In the endless deep space, the spherical White Dwarf floats quietly.
It is extremely dense and has a terrifying overweight that can crush flesh and blood in an instant.
But if anyone could observe this place carefully, they would be surprised to find that there is life on such an extremely dangerous celestial body.
Red Iron Dragon is exercising silently.
With more than 100,000 times the weight pressing on him, he felt as if the scales and bones all over his body were being compressed.
In fact, this is indeed the case.
In this extreme environment, every inch of his body was under unimaginable oppression, as if an invisible big hand was constantly tightening and squeezing.
It has been more than ten years since the discovery of White Dwarf.
From the moment he discovered it, as long as time allowed, he would come here to sweat, immerse himself in the intense exercise, and let his body feel the terrifying overweight oppression of White Dwarf.
To other life forms, this environment is Hell, a desperate situation, a forbidden area that cannot be entered.
But for Garos, this is his most ideal training ground.
He never wastes a moment here.
Every time he sets foot on this planet, he will push himself to the limit, until his scales make an overwhelming creaking sound and every muscle is trembling.
And this kind of dedication has already paid off.
More than ten years have passed, and Garos's size has not only not grown, but has shrunk slightly.
In Dragonkin's understanding, body size has always been one of the important criteria for measuring strength. The more powerful the dragon, the bigger the body. This is common sense engraved in the blood.
But the state of Garos is by no means weakened.
Because, while his body size has shrunk a bit, his weight has continued to skyrocket, and now it has exceeded 100,000 tons.
Such changes mean that the density of his scales, muscles, bones and even every inch of his body is increasing.
His entire dragon body is gradually becoming denser and heavier.
If other Dragonkin's bodies were like steel, then his current body is transforming into something closer and more indestructible.
After several rounds of high-intensity exercise, Garos paused.
He felt his heavy body, the dense feeling radiating from the inside out, and a satisfied expression was outlined on the dragon's face.
"The adaptation to the White Dwarf environment shows the convergence of my own physique. My body density continues to grow, and my weight and strength are also increasing at a much faster rate than before."
He silently concluded in his mind, "Very good, I like this way of adapting."
When he first woke up from his deep sleep, Garos's assessment of himself was that compared to beings like Orc Saint Realm, he was worse overall.
Now, he feels that even if he is not Ascension to Godhood, he can defeat Saint Realm head-on.
It took just over twenty years for such a breakthrough to occur.
Calculating the proportion of increase in strength, Garos's growth rate after Destiny Rank even exceeded that of Crown Rank.
"The tradition says that the closer you get to the top, the harder it is to continue climbing."
"Why didn't I feel it?"
On this deserted planet, he raised his chin, with an unabashed look of contentment on his face.
As for why it can still maintain a rapid growth rate after Destiny Rank--
It's all precipitation and sweat.
Of course, it is also inseparable from the influence of one's own talent and the environment.
White Dwarf's extreme environment, adaptability talent, and continuous hard training day after day, these factors combined together have created this incredible speed of progress.
It is also worth mentioning that Garos occasionally thinks about problems from the enemy's perspective.
This was a habit he later developed.
He felt that understanding the enemy's way of thinking would help him better judge the situation.
At the beginning, Garos actually didn't quite understand it.
Why do his enemies always misjudge his strength and miss the best opportunities to deal with him many times? Those enemies always think they have paid enough attention to him, but in hindsight, they still don't pay enough attention to him.
If it were him, he would definitely not make such a mistake.
But thinking about it carefully, he felt that this was reasonable.
Intelligent creatures are always limited by their own cognition and use their own familiar experiences and standards to measure everything.
This also includes Garos himself.
For example, for him now, if a life on the opposite side of Aura breaks through to the Legendary Realm realm and performs well, he will not care too much. At most, he will send his minions to deal with it.
After all, he has a lot of things to do of his own, and he can't personally take action against every new enemy that appears.
It takes at least Destiny Rank to be taken seriously by him.
Then--
What if this life, in just a few years, quietly grew to a height that surpassed him when he was not paying attention, and eventually put him in danger?
At that point, you will look back and wonder why you didn't kill it in advance?
