Chapter 341 Black Dragon Awakens
Transition chapter, see title.
Ryan didn't know what the prosperity of the Monk civilization was like when it was at its peak.
But one can imagine how cruel the world outside the fog is.
In the past, in the Monk'er civilization, there was the [Black Emperor] Moises and his 72 generals, and there were many powerful gods. The extraordinary sequence they left behind is still passed down in the Ice Ridge Wasteland. Those magical potions and super-powerful exclusive skills all proved how powerful those gods were back then...
But even so, such a powerful super civilization was buried in the long river of history.
This gave Ryan a sense of urgency.
He really wanted to see how wonderful the endless world outside was. But the fourth-level extraordinary cultivation level was probably not even as good as an ant in the eyes of those high-level masters from outside the domain.
Moreover, the existence of the Ice Ridge Wasteland has now been discovered by people from outside the domain, and they no longer have time to develop peacefully.
If they want to become stronger, they must get out of this foggy world.
But we had to guard against enemy attacks.
Therefore, becoming stronger is the top priority .
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After tasting the sweetness of "secret cultivation", Ryan has been hanging out in Canossa's mansion most of the time these days.
In that luxurious manor, there would always be sharp "bang bang bang" sounds like the sound of bronze bells at night, which would often last the entire night...
That absolutely beautiful lady was like a ripe peach, sweet and juicy when you take a bite, but Ryan was not doing it just for pleasure, but more for spiritual practice.
The effect was immediate. He and Kanossa, who had already achieved great success in the "Divine Strength Realm", practiced closely according to the methods on the stone slab. In just a few days, they successfully broke through their original body refining realm.
The strange image covered in gold gradually began to turn into a light bronze color.
Both muscle strength and defense have reached a whole new level.
They touched the realm of body refining that the Great Shaman of Mafa had realized!
That wonderful state of perception of "harmony and integration" also allowed Ryan to take a shortcut.
He originally needed several years to accumulate knowledge, but now he has begun trying to understand the "law of power" that only a fifth-level transcendent can understand.
Moreover, it is not just the superficial knowledge, but the complete “Legendary Law”.
The originally mysterious, indescribable and inexplicable comprehension of the laws has become unobstructed because of the method of "secret cultivation".
The legendary strongman Canossa built a bridge for him, and her insights were the same as Ryan's.
This saved him a lot of detours.
Kanosa also felt the same way as Ryan understood the secret method of "Gang Line" and [Condensing Qi into Gang]. After practicing it, she was able to gradually understand some of the tricks.
The abilities of the two gradually merged with each other, and through daily intensive practice, their extraordinary realms grew day by day.
Ryan is also looking forward to seeing how powerful Canossa, who has mastered the [Condensing Qi into Energy], will be!
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The interrogation of the "Blood Shark Phantom Thieves" is coming to an end, and Black Dragon City finally has a general understanding of the outside world.
Then, the top leaders of Black Dragon City held several meetings and passed Metternich's proposal.
That is to wipe out the Glorious Kingdom to prevent future troubles!
More than a year ago, the events of the Omar Royal Capital made everyone in the Ice Ridge Wasteland aware of the despicable means used by the Glorious City to spread the faith in the evil god.
After more than a year of sanctions and isolation, no more wasteland hunters and refugees have gone to Glory City.
Those who are still staying in the Glorious City are all devout believers of the Three-Eyed Evil God.
In other words, they are all enemies.
But even so, there are at least 20 to 30 million people.
Originally, there were some concerns about such a large population. After all, the former Glorious City was the only "free city" of mankind, and many people in the city had some connection with Master Kavo in some way.
But now it seems that those guys who believe in the evil gods in Glory City have already contacted the outside world and have bad intentions.
There is already confirmed news that the "Holy Light Alliance" to which the Three-Eyed Tribe belongs is attacking the "Dark Alliance" and may arrive at the area where the Ice Ridge Wasteland is located at any time.
It can be imagined that once those guys invade the Ice Ridge Wasteland, it will be an absolute disaster for the humans in this land.
Either they are brainwashed and become believers of evil gods, or they are completely destroyed like the Monk civilization back then.
The dire situation does not allow any hesitation on the part of the Black Dragon City leadership.
Therefore, they chose to wipe out the hideout of the evil god's followers first.
Even if it means carrying the stigma of "massacre".
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The location of the Glory City is very clever. With the Alcolon Mountains as a natural barrier, ordinary mechanical cities cannot attack it at all.
But Black Dragon City still has absolute air superiority.
Therefore, the day after the top leadership made the decision, the entire Flying Dragon Legion was dispatched.
If they don't fight now and wait for the enemy's airship army to enter the Ice Ridge Wasteland, they will have no advantage.
