Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 160: Nine-Dragon Heart
"So, every child of divine beasts was sealed?" Ye Chen inquired.
In response, the Azure Dragon shook its head.
"No. Each divine beast married many times and had thousands of children. It's just most of them did not possess pure divine soul and blood like us," it replied.
Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded lightly.
"What about the 'Dao War' you were talking about? Was it really started by spiritual mountains?" he asked.
"W-well, what I said is true; it's just that I was not born in that era. The only reason I hate spiritual mountain is because… umm, well, I was defeated repeatedly by one whose age was even smaller than mine," the dragon replied with some hesitation.
Ye Chen couldn't help but feel speechless at this.
"What about the inheritance trial? What was it?" He questioned, focusing on what he came for.
Listening to him, the Azure Dragon displayed an unwilling expression; however, as soon as the pressure from heaven increased, it spoke.
"T-the inheritance trial was to assimilate with this 'Nine-Dragon Heart!'" It spoke and spat out a small, human-sized, beating red heart filled with profoundness and an extraordinary aura.
Looking at the small red heart, the Azure Dragon's expression was unwilling nevertheless it explained.
"This is the heart made by my father and eight strongest dragons with heaven-defying technique. Because of this, the heart not only contains an abundant amount of life force but also divine dragon blood essence and the ability to make anyone with this heart cultivate dragon arts. By the way, if you want to wield that spear, then you must assimilate with this heart," it said.
Hearing this, Ye Chen could not help but become stunned, especially after seeing how precisely the 'Nine-Dragon Heart' was made for a human. He then inquired about this but even the Azure Dragon did not know the reason; all it said was they predicted something.
"There should be something else too, right?" Ye Chen did not trust this was all there was to it.
"U-umm, well, here is the spatial ring. It was with me for safekeeping, not because I wanted it." The Azure Dragon hurriedly spat out a spatial ring and acted like it was doing a job.
Ye Chen's mouth twitched at this, and he started to interrogate the dragon once again to find if there was anything else. He even forced it to sign a soul contract so it won't harm him and won't lie to him. Only after this did he let go of the Azure Dragon, which was depressed by his mental torture.
But Ye Chen cared none about it and began to assimilate with the nine-dragon heart. The process was not too complicated, as all he had to do was drop his blood essence on the heart.
However, this did not mean it was easy because as soon as he did this, the nine-dragon heart latched onto his chest and started to tear it.
Splurt!
Blood gushed out like a fountain, dyeing Ye Chen's clothes blood red. But the nine-dragon heart cared none about it and made its way in forcefully.
Cough!
Ye Chen couldn't help but spit out blood; his brows tightened with the pain. Nonetheless, he did not back out and persisted.
Splurt! Splurt!
More blood started to gush out as the nine-dragon heart tore his heart apart. Fortunately, Ye Chen had endless vitality, so the blood loss was not something he had to worry about.
Watching his persistence, the Azure Dragon could not help but admire him a little. But that was it. The dragon still did not forget about how Ye Chen tortured it.
Swoosh!
The nine-dragon heart finally tore apart the real one and took its place before illuminating with a red hue.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
If there was anything that could be heard now, then it was the heartbeat of the nine-dragon heart, and as soon as it started to pump the blood, Ye Chen's meridians shined with a bright red color.
Puff!
Ye Chen once again spat out a mouthful of blood and his whole body trembled in pain. If he could describe it, then it would be like molten lava flowing through his meridians and tearing him from the inside.
The pain was really unbearable, and he could not help but let out a low grunt.
However, what he does not know is that it was just the start.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
The nine-dragon heart started to beat a little faster and if anyone noticed, they would see an image of a white dragon forming on the heart. It did not take too long and the image manifested completely with the nine-dragon heart beating faster than before.
ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!!
A heaven-shaking roar of a dragon echoed, changing the weather on the stone platform and striking deep fear inside everyone who was in the mystic realm.
Even the Azure Dragon was afraid and escaped inside the heavenly spear.
"Phew. That should be the roar of the eighth guardian, the weakest of them," the Azure Dragon muttered to itself with some fear.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
The nine-dragon heart continued to beat faster, and it became hard for Ye Chen to suppress the pain.
Nonetheless, except for letting out a few low grunts, he somehow managed to persist.
ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!!
Once again, a heaven-shaking roar echoed as the second dragon manifested on the nine-dragon heart.
Then it continued like this until eight of the dragons were manifested.
Now the nine-dragon heart was beating at the speed of sound, and Ye Chen was bleeding heavily even from his ears, eyes, nose, and mouth.
If one looked at the platform on the stone pillar, they would shiver with fear because it was completely dyed red with Ye Chen's blood. Fortunately, both he and Nine-Dragon Heart have abundant vitality; if not, who knows what will happen.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
As the nine-dragon heart continued to beat furiously, the ninth dragon, an azure one, started to manifest. In that instant the heart illuminated with a golden hue and started to pump the hidden divine dragon blood essence!
"AAARRRGHHHHHHHHH!!"
Ye Chen finally couldn't hold on and screamed loudly as the blood essence of the divine dragon almost split his sea of consciousness into two parts.
The blood essence, after all, belonged to a divine beast. How could it be willing to assimilate with a low-level human? It was bound to attack Ye Chen.
However, the nine-dragon heart was also made for suppressing it so fortunately it did not cause his sea of consciousness to fall apart. Nonetheless, it was painful enough to make Ye Che scream once again.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
As Ye Chen continued to scream, the Azure Dragon on his heart manifested completely, after which an aura that shook the heavens spread through the whole mystic realm.
"He succeeded."
The seven saints spoke at once; however, no one dared to look.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Once again, a heaven-shaking roar rang out, but this one was so strong that everyone with low cultivation fell on their knees. The fierce beasts, which were suppressed by the aura of the dragon, trembled and growled with fear.
"AAARRRGHHHHHHHHH!!"
Ye Chen continued to scream but this time not with pain but because of the rage to fight with everyone. Finally, he could not help but start to punch the ground.
BOOM! BANG! BOOM!
With each punch the whole stone pillar shook, and despite being strong enough to withstand countless epochs, it started to crack.
"Stop! There is an abyss down there; we will die if we fall now!" The Azure Dragon could not help but shout with fear.
Only after hearing this did Ye Chen calm down a little and start to suppress the endless rage inside him. He was not the one who wanted to do this but the divine blood essence inside him.
It was really powerful and if not for the nine-dragon suppressing it, he would be destroying everything like a madman. It, after all, even controlled him for a while.
Swoosh!
As soon as Ye Chen suppressed the divine dragon blood essence, the terrifying aura of the divine Azure Dragon receded, and a familiar sound echoed through his ears.
It was none other than the system.
However, rather than checking what it was about, he inspected his body first. Because of the nine-heaven dragon heart, many changes happened inside his body and if there is anything that changed greatly, then it would be his meridians, which were thicker and fifty centimeters wide!
"Hey, the mystic realm is about to close."
Before Ye Chen could continue further with the inspection, the Azure Dragon spoke.
Although it looked like only a short amount of time had passed, the assimilation was really long, taking three weeks! Now only a few hours remained before the mystic realm would close.
There won't be any problem here, but it would be bad if Ye Chen did not take out the 'Heavenly Spear.'
No matter how much the Azure Dragon hated him, it really hoped to get out of this cursed place, even if it remained sealed.
Ye Chen understood the Azure Dragon's thought; even if it did not remind him, he would not let go of the spear, which probably should be divine grade.
