The cave shimmered with reflected light.

It was accompanied by the sound of dripping water.

Although the dripping was somewhat sparse, it gave a pleasant sense of comfort.

Lin Chen entered the cave.

The ground was not just soil or stone.

There were also strange flowers and exotic plants, and even a small stream flowed through the cave.

The water was very clear.

Further inside was a clean stone platform.

Spotless.

Beside it were some shed horn sheaths.

And discarded scales.

When Lin Chen saw these, he was certain...

This was where the qiulong (a mythical dragon) often came.

Its nest was not here.

The top of the island was where it should be.

That was its palace.

So...

What did it often come here to do?

The only explanation was the milky-white, bowl-sized pearl floating on the clean stone platform, emanating a misty aura.

The Dragon Pearl!

This was the first time Lin Chen had seen it.

It was incredibly real.

Just like the descriptions in myths...

*New World* was indeed an online game combining Eastern and Western mythology!

Lin Chen marveled inwardly.

But without hesitation, he took the Dragon Pearl.

At that moment, the cave shook.

Even the entire island trembled.

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar echoed through the world.

"Not good, this guy found out!"

Lin Chen was shocked.

His original plan was to escape the island after obtaining the Dragon Pearl, and then wait for the qiulong to chase him.

But now...

As soon as Lin Chen exited the cave, the qiulong appeared in front of him.

Whoosh!

A water column immediately shot towards Lin Chen.

Despite being just water, the column engulfed trees that would take two or three people to encircle, uprooting them completely. Lin Chen reacted quickly, immediately maximizing his speed and leaping into the air.

Behind Lin Chen's original position, the entire cave was directly flooded by the water column.

Instantly, earth and rocks scattered everywhere!

"Damn, that's powerful!"

Lin Chen didn't hesitate and turned to run.

Judging from the qiulong's reaction, its stats were significantly stronger than Lin Chen's when enraged.

Lin Chen's only advantage now was probably his speed.

This time, the qiulong was truly relentless in its pursuit.

Moreover, it wasn't just chasing.

Various terrifying spells were constantly launched at him.

For example, while Lin Chen was flying at high speed, water vapor suddenly condensed from all directions, eventually transforming into water dragons in the air, gradually solidifying and sweeping towards Lin Chen...

This was a forbidden water spell: Raging Dragon Overwhelms the Heavens!

Good heavens.

Lin Chen was shocked!

He was mainly shocked by the qiulong's control over water magic.

This could be seen from the speed at which the water vapor condensed and the water dragons took shape in the air.

The qiulong didn't even need to chant.

It cast forbidden spells effortlessly!

Without thinking, Lin Chen activated Seven Star Energy Gathering.

Initially, Seven Star Energy Gathering had only three bars of energy.

Lin Chen instantly exhausted all three bars to evade the large-scale forbidden spell attack.

However, this was the sea.

The qiulong utilized a large amount of seawater, weaving it into nets and solidifying it into ice, constantly attacking Lin Chen. At the same time, the qiulong roared continuously, but initially, it always maintained its altitude.

It seemed to know that there were many fierce beasts in the water!

These beasts might even be higher level than it.

But as the land grew closer and the qiulong's magic attacks were all neutralized by Lin Chen, or endured directly, it became anxious. Its anger made it forget the ferocity of the sea monsters.

The qiulong lunged, rapidly descending, almost skimming the surface of the sea.

At the same time, all the seawater below was controlled, constantly piling up, like a giant tsunami.

Another forbidden spell... Raging Dragon Overwhelms the Heavens!

But this time, the water dragon was more than ten times larger than before!

The giant water dragon seemed to devour everything.

At this moment, Lin Chen felt something was wrong...

Because the qiulong was actually so daring.

Flying close to the sea surface?

That was simply courting death!

"No, I can't let the sea monster get away with it!"

Lin Chen was vigilant.

He knew that the sea monster Gulis must also be paying attention to the qiulong's movements.

That old schemer was best at sneak attacks.

At this time, Lin Chen, high in the sky, was also watching the sea.

A huge shadow swept across the seabed...

The sea monster, Gulis!

Its target was indeed the qiulong.

The qiulong, who was already mad and incredibly angry!

"Not good."

