Chapter 581

Chapter 203 The Land of Great Dragons – Part Ten

The dragon’s roar echoed abruptly, and the fairies and wolfhounds hidden in the mist fell silent instantly. They all turned their heads towards the distance, spreading an atmosphere of panic and unease in the darkness. Innumerable unintelligible whispers filled the air, and the fragmented voices suddenly rose two seconds later, turning into angry roars.

“【Abyssal Language】 The gate key… has been unlocked… the physical body… is about to awaken…”

In front of my vision, the old fairy’s figure finally retreated into the mist. His words pierced through the fairies’ cries and faintly echoed from the dim fog: “【Abyssal Language】 You are not the apostle of Labis Hymen, you possess… Diana’s power…”

Diana’s power…?

I looked down at my own hand. Delicate arms were now adorned with faint, beautiful crimson patterns.

That’s right…

This is the power of the Goddess of Sin…

“Duca!”

In the rustling wind, the frenzied roar accompanied by密集的脚步声，无数双泛着幽光的眼瞳从四面八方向我围拢而来。

“哈……”

我长长地舒了一口气。

谈判的可能性几乎没有了……

那就不要再和这些家伙浪费时间了。

呼——

心中做出决定的瞬间，弥散的黑雾从后背涌出，化作火焰，炽白的光芒驱散了晦暗。飓风以我为中心向四周猛然扩散，游走的烟蛇顷刻间吞没了几道最先接近的黑影。下一刻，焰翼成型并扇动，娇小的身影带着飘来的光雾，眨眼间掠上了高空。

“杜卡！杜卡——”

愤懑焦灼的喊声从下方的浓雾中传来，瞬间又远去，被我抛在身后。冷冽的风声刺耳，视野灰蒙蒙一片。几道泛着紫光的长矛穿透雾气，从后方追掠过来。我操控着混沌之力拍打着焰翼，一个闪避躲过了攻击，接着加速。

嘭！嘭！嘭——

音爆掀起气浪，在前方成环形扩散，发出惊人的爆炸声。我用黑雾包裹着身体，眯起眼睛，在弥漫的雾色中迅速扫视。

那些妖怪已经被远远甩开了，它们的攻击再也追不上我……

大白在哪里……

刚才的吼声，听起来有些痛苦……

它怎么了……不会有事吧……

我顺着龙吼传来的方向急速飞行，觉得摆脱了妖怪们之后，便将飞行的高度降了下来，直到隐约能看清下方嶙峋的石脉。视线在叠石成山的黑色岩层中搜寻着，试图找到那只长满白毛的狰狞身影。

“大白——”

心中十分焦急，我忍不住大声喊了起来，娇弱的声音穿透浓雾，扩散开去，融入寂静的黑暗中，片刻都没有回音。

“大白！”

“大！白——”

“噗，咳咳……”

喊着喊着，有飘来的灰烬飞进嘴里，呛得我嗓子一阵疼痛，连声咳嗽，眼泪都要出来了，视线有了瞬间的模糊。我抬起手去揉，又怕撞到突起的岩层，便猛扇焰翼，将飞行的高度拔升了一些。

下方的岩石在灰雾中重新变得朦胧，只剩下隐隐的轮廓。

那是……

蓦然间，我看到远处高耸的一块巨大黑岩，眼睛眨了眨，有些呆住了。

那块岩石大得离谱，突兀地立在周围的岩层之中，如果我没有飞得这么高，大概连它的全貌都看不完整。

而现在，我隐约看清了它的样子。

焰翼骤然张开，身体在空中掠行半圈，然后停住，悬浮在岩石不远处的上方，揉了揉眼睛，再仔细看过去。

那是一颗龙头……

突起的黑岩沉寂在翻滚起伏的雾里，在我眼中呈现出来的，依稀是一颗巨大的、仰天长啸的龙头。

似龙头的岩石……

不对。

我皱起了眉头。

那不仅仅是龙头……还有脖颈……那个好像脊背……等等。

我突然意识到了什么，缓缓拍动起焰翅，让悬浮的高度再一次上升。

视野之中，像山脉般层峦叠嶂、骇状殊形的黑色岩层慢慢拉远视距，笼罩在下方的灰雾越发浓郁，直到快要将岩石完全埋没，隐在雾里的轮廓变得极其模糊时，我才停了下来。

这个高度，差不多正好能将连在一起、参差错落的巨大岩块尽收眼底。

那不仅仅是一颗龙头……

映入眼帘的黑岩绵延不绝，它们高低有序，组合在一起之后，几乎俨然是一整条龙的模样了。

我认不出那是什么龙。它和西方传说中背生蝠翼的四脚巨蜥完全不同，那条“龙”看上去是伏在地面上的，身体与其说是蜥蜴，更像是一条蛇，长而蜿蜒地盘踞着，背上生有尖峰，几乎成倒钩之势，但我没看到类似翅膀的部分。

