Chapter 161: The Battle to Defeat the Ancient Dragon at the Source of Miasma! (Subscribe)

Chapter 161 The Source of Miasma - Ancient Dragon Crusade! (Subscribe)

In the dark alley, the silent frost spread and froze, turning this small area into a world of winter.

Ryan stared at the woman in green standing on the wall with a dignified look.

From this woman, he felt a spirituality far beyond the three core disciples before, the peak of the fourth level, or the limit of the fourth level?

Ryan was not sure.

But what was certain was that he felt an unparalleled sense of danger from the woman in green.

Just as Ryan was thinking about how to get out, the black-haired man on the side, no, now it should be said that the rebel swordsman Durland stepped out and blocked Ryan, looking up at the woman in green, and whispered:

"Junior sister, long time no see, you have become stronger..."

His voice was complicated and sighing.

The graceful girl in the memory has now grown up, and her eyes are more determined.

"Shut up!" Facing Durrand's "reminiscence", the green-clothed woman had no good face: "Traitor swordsman, you betrayed the gym and killed your fellow apprentices."

"From the moment you were sentenced to leave the gym, I am no longer your junior sister!"

The green-clothed woman's expression was extremely cold: "Now, do you surrender and go back with me, or do I take you back after I capture you."

"Alas..."

Durrand sighed: "Sorry, there are many things that you will not believe even if I tell you frankly now."

"I have more important things to do when I return to the island this time. Forgive me for not agreeing to your request."

The green-clothed woman's expression became colder and colder: "Do you think you have a choice?"

Durrand sighed helplessly, and then said without looking back: "Mr. Zifeng, you can leave by yourself, just leave this to me."

"I'm really sorry, I'm dragging you down."

Hearing this, Ryan turned around and left without hesitation.

"Hehe, people like you are indifferent and ruthless even to your companions." The green-clothed woman said coldly.

"You are wrong. There is really no relationship between Mr. Zifeng and me." Although he knew that the other party would not believe it, Durand still explained.

"Swish..."

The green sword energy shattered the frost sword energy flying towards Ryan. Durand said softly: "Junior sister, I was once the chief of Tianqing. Although I was seriously injured back then and have made little progress in recent years, don't underestimate me because of this..."

...

On the street, Ryan turned around several times and mixed into the crowd. During this process, the appearance on his face changed silently.

Even people who are familiar with him can hardly find him in the crowd.

Following the flow of people, Ryan stayed away from the place of dispute.

It was not until midnight that he returned to Yuewan Hotel after confirming that no one was following him.

In the room, Ryan sat opposite Freni and Cecilia.

Taking a sip of the hot tea cup, Ryan told about his experience today.

After hearing this, a solemn expression appeared on Freni's fair face:

"Is he the traitor swordsman Durrand? He is too different from the wanted poster."

"Spirit shadow performance, Poseidon's followers..."

"Tianqingdao, something is wrong."

"What do you mean?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Mr. Ryan, do you know the authority of Poseidon?" Freni did not answer directly, but asked another question.

Hearing this, Ryan shook his head: "I don't know."

As for the gods of this world, he knew nothing except the deeds of [King of Blood].

Freni didn't keep the secret, but said directly: "Even in that distant era of coexistence of gods, Poseidon is undoubtedly one of the strongest gods."

"His authority includes the sea and life."

"Generally speaking, Poseidon's followers do not have any ill will towards the creatures on the sea. On the contrary, in many classics, there are records of Poseidon's followers saving shipwrecked people in storms."

"In other words, Poseidon's followers generally do not attack island creatures."

"However, after the Golden Age, Poseidon disappeared and was suspected to have fallen. As a former Poseidon's follower, what will happen to the deep-sea diver, no one can say."

"Is that so..." Ryan thought.

Combined with the "advice" that the rebel swordsman Durland once gave him in the tavern, "Don't participate in the sword competition", the originally ordinary Azure Sword Competition also became confusing in his eyes.

"By the way, Captain, and Miss Cecilia, have you collected any information?"

After coming back to his senses, Ryan looked at the two women opposite.

He had been preoccupied with what he had encountered, and he had not had time to ask the two women about the information they had found out.

"Before you came back, Cecilia had already told me, so I'll tell you all about it." Freni said softly:

"It's mainly about the Tianqing Kendo Competition."

"The Tianqing Kendo Competition is divided into two stages: the preliminary round and the final round."

"The preliminary round adopts a similar competition system."

"The Tianqing Kendo Hall has set up ten "sword platforms" in the central area. Anyone who wants to participate can choose a sword platform to challenge. As long as you are still the "platform owner" at noon three days later, you can participate in the final."

