Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 186 Another World

Li Chenglong and the alien continued their fierce battle in the other dimension, causing the surrounding space to tremble. Suddenly, a rift opened in space, and the Kiel alien seized the opportunity to jump in. Li Chenglong, naturally, wouldn't let him go easily and chased after him with his sword.

As they chased, the Kiel alien ahead seemed to have finished its fusion phase, emitting a faint glow before splitting into two. Li Chenglong was overjoyed, catching up with the lone one behind and continuing the fight, while the leader, Lagula, seeing the situation was turning against him, made a hasty retreat.

As the spatial rift drew to a close, Li Chenglong gradually gained the upper hand in the battle. He sheathed his Dragon Emperor Sword and engaged Jedora in close combat. Initially, Jedora was able to defend himself, but gradually his stamina waned, and he was struck repeatedly by Li Chenglong's heavy punches. Li Chenglong seized the opportunity to finish him off: "Dragon and Phoenix Heaven-Shaking Fist!" He unleashed both fists simultaneously, and the dragon and phoenix fist energy pierced directly through Jedora's chest, rendering his opponent utterly dead.

He was now at his limit, his body uncontrollably plummeting towards the exit of the crevice. Due to the backlash from unleashing his full physical energy and the eruption of the highest-grade dragon-phoenix blood, he felt as if his entire body was breaking apart, experiencing excruciating pain. He could no longer muster any strength and could only let his body fall downwards.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the sky above a forest, and two people fell through it one after the other. The one in front had two large holes in his chest and had been dead for some time. The one behind was not much better off. After falling out of the crack, his body fell straight down, breaking through more than a dozen branches before stopping between the intersecting branches of two large trees.

Just then, three people—an old woman and two young girls—slowly approached. Although they were human, their appearance was quite different from humans. Most notably, they all had a pair of white wings on their backs, golden hair, and antler-like structures on their ears. Otherwise, they were just like humans. The little boy walked happily ahead, while the girl held the hand of an elderly woman, occasionally urging the boy not to run off. The two teenagers looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, while the old woman appeared to be at least seventy or eighty.

As the boy ran, he suddenly yelled, then collapsed to the ground, pointing ahead and trembling as he said, "Ki...Kiel aliens!" The girl exclaimed in alarm, "Where? Where? Grandma, hide quickly! Don't let them find us! My brother and I will lead them away!" With that, she let go of the old woman's hand and ran forward.

When she approached, she discovered it was a mangled corpse of a Gil alien. Were it not for the distinctive horns and skin, it would have been impossible to identify it as a Gil. She cautiously stepped forward and gently kicked the Gil a few times, as if afraid it might suddenly come back to life. Once she was certain the Gil was completely dead, she quickly said, "Brother, get the knife and cut off those horns. Gil horns are treasures. As for the body, bury it quickly, the cleaner the better. Make sure no one finds it."

Upon hearing this, the boy quickly took out a wood-chopping knife from the basket he was carrying in his right hand and handed it to his sister. The girl then deftly began to split the skull of the Kiel alien. She gripped the wood-chopping knife tightly with both hands, and the knife emitted bursts of white light, becoming extremely sharp. In just a few strokes, she chopped off the two horns.

While her sister was busy, the boy quickly dug a five-meter-deep pit with his hands. After she finished, he threw the corpse of the Kiel alien into it. At this moment, the old woman slowly walked over from behind, looked at the now-filled pit, and said, "You made it too obvious. It's easy for people to discover what's buried here." With that, she pushed her hands forward, releasing pale green energy. Soon, wild grass, indistinguishable from the rest of the area, grew, completely concealing the trace. The girl excitedly handed the two horns to her grandmother. The old woman smiled and nodded, "They're actually the horns of a level 10 Kiel alien, and judging by the looks of it, they'll be level 11 soon."

