Chapter 184: Great Qin Dragon Machine Soldier, Visitor from Another World (6.2K)

However, their strength alone is not enough; perhaps he should agree to the conditions of that existence.

Zhang Rang suddenly recalled how, several years ago, a mysterious existence shrouded in a black robe had appeared so eerily before his eyes.

At that time, he did not yet possess his current terrifying strength, and he asked him to make a deal with him.

The content of the deal was: he would grant him powerful strength, and he only needed to kill that creature staying in the Tiandu Feixu.

As soon as these words were spoken, they made him incredibly furious at the time; if he truly had that kind of strength, would he still need this mysterious black-robed existence to appear?

If it weren't for the fear that the mysterious existence could appear before him so eerily, he would have wanted to call his soldiers to take him down immediately, rather than letting him leave so easily.

One must know that the strength of martial artists had already vanished at that time, and all he possessed were ordinary soldiers; yet, not only did the other party possess the power to arrive before him with eerie ease, but they also did not recognize that the creature staying in the Tiandu Feixu was the legendary True Dragon.

This point was extremely suspicious, because in the entire Great Qin, perhaps those illiterate commoners might not know that the Son of Heaven of Great Qin was surnamed Zhang and named Rang, but they would absolutely not be unaware that a True Dragon was entrenched in the Tiandu Feixu!

Not recognizing the True Dragon, and possessing eerie power after the strength of martial artists had vanished—this series of doubts made him give up on turning hostile on the spot, because he was also afraid that he might be successfully beheaded while in his sleep.

Once he died, perhaps the entire Great Qin would once again fall into turmoil, and the commoners would be displaced once more.

However, although he did not turn hostile, he also did not choose to cooperate with him.

Because he was also afraid that his weak self cooperating with him would be like asking a tiger for its hide; the mysterious black-robed existence before him might be another existence similar to the True Dragon, and one that was incredibly evil and ambitious. If they fought to the death, what would happen if the other party swooped in to pick up the scraps?

In any case, that True Dragon was incredibly lazy; apart from reshaping the world to bring about a new era, no other disasters had appeared.

Therefore, after much deliberation, he refused that cooperation.

Because he was afraid of summoning another terrifying existence.

But things are different now; he is no longer weak!

Since that is the case, then once that killing weapon of his Great Qin is completed, he will use the token left behind by him to summon him, and let him see what capital that mysterious existence has to dare to let him slaughter a True Dragon.

Thinking of this, Zhang Rang once again urged those craftsmen and scholars to speed up the manufacturing of that killing weapon.

……

Time thus passed once again.

Soon, one year of time had gone by.

This day.

A large number of soldiers began to suddenly gather on the largest central square in the entire Di Du; it was something Zhang Rang had specially built after the many warriors of the Empire had hunted countless giant beasts, as there was nowhere to display their merits.

However, as time passed, it had now become the place where the entire Great Qin announced important matters; if it were not a particularly important matter, they would not use that place at all.

Yet now, after many years, this square was being used once again.

One must know that ever since everyone in Great Qin became Dragon-men, it had been a long time since there was a need to dispatch a large number of soldiers to use the square.

From this, one can imagine how significant this event was.

In an instant, countless Di Du commoners called their friends and companions to gather at the square to watch the excitement and see what their Great Qin's Son of Heaven was about to announce.

Not long after a large number of commoners gathered to watch the soldiers on the square.

"Whoosh—whoosh—!"

Suddenly, a huge whistling sound began to ring out from the sky far away from the Di Du square, instantly causing countless Di Du commoners to be shocked, even thinking that some king of the giant beasts had come to attack.

They all wanted to go home and hide; it was fortunate that Zhang Rang had considered this scene and arranged for a large number of soldiers to pacify them, so a stampede did not form.

But such a display also caused the curiosity of those commoners to reach its peak, and they could not help but whisper to each other about what exactly the Son of Heaven valued so much.

And just as all the commoners in the entire Di Du were feeling uneasy, a huge creature?

Appeared!

Wings that seemed to blot out the sky directly covered the entire Di Du's sky, plunging it into a shadow.

And beneath the wings was a body similar to a human form, with a pair of wings on its back flapping, and it just slowly descended.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the landing of the huge humanoid creature, the ground shook violently; that was because the weight of the arrival was too heavy.

"So, so big!"

"What is that?"

"A monster?"

"Is this a newly appeared giant beast king? Or is it the second form of some lord?"

……

In an instant, because this huge creature landed, countless people began to exclaim and raise questions.

Regarding this, Zhang Rang looked at this Guardian Divine Machine—Dragon Machine Soldier, which had been manufactured by exhausting the national resources of the entire Great Qin, and a strong sense of pride rose in his heart!

