Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 928 Organizing
Crash——!!

A slightly biting wind blew by, and with the death of the ancient dragon, the snow and wind that had melted into a downpour by the dragon's thunder froze again.

The snowflakes, as fine as goose feathers, fell more violently in the cold wind, and soon covered the altar and statues with a new layer of snow.

Meanwhile, Xin Lailai, who was in mid-air, staggered and spat out a mouthful of blood before falling heavily back to the ground, her aura suddenly becoming weak.

Extinction energy.

Normally, due to the suppression of the blessing rules, they shouldn't have the ability to use annihilation and assimilation.

But for the final sword strike, in order to ensure a decisive victory over the ancient dragon, they directly followed the principle of the initial version of Annihilation Assimilation, each manually creating an energy cycle constructed from demonic and angelic power within their own bodies, and then forcibly creating a brief state of Annihilation Assimilation using elven assimilation.

In terms of results, this approach of copying the same method was clearly successful, but the cost was also obvious.

It's important to understand that the Annihilation Assimilation ability was created by a master like 83203. With their current level, even if they successfully copied some of the effects from the answer, they could never achieve the same perfection.

Not to mention that they were imitating the most unstable initial version of the Annihilation Assimilation state. It can be said that if their current life state had not been transformed into some kind of non-fatal incarnation body by the blessing rules, that sword strike would most likely have sent them on their way while sending the ancient dragon away.

Even if they were to die, they had prepared other backup plans in that instant, but that still couldn't change the fact that this was the closest they had ever come to death since stepping into the world of ashes.

"Tsk, how did someone like Elichid become the Lord of Cinder? The difference is just too big..."

On the snow, Xin Lai Lai, whose internal organs had been completely annihilated, moved her fingers with difficulty. Watching her health bar slowly recover under the Dark Divine Prayer spell, she couldn't help but curse the former Lord of Cinder who rose to power by selling hooks once again.

too big.

Despite both being Lords of Cinder, the difference in strength between Elichid and the Elder Dragons in battle was so vast that the latter could easily whip the former like a spinning top.

Fortunately, they had prepared for this in advance, so they had been perfecting the moves of the King Sword series and developing prayers along the way, making themselves two or three levels stronger than when they had just absorbed the King Soul before they arrived here.

Otherwise, if someone really thinks they've defeated a previous Lord of Cinder and rushes to the snowy mountains to face the ancient dragon right after absorbing the Lord's Soul, they'll probably be so overwhelmed by the huge difference in combat experience that they won't even recognize their own mother.

It can only be said that there is a reason why Elriced, who was clearly the most ambitious of the previous Lords of Cinder, only dared to stay in the Cathedral of the Deep from beginning to end and did not dare to make a move on the Lord Souls of the other previous Lords of Cinder.

Given this difference in strength, among this group of Lords of Cinder, the other party would probably only be able to bully the half-paralyzed Rudolfs. If they really dared to come to the Ancient Dragon Snow Mountain, they would most likely not even be able to get past the group of dragons in front of the altar.

"Cough cough... It's really better not to use that thing as a unit of combat power, lest it harm others and yourself."

After lying on the ground for a while, Xin Lailai, who had barely recovered, spat out a mouthful of blood and kicked Elichid out of the standard line of combat power units.

"Ling Yuzi, how long will it take to repair the soul body?"

"Hmm... it will probably take another two days. The rules of this world are too restrictive, and it will be very troublesome to repair them."

Inside the soul space, Ling Yuzi muttered to himself that although the blessing rules restored their ability to use the Spirit God Body talent, there were still many limitations.

For example, in the outside world, they can create a soul husk in just over ten minutes.

However, in the Ash World, due to the significant decrease in their ability to manipulate energy, it takes them several days just to repair a soul husk, and if they were to create one from scratch, it would take them nearly half a month to complete.

This is why they kept their ability to travel through the world so secret, because in the Ash World, this ability, which permanently consumes the soul and body, can only be used as a one-time trump card.

"Two days...it seems we'll have to rest here for a while."

As Xin Lailai spoke, she glanced at the path cleared at the end of the altar by the death of the ancient dragon, her gaze shifting slightly, and she completely abandoned her plan to move forward immediately.