Then, while the two great empires of Sid and Omar were completely confused, the Flying Dragon Legion of Black Dragon City launched an aerial bombardment of Glorious City that lasted for nearly a month.
The mechanical city is clumsy, and even if it can move, it can only be a sitting duck for air raids.
Moreover, the Glorious City was built by Master Kavo himself, and he knows almost all the arrangements in the city.
Blind spots in city defense, weak points in magic circles, layout of magic towers, means of attack...
The Flying Dragon Regiment was aware of this information and their bombing was precise and efficient.
The Glorious Kingdom has five nuclear Behemoth-class mechanical cities, plus some lords' secondary mechanical cities, the total number exceeds forty.
But these big guys couldn't hide in the wilderness at all, and the entire bombing process went smoothly.
Thousands of flying dragons launched a surprise attack, and even the invincible King Kipling Winter, who was possessed by the will of the evil god, could not do anything.
Wherever the flying dragon army passes, no grass grows.
During this month of continuous bombing, it was almost completely destroyed, with corpses strewn all over the ground...
There is a massive tide of beasts and zombies to the west of the Alcolon Mountains. Without the tall and solid walls to block them, almost no human gathering point can survive.
Blowing up the Mechanical City would be equivalent to cutting off the roots of the evil god believers in the Glory City.
Although some high-level extraordinary people might survive by chance, the destruction of the base camp would at least leave those guys from outside the domain with no place to stay if they break in one day in the future.
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The news that the Glorious City was bombed and destroyed spread to the two great empires of Theed and Omar immediately.
Once in the Omar Imperial Capital, Ryan used this method to break into the Omar Royal Academy of Sciences.
This method shocked all the lords at the time.
At that time, they still held out a glimmer of hope, thinking that this kind of bombing had certain restrictions.
But now, Black Dragon City has directly destroyed the "Glorious Kingdom" within a month, which has also made the major lords of the two empires panic-stricken.
The fact that Black Dragon City was able to bomb and wipe out the Glorious Kingdom without sacrificing a single soldier meant that their flying dragon army could also easily destroy any other territory.
It now seems that there is no way to break that high-altitude bombing tactic.
In the face of "absolute air supremacy", the anti-aircraft artillery in the mechanical city seemed so powerless. No matter how thick the barrel was, or how thick the gun barrel was, it could not do anything to the agile flying dragon in the sky...
The technological crush of Black Dragon City and the flying dragons made the two empires completely lose their temper.
For the first time, the lords tasted the fear of being dominated by combat power.
A "tiny city" was able to overwhelm the two empires.
Before, they coveted everything in Black Dragon City, but now it seems that there is no other way except to move their territory far away from Black Dragon City.
If I can't beat you, I can only hide.
Of course, Ryan also informed the top leaders of the two empires of the existence of "outside the territory".
This statement also made the top leaders of the two empires doubtful.
But, believe it or not, it's up to them.
It doesn't matter.
This is for the benefit of all the human beings in the Ice Ridge Wasteland .
So that when the real disaster happens, those guys won’t be caught off guard.
As for the steam-mechanical airship, Black Dragon City informed them of the existence of this type of machine, but did not provide any technical support to the two empires.
It is better to have this powerful weapon in your own hands.
If it is given to those guys with ulterior motives, it is unlikely that they will jointly resist foreign enemies. Those lords who value their own rights and interests will use this technology to fight among themselves and expand their own interests before the foreign enemies arrive.
Besides, it’s useless even if you give it.
The technology of the extraterritorial mechanical airships is dozens or even hundreds of years ahead of the mechanical technology of the Ice Ridge Wasteland. Except for the Black Dragon Mechanical Academy led by Grandpa Tust, no other force can manufacture it.
Even if the blueprints were given to the two empires, they would not be able to build machines that were far beyond their technological capabilities.
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After the demise of Glory City, Black Dragon City entered a period of stable development.
Every day, a large number of people flow into Black Dragon City.
The city's area is getting bigger and bigger, large steel mills are rising from the ground, and various large and small mechanical cities are also built...
Although the two great empires of Theed and Omar tried their best to prevent their citizens from going to Black Dragon City, they were ultimately unable to stop it.
Because the most important means of survival for humans in the Ice Ridge Wasteland is "hunting".
Although the lords wanted to blockade their subjects and prevent them from escaping, they could not stop the hunters from hunting in the wilderness.
This departure means population loss.
Often, out of ten hunting groups, only five or three come back...
It is said that he died in the wilderness, but when you ask around, you can always hear news about those wilderness hunting groups doing well in Black Dragon City.
As for the means of blocking news, the initial effect was quite good.
But as time went by, the rumors were dispelled.
