They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

Otherwise, would he be forced to merge with his brother Lu Mingfei to bear the consequences? Don't even think about it.

The Black King's flesh and blood had now spread out a steaming mist, revealing a terrifying bloody light. The dangerous illusion seemed to be invading reality. Even people without any bloodline could see the terrifying scene of the Black King Nidhoggr roaring to the sky in a split second, and then be completely frightened to death.

"Watch this! In exchange for this, I will open a limited passage to the World Tree, the phylogenetic tree of dragons, humans, and indeed all things.* I will use the Greater Holy Grail (Frigga Zero) you have chosen as the key to this connection."

(*This is a secondary setting. The World Tree refers to the highest level of the Dragon World, the origin of the planet that gave birth to the Black King. Similar to the apostles and humans in "Neon Genesis Evangelion" who all originated from the Tree of Life, the Black King corresponds to the first apostle Adam)

Lu Mingze calmed the restless black flesh with a light touch. He silently recited the low dragon language - the sound was not small but unclear, like countless words superimposed on each other and sounded at the same time, the content of which even Norton and Xia Mi could not decipher.

However, a hidden fact has been quietly revealed: Lu Mingze, who was born from the World Tree, knows how to connect to the World Tree. The Black King's Throne on the World Tree is the throne of the true God and the end point of the road to deification.

...At this moment, the dark flesh and blood in the box rose into the air, and first a stream of blood shot out, penetrating the crystal coffin and entering Frigga Zero's body.

The awakened soul of the White King was interfered with by souls from the outside world. His silent screams of pain, weak state and strong seal made him like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

But it was like the mark of the key had been completely sewn into the spirit and could not be removed.

Afterwards, the Black King's flesh and blood sizzled, and it let out waves of terrifying furious howls. It had a premonition of its own future, and was ignited with a raging rage like the Black King himself - no human or dragon had ever dared to use the Black Emperor as a sacrifice for alchemy!

Just a piece of the Black King's flesh and blood caused the resonance of the elements of heaven and earth. It was like a complete and conscious egg, causing a small-scale terrifying vision - the overpass deck shook and broke instantly, a storm began to form in the gray sky, and waves surged on the calm water.

But Lu Mingze finally ended its continued struggle - he stretched out one hand, pinched the madly agitated flesh and blood, and curbed all the strange phenomena.

The next moment, under Norton's close gaze, the flesh and blood in Lu Mingze's hands seemed to be reversing time, shrinking and becoming smaller, as if it had really returned to its "mother's womb"...

Norton knew that the so-called womb was the world tree, the system tree of the earth world itself, which was the source of the birth of the Black King.

The whole process lasted for dozens of seconds.

Norton was very excited, while Xia Mi looked confused.

"Success!"

Finally, after a while, Xia Mi heard their cheers. Success? How did they succeed?

What the hell is going on? Isn't it called the Throne of Heroes? Where did it go? She can't see it!

Norton said that this is the return to the World Tree, and this process is returning to the world itself...

But Xia Mi's mind was almost in chaos. She felt like someone had been interfered with for no reason and her good mood was wantonly ruined.

Because I am like a workplace trash who can only make third-rate PPTs and cannot understand technical documents. I can only rely on the projects set up by big guys who are engaged in independent technology research and development to make a living.

But suddenly one day, a top-level boss with even more impressive technical skills, as well as strong proposal-making ability, resource advantages, and execution capabilities, came over and forcibly joined their project to cooperate with the previous boss. Not only did he steal her job, but he also completely wiped out her original presence.

Xia Mi: "..." So, can you let me feel a little involved? With the Heroic Throne now available, I suspect I'm almost useless.

Then she saw Lu Mingze walk up to Melyuchina and gather the remaining bloodstains and debris from the box beside him. He then let the already sleeping Melyuchina open her mouth and swallow them, while he muttered:

"With the Emperor's blood, I grant you new life."

Melyuchina's expression was ferocious for a moment, then suddenly became relaxed, the fierce power of the Black King glowed within her body and soul, and gradually turned into tranquility flowing within her, as if she was born with dignity and majesty.

