1novels Chapter 109 Spatial Rift
Chapter 109 Spatial Rift
Ye Feng's attack stopped in mid-air.
The dark black hole formed by the telekinetic weapon Swallowing the Stars was less than an inch away from the blue dragon's neck.
The dark light flickered uncertainly.
The light reflected off the blue dragon's deep blue scales, giving them an eerie glow.
Blue Dragon could feel that sharp aura pressing against its skin.
As long as Ye Feng gives the order, its head will separate from its body.
"Say it again?" Ye Feng's voice was calm.
But her hand tightened slightly.
The blue dragon lay on the ground, its massive body crushing most of the hill. It was covered in blood, and blood was still seeping from the black hole at the base of its left wing.
Its life essence had been mostly burned away, and its aura was weak and listless, but a strange light flickered in its deep blue vertical pupils.
"I said," Blue Dragon said, emphasizing each word, "I know where your parents are."
Ye Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.
His parents.
The head and mistress of the Ye family's direct line.
The heroes of Jiangcheng.
Three years ago, strange beasts from the southern mountains launched a massive invasion, and Jiangcheng was in imminent danger.
His father, the head of the Ye family, a peak fifth-level martial artist, along with his mother, a fifth-level mental energy master, took the initiative to attack.
They lured away the commander of the beast army, a mid-stage sixth-tier beast king.
After that battle, his parents never returned.
The official conclusion given by Jiangcheng authorities was that he "sacrificed his life heroically," and his remains were never recovered.
"You say it." Ye Feng retracted his telekinetic weapon.
Blue Dragon did not answer immediately.
It slowly turned its head and looked at the airship that was landing in the distance.
Cao Keyuan, Director Zhou, Old Zhang, and Zhang Lizhuo jumped off the airship and walked quickly toward them.
Cao Keyuan walked at the front, one hand on the spirit weapon longsword at his waist, and the other hand waving at Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng! You've made quite a commotion!"
Cao Keyuan walked closer and saw the situation clearly.
Blue Dragon lay in the ruins, covered in blood.
His lips twitched, and he swallowed back what he was about to say.
"Commander Cao," Ye Feng turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the four people, and asked in surprise.
"The three of you have broken through to the sixth rank?"
Cao Keyuan smiled modestly, but he couldn't hide the pride in his eyes.
Old Zhang simply shoved his broadsword into the ground, put his hands on his hips, and pointed his nose in the air.
His expression practically screamed, "I'm a sixth-order cultivator!"
"And another thing," Ye Feng's gaze fell on Zhang Lizhuo, "who is this?"
Cao Keyuan patted his forehead.
"Oh right, I haven't introduced him yet. This is the Inspector Zhang Lizhuo, a mid-stage sixth-rank official, sent by Shanhe Prefecture."
Zhang Lizhuo quickly stepped forward and clasped his hands in greeting.
"What do you mean 'adult' or 'not adult'? Just call me 'brother' from now on."
His attitude was excessively polite, and his smile was as bright as a flower.
He was a completely different person from the patrolman who had frowned and scolded Ye Feng for being "reckless" half a day earlier on the airship.
No wonder he changed so quickly.
He was truly amazed.
Along the way, from Jiangcheng to Qinglong Fortress, he personally witnessed too many things that overturned his understanding.
I've heard too many stories about Ye Feng.
At first, he didn't believe a word of it.
But when they saw Ye Feng knock that half-step seventh-level beast to the ground.
He believed it.
Just two weeks ago, he was an abandoned child who had been kicked out of his home.
Within half a month, he soared from a near-first-tier martial artist to the mid-fifth-tier martial artist.
Their terrifying combat power can take down a half-step seventh-tier fighter.
The silver-white flying artifact he wore was something even Zhao Gongming, the lord of Shanhe Prefecture, didn't possess.
And that beam of starlight just now, the psychic holy weapon that knocked the blue dragon down from the sky.
Such a young man is hard to find anywhere else, not just in Jiangcheng, but throughout the entire Shanhe Prefecture.
Offend him?
Zhang Lizhuo isn't out of his mind.
Ye Feng didn't care about these empty formalities and nodded as a greeting.
Then I looked at the blue dragon again.
"Go on."
Cao Keyuan and the other three looked at each other, wondering what Ye Feng and the blue dragon were talking about.
But seeing Ye Feng's solemn expression, no one interrupted.
Blue Dragon took a deep breath and continued.
"Three years ago, one of my mid-stage Tier 6 Beast Kings was the one your parents lured away. After it came back, it told me something."
"That day, it chased your parents all the way south for a whole day and night. Your parents were very fast, and even the beast king could barely keep up with them despite its best efforts. It could never catch up with them."
"But it did not give up, because the Beast King's endurance is much stronger than that of humans, and it waited for your parents to exhaust themselves."
Blue Dragon paused for a moment.
