He changed Tiwat

Before setting off, he threw a crow's mark at the entrance of the laboratory, but he was wrong again.

Amber clenched her fist with relief: "That means the bad luck is over, and we'll definitely be able to get down the mountain normally today!"

"I'll try again..."

Bennett enthusiastically pulled out the raven seal again.

"Squad leader, please stop your magic..." Han Fulai quickly pressed Bennett down, stopping him from making any more promises.

At this moment, Abedo, expressionless, delivered his pre-arranged lines as planned: "Gentlemen, let's part ways here. Please be careful on your journey, and I wish you a safe descent down the mountain."

Yura pulled Amber aside and carefully explained things to her again, repeatedly reminding her of the traffic safety rule of "better to stop for three minutes than to rush for one second," emphasizing that she must not get into any danger while in a hurry. She then made a promise to Aberdos that she would wait for her to return from his lab the next day, and that the two of them would help Joel find his father together.

After waving goodbye to the two, Han Fulai and the other two stepped into the heart of "Sleeping Dragon Valley".

Just as Abedo had told them, the interior of "Sleeping Dragon Valley" was completely different from the outside world, as if there was an invisible dividing line that separated "Sleeping Dragon Valley" into two sides, inside and outside.

Outside of "Sleeping Dragon Valley" is a blanket of white snow, but inside is a crimson landscape stained with blood. Moreover, just stepping into the valley, one can feel a peculiar atmosphere—an atmosphere that evokes loneliness, solitude, and sorrow.

According to Abedo, this is because the earth's veins here are infused with Dulin's dragon power, as if shrouded in an invisible barrier. All creatures within are affected by Dulin's will before his death, just like the remnants of a demon god.

Along the way, they also saw the dragon's broken bones that Abedo had mentioned—to be honest, describing it as "broken bones" was quite inaccurate, because it was actually a small mountain of bone. Only by standing on the summit of Dragonspine Snow Mountain, "Fendnir Peak," and looking down from above, could one see that the shape of these small mountains was actually a row of broken ribs.

The ribs alone are this long, which gives a glimpse into just how enormous the dragon Durin must be.

After walking for another half hour in the valley, the three arrived at the center of the row of dragon ribs, in front of the underground cave where the dragon's heart was buried.

Chapter 120 The Heart of the Demon Dragon

Han Fulai had seen this cavern, which faintly emitted a red glow, before in the game's storyline.

That was the snow mountain side quest for crafting the "Dragon Spine Spear".

In the game, the Traveler wields Dulin's Dragon Fang and uses Dulin's lifeblood as material to forge a spear in this dungeon—well, just hearing this description makes the Traveler seem more like a wicked, heretical figure who kills to forge weapons…

In real life, Yingmei seems to have done a similar mission for the reward money. It's said that the "Dragon Spine Spear" was later bought for a high price by a very individualistic nun in the Church of the West Wind. Yingmei really works hard to support her family (referring to Paimon, whose food expenses are astonishing).

However, after entering the cave himself, Han Fulai began to admire Yingmei.

This is not a place that ordinary people would dare to enter.

Let alone ordinary adventurers, even Han Fulai, whose current combat power has surpassed Yingmei's, would resolutely refuse to enter this cave if he could.

When Han Fulai was advising Abedo, most of his knowledge of the cave came from information in the game—but the real cave was... well, how should I put it, many times more disgusting than the one in the game.

Yes, disgusting.

The red frozen soil of "Sleeping Dragon Valley" was already eerie enough, but in this cave, all four walls—up, down, left, and right—were completely red. Everywhere you looked was a sea of ​​red, making it feel like stepping into a bloodbath.

What's even more terrifying are the walls of this cavern—completely different from ordinary rocks, these walls are full of strange folds, making you feel like they might move at any moment.

The most disgusting thing is that the ground of this cave... is elastic, and when you step on it, it will leave a slight indentation, which is completely different from the soil or rock texture of other places in the snow mountain.

Although he didn't reach out to touch it, he guessed that the walls around the cave probably felt the same way.

Like meat.

Han Fulai even suspected that they might have entered the body of the demon dragon Dulin, perhaps into its mouth or throat.

This cave truly gives one the illusion of being swallowed by a demonic dragon.

Moreover, the lingering obsession of the demon dragon Dulin is even more pronounced here. The further you go in, the more you can feel the desolation and sorrow—just like the feeling Han Fulai experienced in the Salt Sorrow Spear.

Adventurers with slightly weaker willpower might be corrupted by the strange atmosphere here and have suicidal thoughts.

“You can think of this place as Dulin’s chest cavity. Over the centuries, its body has become one with the snow mountain,” said Abedo, who was leading the way. “Without the protection of the purifying power, anyone who enters here will be corroded by the toxins… well, except for androids like me and that traveler.”

