Chapter 231 - Ascending Great Snow Mountain

Chapter 231: Chapter 218: Ascending Great Snow Mountain"What are you doing at the Great Snow Mountain? I heard there’s only an old dragon living at the peak, could it be that you’re here to find it?" Lando landed with Lu Hong at the foot of the snow mountain, a form of invisible pressure made Lando a bit uncomfortable.

"Yes, this old dragon is the Dragon of the World, an Ancestor Dragon that could become a god but was imprisoned."

"Really?" Lando was startled, she hadn’t even heard about these matters. Where had Lu Hong gotten this information from?

"Yes." Lu Hong nodded: "I also need its blood, so I must journey up the snow mountain."

"That old dragon must not be easy to deal with, right?" Lando said gravely, "I don’t want you to go to your death, at least not here."

"Don’t worry, I am confident." Lu Hong stroked Lando’s hair: "This place is not suitable for those of high-level occupations to stay for long. If I succeed, I will return to Tuzhui City to find you."

"Alright then." Persuaded by Lu Hong, Lando handed him a Teleportation Scroll: "The coordinates are set to the second one. I’ve already infused most of the required magic power for you, you just need to channel a very small amount of power to activate the teleportation gate, but my magic power won’t stay on the scroll for long, it’ll dissipate in about seven days."

Parting from Lando, Lu Hong took a deep breath and stepped into this forbidden zone of life.

The reason why the Great Snow Mountain is a forbidden zone is entirely due to the grudge of the Ancestor Dragon and the pressure of the high-level demon beasts.

Since the end of the Era of the Gods, the Ancestor Dragon had been imprisoned here. As the endless years eroded away, the dragon’s grudge against the gods fermenting ceaselessly. Any creature that entered here would go mad in three days and commit suicide. Therefore, over time, no fools dared to intrude here, this intrinsic fear already deeply ingrained within the bones of every demon beast in the Nansha Great Forest.

Lu Hong struggled to crawl through the thick snow on the mountain, the snow was very deep, the shallowest parts reaching past his thighs, and the deepest up to his neck, coupled with his disability, ascending the Great Snow Mountain was an extremely difficult task indeed.

In the Era of the Gods, this mountain was known as Sky-reaching Mountain, its height stretching to the heavens and the closest place to the divine realms. The Ancestor Dragon’s imprisonment here also served to guard the gates to the divine realm. As for the true reason, that would still require asking the gods themselves.

Eight days passed, and Lu Hong finally managed to climb halfway up the mountain, currently lying in a small cave to rest for a bit.

With the power of his vitality protecting him, he wouldn’t be defeated by the cold. But as previously mentioned, the Ancestor Dragon’s grudge was incredibly intense, and with his eyes blood-red from the invasion, he looked about to go mad.

If he hadn’t been tempered by the negative effects of Bloodthirst before, he would have already killed himself in the snow.

This couldn’t continue, he would be choked by the power of the grudge before reaching the peak.

Lu Hong stepped out of the cave, taking a deep breath. If he remembered correctly, the Ancestor Dragon should still be reachable halfway up the mountain.

With a flash of silvery-grey light, the War Holy Sword silently appeared in his hand.

Extreme – Flash!

After a brief charge, a beam of light burst forth, slicing fiercely toward the towering peak of the snow mountain.

About a minute later, the sword beam reached the summit and then disappeared upon contact with something.

The next moment, the Ancestor Dragon’s roar resounded through Nansha.

Roar~!!!

A pair of black wings unfurled, darkening the sky. As for how large the Ancestor Dragon was, it was certainly larger than the Nansha Great Forest.

"Someone’s here?" The Ancestor Dragon quickly noticed Lu Hong standing at the entrance of the cave: "Interesting, interesting!"

No sooner had the words fallen, Lu Hong felt dizzy and was instantly brought to the peak by the Ancestor Dragon.

The Ancestor Dragon’s form rapidly shrank, becoming twice the height of a man, and looked at Lu Hong with a full-faced smile: "This is the first time in two hundred thousand years that someone has managed to reach halfway up the snow mountain, tell me, how should I eat you?"

"Lord Ancestor Dragon, my name is Lu Hong, I’m here to negotiate terms with you." This was not Lu Hong’s first encounter with the Ancestor Dragon, he had received a supremely rare quest in a game, which made him quite knowledgeable about the Ancestor Dragon and even became friends, but unfortunately this wasn’t a game, otherwise obtaining Dragon Blood would be too easy.

"Negotiate terms with me?" The Ancestor Dragon’s furious voice echoed in all directions, his claw pressing Lu Hong firmly under his foot as he said solemnly: "You are a warrior, do you know which Heavenly God trapped me here?"

"I know, it was the War God."

"Hahaha, hahaha!" The Ancestor Dragon laughed heartily, then released Lu Hong: "Interesting, interesting! Knowing that it was the War God who trapped me here, you actually dared to come and see me, aren’t you afraid I’ll swallow you whole?!"

"Lord Ancestor Dragon, look at the state I’m in. Am I afraid of losing this wretched life?"

The Ancestor Dragon cracked a smile: "You’re right, I’m now very interested in hearing your terms."

"Please grant me your blood. In exchange, on the day I become a god, I will sever the chains that imprison you and set you free." Lu Hong spoke softly: "I swear this in the name of the Heavenly God!"

"A vow?" The Ancestor Dragon sneered, his wings slamming down upon Lu Hong, flinging him into a stone wall.

Lu Hong vomited a mouthful of fresh blood and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

"All gods are liars. Do you think I would believe you when you swear by these liars’ names?"