Such an idea makes no sense.
Because at that time, he had never imagined that such a thing would happen. It was completely beyond his cognitive scope. In his experience, he never imagined that the other party could grow so exaggeratedly and powerfully.
The people who stand opposite him face this kind of situation.
It's not that they are too stupid or too arrogant.
It's true that their opponents are too perverted.
"Will something similar happen to me?"
This thought suddenly appeared in Garos's mind, "Is there a life that can rise at a speed completely beyond my understanding, and then defeat me and step on my blood and bones to ascend to the throne?"
Thinking of this, Red Iron Dragon's heart couldn't help but feel slightly tense.
Waves of uneasiness and urgency followed.
The current strength and growth rate are still not enough!
No matter what happens in the future, as long as I am strong enough, no matter what the wind blows from east to west, north or south, I will not move at all!
Thinking of this, the dragon took a deep breath of the air that did not exist on White Dwarf, turning his uneasiness into a stronger fighting spirit.
He only took a short rest, and then got back to training in full swing.
At the same time.
Beyond White Dwarf, Moon Dragon Lionel are suspended in deep space.
He looked quietly at the dense planet below.
Red Iron Dragon is tossing and turning on it, using various methods to sharpen his body.
Moreover, that Red Iron Dragon is always enthusiastic and shows no signs of laziness. That kind of concentration and devotion seems to be doing something that he enjoys immensely.
Lionel Looking at this scene, an impulse suddenly emerged in his heart, and he wanted to go over and give it a try.
But the idea only existed for a moment before he was killed by himself.
The physiques of dragons and dragons are different.
He does not have a body as powerful as Garos.
In terms of recovery, regeneration, and tolerance to extreme environments, he is far inferior to Red Iron Dragon.
If you rush to exercise on White Dwarf, there is a high probability that you will only be seriously injured, and it will take a lot of time to recover.
The gain outweighs the loss.
"This Red Emperor Pale Star is already comparable to the Immortal Realm."
Lionel thought silently in his heart.
With Garos's current strength and status, as long as the other party is willing, countless wonderful enjoyments and entertainments that are unimaginable for mortal beings will follow and submerge him.
Wealth, power, beauty, glory--
These things are within easy reach for a strong man who stands at the top of the world.
However--
His choice was to hone himself in this lonely and uninhabited sky, silently and passionately.
No audience or cheers.
There is only boundless silence and never-ending pressure.
Moon Dragon sighed silently in his heart.
He asked himself that he couldn't do this kind of concentration and perseverance.
Suddenly, he felt that he might not have to worry about moving.
Finding a suitable habitat in this vast deep space is not easy, it takes a long time, and is full of various uncertain factors.
"The scale of the universe is vast."
"The stars warn that the danger of Ten Thousand Ominous Manifestations is imminent and will arrive soon."
"But in fact, judging from the scale of the universe, we don't know how long it will take for "immediately" to arrive, and we have to wait for the Ancient One to actually arrive--"
"There's no telling, he'll make a big mistake here."
Lionel stared at Red Iron Dragon below, with this thought in his mind.
The rules of Material Plane do suppress the powerful Immortal Life, which will only allow it to exert its lowest level of power.
This is the supreme iron law of Material Plane, and no one can defy it.
But--
The same power in the hands of different beings can produce very different effects.
Lionel There is no doubt about this.
If there is a powerful Deity, he creates a clone that is exactly the same as himself, with all skills, physical attributes,
The combat experience and so on are all set exactly the same, but the opponent can easily kill me a thousand times, and I have no room to fight back.
Accumulation and heritage cannot be measured by simple data.
Even the current Garos still looks small compared to Ancient One.
However, when Lionel saw the effort and time he had put into strengthening himself, he couldn't help but think:
This Red Emperor Pale Star may be able to break his own cognition and create impossible miracles.
Time passes quietly in the deep space.
After several rounds of high-intensity exercise, Red Iron Dragon's chest rose and fell violently.
He didn't mind the deep pits and cracks around him that he had smashed out, and settled directly on the spot, pressing his heavy body on the ground.
His body already felt deeply exhausted.
