Jade Dragons were very mystical. Although they weren’t Ice Dragons, their bodies didn’t have the concept of temperature.
Whether they were icy or flaming areas, they wouldn’t feel any difference.
And they loved the beautiful scenery of the Andes Snow Mountains.
Thus, they sealed the entrance and built a beautiful palace inside.
The Ice Jade Palace gradually took form.
Dragon King Aiken led the nine loyal Dragons to settle in and guard this sinister place.
They were still there even now.
But they were no longer themselves.
No one knew when it all began, but the Final Ghost Mother’s power had started spreading through the seal.
The Final Ghost Mother’s strongest ability lay in controlling the mind of intelligent lifeforms. After all, a Ghost Mother could control the consciousness of thousands of lifeforms, and all of those were controlled by the Final Ghost Mother.
The Final Ghost Mother’s mental power was even stronger than that of Gods.
She managed to tempt the arrogant Dragon King, who was getting older, by promising him eternal life.
The Jade Dragons became corrupted.
Aiken became a subordinate of the Final Ghost Mother and unsealed the entrance.
They really did obtain eternal life, but they were deprived of their sentience!
Their bodies were all occupied by frightening Dark Specters!
They were the elites among Dark Specters and had occupied the Dragons’ bodies for a long time now, becoming very familiar with them.
They had very terrifying strength when fighting together.
Especially Dragon King Aiken. As one of the Night Monarch’s subordinates, his power was outstanding.
If they couldn’t take over the Ice Jade Palace in a flash, they would give the Final Ghost Mother time to prepare.
Their team was there to quickly take down the target.
Only the Final Ghost Mother was in the Eternal Frozen Spring, while the Ghost Mothers were spread throughout various parts of the Underdark.
They had to take advantage of this to kill her. If they gave her too much time, the army of Dark Specters would be called back to the Eternal Frozen Spring by the Ghost Mothers. Even if they were Legends, they would still die from the endless waves that would swarm over them!
…
“Are you sure there are 10 Dragons?”
The group kept moving ahead through the ice-cold Andes Snow Mountains, not too slow and not too fast.
The surroundings were completely still.
Everyone was still immersed in the shock from Marvin’s information, and the first to finally react and ask a question was the Fiendish Swordsman.
Marvin nodded.
He was certain about that point. The story of the Jade Dragon, Aiken, had spread among the players.
The only part that Marvin wasn’t sure about was whether or not they would meet the Final Ghost Mother immediately after the Ice Jade Palace.
In any case, they had to open up the Ice Jade Palace extremely quickly.
“Is there any way to circumvent it?” the Fiendish Swordsman asked.
Marvin shook his head. “As far as I know, the entrance to the Eternal Frozen Spring’s seal is in the depths of the Ice Jade Palace. There should be a copper gate there.”
“That gate was sealed personally by the Night Monarch. We can’t force our win in, we can only use a key to open it.”
“And that key is hanging from the neck of Dragon King Aiken…”
They all remained silent once more.
If what Marvin said was true, then they might really have to deal with all the Jade Dragons.
This was just the warm-up fight and they already had to face something like the frightening Dragon Race. What would be next?
No one knew what was ahead of them.
As they trudged through the endless snow, the strongest powerhouses from the Underdark tightly held their weapons, preparing themselves for battle.
Time slowly passed.
After some time, a gloomy voice noted, “There!”
That was the voice of the Duergar Sealer.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw a tall, dark statue encased in ice.
“That’s the Night Monarch’s Dark Knight!”
“The Ice Jade Palace, at last!”
Chapter 645: Storming
Chapter 645: Storming
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
The icy canyon was filled with a dense fog, and the flurries of snow were suddenly cut off as they entered.
That strangely quiet atmosphere was enough to drive an ordinary person crazy. Fortunately, those Legends all had steady minds and were able to stay calm.
They stood in front of the huge statue.
That Dark Knight was clearly some four or five times taller than an ordinary person. He must have been using an unusual secret technique.
He was now still watching over this place even after his death.
Because of the unique characteristics of the Dark Knight’s body, Marvin wasn’t worried that it would be possessed by a Dark Specter.
But when he looked at the Dark Knight’s bare skin, his mind couldn’t help trembling a bit.
He knew that this feeling came from the remains of the Night Monarch’s spirits. There were still many Dark Knights working for him in his own territory so Marvin couldn’t help feeling moved.
…
“This should be the entrance of the Ice Jade Palace.”
“If it’s really as you said and there are a total of ten Dragons inside, we have to make a plan first,” the Fiendish Swordsman calmly said. “Even if we can’t just circumvent them, we can always use some tricks.”
Marvin spread his hands out as he explained, “If they were just Jade Dragons, we definitely would be able to use some means to deal with the problem more easily. But unfortunately, only their bodies remain, they are Dark Specters in essence.”
“You should have experience with Dark Specters by now? Once we make a move, if we alert a single Jade Dragon and give it too much time, it will send out the news and the Final Ghost Mother will know of our arrival.”
