The Abyss Dragon let out a sad roar. It was already extremely tired and did not have much strength left. All its cultivation base had been destroyed, and it had lived an incredibly difficult life in Sinful Barren Lands for the past one thousand years. In fact, there were a few times when it had nearly died from serious injuries.
If it was not because it still had some of its physical power left and if it was not because the Abyss Dragons had gone against the will of their Progenitor and the Kalpa Lords of True Sacred Yin World and left a backup plan for it when they banished it, it would have died a long time ago.
After all, the Dragon Tendon that gathered all its Qi and gave it great physical power had been extracted. Without it, it was as if it had turned from a dragon into a snake, and it had lost everything.
Right then, it could only bring out the power of Man Cultivation Realm, and this was only possible after its people helped it in secret. During the past one thousand years, it had struggled in pain and fallen into despair from its unyielding state.
The repeated escapes and the forlorn roars when they were alone filled its heart with madness and hatred. This madness was not directed at Yu Xuan, and neither was it directed at the Berserkers in Yin Death Region … but at the Emperor of Abyss' True World … and at the Progenitor of the Abyss Dragons.
It had risked its life to bring Yu Xuan back, but it had ended up in this state. It was loyal to the Abyss Dragons, but its Dragon Tendon had been extracted. It was proud of being a living being from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, but its cultivation base had been crippled.
It hated it!
Yet besides hatred, it had nothing else, because its level of cultivation was not high enough. It was equivalent to Man Cultivation Realm, but it could not even protect itself in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. Without its Dragon Tendon, its level of cultivation had not increased even an inch over the past one thousand years, no matter … how hard it tried.
It could only live and die on its own in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
If it was not a dragon, then perhaps it would have been better off, or perhaps it could have changed, and it would not have ended up in this state. However, since it could not change its body and looked like a pathetic Abyss Dragon, to many people in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, its entire body was a treasure.
Its meat could be eaten to nourish one's body. Its scales could be condensed into an armor or even refined into a magical treasure. Its blood could be compared to a spirit stone after it was dried, and its internal organs were the best supplements for cultivators.
Its bones were even more valuable. They could be turned into an incredibly powerful Enchanted Vessel.
Especially its brain, which could allow one to comprehend and obtain Underworld Techniques.
Even its soul had its uses. After being refined by experts, it could be sealed into a magical treasure to become an artifact spirit.
It was already a miracle that the Abyss Dragon, who did not have the power to protect itself, was still alive for the past one thousand years.
During the one thousand years, the Abyss Dragon had thought about death many times. In the beginning, it was filled with fear and despair, but gradually, it became numb to it. In the end, death and life were no longer important to it. Instead of living in pain, it would be better to die and be released.
However, it still remembered that the member of its tribe who had helped it before it was banished to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. There were countless alien races in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, but there was also … a serendipity that could turn something rotten into something miraculous. If there was a place in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence that could allow it to recover its power … then it would be Divine Essence Star Ocean!
That was why it had continued flying nonstop for the past one thousand years, all so that it could head to Black Ink Planet and Divine Essence Star Ocean.
However, all of this had already turned into an illusion.
However, there was still an unwillingness to admit defeat in the depths of its heart. This unwillingness was an obsession that not even the passage of time could take away. It hated the Emperor of Abyss' True World, and it wanted to take revenge on them. It wanted to return to the Abyss Dragon Tribe and win against the Abyss Dragon's Progenitor.
It also wanted … to take another look at its young mistress and hear her call its name.
However, it knew that this was impossible. Forget about whether it could leave the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, just the cultivators chasing after it was enough to make it unable to escape from this disaster.
The whistling sounds behind it continued. Those strange cries and killing intent locked onto it. The Abyss Dragon was not fast to begin with, and the person behind it was like a moth under its feet. It … could not escape.
Its consciousness gradually became clouded. The intense pain in its body could no longer tell where it was coming from. It was as if there was no part of its body that was not in pain. As its blood filled the air, the strange cries from the cultivators behind it became a death sentence. The echoes of the bells seemed to have brought death.
The Abyss Dragon still remembered that three days ago, it had passed by a group of meteors floating in the galaxy. It had only stopped to rest for a while and did not show any malicious intent, but it did not expect that the meteors would be a cave abode of a group of cultivators. When these cultivators appeared on the moths, the Abyss Dragon had even tried to humiliate them by begging them to leave.
However, what it got in return was three days of continuous pursuit. It could tell from the desire and the murderous glare in their eyes that they … recognized it as an Abyss Dragon, and they … wanted to eat it alive.
Among these cultivators, there were four Lords of World Planes, and one of them had even reached the middle stage of World Plane Realm. This was a height that the Abyss Dragon had not reached even when it was at its peak. Even when it was in Yin Death Region, it had only attained completion in the initial stage of World Plane Realm. With its Abyss Dragon physical body, it could fight against those in the middle stage of World Plane Realm, but it could not win.
