Chapter 162: Sword Skill Sublimation, Heart of the Blade! (7,000 Words Long Chapter, Please Subscribe)

The vast underground cave.

The tiny, gray-white things that looked like sand and dust were flying in the air, like small insects that were invisible to the naked eye.

The noble and huge figure stepped out of the gray-white mist gracefully, calmly and unhurriedly.

Until then, Ryan finally saw the true appearance of this mysterious ancient dragon living in the depths of the rotten miasma.

It is a standard four-legged double-winged skeleton, with a huge and slender body and lack of obvious muscles. There are barbs on its back, limbs and tail, and the skin fixed to the outside of the body by the barbs is a large amount of spliced ​​skin. The whole is silver-white, giving people a texture that is harder than gold and stone.

It has a pair of yellow light-emitting organs on its head, but these are not eyes. Its real eyes are a pair of red light-emitting organs located in front of the light-emitting organs. In contrast, they are very small.

Its mouth is similar to that of some deep-sea giant mouth fish, with two layers of inner and outer jaws. The inner jaw is small but the muscles are extremely developed.

Its wings have curved claws and four thick bones with barbs on the top. Perhaps because it has been active in the cave for a long time and has not flown much, it has degenerated a little and the wing membrane looks broken.

As the ancient dragon's true body was revealed, Ryan's panel also gave a detailed introduction.

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[[Grand Rank]-Corpse Dragon (Adult): Only in places where miasma and corpses are piled up in large quantities, there is a very small probability that the ancient dragon species will be born. Its strength is far superior to other monster species of the same level.

Corpse dragons can manipulate the microorganisms called "miasma" in the rotten miasma abyss. This kind of microorganism reproduces by decomposing the corpses in the rotten miasma abyss. Corpse dragons have organs that store miasma, which can absorb and release miasma from the gill-like organs throughout the body, and activate the miasma around the body through the energy in the body, becoming more aggressive and no longer afraid of fire.

Corpse dragons feed on the energy produced by the decomposition of the flesh of organisms by miasma. They can drain the miasma and the life energy from the organisms eroded by miasma, turning the victims into mummies in an instant, so that they can hunt without consuming physical strength.

Once humans are eroded by this miasma, they will become extremely weak and lose a lot of physical strength. Without accurate means of response, even with recovery potions, they cannot recover to their peak state, and the upper limit of vitality will become lower and lower with repeated erosion. Corpse dragons usually continuously emit miasma during the battle, or directly spray miasma with extremely strong impact force by exhaling to injure opponents.

Ancient dragons that coexist with miasma will also destroy all living things with miasma!

(When the ancient dragon species grow up, they will have the strength of the top of [Upper], and it is not difficult for them to break through [Crown]. The reason why the ancient dragons are called ancient dragons is not only because their lifespan and strength far exceed those of ordinary monsters, but also because their growth limit is above that of ordinary species. [Crown] is not their end!)

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Ryan withdrew his eyes from the introduction on the panel and stared at the corpse dragon that walked out of the miasma, with an unprecedented solemnity in his heart.

Just from the large number of introductions on the panel, it can be seen that the strength of the corpse dragon is by no means comparable to that of the special species in the general sense, and it is extremely dangerous.

The terrifying energy called "miasma" will make the contactor extremely weak and lose a lot of physical strength. It is an epic enhanced version of the previous poisonous miasma.

Fortunately, it is not all bad news.

The so-called "miasma" is essentially a cluster of microorganisms. These tiny creatures often do not have much resistance to fire-attribute attacks.

The [Crown Dragon Slayer Greatsword] that Ryan is holding now, in addition to its own powerful physical destructive power, also has a good fire attribute attack. To some extent, it is the best weapon to defeat the corpse dragon.

The corpse dragon walked out of the miasma and stared at Ryan with indifferent red eyes.

As an ancient dragon, its vitality is extremely long. Long ago, it seems that there are also two-legged upright creatures similar to the front coming to meet.

Shaking his head slightly, those broken memories are too vague, and the corpse dragon is too lazy to think too much.

Its only thought at this moment is to completely wipe out this guy who dared to invade its territory!

It stepped gracefully, and the gray-white miasma around it was like countless soldiers surrounding the "king", swarming forward.

Ryan frowned slightly, and did not immediately open the "blood core" and prop up the blood barrier to block it. He wanted to try the specific erosion intensity of this "miasma".

The moment after the gray-white "miasma" reached him, Ryan felt countless tiny microorganisms crawling on his body. They invaded his body and weakened his vitality.

