-- Memories --

"You...... Is it the candle dragon? ”

Isolated in the deepest part of Ling Chi, the only voice greeted.

But in the silence of the world, there is no sound to respond. Like a candle burning in the dark, it flutters lonely. I couldn't see a single ray of light when I looked around, and I couldn't even reflect the fire I was emitting, because the darkness was too big and boundless.

Ying Zheng is now in such a boundless world, and he can't even hear the echo of his own words.

But fortunately, this world is not dark, it is golden red - he is faced with such a golden red, vast and boundless golden red!

In fact, Ying Zheng knew in his heart that no matter how large the space under Ling Chi was, it was only a kilometer wide. But at this time, the space outside his body was all shrouded in golden red, and all angles in all directions were golden red that could not be seen at a glance, no matter how rational he was in his heart, in terms of intuitive feelings, he still felt that he was falling into a boundless golden red world.

And the boundless world will reflect its own infinite insignificance.

He felt like an incomparably small ant, drowning in a vast ocean. The boundless shade of golden-red pressed down on my heart, breeding anxiety and fear that I had never felt before.

Ying Zheng was afraid, in fact, when he was pierced through his body by that ancient chant just now, he had already developed a huge sense of fear. Although he suppressed the trembling on his body and skin in time and with all his strength, he couldn't hide it, and he couldn't restrain the real fear in his heart.

Especially when he was facing those huge black pupils at this moment!

Yes, Ying Zheng was staring directly at the two black giant balls, in this boundless golden and red world, it seemed to be the only thing he could look at directly. Although the fear in his heart was soaring wildly when his eyes fell on him, he still forced himself to poke his gaze out.

He believed that those two black balls were two huge pupils that emitted black light. He believed that as long as he stared at this pair of black pupils, he was staring at "it"!

Therefore, Ying Zheng pressed his throat hard, and used the only human voice in this golden and red world to greet again.

"Are you the Candle Dragon?"

The low voice floated over the golden red in front of him, and even crossed the two pupils that emitted black light, but the voice came far away, and after falling to the boundless edge, there was still no response.

In fact, Ying Zheng thought that it would at least make a little noise, even if it was from the perspective of deterrence. But since that long groan a few minutes ago, it hasn't made the slightest sound.

Even if Ying Zheng greeted him positively twice, it didn't respond at all. It's as if it's falling into some kind of slumber again, or is it ...... It doesn't take Ying Zheng seriously at all!

Outrageous!

Suddenly, a fire of ignorance ignited in Yingzheng's chest.

What qualifications do you have to dare to defy him? He is the king chosen by fate, the most noble person of imperial bloodline in the Qin and Chu kingdoms for thousands of years! What flowed in his veins was the purest blood of the king!

"The purest ......" Thinking of this, Ying Zheng's thoughts couldn't help but stagnate. It was as if something sharp was stuck in the heart, with a cold and sinister mockery.

At this moment, he suddenly woke up, and only then did he recall that what flowed in his body was no longer the purest blood of the king......

The so-called blood of the king is actually a symbol of the emperor's status.

For thousands of years, Qin and Chu have always inherited imperial power with the hereditary system of royal descendants. This makes the politics of Qin and Chu have always maintained a high degree of centralization, and it also makes the entire imperial power of Qin and Chu from ancient times to the present day only have the surname "win".

One of the main reasons why Qin Chu was able to establish such an imperial power system in the first place was because of the "blood of the king". One thousand one hundred and twenty-eight years ago, the royal family surnamed Ying established one thing through various deeds such as celestial signs, oracles, star signs, folklore, etc. Their royal people have a blood that is different from all beings in their bodies, capable of burning and devouring the blood of other beings on contact, and are born with an inexplicable deterrent to other beings.

This kind of blood is a symbol of imperial power and the imperial throne, so they win the surname of the royal family, which is the royal family to which the Mandate of Heaven belongs.

As a result, the whole country bowed to the head, and the hereditary system of imperial power was established. In the following 1,128 years, Qin and Chu had only one royal family, only an emperor surnamed "Win", and there was never a rebellion in history, and the power of the entire country was firmly controlled by the royal family.

