Arcane Journey

The terrifying beam arrow broke the silence, cutting through the sky like lightning, and shot straight towards the huge body of the ancient black dragon.

Before the black dragon could even react, the light beam shattered his hard dragon scales like a ghost, and like a sharp blade cutting through steel, it mercilessly penetrated his strong chest, leaving a huge transparent hole.

Immediately afterwards, blood gushed out like a fountain. The bright red color formed a sharp contrast with the dark environment in the cave. It seeped and splashed on the stone walls wantonly, like a bloody and desperate painting.

Every drop of blood seemed to tell of the black dragon's despair and pain, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding cold stone walls.

The great pain caused the ancient black dragon to roar deafeningly, and the sound seemed to be able to tear apart the space and shatter the cave.

He staggered, lost his strength in an instant, his huge body began to tremble, and finally fell heavily to the cold and hard ground.

Dust flew everywhere, blocking the view of the surroundings, leaving only the black dragon's heavy breathing echoing in the cave.

Seeing this situation, Brian stared at the ancient black dragon's huge body with an extremely vigilant look. He did not approach it cautiously until the fire of life in its huge eyes gradually dissipated and the blood in its chest coagulated.

After an inspection, Brian breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, this rather troublesome ancient black dragon had been pierced through the heart by an arrow shot from the longbow in his hand that was filled with divine energy, making it impossible for it to be resurrected.

Deader than dead, completely erasing all traces of its existence from this world.

Without wasting any more time, Brian got down to business.

Now that the ancient black dragon has been killed, the next important task is naturally to find his hidden treasure.

So, Brian stood at the entrance of the huge cave, took a deep breath, and the staff in his hand trembled slightly.

Then, he closed his eyes, focused on the flowing magic power, and whispered the incantation of a detection spell.

In an instant, a ray of light blue light flashed before his eyes, surging like a wave.

The dark corners of the cave gradually brightened, as if a thick black veil was gently lifted by an invisible magic hand.

As the light gradually fills in, details that were once ignored or hidden gradually emerge, like ancient secrets awakening in the morning light.

Complex and mysterious magic runes appear on the walls, on the ground, and even in those seemingly inconspicuous corners. They flash with faint light, telling the stories of past glory and taboos.

At this moment, Brian's heartbeat accelerated involuntarily. He felt the powerful force contained in the treasure, like the beating of the heart of an ancient beast, shaking the air and also shaking his soul.

And those gold coins and jewels that sparkled with golden light and exuded a warm atmosphere were even more alluring under the dim light. They seemed to have life, swaying gently, as if sending him a silent invitation, telling him endless stories and temptations.

However, hidden in this temptation are unknown dangers.

Brian was surprised to find that around these treasures, there was a layer of cold and sinister aura lurking. It was a deep and ancient chill, as if coming from the abyss or hell, carrying with it indescribable fear and danger.

This aura formed a sharp contrast with the light of the treasure, and looked like the terrible restrictions and magic traps emitted by a dragon guarding its treasure, ancient and powerful, which made people feel awe.

"It's quite interesting. I didn't expect that this miser would guard his things so closely that he would set up such powerful restrictions and magic traps." Brian raised his lips to a playful smile, with a glimmer of excitement and challenge in his eyes.

However, after studying these restrictions, Brian couldn't help but frown.

It was not because he was unable to break these restrictions. On the contrary, with his wisdom and strength, these restrictions were as fragile as chickens and dogs in front of him.

But what really troubled him was that these restrictions were not scattered, but thousands of restrictions and traps carefully set up by the ancient black dragon over thousands of years. They were intertwined and linked together, like an invisible big net, tightly covering this area.

Brian knew very well that although he could eventually break these restrictions one by one with his own strength, it would undoubtedly be a time-consuming, laborious and arduous battle.

He needs to think carefully and find the most efficient and reliable way to break the siege, to ensure that he can successfully break through the siege, while trying to shorten the time and energy required for the process.

Thinking that he had more important things to do next, Brian naturally couldn't waste his time here.

So, after a little thought, he came up with a solution.

Brian immediately took out the communication stone and activated it.

The communication stone suddenly emitted a soft light and established a subtle connection with somewhere in the void.

But after a moment, the light gradually faded. On the other end of the message, Mircella, who was in charge of guarding the towering floating city, was buried in the piles of documents. Suddenly, she felt a familiar and subtle fluctuation. She looked up, frowned slightly, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Oh?" Myrcella said in a long tone, with a hint of teasing in her expression, "Our Lord of the Floating City is busy with an important matter in the Underdark, so how come he still has the leisure to chat with a 'leisure person' like me? It's really a pleasant surprise."

As she spoke, she inadvertently glanced at the vast sea of ​​clouds outside the window, secretly guessing the deep meaning behind Brian's move.

"I've got some tough stuff going on." Brian didn't beat around the bush and said bluntly:

"I have to remove a restriction, but it is extremely complicated. It would be too exhausting for me to do it alone. Therefore, I hope you can establish a connection with the tower spirit and let it assist me in completing this task."

"Are you planning to ask Ms. Polaris to assist you?" Myrcella put away her playful look and pondered for a moment. Her deep eyes seemed to be able to see through everything. She gently asked Brian for his opinion.

Hearing this, Brian raised a faint smile and shook his head. "There's no need to trouble her with this matter. After all, Ms. Polaris has a very important mission, and every bit of her strength should be used in more critical areas."

Upon hearing this, Myrcella nodded, seeming to understand Brian's decision.

Brian continued, "Recently, didn't I ask you to conduct a study on the Tower Spirit? I wonder how the research on this new Tower Spirit is going?"

Tower Spirit, as the soul of the wizard tower and the floating city, the importance of its existence is self-evident.

It is not only the intelligence center of this sky castle, but also the key to maintaining the operation of the entire floating city.

Since the founding of the floating city, Brian has been deeply aware of the importance of the tower spirit. (End of this chapter)