novelraw Chapter 128: The Location of the World Seed.
Chapter 128: The Location of the World Seed.
A column of black flames tore through the nascent darkness. At the center of this inferno, a majestic silhouette materialized. Long Huang, the Black Flame Dragoness, appeared in all her gothic splendor. Her ten curved black horns gleamed with a sinister light, and her eyes of absolute black fixed on BaiShe with an intensity that would have made any ordinary cultivator collapse.
Since her recovery in the domain of the Pride Clan, her power had stabilized at the Demigod stage, making her an entity whose mere presence could destroy the foundations of this inferior realm if she used her full strength.
"You took your time, little snake..." began Long Huang. "I have located the exact position of the relic you covet so much. The World Seed is protected in a cave not far from here..."
BaiShe let out a light melodious laugh, not at all intimidated by the dragoness’s spiritual pressure.
"This young scholar had a few arrangements to finalize with his servant..." he replied while adjusting his sleeves. "Tell me, my Queen... if you have found the location, why haven’t you broken into this cave yet?"
Long Huang crossed her arms under her opulent breasts, making her black lace bustier shift with sovereign arrogance.
"Because the insects guarding this treasure are more numerous than expected, BaiShe..." she spat, curls of smoke escaping from her dark lips. "There are about ten experts stationed inside. All of them have reached the Demigod level. They are using the energy of the Seed to maintain an artificial domain. If I strike alone, the relic could be destroyed in the aftermath of our confrontation."
BaiShe paused, his eyebrows furrowing slightly behind his monocle. Ten Demigods in an inferior realm was an anomaly that even his wisdom inherited from the Immortal Sage found intriguing.
"Ten Demigods..." he murmured. "It seems that the Azure Kingdom has truly benefited from the creation of the world seed. However, I will claim it regardless, whether there are ten or twenty... We are going in."
"You are a first stage Overlord, BaiShe..." reminded Long Huang with a carnivorous smile. "Facing ten opponents of my rank, you will only be a burden if you do not release your true nature and even then it will not be enough even for a single demigod."
"Do not underestimate the Celestial Demon, Long Huang..." he replied in a glacial tone.
With Ling Huang leading the way, they quickly arrived in front of the said Cave...
With a brusque gesture, BaiShe thrust his hand toward the wall. His Draconic Qi, mixed with the Will of the Dao he had usurped, struck the seal.
"This is the advantage of being the Dao Executor, Long Huang." BaiShe smiled.
’Any seal that has been made with the dao can be instantly subjugated. Too bad that before my regression, there was no such idiot as Huojin... My little Devourer Hue Qing is really my lucky charm.’
The space tore open, revealing a tunnel bathed in an incandescent glow. Without hesitation, the two predators plunged into the breach.
The environment changed instantly. They were no longer walking in a cave, but in a separate world, a pocket dimension forged by the World Seed itself.
It was an inferno of fire and volcanoes. Rivers of bubbling lava snaked between pillars of black basalt, and the air was so saturated with fiery Yang Qi that a mortal would have been reduced to ashes in a fraction of a second.
"This place is an insult to my black dragon lineage..." growled Long Huang, deploying her dark flame wings to push back the unbearable heat of the Yang Qi.
Her flame being more of the Yin qi rather than Yang, it obviously made her uncomfortable.
As they progressed on a natural rock bridge above a lake of magma, the ground began to tremble. Monstrous shapes started emerging from the lava. They were creatures with bodies composed of liquid rock and flames, whose eyes burned with primitive hunger.
"Guardians born from the resonance of the Seed and the Yang qi..." analyzed BaiShe, his hands still behind his back. "Their Qi is at the Law Master level. They are insignificant, but their numbers can become bothersome."
One creature leaped out of the magma, hurling jets of liquid fire toward the young master’s face. BaiShe did not move an inch.
< Art: Myriad Illusory Swords >
Hundreds of pure Qi blades materialized instantly. They did not merely slash the monsters; BaiShe infused them with his frost Qi.
The swords turned bluish, emitting an absolute cold. Upon impact, the fire creatures froze, their lava solidifying abruptly under the thermal shock before exploding.
Another fire beast tried to grab Long Huang’s leg, but the dragoness lowered her gaze toward it with total contempt.
"Don’t touch me, trash..."
She lifted her foot and crushed the monster’s head against the ground. The rock skull burst, releasing a flow of magma. With a simple gesture, she summoned a column of black flames that instantly consumed a dozen other attackers, their elemental souls screaming in pain before being erased from existence.
"They never stop..." observed Long Huang while decapitating a creature with a swipe of her claws, letting the severed torso collapse in a hiss of steam.
"They are only the diversion, my Queen..." replied BaiShe, his Third Eye Art capturing much more massive signatures at the heart of the central volcano.
"It seems the ten Demigods are waiting for us at the top."
"They have already noticed our presence?" Long Huang turned her head in their direction.
"Indeed, and if they are not attacking us, it seems they are occupied preparing something else... And as I like to say..."
BaiShe adjusted his monocle.
"The Logic dictates that if we want the Seed, we must transform this world of fire into a tomb for their ambitions."
"Then let’s stop playing with these crumbs..." declared Long Huang as she seized BaiShe by the arm, her dragoness strength nearly breaking his bones.
"I will open a direct path for us."
She released a powerful roar, infused with her original essence.
< Roar of the Origin Dragon >
The sound vibration was so intense that the rivers of lava parted and the nearest Law Master creatures literally imploded, their fire bodies dissipating in a devastating shockwave.
"A charming spectacle..." he murmured. "Let’s go claim our reward."
They rushed toward the top of the volcano, where the heat became so dense that it began to distort time itself, ready to confront the true guardians of the World Seed.
But what they did not know was that the Yang Qi creatures would be more powerful than expected...