Chapter 653 - 262: The Dragons Submit, Transcendent Skills, Another Mechanism Upgrade!
Chapter 653: Chapter 262: The Dragons Submit, Transcendent Skills, Another Mechanism Upgrade!
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「Longyin Academy, conference room.」
Hou Guanghe watched the scene on the screen, his eyes glinting.
Everyone else present looked bewildered.
Yi Jiugao also took out a small bell from his storage space.
The bell’s design was seventy or eighty percent similar to the Dragon-Riding Bell in Lin Ye’s hand, but in terms of both its material and the aura flowing around it, they were worlds apart.
It was the very same Bronze Bell that had been used to control the countless Deep Sea Dragon Beasts before.
"Mr. Hou, this..."
Hou Guanghe nodded, his gaze never leaving the screen. "The one in your hand is an inferior imitation we created, costing us countless resources, based on fragmented data brought back from the Eternal Dragon Tomb."
"The real Dragon-Riding Bell is in that kid’s hands right now. It is the greatest treasure of the surviving Dragon Race in this Rift Realm. We speculate its tier... it’s a Quasi-Sacred Artifact at the very least."
"For a species like the Dragon Race, which places extreme importance on bloodlines, the suppression of a lower-status bloodline by a higher-status one is absolute."
"And this Dragon-Riding Bell can amplify that suppressive effect to its absolute limit."
"Only the Caesar clan, who have a trace of Ancestral Dragon Blood flowing in their veins, can touch and use it."
"Any other living being who dares to even touch it will be instantly struck by a backlash from the Ancestral Dragon Power contained within, and their very soul will be crushed!"
Hou Guanghe paused here, a complex expression that no one could decipher appearing on his old face.
"He... not only touched it, but he also snatched it right from the Dragon Emperor’s hands."
"This can only mean one thing."
"The Status of the Dragon Race bloodline within Lin Ye... is in no way inferior to the Caesar clan’s. In fact..."
"It might even be superior!"
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「Celestial Dragon’s Nest.」
The instant Lin Ye silently recited the three words "Control All Dragons" in his mind.
The bronze bell in his hand seemed to come alive, transforming into a pool of flowing, liquid bronze that surged madly from his palm into his body!
The next moment, Lin Ye felt the blood in his body begin to boil!
Dragon Descendant Incarnation!
This time, the skill activated on its own, without him even needing to trigger it manually!
BOOM—!
An aura more majestic, ancient, and vast than ever before erupted from within Lin Ye!
The bones throughout his body let out a series of rapid-fire cracks like popping soybeans as his frame shot upward with savage intensity!
This time, what grew from his skin was no longer bluish-black Scale Armor.
But rather... a blackness so deep it was absolute!
The scales seemed less like solid matter and more like the purest night sky given form, as if they could devour all surrounding light.
And within that endless darkness, the original dark-gold patterns had now transformed into billions of brilliant stars, flowing slowly between the gaps in his Scale Armor!
On either side of his forehead, his ferocious dragon horns grew longer and more slender. His vertical pupils, which had once burned with incandescent golden flames, now became two eternally burning suns!
[Ding! Resonance detected between the Quasi-Sacred Artifact, the Dragon-Riding Bell, and your Ancient Dragon Blood!]
[Ding! You have absorbed the Ancestral Dragon Power contained within the ’Dragon-Riding Bell’. Your Ancient Dragon Blood skill has been upgraded to Level MAX!]
[Ding! You have absorbed the Ancestral Dragon Power contained within the ’Dragon-Riding Bell’. Your Dragon Descendant Incarnation skill has been upgraded to Level MAX!]
[Ding! Your skill ’Ancient Dragon Blood’ has been promoted to a Transcendent Skill! The skill’s effects have changed!]
[Ding! Your skill ’Dragon Descendant Incarnation’ has been promoted to a Transcendent Skill! The skill’s effects have changed!]
A rapid series of system notifications flooded Lin Ye’s mind.
Before he could even check the specific changes to the two skills, another notification popped up.
[Ding! The core authority of the Dragon-Riding Bell has been absorbed. The item has lost its original function and can be exchanged for Evolution Points. Exchange?]
Lin Ye was startled.
’Holy crap!’
’Does this mean I just seized the bell’s core authority, and now I can exchange its empty shell for Evolution Points?’
He subconsciously glanced at the number of exchangeable points.
[Exchangeable Evolution Points: 146!]
Lin Ye’s breath caught for a moment.
points!
That was more than double the points from the Time-Suppressing Fragment!
And the Dragon-Riding Bell was only a Quasi-Sacred Artifact.
’Just how absurd would a true Sacred Artifact be?’
Most importantly, with such a huge influx of Evolution Points!
’I should be able to upgrade another mechanism to Gold tier again!’
Forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lin Ye refocused his attention on the present.
There were more important things to do.
After absorbing the Dragon-Riding Bell’s power, a strange intuition surfaced in his mind.
He could feel that he had established a new, deeper connection with every member of the Dragon Race present.
He could clearly perceive the emotions of every single dragon: fear, shock, bewilderment...
He even felt that he could decide their life or death with a single thought.
At this moment, his words were law.
Lin Ye slowly swept his gaze over the dragons below, and over Augustus, who had collapsed not far away after losing the Dragon-Riding Bell and an arm.
A majestic and indifferent voice echoed throughout the area.
"You see your Ancestor. Why do you not kneel?"
The moment his voice fell.
Regner and Liliana suddenly felt their bodies relax. The suppressive force originating from their bloodline, which had caused them so much pain, vanished without a trace.
In its place came a sense of... warmth and belonging that stemmed from the depths of their souls.
It was as if wanderers, adrift for ten thousand years, had finally found their true origin.
Augustus’s bloody reign was built on the pain and fear forcibly imposed by the Dragon-Riding Bell.
But this being before them, merely by standing there, inspired their most instinctual submission and reverence.