Chapter 313: Chapter 286: Rearing

Upon realizing Anton’s intentions, the Giant Dragons’ faces turned ashen.

An indescribable rage and humiliation surged through their hearts.

They were the Dragon Race.

The golden-blooded race that once ruled the continent and suppressed the Ten Thousand Races.

To be imprisoned and raised like livestock in the Netherworld Sea Trench, waiting to be slaughtered?

This was an utter disgrace!

They wanted to roar at him in fury, but when they looked up and met Anton’s indifferent eyes, the anger that had just welled up was instantly extinguished as if doused by ice water, vanishing without a trace.

’What good is anger?’

’Even Lord Saphiras died at his hands.’

’What could they, a defeated and broken remnant, possibly use to resist?’

After a moment of silence, not a single Giant Dragon spoke out in protest.

They bowed their heads, silently accepting their humiliating fate.

’At least... we’re still alive for now.’

’As long as we’re alive, there’s still hope.’

Anton paid the Giant Dragons no more mind and waved his sleeve.

The Jiachen Divine General materialized beside him.

He had no other suitable guards on hand at the moment, so he could only have the Jiachen Divine General temporarily watch over this group of Giant Dragons.

Once he found a suitable replacement, he would have them take over for the Jiachen Divine General.

Fortunately, he had already set up a Teleportation Array in the Eternal Night Islands. As long as he returned to the Taichu Spirit Realm and established a corresponding array, he could travel quickly between the two locations in the future.

With that done, Anton did not linger. His figure flashed, transforming into a streak of sword light that shot into the sky, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

It wasn’t until long after Anton had left that the Giant Dragons snapped back to the cruel, cold reality. Under the Jiachen Divine General’s indifferent gaze, they flew dejectedly toward the Eternal Night Islands.

From this day forward, they would live on as prisoners.

...

The sword light streaked across the high sky, leaving the Eternal Night Islands far behind.

Anton let the strong wind whistle past his ears as thoughts churned in his mind.

The Dragon Race that once ruled the Dawn Continent was now reduced to a pathetic group of just over a hundred.

They were the last embers of the Dragon Race.

’To me, the benefit of killing these hundred-odd Giant Dragons is limited.’

’It’s better to spare them and raise them in captivity.’

’After all, Giant Dragons have a lot of good stuff on them.’

’I can harvest a batch of materials from them periodically. It’ll be a slow and steady stream of income.’

’Besides, only I know the Giant Dragons are hidden here. No one else will find out.’

’As for whether I’m nurturing a tiger that will come back to bite me...’

’To be honest, I’d actually prefer it if another Saint emerged from their ranks.’

’That way, my Sword Pill would have a target to devour.’

’But among the remaining Giant Dragons, there isn’t even a single royal. It’ll be a long shot for another Saint Tier to appear.’

Anton didn’t have high hopes for that.

Fortunately, it wasn’t as if there were no other options.

After the fall of the Dragon Race, there were only two remaining avenues for targets the Sword Pill could devour.

The first was the Dragon Beastmen.

Those Beastmen in Blood Roar Fortress who had fused with draconic bloodlines through a blood-melting ritual had Dragon Blood flowing in their veins. In essence, they could also be considered a variant offshoot of the dragon species.

They might be usable for upgrading the Sword Pill.

But this required long-term planning.

Blood Roar Fortress was one of the five top powers on the Dawn Continent and the strongest force among the Beastmen, with an unfathomably deep foundation.

Making a rash move would not be a wise decision.

The second was the Nether Abyss.

That was a place of echoing dead, banished to the depths of the void in an ancient era. Countless powerful beings who had fallen in the War of Eternal Extinction slumbered there.

Among them were ancient dragon species.

Among those dragon species that died in the ancient wars, an unknown number had reached the Saint Tier.

There were even Demigod Level beings.

Once the Nether Abyss reconnected with the Dawn Continent, they would awaken and invade the continent.

To others, that would be a disaster.

To Anton, however, it was a good opportunity to upgrade his Sword Pill again.

Of course, besides these two avenues, the Sword Pill’s quality could also be improved through daily nourishment.

But that would take far too long.

It might take several hundred years just to raise the Sword Pill to the level of a mid-grade Spiritual Artifact, and even that wasn’t guaranteed.

Otherwise, Spiritual Artifacts wouldn’t be so rare in the Cultivation Realm.

Shaking his head, Anton gathered his wandering thoughts and accelerated toward the Eldron Plain.

He had only just performed a cursory scan with his Divine Sense of the Space Rings confiscated from Saphiras and the other Giant Dragons, and he was already pleasantly surprised by the vast amount of resources inside.

He couldn’t wait to get back and take stock of his spoils.

...

By the time he returned to Taichu City, the sky had completely darkened.

The Ninefold Celestial Tower stood silently in the night.

The array patterns on the tower’s body emitted a faint fluorescent glow, like silvery streams flowing upward from the base and disappearing into the clouds.

Anton casually sent a message to Eleanor, then went to a quiet chamber. He sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, and with a flick of his wrist, Space Rings flew out of his sleeve to hover before him.

There were a total of seven hundred and eighty-three Space Rings. On average, each Giant Dragon had carried six or seven of them.

Every single Space Ring was stuffed to the brim.

Even with the assistance of his Divine Sense making the inventory process extremely convenient, it still took him a great deal of effort to categorize and tally the contents of all the rings.

When he finished, even he, who was accustomed to great wealth, couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

The quantity and quality of these spoils far exceeded his initial estimates.

First were the minerals.

