World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 256 - 158: Dragon Mark Holy Object Obtained! Earth-Shattering Swallowing!

Chapter 256: 158: Dragon Mark Holy Object Obtained! Earth-Shattering Swallowing!

"What, what is this?"

Suo Lun was nearly blinded by the light, the dazzling golden radiance illuminated the entire massive temple as if it were broad daylight.

Because it was too bright, Suo Lun couldn’t see its shape clearly.

"Yao Xing, is it the Dragon Mark relic?" Suo Lun asked.

Yao Xing seemed stunned as well, and the voice that rang out in Suo Lun’s heart trembled, "Yes!"

At that moment, the dome of the temple continued to collapse, and the golden artifact slowly descended in front of Suo Lun.

"Master, you must collect it immediately, or once the dome of the temple breaks, the golden light will shoot into the sky, and then countless Barbarian Tribes will surge over," said Yao Xing. "Moreover, with the temple collapsing, the entire city’s defense mechanisms will also be completely destroyed, and the barbarians will charge straight in."

Suo Lun looked at the golden artifact, and he suddenly recalled when Yan Nai’er had just touched the Dragon Seal Stele in the Demon Mountain Range, and the Guardian Wraith inside burst out instantly, leaving Yan Yan’s life hanging by a thread.

Then, did this Dragon Mark trace also have a Guardian Wraith?

"Master, that Dragon Seal Stele was originally an ordinary stele, but an ancient dragon coincidentally inscribed a few words on it, which is why it contained such strong energy," said Yao Xing. "As years passed, someone happened upon this stele, but not recognizing it as a sacred object, they instead used it to carve into a tombstone. And the deceased under this tombstone, nourished by the powerful energy within the stele over the years, became an immensely huge wraith. It regarded the Dragon Seal Stele as its own and upon seeing someone coming to contend for it, naturally fought to the death, directly entering Yan Yan’s body. In fact, if it weren’t for Yan Nai’er’s suicide by running into the stele at that time, and the blood staining the Dragon Mark, the energy inside the stele would not have surged into Yan Nai’er’s body."

Suo Lun understood that the Dragon Seal Stele was a tombstone, which is why it had a Guardian Wraith. Other traces of Dragon Marks might not necessarily have Guardian Wraiths.

Meanwhile, the temple’s dome continued to collapse, nearly puncturing through completely.

Suo Lun took a deep breath, rushed forward, and grabbed the shining object in his hand.

Suddenly...

An immensely powerful energy erupted violently, like a volcanic eruption.

Countless golden lights surged into Suo Lun’s body, causing him to become transparent instantly, shining with golden brilliance.

"Ah..." Then, he let out an unprecedented roar.

Tearing agony, an almost insane level of pain, exploded fiercely within him.

Every part of his body began to split open, with copious amounts of blood violently spurting out.

His entire being was as if filled with countless volcanic magma, instantly burnt from inside out.

Seeing this scene, Yao Xing was also completely horrified, almost out of its wits.

It devoured desperately, devoured frantically.

However, the energy it could devour was but a drop in the ocean compared to the energy the Dragon Mark sacred object was emitting. The remaining energy, like a surging tidal wave, like violent sunlight, scattered into the boundless darkness and air.

Suo Lun was acutely aware that he was dying.

And it was a complete death, a soul-shattering death, a death of utter disintegration.

Yao Xing also felt that Suo Lun was dying, but it was utterly powerless to help. It was still very weak at this moment and utterly incapable of devouring such an astronomical amount of energy; it could not save Suo Lun.

Suo Lun wanted to run wildly, but he couldn’t muster any strength at all, his entire body seeming to fall apart into dust at any moment.

In less than half a second, he would turn to dust.

And just then...

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The massive temple collapsed with great force.

The surging blood ocean water rushed in ferociously.

Suo Lun’s body, about to disintegrate, plunged into the blood ocean.

This blood ocean water, originally capable of corroding anything, even the Dragon Gold Sword, would certainly not spare someone like Suo Lun.

However, this terrifying golden light actually began to boil the entire blood ocean water.

Countless blood water began to boil, and steam of blood shot skywards.

And Suo Lun was caught between the energy of the sacred object and the power of the blood ocean.

One force was the ultimate yang strength, the other was the ultimate yin and evil.

These two energies neutralized each other, allowing him to survive, but the endless pain was too much for him to bear, and he fainted, completely unconscious.

Afterwards, the blood sea around his body continued to boil.

After four hours, the energy from the Dragon Mark sacred object was completely exhausted, the dreadful golden light gradually dimmed, and peace was restored.

...

Suo Lun didn’t know how long had passed, or how long he had struggled in hell and flames.

It felt like several days and nights.

Suo Lun suddenly opened his eyes, startled awake, and found himself floating on a small boat.

Thankfully, his entire body was still intact and seemed to not even bear a single scar.

Around him, the endless blood ocean was still present, and for some reason, Suo Lun noticed it seemed a bit clearer than before.

Now that the sunlight was shining, Suo Lun could see clearly; the snow-white boat he was on was made from countless intertwined bones, looking utterly chilling upon closer inspection.

Then, Suo Lun immediately thought of the Dragon Mark relic. What about it?

Soon, he saw the true face of this thing and was stunned, looking incredulously at the object in his palm.

This, this is the Dragon Mark legacy? What, what is it?

