Chapter 417 Twilight Dragonkin's Rebellion_2
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This guy was not only beaten black and blue at the moment, but there were also several bloody holes in his body, crudely plugged with some kind of herb to forcibly stop the bleeding.
If it weren't for being a dragonkin, he would have long been dead from such injuries.
There were about a hundred people tied up, all of them covered in scars and looking desperately at the blood-drained companions on the altar.
Dragon One's eyes were filled with hatred as he looked at the Great Elder chanting ancient spells, wishing he could flay him alive.
He never expected that finding another path for the clan would require only becoming a vassal of the Black Dragon King to be granted the Essence Blood of the Black Dragon King and thus gain more powerful Dragon Vein power.
This was a path that could make the dragonkin even more prosperous.
When he returned to the clan to tell the good news to the elders and discuss moving the clan, everything changed.
Not only did an internal war break out in the clan, but the elders also desecrated the Dragon Souls by using Dragon Soul Herb to suppress the power of the Dragon Veins within them.
As the clan leader, even though Dragon One led the majority of the dragonkin in resistance, they could not withstand the elders' transformation into half-human, half-dragon forms and their use of Dragon Vein power to defeat them.
But this was not the most desperate part. The most despairing thing was that these elders actually intended to sacrifice the blood of rebellious tribe members to the Dragon Lair, attempting to awaken all the Dragon Souls in the Dragon Tomb!
They had guarded the Dragon Tomb for generations and had been breeding here for thousands of years.
The corpses of the Twilight Dragons of their race were all buried in the Dragon Tomb, and if their Dragon Souls were disturbed, it could lead to thousands of Ghost Dragons appearing.
Ghost Dragons were chaotic creatures that knew no distinction between good and evil; they only knew to kill all living beings they saw.
As to why the elders wanted to awaken the Dragon Souls, it was because dragonkin could rely on secret techniques to devour Dragon Souls to gain some of the power of dragons from when they were alive.
This was a practice that desecrated dragons, and if it spread, their dragonkin would surely be hunted to extinction by all dragon clans.
Furthermore, this method of gaining power by devouring Dragon Souls had significant drawbacks.
After devouring Dragon Souls, one's Spirit would be polluted by them, leading to constant backlash from the Dragon Souls. Find more adventures on My Virtual Library Empire
If one couldn't resist the backlash, the only outcome would be madness and becoming a machine of slaughter that only knew destruction.
Unfortunately, he could do nothing to stop these lunatics and could only watch as they led the entire clan into an abyss of eternal damnation.
Luckily, he managed to send out some younglings. They could become Black Dragonkin and serve as an extension of their Twilight Dragonkin-Blood Dragon Jiao Clan.
For Dragon One and his Twilight Dragonkin-Blood Dragon Jiao Clan, Zi Liyuan wasn't in such a hurry to recruit them.
On the contrary, Zi Liyuan was eager to support the elders' awakening of the Dragon Souls.
He didn't care if they created strong chaotic monsters like Ghost Dragons.
After all, weren't Ghost Dragons also transformed from Dragon Souls?
For a necromancer who toyed with souls, extracting the essence of these Ghost Dragons' Spirits wasn't all that troublesome, was it?
Moreover, having packed up dragon bones and extracted Dragon Souls along the way, Zi Liyuan realized something.
The Twilight Dragons buried in the Dragon Tomb were all small fry among the dragon clans.
After packing up a dozen sets of dragon bones, none were intact. Most of the skeletons were half-broken, with only a few having a third broken.
And these dragon bones, in their lifetimes, had rarely been at the rare or hero boss level. There was not a single one that reached the lord level, let alone epic.
It could only be said that Twilight Dragons, indeed, turned out to be expendable products; although they contained the essence of Void Dragons and Black Dragons, they couldn't wield the mighty power of these strong dragon clans.
But, as they were the bones of boss dragons, they were quite suitable as materials for resurrecting a Specter Dragon Lord Boss.
Therefore, although Zi Liyuan was disdainful, he took every one of them without exception, having the small skeletal workers pack them all up and take them away.
"Master, I feel the residual Dragon Souls around us showing signs of awakening. I'd like to go ahead."
