Chapter 403

Long Chen took a deep breath and walked up to the dragon scale, reaching out to grab it . Since he couldn’t resist this enticement, all he could do was try .

The main reason Long Chen was so set on trying to subdue this dragon scale was because of the confidence the barbarian race expert had given him . Long Chen trusted that the barbarian race expert wouldn’t harm him .

Unfortunately, they had run out of time . While it had seemed that the barbarian race expert had known some secrets about the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, he hadn’t given him any information at all about that .

But from his words and tone, Long Chen could sense that he felt great reverence towards the Heir of the Nine Stars . That made Long Chen even more curious towards the history of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art .

But thinking about that didn’t have any meaning right now . Since the barbarian race expert had led Long Chen to this dragon scale, it meant Long Chen definitely had some chance of succeeding .

BUZZ!

When Long Chen’s hand grabbed the dragon scale, it suddenly released a harsh light, seemingly provoked, and a terrifying pressure shot out .

Despite having summoned his FengFu Battle Armor, despite having his divine ring support him, Long Chen was still unable to resist that terrifying pressure . The flesh on his arms exploded, appearing incredibly horrifying .

At the same time, a spiritual pressure filled the world, a pressure that could suppress all living things, even gods . Long Chen felt as if his soul was being torn apart . The pain of his body he was able to endure bitterly, but this spiritual pain was unbearable .

This was not just pain, but a spiritual suppression . This was a pressure that would cause all things to be subdued, with not a single person being able to resist .

According to legend, dragon’s were peak existences even above gods . They were inherently haughty and could overlook the entire world . No one was able to form a heart to resist . That was dragon might .

In front of dragon might, people could only crawl beneath their feet . If they dared resist, they would be mercilessly erased .

In records of ancient myths, when dragons were born, they were a green color . Green dragons were the weakest existences amongst the dragon race .

Once their strength reached a certain level, their scales would change color, going from green to white . But they wouldn’t be called white dragons, but azure dragons .

Furthermore, it was said there were even higher levels above azure dragons . But these were all just mythological stories, so no one took it seriously .

When a dragon advanced ranks, its scales would all change color . Only this reverse scale wouldn’t change color . Instead, it would shed, and they would grow a new reverse scale .

If this myth was true, then this reverse scale in front of Long Chen was from the dragon’s first transformation . In other words, this was the weakest reverse scale of all reverse scales .

But just this weakest reverse scale caused Long Chen’s flesh to explode and make his soul feel like it was being torn apart . Furthermore, an involuntary feeling of subservient allegiance arose within him .

Instead of subduing the dragon scale, he was being subdued by it . That made Long Chen feel great humiliation .

“Be suppressed!” Long Chen clenched the dragon scale with both hands . His Spiritual Strength poured out, and at the same time, he released his powerful will .

This clash of wills caused the entire world to tremble . Although will was a formless existence, this clash released a terrifying pressure that made heaven and earth change color .

Yue Xiaoqian’s face was pale as paper . Long Chen’s clash with the dragon might made her feel incomparably terrified .

That was a kind formless suppression that came from the depths of her soul . She had never imagined Long Chen’s will was so powerful that it was able to face off against dragon might .

Will was something unrelated to cultivation base . A part of it was just inherent, but another portion was acquired through tempering . But it seemed like all other wills could be easily crushed in front of Long Chen’s will .

Yue Xiaoqian had distanced herself greatly, and the dragon might wasn’t even targeting her . However, she still felt her body shuddering and intense pain in her soul . Long Chen, who was resisting with his full power, was definitely facing much more pressure .

His arms were dyed with blood as he tightly clenched the dragon scale . Fresh blood continued to pour out of his arms . Long Chen’s eyes were tightly closed right now as he pushed his Spiritual Strength to its peak .

BUZZ!

Suddenly, space trembled intensely . Long Chen spat out blood and was blown back .

“Long Chen!” Yue Xiaoqian cried out .

“HAHAHAHA!”

But Long Chen suddenly began to laugh heartily, his laugh growing more and more delighted, seeming like a madman .

“Long Chen, you…?” Seeing Long Chen laughing like a madman, Yue Xiaoqian was appalled . It couldn’t be that he had gone crazy due to an injury to his soul, right?

“I’m fine . ” Long Chen finally stopped laughing . However, he was still smiling brightly .

“You succeeded?”

Long Chen shook his head .

Yue Xiaoqian felt some pity when she looked at Long Chen’s hands that were dripping blood . “Failure is normal . At the very least, you’re still alive . Let’s just give up . This is fundamentally impossible . A dragon’s reverse scale will be provoked as soon as you touch it . And as soon as it releases its dragon might, all living beings will be suppressed . Even a reverse scale that has been shed for countless years will still have its dragon might . That’s not something we can subdue . ”

In the cultivation world, the weak were simply prey to the strong . When they ran into an opportunity to get stronger, they would risk their lives, going all-out to obtain it . But going all-out and risking your life for an opportunity you couldn’t possibly obtain was just folly .

