In just half a day, Yang Kai had put more than a thousand Dragon Blood Flowers into his Space Ring after visiting almost all of that Spirit Island.
Despite Fu Ling’s stare, Li Jiao still picked a few flowers. Both excited and afraid, he could feel his hands trembling uncontrollably as this was the first time he had engaged in this kind of theft.
Suddenly, Yang Kai looked in a particular direction as he was attracted by two Dragon Blood Flowers over there.
The two Dragon Blood Flowers were distinctly different from those he had picked earlier. Both of them were translucent with a vivid blood colour. Their Dragon Aura was pure, and the red mist above them looked like it would form into a Flood Dragon at any moment, which was remarkable.
“Are those Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers?” Yang Kai narrowed his eyes. Although he had never seen Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers before, he recognized them the moment he saw those two flowers.
“Brother-in-law, these two flowers…” Fu Ling was flustered.
Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers were extremely rare even on Dragon Island, so only the Elders had the right to consume them. These two Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers were already reserved for the Great Elder and Second Elder, and they would be sent to them in two months after they were harvested. Now that Yang Kai had his eye on them, there was no way they could be saved.
Despite that, Fu Ling still attempted to dissuade Yang Kai from doing it.
“Stand aside!” Yang Kai pushed her away and approached the two Dragon Blood Flowers, his eyes beaming with greed. After picking them, he realized that the Red Phantom Dragon on those flowers faintly growled at him.
Knowing that her life was over, Fu Ling sighed. After this matter was exposed, she would certainly be thrown into the Dragon Grave.
One hour later, all the mature Dragon Blood Flowers on this Spirit Island had been swept up by Yang Kai.
“Just stay on this Spirit Island. I’ll summon you when I need your help. Make sure not to let anyone find out what happened.” Before leaving the Spirit Island, Yang Kai gave Fu Ling an order.
“Yes,” Fu Ling replied lethargically while cursing Yang Kai in her heart. [He has created such a mess and now wants me to clean it up for him, how can he be so heartless?]
Yang Kai nodded and flew off with Li Jiao.
Although Li Jiao was weak, his foundation hadn’t been damaged because Yang Kai had saved him in time. He just needed some time to recuperate and his cultivation wouldn’t be at risk of regressing.
Along the way, Li Jiao appeared to be hesitant.
“San Niang is fine.” Knowing what he wanted to ask, Yang Kai decided to tell him directly.
Li Jiao’s gaze appeared conflicted when he heard this. A moment later, he replied, “Brother Yang, many thanks for taking care of her.”
Yang Kai nodded, “San Niang is a kind-hearted woman. Moreover, the incident in the past wasn’t her fault.”
Li Jiao uttered, “I know it’s not her fault, but…” He sighed and shook his head. Although Lu San Niang was innocent regarding the incident in the past, no man could easily get over it if they were in Li Jiao’s shoes.
Yang Kai understood his feelings, so he only briefly mentioned it and stopped talking about it. After giving it a thought, he said, “You’re a Dragonborn, so you’ll certainly attract a lot of attention. If the other Dragon Clan members find you, that might put you in a dangerous situation. You should hide in a safe place for now.”
Li Jiao asked doubtfully, “Where?”
Stopping in his tracks, Yang Kai suddenly turned around and pushed his palm forward as he shouted, “Don’t resist!”
Shocked, Li Jiao instinctively wanted to resist, but he relaxed after hearing what Yang Kai said, for he believed that Yang Kai wouldn’t harm him. A sense of dizziness came over him, and he soon found himself entering a strange world.
After returning to Fu Chi’s Spirit Island, Yang Kai found Lu San Niang and her daughter, then he put them in the Sealed World Bead without explanation so that they could meet up with Li Jiao. Afterwards, he flew to the centre of the sea.
Just like how he had done it previously, he plunged into the waters and summoned the Sealed World Bead before entering the Small Sealed World. With the wedding only twenty days away, he wouldn’t want to waste even one breath.
After checking his stock of spirit herbs, Yang Kai took out all those necessary to make Dragon Blood Pills and placed them at his side.
He had many spirit flowers with him, so it wouldn’t be a problem for him to make Dragon Blood Pills. With over a thousand Dragon Blood Flowers, he could make a thousand batches of Dragon Blood Pills if he wanted to.
Nevertheless, he didn’t have enough adjuvant spirit medicines now, which would be finished after using the furnace roughly twenty times. Hence, he had to come up with a plan first.
Of the one thousand Dragon Blood Flowers, there were only one to two hundred Mid-Rank flowers, twenty to thirty High-Rank flowers, and only two Peak-Rank flowers.
To maximize the medicinal efficacies, he decided to directly use High-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers to make Dragon Blood Pills. After readying the pill furnace, he monitored the heat, drew the Spirit Array and dropped in the spirit medicines.
One hour later, the first batch of Dragon Blood Pills was ready.
The result was alright as there were four Dragon Blood Pills. However, the quality of these pills had improved significantly compared to those made previously. After all, these pills were made from a High-Rank Dragon Blood Flower, so they were naturally much better.