"When they reached the depths of the southern mountains, your parents suddenly accelerated and rushed into a canyon."
The Beast King also rushed in.
At the end of the canyon is a spatial rift.
Your parents didn't slow down and drove straight into the crevice.
The beast king stopped in front of the crevice, not daring to go in.
It lay waiting outside the crack for three days and three nights, but your parents didn't come out.
"And then?" Ye Feng's voice was calm.
"And then it came back," Blue Dragon said.
"It told me that those two people must have died inside. Nobody knows where that spatial rift leads, but no one who goes in has ever come out."
"How can it be sure that my parents rushed in on their own initiative, and weren't sucked in by the crack?"
"Because it saw it with its own eyes," the blue dragon said.
"Before your mother rushed into the crevice, she glanced back at the Beast King. She said something, but the distance was too great for the Beast King to hear clearly. However, it was quite intelligent and could read lips. What she said was..."
Lan Long looked into Ye Feng's eyes and spoke slowly and deliberately.
"Ye Feng! Take care, my son!"
The wind blew through the valley, stirring up clouds of dust and fallen leaves.
Ye Feng stood there, motionless.
Cao Keyuan's eyes reddened.
He knew Ye Feng's father, who was one of the people he respected most in his life.
Zhang Lizhu remained silent. He didn't know much about Ye Feng's parents.
Ye Feng remained silent for a long time.
"The exact location," he finally spoke, his voice hoarse, "where is that spatial rift?"
The blue dragon stretched out its right claw and drew a rough map on the ground.
Cao Keyuan took out a military map from his pocket and spread it out on the ground.
The blue dragon searched the map for a while and then pointed to a location with its claw.
"Here. Deep within the southern mountains, the locals call it 'Death Valley.' The spatial rift lies at the very innermost part of the valley."
Cao Keyuan glanced down at the location on the map, and his expression changed.
"Death Valley..." His voice was somewhat hoarse, "That's the deepest part of the southern mountains. Further south lies the true lair of the strange beasts. It's said that beings of the seventh rank or higher reside there."
Cao Keyuan and the other three exchanged a glance.
"Ye Feng, you wouldn't be thinking of..."
"Tell me your exact location, and I'll release you!" Ye Feng didn't answer Cao Keyuan's question, but looked at Lan Long with a cold gaze.
"Okay! You keep your word!"
Blue Dragon nodded, his tone solemn.
"There are set rules for agreements between the strong. You release me, and I'll tell you where your parents are. It's a deal, a perfectly reasonable thing to do."
"There is a predetermined fate. Lying and breaking promises will bring divine retribution. I swear on the honor of the dragon race that every word I have said is true."
Ye Feng pondered for a moment and then nodded.
"I promise you. Just tell me the exact location in Death Canyon, and I won't kill you this time!"
Cao Keyuan became anxious.
"Ye Feng! We can't let him go! This is a blue dragon that's almost at the seventh rank. Releasing a tiger back into the mountains will bring endless trouble!"
Director Zhou also spoke up: "It knows our strengths and weaknesses, and it knows Jiangcheng's true strength. If it recovers from its injuries and comes back to take revenge, Jiangcheng won't be able to stop it."
Old Zhang was even more direct, raising his broadsword: "Let me chop it down!"
"I said, let it go." Ye Feng's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable authority.
Cao Keyuan opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he met Ye Feng's eyes, he swallowed his words back.
There was no anger, no impulsiveness in those eyes, only an extreme calm.
The blue dragon struggled to its feet from the ruins, blood still seeping from the base of its left wing, and most of its scales were broken.
"Right here!"
After saying that, it pointed lightly with its paw at a location on the map.
It gave Ye Feng a deep look, then turned and walked south.
"Wait a minute," Ye Feng suddenly said.
The blue dragon froze, turned around, and a hint of fear flashed in its eyes.
Ye Feng didn't look at it, but instead circled the airship, looked up at the sky, and muttered something like "The weather is nice today" and "The visibility is pretty good."
Then, he walked to the other side of the airship, peered into the distant sky, and suddenly raised his voice.
"Huh? Why is there another blue dragon over there?"
Blue Dragon was stunned.
Cao Keyuan was stunned.
Director Zhou, Old Zhang, and Zhang Lizhuo were also stunned.
Ye Feng turned around, looked at Lan Long, and showed a surprised expression.
"oops!"
"You misread it!"
"Oh, it's still you."
His longsword was drawn.
With a flash of light, the blue dragon's head flew into the sky.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for slaying the Blue Dragon Emperor, a half-step seventh-tier beast king! You have gained 30000 kill points!]
[Ding! Host's current kill points: 188500!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the orange-tier talent skill book, Gravity Domain!]
The blue dragon's head fell to the ground and rolled several times before stopping, its deep blue eyes still wide open, its death unresolved.