Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

"Senior Noxi, please enlighten me." Ye Yinzhu was a smart man, so he quickly bowed and greeted him with a very respectful attitude. If Yan didn't know that this guy was actually a black-hearted person, he would have been fooled by his appearance.

"Although I'm dead, I was once the supreme ruler of the dragon race, a sacred dragon. If I speak up, Howard should still give me some face." Yan casually said while controlling the steel dragon. Anyway, he didn't have to take responsibility for his boasting. He was only responsible for speaking as Noxie. He really didn't know whether Howard, the Grand Elder of the Silver Dragon Clan, would give him face. Even if he didn't, it would be Ye Yinzhu who would suffer. What did it have to do with him?

"This dragon has been dead for so many years, and many of its collections are gone. It also knows very little about this world. Little Silver Dragon, the ancestor is planning to leave the Dragon Domain for a visit. Its knowledge of the continent is limited. Tell me what you know about the continent." The Steel Dragon spat out a crystal ball that landed in front of the Silver Dragon. At the same time, a beam of white light entered its brain, informing it of how to use it.

"Lord Noxi, these are my memories." Xing Can was now completely convinced that the strange bone dragon in front of him was the former dragon clan elder, the holy dragon Noxi. Without much hesitation, he copied a large part of his memories into the crystal ball.

"Boy, the magic and battle aura you practice are quite interesting. Is it a system that developed after my death? Would you mind letting me learn about it?" Yan once again manipulated the dragon claw to place the crystal ball in front of Ye Yinzhu. The latter's face showed a conflicted expression. The music magic he learned contained key inheritances from the Eight Sects of the Eastern Dragon. If it were to be leaked... But this skeletal dragon in front of him didn't look like someone to be trifled with either.

Xing Can, standing to the side, advised, "Yin Zhu, Lord Noxi is an ancestor of my dragon race from ten thousand years ago. If he acknowledges you, Elder Howard will also..." Ye Yin Zhu ultimately made his decision. Compared to the inheritance of some knowledge, his own life was more important. So, under Xing Can's guidance, he used a secret method to store his memories in the crystal ball. However, he was also careful and didn't leave behind some crucial information.

"You should return to Silver Dragon City, and also bring back news about the Dragon Realm. The Dragon Realm is no longer suitable for trials. Therefore, from now on, only dying dragons can come to the Dragon Realm, and the trials for foreign dragons will be handled in Silver Dragon City." After saying this, Yan, controlling the steel dragon, put away the gifts from Ye Yinzhu and Xing Can, spread his wings, and took off, flying swiftly towards the far north of the Dragonzinus Continent.

Ye Yinzhu watched the direction the steel dragon had left, a sense of worry creeping into his heart. His brothers were in the Far North Wasteland, so he quickly asked, "Xingcan, is Senior Noxie heading to the Far North Wasteland?" The silver dragon Xingcan nodded, "Yes, Lord Noxie said that after transforming into a divine artifact, he won't be able to make a move easily, and from now on, he'll mostly be active around the Dragon Domain. However, this time, having just been born, he has abundant energy and sensed signs of the reappearance of the four divine beasts of the Orc race in the Far North Wasteland, so he's preparing to go there." Hearing this, Ye Yinzhu instinctively thought of his brother, the Amethyst Behemoth, and quickly asked again, "The four divine beasts of the Orc race, what are they?"

"The four divine beasts of the orc race—the Amethyst Behemoth, the War Beast, the Mountain Giant, and the Golden Armored Forbidden Insect—are considered mortal enemies of our dragon race..." Silver Dragon Star Remnant assumed he was just curious and, while carrying Ye Yinzhu back, told him some information about the divine beasts. The man and the dragon had different thoughts and headed back towards Silver Dragon City.

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"Hey! This guy doesn't seem to have turned cunning yet, but he's not entirely honest either. He didn't give me any of the crucial inheritance. That silver dragon is much more honest. Speaking of which, if I pretended to be Noxie, wouldn't I be able to get into the Seven Dragon Cities..." Inside the steel dragon, Yan looked at the many good things he had obtained, and a smile couldn't help but bloom on his lips. The usually greedy silver dragon was quite honest with him, its 'ancestor,' giving him all very good treasures, and the copied memories even carried many precious inheritances.

