Worthless Profession: Dragon Tamer

Chapter 652, The Withered Land

Translator: Silavin

Originally, in the description by the Starry Sky Ancestor, the scenery of the Valley of Life was even more beautiful than Dragon Domain. It was supposed to be an absolute paradise.

Here, there were only trees, flowers, grass, mountains, streams, and clear springs, without even any other miscellaneous Monster.

If the Rootless Dragons were unwilling to go out hunting to fill their bellies, they could actually sustain themselves purely by devouring the Life Essence released by the Life Dragon King.

Therefore, many Rootless Dragons were naturally peace-loving and disliked killing, possibly never having left the Valley of Life in their entire lives.

In Lu Fan’s imagination, this place should have been peaceful and tranquil.

However, the scenery before his eyes was vastly different from Lu Fan’s expectations!

The current Valley of Life was dim and dark, shrouded in purple mist.

Looking around, only decay and withering remained.

Within the mist, Lu Fan could see many plants that had already dried up and rotted, completely devoid of Life Essence, like rotten fruit emitting a foul stench.

At the same time, some streams and rivers were in the same condition.

These water flows had been contaminated by something unknown, becoming murky and black, like corpse water that had soaked in countless corpses, continuously emitting a putrid stench.

Everywhere the eye could see, the entire Valley of Life was filled with such a sight.

[This is such a dark Map, that even places where Dark Element Monsters gather would be better than this! How is this the Valley of Life!? No, why had the Valley of Life changed to such a state!?] Lu Fan’s brow furrowed tightly, and he subconsciously wondered whether the Starry Sky Ancestor had deceived him.

However, after thinking it over, Lu Fan dismissed this notion.

The Devouring Dragon King had already said that the Starry Sky Ancestor had at most only thirty years left to live. Therefore, Lu Fan was his only hope for a second life. So, the Ancestor must have not deceived him. It would bring him no benefit to do so.

Moreover, although this place was utterly ruined, Lu Fan could vaguely see that if it were not for some mysterious force contaminating this place, causing this scene to appear, the original Valley of Life should indeed have been a paradise filled with life.

[The only explanation is that the Valley of Life had suffered a calamity! But what kind of existence could cause the Valley of Life to meet with such misfortune!? This place is guarded by the Life Dragon King, along with dozens or even hundreds of Giant Dragons!]

Inside the Valley of Life, it was silent, and everything ahead was hidden in darkness. Lu Fan’s Black Dragon Perception could only play a limited role here. It was unable to determine what he might encounter by continuing forward.

For a moment, Lu Fan hesitated about whether he should continue forward or immediately turn around and leave.

[Leaving now would probably be safer. But the Mission from the Starry Sky Ancestor and the Life Dragon King would definitely be impossible to complete… But if I don’t leave, what can I do? Even the Valley of Life had become like this. If the culprit is still here, then continuing forward would surely be akin to a fool walking into a trap.]

For a moment, Lu Fan fell into tremendous inner conflict.

After hesitating repeatedly, Lu Fan tentatively opened a Transport Array leading to his own Territory.

He discovered that although he was in Dragon Domain, this Transport Array could still be opened.

This made Lu Fan feel somewhat more at ease.

At the same time, he had made his decision in his heart, [I’ll take this gambit then!]

Both Missions were of Nightmare difficulty and above, so the Rewards would surely be extraordinarily generous. If he gave up like this, Lu Fan would slap himself awake decades later, regretting when he woke up from his sleep.

As for danger, a horse could not get fat without more feed. In other words, the greater the danger, the greater the potential returns!

Moreover, Lu Fan had also conducted a risk assessment in his mind.

If this journey was likely to end badly, he definitely would not take the gamble.

But now it was different. Xing Chen’s Starry Space Passage had already been upgraded to Max Level, and escaping from the Valley of Life was merely a matter of an instant. Even if he encountered danger, Lu Fan could rely on his Golden Form to buy Xing Chen time to cast Starry Space Passage. After leaving the Valley of Life, he could immediately open a Transport Array to Shadow Isle and escape into Shadow Isle.

With such an escape route already planned out, even Divine Beings should not be able to trap him, right?

Therefore, Lu Fan decided to take the gamble!

Although he was confident, facing such a terrifying place, Lu Fan did not show the slightest carelessness. He directly summoned Xiao Cui, who transformed into her Soul Light Form, attaching to Lu Fan and Ye Sha’s heads, with Jade Shield always on!

The current Xiao Cui could directly give Lu Fan over sixty Jade Shield with one Skill and combined with various Buffs stacked on top of each other, Lu Fan’s Attributes had already reached ninety million, just one step away from breaking the one hundred million mark. Right now, with all preparations ready, his sense of security had completely maxed out!

In fact, if he wanted to make sure his Combat Power was always at its peak, Lu Fan should summon all his other Pet Dragon. However, he refrained from doing this, because he knew that even if he summoned all his Pet Dragon, once he encountered danger, they would most likely be of little use.

They might even get injured or killed because of this!

This was something Lu Fan absolutely could not accept. Every one of them was precious to him! After spending so much time with them, Lu Fan had long treated them like his real Family members. How could he easily let them face danger?

As for Xiao Cui and Ye Sha, Lu Fan had his own considerations.

Xiao Cui was basically Immortal and Indestructible once she was in her Soul Light Form.

As for Ye Sha, he was the fastest of all the Dragons and was the best as Concealment. Lu Fan simply needed his abilities right now. Also, even if Ye Sha was killed, he was summoned through Xiao Cui’s Skill, so if he really died, he could be summoned again.

Actually, Ji Ji was also Immortal and Indestructible and could be brought out to help.

However, Ji Ji’s greatest role was still as a Support. She could only play a role when Lu Fan was fighting against others.

In the current situation, where Lu Fan would turn and run upon seeing Monster, Ji Ji basically would not be able to play a significant role. Moreover, that little girl was naturally timid. If even Lu Fan was a little scared, what about her?

Therefore, Lu Fan was now travelling light.

After preparing everything, Lu Fan had Ye Sha take flight, slowly advancing deeper into the Valley of Life.

With every metre, Lu Fan would be completely vigilant about everything around him, afraid that some incredible Monster might appear and instantly kill him.

Moreover, Lu Fan clearly felt that although there was obviously nothing around him, the deeper he went, the more panicked he felt inside.

This feeling made him extremely uncomfortable, but he did not know where this feeling came from.