Having spent countless years and countless resources, and gathering all the forging masters of the entire Great Qin, this terrifying Dragon Machine Soldier was finally born!

Although some positions might not be in their most perfect and coordinated state due to the rush, it was close enough.

If someone extremely familiar with all kinds of giant beasts were present at this moment, they would definitely recognize that this Dragon Machine Soldier was a terrifying killing machine created by gathering the strongest parts of the bodies of countless giant beast Banzhu and even kings.

The left hand was made from the dragon head of the Red-Scaled Dragon, which contained terrifying high temperatures; the right hand was made from the tough tail of the Green-Scaled Dragon; plus the wings of the Sky Banzhu Green-Feather Flying Dragon, which was most adept at Flight; the head of the Thunder-Light Tiger, which controlled the power of lightning; and the Dragon Spear, which was the crystallization of Great Qin's wisdom and appeared specifically to pierce the hard bodies of giant beasts...

It could be said that it was completely born for slaughter; as long as one was targeted by it, there was basically no way to survive, even for a King of Giant Beasts!

And such a terrifying Dragon Machine Soldier was the ultimate trump card for his next plan!

The lively day passed just like that, amidst the confusion, shock, and even pride of everyone in the entire Di Du.

……

Night, Great Qin Imperial Palace.

Zhang Rang stared intently at a black stone in his hand carved with strange patterns; it was what he had previously obtained from that mysterious black-robed existence, and it was said that as long as he crushed this stone, he could summon that existence to come.

He did not know if it was true or false, but now that he was about to crusade against the True Dragon, he still had to test it out first.

Thinking of this, he suddenly crushed the stone, and in an instant, a black light flashed, after which it disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, deep in a certain mountain, in a hidden cave.

At this moment, because no creature had come here for too long, it was piled high with a large amount of dust.

Yet in the deepest part of such a mountain cave, a stone shaped like a human figure suddenly moved, and following that, it slowly transformed from stone into an existence hidden within a black robe.

In the darkness, a pair of scarlet eyes slowly lit up beneath the black robe, and this was the very existence who had handed the message-transmitting stone to Zhang Rang several years ago.

At this moment, his heart, which had been silent for countless years and long since devoid of ripples, finally stirred with wave after wave of movement.

Because he had just clearly sensed that the message-transmitting stone he left behind years ago had been activated!

"Has the fish finally taken the bait?"

A dry, hoarse voice, unlike the language of humans in this world, emerged from his mouth.

His tone carried a hint of absolute certainty, as if he had long since anticipated this scene before him.

Ever since several years ago, before this avatar of his descended into this world, his true body had suddenly sensed that an avatar, which had lost contact over two hundred years ago, had briefly reconnected with him for a fleeting moment.

Although the time was too short for him to fully clarify the avatar's whereabouts and information, he was certain that his avatar had definitely died somewhere.

This was an abnormal phenomenon, because at his level, apart from those few rare existences in the entire world, there was no one who could cause his avatar to die silently without even being able to transmit information back.

And the fact that his avatar had been missing for years, and was suspected of being imprisoned, was something even those few could not achieve.

Therefore, out of suspicion and to uncover the truth, he sent out another avatar toward the place where the signal from that avatar had last appeared over two hundred years ago.

Unexpectedly, after staying at that location for a month, he discovered that a peculiar, weak passage had begun to appear.

And on the other side of the passage, there existed a giant dragon with strength roughly equivalent to the legendary level, and its aura was not that of any legend from the dragon race he was familiar with.

A peculiar passage, an avatar losing contact for no reason, information of death arriving after hundreds of years, plus the never-before-seen giant dragon on the other side.

With this series of information, he immediately judged that the other side was perhaps an unknown alien world, and a new world different from his own!

Even if not, at the very least, it was an unknown, newly born small plane.

This discovery made him ecstatic; no existence knew better than him what this meant.

In his ecstasy and impatience, he wanted to go over directly.

However, the giant dragon on the other side, radiating a terrifying aura, was also a major trouble; at the very least, the avatar he had sent in his haste this time was no match for it.

So he still needed to investigate; after all, not being a match did not mean he could not get across. The methods of existences like him were not something those legends could understand.

After a period of observation, he was shocked to discover that although the tunnel before him was extremely unstable and had the potential to collapse at any moment—making it easy to be shredded if one accidentally entered—

for some unknown reason, as the special energy of the world on the other side combined with the magic of his own world, a weak stability appeared from time to time, and this stability was appearing more frequently and becoming more stable.

Thus, after transmitting all the information to his true body, he tentatively prepared to pass through the space tunnel the moment space stabilized.

