Chapter 588 Dragon Ball
Yueqing looked at him with concern: "You used too much strength just now, your body..."
“I’m fine.” Silver Tiger took her hand. “Let’s go. They already know our target. We have to speed things up.”
The saber-toothed tiger charged again, this time even faster, almost skimming the ground.
On the evening of the third day, the group finally arrived at the outskirts of Dragon Valley.
From afar, Dragon Valley was shrouded in a layer of pale golden light, with countless runes flowing across it, radiating a chilling pressure.
“That’s the dragon clan’s protective formation,” Yunxi explained. “Only pure-blooded dragons can enter; any outsider who touches it will be torn to pieces.”
Long Yan stepped forward: "I'll take you inside."
Silver Tiger shook his head: "No, you have the aura of a dragon on you. You'll be discovered as soon as you enter."
"What should we do then?" Long Yan frowned.
Yunxi took out a jade pendant from her bosom: "Use this. This is a dragon token left by my father, which can shield my aura."
She divided the jade pendant into several pieces and handed them to Yin Hu, Yue Qing, and the two children.
"Wear it close to your body, and remember, you must not reveal your identity after entering Dragon Valley."
Everyone nodded.
Yunxi took a deep breath and led everyone around to the north side of Dragon Valley. Here was a cliff, with a bottomless abyss below.
“The secret passage is right here.” Yunxi pointed to a protruding rock on the edge of the cliff. “Jump down from here, and you’ll find an underground river. Swim along the river for 300 meters, and you’ll reach the entrance to the passage.”
Looking at the bottomless cliff, Yueqing swallowed hard: "This...this is too dangerous!"
"There's nothing I can do," Yunxi said with a wry smile. "My father always said that the most dangerous places are the safest."
Yin Hu picked up his daughter and son and looked at Yue Qing: "Are you ready?"
Yueqing took a deep breath and nodded.
"Jump!"
Silver Tiger leaped down, followed closely by Yueqing.
A fierce wind howled, and everyone felt as if they had fallen into endless darkness.
A few seconds later, with a splash, they fell into the icy, dark river.
With two children in one arm and Yueqing in the other, Yinhu swam in the direction Yunxi indicated.
The underground river was pitch black, and one could only move forward by feeling.
After swimming about 300 meters, a faint light suddenly appeared ahead.
"We've arrived!" Yunxi exclaimed in delight.
The group quickened their pace and soon swam to the light source, which was a hidden underwater cave entrance covered with intricate runes.
Yunxi bit her finger and dripped her blood onto the rune.
The runes lit up, and the cave entrance slowly opened.
The group filed in and entered a narrow passage.
At the end of the passage was a stone gate, on which a lifelike dragon was carved.
Yunxi stepped forward and placed her hands on the dragon's eyes.
Rumble.
The stone gate slowly opened, revealing a deep, secluded passageway.
The walls on both sides of the passageway are inlaid with countless luminous crystals, illuminating the entire passageway as if it were daytime.
“Go in.” Yunxi took a deep breath. “From here on, be careful with every step. My father said that the passage is full of killing formations left by the dragon ancestors. If you are not careful, you will be doomed.”
Silver Tiger nodded and took the lead into the passageway.
After taking only a few steps, his daughter suddenly said, "Dad, stop."
Silver Tiger immediately stopped.
The daughter pointed to a seemingly ordinary stone brick on the ground ahead: "There's a trap there."
The son nodded, "I felt it too. There's something terrifying under that stone brick."
Yunxi's expression changed, and she squatted down to examine it carefully. Sure enough, she found tiny rune marks on the edge of the stone brick.
"That was close..." she wiped away her cold sweat. "If I had stepped on it, the entire passage would have collapsed."
Yin Hu looked at the two children, a look of satisfaction in his eyes: "Well done. Now it's up to you two to lead the way."
The daughter and son walked hand in hand at the front, using the intuition of their dragon soul essence to avoid one trap after another.
The group proceeded cautiously and finally reached the end of the passage an hour later.
At the end was a huge bronze door, carved with five giant dragons, which were the symbols of the five sacred objects of the dragon race.
Yunxi stepped forward and placed her hand on the bronze door.
"In the name of the dragon bloodline, open the gate to the forbidden land."
The bronze door opened slowly with a deep rumble.
Behind the door was a huge underground space.
In the center of the space stood a hundred-meter-high altar, with a bead emitting seven-colored light floating on top of it.
Dragon Ball!
But to everyone's shock, beneath the altar lay an enormous skeleton.
The skeleton was a thousand meters long, and even though it was just bones, it still exuded a suffocating pressure.
“That is… the remains of the Dragon God.” Yunxi’s voice trembled.
Just then, a familiar voice suddenly came from the altar.
"Yunxi, you've finally arrived."
Everyone looked up and saw Yun Mo standing at the top of the altar, holding the dragon pearl in his hand, with a strange smile on his lips.
"I knew you would find this place."
Silver Tiger's eyes turned cold: "Yun Mo!"
Yun Mo looked down at them, his smile widening: "Yin Hu, Yue Qing, and two adorable little ones... It's quite lively. However, you're late."
He held the Dragon Ball high, and the Dragon Ball shone brightly.
"The blood sacrifice ceremony shall now begin!"
Yun Mo's laughter echoed on the altar, and the seven-colored light of the Dragon Ball grew brighter and brighter, causing the entire underground space to tremble.
"The blood sacrifice ceremony shall now begin!"
Silver Tiger's eyes turned cold, and he was about to rush forward when Yunxi suddenly grabbed his arm: "Don't be impulsive! The altar is surrounded by killing formations; forcing your way in will only lead to your death!"
"What should we do then?" Yueqing asked anxiously. "Are we just going to watch him complete the blood sacrifice?"
Yunxi gritted her teeth and pulled a jade pendant from her bosom: "There's only one way: go through the secret passage left by Father, and enter from beneath the altar. But that path..."
"How dangerous is it?" Silver Tiger asked.
"Nine times out of ten, one chance at death." Yunxi looked at the remains of the Dragon God. "The passage is located below the remains of the Dragon God, where the strongest guardian of the Dragon Clan is."
Boom!
A crimson rift suddenly appeared above the altar, and the aura of the abyss surged forth from it. Yun Mo laughed wildly: "Too late! The Lord of the Abyss is about to descend!"
"Let's go!" Silver Tiger scooped up the two children in his arms. "There's no time to hesitate!"
Yunxi took a deep breath and raised the jade pendant. The jade pendant emitted a ghostly blue light, and the ground beneath the dragon god's remains slowly cracked open, revealing a downward passage.
"Go inside quickly!"
The group filed in, with Long Yan and a few trusted warriors bringing up the rear. Just as they entered the passage, the entrance behind them slammed shut.
The passage was pitch black, with only a few scattered runes on the walls emitting a faint glow. An ancient aura permeated the air, making it difficult to breathe.
Suddenly, the daughter tugged at Yin Hu's sleeve: "Dad, I feel... something is watching us."
The son nodded: "It's a scary thing."
As soon as he finished speaking, countless runes suddenly lit up on the stone walls on both sides of the passage, and blue flames shot out from the runes, illuminating the entire passage as if it were daytime.
Yunxi's expression changed drastically: "Oh no, the guardian has awakened!"
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