Chapter 509: Do It Yourself
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
An Lin swallowed a Blood Spirit Pill before sitting down to meditate.
He was greatly humiliated by the fact that he was out of commission before he even began.
However, the Dragon Tribe male was a monster that had lived for only G.o.ds knew how long, so it wasn’t strange that he knew so many spell techniques. As such, An Lin’s failure was understandable.
“Are… are you ok?”
Hong Dou made his way over to An Lin before inquiring in a concerned voice.
An Lin’s chest constricted. Who would have thought there would be a day when Hong Dou asked if he was ok… This was truly humiliating!
The Dragon Tribe male scratched his own head with a slightly bemused expression before proposing in a slow voice, “Well… I don’t know what just happened, but seeing as you guys can’t kill me anyway, how about you all have a chat with me?”
An Lin was still recovering from his injuries, so Tina acted as the interpreter for both sides.
Everyone sat in a circle around the Dragon Tribe male. He was extremely powerful, so no one dared to go against his wishes.
“Tell me about what the outside world is like. Has our continent completely collapsed yet?” The Dragon Tribe male asked in a placid voice.
“If you’re talking about the Ancient Tai Chu Realm, then no, it is still in the process of crumbling. It has already been reduced to less than a hundredth of its original area, so it might disappear completely in several tens of thousands of years.” Ling Ying waved her tentacles about as she revealed all the information that she knew.
The Dragon Tribe male remained silent for a moment before a slight smile appeared on his face. “Ancient Tai Chu Realm… Does that mean that you are all from another world? That’s fair enough. You’re all so young, and there’s no way a normal life can be born in the environment outside. Furthermore, your vitality clearly hasn’t been polluted, so you couldn’t have been born into this world…”
“Senior, can you tell us how this world became like this?” Liu Chuchu asked with curiosity on her face.
She had never heard of the existence of a living, conscious mighty figure within the Ancient Tai Chu Realm. Now that she had met one, she obviously wasn’t going to pa.s.s up this opportunity to learn more about this world.
The Dragon Tribe male chuckled lightly, but his expression became a little disconsolate. “It won’t do you any good to know too much right now. In fact, the burden of knowledge may even affect your dao hearts. You only need to remember one thing, and that is nothing is eternal; even the sky…”
The man pointed up at the sky before continuing, “Is going to collapse someday.”
The Dragon Tribe male clearly knew something about how this world was reduced to such a state, but he seemed reluctant to reveal anything. Instead, he was quite interested in the world Tina had come from.
The Dragon Tribe male was only willing to reveal information such as the locations near the Pan Long Mountain where Realm Essence Crystals were likely to appear as well as how Realm Essence Crystals came to be.
Realm Essence Crystals were the manifestation of the essence of a world. They were the fundamental building blocks of the world that were left behind by crumbling worlds, which could be used by Dao Integration Stage mighty figures to create a new world.
They often appeared in locations where the world had crumbled severely, and the more chaotic the environment, the higher the probability that these crystals would appear. Aside from that, they would also appear within the bodies of some strange organisms, as they too were born from chaos…
As time slowly pa.s.sed by, An Lin’s condition slowly recovered.
The Dragon Tribe male seemed to have not spoken to anyone for a long time, and he pounced on this opportunity. He was starting to appear less like a suicidal nutjob and more like a lonely, talkative elderly man!
An Lin sat in silence off to the side as he listened to the Dragon Tribe male speak. He gathered that the man’s name was Xiao Tu and that he was once a general of the Ancient Tai Chu Realm’s Dragon Tribe. The Dragon Tribe from back then was a lot more bada*s than the Dragon Court of the Eastern Seas as they had many Dao Integration Stage mighty figures within their ranks. There was even a G.o.d-like dragon who could influence the entire world around it; night fell when it closed its eyes, morning came when it opened its eyes, and its breathing patterns determined the four seasons.
From his description, it appeared that the Dragon Tribe of this continent was once even more powerful than the Heavenly Court of the present day. The Dragon Tribe male also revealed to everyone that the Dragon Tribe once had a subsidiary branch, and An Lin wondered to himself if that was perhaps the predecessors to the Dragon Court of the Eastern Seas.
