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After making preparations, Qin He headed to the southern desert of the city to deal with the Assassin Scorpion clan.

After all, as one of the magical beast groups that actively hunt humans, the Killer Scorpions will pile up their spoils in their lair.

The Dragon Plains Dead City has existed for so many years, these assassin scorpions must have acquired a considerable amount of treasure.

Since he'd already come all this way to the Dead City, Qin He wouldn't mind doing this job of digging up the scorpion's nest.

Even if one has already amassed countless gold and silver treasures, it is still worthwhile to stockpile more swords and weapons.

If I have more wives in the future, I can arm them to the teeth. And if I'm lucky, I might even find a few storage rings.

Before that, Qin He was going to explore Fei Xue's destroyed cat house—the Yin Yang Liang Yi Spring.

After all, Qin He was quite interested in why the Armored Halberd Dragon was causing havoc in Fei Xue's territory. A whole host of magical beasts were even taking turns eating the fish…

Previously, Zhong Liuxiu had secretly told Qin He that her talent "treasure premonition" had a significant effect on Fei Xue's nest.

Qin He initially thought it might be Fei Xue's storage ring and other treasures hidden in the nest, but after confirming that the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat King and its swarm had raided the cat's den, Qin He found it strange...

Who knows, there might be some special treasure buried within the Scarlet Snow Territory. A rare treasure that even the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat swarm hadn't noticed.

Upon arriving at the Yin-Yang Spring, Qin He discovered that the carp that had been plundered and wiped out a few days earlier had indeed completely disappeared.

However, the Yin-Yang Spring, which had been deliberately polluted by those Thunder Marrow Golden Rats, was clearer than when Qin He had come before.

"Go."

Qin He threw out an underwater exploration robot, which, created by Zhong Liuxiu, immediately dived into the depths of the Yin-Yang Spring.

There are several springs here, all connected to a single source. Qin He wants to know what rare treasure lies beneath the water...

Chapter 153 Yin-Yang Dragon Balls, Dragon of Light and Darkness

Carefully maneuvering the underwater exploration robot, Qin He's biggest advantage is that he doesn't need to develop any control systems or platforms.

These magical creations can be easily activated simply by connecting with mental energy.

It must be said that the visibility of the Yin-Yang Spring water is truly low. If Qin He hadn't made careful arrangements and equipped the underwater exploration robot with the appropriate observation methods, it would probably have been completely dark once inside.

At the deepest part of the water, Qin He discovered some exposed skeletons. This immediately piqued his interest—

After all, the size of this skeleton is definitely not ordinary. If the owner of this skeleton died and their remains negatively impacted the environment here…

Therefore, it makes sense that the spring water here is divided into yin and yang, and even nurtures the golden and silver carp that have become delicious due to this influence.

Some dragons, like others, leave behind environmental impacts that are difficult to erase for hundreds of years after their death. Red dragons leave behind huge lava craters, while green dragons leave behind vast areas of poisonous plants.

Of course, some dragon species, after their death, become environments conducive to the reproduction and survival of other organisms.

For example, the dinosaur, or dinosaur whale. After death, it forms a whale fall just like a normal whale, and its dinosaur bloodline flows into the fish population living at the whale fall site.

Qin He didn't care about any other nonsense; he realized that the skeleton was indeed a dragon!

Moreover, this thing is thirty-five meters long, and it was a genuine, saintly dragon in its lifetime.

It's a bit outrageous... but upon closer inspection, it's not surprising at all that dead dragons would be buried in the Dragon Plains Dead City.

Perhaps that's why the Saber-Armored Dragon went on a rampage, destroying this place in an attempt to find the Dragon Core.

If the dragon skeleton below still contains the dragon core, then the saber-armored halberd that devoured the dragon core could probably truly purify its bloodline.

At that time, not only will the Saber-Armored Dragon, as a savage beast and dragon, be able to undergo a great life evolution, it may also grow dragon wings and gain magic.

Perhaps... becoming a dragon isn't such a dream after all.

For savage beasts, the greatest ambition is undoubtedly to hunt magical beasts and devour their magical cores. At the same time, they seek out every possible fortuitous encounter—

All these actions are for one purpose: to possess magic and become a magical beast.

Of course, even with a large number of magic cores, savage beasts may not be able to transform. This means that even if they devour magic cores for their entire lives, they may not be able to achieve a magical beast body.

Only a very few lucky individuals can cultivate a demonic core within their bodies through devouring.

The Saber-Armored Dragon is a type of beast dragon, and for it, dragon cores of the same rank are highly coveted treasures. After all, by absorbing dragon blood, devouring dragon flesh and dragon cores, beast dragons can also have the opportunity to purify their bloodline.

When the bloodline is elevated to a certain level by dragon blood, the beast dragon has the opportunity to possess a dragon core in its brain.

If they could obtain the dragon core of the giant dragon at the bottom of the lake, then the Saber Armored Dragon would definitely have the ability to transform into a sub-dragon.

The underwater exploration robot is equipped with a complete set of exploration components, including a drill bit. However, after it approached the giant dragon at the bottom of the lake and roughly cleared away its skeleton, it discovered that it couldn't get close to the dragon's skull.

