"So you mean to say, this thing is a corpse? But why is it still able to self-repair?"

I pointed at the hole on the floor, which had basically returned to its original state, with the light sphere inside completely obscured now.

"Little friend, you may not know this, but dragons, as a species, even when dead, still contain a large amount of energy within their bodies. This is also why every part of a dragon's body is highly valuable."

"That makes sense..."

I glanced at Alexia, who understood what I was getting at and shrugged.

After all, when it came to dragon corpses, it wasn't my first encounter. The dragon corpse in the underground of the medical school, which could still be used to cultivate the Funeral Dragon's Song even to this day, demonstrated just how powerful the energy it contained was.

"Ah, I remember now!"

George suddenly had a look of realization on his face.

"I once read some records in the church's books. Before the dragon clan went into hiding, this area was considered the edge of the Dragon Valley, so it's not surprising to find a dragon tomb here. However, in the last war, the dragons retreated to the north, and this whole area became occupied by humans, elves, and orcs, forming the Witte Empire, the Forest Sea, and the Rift Valley."

"Does it say what we should do inside this dragon tomb?"

"Not at all," George said, looking worried.

"There is very little information available about that era now. Most records have been destroyed in wars or intentionally to conceal certain things."

"That's really unfortunate..."

I scanned the surroundings.

"I have no idea which way to go, should we go back the way we came?"

"What are you talking about! We can't possibly go back," Nate exclaimed.

"This is a dragon tomb; as long as we find a dragon corpse, it's an endless treasure trove."

"And then what? How do you plan to get the dragon's body out?"

"Um..."

"You think dragons are fools? Just leaving their bodies for you to take? Ancient people of some status would always set up various traps in their tombs, let alone dragons."

"But..."

Before Nate could continue, the entire space suddenly shook. Upon a closer look, the pillar we descended from had rapidly ascended back up, disappearing into the darkness in just two or three seconds.

Blame it on the limited range of the light sphere's illumination.

We all fell silent, turning around to see the students looking panic-stricken.

I apologized to Ona, then summoned a few more light spheres to illuminate our surroundings.

Ona nodded and conjured a black cloak to cover herself.

Perhaps due to the light, everyone's anxious emotions lessened a bit. However, we were still in danger, and as a teacher, it was essential to do something at times like this.

"Ms. Mary, do you have anything to help us determine the direction?"

"Basically nothing..."

Mary shrugged.

"It's hard without a map in a place like this; it's really inconvenient not to have brought a compass."

She was right; the directional functions on our small map were now useless, leaving us who were accustomed to using it completely directionless.

"What about you all?"

I looked at Turner and the others; they also looked grim, but were trying to keep calm under the circumstances.

"I used to have confidence in my ability to navigate, but in this pitch-black place without even a point of reference, my confidence wavers," said Nate.

"I can summon imps to scout ahead, but the imps fear the dragon's power, and it seems they dare not come out," Mr. Gongxi said as he took out a small jar.

The jar was trembling.

"Well, alright," I chuckled, but I still had a plan.

"I hope the dragon's corpse doesn't feel cold," I thought to myself. With that in mind, I reached out, and a roughly bowl-sized ice totem extended in two directions from my hand for a while before halting. I slowly placed it on the ground.

"The ice totem is completely straight. Walking along it should lead us out, right?" I suggested.

"Oh, that's indeed a good idea!" Nate said as he began to walk.

"Let me lead the way. It makes me uneasy as a monster hunter to do nothing," he continued.

"Sure, if you'd like," I replied, looking at my students and Ms. Mary.

"It's too dark here, so let's stick together as we walk. Ms. Mary, you lead the group, and I'll bring up the rear to prevent anyone from getting separated," I instructed.

"Understood."

Although I made these arrangements, I was still very concerned about our current situation. After all, we were in an unknown place, and our group was simply too large. If we encountered any trouble, it would be difficult to protect everyone, let alone ourselves.

I hope Nate and the others' abilities are proportional to their levels, or we may all meet our end here.

Mary and I wouldn't mind, as we can be resurrected, unlike them. However, even if I were to revive them all, they would just turn into zombies.

As we walked along the ice pillars towards one direction and reached the end, I summoned another ice pillar to confirm the direction before proceeding.

Each ice pillar was about 2 kilometers apart. When I summoned the sixth one, I suddenly felt something strange.

"Huh?" I stopped in my tracks.

"The top of the ice pillar... seems to have hit something."

"What!" People nearby exclaimed, but most of them had happy expressions on their faces.

"I'll go check it out," Nate declared and dashed out.

"Hey, wait..." I couldn't finish my sentence before he disappeared into the darkness.

"Big brother, should we..." Oyado beside me was about to say something, but I shook my head.

"No need, Oyado. Just be careful of your surroundings."

I focused on my mini-map, on the lookout for any red dots popping up.

"Young one, do you feel what your ice pillars have encountered?" Mr. Gongxi suddenly asked.

"I... am not entirely sure," I pondered. "But it seems to be something very hard, as the ice pillar stopped growing abruptly."

"Is that so?" Gongxi furrowed his brows.

Just then, we heard Nate's scream from the other side, followed by a deafening roar.

What the hell is happening all of a sudden?

"All members, prepare for battle! Summon ice wolves! Ice Imperial Palace!"

The wolf emerged from the magic array as the ice wall just formed, and a sharp spike directly pierced through the ice wall and stabbed in!

"Ultimate · Rose Thorn Spear!"

Samehi, who was closest, took a step back slightly, then lunged forward fiercely, and the red spear body forcefully stabbed the protruding spike!

A large number of thorny rose vines wrapped around the spike along the spear body, but with a swing, the spike threw Samehi out, then retracted the spike, and stabbed in again!

This time, the ice wall was shattered directly, and a huge figure squeezed in.

"This... How is this possible!"

Alexia's face turned pale.

"This is... the long-extinct Dragon Lion Scorpion! Impossible, this creature has been extinct for thousands of years!"

Dragon scales and body, lion's head and tail, as well as segmented legs of a scorpion.

The Dragon Lion Scorpion, towering 30 meters tall, stood in front of us at this moment.

"Just a reptile."

I glanced at the hundreds of bottles of magic potions on my item bar.

"Hope you drop something good."