Shen Hanyu stood silently in place. At this moment, he truly had no intention of disturbing such an extraordinary and unique scene.
The pure faith emanating from these ice dragons made even him look sideways in admiration. Nothing was purer for a race than this. What they had endured for countless years of humiliation, what they had borne it all for, he believed the Ice Dragon King had already found the answer.
Amid the continuous dragon roars, the dragon pill also trembled slightly. A phantom figure slowly emerged from within it. Unlike the other ice dragons, its hollow eyes held no emotion, only endless emptiness and confusion, yet it still slowly lowered its head.
Tian Meng spoke with a complicated tone:
"Hanyu, this soul seems to have lost its consciousness, retaining only its most primitive instincts. What a pity…"
Shen Hanyu's feelings were also complex. He was a calm yet strange person, sometimes ruthlessly cold beyond words, yet he could be moved by scenes like this, just as he was now.
The phantom figure of the Ice Dragon King did not speak. It simply swept its gaze quietly over all the ice dragons present before slowly dissipating.
Afterward, streams of ice-blue mist slowly drifted out from Shen Hanyu's right arm, eventually entering the bodies of all the ice dragons present.
Waves of breakthrough fluctuations came one after another. Ten-year evolutions advanced to hundred-year, hundred-year broke through to thousand-year, and even the ten-thousand-year level gained varying amounts of additional years. At the same time, the dormant bloodline within them was awakened, regaining vitality once more.
Shen Hanyu did not stop it. He knew he could not stop the Ice Dragon King, nor did he have the heart to. The Ice Dragon King had helped him greatly; he would not compete with its descendants even for these last remnants of the original divine power.
Moreover, this had essentially no impact on him.
"Kid Feather, don't blame me. They will no longer harm you. I know your purpose, and they understand it too. As their king, I have owed them far too much over countless years. This is the only way I can compensate them. In the years to come, who knows when we will meet again, it is all fate…"
The weak voice of the Ice Dragon King sounded in his ear, gradually fading with the wind until it finally returned to complete silence.
Shen Hanyu's right arm also fell completely still, without even the slightest fluctuation remaining.
The phantom of the dragon corpse seemed to gaze at Shen Hanyu for a moment before it too slowly vanished, leaving only the now-dimmed dragon pill behind.
All the ice dragons raised their heads and let out long roars. The tremendous sound shook the accumulated snow on the nearby mountains, echoing through the mountain range before finally disappearing into the vast horizon.
Suddenly, Shen Hanyu felt a strange sensation, an incomparable devotion and warmth. Looking at the grand landscape in the distance, he murmured:
"So this is the feeling of faith…"
By the time Shen Hanyu came back to his senses, the figures of many ice dragons had already disappeared. The three remaining ice dragons were all over thirty meters in length, their dragon scales enormous, and within their majestic dragon eyes, aside from sorrow, there was also a trace of reverence.
Ferocious beasts!
These were unmistakably three ferocious beasts over two hundred thousand years old!
Even Shen Hanyu could not help but sigh. In this era, it was already the limit for an ordinary soul beast race to have a one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Having one ferocious beast was enough to dominate a region. Yet before him, the ice dragon clan actually possessed three ferocious beasts for over a hundred thousand years. With such strength, in the Extreme North, they held an overwhelmingly crushing advantage over the Titan Snow Demon and Ice Jade Scorpion races.
However, after careful sensing, Shen Hanyu still discovered that beneath their robust physiques and vigorous qi and blood, their origins were already nearing their limits.
These three ferocious-beast-level ice dragons seemed unable to survive the next heavenly tribulation. Although their strength remained, their qi and blood had already begun to slowly decline. Though it was not easily detectable by the naked eye or mental power, how could it possibly escape Shen Hanyu's probing?
"You are the inheritor of the King. I sense an extraordinary dragon bloodline on you, human…"
A deep voice rang out, not as a question, but as a statement.
"Yes, I can be considered the inheritor of the senior Ice Dragon King."
Shen Hanyu did not deny it. He raised his head and faced the pressure from the three great ferocious beasts directly.
"Hehe…"
Low, hoarse laughter sounded. The three ferocious-beast-level dragons laughed almost simultaneously, and the terrifying, heavy pressure nearly crushed Shen Hanyu.
These were definitely not ordinary ferocious beasts!
This thought emerged in Shen Hanyu's mind. Eight soul rings appeared simultaneously beneath his feet as he struggled to resist the pressure from the three ferocious beasts.
"Oh? These are… million-year-level soul rings…"
One of the ferocious beasts slightly lowered its massive dragon head and spoke indifferently.
The other two also tilted their heads slightly, showing some surprise and doubt.
The one in the middle was clearly stronger, and the rate of its qi and blood decline was also the fastest. It slowly approached Shen Hanyu, seeming to chuckle lightly before saying:
"Human kid, do you want to know the origin of this land that belongs solely to ice dragons…"
Shen Hanyu did not speak, waiting for the rest.
"Many years ago, our ice dragon clan was extremely prosperous, but later… a catastrophe occurred. After that disaster, less than one in ten of our clansmen survived. To lead us away from the plundering of other soul beasts, our ancestors migrated the entire clan here and discovered the dying First Ancestor."
"The First Ancestor, to leave us a land suitable for survival, forcibly used its remaining power to alter the climate of this place, opening up this territory with its life. Our clan has settled here ever since, until now…"
"But later, the First Ancestor's power gradually withered, and even its divine sense became incomplete, unable to continue maintaining everything here. For the continuation of future generations, the ancestors performed a blood sacrifice, merging all their flesh, mental power, and origin completely into the dragon pill left by the First Ancestor, barely preserving this land…"
As it spoke, Shen Hanyu suddenly felt a chill down his back. Turning around, he discovered that at some point, he had already reached the edge of the platform.
Below the deep, dark cliff, faint white lights flickered. Shen Hanyu used his mental power, and the scene transmitted back made him slightly stunned.
Below were countless skeletons of ice dragons. Judging by the residual aura and the size of the bones, these ice dragons had been at least eighty thousand years old.
"Hehe… Kid, you see it, don't you? For the continuation of the race, we are willing to do anything, even trade our lives for it. To us, this is the true destination…"
Another ferocious beast spoke, its tone filled with sorrow and pain.
"Enough."
The leading ferocious beast said faintly, shifting its gaze back from the deep, dark bottom of the cliff.
"I understand your purpose. The First Ancestor also explained it. You are the inheritor chosen by the First Ancestor and bear the inheritance of the Ice God. You carry a glimmer of hope for the revival of our clan. For this, I am willing to become the stepping stone for you to reach the peak, even if it means eternal damnation…"
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