His voice was very low, as if he were afraid of waking the sleeping Dulin.

As Abedo had said before, the dragon's body had merged with the ley lines of the snow mountain, forming a unique internal circulation within it.

The ley lines of the snow-capped mountain suppressed the power of the demonic dragon Dulin, while Dulin's power also attempted to erode the snow-capped mountain. After hundreds of years of mutual resistance, the two merged together like the yin and yang of Tai Chi, each containing the other.

The outward manifestations of this geological mutation are the unique soil color, the mutation of the monsters, and the lingering will of Dulin that they can now sense.

Since this is Dulin's chest cavity, it is naturally the place in the entire "Sleeping Dragon Valley" where Dulin's aura is most concentrated.

In addition to the spiritual erosion, the physical body will also be eroded by the aura of Durin.

The space was filled with the putrid poison left behind by the dragon.

Before entering the cave, Abedo specially used the "Cinnabar Spindle" in his hand to perform a "purification ritual" for Han Fulai and Yura.

On the hilt of this longsword is a petal-shaped gem exactly like the "Yanghua" created by Abedo's "Creation Method: Simulation of Yanghua"—in fact, the stone flowers that Abedo created that could fly into the sky were modeled after the "Yanghua" on this sword.

Abedo had just used the "Yanghua" flower embedded in the hilt of his sword to tap Han Fulai and Yura on the forehead, transferring the power of the sword to them and forming a golden protective film that resembled a jade shield.

To put it more vividly, it's like saying, "Stick your heads out, and I'll give you a buff."

Without this buff, just breathing the air in this cave might drive someone into a frenzy of humic poison.

Aside from Abedo and Abedo, the brothers who share a blood bond with Dulin and are unaffected by the humic poison, perhaps only travelers who can purify the dragon's poisonous blood with their own power can enter and leave this place.

Han Fulai felt that his jade shield might also have a protective effect, but he really didn't want to try it... What if he died after trying it?

The cave wasn't too deep, and soon the group reached the depths of the cave, where the only source of light was located.

Of course, there would be no lights in this place. The red light emanating from the cave came from the deepest part of the cave, which was the heart-shaped object that Han Fulai and his companions were seeing in front of them—the heart of the demonic dragon.

A heart that is still beating.

The heart is about ten meters tall and is encased in a rock-like substance. It is surrounded by thick, red tubular structures—clearly, the dragon's arteries.

The heart, right before their eyes, emitted an eerie red glow, slowly repeating the process of contraction and relaxation, with a heartbeat approximately every five minutes.

Scattered around the heart are "crimson chalcedony," like drops of blood from a dragon's heart.

As planned, Han Fulai and Yura lay in ambush near the heart of the demon dragon, while Abedo began to "purify" the heart.

This underground cave is a dead end after all. If Abe dares to come, then he will never return.

Han Fulai was already prepared. When Abe arrived, he would use his best acting skills to hold Youla back and create an opportunity for Abe to be alone with his brother.

Abedo stood before the dragon's heart, slowly raising his longsword and aiming it at the enormous heart.

Although the longsword in his hand was like a tiny fishbone compared to this enormous heart—but even a fishbone can choke someone.

With a flash of golden light, the "Cinnabar Spindle" pierced through the rock-like keratin layer that enveloped the dragon's heart and penetrated into the heart's muscles.

In an instant, the enormous heart contracted sharply, and then, as if a dying person had been shocked by an external defibrillator, the dragon's heart began to beat wildly.

Everyone present heard the dragon's deep, powerful heartbeat.

Chapter 121 Waiting for "Red Achievement"

The dragon's heart, which had been dormant for nearly five hundred years, suddenly revived, and a muffled thunder seemed to resound in the "Sleeping Dragon Valley".

Whether it was Han Fulai and the other two in the cave, or the living beings in the snow mountain, they all heard the heartbeat of the demonic dragon at the same time.

Some of the demons trembled and immediately knelt down;

Some animals stood there, bewildered and helpless;

One of the adventurers gave his scout knight a wry smile: "Uh, Amber, I have something to tell you... I think I just had tinnitus. If I'm not hallucinating, it could be a sign of an avalanche. Shouldn't we take cover beforehand...?"

There was another person standing on a high mountain peak, looking down at "Sleeping Dragon Valley," his white knight uniform fluttering in the wind.

High above, the circling sky dragon also heard the heartbeat of its nemesis.

A deep voice escaped its lips: "Barbatos, did you hear that? It's Dulin!"

The green bard held an apple in his hand, juggling the crimson fruit up and down, catching it and tossing it up again.

This gesture roughly means "I won't listen, I won't listen."

Dvalin twisted his long neck sharply and roared, "Get to work, Barbatos!"

