Coiling Dragon

by welyjesch

  “The two of them, even without Abyssal Fruit, are already quite powerful.” Arthurs had a calm look on his face, and he said unhurriedly, “I know exactly what happened in that grand battle. Linley, you are an expert of the Four Divine Beasts clan, and yet you came to the Netherworld for this Abyssal Fruit? I rather don’t believe it. What other business do you have?” Linley’s Dragonformed appearance already caused quite a few experts to easily guess his status.

  Linley’s heart clenched.

  This Arthurs seemed to have a rather poor attitude towards him.

  “Mr. Arthurs.” Linley said hurriedly. “It is indeed true that the purpose of my visit to the Abyssal Mountain was not for the sake of the Abyssal Fruit. I have an important matter which I wish to ask the Netherworld Sovereign regarding. I would like to ask for your help…to lead me forward to see the Sovereign! I have something extremely, extremely important to discuss!”

  Linley’s attitude, appearance, and manner of speech all gave voice to his sincerity.

  “Arthurs.” Bailey looked towards Arthurs. Clearly, he too wished for Arthurs to help.

  Arthurs just let out a calm laugh, then said casually, “You’ve come an unimaginable distance from the Infernal Realm to the Netherworld, and charged into the Abyssal Mountain without any care for your own life. To do this…of course I know that you must have an important matter to discuss with the Sovereign. However, over the countless planes, there are also many people who wish to see the Sovereign! Can it be that just because you wish to see the Sovereign, that I must lead you? What sort of status does the Sovereign have? Why would the Sovereign be willing to see all of you? In addition, I’m not qualified to lead you there!”

  Linley couldn’t help but say frantically, “Ar…”

  “Enough.”

  Arthurs said calmly, “I’m simply a Sovereign’s Emissary. Don’t make things hard for me. If you truly have made up your mind to meet the Sovereign, then continue adventuring forward. After exiting the gray fog region, enter the violet fog region! After you reach the violet fog region, you’ll be able to reach the Sovereign’s palace. By then, whether or not you will see the Sovereign is a decision for the Sovereign to make.”

  Linley understood now as well. Arthurs was just a Sovereign’s Emissary; in other words, a servant. How could he be qualified to lead Linley over?

  When he understood this, he no longer tried to persuade Arthurs.

  Arthurs glanced at Linley, then shook his head and said, “Linley, I’ll offer you one more word of advice. Just give it up and leave the mountain! The path up ahead isn’t so easily walked. Bailey, let’s go.” As he spoke, Arthurs, Bailey, and Bloan all flew away at high speed.

  Linley and Bebe didn’t follow. They just stayed there.

  “Boss?” Bebe looked at him.

  “Continue forward.” Linley said calmly. “Arthurs advised me to go down the mountain, yes, but I knew long ago…that the violet fog region is definitely dangerous. But no matter how dangerous it is…I will still go through it!” Whether for the sake of his father or for the sake of his dead friends, he had to go deeper into the Abyssal Mountain.

  Bebe nodded slightly. “Wherever the Boss goes, I go.”

  Linley glanced at Bebe. He couldn’t help but laugh, but in his heart, he felt a hint of apology. For now, no one could say exactly how dangerous the violet fog region was. Bebe, however, ignored it all and continued to loyally follow Linley deeper in. Still, over the course of thousands of years, there was no need for Linley and Bebe to say words of thanks to each other, as though they were outsiders.

  “Let’s go.” That’s all Linley said.

  “Right.” Bebe followed as well.

  The two fearlessly advanced into the gray fog region. In the gray fog region, since they were no longer affected by the gray fog, it was just a matter of luck for exiting it. Linley and Bebe spent nearly half an hour searching, encountering and battling quite a few maddened Highgods on the way. Linley and Bebe didn’t dare to engage in battle for too long, fleeing each time. After half an hour, they finally exited the gray fog region.

  While they had been at the base of the mountain, they had seen that the white fog region and the gray fog region took up more than ninety percent of the entire Abyssal Mountain. When Linley and Bebe arrived at the empty space where the gray fog region and the violet fog region intersected, they discovered that, upon taking a closer look, the violet fog region was also fairly large.