But in fact, the so-called "blood of the king" still gives people a very vague feeling. Now, thousands of years have passed, and more and more people have doubts about the "blood of the king" in their hearts, and apart from the royal family's insistence on using it as a symbol, not many people really believe it.

Even Yingzheng himself unceremoniously thinks that this is just a beautiful means used by his royal ancestors to consolidate imperial power.

But this is not the case, the "blood of the king" really exists.

And this point was later told to Yingzheng by Bian Que, who had studied the ancient demon way.

According to some historical records about the "reincarnation day" in ancient stone tablets, the "blood of the king" does exist, and it is indeed a symbol of the emperor's status.

It's just that the "blood of the king" does not belong to the royal family surnamed Win, and it is not inherited by the bloodline.

The "blood of the king" can only appear under one condition, that is, in the leader to whom the Mandate of Heaven refers. It's a pity that the "King's Blood" is only briefly mentioned in the Ancient Demon Dao, and no more details on its principles, so the concept behind it is still very vague.

However, in Bian Que's personal understanding, the so-called leader of the Mandate of Heaven should not refer to a human king in a narrow sense, but to the king-like existence of any race and any life in this world who can lead the whole and shock all things.

Just like the candle dragon is the leader of all tyrant dragons, it can also be the king of wild monsters and monsters all over the world.

Therefore, it is clearly recorded in the ancient demon path that the candle dragon is a creature with the highest purity of "king's blood".

Although the Candle Dragon, an elemental lifeform with a golden red body, can't see that it has blood in its body at all, it can also be understood that the golden red of the Candle Dragon's body is its blood. This also makes the "blood of the king" detached from the concrete material, and more inclined to the abstract concept.

A concept of imperial status symbols.

However, there is no mention of the screening of the purity of the "king's blood" in the records of ancient stone tablets, but there is such a theory based on the legends of the Three Realms since ancient times.

The person with the purest "king's blood" will give birth to an imperial appearance.

The so-called emperor's appearance is a special difference from ordinary people, and it is said that there are several kinds of emperors. But the years have passed, and there are different opinions, all the fantastical claims have appeared, and all the evidence-based claims have been denied. Over the millennia, there is only one statement that has been recognized by many, but few people remember it.

That is, it is rumored that the person with the purest "King's Blood" will give birth to a pair of eyes as bright as a dragon.

This so-called emperor's appearance is the dragon's bright pupil!

And Ying Zheng, he is the one who was born with the dragon's bright pupils, and he is the only person in the Qin Chu royal family who has this imperial appearance for thousands of years!

Therefore, Bian Que and the others are sure that what flows in Ying Zheng's body is the blood of the king of extreme purity.

And Ying Zheng himself is not surprised by this, because he has always believed that he is the emperor born to unify the three realms. If the blood in his body still carries some kind of symbol of destiny, it is also a normal thing.

But because of the confirmation of "King's Blood", one thing has changed, and it has given Ying Zheng a special idea.

A terrible thought, to be exact!

If what flows in his body is the purest king's blood, and the ancient creature candle dragon also has the purest king's blood, then what happens when two beings who have both king's blood meet?

Ying Zheng doesn't know, but it's not hard to guess......

It is impossible to have two emperors in one world.

Either he will be destroyed, or the candle dragon will be destroyed, or they will both be destroyed.

However, Ying Zheng also came up with another bolder speculation, that is, fusion!

Because only by merging can the symbiosis of the two emperors be realized. Unless at least one of them perishes, the end result will inevitably be fusion.

Although he is human, the candle dragon is a dragon. He is a material life, and the candle dragon is an elemental life. But they all possess the highest purity of the king's blood, and with the king's blood as the core, they will surely achieve a kind of fusion of life!

Admittedly, this was an extremely bold idea, but Ying Zheng, he finally made a decision based on this, gambling on the success or failure of his life, and establishing the fusion with the candle dragon as the most important step in his grand imperial plan.

It's insane!

The only people who knew Yingzheng's real emperor were Bai Qi and Bian Que, but they both felt that Yingzheng's idea was too crazy.