The old woman placed the horn in the basket and then said, "Go up and put that person down, but be gentle; he's badly injured." Only then did they notice a person hanging from a tree branch about 10 meters above the ground. The two exchanged a glance, spread their wings, flew high into the air, and gently lowered Li Chenglong down. Their wings were real wings, unlike the psionic wings that Li Chenglong and Erica possessed.

The girl straightened her wings. "It's been a long time since I've flown, I'm a bit rusty. Grandma, is this an alien? Why does it look different from us, and different from the Kiel aliens?" The old woman nodded. "This should be a human from Earth, the legendary third planet in the solar system, but it's not quite what's described. According to what I've read, humans are relatively fragile creatures, not at all with such a strong physique. Moreover, I found a microcomputer and psionic energy inside it, and even a psionic space. Could it be related to the planet Merar?"

The boy exclaimed in surprise, "Wasn't Merar completely wiped out by the alien alliance? Are there any survivors?" The old woman didn't answer, but instead said, "Let's take him back." The girl nodded, then whistled, and soon a winged horse arrived swiftly. The two of them helped Li Chenglong onto the horse, and they rode off at a leisurely pace into the distance.

Along the way, the old woman carefully examined Li Chenglong's body and exclaimed in amazement: "I can sense the characteristics of an Earthling on him, as well as the characteristics of the planet Merar, and there is something I have never seen before. However, he is seriously injured. Not to mention the external injuries, he has multiple fractures all over his body, internal organ damage, and his mental energy is almost completely exhausted. If it weren't for his special constitution, he would have died long ago."

The girl smiled and asked, "Grandma, can you heal him? Since he killed the Kiel alien, he can't be a bad person." The boy immediately replied, "I feel we should be cautious. Those who kill bad people aren't necessarily good people." The old woman slowly said, "Let's save him first, otherwise he won't last long. Xiao Cui, go and collect some medicinal herbs for me." As she finished speaking, a faint green light emanated from her eyes and flew directly into the girl's eyes. The girl closed her eyes, sensed for a few seconds, and smiled, saying, "Okay, I'll go now." Then she left.

The boy and the old woman reached the deepest part of the forest, where a two-story wooden house stood. It was quite spacious, surrounded by many exotic flowers and plants that shimmered in the sunlight. The boy easily carried Li Chenglong on his back and placed him in a clean room on the second floor before gently setting him down. The old woman then began to tidy up the pair of horns the girl had given him earlier. He easily broke them into several pieces, placed them in a medicine pot, and began to pound them with a hammer. The boy, meanwhile, fetched water to prepare a meal.

A moment later, the girl came in carrying a full basket of herbs and handed it to the old woman. The old woman had already taken out various medicinal herbs from a cabinet behind her. The two of them worked together, one chopping the herbs into sections and the other grinding them into powder. Then they went to a room on the first floor. In this room was a large water vat. They poured the herbs they had just prepared into it, and the old woman also took out a pot of pale green liquid and poured it all in as well. After finishing, the boy poured buckets of boiling water into the vat. Then, as instructed by the old woman, he lifted Li Chenglong down and threw him into the vat, leaving only his head above the water.

The old woman glanced outside. "It should be ready by tomorrow morning. We don't need to worry about it. Let's start eating. Oh, and I'll have something special for you today." With that, she casually waved her hand, and flame fruits flew out of Li Chenglong's psionic space, quickly filling the medicine basket. The old woman smiled and said, "These are flame fruits, a specialty of Planet Meral. I haven't had them for hundreds of years. Xiao Cui, go wash some, and you can try them later. They're quite delicious. After you finish them, juice the rest and mix them with the powder in the medicine pot, then give it to him."

The three of them ate a simple meal together, and afterwards the old woman went upstairs to rest. The remaining two washed and put away the dishes, then mixed the freshly squeezed juice with the medicine powder that their grandmother had just prepared and forced Li Chenglong to drink it. After that, the two left the room and returned to their own rooms to rest. However, after they left, the old woman suddenly appeared in Li Chenglong's room. She placed her hand on Li Chenglong's forehead, and after a minute, smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad, just a little lacking in strength." Then she disappeared again.

