Chapter 452: Crystal Dragon
Thoth Temple. The divine statue was shrouded in milky white light. As the light grew brighter, a milky white figure walked out from within, and the light gradually dissipated.
A physique as perfect as a sculpture, eight-pack abs, slender yet full of power, a handsome face—it was none other than Demigod Thoth.
He stretched out his hand, and a loose white robe formed of divine power appeared, draped over his body, looking so unrestrained and natural.
“The strength of this clone is only at the Divine Awakened level, but it is suitable for the city-state. Let me also experience the intoxicating charm of magic.”
Surrounded by divine power, he stepped into the Royal Palace. His appearance and figure changed accordingly. He easily obtained his new identity from Queen Amisa: a young blood descendant of Thoth named Hook Thoth, possessing a special permit for enrollment in the Magic School.
On the other side, Ace had already left Thoth City-State and arrived at a secluded corner of the Larr Mountain Range. Holding a small piece of “Life Source,” his dream starry sky slowly unfolded.
This was the model of the Inner World dream starry sky. Ace had replicated almost all celestial bodies with mysterious reactions into it, and all celestial bodies operated according to the Three Laws of Motion and the Law of Universal Gravitation.
His eyes glowed with white light. The “Eye of True Knowledge” flickered, and the dream starry sky gradually manifested to cover reality, shining in harmony with the real starry sky above.
Ace’s dream starry sky was extremely vast. Fully manifesting it could almost cover one-third of the Larr Mountain Range, consuming an enormous amount of mana.
Even for Ace, who had advanced to the Legendary level, his mana was only enough to manifest the entire dream starry sky for three minutes.
The dream starry sky universe covered the northwestern part of the Larr Mountain Range. A large number of monsters suddenly intruded into the vacuum and soon suffocated to death. Some monsters even crashed directly into the dream stars and were burned to ashes.
Ace had no time to care about these. He stood on the Dream Earth Center, transformed into a magnificent giant, and held high the remaining “Life Source” in his hand. The Earth Center, sun, moon, stars, dark stars, comets, meteors, and even dust—the complex starry sky universe revolved around him at this moment.
Above the Earth Center, the dazzling Mana Lake was consumed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, dropping nearly one-third of its water level in an instant.
The dream stars seemed to be connected by silver lines, one by one, more and more, binding and linking the dream stars.
“Gravity, Astrology, Destiny guide me to find the owner of the ‘Life Source’!”
The stars vibrated violently. The positions of the constellations changed constantly. The Earth Center also rotated rapidly. It seemed that everything was accelerated, and the Mana Lake dried up even faster.
The phantom of the River of Destiny appeared. Natal Stars flickered and hid. Demons seemed to roar; devils seemed to tempt. Boom!
Only a thin layer of brilliant stellar mana remained in the Mana Lake. The manifested dream starry sky slowly dissipated, and the Larr Mountain Range returned to its original state. Only the suffocated monsters and ashes on the ground silently told the story.
Ace was covered in a silver aura of destiny. His eyes were pure white. In a trance, he seemed to see the Outer World.
Endless space, Demi-planes, Sub-planes, and Quasi-planes floated there. Void creatures roamed in the Sea of Illusion and Reality, and countless dream creatures shuttled through.
A gigantic, crystal-clear creature was resting somewhere in the Sea of Illusion and Reality. It was roughly nearly a thousand meters long, with a waist circumference close to six hundred meters.
In its sleep, It was yawning. Colorful dream bubbles emerged from its nostrils, surrounding it, actually forming a dream mist stretching for thousands of meters.
It “stood” in the void, with short and thick limbs, lion claws, a snake tail, and a lizard-like head. Looking closely at its crystal skin, one would find it covered with a layer of sharp, glowing scales.
Its soft belly was studded with various supernatural gems, forming a sturdy abdominal armor. Its colorful eyes seemed to sense the prying and subconsciously looked at Ace.
Just meeting its gaze, Ace felt as if he were being roasted by fire, trembling all over. Thirteen stars automatically appeared behind Ace, forming a small set of Constellation Noble Phantasms. Calamity, Ominousness, and Slaughter flowed naturally.
Thirteen Star Noble Phantasms surrounded Ace, naturally embedding into his body. The “Calamity Sword” constellation merged briefly with Ace at this moment; his body became the Noble Phantasm itself.
Ace’s mental strength was only 1,200, and his physical strength was about 1,100. At the moment of fusion with this Constellation Noble Phantasm, Ace’s mental and physical strength rose rapidly, actually rising to the Legendary Peak of 9,999 on the scale within an extremely short time.
Eternal Epic!
At the same time, Ace’s shallow mana was consumed even faster, and his heart was beating wildly.
The Being staring at Ace seemed to penetrate layers of spatial barriers and asked in surprise with a childish, milky voice: “Level 3 Peak? Seems to have the potential for Level 4 as well. You are qualified to talk to me. How did you find me?”
Hearing this childish voice, Ace looked somewhat shocked. This behemoth nearly a thousand meters long was undoubtedly a terrifying giant dragon. Wasn’t the voice in his memory extremely majestic? What went wrong here?
“Respected Holiness, I once had the honor of trading with you. I boldly sought you out today, wishing to continue trading with you?”
The Crystal Giant Dragon opened its colorful eyes wide, flickering with a blurred brilliance, seemingly perceiving and recalling: “The smell of delicious food? You are Minced Meat Tofu Steamed Egg!”
Crystal-clear dragon saliva dripped from its bloody mouth. Ace could almost feel the aura of vitality rushing toward him. His face looked extremely embarrassed, seemingly recalling the faint smell of minced meat steamed egg when he was wrapped in “Life Source.”
The Crystal Giant Dragon seemed very happy. Its body shrank rapidly, actually tearing slowly through layers of spatial barriers and appearing in front of Ace.
About a little over a meter tall, looking like a cute crystal dragon, It excitedly pulled Ace’s hand and said: “Is there new delicious food? I want to eat my fill!”
Ace looked slightly stunned, then grinned and said: “Indeed, there are many delicious foods for you to taste.”
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Nightlight City, Magic Castle West Tower.
Logan received a mysterious mission from Ace: provide all the delicacies in the entire city-state to the West Tower. Although he didn’t know why, Logan still did his best. He collected special snacks, extremely distinctive delicious home-cooked dishes, rare delicacies, and various magical foods, sending them continuously to the West Tower.
The West Tower seemed to house a heaven-swallowing beast. All the food disappeared without a trace after entering. Just like this, for three whole days, the Crystal Dragon rubbed its bulging belly and burped comfortably: “Eighty percent full, eighty percent full. I should become the God of Gourmet. Supernatural food is simply awesome!”
Ace’s ears twitched slightly, and he asked softly: “Your Holiness, would you like some more food? I wonder who the God of Gourmet is?”
The Crystal Dragon waved its hand and said: “No more, shouldn’t overdo it. The so-called God of Gourmet is a Deity who masters the Gourmet Domain. Are you interested?”
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