  “The two of you made it out?” A voice rang out.

  Linley and Bebe, who had just made it out of the gray fog region, turned to look. They saw the violet-haired youth, Bloan, laugh while walking towards them. “The two of you came faster than I expected.”

  “We can’t compete with you. You had a Sovereign’s Emissary guiding you.” Bebe pursed his lips.

  Bloan laughed calmly.

  In the past, Bloan had always been frost-faced, but now he often laughed and smiled. There was nothing for it…his only family member, his big brother, was still alive. To Bloan…this surprise was an even greater and better one than acquiring an Abyssal Fruit!”

  “Linley.” Bloan looked at Linley. “My big brother and the Sovereign’s Emissary, when leaving, asked me to once more warn you that this violet fog region is very dangerous, far more so than the gray fog region. Although the two of you are very powerful, you killed the Spirit Snake…once you go in, you will have virtually no chance of making it out again.”

  Linley frowned.

  “Killed the Spirit Snake?” Linley said.

  “What does killing the Spirit Snake have to do with the violet fog region?” Bebe asked.

  Bloan said, “That Arthurs told me that the Abyssal Fruit Tree normally remains within the violet fog region. Only once in countless years will it enter the gray fog region! Those Highgods have a chance in the gray fog region to acquire the Abyssal Fruit, but there’s no way they will make it in the violet fog region. Now that you’ve killed the Spirit Snake, it’s best if you don’t go to the violet fog region.”

  Linley and Bebe exchanged glances.

  They couldn’t help but feel the situation was bad!

  So over the course of countless years, the Abyssal Fruit Tree always resided within the violet fog region.

  “Thank you for your warning. However, we will still go make the attempt.” Linley said.

  “Of course we’ll go. Why should we fear the Abyssal Tree?” Bebe said disdainfully. Although he said this, however, in his heart, Bebe wasn’t confident either. This was because earlier, when he used his innate divine ability against the Abyssal Fruit Tree, he hadn’t been able to find its divine spark.”

  Bloan, seeing they wouldn’t be dissuaded, had no choice but to say nothing further.

  Linley and Bebe flew directly into the violet fog region. Bloan watched them fly in, then let out a sigh. “I hope the two of you will make it out alive.” On this trip to the Abyssal Mountain, Linley helped him and also let him see his big brother. Bloan felt quite a bit of goodwill towards Linley and Bebe.

  The violet fog region!

  “Hey, it feels really nice.” Bebe looked suspiciously around, while Linley also vigilantly kept watch. The surrounding area was filled with endless violet fog, and indeed, it was very different from the white fog and the gray fog. Within the violet fog region, not only were there no negative effects to the violet fog, the two felt refreshed and relaxed.

  It was much like…

  That refreshing feeling they had when they smelled the Abyssal Fruit.

  “This violet fog region is so quiet!” Bebe sent mentally. “Boss, it seems as though the violet fog region doesn’t have much danger.”

  “Don’t be careless. Advance with caution.” Linley said with a frown as he advanced.

  Tri-colored regions. From the white fog region to the gray fog region, then to the violet fog region! Linley didn’t believe that the violet fog region would really be as calm and peaceful as it seemed on the surface. That Arthurs
had also repeatedly warned him as well; clearly, this violet fog region was extremely dangerous!

  Large amounts of dwarf trees and bushes were growing on the ground.

  There were no other lifeforms present.

  Linley and Bebe didn’t dare to relax at all, but after advancing for quite some time, they still didn’t sense anything.

  “Can it be that we are going to just be allowed to advance like this?” Bebe murmured.

  Linley’s pupils suddenly contracted as he stared to the front.

  “What’s that!” Bebe called out in shock.

  From afar, a large number of branches and leaves could be seen at an astonishing density. The violet fog region had much greater visibility than the other regions, allowing nearly a thousand meters of vision, but despite that, all they could see up ahead was those dense clusters of leaves.

  “Let’s take a closer look.” Linley said in a low voice.