"After becoming the "platform owner", you must accept a challenge every day. If you fail, you will lose your status as the "platform owner". This preliminary round format started half a month ago."

"In other words, the sooner you become a 'stage master', the more challenges you need to deal with. People who take the stage early are either extremely confident in their own strength, or they are people who don't care about challenges and just want to hone their sword skills."

"The later you challenge, the fewer battles you have to deal with, but the host will be stronger. In general, both early and late stages have their own advantages and disadvantages."

"The swordsmen who advance to the finals will enter the Azure Kendo Hall for the final battle. The winner will not only receive generous prizes, but also have the opportunity to be favored by the leader and become the 'Sacred Artifact - Azure Sword' ''s inheritor."

Speaking of this, Freni paused: "Mr. Lane, judging from your previous experiences, I don't recommend that you participate in the Azure Swordsman Competition."

"Or, you can do what the sword rebel said, pick a strong sword platform to challenge in these two days, hone your sword skills, and choose to lose directly on the last day."

"In this way, you can achieve the effect of exercise without taking too much risk."

"As for the 'Azure Fruit' required for the third-level potion of the 'Pirate Path', although there are fewer replacement materials, there is still a chance to obtain it in the future. There is no need to take too big a risk."

Ryan nodded: "I understand."

Unconsciously, the sky outside the window also turned dark.

The moonlight caresses the earth.

Ryan stood up: "It's getting late, I'm going back first, and you guys should rest early."

"You too." Phryne responded softly.

…

After leaving Freni's room, Ryan walked alone on the corridor of the hotel floor.

As for the "Azure Swordsman Competition", as Freni said, he didn't plan to go into too much detail.

Something seems to be brewing in Tianqingdao right now.

Although gaining connections with the Azure Kendo Gym would allow them to avoid being chased by the three black knights, the problem was that on the first day they arrived, Ryan was forced to offend the Azure Kendo Gym.

Although he could change his appearance, he was not sure whether the "overturned mask" disguise would be seen through at close range.

Moreover, relying on the strength of others is not the right solution after all.

Only one's own strength is the foundation of everything.

With his thoughts at this point, Ryan's eyes became determined - as planned before, if he couldn't find any trace of the "Dark Green Loofah" tonight, he would go to the depths of the Rotten Miasma and try to challenge the unknown ancient dragon. .

Even if this behavior carries huge unpredictable risks and requires his life to be filled again and again, he will not hesitate.

After returning to the room, he sat cross-legged in silence until 0 o'clock, then Ryan went to the bed and lay down.

"Travel, start!"

…

Azure City, central area.

In the extremely spacious dojo, a girl in green clothes slowly walked into it.

Above the majestic and solemn dojo, a simple wooden plaque hangs with five large blue characters.

——Tianqing Kendo Hall.

The surroundings of the dojo are filled with weapon racks, with countless one-handed swords of various types stuck on them. These one-handed swords were all used by those who came to the Azure Sword Dojo hundreds of years ago to challenge the leader or his disciples. The "proof" left behind by the loser.

When the woman in green walked to the center of the dojo, a voice came from deep inside the dojo.

"Klose, have you found him?"

The old voice was filled with unconcealable tiredness. Just listening to the voice, one could imagine in one's mind the appearance of a decayed old man still struggling to hold on.

"...Yes, teacher." The woman in green, the current chief of Tianqing, Cross, said truthfully after a moment of silence.

"well……"

The beating candlelight vaguely reflected the old figure in the deepest part of the dojo.

"You are no match for him."

"It's time to finally resolve the disputes that have persisted for so many years."

"Teacher!" Suddenly, Cross raised her tone: "I don't understand!"

"Why didn't you leave this traitor behind completely?"

"With your strength, Durland had no chance of escaping back then!"

"Haha..." The old figure deep in the dojo smiled: "Klose, you underestimate him too much."

"Don't worry about him. He can come if he wants. Instead of caring about this, you should prepare for the finals three days later."

"If you can't win the championship, even if you are my disciple, I will not choose to pass the 'Azure Sword' to you."

"...Yes." After a few seconds of silence, Cross lowered his head and gritted his silver teeth and said.

It wasn't until the girl left completely that the old figure deep in the dojo sighed softly:

"After all, you are not him..."

…

After the familiar violent jolting feeling, Ryan slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was the "bamboo raft" docked next to the isolated island.

Because he had to go ashore to stow away the Black Rose, Ryan could only use the old method of traveling this time - using a mini bamboo raft as a carrier of "attachment".

Standing up, he twisted his neck.

