Chapter 25

After a long while, Lingxi suddenly seemed tired and sat directly on the Dragon Seal manual, her eyes darting around as she continued to think about how to unlock the restriction.

"Xiaoxi, how's it going?"

Long Chen asked with great anticipation.

Since Lingxi started researching the restriction, half an hour had already passed. Long Chen himself was also quite anxious, as the secret of the Dragon Seal was related to Long Qinglan's entrustment and was the key to him becoming a Dragon Warrior.

"Damn it, you interrupted me!"

Lingxi glared at him, but she wasn't really angry.

"Actually, it's a good time for you to rest. Seeing you so tired, I feel heartache. By the way, why don't you tell me what a restriction is? You've mentioned it many times but never told me."

Seeing Long Chen's curious face, Lingxi finally had a chance to show off, so she said proudly, "A restriction is a method of skillfully using true qi to set up a certain formation. A fighter like you wouldn't understand such a delicate task. Setting up a restriction is like embroidery, and I, unlocking it, is like finding the thread and unraveling the finished product step by step according to the original path. However, the difficulty of unlocking a restriction is much greater than unraveling embroidery. Even if you find the key point, a single mistake means starting over."

Long Chen finally understood what was going on, but he was surprised that the silly girl Lingxi actually knew this.

Seeing Long Chen's shocked face, Lingxi knew what he was thinking and pouted in anger.

"Don't underestimate me. I've said it before, I, Lingxi, may not work hard on cultivation, but I am a super expert in restrictions. In terms of achievements and status in this field, I am higher than my father, even higher than everyone else."

Long Chen believed her in his heart but pretended to be indifferent, saying, "Is that so? Then why haven't you unlocked the restriction yet?"

Lingxi became very anxious and said, "Do you think I'm eating? Besides, the restriction on this thing is very ancient, something I've never heard of, and I have no experience in unlocking it, so it will take some time. Wait another hour, and I promise to show you!"

Feeling belittled by Long Chen, Lingxi immediately got back to work. Long Chen, however, secretly laughed to himself: "This girl is so easy to fool. I must not let her slip away in the future. As long as she's around, if I encounter a treasure with a restriction, it will be easy to get."

With Lingxi's efforts, after another half an hour, Long Chen felt a mysterious and tiny light array floating above the Dragon Seal.

Lingxi was carefully working on the light array, and to Long Chen's surprise, an ancient and majestic aura, mixed with a hint of blood, faintly emanated from the light array. This mixed aura grew stronger, and Long Chen's heart rate increased significantly. The ancient and desolate feeling made him feel the urge to kneel, and the bloody aura made his eyes turn red.

Although there was no opponent present, the killing intent in his body gradually increased.

Long Chen was deeply shocked. Just a faint aura could affect his mind, and this was something Long Qinglan valued. Given Long Qinglan's mysterious identity, how could the thing he valued be simple?

"Long Chen, be careful, it's almost done..."

Lingxi's voice echoed softly. Hearing her voice, Long Chen regained a bit of clarity, but the aura from the light array became even more intense, and the bloody aura filled the entire cave.

Long Chen's eyes gradually turned red, and many illusions appeared in his vision. His fists were tightly clenched, and his body began to tremble, showing that he was struggling to control himself.

Lingxi was at the most critical point, fully focused on the final step, and did not notice Long Chen's abnormal state.

"What is the secret of the Dragon Seal... Why do I feel like I can't control my body... But my father would never harm me... Long Chen, you must endure, don't let your mind be deceived..."

Thinking of his father, Long Chen found a sense of reliance. The ancient and bloody aura from the light array continued to surge toward him, but Long Chen bit his lip hard until it bled, and the pain helped him regain some clarity.

"Be prepared, it's about to be unlocked, I don't know what will happen..."

Lingxi's voice echoed again, and at this moment, the ancient and bloody aura in the cave had already dyed the air red.

Suddenly, a ting sound was heard, and the light array in front of Lingxi turned into powder. Lingxi, seemingly exhausted, instantly returned to the Lingxi Sword, leaving Long Chen and the gradually changing Dragon Seal manual in the cave.

In Long Chen's shocked vision, the Dragon Seal manual, originally made of parchment, was slowly covered in blood, eventually turning completely blood red.

At this moment, the ancient and bloody aura had reached its peak, and Long Chen's face turned pale, his whole body trembling.

This aura was strangely concentrated in this cave, while the Great Wasteland Mountain remained peaceful.

"Long... Long Chen, what is this? I... I'm so scared, it feels like I'm about to be eaten..."

Lingxi's trembling voice echoed in his ear.

At this moment, Long Chen was also very tense, but he firmly believed that his father would never harm him.

"Don't be afraid!"

Thinking of his father, despite the terrifying situation, Long Chen's fighting spirit surged.

"Come on! Whatever you are!"

As if hearing Long Chen's words, a vague image appeared on the Dragon Seal manual.

Long Chen vaguely saw a dragon, seemingly from ancient legends!

