Chapter 487: Evolution of the Mirage Dragon

The Nether Hell Wolf released all the frustration it had been holding in during this time.

The black Hellfire turned the centipedes into molten gold.

A wave of acrid, burnt stench assailed them, and once all the gold coins had melted into molten gold, the Nether Hell Wolf transformed into countless shadows and submerged into Ye Bai's shadow.

It opened up a Shadow Space within the shadow.

It was currently busy struggling to hatch an egg.

"Bronze Ancient Sword, extract the gold essence."

Ye Bai summoned the Bronze Ancient Sword, and it could be seen plunging into the molten gold.

Countless golden liquid flowed along the patterns of the ancient sword and surged into the Bronze Ancient Sword.

One ton of gold can extract ten grams of gold essence.

Gold essence can increase the sharpness of the Bronze Ancient Sword.

Before long, the gold coins had completely disappeared.

"We need to leave here quickly."

No sooner had Ye Bai finished speaking than he accidentally stepped on a mechanism.

He vanished instantly in front of the two of them.

"How did Ye Bai disappear?"

Yun Luo and Lan Fa looked at each other in dismay.

At this moment, the ground trembled, and then small mounds of earth emerged one after another.

A *clack-clack-clack* sound emerged from the mounds.

Red skulls struggled and rushed out from the mounds one by one.

Each of them was two meters tall, holding a massive blood-red machete in its hand.

The phantom of the Necromancer appeared in mid-air: "Yosh, caught two little mice."

"Go, hack them to death with your blades."

The Necromancer said with a cold sneer.

This was the Blood Skeleton Army the Necromancer had ambushed here.

He had obtained a portion of the Blood Saint's inheritance and personally refined the Blood Skeleton Army.

Blood-red skeletons covered the mountains and plains.

In the panic, Yun Luo did not know what she had stepped on and was directly teleported away.

Only Lan Fa was left alone to resist the Blood Skeleton Army.

"Haha, you are the weakest."

"You should understand one thing: weakness is the original sin."

"Blood Skeleton Army, kill him."

"Peel off his skin and disguise yourself as him."

After the Necromancer finished speaking, his figure dissipated in mid-air.

He was going to Pursuit Ye Bai, wanting to completely annihilate Ye Bai here.

"Yan Country people, I really hate Yan Country people the most, especially that arrogant Star Sage."

"What are you so proud of? Once I reach the Ninth Rank, you will all be my prisoners."

"I will launch an Undead Calamity in the Yan Country and turn the Yan Country into Red Bone Ten Thousand Miles."

Lan Fa summoned the One-Horned Wind Wolf.

The Wind Wolf used all its might to sprint toward the distance, not caring at all about the corrosive liquid sticking to its body.

The Blood Skeleton Army made a *clack-clack-clack* sound.

They walked at an extremely fast speed, and they were not afraid of the corrosive liquid inside the Leviathan whale.

The One-Horned Wind Wolf's movement speed became slower and slower, and only then did Lan Fa discover the clue.

Its soles had been corroded by strong acid, creating holes, and in some places, one could even see white bone.

"One-Horned Wind Wolf, that's enough, stop."

"Let me face them."

Lan Fa patted the One-Horned Wind Wolf's head.

"Ye Bai is not here, and Yun Luo is not here; I have no one to rely on, I can only rely on myself to survive."

"Even if I cannot survive, I do not want to implicate you."

"You should have had a better future, but I never expected you to meet me."

"It is I who caused you to become like this."

Lan Fa said with deep emotion.

The One-Horned Wind Wolf shook its head.

It was very grateful to Lan Fa; if not for him, how could it have been brought out of the Secret Realm.

The One-Horned Wind Wolf would likely have become one of the many preys for those Pet Beast Masters.

How would it have had the chance to live freely.

The Blood Skeleton soldiers caught up after a short while.

They used their long, narrow blades to slash the One-Horned Wind Wolf's feet.

Having lost its balance, the One-Horned Wind Wolf fell heavily to the ground, its entire coat covered in the strong acid of the Leviathan whale.

It looked very disheveled at this moment.

It struggled to climb up from the ground, and bursts of Wind Blade swirled around the One-Horned Wind Wolf's body.

Countless Wind Blades were seen shooting out like a torrential rain of pear blossoms.

They hacked a row of Blood-colored Skeleton soldiers to the ground.

The Horned Wind Wolf grinned.

It was finally no longer a useless Pet Beast that could only run away.

It was finally brave for once.

But the next second, a blood-red long blade emerged from the ground, directly piercing the Horned Wind Wolf's abdomen.

Its eyes were wide open.

Excruciating pain radiated from its abdomen, and wisps of fresh blood overflowed from the Horned Wind Wolf's mouth.

Its eyes instantly turned blood-red, and countless Wind Blades shot out, hacking more Blood-colored Skeletons into several pieces.

But this was of no use against the Blood-colored Skeletons; their fragmented bodies were assembling themselves, and after a short while, they aggregated once again.

