An Unexpected Condition

Seeing the hesitant look in the eyes of the silver dragon standing on the cliff, Su Cheng was not in a hurry.

Aside from the difficulty in grasping the timing of the opponent's appearance, everything that happened after the Silver Dragon King appeared was within his expectations.

Images from his exploration of this valley years ago flashed through his mind.

At that time, Su Cheng's cultivation had recovered to a level close to that of Titled Douluo before he set off for the depths of the Dragon Tomb.

Although Titled Douluo's strength is not considered particularly great, he is at least capable of protecting himself.

As long as one doesn't deliberately seek death and acts with a little caution, the risks are still manageable.

He had to take the risk.

Such a small world is inherently extremely unstable, and it is impossible to predict how much stable growth time he will have at the beginning.

He must use the limited time available to accumulate enough trump cards to deal with any formidable enemy that may appear at any time.

This leads to a choice between two options.

Should we prioritize focusing on improving our strength, or should we begin exploring Dragon Valley first?

In Su Cheng's view, the latter offers better value for money.

At present, arduous training is not very meaningful for him. The growth of body and soul takes time, and simply absorbing energy to increase efficiency is very limited.

In comparison, with the True Sight Eye and the Dragon God Bloodline, and with such a treasure land as a testing ground, it would be much more worthwhile for him to first understand the situation of the Dragon Clan.

Even so, to gain a deeper understanding of the Dragon Clan bloodline, this valley, and even the power of the Dragon God, a great deal of time and effort is still required, so not a single second can be wasted.

As he walked forward, a faint, strange light flickered deep within Su Cheng's eyes, while he maintained a shallow, True Vision.

In his eyes, while the different Dragon Bone had many similarities, they were also very different.

The differences are even more pronounced than the differences between the White Tiger Martial Soul and the Hell Spirit Cat of the Star Luo Empire.

"As expected, they're all defective products..."

While understanding the situation, Su Cheng also felt a surge of more doubts.

Are Dragon Clan truly creatures that originated and evolved in nature?

If not, then where did this race come from, and what is the meaning of its existence?

And what exactly did that legendary Dragon God do, and what did he experience?

The answers to everything will only become clear after we see the Dragon God Soul.

As for the Dragon God Bloodline within his own body, Su Cheng had already studied it before, but couldn't discern much.

In fact, at this moment, the Dragon God Bloodline in his body is still suppressed by True Power and has not yet been fully activated.

This does not mean that the Dragon God Power is lower in level than his True Power.

Rather, it's because True Power is his foundation. As an outsider, the Dragon God Bloodline, without absolute suppression, can only occupy a corner.

Changing this situation is actually quite simple.

Su Cheng only needs to spend some time and effort to completely integrate this bloodline power into his physical body to remove the restrictions on the Dragon God Bloodline.

With his strong control over his body and his accumulated knowledge of Martial Soul Bloodline, he is fully capable of doing this.

But he hesitated for a long time and still didn't do it.

There are many reasons for this.

The subtle repulsion between the Dragon God's power and True Power proved that his guess before entering the Simulation was correct.

The addition of a powerful extraordinary bloodline has both advantages and disadvantages for his current state.

This is one point.

If he were to truly absorb the Dragon God Bloodline and inherit the Dragon God Power, Su Cheng couldn't be sure whether it would have any unknown impact on this unstable valley world, or even cause it to be born prematurely.

This is the second point.

In addition, there is a most important reason.

Silver Dragon King.

The complete Dragon God Bloodline would undoubtedly be incredibly tempting for the Silver Dragon King, one of the Dragon God's split entities, making it an excellent resource for advancement.

If one's situation is discovered by the other party, it means that a fundamental point of conflict and contradiction has emerged between them—a conflict of interests.

This will add uncertainty to his plans and strategies.

Su Cheng didn't want to make things difficult for the other party by forcing them to make a choice, so he simply decided not to integrate the bloodline for the time being.

But that's not enough; we also need to find a way to conceal the Dragon God's aura.

However, concealing the aura of the Dragon God is not easy.

Let alone hiding it, even if I wanted to reduce my bloodline as I did in the past, I couldn't do it by diluting the concentration.

Although both are bloodline powers, this is not an ordinary Martial Soul power, but the Dragon God Power, which can be called the bloodline of the ancestor of Martial Soul.

