Chapter 1229, Devouring the Valley of Life

Translator: Silavin

 

Because the Shadow Dragon King and the Bronze Dragon King had both acted together, the threat posed by the Shadow Armoured Dragons dropped sharply.

 

At the same time, the Shadow Dragon King had released his Enhancement Skill to every person present, allowing everyone to detect the Shadow Armoured Dragons’ presence.

 

So, the Shadow Armoured Dragons were no longer a particularly troublesome existence for the group.

 

Ye Wuxian, relying on her ability to enter her Elemental Form, could completely ignore the Damage from the Shadow Armoured Dragons. She charged straight out of the Void Insect’s protection and resumed her assault on the Desolate Ancient God.

 

After all, her Ancient God Power was like a natural counter on the Desolate Ancient God’s body. Her flames were capable of completely incinerating the Desolate Ancient God’s flesh and dealing it Damage which was even more effective than the Shadow Dragon King’s attacks.

 

For both the Shadow Dragon King and the Bronze Dragon King, the Damage they dealt to the Desolate Ancient God was physical in nature.

 

The Desolate Ancient God’s Flesh Mountain of a body possessed formidable regenerative ability. Were it not for the relentless, unceasing attacks, any wound on its body would close up soon enough.

 

Ye Wuxian’s attacks, by contrast, left the Desolate Ancient God’s flesh charred black, utterly incapable of regrowing new flesh.

 

Had Ye Wuxian been at a Higher Level, with more fearsome mastery over her Ancient God Power, she could simply have set the Desolate Ancient God ablaze. Given enough time, it was quite possible that a great portion of the Desolate Ancient God’s body could be burned away.

 

So, Ye Wuxian’s decision to go and deal with the Desolate Ancient God herself was, in truth, an extremely clever one.

 

Watching the Shadow Armoured Dragons in the sky grow fewer and fewer, the pressure on everyone eased to the point where it no longer amounted to much. Jian Ying and the others re-summoned their Golden Asura King and brought it back into the battle.

 

Its target was naturally the Shadow Armoured Dragons.

 

Though the Shadow Armoured Dragons’ attacks were certainly capable of leaving deep wounds on the Golden Asura King’s body, now that everyone could see their movements, the Golden Asura King was able to use the shields it manifested to deflect the majority of those attacks.

 

With its sturdy shields and self-healing, weathering the attacks of several Shadow Armoured Dragons was manageable enough.

 

With the Golden Asura King’s assistance Tanking tons of Damage, the pressure on the Void Insect dropped sharply as well.

 

Han Ke and Ouyang Bai Ge, sheltering inside, were in no danger whatsoever. They could continue making full use of their specialisations, which was Buffing everyone, helping them hold their ground against the Desolate Ancient God.

 

The moment the Shadow Dragon King applied his Enhancement Skill to everyone and allowed them to see the Shadow Armoured Dragons, those creatures’ threat level fell to an extremely low point.

 

Even as Shadow Armoured Dragons continued to appear in succession, with the Shadow Dragon King and the Bronze Dragon King both going all-out, those creatures could not amount to anything significant.

 

Lu Fan and Ye Wuxian, together with all the Pet Dragons, seized this opportunity to pour overwhelming Damage onto the Desolate Ancient God’s body. Their assault was far more ferocious than anything before.

 

Under such a barrage, the Desolate Ancient God was increasingly unable to hold on. Even as Shadow Armoured Dragons swarmed from its wounds, they could do nothing at all, and were simply fated to be slain by the Bronze Dragon King and the Shadow Dragon King.

 

It seemed that, having recognised summoning Shadow Armoured Dragons could not stop Lu Fan and the others, the Desolate Ancient God’s Flesh Mountain body stopped producing any more of them.

 

At the same time, this Flesh Mountain began to transform once again, beginning to swell and bulge outward.

 

Simultaneously, everyone could feel the ground beneath their feet being drawn steadily towards the Desolate Ancient God’s body, as though that body were now a black hole, devouring the whole Map of the Valley of Life.

 

Seeing this, Ouyang Bai Ge’s expression became somewhat unsettled. “This Desolate Ancient God is really greedy. Right now, it wants to completely devour the Map we are standing on and absorb it into itself, to increase its own degree of awakening.”

 

“Devour the Map?! It can even devour a Map!?” Lu Fan’s brow shot up as he heard this.

 

He had originally assumed the Desolate Ancient God’s ability to devour all things referred to its capacity to consume living creatures, Players, terrain features, and so forth. Things like mountains, water, and land being absorbed, that much was not too surprising.

 

But devouring an entire Map? That was akin to devouring Space itself.

 

Just as it being capable of transforming the Valley of Life into its current state and actually absorbing the whole Valley of Life into itself were completely different concepts.

 

If it truly possessed the ability to devour Space, then setting aside the Valley of Life, could it not make the Dragon Domain itself, or even the real-world Space outside, a target to be devoured!?

 

“Teacher Ouyang.” Han Ke said from nearby, still casting her Skills even as she asked with a puzzled frown. “Does that mean the Valley of Life will be completely devoured by it? But if it has that ability, why didn’t it start devouring the Valley of Life from the very beginning, raising its degree of awakening higher first, instead of choosing to do it now, only after finding itself in danger?”

 

This was, in fact, precisely what Lu Fan had been wondering.

 

Ouyang Bai Ge answered, “Devouring Space requires it to use a ton of its Ancient God Power. Judging by the Desolate Ancient God’s current degree of awakening, it should not yet have reached that level of power. So, its original plan was probably to occupy the Valley of Life first, then gradually fight the Giant Dragons, steadily absorbing them, playing it safe and slowly raising its own degree of awakening step by step.”

 

“The Valley of Life could also serve as its stronghold, concealing its True Body while it slowly undergoes its transformation towards its desired new form. But, our arrival threw its plan into disarray. It must have originally lacked the confidence in devouring the Valley of Life, but now it simply has no choice but to attempt it. Because at its current level of strength, it is not our match. If it cannot quickly condense its new form, it will definitely be slain by us and lose its Divine Seat. So, whether to gamble on it or simply accept its fate, it will certainly choose to gamble. If we leave it alone and watch it absorb the Valley of Life, there are only two outcomes: either, it fails to absorb it successfully and instead brings about its own destruction, bursting apart from the strain; or, it succeeds in absorbing it, gains a new form before we can kill it, and uses that to fight against us.”

 

“If it is the former, our task here becomes simple. We go and claim its Divine Seat and hand it to whoever needs it. But if it is the latter, we will likely be in for another fierce battle!”