Dragon Emperor

[Dragon Blood (Four Kings United)]

[Quality: Special]

[Description: Dragon Emperor's Blood born from the fusion of the Four Great Kings' blood through a miracle's wish, containing the power of the Dragon Species]

[Usage Requirements: Constitution > 50;]

[Effect 1: Pay 1 A-rank Anomaly Point and 28,000 Dimensional Points to use this item and unlock the Dragon Emperor Bloodline]

[Effect 2: This item can be used as material at the Goddess to obtain a Dragon Species Talent or trait]

[Effect 3: This item was not naturally formed and lacks stability, leading to unpredictable consequences]

[Effect 4: After using this item, there is a high probability of being affected by the awakening will of the Dragon King. Failing the resistance check may result in effects including, but not limited to, Body Snatching, Mental Power damage, personality fragmentation, and more]

"This was something our chairman specially fused together for you. Though it is merely a necessary procedure for opening that door, the enhancement it can bring is no small thing."

Reinhardt stood in the void as he spoke. His expression was unhurried, as though the chairman’s impending death had not affected him in the slightest.

"Mercenary Tao, I believe this is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, isn’t it?"

Bai Cangshu put the Bloodline Item into his Backpack. This was one of the greatest benefits he had gained while caught between the schemes of the Three Supreme Kings.

Because of the conflicts and schemes among the Three Supreme Kings, he had first acquired the Dragon King’s Blood Marrow. Then, after trading it away, both the King of Destiny and the Soul King had paid a hefty price to ruin the King of Miracles’ plans.

Now, the thing he had sold had been personally retrieved by the King of Miracles, fused with even more bloodlines, and handed back to him for free.

This really was…

"Ha~ You mean…?"

Bai Cangshu deliberately pretended not to understand. Reinhardt was highly skilled at negotiation and was not affected by Mercenary Tao’s attitude.

"Your [Destined Death] is about to arrive, isn’t it? You may not believe it, but the power of the Fate Aspect within this Infinite Dimensional Space is even stronger than you imagine."

Reinhardt was extremely certain.

"Fatalism and Causality Law are among the most terrifying higher powers that run through all worlds. Most Reincarnators who become entangled with either of them never meet a good end."

"Just like our Morning Star of Hope, Roland, or… you~"

Within the vast illusory space, a golden Buddha flickered in and out of view. Its palms extended from the void, and Bai Cangshu and Reinhardt happened to land upon them.

Bai Cangshu knew that this man’s power most likely involved imitating and replicating others’ abilities in some form. At this moment, he was using the power of Shaka, the Saint Seiya said to be the closest to a god.

"Though you successfully broke the worldline in B711 World where you had become one with Fatalism, you were given a new fate instead—[Destined Death], weren’t you?"

In the Gantz world, the Multi-Faced Star People who claimed to be able to perceive timelines had indeed told Bai Cangshu that his Destined Death would arrive in sixty days.

After the series of events that had followed, the time had indeed drawn near.

But Bai Cangshu had never believed in anything predetermined. A mocking curve rose at the corner of his mouth.

"Is it because your king is about to die that you are deliberately trying to provoke me this way?"

"Don’t worry, Reinhardt. Though you may not know it, I… have always kept my promises."

Even after his selfish intentions were exposed, Reinhardt did not get angry. His goal had already been achieved. As long as Mercenary Tao was willing to fulfill their agreement, use that Bloodline Item, and open the gates to the Little Garden World together with them—

Then it did not matter in the least that some of his little schemes had been seen through.

Reinhardt had never considered himself some great figure, nor did he carry any such burdens. He was merely an "old senior" who wanted to look after others a little more.

"Then we shall trouble Your Excellency to strengthen yourself. We will come to extend our invitation in three days."

Buzz~

Beneath the massive magic array, the stars shifted, and space twisted once more. Reinhardt himself instantly warped away, and the magic array gradually faded from sight.

This left Song Xian and Chu Qi, who stood nearby, completely unable to understand what the visitor had intended.

Only Bai Cangshu, standing where he was, lowered his head to look at his own position. The smile on his face could no longer be concealed.

With merely an imitative ability, he could use Cosmo to pull his consciousness into the void in an instant?

He then checked his Backpack and found the Bloodline Item, radiating a special golden glow, lying quietly inside.

