LDP S3: The Jewel of the Underworld

Ch. 50 — Drip Your Blood!

The long-awaited Zhao Xu's arrival by Heilong and Lijian finally entered the Prince's private Pavilion.

Upon seeing Zhao Xu's arrival, Lijian hurriedly approached him and pleaded with him to go to the dungeon as well.

However, Zhao Xu resolutely refused Lijian's request because the rules that had been running for hundreds of years had to be kept.

In the rules of the Zhao Clan it was already written clearly that the ones who could try to enter the dungeon room were those who managed to return safely from the Mysterious World that was inside the ancient ruins.

Indirectly, the regulation had stated that Heilong did indeed have the qualifications to try to enter the dungeon, whereas Lijian did not.

Lijian could only see Heilong and Zhao Xu leaving this room and not try to follow stealthily.

**

During the trip leading to the dungeon room, Heilong got a bit of information about the prison conditions of the dungeon from Zhao Xu.

He eventually learns the fact that the key to entering the dungeon is not actually missing. However, the prison did not have a real key from the beginning.

In other words, the key to entering the dungeon was not actually a key or token, but something else that had a key-like function: the blood of selected members of the Clan.

And, the main requirement to become a chosen member of the Clan was to enter the Mysterious World that existed within the ancient ruins.

It seemed that there was indeed a special connection between the inheritance left behind by ancestor Xiao Zhao inside the ancient ruins with the dungeon prison that was inside the Zhao Clan Pavilion of the Star Birth Demon branch.

After walking down approximately a thousand steps, Heilong and Zhao Xu finally arrived in front of the prison gate of the dungeon.

At first glance Heilong felt that this place was too narrow to be a prison. Moreover, the gate that was in front of him had a fairly high size.

However, his thought was immediately refuted when he learned that the so-called prison gate of the dungeon turned out to be a dimensional portal that was sealed. Because, he could feel the existence of a fairly strong fluctuation of Space Dao energy from behind that gate.

'It is only fitting that this gate does not have a real key.' Heilong thought as he stared fixedly at the gate.

“Follow me.”

Zhao Xu then brought Heilong to the right of the gate where there was a one-meter-high stone similar to an inscription.

“Drop your blood on the surface of this stone. If you are the chosen one, then the gate will instantly open and let you in to retrieve the legacy that is inside there.”

“Are there no special conditions before I incubate my blood?” Heilong looked around the new inscription as he sensed something was strange but he did not dare to tell Zhao Xu.

“Nothing. Just drop your blood on the surface of the stone and the door will open by itself if you are the chosen one.”

In accordance with Zhao Xu's instructions, Heilong immediately injured the tip of his index finger and hatched his blood on the stone. However, there was absolutely no change whatsoever to the gate of the dungeon.

Zhao Xu took a deep breath filled with regret. He was hopeful that Heilong was the chosen descendant. This is the first time a prince has tried to open the door of a prison cellar.

In addition, he had actually also prepared some devious plans to be able to hold Heilong close to the inscription stone after successfully opening the gate and allowing himself to enter first.

However, fate was of another will and the Zhao Clan had to wait for the descendants of the next generation to be able to open this gate.

Zhao Xu finally drove Heilong back to the Prince's personal Pavilion because there was no point in the two of them being in this place.

**

The current time had indicated midnight and all the members of the Zhao Clan were resting, except for the guards who did have their own time off.

Heilong quietly slipped into the dungeon by utilizing the power of the Space Dao.

It was not a difficult matter for Heilong to infiltrate the dungeon unbeknownst to others as he had obtained the exact location of this place. Moreover, the place was only guarded by some defensive formations that had neither eyes nor hearing so he was more free to sneak in.

In just five breaths of time, Heilong had moved from the Prince Pavilion and had currently stood before the stone inscription used to open the gate.

“Basic old villain! Do you think I didn't smell your rotten plan at all,” Heilong said visibly annoyed as he found some hidden traps near the stone inscription.

All of those traps were defense-type formations that functioned to ensnare the enemy's movements so as not to be able to move to escape.

When he first entered this place together with Zhao Xu, Heilong was actually suspicious when he saw Zhao Xu's strange grin that sneered cunningly as he was about to drip his blood onto the surface of the stone inscription.

Therefore, when injuring the tip of his index finger, he, he instantly stopped the flow of time around him with the power of Time Dao and replaced his blood droplets with the blood of the Star-Eating Shark monster that Lijian had given him on the way to the Demon Birth Star.

Now in this place there was only himself, so he would have no one else to take advantage of him.

Without wasting any more time, Heilong immediately dripped his blood onto the surface of the inscription stone.

And …

The stone inscription began to tremble vigorously and then gave rise to a golden-colored array of letters that immediately flew towards the gate.

The prison gate of the dungeon finally opened after all the arrangement of the golden letters completed the incomplete part of the gate.

Heilong immediately entered the dimensional portal behind the gate and walked down a dimensional passage that was long enough to not be seen at the end.

Meanwhile, the conditions outside the gate had returned to how they were after Heilong entered the dimensional portal. There was absolutely no trace of anything if one had successfully entered the dungeon prison.