chen, among others, were struck with horror, feeling the world-destroying power emanating from the ball of flame, giving rise to a sense of defeat as if even divine artifacts and divine talismans wouldn’t be enough to withstand this strike.

"Boom!"

Yuan Qi was forced to revert to his true form of a Giant Ape. His magnificent figure, two hundred zhang tall, adopted a stance like he was holding up the heavens with both hands, withstanding the immense ball of flame as it plummeted.

In his palms, a ripple of ice blue light flickered instantaneously.

That was an Extreme Cold Ice Land, supported by his unique alien bloodline, concentrating all his divine skills and talents.

The ball of flame crashed down in an instant, hitting that patch of ice blue Extreme Cold wonderland.

Within the sphere, Long Yan’s fiery bloodline and Great Tao turned into flowing magma and waters, forming streaks of intense Flaming Meteors, transforming into a raging Fire Mountain and numerous boiling flame beasts.

The secrets of fire, both known and unknown in the Purgatory World, emerged one after another within the ball of flame.

"Bang!"

Yuan Qi, with his hands holding up the sky, saw the Extreme Cold Ice Land he was supporting suddenly shatter to pieces.

The splashing fiery liquid from the ball of flame scorched the palms of his hands and set his thick fur ablaze.

His towering and impressive demon body stomped on the ground with a thunderous crash, causing spider web-like cracks to form beneath his feet.

A mouthful of fresh blood laced with shards of ice and streaks of flame also spurted from Yuan Qi’s mouth.

As the blood flew, Yuan Qi could no longer maintain his upright posture and was forced to sit down abruptly.

The still powerful ball of flame, reduced by a third, suddenly vanished.

Long Yan, still in human form, held the now marble-sized ball of flame, smiled, soared into the sky, and left Yuan Qi and Pang Jian behind as he indifferently said, "Let’s go."

Without a word, Yuan Qi huffed and puffed as he stood up.

Immediately, with his injured Giant Ape body, he followed the flying figure of Long Yan.

"Yuan Qi!" Pang Jian called out softly.

The immense Giant Ape continued striding forward, his steps undeterred, only turning his head to glance back.

"I knew this day would come. Going to the Dragon Cave was one of the reasons I came to the Saint Spirit Continent. There’s no need to worry, nor is there anything that needs to be done for me," the Giant Ape said.

The ice blue eyes of the Giant Ape demonstrated no sense of oppression or sorrow, only steadfast determination and soaring fighting spirit.

His ascension to the eighth level had been too brief. Facing such a peak eighth-level Flame Dragon on the verge of stepping into the ninth level, it didn’t discourage him in the slightest that he was defeated.

"Your demon age is short, and the Dragon Cave is not curious about the completeness of your bloodline. What the Dragon Cave is really curious about is how you managed to ascend to the eighth level in such a short demon age. The Demon Race, compared to the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm, requires much longer to accumulate bloodline strength," Long Yan’s voice echoed in Yuan Qi’s mind.

"You, as well as the Ancient Demon Clan of the Fragment Land in Northern Qi, if you can handle this insoluble problem."

"Then, our Demon Race..."

Long Yan’s voice came to Yuan Qi’s mind, a message not meant for the human boy to hear.

...

A moment later,

Pang Jian descended into the depths of the earth and saw the ninth-level Rock Bear sitting cross-legged in his true form, absorbing the Power of Earth.

"I cannot intervene."

The eyes of the old bear showed helplessness as he looked at Pang Jian and said, "Long Yan represents the Dragon Cave, and even within my territory, I cannot make a move against Long Yan. I can slaughter all under Yuan Min’s command except for the Dragon Race."

"All I can do is to stay hidden and avoid revealing my condition to him."

"Only when I kill Yuan Min and successfully ascend to Demon God can I negotiate terms with Dragon Cave. And only then will I be able to demand Yuan Qi back from the Dragon Cave."

The old bear frankly expressed his dilemma.

"Why are the bloodlines of those dragons from the Dragon Cave complete?" Pang Jian asked, voicing his confusion.

"Perhaps it’s the right choice," the ninth-level Rock Bear frowned and pondered for a long time before saying, "The Sir Heaven Phoenix that I follow once hinted that after the seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars were erected in the Fifth Realm of Purgatory, they not only deterred the Alien Tribes but also seemed to be subtly and silently altering the Demon Clan’s bloodlines."

"This was not Sir Heaven Phoenix’s intention, and He realized it only after many years."

"I suspect this is also why He ultimately perished."

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