Lin Chen's expression tightened.

At this moment, another Raging Dragon Overwhelms the Heavens rose from behind him, sweeping towards him...

While below, Gulis was already charging towards the surface.

Its target was the qiulong above.

"Forget it! Forbidden spell, Divine Elephant Tramples the Nine Heavens!"

Looking at the giant water dragon sweeping towards him, Lin Chen could only think of one way... to use the three seconds of invincibility from Divine Elephant Tramples the Nine Heavens, combined with his speed exceeding three times the speed of sound, and the Dharma power of the divine elephant, to stop Gulis!

Hum~

The Dharma form of the divine elephant appeared.

The moment Lin Chen's rapidly descending body came into contact with the overwhelming water dragon, the Dharma power of the ancient divine elephant pierced through the water dragon, reaching the sea surface in less than two seconds. Then Lin Chen stepped down fiercely with this foot, carrying the Dharma form of the ancient divine elephant!

At that moment, the sea monster Gulis leaped out of the sea with its bloody maw open, about to bite the qiulong.

However, the Dharma form of the ancient divine elephant fiercely stomped on its upper jaw.

Bang!

Gulis had actually noticed Lin Chen's attack, and it had intentionally adjusted its angle, but Lin Chen was faster. He slightly changed the angle of his stomp at the last moment, hitting it squarely.

Gulis, who had just leaped out of the sea and was about to continue flying into the sky, was stunned for a moment by this stomp.

In that moment, the qiulong had already flown into the high sky.

But at the same time, Gulis bit at Lin Chen again.

However, Lin Chen dodged with a Seven Star Energy Gathering teleport, and the next moment, some tentacles appeared on the sea surface, but Lin Chen was like a ghost, teleporting several times before reaching the high sky.

"Humph!"

Gulis grunted and sank into the sea.

It knew that it had no more chances.

"Phew..."

Lin Chen breathed a long sigh of relief.

But at this time, he looked up and found the qiulong in the high sky, its huge eyes gazing at him with tears.

At the same time, dragon saliva kept dripping from its mouth.

It should have had a chance to attack Lin Chen at this time.

But the qiulong did not act.

The man and the dragon stared at each other.

After a moment, the qiulong turned and left.

"Hey!"

Lin Chen shouted, "Aren't you chasing me anymore?"

Damn it!

He was speechless.

Did it not even want the Dragon Pearl anymore?

The qiulong looked back.

"Follow me, protect the city for the Blue Star people, become the formation spirit of the God-Slaying Formation, and I'll return this Dragon Pearl to you, and... Colorful Soul Crystals will be provided in abundance, giving you enough cultivation resources!"

Lin Chen didn't care if the qiulong understood him or not.

Judging from the qiulong's series of actions, it was clear that this guy was intelligent.

The qiulong turned around and came in front of Lin Chen.

Without any aggressiveness.

After a moment, the qiulong roared to the sky.

"I'll give you back the Dragon Pearl now!"

Lin Chen didn't quite understand what it meant.

However, since the qiulong was going back anyway, he had no use for the Dragon Pearl.

What he wanted was not the Dragon Pearl, not any treasure.

He wanted the qiulong!

The formation spirit of the God-Slaying Formation!

The Dragon Pearl was thrown into the air and caught by the qiulong in one bite.

It flew into the sky.

After circling the sky a few times, the qiulong returned to Lin Chen and spat out the Dragon Pearl.

Obviously, it had no effect.

Was it because the Dragon Pearl had not accumulated enough spiritual energy?

Thinking this, Lin Chen took out a Colorful Soul Stone from his storage ring, trying to infuse it into the Dragon Pearl.

But it wouldn't go in.

After thinking for a while, Lin Chen took out the Magic Sacred Stone.

This time it worked!

The Dragon Pearl shone brightly.

"Roar~"

The qiulong was overjoyed, it seemed to sense something as well.

At this time, Lin Chen said cunningly: "This is a Magic Sacred Stone, very precious, I only have this one, but... there are many more in the cities of the Blue Star people. If you are willing to go with me to Sky Moon City and become the city-protecting formation spirit, I will provide you with enough of these Magic Sacred Stones, how about it?"

The qiulong responded by flying to Lin Chen's side.

