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Chapter 976 Bloodline Body

Milo put the broken corner into his pocket.

Then, he found some bloodstains on the surface of the plain.

It is the blood of the Greeks.

...

"He's coming."

A blue crack appeared between Mabel's brows, and her eyes also shone with azure light as she gazed toward the distant northern part of the plain.

Byrne drew his longsword again and held it horizontally in front of him.

At the edge of the cold plains, the sky and the earth are stitched together.

If you were to observe it with the naked eye, you might mistake it for a crooked crack on the horizon.

But soon, it began to wriggle.

Eight spear-like segments pierced the leaden gray sky, followed by a swollen abdomen, like a decaying star squeezing out of the clouds. When it was fully revealed, one could begin to see the downy hairs, each one covered in frost, refracting a rainbow of oil in the dim light of the eternal day.

Hanging in front of that enormous abdomen was a face with clearly defined human facial bone structure.

Twelve pairs of obsidian-like eyes are positioned on the forehead of this face.

He gazed upon Milo and the others in the center of the plain, and with each wriggling motion, it seemed as if phosphorescent fire would splatter.

At the ends of the enormous segmented limbs that stretched between heaven and earth, eerie blue sparks continuously erupted, gnawing at the frozen ground.

...

Countless cracks radiate at perfect angles, and within each crack stands a slender eye shadow.

They are like souls imprisoned here, stretching out their arms to the colossal object hanging in the sky, ice crystals growing in the same shape at their fingertips, and before that, they disguised themselves as stars.

Only at this moment could one vaguely see that the stars in the sky were different from those seen in the Golden Kingdom and the depths of the Lost Southern Territory.

The stars here are fake.

It is made of spider webs.

The path that the Hiranis, no, all inheritors of the ancient dragon bloodline have fought for generations—the path rooted deep within their bloodline, the path back to outer space—is illusory.

Here lies only a plain formed from the nest eggs of Atlak-Nakya, and a "starry sky" woven from countless spider silks and the souls of the deceased.

...

When the spider god Atlach Nakya descended upon the plain.

Milo and his companions heard the sound of countless lost souls opening their eyes, which came from the dazzling stars above.

...

This is His lair.

It is also His hunting ground.

Under the shadow of His enormous figure, the ancient dragon, the so-called star beast, seemed insignificant.

Perhaps the real reason Gu Long fell into the Dream Realm was this spider web...

It didn't even realize until its death that it had fallen into the trap of another terrifying creature, firmly believing that the stars above its head were real.

Perhaps this obsession was implanted into its mind by the spider god Atlach Nakya.

Perhaps the inheritance of the ancient dragon bloodline is also the work of the Spider God.

He was performing a ritual that was similar to a blood sacrifice, but infinitely more advanced.

Generation after generation, countless inheritors of the ancient dragon bloodline were drawn by the deep-seated obsession within their bloodline, firmly believing that it was their destiny and faith. Like the Higanbana, they completed the entire process from birth to extinction in less than half an era.

If you call all of this a scam, and say that on this plain of burial bones...

It will most likely trigger some kind of extreme terror.

Because the remains of the deceased are buried on the plains and the road to the Heavenly Falls, while their souls hang in the spider webs above, they have become part of the deception.

...

But Atlak Nakya's original intention was not for hunting or blood sacrifice.

His purpose was far more profound than that.

Perhaps He was trying to create the stars.

...

A gigantic face, with twelve pairs of deep, dark eyes, hovered in the distance from everyone's perspective.

Even though He had descended to a very, very far position, within the eerie rules of light and shadow here, Atlak Nakya's body seemed deliberately elongated. An ancient, worn, and decaying aura emanated from every crevice in all directions.

Milo and his group were the outsiders; they were also the only living beings here without these auras.

And this is not allowed to exist.

The stars in the sky also think so.

...

click-

Milo remained silent for a long time. When Atlak Nakya's body had completely fallen from the sky onto the plain, he began to walk forward. The sound of dry bones and broken stones being crushed underfoot startled Mabel, who had been momentarily lost in thought.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

She saw Shadow just start walking straight ahead and asked a question, but received no response.

In a daze, she realized that the black flames dancing on Shadow's body were no longer just spiraling.

Mabel thought she was seeing things.

But she did indeed see bloodlines similar to those of Gu Long.

...

The orderly outline around Shadow began to be filled with crimson, a crimson color similar to that of Shadow in the past era of the lucid world, but it was not the power brought by the sacrificial feast of flesh and blood, but the revival of the ancient dragon bloodline.

If Freya, the last Sylvanian to awaken the bloodline of an ancient dragon, has died, then it means that the Sylvanian era has come to an end.

But Gu Long's bloodline did not end there.

It was grafted onto Milo in another form.

...

Back in the Southern Reach, the Three Ladies of Sorrow, in a narrow sense, completely dismembered Milo.

It was Freya who used the blood of the Hittites and the rituals of Oriba Island to create a new body for Milo.

He also possesses the bloodline of the ancient dragon.

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"He was bewitched."

Mabel had a bad feeling.

With her knowledge and understanding, she could naturally see that the bloodline of the ancient dragon had been enslaved by Atlak Nakya from the very beginning.

Even the Primal Ancient Dragon, that great Star Beast, was imprisoned and tortured.

Even the epic poem "The Star Beast," which may have been passed down for many years, is a masterpiece of Atlak Nakya.

Countless eras have passed, and everything has become established by convention, no longer easily summarized as a simple "conspiracy" or "deception."

In short, the ancient dragons and their bloodlines may have all become servants and kin of the spider god Atlak Nakya.

...

This made Mabel's expression even more serious.

She never thought there was any place in the Dreamland that she couldn't go, but now she felt that this illusory land of stars was not a place she should be.

"Shadow has been taken control."

Although it's unclear why Milo possesses the blood of an ancient dragon, this is not the time to dwell on that question.

"It's time to find a way to leave."

Mabel looked at Byrne beside her.

She suddenly remembered that this guy was Milo's knight.

To put it bluntly, they're just followers, like a clan or a retinue.

That would be the end of it all.

...

Just as she was about to use star magic to leave the plain.

Mabel suddenly realized that Milo had somehow moved directly beneath Atlak Nakya's massive belly, and then he raised his fist...

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(End of this chapter)