Ying Zheng himself knew how crazy his ideas were, and he could even imagine the great difficulties and dangers of such a decision, and even if he gambled everything, he would only get a small chance.

But he decided anyway, because he was sure that only by merging with the candle dragon - only by merging with the candle dragon could he realize his life's ambition.

He needs strength, strength that no one can beat, he needs an army, an army that can walk through the eternal rivers!

And all this can only be done by merging with the candle dragon!

So Ying Zheng gambled on his imperial power, on his country, on the lives of countless people, and on his life's ambition, and came here, the deepest part of Lingchi.

But he was now stiff, ridiculous, and even humble, standing here, facing two giant black pupils that had no eyes.

Ying Zheng knew that he was despised. He also possessed the blood of the king, standing in front of the candle dragon, but he was despised by the candle dragon in a lonely position.

Because the blood of the king in his body is no longer of the ultimate purity.

In order to refine that Blood Purifying Pill, he gave a drop of his own blood. Although Bian Que had solemnly admonished him that it was a sacrifice that would reduce the purity of his king's blood, he did so anyway.

So he came here with the blood of the king, which was no longer of the ultimate purity, and he still had illusions in his heart, and he deceived himself into wanting to talk to the candle dragon on an equal footing.

However, in the eyes of the candle dragon, he is just a clown who jumps off the beam, ridiculous and pathetic.

So much so that the candle dragon didn't respond at all, and didn't even bother to look at him.

Ying Zheng wanted to take a deep breath, but there was no air for him to breathe in the depths of Ling Chi. If you think about it, this is probably the first time in more than 20 years of his life that he has been despised.

After experiencing this inferiority, he has to face a bleak situation again.

But he doesn't regret it, and Yingzheng has never regretted the decision he made.

Even if the purity of the king's blood has not reached the extreme, even if he is no longer qualified to stand in the same position as the candle dragon, he does not regret it, and he does not give up!

In the middle of a deep groan, Ying Zheng suddenly blinked his eyes, and a strange light came out of his pupils.

Ying Zheng completely opened his dragon pupils, even if that tiny light was quickly submerged in the infinite golden red outside his body, but the moment he opened his eyes, his entire temperament changed immediately.

Without the slightest reservation, he completely unleashed his imperial aura.

This is provoking the candle dragon, or rather, declaring war on the candle dragon head-on. Ying Zheng's intention is very simple, if the impure blood of the king is no longer enough to support the confrontation between him and the candle dragon, then he will release his most important imperial appearance, even if it is forced, he must force the candle dragon to confront him.

Only when the confrontation began, did he have a chance to merge with the candle dragon, although it was more likely to be obliterated, or devoured, but Ying Zheng was not afraid - he had already abandoned everything and came to the depths of Ling Chi alone, what else was there to fear?

However, at the moment when the bright light in Yingzheng Long's pupils flashed and disappeared, the two huge black pupils floating in front of him also changed. They suddenly turned around for half a week, and a cluster of black light gathered on the center of the pupil, and it fell on Yingzheng anxiously.

Ying Zheng noticed that the candle dragon was staring at him, and even said - the candle dragon was looking at him now!

Those two huge black pupils were staring at his dragon pupils one-on-one.

At this moment, Ying Zheng's heart suddenly beat fast. It should have been a burden on the heart system caused by holding his breath for too long, after all, he had been deep into Ling Chi for more than five minutes. Ying Zheng thought so, but in fact, he knew in his heart, and more importantly, he really had a sense of fear in his subconscious.

When the candle dragon looked at him, he really felt a genuine fear. He wanted to deny it, but he couldn't fool himself.

It turns out that he is still a human being after all, and when facing a powerful monster, when facing a life with a higher purity of the king's blood than himself, he will also have a sense of fear, and even a trace of inferiority hidden in the shadow of fear.

It's ridiculous!

But Ying Zheng can't let this ridiculous become pathetic again. Even if he is really afraid, even if he really has an inferiority complex in his heart, he has to hold his breath and look at the candle dragon.

While facing the candle dragon, he also faced the fear and inferiority complex in his heart.

Because he is an emperor, how can he bring himself down?