True Power can suppress it, or it can be integrated into it, but it cannot erase it.

Of course, even if he could do it, he wouldn't be willing to do something so wasteful; otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen this talent bloodline to enter the Simulation in the first place.

Anyway, there's still time.

Once he has witnessed the power of the Dragon God, he will likely have a way to modify the Dragon God Bloodline within him.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a colossal, mountain-like dragon Dragon Bone appeared ahead.

Its height is over a thousand meters, and its overall color is brownish-brown, making it look completely different from other Dragon Bone.

The most obvious difference is that it does not have wing bones on its back, and its body is extremely strong, especially its four limbs, which are as thick as pillars supporting the sky.

The Dragon Bone exuded an unparalleled heavy aura, causing the gravity fluctuations on the ground within a few thousand meters around it to be significantly greater than in other locations.

"Huh?"

Su Cheng's heart stirred, and he suddenly understood.

The enormous Dragon Bone before us must be the remains of the Mountain Dragon King.

To his surprise, the aura of this Mountain Dragon King's skeleton was somewhat similar to Ah Yin's Soul Power fluctuations in reality.

Su Cheng stared at the massive, mountain-like skeleton before him, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Compared to other Dragon Bone, the aura of this Mountain Dragon King's remains is much stronger, and the will contained within it is also ten times more intense, which can even be described as emotional fluctuation.

That was anger, resentment, and bitterness that had never dissipated over the years...

In the very center of its skeleton, there is a huge crack that extends from the head to the tail.

Clearly, it had been cut in half with a sharp weapon before it died.

However, there was no longer any energy fluctuation on the crack, making it impossible to discern who had made the move.

After a long while, Su Cheng set off again, bypassing the remains of the Mountain Dragon King.

The ground behind it collapsed once again, revealing a huge crater with a diameter of over 10,000 meters.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

When he reached the edge of the pit, it seemed as if the blood in his entire body was boiling.

As his heart pounded in his chest, thick blood plasma rushed through his body, and Su Cheng's face flushed slightly.

The Dragon God Bloodline, which had been suppressed by True Power, suddenly went berserk, and a strong Dragon God aura rose up from him.

At the same time, a powerful call, the specifics of which were unclear, echoed endlessly deep within my heart.

The next moment, the dragon skeletons in the entire valley seemed to come alive, emitting countless deafening roars and wails.

Those were sounds that outsiders couldn't hear.

It was a roar, it was a lament, it was the dead dragons pouring out their endless resentment and anger to him!

Su Cheng frowned. "They really came..."

He immediately closed his eyes and quickly channeled all his True Power.

The noises subsided only after the surging power of the Dragon God Bloodline was suppressed again.

When I opened my eyes again, everything had settled down. The Dragon Bone were still the same Dragon Bone, and there was nothing unusual about them.

The scene just now felt like an illusion, as if nothing had ever happened.

But Su Cheng understood that it was not an illusion.

If it weren't for their own strength being sufficient, and their True Power energy level being enough to suppress the bloodline riot, this small world would definitely be in big trouble.

Those dead Dragon Bone could not truly be resurrected, but he himself was likely to become a pure Dragon Clan.

From the perspective of bloodline alone, the power of human bloodline is clearly incomparable to that of the Dragon Clan.

He couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he hadn't blindly explored this Dragon Tomb before, but instead prioritized improving his strength; otherwise, he would definitely have failed miserably.

The bloodline of the Dragon God is far more powerful than imagined.

Only after the boiling power of his bloodline completely subsided did Su Cheng look down into the deep pit.

This enormous pit, also over a thousand meters deep, contained a massive, shimmering, seven-colored mist that obscured his view, making it difficult to discern its true form.

But he had a strong intuition that if he chose to go in, the light mist would not hinder him in the slightest, but would instead welcome him.

However, he clearly had no intention of going down.

A blazing golden light shone in his eyes as he activated True Sight Eye at full power.

The energy-gathered mist in the pit did not obstruct his vision, and the scene behind him was immediately revealed in his True Vision.

That was a gigantic dragon soul.

It was twice the size of the Mountain Dragon King's skeleton, its entire body shimmering with seven-colored light, and its scales were dazzling, as if they were inlaid with countless gems.

Its head was held high, and its whole body exuded a majestic and noble aura.

