Page 1184 of Heaven, Earth, Me

Yasenia was thoughtful as she traveled the passages of the Dragon Temple. "That six-clawed trial was rather easy, no? Destroying a rock around 200 meters tall of that material was not much different from the 20-meter ones in the entrance."

Soluna blinked. "Eh? 200 meters tall?"

While Soluna was an existence tied to Yasenia, she needed to do the entrance test regardless. The advantage between them and completely unrelated people was that while others couldn't communicate about the other trials, they could. Soluna therefore answered with a confused expression. "I needed to destroy a 5-kilometer-tall mountain. Are you sure you didn't transform into your dragon form without knowing?"

Surprise flashed in her eyes. However, she quickly denied Soluna's words. "That's impossible. My Dragon form without using Cosmic Energy is currently around 5 kilometers long, ten times the size when I use it."

Soluna laughed. "So biggg~." Then, she looked around the halls and muttered. "You can't use your Dragon Form here, though. The halls are big, around 50 meters tall and 20 meters wide, but too narrow for your dragon form."

Yasenia sighed, her face somewhat complicated. "I wonder when I can learn a skill to change my size at will. Otherwise, I'll eventually have the same trouble Uncle Tian Long has."

Soluna laughed when she heard that. "Do you think an ability like that is easy to learn? To do that, you need to learn how to change your entire internal and external structure without affecting the flow of Energy. It is a level of body manipulation Transcendence Ranked cultivators find challenging to even begin to grasp!"

Yasenia blinked and pondered deeply about it. "Now that you say it, changing sizes at will is indeed something quite... Profound. So many things that you need to control."

Soluna floated up and patted Yasenia's head. "Don't worry! This is a Dragon Temple, so we might find something like that!"

"I guess." The dragoness hugged the floating spirit and gave her a kiss. Then, she continued advancing while carrying Soluna in her arms.

The passages were made out of slab stones, and the ceiling had enormous chandeliers every 500 meters. The size of the structure was honestly ridiculous. As Yasenia walked through the maze-like passageways, she would sometimes spot a large and decorated arched door. At the top of the door, a dragon claw classifying the difficulty could be seen.

"Should we try a three-clawed one? There is one there."

Soluna nodded. "We should! That way, we can also check if we always get separated when challenging the trials or if we can stay together!"

Yasenia blinked and nodded. "Right. Let's go inside then."

The dragoness walked forward and pushed the double doors open. The over 30-meter-tall arched wooden double doors opened with a creaking sound, revealing a massive room on the other side. Yasenia frowned for a second. "This place... It has spatial dilation. Such a large room is not really possible, taking the size of the Dragon Temple into account. Right, Soluna?"

"Yep~. I also think the same."

Yasenia chuckled. "Oh? So we are together!"

Soluna's eyes gleamed with a smile. "Yes! I hid inside your Dantian for an instant before we entered! I think that if I am not outside with you, I am considered part of you~. Hehehe."

Seeing the happy blush on Soluna's face, Yasenia could already guess where the Spirit's mind had gone.

"Welcome. Reach the other side of the room in 1 minute."

Yasenia blinked and used [Pegasus Gallop]. Her body suddenly accelerated and transformed into a streak of light. The other side of the room was around 100 kilometers away. As Yasenia ran at high speed, she crossed the distance in 4 seconds.

On the other side, Yasenia looked back and saw several traps activating a step too late, filling the area with different elemental effects. Soluna laughed. "The traps are too slow~."

Yasenia blinked. "Well, this is a three-clawed trial. I wasn't expecting anything particularly challenging."

After that, she heard the man's voice.

"Trial completed in: 3.87 seconds. Reward: [Water Washing Meteor Scale]."

Yasenia saw a giant dragon scale fall from the sky and strike the ground, creating a small fissure. "Oh? A Sixth Realm Dragon Scale. Not bad, not bad."

She waved her hand and stored it. Then, her vision blurred for a moment. An instant later, Yasenia and Soluna were standing in front of the three-clawed trial door. "Ho? Teleportation? That's quite advanced."

Soluna exclaimed proudly. "Enter again!"

Yasenia laughed and walked forward, pushing the doors open. Or at least, she tried to. When she put strength into her arms, the door didn't even budge. "Hm. It seems to be impossible to complete the same trial twice. At least for the same person."

Soluna pouted. "What a miser. They should let us empty their treasury!"

Yasenia agreed very much with her words. Both of them moved forward again, and after traversing deeper into the Dragon Temple. The four-clawed doors started appearing much more often. "Hm?"

While Yasenia was exploring, she felt a presence approaching her very quickly. After a little while, Yasenia turned around with a cold expression. The tall man with fleshy wings, horns, and a vicious smile was looking down at her with interest. "Ho? Look who I found."

Yasenia looked upward at the muscular, greyish-colored creature and asked faintly. "Do you have any business with me, Demon Monarch?"

The grey-skinned demon laughed. "You are arrogant, I like it. How about becoming my breeder? While I don't know why our Mo family wants to deal with you, I can attest that if you become my breeder, they won't touch you anymore."

