Checkmate, Your Excellency

Beneath the silver spear, which was a hundred meters long, Su Cheng's body, which was just over ten years old, looked as insignificant as dust.

In terms of both size and presence, they are completely incomparable.

The mere impact of the energy aftershocks seemed enough to grind him into dust.

Su Cheng looked up at the attack from above and shook his head helplessly.

Sure enough, the other party attacked without hesitation the moment they met, without any intention of wasting words.

How arrogant...

He took a deep breath, his expression becoming slightly more serious, but not overly tense.

This scenario was one of the Zhongji likely outcomes predicted, and it was the most probable one.

After all, this is the burial ground of the Dragon Clan.

Anyone who sees a strange stranger suddenly appear in their ancestral grave would be furious.

Moreover, the Silver Dragon King is an existence that is extraordinary from birth, standing at the pinnacle of all living beings.

It's perfectly reasonable for them to resort to violence at the slightest disagreement.

Su Cheng stared at the huge, bright silver spear tip, calmed his mind, mobilized his internal True Power, bent his legs slightly, and clenched his right fist.

The next moment, a transparent sword shadow, almost tangible, appeared outside his fist, instantly enveloping his entire body. Then, he suddenly raised his arm and swung it upwards.

Su Cheng did not use the Longevity Sword.

The significance of this Martial Soul to him now comes more from that special Seventh Soul Ring and the Source Power attached to it.

It does improve combat capabilities, but not by much.

In fact, Su Cheng has not activated his Martial Soul until now.

His current situation is special; he can advance all the way to the God-level without relying on the Soul Master system.

At least from the perspective of energy accumulation, he currently has no bottleneck at all.

Compared to the boost to his combat power brought by the Longevity Sword.

Concealing his own Martial Soul Bloodline is of greater significance to him at this stage.

"Boom--"

With a deafening roar, two extremely powerful energies collided, causing the ground to crack layer by layer. At the very center, a huge crater tens of meters in diameter was formed, and a large amount of smoke and dust filled the air, obscuring the slightly immature figure.

This attack represented the limit of power that both sides could muster at that moment, so naturally they had little energy left to completely control the aftershocks.

The ripples that escaped continued to impact the entire valley.

Even the countless Dragon Bones that seemed to have stood for ages appeared to tremble slightly as they clashed.

"Um?"

At this moment, the Silver Dragon King, who had already spread his wings and was preparing to leave, suddenly focused his gaze on the dusty area in the deep valley below.

There, the human boy's aura suddenly weakened, but quickly reformed.

Although not as good as before, he was clearly not seriously injured.

"... Cough, not bad strength. Are you the strongest in this world? Is there anyone stronger than you?"

As the dust settled, Su Cheng's figure reappeared.

His pale face looked somewhat disheveled, but his eyes remained as bright as ever.

Clearly, her attack did not achieve the desired effect at all.

On the cliff, the Silver Dragon King was startled by what the other party said, feeling that there was something strange about it.

However, this person's attitude made her extremely unhappy.

His words made it seem as if he felt he was "nothing special."

It immediately shifted its body slightly, opened its dragon mouth, and decided to launch an even more powerful attack to teach its opponent a lesson.

"Don't rush."

Just then, she suddenly heard the person below speak again, his words carrying a somewhat inexplicable meaning.

"These skeletons here look quite similar to you. Are they the remains of your clan?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in the Silver Dragon King's eyes, but he remained silent. Powerful energy fluctuations began to condense in his mouth, and a massive amount of primordial energy from heaven and earth converged upon him.

Su Cheng noticed the energy fluctuation, but didn't pay it any mind.

He grinned, raised his right hand, and pointed to the skeleton of the nearest water-elemental dragon.

However, after a beam of energy of unknown nature flashed by, nothing happened.

The Dragon Bone was exactly the same as before, without being damaged in the slightest.

Seeing this, the Silver Dragon King tilted his head in confusion, not understanding what he was doing.