A powerful pressure emanated from the skull, directly causing the robot to disintegrate. Fortunately, Qin He's mental connection with the robot was not strong, so even though the robot disintegrated, he wouldn't be seriously injured.

Qin He understood: the giant dragon that had sunk to the bottom of the lake wasn't dead. Or rather, it was dead, but not completely. Its consciousness remained within its skull.

As for why, Qin He will have to explore that himself. Right now, there is the tree seed of Seresi protecting Qin He's sea of ​​consciousness at all times.

Even if the Saint-level Dead Ghost Dragon exerted all its strength to shake Qin He, it could only give him a superficial scraping.

He habitually takes off his clothes, leaving only his shorts.

With his current physique, Qin He didn't bother to warm up and jumped directly into the Yin-Yang Spring, swimming deeper along the route the robot had taken.

Fortunately, Qin He's vision allowed him to easily see through everything underwater. Swimming to the depths, Qin He discovered the skeleton of the giant dragon and the shattered robot.

"Hoo... Silver Dragon?"

Based on the characteristics of the dragon scales on Qin He's body, the dragon soul, now only a skeleton, was immediately identified.

For dragons, remembering a name is quite troublesome. They mostly prefer to be addressed by their racial names.

It's like when a Scroll Dragon and a Time Dragon meet; they might be very familiar with each other, but they still habitually call each other by their dragon species names.

So now, without knowing the other party's intentions, this giant dragon, now just a skeleton, intends to communicate rather than take action.

It must be said that it was very wise of it; if it had chosen to attack Qin He directly, the Hundred Refined Spear would likely have pierced its skull and extracted its dragon core immediately.

"I salute you, great holy dragon slumbering at the bottom of this small lake. I am Qin He... Qin He Nidhogg~"

Although I don't like having a foreign-sounding suffix after my name, I have to keep this unknown Saint-level dragon soul in check...

Qin He needed this method.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Qin He unleashed his dragon might without giving the other party any chance to react! Instantly, the ancient might and despairing evil aura belonging to Nidhogg swept over.

At the bottom of the lake, it has become a living fossil. How many tricks does the dragon soul hiding in the dragon core have?

Qin He wasn't sure, but all he could do was try his best to suppress the Saintly Dragon Soul in front of him. Otherwise, if it were to self-destruct, things would get really messed up.

Upon observation, Qin He realized that the creature contained two dragon cores inside its skull, one bright and one dark. Moreover, these were highly refined, high-level dragon cores, comparable to dragon balls.

Some exceptionally talented dragons may have their dragon cores mutate and transform into Dragon Balls during their growth. Of course, there are also quite a few that are born with Dragon Balls.

Even after dying from a fatal wound, they can remain dormant inside the brain, waiting for an opportunity to escape. The Dragon Balls can then find young dragons and possess their bodies…

It can be said that Dragon Ball is a positive mutation similar to the Mutant Dragon Tail.

Qin He, however, had no intention of letting the dragon live, after all, he was being merciful to it. He feared that the two dragon pearls might dare to fly out and possess him.

Even if we argue until the very end, this dragon soul will still die here. After all, its Yin-Yang Dragon Pearls each symbolize two demonic cores at the peak of the Saintly Realm!

Hey, isn't that a coincidence? You have two Yin-Yang Dragon Balls at the peak of Sainthood, and I have an Electronic End Dragon at the peak of Sainthood that can hold two more Dragon Cores.

If I take you apart and use it to run a three-core driver for my electronic terminal, wouldn't that be a waste of its three-core configuration?

"Nidhogg?"

The dead dragon's eyes were clearly stunned. After all, that evil dragon that dared to bare its fangs at the four creator gods, that powerful creature that once unified the dragon race, held a transcendent position deep within the dragon's soul.

“Indeed, and this too—these are protective dragon scales given to me by the Platinum Dragon King Bahamut, the Five Emperor Dragon King Tiamat, and the Ruby Dragon King Sadiwo!”

"I am the one appointed by the three Dragon Kings of the current Dragon Domain Council! The future ruler of the dragon race—the Dragon Emperor and the Lord of the Beasts—to unify this land forsaken by the gods."

Since he wasn't quite sure what kind of dragon the giant dragon in front of him was, Qin He simply slapped out its scales.

No matter how lawless you are, your dragon soul is still sinking at the bottom of this lake.

If Qin He were willing, at least his lovely adoptive mother, Sadewo, could descend from the Jade Palace on the spot and torment the dragon's soul.

Then it will understand what it truly means to be unable to live or die.

Overwhelmed by the aura of those three dragon scales, the dragon soul was speechless for a long time.

"Great Qinhe Nidhogg. The Dragon of Light and Darkness salutes you."

Knowing it wasn't yet worthy to announce its name before a dragon recognized by the Dragon King, the Dragon of Light and Darkness was very polite. Now, it also had to be clever.

It was originally the lord of Dragon Plains Dead City, but it was killed by the Dead City Merchant Guild and the pair of silver fire dragons.