"Forget it, the Seven Dragon Cities are full of powerful individuals. It would be bad if we were exposed. We should find some scattered dragon or human forces on the continent and extort some benefits from them." Yan shook his head, dismissing some crazy ideas, but then a few more cunning thoughts came to mind.

"The Holy Dragon Noxi has been resurrected and is fighting fiercely against the four divine beasts of the orc race in the far north for the greater good. Along the way, we've encountered some cities or forces. It's not unreasonable for me to ask for some benefits, is it?" Yan smiled again, and the speed of his steel dragon increased dramatically as he flew towards the nearest human city.

The journey to the far northern wilderness is still long, and he feels that he will gain a lot. As for the follow-up matters, as the former ruler of the dragon race, it is only natural for the seven dragon cities to clean up and resolve these minor issues for him.

Chapter 271 Pay-to-Win and Golden Armor Forbidden Insects

The far northern wilderness, located in the northern part of the continent of Longzinus, is a forbidden zone for humans and a breeding ground for orcs.

Ten thousand years ago in the Qin Emperor Universe, the two continents of East Dragon and West Dragon collided, causing the heavens and earth to lose their color and the sun and moon to lose their light. After forming the present-day Dragon Qi Nus continent, it also changed the environment of various regions of the continent and brought about a spatial rift that brought about a huge disaster.

The ongoing catastrophe ten thousand years ago completely altered the landscape of the continent of Longzinus.

Before this, there were over 100,000 Western dragons, and even more sub-dragons. The Behemoths were not much weaker than the dragons; they were the pinnacle of beasts.

At that time, the humans on the Western Dragon Continent were merely vassals of various races, existing at the lower end of the continent.

However, with that near-apocalyptic catastrophe, many powerful figures of the Eastern Dragon Empire sacrificed themselves for the world, and the humans of the Western Dragon Empire rose up after recuperating, changing the entire continent's situation in one fell swoop.

They allied with the Western Dragon Clan, who still possessed considerable strength at the time. They first destroyed the Eastern Dragon Empire, then launched a surprise attack and destroyed the four divine beasts of the Orcs, completely annihilating their remaining opponents. Afterward, the Western Dragons, with their numerical advantage, forced the Dragon Clan to compromise.

Ultimately, the mages of the Seven Towers of Falan became the true rulers of the continent. Even though the Seven Cities of the Dragon Clan were nominally equal to the Seven Towers of Falan, it was only in name.

Above the vast and boundless northern wilderness, a massive dragon shadow soared and circled in mid-air with immense power, the cold wind howling, and below, all that could be seen was a world of pure white.

"It should be around this location. According to Noxi's memories, the battlefield where he destroyed the Golden Armored Forbidden Insects was right here." The dragon shadow hovering in the sky was naturally the steel dragon that Yan was riding. He had ventured deep into the far north wilderness and arrived here according to Noxi's memories inside the crystal ball, and was trying to find the Golden Armored Forbidden Insects, one of the four divine beasts of the orc race.

The four divine beasts of the orc race, like the sacred dragon, are genuine level ten divine beasts, among the five divine beasts of the original Western Dragon Continent.

The Holy Dragon and the Amethyst Behemoth possess the most outstanding and comprehensive strength, and can basically contend with weaker individual Eastern Divine Dragons.

The other three mythical beasts—the War Beast, the Mountain Giant, and the Golden Armored Forbidden Insect—have obvious strengths and weaknesses, making them easy targets for elimination.

Noxi single-handedly destroyed these three races, and then perished alongside the Amethyst Behemoth when they fought against it.

Among these five mythical beasts from the original Western Dragon Continent, the Mountain Giant should be the one whose attributes best match Yan's, since his second martial soul is earth-attribute, and the Mountain Giant is obviously related to earth.

However, based on Yan's understanding of the plot, among the four divine beasts of this generation of orcs, the Amethyst Behemoth, the War Beast, and the Mountain Giant have been born for a long time and are nearing their adult peak, making it more difficult for Yan to make a move.

On the contrary, the Golden Armored Forbidden Insects seem to have just been born at this time. Children are the easiest to fool. And if he remembers correctly, this generation of Golden Armored Forbidden Insects is mutated, and they are a pair of sister lolis or something.

"Hmm? Orc wolf riders, and it seems there's also... How did that guy get to the far north wasteland? Interesting." Inside the steel dragon circling in the sky, Yan saw the scene below through the scanning and mirror imaging device. Not far away, dust was flying, and thousands of orc soldiers were marching and running wildly in a chaotic manner, seemingly chasing after something.

