Li Yu was about to express his gratitude on behalf of Xiao Hei, but when he looked up and saw Liu Xin and the others with dark faces, tight lips, and uncomfortable expressions that made him want to laugh or cry, he had no choice but to swallow back the words he was about to say.

Li Yu first took out three of the smaller crystal cores and handed them forward.

Xiao Hei got excited when it saw the beast core. Its eyes lit up instantly, and it immediately turned around and opened its mouth. Li Yu took the opportunity to stuff the core inside.

"They really ate it!" Liu Xin and the others stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with disbelief.

They thought Li Yu was joking, but they didn't expect that the black horse would actually eat the alien beast's crystal core.

Judging from the dark horse's appearance, he was actually eating with great relish.

This is truly incredible; they have never seen such a dark horse before.

After eating the crystal core, Xiao Hei immediately perked up and stood up abruptly.

An electric current surged beneath its hooves, and the hind hooves pawed the ground forcefully, making a "clattering" sound, indicating that it was ready to set off.

Seeing this, Sun Chengyu immediately took action. He first nodded slightly to Liu Xin, indicating that he would definitely bring Li Yu to him, then flapped his wings and took off, flying away into the distance.

Xiao Hei then carried Li Yu below at great speed, disappearing into the distant rain in no time.

Liu Xin had been staring at Li Yu's disappearing figure until now, and only then did he finally feel relieved.

He turned and looked towards the direction of Shuicheng, then said to Du Xiayue and the other two:

"Let's go to Water City first. We'll discuss this further after Li Yu completes his mission."

With Liu Xin and Du Xiayue escorting Xiong Mao and his wife away from the Giant Stone Forest, Lei Xiao was now the only one left in the entire Giant Stone Forest.

Lei Xiao, deep within the stone forest, slowly opened his eyes and muttered to himself:

"It's time."

Previously, rumors were rampant, saying that the earth's veins were about to erupt and that the underground magma might destroy the world.

But his master, the Sword Immortal, had already told him the truth: this was not an ordinary ley line at all, but a dragon vein inheritance that had been hidden in Zhongzhou for thousands of years!

The master repeatedly emphasized that this dragon vein was no ordinary thing; its inheritance contained endless mysterious power and was one of the foundations of the Central Plains.

The master even speculated that the superpowers possessed by the awakened ones were all related to the dragon vein.

Lei Xiao flew up on his sword, looking down at the giant stone forest that had become ruins below.

Seeing the stone pillar lying across the ground like a giant dragon, Lei Xiao suddenly felt a surge of emotion:

"Master is indeed amazing. No one would have thought that a dragon vein was hidden on this seemingly ordinary flat land, and that this dragon vein was cleverly hidden in this giant stone forest."

"Such a secret, if not for Master telling me, I'm afraid no one would ever know it."

Lei Xiao continued to observe carefully. Even without the suppression of the tens of thousands of giant stone swords, the dragon vein still did not erupt, as if it was waiting for something.

He also noticed that the stone pillar lying across the ground seemed to be suppressing the dragon vein below, preventing it from releasing its power.

"So that's how it is, it's the Crouching Dragon among the Nine Forms."

Lei Xiao was startled, knowing that this stone pillar was no ordinary object and must have been transformed from a dragon spirit, which could not be moved even slightly by ordinary means.

But in order to unleash the power of the dragon vein and revive it, he had to try.

However, his master also reminded him that everything should be left to its own devices.

Even if he cannot gain the dragon vein's recognition, he must not forcibly destroy it, otherwise it may cause unpredictable and disastrous consequences.

Lei Xiao's expression was solemn as he formed hand seals and chanted incantations:

"With the sword as the medium, responding to my sword's call, the mountains and marshes resonate, and the slumbering dragon awakens..."

In an instant, Lei Xiao's energy surged wildly, like a raging tsunami, and his momentum continued to rise, as if he were about to break through the sky.

One after another, small flying swords of various shapes whistled out from behind him and floated around his sides. All the flying swords gleamed with a cold light, as if responding to Lei Xiao's call.

As Lei Xiao continuously supplied energy to the flying swords, the swords beside him began to tremble slightly. Even the flying swords, which were timid as mice in front of the dragon, now emitted clear sword cries.

The giant dragon in the stone pillar seemed to sense this strong resonance, and its surface gradually glowed with a faint golden light, like the first rays of dawn that appear only once in a thousand years, mysterious and dazzling.

Immediately afterwards, a deep and majestic dragon roar emanated from the stone pillar, resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

The earth began to tremble violently, as if the whole world was shaking at the sound of the dragon's roar.

"It's done!"

A glint of light flashed in Lei Xiao's eyes. He seemed to see a giant dragon phantom slowly awakening from the stone pillar.

The phantom was faintly visible, yet it exuded an unparalleled powerful aura, a sign that the dragon was about to break through the stone.

As time passed, the dragon's phantom became increasingly solid in the light, each scale shimmering with golden light.

Moments later, countless cracks appeared on the surface of the stone pillar, spreading rapidly like a spider web.

A dazzling golden light shone through the crack, instantly illuminating the entire ruins.

With a clear and melodious dragon roar, the golden dragon finally emerged from the stone pillar, instantly soaring into the sky.

Wherever the dragon's shadow passed, the thick clouds were instantly torn apart, forming a huge gap.

Sunlight streamed down through the crack, carrying a rainbow of colors, as if opening a passage to another world.

"The image of the Great Void Dragon!" Lei Xiao exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the giant dragon phantom, feeling both shocked and excited.

Master said that the Taixu Dragon Form is said to possess earth-shattering power, and now that he has seen it with his own eyes, he feels its power and mystery even more.

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