"Enough, Horned Wind Wolf, do not continue to fight."

"If you keep fighting, you will die!"

Lan Fa shouted loudly; he did not have many Pet Beasts, and most of them were of the support type.

The Horned Wind Wolf did not heed Lan Fa's advice, instead bracing itself and attacking incessantly.

It opened its blood-basin-sized mouth, bit off the head of a Blood-colored Skeleton soldier in one gulp, and began to chew it up in its mouth.

Its originally cyan fur was stained red by fresh blood, turning blood-red.

Lan Fa discovered with surprise that this headless Blood-colored Skeleton soldier shattered directly into countless fragments, dead as could be.

He threw bottle after bottle of Life Potion onto the Horned Wind Wolf's head as if they cost nothing.

The abdomen that had been pierced by the sharp blade healed by more than half in an instant.

"Horned Wind Wolf, gnaw on the heads of the Blood-colored Skeletons; that is their weakness."

Lan Fa shouted loudly, and at the same time, he summoned the Sin Mirror Lady, and through the Sin Mirror Lady's replication ability, he actually replicated many Horned Wind Wolves.

Because these Clones were replicated, they feared neither death nor fatigue, and under the manipulation of the Horned Wind Wolf, they pounced toward the Blood-colored Skeleton Legion like a tidal wave.

They nimbly plucked off the heads of the Blood-colored Skeleton soldiers and chewed them up in their mouths.

With the help of these Clones, the Horned Wind Wolf recovered for the time being.

Only, neither Lan Fa nor the Horned Wind Wolf noticed that the blood color began to permeate and gradually surged toward the Horned Wind Wolf's body.

Before long, its fur became dripping red.

The parts of its eyeballs also gradually turned blood-red.

Ye Bai was teleported away, and the scene around him changed its appearance.

He had actually appeared in a forest.

"Why would there be a forest inside the body of a Leviathan Giant Whale?"

Ye Bai performed a perception check and confirmed that he was still inside the belly of the Leviathan Giant Whale.

"It seems this is a Haishishenglou."

"Could it be related to the Mirage Dragon?"

"Sun Flower Fairy, summon the Mirage Dragon; I want to ask if there are any of its kind here."

A giant seashell was forcibly summoned by the Sun Flower Fairy.

The Mirage Dragon was seen opening its giant seashell, and gusts of Gale surged into the shell.

The surrounding forest appeared slightly distorted, and the illusion shattered like a mirror surface.

At this moment, the Mirage Dragon seemed to sense something, and it poked its head out from the shell.

As the illusion shattered, countless pale shells were exposed.

A large number of Mirage Pearls were dim and lusterless.

It seems this Leviathan Giant Whale had devoured the Mirage Dragon clan while it was still alive.

After the Mirage Dragon saw the miserable remains of its clansmen, its eyes were filled with fury.

Originally, this Mirage Dragon did not like to fight and usually dragged things out whenever it could; only under the brilliance of the Sun Flower Fairy would it move a little.

Stimulated, the Mirage Dragon let out the roar of an angry dragon.

Sounds rose and fell one after another in the graveyard.

One after another, phantoms of Mirage Dragons manifested from the remains.

They looked at the last Mirage Dragon in this world, burned their last bit of origin, and rushed into the Mirage Dragon's body one after another.

The Mirage Dragon's bloodline was activated, and its body, originally as white as jade, instantly turned golden yellow.

Trails of dragon scales emerged from the Mirage Dragon's shell.

Branch-like dragon horns appeared.

"This was also a stroke of luck, letting the Mirage Dragon begin to evolve."

Under the calling of its clansmen's spirits, the Mirage Dragon shed tears.

The Mirage Pearls shattered one after another, and wisps of seven-colored light converged at the center of the Mirage Dragon's brow.

This was the inheritance of its clansmen.

It remembered; everything came back to it.

It was a descendant of the Mirage Dragon clan, pursued by the Leviathan Giant Whale, and it had been randomly teleported away by its clansmen using the power of a Void Squid.

As for its clansmen, they had died in the giant mouth of the Leviathan Giant Whale.

The Souls of its clansmen dissipated one after another, bidding their final farewell to the Mirage Dragon.

"Mirage Dragon, the Leviathan Giant Whale has also died of old age; your clansmen died very peacefully."

"They all hope that you can be well."

"Release the distracting thoughts in your heart and complete the final evolution; the path before you has already been lit by your kin."

Ye Bai said this to the Mirage Dragon.

The white light of evolution emerged from the Mirage Dragon's body.

Its body stretched and lengthened; before long, the white light dissipated, and an incomparably huge Mirage Dragon King covered in dragon scales appeared.

It was the first, and also the last, Mirage Dragon King.

