When Yang regained consciousness, he found himself standing on a sky island that was much larger than Dong Long Island, but in contrast to the lush green scenery of Dong Long Island and most of the islands in the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the island Yang was standing on was just a barren, cracked, dead land, without a single tree or blade of grass. At the four corners of the island and in the center were five towering stone pillars, each of which had zigzag lines drawn on it, a form of ancient seal.
– This is the central island of the Tu Linh archipelago. – Dong Long said.
– Why did you bring me here? – Duong asked curiously.
– First, you should dispel the Dragon Transformation, you will need it later.
– If you remove it, it will take time to recover, so how can you use it again later? – Duong asked.
– That’s for level 1, but when you reach level 2, you can temporarily stop Dragon Transformation and then continue, as long as your physical strength can endure it. In addition, when you reach level 2 Dragon Transformation, you can still transform into level 1 Dragon Transformation if you want. As for the Spirit Power of Dragon Transformation, isn’t it enough to absorb a Star Spirit Pearl!
– I see…
Duong nodded, not thinking that upgrading Dragonization would bring so many benefits.
After Duong finished dispelling the Immortal Dragon, Dong Long asked:
– Do you feel your spiritual power being sucked away?
Duong tried to close his eyes and feel, then replied:
No sir
Dong Long nodded:
– Indeed it is… From the first time I saw you in Long Thanh, I knew you were the one we have been waiting for for thousands of years!
– Have you ever met me in Long Thanh?
Dong Long nodded and explained:
– Every time the Four Spirits gather, I transfer a part of my remaining soul into a person and follow that person to Long Thanh to collect information. Then, that remaining soul will follow the Dragon Clan’s patriarch back to Cat Ba Island. The blood sacrifice ritual that you saw outside the Four Spirits monument is to transfer our remaining souls back here.
– And the only information we want to find is a person with Dark nature. At that time, you appeared at the finals of the Long Thanh alchemy competition, while I was hiding in Long Thien Dao’s body and realized that your body always absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, which is a manifestation of Dark nature.
– Luckily for us, this Dark-natured person is the young generation of the Dragon Clan, and the Four Spirits Gathering is near, so I just have to wait for you to grow up and come to this place. And you have appeared as expected, the four of us roared, not to express acceptance, but to joyfully welcome you after ten thousand years of waiting!
– And why do we need you? Because this island is suppressing something that only you can completely destroy.
– What is it? – Duong asked.
Dong Long seriously replied:
– Trung Cau!
– Yes?
Dong Long continued:
– Trung Cau, Trung Tho Thon Cau! Actually, in the past, we were not the Four Spirits, but the Five Spirits, and the strongest one was not me, Dong Long, but Trung Cau, Trung Tho Thon Cau! Thon Cau is a race of dog-shaped spiritual beasts, extremely gluttonous and possessing a talent: Devouring food!
Duong asked in surprise:
– Devour? Meaning devour?
Dong Long nodded:
– It can be understood like that, but it is not like swallowing like normal eating and drinking, but it is swallowing the spiritual energy of everything around. It sounds similar to your ability, but it is actually different from the Dark aptitude in that you can directly absorb other spiritual energy into spiritual energy similar to your own, while devouring requires a digestive process to completely take in that amount of spiritual energy.
– When this world had not yet collapsed, when humans were just small communities, the spirit beast tribes ruled this world, and those greedy and despicable dogs were the most cruel race, they invaded everywhere, plundered, occupied and caused genocide to many species. In the end, we, including me, the Golden Dragon of the eastern sea islands, the Qilin of the western mountains and forests, the Ice Turtle of the cold north and the Phoenix of the southern equatorial region, led the four tribes and 28 subordinate tribes to join forces to defeat the Dog Village tribe.
– In the end, the Dog Village clan was destroyed, but their leader, Trung Tho Tho Dog, had reached the peak of the 10th level of God, or otherwise known as the peak of the Upper God. The four of us were also at the same level as him, but we had to join forces to defeat and imprison Trung Cau in this Tu Linh archipelago. After that, we were all exhausted, our flesh and bones were crushed, before we died, we sealed this Tu Linh archipelago into another dimension, and established a rule that the Tu Linh would gather once every 30 years, just enough time to condense all the spiritual energy produced in the archipelago into spiritual pearls as a reward for our descendants, and also to prevent Trung Cau’s remnant soul from devouring the spiritual energy here.
– But you see, in theory, every 28 years a Star Spirit Pearl will gather, but because of the fight between the Chinese Dog and the Chinese Dog, the 28 years have been extended to 30 years, and even though only a small part of it was fought over, the Chinese Dog’s remnant soul gradually recovered, and its fighting ability also increased. Currently, it takes nearly 40 years to create a Star Spirit Pearl.
– The time for converging was extended, but the age of participation could not be increased, because the geniuses over 30 years old were too strong compared to the guardian beasts, so there was a bit of injustice for those born late. However, the problem here was not whether it was fair or not, but that Trung Cau was gradually becoming more powerful after ten thousand years of suppression. The stronger he was, the more his ability to devour increased, and soon, the spiritual power here, including that of our four spirits, would be drained by him, the seal would break, and that would be the time Trung Cau would go out to devour the outside world.
Duong asked:
– But I see that even though you are just a remnant soul, you are still very strong. Why not directly destroy him when he is at his weakest?
Dong Long replied:
– The problem is, the closer we get, the stronger his devouring ability becomes, and to destroy him, we need to remove the suppressing seal in the middle. Then he can use his devouring ability to its maximum extent, devouring all the spiritual energy of our remnant souls.
– So you mean you want me to beat him to death? – Duong asked again.
Dong Long nodded:
– That’s right, only you won’t be devoured by him. We will send a part of our Divine Power into your body, giving you enough strength to open the seal and destroy him. The four of us will guard the four sealing pillars at the four corners of the island. These are the pillars that prevent Trung Cau from absorbing spiritual power outside this central island.
– Are you sure you can kill him?
– Not sure, but if we don’t do it now, I’m afraid it will be too late later. We’ll get weaker and weaker, while he’ll get stronger and stronger.
When Dong Phuong Kim Long finished speaking, Duong saw three figures suddenly appear beside him, it was Tay Moc Ky Lan, Bac Phuong Bang Quy and Nam Hoa Phuong Hoang.