The battle with the ancient dragon had already exhausted them, and considering that going further might lead to an even more difficult battle than the ancient dragon, it was clearly better to rest here for a while.

and--

"It seems like it will take some time to figure out what this guy dropped."

As she spoke, Xin Lailai turned around, her gaze falling on the statue that the ancient dragon had transformed into after its death. She looked at the clusters of light that had fallen after its demise, a thoughtful expression flashing in her eyes:

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【Primordial Elements】

Category: Legendary Item

Effect:? ? ?
Introduction: ? ? ?

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[Contaminated Ancient Dragon King Blood]

Category: Legendary Item

Effect:? ? ?
Introduction: ? ? ?

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The Soul of the Immortal Dragon

Category: Legendary Item

Durability: (None)

Synopsis: The soul of "Grammit the Immortal Dragon". Ancient dragons were originally immortal beings in the darkness, but they were given a soul by the illumination of the Royal Fire, thus becoming immortal and indestructible beings.

Even if the body perishes and the form is destroyed, it can regenerate its body and be reborn over a long period of time; this is the way of the ancient dragon.

……

Items marked with question marks.

This was the first time they had obtained items like the [Primal Element] and [Contaminated Ancient Dragon King Blood], whose effects and descriptions were all marked with question marks, since entering the Ash World.

In notarization rules, such situations often arise due to insufficient authority or the validity of the notarization. However, in the world of Ashes, this phenomenon...

"Does this mean that the rules of blessing do not want anyone to know the origin of these two things?"

Xin Lailai muttered to herself as she picked up the three items that had fallen in front of the giant statue. She looked at the seven-colored crystal core and the scarlet blood clot that exuded a violent aura, her eyes slightly lowered.

Even if the blessing rules are not displayed, for those of them with knowledge and vision from the astral plane, the aura emanating from these two things is extremely familiar.

Even though the rules of blessing are not displayed, the two things in front of us are clearly the product of the fusion of the core of the world, a massive amount of elemental power, the blood of destiny, and a certain variant of the boundary lightning!
That's right, this is the essence of the [Primordial Element] and the [Contaminated Ancient Dragon King Blood].

Even though their appearance has changed, those of them who have come into contact with the World Core and Boundary Lightning countless times can immediately tell the source of the aura emanating from these two things.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that the origins of these two things actually further corroborate his conjecture at the foot of the mountain: the ancient dragons were very likely the original rulers of the Ash World.

As for what this means... Sin Lai Lai could make many guesses, including some unusually bad, even unacceptable, possibility, but in any case—

"If we want to truly confirm it, we can only find out by seeing the Nameless King... or even the real King Fire."

Xin Lailai murmured to herself, looking at the object in her hand. After a moment of silence, she took out the Element Bottle and placed the [Primal Element] inside.

Although the blessing rules don't reveal the uses of these two items, based on the naming pattern and his personal speculation, the [Primal Element] will most likely produce some kind of peculiar reaction with the [Elemental Bottle]. As for what exactly that reaction is...

[Note: Due to the effect of "Primal Element", the "Primal Flask" has now been upgraded to "Primal Flask - Ultimate"!]

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【Elemental Bottle - Ultimate】

Category: Legendary Item

Usage limit: 10/10
The current allocation scheme is: 8 (red) / 2 (blue) / 0 (purple)

Effect: Upon drinking, depending on the contents of the Elemental Bottle, all "negative statuses" will be immediately purified, and 100% of Health/Mana/Soul Energy will be restored. The excess will be temporarily converted into the "Elemental Blessing (Red/Blue/Purple)" effect, which will slowly restore Health/Mana/Soul Energy as it decreases.

Description: A precious artifact crafted from the remains of the Flame. The primordial phlogiston fragments within it can stably store the power of the Flame. Due to the influence of the primordial element, its efficacy has now exceeded its original limits.

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So, the Primal Element is indeed the highest version of the Primal Phosphorus?
On the altar, Xin Lailai gazed at the [Element Bottle - Extreme] before her, whose information had undergone a tremendous change, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her eyes.

It provides a full 10 debuff cleanses, 100% full recovery, and an additional overflow recovery storage mechanism.

While it's unknown whether the Primal Element has other uses in the rules of blessing, there's no doubt that its current application is extremely useful to them.

"As for this dragon blood..."

