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Chapter 144 The Key

The second eye was a size bigger than the first.

Vertical pupils, dark gold base, with a red ball in the center of the pupil spinning even faster.

Two eyes, one in front of the other, stared at Lin Feng in the darkness of the crack, without making any unnecessary movements.

But Lin Feng's hair stood on end.

It's not fear.

It's the body instinctively sending out an alarm.

He gripped the gun tighter, and the rubble beneath his feet shattered from the shock of his blood and qi.

Duan Hongyuan lagged behind and did not step forward.

Emperor Wu's golden protective aura reached its maximum brightness, pushing aside the blood mist within a ten-meter radius.

"Don't move."

Duan Hongyuan's voice came from behind.

Lin Feng noticed something.

Duan Hongyuan's tone changed.

When I spoke to him on the phone before, his tone was always relaxed, with a touch of slickness.

Even when confronting Bai Yong in the VIP section, he remained unhurried, holding his teacup.

There's something weighing on these two words now.

This was the first time Duan Hongyuan had spoken to him in this tone.

"That's not a strange beast." Duan Hongyuan took two steps forward. "It's the remains of a dragon vein."

Lin Feng turned his head back.

"What do you mean?"

"Within the veins of the Ten Thousand Mountains, there dwells a section of dragon, not a living creature. The exact period in which it originated is unknown, but one thing is certain."

"The dragon vein is intertwined with the earth, its roots are deep in the earth's crust, it cannot be pulled out, nor can it be killed."

Duan Hongyuan's voice was very low.

"This Dragon-Suppressing Platform was built by the ancients to suppress it. Eight altars were used to offer blood sacrifices to maintain the suppression. By destroying the one in the Kun position, you've essentially broken one of the chains."

Lin Feng glanced at Duan Hongyuan.

"You knew all along?"

"I know the general outline. The intelligence on the core area is top secret, and I've only seen one old file." Duan Hongyuan paused. "That file from back then said that once the thing beneath Zhenlongtai awakens, the entire Ten Thousand Mountains will collapse."

The crack beneath the stone platform trembled again.

Both vertical pupils blinked simultaneously.

"Buzz!"

A low-frequency vibration emanated from the crack, pierced the ground, and rushed directly into his bone marrow.

Lin Feng's mind went blank.

His Eyes of a Thousand Beasts were operating uncontrollably.

The golden vertical pupils lit up automatically, and the mental energy was pulled towards the crack by an external force.

Lin Feng's consciousness seemed to be dragged into a tunnel.

"Retreat!" Duan Hongyuan shouted from behind.

late.

Everything disappeared from Lin Feng's sight.

Instead, a wasteland appeared.

The earth was barren, and there was no sun or moon in the sky, only a dark red light hanging in the center.

Nine stone platforms.

Not one.

Nine seats.

They are arranged in a huge circle, and the shape of each stone platform is almost exactly the same as the Zhenlong Platform in front of us.

Black stone base, dragon-shaped array pattern, over ten meters high.

The ground beneath each stone platform was cracked.

Black dragon bodies were writhing within the eight seams.

The ninth seam is empty.

Lin Feng saw clearly the ground next to the first stone platform, where a character was engraved.

Qian (乾)

The following are in order: Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui.

The next moment, his mental energy was bounced back.

"Bang!"

Lin Feng's body swayed violently, and he took two steps back before he could steady himself by planting the butt of his gun on the ground.

There was a sharp ringing in my ears.

My head hurts so much it feels like it's been split in two.

Duan Hongyuan rushed forward, placed his palm on Lin Feng's shoulder, and poured in a warm, Martial Emperor's blood energy, suppressing the surging spiritual power.

"What happened?"

Lin Feng paused for a few seconds. Even after the tinnitus subsided, the image remained in his mind.

"Nine seats," he uttered.

Duan Hongyuan's hand remained on his shoulder without moving.

"What?"

"There's more than one Zhenlong Platform." Lin Feng rubbed his temples. "I just saw nine, arranged in a circle. There's something underneath eight of them, and the ninth one is empty."

Duan Hongyuan's face changed.

This was the first time Lin Feng had seen Duan Hongyuan with this expression on his face.

It was an incredibly vigilant feeling.

"You were drawn by it?"

"It pulled me on its own."

Duan Hongyuan released his grip and took a step back.

He stared at the two vertical pupils deep within the crack and remained silent for a full five seconds.

Five seconds is a long time.

Lin Feng had never seen Duan Hongyuan remain silent for so long.

"I've been fighting strange beasts for thirty years," Duan Hongyuan began, "and I've conquered no fewer than fifty secret realms."

"What you're saying is something I've never heard of before."

Lin Feng did not respond.

His attention was entirely focused on his feet.

Because something was sending signals into his brain.

The dragon in the crack is moving on its own.

A vague idea, intermittent, but a few words were particularly clear.

"key."

Lin Feng frowned.

"You... are the key."

Duan Hongyuan did not hear it.

He only saw Lin Feng suddenly stop moving and tighten his grip on the gun.

"What's wrong?"

"It's talking to me."

Duan Hongyuan took half a step forward and then pulled back.

"What did you say?"

"Call me Key."

Duan Hongyuan's breath hitched.

The two vertical pupils in the crack contracted slightly.

The pulse of the black dragon's body protruding from the ground quickened, several scales on its surface curled up, and dark red liquid seeped out from the cracks beneath.

The array patterns on the stone platform lit up.

The suppression was still in effect. But the light was dimmer than before.

Duan Hongyuan stared at the stone platform, his right hand spread out, and a ball of golden energy condensed in his palm.

"Step back thirty meters from the stone platform."

"Wait a minute." Lin Feng didn't move.

"Lin Feng." Duan Hongyuan called him by his full name this time. "I told you to step back."

"It's still circulating."

Duan Hongyuan's hand froze in mid-air.

Lin Feng closed his eyes.

The thought came again.

It's a little clearer than before.

Just a little bit.