The body's immune system instinctively resisted, but with little effect. Vitality began to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was not until the vitality decreased by about 10% of the upper limit that the erosion stopped briefly. It seemed that the body's immune system and the "miasma" had reached a fragile balance.

But this does not mean that the erosion of the "miasma" disappeared.

It seemed to be adapting and transforming into a deeper means of erosion. Soon, Ryan felt his vitality limit begin to decrease again.

Such a weird effect is no longer comparable to the miasma of the rotten miasma environment, which made Ryan's scalp numb.

He took out a [Elimination Fruit] from the space ring and threw it into his mouth.

A wonderful wave swept through the body, expelling the invading "miasma", but the vitality eroded by the "miasma" was not returned.

A feeling of weakness emerged from his heart, and Ryan quickly activated the "heart of gluttony" to replenish the missing part of his vitality.

A series of reactions seemed to take a long time, but in fact it took less than three seconds.

The corpse dragon did not launch an attack, but quietly and gracefully stepped to a distance in front of Ryan, looking at him with interest with his scarlet dragon eyes.

In a long life, watching the weak creatures who overestimated their own strength wailing in pain under the "miasma" and finally dying of weakness is one of its few interests.

But soon, the corpse dragon's eyes changed-it felt the expelled "miasma" and felt that the "prey" that should have been weak became strong again.

The few pleasures could not be satisfied, so the corpse dragon let out a shocking roar.

Along with the sound waves, there was an extremely dense gray-white miasma.

Ryan's eyes changed slightly, and he stepped back to keep a distance to avoid being affected by the first wave of the strongest miasma. During this process, his right hand was filled with blood, and a blood-colored spiral spear full of gorgeous patterns was held in his hand.

In Ryan's sight, a virtual, somewhat blurred crosshair appeared on the body of the corpse dragon in the distance. This was the "locking" effect attached to the "Blood Spear" with full blood.

One second later, the crosshair became extremely clear, and its center point was facing the center of the corpse dragon's eyebrows, which meant that the "locking" had been completed. The spear thrown out next had the effect of a sure hit.

The spirituality was surging, and under the blessing of the [Tide of Pain], it reached a [spirituality] of 52.28, making the additional damage of the [Brave Strike] reach a terrifying 71%!

After a short period of charging, the Blood Spear disappeared from Ryan's hand, turning into a blood-colored stream of light that penetrated the sky, breaking through the layers of gray-white miasma, and in an instant, it arrived in front of the corpse dragon's head.

The speed of this throw broke the sound barrier, and even the corpse dragon had no time to react before the Blood Spear accurately pierced its forehead.

"Dang--!"

However, what made Ryan's pupils shrink suddenly was that this extremely powerful spear could only barely break the silver-white skin on the surface of the corpse dragon, and the Blood Spear itself, in the violent vibrations that were fed back, separated and disintegrated first, turning into countless blood-colored fragments, floating in the air.

Although he had expected the defense of the corpse dragon's body, this scene still made Ryan's heart gradually sink.

Admittedly, the power of the "initial awakening" [Holy Relic·Embrace of Blood] is limited, and it is beginning to be unable to cope with the [Crown] level monsters, but the previous breakage was at least due to the collision with the strongest parts of the two crown monsters, and now, even the relatively weak area such as the center of the eyebrows cannot be broken, which is beyond Ryan's expectations.

Although this attack did not cause any substantial damage, it still made the corpse dragon feel extremely angry.

It spread its limbs and moved its huge body at an astonishing speed. It passed a distance of dozens of meters in an instant, and raised its dragon claws to shoot towards Ryan.

As the dragon claws fell, there was an extremely dense gray-white miasma, and even the air seemed to be drained of vitality under this claw.

Ryan looked solemn, he did not dodge, but took the initiative to hit it.

A blood-colored glimmer exploded on his body surface. The terrifying power caused dense cracks to appear on the surface of the "Hegemonic Blood Demon", but at least it did not break directly, which made Ryan slightly relieved.

As long as the "Hegemonic Blood Film" can withstand the next attack, the chance of winning this battle will not be zero.

The blood and qi rolled back, helping Ryan to directly complete the "first stage of charging". Just as he was about to launch a slash, the dragon claw of the corpse dragon in front of him pressed directly on the ground. In an instant, the miasma wrapped on the dragon claw was like a ball of expanding air, violently impacting the blood barrier.

In less than 0.1 seconds, the "blood barrier" showed a strange gray-white color, and then dissipated like flying ash.

