Dylan

"Lin Feng, I've taken care of that big, stupid bear. Now it's time for you to honor your promise and take me to the human world for a look around, isn't it?" Sadius had been cooped up in this underground cave for hundreds of years and was thoroughly sick of it. Now that she had finally entered the Saint Realm, she naturally wanted to see what the outside world was like.

"I'm in no hurry. There's one more thing I need to retrieve. Once I have it, we'll leave." Lin Feng smiled as he walked to the center of the cave.

Of course, he had to take the Violet Blood Soft Sword. Besides, without it, Dylan couldn't escape from the Gebada Plane. And without Dylan, Yulan would be a lot less entertaining.

Lin Feng's right hand was soon covered in fine black dragon scales. He punched the ceiling of the cave.

With a crash, the rocks shattered and tumbled down.

A huge black circular platform was revealed at the top of the cavern. It was embedded in the ceiling, and part of its surface was still covered by rock. Clearly, Lin Feng's attack had dislodged many rocks from the ceiling, exposing part of the platform.

"What is that?" Sadius asked, puzzled, as she looked at the black platform and the purple sword embedded in it.

"A magic array," Lin Feng explained with a faint smile.

"A magic array? How is that possible? How could there be such a powerful magic array? Even I can feel its aura making me tremble." Sadius stared at the enormous, intricate array in disbelief.

"This magic array was used to seal the Gebada Plane." Lin Feng focused on sensing the array and the Violet Blood Soft Sword as he answered Sadius's question.

"The Gebada Plane? What's that?" Sadius was certainly old, but she was only a thousand or two years old at most. Since she had lived in this valley from the day she was born, she had naturally never heard of the Gebada Plane.

"The Gebada Plane is a prison for gods, a place where criminal gods are held."

After answering, Lin Feng sent a drop of blood flying toward the Violet Blood Soft Sword.

The purple sword, coated in dust and sealed away for who knew how long, easily absorbed the drop of blood like a sponge. At the same time, it began to tremble and emit a ringing hum.

The dust coating its surface shook off completely. An eerie, blood-red sheen began to ripple across the sword, as if blood were flowing over it. Knowing that the blood-bonding had succeeded, Lin Feng leaped up and grabbed the purple sword, then yanked it free. Clang! Its clear ringing cry sounded almost jubilant.

Lin Feng knew that Dylan would be out soon now that he had drawn the Violet Blood Soft Sword. There was no time to study the divine sword, so he immediately put it into his Space Ring.

"Sadius, let's go!"

Lin Feng charged toward the underground passage they had come through. Beibei sprang onto his shoulder.

Sadius had no idea what was happening, but she trusted Lin Feng completely. A shadow flashed, and she shot out of the cave toward the passage.

Mist swirled above Mist Valley. The giant dragons that had been circling and playing in the sky had nearly all landed and were resting on the ground. Only a few remained in the air. Without exception, they kept their distance from the small mountain.

The passage beneath the small mountain was a forbidden place!

The dragons still remembered that the poor human had charged into the forbidden place a few days ago. He must have been killed by now.

Whoosh!

A black blur suddenly shot out of the underground passage and sped west.

"What's that?" More than a hundred giant dragons noticed the humanoid blur.

Roar!

More than a hundred giant dragons immediately flew into a rage.

A human had dared to enter the dragons' territory! One after another, the giant dragons spread their wings and chased after Lin Feng. But Lin Feng was far too fast now. Even the largest fire dragon could only watch his figure grow more distant until, in no time at all, he had left them behind and disappeared from sight.

"Hmph. You wyverns can look forward to becoming Dylan's sons' food." Lin Feng glanced back at the wyverns he had left behind, then flew out of Mist Valley.

Though the Spined Iron-Armored Dragon didn't have the wyverns' wings, she had entered the Saint Realm and could naturally fly. She followed Lin Feng out of the valley.

Deep in the underground cavern, the mysterious magic array on the black circular platform, its markings intricate beyond measure, began to glow. It was as if a stream of bright silver water were flowing along every line in the array. Gradually, the entire array lit up, growing blindingly bright.

Boom!

A deep rumble rang out, and the mysterious array shone ever more brightly. The rumbling grew louder and more urgent. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The sounds rang out again and again like drumbeats, while the array trembled continuously.

Crack! The black circular platform, made of some unknown material, suddenly split open, forming three cracks.

Once the black platform had split in three places, the light of the entire magic array began to flicker. The rumbling seemed spurred on by this, growing louder and faster. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Like thunder and pounding rain, the sounds rang out relentlessly. Then came a crash—the entire black platform shattered, destroying the mysterious array that had been built upon it. Visible ripples in space spread in every direction from the point of the explosion.

The dragons in Mist Valley were still wondering about the humanoid monster they had seen when they suddenly felt the earth trembling. A sense of dread gripped them all, and they immediately spread their wings and took flight. In the very next instant, crash!

The area for several miles around suddenly exploded. The small mountain that had blocked the underground passage was blasted into dust.

Roar! A low growl came from underground.

Where the black circular platform had stood, space split open like a sheet of paper, revealing a huge gash. A handsome young man with an eerie air, dressed in a dark golden robe, hurried out through the opening. He was hunched over, shielding three little kittens in his arms.

The young man looked rather disheveled, and there was blood on his face.

Whoosh!

The opening vanished, but the space there became unstable, with all kinds of chaotic forces drifting through it.

"I finally escaped." The young man looked at the unstable space behind him, his face alight with delight.

"Haha! After all these years, I've finally escaped that godforsaken place." A vertical scar marked the young man's brow. Suddenly, it opened, revealing an eye with a golden pupil.

The golden eye gazed across heaven and earth.

"This is Yulan!" The eerie young man laughed with delight. "Wonderful!"

"Father, I'm hungry," said one of the little kittens in his arms.

"I'm hungry too."

The other two kittens spoke as well.

Cats that could talk?

Could they be Saint Realm magical beasts?

"Good! Haha, there are more than a hundred little dragons up there. You can have a nice meal!" the eerie young man said with a hearty laugh.

"Oh!"

The three little kittens cheered excitedly and shot up from underground like three bolts of lightning. As they flew, they grew larger and larger. The eerie young man smiled and took a single step, appearing in midair above Mist Valley.