Yang Kai’s expression was as calm as a still lake. After restoring his energy, he started refining the second batch of pills, then the third batch, the fourth batch, and so on.
With more experience as he made more pills, Yang Kai was able to continuously improve the quality of Dragon Blood Pills.
When he was done with the tenth batch, he realized that there were five pills, which was one pill more than the previous batches. That was a wonderful improvement, as one extra pill gave him a greater sense of security, so he was happy with the result.
However, getting five Dragon Blood Pills per batch seemed to be the limit. After more than twenty batches, the number of pills he got still remained the same. At the same time, the quality of Dragon Blood Pills seemed to have reached its peak as well. Still, the medicinal efficacies that came with these pills were significantly greater than those he had made initially.
After emptying his mind, he sat down with his legs crossed and started cultivating to restore his energy.
One day later, he opened his eyes and started making pills again.
He only had two sets of ingredients for making Dragon Blood Pills left, so naturally, they were reserved for the two Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers. At that moment, he was looking forward to the results of the next two batches of pills.
With the whole process ingrained in his mind after he had made more than twenty batches of Dragon Blood Pills, Yang Kai could even close his eyes and know what to do without making any mistakes.
When the first batch was ready, Yang Kai was excited to find out the result. After he got the pills out of the furnace and took a look, he was over the moon.
He was lucky because he had obtained six pills from using a Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flower in this batch. Two of the pills even had Pill Veins on them. The veins were intricate and abstruse, like a Human’s meridians.
The value of pills with Pill Veins was considerably greater than those without, which was also a test for the mastery of an Alchemy Grandmaster’s skills. Although some Alchemists were highly proficient in Alchemy, they could never make pills with Pill Veins throughout their lives because they only repeated what they were taught when practising Alchemy without their own methods and insights. In other words, there was no spirituality in the way they practised Alchemy. Everything was done rigidly.
Naturally, Yang Kai was different from those Alchemists. After composing himself once more, he readied the furnace for making the final batch of Spirit Pills.
This time, everything went much smoother than the previous time. After the pills were ready, Yang Kai didn’t even need to inspect them to know that the result was better than the previous one.
As expected, of the six pills, three of them had Pill Veins. It was then that Yang Kai stopped making pills.
Including the Dragon Blood Pills he had made before, he had made twenty-five batches of pills in total, all of which were successful. Even the Wondrous Pill Great Emperor would praise him upon seeing his result.
Now, he had about a hundred Dragon Blood Pills. The pills from recent batches were greater than those he had made initially in terms of quality. Five of them even had Pill Veins on them.
After admiring his own masterpieces for a while, he had to start his cultivation plan.
With a roar, Yang Kai’s body swelled up and transformed into a 50-metre tall Half-Dragon.
After dropping a Dragon Blood Pill into his mouth, he started circulating his Dragon Transformation Secret Art as his Dragon Aura spread across the surrounding space.
Just as Yang Kai was taking those pills as though they were candies in order to cultivate, there was a woman in misery on a Spirit Island in Dragon Palace.
This Spirit Island was different from the other islands. A radius of a few thousand kilometres around the island was bitingly cold. The entire island seemed to have been frozen over and there was also a thick layer of ice on the sea surface around it.
Obviously, this was an ice island.
Everything seemed to have been frozen over on the island. There had never been a beautiful spring day on this island, nor were there any green trees. Besides the thick World Energy in the air, a depressing aura permeated the place, making the entire place extremely dull.
Even the Dragon Clan members couldn’t go near this island as they pleased because this was the territory of the Dragon Clan’s Second Elder, Fu Zhun.
Be it the Fu Clan or Zhu Clan of the Dragon Clan, they were respectful of the Second Elder, and after what happened more than ten years ago, their respect turned into fear.
That was because the Second Elder had personally thrown a Dragon, who was the closest to her, into the Dragon Grave more than ten years ago.
Their relationship was akin to that of a mother and a daughter, but despite that, the Second Elder was still stone-hearted when carrying out the punishment. At that time, all the Dragon Clan members realized how merciless the Second Elder was.
At this moment, Zhu Qing was confined to this ice island. In the centre of the island was an ice sheet that had been frozen for more than ten thousand years, on which Zhu Qing was seated with her legs crossed. Her cultivation had been suppressed, and her Dragon Vein had been sealed, so she was practically powerless right now. Nevertheless, her innate physique was still pretty strong.
However, on this eternally frozen ice sheet, she couldn’t help sneezing from time to time. Her face was pale, and even the breath she let out became a fog in an instant.
Even knowing that this was the Second Elder’s punishment for her though, Zhu Qing wasn’t resentful and she just endured it in silence. Recalling her memories with Yang Kai, she felt heartbroken, as they might never meet again. Given the situation she was in, she would be too embarrassed to see him again even if there was such a chance.
She had prepared herself psychologically before coming back to Dragon Island, as she knew that her fellow clansmen would certainly object to her being married to Yang Kai.
