Chapter 225: Huntian!

Puff!

The tip of his finger surged forward first, striking the evil dragon's skull.

Those twisted dragon scales, which could normally resist Divine Weapons, were as flimsy as paper before Ye Wuque's fingertip and were pierced instantly!

A surge of scorching, yang‑strong blood energy, imbued with imperial majesty, rushed into its body in an instant!

Chichich—!

The evil dragon's body shuddered violently, and the gray‑black dead aura on its surface melted away rapidly like ice under the sun.

It let out one final, mournful and unwilling wail, its massive body crashing to the ground with a roar, convulsing a few times before falling completely still.

At last it turned into a wisp of blue smoke and vanished, leaving behind a dim pearl that contained the pure essence of the Dragon Clan's origin.

"Dragon Source Pearl?"

Ye Wuque picked up the pearl and could feel its pure yet alien power.

It is useless to him, but it might benefit certain special cultivation techniques or beings of the Dragon Clan.

During the subsequent exploration, Ye Wuque continued to encounter several strange varieties of dragons.

There were ghost dragons, completely transparent and adept at soul attacks.

There were demon flame dragons, their bodies engulfed in black fire, exuding a destructive aura.

There were bone dragons, assembled from countless bones, radiating overwhelming killing aura…

These mutated dragons varied in form, but all lacked sentience, possessing only instincts of destruction and slaughter; their strength was generally formidable, and some were so powerful they could trouble Ye Wuque.

Fortunately, Ye Wuque's foundation is profound; the Battle Sage Method's origin is invulnerable to all laws, his Undying Indestructible Imperial Golden Body's blood and qi are supremely yang and strong, specifically countering these yin‑evil dead things.

Moreover, his own combat power is overwhelming; throughout his journey, despite setbacks, there has been awe but no danger.

Instead, he obtained some rare herbs such as Dragon Blood Herb, Dragon Bone Flower, and the like, which grow in extreme environments.

As he delved deeper into this world, the awe‑inspiring Dragon Might, emanating from the very source of his bloodline, grew ever clearer.

That Dragon Might was vast and mighty, bearing supreme dignity, yet tinged with an indescribable Dead Silence and sorrow, sometimes surging like a tide, other times so weak it seemed it could vanish at any moment.

Finally, after traversing a Thunder Marsh saturated with destructive energy, the scene before Ye Wuque opened up brilliantly!

He arrived at a place whose grandeur and shock defy description… the Core Land!

Ahead lay a valley so enormous it surpassed imagination, or rather, a basin encircled by a Ring Mountain Range.

Forming that Ring Mountain Range was, astonishingly, a winding, soaring golden dragon!

The dragon was truly colossal; a single scale compared to a mountain, its body stretched for countless billions of li, as if it occupied half the sky.

Its entire form radiated an ultimate purity and nobility of golden hue, exuding an unmatched authority that surpassed all spirits, even without any aura.

Golden Emperor Dragon!

And it was no ordinary Golden Emperor Dragon; judging by its massive body and the ancient Dao patterns naturally etched on its scales, this was undoubtedly a Golden Emperor Dragon King who had already reached the Great Accomplishment Realm.

Yet this Imperial Dragon King, who should have towered over the heavens with boundless divine might, now lay lifeless.

It hovered there silently, its dragon head drooping over the basin's center, its dragon eyes shut, as if sunk into an eternal slumber.

The overwhelming yet fluctuating Dragon Might Ye Wuque had sensed earlier emanated naturally from this unconscious Imperial Dragon King's body, like the lingering gravity and glow after a fallen star.

"A... fallen Great Accomplishment Golden Emperor Dragon King?!"

Ye Wuque's spirit trembled.

This is undeniably a supreme being whose name could echo through eternity, yet it fell here, becoming part of Suppressing Dragon Valley?

What secrets does Suppressing Dragon Valley truly conceal?

His gaze involuntarily drifted toward the very center of the basin guarded by the circling dragon.

There, instead of emptiness, stood a massive pool!

The water in the pool was not ordinary liquid but a viscous amber hue, flowing with seven‑colored sunrise light!

An indescribable, supremely pure energy, as if containing the very source of Dragon Clan life, radiated from the pool, causing the surrounding Void to warp slightly as Dao Rule manifested on its own!

Dragon Marrow!

And it wasn't a drop or two, but an entire pool of Dragon Marrow!

This is sheer defiance of the heavens!

