Chapter 1031: Silver Dragon Plain
According to the secret scriptures of the Golden Dragon clan, the Silver Dragon Plain was formed in ancient times when a silver dragon perished, its flesh and blood seeping into the ground of the Ancient Dragon Ruins, gradually giving rise to this plain.
As for why a dragon would enter the Ancient Dragon Ruins and what meant “perish,” Long Cheng had no idea.
The Yellow Dragon nodded and looked ahead. The grass on the Silver Dragon Plain was covered in silver light, as if coated with a layer of silver, making it exceptionally enchanting.
Moreover, the Yellow Dragon noticed that the dragon energy here was much stronger than in other places.
“Let’s go!” The Yellow Dragon took off and flew deeper into the Silver Dragon Plain.
Long Cheng and the others followed.
“Is this the Silver Melody Divine Flower?” While flying, Long Cheng suddenly exclaimed. Not far ahead, there was a flower the size of a washbasin, glowing with silver light.
Though it was just one flower, its petals layered upon each other like a towering pagoda.
“Silver Melody Divine Flower?” The Yellow Dragon was intrigued.
He knew of this flower—a rare mutated divine flower whose value rivaled that of certain innate divine artifacts, such as the Fiery Golden Divine Tree and the Emerald Thunder Tree that he had found in the Valley of Fallen Demons.
In a flash, they arrived above the Silver Melody Divine Flower.
“Brother Yellow Dragon, look!” Long Cheng said to him.
The Yellow Dragon smiled. “This Silver Melody Divine Flower is quite useful for your Golden Dragon clan, but it serves me of no use. Young Clan Leader Long Cheng, please take it.”
What the Yellow Dragon said was true. Though the flower was precious, his Heavenly Sacred Cauldron already contained many more innate divine artifacts far more valuable than it.
Long Cheng’s face lit up with joy. “Great! Then thank you, Brother Yellow Dragon. This flower is indeed useful to me!” He was trying to craft a supreme divine pill, and this flower was a necessary ingredient. Without hesitation, he seized the flower and stored it in his spatial artifact.
But just then, the Yellow Dragon suddenly shouted, “Be careful!” He then slammed his palms together in the air, striking the ground below. With that strike, the ground cracked violently.
Immediately afterward, thousands of streams of silver light surged from deep within the earth, coiling around the Yellow Dragon and the others.
Seeing this, the Yellow Dragon sneered. He condensed a Purple Thunder Sky Blade in his palm and slashed downward.
Amidst the screams that followed his strike, the thousands of streams of silver light were severed. Then, a massive creature burst forth from the ground and appeared before them.
Long Cheng and the others gasped in shock.
The massive creature before them was actually a strange tree that resembled an octopus from the ocean depths!
The branches of this strange tree were silver in color, extremely thick yet very flexible, swaying in the wind like waves. What was most astonishing wasn’t that—it was the blood-red mouths that grew on these branches!
At the center of these countless silver branches lay the trunk of the strange tree, covering an area of hundreds of miles. On top of the trunk were countless giant faces—terrifying in appearance, including those of fierce beasts, elders, young people, women, and even dragons!
“What kind of strange tree is this? The Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother?” A powerful warrior behind Long Cheng couldn’t help but change his expression in shock.
The Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother was a legendary being of extreme terror, considered a demon within trees.
“No, it’s not the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother. She isn’t this huge!” Long Cheng said gravely, unable to hide his shock. This monster, resembling the legendary demon of the trees—the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother—emitted an aura that made him feel extreme danger.
Its strength was definitely beyond that of those from the Lower Twelve Eras!
He moved closer to Huang Long, feeling somewhat reassured.
“It is the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother!” Huang Long spoke up. “Not only that, but it’s also in its ultimate evolved form!”
The books left by the Holy King of Hongmeng mentioned such a creature. However, Huang Long hadn’t expected to find one deep within the Primordial Dragon Ruins.
According to the books, an evolved version of the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother might appear once every ten eras. Naturally, this already terrifying creature became even more dreadful when it reached its ultimate form, its strength comparable to that of the peak warriors of the Later Twelve Eras.
That’s right—peerless even among the peak warriors of the Later Twelve Eras.
“Hehe, kids, you have quite the insight—realizing I’m the evolved Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother!” At that moment, the thousands of giant faces on the tree trunk began to laugh simultaneously.
Their laughter was shrill and grating, a mixture of thousands of distinct voices that made one’s skin prickle with disgust.
Huang Long sneered, “At your ultimate evolved form, you’re full of treasures. Well then, I won’t be polite—I’ll kill you!”
“Hahaha!”
“Hehehehe!”
“Kill me? Kid, do you think you’re a Saint who has achieved enlightenment?!”
The thousands of giant faces on the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother tree laughed maniacally.
Huang Long snorted coldly and took to the air.
Seeing this, the demonic eyes atop the thousands of faces suddenly emitted intense silver magic light, shooting toward Huang Long.
“Kid, I feel that if I devour you, I can break free from the constraints of my true form, and then I might even achieve sanctity! Die!” Thousands of giant tree branches swept toward the Yellow Dragon like massive waves in the sea.
Watching these countless giant branches rush toward it, the Yellow Dragon sneered, “Devour me? I doubt you have such an appetite!” With that, golden clouds surged from his body. Wherever the golden clouds passed, those giant branches, as if under severe attack, recoiled in panic.
The Yellow Dragon then darted forward, instantly reaching the tree trunk.
The Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother seemingly hadn’t expected the Yellow Dragon to be so strong. Seeing him approach, she laughed coldly after a moment of shock, “You’re seeking death!” Then, thousands of giant branches gathered together, forming a massive inner wall that completely isolated the outside space.
At the same time, on the giant tree trunk, hundreds of giant faces opened their mouths and sucked in violently. Countless terrifying forces of absorption created a powerful hurricane—this Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother intended to swallow the Yellow Dragon whole!
However, to her surprise, the powerful hurricane formed by these terrifying forces had no effect on the Yellow Dragon at all.
At that moment, golden light flashed from the Yellow Dragon’s palm, and a huge sphere of light appeared. Then, with a fierce punch, he struck the tree trunk.
“Kid, don’t you know that after evolving to my ultimate form, my defense is comparable to that of top-tier divine artifacts? Do you really think you can hurt me?!” the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother laughed maniacally.
But as soon as she laughed, she realized the terrifying power contained within that huge sphere of light. Hundreds of giant faces showed signs of terror, but it was already too late to resist. The huge sphere of light instantly crashed into the tree trunk.
Hundreds of screams rang out, followed by a loud “bang!” The tree trunk of the Thousand-Faced Heavenly Mother flew backward, and the thousands of giant branches that had gathered together scattered once again under the open sky.
Then, from the hundreds of giant faces on the tree trunk, vile green blood gushed out. This green blood flowed like small rivers, hitting the ground and corroding it into deep pits.