However, his eyes were still shining brightly.
Mentally, Garos did not feel tired, but became clearer due to physical fatigue.
"The progress of several pathways I majored in gradually failed to keep up with my Life Level, but there was some growth."
Garos took advantage of this gap to start sorting out his own skills.
For Dragonkin, the most important thing is always your own body.
Things like career paths and skills come later.
The same situation applies to Garos.
Most of the career paths he chose can grow along with his physical condition, which is also the result of his careful selection. However, his Path Level's improvement rate still cannot catch up with Life Level.
Garos knows why.
"My adaptive talent covers many aspects, but its first priority is always working on my body."
He analyzed it in his mind.
"Path Level can follow the growth, but it is impossible to reach the speed of my three life level improvement. The strengthening of my body is direct and instinctive, and the growth of the path requires more accumulation and understanding."
But even so, Garos still attaches great importance to his professional skills.
They are not the icing on the cake.
At least for now, these skills can still allow him to exert more power based on his solid foundation.
What's more, his Class Level has actually made rapid progress, but it seems a bit slow compared to the improvement of his three life levels.
"After the Astral Path, my Wild and Immortal levels have both reached legendary status."
"The two Legendary Realm skills I mastered have greatly benefited me."
Garos thought to himself.
First up is Wild Path.
After reaching Legendary Realm, the new skill name Pi [Rage Sublimation] appears, which is a very powerful skill.
However, Wild Path's skills have always been few but extremely powerful, and they always have many restrictions.
Rage Sublimation is no exception.
More precisely, it is a skill based on the Fury Defies Death state.
When you are swept away by death, the ultimate rage refuses death.
At the same time, you will be sublimated in Rage, which refuses to die.
In the sublimated state, you will gain high immunity to all damage types and ignore almost all negative states such as freezing, burning, paralysis, bleeding, poisoning, slowness, etc.
Any attempt to control or weaken you will be ineffective.
You will be out of control.
In the sublimated state, you can exert damage roughly three times your own limit. Every attack has a crushing effect, and there is a high probability of directly ignoring the enemy's defense.
An output of pure, devastating power that will destroy all enemies.
You will be unstoppable.
"My characteristics inherently include weakening or even immunity to negative status."
Garos was thinking in his mind, "Coupled with the skill Rage Sublimation - by then, except for time skills, other control skills may not be able to work on me, and even with time, I have some restraints now."
He has never practiced this skill after acquiring it.
It's not that I don't want to try.
The conditions are really too harsh.
Ever since the resurrection effect of Dragon Jade disappeared and the powerful Shining Form was exchanged for a small price, Garos has never truly died, and has never encountered an opponent that can drive him to death.
The most dangerous situation he encountered was the condition for triggering Rage Sublimation.
Are you seeking death just to test the effect of your skills?
Garos does not have this idea.
However, although it has not been practiced, this does not hinder the power of Rage Sublimation. Its value can be felt just from the description of the inheritance.
In comparison, the Legendary Realm skills of Eternal Death Pathway are equally powerful.
Death Incarnation.
Your relationship with death is so intimate that you can briefly be its incarnation.
In the Death Incarnation state, you will be immune to any form of fatal attacks, and you will be immune to the additional damage caused by fatal attacks.
A devastating blow specifically aimed at the essence of three lives will be meaningless to you, the incarnation of death itself.
At the same time, in the Death Incarnation state, each of your attacks, while causing damage, can absorb three of the enemy's life force to restore your own injuries and physical strength.
The longer the fight lasts, the better it is for you.
"Immune to lethal attacks--this is somewhat similar to my own immortality."
"However, there are other effects that the immortal three-life feature does not have."
Rage Sublimation and Death Incarnation are the two skills he is most satisfied with at the moment.
In addition to Pong, some other new skills have been unlocked in Eternal Death and Wild Path, but the effects are relatively average, and Garroth doesn't care.
As for Star-Self Path, there are no outstanding new skills.
Its current growth is mainly reflected in the strengthening of Star-Self Clone.
