Chapter 390: Arriving One After Another

The lightning-struck wood was entirely black, like dark jade, with a faint crystalline sheen. Additionally, a tender shoot with a few leaves sprouted from it.

Even after long years passed, the leaves remained fresh and verdant, vibrant with life.

Streaks of lightning occasionally shot up with a crackle. This was the destructive power the wood had endured from the lightning strike it suffered long ago. Yet, the plant had not died; it continued to grow, generating electricity and lightning.

The lightning-struck wood contained an innate vitality.

The coexistence of destruction and rebirth — that was its unique peculiarity.

This type of tree was incredibly rare. Usually, after being struck by lightning, a tree would die immediately. How could it possibly continue to grow? It would be difficult to find even a few such specimens, even by searching renowned mountains and rivers.

At the very least, Chu Feng had searched extensively outside but found none.

But in these ruins, near the True Dragon's Lair, there was a massive pile, thousands upon thousands of them—simply unimaginable!

The closest piece was very near the edge, but Chu Feng didn't dare to act rashly. This was the site of the ancient Divine City of Dragons, with special terrain and a terrifying, broken spatial field!

"True Dragon's Lair, I'm here!" Ouyang Feng puffed out his belly and let out a croaking shout. This fellow was incredibly bold, releasing his aura and stepping forward.

"You better behave yourself!" Chu Feng tried to grab him.

"Don't move! I am the Son of the True Dragon, and this is my home ground. Let me show you what it means to be destined by heaven!" the toad cried out.

He genuinely felt something special, as if some energy from the distant dragon cave was resonating with him, calling to him.

Guided by this feeling, he stepped forward, wanting to merge with that energy, hoping to enter the True Dragon's cave.

Chu Feng couldn't hold him back. The toad shot into the ruins with a whoosh. Symbols flashed beneath his feet, and blood energy overflowed from his body. The originally restless ancient land immediately calmed down, and no danger occurred.

Behind them, the others watched in astonishment, especially Chu Feng, who was even more bewildered. The spatial field runes were ineffective against him?!

He frowned, quickly realizing the reason. Some astonishing spatial fields could imprint various marks, such as the blood energy imprints of certain creatures or mental imprints.

This meant that when the magnetic stones were buried, targeted arrangements could be made for certain races.

Clearly, the spatial field grandmaster of old was incredibly powerful. For the Dragon Race, this place was almost like an open road, with no threats.

"Haha..." The toad Ouyang Feng laughed incessantly, looking back at Chu Feng with a squint. "Your grandpa is going to seize good fortune! When I become a master of the Carefree Realm, I'll take you as my mount!"

Chu Feng's face immediately darkened. This fellow had always been insubordinate, and now he even wanted to rebel and take him as a mount. He truly deserved a beating!

"Little tadpole, don't show off! Hurry up and go pick some Dragon Blood Grass, and throw out a few pieces of lightning-struck wood too!" the Tiger King shouted, his eyes glinting with greed, his face full of hope.

In fact, this outcome was beyond everyone's expectation. The Black Ox and the others looked as if they had seen a ghost. How could this irritating toad actually walk on flat ground and enter the dragon's lair?

At this moment, the toad suddenly screamed because a huge explosion occurred where he was. In an instant, his whole body was charred black, and he scrambled and hopped, quickly fleeing back.

"Ah, help me!"

At this point, his intuition told him he was doomed. The previous resonance had disappeared, and the place had become dangerous for him.

Bang, bang, bang…

The toad was miserable; he was almost literally blown out the entire way, bloody and mangled. One leg was nearly torn off, and he howled pitifully.

This made all of their faces change, with a jolt of horror.

Chu Feng quickly threw out several magnetic crystals, all of which had spatial field symbols carved on them. They landed in the ruins, and he guided the toad, helping him escape.

"Aow!" the toad cried loudly.

Fortunately, he hadn't gone many steps in; it wasn't very far. Otherwise, he would surely have died.

When he emerged, there was a faint smell of cooked meat. His resilient body was covered in cracks, and one leg was fractured, nearly broken off.

Ouyang Feng was so frustrated he wanted to bang his head on the ground. As a divine beast, his intuition was the sharpest; sometimes their judgments were all based on this instinctive divine sense.

However, today started off well, but then it suddenly changed.