Yan observed the chaotic scene below and recognized the disorganized yet incredibly fast group as the Wolf Riders, one of the main combat legions of Thor's Hammer Fortress.

By visual estimation, there were at least three thousand wolf riders rapidly approaching. Among these three thousand wolf riders, a fiery red figure leaped and bounded, seemingly trying to break free from the wolf riders' encirclement, but every time it tried to charge out, it was surrounded again by the agile and swift wolf riders, preventing it from escaping.

"Ye Yinzhu's appearance here is part of the plot, which means I haven't come to the wrong place. But that guy, is he Chi Jing? It seems like he has some good stuff on him." After thinking for a moment, Yan sorted out the plot about the Qin Emperor in his memory, and then his gaze locked onto the crimson figure that was constantly leaping among the three thousand wolf riders.

This crimson figure was completely enveloped in a dazzling light of the same color as its body. It was incredibly fast and its body was also covered in wisps of fire.

The Crimson Spirit is also a special kind of magical beast, a variant of the Crimson Wood Fire Monkey. This magical beast is particularly sensitive to metals, and within a certain range, it can detect the existence of rare metal veins through special methods.

Its favorite food is rare metals, which allow it to gradually evolve. And the lowest grade of the rare metals it prefers is mithril.

The Crimson Spirit, which was being besieged by the wolf cavalry, possessed one of the most precious rare metal materials on the continent.

"Wolf riders, huh? Let me test the true power of this steel dragon." Above the sky, Yan, amidst the circling steel dragon, made a decision in his heart. Energy crystals on the bone dragon's body began to gather and glow continuously. A huge energy ball gathered in its mouth like dragon breath, and the intense energy fluctuations immediately caused the world to change.

"Zi, don't be impulsive. That's Noxi, not someone you can contend with right now." On the wasteland outside the three thousand wolf riders, there was a small group of people. Among them was Ye Yinzhu, who had previously come into contact with Yan. At this moment, he grabbed a purple-haired young man and tried his best to persuade him, not wanting his brother to challenge the nemesis who had destroyed their clan.

The young man who was pulled back by Ye Yinzhu was naturally the current generation's Amethyst Behemoth. After weighing the pros and cons, he chose to follow the advice and instructed the two Amethyst Behemoths protecting him, "Dis, Perkins, don't make a move. Let's hide to the side first." Zi and Ye Yinzhu prepared to observe, and the others naturally followed their lead. So the group hid far away in a corner of the mountain valley, quietly watching the beam of light in the sky quickly fall and hit the wolf rider team.

With a deafening roar, the entire far northern wilderness seemed to tremble violently, and the intense rumble could be heard ten miles away.

A massive blast of air suddenly ripped the frozen ground apart, and a clearly visible shockwave swept across everything in a semi-circular shape.

A deep pit appeared directly where the wolf riders were located. None of the three thousand wolf riders were left with intact corpses. Even those who were missing limbs were lucky. Most of them were completely destroyed, vaporized the moment the elemental beam of light fell.

"What terrifying power! Is this the Holy Dragon? Even after death, when it was forged into a divine artifact, it possessed such power. How mighty must it have been in life?" Among Ye Yinzhu's group, the strongest were the two golden Behemoths, Dis and Perkins. At this moment, they were extremely grateful that their king had not acted impulsively. Just that attack, even if it had hit them directly, would have been fatal.

"He also came for the Crimson Essence, and he actually swallowed that Crimson Essence whole. Could it be for the rare metal inside the Crimson Essence?" After destroying three thousand wolf riders, the steel dragon in the sky quickly descended and easily grabbed the Crimson Essence that was still alive and swallowed it whole. Noticing the steel dragon's actions, Ye Yinzhu and Zi and the others were extremely surprised.

Unfortunately, their surprise was destined to remain unanswered. After swallowing the Crimson Essence, the Steel Dragon discerned a direction and then quickly took off and left.

Inside the steel dragon, Yan spoke calmly: "I think you are a smart magical beast. If you serve me as your master, you will have an unlimited future. If you are unwilling, you should understand the consequences. I cannot let a Crimson Essence who knows my secret leave..."