That is... the gift of blood!

Xia Mi knew clearly that the Gift of Blood could enhance an object's bloodline out of thin air.

Even though Melyuchina was fed two mouthfuls of the Black King's blood, Deadpool is still Deadpool after all. Even if the dragon genes in the dragon-form Deadpool's body account for an exaggerated 99%, the 1% human genes is still an insurmountable chasm. Deadpool is such a tragic intermediate form.

In addition, many strange dragon subspecies have evolved through contact with dragon blood, but it is obviously impossible to evolve pure-blooded dragon species in large quantities.

But the Gift of Blood is different.

It can improve an object's bloodline out of thin air, even from a mixed-blood to a pure-blooded dragon.

Because this ability is exclusive to the Black King... no, it is an exclusive ability only for the "three" born from the World Tree, not even the White King can do it.

Therefore, when Xia Mi saw that Melusina was transformed from a dragon-shaped Deadpool into a noble descendant of the Black King by Lu Mingze's words, Xia Mi judged that her bloodline was at least at the level of a third-generation ancient dragon.

Then, the little bit of Black King's flesh and blood that had just been devoured began to take effect. Her bloodline and soul were further optimized and leaped... Second generation, first generation... Hey, hey, this crown is almost on the same level as their Dragon King!?

"Alright, the Throne of Heroes is complete, and we've also included a basic stat optimization service for Heroic Spirit No. 1. However, the record tape is currently empty. If you want to inspect it, you'll need to upload the spirit's information and perform the summoning ceremony yourself."

Lu Mingze clapped his hands and dusted off the dust, as if he had done something insignificant.

"Anyway, the only 'key'—the Greater Holy Grail—is in your hands. As long as this thing isn't lost, invading the Throne of Heroes and modifying the records is practically a fantasy."

"Because this isn't the Nibelungen. Interfering with the 'World Tree' is as difficult as shaking and rewriting the world itself. It's far beyond the reach of ordinary power."

"Well, this service ends here. If you have time, please remember to give me a good review."

Lu Mingze was actually ready to turn around and leave so openly without asking Norton and Xia Mi to do anything, which was far beyond the latter's expectations.

After realizing something was wrong, Norton stopped the other party at this moment: "Why did you choose to cooperate with us... No, why did you help us for free?"

I've added a little bit of a secondary design to the World Tree. There's almost no original design for this thing. This is the only way to describe the World Tree in Dragon Clan fan fiction...

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This passage about Lu Mingze, the high-dimensional universe observer, comes from the original text of Dragon Clan

Dragon King I:

"For creatures living in three-dimensional space, time is an axis along which events are arranged in sequence. But if your insight can penetrate four-dimensional space, you will find that yesterday, today, and tomorrow are actually written in the same book. These events exist side by side, and which events appear depends on which page you turn to.

If your insight grows further, you'll realize that there are many, many books like this lying side by side, and when you open different books, the world will appear differently to you."

Lu Mingze said, "To be precise, I didn't modify history, but I chose a historical fork that was beneficial to you."

……

……

"When the observer's insight is strong enough, he can see through different world lines. Didn't I tell you that?

For a top observer living in a four-dimensional universe, history is like a bookshelf made up of many books, and time is just the pages that he turns between his fingers. Yesterday, today and tomorrow exist side by side before his eyes, and the beginning and the end are clear to him at a glance.

Lu Mingze said quietly, "Your insight isn't that strong, but I've also told you that you are part of the 'absolute reality' of this world, and your consciousness is the ballast that keeps the world running smoothly."

Chapter 98: The Day Humanity Was Established, the Time to Bid Farewell to the Gods

Neither Norton nor Xia Mi were as innocent as their twins, so they both quickly realized that the gift of fate had already been secretly marked with a price, and only free things were the most expensive.

"Free?" Lu Mingze had to cover his mouth, pretending to suppress a smile. "Is there such a thing as a free gift in this world? I will naturally collect the price in the future."

