Stellar Transformation-Chapter 497: Episode 15 - 6 Underground Cave Dragon (A new January, asking for monthly passes~~~~)
In the shadowy corner of a tunnel, deep within the Divine Spirit Stone Mine, the three brothers Qin Yu mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, each holding a mining shovel in one hand and a small bag in the other, ready to mine.
Hou Fei and Hei Yu both had a confident smile on their faces.
After nearly sixty thousand years, the two of them had completely refined their Hongmeng Spiritual Treasures. If it were not for the fact that these treasures were left by Che Hou Yuan for his successor and were relatively easier to refine, they estimated that even ten times more time might not have sufficed for them to succeed.
Qin Yu, although he had spent this period studying the "Array Dao" nine hundred volumes, knew that from one path, countless others emerge. Che Hou Yuan had also studied "Array Dao," eventually reaching the Upper Heavenly God Realm.
As Qin Yu studied "Array Dao," his realm also improved. Now, his Soul Realm alone had fully attained the level of an Upper Level Divine Being. With the help of "Meteor Tear," his control over space also reached the common standard of a Lower Heavenly God.
"Now, I can fly," Qin Yu said with a smile.
Flying in the Divine World didn’t involve using energy to resist gravity but rather understanding space and controlling it to negate gravitational forces. Once flying, energy consumption was virtually nonexistent.
"This ’Meteor Tear’ is indeed special. Despite being only an Upper Level Divine Being, I can use it to possess the divine skills of a Lower Heavenly God," Qin Yu thought to himself, growing increasingly curious about the ’Meteor Tear.’ And who exactly was this ’Zuo Qiumei’ who had left it behind?
Qin Yu had also asked Uncle Fu if he knew ’Zuo Qiumei,’ but Uncle Fu’s response was—"Zuo Qiumei? Never heard of them, master. Many significant figures in the Divine World have titles, and their real names are only known to some upper echelon individuals."
The Divine Kings of the Divine World mostly have resounding titles.
For example, among the Eight Great Saint Emperors, the East Pole Saint Emperor is simply known as such. As for his real name, there are not many who know it.
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The three brothers chatted casually, strolling through several underground tunnels, encountering many miners. The closer they moved to the outside, the more miners they met.
"Hey, Shi Tian," Hou Fei saw someone in the distance, his eyes lit up, and he immediately called out.
Qin Yu looked into the distance. The man and woman in the distance were none other than Shi Tian and Song Hui, who had ascended with the three brothers. Shi Tian and Song Hui were also smiling and came over.
"Brother Qin Yu, Brother Hou Fei, Brother Hei Yu, after nearly six hundred years, we finally meet again," Shi Tian said, showing great politeness.
Meeting once in six hundred years was indeed a rarity.
In fact, it wasn’t a matter of low probability, but because Qin Yu and his brothers hardly ever appeared in the mine, meeting them was naturally difficult.
"Do you three know which village you will be assigned to afterward?" Song Hui suddenly asked.
"Village? What do you mean?" Hou Fei asked, puzzled.
Shi Tian and Song Hui were taken aback, then they looked at each other, their eyes full of shock and confusion.
Shi Tian explained, "Haven’t other people told you while you were mining? All ascenders, once they complete a thousand years of mining, will be allocated to a particular village."
Qin Yu understood.
"However, the villages differ from each other. The closer it is to the city, the calmer the Divine Spirit surrounding it. And villages far from the city have more turbulent Divine Spirit," Shi Tian explained in detail, "Thus, for us ascenders, being allocated to a village near the city means that although the Divine Spirit is still violent, its intensity is relatively low, and we can still absorb some of it."
The three brothers, Qin Yu, fully understood.
Within Wei Chi City, there were only twenty million people, but outside the city, the number swelled to two hundred million. Some villages were close to the city, while others were far away. Naturally, everyone wanted to squeeze into the villages that were closest to the city.
"You don’t know yet? Then you should hurry and offer some Divine Spirit Stones to Lord Yan Yu who is in charge of allocating the villages." Shi Tian kindly advised, "Give more Divine Spirit Stones, and Lord Yan Yu will arrange for you to be in a village close to the city. Otherwise... you’ll only be assigned to a remote village, where you won’t be able to absorb even a trace of Divine Spirit."
The three brothers, Qin Yu, couldn’t help but smile.
Bribery?
Did the brothers, who possessed so many Divine Spirit Stones, really need to trouble themselves with that?