However, she was a proud member of the Dragon Clan, so she had to return. If she insisted on staying by Yang Kai’s side, she would bring trouble to him. Hoping to persuade the Second Elder, she decided to give it a try and returned to Dragon Island.
However, what awaited Zhu Qing was the tempest she had never expected. Not long after her cultivation had been sealed and her Dragon Vein suppressed, she was engaged to Fu Chi, and her wedding was scheduled to be next month. Everything happened too suddenly.
She would rather perish in the Dragon Grave on her own than marry another Dragon Clan member. There were only a small number of Dragons, so she knew what Fu Chi was like. In the past, he already had his eye on her and repeatedly asked the Elders to get her engaged to him. He even harassed her from time to time.
Zhu Qing had always ignored him, but she didn’t expect that he would succeed in getting her one day. She had already made up her mind. If there came a time when she was left with no choice, she would fight with them even if she had to lose her life.
Just then, footsteps could be heard approaching her. Zhu Qing raised her gaze and saw a beautiful woman in a white imperial dress.
The woman looked like she was in her late twenties. Her figure was curvy, and her face was strikingly beautiful. Her silver hair, which looked like snow-white silk, was tied into a bun. However, there seemed to be a layer of eternally frozen ice on her alluring face. By just looking at her face, one would feel cold and terrified in their heart.
“Second Elder.” Although Zhu Qing hated her for her despotic behaviour, she still had to be polite to her.
Fu Zhun asked impassively, “Have you changed your mind?
With a calm expression, Zhu Qing replied, “You already know my decision, so what’s the point of you asking this question?”
Fu Zhun uttered, “That’s fine. The wedding will be held in a few days regardless. You have plenty of time to think about it. After you change your mind, the Great Elder and I will set you free.”
With a frown, Zhu Qing asked, “Forcefully squeezed melons are not sweet. Why insist on forcing me when you know I am unwilling?”
Fu Zhun replied, “Sustaining the bloodline is the most important thing for the Dragon Clan, so your opinion doesn’t really matter. Moreover, how could you even consider being with a Human? You’re a disgrace to the Dragon Clan!”
Zhu Qing refuted, “That is my personal choice, what does it have to do with the Dragon Clan?”
Fu Zhun’s expression turned even colder, “Since the blood that flows in your veins belongs to the Dragon Clan, every decision you make affects our reputation. That’s why I won’t allow you to be reckless.”
Zhu Qing cried, “In your eyes, is there nothing more important than sustaining the bloodline for the Dragon Clan?”
Fu Zhun flung her sleeve, “There are only a small number of Dragon Clan members, and the ratio of men to women is imbalanced. If everyone is as disobedient as you are, our clan will go extinct one day. As a Dragon Clan member, you have to think about our future.”
Zhu Qing laughed in self-mockery, “I didn’t expect that the responsibility of sustaining the Dragon Clan’s bloodline lay on my shoulders. I’m flattered.”
“I know you’re resentful of me, but that doesn’t matter. I don’t mind being cursed by you as long as you can give birth to a Dragon baby.” Fu Zhun stared at her, “Don’t even think about doing anything silly. Before Fu Chi and your child is born, I won’t let you have any chance to kill yourself. I will speak no further. Think about it. Rather than spending the rest of your life in misery, you should quickly change your mind.”
Upon finishing her words, Fu Zhun turned around to leave.
Zhu Qing’s body trembled as she said through gritted teeth, “Second Elder, don’t you regret what you did ten years ago? She’s still suffering in the Dragon Grave. It’s not too late to release her now. However, it’ll be too late for you to regret it after she passes away.”
The Second Elder stopped in her tracks and replied without turning around, “No one can leave the Dragon Grave after they enter it. She only has herself to blame.”
After the Second Elder was out of sight, Zhu Qing put on a bitter smile. It was then she realized the Second Elder was truly stone-hearted, as she wasn’t affected one bit at the mention of the incident more than ten years ago. Now, Zhu Qing understood that she could never persuade the Second Elder.
A few metres away, a burly man came over with a fawning smile. After cupping his hands together, he greeted, “Greetings, Second Elder.”
Fu Zhun stared at him with a frown, “Why are you here?”
Cautiously, Fu Chi replied, “I’m here to visit Qing’er. You’ve just met her. What did she say?”
Fu Zhun uttered, “Regardless of what she’s said, she’ll be yours in a few more days.”
With a grin, Fu Chi asked, “You’re right, Second Elder. Can I go in to see her? She might change her mind if I could just talk to her.”
“She’s in a bad mood now, so things will only get worse if you meet her now.” Fu Zhun moved past him and went on to speak, “Rather than trying to persuade her, you should get prepared yourself.”
“Understood.” Fu Chi replied respectfully.
He didn’t dare to insist on his request after he was rejected by the Second Elder. He just wanted to visit Zhu Qing on this day and find out whether her attitude had changed. After hearing what the Second Elder said, he knew that Zhu Qing remained the same.