Because he also discovered at this time that although the giant dragon in that world was powerful, its reconnaissance methods... or rather, apart from its power, everything else was not yet perfect.

At least during his secret observation, the other party had not discovered him at all, as if the power on the other side was not mastered step-by-step like theirs.

Instead, it was like those who are born with knowledge; it possessed such terrifying power the moment it was born, and during the time he was observing, that giant dragon's various methods seemed to be becoming more abundant with some special energy in just a few short months.

And as its methods became more abundant, its power also increased slowly and steadily, as easily as eating and drinking.

It was now gradually approaching the demigod level, and the next step would be to ignite the God Position to become a demigod!

It was not even impossible for it to ascend to a God Position in another one or two hundred years!

In an instant, having discovered this fact, his eyes were practically red with jealousy, because he understood that perhaps this giant dragon was a congenital spirit of this world in its infancy!

These damned congenital spirits did not need to advance step-by-step like them; their power simply grew directly with the passage of time!

What an enviable status!

However, from this, he also speculated that perhaps the world on the other side had encountered some huge fortuitous encounter and was currently upgrading.

And that giant dragon was growing stronger by chance along with the upgrading of the world, and now this strengthening had not yet ended, which meant the world was still in the process of upgrading.

If he went over and obtained a fortuitous encounter like this giant dragon, or plundered its encounter, perhaps he could also get a share!

If that were truly the case, then the value of this world might far exceed his imagination, and perhaps he could use this opportunity to take another big step forward, or even surpass the power of those few.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and after using some small tricks to hide the entrance to avoid being discovered by other old friends,

he directly used all his current hidden methods and successfully smuggled himself into this world before the giant dragon on the other side had grown up.

Throughout the entire process, he also used his abundant methods to successfully evade the giant dragon's investigation and arrived in the alien world without a sound.

However, as he came over, he discovered a shocking fact: the energy in this world could not replenish his own, because the energy between heaven and earth was not the magic he was familiar with, and he could not borrow this strange power...

Only then did he understand why his previous avatar had suddenly died after sending a message hundreds of years later; it was because the energy on its body had likely been exhausted.

After realizing this, he also became cautious, because from this moment on, he was in a state of being isolated and helpless.

However, he also had his own advantages; his true body already knew the information and was trying to send the most powerful avatar that his true body could not descend with, arriving without other old friends noticing.

However, times were different now; it was impossible for his other avatar to enter this world as quietly as he had.

Because as time passed, the giant dragon's defensive measures were becoming increasingly strict; once an invasion began, it would be extremely easy to be discovered by the increasingly powerful giant dragon, and that would inevitably lead to a fierce battle.

But in a battle next to a space tunnel, no one knew if any unexpected accidents would occur; space was, after all, an incomparably mysterious power, and even those like him could hardly touch it at all.

And even if there were no accidents, that battle would inevitably be discovered by his other old friends.

In that case, things would not be pleasant.

Therefore, his current task was to investigate the specific situation of this world and try his best to stir up trouble in this world, so that the giant dragon entrenched next to the space tunnel would have no time to attend to other things, allowing his other avatar to sneak in amidst the chaos.

Thus, after two years of quietly and roughly traveling around the situation surrounding this continent in the alien world, he decisively set his sights on the most powerful dynasty on the entire continent at that time—the Great Qin.

Subsequently, after a preliminary understanding of the situation in the Great Qin, he immediately sought out Zhang Rang and began trying to reach a deal with him, yet he did not expect the other party to be too vigilant; although slightly moved, he still refused.

But knowing the nature of these mortals, he smiled; as an existence that had existed for countless years, he had dealt with no small number of dynasty and Empire rulers, and observing his words and actions, he knew there would eventually be a day when he agreed.

Human nature, after all; how could a mere mortal avoid it?

Since that was the case, he would just wait; anyway, for existences like them, Time was the least valuable thing.

It was a pity that he did not possess powers related to bewitchment, deception, or mind control, and coupled with certain differences between the humans of the two worlds, his superficial techniques for controlling human hearts did not take effect.

Otherwise, he would have long since cast a technique to directly control the ruler of this mortal dynasty; why would he need to wait for him to be moved and agree?

To this end, in order to reduce unnecessary consumption, he began a slumber of several years to reduce energy loss and wait for that day to arrive.

Now, he had finally waited for it.

Then, he should go to keep the appointment.

Thinking of this, the mysterious existence hidden within the black robe had their entire body quietly shatter, flying toward the direction of the Great Qin Imperial Palace.

Unfortunately, they were not in their own world now; otherwise, why would they need such troublesome Flight, when they could have already arrived instantly with a flash of a thought by utilizing the coordinates of a Transmission Stone.

