Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 494 A Minor Accident (Third Update)

"let's start."

After Rean gave the order, the druids began to harness the power of the "ley lines," directing life force towards a planned "monster hatching zone."

In Rean's view, the ley lines of this underground ruin are hardly normal.
"This feeling of energy flow is more like that of a living thing; it's as if my whole being has been swallowed by a foreign object."

The veins of energy, or the pulse of life, are being pumped into a round rock piled up in the soil at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The life force gathered at a visible speed, and the rock gradually turned into a tumor.

While others marveled at the miracle of life, Rean felt unwell, severely unwell.

"It's like a monster disguised as an inanimate object, revealing its flesh and blood inside. Can the entire underground ruins be considered part of the beast's body? Can only a monster hatch another monster and forcibly exploit its instincts?"

In the history of the widespread use of snakes, beasts are great beings who carved out their own blood to create herds of beasts.

One of them eventually branched out into countless groups, leading to the later era of beastmen. It can be said that the origin of all individuals can be traced back to this one and only great being.

So perhaps these seals on the beasts are meant to bind them, exploit their instincts, and force them to constantly "give birth," thereby weakening their survival instincts.
"The seal on the cheat has become part of its body. Will destroying these ruins harm it?"

Rean thought about it and realized it might actually be true.

However, considering its almost limitless vitality, it might be able to replenish its blood with just one breath, and the broken seal would give it more opportunities to escape.

The underground ruins constantly forced it to split into sub-bodies, preventing it from accumulating enough power to escape.

Logically, the separated animals should all be "deer". But if that were the case, their offspring would have already helped them escape their predicament.

It seems that its power was borrowed, but its "genes" were denied.

This is clearly the result of those divine seals; has it been the introduction of an alternative gene pool?

What is this, surrogacy?
"Uh, thinking about it this way, could the entire underground ruins be an external artificial womb? Forget it, don't even think about it, it's really disgusting."

Especially when he was in the middle of it all, stepping on what appeared to be internal organs disguised as the ground, Rean felt increasingly uneasy.

"So, if the underground ruins can be considered as a living thing, or even as part of a beast, could Wu's abilities completely kill it?"

Rean fell silent; theoretically, it seemed to be possible.

If you connect your life to this underground ruin, become the subject of this ruin, and then guide it to death, self-destruction is inevitable.

But from another perspective, perhaps we can also kill this cheat system and directly liberate the beast.

"Let's stop here. Ability is one thing, effort is another, and it's certainly not something I can do in the short term."

At that moment, Rean subconsciously looked at the few monk candidates.

This power may indeed be too dangerous, and we must be more cautious in our choices.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening cannon-like bang startled Rean awake.

The earth was trembling, as if something was awakening. Rean noticed the people around him, but they were still going about their business, seemingly oblivious to everything.

"Boom!"

This time, my heart was pounding even harder, seemingly right beneath my feet, but those around me seemed oblivious.

"turn out to be."

Rean touched his chest and realized that the one beating in resonance was actually his own heart.

The dragon is reviving.

It seemed to be telling itself something.

"Boom!"

This time, the others finally felt it; the bulging tumor began to rupture.

The filthy black mud and flesh turned into a rain of filth, but in this putrid, dark incubation pool, something clean appeared.

That was a ray of light.

Unlike the transparent dragons recorded in the annals, the newly hatched crystal dragons are pure white.

A pure and holy thing, yet born from the mud, the moment its snow-white dragon claws emerged, it absorbed all the light around it.

The giant dragon slowly crawled out of the swamp.

As it basked in the "sunlight," the light dissipated once more. The pure white dragon gradually became transparent, and its triangular, translucent head was gradually covered with crystal chips, as if it were wearing a crystal crown.

This seems to be a giant dragon with intelligence?

"Ouch!"

The next moment, the newborn's first dragon roar echoed throughout the entire world.

Rean, who was fluent in languages, only heard the murky instincts within.

Meaningless, devoid of anger or joy, merely howling.
"Avoid it!"

The dragon instinctively launched an attack.

The scattered crystal needles became the first wave of attacks.

White crystals tinged with pink emanated from the center of a dragon that was only half visible, scattering outwards.

However, this first wave of attacks, which should have been effective, was blocked by tower shields. Knowing the Crystal Dragon's innate abilities, how could they not have been prepared?

The dragon was still struggling, trying to get out of the pit and pull its lower body out, but Rean and his group had already launched an attack.

Why wait for the BOSS to appear before attacking? You should take advantage of the opponent's slump and strike hard when they're down.

Only one claw and one head were pulled out, making it the perfect stationary target.

One spear after another was launched by the soldiers.

The gleaming spearheads, some covered in corrosion and others pierced by armor, erupted at the moment of impact.

They inflicted wounds on the newborn crystal dragon at the closest possible distance.

Newborn crystal dragons lack defensive capabilities; with only a head and half a body, they have no way to dodge.

Even steel spears can only leave scratches, but the "curse" attached to them effectively begins to seep in.

"Awoooooo!"

The dragon was threatened, but its lower body was stuck in the mud, leaving it only able to passively take the beating.

It seems like it can be solved very easily?
Even the strongest monster is vulnerable at birth.

In mid-air, the little mirror spirits were spreading this scene, and through the leaps of the mirror spirits, it reached the audience in the square.

They were amazed by the beauty of the rare crystal dragon, and also marveled that it had actually come into being.

When this scene was broadcast, and the possibility of mass-producing true dragons was verified, even though the price paid was extremely outrageous, it still verified this possibility.

More and more chips are appearing on the Crystal Dragon's body, and it is gradually "coming of age".

Those armor-like plates draped over the dragon's neck and head, like necklaces or other ornaments.

It is becoming more and more beautiful, but it is also accumulating more and more scars.

The Corruption enchantment will make its scales increasingly brittle, while the Armor-Piercing Curse will leave it with cracks.

The dragon hunters didn't try to achieve a direct kill, as that was unrealistic. However, the accumulated negative status effects should gradually weaken their strongest defenses, turning them into "dangerous structures."

Perhaps this kind of massacre will become the easiest dragon-slaying feat in history.

"Ouch!"

But the sudden dragon roar startled everyone.

Another crystal dragon head emerged from the mud.

Are they double-yolk eggs? Two eggs hatched from just one batch of materials.
"No, it's a two-headed dragon? A hybrid dragon!"

After the dragon head emerged from the same body, a burst of blazing dragon breath instantly turned the mud covering its "brother" into loose soil, causing it to crumble piece by piece.

The two dragon heads cooperated, and in just a moment, they freed the strange crystal dragon from its restraints.

The two dragon heads glared at the surrounding life, at the little people who were throwing small spears.

When life senses a threat, it doesn't need much intelligence to know that it must hunt down the threats around it.

"Prepare for war!"

The dragon-hunting team will face it head-on.

(End of this chapter)