Yasenia looked at the demon for a second and then sighed. "Why is every single person from your species so similar? Is the behavior ingrained in you at a genetic level?" Yasenia pondered seriously and nodded. "That must be it. After all, I do have some traits like that myself as a Dragon."

The Demon Monarch was somewhat speechless. "What are you analyzing? Are you going to become my breeder or my toy? Choose!"

Yasenia chuckled. "What's the difference?" She then shook her head. "You saw what happened to that arrogant Dragon when they challenged me, right? Are you confident that you can deal with Soluna?"

The Demon Monarch paused and glanced at Soluna. Seeing the Nascent Celestial Spirit glaring at him coldly, a small chill climbed up his back. After thinking for a little while, he snorted and sighed. "Well, I am bored walking around alone. Shall we go together?"

Yasenia looked at him as if his prefrontal cortex had failed to develop. "Are you retarded? Like, medically retarded? Why would I agree to it?"

The Demon Monarch didn't take offense, and instead he laughed. "If so, what's wrong? Regardless, are you afraid of me, little dragon? Tsk, tsk, if it weren't because of your protector, we could be having some fun by now. Either way, I'll go with you whether you like it or not." He looked at the three paths ahead and asked. "So, which one should we choose, beautiful dragon?"

Yasenia sighed, but she also didn't want to fight inside this place. She was confident in defeating this Demon Monarch. However, the aftershocks would attract too much attention. Still, she took precautions. Under the Demon Monarch's gaze, she took out a disk-like treasure filled with formations.

The Demon Monarch became alert, but he didn't feel any threat from it, so he continued looking. Yasenia muttered some activation words and then poured her energy into it. "Activate."

Bzzzt!

A static sound spread around for a second. With a smile, Yasenia stored the disk into her ring again.

"What was that?"

Yasenia rolled her eyes and smiled at him. "What, are you scared, demon? If so, we can always part ways here."

The Demon Monarch didn't expect to have his words returned so quickly. "You are quite petty, aren't you?"

"I am a Dragon. Pettiness is my second name."

The Demon Monarch laughed. "Either way. Which way?"

Without answering, the dragoness turned left and sped up. Naturally, the Demon Monarch caught up relatively easily. In terms of size, he was around two and a half meters tall. His body was rather muscular, but not exaggeratedly so. His facial features were quite human-like and considered handsome but evil-looking. He had black scleras and glowing purple irises, and coupled with his purple horns and grey-colored body, there was a hint of seductive evilness around him.

The Demon Monarch spoke. "I am from the [Violent Amethyst Demon] family. What's your race, beauty?"

Yasenia answered flatly. "Demon Killing Dragon."

Soluna had been annoyed for a little bit, but after Yasenia's comment, she burst into laughter. Snorting at the speechless demon, Soluna followed suit. "I am a Demon Burning Spirit as well! We are made for one another~."

The Demon Monarch rolled his eyes. Still, he didn't mind and continued asking. "By the way. What level of doors are you aiming for? Four-clawed? Five-clawed?"

Yasenia answered truthfully this time, knowing that the Demon would probably misunderstand her. "Nine-clawed trials."

After being mocked for a while, the Demon sighed. "You are really no fun, eh? You can't answer even something as simple as this?"

Yasenia looked at him with a deadpan. "I am telling the truth."

"Right, right. Miss Demon Killing Dragon is after the nine-clawed doors." He snorted twice to show some disdain. "Oh, by the way, my name is Velmora. What's yours?"

This time, it was Yasenia's turn to be speechless. "You don't know my name, and you are trying to kill me? How were you informed of whom to target?"

Velmora answered honestly. "We were told to kill the most beautiful Dragon in the Secret Realm. After seeing you, I am sure that you are the one our family elders want to target."

Soluna chuckled. "What if there is a more beautiful dragon?"

Velmora shook his head. "Long Tianyi and Long Xueli are beautiful, and I would lose nothing making them my breeders. However, they are clearly a step behind you."

Yasenia stopped and looked at one of the doors. "I've always wondered, what if a breeder wants to stop being one? Do you not hold affection after they stop being fertile?"

Velmora blinked. "Naturally, we just take care of them. If they had not given birth to a child, they would be exiled from the family. If they've had children, we naturally will take care of them. After all, that's their job in the family. I protect them, and they give birth to powerful demons!"

Yasenia glanced at the Demon with curiosity. "Do children always come out as Demons?"

Velmora shook his head with a chuckle. "Of course not. Even if our genetics are quite superior, there are times when the mother's genes win. We raise those children either way, though. The mortality in Demon Worlds is too large to discard children, and we treat all of them equally. It's just that they won't have as many development paths as pure demon children."

Yasenia crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow. "That's quite brutal. No wonder I don't like your race."

Velmora snorted. "Then, would you raise a dragon-human or even a pure human child?"

Yasenia smiled mockingly. "I already have."

"Oh?" Velmora smirked. "So you are a mother! That's good information to know. How many children?"

Yasenia shook her head and walked toward the door. "I am giving this door a try. You can do as you please."

Then, she entered the four-clawed trial in front of her.