In the afternoon, the old woman came to Li Chenglong's room again with her grandchildren. She used her abilities to treat Li Chenglong for an hour. By then, Li Chenglong's external injuries had basically healed, and his internal injuries had also recovered to a considerable extent under the effects of the medicine. The old woman said to the boy, "El, take out that bottle of medicine I treasure. Give him half to drink, and pour the other half into this liquid to continue soaking." The boy nodded, and a minute later he came in carrying a bottle that was over a meter tall, saying as he walked, "Grandma, what's in this? Why is it so heavy?"

The old woman snatched the bottle as if it were an apple, then poured half of it into the liquid soaking Li Chenglong. She then had her grandson pry open Li Chenglong's mouth and slowly poured it in. Afterward, the old woman said, "This is Aizamre metal." The boy named El exclaimed in surprise, "Our planet's most precious treasure, Aizamre liquid metal? Grandma, you're so generous! I remember it takes fifty years to extract 100 kilograms of that metal, and you've used so much of it for him this time!"

The old woman smiled and said, "This large pot contains 300 kilograms. The most valuable thing about this metal is that no matter who you are, it will integrate into your genes and replicate along with your genes. It greatly enhances an individual's physical strength and also has the ability to quickly self-repair." Xiao Cui said in surprise, "Isn't that like a metal man? Is he still a real person?" The old woman said, "No, it just enters the genes, which is equivalent to strengthening the person from the genes, but it won't transform the person into a metal robot. He can still get married and have children later, without any problem, although he is already married."

After the three finished chatting, they went outside. If you looked closely, you would see that the liquid metal of Izamlai that had been poured into the medicine was rapidly seeping into Li Chenglong's skin. Fortunately, he was unconscious, otherwise he would have been tormented by the intense pain.

The old woman went out and said, "I intend to give him your father's G-Crystal as well. It's his keepsake, so I'd like to hear your opinions." El and Xiao Cui's father, naturally, was the old woman's son. In his lifetime, he was a Level 11 superhuman and the strongest scientist on this planet. He had researched and developed the G-Crystal, which could greatly enhance a person's combat abilities. Later, the news was inadvertently leaked, attracting the covetous eyes of the Kiel aliens, Dane aliens, and Bozan aliens. On his way home, he was attacked by these three forces, but they failed to find the G-Crystal.

It turned out the man had known all along that someone was after the G-Crystal, so he contacted his mother beforehand, entrusting the G-Crystal and his two children to her. Later, in order to find the G-Crystal, a three-way coalition attacked their planet. In the end, the old woman used her abilities to carve out this peaceful land, where she lived with her grandchildren. However, recently they had encountered many enemies who had mistakenly wandered in, and the place had become less safe. The old woman was already thinking of moving, but then Li Chenglong appeared.

The two women exchanged a glance and nodded. Xiao Cui said, "We're willing. My brother and I are both support-oriented superpower users, so even if we use this G-Crystal, it won't be of much use. But if we give it to him, his strength will be at least two or three times stronger than it is now. We'll have a much better chance of getting revenge. The only problem is that he might be a bad person." The old woman nodded, "He's definitely not a bad person. I can guarantee you that. I'll have a good talk with him when he wakes up."

After a while, the girl brought over a crystal about the size of her fist, which displayed 15 different colors. The old woman took the crystal, tossed it into the medicinal liquid, and it immediately jumped in. The liquid then emitted a dazzling array of colors and gradually entered Li Chenglong's stomach. The old woman nodded in satisfaction: "Let him rest for the night. Oh, and El, light a fire under the medicinal steel later to heat it up. He's currently a level 10 superhuman, so he's not afraid of high temperatures, but he's afraid of poor absorption if the temperature is too low."

The boy smiled and said, "Okay, Grandma, I'll heat it up for him now." After saying that, the boy breathed flames and started burning the bottom of the medicine jar.