Chapter 561: Chapter 561, Dragon Bone
"What happened here?"
A large green-scaled serpent with twin horns and blood-red eyes coldly stared at the split-open mountain range, and asked a two-headed ice wolf beside it.
"I don’t know either. I only came here because I heard a noise just now."
The two-headed ice wolf shook its head. Most of the Demon Beasts that entered the Ancient Battlefield were Tier Eight. They could already speak human languages and had no small amount of intelligence.
Not just them, but other Martial Artists and Demon Beasts around the Black Mountain Range also began discussing this matter. Chu Ming, at an inconspicuous spot, calmly watched all this, sensing a foreboding feeling rising in his heart.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The split Black Mountain Range suddenly began to tremble violently. Chu Ming’s gaze focused on the quaking rocks, understanding that it was his Myriad Swords Return to the Root that had caused the Black Mountain Range to shatter from the middle.
"Could it be that the collapse of the Black Mountain Range triggered some hidden restrictions?"
Chu Ming murmured to himself. Up in the sky, many observers also noticed the intense trembling of the black rocks. Faces lit with joy, they quickly dispersed, cautiously eyeing the others.
"Could a treasure be about to appear?"
A Guiyuan Realm Human Martial Artist greedily stared below the Black Mountain Range. Judging by his appearance, if he wasn’t afraid of being the first to make a move and becoming a target, he would have rushed over to investigate.
"Hahaha, the Ancient Battlefield is truly a treasure trove. If I obtain a treasure and get out, I might be able to breakthrough to the Realm of Transcendence."
An old man in a gray robe, his hair white, stared at the Black Mountain Range as if looking at a supreme treasure, and laughed wildly.
The people and Demon Beasts in the sky had varied expressions, while many powerful Demon Beasts communicated secretly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just then, the scattered rocks around the Black Mountain Range suddenly flew up from the ground, one piece, two pieces, three pieces... As more and more black rocks rose, the stunned crowd quickly retreated, eyes widened in astonishment at the sky, which had turned black. The black rocks seemed manipulated by a mysterious force, forming a black vortex under this power.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Rustle!
With the first sound, the black rocks rapidly shattered under the crowd’s amazed gaze, turning into countless powder particles that merged into the black tornado.
"Look, what is that over there?"
At this moment, the eyebrow of a Celestial Eye Divine Monkey flashed, casting a beam of light onto the lowest point of the Black Mountain Range. There, as the black rocks crumbled into dust, a circular stone platform with a diameter of around three to four meters appeared.
Standing about a meter higher than the ground, the platform was entirely white, emanating a primordial aura. At its center were numerous strange blood-red patterns. A single glance made Chu Ming dizzy.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A ball of blue fire ignited at the platform’s center, its blazing heat distorting the space. Following this flame, eight more balls of fire lit up, each slowly drifting to one of the platform’s eight corners. Despite their slow speed, the flames reached the platform’s edges in an instant.
All the people and Demon Beasts in the sky held their breath, silently watching, none willing to make the first move.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
As the eight fires reached the platform’s edge, the nine blue flames at the center shattered simultaneously. Countless blue threads wound and twisted in the air.
Boom!
With a thunderous roar, the blue flame fragments at the center slowly formed a bluish dragon shape. At the same time, the spiritual power within a thousand-mile radius flooded into the blue dragon shape like a whale swallowing water.
Then, under the crowd’s astonished eyes, the blue dragon shadow seemed to come alive, transforming into a majestic dragon roaring in the air. In the sky, blue flames continuously condensed into liquid droplets, each drop potent enough to severely injure a Guiyuan Realm Martial Artist.
"Is that... a Dragon Bone?"
Chu Ming’s gaze narrowed. At the center of the nine blue dragon shadows was a bone nearly tens of meters long, dark gold in color, contrasting sharply with the platform’s white. Moreover, he felt an overwhelming aura of dragon might emanating from it.
With such intense dragon might, it was indeed a Dragon Bone.
Chu Ming wasn’t the only one who noticed the Dragon Bone. The majority of the people and Demon Beasts present also recognized it.
Dragons were Nine Heavens Divine Objects. Even the lowest Horned Dragon, upon maturity, could rival a Life and Death Realm King. Higher-ranking dragons could make even the most powerful emperors and kings bow their heads. On the Celestial Martial Continent, dragons were nearly extinct.
Chu Ming keenly sensed that at the moment the Dragon Bone appeared, the eyes of many Demon Beasts in the sky became intensely heated. And who could blame them? A Dragon Bone could completely transform their bloodline.
The Human Race valued talent, only those with great talent could advance further on the martial path. For Demon Beasts, bloodline was paramount, serving as the bridge to higher realms in martial arts.
Demon Beasts with Low Tier bloodline, no matter how hard they worked, their achievements would always be limited. Dragons, with their high-level bloodline, could refine such a bone and integrate it into themselves, breaking through the current realm’s barrier.
"Humans, this belongs to our ancestors. We hope you won’t seize it."
A Black-eyed Bear stepped out from the Demon Beasts, its massively built body towering like an iron tower, coldly staring at the people, issuing a warning.
The Black-eyed Bear ruled as an Overlord among Tier Eight Demon Beasts. Though not as strong as the six great powers, its strength still commanded respect. His declaration immediately subdued many restless human experts.
However, there were simply too many human experts here. Even if many feared the Black-eyed Bear, there were still some who ignored it. Not long after its warning, a middle-aged man in a purple robe stepped forward from the crowd and sneered.
"While the Dragon Bone may be useless to us, the Dragon Power Essence within can significantly enhance our physical strength and power with just a single absorption."
The purple-robed man erupted in a whirlwind of powerful qi, causing the Black-eyed Bear’s aura to dissipate, relieving the crowd.
"Hmph, Brother Black-Eye, why waste words on them? Anyone daring to covet the Dragon Bone should just be killed!"