It’s incredibly beautiful, and right now it’s completely translucent, just like... a ball of flame.

Yes, just like a solidified flame.

As everyone knows, flame is a state of energy, which is visible but intangible, almost massless, and insubstantial.

However, the flame before me is both visible and tangible.

Upon closer inspection, there is a drop of golden substance at the center of the flame, but what is it?

"Yao Xing, is this the Dragon Mark legacy?" Suo Lun asked.

"Yes." Yao Xing said, his voice seemingly very complex.

Suo Lun asked, "So it is a ball of flame?"

Yao Xing said, "It is a flame that the Divine Dragon once breathed out, melting something completely and then preserving it in the form of a crystallized flame. It is regarded as a sacred object by the Bloody Shore Lost City and hidden within the dome of the temple."

"If there had not been this blood ocean, I would surely have died." Suo Lun said.

Yao Xing nodded and said, "I thought that after so many years, its energy would certainly have diminished a great deal. But unexpectedly, the weakened Dragonflame is still so, so powerful."

Suo Lun said, "So has the energy of this Dragonflame been exhausted now? It burned the blood ocean for such a long time."

Yao Xing nodded and said, "Yes, but rest assured, it’s completely sufficient to save Yan Yan. Dragonflame is the natural enemy of all wraiths."

Suo Lun asked, "Then at the center of this flame crystal, there’s a drop of golden substance, what is that?"

Yao Xing fell silent for a moment, then said, "Although I don’t want to say it, I can’t lie to my master, it... is a drop of demon blood!"

"Demon blood?" Suo Lun exclaimed in shock, "It’s, how come it’s also golden?"

Yao Xing said, "This demon blood, at most, was originally just a streak of blood. But last night, the Dragonflame cooked the blood ocean, swallowing up countless fresh blood, which caused this drop of demon blood to grow to its current size. In the future, you must be careful; this Dragonflame Crystal absolutely must not be seen by the people of the Dragon Temple, otherwise disaster will be boundless."

Suddenly Yao Xing said, "Master, Jiang Xue must also have taken something, and that thing belongs to you."

Suo Lun was taken aback, "Belongs to me? The treasures here are unclaimed, whoever gets them owns them, why would they belong to me?"

Immediately after, Suo Lun looked down and discovered another item on the white bone skiff.

It was an ugly and fierce looking sword, entirely blood-red in color.

Suo Lun picked up the sword, and immediately heard a chorus of ghostly wails and howls.

"This, what is this?" Suo Lun asked.

Yao Xing said, "This is an indestructible Fierce Ghost Dragon Gold Sword, and from now on, you are its master."

Suo Lun was startled, "Is this not Jiang Xue’s sword, which was corroded by the blood ocean? Then, he just discarded it like this."

Yao Xing said, "It should be, but the Dragon Gold Sword after being corroded by the blood ocean will only become more terrifyingly powerful."

Suo Lun was astonished, knowing Jiang Xue was wasteful, but he never imagined it to this extent. To throw away a Dragon Gold Sword just like that.

The white bone skiff quickly floated to the edge of the blood ocean.

Suo Lun stepped onto the road of the Bloody Shore Lost City, and immediately the white bone skiff drifted away once more.

What Suo Lun did not see was that beneath the skiff, two horrifying and fierce yaksas were propelling the skiff forward.

...

The Holy Temple had been destroyed, and the entire defense array of Blood Case Lost City had been completely deactivated.

Therefore, the Bloody Shore Lost City had become an ordinary ruin, no longer possessing its former labyrinthine magic.

Suo Lun sprinted out along the main central avenue, unobstructed, and in just four hours, he ran out of Blood Case Lost City.

The exploration of the Bloody Shore Lost City had finally ended. Suo Lun had ultimately obtained the treasure that would save Yan Yan, although both the process and the outcome were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Suo Lun walked around the summit for a few more hours, then returned to the red-leafed tree by the cliff.

This was the place he and Meng Tuoluo had agreed on; she had told him that in ten days, she would come on time to pick up Suo Lun from the Barbarian Domain and return to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

"Yao Xing, has ten days passed?" Suo Lun asked.

"Not yet, there’s one day left." Yao Xing said, "Master, find a safe place to hide. I will enhance your cultivation level."

Suo Lun said, "Didn’t you say that only a minute fraction of the Dragonflame’s energy was absorbed?"

Yao Xing said, "That is still an astronomical number, many, many times the total of all Dragon Force you’ve absorbed before, combined with the short-lived tempering by the Dragonflame energy, which greatly improved your Dragon Vein talent. Hence, this time your cultivation level will improve far, far beyond your imagination."

Suo Lun found a hollow in the giant red-leafed tree and crawled inside, closing his eyes to sit cross-legged.

Then, Yao Xing began to release the absorbed energy fiercely.

This time, it isn’t just striking Suo Lun’s arms or just his arms and waist, but rushing through every vein and muscle of his entire body, his full skeletal structure.

This time, it’s bringing a comprehensive improvement to Suo Lun’s cultivation level.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Countless Dragon Force energies ferociously struck every part of Suo Lun’s body.

Suo Lun’s strength rapidly escalated at a rate he could clearly perceive!

Just as Yao Xing had said, this would be an unprecedented improvement, many times the total of all the Dragon Force he’d absorbed before.

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