That enormous wyvern suddenly flew, making everyone jump. Zanou almost let out a desperate scream.
'Don't move!' A voice spoke in their minds.
At the moment they were panicking, thinking they were going to die, Goku stopped them. They knelt down, not moving. The black wyvern simply soared into the air and disappeared.
Fortunately, the black wyvern didn't notice them. It was probably returning to the fourth level to hunt.
Everything returned to calm after it disappeared as their hearts settled. Just now, Langrum and Zanou almost wet themselves with fear. Shortly after, they felt a strange gaze and noticed it was coming from Mira; only then did they realize that they were clinging to each other in desperation. They then moved away with strange expressions.
"Pif... already clinging to another. Although my master seemed to make you satisfied earlier, his pet hasn't learned much from him yet. You shouldn't expect much from Zanou," Mira spoke with disapproving eyes.
Langrum, with her naturally green face, started changing color to red. She couldn't get angry with this little girl, and at the same time, she couldn't retort about what happened in that forest.
"Ouch!" Mira held her head, feeling the light slap from the whale, and fell silent.
Both heard everything but didn't want to retort because they had to focus. When everything was calm, the whale took a deep breath and looked at the hole. This time, even he jumped slightly in shock.
There was a giant space inside. It was like a palace. This space was the giant and lifeless cranial cavity of the life form. Moreover, there was a giant crystal inside, emitting a grayish light that illuminated the entire dark space; it was the light source they had seen outside earlier.
'This is also the true core of the seal of the fourth and fifth levels,' Gael commented mentally.
Zane focused entirely on that crystal for a few seconds. 'It's definitely a frightening Yin formation that keeps the seal. I don't know if I can master it quickly.' Zane spoke in a serious tone.
"There really is a dragon egg! Master...!"
Mira spoke excitedly, and her voice escaped a bit louder than intended, causing despair in Zanou and Langrum. Further from the crystal, a colossal black Wyvern slept while a grayish egg rested behind it.
Fortunately, the wyvern remained still, focused on digesting and cultivating the meal it had consumed, seeming to be the same one found on the fourth level.
Mira turned her gaze to the whale, noticing that its eyes were shining intensely. It focused its attention on a pool of black blood next to the formation crystal. The density of this blood surpassed thousands of times that found in the swamp, and there, a giant and radiant flower bloomed.
The fact that a pool of black blood had originated such a luminous flower was, in itself, frightening. With nine petals, all radiating deep Yang Qi, it contrasted strongly with the Yin nature of death in the blood.
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After a few seconds, they turned to the egg for a brief moment, then Gael commented curiously, 'Hm? Does this egg belong to a black Wyvern?'
Zane nodded and noticed a connection between the formation and the egg. 'There is a formation balancing the Yin in the blood, creating Yang power with the aim of completely nullifying the curse of this skeleton. The pure Yang flower was born as a result of this. It seems that ninety percent of the whole skeleton's curse has already been transformed into it.'
'It seems that the power of the formation purified a large part of the Yin power in the egg, and a large amount of Yang infiltrated the fetus. When it is born, it will be quite different from the parents... something more balanced, perhaps weaker or stronger, it's hard to say.'
Gael nodded satisfactorily; he didn't want Mira with a demonic pet, so this was more acceptable. Then, they felt piercing stares in their direction and took a deep breath before speaking. Zanou and Langrum were more interested in how they would get out.
"With some time, I can master a small part of this formation and take us out," Goku said, knowing what they were thinking. This was the formation that kept the seal in the two last levels and prevented them from being teleported out, after all.
Zanou and Langrum sighed, slightly relieved at this statement.
"But, the Yin density level of that blood is extremely pure and complete, something only possible to find in the divine world. That's why the founders of the three sects, in studying these laws, achieved great feats." The whale spoke slowly as a greedy look appeared in Zane and Gael's eyes.
Zane and Gael briefly fought against their greed. Fight? They definitely couldn't win. So, why fight? Without risks, there would be no gains; the two immediately agreed.
"We must take everything, even the egg." They murmured
Mira, obviously, was very happy to hear that.
If they missed this chance, who knew when they would have another? Moreover, it seemed that the nutrients from the corpse had essentially been almost completely drained. So, they became serious, thinking of a bold and practically suicidal plan.
The atmosphere became tense, and everyone looked at the whale. Zanou and Langrum practically had pleading expressions as they looked at him. As long as the leader agreed to leave, they would be willing to bow down to him in gratitude; they just had to reach the formation since Goku said he could use it to get them out. Why did he have to be so crazy?
"We have to risk everything. Everyone, listen to my instructions." The whale began to speak seriously.
"First, I will silently go to the crystal alone change the formation. Then, with my signal, Langrum will ignite her bloodlines to the maximum, waking the wyvern from its sleep. Chaos will ensue, and Zanou will steal the blood and the flower while Mira steals the egg. That way, I can take you away with the formation."
Langrum and Zanou almost went mad. "Are you crazy? I can't withstand a single move from that wyvern." Langrum shouted almost hysterically.
The whale explained calmly. "Everything will take a few seconds, don't worry. The wyvern is cultivating in meditation without defenses; we'll make it undergo a slight reversal, and its power won't even be at ten percent when it wakes up."
"You didn't notice, but this wyvern is a female. As soon as it rises to attack you, Mira will grab its egg, and it will know immediately. The female will never allow someone to take its egg, and even if it doesn't want it, with Zanou taking the other things from its home, it won't have a choice but to come back. You'll only be hit by the initial waves of attacks."
"Even so! My bloodlines aren't perfectly ignited; I had to burn all the accumulated Yang in previous battles." Langrum spoke incredulously, but suddenly a strange thought came to her mind, and her body trembled.
No one except her and the whale knew the solution to this, so he murmured. "Are you... okay?" The whale smiled, and Langrum fell strangely silent.
" Zanou, you have some good training to do. She needs your Yang. Deliver it to her!" The whale spoke seriously.
Both of them were immediately shocked.
"WHAT? I WILL NEVER HAVE SEX WITH THIS COWARD!" Langrum spoke loudly, then realized her blunder.
Everyone turned to the sleeping wyvern... it didn't move, seeming quite relaxed. After all, no one had ever invaded its territory before.
"You can't force me to do this!" Zanou muttered, trembling.
"What the hell are you two thinking? Look at how much you hate each other. Did you know? You only need a spark for all the hatred to suddenly transform into the most pure love!" The whale spoke sarcastically. The anger on Langrum and Zanou's faces was truly amusing to Gael.
"Look, I can even create a small dark cave for you. However, you can't let yourselves fall too deep into the pleasure of the act. The other wyvern will probably be back in one hour more or less, so you need to consummate the action before that." Gael was speaking and enjoying the contorted expressions of the two.
If that was really the only chance they had to go out, then they would probably choose to die there.
Too bad Zane wasn't in the mood for Gael's jokes. He quickly took control of the body and began to speak. "Alright, I'll stop the bullshit here since you two didn't notice the obvious yet. Zanou's flame core is practically pure Yang, idiots. He will only transfer a purer part of the flame core's energy to Langrum. There isn't really any sex involved."
Zane then looked at Langrum. "Or could it be you prefer me to do the dirt work again and let everyone see how much fun you were having back then?" He was obviously talking when he infused his Yang Energy into Langrum with the tattoos.
Suddenly, a silence hung in the air until everyone saw Langrum's eyes tremble. But it wasn't out of anger... and Mira finally seemed to understand their argument, clenching the hilt of her saber in clear fury.