Then, it lowered its head, signaling Lin Chen to stand on its head.

The qiulong had no horns.

The huge head was wide enough for a person to stand on.

Then it headed west all the way.

About three hours later, the qiulong arrived at Sky Moon City.

At this time, many people in the city were leveling up or mining.

Some people had also begun to develop side businesses.

Duan Zhutian, Lin Qiaoqiao, and some life profession npCs, such as pharmacists and formation masters, all had shops in the city, as well as the npCs Lin Chen had recruited before. Now the Blue Star people could find them to become apprentices, learning the craft of equipment production in the shops, or learning the ability to refine elixirs and pills.

But at this time, dark clouds suddenly rolled in the sky.

People who were familiar with the *New World* quickly looked up, many knowing that another phenomenon was appearing, either a big shot was coming, or an unknown powerhouse had appeared...

As a result, when the qiulong appeared in the sky with Lin Chen standing on its head, everyone exclaimed!

"Damn!"

"Am I... seeing things? Is that... isn't that our Eastern Divine Dragon?"

"Oh my god, this is too exciting!"

"The City Lord is actually standing on the head of the Divine Dragon... The City Lord is awesome!"

"..."

Amid the exclamations of the crowd, the qiulong fell straight down.

As if... it had fallen from the sky.

Boom!

The huge qiulong fell directly into the dark river surrounding the entire City Lord's Mansion, a river that was bottomless.

It disappeared completely.

However, Lin Chen could feel the existence of the qiulong.

Next, the Magic Sacred Stone was thrown into the dark river.

Immediately, Lin Chen chanted the incantation: "Formation Spirit Born, Formation Diagram Eternal!"

The formation spirit appeared.

After waiting for about ten seconds, the qiulong responded and officially became the formation spirit of the God-Slaying Formation!

From that moment on, the God-Slaying Formation with the formation spirit changed its attributes!

[God-Slaying Formation]

[Level: 9]

[Owner: Lin Chen]

[Formation Spirit: Qinglong (Azure Dragon)]

[State: Dormant]

[Spiritual Energy: 180]

[Consumption: In the dormant state, consumes two points of spiritual energy per month; activating the formation consumes forty points of spiritual energy each time, lasting for one day. Spiritual energy can be replenished with special materials.]

[Effect 1: In the dormant state, the formation owner permanently gains a 25% bonus to all attributes within the formation range. At the same time, the formation owner can freely mark targets, and those who are marked and enter the range of the God-Slaying Formation will have their all attributes reduced by 25% (the target limit is 5, and targets can be freely replaced at the formation owner's discretion). When the formation is activated, this effect will not disappear and can be stacked with the activation state's bonus!]

[Effect 2: In the activated state, all allies recognized by the formation owner within the formation range will be marked, and the mark will increase all attributes by 15% and will be immune to the damage of the God-Slaying Formation.]

[Effect 3: Activating the formation requires the formation owner to chant for thirty seconds. All allies within the formation range who are recognized by the formation owner gain a 15% bonus to all attributes, the formation owner gains a 35% bonus to all attributes, and all enemy forces have their all attributes reduced by 35%!]

[God-Slaying Strike: Consumes a huge amount of spiritual energy (upper limit of 120 points, the higher the spiritual energy value, the higher the damage, dealing percentage damage based on the spiritual energy value), unleashing a powerful strike, and then the formation enters permanent dormancy, all effects disappear, and it can be reactivated after replenishing spiritual energy to 120. This attack deals 60% of the target's health plus 400% of the formation owner's dual attack, and the total damage of 400% of the formation spirit's dual attack! Chanting time: one minute, can be interrupted!]

Sure enough, the God-Slaying Formation had become stronger!

Moreover, the God-Slaying Strike did not consume all of the spiritual energy, there was an upper limit.

The attribute increase and decrease had increased by about 5%.

And the qiulong had become a Qinglong (Azure Dragon)!

It should be in its adulthood.

With the God-Slaying Formation and an adult Qinglong, already having entered the first revolution realm...

Sky Moon City was now even more stable!

However, this was far from enough!

Next, Lin Chen had to become stronger.

Not just himself.

The Ghost Spirit also had to improve its strength.

After all, the most abundant thing on the entire Blue Star was undead!

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