Without the barrier of the "blood barrier", the miasma directly impacted Ryan's body, not only interrupting his attack rhythm, but also violently eroding his body, causing his vitality to begin to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The reduction of vitality is not simply a reduction in "blood volume", but an all-round weakness of a person's physical and mental condition.

Affected by the miasma, Ryan's body became a little slow.

And at this gap, the dragon claw swept across.

Without time to think, Ryan instinctively slashed the greatsword in his hand, attacking instead of defending, trying to block this attack.

"Boom--"

A low vibration sounded, and a circle of air ripples exploded at the place where the dragon claw and the greatsword touched.

Ryan's body was like being hit head-on by a high-speed train, flying backwards for hundreds of meters, and even after landing, it pulled a gap of several meters on the ground, which barely resolved the force.

Ryan's hands holding the sword were torn at the knuckles. If it weren't for the [Dragon Power] being upgraded to "Mastery" and the increase in strength judgment, it would not be so easy for him to resolve this claw.

Ryan's eyes fell on the dragon claw that the corpse dragon had just attacked him in the distance.

The gray-white miasma surrounding the silver-white dragon claws was constantly flickering with a red halo. That was the strong fire damage attached to the [Crown Dragon-Slaying Greatsword], which caused a devastating blow to the microorganisms that made up the miasma.

Unfortunately, the fire damage attached to the great sword was ultimately rootless water, and it quickly disappeared under the flood of a large amount of miasma.

It was precisely because of the sudden impact of the fire damage that the Corpse Dragon did not pursue the victory.

"This time, it's really a bit difficult..."

Ryan whispered to himself.

Just the initial confrontation made him realize the huge gap in strength between himself and the Corpse Dragon.

Specifically, the [Grand] Sword Slashing Dragon and [Grand] Explosion Dragon that Ryan defeated before were considered "Grand One Star", while the Corpse Dragon, only the physical strength and ability to control miasma shown so far, are enough to make its dangerousness enter the realm of "Grand Two Stars", or even the pinnacle of "Grand Two Stars".

The gap between [Upper] and [Upper] is very large, not to mention [Grand].

The strength of "Grand Two Stars" can easily beat "Grand One Star" without any pressure.

"Huh..."

After taking a deep breath, Ryan knew that he had almost no chance of success in this crusade. What he needed to do now was to try to find out the means of the corpse dragon as much as possible before he died, and prepare for the subsequent crusade.

The amulet in the shape of a sharp blade fell, cutting through his fingertips, and the blood color smeared across the sword body, further increasing its weight.

Ryan took the initiative to charge towards the corpse dragon. During this process, the spirituality surging on the surface of his body was like a vigorous torch, and the color changed to a mixture of blue and blue.

This is a sign of the opening of [Storm Battle Body].

On the blade of the greatsword, the black dragon soul was shining, and [Food War·Sword Slashing Dragon's Sorrow] gave Ryan a faster speed.

On his hands, the blood light was dense, and he actively absorbed the blood in his body, allowing Ryan to enter the strongest "third stage".

Unlike previous battles, Ryan, who knew that he had no hope of winning, directly entered the strongest posture in order to try out the means of the corpse dragon as much as possible.

At this moment, the threat brought by Ryan's surging momentum even made the corpse dragon look serious.

It no longer regarded Ryan as a "poor guy" who could be squeezed at will, but a "prey" that deserved to be taken seriously.

The air became sticky at this moment, and Ryan's figure was like a black phantom. In a very short time, he came to the front side of the corpse dragon.

"Roar!"

The earth-shaking dragon roared, and the gray-white miasma swept all around.

This time, Ryan did not retreat.

Two "blood cores" appeared on his shoulders, supporting the "blood barrier" full of blood to resist the erosion of miasma.

The big sword was carried on his shoulders, and the accumulation of power began.

"Thump-thump-thump!"

The three stages of accumulation were completed in a very short time, but Ryan did not wait for the accumulation of "real accumulation". A slender dragon tail swept out in the gray-white miasma.

Miasma burst, the air wailed.

The dragon's tail threw off the blood barrier, causing cracks to appear on its surface, and then exploded.

The dragon's tail, which was still full of momentum, continued to sweep towards Ryan.

The seemingly slender silver-white tail was actually more terrifying than the tail blade sweep of the [Grand] Sword Dragon. Even if Ryan was wearing the crown armor, he would be seriously injured and killed on the spot if he was hit by this blow.

In the life-and-death crisis, Ryan did not panic at all.

The blood-colored glimmer exploded again, and [Special Sword Skill-Attack Collision] was used.

The protection of "Hegemony Blood Demon" prevented Ryan's charging process from being interrupted.

