It was only then that Li Zhen realized that he had to wrap his body in clouds and mist at first.

Beneath the dragon's neck, above its belly, was not the soft muscles of mythology and legend—it was also wrapped in larger golden striped scales, like human armor.

However, he could now see that a large chunk of the scale armor on his neck was missing, revealing the yellow-brown muscles and pale golden blood underneath.

It...... Wounded.

What amount of force can hurt it?

Kitagawa Harumi also looked at the dragon intently - even if it was thousands of meters away, its erected neck still gave the two people an infinite sense of oppression like a skyscraper.

She whispered, "The Gate of Truth." ”

Li Zhen knew it. If this dragon is not "Lucifer", then it must be another species that has just awakened. The Gate of Truth once detonated a nuclear bomb in the Pacific Ocean...... Undoubtedly, the goal is exactly that!

When he first saw the sea snakes around the island, Li Zhen thought that the sea snake that drifted to Taiwan also came from here. However, this created another problem - the dragons refused to leave the island's sphere of influence, seemingly fearing that they would lose their strength. So why did you find the one in Taiwan, it is said that the eyewitnesses still maintained the form of a "dragon" when they saw it, and it gradually degenerated until it died?

And now it seems to explain the problem.

The sea snake found in Taiwan did not come from here.

It was actually affected by this dragon.

Then he thought of something else, and at the same time he felt a sense of uneasy joy in his heart.

According to the fisherman. When I first saw the "dragon", it was still alive.

And it didn't try to hurt the fisherman. On the contrary, the man felt a strange affection and excitement, so much so that he seemed to be mad and wanted to revive it.

It was undoubtedly something similar to "coercion", and it was similar to the spiritual influence of this egg.

If it's that emotion, not fear, does it mean ......

Li Zhen slowly raised his head.

As if using all his strength, he took a step forward, exposing his figure from the woods. Then he took a deep breath, as if he were talking to someone who was one step away from him. He said in a deep voice: "You...... Can you understand us? ”

The dragon's eyes moved. The slender pupils shrank slightly, and the flesh swayed gently.

It seemed to sigh slightly. A dull sound rolled in, and the microwave of the sea that had just subsided shook it.

It seems to have a reaction.

Li Zhen clenched his hands and said again, "Are you here for me?" ”

The dragon seemed to be scrutinizing him. But the body is still as still in the sea as a sculpture. I didn't even see the long tail swaying below the surface of the sea - it had some ability to keep its huge, heavy body from sinking.

Of course, there are no creatures of this size in nature - because ordinary flesh and bones cannot bear that level of weight. However, the dragon ...... It wasn't any ordinary creature in the first place.

Li Zhen frowned slightly. Ask the third question: "Is it because of my blood?" What exactly am I? Why are you all interested in me? The island...... What kind of place is it? ”

The dragon opened its mouth slightly. A white mist erupted from its mouth and lingered around its neck. Then it raised one of its front paws and stirred slightly in the water. As a result, the blood and flesh that drifted to its side were immediately separated by an invisible force and flowed to the sides.

Kitagawa Qingming pulled Li Zhen behind him. Whispered, "Maybe...... It's just waiting for us to get out. ”

Her voice was low, with a hint of disappointment and helplessness. Because in any case, she is also a Chinese - no one is very happy when the self-proclaimed "descendants of the dragon" find out that the mythical beast they have always believed in is deeply hostile to them and tries to destroy themselves.

Li Zhen didn't move, just frowned: "No...... It must have some way of communicating with us. Think about it—couldn't it communicate with people before? So how did it come down in the legends? ”

The dragon suddenly raised its head. Li Zhen was slightly stunned - it reacted again.

Then he heard a voice—

The voice echoed between heaven and earth, as if it were emitting from all directions, and gathered in his ears in unison. However...... It's not a good feeling. It seemed that his mind carried too much information in an instant, and hundreds of millions of voices sounded in his consciousness at the same time, and Li Zhen only felt like he was being pierced through his heart by a sharp arrow—both mentally and physically.

Then he heard a dull, thunderous sound rolling by.

"According to you, my name is Ying Long."

He was dumbfounded, looked at the dragon in a daze, and then looked at Kitagawa Harumi. The latter, however, still looked solemn and winked at him suspiciously.

She...... Didn't hear that?