Garos can now gather and maintain two Star-Self Clone at the same time. One is placed near White Dwarf as a space anchor to facilitate his space jump; the other is located at Red Emperor Royal City as his guardian in the empire.
"Star-Self Path doesn't have any new skills anymore, it's all about the strengthening and improvement of Star-Self Clone."
"Until this pathway reaches Destiny Rank, a major breakthrough will not come."
Garos's eyes are filled with lust.
The new skill Star-Self after Destiny Rank can give Star-Self Clone a completely real flesh and blood body.
By that time, the clone will be more than just a clone of Dragon Qi.
More importantly, when the body dies, he can transfer his consciousness at the cost of three life levels being lowered, and regain the new three through Star-Self Clone.
This is a very powerful life-saving skill, which is equivalent to gaining an extra life.
However, considering that Star-Self Clone currently does not have the evolutionary talent and may not be able to obtain it in the future, Garos does not have much expectations for this skill.
Time flows slowly and leisurely.
Garos roughly sorted out the main path of self-shovel, and then conducted several rounds of exercises on White Dwarf, and then drove away from the surface of the planet, flew into deep space, and came to Lionel.
"Have you found any suitable habitat?"
He looked at Moon Dragon suspended in the starry sky.
Moon Dragon shook his head slightly and said, "Not yet."
At the same time, Garos noticed that his scales were still black and white, with the two colors clearly distributed on his body without any signs of change.
"I remember that your Moon Dragon's scale color will gradually change between black and white, and then your personality and camp tendencies will change accordingly."
"But you have always maintained this black and white attitude for a long time."
Garos said.
Hearing these words, Moon Dragon shook his head slightly, as if he was recalling something.
"Just like the moon waxes and wanes, the color and character of our Moon Dragon are constantly changing."
"But that's not a good thing, at least not for me."
"When I was young, I suffered from schizophrenia, swinging repeatedly between extreme kindness and cruelty."
He paused and continued, "It wasn't until Legendary Realm that I could gradually control the self-shovel and put it in the most rational neutral state, which is what you see now."
"Black and white no longer alternate, they exist at the same time, checking and balancing each other."
It turns out to be like Pong.
This change sounds truly miraculous, but those involved only feel burdened.
Garos No more to say.
After a simple exchange, he set off to return to Atlant.
And the rest of his days were still simple and fulfilling.
The main time is spent going back and forth between Bernardo and White Dwarf, polishing my body day after day with Sun-Earth.
He will set higher and higher goals for his own shovel, and then break through these goals in a series of exercises that push him to the limit.
When his spirit and body have reached their limits, he will go to Fey Wilds to have a carnival in a banquet with Faes who admire and worship him in a lush natural environment, relax his body and mind, and restore his condition.
Then, dive into the next round of exercise again.
At the same time, the ring left by Odhos always struck silently.
Since no abnormality can be found and it has no impact on the self-removing function, Garos simply ignores it and treats it as if it really does not exist.
Maybe it has some deep meaning.
But under the rust, he had no extra time to explore a mystery with no clues.
Just like that, it will be five years later in the blink of an eye.
New Calendar In the year 701, a piece of bad news spread throughout the Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm.
Silver Dragon Nereus, the Wave-Subduing Dragon King who is most loved by Metal Dragons on Bernardo Planet and has always been known for her tolerance and gentleness, closed her eyes forever in the twilight and fell asleep quietly.
Xiaokao is the father of Deborah, and Silver Dragon Aldri informed Garos through a subpoena.
During the interrogation, his voice was low, but the deep sadness was still conveyed through Communication Artifact.
After learning about this cancellation, Garos remained silent for a long time.
Among all the Metal Dragon kings, he has the most contact with Nereus.
This Dragon King always gave him the impression of being calm and gentle, like a patient and tolerant elder, never impatient or harsh.
No matter what question he asked.
Even if there are questions that other dragons think are presumptuous, as long as Nereus knows, she will answer them patiently, down to the smallest detail, and impart all her knowledge to them.
Moreover, she had no prejudice against him from the very beginning.
Nereus has always been famous for her tolerance and kindness. When she was young and active, she often tried to mediate conflicts between different Dragonkins.