  Linley and Bebe advanced forward. Once they drew closer to the trunks of these trees, Linley discovered to his astonishment that…“This…this branch is actually the branch of an Abyssal Fruit Tree!” Linley could recognize it at a glance. The Abyssal Fruit Tree was not like ordinary trees; the branches were very unusual.

  An enormous, sturdy branch of multiple meters was present, and not just one; many branches of similar thickness were present!

  The many branches all intersected, giving birth to countless smaller branches.

  “This is the crown of a tree! An astonishingly large tree crown!”

  Linley couldn’t help but feel stunned.

  Originally, when they had been in the gray fog region, they had seen that the Abyssal Fruit Tree stretched out to hundreds of meters, with the main trunk being just two or three meters. But this same exact type of tree present here…the branches alone were multiple meters thick. What they saw was nothing more than the crowns of the tree. They hadn’t even seen the main trunk yet. How enormous must this tree be?!

  “There’s more than just one Abyssal Fruit Tree?” Linley couldn’t help but feel breathless.

  Book 18, Highgod – Chapter 28, Repercussions

  Clearly, the revealed portion of the Abyssal Fruit Tree was like the tip of an iceberg; this definitely wasn’t the one which had appeared within the gray fog region. This tree was terrifyingly large, and its branches were sturdier than the trunk of the first Abyssal Fruit Tree.

  “Boss, such an enormous Abyssal Fruit Tree.” Bebe was somewhat numb.

  He hadn’t been able to do anything to the Abyssal Fruit Tree earlier.

  “Continue forward.” Linley growled. At the same time, he immediately set up his Blackstone Space, forming it into a hemisphere that was twenty meters in diameter. A powerful repulsive force was in effect within the Blackstone Space, and any outside objects that entered it would suffer from it.

  As they walked…

  After having walked for thousands of meters, as far Linley and Bebe could see, there was only that terrifyingly enormous tree crown. That astonishingly large tree crown was formed from countless thick branches in a titanic coil, which was why it was supportable.

  “Boss, look up above.” Bebe suddenly said.

  Linley couldn’t help but follow Bebe’s gaze. Within the scattered green leaves, a small green snake had appeared atop one of the leaves.

  “Green snake!” Linley was astonished. “This small green snake represents that a giant green snake must be here as well! These small green snakes all rely on the lifeforce of the giant green Spirit Snakes. In other words…aside from the Spirit Snake which Bebe killed, there are other Spirit Snakes present!” Linley felt his heart begin to clench.

  Suddenly…

  Linley couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. On many of the tree leaves above, one green snake after another began to emerge. These palm-sized, finger-wide green snakes all stared at Linley and Bebe, but they didn’t attack.

  “So many!” Bebe sent mentally in alarm.

  “Keep going forward.” Linley ignored the green serpents, continuing to advance forward.

  While advancing forward, Linley discovered that a large number of green snakes were appearing everywhere. On the road over alone, hundreds of thousands of green snakes had appeared, far more than the number which had appeared within the gray fog region. Linley felt astonished and shaken as well.

  There were so many little green snakes…then what of the Spirit Snake?

  “There’s the main trunk!” Linley and Bebe couldn’t help but stare into the distance.

  After first having seen the tree crowns, they had walked for nearly ten thousand meters. Linley and Bebe now finally saw the main trunk of this Abyssal Fruit Tree, and when they saw it…good heavens, how could this be a ‘trunk’? This was a wall! A tall, towering wall! The main trunk of this Abyssal Fruit Tree’s diameter was hundreds of meters long!

  The main trunk had a diameter of hundreds of meters!

  As for the crown, it reached nearly ten thousand meters!

  How enormous a tree was this? And more importantly…it was an Abyssal Fruit Tree! In the Netherworld, there were other thick trees like this! But the material those trees were made of was inferior. It must be understood…the branches of these trees, which served as their arms, were unbreakable even for Linley, who only managed to chop halfway through with a full strength blow.

  The more precious something was, the rarer it was.

  This sort of large tree was far too sturdy, and so it should be a bit smaller. But this was too enormous.

