Chapter 517: Chapter 516: The Power from the Source of the World!

“Ohhh!”

The intense pain caused King Kong to involuntarily release his right hand that was grasping the Time Dragon’s neck. Covering its eyes with both hands, it let out a cry of agony. The Time Dragon took advantage of the situation to transform into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared once again. Then, as if repeating the process, it appeared behind King Kong once more, and stomped down hard on its head!

“Roar–!”

However, at that very moment, the previously pained and nearly frenzied King Kong suddenly turned around and spread its arms towards the Time Dragon that was lunging towards it. Perhaps because it didn’t expect the great ape to feign insanity, the Time Dragon was caught unaware and crashed straight into King Kong’s embrace.

Immediately afterward, the great ape let out an angry roar, its arms encircling and firmly locking the Time Dragon in its arms!

But…

“Bang!”

Just as King Kong was closing its arms, the Time Dragon exploded like a squeezed balloon. A burst of flames met its face head-on, smearing all over King Kong’s face. At the same time, Fang Zheng once again emerged from the shadow behind King Kong, and with a fierce flick, the Time Dragon’s tail whooshed like a long whip from behind, striking King Kong’s head heavily.

“Bang!”

As a member of the Dragon Race, the Time Dragon’s strength was not to be underestimated. Fang Zheng’s full-force blow hit King Kong at the back of its head, stunning the great ape into confusion. However, King Kong’s thick skin and flesh meant it recovered quickly, turning around and launching a punch towards Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng, who had been well-prepared, took to the air with a flap of his wings, just as he landed his blow, distancing himself from King Kong yet again. But King Kong was not so easily dissuaded. It watched Fang Zheng as he prepared to ascend higher, and let out another furious roar. At the same time, King Kong started to sprint towards Fang Zheng like a long-jump athlete, then powerfully leaped, moving from one mountain peak to another with an agility resembling a nimble monkey (which it basically was), trying to catch Fang Zheng by jumping into the air. Clearly, it intended to use this method to seize him and drag him down from the sky!

Good timing!

Watching King Kong pounce towards him, a sharp light flashed in Fang Zheng’s golden eyes, and he opened his mouth wide, took a deep breath, and then forcefully exhaled.

Breath of Banishment!

The magnificent power of time surged forth once more, yet just like before, it had no effect on the great ape. However, Fang Zheng did not care, for his true target was never King Kong!

“Swoosh!”

Just as King Kong was about to land on the mountain peak, the previously imposing mountain vanished into thin air under the effect of the Breath of Banishment, losing a good portion of itself. Because it never expected its foothold to disappear, King Kong lost its balance and fell to the ground with a misstep.

But before King Kong could stand up again, the previously disappeared mountain peak reappeared!

“——–!”

This time, King Kong let out a piercing scream of pain. The spot where it had fallen was exactly where the mountain had been banished by Fang Zheng’s Breath of Banishment. And as the mountain reappeared, it naturally reclaimed its space, creating a large hole in the belly of King Kong. Under the severe pain, King Kong finally could no longer fight, struggling desperately to free itself from the mountain’s grasp, but it was too late.

“Indeed, to subdue Monkey Sun, one must look to the Five Elements Mountain,” Fang Zheng said.

Watching this scene, Fang Zheng slowly descended onto another nearby mountain peak, his face wearing a smug smile as he looked at the creature before him. From the battle just now, Fang Zheng had realized that this great ape named King Kong, much like a certain unfortunate male, seemed to have an innate ability to neutralize supernatural powers. Given that, Fang Zheng immediately altered his tactics, applying his power to objects other than King Kong himself.

Fang Zheng’s guess was proven correct,

While his Breath of Banishment had little effect on King Kong, it was still very useful against other things in this world. And King Kong’s ability appeared only to resist forces from outside this world, not having much defense against attacks originating from within this world.

What Fang Zheng had done was to use the Breath of Banishment to exile the mountain that King Kong used for footing five seconds into the future. When King Kong lost its balance and fell, the mountain would reemerge in this world. Originally, Fang Zheng had only wanted to experiment, but it seemed that the experiment was quite successful.

