"Isn't this the place where the elements are most disordered?"
Sun Haoran climbed on the rock wall and looked at the vortex below that seemed to be capable of swallowing everything. He frowned and asked, "So... the vortex below is the entrance to the dragon's lair?"
After all, this place is obviously just an underground river. The existence of such a vortex is very problematic in itself.
"Yes, it looks like it's about to wake up."
The expression under Angers' mask looked a little solemn, "The greater the fluctuation of the elements, the more active the embryo is. Whether it is building a dragon body or resurrecting an existence from sleep, the energy required is extremely huge. But I think we should feel lucky, It is very rare to see a simple dragon like this at a glance..."
The dragon sleeping here does not seem to have laid too many traps here, but opened the 'door' to welcome their arrival.
There are generally only two possibilities for such a situation, either the dragon is too stupid, or it is very confident in its own power.
But the current situation is obviously not the first one.
"Then now... shall we go in?"
Sun Haoran looked at Guo Hui behind him and asked.
He said that he would ask like this just to confirm the other party's thoughts. After all, this guy is the weakest among the three people here. As for Angers... the old man didn't seem to worry about him at all. Seeing those pairs of eyes in the dark water, The unusually striking golden eyes?
There seemed to be something burning in those golden eyes, and it was clear that the old man was extremely excited at the moment.
They could only deduce the general level of this dragon based on energy fluctuations, but no one knew specifically what kind of being was sleeping below. Whether it was a third-generation species, a second-generation species, or a dragon king could only be witnessed with their own eyes.
But it is obvious that the guy here is not a dragon king. After all, the resurrection of the dragon king is almost a catastrophe, and now it is just a heavy rain. But even so, they can judge that the dragon sleeping here is very strong, and The stronger Angers is, the more excited he is, because such a guy should be a noble with a very high status even if he is not one of the four princes of the Dragon Clan.
Only such a guy has research value. It would be disappointing if all we had here were a bunch of Deadpools.
"If you regret it, it's still too late. Give us the knife and go up, right?"
"No...it's not that I don't want to give it to you." Guo Hui shook his head slightly, "but without me, you wouldn't be able to use this knife at all."
"What do you mean?" Sun Haoran was stunned.
"Literally." Guo Hui said helplessly, "I'm not a fool. Why do you think I followed you shamelessly even though I knew that following you was just a burden? Only the blood of my Guo family can activate this dragon-slaying knife. "
"Damn it, do you still recognize the owner of this sword?"
Sun Haoran was a little speechless. He had also said before that if he had a chance, he would 'borrow' the knife and use it, the kind that would never be returned. Anyway, the company has a good reputation, so it’s normal to requisition a knife, right?
But now it seems that he thinks too much.
To put it bluntly, how could those old guys at the top of the company watch helplessly as a magical weapon was lost among the people and not turn it over for confiscation? It seems that this is the reason.
"It's not about recognizing the Lord, it's about needing a blood sacrifice."
Guo Hui's voice was unusually calm. He was obviously talking about scary things, but he couldn't hear any emotional fluctuations. He seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"What the hell?"
Sun Haoran was stunned.
"It's still literal."
Guo Hui continued to explain, "I think you should be curious, right? Why is the dragon-slaying knife broken?"
"Isn't it because the 'Nine Yin Manual' was hidden inside and was split open and taken away with the Yitian Sword?" Sun Haoran rolled his eyes and thought to himself, how could outsiders like us know the secrets of your family? We can't " "The Story of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" is a real history in this world, right?
"It's not that it was cut off by something... but this is its original appearance. The 'Dragon Slaying Sword' has always looked like this since the beginning of its forging."
Guo Hui didn't care about Sun Haoran's teasing and explained seriously.
"Huh?" Sun Haoran became even more confused, "Who would deliberately forge a broken sword? What's the point of this?"
"The meaning lies in its 'incompleteness'." Guo Hui answered while removing the broken knife from his back and showing it in front of the two of them.
Because the scabbard was too much in the way, he didn't bring it with him.