"Are we still family? Betraying your own kind, that's just despicable!" the toad yelled angrily at the True Dragon's Lair.

"Stop shouting. You probably have dragon blood in you, but it's not pure, that's why you were attacked in the end!" Chu Feng said.

This area had once been set up with an astonishing spatial field. He judged that only pure-blooded True Dragons were allowed to approach and enter safely, but other creatures could not.

Other than that, it could only be breached by spatial field techniques.

Chu Feng walked over to help the toad set his broken bone.

Ouyang Feng immediately got teary-eyed, saying, "Thank you."

But then he screamed again: "Aow, you're trying to murder me! Let go, my leg is broken! Ow, I give up, big brother, you're my true brother, quickly let go! I'll never dare to say I'll take you as a mount again!"

Chu Feng patted him, stood up, and at the same time told the toad to stand back. He went to the edge of the ruins and began to study.

This was time-consuming, requiring constant deduction. Eventually, Chu Feng made his move, entering the ruins. He wanted to retrieve a piece of lightning-struck wood. The others also followed, assisting him, obeying his commands, and continuously offering up magnetic crystals.

But they ended up miserable. After a short while, black energy gleams rose, and they were blown out, covered in dust and blood, fleeing all the way out.

"Damn it, this is Yin Lightning, so sinister! Which damn spatial field grandmaster set up this field? They only know how to trick future generations!"

The group was indignant.

They all had injuries, spitting out bloody foam.

It wasn't that Chu Feng wasn't strong, but the gap was too large when facing the techniques of a spatial field grandmaster.

They could only be grateful that this place had been damaged back then. Otherwise, they would have died upon entering!

Chu Feng was helpless, recalling the stone carvings the Dragon Lady had given him. A spatial field master had once come to this place, wanting to set up a formation around the dragon's lair to achieve nirvana through this place.

However, that spatial field master failed, leaving behind some stone carvings when he was dying.

Chu Feng had already memorized them. Now, recalling and pondering for a long time, he had some ideas.

He tried again, resulting in the area once again filled with wailing and howling.

"Ouch, this old tiger is in so much pain, I'm not risking it anymore!"

"Brother, we made a few more wrong steps this time! This old ox was almost roasted alive! This time it summoned Sun Fire Essence, almost burning off one of my horns!"

"Ee-aw, ee-aw, ee-aw..."

"Damn it, old donkey, if you dare to bray and take advantage again, I'll beat you to death!"

Subsequently, the place was in utter chaos. Chu Feng continuously experimented, pushing further in, but he was tormented by the spatial field symbols again and again, to the point of near death.

"If it doesn't work, let's throw the toad in. Anyway, he can walk a safe distance; let him scout the way."

"Big Blackie, how dare you!" The toad stamped his feet.

Subsequently, several more explosions occurred. Everyone vomited blood, not lightly injured. Even the Dragon Lady's clothes were tattered, and her fair body showed charring.

"Brother Chu Feng, I'm not going in anymore, my old back is about to be blown apart!" The troublesome girl clutched her slender waist, looking dishevelled, her body covered in traces of lightning strikes, her small face tense, lingering fear in her heart.

However, Chu Feng was deeply engrossed, getting a stronger sense of it. Eventually, he had everyone step back, and he researched it alone.

Ultimately, he successfully broke through, carrying out a piece of lightning-struck wood!

Moreover, he pulled out a few Dragon Blood Grass plants. It was just too bad that these precious herbs were tattered beyond recognition and severely damaged in the recent explosion.

"If eaten directly, it probably won't have much effect. Take them all for refining into medicine!" Chu Feng said, putting the lightning-struck wood and the damaged Dragon Blood Grass into his spatial bottle.

"Let's go. This place is too high-tier. A dwelling place of Saints is not something we can explore at present. When I become a spatial field grandmaster someday, I'll definitely enter the dragon cave and dig out all the Reverse Scale Flowers, Dragon Embryo Trees, and so on!"

Such things were effective even for Golden Arhat-level evolutionaries, let alone for them. Once consumed, they would be enough to become top experts on Earth.

Everyone else felt regret, guarding a treasure trove but unable to obtain the most amazing fortunes. For example, there was a vast expanse of Dragon Blood Grass in the distance, right in front of the dragon cave, but they simply couldn't get it.

