C1159 Two Dragon Eggs
The Demon God Grec gazed at the Deathwing Lair suspended in the void with a warm smile on his face.
His vision, seemingly unhindered by any material substance, pierced through the layers of death force surrounding the lair. It bypassed the numerous barriers conjured by Yu Yiyi and Yu Zhu, and settled on Yu Yuan, who had just stirred from unconsciousness.
Yu Yuan, his body crusted with dried blood, snapped to full awareness at the sound of Grec's voice.
Above him, the Dragon Slaying Stage, akin to a towering Holy Mountain, was casting a strange glow as it gradually shrank.
One after another, the archdemons and dark adepts from the Devil Palace were mercilessly cut down by the Blood Fiend elite, plummeting into the blood-red lakes and oceans, where they were silently swallowed by the crimson waters.
The moment the will of the Root of the Solar Meridian awoke, the tide of war had shifted.
In a brief span, the archdemons and dark adepts were decimated by the Blood Fiend clan.
The King of Wraiths, at the middle period of the Unbound state, met his demise and was consumed by the churning lake.
The Golden Elephant God crashed down, its golden blood spilling into the valley, transforming the Crimson Realm into a glittering expanse of gold, drawing countless Blood Fiends to feast on the precious fluid.
The struggle for possession between Grec and Cao Yi concluded in the blink of an eye.
All these upheavals stemmed from the awakening of the Root of the Solar Meridian's will, which, with its unrivaled strange power, influenced the Primal Blood Continent and significantly amplified the might of the Blood Fiend warriors.
Yu Yiyi and Yu Zhu, as if bracing for a formidable foe, stood behind Yu Yuan, tensely marshaling their full strength in vigilance.
They keenly sensed that Grec, at this moment, was utterly transformed from before.
"Do you know why I value you above all others?"
Grec, now matured from his youth into his prime, soared into the heavens and instantly vanished into the hollow chest of the Titan. He sat down, legs crossed and hands joined in meditation.
Countless strands of fine crimson lightning burst forth from him, reaching out to the walls of the Titan's chest cavity.
In that moment, he was ensconced within a web of blood-red lightning, becoming the heart that the Titan lacked, linking himself to the lifeblood rivers of the Primal Blood Continent.
"I don't know."
Yu Yuan, with a somber expression, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He hovered above the Deathwing Lair, his gaze fixed on Grec, who stood atop the Dragon Slaying Stage. Grec's stature had gradually matched his own, a result of entering the chest cavity of the Titan and the Titan's ongoing growth.
Yu Yuan was struck by a peculiar intuition.
The Demon God he knew so well had truly returned, supplanting the younger Grec who had just been reborn.
The younger Grec, after being reincarnated, had chosen to fully embrace his former self.
It was a resurrection in the truest sense.
"Because of you, I managed to incubate the Titan Spinosaurus's offspring within the Dragon Slaying Stage."
Grec's mouth spread into a wide grin as he separated his clasped hands and casually pointed toward a lake on the ground.
"Buzz!" The churning blood-red lake instantly stilled at his gesture.
The once murky lake now shone with clarity, revealing a vivid image.
The massive bronze coffin that had burst from the earth, its lid inscribed with countless tiny characters, had long been sealed shut.
Inside the bronze coffin, there was no God-King named "Taishi," only a dense pool of blood.
Submerged in the blood was another, larger violet gold egg.
The blood, rich with the exquisite essence of various lifeforms and interspersed with numerous small blood crystals, nourished the violet gold egg.
The blood crystals seemed to be remnants of the Altar of Rebirth that Grec had shattered.
Within the egg, a powerful heartbeat throbbed, seemingly defying the confines of time and space.
"Ionodios!"
Tan Junshan, Chen Qinghuang, and Yu Yiyi all murmured the name in unison.
Yu Yuan remained silent.
With a thunderous roar, the Golden Elephant God, towering a thousand feet tall, rose from the blood-soaked valley.