Upon that realization, he was exasperated. [I’m a Dragon, a genuine Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, I’m superior to any Human in every way; however, not only has Zhu Qing rejected the Elders’ demand for her to get married to me, but she’s still longing for that Human! His name was Yang Kai, right?]
Fu Chi remembered Yang Kai’s name and was ready to find fault with him when the time was right. He hated the fact that Yang Kai had taken Zhu Qing’s innocence away. Unlike Fu Ling, Zhu Qing had a stainless reputation on Dragon Island, which was why he coveted her so.
He had pursued her before, but he had never managed to gain her favour. Unexpectedly, she left the island some time ago and got together with a Human. That fact made Fu Chi resentful.
However, it didn’t matter anymore, as the wedding would be held in a few more days. By then, Zhu Qing would become his woman. Furthermore, the Second Elder had announced that she wouldn’t release Zhu Qing’s seal before Zhu Qing gave birth to a child.
Although Zhu Qing was now a Ninth-Order Dragon, Fu Chi didn’t need to fear her with her strength sealed. After the wedding, he could do whatever he wanted to her. Even though he had many playthings on this island, they were not comparable to Zhu Qing.
Hence, he looked forward to the wedding. After dawdling on the ice island for a while, he flew back to his Spirit Island. To ensure that his wedding would be held on time, he had to make sure that the palace would be built before the deadline.
…..
Inside the Small Sealed World, Yang Kai opened his eyes, upon which a glint flashed across his gaze as his Dragon Pressure permeated.
He had consumed more than a hundred Dragon Blood Pills and even consumed all the remaining Mid-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers. Now, only Low-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers were left in his Space Ring.
After he did some calculations, he realized that the time had come. Then, he stopped circulating his Dragon Transformation Secret Art and turned back into his Human form. Upon checking the Small Sealed World with his Divine Sense, he located Li Jiao and Lu San Niang.
Both of them seemed to have dissolved their old grudges as they were now chatting with each other. Appearing to be timid, Lu Yu Qin was hiding somewhere and watching them from afar.
Li Jiao and Lu San Niang were shocked when Yang Kai appeared all of a sudden, and their expressions instantly turned awkward. After all, they were caught flirting with one another, which was quite embarrassing for them. At that moment, Lu San Niang was blushing.
Trying to shift the focus, Li Jiao asked, “Brother Yang, where is this?”
He, Lu San Niang, and her daughter had been staying here for some time, and upon realizing that this was a Small World, Li Jiao was astounded.
It was then he understood how he could escape the Demon Qi’s invasion when he was in the Revolving World. At that time, Yang Kai had repeatedly knocked him out, and every time he did that, it was when the World Principles changed.
Now, Li Jiao understood he must have been thrown into this Small World by Yang Kai at that time, which was why he could evade the Demon Qi’s invasion. Apparently, Yang Kai didn’t trust him enough in the past, which was why he kept knocking him out. Now, however, he must have gained Yang Kai’s confidence.
Without answering his question, Yang Kai spoke, “I have to teach Fu Chi a lesson.”
Li Jiao was startled for a moment before he said through gritted teeth, “I’ll assist you in any way I can.”
Previously, he didn’t know who Fu Chi was; however, through his contact with Lu San Niang recently, he had learned that Fu Chi was the culprit who had harmed her in the past, so Li Jiao now hated him greatly. Now that Yang Kai mentioned it, Li Jiao couldn’t hold back his anger anymore. He needed to get his revenge because Fu Chi had snatched his wife from him.
Fu Chi was an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, so Li Jiao was indeed no match for him. He would be rendered powerless if Fu Chi used bloodline suppression on him. Nevertheless, with Yang Kai’s help, things would be different. He didn’t expect to defeat Fu Chi. He just hoped that he could at least bite off a piece of Fu Chi’s flesh to vent his anger.
Lu San Niang’s expression changed drastically when she heard that, so she shouted, “No!”
With a gentle expression, Li Jiao looked at her and put on a smile, “Wait for me. I’ll take revenge for you.”
“You can’t go!” The colour drained from Lu San Niang’s alluring face as she grabbed Li Jiao’s arm. She was determined not to let him go.
Li Jiao didn’t have the heart to make a move on her, so he turned to look at Yang Kai. Understanding his hint, Yang Kai stretched out his hand and landed a finger on Lu San Niang, upon which she turned limp and collapsed to the ground.
“Mother!” Lu Yu Qin yelled as she ran over and supported Lu San Niang’s weight.
“Don’t worry. She’s fine.” Li Jiao patted her head and spoke after a sigh, “Take care of your mother. It’ll be all good if I can come back, but if I can’t…” He paused for a long time, “Tell your mother to bring you back to Dream Gate.”
“Uncle Li…” Realizing something, Lu Yu Qin gazed at Li Jiao with bloodshot eyes.
Although she didn’t know what his relationship with her mother was, she had been observing their interaction for the past few days. She had never seen her mother so happy before, so she knew that Li Jiao must be an important person in her mother’s heart. Hence, she was on the brink of tearing up when she had to part with him.
