Chapter 167 - Giant Dragon Inner Sight

"At once." Zack, with his psychically concentrated mind, immediately ignited the mental fuse, causing the rollers inside the improved Dragon Tremor Bomb to spin at high speed.Seconds later, a muffled boom echoed from the ceiling of the cave, and fragments of various sizes fell like rain—softly dropping down.

The deformed monsters below were instantly startled. Although corrupted and deformed, their intelligence remained intact, and they still feared death.

Those close to the cave entrance dashed forward recklessly. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs NovᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt

Those farther from the entrance tried to turn back.

But regardless of their distance, they all struggled to move; the vines formed by the Entanglement Spell were thick and animated, entangling them without relent.

The Foul Giant still buried in the pit thrashed about like mad, guided by many years of experience in the Dark Domain, knowing well that the cave ahead was about to collapse in a massive way, potentially affecting his location as well.

If he were to be hit by the falling rocks from the cave-in, he’d lose all hope of escaping and would be left to be buried alive.

Under the threat of death, the Foul Giant burst forth with astonishing strength, forcefully yanking his thick arms free from the pit.

With an arm now free, Susie’s pitfall stood no chance in trapping him any longer. With a light push, he sprang out of the narrow pit, covered his head with his hands, and bolted towards the deeper reaches of the Dark Domain without looking back.

These unforeseen enemies were too eccentric. Their battle tactics and behavior differed entirely from those of Yaling he had encountered before. If he hadn’t been cautious, kept an eye out, and hadn’t rushed in too quickly, the consequences would’ve been more than just losing a batch of Dark Servants.

After a series of dull thuds, the top of the Dark Cavern wavered as if about to fall, but only ended up shedding a heap of loose rocks; the anticipated large-scale collapse had yet to occur.

One couldn’t help but wonder if Zack had miscalculated this time, leading to a failed demolition.

The Gnoll Demolitionist, Zack, however, appeared to be completely confident in his work.

The final dull thud then sounded, resembling the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

With a loud bang, the ceiling of the Dark Cavern within ten meters around completely collapsed. Huge slabs of rock fell straight down, smashing every single deformed monster beneath into a pulp under the weight of hundreds of tons.

The encompassing rock became the Dragon Severing Stone, blocking the entrance to the Dark Cavern, solidly in place. Digging through from the other side would mean breaking through the massive stone.

"This level of expertise in demolition is simply unbeatable." Gaven couldn’t help but give Zack a thumbs up, feeling regretful only because the Foul Giant hadn’t been crushed to death alongside the others.

Life is seldom perfect, but managing to kill a wave of Foul Giants’ Dark Servants was still a win.

Zack bowed slightly, accepting the praise; this was where he prided himself most.

Aside from the seven deformed Pikespirits, a deformed Terror Claw Beast and two deformed wolves rushed over.

But their own teammates were either dead or trapped on the other side by the boulder, leaving them isolated and weak.

Before Gaven could even make a move, the four members of Brolan of the Autumnbreeze joined forces with the four Pikespirit Druids and captured them all, although it was a shame that only four deformed Pikespirits were taken alive. After all, this was still a battlefield, where even restraint has its limits.

Atwood seemed to understand this and showed no dissatisfaction.

The Young Red Copper Dragon landed beside Susie and stated seriously, "Susie, you teach me Dragon Seeking Meditation."

Teach you Dragon Seeking Meditation?

Susie’s jaw nearly dropped in shock.

She had taught Dragon Seeking Meditation to Gnolls—probably not less than a thousand—but a True Dragon, now that was a first.

No, perhaps in the history of Gnolls, there had been no such record.

Dragon Seeking Meditation was designed to help Gnolls find the roots of their bloodline and to unleash the dragon within themselves.

But Lord Aivensa was born a True Dragon. Did she even need Dragon Seeking Meditation?

Flustered, Susie responded, "It’s the greatest honor of my life to teach Lord Aivensa Dragon Seeking Meditation, but... but..."

But after hesitating for a long time, Susie still couldn’t figure out how to explain this.

Luckily, Gaven had already come over, curious, "Why do you suddenly want to learn Dragon Seeking Meditation? Can you even learn it? It’s an innate legacy of the Gnolls."

The Young Red Copper Dragon boasted confidently, "Earlier, when Susie transformed into a dragon, her psychic state was exactly the same as when they entered Dragon Seeking Meditation. This must be the method to communicate with the Ancient Dragon Souls of this land. If these Gnolls can learn it, how could I, a True Dragon, possibly not? Hmph... As soon as I communicate with the Ancient Dragon Souls and gain more benefits from it, I might even find out where the rest of its treasure is."

By the end, Aivensa was almost drooling with anticipation, valuing the treasures of the Ancient Dragons far more than strength. So far, they hadn’t even found a single needle.

"You really are a clever little trickster," Gaven teased with a laugh. Only she could come up with such a cunning plan.

Upon further thought, however, there wasn’t a single flaw in her logic.

"Susie, just give it a try. If it doesn’t work, there’s no loss at all," Gaven decided he wanted to see it through, "Let’s agree upfront that if it doesn’t work, don’t blame Susie."

"Of course, am I such an unreasonable dragon?" Aivensa huffed disdainfully, apparently very offended by Gaven’s doubt of her character.

"Alright." Susie reluctantly agreed to undertake this unprecedented task. "Then let’s start now. Let’s concentrate our thoughts, focus on our inner selves, our bloodline..."

The Young Red Copper Dragon folded its wings and crouched down, imitating Susie by closing its eyes. But barely two seconds passed before it opened its eyes and asked, "How do I concentrate my thoughts? How do I focus on my bloodline?"

