Heroes' Prison

Chapter 598 - 573: Opening the Mysterious Dragon Skin Scroll

"Alright! This is the last Heart of the Sand Thief King!" Huang Yi said helplessly, taking out the last heart from the storage ring and handing it over to the Little Dragon.

The Little Dragon blinked its large eyes slightly and opened its mouth to inhale! In an instant, the Heart of the Sand Thief King turned into a blood-red light and rushed into its mouth, being absorbed by it.

Immediately after, a dazzling golden light flashed across the Little Dragon’s forehead, revealing a small scale. However, this scale was not complete; the heart just consumed was not enough to make it grow a full scale.

"Little Dragon oh Little Dragon! When will you finally grow up?" Huang Yi, touching the eight scales on the Little Dragon’s forehead, couldn’t help but sigh. These days all the Hearts of the Sand Thief King had been absorbed by the Little Dragon, but it had only grown so few scales. He wondered how many Heaven and Earth Treasures he would have to feed it before it could grow up.

"Eeyah eeyah!" The Little Dragon stuck out its tender little tongue, licking the corner of its mouth, apparently still hungry. It gazed up at Huang Yi with large eyes, cutely grabbing at his clothes and swaying left and right, seemingly begging for more food in a coquettish manner.

"There’s nothing left, it’s all eaten! I’ll find you more yummy things another day! Now be good and come with me to level grind!" Huang Yi said with a slight smile, carrying the Little Dragon to the Teleportation Circle and teleporting to the Tower of Pantheons to start Level Grinding.

Now, Huang Yi could solo clear up to floor 129 at his highest, but he was helpless against floor 130, as he could never defeat the final boss. Although he outranked the opponent in status, he still had a considerable gap in Level, Attributes, and Talent.

After grinding until the afternoon, the Little Dragon finally shone with a golden light and successfully reached Level 50!

"[System Prompt]: Your Contract Partner Little Dragon has reached Level 50 and awakened its first skill [Holy Dragon Descent]."

Upon receiving this System Prompt, Huang Yi immediately checked the Little Dragon’s first skill with hopeful anticipation—

[Holy Dragon Descent]: The Little Dragon’s body temporarily grows larger, can fly, can be mounted, increases speed by 100% in flight, and gains acceleration ability. While flying at normal speed, the Little Dragon can continue indefinitely, but accelerated flight will tire it, and after reaching a certain point, it will exit the state of Holy Dragon Descent. This skill can be enhanced as the Level increases, activating additional effects.

This skill enabled the Little Dragon to start being useful. Currently, other than catching loaches, the Little Dragon was incapable of doing anything. But once it used this skill, it could carry Huang Yi in flight!

This was the first flying mount Huang Yi had ever seen; all his previous mounts could only run on land. Even looking at the whole world, those who possessed flying mounts were few and far between.

Huang Yi could only sustain flight in his Transformation state, and his original form only had flight capability when transformed into a White Dragon form, which could only last for a very short time, not long enough for sustained flight. Now with the Little Dragon, he could fly indefinitely.

"Okay, Little Dragon! Help me open this Dragon Skin Scroll!" Huang Yi took out the Dragon Skin Scroll from the storage ring and handed it to the Little Dragon.

"Eeyah eeyah!" The Little Dragon tilted its head, its eyes sparkling with curiosity as it looked at the Dragon Skin Scroll, then glanced down at its own small body, seemingly wondering why the material of the scroll was just like its own skin.

Finally, the Little Dragon extended its paw to take the scroll, pinching the string tied around it and giving it a gentle tug!

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, the mysterious Dragon Skin Scroll was unfurled, spreading out in mid-air!

Huang Yi took a deep breath and looked over with anticipation.

On the Dragon Skin Scroll was a vast map, with red lines marked with arrow symbols, ultimately pointing to a valley depicted with a Dragon Head.

"Another treasure map?" As soon as Huang Yi saw this kind of map, he immediately thought of the Treasure Map of the Golden Holy Dragon he had obtained before. It was by following that map that he eventually found the Treasure Spot.

But soon, Huang Yi noticed that there was a line of small text at the top of the Dragon Skin Scroll—Golden Holy Dragon. Heavenly Claw Tomb.

This was not a treasure map at all, but a map of a Dragon Tomb!

The Dragon Clan was a highly dignified creature, often leaving their lair at death to find a secluded and quiet place to die quietly, so as not to have their remains found. Such places were called Dragon Tombs!

A Dragon Tomb was a treasure trove, and once the remains were found, various parts like the Dragon Skin, Dragon Bones, Dragon Tendon, etc., would be used as materials to make other items— a very undignified way to die.

Thus, finding Dragon Tombs was very difficult, especially those of a Top-level Dragon Race like the Golden Holy Dragon! Throughout the vast history of The Second World, countless adventurers have sought after them, but only three Golden Holy Dragon Tombs have ever been discovered. The third was found just sixteen years ago.