“In other words, if you need a plan, it should be to kill all the Jade Dragons as fast as possible!”
The Fiendish Swordsman frowned. But he knew that Marvin’s words were right.
If the Jade Dragons really had been controlled by the Dark Specters, then it would be really difficult to conceal their group’s whereabouts.
“Do you have a specific plan already?” the Fiendish Swordsman inquired.
In his eyes, Marvin’s origins were fishy, but there was one thing that was certain. That guy really did come to help deal with the Final Ghost Mother.
As long as he was sure of this point, the rest was easy to deal with.
Whatever these mysterious helpers were trying to do, they had to kill the Underdark’s enemy first.
Marvin shrugged. “Divide and conquer, storming our way through them.”
The Ice Jade palace’s structure was very simple. It had two straight ravines, and each side had a Dragon standing guard.
Because of the characteristics of the Ice Jade Palace and its defenses, even Marvin didn’t dare guarantee that his Stealth wouldn’t be noticed by any Dark Specters.
Since that was the case, instead of hiding, why not killing his way in?
“Kill your way in?” Freyr, the Cleric that had yet to say anything in the discussions, couldn’t help but mockingly point out, “That’s a Dragon!”
“Do you have another way?” Marvin sneered.
Freyr was at a loss.
He knew nothing about the Ice Jade Palace. The only information about it had come from Marvin, and who knew whether that guy was actually speaking the truth? How could he have another way?!
“Even if these Dark Specters already adapted to the Jade Dragons’ bodies, they still aren’t natural Dragons. They can’t use
the magic that Jade Dragons excelled at.”
“In a melee battle, I think everyone shouldn’t fear them, right?”
Marvin glanced across everyone in the group.
When that statement came out, the rest of them couldn’t keep silent.
This was related to their honor as Legends.
“Let’s storm them.”
“We have to face it anyways. We went through a lot to reach this place, did we just come to look?”
“We’ll be attacking for sure, but how do you plan on dividing the groups?”
The last sentence came from the Duergar Sealer.
As a Legend Sealer, his class was quite special. He was actually the weakest in a fight, so this was what he was most concerned about.
“The two of us will form a group,” Marvin said, indicating Jessica.
He quite naturally wanted to pair up with just Jessica. If the two of them joined hands, even the Jade Dragon King would easily be dealt with.
But the Fiendish Swordsman didn’t let him have his way.
He stiffly added Kui to Marvin and Jessica’s group.
He claimed that it would be safer with three people, but that was just a façade. The real purpose was to gain information on them.
But Marvin didn’t really care about that.
As long as he could clear out the Jade Dragons in the two ravines and open that copper gate, he was confident that he could eliminate the Final Ghost Mother.
This was Marvin’s self-confidence.
Level 4 Ruler of the Night, advanced False Divine Vessel, Fate Power… These extra things gave him power close to that of a Plane Guardian.
With all this, he felt at least 80% sure that he would be able to kill the Final Ghost Mother!
…
Trudging through the endless snow, the group split in two, entering the two ravines on the sides.
The appearance of a fork showed that Marvin’s information was correct thus far.
The Ice Jade Palace only had two paths. Only by killing the Dragons on both sides could they open the copper gate at the end.
As for how many Jade Dragons each side would encounter and which side Dragon King Aiken was on, Marvin didn’t know.
To some extent, they would have to rely on luck.
The group of three were heading down their ravine when Kui suddenly asked in a cold voice, “You two, who are you in the end?”
Marvin smiled cryptically. “Is this important?”
“I don’t fight alongside people I don’t trust,” Kui insisted.
“At least we have a common enemy,” Marvin assured.
Kui frowned for a moment and suddenly sniffed a few times before she muttered in shock, “Surface people?”
Marvin and Jessica were startled.
While completely flabbergasted, Kui went on, “You have the smell of the surface… Why didn’t I notice it before?”
Marvin awkwardly scratched his head.
Their disguises had been created using Fate power.
But Marvin’s Fate Power was a bit lacking at the moment, so in order to conserve it, he had silently slightly decreased the stream of Fate Power maintaining his disguise after the group split.
He was careless, and Kui found out.
The Dark Elf suddenly was on guard against them. “What are you planning?”
In the minds of the Underdark’s inhabitants, those from the surface were natural enemies!
And now there were two people from the surface beguiling their way into a group of the Underdark’s Legends. What were they planning?
The first thought that came in Kui’s mind was that the other side was trying to wreak havoc on their operation.
But suddenly, Marvin turned to look into the distance, just before a Dragon’s groan echoed down the ice-cold ravine!
Marvin wasn’t able to explain much so he only said one sentence: “Can’t people from the surface also want to kill the Final Ghost Mother?”
Shortly after, a Jade Dragon appeared out of nowhere, fiercely diving down at them!
Kui clenched her teeth and resisted the urge to attack Marvin.
At that time, Marvin and Jessica took the initiative to attack the Jade Dragon!