"Norton, Jörmungandr, remember what I told you about the path to godhood? Now, I can only offer you this piece of advice: sooner or later, humanity will bid farewell to the gods. So, no matter who you are, after ascending to godhood from the World Tree, you can only gaze upon the lights of human civilization from the inner side of the world."

Lu Mingze gave his final advice and disappeared in front of the two Dragon Kings.

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...He actually did not leave. After disappearing, he appeared again at a distant coordinate. This land was still within the Nibelungen, so the viaduct standing on the sea could also be seen.

...But Lu Mingze no longer had the calmness he had when facing Norton and Xia Mi.

"hiss……"

Lu Mingze's face turned pale, and blood dripped from his right arm where he had just done the experiment, as well as his chest. The wound seemed to be healing under extreme immortality, but it soon opened again.

In the end, he could only wave his hands to prevent the injuries on his body from showing. The bloodstains and miserable face all seemed to have returned to normal, concealed by the perfect illusion.

"As expected, interfering with the World Tree itself is not without cost. A piece of the Black King's flesh and blood is far from enough. To create the space for the Throne of Heroes, I must voluntarily give up my throne."

"If you think about it carefully, the chips delivered in advance for this transaction are really expensive."

"But, after all, the Heroic Spirits are a reflection of human history. Countless legends of human history have been sublimated into an eternal record. While one Supreme God's throne is missing, another seat for humanity has been added. Finally, there's hope for the construction of human order..."

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The two Dragon Kings had no way of knowing Lu Mingze's plan, but Norton found that after saving a lot of work, things seemed to become easy and enjoyable afterwards.

Even though Lu Mingze finally issued a disturbing warning, this hidden worry about the future was quietly dissipated when the massive project that was originally daunting was solved in an instant.

Norton sent Melyuchina's spirit into the void, using the White King's soul as a connecting keyhole, and disappeared - the same way the Black King's flesh and blood had just disappeared. Then, he used the remaining body as a catalyst to engrave and draw a complex alchemical array.

Norton's mood was obviously high now, as if he had conquered a vast alchemical project... although in the whole process just now, he was almost just a runner-up beside Lu Mingze.

Norton was still muttering, "Just one last step to verify, summoning the Heroic Spirit... summoning the Heroic Spirit!"

Xia Mi finally couldn't help but remind her, "Isn't it time for me to come?"

"Hmm? Should you be the one to come?"

"Hey, hey, don't forget, Blood Alliance, I've reserved Hela to lead the Throne of Heroes army!"

Xia Mi was still clamoring for some hope that she had not yet touched. She felt that she could not eat any more, otherwise she would not be able to have any leftovers, and she would not even be able to drink a sip of soup!

The damn Norton must be disgusted by her poor R&D skills and wants to secretly marginalize her and finally "optimize" her out of the Holy Grail War project team!

"understood."

Norton first made a faint "tsk" sound in his mouth, but Xia Mi, who obviously heard it, kept a straight face and pretended not to know. She could only watch Norton busy himself, and then he took out a paper document and threw it to Xia Mi.

"The spell for 'Heroic Spirit Summoning', read it like this, don't make any mistakes."

“Ohh… Fill it up, fill it up, fill it up… Wait a minute, why is your summoning word so long!?”

Xia Mi looked at the long paragraph of dialogue and asked, "Can we please not make it complicated? Why don't we keep it simple?"

"What do you think?"

Norton was too lazy to talk to people who didn't delve into technology.

The more complex and sophisticated the technique, the more numerous the startup procedures will be. As for the simplified version of summoning, it will take at least several versions of iterative optimization.

Requiring the first prototype experiment to achieve the effect that can be achieved in the future is purely the kind of behavior that does not understand the client's business and says, "Give me a colorful black/a dazzling white!"

"This is the password I set. Before you even recite the summoning spell, the three sentences from 'Fill it all' to the next are used to activate the formation. Starting from 'Declare', your summoning lines are actually there."

"Then let me ask you," Xia Mi reluctantly accepted Norton's explanation, but she raised a new question:

"Norton, why are the lines you set so...why are they so childish!?"