"I know you don’t want to believe, but this is the most efficacious oath I can promise."

"Fine." The Ancestor Dragon was just angry at the gods anyway, and had only vented moments before. After all, swearing by the gods’ names indeed carried the most conviction.

The Ancestor Dragon continued, "You say that after you become a god, you will help me break these chains, but do you even know what level of artifact these chains are? Do you think that by becoming a god you’ll be able to open them? If that’s how it works, I would have escaped three million years ago."

"I have it!" Lu Hong tore open his garments, revealing his flat chest.

The Ancestor Dragon was taken aback and then exclaimed joyfully, "You actually have Severance? The real Severance!"

As the dragon claw touched it, crimson flames blazed up from Lu Hong’s chest, and the shades of two giant swords emerged.

"It really is Severance, the actual Severance!" The Ancestor Dragon rejoiced wildly, "Finally, finally, my wait has ended, Severance! Severance! My hope for freedom! Hahaha! Hahaha!"

Indeed, Severance was the War God’s weapon, reputed to cut through anything. Only Severance could destroy the chains that bound the Ancestor Dragon.

"Lord Ancestor Dragon, you should believe me now, shouldn’t you?"

After the joy, the Ancestor Dragon laughed and said, "I believe, starting now you shall reside on my Great Snow Mountain. Keep me company when you’ve nothing to do, and practice in peace. No matter how many tens of thousands of years, I will preserve your youth until the moment you become a god."

"Lord Ancestor Dragon, I must leave," Lu Hong said gravely. "I still have much to do."

"What does it have to do with me?" The Ancestor Dragon scoffed and then Divine Power surged within him, trapping Lu Hong in place, "You stay right here for me; don’t even think about going anywhere."

"No! I must get out!" Lu Hong struggled to stand up, constantly pounding on the barrier the Ancestor Dragon had created, "If I can’t get out, I will never practice, even if you grant me another hundred thousand years of life!"

"Humph!" The Ancestor Dragon snorted coldly, completely unfazed by Lu Hong’s threats and darkly said, "Once you taste the pain of solitude, you will surely strive to practice hard so as to escape this bitter sea sooner."

"Ancestor Dragon!" Lu Hong shouted, "Don’t you know why you were imprisoned here?!"

With no other choice, Lu Hong had to rely on his memories from the game world to negotiate with the Ancestor Dragon.

"You, a youngster with not even a thirty-year bone age, haha!" The Ancestor Dragon chuckled disdainfully; he didn’t believe Lu Hong’s nonsense.

"I know you have been lonely for countless centuries, but the War God didn’t do it out of malice," Lu Hong exclaimed. "You emerged from the Endless Forest slaughtering all; did you really think the Divine Realm would allow such a fierce god to enter? As soon as you arrived at the Divine Realm, you would likely be eradicated by the power of the laws."

The Ancestor Dragon laughed again, still incredulous. Even if these words had come from the gods back then, he wouldn’t have believed them, let alone from Lu Hong now.

"I know you don’t believe me, but I am very aware of your situation," Lu Hong continued. "Half of your power comes from the Rainbow Abyss."

As the words ’Rainbow Abyss’ were spoken, the Ancestor Dragon’s pupils contracted sharply, "How did you know?!"

"You told me yourself," Lu Hong sighed. In the game world, the Ancestor Dragon had become his friend, but of course, that was after he had died untold thousands of times and barely got familiar with the Ancestor Dragon, gradually becoming friends.

"You told me? Really, you told me?!" The Ancestor Dragon eagerly said, "Keep talking, go on!"

"The Endless Forest indeed has an end, and that end is the Rainbow Abyss, the great furnace of all life. You were originally just an ordinary dragon at the Third Transition Peak, and also the first dragon. At that time, you were searching for the end of the Endless Forest. After flying for over a thousand years, you finally discovered the Rainbow Abyss. Moreover, it was the time when the Rainbow Abyss erupted with the Life Essence every seven million years. You stole the power of the Rainbow Abyss and then your strength surged, sweeping away all the Heavenly God Level Demon Beasts in the Endless Forest. Everyone thought you were a Heavenly God Level Demon Beast, but you weren’t, which is why the dragons born to you later didn’t appear divine-blessed." Lu Hong simply repeated what the Ancestor Dragon had once told him in the game world.

After hearing Lu Hong’s retelling, the Ancestor Dragon burst into laughter, "Indeed, that dream was true!"

As the Ancestor Dragon’s vague memories were unlocked, the silhouette in his dreams became clearer, indeed resembling Lu Hong, except that the man in the dreams was whole.

"I understand, I understand now!" the Ancestor Dragon soared into the sky, dancing wildly in the wind, "It was the War God, that old thief of the War God, he orchestrated it all, hahaha! Hahaha!"

Lu Hong looked at the frenzied Ancestor Dragon, unsure of what to say. How could the Ancestor Dragon have his game-world memories? What secrets were hidden within this revelation?

After a long while, the Ancestor Dragon landed back on the peak and his gaze towards Lu Hong softened, "Had you spoken earlier, I wouldn’t have hassled you for so long." With that, a stream of green soothing light fell upon Lu Hong’s body, healing his broken leg instantly.

"You’re here for my Dragon Blood this time?" The Ancestor Dragon returned to the previous topic, "Say it, how many pounds do you want?"

"I need it for body casting; just give as you see fit," Lu Hong moved his legs and smiled. The big brother remembered him, and it felt wonderfully good.

"Body casting? A Heavenly God descending?"