However, it was precisely this point that greatly increased the value of this world, because this was an undeveloped world; once they seized the initiative in this world, they would no longer need to fear those few individuals from then on.

……

Time quietly slipped away.

Great Qin Imperial Palace, one hour later.

"Damn it! Could it be that that fellow deceived Us years ago?"

Zhang Rang, sitting withered in the great hall, had waited for so long without seeing that existence arrive, and feeling somewhat impatient, he stood up directly and whispered.

"Hmm?"

Yet just at this moment, Zhang Rang, having stood up, cast a glance with his peripheral vision and discovered that in this great hall where only he should have been present, a black shadow was standing in a dark corner, though he did not know when it had appeared.

"Who? Who is there! How dare you trespass into My imperial palace!"

In an instant, Zhang Rang was startled, stepping back unconsciously, and after reacting, he spoke out sharply to rebuke the intruder.

Accompanying the rebuke, a faint firelight quietly emerged from his body; that was the power originating from the Great Beast King, the Red-Scaled Dragon.

"Hehe, an old friend has come to keep an appointment; could it be that the Lord of Great Qin has already forgotten about me?"

And just at this moment, a soft chuckle suddenly issued from the mysterious black shadow.

This directly caused Zhang Rang to freeze and stop the power that was about to Burst from his body; he realized at this moment that the black shadow before him was the mysterious existence he had been waiting for.

Having suddenly understood, he looked at the mysterious black shadow with some wariness, observing its reaction, though he did not know how long it had already been staying in that darkness watching him.

But he had not expected that before he stood up and caught a glimpse of the mysterious existence with his peripheral vision, he had not sensed it in the slightest.

One must know that he was no longer the ordinary human with weak power he once was, but an Ancient Dragon Human capable of transforming his body into a Great Beast King.

His power now was countless times stronger than when he was a martial artist, and if one added the fact that he had completely dragon-transformed into a Red-Scaled Dragon, he believed that even a Ten Limits martial artist from the past would not be his match.

Yet with such powerful strength, he still could not detect this mysterious existence.

From this, one could imagine how terrifying the power of this black shadow was; if it wanted to, it could absolutely assassinate him without a sound.

"Hehe, Lord of Great Qin, you need not be so wary of me; in the end, I have absolutely no conflict of interest with you."

"On the contrary, I am about to provide you with help; in that case, wouldn't my power being stronger be of greater help to you?"

Having discovered the suspicious and uncertain gaze of this dynasty's ruler, the mysterious existence understood that their show of force had succeeded.

To avoid creating complications later and abandoning the plan to attack that great dragon, they also softly yielded a little.

And Zhang Rang also reacted, realizing that this was indeed the case; the existence before him being stronger was currently of greater help to him.

One must know that what he had to face next was the True Dragon that had easily destroyed the entire Great Zhou in the past and was now suspected of having reshaped the entire world!

Even though he now possessed the Great Qin Dragon Machine Soldiers created by gathering the power of the entire nation, he still felt a lack of confidence.

There was no help for it; a person's reputation is like the bark of a tree.

All the legends of the True Dragon were fought out in reality.

Thinking of this, he spoke again: "I wonder how you intend to complete our transaction? By attacking together with us?"

"Not at all, not at all; due to some personal circumstances, I may not participate in the war between you."

Once these words were spoken, the mysterious black shadow existence shook their head decisively.

Hearing this, Zhang Rang frowned directly and said with some indignation, "Could it be that everything you just said was empty talk?"

"Not at all, not at all; I am full of sincerity regarding this transaction."

"If so, why not participate? This is not it, that is not it; could it be that you have come to toy with Us?"

With Zhang Rang's understanding, he truly could not imagine that the existence before him would say they wanted to trade with him to hunt that True Dragon, yet also say they would not participate themselves; wouldn't that mean they intended to stand by and watch the show?

As for the sincerity they spoke of, Zhang Rang ignored it directly; could it be that this existence could bestow power upon him without participating personally?

However, just as this thought fell, he heard the existence opposite him chuckle helplessly:

"Do not be impatient, Lord of Great Qin; am I the type of person who goes back on their word? Do you still remember what I said before? I will grant you powerful strength, and this is also the reason why I cannot participate personally."

When these words were spoken, Zhang Rang was stunned, and he looked up at the existence shrouded in the black robe with some disbelief.

This, this power can even be bestowed? How had he never heard of such a thing?

However, what followed was wild joy; even with his powerful strength now, he could not see through how strong the existence before him was.

If they could truly give this power to him, then wouldn't he also be able to be this strong?

Then, when facing the True Dragon later, wouldn't he have an extra measure of certainty? One must know that this person before him might be an existence just like the True Dragon.

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(End of chapter)