The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 505: Hometown, Under the Glacier (4k)

As Zhao Qing took a step forward in the confrontation, Constantine seemed a little surprised, his light golden pupils dilated slightly, and his left foot moved back a small step deliberately, his hands clenched into fists, leaning against his chest.

The most powerful of the seven deadly sins, rage and arrogance, whizzed out from the ancient box, a sword and a knife, and transformed into two dazzling streams of light, which spun rapidly around him and weaved into an impenetrable dark golden protective net.

The roars of the two dragon servants were getting closer and closer. Soon, the space on the upper side of this seemingly ordinary residential area suddenly opened up. The metal wall flipped and shrank, and slender black dragon bodies stretched out on both sides. The densely packed scales were glowing, and golden flames were burning in the pupils under the ancient iron mask.

The two dragon heads are one big and one small. The former is about 35 meters long and weighs 200 tons, while the latter is 15 meters long and weighs 50 tons. The weight mainly comes from the fact that they are covered with a layer of metal armor outside the dragon scales. The two sharp teeth exposed in their mouths are more than one meter long, and the rows of teeth inside are as dense as thorns.

The wind was roaring and the sky was howling. With the arrival of the Dragon Servant, the temperature around them rose sharply. The steam from the high temperature quickly gathered into thick fog, which surged and shrouded the area in haze.

However, in this tense situation that seemed to be on the verge of breaking out, Zhao Qing's heart was unusually calm. He did not look panicked at all, and instead had a gentle smile on his face.

Her telepathic perception keenly captured the subtle changes in Constantine's emotions. She did not feel any murderous intent from him, but instead caught a subtle hesitation and confusion, even a bit of childlike helplessness.

From this we can see that the young Dragon King, who had been protected by his brother Norton for many years, although he had already taken a fighting stance, did not really want to take action at all. Even if he encountered an uninvited guest who broke into his home, the most he would think of was to expel the other party and let him leave.

Knowing this hidden attitude, and the fact that the Dragon Servant would never dare to launch an attack first and would strictly obey Constantine's orders, Zhao Qing came up with a plan to smoothly resolve this conflict in a flash, and looked at the boy opposite him as if he were a child.

Her voice was neither hurried nor slow, like an image reflected in a clear pond, the moon in a mirror. Her ethereal chant was filled with sadness and memories, just like the misty distance and the sound of wind chimes when a door is opened, but also like warm sunshine, which can penetrate and melt the loneliness and coldness in the deepest part of people's hearts.

This is the pinnacle of immortalization, the most superior psychic sound skill, which conveys an otherworldly artistic conception through the method of communication between heaven and man, and reveals a care and understanding that transcends age and status, aiming to maximize the favorability of a first meeting.

"Constantine, I'm sure you can sense that I came here with good intentions. You don't need to be so vigilant and alert... We are not enemies. On the contrary, we can say that we have a common goal: to protect each other's relatives and friends and to defend our own homes."

"Who... are you? Why are you here?" Constantine's voice was trembling. He had never met such a special person, nor had he ever had such strong feelings. He felt as if he was being pulled by an invisible magic force, wanting to get close to her, understand her, and trust her.

Zhao Qing smiled, and that smile was like a flower blooming in spring, bright and warm. "I am Zhao Qing," she said softly, "a practitioner who happened to pass by here, and a friend of Jörmungandr, the King of the Earth and Mountains. I want to see how the Grey King is doing."

Her voice was full of sincerity and expectation, as if she was pouring out her heart to a long-lost friend, allowing people to glimpse into the tranquil and far-reaching ocean deep in her heart. The fog that was originally boiling due to the appearance of the dragon servant gradually subsided, as if even nature was listening to what she said.

Before she finished speaking, Zhao Qing took another step forward and put down the black crystal sword in her hand in a very natural manner. A few clusters of metal dust disintegrated from the bronze ground under her feet and flew towards her palms, quickly condensing into two pieces of copper paper spread out.

"Since you and I have the chance to meet, I would like to express my sincerity and respect with a special gift." Zhao Qing whispered softly, tapping the air with his fingertips. His movements were smooth and elegant, and the two pieces of copper paper instantly came to life.

Her painting skills are so advanced that they have reached a level of transcendence. The copper powder seems to have life under her control, swirling and interweaving, outlining delicate and profound lines, and constructing two lifelike copperplate prints.

In the first painting, Norton is patiently instructing his brother to practice calligraphy. His eyes are filled with both cold majesty and deep love and expectation for his brother. Constantine is kneeling on the ground, holding the brush tightly in both hands, listening to his brother's teachings attentively, with respect and dependence in his eyes.

Zhao Qing is well aware that dragons' vision is very different from that of humans. In particular, based on the dragons' four-color vision characteristics, she cleverly adjusted the microscopic structure of the copperplate engraving surface to make every detail appear so vivid and real.

