Chapter 22 - The Emergence of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, Yan Fei's Worldview Shattered
Chapter 22 The Emergence of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, Yan Fei’s Worldview Shattered
“Boom!”
It was as if a bolt of lightning tore across the sky, striking down violently in the marketplace. Everyone felt a sharp pain in their eardrums and instinctively looked up.
In the next instant, their mouths dropped open in shock.
Time seemed to freeze — silence reigned.
Above them, high in the vast and boundless skies, nine colossal dragon corpses loomed like iron fortresses stretching across the void, as though they had existed since time immemorial. Nine shimmering black iron chains were fastened to the dragon corpses, with the other ends connected to a massive bronze coffin.
Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin!
The scene was utterly overwhelming!
The nine dragon corpses radiated a terrifying and tragic aura — with jagged horns and gleaming scales — a single glance evoked an endless sense of desolation and ancient history.
Who could dare use such fearsome five-clawed black dragon corpses to pull a coffin?
Everyone’s scalps tingled with fear. The legendary five-clawed black dragons had appeared before their very eyes — vividly and unmistakably!
Pure-blood dragons were virtually nonexistent in the Xuanxian World. The dragons that remained were mostly mutated breeds — offshoots of the true dragon bloodline — utterly incomparable to the pure-blood lineage.
And now, nine pure-blood five-clawed black dragons had manifested before them — as beasts pulling a coffin!
“Good heavens!”
“What a terrifying pressure!”
“Could that really be a dragon?”
“That’s dragon might! I can barely breathe!”
…
No one knew who spoke first, but in an instant, the crowd erupted. Countless civilians cried out in astonishment. They had never seen such a grand spectacle in their entire lives.
No, impossible! There’s no such thing as a pure-blooded dragon in this world!
Yan Fei’s voice rang in Xiao Yueying’s mind, filled with shock.
“Not even in the Ancient Era?”
Xiao Yueying asked with her divine sense, all while gazing at the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin in the sky.
“No! Not even the ancient texts of the sacred lands mention pure-blooded dragons. Not just dragons—pure-blooded phoenixes and qilins don’t exist either.
Although there was a ‘Chi Dragon Emperor’ in the Ancient Era, whose power rivaled that of an emperor, he carried half the bloodline of a chi bird and could by no means be considered a pure-blooded dragon.”
Yan Fei answered with certainty.
True Dragons, Heavenly Phoenixes, and Qilins are the divine beasts revered by all demonkind in this world. However, no one has ever seen a pure-blooded Dragon, Phoenix, or Qilin.
That said, many demon clans do possess diluted dragon blood, such as the Chi Dragon Clan and Jiao Dragon Clan—both are powerful demon clans on par with the major sacred lands.
“Since this world still has the bloodline of true dragons, it proves that pure-blooded dragons once existed in the distant past. These nine pure-blood five-clawed black dragons may very well be from the Mythical Era,”
Xiao Yueying’s words were shocking!
Had it been ten days ago, she would never have made such a bold claim. But ever since entering the Golden Crow Secret Realm, her thinking had undergone a dramatic shift.
If the sixth prince of the Golden Crow from the Desolate Era could leave behind a secret realm inheritance, then other powerful beings from the Mythical Era could certainly have done the same.
“You’re saying these nine pure-blood five-clawed black dragons are from the Mythical Era? H-How is that possible?”
Yan Fei still couldn’t accept it.
The very idea was far too audacious. Even a Chilong Emperor, who possessed only half the true dragon bloodline, had power comparable to that of a Great Emperor—Then what level of power would a pure-blood five-clawed black dragon have?
Stronger than a Great Emperor?
And yet such beings were actually made into coffin-pulling beasts!
Who was it that refined their skeletons?
And who lies buried inside that bronze coffin?
So many questions swirled in Yan Fei’s mind, like a bottomless abyss.
And it truly felt like an abyss—one without end.
Since this concerns the long-lost Mythical Era, not even someone like Yan Fei—let alone even the top sacred grounds in Central State—would dare to be reckless.
After all, the current Xuanxian World is far more withered than the ancient eras. There isn’t even a single Great Emperor left. That means the existence lying within that bronze coffin might have cultivation surpassing even the Great Emperor realm.
Who would dare provoke such a being?
Even a supreme holy land that has existed for hundreds of thousands of years would have to think twice.
“Teacher, look! Something just fell off the bronze coffin!”
Xiao Yueying, who had opened the Golden Core Path and gained extraordinary vision, quickly noticed the black sand drifting down from the sky.
“Hurry, collect some and take a look,” Yan Fei immediately ordered, her heart filled with intense tension.
The most direct way to determine whether this Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin truly came from the mythological era was to examine its age. There was a lot of black sand in the sky. Xiao Yueying soared into the air, manifesting a hand of vital energy that reached toward the sky and grabbed a handful of the sand.
Her action immediately drew the attention of other adventurers. Seeing the black sand fluttering down, countless adventurers rushed into the sky, using all sorts of methods to seize it. They were treating it like treasure—fighting over it fiercely.
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“Received +232 shock points from Xiao Yueying.”
“Received +999 shock points from Yan Fei.”
“Received +65 shock points from Xiao Ding.”
“Received +10 shock points from Li Huacong.”
“Received +13 shock points from Zhang Miao.”
“Received +15 shock points from Qi Lin.”
“Received +… from Chu Hui.”
“…”
Ling Chen’s system log was refreshing like crazy in his mind, as if it was about to crash from the flood of shock points. Today was the monthly grand gathering, and the main street was buzzing with activity.
With all three major markets combined, there were at least over a hundred thousand people present.
And most of those attending had some level of cultivation, each providing an average of around ten shock points. Just from this wave alone, Ling Chen harvested a total of three million shock points. It was an absolute windfall!
“The real excitement… is just about to begin.”
Ling Chen looked at the adventurers soaring into the sky and murmured softly.
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