For a moment, the whole mountaintop fell into a dead silence.
The sudden pressure shrouded everything mercilessly. The monsters that were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws stopped in their tracks and turned their heads to look behind them, shivering. Then, one of the monsters let out a cry, and in the next moment, the monsters that surrounded them immediately scattered and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Well, this was the right way to start.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fina hurriedly helped Charmander pull Katie up. The young lady was still in a state of shock. Her big eyes were filled with fear and uneasiness. The others also breathed a sigh of relief and temporarily relaxed.
"Those monsters … Why did they run away?"
"Was that … Dragon's Might just now?"
Recalling the Dragon's Might that burst out in an instant, everyone's expression became a little solemn. Fina thought for a moment, then stood up.
"I'll go and see what's going on."
"Miss Fina?"
The others were shocked to see the priestess standing up.
"Is that okay? What if … "
"I don't think there'll be any problems. If the evil dragon really came back, these monsters wouldn't have retreated so easily. They would definitely capture us and offer us as sacrifices to the dragon. But they actually chose to retreat under that pressure … I think Mr. Fangzheng must have succeeded! "
"Really?"
Hearing Fina's words, the others cheered up. At the same time, Charmander suddenly turned its head and cried out in the distance. Then, Nimf's voice came from afar.
"Everyone, are you all right?"
"Miss Nimf?!"
Hearing Nimf's voice, everyone who was still a little nervous immediately relaxed. The sudden disappearance of the blue-haired twintailed girl had given them a big fright. Fortunately, Nimf had always done things properly. Before she disappeared, she had told the others that she might go and assist Fangzheng, so everyone was mentally prepared. But now, when they saw Nimf reappear, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you okay? Where is Mr. Fangzheng? Where's that dragon? "
"Master is also fine. As for that dragon … Master has already driven it away."
Fangzheng had no intention of revealing the fact that he had slain the dragon. He had long since passed the point where he needed to slay dragons to gain Experience and Reputation. More importantly, every part of a dragon's body was a treasure. If the news spread and others knew that he had slain a dragon, then there would definitely be a lot of people eyeing the dragon's corpse in his hands. It might even attract some greedy eyes.
Instead of being bothered by these troublesome matters, it would be better to send the corpse of this shadow dragon to the Iron and Blood World and let Milune study whether she could strengthen the insect swarm by absorbing its corpse. The fire dragons he brought from the Fire Dragon Empire had already strengthened the wyverns to a certain extent, and this shadow dragon was not like those wild beasts in the Fire Dragon Empire that only looked like dragons. It was a real dragon. Fangzheng believed that if he could let the Zerg fuse with the genes of this shadow dragon, the strength of his subordinates would be even stronger.
Therefore, Fangzheng simply made up a lie. He said that after a period of confrontation between him and the dragon, neither of them could do anything to the other. In the end, he used reason and emotion to scare the dragon away. Of course, the dragon also promised Fangzheng that it would never come to the Ice Summit Mountains to build its nest again.
No one doubted Fangzheng's words. Although many stories made dragon slaying seem quite romantic, after a bitter battle, they already knew how dangerous it was to really face a dragon. Now that the dragon had chosen to leave, it was naturally for the best.
So, the next step was …
"What are we going to do next, Mr. Fangzheng?"
"In short, let's go take a look at its nest first."
Fangzheng answered Fina's question. The shadow dragon's attitude just now was very strange. Fangzheng sensed that it did not want to fight him to the death and even considered retreating. But in the end, it gave up the idea and chose to fight him to the end. This proved one thing: this place was not as simple as a nest for the shadow dragon. In other words, it did not come to the Ice Summit Mountain just to build a nest here.
In other words, there must be something here that attracted the shadow dragon's attention, and it must be something that the elves and dwarves did not know about. Otherwise, they would not be so confused about the arrival of a dragon.
As for what exactly was here … Only Fangzheng would know after he figured it out.
The others were also quite curious about the dragon's nest. Now that the dragon had left and the danger had been resolved, they naturally followed Fangzheng's lead and walked into the cave.
The cave was very much like the dragon's nest in the legends. The shadow dragon did not know what method it used, but the cave was quite spacious, enough for a dragon to enter and exit at a comfortable angle. The whole cave went deep into the mountains. Even with the speed of Fangzheng and the others, it took them a while to reach their destination.