Through etching and polishing techniques, without any pigment, only the unique gloss and reflective properties of metal are used to make the picture present a rich and colorful effect at different angles and in different light.

When Constantine's eyes fell on the painting, his movements suddenly paused, as if he saw the carefree times he spent with his brother in it, heard the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper, and felt the deep and sincere brotherhood from ancient times.

As for the other painting, it is a picture of Xia Mi. She and Lao Tang have a 90% similarity in appearance with Jörmungandr and Norton thousands of years ago. Just fine-tuning the style and rendering the atmosphere will be enough to convince the naive Dragon King Constantine.

When the last touch of copper powder fell, Zhao Qing blew gently, and the picture glowed slightly, as if it had a soul. She smiled and handed the two finished copperplate engravings to Constantine, ignoring the two dragon servants who were staring at the scene and were extremely vigilant, and said lightly:

"This is a gift I give you. I hope it can make you feel the company of your loved ones when you are lonely, and I also hope it can bring you more strength and courage."

A hint of surprise and emotion flashed in Constantine's golden pupils. His clenched fists slowly loosened, his body slightly relaxed, and his rage and arrogance also slowed down their rotation speed, and finally returned to their original positions, along with the other five swords, which were put into the long box.

He hesitated for a moment, and was finally attracted by the delicate emotions depicted in the picture. He took a step forward involuntarily, reached out to take the copperplate engraving, and gently touched himself in the picture, as if he could feel the warmth and love from his brother.

Seeing Constantine's actions, Zhao Qing felt relieved, knowing that the previously tense situation had been successfully resolved. At the same time, he was amazed at the other party's serious lack of vigilance and that he actually believed a stranger.

It has to be said that although she was somewhat caught off guard by the Dragon King's revival this time, if she hadn't spent a lot of time collecting the bones and making floating ice at the place where the Norton statue was, and had she rushed straight in, Constantine would probably not have had time to recover much of her strength.

Even so, Zhao Qing could roughly confirm that an "innocent man" like himself with a flawless state of mind would not be restrained by the seven deadly sins like the Dragon Kings. Moreover, a small amount of Philosopher's Stone was integrated into the sword he carried with him. Normally, if he faced Constantine, even if it was not his original form, he still had a good chance of winning.

After all, judging from the current intelligence, Constantine, who may have the strongest spiritual power among the eight Dragon Kings, has extremely poor combat experience, or even almost none.

Although as a first-generation Dragon King, his innate battle awareness alone should be enough to suppress almost all hybrids' acquired techniques, but if he himself has no intention of engaging in battle, coupled with his cowardly character, there is a great possibility that he will be defeated by the strong and the situation will be reversed.

In Dragon 1: Dawn of Fire, Constantine's incubation was interrupted and his state was unstable. He only had less than % of his strength, but in theory it was enough to sweep across the Kassel Academy at that time. However, he was severely injured by Angers' sword. It was undoubtedly because of this reason. Otherwise, the simplest thing was to fly up to the sky and use the air advantage to smash Junyan randomly. Time Zero couldn't reach it no matter how fast he was. Constantine really had no intention of killing and didn't want to actively hurt even one enemy. He set fire everywhere just because his strength was out of control.

When handing over the copperplate engraving just now, Zhao Qing could have taken advantage of the other party's withdrawal of the protection of the Seven Deadly Sins and directly slashed out with sword energy with his bare hands to severely injure him instantly. Facing a body with too low newborn strength and no obvious dragonization, the sudden sword energy was enough to skin and flesh.

However, looking at those clear eyes that sparkled with joy like a child, that innocence and desire for family affection made it impossible for her to raise the sword in her hand easily. She chose to let him go, trying to exchange hearts and express her kindness with gifts.

If you make friends with Constantine, the alchemical weapons he can forge may not be as good as the seven deadly sins, but at least they are far beyond the level of human alchemists, and they are sustainable development.

"This painting is really nice...you will be my friend from now on."

Constantine turned around, found a rotten rope, instantly refined it to restore its toughness, and hung the scene of brotherly love and respect on the wall next to him: "When the time comes, after we find my brother, we will cross the wasteland together, raise the battle flag again, and return to our hometown."

Did he think I was a dragon as well? Zhao Qing's heart was slightly moved. An ordinary half-blood was obviously not enough to make the Dragon King feel threatened and wake up urgently, and he was not qualified to be the friend of the King of the Earth and the Mountain. The other party probably thought that he was a brand new ally recruited by Jörmungandr.

"Where is my hometown?" she asked softly, with some curiosity: "What kind of place is that?"

"Across the endless wasteland, above the dark ice sea, the bright white moon hangs high..." Constantine's voice of longing and yearning sounded, his eyes penetrated the thick bronze barrier, as if they could penetrate the barriers of time and space and see the glory of the past.