It was clear that King Kong’s end was near, its body impaled by the vast mountain with no possibility of escape. As Fang Zheng gazed upon King Kong, suddenly a premonition surfaced in his mind—-it was now time to use the Breath of Plunder!

“Hoo——–”

After sensing the premonition that surged in his mind, Fang Zheng did not hesitate and hastily opened his mouth towards the King Kong in front of him, taking a deep breath.

Breath of Plunder!

As Fang Zheng unleashed the Breath of Plunder, he seemed to hear a “crack” around the King Kong’s body as if something transparent shattered. The next moment, Fang Zheng felt a continuous flow of the Power of Time pouring into his body!

Was that strange barrier gone? No, not gone!

Fang Zheng could feel that alongside the torrent of time he was absorbing, there were some peculiar things like “fragments” mixed in, entering his body with the Power of Time. This sensation was similar to when Fang Zheng devoured that male dragon in the Fire Dragon World, but the energy contained within the King Kong was far more abundant. If the power the male dragon from the Fire Dragon Empire World was like tiny Mars sparks, then the sensation the King Kong was imparting to Fang Zheng was akin to an unending stream of molten lava!

The scorching power merged indistinguishably with the Power of Time into Fang Zheng’s body, and at the same time, system prompts once again emerged before his eyes.

[User has merged with Source of the World X1]

[Time Dragon evolution beginning]

[System upgrade imminent]

With the appearance of these prompts, Fang Zheng also felt his body becoming lethargic once more, clearly a sign that the Time Dragon was about to grow again!

But speaking of which, what exactly was the Source of the World?

Although he felt perplexed, Fang Zheng did not dwell on it, knowing from past experience that the Time Dragon’s growth would take some time and that he would fall into a deep sleep. Although, in theory, sleeping here should not pose any dangers, Fang Zheng was not willing to court trouble with an attitude of “better safe than sorry.”

So, struggling against the drowsiness, he opened a Dimensional Gate and subsequently summoned Lulana and a few worker bees, while casually pulling in a wave of Zerg troops.

“Build a base here, be careful not to be discovered, I am going to evolve, protect me!” he commanded Lulana.

After issuing the order to Lulana, Fang Zheng closed his eyes and then fell into a deep sleep.

In this deep slumber, Fang Zheng once again felt the pulse of his body. The gene map from before surfaced again in his mind. Much like when he killed the Shadow Dragon, through his own gene map, Fang Zheng could clearly see golden points of Radiance spreading through his genes. What puzzled him was that these golden points did not get absorbed by the Zerg genes like the Shadow Dragon’s power over shadows did before. Instead, these golden points seemed to dissolve like sugar into his blood and genes, and following this, the genetic parts of Fang Zheng’s body representing humans, Zerg, and the genes of Time and Shadow Dragons began to inflate slowly like air-filled balloons.

As the genes “expanded” and “enlarged,” Fang Zheng could feel the blood flow within his body speed up, his bones and muscles, everything, began to burn as intense pain seared through him. Amidst this pain, a scorching power rapidly emerged, merging into his body…

Eventually, Fang Zheng’s genes stopped expanding, and then, he slowly opened his eyes.

But when Fang Zheng opened his eyes and looked at his body again, even with mental preparation, the sight before him startled him.

“Holy moly! Did I just consume Golden Fertilizer?!” he exclaimed.

No wonder Fang Zheng was so astonished. Previously, in his Time Dragon form, his body length was less than fifty meters, but now, his body actually measured over a hundred meters!

He had truly become an enormous creature!

And with this growth, Fang Zheng successfully evolved from a Young Dragon to an Adult Dragon, and simultaneously, his Time Manipulation skill had been upgraded from C-grade to B-grade!

Tsk tsk tsk…

Looking at his data, Fang Zheng couldn’t help feeling solemn.

This was a profitable gain indeed!