The moment Su Cheng saw the dragon soul, his bloodline began to stir again.

"The Dragon God Soul of the Dragon God".

He murmured in a low, affirmative tone.

Very strong.

The power fluctuations of the dragon soul energy body that has condensed in the Dragon Tomb are absolutely comparable to those of God-level.

Fortunately, this thing doesn't have any consciousness, otherwise Su Cheng wouldn't be confident he could defeat it.

He didn't dare get too close at all.

If this thing, because of the Dragon God Bloodline within him, were to come and try to get close to him, his small body wouldn't be able to handle it.

By then, the bloodline will likely be completely out of control and run rampant, and even True Power will be unable to suppress it.

So, Su Cheng sat cross-legged at the edge of the pit, silently observing the enormous seven-colored dragon soul before him with his True Sight Eye, analyzing it bit by bit. From the whole, to the parts, and then to the core...

In this process, he also constantly used the power of his own bloodline to compare and verify with it, in order to understand the special characteristics of the Dragon God Bloodline.

And so he sat in meditation before the Dragon God Soul for more than three years.

Aside from occasionally leaving to conduct research or experiment on the effects of his own bloodline on other Dragon Bone, he did nothing else.

He spent far more time here than he did cultivating.

It was at that time that he finally formulated and perfected his follow-up plan, figuring out how to deal with the Silver Dragon King and others in the future.

All factors, including strength, environment, and even gains and losses, have been taken into consideration, and different coping strategies have been planned for different situations.

With such preparations underway, he certainly had ample confidence...

"Human, have you made up your mind to be my enemy?"

At this moment, the Silver Dragon King's deep voice woke Su Cheng from his memories.

He looked up at the other person. "What you're saying makes no sense. I don't want to be enemies with anyone, but how do you explain attacking me right away?"

"..."

The Silver Dragon King paused upon hearing this.

This was indeed a misjudgment on her part, and she secretly regretted it.

Seeing that the Silver Dragon King was speechless, Su Cheng felt that the time was right, so he took the initiative to change the subject and said, "You just called me 'human'? That means that in your world, there are also beings similar to me, right?"

"?"

The Silver Dragon King paused for a moment, a look of realization dawning on his eyes.

Yes.

From the moment they first met, she felt there was something strange about the other person's words, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong with them.

Could it be that the other party is not a being of this world?

By the way, the power this person used earlier was also completely different from that of any human powerhouse I knew.

It is neither Soul Power nor divine power, but an exceptionally mysterious force.

There seemed to be no Martial Soul in him.

"You--"

She was about to ask a question when Su Cheng interrupted her.

"Promise me one thing, and I can teach you the method I used before. Even if you don't understand the principles, you can use it easily. And I can guarantee that once you learn it, you will never have to worry about the potential harm this matter may bring to your race again."

"... What are the conditions?"

The Silver Dragon King lowered his eyelids slightly, and his voice became unusually cold.

Dragon Clan are never threatened by humans.

If this human wants to coerce me with such despicable means, he has miscalculated!

"Show me the respect I deserve."

"Respect?"

Upon hearing this, the giant beast's eyes widened again, a clear look of astonishment flashing in its purple pupils.

The mysterious and unpredictable young man opposite us, who had been making such a fuss for so long and held such a heavy bargaining chip, only had this one simple request?

"You just said there's only one condition, right?"

"That's right, that's my condition."

Su Cheng's voice was calm, as if he did not sense the other party's surprise.

The Silver Dragon King, however, was somewhat suspicious and asked in return, "How do you intend to show respect?"

"First, get down to earth. Don't talk to me from such a high place."

"...I see."

The giant beast moved its dragon claws.

After hesitating for a moment, it muttered something under its breath, then spread its huge wings and flew down from the edge of the cliff, landing in front of Su Cheng.

Is it okay now?

"Lower it a bit."

As Su Cheng examined the enormous silver dragon before him up close, he felt its beauty and majesty even more.

These beings, born at the pinnacle of all living beings, possess a beauty that transcends species.

A long, slender dragon body, sharp claws and teeth, broad wings, a powerful, long tail...

The perfectly smooth body lines and the clean scales that shimmer with a brilliant silver luster all exemplify the ultimate in strength and beauty.

Do you think looking down at me like that is respect?