From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 315 A pipe dream (Part Two)

After years of planning, the day was finally coming to fruition. Herzog was so excited that he could hardly contain himself, and veins bulged on his face.

But now, he still needs to take a step to retrieve what he has been longing for from the corpse of that dead 'god'.

"Go, Genjiro, help me take the final step." Herzog, like an emperor sitting on a throne, lightly tapped the clapper and commanded Genjiro, whose eyes were burning with fury: "For your teacher, retrieve the 'holy remains' that are parasitizing the bones of the god."

Genji tried his best to resist the control, but his body was completely disobedient, and he walked step by step toward the corpse of the Yamata no Orochi that he had personally killed.

Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!

The crimson blade sliced ​​through the corpse of a god, much like a skilled sashimi chef handling a tuna on a chopping board.

Genji's swordsmanship was precise and steady, dissecting the tendons, ligaments, and flesh of the Yamata no Orochi layer by layer. Even the pale scales that Vulcan cannons and man-portable missiles could not penetrate were so smoothly cut by him. The extremely complex dark gold skeletal structure was cleaved, finally revealing the dark green heart.

Although it was already dead, its dark green heart still retained some kind of vitality.

At one point, Genji felt as if he were being watched by a giant heart, something like the eye of some enormous creature.

Suddenly, the dark green heart cracked open, revealing a golden vertical pupil inside, coldly and indifferently peering at the outside world. Wherever its gaze fell, Herzog immediately felt an immense pressure as heavy as a mountain. At the same time, with the throbbing of the heart, the eye tried desperately to break out while emitting a sharp hiss.

"The Holy Relic! That's the Holy Relic!" Herzog shouted excitedly, completely unable to remain calm: "Quick, capture it quickly!"

Kazama Ruri moved with lightning speed, and the instant Herzog shouted, she pierced the eye inside the heart with a single slash.

Thick, foul-smelling green liquid spurted out, accompanied by a piercing scream.

Swish swish!
A dozen sharp blades flashed, dismembering the dark green heart.

Only then did they finally see the true appearance of the Holy Relic. It resembled a fragmented embryo, with a swollen head bearing a large, single eye. What looked like a tail was actually a spine encased in flesh, with its ribs protruding beyond the fleshy layer, like a terrifying worm.

The holy remains twisted and hissed, its single golden eye flashing, revealing a clear sense of resentment and malice.

"It's so beautiful, what a perfect way to evolve!" Herzog came closer and carefully observed the 'Holy Remains' pinned to the ground by the knife. He showed a fascinated expression and couldn't help but exclaim, "Before being executed by the Black King, it actively evolved into a parasitic form, using this method to prolong its existence."

That hideously ugly creature, at this moment, seemed to him to be the most perfect thing in the world.

"Ha, is this the 'god' you've been seeking?"

Yuan Zhisheng's lips were pale from excessive blood loss, but he remained unfazed and sneered, "An ugly worm, how ridiculous."

“You wouldn’t understand, naive.” Herzog shook his head, his eyes still burning with fervor. “But it doesn’t matter. Soon you’ll see my new self.”

“No one can evolve into a pure-blooded Dragon King through the Sacred Remains. That was a trap left for humanity by the White King.” Yuan Zhisheng felt his vision blurring and his strength draining away. He whispered, “You offered your flesh and blood to that thing, and after being parasitized by it, the one living in the world will no longer be you, but the new White King.”

"That's because you simply don't understand how to pave the way for evolution."

While controlling Adam with the sound of a clapper, Herzog said with an air of admiration, "If you want to retain your own consciousness and evolve into a dragon, you can't let the Holy Relic parasitize you. You have to use another vessel for the Holy Relic to parasitize, and then exchange blood with the gestating White King. So, do you understand?"

"Was she born a vessel?"

Genjiro looked at the elfin-like girl, and his heart couldn't help but clench with pain.

“Ha, no, she is not a vessel.” Herzog’s face was full of greed and desire, as if he wanted to strip the elfin girl naked and devour her from the inside out: “She is my most perfect masterpiece, and after I ascend the throne of the world, I will have her serve me forever.”

As he spoke, he reached out and stroked Erii's smooth, long hair, his gaze both infatuated and perverse.

