The Witch Hunter System-Chapter 1016: The Celestial Dragons’ Strength

In the heart of the Dragon Vein, a vast pocket realm half-filled with a golden sea existed. A grand silver city floated over the sea surface, reaching for the luminous crystal ceiling with its spire-like towering structures.

Tenacious vine-like golden roots covered the earthen walls like myriad snakes, extending into the depths of the golden sea and stretching out to the crystal sky.

Celestial City was not a submerged city due to the abundant air that existed within the Dragon Heart. But whether it was the air or the golden sea itself, both were incredibly dense. Even gravity was several times greater than elsewhere.

On top of that, the entire Dragon Heart would produce an outward pulse periodically.

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During each pulse, the entire pocket realm would become filled with spirit energy, causing spikes in its level of gravity, air density, and water density. Normal conditions have already made it difficult for ordinary beings to survive here. As such, spike periods were simply outright fatal for ordinary beings.

However, the Celestial Dragons thrived here without an issue due to their superior physiques. They even treated the periodic heart pulse as their training.

"Audacious!"

Within the seaside manor of a wealthy Celestial Dragon, a Dragonoid man suddenly barked with outrage after reading a new email in his inbox. The content made him so angry that he accidentally crushed his communication device.

He was just relaxing on his black metal sunlounger, enjoying the soft nourishment of green spirit light from the luminous crystal sky, when the new mail completely ruined his good mood.

Not far away from the edge of the seaside manor, a Dragonoid woman emerged from the golden dragon blood sea.

"What’s the matter, Sir Mugim?" the Dragonoid woman asked seductively, hoping to improve the Dragonoid man’s mood.

However, Sir Mugim’s cursive glance, filled with anger and annoyance, immediately told the Dragonoid woman that he was not in the mood to flirt with her. At the same time, she also realized something quite serious must have happened.

"What happened?" the Dragonoid woman asked again, looking solemn.

"My distant relative from several hundred generations ago or so has met with trouble and requires my assistance. I will be making a trip to Fanghorn City. Thank you for your company today, Lady Nurla."

"It’s that serious?" Lady Nurla gasped with surprise before asking seriously, "Do you need my help?"

"It’s just a bunch of insects dreaming of their past glory. I alone am enough to deal with them. However, I won’t refuse you if you wish to accompany me," Sir Mugim coolly replied, maintaining his pride.

His pride wouldn’t let him seek help from a woman, but he wouldn’t refuse an offer either if the latter insisted. After all, it was also rude to reject a woman who asked twice.

"Wait for me," Lady Nurla smiled.

Although Celestial Dragons rarely left Celestial City due to their disdain for the outside world, she was a little curious about the situation that aroused such anger in Sir Mugim.

After getting out of the golden dragon blood sea, she gave herself a light drying and adorned her glittering accessories.

Sir Mugim also took this chance to admire her pretty scales and horns briefly.

In Celestial City, Celestial Dragons seldom wear any clothes or armor due to their Dragonoid physiques. The gold scales that covered their pristine bodies were practically their set of clothes and armor in one.

As such, any additional items would only cover their beauty or hinder their movements. Only some shiny accessories were adored by Dragonoid women as they believed such items could enhance their beauty further.

At the very least, a sparkling peacock would stand out among a group of ordinary peacocks.

On the other hand, Dragonoid males didn’t see any value in accessories. They believed the glow of their well-polished dragon scales was more appealing than any kind of accessory.

Moreover, appearances were never as important as strength. They only served to showcase it. As such, Celestial Dragons didn’t appreciate the shininess of their dragon scales for the sake of the shininess but the energy that produced it.

Although the Celestial Dragons shared some similar aesthetics in some areas, it was still quite clear that their sense of appreciation was quite different from Celestial Humans.

Dragonoid men weren’t ashamed to showcase their ding dongs in public, even if other Dragonoid men laughed at their boners. They would just laugh even louder than them while boasting their sizes.

On the other hand, if Dragonoid women tried to shame them for their boners, Dragonoid men would just retort along the lines of, "Woman, you should be honored that you made my donger stand!"

Within Celestial City, the Celestial Dragons generally didn’t discriminate against each other over status since they didn’t use a nobility system. Everyone was considered wealthy people, so they would only talk with their wealth—their strength. Stay updated via novelbuddy

As such, besides having the Celestial Dragon King as their leader, everyone was mostly equal. Of course, this was only possible because everyone’s strength was, more or less, the same.