Things like spiritual energy, controlling objects from a distance, etc., all failed in this place. The power of the spatial field was ubiquitous.

"This damned dragon's lair!" Ouyang Feng was the most unwilling.

"Let's go quickly! We made too much noise just now, activating part of the spatial field in these ruins. I feel it's very dangerous. If we stir it up a little more, it will definitely cause big trouble," Chu Feng said with a serious expression.

He stared at the tall bronze pillar in the ruins, finding it glittering brilliantly. The tattered cloth on it, which was a small part of a flag, was flapping, actually swaying.

"How strange, the dragon clan's battle flag is moving," the Yellow Ox mumbled.

"Let's go, we can't stay long!" Chu Feng said, and then muttered, "This place is good for trapping people. If we meet aliens in the future, we can lead them here."

As soon as Chu Feng and the others left the ruins and stepped outside, they were instantly blocked!

"Hmm, not bad. You do have some skill. I like it." Several figures appeared; among them was a middle-aged man in a silver robe, smiling coldly.

His strength was immense; the aura he exuded was terrifyingly powerful, seemingly having broken nine shackles!

"Who are you?!" Chu Feng asked.

"The Dragon King of the South Sea! You've crossed the line!" the Dragon Lady spoke, her expression changing as she recognized the other party.

"The Old Dragon King of the South Sea?!" Chu Feng was startled.

"No, I am his sworn brother, my name is Long Ze." The silver-robed middle-aged man said with a faint smile. He was majestic and clearly a formidable master, exuding strong confidence.

Even the few creatures beside him were not weak, all exuding astonishing energy.

Long Ze chuckled again, looking at the Dragon Lady. "Niece, your father is holding back my elder brother, the Old Dragon King of the South Sea, in the South Sea, fearing he would come to the East Sea's Eye. But I am free."

"Long Ze has broken nine shackles; he's the second most powerful figure in the South Sea Dragon Palace!" the Dragon Lady informed Chu Feng.

This greatly shocked Chu Feng. Creatures in the ocean were indeed terrifying, almost comparable to the 'descended ones'. They had actually evolved to this level of being, surpassing those on land.

However, when he thought that the Fusang Divine Tree, Dragon Blood Grass, etc., had appeared one after another, and their branches had been obtained by others, he felt relieved. Indeed, the fortunes in the ocean were currently more astonishing than those on land.

To compare with the Fusang Divine Tree in the sea, one would have to wait for the Peaches of Immortality from Kunlun to appear.

"So you are Chu Feng, who killed two of my nephews." Long Ze clasped his hands behind his back, smiling faintly, but it was slightly cold and somewhat cruel.

Hei Teng was killed by Chu Feng at Mount Sanqing, and the Second Prince of the South Sea Black Dragon was burned to death by Chu Feng at Zijin Mountain in Jiangning. Both were the Old Dragon King's beloved kin.

Now the Old Dragon King's sworn brother, the other old Flood Dragon of the South Sea, Long Ze, appeared. Naturally, it wouldn't end well; he intended to kill Chu Feng.

"What did you all get when you entered the dragon's lair just now? Hand it all over," Long Ze smiled faintly.

"In your dreams!" Chu Feng said, because compromise was useless; his enmity with the South Sea lineage was too deep.

Clearly, Long Ze had arrived long ago, blocking them outside, waiting to seize their fortunes.

"Heh heh, I can spare your lives, but there's a condition: besides handing over what you just obtained, you must re-enter the dragon's lair and help me gather some Dragon Blood Grass," Long Ze said.

This was completely treating them as tools, forcing them to their deaths to help him obtain evolutionary precious medicines.

The Dragon Lady spoke, "Uncle Long Ze, you've overstepped your bounds. This is our East Sea Dragon Clan's territory, and Chu Feng is an honored guest I invited. It's very wrong for you to come to the East Sea's Eye and stir up trouble."

"Niece, I won't make things difficult for you today; step aside," Long Ze said. Then he glanced at Chu Feng, saying, "Why do you look unconvinced? The situation is stronger than any individual. I know you're powerful, having broken seven shackles, but what good is that? I'm not those aliens who couldn't unleash their true strength. Today, I've got you. Either submit and help me gather Dragon Blood Grass, or die immediately!"

