Chapter 2988: Utterly Inhumane!

The water prison was enormous, capable of holding tens of thousands of people, like an underground city.

Here, sunlight never reached, as if it were a hell on earth.

Ye Yuan saw some who had been tortured beyond recognition.

There were not only true spirits but also many humans.

However, those humans were in extreme pain, writhing and struggling in the water prison.

"Ahhh! I beg you, kill me!"

"You beasts! Even as a ghost, I won't let you off!"

"It hurts! It hurts so much! I... I'm going to explode!"

They looked and saw a human strongman swollen into a ball.

Then, with a bang, he exploded into a mass of flesh and blood, utterly gruesome.

The few of them turned pale; though they had fought countless battles, they had never seen such a horrifying scene.

Here, people were treated worse than beasts!

"This... what is this place? Why would the Divine Dragon Envoy do such cruel things?" Long Yi couldn't help but ask.

"Heh heh, this is for the future of our dragon clan! If we can master the secret of bloodline evolution, then everyone can become a Sovereign! Our dragon clan will then become the supreme rulers of all realms! Just think, how exciting! This Blood Dragon Island was built for this purpose. Your bloodlines will also contribute to the dragon clan's future!" The Divine Dragon Envoy's eyes burned with fanaticism.

"E-everyone become a Sovereign?" Long Yi shuddered.

The Divine Dragon Envoy smiled: "Indeed! This Blood Dragon Island has been established for over a hundred thousand years! In these hundred thousand years, we have made tremendous progress! The day when everyone becomes a Sovereign is not far off!"

"Is what you're talking about... him?" Ye Yuan suddenly pointed at an iron cage.

In the iron cage, a half-human, half-beast creature stared at them with bloodshot eyes, giving off an extremely dangerous feeling.

From his appearance, he had once been human, but now he had grown a pair of strange wings, his ears were pointed, and his mouth was filled with ferocious fangs, making him look utterly hideous.

He was on all fours, but they could hardly be called limbs, for they were beastly paws.

However, Ye Yuan's first impression of him was not of power, but of misery!

With his blood origin, Ye Yuan could sense that this person had at least ten different bloodline powers mixed within him.

These dozen or so bloodline powers did not perfectly merge; in fact, they conflicted with each other.

Ye Yuan could feel the immense pain this person must be enduring.

Of course, this person had completely lost his consciousness, filled only with killing intent.

This half-human, half-beast creature had actually reached the Sovereign realm!

Around him, those ferocious "beasts" dared not even breathe loudly, instinctively fearing him.

Clearly, this creature was extremely dangerous.

But the killing intent in Ye Yuan's heart surged uncontrollably.

These people had no bottom line at all!

The Divine Dragon Envoy said smugly: "Indeed! This guy is called Zhao Yue. He was originally a waste, stuck at the Emperor level and unable to advance further! It was we who granted him eternal life and supreme power!"

Roar!

An aura of terrifying intensity erupted as Zhao Yue lunged toward them.

Even though they were all geniuses, and even though they knew it was unlikely Zhao Yue could break out of the cage, they still stumbled back several steps in fear.

Awoo!

Electric arcs surged through the water prison, and Zhao Yue screamed as he was directly sent back.

This water prison was clearly specially made, capable of even blocking Zhao Yue, who was at the Dominance Realm.

Ye Yuan was shocked—how powerful was the person who had set up the cage?

Could it be that the upper echelons of Heavenly Dragon Island were also involved in this matter?

Very likely!

The reason he had ventured deep into the tiger's den was precisely to investigate this matter.

"Senior, I suspect that what happened here is related to your near fall back then, isn't it?" Ye Yuan said to Mitian.

Mitian was silent for a long time, then sighed, "I don't know either, but... it probably is! It seems the Blood Clan had already begun their scheming back then!"

Ye Yuan sneered, "To the Blood Clan, you Primordial True Spirits are the true treasures! Whether the Chaos Bloodstone can open the Gate of Eternity and reach the Other Shore may depend on you! However, you are too strong, so he could only act in secret! This scheme has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years—truly a grand design!"

Primordial True Spirits could be said to be the pinnacle of bloodlines!

Their bloodlines were all bestowed by the Heavenly Dao.

Thus, for the Chaos Bloodstone to reach the Other Shore, they naturally held great reference value.

If he were the Chaos Bloodstone, he wouldn't let them go either.

But the Primordial True Spirits were too powerful!

Innate Primordial True Spirits and the Chaos Bloodstone were existences of the same level!

These beings born of heaven and earth were each extremely powerful.

Take Mitian, for example—back then he was already a top Dominance Realm expert who roamed the heavens, sweeping through the Soul Clan single-handedly.

Even the Chaos Bloodstone was very wary of such an existence.

Moreover, the strong ones of the Void Bright Hall Heaven were not limited to Mitian alone.

Mitian fell silent again. Ye Yuan could sense his inner struggle and said no more.

In fact, Ye Yuan already had some vague guesses, but since Mitian didn't speak, he didn't press further.

"Heh, he's like a wild beast now, without any will of his own. I'm afraid you can't control him at all, which is why you lock him in a cage, right? If you let him out, the first thing he'd do is kill you!" Ye Yuan looked at the Divine Dragon Envoy and sneered.

The Divine Dragon Envoy was unperturbed and laughed, "So what? We've found a way to control him; he'll be very obedient! The few of you have excellent talent conditions. Perhaps in the future, you can step into the legendary Chaos-level bloodline!"

The way the Divine Dragon Envoy looked at them sent chills down everyone's spines.

No one wanted to end up like Zhao Yue!

Having the strength of the Dominance Realm but becoming a driven beast—what meaning was there in that?

Ye Yuan looked at the Divine Dragon Envoy, not hiding his killing intent.

The Divine Dragon Envoy smiled, "Ye Yuan, I have high hopes for you! From our experiments so far, the human body has the strongest compatibility! Soon, you won't look at me with that gaze; you'll thank me!"

Ye Yuan sneered, "Soon, you'll thank me too!"

The Divine Dragon Envoy laughed heartily, "Kid, you've got character, I like it! I hope in the future, you'll become even stronger than him! Take them away!"

The group was escorted away again.

As Ye Yuan passed by Zhao Yue's water prison, seeing his miserable state, the killing intent in his chest surged once more.

Suddenly, his eyes met Zhao Yue's, and he shuddered.

In Zhao Yue's extremely fierce gaze, he saw a trace of pain.

A trace of pain seeking release.

This Zhao Yue still retained a last shred of self-awareness?