novelweb Chapter 1284 Entering the Dragon Pool Secret Realm, the Land of Soaring Dragons
Chapter 1284 Entering the Dragon Pool Secret Realm, the Land of Soaring Dragons
Normally, this spatial barrier will be hidden, and even if someone passes by, they will not be able to detect it, unless it is activated by external forces.
This spatial barrier was larger than Chen Yang had imagined, stretching far into the distance, at least hundreds of kilometers.
Moreover, this array barrier is very sturdy, exceeding the level of the Golden Core stage, and is most likely the work of a Nascent Soul expert.
The barrier set up by a Nascent Soul cultivator is far more terrifying.
Normally, even if Chen Yang could unleash the power of a Golden Core cultivator, it would be very difficult for him to break through the spatial barrier set up by a Nascent Soul cultivator.
However, for him, it was not necessary to break it completely; it was enough to just make a hole large enough for one person to pass through.
Keep in mind, he could even pierce through the spatial membrane of the Ragnarok World, creating a spatial passage. The spatial membrane of such a minor world is even more robust than the spatial barrier set up by a Nascent Soul cultivator like him.
"Cut! Cut! Cut!"
This time, Chen Yang unleashed a flurry of forty-nine sword strikes in one go.
Each sword beam was a hundred feet long, like a divine dragon dancing in the sky, and they all struck the same spot in the array barrier.
Even though this array barrier was very likely created by a Nascent Soul cultivator, a very long time has passed—thousands or even tens of thousands of years. The power of the array has faded, and the array base has become dilapidated, far less sturdy than a true Nascent Soul array.
After the forty-nine sword strikes were unleashed, a gap more than ten feet long appeared on the array barrier.
At first glance, the opening looks like a spatial rift that has been cleaved open in the void.
Through this ten-foot-long crack, one could even glimpse a scene within the array barrier.
Chen Yang had imagined it would be a beautiful world filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, like a paradise on earth.
But that wasn't the case. In a fleeting glimpse, he saw rolling mountains, majestic peaks, ancient forests, and evergreen pines and cypresses...
Moreover, both the mountains and the trees were incredibly tall, making it seem like an ancient, wild world.
"Little Black, let's go!"
Without much thought, knowing that the cracks in the array barrier couldn't last long, Chen Yang wielded the Sun, Moon and Stars Greatsword, becoming one with the sword, transforming into a dazzling rainbow, and suddenly plunged into the crack.
Hey!
The black-scaled eagle cried out, its wings snapped shut, and it followed suit, disappearing into the crevice.
However, Chen Yang's "Little Black" made the Black Scaled Eagle quite unhappy.
Damn, isn't Xiao Hei (Little Black) the dog's name?
Calling him Little Scale or Little Eagle sounds better than Little Black!
The moment the man and the bird rushed into the spatial rift, the rift vanished, and everything returned to normal.
A desolate aura swept over them, and both the man and the bird felt dizzy.
They indeed arrived in a wild and desolate world, just as it had been since time immemorial.
As mentioned earlier, in the distant past, before the loss of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Earth was many times larger than it is now, and it was called the Great Star of Central Earth. At that time, there were many mountains on Earth taller than Mount Everest.
It was only after the Earth's spiritual essence was stolen that it shrank to become the Earth we know today.
The secret realm that Chen Yang and the Black Scaled Eagle have arrived at is exactly what Changbai Mountain looked like in the distant past, though it is only a part of it, not the entirety of Changbai Mountain.
Even if it's just a part of it, the area is still hundreds of kilometers in circumference.
The mountains here are terrifyingly tall, majestic and magnificent, with snow on the peaks that never melts, leaving half the mountaintops covered in white.
The pines and cypresses are incredibly large, resembling small hills from a distance. They are everywhere, with diameters exceeding two meters, forming a vast and dense primeval forest.
In addition, there were wildly growing weeds, bushes, and all sorts of wildflowers...
At first glance, the scenery here is quite beautiful, breathtakingly so.
Ouch!
Suddenly, a tiger's roar resounded, shaking the sky for dozens of miles, causing the snow on the pines and cypresses to fall in a flurry, and countless small animals scattered in all directions in fright.
A giant, striped tiger suddenly leaped out of the dense forest. It was seven or eight meters long, two or three times larger than a normal tiger. It was plump and strong, with eyes like copper bells and a mouthful of sharp teeth that gleamed coldly. It glared angrily at Chen Yang.
This is clearly a Siberian tiger, but its overall size is that of an ancestor, and it may even be a spirit tiger.
