The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

The elderly man with gray hair was staring at the huge crystal container with an almost manic look.

"Almost there! We're almost there!"

"The Dragon Vein Heart will be fully activated soon! At that time, my Dragon Guard will be able to mass-produce super soldiers who surpass Grandmasters!"

"We are the future of this country!"

He didn't notice that the elevator doors behind him had already opened.

They didn't even notice the man who walked in.

Jiang Chen's gaze passed over the mad old man and landed on the huge stone door engraved with golden runes.

A rich, palpable sense of life permeated the cracks in the door.

That aura caused the remnant soul of the true dragon within his body to let out an excited hiss.

"Doctor! There's someone behind us!"

The two assistants beside the old man finally noticed Jiang Chen and let out a terrified scream.

The elderly man, referred to as the Doctor, suddenly turned around.

When he saw Jiang Chen's blood-stained body and those inhuman dark golden eyes, his face turned deathly pale.

"It's you... How could you possibly have barged in here!"

He roared, one hand already reaching for a red button on the control panel.

That's a self-destruct device.

Jiang Chen did not give him a chance to press the button.

He simply raised his hand and, from a distance of several dozen meters, made a grasping motion in the air towards the old man.

boom!

The old man's body, along with his two assistants, resembled three water balloons bursting under an invisible force.

Blood, flesh, and bone fragments covered the entire control panel.

Jiang-Chen walked to the stone gate.

He reached out and placed his hand on the cold, rune-covered door panel.

He released a small amount of the true energy from the "Formless Technique" within his body.

Boom!

The stone gate, several meters thick and strong enough to withstand heavy artillery fire, was suddenly blown open inwards.

A milky white halo burst forth from behind the door, illuminating the entire underground space as bright as day.

Behind the door was a huge cave.

In the center of the cave is a pool with a diameter of more than ten meters.

The pool was filled with a milky white liquid that emitted a misty vapor.

That's not water.

That was the essence of life, purified to the extreme.

"The essence of life, spring water..."

Jiang Chen muttered to himself.

He remembered what his three masters had once said.

"Chen'er, although you have recovered part of your true dragon destiny that was taken from you, it is ultimately a tree without roots."

"To completely integrate it with your soul, you need a massive amount of life essence as a binder."

Jiang Chen smiled.

He never expected that Long Wei would have prepared such a generous gift for him.

He could even smell the aura of various exotic beasts and individuals with special physiques mixed in with this pool of essence.

Over the past hundred years, the Dragon Guard has committed countless sins, accumulating this pool of sinful essence.

The remnant soul of the true dragon within his body could no longer contain itself and unleashed an unprecedented desire.

Jiang Chen no longer hesitated.

He leaped into the pool.

"Gurgle..."

The scalding, viscous essence of life instantly enveloped him.

Countless streams of pure energy surged wildly into his limbs and bones through every pore of his body.

Every cell is cheering.

Every inch of the meridians is being widened.

Within his dantian, the previously somewhat illusory dark golden dragon shadow now resembled a ferocious beast that had been starving for a thousand years, opening its massive maw and frantically devouring this enormous energy.

Dragon Shadow's body began to solidify at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The illusory outline sprouted real flesh and blood.

On its smooth head, majestic dragon horns sprouted.

Golden dragon scales, shimmering with the patterns of the Great Dao, emerged from beneath his skin and covered his entire body.

Jiang Chen's soul began to deeply merge with this growing true dragon.

strength!

Unprecedented power!

But this force came too fast and too fiercely.

Click... Click...

Fine cracks began to appear on Jiang Chen's body.

The blood, the moment it seeped out, was evaporated by the scalding essence of life.

This demonstrates that his mortal body is unable to bear the power of this true dragon.

The intense pain nearly tore his consciousness apart.

Jiang Chen bit his tongue hard, forcing himself to stay awake.

"My body...isn't strong enough!"

He roared and pushed the "Formless Technique" to its limit.

Destruction precedes construction!

The shattered bones were forcibly reassembled under the nourishment of life essence.

The newly formed bones had a faint, noble dark gold color.

His meridians, his flesh and blood, and his internal organs are all undergoing a tremendous transformation.

Just now.

Above the headquarters of the Dragon Guard in the capital city.

The pitch-black night sky was suddenly torn open with a huge gash.

A thick golden beam of light shot up from the ground, piercing through the heavens and the earth, reaching straight into the clouds.

Within the pillar of light.

A gigantic golden dragon phantom, hundreds of feet long and exuding extreme majesty, spiraled upwards, roaring towards the sky.

"roar--"

The sound was not loud.

Yet it clearly spread to every corner of the capital, shaking the very soul of everyone.

The capital city, the Western Hills.

The old Taoist priest, who was meditating, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body trembled like a leaf.

South of the city, underground base.

Captain "Hungry Wolf," who was deploying the mission, suddenly collapsed to his knees, unable to stand up.

Countless martial artists, mercenaries, and assassins were heading towards Chun Ya Xuan...

At this moment, it doesn't matter where they are or how high or low their cultivation level is.

They all felt a chill that came from their blood and from the deepest part of their souls.

That was an absolute suppression at the level of life itself.

They couldn't even muster the slightest thought of resistance.

His body, uncontrollably, knelt down in the direction of the Dragon Guard headquarters.

Five-body cast.

"Oh my god..."

"What is that?"

Inside the Tianque Clubhouse.

The surviving heads of wealthy families looked through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the golden dragon circling and roaring in the sky. The wine glasses in their hands fell to the ground and shattered.

In their eyes and on their faces, there was only endless fear and despair.

"Dragon...a true dragon has descended upon the world..."

The head of the Wang family slumped to the ground, muttering to himself, his crotch damp and hot.

……

In the underground chamber.

The pool water level dropped at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Finally, it dried up completely.

Bottom of the pool.

Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes.

His dark eyes had completely disappeared.

Instead, there was a pair of dignified, indifferent, dark gold vertical pupils.

He slowly stood up.

The cracks on his body had long since healed.

The newly formed skin is smooth as jade, shimmering with a faint, precious glow.

He could feel the Immortal-Slaying Curse within him, a curse that had plagued him for five years like a leech.

At this moment, only the last thin layer remains.

It could collapse completely at any time.

Jiang Chen slowly clenched his fist.

Feeling the terrifying power surging within him like a raging river, as if a single punch could shatter this world.

He is satisfied.

however.

Just as he was immersed in this newfound power.

The space behind him was completely still, without a single ripple or sign.

Silently, a pitch-black crack appeared.

A pale, slender hand, devoid of any earthly warmth, reached out from the crack.

That hand was pressed against Jiang Chen's back.

It's almost at its limit.

It was also extremely quiet.

In that hand, there was also an ancient-looking, jet-black dagger.

Two twisted ancient characters were engraved on the blade of the dagger.

Heavenly secrets.