Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 426 - 38: Ancient Dragon Faith (Part 2)

Here one actually has the mood to cook something to eat, but Su Ziyu does need to recover a bit. Judging by the marks, that ember should have already gone far away, so he simply nodded and said, "Let's rest here for a while."

The Undead's Elemental Bottle needs to be replenished by the bonfire.

Nurse Fried also sat beside Su Ziyu, leaned slightly towards his ear, and whispered, "That person might also have come for the Giant King Yum..."

"It's fine," Su Ziyu gently shook his head and said.

Among so many Lords of Cinder, the strength of the Giant King Yum ranks at the very top. It's not so easy to be taken down. Judging by the marks, that person went to the underground prison of Yirushir.

The three of them took a short break by the bonfire.

Su Ziyu continued to study the Sinful Greatsword in his hand. The deep crimson flame wouldn't hurt him, but if anyone else touched it, they wouldn't be so lucky.

Living beings might be burned to death.

Unfire embers would be burned into a zombified form.

The power of high-tier legendary level relics naturally needs no further explanation, but the curse on it still made Su Ziyu a bit apprehensive. After all, the power of Pope Shalivan was also very strong, yet judging from his end, he seemed to have been burned to just an empty shell at last.

Better put it away first.

Su Ziyu directly placed the Sinful Greatsword alone in a position within the dimensional storage space, where its sword blade composed entirely of flames still lightly flickered and danced inside the dimensional space.

Bubble, bubble.

A series of bubbles emerged from the large pot placed in front of the Onion Knight. It was not clear what was put into this pot of soup he cooked, as it was slightly glowing and emitted an aroma akin to vegetable soup, with a very noticeable onion smell.

"Would you like to try it?" The Onion Knight himself took out a cup, filled it, and took a sip happily.

Can I even drink this?

Su Ziyu expressed doubt, subconsciously scanned it with a stream of data.

"Elemental Soup (Relic): The uniquely devised Elemental Soup of Catalina's Onion Knights. Even after becoming undead, they never gave up the pursuit of fine wine and food. The Onion Knights tried various ways and finally created the Elemental Soup that allows undead to taste flavor. Drinking it restores life force and energy value."

Hmm?

I seem to be able to drink this!

"Thank you." As Su Ziyu hesitated about whether to try it, Brother Fried next to him had already accepted the cup handed over by the other party, took a sip, and lightly complimented, "It's quite tasty."

This pot of Elemental Soup is one of the rare things that can let the undead taste flavor.

Nurse Fried did not refuse.

Su Ziyu also reached out and accepted it. It smelled like vegetable soup, especially the onion scent. He tentatively took a sip and surprisingly found it tasted quite good, albeit a bit hot. Or rather, it was very hot, with a sensation of swallowing a mouthful of fire.

However, its restorative effect is even stronger than Immortal Brew!

Su Ziyu felt if he drank this entire pot of Elemental Soup in one go, his consumed energy value could be fully restored.

But it's still too hot.

The taste is completely overshadowed by the burning sensation, maybe this thing is more suitable for the unkindled ash.

Half an hour later.

After his spiritual energy restored about eighty percent, Su Ziyu stood up and said, "Let's go. Let's check it out over there."

Nurse Fried and Onion Knight recovered faster than him, sitting by the bonfire, taking out the Elemental Bottle, gulping down a few sips, and were almost fully restored.

This advantage is quite evident.

Most of the monsters along the way had been cleared by someone, following the trail of fights they quickly reached a ravine area with a winding path leading downward, a cold corpse pierced by a long spear lay at the entrance.

"It's a frenzied dark spirit," Nurse Fried crouched down for a glance and whispered, "Taken down by someone ahead."

The entrance of the underground prison was littered with scattered remains, it seemed the path had been cleared by someone ahead.

"Hmm. That's convenient, no need to worry about getting lost..." The Onion Knight glanced around and said, "It's quite large down there."

"Let's just follow the traces they left."

Su Ziyu thought and said, "Fine. Let's go."

This underground prison in Yirushir is a mystery for how long it's been constructed, it looked eerie with piles of corpses everywhere, they saw remains of prison guards holding odd instruments along the way, many of the cells were opened, and some of the zombies inside had been cleared. In the dim firelight, the group ventured unknown lengths, probably deep into the prison's core.

All enemies encountered along the way were swiftly dealt with.

Su Ziyu saw many bizarre creatures imprisoned within, the most disgusting being a humanoid monster seemingly composed of countless maggots, half-burned even in death to still occasionally twitch.

Besides that, grotesque entities with elongated bodies and baby-like heads, crouched at wall edges, just one glance was repulsive.

Squeak, squeak, squeak.

Just as Su Ziyu's group advanced along the trail of the fight, suddenly several massive shadows darted out from the darkness, upon closer inspection they found giant rats the size of humans, their bodies severely decomposed, eyes emitting faint red light, swarming at them.

These giant rats were quite fierce but posed no threat, easily exterminated to the last one.

"The battle traces seem to break off here," Su Ziyu slightly frowned and said.

He turned to Nurse Fried and Onion Knight, asking, "Left or right?"

"There's wind from that direction, let's check there," Nurse Fried said.

A rundown staircase spiraled upwards.

The three climbed the stairs for a while, soon the scene ahead brightened significantly, having exited the underground prison, coming outside the mountain.

"This underground prison appears constructed within the mountain."

Su Ziyu sees in front a haze of gray clouds, scanning the horizon with an expression of surprise, hesitantly asked, "What is that?"

A bizarre humanoid creature sits cross-legged ahead.

It seemed long deceased, its body somewhat petrified, humanoid in trunk yet its head bore two horns resembling a dragon, facing the distant mist, nearby a knight's armored corpse long weathered over decades.

"Possibly a dragonkin…" The Onion Knight said slowly.

He touched his onion helm, gazing into the distant mist's depths, then realized, "So this is the place!... The legendary Ancient Dragon Path!..."

"The Ancient Dragon Peak should be over there!..."

Seemingly concerned the other two might not fully understand, the Onion Knight explained, "Some warriors believe in the eternal ancient dragons..."

"They undergo special trials to gain dragon power."

"If successful, they can become dragonkin, or stronger flying dragons..."

"These beside should be unsuccessful ones."

The Onion Knight sighed slightly, touched his onion helmet, and said, "That ember seems to have gone to the Ancient Dragon Peak…"

"We followed the wrong person!"

Ancient Dragon Peak?

Su Ziyu squinted towards the distant hazy peak. Although appearing close, in reality, it is far, flying over would take quite a while, how did the ember traverse it?

Teleportation perhaps?

"Seems some ritual magic is required to enter the Ancient Dragon Peak," Nurse Fried said softly, "Shall we proceed forward, or return underground?"

"This isn't the path to the City of Sin."

Su Ziyu stood pondering, gazing at the distant Ancient Dragon Peak and said, "Back underground first."

"Our destination is the City of Sin."

Humans turning into dragons?

Why does that ember pursue the Ancient Dragon Peak, is it for dragon power?

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