With a faint smile, Li Jiao uttered, “If we meet again, next time, you must call me father.”
In his current situation, considering what he was about to attempt, Li Jiao wasn’t even certain he would live to see tomorrow’s sunrise, allowing him to finally at this moment untie the knot in his heart and completely feel relieved. Instantly, he felt more energetic as all his troubles seemed to melt away.
In the blink of an eye, Li Jiao and Yang Kai disappeared from sight, leaving Lu Yu Qin rooted to the spot with only one thought in her mind, [I have a father now?]
Dazed, she sat on the ground with her mother in her embrace. A long time later, she became torn between tears and laughter, “Mom, I have a father now. Wake up. I have a father now!”
Anyone would have laughed at her if they heard that, for all people in this world had a father of some kind; however, having a father had been this little girl’s greatest wish for more than ten years.
It was hustling and bustling on a particular Spirit Island.
The grand palace had been constructed. Although they were only given a month, these 500 people still managed to build the palace before the deadline with incredible perseverance and resolve.
Countless rare materials had been used to build this palace, with the entire complex painted gold while the columns were carved with intricate patterns. Both Li Jiao and Yang Kai had never seen a palace of such a scale before.
At that moment, Wu Chen was still directing those people to decorate every corner of the palace. This was the last day of their deadline, and Fu Chi’s wedding would be the next day, so none of them dared to be careless.
Hundreds of people kept going in and out to place countless ornaments in the palace, making the spacious interior look grand and colourful.
“Brother Yang, we haven’t met for some time.” Seeing Yang Kai, Wu Chen greeted him with a smile.
He didn’t ask Yang Kai where the latter had been; after all, they were not close to each other. It was taboo to pry information from the other person when they were not close friends. Nevertheless, he was puzzled by Li Jiao’s appearance and wondered why a Dragonborn would come here.
If he wasn’t mistaken, this Dragonborn had been taken away to nurture Dragon Blood Flowers.
“The wedding will be tomorrow, right?” Yang Kai asked dispassionately.
Wu Chen’s expression turned solemn as he nodded, “You’re right. It’ll be tomorrow. Fortunately, we’re able to meet the deadline. Otherwise, all of us would lose our lives.”
“It’s thanks to your hard work, Brother Wu.” Yang Kai nodded.
Wu Chen replied with a smile, “There’s no choice because this is the Dragon Clan’s order. I don’t want to die either. By the way, since you’re here, please don’t leave again.”
Yang Kai looked at him doubtfully.
Wu Chen explained, “A Dragon Clan member’s wedding is an important event. Certainly, they want to make it big. However, as you know, there are only a small number of Dragons, so they’ve allowed us to stay and watch the wedding on the side.”
A glint flashed across Yang Kai’s as he nodded, “That’s exactly my intention.”
He had been thinking how he could stay in this place. If the Dragon Clan chased them out at this point, he would have no choice but to hide somewhere and wait until the following day. Unexpectedly, the Dragon Clan had allowed hundreds of people to watch the wedding, which saved him some trouble.
With the Dragon Clan’s permission, he could just wait there until he saw Zhu Qing.
“I guess there will be a good show tomorrow.” Wu Chen said with a smile.
“You’re right.” Yang Kai nodded his head. Suddenly, he frowned and turned to look at Wu Chen before he spoke in surprise, “Brother Wu, did you make a breakthrough?”
[Wu Chen was just a Second-Order Emperor some time ago, but now, he’s in the Third-Order Emperor Realm.] Yang Kai didn’t pay attention to it earlier, so he was shocked when that realization dawned on him.
It was extremely difficult to reach the Third-Order Emperor Realm from the Second-Order. It was basically ten times more difficult to achieve that than to make a breakthrough from Dao Source Realm to Emperor Realm. That was why Yang Kai wondered how Wu Chen managed to do that.
Wu Chen explained with a bitter smile, “Brother Yang, you have no idea what I have gone through in the past month. I had been on the edge of death several times, and I only managed to achieve a breakthrough by chance. If I had made any mistake, I would have left for the other world. I’ve been lucky, but our other brothers… Let’s not talk about it.” He sighed.
Apparently still reeling from the trauma, Wu Chen kept shaking his head.
Yang Kai was startled for a moment before he used his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings. A moment later, his expression changed slightly because he realized that only about 300 people were left.
There were 500 of them when Fu Qi brought them to this place one month ago. However, that number had dropped by more than 40% now. The palace had been fully constructed, so there was no need for them to go out to get more materials. In other words, more than 40% had died.
[How is it so dangerous to build a palace?] Yang Kai knew that they might lose their lives when mining Ice Spirit Snow Jades and some time ago, Lu San Niang had told him that some people had been frozen to death, but wasn’t it impossible for so many people to be frozen to death as well?
Following that, he noticed something strange.
Only a small number of cultivators around them were in the Emperor Realm, and none of them were in the Third-Order Emperor Realm. However, these people, regardless of their age, gender, and cultivation, seemed to be terrified of Wu Chen as they didn’t have the guts to go near him.
