Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 690 The Realm of Dedication
The gluttonous beasts thundered towards them, causing the ground to tremble more violently. Li Zheng lost his footing and had to spread his Demonic Thunder Wings to fly away from the ground.

"How many years has it been?" The vampire queen sighed as she looked at the black dragon ancestor's enormous body. "I can't even remember how many years it's been since I last saw the old man's true form. I almost forgot that he could crush me with one step."

The gray-haired woman glanced at her sideways and said with a sneer, "How did you manage to say that without blushing? It seems that your skin has become quite thick after all these years as the queen of the vampires."

The queen rolled her eyes at her: "My people have pale skin. Although we live by drinking blood... we used to live by drinking blood, but we have very little blood in our bodies. Blushing is a difficult thing for my people. Even I can't do it."

"..." the gray-haired woman said dejectedly, "Is this something to be proud of?"

The Queen said sincerely, "I am merely stating the facts."

"Uh..." The gray-haired woman didn't want to continue the conversation. She was far inferior to her in the ability to talk about such trivial topics with such a serious demeanor, and she wasn't used to it.

"Old Black Dragon has been holding back for too long, he must be really frustrated. This time he can finally let loose."

The Queen wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "Yes, we've been holding back for far too long."

As soon as she finished speaking, the cloak covering the vampire queen suddenly shattered, and a gigantic bat beast, no less large than the Black Dragon Ancestor, emerged from beneath it.

The reason she is called a bat beast is because she is no longer comparable to the bats that are the incarnations of the vampires in legends; she is more like a manta ray that only appears in the deep sea.

Li Zheng then understood the meaning behind the gray-haired woman's words.

The Black Dragon Ancestor wanted to crush the Vampire Queen with one stomp... that would be quite difficult.

At this moment, the Black Dragon Ancestor was already locked in battle with those Gluttonous Beasts. He did not use any techniques; he was able to sweep away a large number of Gluttonous Beasts with the power of his own body alone.

Those gluttonous beasts were like clay chickens and earthenware dogs in front of the Black Dragon Ancestor. With one stomp, a large number of gluttonous beasts turned into minced meat. The magic crystals inside their bodies were extremely solid and were embedded at the bottom of the minced meat, requiring someone to dig them out.

The battle here attracted even more gluttonous behemoths, swarming in like an endless, overwhelming force, seemingly impossible to kill.

The vampire queen also joined the battle. After the two revealed their true forms, they were like two small mountains blocking Li Zheng's way. For a short time, even a gluttonous beast could not break through their defenses.

"Can't waste it." The gray-haired woman muttered to herself, and without any visible movement, she vanished from the spot.

Even Li Zheng couldn't see her clearly; he couldn't catch a glimpse of her at all!
He felt a chill run down his spine: "Even these three powerful leaders can only live in the wilderness, not daring to venture deeper into the Sin Domain..."

He looked around and wondered, "What else is there?"

Are there any twisted creatures capable of rivaling the three leaders?

Why do they remain here without ever launching an attack on the Golden Light Zone?
Li Zheng suddenly remembered Nato, whom he had met in the Fourth Sin Domain. At that time, their subordinates must have been at a similar distance, attracting a group of twisted creatures to the vicinity of the Golden Light Defense Line.

"With so many twisted creatures, if they all rushed into the golden light defense line, they should be able to break through easily, right...? No!" A thought struck Li Zheng: "If even the three leaders have such strength, then the Heavenly Dragon Clan must be even more warlike and belligerent. There must be beings within the clan whose strength is comparable to theirs!"

The reason why these twisted creatures in the Sinful Domain are entrenched in the rear and do not launch an attack on the golden light defense line is perhaps because they are wary of the true masters of the Heavenly Dragon Clan.

The Golden Light Defense Line must have some special features to exist.

Before Li Zheng could think much of it, a strange sound caught his attention.

However, the gray-haired woman appeared and moved back and forth beside the Black Dragon Ancestor and the other man, prying out one purple magic crystal after another from the flesh and blood of those gluttonous beasts and throwing them precisely in front of him.

"...Okay, it seems they called me here mainly to make me a porter." Li Zheng went over and picked them up one by one, purifying the evil thoughts in them as he went, and put them into the capsule.

In the realm of sin, combat ability is never the most important factor.

No matter how powerful one's combat strength, without the corresponding mental strength and willpower to fight against the environment, one will ultimately be defeated by those twisted creatures.

The Black Dragon Ancestor and the Vampire Queen possessed unparalleled combat power, but as time went on, their movements became increasingly labored, and every attack they made was a struggle against the omnipresent interference.

Li Zheng moved closer, signaling the gray-haired woman not to throw the magic crystal too far, and released his spiritual power to surround the Black Dragon Ancestor and the others, sharing their burden.