“Although I didn’t succeed, I didn’t fail . On the contrary, I’m not far from success!” Long Chen smiled confidently .

He got back up and walked back to the dragon scale in front of Yue Xiaoqian’s stunned gaze .

“I was mislead . In truth, it should be much simpler than I thought . ”

Long Chen once more reached out to grab the dragon scale .

Yue Xiaoqian turned pale with fright . That was because this time, Long Chen didn’t have any defenses at all . He hadn’t even released his aura before grabbing the dragon scale . As long as it released its dragon pressure, Long Chen would be instantly crushed to death .

She wanted to stop him, but it was already too late . Long Chen’s hand had already grabbed the dragon scale . But what stupefied Yue Xiaoqian was that the dragon scale merely released a bright light and didn’t release its dragon might .

Long Chen’s eyes were closed as he calmly gripped the dragon scale . As he held the dragon scale, it was as if the entire world had frozen . Yue Xiaoqian could only hear her own heartbeat .

Each breath felt as long as a year . Yue Xiaoqian was worried the dragon scale would suddenly explode in fury, crushing Long Chen to bits .

Two hours felt like ten thousand years . Long Chen still hadn’t moved . But then suddenly, the dragon scale released an even brighter light, causing Yue Xiaoqian’s heart to clench .

That light grew ever brighter, lighting up the entire abyss, making it so people couldn’t even see . Even once that light reached its brightest point, no dragon might was ever released . Finally, the light began to fade .

It was only after a long while that Yue Xiaoqian’s vision recovered . She finally saw Long Chen still in the same posture as before . However, the dragon scale had disappeared .

“HAHAHA!”

Long Chen once more raised his head and laughed, his voice full of excitement .

“Long Chen, you… you succeeded?!” Yue Xiaoqian was filled with disbelief .

“Yup . ” Long Chen nodded, his eyes still filled with a crazy joy . He extended his hand, and the reverse scale suddenly appeared over his hand .

“How did you do this?” Yue Xiaoqian found this to be completely inconceivable . Long Chen had actually managed to subdue a reverse scale .

“In truth, trying to subdue a dragon’s reverse scale was fundamentally a mistake,” sighed Long Chen . He had almost been mislead by the barbarian race expert .

He trusted that the barbarian race expert hadn’t known the taboos regarding a dragon’s reverse scale . Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said that Long Chen should subdue it .

However, in truth, that barbarian race expert really did know a bit about dragon reverse scales, and he truly had heard of people subduing them . However, what he didn’t know was that those dragon reverse scales were different from this one . This one could not possibly be subdued .

If a peerless expert wanted to rely on their powerful cultivation base to forcibly subdue it, it would automatically explode . Although it was just a shed scale, a dragon’s dignity would not allow anyone to step on it .

The dragon scales the barbarian race expert had heard of were actually from some mix-blood dragons, not pure-blood true dragons .

A true dragon’s scale contained its pride, and it would not submit to brute force . It was only because Long Chen had managed to sense this that he had switched methods .

When his will had clashed with it, Long Chen had realized that the dragon scale’s will was similar to his own in that it would not surrender to any power .

Neither the dragon might nor his will were able to subdue the other . Instead, there was actually a slight resonance due to the similarity between their wills .

That was why Long Chen had given up on suppressing it, and tried using his will to connect with it . As a result, this gentle method had worked, and the dragon scale hadn’t rejected him .

It had connected to his soul now . It hadn’t even taken that long for that scale to be moved emotionally by Long Chen . It had now voluntarily merged into his body .

It was different from weapons . A dragon scale could not be placed in a spatial ring due to their pride . They could only merge with a person’s body .

As long as Long Chen wished it, it would come out of his body and move according to his desires . It was just like a part of his body .

Unbeknownst to Long Chen, the instant he succeeded in gaining control over the dragon scale, within an endless void, a large eye slowly opened .

Although it was just an eye, it was the size of a star . Along with that eye’s opening, countless stars within the void began flicker uneasily .

That eye looked towards a certain direction in the void . Incredibly far from it was a mote of dust . Within that mote of dust was Long Chen looking at the dragon scale in his hand with delight .

That eye merely stayed open for a moment before slowly closing again . The starry sky once more returned to calm, as if nothing had happened .

“Long Chen, you really are smart!” Yue Xiaoqian praised . Long Chen’s intelligence really did make her admire him .

He was incredibly bold and scrupulous . If it had been her, she would have either believed the barbarian race expert and gone all-out trying to forcibly subdue the dragon scale, or she would have directly given up . She definitely wouldn’t have been like Long Chen, capable of coming up with a brazen theory from faint clues, and then even daring to act on that theory .

Long Chen was completely satisfied with the dragon scale . Looking at Yue Xiaoqian, he was just about to say something when he suddenly became unable to say a single thing .

Blue Dragon 蒼龍 is another name for the Azure Dragon 青龍 . So the raws are essentially saying azure dragons grow into (insert another name for azure dragons) . I’m going with saying green dragons grow into azure dragons so it makes more sense .