Though most of the seal had been broken, its core might not have failed completely!
And the Dragon-Suppressing Key—the supreme treasure the ancient dragon race had used to suppress, seal, and restrain evil entities—might be the key to reactivating the seal!
Desperately, he used his divine sense to communicate with the Dragon-Suppressing Key fragments within his Sumeru Ring.
The complete Dragon-Suppressing Key, formed from the three fragments "Suppress," "Trapping," and "Seal," lay deep within his Sumeru Ring. It seemed to sense the overwhelming undead death aura outside, as well as the resonance between the Dragon Soul Mirror mark within Lu Chen and the Azure Dragon's dragon essence...
It began to tremble faintly!
"Hm?" The Undead Monarch's avatar suddenly narrowed its ghostly green eyes, sensing something.
It looked toward Lu Chen's left hand—or, more precisely, the Sumeru Ring on the tip of his left finger.
From there emanated an ancient fluctuation that made it profoundly uneasy, carrying the dragon race's suppressive power!
"That is... impossible! The Dragon-Suppressing Key should have been completely destroyed in the Return to Ruins Secret Realm long ago!" For the first time, the Undead Monarch's avatar lost its composure, its voice laced with incredulous fury!
"How could you possibly still have it?!"
Lu Chen answered with a furious roar that shook the heavens!
"Dragon-Suppressing Key—rise!!!"
The Sumeru Ring suddenly erupted with a blinding burst of golden light!
A palm-sized ancient token, dark cyan throughout and densely covered in ancient dragon patterns and runes, emerged like a giant dragon awakening after ten thousand years of slumber, releasing a clear, soaring dragon's cry!
The complete Dragon-Suppressing Key—after ten thousand years, it had appeared in the world once more!
The instant it emerged, it seemed to sense its mortal foe. It burst forth with dazzling golden-cyan radiance and charged fearlessly