The pain just now had not yet dissipated, and Li Zhen heard the dragon's words again: "Mortal, you can't communicate with me. They can't afford it. ”

Li Zhen staggered back two steps, only to feel a tightness in his chest and a stream of hot blood gushing out of his throat. He tried to swallow it, but the blood choked on his lungs, and he opened his mouth and blood spurted out. This change surprised Kitagawa Qingming. She flew over and grabbed Li Zhen's body: "What's wrong with you?!" ”

Li Zhen frowned and waved his hand repeatedly: "I'm fine, I'm ...... Communicate with it, you can't hear. ”

Kitagawa looked at the dragon in surprise: "It's ...... Talking to you? Who is it? ”

Li Zhen shook his head: "Don't be impatient." I'll tell you later. ”

So Beichuan helped Li Zhen sit down against a tree, and then he took a breath, looked at the dragon, and said, "So, who am I?" ”

The dragon said that mortals could not communicate with him......

It seems to be referring to Harumi Kitagawa alone. And Li Zhen also completely agreed with that statement through his own personal experience. It was almost unbearable, even more unbearable, pain. If human beings really have souls, in layman's terms, it is the suffering inflicted on the soul!

But ...... "unable to communicate with mortals" - what about myself?

The dragon was silent for a while, and Li Zhen saw it gently tilt its head, and its huge nose twitched slightly, as if it was sniffing something. So he subconsciously looked at himself and spat out blood - sniff this blood?

"You...... He is of imperial descent. ”

The word "imperial" sounds rather vague to the average person, because it is not a common word, but rather a concise word that can easily be associated with something else. However, Li Zhen understood. Because the other person's voice does not seem to be just a sound, but contains more information. The information was condensed into just a few words, some of which he could understand, others that he couldn't tell at all. However, the information poured into his consciousness, and he felt dizzy again, and his body felt as if it was about to explode.

It hurt so much between his eyes that it was as if someone had inserted a red-hot iron rod into it and stirred it violently. So Li Zhen snorted again, and blood gushed out of his nostrils like a fountain.

He realizes that he can't have a long conversation with the dragon, and he has to ask a few of the most valuable questions. Otherwise, it is very likely that before I can figure things out, this body that has not fully recovered will have collapsed.

He wiped the blood from his face, frowned and thought for a moment, then spoke, "What do you ...... about humans Is it good or evil? What about the rest of you? How can we protect ourselves? ”

Both of the latter two questions build on the fact that the answer to the previous question is yes. And Li Zhen has considerable confidence in this.

Because although the other party's voice was extremely painful to him, it was not full of malice. The dragon's words seemed deep and long-lasting, like a weathered elder.

This time the dragon only said one word, and it seemed that it also found that Li Zhen's body could not almost withstand the conversation between the two.

When that word echoed in Li Zhen's consciousness, he finally felt that there was darkness in front of him, and his ears were ringing as if they were about to burst. The sky and the earth seemed to have fallen, and the forest leaves above their heads turned into large patches of blood red. He felt his eyes heat slightly, and instinctively touched it with his hand—

It was warm, sticky blood that flowed out.

Faintly, he seemed to hear Kitagawa Qingming's voice: "Don't ask again!" ”

And he really couldn't ask anymore. His body was so weak that he wanted to collapse to the ground, and Li Zhen tried to prop himself up with one hand. However, his arms seemed to turn into a lump of soft mud, and as soon as he touched the ground, his body fell diagonally.

So he lost consciousness.

I don't know how long it took for him to wake up again. His head was swollen and painful, as if someone had poured a few catties of wine. He stared at Kitagawa Harumi's face in a daze, and it took two seconds to realize that it was a person, and another three seconds to remember...... This person's name is "Kitagawa Haruaki".

Then he lay on his back in a daze, looking at the sky above him.

Beichuan was still asking him "how did he feel", but only the last word echoed in Li Zhen's head.

It wasn't until the girl held the water with a leaf out of nowhere and sprinkled it on his face that Li Zhen grinned with difficulty and whispered, "Is there a mistake......

Kitagawa Qingming breathed a sigh of relief: "What did you say?" You almost died! ”

Li Zhen laughed and fell silent again.

After a long while, he said, "Just now I dreamed that I saw a dragon. ”

Beichuan looked at him worriedly: "It's not a dream, it's real." It's been ...... Let's go. We can get out of here. But how are you doing now? ”

Li Zhen let out a soft "oh". Then whispered, "I asked it how we could protect ourselves, and it told me a word." ”

He turned his head to look at Kitagawa Qingming again: "Do you know what it says?" ”

The other person pursed his lips and shook his head.

"It says ......"

"The Spear of Longinus." (To be continued.) )