“No, Herzog.” Genji’s eyes were bloodshot with rage. He wanted to get up and cut off the dirty hand that had defiled Erii with his knife, but he had lost too much blood and was controlled by Adam’s Word of Power. He could only watch helplessly as Herzog committed his blasphemous act.

"My disciple, hold on, don't die!" Herzog let the holy remains burrow directly into 'Adam's' body, shouting excitedly, "Next, you will witness how I embark on the road to the underworld, and see this magnificent scene with your mortal eyes!"

Snow-white threads sprouted from Adam's body, just like when the Yamata no Orochi awoke, and his entire body was wrapped into a snow-white cocoon.

The genes from the White King are transforming his body. "Do you see that? Adam Angelweid, my most perfect creation!"

Herzog revealed his petty side, scratching his head and shouting, "Back in Black Swan Harbor, the only surprise was that he was a natural heir to the White King's bloodline, even more noble than you 'emperors'! He was the most suitable sacrifice to be offered to the gods!"

"Adam."

Genji watched this scene with pain and despair; he was powerless to stop it any longer.

Just then, a terrifying and profound pressure, as if emanating from the cold air of hell, instantly froze the entire lake at the bottom of the Red Well.

Herzog shuddered involuntarily and stared stiffly to the side.

Erii's face was like an iceberg, like a king reigning over the world. Her eyes were filled with the fiery heat of molten gold, and her thin lips trembled as if she wanted to utter that name.

"No! I will not allow anyone to interrupt my plans!"

Herzog roared and pounded the clapper.

Bang!
The girl had also undergone brain surgery, and under the influence of the clapper sound, the pent-up energy suddenly dissipated.

"Hahaha, no one will stop me, no one!" Herzog shouted, approaching Erii step by step: "You are nothing but a puppet in my hands!"

The girl was crying, her eyes sometimes showing fear, and sometimes becoming indifferent.

Her loose shrine maiden robes fluttered without wind, her long, wine-red hair flew wildly, and her crimson-gold pupils erupted with a majestic aura, causing a terrifying tremor like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting, making the bottom of the entire red well teeter on the verge of collapse.

Herzog suddenly felt a jolt of suffocation, a tremor from the depths of his soul, a fear stemming from the threat to his life.

The hoarse sound of a wooden clapper echoed continuously at the bottom of Hongjing Lake.

Herzog frantically pounded his clapper, trying to resist the girl on the high platform who seemed like a god.

In the end, Erii could not withstand the sound of the clapper. The last glimmer of light in her eyes gradually faded into silence, and she returned to being a marionette.

Erii

The last glimmer of hope in Genji's eyes was extinguished at that moment.

He knew that no one could stop Herzog's plot anymore, and he would surely ascend the throne!

"Ladies and gentlemen! You are about to witness the arrival of a new era!"

Herzog strode toward 'Adam,' which was encased in a white cocoon, and began the final operation.

After inserting the blood transfusion tubes into the aorta, Herzog inserted two more blood transfusion tubes into his neck.

Under the action of the blood exchanger, the blood of the two began to be exchanged. The blood of the newborn dragon entered Herzog's body, and in turn, his aging blood flowed into Adam's body.

This was a great surgery unlike any other in history; through blood as a medium, the White King's power entered Herzog's body.

His pupils grew brighter and brighter, as if lava was flowing in his eyes. Snow-white threads gradually grew on his body, and his skin, which had been aged and withered, became smooth and delicate, nourished by the dragon's blood, with a baby-like red hue. Then he comfortably opened his arms, letting himself be enveloped by the threads, and felt the power from the Dragon King.

Snow-white silk covered the entire bottom of the red well, resembling a spider's nest.

In the very center of the nest, the snow-white cocoon was torn open from the inside out by a sharp claw, and the perfect creature suddenly rose from the crack, spreading its wings in the air.

Genjiro watched in despair as the enormous creature emerged from its cocoon.

Shaped like a giant dragon from mythology, it has four huge, ferocious horns on its head, and its body is covered with gray-white scales engraved with complex and three-dimensional mysterious patterns. Two gray, skin-covered wings grow from its back, and its thick limbs hang down naturally. Its vertical pupils shimmer with a pale golden light.

At this moment, the newborn White King was born!
(End of this chapter)