James rolled his eyes and said, “How would I know?” The man continued mumbling in incomprehensible language. After brief contemplation, James pulled his phone out and recorded his words. Since his phone was capable of receiving satellite signals, he could send and receive messages in any part of the world. So, he sent the recorded message to the Blithe King who was in Cansington. “Blithe King, get me a translator to decipher what he’s saying.” “Understood.” After receiving James’ call, the Blithe King immediately made the necessary arrangements. Approximately ten minutes later… James received the Blithe King’s call. “James, this is Old Ignobarian, a language from a millennium ago. I’ve already helped you decipher the meaning of the text you sent me. However, be mindful that this is only a rough translation.” “Got it.” James hung up the phone and read through the text sent to him by the Blithe King. [Who are you? What are you doing here? Can’t you understand what I
James could not converse with the man who was speaking in an incomprehensible language. In his opinion, they should return to Sol and bring some translators here to unravel the mystery of the island. “No way, that would take forever.” Sky outright rejected his proposal. “There’s no need to communicate with him. We only need to know if there are dragons residing here. If there are, we will return and gather the Solean martial artists for a dragon-slaying expedition.” Sky voiced his thoughts. James thought about it and said, “Alright, then. I’ll be waiting here for you. Go investigate yourself.” Then, he sat on a rock and fell silent. Meanwhile, Sky turned to leave in search of the dragon in the abyss. James looked at the entrance of the cave, pensive. ‘Who is he? Did he live 1300 years ago?’ After some thought, he stood up and headed toward the cave. This time, James was not attacked, and he walked into the cave unscathed. The cave was only around 300 square meters in si
By the time James recollected himself, he had already been swept away by the waves. He swiftly propelled himself out of the water. Fwoosh! Like a waterspout, he shot up into the air and appeared fifty meters in the air. However, the moment he left the water's surface, he could sense the presence of a terrifying Palm Energy. “Damn it! How is he so fast?” James silently cursed. He hurriedly catalyzed the Invincible Body Siddhi. The moment he catalyzed the Invincible Body Siddhi, an illusory Palm Energy came crashing toward him. The bronze halo enveloping the surface of his skin was instantly shattered. James was sent flying once more. As he crashed toward the sea, he vomited a mouthful of blood. At that moment, Sky arrived. When he saw James’ Invincible Body Siddhi being shattered and him being sent flying by the Palm Energy, Sky cursed, “What did he do to provoke that creature?” Then, he simply fled. He did not dare remain on this island for a second longer. He swiftly
Though James wanted to leave the sea, he did not dare expose himself. The man’s strength was simply overwhelming. Even though he had reached the peak of the Ninth Stair, a stage where his True Energy could no longer increase, and catalyzed the Invincible Body Siddhi, he was defeated almost as soon as the battle began. The man was simply too terrifying. He was in a bind. After some time, unable to hold his breath any longer due to a lack of True Energy, he had no choice but to leave the water. His head slowly emerged from the sea as he scanned his surroundings. Seeing that the man had left, he breathed a sigh of relief and swam ashore. He only landed ashore after swimming for an hour. James climbed onto a rock and casually tossed the Primordial Dragon Blade aside. Then, he sprawled across the rock and rested. After resting for approximately half an hour, he climbed down from the rock after regaining some of his strength. He muttered silently under his breath, “Curse you, Sky
The Omniscient Deity retrieved the tiny piece of paper tied to the pigeon’s feet and began reading. Then, he stood up and exclaimed, “What? James is dead?” He was taken aback. James was a martial artist who had reached the peak of the Ninth Stair. He was the one closest to crossing into the ninth rank in a millennium. Now, he was dead. “Gloom!” he cried out. Fwoosh! A figure swiftly entered the room and knelt before Omniscient Deity. The man who was dressed in a black robe spoke in a hoarse voice, “Your orders, Master?” “I just received news that James is dead. Find Sky immediately. I want to know about the specifics.” “Understood.” The man nodded and hurriedly left. Sky was the one who spread the news of James’ demise. In just a short amount of time, news had spread all across the ancient martial world of Sol and even beyond. Some foreign forces had also learned of the news. “Hahaha! James is dead!” “The Dragon King in Sol is dead.” “This is the perfect opportu
Thea waited patiently at home after giving Callan a call. She waited for an hour, during which every second felt like a year. She did not know how she managed to endure the excruciating wait. An hour later… As Thea was sitting on the swing, a figure suddenly leaped from outside the villa and appeared before her. Taken by surprise, she jumped in fright and stared at the unannounced arrival of the guest. It was Callan. He looked at Thea, who was startled, and said, “How do you do, Thea? I’m Callan Maverick.” As soon as she heard this, Thea breathed a sigh of relief and asked anxiously, “Hello, Mr. Maverick. Well, I expected you to be older than you look… In any case, how’s James at the moment?” Callan’s expression turned grim. He had just learned of James’ demise as well. He even went searching for Sky to learn about the specifics. Sky narrated to him the chain of events that unfolded on the island─from the discovery of Dragon Abyss to provoking the man who had lived for a
After returning to the island’s coast once more, James sat on a sizable rock and watched as the enormous waves below crashed against the island.He was thinking about the strange man from the Dragon Abyss.When he first encountered the strange man, he found him to be of sound mind and receptive to conversation. However, on James’ second visit to the cave, the strange man was sane at first as well, but then suddenly seemed to have lost his mind.“Perhaps… He was tainted with dragon’s blood a thousand years ago, and dragon’s blood, like Spirit Turtle’s blood, can cause energy deviation?” James mused.However, he thought it seemed a bit unlikely. Dragon's blood also gave rise to the Blood Race, but its members did not suffer from energy deviation.If it was not caused by energy deviation, why did the man on the island suddenly attack him? Did he offend this person in some way?James thought about it for a long time but could not come up with an answer.“Well, I won’t be able to lea
Thea made a quick recovery. Within half a day, she regained her memory and strength. Currently, her rank was at the peak of the Skyward Stairway’s Sixth Stair. Aside from that, there was still some energy from the blood in her body that she had not yet absorbed.She had only absorbed the energy from the Spirit Turtle's blood and some of the energy from the blood given to her by the Omniscient Deity.Only about a tenth of the energy from the blood provided by the Omniscient Deity was absorbed by her.If she absorbed the rest of them, her strength would definitely reach the Skyward Stairway’s Ninth Stair.Meanwhile, in Cansington…At a certain villa…Thomas was sitting on a sofa, gently massaging his temples.A man walked over and knelt on the ground."Master, there’ve been reports of a terrifying aura emanating from the Callahan family’s residence.”“Oh? The Callahan family?” Thomas immediately came out of his trance and said, “Hmm, alright. I understand. I’ll go take a look