"My lord, I am willing to pledge my allegiance to you..." Before Yan, the trembling Chi Jing hesitated for a moment before choosing to kneel down and surrender. A red light flashed on his chest, and his skin softened. A treasure shining with silver-purple light appeared and was presented to him in his hands.

This is a piece of purple metal. It is very transparent. The reason it is called metal is because some silvery-white light is incorporated into this transparent amethyst-like metal. It is not light. Judging from Chi Jing's appearance, it seems to be quite difficult for him to hold it.

Its light is not intense, but it gives people a strong sense of inner strength; even a simple glance reveals its preciousness.

"Pay-to-win, a treasure that can forge divine artifacts, what a name that makes one want to complain." Yan looked at the lump of metal in front of him that emitted a strange light, a hint of fervor appearing in his eyes.

The lump of metal before you is one of the most precious treasures on the continent of Longzinus. It is said that by adding a certain amount to a precious weapon, it can be transformed into a divine artifact.

Within the Qin Emperor Universe, the various divine artifacts circulating among the continental nations all contain elements of pay-to-win elements.

Although the artifacts in this universe cannot compare to the wonders of the Douluo Universe, this material is still exceptionally precious and can be used to enhance Yan's Steel Flying Dragon.

Yan casually took the piece of kryptonite, his eyes gleaming with silver light. His AI, Dawn, quickly analyzed the composition and properties of the strange metal. After a long while, he spoke again: "If you want to evolve again, one-tenth of the kryptonite should be enough, right?"

"Huh? My lord?" Chi Jing looked up in disbelief. Seeing Yan's impatience, he kowtowed repeatedly and said, "That's enough, that's enough. I only need to absorb one-tenth of this gold-plated material, and then I'll be able to complete the energy accumulation and evolve."

"I hope you won't disappoint me." As Yan spoke, a white light flashed from his hand. With a soft ding, the phantom-like white light disappeared, and the gold-plated item was successfully split in two.

A small piece, about one-tenth of which was cut off, had a clean and smooth cut, demonstrating just how sharp it was when exposed to white light.

"Master, Hongling thanks you." Looking at the piece of kryptonite that had been cut apart, Red Spirit was truly convinced. No one knew better than him how hard this divine material was. Even a divine weapon would be difficult to cut without the forging ability of a dwarf master.

The young man in front of them easily cut it apart, and he wasn't greedy at all; he even left himself a little bit of the in-game currency.

Thinking of this, the highly intelligent Red Spirit quickly recognized the master, then picked up the small piece of gold and reintegrated it into its body.

"Keep an eye on the images above for me. Make sure to keep a close watch on their group. If you spot any small golden or silver insects or anything like that around them, notify me immediately." Yan glanced at the kneeling, acknowledging Red Spirit, nodded in recognition, and then gave him his first task.

Five days later, in the depths of the far northern wilderness, Ye Yinzhu and his group carved out a cave in a remote mountainous area to rest. What they did not notice was that above the clouds in the sky, a strange bone dragon was quietly looking down at them.

"My lord, I've made a discovery! I've made a discovery! Two shadows have appeared in the mountains over there, about a meter tall. They should be your target." Inside the steel dragon, Crimson Spirit reported his discovery to Yan. Yan quickly turned the camera to lock onto the direction, and then the massive bone dragon swiftly descended, sweeping past with a whistling wind, leaving two streaks of gold and silver light in the sky.

As Ye Yinzhu and the others rushed out of the cave, they saw that in the claws of the departing bony dragon, each seemed to be holding something, radiating golden and silver light and intense energy fluctuations.

Beside Ye Yinzhu, Zi's face was extremely unpleasant.

"That's most likely the Golden Armored Forbidden Insect. We're too late; that old bastard Noxie got there first." He was furious. He had ventured deep into the wasteland to find the three divine beasts to help him re-establish the Amethyst Behemoth's absolute rule over the orcs. But now, they were outmaneuvered. Facing the swiftly flying Steel Dragon, they couldn't catch up at all and could only watch it disappear into the distance.

Chapter 272 Mutant Golden Armor Forbidden Insect

"Woo woo..." On a high cliff in the far north, the huge steel dragon slowly landed, and a series of insect-like growls came from its pair of bone dragon claws. Obviously, the two little guys who were captured were not happy.

These two little creatures are quite round and plump, looking a bit clumsy. They are about one meter in diameter and have a pair of pale golden eyes that shimmer with a faint light. Their bodies are milky white, and they would be completely invisible if placed in the snow.

