Chapter 98

「Gurgle……」

Zi Yan unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, her throat making a dry sound.

Facing such a colossal creature, anyone's first reaction would likely be deep fear.

The massive body hid in the darkness, like an insurmountable mountain.

Even just that blurry outline brought endless pressure.

「Is this the Guardian of God's Graveyard that those Flame Lizardmen spoke of? 」

Zi Yan lowered her voice, her tone trembling slightly.

Her eyes stared fixedly at the colossal creature, her gaze full of unease.

「Zi Yan, let's go, we can't stay here. 」

Zhu Li also sensed the danger.

Fighting inside here would definitely be that terrifying creature's home turf.

He and Zi Yan had just fought two white lizardmen with Half-Saint strength, and now they couldn't defeat this terrifying creature.

Immediately he reached out to grab Zi Yan, wanting to take her and quickly escape this dangerous place.

「No, since that senior let me come here, he definitely didn't let me come to die! 」

Zi Yan dodged Zhu Li's hand, gritting her teeth, her eyes showing determination.

In recent days, she had been hunted by the Three Dragon Kings, her heart full of hatred.

Especially now that the Great Elder of East Dragon Island had already died in battle.

Zi Yan was determined to take revenge!

Fortune favors the bold.

By now she had long since disregarded life and death.

And, from being sent here by a mysterious senior, to discovering the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

Various coincidences made her absolutely trust that senior's arrangements.

Since the senior said he had business with her in the future, she absolutely could not die here now!!

She was stubborn, and Elder Zhu Li really had no way to deal with her.

Just then, the colossal creature that had been still finally moved.

Only hearing a muffled sound, as if the whole space was trembling. Then its winding body slowly moved.

A pair of huge eyes suddenly opened in this pitch-black space!

Those eyes were over ten zhang in size.

Like two huge crimson moons, emitting cold light.

Even just that pupil was much larger than Zi Yan's body.

An indescribable terrifying pressure descended.

Zi Yan and Zhu Li felt as if countless mountains were pressing on them, their bodies instantly becoming extremely heavy, as if trapped in a quagmire, unable to take a single step.

This pressure, even an ordinary Dou Saint probably couldn't resist!

The two's faces instantly turned pale.

Especially Zhu Li.

Now they understood why those Half-Saint white lizardmen didn't chase them.

Because there was no need at all!

Intruders, and there is also the strongest Guardian to face!

「So terrifying, the Three Dragon Kings before this creature are probably just ants……」

Zhu Li said with difficulty, his voice and breath unsteady from fear.

「If he wants to kill us, we couldn't possibly have a chance to resist……」

Zi Yan's voice also carried a hint of despair, but she still held on.

Thinking of that senior, she mustered courage and said, 「Hello, we have no ill will, someone sent me to find you……」

She thought, since that senior sent them here, he definitely knew this colossal creature!

Perhaps they were friends, not necessarily.

「Whoever you are……did you bring Ancient Jade when you trespassed the graveyard? 」

A majestic voice sounded, the voice as if from ancient times, carrying endless vicissitudes and coldness.

The huge eyes emitted cold and indifferent light, staring fixedly at Zi Yan.

In his eyes, there was no fluctuation at all, as if Zi Yan and Zhu Li were just ants.

「What Ancient Jade? 」

Zi Yan looked confused, she had never heard of any Ancient Jade.

「Without Ancient Jade, then stay here to die. 」

With these cold words, a Purple-Gold Light Seal flashed like a meteor from afar, extremely fast, arriving before their eyes in the blink of an eye.

Zi Yan felt the terrifying pressure contained within, subconsciously closing her eyes, despair surging in her heart.

Could it be that she really guessed wrong?

Could it be that she really had to stop here??

However, that Purple-Gold Light Seal suddenly stopped just as it was about to hit Zi Yan.

Just now, this colossal creature actually sensed a scent of the same clan and origin as him.

「Child! 」

The colossal creature's fierce gaze suddenly softened.

The heart, silent for countless years, suddenly began to beat violently.

His gaze fixed tightly on Zi Yan, he murmured.

And at this moment, the pressure he had exerted on Zi Yan and the other also completely dissipated.

"What did you say?"

Zi Yan furrowed her brow, her eyes full of confusion.

"What child?!"

The next moment, light flickered all over that huge creature's body, its massive form gradually shrank, and finally it transformed into a human shape.

Appearing before Zi Yan and Zhu Li was a middle-aged man dressed in golden robes.

"You look so much like your mother……"

The middle-aged man looked at Zi Yan with gentle eyes, approaching her step by step, his eyes filled with love and guilt.

"Have you met my mother?"

Zi Yan's cheeks changed instantly, her eyes full of disbelief.

And when her gaze clearly saw his pair of golden pupils, deep in her heart, a strange feeling arose.

This feeling was one of blood connection.

As if an invisible thread tightly bound them together.

Zi Yan's delicate body suddenly trembled slightly, an inexplicable emotion surged in her heart.

"I am your father!"

At this time, the voice of this golden-eyed middle-aged man trembled slightly, tears flickering in his eyes.

At this moment, Zhu Li's eyes widened, and huge waves surged in his heart.

Could it be that the person before him was the Old Dragon Emperor who had disappeared long ago?

However, the era in which the Old Dragon Emperor existed was too long ago; even Zhu Li had never seen him.

"I am an orphan, without father or mother!"

For some reason, Zi Yan suddenly felt a pang of sourness in her heart.

Though she said this with her mouth, tears fell uncontrollably.

Family affection had always been something she had longed for immensely.

But when it truly appeared before her, Zi Yan was afraid to approach.

"It's father's fault!"

The middle-aged man panicked; he took two steps forward, wanting to embrace Zi Yan.

Yet he hesitated slightly, his hands trembling faintly in the air.

"Father knows he owes you too much……"

The middle-aged man looked at Zi Yan with pity, sighed deeply, and slowly explained.

He himself, back then, because of greed, had heard the legend of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and came to explore it.

But unexpectedly, he was schemed against by the Ancient Emperor.

He was trapped here, guarding the cave mansion for the Ancient Emperor, and countless years passed in the blink of an eye.

When speaking of the moving parts, the middle-aged man's voice choked slightly, his eyes full of regret.

Zi Yan listened quietly, and the knot in her heart gradually untied.

She finally understood that her father had his difficulties and had not intentionally abandoned her.

"Father!"

Zi Yan could no longer control her emotions, threw herself onto the middle-aged man, and burst into loud sobs.

Although this matter came very suddenly, normally Zi Yan would not recognize him so quickly.

But this time, it was that mysterious senior who sent her here.

Therefore, she had not the slightest doubt.

In her heart, perhaps the senior knew her father was here, so he sent her to this place!

Zi Yan firmly believed that all of this was arranged by that senior!!!

(Chapter End)