Post-Godly Dexterity!
Fate Power!
Chapter 646: Slaughtering Dragons Like Pigs
Chapter 646: Slaughtering Dragons Like Pigs
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
The Jade Dragons became corrupted after being enslaved by the Final Ghost Mother.
They lost most of their magical attributes. After all, they were now only a bunch of Dark Specters without any awareness.
Otherwise, the Jade Dragons would have been able to notice the Legends the moment they entered the Ice Jade Palace no matter how much they restrained their auras.
They only noticed Marvin’s trio by sight, so when the first Jade Dragon swooped down from the snowy peak, they were already very close!
Fortunately, the three were peak Legend powerhouses, so they were able to react promptly.
Marvin and Jessica burst out with their powerful strength, but Kui hesitated, instead dodging away and staying out of the range of the Jade Dragon’s overbearing attack!
Following behind the Jade Dragon was a huge flurry of ice and snow chunks.
These things didn’t seem lethal, but propelled by the frantic movements of the Jade Dragon’s wings, they were sent crashing down at high speed. If someone that wasn’t strong enough was hit by those, they would be crushed!
This was also one reason that Kui didn’t choose a frontal attack, but it was also because she was still fearful of these surface dwellers.
This was no surprise, as the people of the Underdark had hostile relations with the people of the surface.
She wanted to see what these two would do.
But next second, she became dumbstruck!
In the blizzard, Jessica’s body burst with an intense radiance as a layer of protection covered her body.
She seemed like a fierce comet, sharply rising, shimmering and beautiful, but with all the furious momentum of a Legend Barbarian.
She actually chose a frontal attack against the Jade Dragon’s strike.
Both sides were extremely fast, to the point that seemed like incoherent blurs even to a Legend rogue like Kui.
An instant later, the Fate Sorceress and the Jade Dragon collided, causing Kui to opened her eyes wide. Jessica looked like a Goddess descending as her fist exploded against the Jade Dragon’s head!
“Crrraackkk!”
This was the sound of the Dragon’s skull being smashed to pieces!
What frightening power!
The Dark Elf suddenly felt a chill.
She had just been thinking of making a move against those two from the surface… But that unknown woman was definitely not someone she could offend!
She took a deep breath and tried to focus more closely on Jessica’s movements.
…
Jessica didn’t think much while flying through the air.
To her, these were only a few crippled Jade Dragons, and they weren’t even trying to surround them.
They were just rushing over one by one. Wasn’t this throwing their lives away?
Jessica sneered, as she swiftly dodged.
“Woosh!”
Her shadow was now just above the Jade Dragon’s tail.
7th Layer Fate Power, burst!
Her hands grabbed the Dragon’s tail, and she swung it around before throwing it at another Jade Dragon! That Dragon the size of a hill felt like a light egg in Jessica’s hands.
“Rumble!”
The two monsters collided resoundingly.
Loud noise echoed through the ravine as a large amount of snow slid down from both sides.
Kui was scared stiff. That woman was actually able to kill two Jade Dragons!
Two Jade Dragons!
Even if they had lost their magic abilities, with their powerful bodies, those
Dragons weren’t enemies that Humans could easily challenge.
But Jessica’s appearance completely toppled Kui’s understanding of what was possible.
She asked herself whether she could handle a Jade Dragon without any problem.
Relying on her superior Dexterity and Blade Techniques, she felt that she would definitely be able to kill one of these Jade Dragons.
But… she would never have even considered such a rough way!
There were a total of 6 Jade Dragons in this ravine, two of which were already dead!
A single punch had exploded one’s head, and then she had easily crushed another one!
How was this Dragon slaying? This was clearly more like slaughtering pigs!
The corner of Kui’s mouth twitched.
A faint blue light burst out of the Jade Dragons’ corpses.
That was the true state of the Dark Specters!
But Jessica didn’t give them a chance.
Ghost Barrier!
Under the bright blue light, the two Dark Specters immediately turned into dregs sliding in the snow.
The Dark Elf hadn’t been able to shake herself out of her stupor for some time now.
But at that time, a lazy voice echoed not far from there, “By the way, those other four are also dead.”
“You know, I’m a bit low on power.”
Marvin stood beside a Jade Dragon’s corpse, gently sheathing his daggers into their scabbards while lightheartedly saying that to Jessica.
The Fate Sorceress understood Marvin’s meaning. Marvin didn’t have much Fate Power at the moment so he had to use it sparingly, and Ghost Barrier consumed Fate Power.
Thus, she used Ghost Barrier again and sent the other four Dark Specters on their way.
Their casual actions fell into Kui’s eyes and almost broke her!
Jessica alone was already very frightening!
But that man…
‘While she thunderously smashed two Jade Dragons to death, he actually silently got rid of four of them!’
‘Am… Am I dreaming?’
The frightening performance of those surface-dwellers made the extremely prideful, extremely resolute Dark Elf… start to doubt herself!
…
But for Marvin, fighting six of these Jade Dragons really was nothing.
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