[What happened in the past month that made Wu Chen become such an authoritative figure in their hearts?]
“Brother Yang, do you want to take a rest now? Just come back to watch the show tomorrow.” Wu Chen patted his chest, “You can rest assured because I’m on top of everything here. I’ll make sure to get everything ready by then.”
Yang Kai nodded, “Alright.”
He didn’t want to handle any matter related to the palace. With his heart burning with fury, he would rather destroy the palace, so he couldn’t lend a hand. Therefore, he decided to find a place to take a rest with Li Jiao.
“Wu Chen is not as simple as he appears to be…” Li Jiao uttered with a frown.
“What have you figured out?” Yang Kai asked while looking at him.
Shaking his head, Li Jiao replied, “I haven’t figured out anything. I just think that… there’s something wrong with him. Brother Yang, you must be careful of him.”
“Got it,” Yang Kai said impassively, “I won’t mind it as long as he doesn’t become a hindrance. If he dares to become my enemy, I won’t show him any mercy.”
“By the way, Brother Yang, what are the grudges between you and Fu Chi?” Li Jiao asked as he was curious.
When Yang Kai told him he wanted to teach Fu Chi a lesson, Li Jiao didn’t ponder on the reason behind it. Now that he had calmed down though, he finally thought of this question. Furthermore, Yang Kai appeared even more resentful of Fu Chi than he was.
“It will be Fu Chi and Zhu Qing’s wedding tomorrow.”
Hearing that, Li Jiao was startled for a moment before he nodded, “Understood.”
The same thing happened to Li Jiao before. Both of them had their women snatched from them. The difference was that while it had already happened to Li Jiao, it had yet to occur to Yang Kai. At that instant, Li Jiao shared Yang Kai’s feelings of wanting Fu Chi dead.
For the entire night, they spoke not a word to each other.
The next day, the sky was as blue as the ocean with no clouds in sight.
The entire Dragon Palace seemed to be engulfed in an atmosphere of happiness and excitement.
Earlier, some flirtatious and alluring ladies had arrived at the palace, which made the spacious place lively.
These women were all Fu Chi’s captives, so naturally, they were all beautiful. Although they were not comparable to Lu San Niang and the deceased Madam Hua, they were all striking beauties. There were about a hundred of them walking around the palace and checking on everything. Wu Chen kept them company and led the way for them in an obsequious manner.
These women were responsible for greeting the bride on this day, so they wouldn’t dare to be careless. The woman that was going to get married to Fu Chi would be the future Mistress, who could easily kill them as she pleased. Therefore, all of them were meticulous in examining the palace. If they found any speck of dust, they would immediately reprimand Wu Chen and tell him to clean it up.
After four hours, Wu Chen felt dizzy from entertaining them. The other cultivators also lamented their fate, but no one dared to utter any complaint due to the Dragon Clan’s authority.
It took them four hours to get everything ready. More than a hundred ladies stepped out of the palace and formed a line in silence. Instantly, the air was filled with all sorts of fragrances.
The three hundred cultivators stood on both sides of the path, and at that moment, the place fell silent as everyone appeared solemn. Basically, all the cultivators were there to simply witness the wedding as they hadn’t been given any real tasks.
Yang Kai and Li Jiao hid among the crowd without moving a muscle. Feeling nervous in his heart, Li Jiao appeared very anxious. He wanted to talk to Yang Kai to relieve his stress, but upon seeing that Yang Kai had closed his eyes to focus himself, he didn’t dare to bother him.
A moment later, a beam of lightning appeared out of nowhere as a rich Dragon Pressure permeated the surroundings. A figure was approaching over from the other side of the island at incredible speed before he stopped right before the palace and showed himself.
On this day, Fu Chi was clad in all red, jubilant clothes. Since he had a handsome face and a sturdy figure, the red clothes didn’t make him look tacky. Instead, it had helped enhance his charm.
All the ladies had fallen head over heels for him while the cultivators remained solemn. Since the groom of the wedding had arrived, they had to appear more serious.
“Sir!” A woman in an imperial dress at the front approached Fu Chi with an elegant smile, but she appeared to be slightly cautious. Unlike Madam Hua, she wasn’t Fu Chi’s favourite woman, so she was acting in a careful manner.
Fu Chi shot her a glance and nodded lightly, “Is everything ready?”
The woman replied, “Yes. We just have to wait for the bride to arrive.”
She appeared hesitant, but she returned to her original place in the end without voicing her concern.
While Li Jiao had lowered his gaze, Yang Kai had closed his eyes. Both of them didn’t dare to look at Fu Chi. They were not afraid of him, but they were worried that the hostility behind their gazes might alert him.
Everyone simply waited outside the palace. A moment later, a Dragon Clan member arrived and congratulated Fu Chi, who returned the greeting warmly.
In just a short time, seven other Dragons had gathered outside the palace as they chatted among themselves and laughed.