The *Erya Yi* says: "The dragon is the leader of the scaled creatures. Wang Fu described its form as having nine similarities: head like a cow, horns like a deer, eyes like a shrimp, ears like an elephant, neck like a snake, belly like a snake, scales like a fish, claws like a phoenix, and paws like a tiger. It has eighty-one scales, representing the nine times nine yang number. Its voice is like the clashing of copper plates. It has whiskers beside its mouth, a pearl under its chin, and a reverse scale under its throat. It has a mountain-like crest on its head, also known as a ruler, and without this ruler, the dragon cannot ascend to heaven. It exhales clouds, can transform water, and can also transform fire."

This was the dragon Long Chen saw!

However, this dragon vanished in a flash, and the blood color on the Dragon Seal manual began to converge, eventually forming a point, a deep red blood drop, floating in front of Long Chen!

This blood drop possessed an aura that made Long Chen's whole body tremble uncontrollably. The ancient and bloody aura he had previously felt was now thousands of times stronger, and Long Chen instantly felt his head about to explode, his eyes wide open.

Seeing this scene, Lingxi screamed in terror.

Long Chen vaguely saw that within this blood drop, there seemed to be an incredibly vast world, a world filled with endless blood, a blood-red sky, and a vast blood-red sea.

Long Chen knew that even if the entire human race were killed, they probably wouldn't be able to gather so much blood.

At this moment, Long Chen felt as if he were in this blood sea!

He looked in horror at the endless blood sea, which kept rolling, as if a huge creature lay beneath it, large enough to fill the entire blood sea.

Long Chen flew to the endless heights, trembling as he looked down at the blood sea. In the endless blood sea, there was a shadow so large that Long Chen could hardly imagine it. The shadow was coiled up, and from its appearance, it seemed to be... a dragon?

At this moment, the entire blood sea began to rage, and the huge shadow in the blood sea slowly raised its head. A dragon's roar suddenly crossed the boundaries of time and space, striking Long Chen's ears!

Long Chen suddenly opened his eyes, surprised to find himself still in the cave, with the red blood drop still floating in front of him.

In the blood drop, a dragon was rolling and roaring, a sight that sent shockwaves through Long Chen's heart!

"Father, what is this? I've only heard of green dragons, red dragons, and higher-level five-clawed golden dragons, but I've never heard of a blood-red dragon like this!"

"Is this the legendary Ghost Shadow Blood Dragon? No... it definitely isn't!"

Lingxi's voice also echoed in Long Chen's ear!

Just as Long Chen was shocked, the blood drop suddenly merged into his forehead at lightning speed, seeping into his body!

Long Chen immediately felt a cold aura spreading throughout his body!

The terrifying aura was something Long Chen could not resist. Compared to the blood drop, his strength was too weak. If the blood drop had intended to kill him, Long Chen would have been dead long ago!

The blood drop, like a poison, quickly spread through his body, and Long Chen felt the taste of death in that instant!

He knew that for him, the blood drop was far too advanced, and even if it didn't intend to kill him, he would die from it!

When the blood drop entered his body with overwhelming force, Long Chen suddenly realized: Long Qinglan had given him the Dragon Seal but hadn't said he should become a Dragon Warrior now. If Lingxi hadn't appeared, Long Chen wouldn't have had the ability to unlock the restriction. When Long Chen could find someone capable of unlocking the restriction, Long Qinglan believed that Long Chen would be able to withstand the blood drop. But Lingxi, the restriction expert, had appeared prematurely!

So Long Chen's current situation was extremely dangerous!

Just from the aftereffects, Long Chen knew his life was gradually fading, and his consciousness was becoming blurred.

On the brink of death, he thought of many things.

"This... is the inheritance blood essence..."

"The legendary dragon is truly such a terrifying existence..."

"Without me, Lingxi can't survive, it's all my fault..."

These vague thoughts gradually appeared, and Long Chen felt a strong attachment in his heart. He was unwilling to die like this; he had too many things to accomplish!

At this moment, the mysterious dragon jade in his mind suddenly vibrated. The originally dull dragon-shaped pattern now emitted a faint black light, and a suction force formed, causing the blood drop that had entered Long Chen's body to emit an angry roar!

This was a dragon's roar, and Long Chen heard it clearly this time!

Due to the change in the mysterious dragon jade, Long Chen, who was almost dead, regained some consciousness. At this moment, he vaguely felt that the dragon blood that had spread throughout his body was quickly converging to one place, as if being sucked in.

When the dragon blood reformed into a blood drop, it disappeared from Long Chen's body and appeared in his mind, under the mysterious dragon jade!

The inheritance blood essence obediently stayed, seemingly suppressed!

The dragon in the blood drop continued to roar!

"What is this mysterious dragon jade? It can suppress such a terrifying inheritance blood essence!"

At this moment, Long Chen finally regained his consciousness. He had narrowly escaped death and was relieved, but he then felt that the blood drop had not been completely absorbed, with about one-thousandth of it still remaining in his body!

When the other inheritance blood essence was absorbed, this one-thousandth immediately began to absorb Long Chen's blood, rapidly expanding and surging throughout his body!

At this moment, the mysterious dragon jade remained still, and a severe pain began to appear on Long Chen's skin!