But the next moment, her huge vertical pupils suddenly contracted into a long slit as she looked in shock at the Dragon Bone that Su Cheng was pointing at.

The Dragon Bone was crouching on the ground, its head held high, still bearing the remnants of its former fighting spirit. It was over a hundred meters long, clearly indicating that it had been extremely powerful in life.

However, this level of strength was not considered particularly strong among the Dragon Clan during their heyday.

After Su Cheng pointed at it, the dragon Dragon Bone remained in its original position, with no change in appearance, movement, or even the color of the bones.

But that aura...

"Can you feel it, the power of the strong in this world? That power that comes from your own bloodline?"

Su Cheng's voice held a mixture of admiration and sarcasm, "What a peculiar creature! To be born with such powerful radiation capabilities. What a terrifying constitution it must possess to bear such a massive amount of radioactive elements at birth. It's hard to imagine that this is a living being..."

"..."

The Silver Dragon King fell silent.

She didn't know what the other person meant by terms like "radiation" or "radioactive elements."

However, as the Queen of the Dragon Clan, she could clearly sense the strange fluctuations emanating from that skeleton.

She was well aware that all true dragons, whether alive or dead, possessed similar energy fluctuations.

The strange Soul Beast of varying strengths and even the various Martial Soul produced by humans on Douluo Star, where she now lives in seclusion, are all due to the long-term, subtle influence of the Dragon Clan bloodline.

However, the strange fluctuations emanating from the remains of this water dragon, which could affect other lower-level beings, suddenly intensified dozens of times and continued to grow.

It is no exaggeration to say that if an ordinary wild beast with a resilient physique were to be obtained at this moment, as long as it could withstand this influence and survive by chance, it would immediately transform into Soul Beast with extremely strong bloodline!

If it were a stronger Soul Beast, its bloodline could be so powerful that it would be close to that of a dragon!

Noticing the shock in the eyes of the silver dragon on the cliff, Su Cheng curled his lips and continued, "There are quite a few bones buried in this valley. It seems that there was a great battle many years ago, which caused great damage to your race. Moreover, I see that you also have some hidden injuries that have not yet healed. I suppose there are also powerful enemies outside the spatial rift behind you, in the world you usually live in?"

"..."

"Why don't you guess what will happen if I activate all the Dragon Bone in this small world? And what will that mean for the world you're currently in?"

"..."

The Silver Dragon King fell silent.

The enormous dragon claws gripped the edge of the cliff uneasily, and its eyes flashed with a variety of expressions, including Killing Intent, fear, and worry.

She's not stupid.

It was merely a dragon corpse, yet through the other party's inexplicable manipulation, it generated such a powerful influence.

If this continues, let alone the corpses in the entire Dragon Valley, even just activating a few dozen or a hundred of them and then leaking that energy outward would be enough to easily turn all living beings on the entire Douluo Star into Dragon Transformation!

Not only that.

In this process, ordinary humans or other creatures who cannot withstand the bloodline mutation will die on the spot.

Even by the most optimistic estimate, the number of creatures that could survive under the influence of the Dragon Clan's power would be no more than ten percent.

She didn't care about the lives or deaths of other races.

The problem is that such a commotion would certainly not escape the notice of the gods in the Divine Realm.

When that time comes, the day of annihilation for the Dragon Clan and the Soul Beast will likely follow closely behind.

"... How did you do that?"

After a long while, the Silver Dragon King finally spoke again.

This time, her voice was no longer as calm as before.

Or rather, her voice now is more of a feigned calm, when in fact she's starting to panic.

She couldn't understand it at all.

Even as an avatar of the Dragon God, I couldn't have imagined or done anything like this.

But this tiny human boy before me was actually able to completely awaken the remaining dragon's might within the Dragon Clan's remains?!

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you." Su Cheng looked the other person up and down.

To be honest, when the Silver Dragon King stopped pretending to be profound, his voice was actually quite pleasant.