"Secondary two?"

Norton obviously didn't understand much about this aspect of human social culture. Even if Old Tang liked to show off a little, he wouldn't say such a long and shameful line as "Be consumed by the black flames sealed in my right hand!"

So Old Tang is not a middle school student, so he has never been exposed to what is meant by middle school. He just thinks that he can use what is ready-made, which saves him from having to think about it himself.

"..." Xia Mi had a gloomy face and had to recite this long string of summoning lines according to Norton's settings... which would be considered socially dead if it were said to others.

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Boom!

Emiya looked into the distance. The power of the Fantasy Collapse explosion was no less than before. Even though the white whale sensed the danger and immediately dived into the sea, it was still affected by the high heat and shock wave, suffering serious external injuries and internal organ damage.

The mournful whale song came from beneath the water, spreading across the vast ocean along with the blood. The blood, which contained noble and extraordinary bloodline, attracted countless fish to swarm in to grab the food.

The white whale carries the genes and spiritual words bestowed by the Dragon King Leviathan, and naturally a high concentration of dragon blood flows in its body.

This dragon blood seeped from the beluga whale's extensively damaged outer fat layer, forming a highly contaminated source of genetic mutation. Beneath the surface of the sea, impenetrable to the human eye, schools of various fish instinctively rushed to consume the dragon blood, swallowing the dragon genes into their bodies.

Those fish began to evolve into different degrees of strange appearances, including but not limited to pointed teeth, or scales as hard as black iron. Some fish even reversed the original food chain and began to devour each other. Their species and biological signs have leaped to a completely different level!

All this has also attracted larger deep-sea predators, which are also deployed by the Water King.

At this moment, several tentacles that were thicker than the tail of a white whale and had dense suction cups quietly wrapped around the piers under the overpass and pulled hard, causing the road surface under Emiya's feet to vibrate wildly!

Chapter 99 Have you ever seen a move that falls from the sky?

"careful!"

While Nono was giving a reminder, he reached out and pulled Emiya, who was still holding the bow and sword and carrying the sword case on his back, hard, and finally pulled him back from the front end of the fragile and collapsed road surface.

Below was the sea water filled with the fishy smell and the strong taste of white whale blood. There were also several mollusk limbs shaped like octopus tentacles wrapped around the bridge piers, faintly visible under the water. Those thick tentacles were so thick that you could tell without a close look that the size was even more exaggerated than the bridge piers themselves.

To the unknown sea monster with its tentacles extended, this water bridge is more like a big toy that its owner had placed here at some point in time, and its shaking behavior is like it is playing.

With a loud bang, the road behind the two people began to collapse as the bridge piers below shook. A long and narrow crack extended almost in a straight line from the edge opposite the road to this side. Large and small fragments and the breath of the ocean below popped out from the crack, like the grim mouth of a beast from the abyss.

"It's troublesome, it's not safe here!" Emiya and Nono held each other tightly, not letting go for a moment, and at the same time tried to stabilize their bodies. He was extremely unlucky. In this situation, he couldn't even hold the bow and aim.

Both of them realized the importance of keeping their feet on the ground, but there was no path to the shore ahead, so they could only continue running back in the direction they came from the overpass.

"Jump!"

The wobbling road surface makes it almost impossible to stand steadily. At this time, it is better to treat it as a springboard rather than a flat land.

Emiya and Nono understood each other's intentions, and almost at the moment of starting, they strengthened their footwork. The asphalt road surface was stepped on heavily, causing it to tilt more violently, and then when the crumbling bridge piers were unable to support it, it collapsed helplessly at an accelerated speed.

The two of them jumped several meters high from the ground, and the road they came from was completely disconnected from the road section here, so it seemed to be raised high, making it difficult for the two of them to land safely.

But the sea monster stretched out its tentacles again and continued to shake these products of human construction projects. Emiya inexplicably thought that the demolition efficiency of these large fantasy species was so high that it would be a pity not to join the demolition team.