Mithril, Mountain Copper, Star Meteorite Iron, Void Stone, Olivine Steel... metals known as "rare" on the Dawn Continent were measured in tons among these resources.

Mithril, which was worth a fortune in the outside world, was ranked at the very bottom of this batch of minerals.

The Mithril alone filled a Space Ring with a capacity of over ten thousand cubic meters.

The total amount of Mithril the Clan had mined and smelted from the Dark Nether Realm and Dragon City’s veins over the years probably didn’t even amount to a tenth of this.

As for Mountain Copper and Star Meteorite Iron, while their quantities weren’t as exaggerated as the Mithril’s, they were still quite substantial.

The Void Stone pleased Anton even more.

This was an extremely rare spatial-attribute ore, a core material for crafting High Tier storage equipment and Teleportation Arrays.

He had previously used up nearly the entire Clan’s reserve of Void Stone to set up the Teleportation Array in the Taichu Spirit Realm.

But the Void Stone before him now was more than enough to build another hundred Teleportation Arrays.

Then there was Olivine Steel, also known as the "Essence of Mountain Copper." It was a natural alloy formed from Mithril and Mountain Copper under specific conditions over tens of thousands of years of geological processes.

Its hardness was ten times that of Mithril, and its energy conductivity was five times that of Mountain Copper.

On the Dawn Continent, Olivine Steel was hailed as an "Ancient Metal," a supreme material for crafting Ancient Level Magic Equipment.

And yet, there were over ten thousand pounds of this precious material in the Space Rings.

’The Dragon Race really was filthy rich.’

Anton couldn’t help but sigh in amazement.

Next were the various Energy Crystals.

The number of Magic Stones was the largest, totaling over 1.23 million.

The total ten-year output of the three Magic Stone Veins the Silver Moon Clan was currently mining probably didn’t even amount to a tenth of this number.

Not to mention, the Magic Stones produced by the Clan were mostly low-to-mid grade, with high-grade ones making up only a small fraction.

But these million-plus Magic Stones were all high-grade.

In addition, there were over a hundred thousand Demon Crystals.

This batch of Magic Stones and Demon Crystals alone was enough to ensure the Silver Moon Clan wouldn’t have to worry about their supply for the next several decades.

Then came the elemental cores.

There were over three thousand in total, covering the four attributes of earth, water, wind, and fire.

What surprised him even more were the Elemental Origin Crystals.

All four attributes of earth, water, wind, and fire were present, with a total of fifty-three crystals.

Anton couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.

He recalled fighting tooth and nail in the Subspace for over twenty years, only to have exchanged for just a few dozen elemental cores and five Elemental Origin Crystals from Ranfeng Hall.

That was less than a tenth of his current haul.

’It’s true what they say, no man gets rich without a windfall.’

As for magic items, there were over seven thousand two hundred in total.

Without exception, all of them started at the Extraordinary Level.

And that was without even counting the Space Rings themselves.

Among them were thirty-nine pieces of Ancient Level Magic Equipment.

Weapons, armor, accessories, support items... the variety was vast and their functions diverse.

This batch of Magic Equipment was perfect for upgrading the legion’s gear, raising the Silver Moon Legion’s combat effectiveness by a whole level.

The Ancient Level equipment could also be prioritized for the Clan’s Golden Tier and Legendary Powerhouses to upgrade their loadouts.

The number of Magic Scrolls and High Tier potions was also enormous.

Over a million scrolls and potions filled twenty entire Space Rings.

Additionally, there were tens of thousands of rare books covering Magic, alchemy, enchanting, potions, Golem creation... calling it a treasure trove of knowledge would not be an exaggeration.

Knowledge was the most precious material of all.

Anton, who had benefited greatly from the Taoist Jade Scroll, understood this point deeply.

There would surely be content within this knowledge that he could learn from.

Moreover, it could also enrich the Clan’s library and deepen its foundation.

Finally, there were the various rare materials other than minerals.

This was the part of the spoils that pleased Anton the most.

Nearly a fifth of the Space Rings were filled entirely with all kinds of rare materials.

The richness of the variety and the excellence of the quality far surpassed his imagination.

Among them were several types of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he had recently considered for nourishing a Golden Core.

This included the Star Essence of the Freedom Alliance, the Embers of the Primordial Flame from the Heart of the Mountains, and the Spirit of a Myriad Woods from the Jade Royal Court.

Nine times out of ten, these were tributes offered to the Dragon Court by the three major powers.

Now, they had all fallen into his hands.

Although he no longer had a use for these things himself, he could give them to Eleanor.

Besides those, there were also many materials that Anton could use right away.

For example, Earth Vein Source Crystals.

A rare material equivalent to an advanced version of Earth Vein Marrow.

Earth Vein Marrow was an Energy Crystal that formed naturally in Earth Vein Nodes, containing rich Earth Attribute energy. It was a high-quality material for crafting Earth Element magic items.

Earth Vein Source Crystals, on the other hand, were the essence of Earth Vein Marrow, nurtured over a much longer period in deeper, purer earth vein energy.

Their energy density was dozens of times that of Earth Vein Marrow, and their energy purity was far superior.

They were perfectly suited for strengthening the Heaven-Overturning Seal.

There was also Solar Finegold and Melt Heart Jade.

Both of these were rare Fire Element materials that could be used to strengthen the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Shield.

The Heaven-Overturning Seal and the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Shield were both very handy Profound Artifacts, and Anton had long had the idea of refining them into Spiritual Artifacts.

To this end, he had been having the Clan gather materials for some time.

Now that he had these materials, it saved him a lot of trouble.

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