Do you understand quantum mechanics?

"..."

The Silver Dragon King tightened its claws, instantly crushing the rocks beneath its feet into dust.

She had reason to suspect that the other person was just making up a term to deceive her, but she still subconsciously asked back, "What kind of study?"

"Quantum mechanics. Your race's bodies contain a large number of radioactive elements. The atomic nuclei of these elements are very unstable, so they decay. When this process occurs, they are extremely radioactive and emit particle rays that have a huge impact on other organisms. Generally speaking, it is very difficult for the outside world to interfere with the decay process. However, I have found a way to make these atomic nuclei absorb a large amount of radiation in a short period of time, increasing their instability. In this way, probabilistically speaking, the number of nuclides decaying in each skeleton in a short period of time will naturally increase greatly. I can't really affect the half-life of a single atom, but when applied to the entire Dragon Bone, the radioactivity in a short period of time can be hundreds of times higher than before."

"..."

After hearing Su Cheng's words, the Silver Dragon King's expression became somewhat unnatural.

I couldn't understand a word this guy was saying.

"... Human, it seems I underestimated you. You do have something."

The Silver Dragon King stared at Su Cheng, his aura as solid as a mountain, but he did not make any further rash moves, constantly pondering a countermeasure in his mind.

The current situation is very unfavorable to her.

Relying on strength to resort to force is clearly a poor strategy.

If she could, she would naturally want to completely subdue the other person and then probe their memories, so that she could easily figure out everything.

However, this human is very powerful.

That last exchange proved that I don't have the ability to kill with a single blow.

Continuing the battle and getting entangled with the opponent makes it easy to defeat them, but it's difficult to find an opportunity to truly eliminate them. Failure, on the contrary, could cause the situation to spiral further out of control.

As for capturing them alive, that is much more difficult than killing them.

And if one were to use one's not yet fully recovered divine sense to probe the memories of a powerhouse of this level, it would be even more difficult than ascending to heaven.

Without realizing it, I had become the relatively passive party.

This was a situation she had never anticipated before this trip.

What bothered her most and what she couldn't understand was this person's strange methods.

It was precisely because of the other party's special abilities that she found herself in a dilemma.

This Dragon Valley beneath her feet, though the burial ground of fallen Dragon Clan, held immense significance for her.

However, if it is necessary to abandon or destroy this place for the sake of the overall situation, it is not impossible.

She was never a pedantic person.

The continuation of her race and her own responsibilities prevented her from acting on a whim.

The problem is, she has absolutely no idea what the principle behind the other party's actions was.

Moreover, based on this guy's explanation, it seems that whether the Dragon Clan remains can be further activated has little to do with the integrity of the Dragon Bone.

The Silver Dragon King himself was well aware of this.

The Dragon Clan's powerful influence over All Things Flourish is an innate and unique talent, a wonderful manifestation of their extraordinary bloodline.

Any true dragon, whether alive or dead, will always have some influence on the creatures in the vicinity wherever they exist.

Therefore, the idea of preemptively destroying these Dragon Bones to stop the immediate human threat is completely unworkable.

She has been completely cut off from all escape routes by the other party.

At this moment, even the Silver Dragon King was secretly regretting that this action seemed to have been a bit too reckless.

The previous rash actions only pushed the situation to an increasingly unfavorable point.

But who could have predicted that this person would so precisely strike at their Achilles' heel?

"...Human, I can let you leave this place. But you must promise not to do anything detrimental to the remains of my people."

After a long standoff, the Silver Dragon King finally spoke first, breaking the deadlock.

She spoke in a calm and indifferent tone, as if she had made a huge concession.

"No, no, no, you've got one thing wrong." Su Cheng shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't need you to let me go. If I want to leave, you can't stop me with your strength. The spatial rift you tore open has already given me a signpost to get out."

He stared into the other's strange and dazzling purple dragon eyes, his smile gradually fading, his expression turning solemn and cold.

"Sir, I am now the general."