I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1625

Chapter 1625: Chapter 1626: Transforming into a Dragon Chapter 1625: Chapter 1626: Transforming into a Dragon Song Jian followed the three into a crevice in the mountain rock; as soon as he entered, he felt a cool mist hit his face.

In fact, the mist that hit his face also had a temperature of eighty or ninety degrees–ordinary people sprayed by it would have their faces instantly corrode, but compared to the scorching heat outside, the air spilling out from the crevices in the mountain rock already felt incredibly cool.

“Phew, move inside, and there will be an underground cave, filled with stalactites over a vast area…” Lian Yue said softly, having run all the way here. Even with the aid of the Golden Giant Dragon, the three were greatly exhausted, their breath still not settled down.

Song Jian nodded, his Mental Strength reaching far ahead, and he did not detect any dangers.

This mountain rock crevice was quite peculiar, resembling a special passage. Bending their waists, after walking more than ten zhang, the four quickly saw the end.

Song Jian stood at the end of the passage, looked ahead, and couldn't help but take a sharp breath.

This was the Molten Rock Cave, with the ceiling dozens of meters high overhead, where countless cone-shaped stalactites hung, their surfaces dry and cracked, looking like they could break off at any moment. The ground was pitch black, with systematically arranged fissures covering the entire floor, from which steaming hot magma emanated.

Around these fissures, numerous pillars five or six meters tall rose from the ground, dense and jumbled, resembling an underground forest.

Seeing the stone forest before them, Liu Su and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief — safety at last.

“Black fog demons don't dare to come here?” Song Jian asked curiously.

“They shouldn't dare. Once, a black fog demon from the Legendary Realm chased us to this stone forest, but after we entered, it retreated. It seemed afraid to enter… We don't know why!” Li Su explained.

“Eh, what is that?” Song Jian suddenly pointed ahead and asked.

Liu Su followed Song Jian's pointing direction and was startled, also feeling shocked, “Yes, it seems like a pile of skeletal remains…”

“Didn't seem to be there before, did it appear later?” Guo Lian wondered.

“It's also possible that we didn't notice last time. After all, we only went to the edge of the stone forest and didn't go deep…” Lian Yue said hesitantly.

Now, the four stood on a small step, looking out into the distance, and could see that within the stone forest lay an enormous skeletal structure, stretching across the interior, shaped seemingly like that of a giant serpent. But the serpent was so large, it resembled a mountain range. If Song Jian hadn't been so eagle-eyed, it would have been very difficult to detect that this was the remains of a giant creature.

“Could it be that those black fog demons dare not approach the stone forest because of the remains of this creature?” Liu Su murmured to herself.

Even in death, a powerful creature would emit terrifying energy fluctuations. Lower-level monsters could sense such fluctuations and thus dared not come near the domain of powerful creatures.

Such fluctuations were difficult for humans to sense, unless they were very close, and then they might feel a pressure-like energy fluctuation.

“Let's go, take a closer look. A creature that could even instill fear in a Legendary Realm black fog demon is definitely not an ordinary monster!” Song Jian said in a low voice, leading the way toward the stone forest.

Liu Su and the other two exchanged helpless glances; all they wanted was to take refuge in the stone forest for a while and leave once the time in the secret realm was up.

Now, with the secret realm undergoing strange changes and the danger increasing dozens or even hundreds of times, even if they all advanced to the Legendary Realm, they would still find it difficult to move an inch here!

“Isn't it better to just wait patiently until the secret realm's time expires and then leave…” Lian Yue muttered, glancing at Liu Su and Guo Lian. With no other choice, the three of them reluctantly followed Song Jian.

Here, Song Jian was their only strong support, and they had to cling to him tightly; otherwise, if they encountered monsters they couldn't deal with while he was not around, they would have no other way out but death.

After entering the stone forest, Song Jian noticed that the temperature had dropped even further. Although there were ravines underfoot with magma rolling inside, the temperature within the stone forest was at most about forty or fifty degrees Celsius, which even ordinary people could endure for some time.

“This volcano is really strange; outside, the heat is unbearable even for those in the Legendary Realm, but as you go inside, the temperature drops significantly…” Song Jian thought curiously. Logically, since they were inside a volcano, the temperature should be hotter than outside.

Passing through the stone forest, the group soon reached a gigantic skeleton. Upon closer inspection, it indeed turned out to be the remains of a giant serpent. The dark gray skeleton glowed faintly, stood several meters tall, was hundreds of meters long, and crushed countless stone pillars beneath it, although some intact pillars pierced through the skeleton and were mixed among the bones.

The skull of the giant serpent had a hole more than a meter in diameter on one side, surrounded by broken patterns. In the center of the skull, there was a horn as thick as an arm and just over three feet long, emitting a pitch-black glow.

“Most of the time, a monster's strength is proportional to its size. Such a terrifying creature, if alive, would probably be even bigger,” Song Jian thought to himself.

Standing in front of the skeleton, Song Jian immediately felt a pressure like massive waves crashing down, a pressure that did not act on the body but on the depths of the soul. At that moment, in Song Jian's mind, a colossal one-horned serpent was angrily hissing and surging towards him, attacking relentlessly.

Liu Su and the others didn't dare to approach, stopping dozens of meters away from the giant serpent's remains, their faces deathly pale and their bodies tottering as if about to fall.

This pressure was akin to a spiritual assault. If one couldn't bear it, their spirit would be torn apart, resulting in a vegetative state even if the body remained unscathed. However, if one could withstand it, enduring such pressure over time could benefit one's Mental Strength.

This type of spiritual benefit was greater for those at lower levels. For someone with strength like Song Jian, the benefits were almost negligible, like chicken ribs.

“Song, Brother Song, we can't get any closer, we can only stay here…” Liu Su and the others retreated another ten meters or so and shouted loudly.

Song Jian nodded and started to carefully study the skeleton of the giant serpent.

Just then, Song Jian suddenly sensed something unusual in his inventory. When he opened it, the Ascension Pill was emitting a dazzling light inside the inventory, flickering as if eager to come out.

“What's going on?” Song Jian frowned slightly. As his gaze landed on the Ascension Pill, a line of small text appeared before his eyes.

System: The Ascension Pill can absorb the residual soul within the remains of the Ascending Dragon Serpent and undergo transformation, enhancing its medicinal effect by 30%. After consuming, there is a certain chance to acquire the innate skill “Dragon Transformation”.

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PS: Thanks to “Resolutely Will Not Change My Name” for the gift of 100 starting coins~

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