【Name: Mirage Dragon King】

【Gender: Both male and female】

【Attribute: Water/Dragon】

【Characteristic: Haishishenglou: Creates a Haishishenglou sufficient to confuse opponents.】

【Level: Tier 7, Level 5】

【Mastered Skills: Water Whip (Proficient): Condenses into a long water whip, attacking the opponent at extreme speed to lock down the enemy's movements, with a certain probability of inflicting a poisoned state.

Rain Prayer (Skilled): Enveloped in flowing water, it prays to the heavens; the heavier the rain falls, the stronger the Mirage Dragon's water control ability becomes.

Black Water (Proficient): Summons Black Water to attack the opponent; the moment the opponent comes into contact with the Black Water, their Soul will be frozen into ice by the Black Water.

Water Flow Arrow (Skilled): Sprays a sharp arrow condensed from water flow from its mouth to attack the opponent.

Heavy Hammer (Proficient): Manifests and condenses its hands into a Heavy Hammer to attack the enemy.】

【Special Skill: Haishishenglou: Creates vivid illusions that ordinary people cannot identify.】

【Evaluation: This Mirage Dragon absorbed the power of the Mirage Dragon tribe, its strength increased significantly, and it evolved into a Mirage Dragon King.】

However, in the inheritance of its kin, the Mirage Dragon discovered a method that could allow its kin to be resurrected.

This is a secret technique that belongs exclusively to the Mirage Dragon tribe.

As long as enough body fragments are obtained, they can be implanted into the Mirage Dragon's body like grains of sand.

The Mirage Dragon's body will secrete mucus to wrap the grains of sand layer by layer.

Once these things are transformed into pearls, the residual Soul of the Mirage Dragon tribe will be inside.

After the Mirage Dragon absorbs the essence of heaven and earth and performs self-reproduction, these pearls will be implanted into the Mirage Dragon eggs.

In this way, the kin can live another life by relying on the Mirage Dragon eggs they produce.

The idea is beautiful, but it is not easy to operate, as it involves a lot of theoretical knowledge.

Relying on the Mirage Dragon alone, it simply cannot be done.

Thus, the Mirage Dragon transmitted what it wanted to say to the consciousness of the Sunflower Fairy through the Enslavement Contract.

Upon hearing the Mirage Dragon's telepathic message, the Sunflower Fairy nodded, and one could see it suddenly clench its fist.

Countless vines shot out from the ground, absorbing the remains of the Mirage Dragon tribe.

Not long after, green seeds were neatly arranged inside the Mirage Dragon King's body.

These were the seeds that would allow the Mirage Dragon kin to revive.

"Alright, we must find Yun Luo and Lan Fa as soon as possible."

"Sunflower Fairy, you are the most sensitive to the smell of blood; at the moment of teleportation just now, I smelled wafts of blood."

"This must be the work of a Necromancer; I hope you can investigate and give me a direction."

The Sunflower Fairy can restore its own physical strength by absorbing the blood of an Exotic Beast, so it is very sensitive to the scent of blood.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Sunflower Fairy flew toward the front.

"Let's go, we follow."

The Horned Wind Wolf's horn was sliced off by a huge Blood Skeleton General.

The huge horn fell to the ground.

At this moment, the Horned Wind Wolf was already at the end of its rope, but in order to protect Lan Fa, it still gritted its teeth and persisted.

Its four limbs were trembling violently, and its spirit and energy had dropped to the lowest point.

At this time, only one belief was sustaining it.

That was that it must save Lan Fa, even if it meant sacrificing its own life.

To achieve this goal, the Horned Wind Wolf kept holding onto this breath.

"Enough, enough, Horned Wind Wolf, don't fight for me anymore."

"I really can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore."

Lan Fa appeared quite agitated at this moment; he could feel the Horned Wind Wolf's aura weakening.

The blades of the blood-colored skeleton soldiers were coated with curses, which caused the Horned Wind Wolf's healing ability to become slower and slower.

Its fur was soaked with blood.

"Enough, stop, enough."

When it saw Ye Bai appear, the Horned Wind Wolf stopped.

It grinned at Ye Bai, as if saying, I protected Lan Fa very well, you should praise me.

The Horned Wind Wolf stood in place, its breath gone.

Lan Fa cried uncontrollably, but Ye Bai felt that the Horned Wind Wolf's aura was a bit strange.

Clearly, its body was entangled with countless deathly intent, but why was there still a trace of vitality within its body?

"Dahui, sweep away the surrounding blood-colored skeletons."

"Blood Pool, take the blood-colored skeletons into yourself."

The artifact spirit of the Blood Pool transformed into a torrent of fresh blood and rushed toward the direction of the blood-colored skeletons.

The blood-colored skeletons only felt a huge force strike them, and their bodies involuntarily retreated backward.

They were swept away by the torrent and disappeared.

"Lan Fa."

"Sense the state of your contract with the One-Horned Wind Wolf right now."

Ye Bai took out the Heavenly Dew and poured a bottle directly into the One-Horned Wind Wolf's mouth.

(End of this chapter)