"Thank you, Brother Shi Tian, for letting us know," Qin Yu said with a smile.
Suddenly at this moment—
The ground began to shake, and the figures of many people from the Divine World mining in the tunnel started to sway. A loud rumbling noise could be heard as a nearby underground tunnel began to collapse.
At the same time, chunks of rock from above the tunnel fell down, and the Divine Beings hurriedly dodged. Those who were hit, even if they didn’t die, had to spend a great deal of Divine Power to repair their bodies.
"Ahh~~~~" A scream echoed.
"Roar~~~" A terrifying roar sounded, followed by cries of agony. The faces of the couple Shi Tian and Song Hui changed dramatically. Shi Tian hurriedly said, "Brother Qin Yu, you should get going fast, there seems to be something dangerous over there."
The three, Qin Yu, did not move, and seeing no reaction from them, Shi Tian and Song Hui had no choice but to flee quickly.
But in the direction Shi Tian and Song Hui dashed towards, cracks suddenly split the stone walls above the tunnel. Continuous cracking sounds were heard as stones kept falling down until a loud ’boom’ indicated that this tunnel, too, had collapsed.
Shi Tian and Song Hui immediately turned around and ran in the opposite direction, passing by Qin Yu and his brothers as they rushed toward another underground tunnel to the right of Qin Yu.
"Everyone, run for your lives, it’s an Underground Cave Dragon!"
"Ahh~~~" Screams were incessant.
Panic ensued as Divine Beings quickly sprinted towards the safer underground tunnels. Several tunnels around them had already collapsed, and many Divine Beings were running towards the tunnel on Qin Yu’s right.
"Aren’t you three leaving? The Underground Cave Dragon is an extremely fierce demon beast in the Divine World, and even Upper Level Divine Beings have difficulty dealing with it," said a young man dressed in Warrior Standard Armor to Qin Yu’s group, then without waiting for their response, he quickly fled.
"Roar~~~"
Roars and screams continued nonstop, and Qin Yu even saw fresh blood splashing from deep within the tunnel to the left. The three brothers watched in that direction, and the tunnel began to tremble.
"Underground Cave Dragon?" A trace of a smile appeared on Qin Yu’s face.
Hou Fei and Hei Yu were also eager to try; all three had already refined the Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure and were looking forward to testing the might of this demon beast.
Before the eyes of Qin Yu and his brothers, nearly a hundred people were frantically rushing towards the safe tunnel on Qin Yu’s side, but at that moment, the stone wall above where the crowd was running suddenly split open.
A claw reached out through the stone wall.
"Snap!" The claw instantly grabbed a middle-aged man, accompanied by the "crackling" sound of shattering bones. The middle-aged man’s eyes were filled with terror, but with all his bones completely broken, it only took the blink of an eye for him to be reduced to bone fragments and flesh, while his Soul Golden Core was likewise smashed to pieces. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
As one claw crushed a person to death, more and more claws pierced through the stone walls above the tunnel.
Each claw was a shade of blackish-green, nearly two to three meters tall, each with ten fingers, and on each finger were numerous dense, short knife-like barbs.
In just a moment, seventy to eighty claws had penetrated the stone walls and crushed one divine being after another. The crushed beings were all reduced to bone dust and fragments of flesh and blood.
"Boom!"
The stone walls above the tunnel completely shattered, revealing a colossal creature before everyone’s eyes.
An Underground Cave Dragon!
It was hundreds of meters in length, resembling a gigantic centipede, but with a slender tail that was at least a hundred meters long. There were at least hundreds of those blackish-green claws beneath its body.
Those icy eyes indifferently observed the panic-stricken group of divine beings as the claws rapidly snatched at them.
"Ahh~~~" The divine beings fell into a state of panic, but at the same time, many took out war sabers or longswords in anger. However, their sabers and swords, upon striking, proved to be futile.
One only needed to see the turtle-like protective shell on the main body of the Underground Cave Dragon to understand how strong its defenses were.
Though it may seem slow in description, the Underground Cave Dragon had just burst forth and begun its slaughter, and the divine beings started to offer resistance. The total time passed was barely ten breaths.
"Indeed powerful, Big Brother, let me go first."
A bright glow appeared in Hei Yu’s hands as he donned the ’Snow Silk Gloves.’ He then gripped the Cloud Piercing Spear and charged forward, the surface of the spear faintly pulsating with a dark gold color.