So, is it a giant Nibelung floating in the sky above the North Pole, like a white moon? Zhao Qing thought about it, and combined the relevant information with the key information provided by the other party, he reaffirmed his guess.

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At the same time, over the Arctic Ocean under the polar day, the gray sky seemed to be covered by a veil, neither completely bright nor completely dark. It quietly overlooked the icy world in a soft and profound manner.

Although the sunlight continues to shine, it becomes soft and hazy due to scattering by particles in the atmosphere, adding a touch of melancholy blue to this polar region.

The sea surface was sparkling, and the myriad lights danced, interweaving with the gray sky to form a dreamy picture. The blue and white glaciers stood in the middle, cold and magnificent. In the distance, several polar bears strolled leisurely on the ice, their shadows lengthened and moved slowly in the interweaving of light and shadow.

Unlike Zhao Qingfei's body god which was located in the Three Gorges area, her brain body god was currently standing in front of a deep glacier crack, staring silently below, simulating the use of the Word Spirit Blood Link, constantly exploring the surrounding environment for possible dragon blood creatures.

As expected, the polar bears here are indeed a subspecies of the dragon with weak bloodline, but they only occupy a very small part of the red line representing bloodline induction. The red line is so dense that it is difficult to distinguish, and it stretches out like a tide towards the depths of the glacier.

"With so many of them, the Word Spirits are overloaded and on the verge of collapse..."

Zhao Qing was slightly surprised and couldn't help but be moved. She could currently reflect the bloodline rank and concentration of the third generation level. The area of ​​​​the bloodline could cover an area of ​​more than ten kilometers, but it still could not support such a huge amount of red lines to display the direction marks.

During the geological survey using microwave remote sensing along the way, Zhao Qing has discovered a strange hole under the nearby ice layer that can shield electromagnetic waves. He suspects that there are some secrets hidden in it. Perhaps it is an underground base built by an unknown force, or it may be an ancient dragon relic.

But such a high density of dragon bloodline still exceeded her expectations. A rough estimate put it at least in the millions, which was incredible. It was more than all the hybrids in the world combined. It could only be dragon-blooded creatures bred in batches.

In order to grasp the situation more accurately, Zhao Qing adjusted the "sensing band" of the Bloodline Knot, filtered out individuals with lower bloodlines, and found that there were still more than 100,000 of them.

She sneaked into the ice crack and soon saw a thin space barrier. The cave on the other side was full of bat-like creatures, some hanging upside down, some hovering. They were strange birds that looked like small pterosaurs, sometimes flapping their membranous wings and communicating with each other with ultrasonic audio.

In the textbooks of Kassel Academy, this creature is the prototype of the Kamaitachi, a prehistoric relic that was believed to have been extinct for at least thousands of years. Among the many smaller Kamaitachi, there are many larger Kamaitachi with nine heads.

They are the targets that Bloodline Jie Luo has sensed after screening. Unlike the male sickle-weasels, the female sickle-weasels are quite huge, just like the relationship between the queen ant and the worker ant. There is only one female sickle-weasel among tens of thousands of sickle-weasels.

Female sickle-weasels usually have scarlet decorative feathers and their cries are shrill, like the howling of ghosts and wolves. Therefore, they were believed by the ancients to be ghost mounts, and thus had the unlucky name of "ghost chariot". Note that this is not the same creature as the nine-headed nine-phoenix.

By this calculation, the total number of sickle-tailed weasels living here is probably as high as several billion, which is equivalent to one-tenth of all existing bird species, or one-fifth of chickens. Moreover, they are all alive rather than in a skeleton state, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of falcons of the same size.

Due to their extremely light bodies, their flying speed is even much faster than that of the dragon-form Deadpool, approaching the speed of sound. When they move, they are just blurry shadows in the eyes of ordinary people. Their claws and teeth are as sharp as blades and can easily cut human skin.

Coupled with complex ultrasonic high-speed communication capabilities, they can use swarm tactics under the unified command of the mother sickle-weasel, and are powered by the alchemical matrix in the Nibelung, so they are ever-moving and do not need to eat. Once they spread, they will undoubtedly cause harm beyond imagination.

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The revised version of Constantine becomes the Dragon King in power, and his alchemy is far better than Norton's. This is a random change and illogical. Here, the original Norton has higher alchemy, but less power than Constantine. The seven deadly sins are specifically for his younger brother to defend himself (the strongest rage restrains Norton himself)
By the way, there is actually nothing wrong with the intelligence of Fenrir, a palm-power dragon king. It's just that his mental age is very young, almost the same as that of a child, but his learning ability and combat proficiency are definitely not low. You can refer to the fact that the dealer he controls has reached the top level of Cassell in playing cards, and his calculation ability is very strong, at least crushing Zhao Menghua by one level.

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Dragons can choose to use air sacs and hollow bones to reduce weight and improve flexibility, or they can increase weight and body strength by incorporating alchemical materials.