Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 420 Ancestor of the Dragon

After turning back to his room and giving Ma Xiaotao some instructions, the three of them traveled through space and left the palace.

Almost in the blink of an eye, when Huo Yuhao emerged from the spatial rift, he had arrived at a secluded place filled with purple energy.

As soon as he landed, he felt a faint burning sensation on his skin. Huo Yuhao knew that it was the destructive power emanating from the air corroding his skin.

Fortunately, the concentration of these destructive forces was relatively low, and apart from causing some minor pain, they did not cause much damage to his body.

"It's truly unexpected that such a peculiar place exists in this lower realm. If it weren't for the slightly different aura, I would have thought that Destruction had once unleashed divine punishment here."

Rong Nianbing, who was standing to the side, was also attracted by the scene in front of him. While marveling at it, he seemed to realize something and subconsciously looked at Huo Yuhao.

When he saw that this kid was actually standing in this energy field without being affected at all, despite not being at the god level, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

"Now I truly believe that you personally killed Tang San's wisp of divine soul and the God of Food. With your physical abilities, you probably surpass the vast majority of gods in the God Realm. It's unimaginable, considering your cultivation level was so weak."

Although he came to Huo Yuhao because of those rumors, he still harbored some doubts because he had never witnessed Huo Yuhao's strength firsthand.

But seeing Huo Yuhao's relaxed appearance now, his doubts were finally dispelled.

I have no idea how this kid cultivated; it's so exaggerated.

"Now that you two have come all this way, you should know what's ahead, right?"

"The remains of the progenitor of the dragons."

".?"

Rong Nianbing was stunned for a moment. After a while, he finally came to his senses and couldn't help but swallow. He asked in a somewhat dry voice.

"Don't tell me that this progenitor of dragons is the legendary being who lived alongside the dragon god."

"That's him."

Huo Yuhao nodded, responding to Rong Nianbing while carefully observing the surrounding environment.

Before him lay a long, narrow passageway that stretched endlessly downwards.

The passage was about ten meters wide, with steep cliffs on both sides. Looking up, although the view was also obscured by the purple energy, the part that Huo Yuhao could clearly see was already more than two thousand meters high.

Judging from their appearance, the three of them were in a valley in the center of the mountain range.

As Huo Yuhao pondered silently, a thunderous boom suddenly reached his ears.

The sound seemed to come from the end of the passage ahead, deafening, causing the cliffs on both sides to tremble slightly as if an earthquake had struck, and countless small stones fell down in a rustling sound.

After a brief silence, Rong Nianbing couldn't help but sigh softly.

"To be honest, I've been to quite a few lower realms, but I've never seen any other plane as exaggerated as yours."

"Ten thousand years ago, this plane already had three first-level gods and the divine succession of a god-king. Now, even the ancestor of the sub-dragons has emerged. If a dragon god's succession were to appear one day, I wouldn't be surprised."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's lips twitched involuntarily.

Sorry, but the Dragon God's legacy really does exist!

Moreover, not only is there a legacy, but the dragon god's half-body is right in front of you!

However, Rong Nianbing did not notice Huo Yuhao's strange expression, but instead looked at the canyon in front of her.

"Judging from this, the progenitor of the dragons is just ahead?"

"right."

Huo Yuhao nodded: "We should get going."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a warm touch on his palm. Without even turning his head to look, Huo Yuhao knew that it was Gu Yuena who had taken his hand.

And so, to Rong Nianbing's astonishment, the two walked hand in hand, leisurely as if on a date.

Wow, I never thought I'd be the one getting a dose of PDA.

Raising her hand to scratch her hair, Rong Nianbing couldn't help but smile wryly and quickly followed after him.

Led by Gu Yuena, the three of them moved at a moderate pace, allowing Huo Yuhao to clearly sense the increasing intensity of the surrounding destructive power as they ventured deeper into the area.

After walking for several minutes, the burning sensation on their skin had quietly reached a point where even the gods would find it unbearable.

Subconsciously glancing at Gu Yuena beside him, Huo Yuhao silently activated the domain skill of his torso bone: Eternal Freeze Domain.

In an instant, a bone-chilling cold spread out from him. Under the control of that terrifying extreme ice, this cold not only kept the destructive power out but also did not allow Gu Yuena and Rong Nianbing to be touched in the slightest.

Sensing the change in pressure, Gu Yuena blinked and subtly moved closer to him.

"What, now that you're stronger, you want to protect me like a baby?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao released his clasped hands, put his arm around the girl's slender waist, and asked in a low voice.

"Is that not allowed?"

"I'm not as fragile as you think."

