Chapter 143: Sweeping Through the Den

There was no loud noise, just silently, a slit was torn through the barrier by Muria. Moreover, this slit, only the size of a soccer ball, was slowly healing.

Muria had not broken the legendary array protecting the castle; he lacked the capability to do so at the moment. He merely sought a shortcut, attempting to rip a hole in the vast legendary array.

"Not enough!" After collecting the void star gold that originally belonged to him from the crystal pedestal, Muria hesitated briefly before gathering all the void star gold collected and placed there by the Golden Dragon Mother.

Then, his gaze moved towards another crystal pedestal, which displayed other legendary metals: adamantine, mithril, orichalcum, meteoric iron, godbreaker iron, sunflame gold, thunder purple gold, hurricane green gold, ocean blue gold...

Inside the treasure vault of the Golden Dragon Mother, nearly all types of legendary metals were collected, and in astonishing amounts. It was unclear how many evil beings she had robbed to accumulate such substantial assets.

"Some of these legendary metals must have come from my father, and perhaps my grandfather," Muria thought as he observed the dazzling array of metals, with golden thunder shining in his eyes and radiant energy shooting meters away, quite strikingly.

After collecting all the void star gold from the vault, Muria's blood began to boil, his heart rate accelerating, making a sound like thunderous drums.

On his translucent jade-like white skin, fine dragon scales emerged, his eyes, now gleaming with thunder, silently transformed into draconic vertical pupils. Even on the sides of his forehead, six protrusions appeared, as if dragon horns were about to extend.

Dragon greed! Regardless of good or evil!

Take it all!

Take it all!

Take it all!

In a trance, a voice echoed by Muria's ear, incessantly tempting him to break all the crystal pedestals' shields and "take all" the legendary metals.

Muria furrowed his brow, carefully listening to this voice, which seemed like a devil's whisper. After a few moments, Muria realized that this voice was his own—these were indeed his truest desires.

Thus, Muria no longer hesitated, putting his thoughts into action.

He approached the crystal pedestal displaying adamantine, reached out, a legendary shield appeared, and he pressed down; moments later, the barrier shattered.

Muria reached inside and gathered all the adamantine into his storage ring.

Next, he approached the mithril pedestal, extended his palm, pressed down, the barrier shattered, and he collected all the mithril... orichalcum... meteoric iron... godbreaker iron... sunflame gold...

One by one, Muria broke open the crystal pedestals housing legendary metals, taking all the metals displayed by this seemingly frail boy.

"Ocean blue gold!" Muria stood before a pedestal displaying the deep blue metal, its azure radiance spreading out, making it feel like standing by the endless sea, with the sound of the tides subtly echoing in the ears.

"I'll pass on this one." Feeling a mild disgust and discomfort emanating from the ocean blue gold—fire dragons naturally detested anything related to water—Muria decided to bypass this particular pedestal.

Muria walked past the ocean blue gold and approached another pedestal, displaying a dirt-yellow metal—vast earth gold.

"The attributes don't match. These inherently attributed legendary metals don't suit me, and even if they came into my possession, they wouldn't unleash much power," Muria murmured. "Let's just take the three types of legendary metals that match my attributes and leave these..."

"Hmm!" Suddenly remembering something, Muria halted, broke the barriers protecting both the ocean blue gold and vast earth gold, and took a few pieces of each, not collecting them entirely, as they didn't suit him.

But,

"Better take some just in case they come in handy later."

Muria mused to himself.

Legendary metals can actually be categorized into two main types: one, like adamantine and mithril, is suitable for all professions and almost all creatures, having a very wide range of use.

The other type, like sunflame gold and thunder purple gold, carries inherent attributes and is far more precious to those with matching attributes. Even a two-for-one trade wouldn't suffice.

But if the attributes don't match or even contradict, they're like ribs without meat—useless to eat, but a pity to discard!

"Hmm!" After collecting a few pieces of mismatched legendary metals, Muria stopped, surveying the mostly emptied crystal pedestals around him.

Only six pedestals remained, displaying dawnlight gold, eternal night dark gold, vast earth gold, ocean blue gold, netherworld shadow gold, and eternal spirit gold—metals that mismatched or even opposed Muria's attributes.

Among them, netherworld shadow gold wasn't meant for living beings; it was intended for

 the undead.

But one was particularly special—eternal spirit gold, born in the most vital places, such as beneath the World Tree.

This metal is suitable for all living beings. For ordinary humans, carrying a piece the size of a fingernail could ward off diseases and extend life. If more were available, it could even elevate the life stage and double the lifespan.

However, for a being as advanced as Muria, the only use of eternal spirit gold was to speed up recovery when injured; its other effects were already ineffective on him.

"Though this metal doesn't match my attributes, it's still very useful to me. I'll take it all!" Muria broke the shield guarding the eternal spirit gold pedestal, sweeping away all the metals radiating with vibrant life energy.

"All the useful legendary metals have been taken." Muria's eyes, glowing with a golden light, swept over the ten or so conspicuously empty pedestals in the vault, a slight sense of guilt emerging within him, feeling perhaps he had gone a bit too far.

But soon, Muria suppressed this fleeting guilt. It was his mother, the Golden Dragon Mother Atelis, who had struck first; he was merely reciprocating in kind. Yes, that's it!

Besides, as a son, taking some "insignificant," "trivial" metals from his mother—what did it really matter? After all, to the vast wealth of the Golden Dragon Mother, these metals were surely just "a drop in the ocean."

"Let's take a bit more!" Muria looked around at the other crystal pedestals, which still displayed other legendary treasures, many of which were quite curious in appearance.