One hour later, a few resounding dragon roars could be heard from afar. In the distance, the fog kept rolling over and over as a huge cloud approached the island at full speed.
“They’re coming!” One of the Dragon Clan members pointed at the cloud and uttered with a smile.
Hearing that, all of them shifted their attention in that direction while Fu Chi adjusted his clothes and put on a gentle smile.
As the cloud was nearing them, the dragon roars became even louder. All of a sudden, the cloud weltered, upon which a huge figure came into sight.
That was a large Scarlet Dragon with a figure as long as 200 metres. The red Dragon Scales on its body looked like they were on fire and the dragon swam through the sky and roared as it approached them.
Just then, some of them started gasping. Anyone would be immensely pressured in the presence of a Great Dragon’s true form at such a close distance.
Not long after the Red Dragon appeared, a Green Dragon that was as large as the Red Dragon emerged as well and flew alongside him.
Following that, a third and fourth dragon appeared as well.
Four dragons flew together in the sky at the same time, which was a magnificent sight to behold indeed, causing everyone to hold their breath and watch in silence.
Behind the four dragons was a luxuriously decorated palanquin, which was also painted red and appeared quite jubilant. Inside the carriage was a beautiful lady who was seated without moving a muscle.
With a thin veil around the palanquin, no one could see the lady’s face clearly; however, there was no doubt that she must be the bride.
The person inside the palanquin was the star of the day, while the four Great Dragons that had appeared earlier were just the escorts.
Two Dragon girls were flying alongside the palanquin. One of them was Fu Ling, whose purple hair fluttered in the air. She was supposed to be guarding Dragon Blood Flowers, but since this was Fu Chi’s wedding day, she was summoned back to accompany the bride. There was nothing special about the other Dragon girl. Besides her outstanding beauty, she appeared just like any Human.
The two girls stood on either side of the palanquin with flower baskets in their hands. While they were coming over in the air, the flowers flew out of the baskets, which formed a splendid rainbow rain. The sight was stunning. It was no ordinary flower rain as flowers of all colours wafted through the air and dazzled the spectators.
This sight alone was eye-catching enough as the crowd thought that the Dragon Clan was indeed rich enough to employ different gimmicks in a wedding. No other clans in this world had the resources to do such things.
In just a short moment, the palanquin arrived at the palace. Those four Dragons stopped coming near as they hovered several dozen meters away from the palace. All the spectators shifted their attention to the palanquin. Fu Chi naturally was smiling.
This was a joyous event for Fu Chi because the Dragon girl inside the palanquin would be his on this day.
*Shua Shua Shua…*
Right then, three figures appeared all of a sudden. The first person was a thin elderly man with red hair who appeared authoritative even though his expression was calm. There was no aura wafting from his body, but everyone could feel the sense of pressure he gave off. The kind of unspeakable pressure was much greater than those exuded from the four Great Dragons, who were still in their true forms.
Beside the elderly man was a silver-haired woman in an imperial dress with a cold expression. The aura wafting from her body sent chills down all of their spines. After taking a brief look at her, they hurriedly looked away as though they were afraid that they would be frozen if they kept looking.
The last person was a man who appeared to be between middle-aged and young. With a gentle smile on his face, he was standing there in an elegant manner.
Upon these people’s appearance, Fu Chi and the others turned solemn and bowed slightly, “Welcome, Elders!”
Dragon Clan members were only arrogant in front of other races. Faced with the Masters of the same race, they had to hang their heads low no matter how haughty they were.
Upon hearing how Fu Chi and the others addressed those three, the expressions on all 300 Human cultivators’ faces changed slightly as they lowered their heads and exclaimed in their hearts. [So, these are the Dragon Clan’s Three Elders! The Great Elder, Zhu Yan; the Second Elder, Fu Zhun, and the Fourth Elder, Zhu Kong!]
These three were the greatest authority on Dragon Island, especially the Great Elder and the Second Elder, who were both Tenth-Order Dragons. Basically, no one was a match for them on Dragon Island.
On the other hand, although Zhu Kong wasn’t a Tenth-Order Dragon, he was a Ninth-Order, so most Dragon Clan members were inferior to him as well.
It was said that there were four Elders on Dragon Island in the past. The Third-Elder was also a Ninth-Order Dragon, but for some reason, she didn’t attend the wedding on this day.
Nevertheless, this kind of secret was inaccessible to ordinary people. These 300 cultivators had always lived in Half-Dragon City, so they were not familiar with the internal affairs of Dragon Island.
At that moment, more than ten Dragon Clan members had gathered outside the palace. It could be said that all of the most powerful people on Dragon Island had gathered together. Besides a grand wedding that would happen roughly once every ten thousand years, it was rare for so many Dragon Clan members to appear in one place.
Zhu Yan’s expression was as calm as a still lake, while Fu Zhun’s expression remained eternally cold. Neither of them uttered a word. The only Elder with a smiling face was Zhu Kong, who nodded at Fu Chi and acknowledged, “Congratulations.”
