Chapter 199
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Chapter 199: Absolute Earth Domain
In the scorching magma cavern, the fire-red patterns around the Flame Vein Earth Dragon flickered continuously, with surging flames filling almost every inch of space.
In mid-air, a disheveled figure kept flashing through gaps in the flames. His right arm was gone, his hair completely burned away, and the blood from his wounds had been seared into scars – the pain was indescribable.
As time passed, Ma Yitian’s heart gradually sank. Several minutes had passed since he reported the situation to Lord [Whisper], but they still hadn’t appeared…
Could it be that the lord had no interest in subduing the Flame Vein Earth Dragon? Or had he somehow displeased them?
If this continued, he would surely die at the hands of the Flame Vein Earth Dragon before long!
Just as Ma Yitian was falling into despair, an elegant figure ghosted through the rock ceiling above, hovering in mid-air while carefully examining the Flame Vein Earth Dragon before them.
Lord [Whisper]! Ma Yitian exclaimed joyfully upon seeing their figure.
“Indeed it’s a Flame Vein Earth Dragon. Though its current level isn’t high, it has great potential… Once cultivated to the Infinite or Klein level, it should prove quite useful.”
[Whisper] nodded in satisfaction, glancing at the disheveled Ma Yitian before calmly saying: “Well done. When we return, I’ll put in a commendation for you.”
“Thank you, my lord!” Ma Yitian was overjoyed.
An eerie glow emanated from [Whisper]’s body, enveloping the entire cavern. Under this dark radiance, even the boiling magma seemed suppressed.
ROAR—!!!
The Flame Vein Earth Dragon seemed to sense the danger and roared again. The surrounding magma churned violently before transforming into dragons of fire that soared skyward toward [Whisper]!
[Whisper]’s brows furrowed slightly as several black iron chains flew from their fingertips, colliding with the rising fire dragons. The shockwave from the impact made the entire cave tremble.
“Become my follower…”
[Whisper] chanted softly, a dark light blooming in their eyes as powerful soul attacks surged directly into the Flame Vein Earth Dragon’s spirit. The next moment, the dragon froze in place, its pupils trembling as if struggling against something.
He was [Whisper], true nightmare, mind controller, creator of the [Follower] soul contract…
As one of the three oldest gods in the Ancient God Church, his authority was over nightmares and soul contracts, using powerful soul attacks to directly control others’ minds, forcing them to sign [Follower] contracts, thus making them his subordinates on a mental level…
This was his specialty!
Using this method, he single-handedly created the entire [Follower] organization, even subduing several disaster-level mysteries, and secretly placed pawns among the Night Watchmen’s upper ranks…
This time would be no exception.
While controlling the Flame Vein Earth Dragon’s mind, [Whisper] asked: “Where is that dual-god agent?”
Ma Yitian hesitated before saying: “Zhuang Qi and the others were supposed to kill him, but just now, their life signals disappeared… That agent might not be dead.”
“Useless.” [Whisper] snorted coldly.
“I’ll go kill him right now!”
“No need.” [Whisper]’s eyes narrowed, “I’ve already used nightmares to change the underground cave’s layout. They’ll deliver themselves to us soon enough.”
“This time, we might even recruit a few more prodigies as my followers…”
…
In the deep, dark cave, Lin Qiye ran forward swiftly with his eyes closed.
This was the direction Bai Li Pangpang and the others fled earlier. Although he had fought those two Chuan-realm fighters for a while, Bai Li Pangpang and Shen Qingzhu were injured and couldn’t have gone far.
Suddenly, a bat fluttered its wings and flew toward Lin Qiye from the darkness.
Lin Qiye stopped and opened his eyes, surprise appearing on his face.
This was the bat that had followed that Hai-realm expert into the cave earlier. After wandering in the underground caves for so long, he hadn’t expected to meet it again.
The bat flew around Lin Qiye, seemingly trying to tell him something. After a moment, Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed slightly.
Earth Dragon living in magma… overturned… fighting with that Hai-realm man…
Through communicating with the bat, Lin Qiye quickly grasped some intelligence – that Hai-realm man fought with the Flame Vein Earth Dragon and seemed to have been badly beaten…
However, why did he provoke it in the first place?
Lin Qiye shook his head. Even knowing why they were drawn underground wouldn’t help their current situation. The urgent priority now was to find Bai Li Pangpang and the others along with Instructor Hong while the Hai-realm expert was fighting the dragon, and quickly leave this cursed place.
After running for a long time, Lin Qiye finally caught up with the limping Bai Li Pangpang and Shen Qingzhu. To his delight, Instructor Hong was with them too.
Though Instructor Hong was also covered in wounds, none were fatal. After simple treatment, there were no major issues.
“Instructor Hong, what about the enemy you fought?”
“Dead, of course.” Instructor Hong raised an eyebrow and said matter-of-factly, “Don’t underestimate us instructors… We were all veteran Night Watchmen before.”
“Instructor, you’re awesome!” Bai Li Pangpang, sitting exhausted on the ground, gave a thumbs up.
Lin Qiye nodded. “That means only that Hai-realm enemy remains… He’s currently fighting an Earth Dragon, so he should be too busy to deal with us.”
“Earth Dragon?” The other three looked at Lin Qiye puzzled.
Lin Qiye briefly described what the bat had seen. Instructor Hong nodded thoughtfully, “Sounds like a Flame Vein Earth Dragon… Which means, this is its [Absolute Earth Domain]?”
“[Absolute Earth Domain]?”
“It’s a powerful forbidden zone unique to Earth Dragons. They can create their own space anywhere underground at any time. Whenever an Earth Dragon turns over, it drags some surface creatures into this space. If it’s a Flame Vein Earth Dragon, there should be magma here…”
“Then how do we get out?”
“Although the [Absolute Earth Domain] is a space created by forbidden zones, its location doesn’t change much. In other words, we’re still under Jinnan Mountain, just very far from the surface.”
“So we can only break through the soil layers to forcibly return to the surface?” Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed slightly.
“Unless you can get the Earth Dragon to turn over again, this is our only option,” Instructor Hong said helplessly. “However, I estimate we’re at least two kilometers from the surface. Breaking through soil layers all the way back… it won’t be easy.”