NOVEL NEXT Chapter 164: Logan, Let Me Laugh a Bit!
At this, Dragon Emperor looked at Dragon Commander and said: "The fighting skills of our Ashen Dragon clan came from reading these Rune Arrays. You can think of it like a familiar tamer's battle style. Every Ashen Dragon becomes an adult here, and we perform a coming-of-age ceremony. During the ceremony, we carve the Black Dragon's Magic Circle into them, giving them the blessing of the Black Dragon."
At this, Logan's eyes lit up. He said excitedly: "So you guys figured out the Rune Arrays on the Black Dragon?"
Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander looked at each other, then both nodded. "Only a small part."
Under Logan's detailed questions, they explained their findings.
Long before the Human Federation was formed, the Black Dragon that ruled the Ashen Dragon clan had already died.
It was said that during that time, the Blood Cultivation Realm was unstable a lot, and many dimensional ecosystems entered the human world, forming the early versions of the Lost World.
At that time, many races and creatures appeared. They fought and killed each other. Some races were born, and others were wiped out every day.
The Black Dragon was one of the strongest races of that time. Even among dragons, it was one of the most powerful branches.
The Black Dragon that ruled the Ashen Dragon clan was a famous figure named Jasko.
He led the Ashen Dragons in battles, conquering many races. Both the Black Dragon and the Ashen Dragon became famous in the Lost World.
But one day, a powerful enemy from another race stopped Jasko's victory.
In that battle, 100,000 Ashen Dragons were killed. Jasko was also badly injured and ran away into the Blood Cultivation Realm, barely surviving.
Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander were the Ashen Dragon eggs that had touched the blood of the Black Dragon. They were born as new leaders.
When they became aware, Jasko was already dead.
They survived their childhood by eating Jasko's blood and flesh.
After that, they woke up their blood memories and gained knowledge and experiences passed down from Jasko's time.
They started hunting other creatures in the Blood Cultivation Realm, practicing the fighting skills they had inherited.
Later, they found Jasko's storage space and discovered that he had hidden hundreds of dragon eggs.
At that time, all of Jasko's flesh had already been eaten by Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander. So they had to hatch and raise the new Ashen Dragons the old way.
But when the second generation of Ashen Dragons grew up, Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander were surprised to find that these dragons were different from them. Their fighting power was much weaker.
So they started to practice and improve their skills, based on the memories in their blood.
Only when they finally understood the truth — that everything came from Jasko — did they realize the value of Jasko's body.
In a way, Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander had already become more than just Ashen Dragons after eating Jasko's flesh.
But sadly, they were still young at the time and didn't use Jasko's remains well.
If they had, they would now be two powerful S-level Black Dragon hybrids standing in front of Logan.
Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander knew this, and they still felt sad about that part of their past.
After that, they spent a lot of time studying Jasko's skeleton.
After hundreds of years of work, they actually discovered the secrets of the Rune Arrays on Jasko's limbs. They made the whole Ashen Dragon race into great fighters.
Logan checked the Black Dragon's skeleton carefully. It had a total of 8,848 ancient runes — about 1,000 fewer than Yepera.
After comparing them, Logan found that the ancient runes on Yepera and the Black Dragon weren't exactly the same, but over 1,000 of them were more than 80% similar.
Also, there were more than 1,000 ancient runes that Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander had fully studied.
If Logan could understand the Black Dragon's runes completely, it would help a lot in studying Yepera's runes.
So, Logan didn't hesitate at all. He took all the dragon skeletons from the underground palace, even the ancient gold coins and gems that Dragon Emperor had hidden.
But that wasn't all. Logan released all the Ashen Dragons and gave them three orders:
First, take every single plant in the Blood Cultivation Realm — roots and all.
Second, kill all the animals and take their bodies.
Third, dig up every mineral and take it away.
Logan's plan was clear — not even a grain of sand or a drop of water would be left behind.
Under the Ashen Dragons' crazy attack, the entire Blood Cultivation Realm was completely emptied in less than an hour. Only the dragon nest remained almost untouched.
Now, Logan sat in the center of the nest, focused on absorbing the space power of the Blood Cultivation Realm.
Five space crystals had already formed in front of him. When the sixth one started to form, the whole realm began to collapse from the outside in.
Seeing this, Logan quickly stood up and called all the Ashen Dragons back into his familiar space. Then he collected the six space crystals and stepped into a space crack, appearing outside the Blood Cultivation Realm.
