662: Chapter 662 Senichi (27)

The moment he stepped into the light gate, a vast, ancient aura rushed towards him.

The entire world darkened, as if he had stepped into the skeleton of an ancient giant dragon.

Boundless pressure squeezed in from all directions; his Divine Sense was suppressed, and the circulation of his Immortal Qi became sluggish.

Qin Yun followed the crowd and landed on a dark brown piece of land.

Above his head was a grey-yellow dome, resembling the interior of a giant creature's bone cavity, where thick bone structures spanned the sky, covered in cracks.

A few faint rays of light shone through the gaps in the bones, illuminating this world of deathly silence.

"Is this the Ancient Dragon Burial Ground?"

"Such a stifling aura; my Immortal Qi circulation has slowed by thirty percent."

"What is that?"

A cry of alarm rang out from the crowd.

Qin Yun followed their gaze, and his pupils couldn't help but constrict slightly.

Ahead, a massive dragon skeleton was half-buried in a black mountain range.

The dragon skeleton was truly too large; just a single claw bone extending from the mountain was like a small hill, still retaining faint traces of Immortal Qi.

Further away, a broken dragon horn was slanted into the ground; even though it had long lost all divinity, its sharp tip still pointed towards the sky, as if telling of its past defiance.

Dragon skeletons were everywhere.

Some were complete, like they had fallen into a deep slumber, lying quietly on the ground.

Others were incomplete, with only a few ribs left, yet they still supported a small space, undisturbed by the external pressure.

Dragon bones were like mountains, and dried dragon blood had turned into dark red crystals spread across the ground, each emitting astonishing energy fluctuations.

This was a scene Qin Yun had only seen during his life as Wang Yun when the thousand-day burial tree spirits occurred.

This was no Secret Realm for Opportunity.

This was a true burial ground of the Dragon Clan, their ancestral land, and their graveyard.

Just then, the heavenly dragon token in Qin Yun's pocket suddenly transmitted a subtle tremor.

A profound sense of sorrow came from deep within the token, spreading through his palm and all the way to the bottom of his heart.

It was not killing intent, nor was it a warning.

It was sadness.

Like a wanderer who had been away from home for many years, finally returning to a homeland filled with the graves of their kin.

The Old Madman's words echoed in his ears once again.

"Protect it."

Qin Yun suppressed the anomaly of the heavenly dragon token calmly and swept his gaze across the surroundings.

Every Cultivator who entered this place looked like they had gone mad, their eyes shining.

"Dragon bones, these are true dragon bone Immortal materials!"

"And those dragon blood crystals; if I can refine even one, my Immortal body will surely advance a step further!"

Someone couldn't resist rushing towards the nearest dragon skeleton, reaching out to break off a finger bone.

But the moment his hand touched the dragon bone, a terrifying remnant dragon might erupted from that seemingly dead skeleton.

"Ah—"

With a scream, the Cultivator didn't even have time to react before his entire body was crushed into a pool of blood and mud by the dragon might.

At this, everyone was stunned, and their greedy gazes were instantly replaced by fear.

Just then, a change occurred.

Hum.

The dragon burial secret tokens in all the Cultivators' hands lit up simultaneously.

Lights of varying intensity rose from each token, like guiding lamps.

"My secret token has reacted!"

A Loose Cultivator shouted in surprise; the token in his hand was emitting a faint light, pointing towards a relatively smaller dragon skeleton in the distance.

He approached cautiously; that dragon skeleton did not emit aggressive dragon might, but instead, as if it had sensed something, the Immortal Qi on its bones became gentle.

The Loose Cultivator tentatively placed the secret token against the dragon bone.

Boom!

The entire dragon skeleton shone brightly, and a wisp of pure dragon blood emerged from deep within the bone, turning into a stream of light that directly merged into the Loose Cultivator's body.

The Loose Cultivator let out a satisfied moan, and the aura on his body began to climb steadily; his cultivation, which was originally only at the Early Stage of True Immortal, surged all the way to the peak of the Early Stage of True Immortal within a few breaths.

"It's an Opportunity! The secret tokens correspond to the dragon corpses!"

"I found it, I found it too!"

The scene erupted completely.

Everyone began to activate their own secret tokens, searching for their own "destined fate" in this vast graveyard of dragon skeletons.

Soon, another person stumbled upon a matching dragon corpse.

That was a lightning dragon that had been dead for who knows how many tens of thousands of years; a wisp of dragon marrow was drawn out from the dragon bone and merged into that person's body.

That person's cultivation skyrocketed on the spot, and a phantom of a lightning dragon even appeared behind him, his every move carrying a hint of dragon might.

The stark contrast stimulated everyone's nerves.

Some rose to the heavens in a single step, while others could only watch helplessly.

But soon, another great terror descended.

A high-and-mighty scion of a noble family was not satisfied with the ordinary dragon skeleton his secret token pointed to; he set his sights on a larger, more terrifying demon dragon skeleton not far away.

Ignoring the dissuasion of others, he forcibly pressed his secret token onto it.

"Mere dead object, how dare you defy me?"

The moment his palm touched the dragon bone.

Two points of scarlet light suddenly lit up in the empty eye sockets of that massive demon dragon skeleton.