However, that powerful warrior in the middle stage of World Plane Realm did not personally chase after it. Instead, the other three cultivators in the initial stage of World Plane Realm brought nearly one hundred cultivators and chased after it for three days.
In truth, the Abyss Dragon felt that there was no need for those near one hundred people. Any one of the three cultivators in the initial stage of World Plane Realm could kill it in an instant. In fact … most of those near one hundred people could do it.
However … they did not do so. Instead, as if they were intentionally toying with it, they only chased after it, forcing it to continuously flee and continuously use up its strength. At that moment, it was already at the end of its rope. It could only instinctively move forward and flee. It had lost all power to fight back.
The strange cries by its ears sounded as if they were mocking it. The bell chimes were like illusions, causing the Abyss Dragon's consciousness to become even more indistinct.
Wherever it went, blood would spill into the galaxy. Its eyes became indistinct, and it looked as if it was about to close at any moment. The whistling sounds behind it closed in, and all the blood it spilled would be swiftly collected by the near one hundred cultivators with the jade bottles in their hands.
"Lady Yu Luo, this Abyss Dragon's will is about to disappear. The hunt this time is going to be very interesting." Laughter came from the near one hundred cultivators behind the Abyss Dragon. It was a young man who had just collected the Abyss Dragon's blood. He spoke to the woman with the bells on her wrist with a smile.
"This Abyss Dragon is incredibly valuable in the Emperor of Abyss' True World. It's difficult to find anyone who comes out, much less in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. It must have offended the nobles in the Emperor of Abyss' True World, which is why it was sent here."
"That's right. Its level of cultivation is only equivalent to those in Man Cultivation Realm, and over the past three days, we can tell that its Dragon Tendon has already been extracted. It's basically useless now."
"Haha, this isn't an Abyss Dragon, it's just a big snake. Lady Yu Luo, you're really smart. You made this small snake continue fleeing, so you can make its blood circulate. The effects of each drop will be better than extracting its blood. In fact, by chasing after it until its will disappears, it'll be easier for you to control it. You can refine it into a flying Enchanted Vessel, and it'll be much more convenient for us to go out in the future."
Laughter echoed in the air. When the near one hundred cultivators saw that the Abyss Dragon before them had slowed down, they knew that the dragon had reached its limit.
The woman in front of the crowd had a smug look on her face. The bell on her wrist swung, and a glint appeared in her eyes as she looked at the cultivators around her. She was the one who had discovered the dragon, and she was also the one who had suggested the plan to make fun of the Abyss Dragon and chase after it. By the looks of it, it was very effective.
'If we continue chasing after it for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, this Abyss Dragon's soul will scatter. At that time, we'll use the Secret Art to gather its soul in its body. It'll be much easier to search for it then. ' Excitement appeared in the woman's eyes. She did not care about the dragon's blood or the Enchanted Vessel. What she cared about was the Abyss Dragon's memories. She had been born in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence and longed to go to the four Great True Worlds, but the people around her were the same. They had never left the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, but in her eyes, this Abyss Dragon had been banished to this place. If that was the case, then the memories in its soul would definitely contain the scenes of the world outside.
This was what made her curious.
"Young Mistress, we can't play around anymore. That old monster Profound Will's territory is right ahead. The Progenitor once said that we are not allowed to go to other people's territories." Just as the woman was feeling excited, one of the two middle-aged men who had been following behind her quietly spoke flatly.
Both of them were in the initial stage of World Plane Realm, the same as the woman, but they gave off a feeling as if they had gone through a battle of life and death. Wisps of murderous aura surrounded them.
The woman might not be willing, but after a moment of hesitation, she nodded in resignation. She swung her wrist, and bells immediately rang loudly. The speed of the near one hundred cultivators behind her instantly increased exponentially. They surpassed the Abyss Dragon and surrounded it.
"The hunt is over. Kill this dragon, but keep its soul safe for me!" the woman said coldly. There was excitement as well as cruelty in her eyes.
Promises came from all around them. Greed appeared in the eyes of the near one hundred cultivators. In their eyes, the Abyss Dragon had already turned into a pile of materials that they could devour and increase their levels of cultivation. At that moment, they scattered.
The Abyss Dragon's will had become completely muddled. It knew that it was about to die. It might not want to … but what could it do?
As it laughed brokenly, it closed its eyes, but at the instant it did so, a gentle voice immediately echoed in its soul.
"Xiao Huang …"
At the instant that voice reached its soul, the Abyss Dragon's body shuddered. The tremors were incredibly strong, and even its soul started trembling along with it. Its will also came to a swift halt as it scattered.
It was as if countless thunderbolts were roaring in its heart. Xiao Huang was the most precious existence in the depths of its memories. There was only one person in the world who called it that, and that was a girl called Yu Xuan, the Abyss Dragon's young mistress.
It had not heard those two words for more than one thousand years. Those two words seemed to have awakened its memories, causing the Abyss Dragon to tremble, and tears fell from its eyes.
However, it knew that the person who called its name at that moment was not its young mistress, but another … voice it was familiar with.
"Xiao Huang …"
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