Seemingly sensing that Chen Yang was extraordinary, the giant, striped tiger roared and then hesitated, its eyes darting around.
It should be known that a tiger's senses far surpass those of an ordinary person.
If it were a spirited tiger, it would be even more able to sense danger and avoid it.
Hey!
The black-scaled eagle spread its large wings and circled in the air, howling at the striped giant tiger as if it were both a provocation and a way of driving it away.
Ouch!
The giant, striped tiger roared at the sky, and even obvious ripples appeared in the air. The roar carried terrifying energy as it rushed towards the black-scaled eagle.
It's almost comparable to the shockwave generated by firearms.
The Black-scaled Eagle had a wingspan of over ten zhang, like a natural curtain. The roar of the tiger caused it to lose its balance, swaying from side to side like a small boat in a raging storm.
At this moment, the giant tiger charged toward a towering tree, and with a whoosh, it climbed up at an extremely fast speed. Finally, at a height of several tens of meters, it leaped into the air and pounced on the unsteady black-scaled eagle.
The Blackscaled Eagle was clearly startled, not expecting the giant, striped tiger to be so fierce. But it was obviously no pushover either, being a fighter among birds. With its two large wings flapping violently, it swooped down and reached out with its two large claws to grab the giant tiger.
Its body is covered in black feathers that gleam with a metallic sheen, each feather like a knife and each hair like a sword. Its eyes are incredibly sharp, able to see the smallest details and find any weakness in its opponent. Its two large claws are bigger than millstones and can tear through iron armor.
oooooooo!
The giant, striped tiger leaped from a towering tree, snapping a thick branch beneath its feet, and soared more than ten meters into the air, as if it were flying.
The altitude and distance were clearly assessed, just right to pounce on the Blackscaled Eagle.
However, it did not expect the black-scaled eagle to retaliate. Instead of scrambling to dodge, it swooped down, extended its large claws, and wanted to confront it head-on.
Chen Yang originally wanted to help the Black-Scaled Eagle, since it was his mount.
But after glancing at it, he chose to stand by and watch.
Because the Blackscaled Eagle wasn't as fragile as he had imagined.
The Black-scaled Eagle's wings whipped up a fierce wind, and even the feathers at the edges of its wings shot out streaks of sharp light—its unique killing power.
The giant, striped tiger was so mesmerized that it couldn't open its eyes.
At this moment, the black-scaled eagle's large claws dodged the tiger's claws and slashed down at the giant tiger's head.
No matter how hard the giant tiger's skull was, it was no match for the black-scaled eagle's massive claws that could tear through iron armor. Several thick, sharp claws pierced into the giant tiger's skull.
Immediately afterwards, the Blackscaled Eagle flapped its large wings and took flight, carrying the striped giant tiger with it.
Hey!
The giant, striped tiger wasn't quite dead yet, letting out a pitiful howl. But with its head seized, it was truly difficult to resist.
After flying to a certain height, the Blackscale Eagle released its massive claws, and the striped giant tiger plummeted from the sky, crashing into a large mountain and dying instantly.
"That's awesome!"
Chen Yang gave a thumbs up, his eyes revealing admiration.
In terms of cultivation, this black-scaled eagle has reached the level of a god and has awakened a certain degree of intelligence.
Although this giant tiger is enormous, it has not yet reached the level of a god, nor has it awakened any intelligence. It is merely larger and more ferocious than an ordinary tiger, and can be considered a tiger king.
Chen Yang sensed it and found that although the spiritual energy in this desolate land was higher than that outside, it wasn't by much. It couldn't even compare to the concentration of spiritual energy in the array barrier he had set up in Cloud Mist Mountain.
If the concentration of spiritual energy is not high enough, it is difficult for spirit beasts and birds to be born.
Ultimately, the decline of spiritual energy in the outside world affected this small, secret realm, causing the spiritual energy here to decline as well.
Chen Yang was not surprised by this.
It should be understood that the Ragnarok World, such a large minor world, has been experiencing a decline in spiritual energy since the World Tree withered, let alone this small secret realm.
Unless there is a World Tree here, or a branch of the spiritual root of heaven and earth, it will be difficult for the spiritual energy not to decline.
Okay, none of that matters. What matters is that ancient, miraculous herb, the legendary Old Ginseng King.
After killing the striped giant tiger, the black-scaled eagle began to enjoy its meal.
Chen Yang let it be, wandering alone in this wild and mysterious place.
He wanted to sense the atmosphere here so that he could find the traces of the ancient elixir.