  “The trunk alone is hundreds of meters thick. There’s no way I would be able to chop through it.” Linley sighed to himself. The material a tree’s trunk was made out of was generally of higher quality than even the branches. And given how thick the trunk was? How could it be destructible?

  “Boss, look above, look, quick! Abyssal Fruit!” Bebe cried out in alarm.

  Linley raised his head to look.

  Above this Abyssal Fruit Tree, spots of violet light could be seen flashing through the branches. Although they were very far away and covered up by branches, making them hard to see, the dots of violet light were flashing like precious gemstones and so were very eye-catching. “Abyssal Fruit! And…there’s dozens of them!” Linley couldn’t help but draw nearer, and Bebe did the same.

  After drawing closer, they were able to see it more clearly as well.

  That crystalline skin, that tender, watery violet fruit…the Abyssal Fruits was amidst the green leaves. These fruits were like little lanterns hanging in the sky. There were dozens of them.

  “So much Abyssal Fruit!” Bebe was stupefied.

  “But in countless years, there’s only been four Abyssal Fruit to appear in the Netherworld, including the one Bailey just acquired! But here, there are actually so many!” Linley was still calm, because Linley understood…that these Abyssal Fruits wouldn’t be easily taken by him, as if they were, others would have taken them away long ago.

  After entering the violet fog region, he hadn’t met with any danger yet.

  “Haha, Abyssal Fruit. So there are so many of them.” Bebe’s eyes were shining.

  “Spirit Snake, where are you? Emerge.” Linley said coldly. At the same time, his gaze flashed past the crown of a nearby tree, where the tightly clustered green snakes were all staring at Linley and Bebe. Bebe immediately laughed loudly, “Hey, why have so many little snakes pop out? Are you trying to scare us? Hurry up and have your main form pop out as well.”

  “As you wish!” A cold, fierce voice echoed out from within the Abyssal Fruit Tree.

  Linley and Bebe immediately turned to look.

  “Hisssss…”

  A giant green snake that was as thick as an arm but which was tens of meters long slithered out from within the leaves. That soft, serpentine body coiled around one of the thick branches, its serpentine head raised and staring coldly at Linley and Bebe.

  “You…” Bebe was about to say something, but he came to a sudden halt.

  Be
cause next to this giant green snake, yet another giant green snake appeared, its body slightly larger. This giant green snake also coiled around a branch, but its body drooped downwards slightly as it rested against it. Its twin eyes glowed with violet light as it also stared at Linley and Bebe, its gaze filled with a killing intent.

  “Hissssss…”

  The leaves constantly trembled as one giant green snake after another emerged from the depths.

  Bebe kept counting aloud. “Three, four, five…eight, nine!”

  He finally stopped counting. There were nine giant green snakes which coiled about, close to each other, wrapping themselves either around the trunk or the branches. These nine giant snakes all stared angrily at Linley and Bebe. In terms of size, these giant green snakes were all roughly comparable, and were similar to the giant green snake in the gray fog region as well.

  “There’s nine of them. This is a bit tricky.” Bebe frowned.

  These giant green snakes were very hard to deal with. If Bebe wanted to kill them, he would have to rely on his innate divine ability, ‘Godeater’. After such a long period of time, Bebe’s spiritual energy had recovered, true, but there were nine of the giant green snakes here.

  “Nine of them!” Linley felt that this was rather nettlesome as well.

  “Bebe, we don’t want the Abyssal Fruit. Let’s go now.” Linley sent mentally. After so many years, nobody had been able to acquire so many Abyssal Fruit. Forget about the nine troublesome Spirit Snakes for now; what was truly terrifying was that frighteningly thick and enormous Abyssal Fruit Tree. If such an enormous Abyssal Fruit Tree were to attack the two of them, that would be troublesome.

  It was best to leave quickly and depart the violet fog region.

  “We don’t want it?” Bebe was stunned.

  “Hurry and go.” Linley glanced at him, and Bebe acknowledged, “Fine, then.”

  “Swoosh!” “Swoosh!”

  Linley and Bebe simultaneously transformed into two blurs, fleeing to the side at high speed.