Chapter 278
Ye Bai's mind flashed back to the moment he first encountered the paper figure, when he had proactively mentioned this name. The term, transliterated into Dragon Language, was indeed swift, but when combined with the following "Lierde Lorn..." it carried a much deeper significance.
More importantly, the middle name "Lierde" had appeared on the ruins Ye Bai had seen in the Sky City, inscribed on the remnants that recorded the ancient Dragon King.
At this moment, Ye Bai, now an expert in Dragon Language, automatically received a more profound translation of this phrase with the system's assistance—
【Dragon of Space】
"Ah... Ugh... Roar!"
Suddenly, a heart-stirring roar erupted, belonging to the apex of the biological chain in this world. Ye Bai felt her footing slip beneath her, transforming her from riding to sitting abruptly on a hard, jagged platform.
In the next instant, before Ye Bai could even adjust her gaze, a massive, shadowy dragon wing, capable of blocking out the sun, had already lifted, leaping into her line of sight.
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The dark blue dragon wing rose swiftly, crossing Ye Bai's view in an instant. As it flapped, she was propelled upward, returning to her original position in the blink of an eye.
Wherever the dragon's body passed, layers of space opened up within the pure white laws of light, distorting "light" and naturally blocking harm.
In a flurry of thoughts, Ye Bai found herself momentarily speechless, only able to glance down at her feet, which rested upon the rugged, formidable head of the dragon.
The next moment, Ye Bai jolted back to reality like a sudden electric shock:
"Wuming!"
Yet no matter how hard Ye Bai searched with her gaze, the lines representing the existence of the paper figure had already transformed into the Dragon Language containing the true name, swallowed by the light, vanishing without a trace.
At the same time, Ottofis, now transformed into the Dragon of Space—or rather, restored to it—had swiftly arrived beside the Lich King.
Space was its domain, and when it came to speed, no one in the entire divine realm could match the Dragon of Space.
"Roar!"
With a furious roar, Ottofis flapped its wings, unleashing a unique spatial storm. A hurricane composed of terrifying spatial rifts surged toward the Lich King, Lori.
Even Lori, a powerful deity in his own right, could not face this divine-level attack head-on. The spatial storm forced him back, creating distance between him and the treasure vault just a step away.
"A dragon! How is this possible?!"
The Lich King was utterly shocked by the sudden transformation of the ancient dragon. He had noticed Ottofis's extraordinary nature when it charged into the laws of light with Ye Bai, but just as Ye Bai had not anticipated that the donkey she had ridden for so long would turn out to be a dragon, Lori had not expected this scene either.
He quickly recognized the identity of the dragon before him: "The Dragon of Space... the Dragon King! You didn't die back then!"
One reason Lori was later known as "Saint Lori" in human history, even after the fall of the High Val Kingdom and his establishment of an independent domain, was due to his legendary feat of leading an army to conquer the most feared race in the entire divine realm—the ancient dragons.
This war had achieved a glorious victory, causing the Sky City to fall, and both the ancient dragons and the dragonborn beneath the Sky City became part of history. Lori's army was dubbed the Dragon Slayers, and he was hailed as the "Dragon Slayer Warrior" across the continent.
However, Lori, who had personally led the battle, knew that the reason for such a resounding victory was due to a significant internal upheaval within the ancient dragon clan prior to that.
Everything began with the disappearance of the Dragon King, followed by the deaths of numerous dragons. By the time Lori's army reached the Sky City, only four dragons remained to face them, and the Dragon King was not among them.
Lori understood that the upheaval's origin was closely tied to the god king, who had suddenly gone on a rampage against all races at that time.
Later, when he personally used the Sword of the Hanging Peak to bring down the Sky City, he naturally assumed that the Dragon King had perished, and if it weren't for the god king's subsequent curse of undeath upon him, he would have long faded into history.
Why was the Dragon of Space appearing here now, aiding the god king, who should have been its enemy? Or was the truth behind the Dragon King's disappearance really as he believed?
Once so sure of his knowledge, Lori was now filled with doubt. But in the next moment, upon seeing Ye Bai standing atop Ottofis's head, the swirling necromantic flames around him momentarily froze in shock—
"She... how is this possible?!"
How could a proud dragon allow someone to stand on its head? Let alone the Dragon of Space, the king of the ancient dragon clan, this scene struck Lori with a greater impact than the previous transformation of the donkey into the Dragon King, or the fact that the Dragon King would assist the god king.
In Lori's understanding, there was no existence in the world that could make a dragon bow its head willingly... Wait, suddenly, he recalled a long-forgotten piece of history, so distant that he would have completely forgotten it if he hadn't witnessed this scene.
...
"Ottofis!"
In the blink of an eye, as Ye Bai stood atop the dragon's head, rising rapidly, she could only shout this one word before feeling a wave of spatial fluctuations above her.
The paper figure and Ottofis were both eager for Ye Bai to enter the god king's treasure vault, which was now within reach!
"No!"
Seeing this scene, the Lich King erupted with all his power, trying to stop Ye Bai from stepping inside.
"Roar!"
In the next moment, accompanied by a roar that exhausted all his strength, Ye Bai felt Ottofis unleash its most terrifying power beneath her feet. The laws of space manifested to their utmost, prying open the space within the most domineering laws of light, turning it into a wave that pushed Ye Bai toward the treasure vault.
Ottofis's sudden outburst filled Ye Bai with an ominous feeling, but the current situation was beyond her control, and she was even more unwilling to let the efforts and hopes of the paper figure and Ottofis go to waste.
As the world spun around her, Ye Bai finally broke through the pure white realm of light, entering the space of the treasure vault, plunging into the chaotic and unclear entrance.
In that process, she strained to look ahead, and what she saw made her pupils tremble.
As Ottofis exerted all its power, the dragon wing that seemed capable of blocking out the sun began to be ensnared by circles of black cracks from its tips.
Ottofis used layers of space to fend off the encroaching cracks, but they gnawed at the space like maggots, eroding toward its body.
With just a glance, Ye Bai understood what it was—
The Great Annihilation!
In a moment of intense focus, Ye Bai suddenly trembled all over, for just before she fully entered the treasure vault, she glimpsed something invisible to the creatures of this world—the essence of these black cracks, or rather, the "Great Annihilation."
Within those black rifts, Ye Bai saw layers upon layers of dense data codes composed of 1s and 0s.
"So this is the Great Annihilation."
...
As Ye Bai completely entered the treasure vault, the Lich King, unable to stop her, attempted to pursue, but in the next moment, he was confronted by the relentless Dragon of Space.
"Roar!"
Ottofis, its body entwined with black cracks, endured damage that could erase its very existence, yet its golden eyes remained steadfast, blocking the Lich King without a hint of retreat.
"You... have gone mad?!" The Lich King instantly recognized that Ottofis was suffering from some terrible harm, seemingly linked to its unleashing of full power. It appeared that the moment it exerted its strength, the damage would immediately follow.
And the surrounding laws of light, which should have been the most domineering, were helpless against this force, allowing it to continue existing and spreading, as if it were a power even higher than its own essence.
"Who on earth is she?!"
Lori's unease grew, for he understood one thing: even in his time, no one who ascended to the position of god king had the right to make the Dragon King a mount.
Connecting this point with a parable he had seen in his childhood, Lori finally recalled that there had once been such an existence in the world, long before this time.
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