Divine Wilderness Dragon Emperor

"If we get inside those Ancient Ruins, you'll have first pick of the treasures," Wang Zhongtian said after a slight frown.

"Alright. But these two green-eyed guys are very strong. My Sound Wave Secret Technique can only daze them," Ling Fei said. "I'll need your full cooperation. You must use that Magic Sword to kill them. Otherwise, we won't be able to get any closer, let alone enter any Ancient Ruins."

"The Magic Sword?" Hearing this, Wang Zhongtian frowned.

"What? You're not willing?" Ling Fei arched an eyebrow, looking at Wang Zhongtian. "If that's the case, we have no choice but to turn back."

"Miss Wan'Er, I'll escort you away from this place," Ling Fei then said, turning to Shangguan Wan'Er.

"Fine! I'll coordinate with you when we make our move!" Seeing this, Wang Zhongtian gritted his teeth, finally making his decision.

"Then let's get ready to fight," Ling Fei said.

At that moment, the two green-eyed men were already charging at them with Battle Halberds in hand.

With them were seven Unicorns.

YAHII!

The two green-eyed men brandished their Battle Halberds, their gazes ice-cold and filled with a sinister air. After letting out a strange cry, they charged forward to kill. At their summons, the seven Unicorns dashed out, extending their giant claws as they pounced toward Ling Fei.

"Now!" Ling Fei shouted.

Then, a deep dragon's roar emanated from his mouth.

ROAR!

The dragon's roar sounded, low at first, but then it grew increasingly louder and higher-pitched.

Under the impact of the sound waves, the seven pouncing Unicorns froze in their tracks.

"I'll handle these seven beasts! Brother Wang, you slay those two green-eyed men!" Liu Rulong called out.

With a flash of his Long Sword, he swept it horizontally before him.

BANG!

The horizontal slash sent the seven beasts flying.

At that moment, Wang Zhongtian made his move. Light Patterns flashed on his Magic Sword as Sword Qi shot toward the sky, condensing into a Giant Sword.

The Giant Sword then moved, slashing horizontally toward the two green-eyed men.

SWOOSH!

A scorching heat followed in the wake of the sword light.

BANG!

The Giant Sword's horizontal slash cut the two green-eyed men in half at the waist.

FWOOSH!

A wave of scorching Fire Flame swept over them, taking the opportunity to envelop and incinerate their bodies.

In just an instant, the two green-eyed men were reduced to a pile of scorched bones.

'A Magic Sword forged by a Primordial Pill Realm Cultivator is truly powerful,' Shangguan Wan'Er thought, her eyes flashing with a hint of longing.

'If I were a Primordial Pill Realm Cultivator, I could have killed that green-eyed man with a single strike.'

The Sword Qi vanished in a flash, and the scorching True Qi dissipated. With another flash, Wang Zhongtian put his Magic Sword away.

A pained look flickered in his eyes.

'This is my life-saving trump card, after all.'

However, the thought of being so close to the Ancient Ruins made him cast aside his reluctance.

'I can always get another Magic Sword, but an opportunity like the one in these Ancient Ruins comes once in a lifetime.'

"Young Master Wang, your Magic Sword's power is truly extraordinary! We'll be counting on your cooperation again later!" Ling Fei said with a smile, seeing that the green-eyed men had been slain.

By now, the seven Unicorns were completely lifeless.

The souls of these Unicorns were inherently weak. They were a very mysterious type of life form.

Under the assault of Ling Fei's soul attack, their faint souls had quickly dissipated.

"Young Master Ling, to be perfectly honest, my Magic Sword only has enough power for one more attack like that," Wang Zhongtian said with a grim face, his eyelids twitching.

"Only one?" Hearing this, Ling Fei's brow twitched, but a flicker of joy flashed through his eyes.

'In truth, with my current strength, I could have completely shattered the souls of those two green-eyed men myself.'

'The only reason I had Wang Zhongtian attack was to weaken him.'

