Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1218 - 545: Dragon Heart Shrine, Dragon Son Bi’an_2
At this moment, he finally understood the torturous life that ordinary Apostles led on a daily basis...
If it weren’t for entering the Hidden Map of the Origin Dragon Temple this time, Lin Xun might not even have been able to obtain a decent Shell until the end of this Chapter.
He chose to possess the Shell with a sense of immense anticipation.
[You have possessed the Shell of the ’Dragon Son Chiwen’!]
[Most of the memories in this Shell have been eroded by Malice, with the clearest remaining being Chiwen’s last thought before death.]
[Brother, I am willing to give you the ’Chaos Dragon Bead’...]
[You must take revenge for me!]
[Kill this bastard who dared to intrude into our father god’s palace!]
"Chaos Dragon Bead, brother... It seems there are more than just Chiwen who are Dragon Sons in the Origin Dragon Temple," Lin Xun thoughtfully opened the Shell panel to check Chiwen’s attributes.
[Shell — ’Dragon Son Chiwen’]
[True Name: Chiwen]
[Compatibility: +∞]
[Shell Quality: Eternal level]
[Shell Level: 357]
[Shell Equipment: None]
[Bloodline Skills: ’Turn Rivers and Seas Upside Down’ (Eternal+ level): Chiwen has inherited a part of the bloodline of the water Demon God and commands the vast ocean. A twist of the body or a flick of the tail can cause massive waves. In water, Chiwen’s movement speed increases by 100%, and swimming or diving consumes no energy. The consumption of Evil Intention Spell when releasing all Skills in water decreases by ninety percent, and the power of Skills gets a significant boost.]
[Shell Skills: ’Dragon’s Kiss Determining the Waves’ (Eternal level) etc...]
[Shell Skills: ’Dragon Abyss Swallows the Sun’ (Eternal level) etc...]
[Shell Skills: ’Cutting River Reverse Flow’ (Eternal level) etc...]
[Shell Skills: ’Dragon’s Transmutation’ (Eternal level) etc...]
[Shell Skills: ’Call of the Origin Dragon’ (Special Skill) etc...]
All of Chiwen’s skills were of Eternal level quality, complete with offensive and defensive abilities, supplemented by the bloodline skill ’Turn Rivers and Seas Upside Down’.
And Chiwen’s special skill ’Call of the Origin Dragon’ also came with a terrifying 50% strength boost.
Had Lin Xun not chosen to tactically fight in the ’Gladiator’ rounds, mouth to mouth exhaling a Dragon Breath, causing fatal damage from the inside out to the enemy, he might not even equal Chiwen when doubled up.
What excited him the most was Chiwen’s Shell level. Although he had anticipated it, his heart still swelled with joy upon truly seeing the level of the Shell reach 357.
"Your level is very high, but now it is mine!"
The Treasure Rat previously nurtured an item called the ’Stone of Innate Wisdom,’ whose effect was: before forsaking the old Shell, the level of the old Shell could be stored in the ’Stone of Innate Wisdom,’ and when a new Shell is obtained, the level of the old Shell can be fully inherited by the new one.
Ordinary Apostles only had one Shell slot and had to abandon the old Shell to inherit the level to a new one, but Lin Xun had no such concerns.
After pondering for a moment, he did not immediately use this item.
According to Chiwen’s last memory before death, there wasn’t just one Dragon Son inside the Origin Dragon Temple, and there might be one or more in the subsequent sections.
Since the ’Stone of Innate Wisdom’ could be used at most three times, it would be a loss to use it now if there were several Dragon Sons later, each with a higher level than the last.
The most rational action for now was to set ’Chiwen’ as the leader, so that all the experience from grinding minor monsters or bosses would go to Chiwen.
If later he encountered a Dragon Son with an even higher level, he would switch to the new leader, until after the adventure in the Origin Dragon Temple ended, he could then inherit the ’innate wisdom’ of the highest-level Dragon Son to the Son of Evil.
[...]
[After getting everything in order, you walk along the ’Dragon Vein River’ towards the other end of the courtyard.]
[After traversing the dragon scale flesh membrane, you have arrived at the next location.]
[This place is a massive corridor made of flesh and circles of gigantic dragon bones, with the passageway trending diagonally upward.]
[The dragon bone remains, weathered over countless years, are stacked in layers forming steps that ascend to the end of one’s sight.]
[Many ’Deformed Dragon Offspring of Extreme Evil’ wander here, unlike the web-footed aquatic offspring you encountered before; these are dragon-headed monsters that prowl on four legs like wild beasts such as lions or tigers.]