They looked like two large ladybugs, currently being held by a pair of dragon claws. Their pale golden eyes were constantly glowing, and the cute little white dot at the very front of their heads, which resembled a nose, was twitching incessantly, clearly indicating that they were very angry.

"Woo woo..." Perhaps they were angry because they hadn't received a response for a long time, or perhaps they were quite uncomfortable being held in mid-air. The two beetle-like beasts' pale golden eyes flashed, and they immediately gathered extremely intense energy fluctuations.

The upper bodies of the two insects rose up simultaneously, and their bodies released a milky white light at the same time, as clear as jade.

Its body seemed to swell slightly from the tail, and that swelling moved rapidly forward.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Two milky-white orbs of light shot out from their mouths, aimed directly at the steel dragon's ferocious and majestic head. The milky-white orbs were not very large, and the light was very thin, so they did not seem to be very powerful. However, the steel dragon dodged them instantly under Yan's control.

Then a bizarre scene unfolded: the milky-white orb of light flew in the air for only a moment, yet it immediately caused the wind and clouds to change color.

The light spheres, which had previously been completely devoid of magical element fluctuations, were exposed to the air for only a few seconds. At the same time, the magical elements within a radius of a hundred meters around them became violent and rushed towards the two milky white light spheres at an astonishing speed.

When these frenzied magical elements rushed into the milky-white sphere of light, they did not expand in size; instead, they were violently compressed.

"Boom!" An unimaginable roar was so loud that it was impossible to tell whether it was one or two. The violent shockwave that spread in that instant affected the entire cliff. The scene of the mountain collapsing and the earth splitting was extremely terrifying. The powerful energy fluctuations were even comparable to the clash of forbidden spells.

The violent explosion caused the entire mountain to tremble, and the surrounding area was instantly engulfed in a fierce sandstorm.

It's hard to imagine that such terrifying destructive power was released by two tiny insects. The turmoil in the air lasted for a full ten minutes before gradually calming down. The entire cliff was teetering on the brink of collapse, with huge, palm-width cracks resembling earthworms appearing everywhere. No one knew whether it would collapse at any moment.

"This is truly terrifying." The steel dragon in the sky fell again, and the rocks on the cliff collapsed into ruins. When the dust settled, two figures appeared beside the massive steel dragon. One was covered in blood, while the other, who was speaking, was wearing a suit of armor.

On the steel dragon's claws, two enormous beetles continued to struggle, completely unaware of their mistake.

When they saw Yan, clad in battle armor, approach them, they bared their teeth and grumbled, wriggling as they expressed their dissatisfaction.

"Are you hungry? Do you want some food?" Yan didn't take their slight hostility to heart. Kids are like that; their tempers come and go quickly, and they're easy to coax.

He took out the carefully prepared food from his storage soul tool. The aroma of the food must have whetted their appetites, because the two big insects immediately stopped whimpering and looked at Yan with pitiful eyes, chirping softly as if they were being affectionate.

Yan snapped his fingers, and the Steel Dragon put down the two beetles. Yan then placed two portions of food in front of them.

The two large insects slowly wriggled, and as if by telepathy, opened their mouths and simultaneously bit into it to eat.

"Squeak squeak..." Not long after, the two big insects squeaked. Yan felt something touching his legs. When he looked down, the scene was a bit funny. The two big insects that were just angry were now rubbing against his left and right legs, their pale golden eyes full of a fawning look.

Yan bent down and carefully touched the two large insects. The insects' bodies were as soft as cotton, and felt warm, smooth, and very comfortable to the touch.

It seemed to be enjoying being touched, looking quite content, and even closed its little eyes. Yan picked up the two large insects, one in each arm.

They were quite heavy, each weighing over a hundred kilograms. Of course, this weight was nothing to Yan.

He simply brushed the dust off them, then found a clean spot, had Hongling start a fire, and sat down to begin the process of building a bond with the two little ones.

These two little guys should be the last two Golden Armored Forbidden Insects in the world. However, ordinary Golden Armored Forbidden Insects are very majestic with their golden armor, but these two are obviously not. They are a mutated variety, and they are twins, so they are even more precious.

Although these two large insects look big, they are clearly still in their juvenile stage, so their intelligence is limited, and they cannot even speak human language yet.