Susie, who was about to enter Dragon Seeking Meditation, was abruptly interrupted and blinked blankly as she explained, "You just need to empty your mind, think of nothing, and naturally, you’ll focus on your bloodline..."

Susie’s teaching of Dragon Seeking Meditation usually involved direct leading. It seemed that when the Gnolls sensed her entering the meditation, they would be impacted and enter along with her.

Using words to explain, it was her first attempt, and she couldn’t clarify it at all.

"How do you empty your mind? If you think about nothing, how can you possibly concentrate on your own bloodline?" Aivensa soon raised even more questions.

"This..." Susie struggled for a while, and eventually turned her plea for help towards Gaven.

Gaven also found it difficult to understand; the nature of the mind indeed was hard to articulate in words.

He had a deep understanding of this, like psychic abilities—just because he could use them didn’t mean he could teach them to someone else through words; this was also why magicians and psychic sorcerers seldom had lineages like mages did.

"Try this, feel your heartbeat, listen to the flow of your bloodline. You can do this, right?" Gaven could only suggest an alternative method.

"This is easy." With a concrete objective, the young Red Copper Dragon now knew what to do. Dragonkin’s senses were naturally incredibly strong, and some were just passively shielded.

If she wanted, she could not only clearly hear her own heartbeat, she could even listen to the heartbeat of everyone present, including the Pikespirit’s.

"Can you feel the flow of elemental power in your bloodline?" Gaven continued to prompt her, purely guessing and speculating – it was normal for magical creatures like giant dragons to have elements coursing through their bodies.

"I can feel it, I can feel it, I can feel it," Aivensa joyfully declared.

Under Gaven’s guidance, Aivensa saw an unprecedented scene before her eyes.

Massive amounts of elements surged along with her blood to various parts of her body. It seemed she could identify her internal organs by the elements.

Different elements distinctly displayed different colors.

Red for the Fire Element, blue for the Water Element, yellow for the Earth Element, and transparent for the Wind Element.

In her body, the yellow Earth Element was the most abundant and felt the most cordial.

Aivensa’s consciousness involuntarily followed the flow of the Earth Element.

Not only did Aivensa feel a closeness to the Earth Element, but the Earth Element also seemed to be drawn to her, converging around her consciousness of its own accord.

Soon, the Earth Element around Aivensa’s consciousness gathered and took shape. It started as a needle, then slowly transformed into an earthworm, then a small snake, and finally into a gently flowing stream.

Aivensa’s consciousness freely swam in it, indescribably comfortable and joyous.

When the Earth Element formed into a stream, the other chaotic elements were gradually expelled.

The young Red Copper Dragon, finding a new toy, was completely immersed in this novel experience.

While Aivensa thought she was just playing and frolicking, Gaven and Susie didn’t feel the same way.

An invisible wall of Earth Element surged over them like a tide, pushing them backward.

However, unlike the stone egg that formed during Susie’s dragonization process, it drilled into the young Red Copper Dragon’s body uniformly.

It makes sense – comparing a giant dragon to a gnoll, whether in elemental capacity or affinity, the two were simply not on the same level.

Susie couldn’t digest so many elements at once, whereas for Aivensa, there wasn’t enough for her to process.

Whether Aivensa had entered the state of Dragon Seeking Meditation, Gaven couldn’t tell, and even Susie was unclear.

It seemed similar, yet not quite.

Neither Gaven nor Susie, not even Aivensa herself, knew that the giant dragons possessed a cultivation method known as Inner Sight.

Through this method, they drew strength from elements aligned with their own body, enhancing themselves and purifying their power.

However, this cultivation method wasn’t innate but rather taught by parents, and it wasn’t particularly difficult to master.

But here’s the catch: Aivensa was a wild dragon born of nature, with her only contact being a young Red Dragon who cursed and threatened to kill her a hundred times over. No one taught her these basics.

To be precise, the Dragon Seeking Meditation of the gnolls was an imitation of the simplified version of the Giant Dragon Inner Sight.

By pure coincidence, Gaven and the others had led Aivensa down the path of this cultivation method.

Although Gaven was unaware of the origins, he knew one thing for sure: the more elements Aivensa drew from the outside world, the better.

He took a Spirit Container from the Howard Convenient Bag and tossed it to Susie, saying, "Lay out a Dragon Seeking Array for Aivensa."

Susie looked perplexed. Setting up a Dragon Seeking Array for a true dragon – she’s already a dragon, what dragon is there to seek?

Gaven seemed to see through Susie’s doubts and explained, "The main purpose of the Dragon Seeking Array is to help the Dragon Seeker draw more elemental power to temper the body and soul, thus achieving the goal of seeking a dragon. The main objective now isn’t to seek out a dragon but to help Aivensa gather elements faster. Believe me, this can only benefit her; there’s no harm."

Upon hearing this, Susie realized he was right and promptly stopped hesitating. She quickly set up the Spirit Container around Aivensa and arranged the Dragon Seeking Array.

The commotion caused by Aivensa’s Inner Sight was significant on its own, and with the aid of the Dragon Seeking Array, it rose to another level. The Earth Element that surged towards her formed a fierce wind, swallowed down like a bottomless pit by the young Red Copper Dragon.

Having never undergone Inner Sight from a young age, Aivensa’s body had always been in a state of elemental scarcity—at least by dragon standards.

Now that she had the chance, she naturally was drawing as much as possible to make up for previous insufficiencies.

As for the possibility of over-absorption, Gaven wasn’t worried at all. She was a giant dragon, born of elements, and the Earth Element was one of her inherent natures; there were only advantages and no disadvantages.