Chimeric Five-Headed Flood Dragon

After swallowing the flood serpent's gallbladder, the Crocodile Spirit's aura grew a little deeper, and its gaze toward Qin Chuan held a touch more warmth.

This human is pretty reasonable after all. He's nowhere near as brutal as I imagined.

Qin Chuan surveyed their surroundings but found no trace of any other flood serpents. After a moment's thought, he said, "Let's keep going. There's no point waiting here."

The priority was to find out what was happening with the Ascending Dragon Ritual and whether it worked. If it could unlock the Ladder to Godhood as he suspected, how many of them could use it? And how many steps could it open? They needed answers as soon as possible.

Naturally, neither the Water God nor the Crocodile Spirit objected.

The two of them were just along for the ride.

Without Qin Chuan, they would have taken ages to clear the Puppet Guards in the Outer City, let alone reach the Inner City.

As they pressed on, a towering palace came into view. Five gates stood side by side, each a hundred meters high. The palace was like a small mountain; they had to crane their necks to see it properly.

Rumble.

The gates opened one after another. A crimson giant flood dragon shot through the leftmost doorway. Compared to the giant serpent from before, this one looked much more like a Flood Dragon. It had clearly undergone the ritual's transformation earlier, and its aura had reached Saint Domain-grade. Out in the wider world, it could have ruled a territory.

Qin Chuan raised his hand and fired off Grief Strike, triggering his set bonus's Space-Time Freeze. The flood dragon's massive head froze in midair. It took a full second and a half before it could move again.

The moment it could, the