At this moment, the true appearance of the Dragon Sword was finally revealed in front of Sun Haoran.
"Incomplete? What the hell does this mean!?" Sun Haoran still didn't understand.
But he frowned slightly when he looked at this slightly weird knife.
The half-broken blade was engraved with an incomprehensible inscription, and the marks on the inscription were filled with blood.
Combined with the 'blood sacrifice' the other party just said, it seems that this is not a joke.
"This is an alchemical weapon."
Angers seemed to see some clues.
"Of course I know this is an alchemical weapon." Sun Haoran complained speechlessly.
"Haha, do you know what an alchemical weapon is?" Angers asked with a smile.
"A weapon forged with alchemy?" Sun Haoran answered without thinking. Isn't this just a simple explanation of the term?
"Yes." Angers smiled and nodded, seeming to have entered teaching mode. He was very satisfied with the answer of the 'classmate' in front of him, "Then the next question is, what is alchemy?"
"this……"
Sun Haoran really didn't know how to answer this time.
After all, a company is not a school, so how can there be such a thing as an 'alchemy course'.
However, based on the memory of his previous life, he probably knew that if this world followed the trajectory of "Dragon Clan", then alchemy might have originated from the King of Bronze and Fire, one of the four great monarchs of the Dragon Clan. However, the structure of this world was too chaotic for him to make an accurate judgment.
"Alchemy was not originally a human technology. It was the dragons who created it." Ange explained simply.
"I probably know this." Sun Haoran nodded slightly.
"Then the rest is easy to say." Ange continued with a smile, "Human beings are creatures with strong learning ability. Although they are weak, they will do everything possible to close the gap with the enemy, and with the enemy The fastest and most convenient way to close the gap..."
"Just learning the enemy's techniques?"
"Yes, that's a good answer. It seems that you are indeed very talented. Do you want to consider the suggestion of coming to our academy?"
"Ahem——"
Yue Xiao's coughing sound came from the channel. It was obvious that Ange's move to poach people in front of him was indeed a bit excessive.
"Don't go off topic, Principal Angers."
Sun Haoran was speechless about this. Everyone can understand this truth, right? Are you taking a class with a child? You have talent... You don’t need to be so deliberate when making excuses, right? Talking about talent with a C-level hybrid is sheer nonsense.
"Haha." Ange smiled and didn't take it seriously. "In short, you must first understand that this is how humans mastered alchemy. In fact, it is not just alchemy. I think some of your so-called 'martial arts' may also be based on this." The abilities of dragons are based on the experiments of countless ancestors and evolved."
"Yan Ling Jiu Ying." Guo Hui nodded and interjected, "What you call the 'Nine Yin Manual' was created to replace this kind of Yan Ling. The conditions for using the Dragon Slaying Sword are very strict. In addition to In addition to the blood of the Guo family, you must also master one of these."
"Okay, okay, I got it..." Sun Haoran silently said that he would no longer think about this knife, "So what exactly do I want to express when I tell you this?"
"Don't worry, what I want to say next is the key point." Ange looked at the dragon-slaying knife in Guo Hui's hand and squinted his eyes slightly, "Dragons are existences that can control elemental power, so most elemental attacks It is ineffective against high-level dragons, and metal is also a type of element, so ordinary weapons cannot kill dragons."
"I know this." Sun Haoran frowned and nodded, "That's why humans forge alchemical weapons in order to kill dragons."
"It's not just human beings, it's the same with dragons." Ange's eyes became a little cruel. The fight between dragons was also bloody and bloody. Even the alchemy of the King of Bronze and Fire was for forging and killing. Weapons created by his own brothers and sisters.
"To forge alchemical weapons, you must first 'kill' the metal. Only 'dead' metal is not affected by elemental forces and can kill dragons. But this alone is not enough."
"What...means?" Sun Haoran frowned and thought.
"To put it simply... forging alchemical weapons is a process of changing metal from 'life' to 'death', but this is not the limit. If you want to kill the real monarch, it is obviously not enough to rely on dead objects alone." Angers He stared closely at the dragon-slaying knife in the hands of the young man in front of him.
