The giant dragon flew out so suddenly that everyone was startled.
"Don't move!"
Just as everyone was preparing to defend, Long Chen hurriedly stopped them. They lay motionless on the ground, and the black dragon soared into the sky and vanished in an instant.
It turned out that the black giant dragon hadn't noticed them. Judging by the direction it left, Long Chen thought it must have gone to Dragon Valley to forage.
As the black dragon flew past, everything returned to calm, and everyone relaxed. In that instant, they were nearly scared out of their wits.
Once everything calmed down, Long Chen finally leaned his head out to look down. That look startled even himself.
Below was a space spanning tens of thousands of miles, like a vast grand hall, and this space was the inside of this being's skull.
Inside this hollow shell was a huge boulder crystal, emitting a soft glow that lit up the area.
"That's a magic crystal,"
Long Chen recognized the glowing entity. That magic crystal belonged to this being. The demonic power inside the magic crystal had long since disappeared, but the light still lingered.
Around the magic crystal, thousands of black dragons prostrated themselves. Long Chen had guessed correctly—this was the lair of the black dragons. However, he hadn't expected there to be so many black dragons here.
"There really are dragon eggs, boss..."
Bai Xiaole immediately saw behind a giant dragon with more than a dozen huge dragon eggs placed together.
The black dragon's egg was actually white, so Bai Xiaole spotted them at a glance and was instantly thrilled.
It should be noted that although the evil dragons of Evil Dragon Valley are fifth-tier, equivalent to human Immortal King experts, they are only mortal-level Immortal Kings. Their bodies are strong, but they lack divine powers, so their combat power is not terrifying.
But the black dragons here were different. To suppress those evil dragons with dragon might meant their rank was definitely above theirs. By human standards, they were at least spiritual grade or above.
Bai Xiaole looked at Long Chen but saw Long Chen's sharp gaze, fixed intently on a blood pool beside the magic crystal. In the pool, a huge lotus flower was blooming.
From the black blood pool grew a lotus flower, pure white and jade-like, striking and striking. On its nine petals, nine-colored patterns seemed to flow, and at the very center of the lotus was arranged a pattern. From a distance, the pattern looked like an eye, looking rather eerie.
"Demon-Eyed Water Lily."
Long Chen saw the lotus flower and couldn't help but feel his heart race. He had actually found the Demon-Eyed Water Lily here, a terrifying existence as terrifying as the Undying Nether Willow. It was a being from the Undying Realm, yet it appeared here—it was astonishing.
"A flower blooms with nine petals, nine colors reincarnate, the demon eye is formed. According to the human race, it has already entered the Immortal King realm and simply can't fight it!" Long Chen was troubled.
It was only after arriving in the Immortal Realm that Long Chen realized just how terrifying the Undying Netherwillow clan was, and this Demon-Eyed Water Lily was as famous as the Undying Netherwill, so it certainly wasn't much worse.
Take comparing him to Liu Ruyan. If Liu Ruyan were one realm above him, he would have almost no hope of winning. But two levels higher, even if Long Chen was bold beyond words, he wouldn't have the desire to challenge Liu Ruyan.
But this Demon-Eyed Water Lily before him was the main ingredient for refining Purple Que Star, and Long Chen had to get his hands on it.
"Could it be that, like Liu Ruyan, it was sent here to be raised? The energy of this terrifying ancient corpse ..." Thinking of this, Long Chen's heart couldn't help but race.
If his guess was correct, then the Demon-Eyed Water Lily was either parasitizing here, absorbing the power of ancient corpses to grow.
Or it was stationed as soldiers here to guard the academy's ruins and prevent anyone from reopening it.
If it's the latter, then it's a big problem. With the terrifying power of the Demon-Eyed Water Lily, it even has the ability to fight the Realm King. If Long Chen encounters it, he's probably in serious danger.
Long Chen was torn between heaven and earth: if he tried, he definitely couldn't win; if he didn't, he'd be frustrated.
Advancing to the Divine Lord Realm allows one to condense the Purple Que Star. If they miss this opportunity, who knows when they might encounter it again.
And judging by the current situation, the giant corpse's nutrients were almost depleted. Who knew if it would eat it all and just walk away.
"Boss, what do you mean, so many dragon eggs? Are we going to do it or not?"
Bai Xiaole saw Long Chen looking conflicted and said anxiously. He really wanted the dragon egg. At this moment, he feared nothing; for the dragon egg, he dared to risk his life.
"That's quite dangerous!" Long Chen was indeed conflicted; this was too dangerous.
"Didn't you just say there's a dragon egg? You have to take it!" Bai Xiaole was a bit displeased. As the boss, how could he break his word!
Bai Shishi glared at Bai Xiaole, telling him not to cause trouble. This place was too dangerous; one wrong move and the entire army could be wiped out. They couldn't risk their lives for treasure.
What they didn't know was that Long Chen didn't care about the dragon egg, nor the threat of those giant dragons. What he cared about was the Demon-Eyed Water Lily, and he was somewhat afraid of it.
For a moment, the air froze. Everyone turned to Long Chen. Jiang Yuhe and the others' eyes were filled with pleading light. As long as Long Chen agreed to leave, they were even willing to kneel and kowtow to him, hoping he wouldn't cause any more trouble. This was terrifying—they had lived so many years and had never experienced anything so terrifying.
"I have to give it my all, I'll give it my all." Long Chen suddenly made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and seeing Long Chen's expression, Bai Xiaole was overjoyed, while Jiang Yuhe and the others were on the verge of tears. They felt like they were going crazy.
"Everyone, follow my lead, work together. Shishi and I will deal with that lotus. If we alert the lotus, we'll definitely be attacked by those dragons.
Xiao Le, take advantage of the chaos to steal the dragon egg. Once you succeed, all of you must join forces to deal with a black dragon. You must control it as quickly as possible and escape together. Long Chen said solemnly to everyone.
"That lotus?"
Everyone was shocked—Long Chen actually wanted to go with Bai Shishi against that lotus? They also saw the lotus flower, but didn't think it was anything special!
"Once this is done, each of your four major powers will share a Black Dragon Egg with you.
Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine. Run now, we're about to make a move, and we won't get caught up in it later. Long Chen looked at the four leaders of the Ironblood Mercenary Group and said.
These four wore mournful faces—could they refuse at this moment? They had long lost their way. Without Long Chen to guide them, whether they could escape this abyss was unknown. They were now completely tied to Long Chen's ship; whether they agreed or not, they had to agree.
As for the Black Dragon Egg, it was even more precious than the Spirit King Pill. But they dared not think about it. Right now, all they thought about was how to get out alive and return to Zhaoming Ancient City. If they could win, that would be their victory.
"Let's go, we'll pass from the spot where the mouth is."
Long Chen spoke, leading everyone quietly toward the demon dragon's lair.