Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 456 - 54: Immortal Ancient Dragon’s Remains (2)

This time, there was no way to avoid it completely.

The enemy's size was too enormous, even if it just landed, it could crush Su Ziyu into a pulp.

— "Flashing."

Without any hesitation, Su Ziyu flashed and disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was already atop that ancient flying dragon, hands gripping another dragon-hunting spear. His figure descended from the heavens, and under the influence of telekinesis and gravity, he fiercely plunged the golden electricity-surrounded spear into the head of the ancient flying dragon.

Blood sprayed wildly.

The ancient flying dragon beneath him let out a mournful cry, gradually dying amidst violent convulsions, its corpse beginning to dissipate bit by bit.

No Source Power Value.

No soul drop either.

But in front of Su Ziyu, a stone emitting spiritual light appeared.

Su Ziyu suddenly felt a ripple of space, and as he came to his senses, he had already arrived in a rundown palace.

"Was that just a trial?"

— "Dragon Head Stone (High Tier Curiosity Level): A stone possessing the power of an immortal ancient dragon, used in the secret ritual of dragon faith. Once used, it can transform a human head into a dragon head, capable of spewing dragon breath. If the ritual fails, one might regress into a serpent."

A curiosity level item used for a special ritual.

"Transform a human head into a dragon head?"

"And what about the body?" Su Ziyu asked with a slightly odd expression, holding the stone in his hand.

A human body with a dragon's head.

This must be incomplete.

Su Ziyu curiously examined the stone in front of him, seeing the black shadow of a dragon head on the white stone, seemingly naturally formed rather than carved.

Although it's a high-tier curiosity level item, it's of no use to Su Ziyu.

Because he doesn't plan to turn into a dragon.

"The serpent creatures outside must be the ones who failed the first step, right?" Su Ziyu muttered to himself.

The serpent creatures' bodies were still much like human forms.

But their heads were long snake heads, definitely failed at the first step, as the dragon would regress into a serpent if the ritual failed.

He decided to store it away, maybe it would be useful in the future.

At least it's a high-tier item, valuable in terms of worth.

The ancient palace in front had already partially collapsed. Su Ziyu took a few steps forward, and his vision suddenly opened up, revealing some eternal candle lights and various dragon person corpses seated cross-legged, having died long ago.

"Did they succeed in transforming?" Su Ziyu looked puzzled.

These corpses were stone-like, resembling statues.

At the center of two staircases, there was also a completely mummified flying dragon carcass hanging, and scanning the hall, many cross-legged corpses could be seen.

"A lot of people died here!" Su Ziyu murmured.

Dragon faith.

Clang.

A spark floated.

Su Ziyu drew the Yirushir Straight Sword and lightly tapped on these corpses, confirming that they had all turned to stone.

"Turn into a dragon with the help of the stone, and upon death revert back to stone?"

Su Ziyu curiously surveyed his surroundings, suddenly hearing faint sounds, spotting a serpent mage in the distance, who upon seeing him, immediately summoned soul arrows.

Another serpent creature.

Why have all the dragon people here died? Only zombified serpent creatures are active?

Su Ziyu quickly disposed of the serpent mage.

However, amidst the eerie sound of bells, the serpent mage seemed to summon something, a knight in full armor rushed up from the stairs.

Hmm.

Su Ziyu swiftly eliminated the knight.

— "Dragon Blood Greatsword (Curiosity Level): An engraved great sword with dragon blood magic power, used by the knights serving the Dragon Blood, with magic power, and attacks accompanied by thunder attribute damage."

Another curiosity level weapon.

Su Ziyu casually collected it; he now has quite a number of weapons.

Soon, Su Ziyu had pretty much explored the entire palace, having eradicated all the serpent zombies.

He discovered that inside the palace, the bodies were transformed into dragon people, while those outside had mostly human-like appearances, possibly failed warriors who tried to transform into dragons.

"This place is practically a tomb." Su Ziyu shook his head.

Outside the palace lay a winding upward path.

Since there is a Dragon Head Stone, there must be a Dragon Body Stone; Su Ziyu had completed half of the Path of Trial, and hadn't found the Dragon Body Stone inside, so the stone transforming into a dragon body should be located higher.

The serpents were increasingly formidable as he ascended.

Even Su Ziyu needed to exert more effort, but fortunately, there weren't many enemies.

— "Soul of the Suffering Knight (Refinable): Refinement yields 200 points of energy."

More corpses appeared before his eyes.

They must have been dead for a long time, as the corpses had been sun-dried into mummies.

Rumble.

Amidst the dull roar, a massive flying dragon suddenly descended from the sky, opening its mouth to spew a vast amount of dragon breath at Su Ziyu.

Sure enough, another flying dragon appeared.

Su Ziyu was prepared for that, unhesitatingly pulling out the dragon-hunting spear and flinging a Sunlight Spear forth. The enemies here were indeed strong, but his weapons were expressly designed for dragons. The dragon-hunting spear was undoubtedly a weapon created by the Divine Race to slaughter dragons, possessing immense destructive power against them.

The battle didn't last long.

Just like before.

The flying dragon, upon being killed, still didn't drop any Source Power Value or soul, but another stone appeared in front of Su Ziyu's eyes.

— "Dragon Body Stone (High Tier Curiosity Level): A stone possessing the power of an immortal ancient dragon, used in the secret ritual of dragon faith. Once used, it can transform a human body into a dragon body, granting the power of dragon roar. If the ritual fails, one might regress into a serpent."

Dragon roar?

What use does this ability have?

Su Ziyu examined the pair of stones in his hands and then stored them away.

They form a pair.

One transforms into a dragon head, the other into a dragon body.

"Does this mean I've completed the trial of the ancient dragon?" Su Ziyu looked somewhat bewildered, glancing upwards at the higher elevation, murmuring: "What's up there then?"

"There seems to be something else up there."

Continuing forward.

Su Ziyu was now very curious about what lay at the highest elevation.

The serpent creatures had begun to diminish.

Su Ziyu saw a flying dragon corpse on a distant platform, and upon entering the dilapidated palace, he noticed a gigantic bell.

"This should be the bell to summon the Nameless King?" Su Ziyu reached out to handle the nearby lever, confirming it was still operable, and glanced toward the distance, saying: "What's at the very top then?"

Ahead lay a winding path.

Su Ziyu decided to hold off on ringing the bell, choosing to explore the very top.

Step after step of stairs emerged before him.

At this time, clouds lay below Su Ziyu's feet. As he neared the summit's edge, rows upon rows of cross-legged dragon person corpses appeared in his sight, these existed even longer, and dry weeds had grown on them; upon reaching the peak platform, a dust-covered stone coffin lay before him, perhaps untouched for ages.

"That's! ..." Su Ziyu suddenly trembled.

Right ahead!

In his field of vision appeared an enormous giant dragon, resembling undulating mountains that seemed endless, its carcass had fallen atop the peak, almost merging with the whole mountain.

Immortal Ancient Dragon!

Su Ziyu gazed at the shockingly large remains in awe, standing motionless for a long while.

"Detected unknown divine power!"

Just here.

The Space-Time Monitor System suddenly flashed a prompt.

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