"Ah..." Wendy was startled, and the apple in her hand fell to the ground and quickly disappeared into the vast sea of ​​clouds.

Dvalin circled once and then swooped down, seemingly about to land on Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain—it had been waiting for quite some time above the mountain because of this creature on its back.

In Wendy's words, they've come to assume so-called "guardian responsibilities." If Dulin truly revives, Dvalin will, like it did five hundred years ago, bite its neck off again.

"Don't rush, Tvalin, it's not our turn to make our appearance yet."

Wendy patted Dwarin's broad back, signaling it to calm down.

"How long do you want to wait before it breaks free from the earth's ley lines and flies right up to us?"

Tvalin's voice was tinged with helplessness; it could never understand what this green fellow was thinking.

Wendy adjusted her soft hat and murmured, "This is a necessary step to reach the 'other side of philosophy.' After 'albinding' comes 'reddening,' and I am waiting for his 'reddening.'"

The three-foot-long "Cinnabar Spindle" pierced the heart of the enormous dragon, just like a needle piercing its tail.

Logically, the dragon shouldn't even feel anything.

But for Dulin, which has lost its physical form, all its vitality is contained in its still-beating heart.

Just as the Rock Dragon Lizard has an "Immature Jade" inside its body, and the Ba Che has a "Dragon Offspring Pseudo-Fin" inside its body, an incredibly powerful core is needed to support an incredibly powerful body.

The energy core of the dragon Durin is this heart.

It is both the source of Dulin's power and his imperfect weakness.

The dragon's vitality is incredibly tenacious. Even if it loses its physical body, it does not mean it dies. As long as its heart remains, it can be resurrected.

But if the heart is destroyed, that is a real "fatal wound".

Therefore, Dulin's will awakened under this intense stimulation, and the aura of the dragon instantly spread throughout the entire "Sleeping Dragon Valley," causing both magical beasts and animals to submit to the dragon's might.

However, its dragon might could not harm the person before it.

Abedo suppressed the churning and roaring of his blood, gripping the hilt of his sword even harder and pushing the blade toward the dragon's heart. The "Yanghua" symbol on the sword, representing the sun, emitted a dazzling light.

The putrefactive poison in Dulin's heart clashed violently with the extraterrestrial power of the "Cinnabar Spindle," like a fierce battle between light and darkness, where either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.

The awakened dragon's will sensed the enemy's presence, and its furious dragon might, like a tsunami, pressed down on the assassin, determined to crush its adversary.

This was the expected counterattack.

Aberdo showed no intention of backing down; otherwise, it would have been impossible to lure Aberdos to come to the rescue.

The dragon, now without a body, posed no threat to him as he wielded the "Cinnabar Spindle," a sword that represented the sun, whose light always pierced the darkness. The dragon's might, capable of subjugating all things, could not harm the three protected by the "purifying power."

Han Fulai and Youla were both keeping a close eye on the entrance to the cave, waiting for Abe's arrival.

At that moment, Dulin's dragon might suddenly disappeared.

—It sensed the connection of blood.

The person who wanted to kill it was its brother.

Abedo stared in astonishment—the will of the dragon Dulin had connected with him along the blade of the "Cinnabar Spindle".

He heard a voice as tender as a child's.

That was a long time ago...

A certain heinous sinner created countless monstrous beasts. They flowed with black blood, incompatible with this world, trampling all living beings and destroying everything on the continent. Their lives were corrupted, bestowed by forces from beyond this world.

“Let the life that cannot be born, the wish that cannot be fulfilled, the sad and unfulfilled dream that wanders in the dark universe, be born in the ‘present world’ through my body.”

"Then, my lovely children, like rainwater flowing into streams and grass stretching towards the sun, go to beautiful places and proudly display your beauty."

This is a child named Dulin's memory of his "mother"...

"Mom, thank you, Mom."

"It gave me wings to soar and a strong body."

In the enormous petri dish in which it was nurtured, the young dragon had heard its mother tell stories of poets and dragons.

There was a beautiful and gentle dragon, born high in the sky, carrying the element of wind. It was full of curiosity about everything in this world.

It landed in the village, but was struck by stones thrown at it by the terrified people. The dragon could not understand the words spoken by the people in their fear.

It landed in the cemetery, where it heard only the endless sighs of the grieving people. The dragon could not understand the words spoken in their sorrow.

It landed in the orchard, only to be cursed by the angry people who had lost their fruit trees. The dragon could not understand the words spoken in their anger.

The world is too complex and confusing. The dragon was bewildered, but it still wanted to try.

Until one day, the dragon heard the sound of the harp in the sky.

"Sky" is the name of the lyre and also the companion of the wind god.

The dragon was drawn by the poem and landed beside the best singer under the sky.