Gold-Touching Captain Di Tian, Half-Saint Dragon's Lair!

At the same time, in the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

East Dragon Island, outer patrol camp.

Crunch! Crunch!

A teeth-grinding chewing sound echoed through the air.

Di Tian, clad in the Purple Gold Void Dragon Armor with a towering physique, was crouched in the corner of the stable. He held a fruit the size of a watermelon, which radiated a crimson, fiery luster, and was gnawing on it until his mouth was slick with juice.

That was a Red Flame Dragon Fruit; among the Ancient Void Dragon clan, it was high-grade fodder used to feed the mounts of elders.

In Di Tian's eyes, however, this was a peerless divine medicine!

Hiccup!

With one fruit down, Di Tian let out a satisfied burp, and a wisp of purple dragon breath laced with spatial fissures actually erupted from his mouth.

BOOM!

The aura within his body surged once more, directly shattering that thin, fragile barrier!

Feeling the power surging like an ocean inside him, Di Tian wiped the fruit stains from the corner of his mouth, his purple vertical pupils flashing with a wild light.

This life is simply divine!

Back in the Star Dou Forest, I had to sleep for tens of thousands of years just to absorb a bit of heaven and earth essence!

Here, by sneaking two pieces of fodder every day while feeding the horses, I can break through three levels in a row!

The current Di Tian had long since been reborn.

His original form, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, had completely evolved into a Purple Gold Void Flood Dragon.

Although he was not yet a pure-blooded Ancient Void Dragon, he already possessed a portion of the authority over the void.

His dragon claws were sharper, capable of tearing through space with ease;

His scales were incomparably hard, such that even if he took a divine skill from the Douluo Continent head-on, it would only spark a few embers.

More importantly, he had learned how to get by.

"Yo, Little Tian, sneaking more feed again?"

Just then, a teasing voice drifted over.

A youth with a pair of gray dragon horns and a somewhat roguish air walked over.

He hooked his arm around Di Tian's shoulder, his tone familiar: "If the Deacon sees you, watch out—he'll dock half a month's worth of your Dragon Blood Pills."

This youth was named Gu Li, a low-level patrol guard on East Dragon Island and the "big brother" Di Tian had grown close to during his time here.

"Hehe, Brother Li, you're joking."

Di Tian immediately put on a fawning smile and skillfully pulled a flask of wine from his robes.

This was Fire Cloud Brew, which he had traded for at the market using his own shed dragon scales.

"I was just hungry, that's all."

"Come, come, Brother Li, have a taste of this. I just traded for it yesterday; it's got a real kick!"

Gu Li took the flask, took a large gulp, and smacked his lips in satisfaction: "At least you've got some sense, kid."

"Even though you came from that backwater place called the Douluo Continent, your awareness is much better than those blockheads in the clan."

The two squatted by the stable, drinking and boasting.

After three rounds of drinks, Gu Li suddenly lowered his voice and leaned in close to Di Tian's ear, acting mysterious: "Hey, Little Tian, don't say Brother isn't looking out for you."

"I got some inside information recently. Interested in pulling off a big job?"

A big job?

Di Tian's eyes lit up instantly, his purple vertical pupils shrinking to pinpricks: "Brother Li, tell me! Are we going to steal spirit herbs from the North Island, or hunt a Void Thunder Beast?"

"Just say the word, and this little brother's hide will be your shield!"

"Go, go, go, steal spirit herbs? How beneath us."

Gu Li rolled his eyes at him, his expression turning solemn as he pointed toward a direction deep in the void: "It's the Dragon Tomb."

"Two days ago, a riot occurred in the void turbulence, and an ancient cave dwelling hidden in a spatial rift appeared."

"According to reliable sources, it is the resting place of an ancient wandering Ancient Void Dragon at the Half-Saint level!"

Half-Saint?!

Di Tian's entire body shuddered, and the wine flask in his hand nearly fell to the ground.

A tomb of a Half-Saint level ancient dragon?

How many treasures must be inside there?

"Brother Li, with our status as small fries, are we even qualified to go to a tomb of that level?"

Di Tian swallowed hard, feeling a bit timid.

"If it were a complete tomb of a Half-Saint, it certainly wouldn't be our turn; the elders would have cleared the area long ago."

Gu Li chuckled, a glimmer of greed flashing in his eyes. "But because of a void storm, this tomb is severely fragmented and split into several different zones."

"We can't reach the core area, but the elders don't care for those broken outer spaces. It's perfect for us patrol guards to pick up the scraps!"

"Just think about it—that's the tomb of a Half-Saint!"

"Even if we just find a shattered Saint-grade dragon bone or a single drop of dried Saint-grade essence blood—"

"Our breakthrough will be a certainty! We might even have a shot at reaching Dou Saint in the future!"

Dou Saint!

The word seemed to have a magical power, instantly igniting a wildfire in Di Tian's heart.

Although he wasn't weak in the Battle Qi Continent, he was still just a gatekeeper within the Ancient Void Dragon clan.

