Chapter 820: Dare To Touch? (1/2)

It could only be seen when approaching within several hundred meters. This green smoke simply couldn't be seen before that.

There was a large pit over a kilometer in width and over a hundred meters in depth. The surroundings of the hole were filled with cracks that seemed to have experienced the passage of time.

The green smoke was rushing out of the large hole, and when they approached it and saw what was within, everyone was stupefied. Reina even paled, her legs shivering.

Lin Yun's pupils suddenly shrank as he let out in alarm, ”How could there be an Ancient Poison Dragon!?”

In the hole, a huge Dragon covered in dark green scales and spreading over two hundred to three hundred meters was calmly lying there. This Dragon's eyes were tightly shut, and unlike the current era's Dragons, who only had thick hind legs, this Ancient Dragon's limbs were all bulky, and every paw had five claws, two more than most of the current Dragons.

Those dark green scales were covered with all kinds of strange and abstruse designs, which seemed to be forming a natural and terrifying array.

Moreover, there were also two huge fangs exposed over its lips. Its head formed a small triangle that was half the size of modern Dragons'.

Cold sweat dripped down Lin Yun's forehead. Others might be mistaken, but how could an Ancient Poison Dragon be mistaken!

Ancient Poison Dragons were powerful lifeforms active during the Era of Gods. In that era, even Gods were unwilling to provoke an Ancient Poison Dragon. They had existed for too long, and it was even rumored that Ancient Poison Dragons might be existences older than Gods.

Although they were called Dragons, they actually surpassed all kinds of Draconic lifeforms. Even Chromatic Dragons were considered an emerging younger generation.

Every Ancient Poison Dragon was innately at the Heaven Rank, and the weakest one could tear apart a Dragon on the same level.

It was rumored that in the distant God Era, a formidable Ancient Poison Dragon once fought a God and ultimately forced the God to withdraw and yield quite a bit of territory.

All Ancient Poison Dragons were disasters for all living lifeforms. Every place they appeared at would become barren, and all creatures would die one by one. Even if these Ancient Poison Dragons only moved to a new place to slumber, it would make all lifeforms within a hundred kilometers die out.

Thus, Ancient Poison Dragons had another name: Plague Dragons. They innately emitted powerful toxins that could kill all lifeforms under the Heaven Rank.

Back then, when that powerful Ancient Poison Dragon fought with a God, the effect of the pollution was displayed to the extreme. In one battle, over a thousand kilometers turned into a dead region, forcing the God back.

Even among Dragons, all the other kinds of Dragons, including Chromatic Dragons, were hostile to Ancient Poison Dragons. The extinction of Ancient Poison Dragons was passed down, and it might have been due to the Chromatic Dragons working together to exterminate the Ancient Poison Dragons.

Lin Yun had lamented when he saw the information about Ancient Poison Dragon in the decaying library. This kind of lifeform shouldn't be allowed to appear, because wherever it did appear, retaking the territory would be pointless. All the lifeforms within would die out and the earth would be polluted, not to change for countless years. Even a God could only admit defeat.

That was why Lin Yun was too familiar with Ancient Poison Dragons. He had even seen a drawing, which was completely identical to the one before their eyes.

But there were some small differences. This Ancient Poison Dragon appearing before them was a corpse, and it shouldn't have been a very powerful Ancient Poison Dragon.

If a more powerful one had died here, half of the Raging Flame Plane would have become completely inhabitable... It wouldn't have just formed a poisonmist in a valley.

Lin Yun observed for a bit and understood why the toxins only spread through the Poison Mist Valley. Before this Ancient Poison Dragon died, its aura had declined to the barest sliver, and the poison it emitted after death could only pollute the Poison Mist Valley.

But Lin Yun was getting more and more confused. How could the corpse of an Ancient Poison Dragon appear here? This Poison Mist Valley seemed to have existed for countless years, but it shouldn't be as old as the era of Gods, and the Ancient Poison Dragons were already on the verge of extinction during the God Era.

Seeing this corpse here, he understood the origin of the poisonmist of the Poison Mist Valley, but he was even more doubtful.

Thoughts piled up in Lin Yun's mind, but seeing Reina's unpleasant expression, he said, ”Reina, get back.”

Hearing Lin Yun's instruction, Reina retreated. Although this Ancient Poison Dragon had been dead for a very long time, his corpse hadn't become rotten and was still emitting poison. Others wouldn't feel too much pressure, but as a Dragon, Reina felt extreme pressure.

The corpse of a Heaven Rank Ancient Poison Dragon, even older than Chromatic Dragons, wasn't something that a Frost Dragon like Reina, who hadn't reached the Heaven Rank, could stand.

That was pressure from her bloodline and soul. It didn't matter even if it was dead.

Reina slightly relaxed and nodded before returning to the path. As for Lin Yun, he immediately started examining the surroundings of the pit.

The others were confused, and Xiuban even scratched his head with a strange expression.