If it is true as he thinks, then this sword may not be in vain.
"It is said that the King of Bronze and Fire forged a set of weapons called the Seven Deadly Sins in order to kill his brothers and sisters."
"..."
Sun Haoran nodded slightly.
He knew this, but the Seven Deadly Sins should not have appeared yet. "So does this have anything to do with the sword in front of you?"
"Although there is no record in history, I think that the Lord of Bronze and Fire, who mastered the ultimate in alchemy, cannot just forge a bunch of 'dead things' to defeat his brothers and sisters. In other words... this set of swords is very Probably 'alive'."
"Live?"
"That's right, the alchemy that ordinary people master is to make metals go from 'life' to 'death', but the King of Bronze and Fire can make metals 'alive' again. This is the real alchemy." Angers saw The gaze he held on to the dragon-slaying knife became extremely dangerous.
He was very curious about who forged this sword. What a genius!
"You mean...this knife is also alive?"
Sun Haoran looked at the broken knife in Guo Hui's hand in surprise.
In other words, is this sword a product of the same level as the 'Seven Deadly Sins'?
"But how is this possible? How can humans forge something on the same level as the Dragon King?"
"No, at least it's not alive yet."
Ange looked at the broken knife in front of him with burning eyes, "You are right. It is really impossible for humans to forge such a knife, so the person who forged it used a very special processing method. It should be said that this is a kind of Pretty crazy way."
"In what way?" Sun Haoran asked with a frown.
"Blood sacrifice."
Guo Hui mentioned the word again calmly, "This is a knife that can only exert its power when it swallows life. It itself has no life, but people from my clan can give it life for a short time."
"Because it is 'incomplete', it can be 'completed' with other things. This is the concept of forging this sword." Ange said solemnly, "At the cost of 'life', let it temporarily reach a level beyond the reach of human beings." 'Field', it's a crazy idea, but it's very practical."
"At the cost of your life...that is to say, if you really need to use a knife later, will you die?"
Sun Haoran asked the boy next to him in surprise.
"Dragon slaying is a cruel war. We will never know how tragic the situation was when humans fought against the dragons. Sacrifice is a matter of course." Guo Hui's eyes were unmoved. "Compared to the past, if you can exchange it with just one life, A dragon is worth it.”
"Isn't there any other way?" Sun Haoran was a little unhappy. Is this guy Emotion specially here to kill someone? The fight hasn't even started yet, so it would be unlucky to send it off in such a hurry.
"Yes." Guo Hui replied calmly, "Kill with one strike. If I can kill with one strike before the dragon-slaying knife exhausts my life, then I can live."
"But this is impossible, right?" Ange's eyes were also unmoved. He seemed to have been used to such things. He was even more interested in this knife than paying attention to the sacrifice, "The guy who forged this knife What a genius. I think he and I will get along very well. If he is still alive..."
"If such a person really existed, it would have happened hundreds of thousands of years ago. How could such a person still be alive..."
Sun Haoran complained speechlessly.
But it’s not his life anyway. Since the person sacrificing the sword doesn’t care, what does he care about?
There is nothing wrong with what these two people said. After all, dragon slaying is a cruel war. The war between man and dragon always requires sacrifice, so if only one person needs to be killed, it should be the best way.
"Okay, if that's the case, let's go down."
Sun Haoran looked down at the pitch-black vortex in front of him with gloomy eyes that seemed to be able to swallow everything.
"Don't you have to think about how to get up after going down?"
Angre was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile.
He really didn't expect that the two boys who came down with him this time were so 'brave'. No, this should be beyond the scope of bravery.
I thought that the consciousness of the people in Yue Xiao's temporary team could not be compared with the elites in his academy who were always ready to slay dragons. It seemed that he was overthinking.
"Anyway, as long as we kill the guys below, there will be a way up."
Sun Haoran let go of his hand on the rock wall.
The two people around him were undoubtedly desperadoes, and it would be too embarrassing for him to give in now.