Hei Yu powerfully kicked off the ground, shooting forward like an arrow released from a bow.
"Ha!"
Hei Yu’s eyes were fervent as he exerted force with his arms, muscles bulging, his hands becoming completely crystalline. The Cloud Piercing Spear in his hands also lit up.
An Earth-shattering Spear Thrust!
The black shadow of the spear, with limitless strength, ripped through the air, emitting a shrill whistling, and fiercely smashed onto the turtle-like body of the dragon. A painful roar ensued as the protective shell cracked open.
The cold eyes of the Underworld Blood Dragon blazed with fury as it stared at Hei Yu, and it spoke in human language, "You, shall die!"
Qin Yu’s expression changed; the defense of the Underworld Blood Dragon was even more monstrous than he had anticipated. Hei Yu, having refined the ’Snow Silk Gloves,’ coupled with the attack of the Cloud Piercing Spear, had only managed to injure it.
The dragon’s long body and such minor wounds would only enrage it further.
"Little Black, back off."
Qin Yu shouted, and at this moment, the Underground Cave Dragon, focusing its attention on Hei Yu, didn’t continue to pursue the death of the other divine beings. The divine beings immediately fled at high speed, not one stayed behind to aid the three brothers Qin Yu.
"Big Brother, this creature’s defenses are too strong," said Hei Yu as he quickly retreated. The Underworld Blood Dragon’s hundreds of claws moved, and its body instantly appeared before the three brothers.
Qin Yu’s eyes sparkled.
So fast!
In the same instant, Qin Yu, grabbing Hou Fei and Hei Yu, shot like lightning directly into mid-air.
"Big Brother, you can fly now?" asked Hou Fei and Hei Yu in shock as they looked at Qin Yu.
"You two stay aside for now," Qin Yu said, releasing his grip. Hou Fei and Hei Yu landed on the ground, while Qin Yu smiled down at the Underground Cave Dragon, which was also staring back at him.
Although this Divine World demon beast had not undergone Tribulation Crossing, it possessed a soul realm of a Ninth-level Demon Emperor, and of course, wisdom.
The person before it could fly; a Heavenly God! Dangerous!
That was the reaction of the Underground Cave Dragon.
Qin Yu hovered, flipping his hand to produce a small Stone Tower. He smiled slightly at the Underworld Blood Dragon, "An Underworld Blood Dragon? You’ll be the God-locking Tower’s first servant."
An invisible ripple shot from the God-locking Tower toward the Underground Cave Dragon.
"Hmph, the God-locking Tower may not work against Heavenly Gods, but it’s exceedingly easy against Divine World demon beasts with exceptionally weak soul realms," said Qin Yu with a hint of a smile on his face.
A simple soul attack from the God-locking Tower immediately left the Underground Cave Dragon in a dazed state, and without any resistance, it was effortlessly ingested into the tower.
Hou Fei and Hei Yu watched, dumbfounded, as the Underground Cave Dragon disappeared into thin air.
"Gone?" Hou Fei and Hei Yu asked in surprise as they turned to Qin Yu, then to the God-locking Tower in his hand.
Qin Yu landed on the ground and glanced at the tunnel from where most had fled, "Someone sure took their time arriving." Not wanting to cause more issues, Qin Yu directly stored the God-locking Tower inside his body.
Hou Fei and Hei Yu promptly joined Qin Yu’s side.
"Big Brother, was it taken by the God-locking Tower?" Hou Fei asked excitedly.
"What do you think?" Qin Yu replied with a smile, "Alright, the mine’s army is here, we should leave quickly. Oh... it seems we can’t." Qin Yu looked down the tunnel with a light smile.
A figure dashed through, covering several miles in a blink of an eye, and reached the three brothers like lightning.
The three brothers recognized him, the same Heavenly God they had seen earlier, in charge of the mine—Heavenly God ’Wei Chi Yang.’
Wei Chi Yang was dressed in a black robe, his features stern and impassive.
Wei Chi Yang looked at the remains scattered afar, then turned his cold gaze to the three brothers, his brow furrowed slightly as he said, "You three, did you see the Underground Cave Dragon?"
Qin Yu nodded, "Lord, the Underworld Blood Dragon slaughtered for a while, then fled like lightning."
"Oh, those who escaped said that someone with a long spear was here fighting the Underground Cave Dragon. Did you happen to see that?" Wei Chi Yang’s eyes remained cold as he looked at the three brothers.
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