In other words, it had not only been his consciousness. For a certain instant, even his physical body had been dragged inside.

This Reinhardt’s strength was anything but ordinary!

This strange and mystical ability surpassed that of nearly every magic-oriented Reincarnator Bai Cangshu had faced before.

In terms of pure destructive power, Solomon might still have been stronger after activating the Stairway and large-scale spells. But Reinhardt’s ability was exceptionally peculiar, making it easy for someone to fall victim to it without even realizing it.

"Azure Sky… truly is full of talent~"

Bai Cangshu turned and prepared to return to the Black Tower. Upon hearing his murmur, and recalling how Bai Cangshu had almost bluntly stated in that space that he wanted to take Cao Qi’s place in Azure Sky after Cao Qi died, Song Xian hesitated before speaking.

"Student Bai, Azure Sky exists for a reason. If not for Azure Sky, perhaps the circumstances of us Reincarnators today would be many times more difficult…"

Song Xian addressed him by the name he had used when they first met, hoping that the clean-cut youth he had seen back then had not been entirely an illusion.

He still held onto a faint, unrealistic hope. If the now-powerful "Mercenary Tao" could truly be like the "Student Bai" he and Luoshui remembered, perhaps this world could become a better place!

Especially after confirming with Cao Qi that the other man really was going to die, and that this outcome was practically impossible to change, all that panic and confusion finally had somewhere to rest.

"Heh~ Officer Song, thoughts this weak will only make your Haki unbearably fragile."

Bai Cangshu waved a hand and vanished in a flash.

He had no interest in whatever ideals or goals the Azure Sky group possessed.

In truth, he had little interest even in the schemes of the Three Supreme Kings.

It was probably some grand narrative involving the future, fate, or the safety of the world.

Whatever.

Bai Cangshu only knew that the world did not operate that way. If everything could be decided by a few people hiding in some unseen darkness, placing their pieces in advance like a game of chess—

Then this world would most likely have ended long ago.

Bai Cangshu returned from the Black Tower to the space and took out that special Bloodline Item vial within his Private Space.

In an instant, his eyes turned into a riot of colors, with countless gleams flowing through them.

A great number of elemental reactions appeared around the forcibly fused Bloodline Item. Then came an incomparably dense vitality—the extraordinary life essence unique to dragons.

The Limit Break Spiral appeared behind Bai Cangshu. The reason he had returned to his Private Space was that activating these two things carried a chance of suffering Existential Damage, and here, he could choose to heal himself at any time.

His gaze became even more focused. The spiral behind him turned invisibly, and special authorities of Words of Spirit began to emerge one after another.

Bai Cangshu’s heart beat faster and faster. This was still not what he wanted to see. A more powerful force was hidden within this thing!

A force belonging solely to the so-called King of Miracles!

Blood began to flow from the corners of Bai Cangshu’s eyes. Although the wounds healed instantly, they quickly split open again after healing.

At last, Bai Cangshu saw once more the sight of countless authorities and elements collapsing, like vast numbers of particles crumbling away.

The traces of power attached to the outside of the vial were stripped away by his demonic eyes.

Bai Cangshu’s face turned pale and bluish, and large portions of his blood vessels had withered. Yet as he stood atop the origin of the world, his vitality was continuously replenished.

Finally, golden radiance appeared before Bai Cangshu, along with an extremely unique essence of power.

Countless figures seemed to appear before his eyes.

Some prayed. Some escaped death at the brink of despair. Some survived great calamities. Some were ecstatic beyond measure.

The reactions of countless people finally began to collapse as well, condensing into symbols unrecognizable to humanity.

[You have come into contact with the concept: Miracle]

Miracle…

Something that originally could not be done, yet could be accomplished with the blessing of a miracle.

The bloodlines of the Four Great Kings could never have been combined so crudely, but with Miracle, it became possible…

In other words, even if Cao Qi had not obtained those vials of King’s Blood Marrow from that special Dragon Raja World, it might still have been possible to complete this item using the Blood Marrow of other Dragon Kings.

Bai Cangshu released his ability, and his injuries rapidly began to heal. The speed of the damage and recovery even gave him a more concrete grasp of the Primordial Human Body.

As proof, he could now more clearly sense the demonic dragon sealed within his body.

