Chapter 532: The Plane

Hazel could no longer control her own blood energy; a massive pillar of blood surged from the top of her head like smoke.

If not for the fact that her power came from Adrianna, imbued with a strong 'dragon flavor,' Angela's illusions might not have been able to conceal it.

Their next goal was to seek the 'Dragon's Enlightenment,' and then see if there was a suitable dragon corpse for Angela.

All dragon corpses that had entered slumber following ancient rituals in the Dragon Tomb were under the watch of the 'Dragon Tomb Guardians.' Thus, any disturbance to these corpses would incur relentless attacks from the guardians.

So from the moment they forcibly took a dragon corpse, the Dragon Tomb would become their death ground, and they would have to leave immediately. This matter could only be arranged last.

Li Mochen's method for searching for the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' first involved divination using the 'Secret Art of the Zhou Heavenly Mechanism and Mysterious Pivot Locking Stars.'

However, after measuring with the divination plate for a while, Li Mochen gave up.

There was too little information. He only knew that the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' was hidden in the Dragon Tomb and that it could sense true dragon bloodlines. Forcing a wish was not impossible, but the merit spiritual light required might exceed eight thousand strands, directly overdrawing.

But next, Li Mochen had another method.

They first found a relatively 'abundant' area of magical energy in this dead world and set up a magical array there.

With Angela's help, Li Mochen took less than half a day to complete the seventeenth-level magical array, then embedded seven 'Purple Illusion Stones,' each worth over ten million shields.

When Angela stood within it, the surrounding scenery instantly transformed. From the originally dead desert, it changed into a garden-like scene—it should be spring, with greenery everywhere and flowers in full bloom.

Hazel knew it was an illusion, but she still opened her small mouth, her chin momentarily unable to close.

She smelled the fragrance of flowers and grass here, heard various insect chirps and the buzzing of bees. Hazel casually broke off a branch beside her and found that it actually had a 'physical form,' indistinguishable from reality even by her perception, and this was despite knowing it was an illusion.

This woman, her brother's partner, had completely 'manifested' the back garden of Wenjian Manor.

Then Hazel saw a giant dragon, which was Angela's 'Fantasy Dragon Steed.'

'The effect is quite good. The realism of my Fantasy Dragon Steed can reach 97% with the help of this array. It's a pity that if the level of this magical array could be raised a bit more, it would be better.'

But Angela also knew that it wasn't that Li Mochen was unwilling to invest, nor that their magical rune knowledge was shallow, but that this dead world could only support an array of this level.

'But the question is, will this method really work?'

Angela looked at Li Mochen with suspicion, inwardly disapproving.

His method was still deception—using illusions to deceive the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' and conceal their human part.

Angela believed that with their bloodline purity, they could attract the 'Dragon's Enlightenment.' The problem was whether they could fool this divine artifact, since no one knew the mechanism of the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' or how it distinguished true dragons from dragon-blooded sorcerers.

'Let's try it first—'

Li Mochen was not very confident either, using an uncertain tone: 'The array is already set up. If it doesn't succeed, at most we lose thirty million shields. We can afford it, can't we?'

Many components of the seventeenth-level magical array beneath them could be recycled, so his loss this time wouldn't be too great.

Angela shook her head and began to cast the illusion according to Li Mochen's method. She was already adept at this. After obtaining the 'Fantasy Dragon Steed,' Angela had invested great effort in studying the dragon's body structure and soul composition.

This allowed her to more perfectly manifest a real dragon.

But as Angela had predicted, after completing the illusion of a simulated dragon, nothing happened. The 'Dragon's Enlightenment' did not appear, and the place remained dead silent.

'See? I knew it—'

Angela shrugged, her eyes slightly disappointed. She had actually been looking forward to it, but fortunately, the loss was minimal.

At that moment, Li Mochen was visualizing the 'Divine Fortune Purple-Gold Pagoda' and began to make a wish.

—Angela's illusion realism would reach perfection!

As he expected, the loss of merit spiritual light was minimal, only about seventy-odd strands dissipating.

After that, the surroundings remained still. Just as Li Mochen was also feeling disappointed, his mind suddenly stirred, and he looked into the distance, sensing a faint wave of consciousness sweeping toward them from over a thousand kilometers away.

Angela also sensed it, gazing into that direction: 'Amo, you felt it too? Is that the Dragon's Enlightenment? It seems to be calling for help?'

'Let's go take a look—'

Li Mochen pondered briefly, then abandoned the magical array beneath them and, with a dozen flashes, brought Angela and the others to the source of the consciousness wave.

He felt that the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' probably couldn't move, but just in case, he left a magical artifact at the original spot, allowing him to instantly teleport back using the Star Leap Technique.

What if something happened to the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' after they left?

When they arrived at the source of the consciousness wave, they found nothing there. It was the same desert, dragon corpses, and yellow sky.

Li Mochen concentrated and sensed for a moment, then his pupils lit up. He manipulated the dragon vein beneath them to tear the void. After a flicker of light and shadow before their eyes, they entered a space resembling a demiplane. Then, including Li Mochen, the three of them and the dragon all showed solemn expressions.

Before them stood a massive, pyramid-like, majestic altar. Then a vast and grand magical array, arranged in the Dragon Language, extended from the top of the pyramid down to the very edge of this plane.

The top of the pyramid emitted a strong blood-red radiance—that should be the so-called 'Dragon's Enlightenment.'

According to the dragons who had encountered the 'Dragon's Enlightenment,' its form was ever-changing: sometimes a holy grail, sometimes a sword, sometimes a horn, sometimes a circlet.

But at this moment, in the eyes of Li Mochen and the others, the 'Dragon's Enlightenment' appeared as a blood-red crystal.

'Life-death transformation? This thing—'

Angela's eyes showed intense shock: 'It's absorbing the death energy of the entire world and converting it into life energy.'