She stared blankly at Gu You. "Who exactly are you?"
"Things have already come to this point, Silver Dragon King. Does it still matter who I am?" Gu You let out a long sigh and smiled.
Gu Yuenna remained silent.
"How about we each set a condition?"
"A condition?"
"That's right. I get what I want, and in exchange, I will grant you one condition, and you can ask one of me as well."
"What is it you want to obtain?"
"The core of the Dragon God!"
Gu Yuenna's pupils dilated slightly. "Impossible. You know that thing is..."
"Do you truly believe you can complete the great undertaking of the Dragon Clan's revival? Do you really think your pathetic plan can succeed?" Gu You shot her a cool, sideways glance.
"Are you questioning me?"
"No, it's not a question. It's the fact that you simply cannot do it. Even if the real Dragon God came back, he couldn't do it. Humans are already too deeply rooted in this world; to destroy them would be to destroy the world itself. Soul Beasts and the Dragon Clan have only one path left: to leave the Douluo Plane and find another world where they can survive."
"Impossible! This is where we lived from the very beginning. We were the original masters of this world. You want us to leave? Humans are the ones who should leave!" A silver spear ignited in Gu Yuenna's hand.
"That is exactly why I don't count on you. I am a human, but I can tell you that my feelings for Soul Beasts are no less than yours. I have seen the present and the future clearly; only that path is suitable. Besides, do you really think that in your current state, you can overcome the variables left behind by Tang San?"
"There is no point in saying more. I only want the core. Everything else belongs to you."
The silver-haired girl bit her lower lip. Her hands traced a circle, and she let out a resonant dragon cry toward the heavens. Her body began to expand rapidly, transforming in an instant into a thousand-meter-tall silver dragon. The wings on her back unfurled violently as she began to absorb the surrounding seven-colored currents.
Am I really that incompetent?
Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes.
Humans... is this the thing they possess that we lack?
As the seven-colored currents poured in, her silver scales were coated in a heptachromatic brilliance. Her aura grew stronger and stronger, making the entire Dragon Valley tremble. The massive dragon head turned slowly, gazing at the youth with purple eyes.
Is this destiny?
As the Dragon God's Soul gradually turned illusory, two diamond-shaped crystals appeared at the core's previous location. They floated in mid-air—one golden, one silver. Seven-colored rings of light rippled around them.
In the sky, Dragon Clouds rushed toward them at high speed. Dragon souls leaped down from all sides of the valley like moths to a flame. They all transformed into part of the seven-colored energy, pouring into the massive silver form.
The thousand-meter-tall silver dragon originally had countless cracks on its scales, but under the infusion of this glow, the cracks began to heal. A porcelain-like glaze began to appear on her body—not colorless, but shimmering with seven colors.
Finally, as the last wisp of the seven-colored glow surged into her body, she roared at the sky. The rolling dragon cry caused the small world to shake violently. The terrifying pressure caused the surrounding cliffs of the Dragon Valley to collapse.
The giant silhouette shrank, returning to the form of the silver-haired girl. She flickered, flying in front of the two crystals. She reached out to grab the silver crystal, pressing it against her chest.
But at that moment, Gu You suddenly flashed forward and grabbed her hand, preventing the silver crystal from merging with her.
"Sorry." Gu You forcefully took the silver crystal, and simultaneously, he drew the golden crystal toward him.
With a wave of his hands, the two crystals began to combine, eventually forming a single Seven-Colored Crystal.
"Let go of me! You're crazy—you really want this thing?" Gu Yuenna's beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief.
"I'm not crazy. I'm clearer than anyone else." Gu You shook his head. "You got your benefits, and I got mine. Isn't that fine?"
The Seven-Colored Crystal merged into Gu You's heart.
With a violent struggle, Gu Yuenna broke free from Gu You's grip. Her eyes looked as if she were staring at a madman.
High above, the massive rift of the small world vibrated.
"We can't hold it much longer. The pressure from the world's laws is too strong. What do we do, Boss?" the burly bald man asked the black-haired man.
The black-haired man snorted coldly. "Even if it costs us our lives, we must hold it to the end. Can't you feel it? My Lord has found that place. That's it—the aura of the Dragon God. This is the place where the last shred of his soul fragments and all the dragon corpses went to sleep after his fall. Everyone, pull yourselves together and hold on!"
"May it be as you say." Gu Yuenna's gaze toward Gu You slowly grew peaceful. In an instant, she turned into a silver shadow and vanished.
Gu Yuenna looked up at the black rift in the sky, suddenly thrusting her hands out to grasp at the void. Instantly, the sky seemed to be torn in half as a rift dozens of times larger than before appeared.
"Go!" she commanded coldly. In the next instant, she soared upward, disappearing into the black rift.
The six men and women each let out a long howl and took to the air, turning into streaks of light that dove into the widened rift and vanished. The small world jolted slightly, and the massive rift began to close.
Top of the Valley:
Gu You looked down at the countless dragon bones, his heart filled with a sense of helplessness. With a wave of his hand and his powerful mental strength, countless pits appeared.
He condensed his soul power to form a giant palm, lifting the massive dragon skeletons one by one and placing them into the pits. This was what he had to do—what he must do. Tang Wulin couldn't do it anymore, so it fell to him. The Dragon bloodline had bestowed him much; therefore, he had to perform this task of burying the dragons.
Fortunately, as a Soul Saint, he could use soul power in this world, which accelerated the process significantly. It wouldn't take him the full thousand days to complete.
Two months later:
By the second to last day, the Dragon Grave had become empty. Only one skeleton remained—the largest of all the True Dragon remains, belonging to the Mountain Dragon King.
The skeleton of the Mountain Dragon King was not just massive in volume; the weight of each individual bone was immense. Its high density gave the remains an indescribable texture...
(End of Chapter)