Although she didn't answer his question directly, Gu Yuena still followed the force coming from her waist and moved even closer to him.

"But I don't dislike it either."

Huo Yuhao smiled and was about to say something when Rong Nianbing's annoyed voice came from behind him.

"You two, that's enough! Holding hands was one thing, but now you're practically glued to each other. Are you going to give me a princess carry later?"

But as he continued talking, he realized something was wrong.

"Your ice attribute seems to be quite formidable."

Rong Nianbing felt like she was becoming numb.

Even though he was most proficient in ice and fire attributes, he felt strangely suppressed by the cold aura emanating from Huo Yuhao.

Where did this kid get his ice attribute? Did he get it from this dimension too?!

Just how many good things does this place have?

As he was mentally complaining, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that the two people in front of him had stopped. He subconsciously looked up and was startled by the sudden open view before him.

As Gu Yuena announced, "We've arrived," a breathtaking scene unfolded before Huo Yuhao and Rong Nianbing's eyes.

It was a huge, deep pit where the other side was nowhere in sight, as if it were a gateway to hell.

The purple energy, even more intense than when they passed through the canyon, obscured their vision, allowing them to only vaguely glimpse a dragon-shaped skeleton, as large as a mountain and seemingly made entirely of purple crystal, situated in the center of the pit.

Before arriving here, Huo Yuhao had always thought that Di Tian's body, which was several thousand meters long, was already quite awe-inspiring.

However, compared to the skeleton in the distance, the two are completely insignificant. It is no exaggeration to say that if flesh and blood could grow back, the owner of that skeleton would probably be able to rival Di Tian with just one hind leg.

His enormous size, spanning tens of thousands of meters, was visually striking simply by his presence, not to mention the way he appeared and disappeared under the veil of purple energy, which was simply unbelievably exaggerated.

Just then, a purple arc of electricity as thick as an adult's thigh flashed across the surface of the skeleton, easily piercing through the void and striking the surrounding ground.

However, about half a minute later, the explosion that had already been heard once finally arrived, and the ground began to tremble continuously.

Clearly, this was the truth behind the thunderous sound they had heard in the canyon, and what the Evil Emperor had mentioned before.

The mere ripples of the bones were enough to bring about a catastrophe-like destruction.

"Is this the progenitor of the sub-dragons?"

Huo Yuhao murmured softly. Not only him, but also Xue Di, who was in the state of martial soul fusion skill, or the group of soul spirits in the spiritual space, were shocked to the point of being speechless by the scene in front of them.

But the next second, Rong Nianbing's exclamation drew his attention back.

"What material is the ground beneath those remains made of that could withstand such destructive power?"

Subconsciously casting his gaze to the bottom of the pit, Huo Yuhao noticed that the ground was not made of soil, but rather of large, irregularly shaped crystalline materials, a deep blackish-purple color, like obsidian.

Its texture was so hard that it showed no signs of damage after withstanding the lightning bolt composed of destructive power.

But soon, Gu Yuena's ethereal voice rang in their ears, resolving their confusion.

"If I'm not mistaken, those crystals were originally just ordinary rocks and soil. However, under the erosion of hundreds of thousands of years of destructive forces, they gradually sank and accumulated from a height of thousands of meters, eventually forming this special crystalline mineral."

At this point, she couldn't help but look at Huo Yuhao: "Just like the Ice Extreme God Crystal you obtained, as a product born from the power of destruction, you might be able to utilize them through the Fire Source."

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up, and he nodded.

Putting everything else aside, just based on its terrifying defensive power that can withstand destructive lightning, this unknown crystal is already comparable to top-tier divine rare metals. If its properties could be replicated, his trench coat would be upgraded once again, and its defensive power would be further enhanced.

Of course, what surprised Huo Yuhao the most was the quantity of these unknown crystals.

According to Gu Yuena, the bottom of that bottomless pit was entirely made of this thing, and its area alone was an astronomical figure, not to mention its thickness.

Unlike the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal in his previous life, which was only enough to forge two sets of armor, if he could absorb all the crystals here, he could even achieve the so-called freedom of divine-level rare metals.

While mass-producing the Gold of Life might be an exaggeration, divine metals like Blood Soul Crystals and Ice Extreme God Crystals can undoubtedly be produced in any quantity one desires.

Thinking of this, even with Huo Yuhao's temperament, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

This is the right place we came from!

Fortunately, he was not blinded by joy. Recalling what Gu Yuena had said about the state of the progenitor of dragons, he couldn't help but turn his gaze to the huge remains.

The dragon's head, resembling a mountain range, had long since decayed under the erosion of time, losing all flesh and blood, leaving only an empty skeleton and two eye sockets that burned with purple flames like the sun.

