Chapter 36
It left its "skin" to the world!
Those eyes are too big.
It's like two cars parked in front of you; even though their headlights are off, the feeling of being stared at is still chilling.
His grayish-white pupils were already cloudy, as if covered by a thick layer of white film.
But Jiang Han could sense the lingering emotions in those eyes.
It's resentment.
It is resentment and malice.
It was that overwhelming hatred of being "just one step away".
"It has no horns on its head; it is just a large snake."
Jiang Han hovered in front of that enormous head, not even as big as one of its fangs.
He stared coldly at the prehistoric behemoth, his tone tinged with regret and mockery:
"After cultivating for a thousand years and receiving sacrifices from ten thousand people, did you still fail to cross that threshold in the end?"
"This is a dragon."
Clang!
Jiang Han drew the black gold ancient sword from his back with a backhand motion.
The blade flashed coldly across the water before striking the dragon's facial scales without hesitation.
when--!
The clear, metallic sound echoed underwater, lingering for a long time.
The live stream completely crashed.
The server crashed completely at that moment. If Wang Hai hadn't been frantically adding servers, the screen would probably have gone black long ago.
[Alive?! Is it alive?!]
[Jiang Shen, don't knock! What if he wakes up?!]
[That's a dragon! A creature from mythology! Even dead, it's a national treasure!]
I'm going crazy! Does cultivation of immortality really exist in this world?
Intelligence agencies around the world are frantically taking screenshots.
Inside Bureau 749, Gu Changfeng, tears streaming down his face, trembled with excitement: "This is a specimen! This is living history! This is the perfect remains of a corpse dragon! Quick! We must protect the scene!"
however.
Jiang Han's next move stunned everyone.
【Ding! 】
[Target for contact: Blackwater Corpse Dragon (remains).]
[Level: Half-step Dragon Transformation]
[Status: Spiritual essence lost, vital essence contained within.]
[System Evaluation: Although it's trash (from the system's perspective), it's top-tier refining material for mortals. This body, though empty, still retains its former hardness and some of its dragon's might.]
Remains?
Jiang Han narrowed his eyes.
The so-called molting is like a cicada shedding its shell or a snake shedding its skin.
It means...
Is this thing just an empty shell?
To verify the system's judgment, Jiang Han went around to the back of the dragon.
really!
On the dragon's broad, plaza-like back, where the spine should have been pierced by nine bronze chains, a huge gash had now appeared!
The gash was tens of meters long, with the flesh rolled back outwards, revealing what lay inside...
An empty cavity!
There are no bones.
It has no internal organs.
There wasn't even any blood.
This is just a shell!
A complete and outrageously large dragon skin!
What made Jiang Han even more terrified was...
The nine bronze chains that were originally used to lock it up were all broken at this moment!
The break was very clean, not like it was cut by an external force, but more like... it was broken directly from the inside by some terrifying force!
"The cicada sheds its shell..."
Looking at the dark, gaping crack, Jiang Han felt a chill run from the soles of her feet straight to her head.
"It's not dead?"
"By feigning death, it shed its locked shell, and its true form... escaped?!"
The thought startled even Jiang Han himself.
If this is really the case.
That one that escaped...
Has it already transformed into a dragon?
Where did it go?
Is it still in this well?
Jiang Han subconsciously gripped the black gold ancient sword in his hand, his eyes scanning the surrounding darkness warily.
But there was nothing around except deathly silence.
"never mind."
Jiang Han shook his head, his greedy side returning.
"Whether you live or die, since the skin is left behind, it's mine."
"This is the skin of a half-step dragon cultivator..."
"Even if you peeled off a piece and made a vest, it would probably be bulletproof, right?"
With that in mind, Jiang Han no longer hesitated.
He raised the black gold ancient knife, aimed it at a scale the size of a washbasin at the edge of the crack, and prepared to pry off a piece as a souvenir.
[Stop! That's an antique!]
[Jiang Shen, please! Don't destroy it! That's a priceless treasure!]
Give me one piece! I'll offer fifty million!
The comments section was filled with both attempts to stop the attack and frantic requests to buy the item.
But Jiang Han turned a deaf ear.
The blade tip precisely pierced the gaps in the scales.
Pry it open with force!
Click!
He actually managed to pry open that incredibly hard dragon scale.
however.
In the very instant the scales loosened.
A sudden change has occurred!
Om-!
The "empty shell of the dragon," which had been lifeless for countless years, suddenly trembled!
It's not just trembling.
The impact sound came from inside!
Boom!
Boom!
There's something... inside!
Jiang Han reacted extremely quickly, instantly drawing his sword and retreating, his figure moving like lightning to create a distance of more than ten meters.
next second.
One hand.
A pale, hairy hand that resembles both a human and a claw.
It suddenly emerged from the slit in its back!
The hand gripped the edge of the tear tightly, its nails digging deep into the dragon skin.
Followed by.
A face emerged from the dark cavity.
That was a...face without features!
It only has one vertical mouth!
【warn!warn! 】
[High-energy reaction detected!]
[A high-level corpse demon has infested the remains! It has awakened!!]
"roar--!!!"
The monster roared at Jiang Han, its voice inhuman.
The voice was filled with fury at being disturbed from eating!