Chapter 169: Chapter169-The Shocked Dragon Princess


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    "Did you become more than ten times stronger after breaking through again?" Owen asked.


    Rachel''s heart trembled, and although she wanted to refute him, she eventually pressed her lips together, saying nothing.


    Owen''s words were true.


    Although the process was painful and she had to train tirelessly day and night, every time she cultivated after a setback, it was as if she were blessed by the gods.


    Her strength would undergo a tremendous transformation!


    This improvement was so significant that even she was surprised by it.


    Seeing Rachel''s hesitation, Owen smiled and said, "That''s because you didn''t just break through a tier again. You reached level 10 of that tier and then broke through to the next major tier!"


    If Madelyn was the first mage Owen encountered who reached the pinnacle of level 10, then Rachel was even more special.


    She reached the pinnacle at every tier!


    Yes, Rachel had reached the pinnacle at every major tier!


    The entire Melodic Academy had been orchestrating her progression!


    "The pinnacle of a tier?!"


    Hearing this, Rachel felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her mind.


    She had suspected that she might have reached the pinnacle of a tier; otherwise, her strength wouldn''t have increased so dramatically.


    But achieving this pinnacle required not just luck but also vast resources.


    She didn''t think she had the fortune or the resources necessary for such a feat.


    If what Owen said was true, and every time she fell and rose again, she was breaking through to the pinnacle, then Melodic Academy had been orchestrating her breakthroughs all along! The students and mentors she had once hated were, in fact, her greatest benefactors! Moreover, the academy must have been secretly providing her with rare treasures- after all, both recovering from a tier drop and breaking through to the pinnacle would require immense resources, even by Middle Earth standards. Few forces could afford such expenditures! "You... you''re spouting nonsense! How could Melodic Academy devote so much effort and resources for me?" Rachel''s mind was in turmoil. She had never seriously considered these things before, always focused on improving her strength as quickly as possible. Now, with Owen''s words, her worldview began to crumble.


    "Heh, if these events don''t convince you, then surely you remember the Blood Catastrophe in Middle Earth?" Owen continued.


    "The Blood Catastrophe!"


    At those words, Rachel''s face suddenly changed.


    Back when she had defeated many of the academy''s prodigies and became the first chair, she was considered the most esteemed individual in the academy, second only to the headmaster.


    At that time, the academy''s long-lost treasure reappeared, and she led a group of students to retrieve it, only to fall into an ambush set by enemy forces.


    Everyone except her was killed.


    Afterwards, the enemy forces, which included grandmaster-tier mages and all the kingdoms involved, were obliterated overnight!


    It shook all of Middle Earth.


    She had assumed that the academy''s wrath was due to the loss of its treasure and the deaths of the students.


    But the terrifying Blood Catastrophe had ceased just as suddenly after she regained consciousness...


    "Owen, you''ve arrived just in time to be buried here with this beast!" the Dragon Princess roared, accelerating her charge, her golden light dazzling and blinding. However, as soon as she transformed into a golden arrow and reached Seraphina and Owen, she suddenly saw a golden light radiate from Owen''s body, forming a soft, gauzy barrier. Her powerful charge, which should have struck like a hammer, landed on it as if hitting cotton, rendering it completely ineffective!


    More importantly, within this golden light, she sensed an aura that was all too familiar.


    "This... this is impossible!"


    Upon closer inspection of the aura within the golden light, the Dragon Princess''s eyes widened in disbelief.


    Because right now, on Owen''s forehead, there was also a golden Dragon Clan Emblem!


    The Dragon Clan Emblem only appeared on those of noble blood within the dragon clan.


    Any creature bearing this emblem could command the dragons to obey them. How could a lowly human like Owen possess their Dragon Clan Emblem?!


    The Dragon Princess rubbed her eyes vigorously and repeatedly stared at the emblem on


    Owen''s forehead.


    It was identical to the one on her own forehead.


    Exactly the same!


    What is going on?!


    The Dragon Princess''s heart pounded wildly.


    Seeing her reaction, Owen reached up and touched the golden Dragon Clan Emblem on his


    forehead, a smile forming on his lips.


    The **Absolute Copy** ability had indeed copied the Dragon Clan Emblem, exerting absolute


    control over dragons.


    As long as the emblem''s level was not higher than his own, no dragon could harm him!


    After all, internal conflict among dragons was forbidden!


    This was why the Dragon Princess''s powerful attack had dissipated upon encountering the


    Dragon Clan Emblem.


    The other mages watching were equally stunned as they stared at Owen.


    They had expected a fierce life-and-death battle between the Dragon Princess and Owen, but


    it had been resolved so easily.


    At that moment, Rachel, who had regained her composure, suddenly noticed Ymir''s figure


    among the crowd.


    "Sister Ymir!"


    Upon seeing the shadow floating in mid-air, Rachel''s face lit up with surprise and joy.