His total mental energy was astonishingly large, but his body limited its expression; using too much of it would only harm his physical body.

So after helping the two push forward for nearly 100 kilometers, he finally reached his limit and began to feel the strain.

If he continues forward, he will be using too much mental energy, and his body will begin to collapse.

However, he could not withdraw his mental energy. Once he withdrew his mental energy, the Black Dragon Ancestor and the others would instantly go mad and be completely infected by the Gluttony Domain.

They had long exceeded their limits and were only able to barely hold on thanks to Li Zheng's help.

The Black Dragon Ancestor swung his body and tail, sweeping away a group of gluttonous behemoths. At this moment, they were facing super gluttonous behemoths that were almost the same size as him and the Vampire Queen, and they could not kill them easily.

The gray-haired woman also joined the battle not long ago. She is a member of the Pain Clan, and her appearance is her true form.

However, their combat strength should not be underestimated. They are almost on par with the Black Dragon Ancestor, and each of their attacks can pierce through the bodies of the Gluttonous Beasts, leaving them completely pierced.

However, the Gluttonous Beasts were too large, and she needed to attack them thousands of times to kill one completely.

The Black Dragon Ancestor said to Li Zheng, "I didn't expect your spiritual power to be so much stronger than ours. I can sense that you have reached your limit. Let's leave you here. We will hold off these twisted creatures for you. You can go back now."

Li Zheng barely managed to maintain his mental strength and made one last attempt to persuade them: "Are you three really not going to reconsider? The most correct and valuable thing to do is for you to stay alive."

During this time, Li Zheng had lost count of how many Twisted Magic Crystals he had collected; he only knew that five of his twelve-layer capsules were full.

Two of the layers are made of near-purple-grade magic crystals, with blood lines mixed in.

The remaining three layers are all genuine purple-grade magic crystals, with 10% more energy than quasi-purple-grade ones.

If the three of you are willing to abandon your previous ideas, I can come over every now and then to help you delve deeper into the realm of sin and seize benefits that others wouldn't even dare to dream of.

"Hahaha, we understand what you mean." The Black Dragon Ancestor laughed loudly, "But we still stand by what we said: we bear sins, and only by cleansing ourselves of these sins can we find peace."

"We have survived for thousands of years, and accomplished nothing for thousands of years. Now we are finally liberated and can stop working so hard." The gray-haired woman stood on the head of the Black Dragon Ancestor, her clothes, which concealed her face, fluttered in the wind.

“Moreover…” the vampire queen said, “we also have some ideas that need to be tested. If successful, perhaps the battle lines of these twisted monsters will be forced further away in the future, and the safe zone will be extended.”

Suddenly, a gluttonous beast seized the opportunity to break through the Black Dragon Ancestor's defenses, leaped high into the air, opened its blood-red maw, and viciously bit into his wing.

Tear!

A large chunk of flesh was bitten off, and the gluttonous beast chewed it greedily, swallowing the flesh whole.

As pale golden blood sprayed out, the surrounding gluttonous beasts, smelling the blood, suddenly became even more ferocious, their attacks becoming much more intense, as if they wouldn't stop until they had completely devoured the Black Dragon Ancestor and the others.

The Black Dragon Ancestor, writhing in pain and fury, opened his massive maw and bit the gluttonous beast in two. Spitting out the half-dead beast, he seemed to have aged hundreds of years in an instant: "Alas, useless now."

The gray-haired woman jumped down from his head, shielding him from several ravenous beasts and relieving him of the pressure.

The Black Dragon Ancestor took a moment to say to Li Zheng, "The agreement between the Destruction Clan and that person is different from ours. If you have time, you can go and take a look at the Destruction Clan's territory." He then gave a string of wilderness numbers, which indicated the location of the Destruction Clan's territory.

The vampire queen instructed, "Take good care of Fenglai for me. She's just spoiled, but she's not a bad person at heart. I believe she will grow up. I hope you can be more patient with her."

Even with the three of them working together, they were frequently injured. They had been fighting for a long time, and their physical strength and energy were severely depleted.

Li Zheng gritted his teeth, but ultimately respected the three's choice. He withdrew the mental energy that had been covering them, turned around, spread his Demonic Thunder Wings, and flew away quickly.

For some reason, he felt a heavy weight pressing on his chest.

A clear dragon's roar sounded behind him, accompanied by a high-frequency sound wave that Li Zheng could sense but could not hear.

"I offer my lifelong faith as a sacrifice, wishing to remain here for eternity, to create a pure land for those who come after!"

Three different voices uttered these words in unison.

Li Zheng looked back and saw that the place where the three leaders, who had been submerged by the Gluttonous Beast, were located suddenly shone brightly.

The light was initially pale gold, then instantly transformed into red, black, and gray, which echoed each other, forming a three-colored area of ​​about ten kilometers.

