Chapter 1799: Obtaining the Paragon Ar
Accompanied by the nine drakes, Long Chen slowly approached the core of the hourgla.s.s . It was where the hourgla.s.s was at its thinnest, its center .
Through Dragon One’s introduction, Long Chen learned that this Morning Dao Lightning Field was its own minor world .
It was the result of a supreme expert separating part of a major world, leaving only the purest thunderforce inside .
However, no energy could exist on its own, including thunderforce .
Thunderforce itself was also split into different kinds . The greatest attribute that differentiated them was actually Yin and Yang . This was something that Long Chen had never encountered before .
He had always thought that lightning was the most supreme Yang existence in the world . He had never heard of lightning also being Yin .
Amongst the Yin and Yang lightnings, there were over ten thousand different kinds of thunderforce, each one with its own specialties .
The lightning sources of the hourgla.s.s were one Yin and one Yang . The two energies were constantly mixing . This place was the root of this minor world .
Long Chen couldn’t help being shocked . Just what kind of existence had been capable of creating such a world?
From Dragon One, he learned that they had been living for hundreds of thousands of years . They had had eight masters before, and after the last master died, they gained their full freedom . No one else had come to the Morning Dao Lightning Field .
They had been peacefully living here, but unfortunately, their cultivation bases had already reached their limits . They couldn’t grow any stronger . It seemed that this world’s laws were restricting them .
When Long Chen asked who the master of this world had been, they shook their heads . The master of this world was the master of the paragon art, but this world had no master now . They had a contractual rune in their heads that connected them to the paragon art rune . Even the silver lightning drake had that contractual rune and was under its effects .
After the contract had been dispelled, the effect of those contractual runes had faded, allowing them to grow stronger beyond the contract .
Hearing all this, Long Chen cursed inside . How unlucky had he been? It was only in his generation that these lightning drakes had become so wild .
Originally, the reason why he had dared to challenge the lightning paragon art was because he had some confidence in Lei Long . Compared to other experts on the same level as him, he would definitely have an advantage .
However, when he got here, he found that these drakes were no longer restricted by the contractual runes and had grown far stronger than they had been meant to be . The difficulty had multiplied by many times from when the last people had attempted to inherit this paragon art .
That silver drake in particular was something that Long Chen estimated not even Netherpa.s.sage experts would necessarily be a match for . How was he, a Soul Transformation expert, supposed to subdue it?
“Brother Long, there are three parts to this paragon art rune . The gate part refers to the gate of the Morning Dao Lightning Field . As long as you place your spiritual seal on it, you can control it . When you return to your world, you can open the channel to the Morning Dao Lightning Field,” said Dragon One .
So this was the essence of a paragon art . Long Chen thought of how Xiang Yunfei had also connected himself to another world with his paragon art .
“This is the Sundering Lightning Heavenly Wings and the Wild Lightning Soul Battle Spear . Both of them are for use in combat and extremely powerful . However, controlling them is very difficult,” said Dragon One .
“Many thanks . I’ll try it . ”
Long Chen reached out and pressed his palm against the paragon art rune . The thunderforce inside his body circulated .
Rumbling rang out, and the entire Morning Dao Lightning Field shook . The gate image lit up .
Long Chen’s Yuan Spirit suddenly came out of his head . It was forming hand seals . That wasn’t something that he was controlling . It was the paragon art rune that was transmitting information to him, and he was simply following it .
As he formed hand seals, a giant gate appeared behind him . The gate grew larger and larger, and lightning runes flowed around it . It was both sacred and wild .
“How is the gate so big?! This is just your first time!” exclaimed Dragon One .
According to reason, the first time someone opened this spatial gate, it would be very small and unstable . It would be unusable . But Long Chen had summoned such a giant gate on his first try .
What the drakes didn’t know was that this spatial gate’s scale was based on the strength of the user’s Yuan Spirit .
When Xiang Yunfei had used his paragon art, it had taken him a long time to activate it . However, as Long Chen’s Yuan Spirit was far stronger, his activation time was much shorter .
Opening this gate wasn’t very difficult . As long as his Yuan Spirit still had energy, it would be easy .
The void cracked . The huge gate began to slowly open .
“Brother Long! You can’t open the gate here!” shouted the drakes .