It had to be said that he felt quite uncomfortable returning to the original travel after getting used to the comfortable experience of traveling on the Black Rose.

It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. This is indeed a wise saying.

Habitually glancing in the direction of the mast and confirming that there was no distress letter from Da Yin, Ryan came to the bonfire and chose to teleport.

Sparks flew everywhere.

after an hour.

[Bonfire Point-Fuyuan Outpost]

After completing another search in the volcanic area and confirming that there was no trace of the "dark green loofah", Ryan came directly here.

Feeling the familiar stench in the air, a look of emotion appeared on his face.

In the past, he had just completed the [upper] monster crusade, and he was fearless and went straight into this place.

If it weren't for his good luck, the [upper] blood claw dragon blocked him for a while, and the weak him would have died directly under the breath of the ancient dragon.

Without leaving in a hurry, Ryan sat cross-legged by the campfire, recalling all the details of the encounter with the ancient dragon that year.

Before the crusade, any intelligence may become a help in the crusade process.

"From the situation at that time, the attributes of this unknown ancient dragon are not water, fire, thunder, ice, blasting, etc. in the conventional sense. Instead, it is somewhat similar to the strange miasma of the Rotten Miasma Abyss, with the characteristics of corrosion, but the effect is much stronger than the miasma."

"In this way, in the process of crusade, the [Elimination Fruit] that can solve the negative state becomes particularly important."

"And I only have 7 [Elimination Fruit] left, which is enough for the initial attempt to crusade."

Ryan nodded slightly.

He never expected to face the ancient dragon and succeed in the challenge at once.

It is even possible that he died in the hands of the ancient dragon before the validity period of a [Elimination Fruit] expired.

Five are more than enough.

"However, the strength of this ancient dragon seems a little weak?"

Beside the campfire, Ryan pondered.

The so-called "weak" is relative to the grand reputation of the ancient dragon.

Although the breath in the past may have been just a casual attack, it was a bit suspicious that it failed to kill the [Upper] Blood Claw Dragon in one second.

"Is there something wrong with this ancient dragon? Or is the ancient dragon itself not a title of strength level, but a name of a race?"

"However, it can make the [Upper] Blood Claw Dragon seriously injured and dying with a casual attack. The strength of this ancient dragon is also the crown level, and it cannot be underestimated."

Ryan stood up.

This is the only known information. No matter how much we analyze it, we can't analyze it. It's time to go deeper into the Rotten Miasma Abyss.

Leaving the campfire, he followed the route in his memory and walked through the underground cave.

The miasma was everywhere, but unfortunately, it could not cause any impact on Ryan, whose current physical strength was as high as 221.1.

The improvement of [physique] is not just an improvement in speed and strength, it is an all-round improvement of the body.

Not long after, Ryan came to the familiar shallow miasma area. He continued forward and reached the place where he encountered the ancient dragon.

Looking around, Ryan frowned slightly.

If he remembered correctly, there were many rot pterosaurs living here. Although this small monster was very weak, it could fly after all. Even if it was a special species, it was not willing to waste time preying on such flying things. How could there be no one now?

Unless there was some extremely hungry existence that greedily did not let go of any "food" in sight.

This feeling made Ryan's eyes light up slightly.

Is it the "dark green loofah"?

Did it run here and fight the ancient dragon head-on?

With this thought, Ryan stepped forward.

Going down all the way, not long after, an extremely huge underground cave with gray-white internal rock and vegetation appeared in front of Ryan.

Looking around, he did not find any trace of the "dark green loofah", which made Ryan sigh.

Although the "Dark Green Loofah" is extremely terrifying, after all, I have seen it and guessed its strength. It is better than directly confronting the ancient dragon whose strength is unknown.

But judging from the current situation, although the "Dark Green Loofah" is dominated by the desire for gluttony, it still retains the instinct of life. In front of the cave, it chose to retreat and was unwilling to have a head-on conflict with the ancient dragon.

It is hard to say whether this is good news or bad news.

This means that the strength of the ancient dragon is far stronger than Ryan expected!

Just as Ryan was thinking, a faint and fine gray mist appeared in the air.

It seemed to be an aggregate of countless dust, and it seemed like some extremely tiny insects.

The sense of crisis in his heart awakened Ryan. He looked around, and unknowingly, the entire cave was shrouded in this unknown gray mist.

——It appeared!

With this idea in his mind, Ryan raised his right hand, grasped the hilt of the greatsword behind him, and concentrated his mind.

The flow of time seemed to be slow at this moment.

In the thick gray fog, a slender and noble figure slowly walked out.

The oppressive feeling called "ancient dragon" far surpassed the general "dragon power" and swept the whole place in an instant!

——

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