Chapter 1645: Chapter 1515: Slaying the Dragon

At the bottom of the Abyss, it was pitch black, and apart from some Heaven Grade Spirit Stones that could illuminate certain spots, nothing could be seen.

However—

These Heaven Grade Spirit Stones couldn’t be touched at all; it seemed there was some kind of Killing Array, and even the slightest touch would lead to a strange attack.

"Brother, what’s going on here?" Liu Da asked Ye Fan with a somber face.

"Heaven and Earth Killing Array!"

Ye Fan said expressionlessly, "These Heaven Grade Spirit Stones are not naturally scattered here; they were deliberately placed, using the Power of Heaven and Earth to form a Killing Array. Any rash movement will lead to inevitable death."

"Since you knew already, why didn’t you stop him?"

The usually calm and composed Huai Gu suddenly roared at Ye Fan.

His heart chilled at the thought that if he hadn’t acted a bit slower earlier, he might not have survived. Facing a Killing Array with the power of Heaven and Earth, unless one is a Quasi-Emperor level expert, even a Saint wouldn’t survive, let alone someone like him.

"If someone wants to die, I naturally won’t stop them, and I also just figured it out."

Ye Fan said, "What is this place? Jiu Long Nest, who here can set up a Killing Array in such a place? Who could have imagined before?"

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Ye Fan’s words left Huai Gu speechless, forcing him to glower at Ye Fan bitterly and stand aside in silence.

Hmm?

Ye Fan no longer paid attention to Huai Gu, using the Dragon Seeking Skill to observe carefully and suddenly discovered that this Heaven and Earth Killing Array was actually set up using the means of an Earth Master. His heart was instantly stirred.

The reason he came to explore this Primordial Ancient Mine, a Forbidden Zone of Life, was mainly to seek the whereabouts of the first-generation Earth Master. He had already been desperate, but unexpectedly found new clues here.

Without a doubt, in this kind of deadly area, setting up such a Killing Array, apart from a Great Emperor, only an Earth Master could do it, and the possibility of the first-generation Earth Master was more than seventy percent.

Thinking of this, Ye Fan hurriedly activated a secret technique to deduce a way to survive, and soon discovered a safe path through this Heaven and Earth Killing Array.

This was the lifeline left by the first-generation Earth Master for his successors. Only by following this safe path could they pass through this Killing Array and reach an Array Platform, allowing them to cross the void and leave this Forbidden Zone.

"Yin to Yang, things reach their extreme and reverse, so that’s how it is!"

Ye Fan murmured to himself, then solemnly said to everyone, "Follow me closely. This is a Heaven and Earth Killing Array. The path to life will change with time, we must pass through quickly, or we will surely die in this Killing Array. Also, no one is to touch anything here, or else will be killed without mercy!"

Whoosh!

After speaking, Ye Fan took a step forward, a flash of light appeared underfoot, and a thin thread-like pattern extended forward from his feet.

At this moment, everyone knew that Ye Fan had absolute techniques, and he was the only hope for everyone to get out of this Forbidden Zone of Life. No one dared to say a word, even Liu Da remained silent. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

However, facing tens of thousands of pounds of Heaven Grade Spirit Stones, it was hard not to be tempted. Even Hu Fei and the other two were very envious.

But with Ye Fan’s warning in front, they could only suppress their greed—though Spirit Stones were good, their lives were more important. Weighing the pros and cons, they obediently followed behind Ye Fan.

Following the deduced path of life, under Ye Fan’s guidance, everyone passed through the Killing Array without danger. As soon as they left the Killing Array, they saw starlight pouring down like water into this Abyss, forming a magnificent scene.

"What is this..."

Everyone’s eyes twitched as they shockingly discovered numerous human skeletons on the ground ahead, some as translucent as jade and others as black as ink. When tapped, these bones produced a metallic ringing.

"These are not human-shaped creatures, but real human skeletons, with a life force that reached at least the Venerable level before they died, comparable to a Supreme Holy Master."

Liu Da picked up a rib-like skeletal fragment, tapping it with his hand as he explained to everyone. As an assassin, he was more familiar with the human body than anyone else.

Ye Fan and the other three also realized that these were standard human skeletons, but because of their formidable strength before death, the skeletons took this form, and despite the passage of time, they had not weathered away.

"So many skeletons, how many Saint Lord level strong people would have died here!" Hu Fei exclaimed.

In the present day, with few Quasi-Emperors, Saint Lord level experts were the strongest combat power in this world, yet so many strong people of this level died here, which was incomprehensible.

Ye Fan was also puzzled, having crossed the Killing Array, why had so many people still died here? Could it have been the doing of the first-generation Earth Master?

Though Ye Fan did not know what kind of person the first-generation Earth Master truly was, he couldn’t imagine him being a bloodthirsty executioner. Perhaps there were other reasons.

Moreover, though an Earth Master was strong, for one Earth Master to kill so many Saint Lord level experts at once, this feat was simply defying the heavens, comparable to a strong person of the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Layer Heaven.

"Roar..."

Just as everyone was in shock, a deafening roar came, and a giant dragon, a hundred zhang in length, appeared before them. Without a word, it directly swept towards them with a Divine Dragon Tail.

"There really is a dragon..."

