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1

Forst Lord released Tony, who calmly rewrapped the bandage on his head.

"Their aircraft has excellent stealth capabilities, but human-designed things are still too reliant on energy. We still have a chance to find them. We never left your territory from beginning to end, and the Dragon Tomb is right in the center of your territory."

"It would be death without regret for him to die in the Dragon Tomb."

"Stop boasting!"

"Tony!"

"Your authority in front of me has crumbled. If the Demon Dragon can die, I will consider obeying you again." Tony spoke his mind without reservation. Forst Lord had indeed been impeccable in front of him but now he had been stepped on the tail.

"Escort him out!" Forst Lord pointed his aged finger towards the door.

2

Zhao Yuansong landed the aircraft one kilometer away from the Dragon Tomb. The area around the Dragon Tomb was desolate, making it easy to be discovered, although we didn't know if it had already been discovered.

"You all stay here; I'll go alone."

"I'll go with you." Nai Nai already held a knife in her palm and walked beside me. "This is my job."

"Sis..."

Xiao Yu, the boy with a pretty face, tugged on Lilith's sleeve.

"Today is the seventh day, don't you remember?" Zhao Yuansong brushed his teeth while speaking, wearing pajamas. Vampires love to sleep in broad daylight.

Nai Nai and I silently walked towards the Dragon Tomb. Along the way were enormous dragon bones. Although the dragons were dead, their souls were still present. Some were unwilling to become part of The Demon Realm's crimson sky and clung to the ground. Others had been collected by exceptionally talented individuals as magic tools, leaving behind incomplete strands of their souls.

"Wailing, crying, manic laughter..."

"What are you doing?"

"I'm listening to the last sound of the dragons. After they die, their souls keep repeating their final sound."

"Why do the dragon clans all end their lives here?"

"I don't know. Maybe I won't know until I really die."

"I thought you knew everything."

"Nai Nai... you know that I have always wanted to know where I come from. After becoming human, I became even more curious about how I appeared in The Demon Realm. Other dragon clans have parents, but what about me?"

"The Demon Dragon is not the omnipotent one. His natural enemy is the Holy Dragon, but now the Demon Dragon and the Holy Dragon are together, so what meaning does it have for this world?"

"I don't know."

"It seems like you really don't know."

"Haha, so you used the contract to probe into my mind."

"Lily taught me how to use this contract and gave me a lot of power, but I don't need it. I want to fulfill the position of Demon King with my own abilities. I want to challenge you with my own strength. You are my opponent, not my lover."

"I saw in your heart..."

"I don't have those feelings for you. I don't understand either!" Nai Nai had an extremely serious expression, but she couldn't hide the deceit in her eyes.

"It's okay, today is the last day. Tell me, what is the palace on top of this Dragon Tomb for?"

"It's for your sacrifice."

"Me?"

"After the war between gods and demons, some people believed that you, like other dragons, would return here, so they built it."

"Faith? When the power of my soul and body freely transform, I believe there will be a powerful force of faith, just like the awakening of the Demon Blood."

In the grand hall, apart from the magnificent and other sacrificial palaces, the palace was empty. The entire Demon Realm knew that the Demon Dragon was not dead, so no one should come here anymore.

"Reisgolo, you've come!"

"Here!" I was extremely excited to hear the voice again, which was clearer than ever before and was nearby.

"Look around!"

"No! There is something here that I don't know, something ancient... the oldest... that stone!" Looking around, there were no stones except for the carved walls.

"A stone? I've never heard of it."

"Who are you?" I tried to communicate with it.

"You are darkness."

"Uh... you know me..."

"When I, the dark me, appear together with the bright me, it is time for him to appear."

"Him? What are you talking about? And who are you?"

"Nana, destroy this palace. The stone cannot be moved or crushed. It must be here." I turned around and pointed at the palace. There was no way the stone could be moved in the palace. It must be underneath the palace.

"..." The other side fell silent.

"But..."

"Hurry, do as you're told."

Nana drew his sword and infused it with immense power from the magic contract on his right wrist.

"Who orders someone to dig their own grave?" Nana inserted the sword into the ground below his feet and vigorously pulled it up, swinging the sword like golfing it away.

The palace split in half, and among the main pillars supporting the palace, there was a nearly cuboid stone. I had been looking at the stone for so long, and there was never any strange reaction until now.

"Black, could this thing be the golden light in your memory?"

"It seems like it. The colors of this stone are very similar."

Nana also carefully examined the indestructible stone. The patterns and texture felt like an ordinary stone, but there seemed to be no traces from the cut Nana made just now. Nana picked up some broken stones from the ground and pounded the stone, but there were no marks even after smashing the stones into powder.

"Could it be... this ability is just an illusion?"

"Hmm?" I looked closely. No matter how I looked at the stone, it was exactly the same as when I first saw it. Back then, the Demon Realm had nothing but me and the stone, and it had remained unchanged.

In other words, the appearance of this stone is not its true form.

"Your jade!" Nana saw something glowing behind me, and it looked like my jade. It had slipped behind me while I was sleeping, and every time I heard the voice, the bamboo jade would emit light.

"You know this is a jade?" I was puzzled because I always wore the jade on my chest without showing it to others. How did she know it was a jade?

"You saw it when you were taking a bath."

"..." Damn it, she said she didn't look at me when wiping the sword, but she actually saw everything! I didn't see anything, this makes me so angry!!

I took out the jade and gently touched it to the stone. It was as if the stagnant lake, which had been silent for thousands of years, suddenly received nectar, awaking with vitality and bursting with explosive power.

"This isn't a jade, it's a key!"

The stone shed its outer layer, revealing its true form—an oblong black box.

"Qin Yang, there!"

Following Nana's direction, there was indeed a groove that looked exactly like the jade my mother gave me. Below it, there was a small horizontal inscription in dragon script, roughly meaning - "Melt this endless box with golden flames."

So the golden flames must be the Flame of Punishment. Jade and fire are essential, which is why the events from three weeks ago happened.

I couldn't wait to place the jade in the groove.

A golden spark jumped out, finding something to ignite without warning, gradually melting and transforming the cuboid shape...

2

Lilith looked astonished at the chilling air outside the cabin, accompanied by a deadly aura that made one suffocate.

"Forest Lord!"

"Why is the Demon Lord here? We should be hidden." Zhao Yuansong was awoken by this atmosphere.

"Perhaps we never left their sight."

"How... how is that possible!"

"Forget about that! I have to go... wait, Aoyou!" Lilith saw a majestic ice-bound beast standing proudly outside the cabin, Aoyou, the snow lion under the Forest Lord's seat.

"Damn you, Forest Lord!"