Black Dragon City's current "free trade" system has revitalized industry activities in the Ice Ridge Wasteland.
With frequent caravan traffic, false news could not be concealed.
If the major lords want to block the information about Black Dragon City, then they will have to completely cut off commercial ties with the outside world.
There is no food, mines, machinery, tobacco, alcohol, or potions...
And so on the circulation of all resources.
Unless the lords want to return to the agricultural society and live a poor life, it is impossible.
What's more, there are smuggling organizations in the black market and official slave trade...
The channels for population outflow are simply too numerous to be blocked.
On the other hand, Black Dragon City's increasingly perfect equality system has led to this city's explosive growth.
The top leaders of Black Dragon City would occasionally hold various "Technology Expos", "College Exchange Meetings", "The World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference", "Magic Exchange Meetings"...
They attract talents from various fields to come to Heilongcheng for exchanges.
Once this comes, few people will leave.
Black Dragon City has the most livable environment in the Ice Ridge Wasteland, the strongest technological heritage, the most "legendary" extraordinary people, the most systematic magic heritage, and the medical and potion heritage...
Here, there is money, life and a future.
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Ever since we learned that the three-eyed guys from outside the domain were launching a war, the excavation of the Black Emperor's tomb has been put on the agenda.
According to the captured thieves from the "Red Shark Group", a remote place like the Ice Ridge Wasteland, which only has the fifth-level extraordinary people, is not worth conquering by large alliances with gods.
Even if the gods want to collect believers, the number of people is only equivalent to that of any empire outside.
It's not worth such a fuss.
Then, Ryan and the others guessed that the other party started the war probably for other reasons.
For example: resources and treasures.
There are many secrets buried beneath the Ice Ridge Wasteland.
There was no comparison before, and Ryan and his friends didn't know how special this land was.
Now, when comparing with people outside the region, they realize that this place is full of secrets.
Whether it was the black mist that could enhance the physique of the extraordinary, the inheritance of the seventy-two divine generals, or the tomb of the Black Emperor, they were all treasures coveted by even the gods...
At the beginning, the [Black Emperor] Moises used laws to seal off this land and isolate it from the world. It was obvious that he also wanted to protect something.
Although Ryan and his team already knew the exact location of the treasure, it was just to the west of the basin.
But there is a very troublesome place over there, where a black dragon is sleeping, and no one knows how powerful it is.
The blood of the Asian dragon beasts in the west of the basin is becoming purer and purer, and the number of high-level Asian dragon beasts is also increasing.
Ryan and his team did not dare to act rashly, but instead issued a large number of hunting missions to develop that area.
With countless elite hunting teams working day and night to open up the wasteland, the high-level monsters in that area were gradually cleared out...
Fourth-level, fifth-level, lord-level...the number is too numerous to count.
Ryan and the others had never expected that there were so many high-level monsters hiding in that area.
If the wasteland hunters hadn't been doing carpet-clearing, rash entry into that area wouldn't bring any benefits even if all the top warriors in Black Dragon City gathered together.
But as the hunting group went deeper and deeper into the wasteland, the black dragon was finally awakened.
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One day, in the training room, Ryan received news that the black dragon had awakened and was causing trouble.
"My Lord, an elite detachment of the 'Three Musket Hunting Group' encountered the black dragon while reclaiming wasteland in the west of the basin, and almost all of them were wiped out. Afterwards, the black dragon also attacked the branch city we were building there, causing us heavy losses..."
"How strong is the Black Dragon's strength assessment?"
"Very strong! According to the elders' assessment, the black dragon's combat power is conservatively estimated to be half a major level higher than the 'Legendary Transcendent', or even... a major level!"
"What's the specific information?"
"It is almost certain now that it is completely immune to fifth-tier magic. The physical attacks of fifth-tier transcendents cannot break its dragon scales. Artillery attacks are ineffective, and fifth-tier mental spells are ineffective... The dragon's might will cause any magical beast, including the fifth-tier 'lord-level', to feel pressure and deterrence. The means of attack include 'black dragon breath' and dragon claws. The breath is a dark corrosive force that can easily break the elemental armor of a fifth-tier transcendent; the power of the dragon claws is very strong, even a heavy mecha with high enchantment can be easily caught and destroyed..."
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All in all, this black dragon is simply "invincible".
Under normal circumstances, the combat power of a dragon beast is half a level higher than that of an ordinary beast.
And this pure-blooded black dragon's combat power is a whole major level higher than that of a fifth-level magical beast!
It is immune to all attacks from the fifth-order extraordinary, whether magical, physical, or spiritual...
Then, its attack was beyond the extraordinary power of human "legend", both in terms of strength and its dragon breath that corroded everything.
The only good news is that at the level of laws, that guy is still limited to level five.