[Do you wish to pay 1 A-rank Anomaly Point and 28,000 Dimensional Points to use the special item: Dragon Blood?]

"Yes."

Bai Cangshu had gained enormously in the previous world, yet had not fully used those gains. Using them now to unlock a new bloodline was only natural.

[You have used the item: Dragon Blood]

The small vial in Bai Cangshu’s hand shattered in an instant. The blood within turned into a mist of blood and merged into his body.

Bai Cangshu instantly felt a large number of "worms" entering his body.

[As The End and The Beginning: EX051 already possesses a special bloodline, this enhancement will produce unpredictable consequences]

[Including, but not limited to...]

A flood of prompts began to appear, but Bai Cangshu paid them no attention at all.

Because he knew that this was surely part of the miracle as well.

Though the powers of the Fate Aspect were disgusting, whether it was the arrangements of fate or the will of miracles, neither would allow an accident to occur during Bai Cangshu’s enhancement.

The next moment, Bai Cangshu felt something suddenly break out of its shell in his chest, where his heart should have been.

Within his hollow heart chamber, countless streams of golden light gathered. The golden point of light began to swell little by little in rhythm with his heartbeat.

After innumerable blood factors, along with the wills and authorities of various Dragon Kings, entered his body, the golden streams of light fell into that place as well.

The radiance of miracle landed upon the golden point of light. In the next moment, the point, which had swollen to the thickness of a finger, split apart.

Countless patterns spread toward every corner of Bai Cangshu’s body like massive tree trunks.

[Primordial Human Body has advanced. Current level: Tier 2]

[Primordial Human Body (Tier 2): You possess the characteristics of a primordial human and the trait of containing the power of worlds. Under this trait, strengthening multiple bloodlines, foreign powers, and so on will not incur penalties]

Thump!

Thump!

Roar!

Within Bai Cangshu’s body, the demonic dragon awakened once more.

The anti-life symbiotic dragon, after being devoured by Bai Cangshu and fused into the Stairway before being suppressed by the Life Equation, had finally found a chance to catch its breath.

It seemed to truly merge into this powerful flesh for the first time.

Bai Cangshu felt an immense vitality erupt within him like a furnace. In but an instant, he felt his condition begin to flourish.

The damage caused by the Dragon Emperor’s Blood flowing through his body was no longer enough to affect this body in the slightest.

Roar!

Another tremendous Dragon Roar rang out, and the scene before Bai Cangshu changed.

He had already arrived in a gray-black world.

In the sky, dark clouds connected with the Wildfire upon the earth.

A bronze-colored glow occupied one corner of the sky.

The sea had already become scalding hot.

Atop a massive black cliff, a black dragon over several hundred meters long lay sprawled across the peak.

Its four necks stretched for nearly a hundred meters, with two heads connected to each neck.

"Truly ugly."

Bai Cangshu gave an honest assessment of this creation forcibly fused together by the power of miracles.

Roar!

Above him, the heads began to rise one after another, releasing terrifying dragon might indiscriminately.

These Dragon Kings seemed to have lost their minds after being forcibly fused together, releasing their power purely on instinct.

And after noticing Bai Cangshu’s appearance, they displayed the desire to devour him.

Bai Cangshu’s lips curved upward as well. There were fewer and fewer powerful individuals in his Consciousness Space, and it had been a long time since he had properly captured something like this.

Boom!

Terrifying Spiritual Pressure erupted within the Consciousness Space. The dark clouds in the sky and the Wildfire on the ground froze in an instant, followed by a fine drizzle.

The Spiritual Pressure, condensed into liquid, began to pour down like a torrential rain.

In the vast ice fields of northern East Xia, bordering White Bear, a place that should have been utterly silent was now radiating golden light.

A gigantic Erdtree over fifty meters tall stood abruptly upon the ice fields.

Golden blessings and radiance continuously scattered into the air as the Erdtree swayed.

Cao Qi looked up at the sight and sighed.

"With your intelligence and ability, you couldn’t possibly have failed to consider the consequences of doing this in the real world, could you?"

Heaven’s Will turned around. Her body was equally tall in the real world, but thin. She wore a white robe, and her black eyes were filled with calm.

"I know. That is why I did it."

She was not surprised in the slightest by the King of Miracles’ arrival. Then she added,

"I merely did in advance what you wanted to do. Nothing more."