Chapter 1156: The Branches of the Space Willow Tree (Second Update, seeking all)

Li Zhangsheng did not loot the spoils of war at the first opportunity; instead, he used the Blue Light Tripod and the Zining Cauldron to suppress Deathwing.

Under the suppression of the two cauldrons, Deathwing was completely unable to move, with only its eyeballs capable of turning.

He did this mainly to prevent Deathwing from destroying the dimensional space or spatial items, as Li Zhangsheng would likely regret it so much that his intestines would turn green.

Li Zhangsheng first took out a gourd, and under a massive suction force, the dragon blood in the giant pit formed a stream of blood, which was quickly absorbed by the gourd.

In just a few breaths' time, all the dragon blood had been devoured by the gourd.

Besides the dragon blood, Li Zhangsheng also collected the scattered Dragon Scales and dragon meat, leaving nothing to waste.

Li Zhangsheng did not communicate with Deathwing and signaled Adai to pry open Deathwing's dragon mouth.

When the dragon mouth was forcibly pried open, a foul stench indescribable in words rushed out, making Adai feel dizzy and disoriented, so he hurriedly held his breath.

Unlike Adai, Li Zhangsheng had long since held his breath in advance.

At his signal, the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat dived directly into Deathwing's dragon mouth.

With the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat's treasure-seeking ability, any treasure Deathwing had hidden away would be found.

As the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat scurried around inside Deathwing's body, Deathwing's eyes instantly became anxious and uneasy.

For dragons who value wealth as much as their lives, treasures are their second life.

While waiting, Li Zhangsheng toyed with the Space Scepter in his hand, carefully identifying this Semi-Artifact.

This was a scepter as tall as a person; judging from the feedback of his Mental Power, this Semi-Artifact was forged entirely from a single piece of wood, and as for the forging technique, in Li Zhangsheng's view, it could only be considered mediocre.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng felt a faint surge of excitement.

"This is a branch of the Space Willow Tree!"

The Space Willow Tree is possibly the only spirit plant that can compare to the World Tree; even if it is just a branch, it is extremely precious.

"If I can restore it to its origin, it can be used to repair the Space Golden Bridge!"

Although the best material for repairing the Space Golden Bridge is the wood of the Space Willow Tree near the Wood Heart, and a branch is inevitably a grade inferior, one can hardly hope for wood near the Wood Heart, so Li Zhangsheng could only choose to settle for the next best thing.

Moreover, with Li Zhangsheng's level of artifact refining, even if it were just a branch of the Space Willow Tree, he had a high degree of confidence in making the repaired Space Golden Bridge reach the Zifu Qizhen level.

The Strange Treasure known as the Space Golden Bridge is most suitable for escaping or pursuing, so its importance to Li Zhangsheng can be imagined.

After about a quarter of an hour, the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat, with an object in its mouth, quickly crawled out of the dragon's mouth and handed it to Li Zhangsheng.

Looking at this item that had been dragged out from its body, Deathwing could not help but be heartbroken, shedding a few dragon tears.

Clearly, this item was definitely a treasure Deathwing cherished, otherwise it would not be this heartbroken.

Li Zhangsheng did not identify this treasure for the time being, but instead asked the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat: "Are there no other items?"

Squeak, squeak~

The Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat shook its head vigorously, emitting a slightly sharp sound.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Li Zhangsheng did not mind the filth and stroked the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat's fur, which was covered in mucus.

If nothing went wrong, Deathwing had opened a dimensional space, which was the reason why the Myriad Manifestation Spirit-Devouring Rat only found one item.

"Chi Dragon, search for the dimensional space opened by Deathwing!"

Under these circumstances, Li Zhangsheng handed the task to the Chi Dragon.

At the same time, Li Zhangsheng transformed into Dijiang and searched for Deathwing's dimensional space together with the Chi Dragon.

One thing is certain: a dimensional space can only be opened within the body.

With the two working in concert, it did not take long for the man and the dragon to make a discovery, their gazes locking simultaneously onto Deathwing's abdomen—or more accurately, its stomach.

As for how to forcibly open the dimensional space, it was not very difficult for Li Zhangsheng; the real difficulty lay in the fact that if it were opened forcibly, the items inside would be scattered into the spatial turbulence.

Li Zhangsheng communicated with the Chi Dragon for a while, and the man and the dragon discussed a countermeasure.

As for coercing Deathwing into obediently handing over the treasures in the dimensional space, that was out of the question; ancestral dragons are even more greedy for treasure than ordinary dragons and would rather die than obediently hand them over.

After locking onto the dimensional space inside Deathwing's body, Li Zhangsheng, in his Dijiang form, and the Chi Dragon simultaneously tore through space and escaped into a patch of spatial turbulence.

In the spatial turbulence, one could see a light sphere of considerable size, roughly several tens of thousands of cubic meters.

This light sphere was the dimensional space opened by Deathwing.

Li Zhangsheng and the Chi Dragon exchanged a glance, and the man and the dragon acted in unison.

Space Cutting!

Li Zhangsheng, in his Dijiang form, condensed a gray light blade and rushed rapidly toward the light sphere.

Just as the gray light blade was about to hit the dimensional space, the Chi Dragon immediately unleashed its trump card, the Space Cage, and a huge gray space instantly enveloped the entire light sphere.

Crack~

The gray light blade landed on the barrier of the dimensional space, and the space immediately shook violently; then, the entire dimensional space collapsed with a boom, and countless items scattered and flew out, on the verge of falling into the spatial turbulence.

Unfortunately, due to the Space Cage, these items were all confined within a small range and successfully resisted the encroachment of the spatial turbulence.

Roar~

The Chi Dragon let out a Dragon Roar, and the Space Cage shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into the size of a water vat, with the items inside shrinking along with it.

The Chi Dragon extended its Dragon Claw and grabbed the Space Cage, while Li Zhangsheng, in his Dijiang form, locked onto the coordinates, tore through space, and returned to Gourd Valley with the Chi Dragon.

The Space Cage could not be maintained for long; after returning to Gourd Valley, the Chi Dragon immediately dispelled it to avoid the Space Cage collapsing and causing huge losses.

Clatter, clatter~

Countless items fell to the ground, piling up into small hills.

Looking at these small hills, Deathwing widened its massive Longyan; it had toyed with every single item there and was more than familiar with them.

For a moment, Deathwing's eyes were filled with panic, despair, Anger, and unwillingness, and not knowing where the strength came from, it struggled violently.

The suppression force of the Blue Light Tripod and the Zining Cauldron began to fluctuate, but after Li Zhangsheng increased his output, it quickly stabilized again.

Unlike Deathwing's mood, Li Zhangsheng was filled with wild joy.

The collection of an ancestral black dragon over thousands of years is enough to make one feel excited just thinking about it.

Since both are Divine Beasts, under comparable conditions, ancestral dragons and the Dragon Clan are clearly much wealthier.

There is no help for it; who told these two races to have such a knack for making money, with each and every one of them being a miser who only takes in and never lets out.

If there are no surprises, the harvest this time might not be much worse than that time we razed the Silent Forest.

(End of this chapter)