If he could break through to Dou Saint, he could finally be promoted!

He could become a true Dragon Guard!

He could even possess his own territory!

"Brother Li! I'm in!"

Di Tian stood up abruptly, his purple-gold dragon scales clashing with a crisp, metallic sound. "It's just an expedition, right? Although my strength is humble, my eyes are exceptionally sensitive to spatial fluctuations."

"I can take charge of scouting the path and clearing the traps!"

"As long as you let me have a sip of soup when you're eating the meat, Brother Li!"

"Hahahaha! Good!"

Gu Li patted Di Tian's shoulder heavily. "I love that ruthless spirit of yours!"

"Go back and prepare. Bring your gear."

"We'll meet at the Void Lightning Pool at midnight tonight."

"There are two other brothers joining us. The four of us will form a Grave Robbing Squad and go make a killing in that Half-Saint's tomb!"

On the other side, in the Star Dou Forest of the Douluo Continent.

"Gulp—"

Xiong Jun watched the screen, seeing Di Tian's face flushed with excitement over grave robbing, and swallowed hard.

"A Half-Saint's tomb—"

"Picking up a bone is enough to break through?"

"Picking up a drop of blood is enough to aim for that 'Dou Saint' thing?"

Xiong Jun turned to look at Gu Yuena beside him, his tone filled with unconcealable longing. "My Lady."

"We've guarded the Dragon God Ruins for so many years, yet we haven't seemed to gain any benefits—"

"Look at them; they just go out for a stroll, dig a grave, and find a Half-Saint's fortune."

Gu Yuena was completely numb by now.

Watching Di Tian living his best life as a hoodlum, she couldn't even muster any anger, only a deep sense of envy.

"Indeed—"

Gu Yuena gave a bitter smile, looking at the incomplete Dragon God Scale in her hand.

She used to treat it like a priceless treasure.

Now, looking at it, it felt like nothing more than a broken piece of tile.

"Lord Dragon God, it is not that we are unfaithful."

"It is simply that the treatment over there is too good."

"Even a blockhead like Di Tian can go dig up a Half-Saint's grave—"

"If I were to go—"

Involuntarily, images flooded Gu Yuena's mind: she was using her spatial talents to slaughter her way through that Half-Saint's tomb, seizing supreme treasures.

It was too tempting.

On the Sky Screen, the scene shifted.

Void Lightning Pool, midnight.

Di Tian, carrying a sixth-tier magic core blade he had traded for with Deep Sea Heavy Silver, followed behind Gu Li to rendezvous with two other Ancient Void Dragon warriors.

The four-man squad slipped into the violent void turbulence like ghosts.

Di Tian walked at the very front, his purple-gold vertical pupils emitting an eerie glow as he scanned the surrounding spatial rifts.

"Brother Li! Three o'clock to the left! There are traces of spatial folding! That's the entrance!"

"Brother Li! Watch your step! That's Void Thunder Beast dung, it's poisonous!"

"Brother Li! I smell it! Hidden inside that floating meteorite ahead is a seventh-rank Dragon Blood Grass!"

Di Tian was performing with exceptional professionalism; he was practically a natural-born void guide!

In this moment, he was no longer the Beast God of the Douluo Continent.

He was the first-ever gold-medal Gold-Touching Captain of the East Dragon Island branch, Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Battle Qi Continent: Di Tian!

Watching his back as he moved through the turbulent void like a fish in water, the soul beasts of the entire Douluo Continent shed tears of envy.

Is this even an expedition?

This is clearly just picking up money!

Battle Through the Heavens Plane, deep within the turbulent void, on the outskirts of the Broken Half-Saint Tomb.

The surroundings were a deathly, silvery silence. Countless void storms, strong enough to easily tear a Dou Zun expert to shreds, wove through the group like swimming fish.

"Be careful, don't step on the Void Moss."

Gu Li, walking at the very front, casually waved a hand to manifest a spatial barrier, blocking a gust of gale-force wind. He turned back and whispered a warning: "This moss might look unremarkable, but once it touches you, it will cling like a maggot to the bone and drain the Battle Qi from your body. Even a Dou Zun wouldn't dare provoke it lightly."

Di Tian, following behind, was so startled that he quickly retracted the claw he had just reached out to pluck a piece of moss for research.

"Good heavens, even a bit of moss can drain a Dou Zun?"

"Is this place really that brutal?"

Di Tian swallowed hard, his purple-gold vertical pupils working to their limit, staring fixedly at the fluctuations in every inch of space around them.

The four-man squad was currently walking along a suspended path paved with broken meteorites.

Aside from their captain Gu Li, the other two members were Gu Meng, a burly man responsible for tanking damage, and Gu Ling, who possessed agile footwork and was responsible for flanking support.

As for Di Tian, the only transfer student from another world, he had been placed in the middle of the formation.

He was responsible for scouting the path with his mutated Void Divine Pupil.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, Di Tian let out a sharp, low shout. His dragon tail lashed out, tightly coiling around a protruding rock to force his body to a halt.

