The jailer dragged Ye Ling to the depths of the dungeon, roughly pulled the scythe from Ye Ling's collarbone, and without giving Ye Ling any time to heal, threw him into a dark cell.
"Although the master told me to 'take special care' of you, there are too many prisoners in this dungeon, and I don't have time to torment you. Just behave yourself in the cell. I won't come over often. Take care of yourself."
The jailer said indifferently to Ye Ling, then locked the cell and dragged his scythe away.
"This guy, he really hit hard..."
Ye Ling stood up from the cold floor and found that the wound on his collarbone had completely rotted and festered.
It was a pity that all his strength was sealed by the masked man. He couldn't use his creation power to heal the wound and could only rely on his body's self-healing.
"How many years has it been... It's rare for a newcomer to arrive in the Calamity Dungeon, and it's actually a human."
At this moment, an extremely dull voice sounded from behind Ye Ling.
Ye Ling turned and looked into the depths of the dark dungeon. He saw a gigantic black dragon lying on the ground, its eyes like stars staring directly at him.
"Based on what you just said, are there other humans in this dungeon?" Ye Ling, facing such a behemoth, showed no fear and spoke directly.
Although his cultivation was sealed, his physical body and soul's strength remained. After being strengthened by the power of the Three Kings, he could now defeat an ultimate expert with a single punch.
As long as he gained a little more spiritual power later to activate the Devouring Domain and the Ink Space, breaking the seal within his body would only be a matter of time.
"There were, but he's not here anymore," the black dragon said faintly.
"Not here anymore?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow slightly. "Dead?"
"Who knows? Time has passed for too long, and I can't remember," the black dragon replied.
"Alright."
Ye Ling didn't press further on this matter and instead asked the black dragon, "How many years have you been imprisoned here?"
"I can't remember... There's no concept of time here. I've been here for a very long time," the black dragon replied again. "However... every hundred thousand years, the jailers bring a batch of prisoners out for judgment and execution. When I was awake, I've seen jailers come in and take prisoners out hundreds of billions of times."
Hearing the black dragon's words, Ye Ling couldn't help but open his mouth and sigh, "Then you have indeed been imprisoned for too long."
"By the way, human, how did you get imprisoned?" The black dragon seemed to have not spoken to anyone for a long time and was quite curious about Ye Ling, asking, "How did you get locked up?"
"Bad luck..." Ye Ling spread his hands. "I originally wanted to catch a supervisor here, but I was caught by a masked man, and then I was locked up here."
The black dragon: "..."
The black dragon was quite speechless and didn't know how to comment on Ye Ling's actions.
After a long silence, the black dragon said, "Human, you are the most peculiar prisoner I've encountered in all these years."
"Then how did you get imprisoned?" Ye Ling asked the black dragon.
The black dragon replied, "I once followed the Primordial Soul King. After the Primordial Soul King was defeated, I was imprisoned here."
"Primordial Soul King?" Ye Ling was stunned. He didn't expect his cellmate to be a follower of the Primordial Soul King.
If this dragon knew that he had just snatched the Primordial Soul King's power not long ago, his prison life would likely not be peaceful.
The black dragon thought Ye Ling had never heard of the Primordial Soul King and said, "The era of the Seven Kings has passed for a long time. It's normal that you haven't heard of the Soul King. You just need to know that the Seven Kings were all incredibly great beings."
"Yes, I'll remember," Ye Ling said, not wanting to debate this matter further with the black dragon, and expressed his compliance.
Ye Ling tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes, bandaged his wound, and asked the black dragon, "Besides you, are there any other prisoners in this Calamity Dungeon?"
"There are two more, sleeping inside. I don't know when they'll wake up," the black dragon replied. "However, human, I must remind you that those two are not as easy to deal with as I am. If your strength is insufficient, you might become their plaything."
"Originally, there were ten prisoners in our cell. Three were taken away for execution by the supervisors, and the remaining four were tortured to death by them."
"Are those two guys that ferocious?" Ye Ling was surprised.
The black dragon nodded. "Yes... After all, being locked up in this sunless place for so long without being able to cultivate, their minds are bound to be somewhat unstable. It's understandable that they've become perverted."
"Fortunately, they are currently asleep. They don't know about your arrival. You just need to hide a bit when they wake up, and I'll help cover for you, and they won't find you."
"Then I thank you in advance," Ye Ling smiled and clasped his hands towards the black dragon. "By the way, what's your name?"
"Gor," the black dragon replied faintly. "And yours?"
"You can call me Wang Li Ren," Ye Ling said with a smile.
"Mm," Gor nodded. "I've remembered."
After a brief chat with Gor, Ye Ling walked towards the depths of the dungeon but was stopped by Gor's giant claws.
"Brother Gor?" Ye Ling looked at the dragon in surprise as Gor suddenly blocked him.
Gor said, "Brother Wang, the depths of the dungeon are the territory of those two guys. If you rashly go in and wake them up, I won't be able to protect you."
Ye Ling smiled. "It's fine, I'll just take a quick look. I won't wake them up. After all, I don't know how long I'll be here. I have to see what this cell is like, right?"
"It's pitch black inside, nothing to see. It's better to stay here, and we can chat together," Gor still didn't release his claws and said to Ye Ling.
"Waking up those two inside will do you no good."
Ye Ling sidestepped Gor's claws and said, "It's fine, I won't wake them up."
"I told you, you're not allowed to go in!"
Gor's tone became a bit heavier, and his claws blocked Ye Ling's path again. "Mere human, don't defy me again and again! My patience is limited!"
Ye Ling looked at Gor's angry eyes, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes, and then asked, "You've been stopping me from going in, not to protect me, right?"
Gor said in a deep voice, "Human, sometimes, being too smart isn't good."
Ye Ling said, "What if I insist on going in, what will you do?"
Gor revealed his ferocious fangs and growled, "Then I can only eat you, my emergency food, before those two discover you."