The air was filled with a strong and pungent smell of blood that harnessed great energy!
Ricky was frightened, forgetting about his curiosity and would rather retreat, but the strong message
that the Chaotic Fire Zone sent pushed him deeper into the dwelling.
Having trouble finding a way out, he entertained the idea of entering the dwelling as the Chaotic Fire
Zone indicated.
Surrounded by the light of the flame shield, Ricky went into the dwelling to the deep.
It took about half an hour for the pungent smell to reach its limit.
Not far away from him, Ricky saw a pool made of blood. It was about size of a hundred meters and the
blood was boiling, spurting fire to whoever dared to come close.
The blood exuded great energy. Ricky knew it would only take a single drop to destroy him.
As he got closer, the pool began to change. The boiling grew more violent and the great energy
merged all the blood together, shaping it into a dragon jumping and rolling up in the air.
Ricky felt familiar with the blood, for its smell resembled the dragon blood they absorbed from the lava
lake.
'Could this be the real dragon blood?' Ricky thought with doubt in his head.
With that great energy and power, it would be the only explanation, Ricky imagined. He was convinced
it was the real dragon blood.
"What a once in a lifetime opportunity!" The words burst out of him as he jumped out of excitement.
The dragon blood energy they found in the lava lake was way too little, even less than what they
imagined, but it enabled him to gain martial arts prowess. He could not help but fantasize about what
could this real dragon blood bring to him.
It took Ricky a moment to pull himself together.
Ricky knew he was currently unable to refine even a single drop of the dragon blood, let alone a whole
pool of it. He hoped that he could take the dragon blood away and refine them someday when he had
the strength.
But how to take them away? It shouldn't be any trouble with the Chaotic Fire Zone.
Ricky impulsively pushed the Chaotic Fire Zone to absorb the whole pool of dragon blood.
But it seemed that the pool had no intentions of being taken that easily. The dragon blood boiled more
violently, exuding an enormous amount of spiritual energy.
The energy grew bigger and smothered Ricky and his surroundings without causing him any harm.
The energy materialized itself into a giant fire dragon!
With its deafening roars, it was the fiercest great dragon he had ever laid eyes on. But it existed in a
virtual space, Ricky was unsure if it was real or was only inside his head.
"Oh boy, is this the real Great Dragon?" Ricky whispered to himself. He tried his best to act unfazed as
he saw the fire dragon's phantom.
The Great Dragon was the most powerful being in the world and was known to have the strongest
blood. How could he, a mere Blood Purification warrior, be so fortunate to see it with his own eyes? It
didn't matter if it was only a phantom.
Ricky hadn't had a good story to tell the other warriors for a long time. However, this should be enough
for him to brag for a lifetime.
But he knew that telling this story would only bring him death.
"It's been tens of millions of years. Finally, a living creature stands in front of me!" Next thing he knew,
an deep, old, and immense voice began to echo in his head.
"Young one, it seems that you have brought the outside Heaven Melting Fire under control. It shows
that you have the divine spiritual meridian of fire nature and that you are fit to become a God!"
"The...The Great Dragon, is that you who is speaking?" asked Ricky, unable to control the shivering in
his voice.
"Young one, do you see anyone else but myself?" the voice asked.
"No!" Ricky shook his head.
"The phantom is just an energy deposited tens of millions of years ago, and it won't last long. So, kid,
listen carefully every word I'm saying next."
"Yes, Great Dragon, please!"
"I died in a great war tens of millions of years ago but I created this small fire zone with the power I had
left before I died. I did it to protect my child," said the Great Dragon.
'It turns out that the Earth Fire Place was created by the Great Dragon.' It dawned on Ricky. At the
same time, Ricky was extremely curious about the Great Dragon's strength during its prime. Legends
said that the ones who were able to create zones were the strongest in the land.
"Here you are after so many years. Maybe it is time for my child to be reborn.
And it is his destiny to meet you, whether it would be prosperity or destruction you bring him. But I hope
that you could be an ally of my child and aid him in returning to the fire dragon tribe. I assure you that
the fire dragon tribe would generously repay you."
After the Great Dragon finished his words, the pool began to boil once again and a huge flame egg
began to rise from it.
Upon inspecting the egg, Ricky found a small fire dragon prancing inside the shell.
"Oh my god! This... this is the egg of the Great Dragon!" Ricky said with great disbelief.
"Young one, take my child to the Heaven Melting Fire to help with its incubation. It wouldn't be long until
my child is reborn into this world!" the Great Dragon said, almost begging to Ricky with love in his
voice.
Ricky knew that though the Great Dragon lost a huge amount of his power, he was still a caring parent.
And it hurt to say goodbye to his child.
He had no other choice but to trust Ricky, the first one who ever entered this space. It was all because
of the Chaotic Fire Zone.
If he had not met Ricky, his child would have waited longer to be reborn.
You could say a lot about Ricky, but he always knew how to keep a promise.
Upon learning the Great Dragon's story, Ricky made up his mind and committed seriously to his quest.
"Great Dragon, you have my word, I would take your child to the its tribe as long as my strength
allowed me!"
Of course Ricky also had his own agenda.
He hoped he would be good friends with the little fire dragon one day and it would be cool to have a fire
dragon buddy. But the idea of letting people see a fire dragon meant that he had to wait for his power to
grow stronger.
"Young one, I also give you my word, the fire dragon tribe would never forget what you did!" The Great
Dragon promised as he heard Ricky's sincerity.
After that, the Great Dragon disappeared, the voice and the phantom faded into nothing.
It had been tens of millions of years. Even the strongest had their limits.
"A real Fire Dragon Egg! Am I dreaming?" Ricky couldn't believe what just happened.
He turned and looked at that Fire Dragon Egg.
It was spinning fast.
As it spun, it absorbed the dragon blood from the pool. A whole pool of dragon blood was absorbed
before Ricky even realized.
"So...that's it? A whole pool of dragon blood gone in a matter of seconds? Shouldn't you keep some for
me?" said Ricky who was clearly unhappy about it.
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