A cold, brutal remnant soul will awakened.

"Roar—"

A silent roar exploded in everyone's Divine Soul.

The noble scion didn't even have time to scream before his Divine Soul was shattered on the spot, and he died with blood flowing from his seven orifices.

Immediately after, the demon dragon skeleton slowly "stood" up, and a terrifying dragon might swept out, instantly battering the dozen or so nearby Cultivators, causing them to vomit blood.

Opportunity and a dead end were only a step apart.

Everyone was terrified by this scene and retreated frantically.

Qin Yun stood in the distance, taking it all in.

He also took out his heavenly dragon token.

But that complete token lay quietly in his palm, with no reaction other than that initial sorrow.

It was as if this ancient land had no dragon corpse corresponding to this heavenly dragon token.

Qin Yun saw the number one Prodigy of the Yaochi Immortal Sect, Senior Brother Duan Changfeng, leading several followers, his eyes burning as he moved between the powerful dragon skeletons.

Clearly, Senior Brother Duan Changfeng's goal was definitely not those ordinary dragon corpses.

Qin Yun naturally couldn't obtain an Opportunity, but he certainly wouldn't let his rival be comfortable.

Relying on their strong strength, Senior Brother Duan Changfeng and his group tried to approach those powerful dragon skeletons several times, but were forced back by the terrifying dragon might, and two followers were even injured during the attempts.

"Senior Brother Duan, over there!"

A follower suddenly pointed to a valley in the distance, where a golden dragon skeleton lay quietly; even from far away, one could feel its noble and powerful aura.

A flash of brilliance appeared in Senior Brother Duan Changfeng's eyes.

"Let's go!"

Qin Yun raised his hand, and the dao rhyme of the Nine Techniques circulated at his fingertips.

He did not touch any dragon skeleton directly; instead, he borrowed the chaotic dragon might of this place, using Dao methods as a guide and the Void Method as a bridge to silently manipulate the Qi of the earth veins in a certain part of the valley.

Beneath that earth vein lay another, older, and more ferocious black dragon skeleton.

All Qin Yun did was graft the "destined fate" aura emitted by that golden dragon skeleton with the aura of the black dragon below in an imperceptible way.

After doing all this, he quietly retreated, hiding in the shadows further away, waiting silently.

On the other side, after some twists and turns, Senior Brother Duan Changfeng and his group finally arrived before that golden dragon skeleton.

"Senior Brother Duan, the secret token has reacted! Although it's very weak, it's definitely it!"

A follower shouted excitedly.

A smug smile appeared on Senior Brother Duan Changfeng's face.

He firmly believed that with his talent, he deserved the top-tier Opportunity in this ancient land.

He stepped forward step by step and slowly pressed his secret token onto the skull of that golden dragon skeleton.

Just the moment he was about to succeed.

A flash of light appeared in Qin Yun's eyes, and he flicked his finger.

A wisp of faint Immortal power, wrapped in his secret technique "Heavenly Dragon World Suppression," silently struck into the earth vein below.

Boom!

That black dragon skeleton, whose aura had been grafted, was thoroughly awakened.

A brutal will, ten times more terrifying than the previous demon dragon, erupted from deep underground.

The entire valley shook violently, and the ground cracked inch by inch.

"Not good!"

Senior Brother Duan Changfeng's expression changed drastically; he finally realized something was wrong.

But it was too late.

A huge black bone claw suddenly reached out from the cracked earth, directly grabbing at the secret token in his hand.

Senior Brother Duan Changfeng's followers didn't even have a chance to react before most of them were crushed by that terrifying dragon might.

"Run!"

Senior Brother Duan Changfeng was both shocked and angry; he couldn't figure out why such a terrifying existence had been provoked.

At the critical moment, he roared and sacrificed a protective jade talisman emitting the aura of a Profound Immortal.

The jade talisman exploded, turning into a curtain of light that barely blocked the fatal blow of the black dragon bone claw, and he used the recoil force to flee into the distance with his remaining three followers in a pathetic state.

He had escaped, but at a heavy price, and he had left this thoroughly enraged black dragon to the only living person remaining in this area.

Qin Yun.

The scarlet eye sockets of the black dragon slowly turned towards the direction where Qin Yun was hiding.

Terrifying killing intent locked onto him completely.

Qin Yun's heart sank, and he turned and ran.

He dodged and shifted, nearly being caught several times; the entire ancient land seemed to be rejecting him.

He had no support, and no way back.

At the critical moment when that black dragon might was about to completely engulf him.

The heavenly dragon token in his arms, which had been silent all along, suddenly erupted with unprecedented scorching light.

Hum—

The massive body of the black dragon skeleton that was frantically chasing him suddenly stiffened and stopped in its tracks.

Its pair of scarlet eye sockets "looked" straight at Qin Yun, or rather, at the heavenly dragon token in his hand; the brutal killing intent was slowly receding, and in its place was a kind of... confusion?

Was this dragon corpse not the one Senior Brother Duan Changfeng had provoked?

Why would it react to the heavenly dragon token in his hand?

Could it be that this master token didn't just correspond to one dragon corpse, but could even...