Sixteen years ago, the president of the Adventurers’ Association in the Central Continent, who was also the greatest explorer of the time, Ezreal, discovered a Golden Holy Dragon’s Tomb on a deserted island overseas, obtaining an entire Golden Holy Dragon’s remains! As a result, the strength of the Adventurers’ Association soared, moving from second-rate power to a first-rate force on the Central Continent, far surpassing the likes of the Half-Beast Holy Land!

The remains of a single Golden Holy Dragon could increase the power of a force overnight, illustrating just how precious a Top-level Dragon Race’s tomb really was! If those powers in the Central Continent knew about it, they would fight over it, spilling blood.

And now, Huang Yi held such a Top-level Dragon Race’s tomb map in his hands! Its value was immeasurable!

However, reward and danger are directly proportional, and the tomb of the Golden Holy Dragon is so mighty that one couldn’t possibly succeed casually, it might even cost a life.

Huang Yi clutched the Dragon Tomb Map tightly and looked down at the Little Dragon in his arms, who was playing with its little tail, when he suddenly thought of a problem.

In the whole world, several hundred continents, you can hardly find a few Golden Holy Dragons. Yet now, in this tiny Hero’s Continent, a Dragon Egg of the Golden Holy Dragon appears, along with a Golden Holy Dragon’s tomb. This coincidence is just too great!

The only explanation is that these two Golden Holy Dragons have some sort of close relationship, either as spouses or as mother and child.

Dragon Egg and Dragon Tomb!

Young Dragon and Dead Dragon!

Through such a comparison, their relationship becomes very clear!

This Dragon Tomb is very likely the grave of Little Dragon’s mother!

Huang Yi touched Little Dragon’s head and pondered for a moment, then said, "Little Dragon, it’s almost impossible to find a few Golden Holy Dragons in the whole world. Our continent can’t possibly have two all of a sudden, so I suspect that the Golden Holy Dragon in this tomb is your mother. You don’t know how many Heaven and Earth Treasures you need to eat to grow up, and with my strength, I don’t know how many years it will take to raise you. After you go to that Dragon Tomb, you might gain a huge opportunity, and maybe it could greatly shorten the growth time. But there is some risk involved. Do you want to carry me to find your mother’s Dragon Tomb?"

Little Dragon lifted its head, looked at Huang Yi, and blinked innocently, as if still pondering. After a while, it nodded its little head, agreeing to Huang Yi’s plan.

"Little Dragon is so brave!" Huang Yi touched Little Dragon’s head and exclaimed, "Then we should not delay, we’ll set out immediately! Your flight speed is fast, and we might endure some hardship on the road. I’ll have my incarnation accompany you there. Once we reach the location of the Dragon Tomb, I’ll use the Godslayer’s Mark to teleport my real body over, and help you break through that Dragon Tomb."

After saying this, Huang Yi teleported away, deciding to let his incarnation and Little Dragon go on an adventure to the Dragon Tomb.

"Little Dragon, transform and take flight!" Huang Yi encouraged Little Dragon with anticipation in his eyes.

Little Dragon nodded its little head and activated a skill it had just awakened—Holy Dragon Descent!

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, Little Dragon’s body grew in size, and its wings flapped against the air with a fierce sound, blowing up the dry twigs and fallen leaves from the ground into a swirling dance!

Amidst the fluttering leaves, Little Dragon soared into the sky with its huge wings, like a streak of golden lightning cutting through the air. It circled around in the sky, embarking on its very first flight!

Having never flown before, its inaugural flight was wobbly and awkward, and it seemed on the verge of falling. But it quickly became adept, as if by innate talent, its flight becoming smoother and more stable, like a king soaring in the sky, exuding an aura of unrivaled dominance!

At this moment, its huge wings blocked the sunlight, casting a vast shadow below as it flew liberally, epitomizing the name of its skill—it was as if a Holy Dragon had descended from the heavens to this world, about to bring about a great catastrophe!

"So imposing!" Huang Yi looked up at Little Dragon in the sky and couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Woof woof~" Right after Huang Yi’s words fell, Little Dragon, who was in mid-flight, couldn’t help but let out a dog’s bark, which echoed across the sky for a long time without dissipating...

Little Dragon’s bark instantly shattered all of its imposing presence and majesty!

"That bark really kills the mood!" Huang Yi’s incarnation shook his head with a smile, spread his wings, and flew up, frolicking and chasing after Little Dragon in the high skies. However, his incarnation’s flight speed was far inferior to Little Dragon’s, not on the same level at all.

"Alright, let’s go find the Dragon Tomb!" Huang Yi’s incarnation gathered Little Dragon and teleported to a city known as "Warcraft City" using the Teleportation Circle.

This city was located in the central-southern part of the continent and was unremarkable, but to the west of the city lay an infamous place—The Demonic Beast Mountain Range!

The Demonic Beast Mountain Range was vast, much larger than the Desolate Sands, and even with Little Dragon’s flying speed, it would take an incredibly long time to cross over.

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