如果不是“龙身”之下，隐约有四个好像爪足的岩石侧伸出来，我几乎要以为那是一条巨大的蟒蛇。它的头是高高仰起来的，脑后生有螺旋式的双角，黑岩组成的巨口大张着，仿佛像是在悲鸣。

这条“龙”，粗略看上去，至少有四百米长……

If it were a living creature, I couldn’t help but imagine that when it stood before the insignificant humans, and when it decided to destroy a city, even the most powerful forces, like the Pope’s knights, would be utterly helpless against such a colossal being. Even the mere breath of this monster would create a wind pressure that would be utterly despairing.

I suppressed the tremor in my heart and turned my gaze further away.

Such a “dragon” was not the only one.

The black veins of rock spread out in my vision, and the majestic peaks rose one after another in the thick fog, each one resembling a “dragon head,” with the “bodies” coiled beneath them.

The winding black stone veins looked like enormous, lifelike rock sculptures, exuding an ancient and decaying aura, much like eroded, decayed stones full of holes and filth.

Various types of giant dragon sculptures, their mountain-like bodies hidden in the misty gray smoke, with their ferocious heads raised to the sky, seemed to bow toward a single direction.

“…”

My eyes widened, and the shock within me surged like waves, pounding my heart. My scalp tingled, and my entire body trembled.

These…

Were they rock veins… or real dragons?

Even as my mind was still reeling from the shock and doubt, deep down, I already knew the answer.

This was the land of dragons…

I hadn’t seen any living dragons because… they were all underfoot… transformed into this form…

This place… was a world formed by the bodies of countless dragons…

Those once invincible, formidable creatures that struck fear into the bravest human warriors… they… had died here long ago…

This was not the land of dragons…

It was not a world created by the gods for dragons…

This… was the tomb of dragons…

A cold wind pierced my ears.

I trembled amidst the misty wind, then suddenly flapped my fiery wings, trailing a long black plume of smoke, and darted towards the direction where the dragon-shaped rocks lay.

Lies…

The Church, the gods… everything taught in the theology history classes at the academy were just fabricated stories. There was no land of dragons; everyone was lying, lying to the world, lying to me… But what was the truth?

Who truly understood the truth?

Angel?

But he was also a liar…

That pill was not from the Gate of Truth, nor was the clinic… He had deceived me…

I…

I will never trust them again…

Boom—

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed from afar, and scarlet light burst forth, illuminating the scene and dispersing the thick fog, turning everything into a bloody hue.

“A!”

A raging gale swept over in an instant. I was flying in mid-air with no time to react. My eyes stung so badly that I let out a cry, then lost sight of everything. The sound of rumbling grew like an avalanche, piercing my eardrums. The howling wind engulfed me in an instant, pulling me into a terrifying vortex.

“Ah—!”

I tightly closed my eyes. The roaring in my ears had turned into a hum, and even my own screams were barely audible. My body felt like a rag, tossed about by the violent winds, unsure where it was heading.

What’s happening?!

The turbulent air currents made it hard to control my fiery wings. I desperately used the dead smoke to envelop myself, curling up in mid-air to try to reduce the wind resistance. But it was futile. The wind pushed me forward relentlessly, and I collided with something.

“Uh…”

I couldn’t hold back a groan, but thankfully, the armor protected me. The impact sent a jolt through my back, though it wasn’t painful, just disorienting for a moment.

What happened…

As the wind around me weakened and the humming in my ears faded, I squinted one eye open and saw a black rock rising below. I spread my wings, flipped, and landed on the huge rock, crouching down and gripping the crevices with both hands. I tucked in my wings just in time to withstand the fierce winds.

The dazzling red light gradually faded from my vision, and the dense fog was almost entirely blown away. The twisted peaks and strange rocks became clearly visible. I lifted my head in the wind and saw more colossal dragon bodies. Their heads, raised high, all pointed in the same direction. In the sky above, there was a scarlet, blood-like tumor, floating ominously.

Thump-thump…

Thump-thump…

I heard the sound of my heartbeat.

What was that…

The large tumor was covered in veins, oozing bright red blood. Countless structures resembling blood vessels extended downward, delving into a towering rock formation. The next moment, an enraged dragon’s roar echoed from there.

“Roar—”

Dabai!

Dabai was there!!!

I no longer had time to think. Red light flashed in my eyes, and I leaped out using Moonwalk, stirring up chaotic power in mid-air. Amidst the swirling dead smoke, my massive fiery wings took shape once more, beating against the wind, countering the violent cyclone, and carrying me forcefully toward the tumor.