"True Dragon Breath..."

Everyone was shocked!

Then, they each displayed their Divine Skills to resist this hundred-zhang-long dragon.

This truly was a dragon, with a dragon body a hundred zhang long, each scale immense, its whole form as if cast in molten iron, full of force, like a steel Great Wall, the immense pressure forcing everyone to bring out their strongest combat power in the shortest time.

"Attack!"

Liu Da and his companions were the first to attack, fiercely striking the dragon tail with his pipe.

The seemingly ordinary pipe suddenly expanded like a golden staff, fiercely smashing onto the dragon tail, instantly knocking off a few scales, but no blood splattered.

Hu Fei’s Heavenly Weapon also shot out streams of sword light, alongside Shi Ye’s Stone Staff and Wenren Jing’s double hammers, all viciously striking the dragon’s body.

Boom!

At the same time, Ye Fan also punched out, a fiery Punch Ray soaring to the sky, creating a transparent large hole on the dragon’s body.

And Huai Gu seemed to be desperate at this moment, with a terrifying aura emanating as his hands spread out, causing the Primordial Qi between heaven and earth to violently condense into a pair of giant hands, grabbing the dragon tail and hurling it towards the Heaven and Earth Killing Array.

Huai Gu’s combat power made everyone’s eyelids jump; the secret technique he used was unheard of.

"Boom!"

A loud noise erupted as the hundred-meter-long giant dragon was hurled into the Heaven and Earth Killing Array, a flash of light appeared, yet there was no damage, nor did it invoke the array’s slaughter.

"What is going on?"

Everyone was stunned, expecting that such a large hundred-meter-long dragon would immediately be slaughtered by the array, with not even bones left behind.

Yet now, the giant dragon was unharmed, and even the Heaven Grade Spirit Stones within the Killing Array weren’t shattered, as if an energy shield protected them.

Seeing this scene, a flash of insight hit Ye Fan’s mind, and he shouted loudly: "I understand, this dragon should be the guardian of this Killing Array, they are of the same origin, so the array protects it. Let’s see if we can blast it to another place!"

"Hmm?!"

Just as Ye Fan was saying this, he suddenly noticed Huai Gu was controlling the materialized Primordial Qi hands to smash the dragon tail towards him.

"Chu Fan..."

"Watch out!"

Hu Fei, Shi Ye, and Wenren Jing moved almost simultaneously, unleashing Divine Power without restraint, each displaying their Divine Skills to attack the dragon leader.

"What are you doing?!"

Ye Fan gave a cold shout, stomping hard on the ground, his body launching like a cannonball, punching out with the inexhaustible intent of the Heaven Slaying Seven Spears, integrated into the Xuandi Fist.

"Boom!"

The fiery Punch Ray immediately penetrated the dragon leader, and Ye Fan, like a javelin, shot out of the hole.

After this severe injury, even if the hundred-meter-long dragon truly possessed an Immortal Body, it was weakened to the point of near-death. Without hesitation, Ye Fan followed up with another punch, leaving another terrifying wound on the dragon leader.

Next, Ye Fan seemed to go mad, punching one after another, turning the giant dragon’s body into a sieve, riddled with transparent penetrating wounds.

However—

The dragon seemed not like a living creature, not a drop of blood seeped from its wounds, only a faint glow.

"Roar..."

A quarter of an hour later, the hundred-meter-long dragon let out a weak dragon roar, and then its entire body began to become illusory, as if someone else’s Holy Embryo, after suffering a fatal blow, beginning to fade before finally disappearing.

"This..."

Everyone was stunned.

Huai Gu’s materialized giant hands also vanished, walking over casually as if nothing had happened, speaking not a word about nearly smashing Ye Fan to death.

Just as the dragon reached the peak of its illusionary state, Ye Fan suddenly summoned a white jade furnace with a lid, a flash of light, and the dragon leader was stored inside.

Soon, everyone smelled an intoxicating fragrance, the scent of Dragon Essence, dozens of drops in total, each as big as an eye, not merging, squeezed inside the white jade furnace.

"Snap!"

Without hesitation, Ye Fan directly covered the lid of the furnace and stored it away, appearing nonchalant, seeing this nearly stirred murderous intent in Huai Gu.

Because... Ye Fan had taken the Dragon Essence!

Dragon Essence, a supreme treasure that can greatly accelerate the cultivation process, improve constitution, a mortal temptation to every cultivator.

"Brother Chu, isn’t it a bit unfair for you to take all these Dragon Essences yourself? The so-called finders are keepers, shouldn’t these be shared among us?" Huai Gu walked over with a false smile, demanding a share.

"You were the one smashing the dragon towards me earlier. What if I had been hurt or killed then?" Ye Fan asked coldly.

"Damn it, if it weren’t for Chu Fan’s formidable strength in slaying the dragon, we’d all be dead here. Now you nearly caused Chu Fan’s death, yet you want Dragon Essence, what sort of reasoning is this?" Hu Fei was the first to speak up, pointing at Huai Gu and cursing.

"Everyone stop arguing, Brother Chu killed the dragon and earned the Dragon Essence, it’s as it should be, let’s not cause internal conflict, or else we won’t get out of this treacherous place, and we’ll all die here." Liu Da and his companions came to mediate.

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