'You should never intend to harm others, but you must always be on guard against them.'

'Of course, having Wang Zhongtian around means having an extra expert on hand. He'll still be useful in a critical moment.'

'After all, there are always times when one can't control everything.'

That was why Ling Fei had agreed to team up with him to explore the Ancient Ruins ahead.

"In that case, we'll have to be extremely careful," Ling Fei said.

"Mm," Wang Zhongtian nodded.

Then, with Ling Fei in the lead, the group stepped onto the long bridge and proceeded forward.

"You don't have anything to defend against that miasma. Will you be okay?" Shangguan Wan'Er asked, looking at Ling Fei with concern as the Corpse Miasma Qi continued to linger on the long bridge.

"Heh, a little miasma like this can't hurt me." Ling Fei smiled. A Qi Vortex stirred around him, and the dense miasma was absorbed by the Dragon Bone.

Seeing this, Shangguan Wan'Er was secretly amazed but didn't ask any further questions.

'Ling Fei can actually ignore this miasma?' Wang Zhongtian, who was beside them, was also filled with curiosity.

'Is he absorbing the miasma?' Liu Rulong's mind reeled.

It was clear that Ling Fei was indeed absorbing the miasma.

'But this is the kind of miasma everyone else avoids like the plague. How could he be actively absorbing it?'

'How could anyone remain calm at a sight like this?'

However, it wasn't their place to ask about such things.

The bridge was very long and shrouded in mist. Besides the miasma, a dense Essence Qi also permeated the air.

The group encountered no danger as they walked.

However, they could see ancient patterns carved into the bridge's railings.

Carvings of birds, Exotic Beasts, dragons, snakes, and other ferocious creatures adorned it, giving it a magnificent and imposing aura at a glance.

"There are carvings of dragons and snakes here, and all sorts of Ancient Beasts!" Liu Rulong and the others looked on in surprise as they walked along the long bridge.

'Dragons! They are beings of legend. Ever since Emperor Shi, they have been a symbol of the Emperor. Ordinary places are forbidden from having carvings of dragons or phoenixes. To do so would be treason against the Celestial Emperor,' Ling Fei mused, his mind reeling as he gazed at the carvings on the railing. 'Only in the early Ancient Times, at the residences or tombs of the great sages of old, could one find such carvings... Could this be an Emperor's Tomb? Or the tomb of a sage from the Ancient Era?'

'Dragons...'

'The symbol of the Celestial Emperor!'

In fact, in earlier times, mortals were forbidden from even using the word 'dragon' in their names.

For someone like Liu Rulong, having the word 'dragon' in his name would have been an act of great disrespect toward the Celestial Emperor.

It was only because the wise Celestial Emperor of the Great Tang Empire abolished this rule that people dared to use 'dragon' in their names.

Ling Fei continued walking forward and began to see more ancient carvings.

One depicted ten suns in the sky, with the earth below cracked and barren, a scene of immense suffering for the people.

'Legend says that in the early Ancient Times, ten suns suddenly appeared, causing great suffering... But that's just an ancient legend, one that is rarely mentioned these days and has been gradually forgotten,' Ling Fei's mind raced. 'An ordinary emperor's tomb wouldn't have carvings like this. But this place does. Could this really be the tomb of a sage from ancient times? It must be. There's no other explanation for these carvings.'

He continued to look as he walked.

The more he saw, the more certain he became.

The clothing worn by the figures occasionally depicted in the carvings was not from the present era.

'Ruins from the early Ancient Times... what could be inside? Why did it emit a five-colored light, and why did it open now?'

Ling Fei's mind was filled with questions.

'Furthermore, those Unicorns and the green-eyed men from before were very strange,' Ling Fei suddenly thought.

'Could people from the Ancient Era have survived until now?'

'Obviously not.'

'What kind of person could live for so long?' Ling Fei wracked his brain, trying to recall any clues from the ancient texts he had read.