But before dying, the Dragon of Light and Darkness managed to teleport itself using a spatial magic scroll. By a twist of fate, it ended up at the bottom of this spring.

He used the Yin and Yang energy he cultivated to conceal the light and darkness of the demonic energy, and even sacrificed his flesh and blood to refine it into the dragon pearl.

Over the years, it has always concealed its presence to avoid being discovered. Only when that damned Silver Rathalos goes out does it dare to release a little of its aura to lure the young dragons to the pond to hunt carp.

But ironically, the young dragons that it could possess were scared away by the monsters that had occupied this place over the years!

For example, in the last two years, a purple electric cat has taken over this place.

The purple lightning cat would catch two fish to send the baby dragon away, which made the dragon wish it could kill the cat and the fish together.

But this is just wishful thinking. If that small, agile purple lightning cat were to discover them, they would likely be directly attacked by the purple lightning bolts that pierce the Dragon Balls…

Lightning can severely damage the soul, which is why the Light and Dark Dragons dare not provoke Scarlet Snow.

Today, Qin He finally showed up, but he's a big shot they can't afford to offend.

The Dragon of Light and Darkness then decided to seek help from Qin He, hoping that this dragon emperor, who had just gone from prey to a lifeline, would prepare a new body for it.

Qin He was taken aback. The Dragon of Light and Darkness?

Alright, alright, since that's the case, then I'm taking this dragon core from you today!

Chapter 154 You want me to help you get revenge? Who do you think you are?

The dragon of light and darkness then spoke eloquently, recounting its experiences over the years to Qin He.

After all, for nearly a century, it had been submerged at the bottom of this spring, forgotten and unnoticed. It could only keep company with a group of carp; even a giant dragon would find it hard to bear such loneliness.

This dragon of light and darkness poured out its grievances, even more so than the old brass dragon lady.

It began by recounting how glorious its youth was, how much treasure it possessed, how many human and elven villages it annihilated with a single breath, how it coerced dwarves into crafting items, how many caravans it robbed, and how many kingdoms it destroyed.

Qin He was so tired of hearing it that his ears were practically calloused.

"Your Highness Qin He, I have returned to my territory after completing that legendary mercenary mission. Oh! This is the Dragon Plains Dead City we are in now... It is so beautiful and diverse—"

Nonsense, do you even need to tell me? This place has lava, snowfields, deserts, jungles—you name it. What haven't I seen?

"Get to the point, how did you die? Who killed you..."

Qin He cut straight to the point, planning to launch a surprise attack after the talkative dragon finished speaking and kill it completely.

"Yes, my lord... it all started when those damned silver fire dragons appeared in my territory. They are despicable, greedy, and utterly shameless!"

"They seemed to have planned it all along, simultaneously activating their Calamity Flame state and attacking me. Then, those most wicked and despicable businessmen from the Dead City Merchant Guild... those greedy and hateful human monkeys! They ambushed me."

"They hired holy archers and holy spearmen at the peak of the Saint realm, hoping to kill me on the spot without bloodshed and at minimal cost. Coupled with the encirclement by two silver fire dragons, I knew I was facing the greatest challenge of my life..."

"But as a great dragon, the lord of the Dead City, would I fear these petty villains? Of course not! My pride as a dragon compels me to fight without mercy!"

"Go and blast those things that try to end my rule and plunder my treasures! My Dragon Balls are burning, tell me this will be the climactic battle of my life! I will send them to hell to meet Heraheim!"

Uh, right, right. That's why you died, you stupid dragon... knowing full well that the opponents were two powerful dragons at the peak of sainthood, with guns and bows.

That's clearly a case of them wanting to take you down. And you're still standing there, fighting and trembling? Do you really think you're a master?

Qin He couldn't help but laugh at this silly dragon.

But to be honest, there are quite a few reckless dragons like this among them. Unless they feel that the difference in strength between themselves and the enemy is too great, they will basically fight to the death.

"—Finally, I chewed up that plump, fair-skinned elven archer! I knew that after killing this piece of meat, victory was in my grasp."

"Damn it, this merchant group, they think they can kill me by hiring some scum? And those two damned silver fire dragons, they actually dared to try and seize my city's sovereignty, I'll make them suffer a horrible death!"

I've lost all interest in criticizing this stupid dragon's words. You want them dead... then why is it you lying at the bottom of the lake as a corpse, instead of those two silver fire dragons?

"But when I made my move and clashed with them, I realized just how powerful those Calamity Flames were. Damn it... those two wretched dragons wanted to burn me to a crisp, but it was no big deal. Those mere flames couldn't kill me!"

"Following the remaining gunmen... they delivered the decisive blow."

Qin He scratched his head awkwardly underwater, speechless. The dragon bones of this Light and Darkness Dragon were even scorched with patterns… How dare you say it's unkillable?

"Then I will die with resentment in my heart, surrounded by these beasts. But how could I willingly die at the hands of such petty villains?"

"I regret not joining any tribe... I regret it so much! But I still have a way to turn the tide."

"With the scroll of time and space, I hid my dying body at the bottom of this lake. Those vile things sensed my death and brazenly usurped my position as city lord!"