Destiny is ashes

Chapter 974 True Spirit Armament
Everyone has thought about how death might come upon them.

Die of old age, die of illness, be killed in a duel, be slashed by swords, be bombarded by magic or supernatural powers, be burned or frozen, or be crushed by thunder...

All living beings still fighting are prepared to die.

However, Yinglong Huojin never imagined this.

Such a tragic, so insignificant, so trivial death, like a mantis crushed by a chariot, would befall a proud dragon.

The great red turned into fragments and rain.

It fell upon him.

The scourge's body trembled.

His body trembled—the dragon blood within him, activated and nearly boiling from reaching the Realm of Radiant Scales, told him that the being he faced was far more powerful than them.

This instinct, originating from the deepest part of their blood, clearly told them the only way to survive.

As long as you bow your head, you can live.

This being did not seem to be bloodthirsty. He was simply clearing away any obstacles in his path.

As long as you tuck your tail between your legs, bow your head, completely abandon the dignity of a dragon, and only think about surviving... then you will definitely survive.

Fate... This is indeed not an opponent they can challenge. Their previous thoughts were indeed too arrogant and narrow-minded.

but……

He chose to fight.

The boiling blood of the Yinglong, after a moment of trembling, began to burn even more intensely.

"Without the influence of fate, I must test the weight of destiny!"

If a dragon wants to oppose or resist, it dares to disobey even the commands of 'Heaven', let alone mere instincts of bloodline and the difference in strength in reality.

Even if you are weak and know that you will lose, what is the point of living a life of mere survival if you cannot even carry out your own thoughts?
The will to fight is reignited! More resolute and more pure than ever before!

"Destiny in Another World!"

Amidst a rain of blood, the dragon roared, "I challenge you!"

Anjing, who was far away, finally turned his gaze away from the direction where You Ruhui was.

He calmly gazed at the golden dragon, whose fighting spirit had been rekindled, his tone carrying a hint of approval.

"This is very much like a sword cultivator."

Surprisingly, Fu Xie did not deny this assessment: "Although attacking you is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, which is extremely unwise, if even a dragon would tuck its tail between its legs, then the dragon would no longer be a dragon."

"Now I think the Sword Dragon lineage actually makes some sense. The sword is an unbreakable dragon, and the dragon is a sword soaring through the sky!"

"Summon the spirit!" At this moment, Huo Jin raised his head and let out a long cry, calling upon his own power.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, the newly established dragon base seemed to come alive, giving him the most direct response!
The fundamental cultivation method in the Great Wilderness Realm is [food].

The initial stage involves nourishing oneself by consuming spiritual food and objects to accumulate power and strengthen the body.

But this kind of eating is inefficient and has limited utilization. Even if it could truly devour everything, it is essentially just 'eating'. Therefore, the system has improved.

After many years, the dragons' food has now become the expanded dragon base.

These are the true stomachs and mouths of the dragons—huge, efficient, and industrialized dragon bases whose energy conversion efficiency far exceeds that of any ordinary individual creature's consumption, much like the industrial age's crushing of the agricultural age!

One type is dimensional reduction attack!

Om-!
The earth was excavated to a depth of hundreds of meters, and the thunderclouds in the sky were so dense that they were almost calamity. The spreading dragon base was devouring the Zhaolin Realm, a grotto-heaven full of spiritual creatures, and was turning all the infinite power contained between the earth and the sky into the purest power!
A golden beam of light shot straight up from the distant base, then fell in a winding path like a meteor, landing with perfect precision and pouring into the body of the Calamity!
Suddenly, light shone from beneath the dragon scales, the liquid light flickering and outlining complex and exquisite geometric patterns and textures.

Moreover, these patterns are by no means merely decorative!

As the beam of light from the base expanded, the patterns on Huo Jin's body flashed rapidly, as if a great array had been fully activated. In the next instant, a torrent of golden spiritual energy transformed into a tightly structured dragon armor on his body, from his face armor to the tip of his tail, solidifying from nothingness!

【True Spirit Armament: Molten Steel】

He devours spirits and transforms them into his own body; he condenses the principles of law and forges armor; he controls all spirits and holds life and death in his hands; he refines heaven and earth and unites all living beings!

The True Spirit Armor, which was originally comparable to the Manifestation True Lord and belonged to the 'Spirit Sacrifice Realm', actually appeared on Huo Jin's body!
Having been possessed by such immense power, the aura of the Calamity Gold surged, instantly breaking through the boundary of the 'Heavenly Gang Realm'!

As the 'Law of Forging' was activated, a terrifying pressure began to affect the surrounding world. The air burned fiercely, the earth was decomposed, and sand and stones were transformed. All matter was forcibly twisted and forged into something completely different within the realm of 'Melting Steel'!

Carrying this terrifying law that can transform all things, the Calamity Gold transformed into a golden torrent of destruction, crashing fiercely towards Anjing!

"Is this the combat system of the Great Wilderness Realm?"

However, An Jing diverted some of her attention to another place.

Just before Huo Jin launched his desperate charge, the even more cunning Mirage Dragon Liu Yin had already silently slipped into the earth's veins.

He clearly sensed the mysterious presence deep within the earth's veins and astutely determined that it was An Jing's target, the friend he was searching for.

Liu Yin wanted to use You Ruhui to coerce An Jing.

Clever and cunning. But An Jing wasn't worried.

Because, even if they were to launch an attack, the Youruhui, located deep within the earth's veins, is an existence that should not be underestimated.

Sure enough, just as the attack from the scourge was about to arrive, the entire Gobi Desert began to tremble violently.

You Ruhui, who was already adept at manipulating the power of the earth's veins and was further enhanced by the cave heaven, could not possibly be defeated by a mirage dragon living in the sea.

However, at this very moment, this Netherworld Desert seemed to be stimulated by the successive powerful forces, and the guardian ancestral beast stationed in this 'Forbidden Land of the Netherworld' also awakened from the depths of the earth.

Boom! Instantly, a dark spring gushed forth directly below An Jing, like a volcanic eruption!

Beneath the Dark Spring lies a monster a thousand feet long, entirely black, and shaped like a shadowy earthworm.

It has no eyes or mouth, and its body is covered with dark rivers. As soon as it appears, a cold, viscous mist of 'Netherworld Weak Water' that can dissolve all things spreads out.

Any living being that comes into contact with this aura will feel its own spiritual power being rapidly eroded, parasitized, dissolved, and eventually completely devoured, turning into a mud-like shadow that merges into the monster's body.

【Mysterious Nether Dragon Earthworm】

(End of this chapter)