Hearing Lu Jun's punchable tone, the corner of Gu Yue Na's mouth twitched slightly, and a nameless fire nearly flared up within her.
She opened her mouth, hesitated, and ultimately swallowed the retort that had reached her lips.
There was no point in arguing with an artificial intelligence running on preset programming, other than making herself angry.
Just then, as if performing a magic trick, Lu Jun rummaged through the pocket of his seemingly ordinary white robe and pulled something out.
It was a diamond-shaped crystal about the size of a fist, radiating a gentle yet majestic nine-colored glow. Liquid energy seemed to flow within it.
He casually tossed the crystal to Gu Yue Na.
The crystal felt warm in her hand, yet carried an indescribable weight, as though she were holding the rise and fall of the entire Dragon Clan.
The instant she touched the crystal, the Silver Dragon King's bloodline within Gu Yue Na, along with the complete Golden Dragon King Bloodline origin she had carefully sealed away, reacted as though they had received a sovereign's summons. They instantly resonated and surged violently, filled with both yearning and instinctive fear.
"This is... the Heart of the Dragon God!"
Gu Yue Na instantly recognized this supreme sacred relic of the Dragon Clan and looked up at Lu Jun in shock.
"That's right. This is the Heart of the Dragon God, the core crystallization of the Dragon God's power and will."
Still wearing that languid expression, Lu Jun pointed at the nine-colored crystal.
"It's also the key item that will help you successfully merge the bloodlines of the two Dragon Kings and take the final step."
"Don't worry. This isn't an illusion. It's the real thing—something my true self went through some trouble to salvage from where the Dragon God