From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Just the breath it exhales can form treasures that cause explosive power boosts. The Ancestral Dragon’s physical body is its greatest strength! Every part of it, if refined, can be used to increase one’s power. This is especially true for its blood—after refining it, even an Emperor’s strength can surge explosively! A tenfold increase would be no problem.”

”What? An Emperor’s strength can surge explosively? A tenfold increase?”

Li Yang was shocked.

’Emperors are already considered top-tier experts, and refining an Ancestral Dragon’s blood could make them ten times stronger?’

”Furthermore, a single Ancestral Dragon provides enough for many Emperors to refine—perhaps as many as a thousand. In other words, theoretically, if every one of those Emperors succeeded, a thousand of them could all see their power increase tenfold!”

”Now do you see how valuable an Ancestral Dragon is?”

At this moment, Li Yang was completely stunned.

’Enough for a thousand Emperors to refine?’

The mere prospect of a single Emperor’s strength increasing tenfold was enough to drive countless others into a frenzy!

This Cosmos runs on power. The stronger you are, the more you crave it. Emperors may be high and mighty, but they also yearn to improve.

’And now, the corpse of an Ancestral Dragon—a treasure that could empower a thousand Emperors—has appeared?’

It was easy to imagine just how valuable this Ancestral Dragon was!

’No wonder Fire Cloud Emperor of the Zun Lie Clan rushed over.’ Li Yang finally understood.

’Fire Cloud Emperor was probably already on his way to the Solar System the moment Luoyu and the others discovered the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse.’

He shook his head. ”I spent decades exploring the Solar System, only to overlook the sun itself.”

In truth, it wasn’t his fault. The sun was a giant ball of fire, and back when he was weaker, he couldn’t even get close to it.

Soul Ink said calmly, ”Even if you had discovered the Ancestral Dragon inside the sun beforehand, it would have been pointless. There must be a protective Array around it. Seeing as Luoyu and all those other Deities combined couldn’t break it, you could have only stared helplessly even if you found it.”

If Luoyu and a group of nearly one hundred Deities couldn’t break such a powerful Array, Li Yang certainly couldn’t either.

So, even if he had found it earlier, there would have been nothing he could do.

After a moment of thought, Li Yang asked, ”Soul Ink, can Fire Cloud Emperor break the Array and take the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse?”

”Unlikely.”

Soul Ink considered this for a moment before analyzing, ”What kind of being is an Ancestral Dragon? It’s a lifeform that surpasses even Dominators! The Array surrounding its body, even without anyone actively powering it, would be incredibly formidable and difficult to breach. I suspect Fire Cloud Emperor will fail this time.”

’Will he fail?’ Li Yang wondered.

While they were speaking, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master, who was ahead of them, finally stopped. He looked at Li Yang with a slightly grim expression and said, ”Li Yang, with Fire Cloud Emperor himself coming here, it seems the fortuitous encounter in your Solar System is anything but ordinary.”

An Emperor wouldn’t have come all this way or interfered in this matter unless he was deeply tempted.

Hearing the Blade Slaughter Sect Master’s words, Li Yang suddenly said, ”Teacher, I learned about the peculiarity within the sun during your battle with Luoyu and the other Deities.”

Right now, Fire Cloud Emperor and his group were surely trying to break the Array, and there was nothing Li Yang could do about it. Just as Soul Ink had said, even knowing the Ancestral Dragon was there, he could only watch helplessly, unable to claim it.

Therefore, Li Yang decided not to hide the matter.

Hiding it had only one likely outcome: Fire Cloud Emperor and his followers would eventually take the Ancestral Dragon.

Even if they couldn’t take it now, Fire Cloud Emperor would certainly contact other experts from the Hunyuan Martial Dao Saint Realm. It was only a matter of time before they took it.

Time was of the essence, and Li Yang had no time to waste thinking of other plans.

”Oh? And what fortuitous encounter is that?” Upon hearing this, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master shot Li Yang a surprised look and asked.

He himself hadn’t detected any opportunity in the sun, yet Li Yang had. ’His scouting abilities are even more impressive than my own.’

Then again, this disciple of his had heaven-defying luck and likely possessed some special treasure. He decided not to press the issue.

Li Yang answered truthfully, ”Inside the sun, there is a corpse. The corpse of an Ancestral Dragon.”

”Ancestral Dragon?”

Hearing this, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master froze, his eyes instantly widening in utter shock.

Then, realization dawned on him. ”No wonder Fire Cloud Emperor came personally!”

He clearly understood what an Ancestral Dragon was and knew exactly what this discovery implied.

Now that he knew, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master looked at his disciple and asked, ”Li Yang, what are your plans?”

Li Yang replied, ”Teacher, I plan to report this up the chain of command and notify the experts of our Saint Hall.”

Since he had no way of acquiring the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse himself, and Fire Cloud Emperor was actively trying to claim it, his best option was to call for reinforcements from the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall.

That way, even if he couldn’t take the entire corpse for himself, he would certainly be handsomely rewarded.

Hearing Li Yang’s plan, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master nodded. ”Yes, that is the correct course of action. Fire Cloud Emperor and his people are already on the move, and the experts of the Hunyuan Martial Dao Saint Realm may have already been notified. If they show up and take the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse, you won’t get any benefit at all.”

The Hunyuan Martial Dao Saint Realm and the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall were the two behemoth factions of the Human Race, constantly engaged in various forms of competition and conflict.

The Ancestral Dragon was in the Solar System, which was Li Yang’s territory, and Li Yang belonged to the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall.

But if the Hunyuan Martial Dao Saint Realm were to obtain it, they would have countless excuses to never give it back.

A treasure of this magnitude would undoubtedly alert terrifying experts at the Dominator level!

The two factions were evenly matched. Whoever held the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse would hold all the leverage. The Eternal Saint Hall’s experts might even have to beg the Hunyuan Martial Dao Saint Realm for a drop of its blood.

After saying this, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master quickly added, ”Since you’ve made your decision, Li Yang, I’ll report it for you immediately! We must get the experts from our Saint Hall here as soon as possible.”

He said no more. With a single thought, he entered the Virtual World.

Li Yang watched the Blade Slaughter Sect Master and thought, ’I wonder what level of expert our Saint Hall will send?’

According to Soul Ink, the grand Array enveloping the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse was so powerful that even an Emperor would be useless against it. That meant only a Dominator would do.

If the Saint Hall’s Dominators didn’t take action and only sent Emperors, they still wouldn’t be able to break the Array.

However, the Human Race had countless experts who surely knew more about Ancestral Dragons than he did. There was no need for him to remind them.

Barely a minute later, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master withdrew from the Virtual World.

He looked at Li Yang and said, ”Li Yang, the report has been filed. Black Inference Dominator from our Saint Hall will lead a group of Emperors here at once. It should take them about twenty days to arrive.”

(A note of thanks from the author to the readers for their support.)