After examining the new version of the elemental bottle for a while, Xin Lailai put it away and turned to look at the remaining scarlet dragon blood wrapped in lightning arcs, narrowing her eyes slightly.

He guessed correctly about the use of the Primal Essence. As for the use of the Ancient Dragon King's Blood... if he wasn't mistaken, it was probably used by direct ingestion, and its effect would likely be to grant them a buff closely related to the Ancient Dragon, or even something like the Ancient Dragon Oath at LV.EX.

The problem is that--

"Could the cost be beyond our imagination...?"

Xin Lailai murmured, gazing at the dragon blood that exuded a strong and violent aura before her. After staring at it for a while, she gently shook her head and put it back into her backpack space.

Sure enough, I decided against it.

While the Ancient Dragon Prayer is powerful, judging from the situations of the dragons and humans encountered along the way, and Wang Huo's subtle attitude towards the Ancient Dragon faith, it is not a worthwhile thing to take such a risk for the power of the Ancient Dragon Prayer.

Moreover, if the stories the blindfolded nun deciphered were correct, consuming the blood of the ancient dragon king here could potentially have some extremely fatal negative impact on their upcoming challenge against the Nameless King.

Then, Xin Lailai put away the [Contaminated Ancient Dragon King Blood] and [Soul of the Immortal Dragon] in her hands, and took out pieces of warm, pebble-like objects, using them to polish the silver-white greatsword in front of her.

[A "Refined Whetstone" has been used, and the current weapon "Ancient Hero Greatsword (27%)" has been restored to "Ancient Hero Greatsword (46%)".]

[The word "精..." has been used]

【...】

[The word "精..." has been used]

[A "Refined Whetstone" has been used, and the current armor "Angel Leggings (88%)" has been restored to "Angel Leggings (100%)".]

Half an hour later, as the last whetstone in her hand shattered, Xin Lailai looked at the brand-new armor before her, nodded slightly, and put it back on with satisfaction.

To be fair, while the blessing rules are extremely restrictive in other areas, they are truly unparalleled when it comes to equipment repair.

As long as they keep some repair tools made with special forging techniques on hand, even people like them who have no forging experience can repair their equipment themselves whenever they go out, without having to worry about the blacksmith.

After sensing the progress of Lingyuzi's side, Xinlailai sat down cross-legged, emptied her mind, entered a state of deep meditation, and delved into her spiritual world to adjust the spell model within it.

The battle with the ancient dragon made them realize many things and gave them a lot of inspiration in combat. In particular, the speed that the dragon unleashed during the battle, which was seriously disproportionate to its size, taught them a harsh lesson.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, assuming that the Nameless King also possesses the same explosive means, they must also prepare corresponding countermeasures.

……

So, three days later, at the summit of the snow-capped mountain.

Crash——!!

A biting wind swept across the altar. In the snowstorm, the black-haired youth who had been sitting cross-legged under the giant statue slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of warm air, and stood up from the altar.

"It took a day longer than expected..."

As the soft murmur faded, the black-haired youth muttered to himself, a deep glint flashing in his eyes, which were filled with cracks like magma. He then raised his head, looked at the road in front of him that was covered with a thick layer of snow, and strode forward.

rustling...rustling...!
The slightly harsh sound of footsteps on the snow fell. On the snow-covered mountain, a black-haired youth with a layer of crystal barrier spread out and walked step by step against the wind and snow. He followed the winding mountain path, stepped over the steps, and came to the huge cliff that he had briefly glimpsed once when fighting the ancient dragon. He came to the campfire at the end of the cliff from the shadow of the black and white cloak that was rising with the wind and reached out to touch it.

Om-! !

The next second, an invisible gale swept out, and the raging blizzard around them suddenly subsided. In front of the previously empty cliff, a series of almost transparent steps appeared out of thin air.

You have embarked on the path to the "Kingdom of Ancient Dragons"

The "King of Ancient Dragons" is aware of your arrival; if you continue forward, there will be no turning back!

A golden-red notification appeared, and the black-haired youth gazed at the towering staircase before him. After a moment of silence, he took the long sword hanging on his back and, with steady, powerful footsteps, disappeared into the raging wind and snow.

The ancient dragon has fallen, but the path is clear.

Next-

This is the end of our snow mountain trip!

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(End of this chapter)