A blood hole was blown open on the silver-white dragon's tail that was slightly rebounded, which was the counter-injury caused by [Joyful Thorn Aura].

"Kill!"

With a roar, the power and spirituality accumulated to the extreme burst out, and Ryan's sword slashed heavily, and the spiritual flames extending from the sword even dragged several meters long.

The "True Accumulation Sword" with full buffs accurately slashed the head of the corpse dragon.

"Boom!"

The ground cracked, and smoke and dust swept with miasma.

Under the effect of the recoil force, Ryan's sword rose up, and his body involuntarily retreated several steps backward, leaving deep footprints on the ground with each step.

Green dragon blood flew, accompanied by the roar of the angry dragon. Ryan had just stabilized his body, and the silver-white dragon claws had already flown out in the smoke and dust.

"Bang!"

Ryan, who had just completed a full-strength attack, faced this unexpected claw and had no time to make any defense, and was hit hard on the chest by a claw.

"Crack!"

That was the sound of cracks in the breastplate.

Ryan's body flew backwards, spilling bright red blood along the way.

"Ahem..."

A hundred meters away, Ryan half-knelt on the ground. At this moment, blood was constantly flowing out of his body from the gaps in his armor.

Even if the "Heart of Gluttony" was running wildly, his state would be difficult to recover for a while.

Looking up, Ryan fell into a long silence as he watched the corpse dragon walk out of the billowing smoke and dust.

I saw a narrow gap cut on the head of the corpse dragon. Although the defense was successfully broken, such an injury was at most a minor injury.

And this was Ryan's all-out attack...

The gap was really too big.

At this moment, there were only four "Gospel Marks" superimposed on the corpse dragon. Even if Ryan wanted to detonate it, he couldn't do it at all.

To stack five layers of marks, he either successfully hit the corpse dragon once again, or the corpse dragon's attack fell on him again.

The former, with Ryan's current physical condition, is simply impossible to do, and the latter... if he takes another blow from the corpse dragon, with his current physical condition, he will definitely die. Even if he stacks five layers of marks, he can't explode.

Despair emerged from Ryan's heart.

With such a huge gap, even if he finds out some of the methods and intelligence of the corpse dragon, it doesn't make much sense.

At present, the level of his travel clone is stuck in a very embarrassing situation. Without powerful monsters and a huge amount of experience, he can't upgrade at all. But now there are only corpse dragons and "dark green loofah" on the mysterious island.

Everything seems to be stuck in a dead end.

In the distance, the corpse dragon raised its head, and a large amount of miasma began to gather towards its mouth. It can be predicted that after a short time, the breath composed of highly compressed miasma will be spewed out.

And Ryan's travel this time will also come to an end.

Ryan clenched his teeth.

He was unwilling.

But the gap in strength cannot be overcome by courage. If you can't beat them, you can't beat them. In reality, it is impossible for a sudden "explosion" to increase strength.

"Is it over..."

Ryan lowered his head and said to himself.

But at this moment, he saw the medal emitting a brilliant blue light deep in the crack of his broken breastplate.

Is that, [Sacred Relic-Azure Medal]?

An inexplicable feeling emerged in Ryan's heart.

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[You have successfully completed 100 special sword skills, [Weapon-Great Sword] derivative skill tree unlocks a new sword skill-[Special Sword Skill·Blade Heart]]

[Special Sword Skill·Blade Heart]: Use special skills to consume "blood" to condense two "Blade Hearts" in the body. You can use "Blade Heart" to bless the original special sword skills [Attack Collision] and [Defense Collision] to break through the limit and show a new posture and effect...

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Shock, excitement... Complex emotions flashed in Ryan's eyes.

After so long, he had forgotten about the [Weapon-Great Sword] skill tree.

Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, a new special skill was unlocked.

In the introduction of the panel, there is a lot of text after "Posture and Effect", but Ryan has no time to check it.

Because the corpse dragon in the distance has completed the accumulation of miasma and emitted a breath that corrodes everything.

Regardless of other things, Ryan used a blade heart to bless [Special Sword Skill-Collision Attack].

Because he just got it, the two "Blade Hearts" do not need Ryan to condense, and they exist directly in his body.

"Blade Heart" is a very special existence. It cannot be observed with the naked eye, but it can be clearly perceived by Ryan's soul.

This is a sublimated thing condensed from blood and spiritual will.

And with the use of "Blade Heart", the familiar [Special Sword Skill-Collision Attack] has undergone unprecedented changes in Ryan's feelings.

