The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

The air inside the stone house was like solidified cement, so heavy it was suffocating.

The stone bed, originally carved from a single piece of cold jade, had turned into a pile of pale white powder, with most of Jiang Chen's body embedded in it. His exposed skin had an eerie, morbid gray color, like an old newspaper that had been stored away for a long time.

The black runes came to life.

They resembled tiny, living venomous snakes, frantically climbing upwards along Jiang Chen's neck. With each wriggling movement of the black veins, the ashen look on Jiang Chen's face deepened.

"It's still going up."

Shen Suxin knelt in the dust, her fingertips resting on Jiang Chen's carotid artery. Her hand was steady, but her nails had dug deeply into the flesh of her palm.

"It's already past the collarbone; another half inch and it will rush into the sea of ​​consciousness."

Xiao Ruoye knelt to the side, her right hand tightly supporting Jiang Chen's back.

The heat emanating from his palm was astonishing; it was the true dragon bloodline within Jiang Chen making its final stand, attempting to burn away the invading runes.

"We must leave immediately."

Junyao stood at the door, her purple eyes fixed on the jungle outside the stone house.

"That old bastard just used a communication talisman."

She turned her head, tilted her head, and glanced at Jiang Chen on the ground. Her voice was devoid of any emotion: "The Dragon Guards will be here soon. If you don't want him to become a real corpse, you have to set off now."

Xiao Ruoye gritted her teeth, reached out to grab Jiang Chen's arm, and prepared to forcibly carry him on her back.

The moment her fingers touched Jiang Chen's shoulder.

"Buzz!"

An extremely domineering wave of energy exploded out of Jiang Chen's body without warning.

Xiao Ruoye and Shen Suxin were thrown backward several meters by the force until their backs slammed heavily against the stone wall before they stopped.

Dust rose from the ground like a fountain.

In the center of the dust, the man who had been on the verge of death slowly sat up.

Jiang Chen opened his eyes.

There was no trace of turbidity or confusion in those eyes; deep within the pupils burned two dark golden flames, frighteningly bright.

"Jiang Chen!" Xiao Ruoye exclaimed and was about to rush over.

Jiang Chen raised one hand and pressed down lightly with his palm facing down.

"Don't come any closer."

His voice was hoarse and rough, like two rusty pieces of iron rubbing together violently.

With this press, the doors and windows of the entire stone house shattered instantly. Countless rubble did not fall to the ground, but instead defied gravity and floated in the air, quickly piecing together an airtight stone wall that completely sealed the stone house.

This is a divine thought blockade.

It was a minute of lucidity he gained by exhausting his last bit of life force.

"Listen, I don't have time for nonsense."

Jiang Chen's chest heaved violently, each breath accompanied by a wheezing sound from his throat.

He raised his hand and touched the center of his forehead, then flicked his fingers repeatedly.

Three dark golden beams shot out and instantly disappeared into the brows of Xiao Ruoye, Shen Suxin, and Jun Yao.

Without asking or explaining, the information was forcefully forced in.

A thunderous sound exploded in the minds of the three.

A vast and complex diagram of the underground palace slowly unfolded in their minds. It wasn't a map, but a direct sharing of perspectives, as if they had personally walked every inch of that land.

That is the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons.

"The woman in the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons is named Nalanjia."

Jiang Chen coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with black clots, speaking rapidly: "She's not some kind of witch, nor is she a madwoman. She was born with both light and darkness within her, two completely opposite forces, holy light and darkness, battling each other within her."

Shen Suxin's pupils contracted sharply: "Light and darkness combined... how could someone with this constitution possibly survive?"

"So she sealed herself in the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons, using the millennia-old poisonous miasma there to suppress the light within her body."

Jiang Chen braced himself against the ground, his knuckles turning white from the force: "Those so-called purifying white lights are her out-of-control holy light power. It's a domain, but also a dead end. Anything carrying evil intentions or poison that gets close will be instantly decomposed into atoms."

He looked at Junyao: "Your Gu worms can't get in; they'll die if they do."

He then looked at Shen Suxin: "Your poison can't get in either; that's the best fuel for the holy light."

"What should we do then?" Xiao Ruoye asked urgently, "Force our way in?"

"Trying to break through is suicide."

Jiang Chen suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiao Ruoye's wrist.

His strength was astonishing; his fingernails almost dug into Xiao Ruoye's flesh.

"The only key is with me."

Jiang Chen opened his mouth, pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth, and forcibly expelled a drop of his heart's essence.

This drop of blood was not red, but pure gold, radiating a chilling aura of oppression.

He pointed his fingers like a knife, dipped them in the drop of golden blood, and swiftly drew a twisted and ancient rune in Xiao Ruoye's palm.

"hiss--"

A searing pain, like being burned by a hot iron, shot through Xiao Ruoye's palm. Her brows furrowed, but she didn't utter a sound.

The moment the crimson rune was drawn, it seemed to come alive, burrowing into her skin and transforming into a small, swimming golden dragon.

"This is the Dragon Soul Guide."

After Jiang Chen finished the last stroke, he felt as if his spine had been removed, and he fell heavily backward.

But his hand still gripped Xiao Ruoye tightly, his nails digging in very hard.

"If you encounter white light... use this hand to clear the way."

"That's the aura of a true dragon... the dark power within Narancia... I fear this aura..."

Jiang Chen's voice grew softer and softer, and the dark golden flames in his eyes began to flicker violently, like a candle burning in the wind.

The black incantation line finally crossed his chin and climbed up his cheek.

"No matter what you see... don't believe her eyes..."

"That is... the abyss..."

The last word fell.

Jiang Chen's hand fell limply to his side, crashing heavily into the dust.

Those dark golden eyes dimmed instantly and then closed.

His skin lost its luster at a visible rate, turning into a lifeless, ashen gray, and even his breathing became extremely faint, almost imperceptible.

The stone house fell into a deathly silence once again.

Only the rubble wall suspended in the air collapsed with a deafening roar, revealing the gloomy sky outside.

"Jiang Chen!"

Xiao Ruoye rushed over and cupped his face in her hands.

It's cold.

It felt like touching a stone that had just been carved out of an ice cellar.

Shen Suxin rushed up and instantly pierced three golden needles into a major acupoint on Jiang Chen's head, but the needle tips stopped trembling and became lifeless.

"He shut down his consciousness."

Shen Suxin pulled out the golden needle, her voice trembling: "This is a state of suspended animation. It's the last line of defense he left for himself. If we can't wake him up within twenty-seven days, this line of defense will become his grave."

Junyao walked to Jiang Chen's side, squatted down, and poked Jiang Chen's ashen cheek with her finger.

"Not completely dead."

She stood up and looked at the venomous insects and snakes that were beginning to stir outside the door.

"The man that old man summoned has arrived."

In the distance, several powerful auras were rapidly approaching from the jungle, causing trees to fall and birds and beasts to take flight in their wake.

Those were powerful members of the Dragon Guard.

And there's more than one.

Xiao Ruoye slowly stood up.

She looked down at her palm.

The golden dragon-shaped rune was faintly visible beneath her skin, radiating a scorching heat that burned all the way down her arm and into her heart.

This is the key that Jiang Chen risked his life for.

"Carry him on your back."

Xiao Ruoye clenched her fist, and the burning sensation instantly erupted, as if she had grasped a ball of raging fire.

She turned around and grabbed the broken half of the knife stuck in the ground.

"Go to the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons."

"Whoever blocks our way, we'll kill them."