It's hard for Garos not to have a favorable impression of such a dragon.
But Nereus could not survive the sunset and closed his eyes forever.
When Shang Yi met, there were already signs.
She looked very tired at that time, and the tiredness could be seen in her bones. After learning that Odhos was missing, she fell asleep directly.
Garos was actually aware of it at that time.
But he can't change anything.
The only thing that can defeat the enemy is the will of the dragon itself.
"Before she falls silent, is there any explanation?"
Red Iron Dragon came back to his senses and asked.
On the other end of the subpoena, Silver Dragon Aldri was silent for a moment, and then said, "Dragon King left you a video."
After the words fell, Communication Artifact suddenly lit up even brighter.
Countless tiny particles of the world rise in the air. They interweave, condense, and reorganize, gradually sketching a clear and calm picture.
What appears on the screen is Cold Sacred Spring.
The surface of the lake is as smooth as a mirror, and the dense cold air rises on the surface of the water, as if it is covered with a layer of gauze. The rocks on the lakeside are covered with a thin layer of frost crystals, shining with fine silver light in the microcosm.
Silver Dragon Nereus, lying on the huge rock where she usually stays.
Her posture was very relaxed, her slender neck was slightly bent, and the tip of her tail touched the lake water gently, creating tiny ripples in circles.
But what is different from usual is that she looks very energetic in the picture.
She has unprecedented energy, her eyes are shining, and she doesn't have the faint feeling of fatigue and fatigue before. If you don't understand the situation, you may even think that she is in the prime of life, full of energy and radiant.
In the picture, Silver Dragon raised his head and looked in the direction of the video recording.
The silver dragon eyes seemed to have penetrated the curtain of time and looked directly at Red Iron Dragon, who was watching this video at the moment.
"Garos."
"When you see this video, I should have fallen asleep. Please don't make me feel sad. I have actually been waiting for this day for a long time."
Silver Dragon's voice is still soft.
"For hundreds of years, for thousands of years----I have been guarding Wave-Subduing Dragon Realm."
"In the long years, I have lost count of how many groups I have witnessed, how many companions have been sent away, Sheffield is gone, Odhos is gone - they are separated one by one, and slowly, I am the only one left."
She lowered her eyes slightly, as if recalling the memory of Mian Pang who had gone far away.
"No, I'm not the only one left."
Silver Dragon's eyes refocused, staring at Red Iron Dragon outside the screen. "And you, Garos.
"The appearance of Sacred Aura is something I never expected."
"In my longest years of guardianship, I never imagined that there would be such an empire."
"It came so suddenly and so violently. In my last years, I watched this empire come into existence from scratch, from weak to strong, and from the wilderness to the vast world."
"This is the most unexpected and gratifying chapter in my long life."
"It's because of you and Sacred Aura that I can finally say----"
"I can stop knocking."
Her voice paused slightly, and her whole body relaxed, as if some kind of burden had been lifted, and the whole dragon became extremely relaxed.
"I don't need to worry about the Dragon Realm's future day and night anymore."
"Because I know that even without me, Dragon Race will still move forward. With you and Sacred Aura here, even if the torrent of the times rolls forward, Bernardo's Dragon Race will still continue to move forward, reaching heights that I can't imagine."
She lowered her dragon head slightly and looked at her reflection on the lake.
"So please don't make me feel sad."
"I'm not dying."
"I just want to have a good sleep and enjoy a Tranquil Slumber that is not affected by any responsibilities and worries. This is something that all dragons envy."
At the end of the image, Silver Dragon's figure gradually blurred, as if enveloped by a layer of mist, and then slowly faded away.
Garos looked quietly at the place where the picture disappeared.
For a long time, the giant dragon lowered its head slightly and whispered, "Sleep, Nereus, the Bernardo wind will sing your name forever."
If it were him, he would not choose to sleep quietly.
He will choose to continue fighting, continue to move forward, and fight against Dui Mu at all costs until Immortal Realm, until death can no longer touch him.
But the reason why this world is wonderful and prosperous is precisely because three lives have different pursuits.
Nereus wanted to sleep peacefully, and she finally got her wish.