“Why not?”
“This gate connects to the Morning Dao Lightning Field . We’re already here . Opening this gate will break the laws here . You can only open this gate in your world,” explained Dragon One .
“These hand seals are what connects you to the Morning Dao Lightning Field . Try reversing the hand seals, and you’ll find that your gate will allow us to come out to your world,” explained another drake .
Long Chen nodded . This paragon art was really interesting, but it wasn’t too difficult . It was easy to control .
Dragon One seemed to see what he was thinking and said, “Opening the gate isn’t difficult . The difficult part is the speed at which you can open it and the scale . My guess is the reason you can activate it so quickly is due to the divine lightning and your Yuan Spirit . The previous humans found it much harder to open this gate . Another reason it was more difficult was because at that time, the gate was connected to our contractual runes, and we would naturally resist as we wouldn’t want a weak master . Many humans died like that because their Yuan Spirits were unable to suppress us . But now our contractual runes have faded, so it’s naturally easier to just open the gate . You should try the Sundering Lightning Heavenly Wings and the Wild Lightning Soul Battle Spear . Those are the true attacking paragon arts . Cultivating them is very difficult . ”
“Then what do I do?” asked Long Chen .
“Merge your Yuan Spirit with the paragon art rune . Your Yuan Spirit should enter a special s.p.a.ce where you can comprehend how to use the paragon arts . It will take you time to fully understand their profundities,” said Dragon One .
“How much time does it take?”
“Quite a bit . If you’re fast, two to three years . If you’re slow, five or six years . That bit of time is nothing to us, but we know it’s longer to humans,” said Dragon One .
These nine drakes were all very intelligent . They had followed multiple generations of human masters along with their silver drake king . They had some understanding of humans .
“That’s too long . I can’t wait that long . ” Long Chen shook his head . No matter how strong the paragon art was, he couldn’t use two years on it . “I have another method . ”
Long Chen pressed his hand against the paragon art rune, and the lightning dragon mark on his arm lit up . Lei Long flowed down his arm and into the rune .
“Hahaha, I really am a genius!” laughed Long Chen, extremely pleased with himself .
“You… you’re having your lightning beast learn the paragon art?” The drakes were stunned .
“Yup . It’s an innate lightning spirit, so cultivating lightning arts is easy for it . For it to learn it is the same as me learning it, so won’t that be much simpler?” Long Chen smiled brightly .
“Are you not afraid of it one day growing stronger than you and betraying you? It might even kill you,” said Dragon One .
“Betray me? No, that’s absolutely impossible . There will be no betrayal between us . It won’t betray me, and I won’t betray it . When your king wanted to devour it, to tell the truth, I wouldn’t allow it even if I died here . Lei Long can die for me, and I can die for it . It’s not a lightning beast, and it’s not a tool . It’s a comrade I can trust with my life,” said Long Chen .
The nine drakes didn’t say anything, but there were large waves in their hearts . They were tools created by experts, and they were born to be used . In fact, this entire Morning Dao Lightning Field existed to be used .
The successive generations of masters they had had also only viewed them as tools, so they naturally disliked the human race . However, they couldn’t help feeling that Long Chen was different .
Suddenly, s.p.a.ce trembled, and light came from the paragon art rune . Long Chen’s expression changed as he received a message from Lei Long .
Within the rune was a terrifying divine pressure that Lei Long couldn’t resist . Long Chen hastily pressed his hands against the rune, and his Yuan Spirit charged into it .
Within the lightning sea, the silver drake slowly opened its eyes and watched as Long Chen’s Yuan Spirit left his body, leaving behind an empty body . It muttered to himself .
“Either he’s a genius, or he’s a remarkably alike idiot . ”
With his Yuan Spirit gone, any of those lightning drakes could kill his physical body without the slightest effort . Then they could kill his Yuan Spirit as well .
What they didn’t know was that Long Chen had the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art and its sharp senses toward malice . He had the confidence to do something like this . Moreover, these drakes had no reason to kill him .
He also did this on purpose to show the drakes that he trusted them . Would they still not help him upon seeing this trust?
Three days later, the paragon art rune suddenly dimmed . Long Chen’s eyes opened, and there was lightning in his eyes .
“Hahahaha, the paragon art is mine!” laughed Long Chen .