According to the legends, the dragon's nest was full of all kinds of shining magical weapons, mountains of gold coins and crystals, and all kinds of rare treasures. But … that was a well-decorated house. The nest that Fangzheng and the others saw was at best an unfinished house.
"Is this the dragon's nest?"
Hayleen looked at the huge empty cave in front of her with a disappointed expression. Except for a few glowing crystals at the edge of the cave and the treasures piled up in the corner, the rest of the place was completely different from the "dragon's home" she had imagined.
"There's nothing strange about that. There will always be a gap between a buyer's show and a seller's show."
Fangzheng was not surprised at all. He strolled forward and inspected the surroundings while replying casually. The others also had subtle expressions on their faces. After all, as Hayleen said … this was a bit too shabby for a dragon's nest.
But … What exactly was here?
Fangzheng pondered as he walked. Fangzheng was a little puzzled that the mission had not been completed. He originally thought that he could complete the mission as long as he killed the shadow dragon. But the mission had no intention of being completed at all …
"Master."
At that moment, Nimf, who had been quietly following beside Fangzheng, suddenly turned her head and looked at a corner of the cave.
"I detected an unknown high-energy fluctuation over there."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing Nimf's reminder, Fangzheng's interest was piqued. He turned around and walked in the direction that Nimf pointed. He came to a corner at the edge of the cave. There were only two crystals emitting a faint glow and — — a beautiful, crystal clear white flower.
"What's this?"
Looking at the white flower growing around the crystal, Fangzheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows curiously. Because just now, Nimf pointed out that this flower was the source of the unknown energy fluctuation she detected, so he came to take a look at this flower. After all, according to Nimf's detection, there was nothing else here except this flower.
"This flower looks quite beautiful."
From its appearance, the flower looked more like an orchid, but its petals and stems were all white to the point of being almost transparent. It emitted a faint glow in the dark cave. As the saying goes, whiteness covers a hundred ugliness. Because of this, the flower looked quite stylish.
"Alright then, let me see what exactly this is."
Fangzheng said, extending his arm to retrieve the 'Detection Eye' from his pocket and wore it. Then, he gazed at the flower again. Shortly after, a line of system information emerged before his eyes.
[Treasure: Soul Flower]
[Level: B +]
[Soul and life are the source of power. Legend has it that only pure souls can blossom into beautiful flowers. (Able to enhance life and spiritual powers within a certain range. Can be transplanted into personal space)]
Could this be the reason why the Shadow Dragon was willing to stay here at all costs?
Fangzheng wasn't sure what this [Soul Flower] was exactly, but judging from the description, it seemed to be a plant that could enhance one's strength as long as one stayed by its side. Could this be the reason why the Shadow Dragon was willing to stay here at all costs?
Although it didn't make sense, it wasn't completely unreasonable. Or was there something special about this thing that hadn't been discovered yet?
The detection range of the 'Detection Eye' was limited. It would only give the effect of the object being detected. The other parts of the object had to be investigated and researched by the wielder themselves before new conclusions could be drawn. But … .since this thing could be transplanted ….
With that thought in mind, Fangzheng glanced around. When he was sure that everyone else was curiously observing the dragon nest, he stretched out his hand and summoned the Dimensional Codex from the void. He aimed it at the Soul Flower in front of him.
[Detected Soul Flower. Can be transplanted into personal space. Do you want to spend 100 Dimension Points to transplant?]
100 Dimension Points?
Looking at the system prompt, Fangzheng became more and more interested in this little flower. One must know that 100 Dimension Points could produce 10 consecutive Dimension Points! And now, this flower wasn't even as big as his palm!
What was so strange about this flower?
"Transplant!"
Fangzheng chose to spend 100 Dimension Points without hesitation. Although he didn't know what this flower was, he was sure that it must be something good. Since he was already here, he couldn't go back empty-handed!
But to Fangzheng's surprise, a line of notifications suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.
[Main Mission: The Secret of the Icy Summit completed]
[User received a random reward: The time ratio between the main world and the dungeon world increased to 1: 100]
"… … …"
Seeing this line of system notifications, Fangzheng was completely speechless.
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