Behind him were the eight guard knights who had followed Milo.
As Logan and the knights stepped out of the Blood Cultivation Realm, the ancient realm behind them collapsed completely.
The Blood Cultivation Realm gate began to break apart, and a terrifying power started to spread.
The surrounding priests watched in fear, ready for anything, their eyes wide with terror as they stared at the gate.
A priest in a commander-like uniform looked serious and shouted: "Everyone, be careful! The Blood Cultivation Realm is out of control! Quickly set up a shield to stop it from invading the Holy City!"
After hearing the order, the priests began chanting prayers. They called up energy barriers and placed them around the Blood Cultivation Realm gate.
Logan saw this and shook his head with a smile.
Before he could say anything, the Blood Cultivation Realm gate behind him started to collapse. It shrank from a hundred meters wide to just a tiny particle, then vanished completely.
The priests around him were all shocked.
They knew more about the Blood Cultivation Realm than most in the Human Federation. They knew exactly what this meant.
The commander looked at Logan, his mouth open and closed a few times before finally asking: "Kid from the Human Federation, what the heck happened inside the Blood Cultivation Realm?"
Logan saw everyone watching him, so he laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "I don't know! One of your Archbishops rebelled, so I went to stop him. But he got away."
The commander frowned when he heard that.
He recognized the guard knights behind Logan. They only listened to Milo Archbishop. He didn't want to get involved with them.
But now, the Blood Cultivation Realm was completely gone. He had no choice but to ask them about what had happened.
Before he could speak, a strong presence suddenly filled the whole square.
Pope David and Vincent appeared above the crowd. Their eyes were cold as they stared at Logan. "Young man from the Human Federation, thank you for what you did for The Black Church. Tell me everything you saw, clearly."
At that moment, Pope David wanted to kill Logan.
A rebellion happened, and the main culprit, Milo Archbishop, disappeared. The Ashen Dragons also vanished along with the Blood Cultivation Realm.
What was even worse was that this Blood Cultivation Realm was one of the most valuable ones the Black Church had built over hundreds of years.
Every Pope of the Black Church had given a lot of treasures to Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander to keep them happy.
To the Pope, there was no safer place than the treasure vaults of Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander.
So, over the years, the Pope used those vaults like a bank. Many of the treasures inside were even personal collections of past Popes.
Now, both Dragon Emperor and Dragon Commander were gone, and the Blood Cultivation Realm that held their treasure was also gone. This loss was like "losing everything" — a total disaster.
To make things worse, Pope David had once promised he could play the long game, watching others fight and then taking the prize. But now, he was the one who looked like a fool.
This made him lose face in front of Vincent.
Vincent stood beside Pope David, lowering his head and smoking constantly. His body even shook a little.
Logan didn't answer Pope David's question right away. Instead, he looked at Vincent and asked:"Vincent, what's wrong with you?"
Vincent heard that and finally threw away his cigarette, then laughed out loud: "Ha! Ha! Logan, let me laugh a bit first!"
Unlike the Pope, Vincent knew Logan very well.
When the Ashen Dragons and the Blood Cultivation Realm disappeared, it looked a lot like how Logan and the Red Flower Guild had taken everything from other Blood Cultivation Realms.
When all the soil, rocks, water, plants, and animals from a Blood Cultivation Realm were completely taken, and all the space energy was drained, that's what happened just now.
Vincent had watched Logan for a long time. He was sure — this time, Logan had taken everything from the Ashen Dragons' Blood Cultivation Realm, leaving nothing behind.
Even Vincent had no doubt that right now, Logan's familiar space was full of thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of Ashen Dragons.
Logan had already made a deal with 10,086 Slimes before. Adding 10,000 Ashen Dragons didn't seem strange at all to Vincent.
Pope David heard Vincent's laughter and felt it was really annoying.
He knew Vincent was laughing at his bad decisions.
At that moment, Pope David wanted to kill Vincent with his bare hands so that his embarrassment wouldn't be spread around.
But even as Pope, he wasn't sure he could take Vincent down before he could tell everyone what had happened.
So, in the end, Pope David just coughed and said, "Vincent, stop it. Give me some face!"
Vincent heard that and laughed even louder.
Seeing that Vincent wasn't listening, Pope David took a step forward and suddenly appeared right in front of Logan, almost face to face with him. He stared directly at Logan and asked: "Kid, tell me — where did all the Ashen Dragons in the Blood Cultivation Realm go? Who took the space energy from there?"
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