The moment the three-colored zone formed, the gluttonous beasts that had pounced on them and greedily tore and devoured their bodies seemed to be suddenly struck by a tremendous force, sending them flying into the sky.

Within the three-colored area stood three mangled corpses, but the surface of the corpses shimmered with light, eventually forming phantom images identical to the three figures in life, which rushed out and continued to fight the gluttonous beasts.

"We made it!"

Although Li Zheng did not hear anyone speaking, he suddenly had the illusion that he was hearing the three former leaders speaking.

"Is this what you're trying to do?" Li Zheng continued his speed, and at this moment, some Gluttonous Beasts had bypassed the three-colored area and were chasing after him.

"So your real purpose was to come here and replicate the practices of the Celestial Dragon Clan..."

Li Zheng felt a mix of emotions. If more people followed in their footsteps and did the same thing, they could indeed leave behind more safe zones similar to the Golden Light Zone of the Heavenly Dragon Clan in the Sin Domain.

Can……

Thinking about the current state of the outer city and the wilderness, Li Zheng couldn't help but feel pessimistic.

Unlike the fighting spirit he felt from the Tianlong Clan before, what Li Zheng felt this time in the three-colored area formed by the three leaders was a spirit of selfless dedication!

For their people, for all races, for the outer city, for the matrix, for everything and everyone worthy of their protection.

A selfless spirit of being willing to dedicate and sacrifice everything!

This is a spirit worthy of praise and celebration!
"Sigh..." Li Zheng sighed inwardly, then flew with his head down, covering more than a hundred kilometers in one go, and the golden region of the Tianlong Clan appeared before him.

But in the end, only he came back.

And there was also a horde of gluttonous behemoths chasing after them.

He channeled his inner energy and sent a signal to the Golden Light region, his voice resounding in everyone's ears: "Prepare for battle! Sing the war song!"

At this moment, he needs the help of the Celestial Dragon Clan to repel the Gluttonous Beast Tide that is following behind him.

In the golden light zone, someone spotted Li Zheng flying back and exclaimed, "He's back!"

Upon seeing the countless twisted creatures chasing after him, he cried out in horror, "He also brought back a large group of purple-level twisted creatures!"

He'll get us killed!

"Everyone, run away!"

To Li Zheng's surprise, most of the people in the Gluttony Sin Domain were not even as good as those in the Fourth Sin Domain.

Surprisingly, most of the people immediately fled to the rear, wanting to leave this place of trouble.

Only a small number of people, either with ulterior motives or burning with fighting spirit, remained.

"Prepare for war! Sing the war song!"

Li Zheng's voice resonated in their ears, and someone immediately responded by singing the unique war song of the Tianlong clan, which evoked a response from the golden light zone of the Tianlong clan.

The battle song resounded throughout the golden area, and the fighting spirit of one after another of the Heavenly Dragon Clan members was awakened, emerging from the golden light.

Their eyes were resolute, their hands gripping various tattered weapons, as they stared at the oncoming horde of beasts without fear.

"Celestial Dragons, meet the enemy with me!"

A spirit form of a Celestial Dragon who appeared significantly older stepped forward from the crowd, raising his spear high as he walked out of the golden light zone.

"kill!"

The fighting spirit of all the Celestial Dragons responded with a thunderous roar, their battle cries shaking the heavens.

Those who stayed behind with ulterior motives were overjoyed, believing that as long as they remained in the Golden Light Zone, they would surely reap a batch of magic crystals for free after the battle!
Xiaoying pointed in the direction Li Zhengfei came from and called out, "Daddy, Daddy's back!"

The Red Pollys echoed her: "Polly!"

As the beast tide drew ever closer to Li Zheng, Miriel's heart clenched: "The twisted magic crystal he brought back last time, he must have gotten it this way, right?"

Too dangerous!

Li Zheng felt sore all over. His genetic energy had been drained several times by the Thunder Wings. He could only use his mental energy to stimulate his body cells and produce genetic energy at an overload to keep flying such a long distance.

Fortunately, he trained at the Gravity Research Institute for some time, which made each of his cells much stronger than before, and he produced more genetic force than before.

Otherwise, he might not have been able to hold out until he flew back to the Golden Light Zone.

Li Zheng dared not look back any further, fearing it would affect his speed. The fighting spirit of the Tianlong Clan had already emerged, and he was getting closer and closer to the safe zone.

Finally, before his last bit of spiritual energy was drained, he was thrown from a height of thirty meters into the golden light zone by inertia, crashed to the ground and rolled more than ten times before stopping at the feet of a Celestial Dragon's corpse.

He flipped himself up, immediately took out the Black Dragon Spear from the capsule, and returned to the edge of the Golden Light Zone.

Miriel stopped him: "Where are you going?"

Li Zhengjian declared firmly, "I will fight alongside them!"

(End of this chapter)