[The Dragon Vein River continues here, uncut. The narrowing river runs along the center of the stairs, stretching longitudinally, and to your surprise, after flowing downstream for a while, it begins to surge back upstream!]
[It seems to be some bizarre pumping force that causes the water to flow up the riverbed steps toward the end of the corridor.]
[You have stepped onto the ’Dragon Bone Chi Bi’!]
[Your sudden appearance has drawn the attention of many ’Deformed Dragon Offspring of Extreme Evil,’ whose eyes are filled with malice...]
[...]
The multitude of monsters in the Origin Dragon God Palace provided Star Lord Canis with space to advance, yet this shell was truly somewhat lethargic, the progression was exceedingly slow.
Of course, there was a reason for this. Star Lord Canis obtained the shell through a bonus Chapter, and compared to the shells of the Son of Evil and Little Dragon, it was neither produced by a canonical Chapter nor as difficult to obtain.
You get what you pay for; the Underworld Game generously offered Star Lord Canis the possibility of continuous advancement, but set the bar extremely high for promotion, which left Star Lord Canis unable to keep up with Lin Xun’s mapping progress.
Lin Xun himself did have a slight preference for Star Lord Canis as the White Clothed Sword Immortal, but he couldn’t help that this "child" just wasn’t up to par...
Compared to before, the monsters in the ’Dragon Bone Chi Bi’ not only increase in number and level, but their shell ranks had also been raised.
He took advantage of the Underworld Game’s benefits and began to slay monsters rapidly and in large numbers.
After tirelessly clearing three sections of the Dragon Bone Chi Bi corridor, slaughtering thousands of little monsters, the Underworld Game still hadn’t sent any alert about Star Lord Canis’s level-up text.
Lin Xun opened the shell panel to see, and, lo and behold, the ’Demonic Exorcism Merit’ progress bar had barely passed halfway, even more absurd than what was required for the previous promotion.
He sighed helplessly and said, "It seems Star Lord Canis will only have the chance to skyrocket if he stumbles upon a Chapter world that is coincidentally undergoing a divine war."
[...]
[You come to the end of the ’Dragon Bone Chi Bi,’ and through the thick layers of dragon scale flesh membrane, the rhythmic ’thumping’ sounds gradually become clear and thunderous, like the rolling thunder before a mountain rain, akin to the heartbeat of the Earth from the ’Emperor Earth God.’]
[You know you must be very close to the ’Dragon Heart Shrine’ now.]
[With countless characters flashing in your eyes, you switch to the shell of the ’Dragon Son Chi Wen,’ and head straight through the dragon scale flesh membrane, arriving at the next location.]
[In the grand hall, the enormous dragon heart hangs high above like a blazing sun, with numerous thick arteries extending from it in all directions, either merging into the walls of flesh and dragon scales or connecting with the Dragon Vein River inside and outside the hall.]
[The dragon heart beats very slowly, yet each strong contraction and beat is like thunderous war drums, sending a deep, trembling echo that vibrates throughout the hall, causing the ground to tremble and roar incessantly.]
[Below the dragon heart, a middle-aged man sits upright on a tall desk, dressed in an opulent judge’s robe, donning a judge’s hat, with a vermilion brush in hand and a thick scroll laid out before him.]
[His brows are dignified, and his deep black eyes are as sharp as lightning, seemingly capable of piercing right through one’s heart.]
[As if in court, to the left and right below him stand rows of offspring deformed by evil, dressed in the attire of court guards and holding water-fire sticks.]
[Their eyes are dull, their bodies stiff, as if they are tightly controlled by some formidable force, preventing them from losing their minds and roaming to feed like wild animals.]
[In the center of the hall, two figures kneel. One is a wild beast cloaked in gold scales like a lion or tiger, and the other is a monster covered in silver scales with webbed hands and feet.]
[The middle-aged man sees you step slowly into the hall and, meeting your gaze, smiles without losing his impartial majesty, saying, "You’ve arrived just in time!"]
[He lifts the vermilion brush in his hand, pointing at the two gold and silver monsters kneeling below, and proclaims loudly, "This case is about a fraternal wall, a grievance over a property dispute, with both parties being endlessly contentious, desperately needing a fair statement to clarify right and wrong!"]
["Let’s have you oversee the judgment, to settle the dispute of fraternal enmity... How about it?"]
[As his voice trailed off, the two rows of ’Deformed Dragon Offspring’ rigidly hit their water-fire sticks on the ground, their throats as though harshly grasped, emitting a low growl in unison...]
[Mighty! Valour!]
[You have set foot inside the ’Dragon Heart Shrine’!]
[You have discovered the ’Dragon Son Bi’an’!]