The original effect of [Special Sword Skill - Charge Attack] was to charge forward for a short distance. As long as the enemy's attack hits during the collision, the "Dominant Blood Film" can be condensed to prevent the enemy's attack from affecting itself and avoid interrupting the charging process.

But now, the distance of this collision has been extended to an exaggerated degree.

This is no longer a collision, but...

- Charge!

"Ding!"

The blood-colored figure turned into a stream of light, and in the blink of an eye, it crossed a distance of hundreds of meters. At the speed exceeding the speed of sound, everything on both sides of Ryan's body became blurred.

The miasma breath from the corpse dragon's mouth lost its target and could only choose to spit it under its body, turning into layers of spreading miasma circles to prevent the enemy from approaching.

The "Dominant Blood Film" attached to [Special Sword Skill - Charge Attack] with the blessing of "Blade Heart" is even thicker. Even under the erosion of layers of miasma, it only ripples continuously, and there is no sign of being broken.

The great sword was lifted up from the bottom and hit the corpse dragon's chin. With the blessing of supersonic speed, even if this sword was just a sword without any power, it still had terrible power.

The corpse dragon's head was hit up, and the miasma breath spewed from its mouth also spit out to the top of the cave as its head turned.

The great sword fell on the shoulder, and Ryan started to accumulate power directly.

Although the corpse dragon that was hit didn't know why the enemy's speed suddenly became so fast, its instinct made its body begin to burst out miasma shock waves around.

The powerful impact force fell on the body, but was blocked by the "tyrant blood film". Not only that, the [Special Sword Skill·Defense Collision] blessed by the "Blade Heart" used the "blood" fed back to help Ryan directly complete the "two-stage power accumulation".

The sudden change caused the corpse dragon to flap the broken wings behind it and try to fly.

At this moment, Ryan whispered: "Explode!"

The five layers of "Gospel Seal" were detonated, and the "joyful explosion" covered the surface of the corpse dragon's body with purple light bands.

After this heavy blow, the corpse dragon's flying movement came to an abrupt stop, and its body began to fall.

"Ding~Ding~Ding-Ding!"

At this time, Ryan's three-stage charging + real charging had also been completed.

He took a step back, adjusted his posture, and slashed with the greatsword, slashing on the falling head of the corpse dragon with great accuracy.

"Dong--!"

A roar suddenly arose, and the corpse dragon's head was deeply broken, and even the pale skull inside could be seen clearly.

The blade of the greatsword left a clear crack on the skull.

"Roar!"

The furious dragon roared.

The highly activated miasma gushed out from the flesh and blood of the corpse dragon, directly pushing Ryan's sword out.

At this moment, the space of nearly 100 meters around was filled with activated miasma, forming another space.

Without the protection of the "blood barrier", Ryan's vitality began to plummet at an exaggerated speed in this field. Even his skin began to turn gray and his flesh and blood shrank.

The special sword skills blessed by the "Blade Heart" twice in a row consumed a lot of Ryan's physical strength, and the influence of the "Miasma Field" further affected his state.

Ryan's body became sluggish, and even his consciousness was a little blurred due to the rapid loss of vitality.

Amid the furious dragon roar, the silver-white dragon claw pressed down heavily.

And Ryan's sight, at this moment, was completely plunged into darkness.

Before death, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth under his helmet.

Because, after learning [Special Sword Skill - Blade Heart], he finally saw the chance to defeat the ancient dragon - Corpse Dragon!

In the cave, the ancient dragon's roar spread in all directions, causing the stalactites above to fall continuously.

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In the hotel room.

Ryan slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling his intact body, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Every time he died, the feeling was unforgettable.

Without getting up, Ryan lay on his back on the bed and silently opened the panel.

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[With a weak body, you fight against the ancient dragon. Even if you die, your greatsword still leaves scars on the ancient dragon that cannot be concealed. The proud record makes your body and mind feel the ultimate joy...]

[The "joy after pain" of [Tide of Pain] is perfectly achieved! Get 75% of the occupational bonus of fit: Spirituality +3, Physical +3 (cumulative)]

[Get the following permanent gains: Special Skill [Dragon Power (Mastery)]-When performing actions, including but not limited to jumping, attacking, blocking, etc., the strength judgment is +3 (there is a rank judgment, which is only half effective if it is one rank higher than the owner, and completely ineffective if it is two rank higher)]

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Looking at the prompt in front of him, Ryan's eyes were not surprised.

In fact, he already knew it when he completed the "joy after pain" in the travel land.

Now the prompt on the panel is just a clear display of this change.

"Next time, or the next time, I will win..."

In the room, the young man's firm voice echoed softly.

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(Seeking monthly tickets~)