Chapter 709: Excitement Amid Fear

Antares let out another dragon roar, and within the roar, full of surprise, Jiang Chen answered, which made it feel strange.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Jiang Chen shook his head, "Being afraid is useless, and I guessed it long ago." "How could you possibly have guessed?" Antares didn't believe at all.

"There's nothing strange about it; at the time I couldn't see the condition of my body, yet I had already guessed, perhaps my problem is serious." "Now you tell me it's the World Rune; although I don't know that the World Rune is terrifying, it's terrifying anyway."

"So what? Anyway this thing is already here; all I can do are two things."

"First, accept reality, give up struggling—that is, resign to fate."

"Second, don't give up, keep struggling, even if we're just ants, we must pierce this sky."

"Moreover, didn't you say that the invincible strong ones in the World are after it? Since it's in my soul, it might even be a good thing."

Jiang Chen showed no fear at all, as if he were speaking of something ordinary. Antares was again shocked by Jiang Chen's words; it could not imagine how Jiang Chen could accept so calmly.

For anyone else it should be despair, but in Jiang Chen's eyes there was no trace of hopelessness, only fighting spirit.

At that moment, some emotion within Antares was also stirred.

The decision just made became even more resolute.

Antares said in a deep voice, "If so, then let's see if we can pierce the sky."

Jiang Chen said, "You can actually stay out of it."

Antares swung its dragon head, "You said it, we are friends!" It bit the word "friends" very heavily, heavy

to the point that Jiang Chen could not refuse.

Since there's no refusal, then let's do it together,

Give it our all in one try; even if we fail, we won't betray the effort.

It's better than never trying and just giving up; otherwise how could one be content. "Then tell me, what should I do?"

Antares said, "Among our Dragon Race there is a secret technique that can temporarily put the soul into a sleeping state and cut off all connections with the outside world."

"Using this technique together with the Soul Splitting Technique, perhaps we can temporarily escape the World Rune's Curse."

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, "You mean I use the Soul Splitting Technique to split off a strand of soul, then pour my consciousness into that strand, and let the main soul enter a sleeping state, cutting off all connections."

"Make the World Rune think my soul is already asleep, so it will no longer interfere."

"And the strand of consciousness I split out will enter the soul space and activate the Skill Star Core."

Antares nodded, "Exactly, and besides that, we need some other means."

Jiang Chen had already fully guessed Antares's idea.

It's not only the Soul Splitting Method and the Dragon Race's secret technique that need to cooperate, but also a corresponding soul container.

The most important is one's own Comprehensive Rebirth Talent.

Without this talent, nothing can be discussed.

Antares began preparations.

A massive Dragon Scale flew out of the thick fog and came before Antares. Antares exhaled dragon breath, and the Dragon Scale instantly burst into flames. The Dragon Scale exploded in the dragon breath, splitting into ten pieces.

The ten Dragon Scale fragments continuously changed shape in the dragon breath, eventually becoming transparent crystals.

It wasn't over yet; Antares continued to roast the crystals with dragon breath

, removing impurities.

After roasting like this for three days and three nights, the crystal that was originally larger than Jiang Chen's body shrank to the size of a fist.

Its appearance also changed, taking the form of a divine dragon.

It looked identical to a Dragon Soul Crystal, except it had no color.

Antares, carrying the colorless Dragon Soul Crystal, re-entered Jiang Chen's soul world.

"Channel your soul power through the Nine-colored Dragon Soul Crystal into it."

Antares placed the colorless Dragon Soul Crystal before Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen sensed an unusual aura from them; these colorless Dragon Soul Crystals can store Soul Block Power.

And the Nine-colored Dragon Soul Crystal has the function of purifying soul power.

Jiang Chen immediately poured a large amount of Soul Block Power into the Nine-colored Dragon Soul Crystal; the crystal instantly began spewing dragon thoughts, injecting batch after batch of purified soul power into the colorless Dragon Soul Crystals,

Antares said, "These colorless dragon vessels are tools our Dragon Race uses to temporarily store soul power; their function isn't great, only for emergencies."

For the Dragon Race, colorless dragon implements aren't very useful.

They can only temporarily hold soul power, and there aren't many places where they're needed.

But now, Jiang Chen's use fits perfectly.

There is no useless thing, only useless places.

Jiang Chen poured his entire soul power without reservation into a colorless Dragon Soul Crystal; a single colorless Dragon Soul Crystal was just enough to store all of Jiang Chen's soul power.

After the soul power was infused, the previously dragonless Dragon Soul Crystal gained color. Golden soul energy slowly flowed within the crystal, making it resemble a piece of fine jade.

During Jiang Chen's infusion, Antares was not idle. It reactivated the Divine Dragon Insight

eye, staring unblinking at the whole process.

It feared that the World Rune's Curse power might also enter the Dragon Soul Crystal along with Jiang Chen's soul power.

Fortunately it didn't; the soul power, after being purified by the Nine-colored Dragon Soul Crystal, became exceedingly pure.

After it was completely finished, it still felt uneasy, and examined it carefully for a while before confirming there was no problem.

It said, "I'm going to kill you!"

Jiang Chen nodded, "Go ahead."

As the words fell, Antares's power slammed down from above.

The Undead Legion collapsed en masse.

Antares's attacks came wave after wave; after four such assaults, Jiang Chen's body was enveloped in violet light, reborn within the flame of his talent.

After rebirth, Jiang Chen poured the Soul Power into the second colorless Dragon Soul Crystal.

Antares continued to watch the entire process with the Divine Dragon's Insight, ensuring nothing went wrong.

The World Rune is not only powerful, but also bizarre.

No one knows what will happen, and no one can guarantee there will be no accidents.

Antares is filled with fear and apprehension toward the World Rune, and dares not relax at all during the whole process.

This is a matter of opposing the World Rune; while Antares is fearful, there is also a faint excitement.

It feels as if it is creating a miracle, doing something others wouldn't even dare to imagine.

"Old fellow, if you knew what I'm doing now, you'd probably scare off the dragon's horns,"

"You all value the World Rune so much, each of you pursues the World Rune, yet I insist on opposing it!"

Antares hummed to himself, his eyes flashing with excitement.

The two cooperated seamlessly, time after time using the all‑encompassing newborn talent to store large amounts

of Soul Power into the colorless Dragon Soul Crystals.

As a temporary container for Soul Power, a colorless Dragon Soul Crystal can only last a few days.

The Soul Power inside will gradually dissipate.

These few days are enough for Jiang Chen to use.

Just half a day later, ten Dragon Soul Crystals filled with Soul Power and radiating golden light had been completed.

Each contains a whole share of Jiang Chen's Soul Power.

Purple light flickered, and Jiang Chen again gained rebirth from the talent.

The Soul was full once more.

Antares was very serious and said in a deep voice, "Next, the most important step."

"You must control the amount, neither too large nor too small."

"If it's too large, it will attract the World Rune's attention; if it's too small, you cannot control the Soul Power, even unable to form a complete consciousness."