Soon, Huo Yuhao noticed something was wrong.

Just as Gu Yuena said, he did indeed sense an extremely faint aura of divine soul from this big guy.

Although this guy is still alive, his soul can probably only retain a little bit of his consciousness, not enough for him to control his body like Ning Rongrong. In fact, to some extent, his condition is even worse than Bibi Dong, who can only reside in a divine artifact.

Seemingly noticing Huo Yuhao's gaze, Gu Yuena spoke softly to explain.

"The ancestor of the dragons died at the hands of the dragon god, and his remaining condition was much worse than Ning Rongrong's. In fact, if it weren't for his strong willpower, he probably wouldn't have been able to survive even this wisp of his soul."

"Furthermore, he wields extremely destructive destructive power. Now that he has lost control, this power can even turn around and harm his soul. So rather than saying that a wisp of his soul remains in his body, it is more accurate to say that he is imprisoned by the destructive power that originally belonged to him, unable to live or die."

Huo Yuhao remained silent.

In a daze, he finally understood the fate of the progenitor of dragons.

For him, the body that had lost control was no longer a refuge for his soul, but a prison filled with pain. The destructive power contained within his body formed an airtight cage, tormenting the soul trapped within it day and night.

For thousands, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years, the endless suffering relentlessly eroded his will, leaving only numb despair.

After a period of silence, Gu Yuena spoke again.

"To be honest, under these circumstances, even if your physical abilities have recently improved significantly, I would not recommend that you try to acquire his power."

"After all, you've seen the situation. After being tormented by the power of destruction for so long, it's hard to say whether his remaining soul still has any self-awareness. He's definitely going insane and collapsing. If you're not careful and get stimulated during this process, causing the power of destruction to go berserk, you could be reduced to ashes if you get close."

"But you still brought me here, didn't you?"

However, Huo Yuhao seemed oblivious to the danger lurking within, grinning and saying, "You know I'm not someone who gives up so easily."

"I brought you here because I didn't want to deceive you with any other reason. I'm giving you the choice, but that doesn't mean I want you to go there."

Gu Yuena pursed her lips and unconsciously tightened her grip on Huo Yuhao's hand.

"Do you really have to go?"

"...I don't know if you've ever heard the saying, 'Since you're here, you should take something with you.'"

Gently squeezing Gu Yuena's hand, Huo Yuhao returned a comforting smile: "I'm a very greedy person. This is an opportunity that can't be missed. I have to try it no matter what."

Gu Yuena paused, then slowly released her grip, while Rong Nianbing beside her couldn't help but frown.

"Are you really going? The power of destruction is different from ordinary elemental attributes. This thing is extremely destructive to the life force in the body, especially the power left behind by a top god-king like the Ancestor of the Dragons. Even after so many years, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse."

"While your physical attributes may rival those of a god, they are nothing special among first-level gods. Conversely, even in the entire divine realm, few gods can withstand the power of the Ancestor of Dragons. The two are simply incomparable."

Looking at Huo Yuhao, who seemed to have made a decision and whose gaze was resolute, he spoke with unprecedented seriousness.

"You will die."

"But it's not impossible to succeed, is it?"

Huo Yuhao remained calm and asked in return, "Besides, does it mean things will get better if I do nothing?"

Rong Nianbing's breath hitched as she suddenly recalled the grudge between the other party and Tang San.

"You don't need to worry about Tang San's revenge. As long as I report what happened here back, he will be convicted by the God Realm Committee and imprisoned. With your talent, you will have a good chance to surpass him when you ascend to the God Realm in the future. There's no need to rush."

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and his mind began to wander.

Yup!

Haven't I always wanted to find an heir?

Isn't this kid a perfect fit for the criteria?

However, Huo Yuhao simply shook his head, his voice resolute.

"You don't understand Tang San, or rather, when you try to defeat Tang San by relying on those unrestrained rules, you already have no chance of defeating him."

"Furthermore, even if we take a step back, is Tang San really my only enemy? Once he's imprisoned, will I be truly safe?"

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Rong Nianbing had no rebuttal.

As Huo Yuhao said, the reason why the God of Destruction was at odds with Tang San was because he wanted to take his place. If he had just taken down Tang San, and then Huo Yuhao, whose talent and potential were even more exaggerated, came along, then all his efforts would have been meaningless.

So even if the God of Destruction doesn't completely break ties with Huo Yuhao in the future, he will definitely continue to suppress him on a daily basis.

From the very beginning, Huo Yuhao had no way out.

P.S.: I've been too busy these past few days, so there's only one chapter today. Sorry.

(End of this chapter)