Chapter 1 Flying Towards the World Heart

Nie Yan rode the Darkwing Dragon, flying towards the World Heart.

Large flying creatures were everywhere in the air around here, and he had to be extremely careful.

The Darkwing Dragon got closer and closer to the World Heart. The behemoth that was the World Heart Fortress slowly appeared before Nie Yan's eyes. The closer he got, the more shocked he was by its grandeur. It was like a huge space carrier.

The World Heart was built from stones piled on top of each other, and it was covered with all kinds of vines, making this ancient fortress, weathered by the years, appear even more dilapidated.

According to the records in ancient books, the last battle of the gods was nearly 100,000 years ago.

This World Heart was from that era.

Only about a hundred yards away from the World Heart, Nie Yan commanded the Darkwing Dragon to fly close to the stone wall of the World Heart, searching for the entrance, carefully avoiding the flying creatures that flew past from time to time.

A huge golden eagle flapped its wings and flew past not far from the Darkwing Dragon. Nie Yan quickly had the Darkwing Dragon cling to the stone wall of the World Heart, grab the vines on it, retract its wings, and dare not move.

The size of that golden eagle was dozens of times that of the Darkwing Dragon. To it, the Darkwing Dragon was like an ungrown child. It circled around, blocking out the sky and the sun. When it flapped its wings, gusts of wind howled, and the Darkwing Dragon was almost blown away.

It's a rank nine creature!

So rank nine creatures were so tough. Comparing the Darkwing Dragon with this golden eagle immediately revealed the huge gap between the two.

If one day, he could ride such a huge flying mount, that would be awesome. Even hundreds or thousands of rank three or four flying mounts would still not be a match for a rank nine flying mount. Nie Yan's gaze fell on the Darkwing Dragon. The Darkwing Dragon definitely had great potential for improvement. Maybe one day it could advance to rank nine.

The golden eagle circled in the nearby air.

Nie Yan held his breath, and the Darkwing Dragon didn't dare to breathe loudly either.

After checking around, the golden eagle didn't find anything. To it, the Darkwing Dragon was too small and couldn't attract its attention at all. It flapped its wings and flew away from here.

Seeing the golden eagle gradually fly away, Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief. After confirming that it was safe, he dared to command the Darkwing Dragon to take off.

This area was full of dangers. Once discovered by a powerful flying creature, it would be dangerous.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were no large flying creatures nearby, Nie Yan commanded the Darkwing Dragon to quickly fly past. The entrance to the World Heart was not far ahead. It was deep and dark, pitch black, and he didn't know where it led.

Nie Yan commanded the Darkwing Dragon to speed up. Just as it was about to approach the entrance, a dragon creature slightly larger than the Darkwing Dragon suddenly jumped out from behind a protruding rock next to it and pounced on the Darkwing Dragon. It came with fierce momentum.

Seeing that its sharp claws were about to hit the Darkwing Dragon, Nie Yan commanded the Darkwing Dragon to suddenly swoop down and fly sideways, barely dodging its attack.

Nie Yan looked at the flying creature. It was a Golden Dragon. This Golden Dragon was covered in golden scales, a rank seven creature, only slightly larger than the Darkwing Dragon, but even more powerful.

Seeing the Darkwing Dragon dodge, the Golden Dragon pounced fiercely. Nie Yan manipulated the Darkwing Dragon to dodge continuously, in a precarious situation.

For these creatures, even if there was only a difference of one rank, there was an insurmountable gap between the two. If the two fought, the Darkwing Dragon would have no power to fight back.

The Golden Dragon was a little faster than the Darkwing Dragon, so it was very difficult for the Darkwing Dragon to dodge. It was almost hit hard by the Golden Dragon several times. Fortunately, Nie Yan reacted quickly enough and gave the Darkwing Dragon the order to dodge in advance.

In the entanglement, the Golden Dragon grabbed the Darkwing Dragon's chest with a claw, as fast as lightning.

Not good, it can't be dodged, Nie Yan's heart sank.

The Golden Dragon's sharp claws scratched across the Darkwing Dragon's chest. With a puff, it scratched out a wound, and blood spurted out.

The Darkwing Dragon was no match for the Golden Dragon at all.

The Darkwing Dragon let out a scream and plummeted down. Nie Yan felt his body being pulled down violently. He was about to fall on a protruding rock on the World Heart's wall. Once he hit it, even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured. Nie Yan quickly pulled the Darkwing Dragon upwards, adjusting the flight direction. The Darkwing Dragon's figure barely stabilized, dodging the protruding rock.

The Golden Dragon behind him roared again. If he continued to fight like this, the Darkwing Dragon would be killed sooner or later!

Nie Yan's heartstrings were stretched to the extreme. Seeing the Golden Dragon pounce from above, Nie Yan quickly had the Darkwing Dragon fly sideways, passing by the Golden Dragon.

The Golden Dragon missed its attack and was about to turn around.

Nie Yan saw that the Golden Dragon's back was right in front of his left. He couldn't care about anything else, so he jumped up and pounced on the Golden Dragon's back, landing on the Golden Dragon's back.

The Golden Dragon felt something fall on its back. It desperately shook its body, trying to throw Nie Yan off.

Nie Yan immediately used the skill on the Creeper Ring, turning his hands into suction cups, firmly sticking to the Golden Dragon's back. No matter how violently the Golden Dragon shook its body, it couldn't throw Nie Yan off.

During the violent shaking, Nie Yan's arms were subjected to tremendous pulling force. His gaze fell on the Golden Dragon's back. The scales on the Golden Dragon's back were not complete. There was a wound on its back that had already healed. The scales on it had all fallen off and were growing back.

Nie Yan took out a bone spur and stabbed it into the Golden Dragon's back.

With a puff, the bone spur went in, and blood splattered all over Nie Yan.

Nie Yan rotated the mechanism on the bone spur, and the bone spur was immediately firmly embedded in the Golden Dragon's flesh. The Golden Dragon screamed and struggled non-stop because of the pain. The more it struggled, the deeper the bone spur stabbed into its flesh, quickly tearing a wound in its back, and blood kept pouring out.

The bone spur caused minor damage to it!

Just as the Golden Dragon was struggling non-stop, the Darkwing Dragon in the sky had recovered. Under Nie Yan's command, the Darkwing Dragon swooped down from the sky. Its steel claws grabbed the Golden Dragon's neck fiercely, tearing open two huge wounds. This attack by the Darkwing Dragon caused very fatal damage to the Golden Dragon.

The Golden Dragon screamed miserably, trying to fight back. Nie Yan would never give it such a chance. He took out another bone spur, suddenly pounced, and stabbed it hard into the wound on the Golden Dragon's neck.

With a "puff" sound, the bone spur broke through the trachea at the Golden Dragon's throat and penetrated it.

The Golden Dragon suffered such heavy damage that it couldn't even make a screaming sound. It was already dying.

These two bone spurs were quite effective, completely crippling the Golden Dragon.

The Darkwing Dragon grabbed the Golden Dragon's neck, Nie Yan jumped to the Golden Dragon's head, and the Zennarde's Sword in his hand dissected the Golden Dragon's head, taking out a fist-sized crystal nucleus from inside. This crystal nucleus was amber in color and emitted a translucent golden light. It was very different from ordinary crystal nuclei.

This was a high-level dragon crystal!