His massive tusks glowed with blinding golden light as he panted heavily, his gaze locked onto the lake's spectacle. With a raspy voice, he bellowed, "Another Titan Spinosaurus dragon egg?!"
Grec, the Demon God, felt a twinge of melancholy and sighed deeply, reflecting, "The three God-Kings of Boulderdawn are formidable indeed. They laid a trap for me in Ionodios, using my abundant vital energy to nurture the dragon egg, ensuring the Titan Spinosaurus within would hatch swiftly."
"I was overly confident and underestimated the Boulderdawn Sect, having never truly dealt with them before."
"I paid a steep price for that mistake. They caused my death in Ionodios, a death orchestrated by the Boulderdawn's schemes."
Yu Yuan remained silent.
Upon seeing the bronze coffin and the massive violet gold dragon egg within, he realized that the heartbeats that had previously filled him with dread were from another Titan Spinosaurus egg.
Before he and Chen Qinghuang set foot in the forbidden area where the Lunarphite resided, he had already felt a premonition.
He had known that the heartbeat was connected to the Dragon Slaying Stage and the dragon corpses, but now he had confirmation.
"The two dragon eggs left by the exalted Titan Spinosaurus—one was found by me, and the other fell into the hands of the Boulderdawn. To hatch the egg of the mightiest cosmic giant beast requires a vast amount of vital energy. I, Grec, am far stronger than the deceased Lunarphite, making me the ideal candidate."
"The Blood King and I thwarted their ambitious plans with the Skyreach Consortium, which drew their ire and put us in their crosshairs."
Grec's expression turned bitter as he shook his head and sighed deeply.
To have his vital energy, cultivated over thousands of years, stripped away and sealed within the bronze coffin to nurture another Titan Spinosaurus youth was a bitter pill to swallow.
But he had to accept his defeat.
"The Boulderdawn Sect is well aware that the young Titan Spinosaurus holds the power to transform the Everlands. Indeed, the Everlands itself came into being due to the descent of the Titan Spinosaurus and the active release from the Root of the Lunar Meridian."
"The Boulderdawn aims to use the Titan Spinosaurus to make the five greatest powers of the Everlands submit to their will."
"Hehe, but I refuse to let them have their way! I will throw a wrench in their plans!"
He gazed up at the dark red sky, then down at the similarly hued earth.
"Thank you, Yu Yuan, for taking the Dragon Slaying Stage out of the Moonfall Sanctuary. Thank you for your kindness in rescuing the second hatchling and bringing it to the Dragon Slaying Stage. And my final thanks for bringing the Dragon Slaying Stage to the Primal Blood Continent. I, Grec, am deeply grateful for your aid in my time of need."
With the solemnity of human customs, he bowed deeply to Yu Yuan in gratitude.
Yu Yuan's expression was dark and foreboding.
Tan Junshan and Chen Qinghuang, upon hearing Greco's words, felt a bitter taste in their mouths.
It seemed that the moment they intruded upon Greco's first resurrection site and disrupted it, they had unwittingly played into Greco's hands.
The first Greco, eager to come back to life, had brazenly siphoned the remaining vital energy of the Lunarphite within its chest and drawn power from beneath the violet gold dragon egg.
When Greco's initial resurrection attempt failed, Yu Yuan acquired the blood crystal. Subsequently, he harnessed the power of the Dragon Slaying Stage to lead everyone into the second forbidden area.
The subsequent attempts to obliterate Greco and venture into the Primal Blood Continent appeared to have been anticipated by Greco all along.
And now, the moment had come.
"To show my gratitude, you will be the last to die. I will allow you to witness firsthand what is about to unfold," Greco said with a smile.
Without anyone noticing, the Titan, now towering at an immense height, suddenly extended a hand large enough to eclipse the sun.
This colossal hand descended from the heavens, seizing the Golden Elephant God by the neck, and then forcefully pressed it down into the boiling lake where the King of Wraiths had sunk.
"It's time for your final rest, you old elephant."