For any being, especially those with Dragon Clan blood or who practice the Flesh path, the value of this pool of Dragon Marrow is incalculable!

Yet Ye Wuque's gaze instantly leapt past this mind‑blowing pool of Dragon Marrow, fixed firmly on the pool's center!

There, a small raised island rose.

Upon the island, instead of soil, lay a strange, crystal‑clear gemstone.

And atop that crystal floated two intensely blazing golden light orbs!

These two golden glows, only fist‑sized, resembled two miniature suns, emitting a grandeur and transcendence even more awe‑inspiring than the entire Dragon Marrow pool below, stirring the heart.

They hovered silently, their light swirling, as if countless Tiandao runes were being born and dying, and the Prototype of a world was evolving!

Although Ye Wuque could not immediately discern what it was, his intuition told him it was a peerless treasure countless times more precious than the entire pool of Dragon Marrow below!

It is highly likely the condensation of the finest Dao Fruit and Primordial essence of this Great Accomplishment Golden Emperor Dragon King after its fall!

And the massive head of that Imperial Dragon King lay quietly stranded beside the island, as if guarding the two treasures, yet also narrating endless sorrow and unwillingness.

Even with Ye Wuque's temperament, his breathing became slightly hurried at this moment.

He was about to try approaching, to examine closely.

"Buzz!"

At that instant, the Void behind him suddenly emitted an extremely sharp, domineering, terrifying aura that seemed capable of severing Causality and Fate!

A golden silhouette, like a peerless divine sword tearing the heavens, descended abruptly!

It is Huntian!

He stared intently at Ye Wuque's back, and within his rebellious cross‑shaped demonic pupils erupted a tangible killing intent, excitement accumulated over ten thousand years, and a surging battle fervor!

It seemed that in his world, at this moment, only Ye Wuque remained!

"Ye Wuque!!"

"I finally found you!!"

"I've been waiting for you, waiting for ten thousand ages!!"

Huntian's voice carried an uncontainable tremor, a venting of extreme emotion.

"Now!"

"Continue that battle!"

"Here, I will cut you down!"

"With your blood, I will wash away my past humiliation!"

Ye Wuque turned his back to him, his figure not even a hint of movement.

It seemed that what descended behind him was not a terrifying foe, but merely a trivial breeze.

He still stared at the two golden light spheres at the center of the distant Dragon Marrow Pool, as if that were what truly captured his attention.

Only after Huntian's words fell did Ye Wuque slowly speak, in a tone so plain it bordered on indifference.

His voice was not loud, yet it rang clearly across this Dead Silence core region:

"I said…"

"Having defeated you once, in my eyes there is no longer any place for you."

"You no longer have the right to fight me again."

His tone was calm, yet it contained an absolute confidence and grandeur that looked down upon the heavens and surveyed ten thousand ages.

It was as if stating an indisputable fact.

"You…!"

Huntian's forehead vein spiked suddenly; Ye Wuque's total disregard inflamed his anger more than any vicious mockery!

It was completely different from the scene he had imagined of reuniting with his arch‑enemy for a fierce standoff!

Yet before he could act in anger, an anomaly erupted!

"Roar—!!!"

"Howl—!!!"

Several terrifying dragon roars, filled with extreme madness and brutality as if to destroy everything, suddenly erupted from the twisted Void near the coiling dragon body of the Golden Emperor Dragon King!

In the next instant, several massive terrifying evil dragons tore the Void and boldly lunged out!

The aura of these evil dragons was far more powerful than any mutated dragon clan Ye Wuque had previously encountered!

The Dragon Might lingering on them even carried faint traces of the same origin as the Emperor Dragon King at the center.

It seemed they were the most terrifying products born from the fallen one's scattered power combined with the endless dead air and Grievance in the valley.

They lacked reason and target distinction; the moment they appeared, their all‑destructive killing instinct simultaneously locked onto the three most distinct presences in the arena.

They were Ye Wuque, Huntian, and the Phantom Nightmare Emperor Butterfly—Mu Yutiandie—who had quietly appeared at a distance on the other side, silently appraising the remains of the Golden Emperor Dragon King!

Several terrifying evil dragons split into three groups, bearing destructive waves that tear everything, and launched a desperate onslaught toward the three simultaneously!

In an instant, the core area of this place, which should have been a fated ground, erupted with killing intent and sudden chaos!

Huntian's anger‑laden strike had to be forced to turn, confronting the two ferocious evil dragons that lunged at him!