I Am—Black Dragon King

"Hu… I succeeded."

Qi Chen laid in the cave and heaved a sigh of relief.

He opened the status.

[Level: 8/10]

[Speed: 9.9/10]

[Defense: 9.9/10]

[Attack: 8/10]

[Enhancement Points: 0]

He had successfully reached level eight.

In the outskirts of the Dark Forest, he could be considered the boss of a region.

However, the position of the boss would not last long.

In just a few days, regardless of whether it was the overlords who could summon clouds and rain with a flip of their hands or the rookies who had just entered the path of cultivation, they would all flock over.

The legacy of the strongest from ten thousand years ago.

It was still very tempting.

Now is not the time to rest. I cannot stop!

Qi Chen swallowed the fig hidden in his mouth.

[Beep! The host has consumed an extremely rare and precious fig, obtained 3 enhancement points!]

Qi Chen's heart skipped a beat.

He did not expect the fig to provide him with 3 enhancement points!

This was enough for him to level up once more.

However, Qi Chen did not choose to directly level up again.

Over these few days, Qi Chen noticed there was a small side effect to his manual approach of leveling up.

Large amounts of energy were poured into the meridians, causing them to expand rapidly.

This caused cracks to appear on the walls of the meridians.

These cracks would automatically heal within a day. However, Qi Chen guessed that if he continuously broke through one level after another, his meridians might probably rupture.

Qi Chen didn't know what would happen if his meridians ruptured, and he didn't want to try.

Since I'm already at the level right, and the tower is completely exposed, I might as well go take a look at that strange place and scout out the terrain.

Qi Chen thought to himself.

Without delay, he immediately set off.

But when Qi Chen arrived at the periphery of this strange land, he realized that he was already late.

There were already countless demon beasts and humans gathered here.

Both sides were ready to fight, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. The atmosphere was extremely heavy.

They looked like they were about to start a fight.

"Humans, you are too much!"

A brown-furred lion king spoke in human language and stood in front of the demon beasts, staring at the people not far away.

"Humph, Lion King, everyone can enter this Dragon King's Inheritance Tower."

An old man held a three-foot-long azure sword in his hand and said indifferently, "So what now? Do you demon beasts want to stop us?"

"This Inheritance Tower belongs to everyone, but this Dark Forest doesn't! You humans are not welcome here in this forest!"

"Whether this forest belongs to everyone or not, it's not up to you to decide." A handsome young man stepped into the air from the crowd and looked down at the group of demon beasts.

[Prompt: Nine hundred meters ahead, one Third Realm level-three mutated beast has appeared!]

Third Realm level-three!

Qi Chen couldn't help but cry out in alarm. Such an expert could probably turn him into a fried egg with a single slap.

Qi Chen did not intend to get involved in this farce. He passed through the crowded beast tide and carefully rolled forward in the grass.

During this period of time, he noticed that the Third Realm human expert had glanced at him before withdrawing his gaze.

Qi Chen was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat. An existence that could turn him into a fried egg with a slap was not someone he could afford to provoke right now.

The communication between humans and demon beasts continued.

"Lion King, why don't you and I each take a step back? During this period of time where the legacy is activated, we will not harm any demon beasts above level one. As for you demon beasts, you cannot harm humans on our side. How about it?"

The youth smiled.

"…"

The Lion King was somewhat hesitant. The big shots of the demon beasts and humans had yet to arrive, but the humans already had a Third Realm expert.

If both sides were to really fight, it would be hard to say who would win. However, the demon beasts would definitely pay a huge price.

Qi Chen rolled across the grass.

He only stood up when the system's scanning notification disappeared.

At this moment, in the unknown area, the terrifying silence and strangeness had already disappeared.

The system's warnings had also stopped.

However, there was still no demon beast or human here.

Qi Chen guessed that there was some agreement between humans and demon beasts.

No one was allowed to enter the Inheritance Tower until both parties had gathered.

"Right now, all the demon beasts, regardless of their ranks, have joined forces. The same goes for the humans. It's not good for me to attack them."

Qi Chen, who had originally planned to survey the terrain, had no choice but to change his plans.

"Why don't I take advantage of the moment when both sides are on guard against each other to sneak into the Inheritance Tower and gain the initiative?"

"That tower is so big, it must be hard to meet Liu Xingchang."

"Hahahahahaha! Kid, you have guts!"

Just as Qi Chen made his decision and was about to take action, another voice suddenly resounded in his mind.

"Who?!"

Qi Chen was shocked. "Who's talking!?"

"Why are you so surprised? Didn't I greet you before?"

The voice sounded helpless and puzzled.

"Greet me before?"

Qi Chen was stunned. He started to think carefully. He seemed to have heard this vigorous and powerful voice in his head before, but he could not recall it at the moment.

"Let this old man help you remember. The strange place."

"Strange place?"

A thought flashed through Qi Chen's mind, and he said excitedly, "I remember now, you're the one who was laughing especially wretchedly!"

"I…"

After hearing Qi Chen's words, that voice paused for a long time, unable to say anything.

After a long while, the other party finally came back to his senses. "You brat, you actually dare to call me wretched. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have saved you."

"Do you know that when you were sneaking in just now, you were already discovered by that Third Realm human kid? If I hadn't erased your aura, you would already be a bowl of egg soup."

"Ah, this—"

Qi Chen was enlightened. No wonder that person shifted his gaze away just now. It turned out that he had someone helping him.

"Thank you for your help."

Qi Chen said respectfully.

"Hehe, now you know how powerful I am, right?"

The voice sounded very pleased.

"But, senior, why did you save me?"

Qi Chen believed that there was nothing special about him other than the system.

However, outsiders could not tell that he had this thing such as the system.

"Why did I save you? That's a long story. In short, I see hope in you."

Qi Chen: ???

"It's still too early to tell you all this. Just treat it as me placing a bet on you."

"I see…" Qi Chen nodded." Senior, can you show yourself so that I can thank you properly? "

"Look up. Do you see that tall tower?"

"I see it."

"That's me."

Qi Chen: ???

The voice said proudly, "I am the Inheritance Tower. I am the Black Dragon King."