"What's wrong? Why the sudden outburst?" Gu Meng grumbled with some dissatisfaction; the heavy hammer in his hands was itching for action.

"Up ahead, the path is broken."

Di Tian pointed at the seemingly flat void path ahead, a fine layer of cold sweat seeping onto his forehead: "My eyes can see that the space there has been folded!"

"That's not a path; that's a spatial meat grinder."

"If you step on it even once, your body will be instantly teleported to three different coordinates and dismembered on the spot!"

"What?!"

Gu Li was shocked. He quickly stepped forward and flicked a strand of probing Battle Qi toward the spot.

Sizzle!

The moment that Battle Qi touched the location Di Tian had pointed out, it was like a block of tofu thrown into a high-speed propeller; it was instantly shredded into nothingness, not even leaving a scrap of residue behind!

"Hiss, that was close!"

Gu Meng turned deathly pale, subconsciously reaching up to touch his own neck.

If Di Tian hadn't shouted to stop just now, he reckoned his head would be on East Dragon Island while his feet were on West Dragon Island.

"Good lad! You've got some real talent!"

Gu Li patted Di Tian's shoulder heavily, his eyes showing genuine appreciation for the first time: "To be able to spot such a hidden spatial folding trap at a single glance? These eyes of yours were practically born for tomb raiding!"

"Heh heh, Brother Li is too kind. It's just luck, pure luck."

Di Tian laughed modestly, while internally he was screaming: Luck my ass! I was the boss of the Star Dou Forest for hundreds of thousands of years. If I have no other skills, the instinct for self-preservation is carved into my very bones!

Finally, after avoiding the lethal traps, the squad entered the first level of the tomb.

Everywhere here were broken walls and ruins, with countless massive skeletons floating about.

"Bad luck, another outer area."

Gu Li kicked aside a white bone the thickness of a thigh that was emitting a faint, ghostly glow, looking at it with utter disdain: "These are just the bones of the menial spirit beasts buried with that Half-Saint expert. Thousands of years have passed, and the energy has all but leaked away. It's not even worth picking up for firewood—too much smoke."

Having said that, Gu Li and the other two didn't even spare it a second glance and walked straight toward the depths.

However, after they had walked a few steps away, Di Tian acted like a thief and quietly lagged behind.

He tremblingly picked up the waste bone that Gu Li had kicked away.

Hum!

The moment he held it in his hand, Di Tian felt a strand of earth-attribute origin energy, so pure it made him suffocate, drill through his palm and into his body!

"This... this is the leg bone of a peak seventh-rank Earth Violent Bear!!"

"Energy leaked away? This clearly still has energy equivalent to at least a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!!"

"Used as firewood??"

Di Tian's heart bled; these Ancient Void Dragons were truly squandering heaven's gifts!

If this thing were brought back to the Douluo Continent, it would be a top-tier torso spirit bone!

It would be enough to trigger a war between two empires!

"Collect them! Collect them all!"

Di Tian was quick-eyed and nimble; taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he frantically stuffed the "trash" on the ground into his storage ring.

A seventh-rank magical beast skull? Collected!

A tattered high-level Xuan-grade battle technique scroll? Collected!

A night pot belonging to a semi-saint powerhouse? Collected!!

Along the few hundred meters of the corridor, Di Tian was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden; wherever he passed, nothing remained, and he even pried up two floor tiles.

However, just as Di Tian was having the time of his life picking up trash:

Rumble!!

The space ahead suddenly shook violently, and an extremely ferocious roar echoed out!

"Roar!!"

"Oh no! It's a tomb-guarding beast soul!!"

Gu Li's exclamation rang out.

Di Tian rushed forward, only to see that in front of a massive stone gate, an Ancient Sky Demon Puppet—translucent and condensed from pure soul power—was blocking their path while wielding a broken long spear!

Although this puppet lacked a physical body, the aura it exuded had clearly reached the level of a one-star Dou Zun!

"Damn it! The intelligence was wrong! How could there be a Dou Zun-level tomb-guarding puppet here?!"

Gu Meng was swept away by a single strike of the puppet's spear; the dragon scales on his chest shattered, and blood sprayed wildly.

"Brother Li! This mark is too tough! Let's retreat!" Gu Ling was also panicking; under the pressure of a Dou Zun-level entity, he couldn't even utilize his speed.

"Retreat? Retreat where? Behind us is nothing but spatial turbulence!"

Gu Li gritted his teeth, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes: "Fight it! As long as we shatter its Soul Core, this puppet will be our spoils of war!"

"Ancient Formation! Form up!!"

The three of them quickly took their positions, attempting to form the joint-attack formation of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.

But, they were one person short!

"Di Tian! Where the hell did you die?! Get over here and fill the gap!!" Gu Li roared.

However, when he looked back, he discovered that Di Tian was not standing in the defensive position—he had vanished?

"Damn it! Did that lizard from the other world run away?!"