Long Ze used his power to oppress them, his face cold, revealing murderous intent.

The few people behind him also showed killing intent, staring at Chu Feng.

"This is going too far!" Chu Feng looked at Long Ze.

"Indeed, I am bullying you. What can you do?!" Long Ze sneered, extremely domineering, looking very confident.

"Uncle Yaksha, please escort them away!" At this moment, the Dragon Lady suddenly spoke.

"Alright!" In the distance, a blurry figure flashed, and a person walked over, his entire body radiating a faint golden light. This was a sea-patrolling Yaksha, but his strength was very great.

He too had broken nine shackles. This was a top expert of the East Sea Dragon Palace, second only to the Old Dragon King of the East Sea.

The golden old Yaksha, his skin like metal, slowly walked over. Staring at Long Ze, he said, "Long Ze, you should leave."

"Weren't you in the South Sea? You actually returned quietly." Long Ze sneered, and then said, "Since I've come, I don't intend to leave. I will definitely capture and kill this Chu Feng!"

Then, he softened his expression, no longer serious. Looking at the old Yaksha, he said, "Brother Yaksha, this is a rare opportunity. This kid has extraordinary spatial field mastery. Force him into the dragon's lair and make him fight for his life; he might actually be able to gather some Dragon Blood Grass."

The Dragon Lady's face darkened, saying, "Do you think our East Sea people are like your South Sea Dragon Clan? Chu Feng is my guest. How could Uncle Yaksha do something like that?"

Long Ze smiled faintly, not looking at the Dragon Lady, but at the old Yaksha, saying, "What do you say, Brother?"

Just then, a figure appeared not far away, stepping forward, saying, "The South Sea Dragon Clan sure has a grand display of power."

This was a middle-aged man. Most importantly, he was human, not a sea creature, and had already broken eight shackles.

At this moment, both Chu Feng and the Black Ox and others were startled. This underwater world was truly extraordinary; three great masters had appeared one after another, far surpassing those on land!

"A human master, what a surprise. But you are still one level below us after all. If you want to interfere with our business, you'll probably get yourself into trouble," Long Ze said lightly.

At the same time, he was also a bit surprised. Where did this human who had broken eight shackles come from?

"So, you insist on making Chu Feng enter the dragon's lair to gather Dragon Blood Grass for you?" the human man asked.

He looked about thirty or forty years old, dressed in purple robes, ancient attire, of average build. Although his appearance was ordinary, his aura was very powerful.

"What if I do?!" Long Ze showed a mocking expression; he was preparing to keep this sharp human man as well.

"When beating a dog, one must still consider its owner. You dare to touch someone under the protection of my Penglai Immortal Island?" The human man of average build sneered, and then said, "Even if he does enter the dragon's lair to gather Dragon Blood Grass, it won't be for your South Sea Dragon Clan to acquire."

Penglai Immortal Island? Upon hearing these words, the expressions of both the old Yaksha and Long Ze changed!

Chu Feng, the Yellow Ox, the Northeast Tiger, and the others were even more unsettled.

At first, Chu Feng had a good impression of him. As a fellow human, this person was standing up for him. But after hearing the latter part of his words, Chu Feng's expression wasn't very pleasant.

Because this person's words were too unpleasant. What was "when beating a dog, one must still consider its owner"? This kind of remark was too inappropriate.

At this moment, the middle-aged human man looked at Chu Feng, saying, "Can you enter the dragon's lair and gather a few Dragon Blood Grass plants? I have a use for them."

"I can't get in," Chu Feng replied.

The middle-aged man's face immediately darkened. No longer speaking, he then waved his hand at Long Ze, telling him to leave, looking very impatient.

Although he had only broken eight shackles, because he stated his origin as Penglai Immortal Island, Long Ze was very wary and actually hesitated, wanting to leave.

Chu Feng was displeased. What did these people take him for?

Long Ze was one thing; it was destined not to end well because there was old enmity between the South Sea Dragon Clan and Chu Feng.

But this human man had just spoken like that, saying "when beating a dog, one must still consider its owner." And now, after driving Long Ze away, he wanted to keep Chu Feng alone. He wouldn't also want to force him into the dragon's lair, would he?

Chu Feng felt that anyone who dared to act arrogantly and show off to him would be sent to the Western Paradise, making them understand why flowers are so vibrant!