As the surrounding Dragon Souls unwittingly emitted psychic shockwaves, Dilys increasingly felt the call compelling her to go.
"Very well, I'll have Hongsha assist you."
From the moment they entered the secret realm of the Twilight Dragon Tomb, Zi Liyuan had been aware of Dilys's unusual state.
Through the perspective of Hongsha, he also saw that the Dragon Lair seemed strange, as if something inside was waiting for Dilys.
As to whether it was good or evil, that remained unknown.
However, from his recent observations, Zi Liyuan found that the dragonkin were at the fourth tier at best, with the strongest just barely reaching the hero boss level.
Even if there were a hundred of them, Zi Liyuan found them of no concern.
Leaving aside that Dilys, the Black Dragon King, naturally restrained Bloodline Bearers of the dragonkin, even Hongsha could take down this group of dragonkin.
The only powerful ones were the eight Dragon Beasts guarding the Dragon Lair.
These were lord bosses, but they too were restrained by pure-blooded dragons.
As for the Dragon Soul riots and their transformation into Ghost Dragons, even if an epic boss-level Ghost Dragon emerged, it wouldn't be enough for Zi Liyuan's group.
As for spawning a legendary boss-level Ghost Dragon, Zi Liyuan felt like scoffing at the notion to make people come to their senses.
This Dragon Tomb was transformed by the legendary boss Twilight Dragon Emperor; the buried Twilight Dragons couldn't have reached a legendary boss level, otherwise, with their enormous size, they couldn't even enter this Dragon Tomb.
Forcing them in would only collapse the Dragon Tomb.
Without a legendary Dragon Soul as a catalyst, creating a legendary boss-level Ghost Dragon was unrealistic.
Zi Liyuan was in no hurry, leisurely packing dragon bones, extracting Dragon Souls, and watching as if enjoying a performance with a snack.
In stark contrast, Dilys was growing impatient.
She turned into a shadow, speeding towards the depths of the Dragon Tomb.
At her speed, she reached the outskirts of the Dragon Lair's territory in just a few minutes.
The area was heavily guarded, with a dragonkin stationed at every entrance.
The unexpected appearance of a woman alarmed these dragonkin, causing them to immediately sound the alarm and draw upon their internal dragonkin power, warily watching Dilys.
Any suspicious movement, and these dragonkin would unhesitatingly brandish their weapons to shred her to pieces.
Unfortunately for them, what awaited was a tremendous dragon pressure so intense that it overpowered them, coupled with terrifying dignity pressure from bloodlines that forced their knees to the ground.
Resistance wasn't even an option, their whole bodies trembled, and their Spirits were trapped in shivers.
Dragonkin were naturally at a disadvantage when facing pure-blood dragons. More so, the dragonkin descended from Twilight Dragons had a part of their bloodline derived from Black Dragons.
One could say that Black and Void Dragons were the superior bloodlines to Twilight Dragons, and the bloodline of dragonkin descended from Twilight Dragons was easily suppressed by a pure-blood Black Dragon.
"Hmph!"
Dilys let out a cold snort, and with a casual wave, a force of darkness transformed into a long whip.
With a random sweep, she sent the kneeling, trembling Twilight Dragonkin flying to the side.
The black whip of Dilys flung every guard dragonkin at the Dragon Lair's perimeter away.
The damage wasn't high, but the insult was severe, leaving them no choice but to bear it. Such were the current feelings of these guardian dragonkin.
Dilys's intrusion naturally startled the dragonkin inside.
Apart from the Great Elder and the dragonkin guarding Dragon One and the others, over a hundred dragonkin, led by the Second Elder, blocked the only entrance to the Dragon Lair.
The moment Dilys appeared, especially as they sensed the terrifying dragon pressure and dignity pressure from her bloodline, all the dragonkin's faces drastically changed.
Just from seeing her, they were suppressed by the aura of the Black Dragon King, reducing their strength by more than half!
How could they not feel shocked and terrified?
(PS: The little one's illness hasn't improved, and as a result, both his mother and I were infected, with low-grade fever, body aches, dizziness, and persistent coughing—it's making me feel like death.)
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