After chatting for a while longer, Xiao Tu turned his gaze to An Lin again. “Junior An Lin, have you thought of a way to kill me yet? I hope you won’t vomit blood for no reason again.”
An Lin’s lips twitched slightly upon hearing his words. He had actually thought of a feasible method during his meditation, but it wasn’t a very safe one. In fact, things only needed to go slightly awry for him to die.
“I have thought of a potentially viable method, but I’ll have to ask you a few questions before we proceed, Senior Xiao Tu,” An Lin hesitated for a moment before replying.
“Alright, I’ll try to answer your questions.” Xiao Tu nodded nonchalantly.
“Senior, if it wasn’t for the power of your Dao preventing you from committing suicide, how many techniques do you have that could kill yourself?” An Lin asked.
“There’s quite a lot… I did cultivate in the dao of Indestructibility, but I haven’t successfully reached Dao Integration Stage. As such, I can be killed as long as the destructive power imbued within an attack is above my defensive threshold. Let me think… If I could commit suicide, there would be roughly over ten thousand ways I could kill myself…” Xiao Tu replied after careful consideration.
Everyone received a shock upon hearing this; they were then overwhelmed by a sense of inferiority…
An Lin’s eyes lit up after hearing this, and he continued, “How many of those techniques are energy-based? There has to be a high success rate, no side-effects, and the damage has to be limited to only the target!”
Xiao Tu blinked slowly as he pondered over An Lin’s conditions.
He didn’t know why An Lin was asking this, but he still tried his best to provide a good answer. “I have a dragon-breath technique known as the Star-Engulfing Flame. This technique can instantly destroy the target’s body and consciousness, and it satisfies all your conditions. What do you think?”
An Lin shuddered upon hearing this suggestion.
This wasn’t about what he thought; it was simply too dangerous!
Instantly destroying the target’s body and consciousness? He would be f*cking eradicated before he even knew it if his plan were to go awry! This technique was far too risky…
“Could you think of another one?” An Lin asked.
Xiao Tu paused for a moment before replying, “I have a sword technique that could draw upon the power of heaven and earth to slice through causation and the target’s soul!”
Holy sh*t, that sounded even more unfathomable…
“Ahem… Let’s talk some more about this Star-Engulfing Flame technique. This is a trajectory attack, right? ” An Lin asked.
“Trajectory attack?” Xiao Tu blinked in confusion, clearly unsure of what that term implied.
“Uh… It’s basically an attack that has a clear, straight-line trajectory,” An Lin explained.
“Oh. Yes, it is.” Xiao Tu nodded.
An Lin heaved a light sigh of relief after hearing this, and a hint of confidence appeared on his face. “Senior, please attack me with your Star-Engulfing Flame technique!”
What!?
Shocked, everyone turned to An Lin.
“You want to die? Why?” Hong Dou’s mouth gaped open.
“An Lin, why… why would you want this for yourself? And you haven’t even written you will, who is going to inherit your storage ring?” Liu Chuchu asked with astonishment on her face, but she still clearly hadn’t forgotten what was important to her.
“Giant An Lin, didn’t you promise to explore the world with me?” Tears welled up in Tina’s eyes.
“You’re all overreacting! I don’t want to die, and I’ll be fine, this is all part of the plan.” An Lin waved his hand dismissively before turning to Xiao Tu again. He then said, “Please strike me with all your power! The Star-Engulfing Flame technique is fine!”
He wasn’t going to tell Xiao Tu his plan in case this alerted his Dao to the suicidal element of the plan, which would render the plan completely unfeasible.
“Really? You’re not afraid of dying?” Xiao Tu asked with curiosity on his face.
“I AM scared of dying, but I won’t die. I hope you’re not scared of dying when the time comes though,” An Lin replied with a smile.
“Hahaha… Alright! How interesting. I’m going to do as you say then, try not to die!” Xiao Tu chortled heartily before opening his mouth and locking onto An Lin as his target!
Star-Engulfing Flame technique!
Boom!
Fearsome black flames pulverized the s.p.a.ce before him as it swept toward An Lin with the power of annihilation!