This ancient secret realm in Changbai Mountain is about 100 kilometers in circumference, which is already quite large. It just happens to be within the range of Chen Yang's divine sense. One release of his divine sense can cover the entire secret realm.
He certainly did so, sensing with his powerful divine sense and discovering that there were quite a few creatures here, but most of them were below the divine realm, and most of them were probably just ordinary wild beasts.
It's possible that the concentration of spiritual energy in this space is not high enough, so wild creatures cannot absorb spiritual energy to cultivate, and thus cannot evolve into spirit beasts.
However, compared to the beasts in the outside world, the beasts here are much stronger. For example, that giant tiger with stripes would definitely be the king of tigers or the ancestor of tigers in the outside world.
This place is filled with a wild and untamed atmosphere, and the creatures that live here are true beasts with extremely high wildness.
Along the way, Chen Yang saw some broken walls and ruins, indicating that people had once lived there.
It's perfectly normal that someone would have lived in a secret realm that was most likely set up by a Nascent Soul cultivator.
However, the scale of these ruins is too huge. The height of the walls is often tens of meters, and the size of the columns is comparable to that of the columns of ancient Roman temples. It would take four or five people to hug them.
"Are people even living here?" Chen Yang wondered to himself, expressing his doubt.
Hey!
Suddenly, a cold wind blew in, accompanied by chilling bird calls.
It was a snow owl with a wingspan of over ten feet, pure white body, a face that resembled a human's, and an unreal size. It flapped its wings and rushed out from the ruins of the building, its two sharp claws, as big as washbasins, reaching for Chen Yang's crown.
"roll!"
Chen Yang raised his eyebrows and shouted, and the snowy owl was sent flying. After landing on the ground, it was broken and unable to get up, howling in pain.
It wasn't that he had mastered any telekinetic abilities; it was just a pure roar, the sound like rolling thunder, creating sonic ripples in the air that sent the snowy owl flying.
At his level, a single glance or a shout could kill.
He encountered many wild beasts along the way, but most of them kept their distance and dared not offend him. This snowy owl was truly audacious.
The mountain ranges stretch endlessly, many towering into the clouds, majestic and imposing. At their foot lies a vast expanse of ancient forests, with towering trees standing side by side, and rampant weeds and shrubs leaving no place to stand.
After walking for a while on the ground, Chen Yang summoned the Sun, Moon, and Stars Greatsword and rode on it. This was much more convenient.
Looking down from his vantage point, Chen Yang discovered an extraordinary place ahead, where boundless dragon energy surged and condensed into the shape of a massive dragon, swallowing and exhaling the essence of heaven and earth, undulating among the mountains, and occasionally even letting out a dragon's roar.
If Chen Yang hadn't possessed exceptional eyesight, he would have mistaken it for a real dragon, which instilled fear in him.
As a result, that place became a forbidden zone, and the creatures of these secret realms dared not approach it on ordinary days.
"What terrifying dragon energy! It's like it's about to give birth to a real dragon." Even Chen Yang was astonished.
But he quickly realized it.
In fact, this method is similar to that of the Xuanhuang Ancestor of Yunwu Mountain.
The dragon vein of Yunwu Mountain has been imprisoned in a cave by the Xuanhuang Ancestor.
The Changbai Mountains stretch for thousands of kilometers and also have a dragon vein, which is much larger than the Yunwu Mountain dragon vein.
This dragon vein seems to be located within this secret realm, causing the dragon energy to surge and a great dragon to soar into the sky.
Chen Yang rode his sword forward and discovered another large lake in the center of the secret realm.
The lake is more than ten kilometers in diameter, with clear, emerald-green water and mist rising from its surface.
The lake is surrounded by mountains, many of which have towering peaks that are covered in snow that never melts.
The surging dragon energy originates from the surrounding mountains.
It's like a great dragon encircling this large lake.
This reminded Chen Yang of the famous mountain lake on the summit of Changbai Mountain, which is called Tianchi.
Legend has it that dragons live in Tianchi, making it a true dragon pool.
However, no one has ever seen a dragon appear in Tianchi Lake.
At this moment, in a wild and mysterious space in Changbai Mountain, a lake similar to the one in front of Chen Yang appeared. The surrounding dragon energy was churning and dragons were leaping, which reminded Chen Yang of the legendary Dragon Pool.
If there really is a Dragon Pool in Changbai Mountain, it is most likely located here, and right in front of us.
However, Chen Yang didn't see a single shadow of a true dragon, or even a jiaolong (a type of dragon), or at the very least, a giant python.
Even his divine sense couldn't detect the presence of these life forms.
This place is clearly a forbidden area; no living being dares to approach it.