Dragon Totem

In the Secret Realm Gate, Jiang Yang grabbed the Azure Roc's talon with one hand while hacking away with the Black Gold Ancient Blade in the other.

His fighting style was savage and crude—not that it lacked technique, but it had nothing to do with technique at all.

"Full legendary gear and I still can't take you down?"

Jiang Yang lopped off the Azure Roc's head with one slash. The Black Gold Ancient Blade neutralized the delayed injuries. In the original story, Ye Fan had also cleared this stage by relying on that same blade.

But Ye Fan could only delay injuries for one minute.

Jiang Yang could delay them for ten—probably tied to his own combat power.

The third stage featured a black humanoid figure wielding a massive sword.

"A professional?"

Plunderer's Insight gave no information. This shadow was purely a virtual construct of the secret realm.

In the original story, this third-stage shadow was the most common type: a Basic Warrior.

A level-one Basic Warrior profession, with three times the physical stats of an ordinary person, and one skill—something called Broadsword Slash.

In the novel, Ye Fan nearly died at the third stage because the shadow's attack power almost exceeded the Black Gold Ancient Blade's limit.

The blade's injury delay also had a cap, which shifted based on the user's combat power.

Jiang Yang said nothing, charging straight in with his blade.

The secret realm's virtual shadow possessed extremely high combat technique—unfortunately, it ran into Jiang Yang.

Higher physical stats, better gear, better skills.

Pure numerical crush—overwhelming force breaks all laws!

Before the black figure could even approach, Jiang Yang unleashed a Crescent Slash, then followed up with a brutal beating.

This black shadow's combat power was inferior to the Azure Roc's; it only had superior technique. But against Jiang Yang's bulldozer approach, it could only fall here.

Clearing three stages in a row, Jiang Yang sheathed the Black Gold Ancient Blade. He knew the fourth and fifth stages—which should have appeared—wouldn't show up.

This secret realm was flawed!

In the original story, Ye Fan only later discovered the realm had five stages total.

The fourth and fifth were extremely difficult, practically impossible to clear.

But due to certain special reasons, at this point in time, the fourth and fifth stages simply wouldn't appear.

Your luck has now become my bridal gift!

The surroundings began to shift, returning to the moment he first entered—total darkness all around.

But in that darkness loomed a colossal body stretching thousands of meters.

A giant dragon.

A Divine Dragon from classic Eastern mythology!

Waves of Dragon Might pulsed and radiated. The dragon's body was covered in countless horrific wounds—unimaginable what kind of battle it had endured.

Jiang Yang's breathing quickened. In the original story, this secret realm was condensed by the Divine Dragon before its death, meant to preserve a sliver of its true spirit.

That sliver of dragon true spirit was the Inherited Profession—Dragon Totem!

The Black Gold Ancient Blade emitted a faint glow, easing Jiang Yang's injuries. The Dragon Might alone had already placed enormous pressure on him.

Now Jiang Yang walked toward the dragon's head. The dragon's eyes were closed, and a faint red light flickered between its two horns—that was the Dragon Totem.

Jiang Yang quickened his pace. Blood began seeping from the corner of his mouth. The Black Gold Ancient Blade's injury delay had reached its limit!

In the original story, by the time Ye Fan reached the dragon's side, he was drenched in blood.

Now Jiang Yang couldn't avoid it either. But he was still stronger than Ye Fan, so he wasn't quite as battered.

Still, as he advanced, the sound of bones creaking under pressure came from his own body.

This Dragon Might targeted professionals at different levels. In the original story, after Ye Fan took the Dragon Totem, the secret realm remained, the dragon's body vanished, but the Dragon Might persisted.

Later, a level-five professional entered the realm to investigate its secrets—and was crushed to death by the Dragon Might.

Without great perseverance, no one could claim the Dragon Totem.

Right now, the Dragon Might targeting Jiang Yang was only at an ordinary person's level. The Captain America Serum was a physiological cheat, but Jiang Yang was still, at his core, an ordinary Earthling.

"What Ye Fan could take, I can take too!"

Jiang Yang looked up, breathing hard. The immense pressure had wracked his entire body with pain; he felt his blood had stopped flowing.

But he kept moving forward. His seven orifices were forced to bleed under the pressure. Plunderer's Insight couldn't read the dragon's information, and instead left Jiang Yang dazed.

He was still just an ordinary person. Jiang Yang's mental fortitude wasn't as strong as Ye Fan's—but he also wanted to survive.

The most primal will to live was ignited. Jiang Yang pushed through the pressure until he stood beneath the dragon's forehead.

The totem mark between the two horns descended. Countless images flashed before Jiang Yang's eyes.

In the vast starry cosmos, a giant dragon was locked in battle with an indescribable monster.

Jiang Yang couldn't describe the monster's form. One glance sent his mind into chaos, his thoughts twisting. He lost all cognition—unable to describe, unable to convey.

Countless scenes flickered by. The dragon lost the upper hand in the fight, dragged into an abyss by that nameless horror. Everything began to warp.

The final image was the dragon's fall—transforming into this secret realm on Earth.

The visions ended. The Dragon Totem was now engraved on Jiang Yang's forehead.

A dragon's roar pulled Jiang Yang out of his dazed, fractured state.