Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1212 - 543 Journey to the Origin Dragon God Palace, Dragon Son Chi Wen_2
[As the ’Extreme Evil Deformed Dragon Offspring Leader’s Shell,’ you let out an ear-piercing howl, calling to your kin.]
[Hearing the leader’s call, a host of deformed dragon offspring emerged from the water. Seeing that the high-ranking Dragon Son had disappeared, they felt reassured and heeded your call, swarming densely around you.]
[A slightly larger female ’Deformed Dragon Offspring’ came close to you, apparently wanting to rub against your body as a gesture of deep, communicative courtship...]
[Just then, you transformed, merging with the Dragon Human Shell, invoking ’Oath of the Ancient Dragon,’ and became a terrifying Black Ancient Dragon!]
[Your massive body was like a mountain. Even though the tunnel was spacious enough to accommodate the ’Dragon Vein River,’ when you displayed the true form of an ancient dragon, the large tunnel still felt extremely cramped.]
[Fortunately, the ’Scale Tunnel’ was not inanimate. The dragon scales writhed and stretched under the pressure of your enormous body, like a python swallowing a large prey...]
[Hundreds of monsters howled in terror, about to scatter and flee, while the torrent of poisonous dragon breath poured down from overhead, sweeping everything within the tunnel...]
[You defeated ’Extreme Evil Deformed Dragon Offspring’ *439, experience points slightly increased!]
[Once the dragon breath cleared, only deadly toxic ashes remained by the riverbank, hundreds of monsters slaughtered by you.]
[Looking at the empty tunnel, do you continue along the tunnel, or jump into the Dragon Vein River to investigate?]
Lin Xun pondered, then chose the latter.
To be safe, he operated inside the monster leader’s shell.
[You leaped, plunging into the river filled with ’Dragon Blood’...]
[Visibility in the river was extremely low, a uniform blood-red as far as the eye could see. Fortunately, as a monster accustomed to dwelling in the river, your body had adapted to the crimson water, allowing you to detect some strange objects within.]
[Now, not a single dragon offspring monster remained in the river. You could only occasionally see small, serpent-like creatures, probably the food source of the dragon offspring monsters.]
[You dived deeper into the river, reaching the riverbed about twenty meters down.]
[The riverbed was smooth without any silt or aquatic plants, displaying the toughness of flesh and sinew. You could faintly see the riverbed contracting rhythmically...]
[...]
[After some searching, you didn’t find any other valuable information.]
[You emerged from the water, switched back to the Dragon Human Shell, and moved along the river, following the tunnel deeper towards the Origin Dragon God Palace...]
[...]
[As you ventured deeper, you found a huge layer of dragon scale membrane at the end of the passage, blocking the path.]
[The membrane extended into the land and river, perforated with dense tiny holes allowing the river water to flow back and forth.]
[Seemingly sensing the Dragon Son bloodline within you, the membrane split open, revealing a pathway for entry and exit, and also the next section of ’Scale Tunnel.’]
[You saw many ’Deformed Dragon Offspring’ playing and feeding by the riverbank and in the river. These monsters seemed larger and stronger than those you had seen before...]
[...]
Each segment of tunnel was an independent area. As Lin Xun delved further, the number and strength of monsters gradually increased. Not only did the quality and level of the shells improve, but the power of the special skill ’Call of the Origin Dragon’ also increased.
After clearing three tunnel segments, the Underworld Game gave a prompt.
[The number of enemies you’ve slain has reached a breakthrough point, and the ’Demonic Exorcism Merit’ you’ve accumulated has hit a critical value!]
[Your shell, ’Desire’s Greedy Wolf Star Lord,’ has had its ’Stellar Pivot Soul Magic Power’ skill quality increased due to the overflow of ’Demonic Exorcism Merit’!]
[’Stellar Pivot Soul Magic Power’ is upgraded from Legend+ Level to Mythical Level!]
[The shell quality of ’Desire’s Greedy Wolf Star Lord’ is elevated along with the skill, upgraded to Mythical Level!]
[Due to the perfect compatibility bonus from your Soul Talent ’Thousand Faces and Million Forms,’ the shell’s affinity exceeded 100%, elevating the shell quality to Mythical+ Level!]
Lin Xun’s spirits lifted, and he couldn’t help but remark, "Star Lord Canis sure took its time leveling up."
The tunnel was teeming with monsters, all of a higher quality and level than those outside. Even so, Star Lord Canis had to defeat over a thousand monsters before it could advance.
With the quality of Star Lord Canis upgraded, the skill ’Northern Mysterious Heavens Final Tribulation Demon-Cleansing Sword Technique’ within its shell unlocked the next tier of the technique.
Lin Xun took a deep breath and decided to grind here to upgrade, aiming to improve the quality of Star Lord Canis’s shell to an even higher level than the Son of Evil...
[...]
[As the membrane split open, revealing a pathway for entry and exit, it also revealed the next segment of ’Scale Tunnel.’]
[To your surprise, the scene before you was no longer the monotony of tunnels, but an open and enormous courtyard!]
[You had stepped into ’Dragon Claw Courtyard’!]
[A gigantic dragon claw, gripping the courtyard the size of an ancient city square, stood like a column holding up the sky. Its surface was intricately textured, with huge overlapping dragon scales emitting a cold, metallic luster.]
[The blood-colored Dragon Vein River still stretched to the other end of the courtyard, as if piercing through the entire Origin Dragon God Palace.]
[There were no monsters here, but the Dragon Vein River seemed several times wider than before, with a colossal shadow moving within the blood-red waters.]