If a bigger gap existed between their strength, perhaps their society would have developed very differently.

"Should we inform the Dragon King before we leave, Sir Mugim?" Lady Nurla suggested.

However, Sir Mugim immediately shook his head, replying, "The Dragon King is a very busy man. He has been working hard to advance to the Divine Transformation Realm for the past few hundred years. It would be unwise to disturb his cultivation over something this trivial."

"For something ’this trivial,’ it had certainly pricked your scales the wrong way, Sir Mugim," Lady Nurla’s lips pursed into a sly smile. "Now, I’m really curious what happened."

"Hmph. You’ll find out soon enough. Let’s get moving," Sir Mugim snorted.

Shortly after finishing their chatter, the two Dragonoid humans dived into the golden dragon blood sea, speeding their way through the Dragon Vein passage that led to Fanghorn City.

Their powerful dragon tail flicks gave them incredible bursts of speed while leaving behind violent and chaotic currents of golden blood seawater.

They were obviously creatures of the sky, but they were even more agile in water than fish.

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Shortly after the Fanghorn Lord notified Celestial City and requested help, Pangea also informed Vaan and filled him in the situation.

"You need to be prepared, Child. The Fanghorn Lord called Celestial City for help, and two Celestial Dragons have been dispatched. They will arrive very shortly. Although they weren’t informed about you, they are very strong."

"How strong?"

"Seventh-stage Divine Star Realm in both Energy Gathering and Body Refining. You can expect them to be as strong as Half-step Divine Transformation Realm cultivators. I recommend summoning your dark twin to deal with them."

After listening to Pangea’s information, Vaan was both surprised and unsurprised at the same time.

Although it wasn’t mentioned in the Celestial Database, he had suspected the Celestial Dragons to be dual-path cultivators of body and energy. After all, they had the Divine Inheritance and possessed a monopoly on the golden dragon blood.

Given the periodic tributes of the twelve cities, it would be quite strange if the Celestial Dragons didn’t even attempt dual-path cultivation with all those resources available to them.

Indeed, the Celestial Dragons were all dual-path cultivators. However, this practice only started in the last ten thousand years.

After all, while the powerful physiques of Celestial Dragons allowed them to utilize the power of Divine Worlds more perfectly than other Divine Inheritors in the Celestial Kingdom, it also made it practically impossible for them to accept the Divine Inheritance through the usual procedure.

Their powerful dragon physiques were too tough for the Divine Worlds to pass through their flesh.

Vaan was quite curious how they performed the Divine Inheritance.

Unless they utilized special methods, surgical transplants were the most direct and only possibility he could think of.

"Child, you don’t seem to be the slightest bit worried about the strength of the Celestial Dragons? Since the Celestial Dragons are already this strong, aren’t you afraid that the Celestial Dragon King might be too strong for you?"

"Why should I fear the Celestial Dragon King? How strong can he be?"

"The Celestial Dragon King is at the peak stage of Divine Star Realm in both Energy Gathering and Body Refining. He is considered invincible under the Divine Transformation Realm. Even the Ocean Overlords might not be able to defeat him. His strength is practically in the Divine Transformation Realm."

"It’s just the Divine Transformation Realm. Don’t worry about it."

When Pangea heard Vaan’s nonchalant reply, her eyebrows shot up in the virtual realm. She couldn’t understand where his confidence was coming from.

Did he have that much faith in the Ocean Overlords? Or was it his evil twin? Perhaps it was the Sea God Temple?

In all honesty, Pangea believed the Sea God Temple could really deal with the Celestial Dragon King.

However, it was ultimately an external treasure and not an individual’s strength. As such, she suspected it consumed a terrifying amount of energy or required a terrible price to use.

In fact, it wouldn’t surprise her if the Sea God Temple’s offensive power had already been depleted in dealing with the previous Ocean Master.

After all, it seemed like an ultimate move that Vaan was forced to use at the very start because he wasn’t confident in a prolonged battle and needed the element of surprise to ensure its successful execution.

Alas, that was Pangea’s misconception due to her trust in Vaan’s intelligence. She didn’t think he would make a low-level mistake such as miscalculating the amount of power to use.

Nevertheless, since Vaan was so confident, Pangea could only trust him. After all, what else could she do? She had already warned him.

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