Fu Chi replied respectfully, “Many thanks to all the Elders for attending. I shall always remember this day.”
Zhu Kong uttered, “After the wedding, both of you should treat each other politely and achieve lasting happiness.”
Fu Chi hurriedly replied, “Fourth Elder, please rest assured. I shall never mistreat Qing’er. We’ll give birth to a Dragon child quickly to sustain the bloodline.”
Zhu Kong smiled without saying anything.
With a frown, Fu Zhun ordered, “Enough nonsense. Help Zhu Qing out of the palanquin now.”
After receiving her order, all the Dragons wouldn’t dare to disobey her. The four Dragons separated to both sides in front of the palanquin, while Fu Ling and the other Dragon girl pulled the gauze open and said gently, “Big Sister Qing, it’s time to get out.”
Nevertheless, Zhu Qing remained seated in the palanquin.
Meekly, Fu Ling took a look at the Second Elder. Seeing that her expression was getting colder, Fu Ling persuaded Zhu Qing to get out, but to no avail. Her forehead became beaded with sweat because she was anxious.
Certainly, she knew that Zhu Qing wasn’t willing to marry Fu Chi. In fact, everyone on Dragon Island knew this. However, all the Elders were there, so it wasn’t up to Zhu Qing to refuse the wedding. If this matter wasn’t handled properly, the Dragon Clan would become the laughing stock for others.
The smile on Fu Chi’s face faded as he felt embarrassed.
On the other hand, Fu Zhun’s expression turned grim as she shot a glance at Zhu Yan, who had lowered his gaze and appeared unfazed.
Fu Zhun snorted in her heart, but just as she was preparing to drag Zhu Qing out of the palanquin herself, a figure flashed across her eyes.
All of a sudden, a young man appeared in front of the palanquin. Most people couldn’t see clearly how he appeared out of nowhere with only the Elders narrowing their eyes as they shifted their attention to him.
With a frown, Fu Zhun ordered, “Get him out of here!”
[What’s going on with this man? How could he jump out of nowhere and stand in front of the palanquin? Is he tired of living?]
Under normal circumstances, Fu Zhun would have killed him directly, but since it was Fu Chi’s wedding day, she didn’t want to see blood. That was why she suppressed her anger.
Just then, a loud Dragon Roar was heard, upon which a 200 meter long Red Dragon curled up its body and surrounded the palanquin. With its head held high, it narrowed its eyes and swept them across the crowd. After going into a protective posture, it blocked out the other three Dragons.
“Zhu Lie, what are you doing?” Fu Qi frowned and gazed at the Red Dragon which was clearly shielding the palanquin.
Opening his mouth, Zhu Lie spoke loudly, “I’m not doing anything. I just hope that all of you can wait a moment!”
Zhu Yan, who had been indifferent the entire time, finally raised his gaze, and upon seeing the figure that had arrived before the palanquin, he couldn’t help raising his brow.
On the other hand, disbelief was written all over Zhu Kong’s face. Although he had incredible cultivation, he was still stunned at the sight.
Standing in front of everyone, Yang Kai drew a deep breath and took a look at the woman in the palanquin whose head was covered with a red veil. After that, he extended his hand and said with a smile, “I’m here to fetch you.”
Upon hearing that, everyone broke into a commotion. All 300 Human cultivators stared at Yang Kai in shock as they lamented in their hearts, [What on Earth is he doing? How could he be so impudent in front of the whole Dragon Clan? He even said such a thing to a Dragon girl who was about to get married! He must be out of his mind!]
If such a thing happened in Human occupied territory, it basically meant that the man was trying to snatch the bride; however, they were now on Dragon Island, and it was the wedding day for two Dragon Clan members! This man must have gone mad. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have attempted to snatch the Dragon Clan’s bride!
The expressions of all Dragon Clan members turned stiff. Apparently, they were still reeling from the shock while Fu Chi was even worse off, as he still couldn’t fathom what was going on. Nevertheless, the next moment, his expression turned livid.
It was because after that Human finished his words, Zhu Qing, who hadn’t been willing to get out just now, shuddered and pulled the red veil on her head away. With disbelief written all over her face, she stared at that man and spoke in a shaking voice, “What are you doing here?”
She couldn’t believe her eyes, as she had never expected that Yang Kai would appear right in front of her at this very moment.
Gazing at the face she had been longing for every day, for a moment, she thought that she was dreaming. However, the man before her eyes seemed real, and his familiar aura suggested that this wasn’t a dream.
Yang Kai had really come to save her.
He appeared in front of all the Dragon Clan members fearlessly on a day that was supposed to be the most despair filled day of her life. The man before her eyes was just like the sun that had cast away the haze in her heart.
“Of course, I’m here to fetch you.” Yang Kai blinked at her.
With her eyes turning moist, Zhu Qing shook her head, “You shouldn’t have come.”
She was over the moon, but at the same time, she was worried about Yang Kai’s safety. If Yang Kai hadn’t come on this day, she would’ve been the only one who would suffer, but now that he was here, there was no way he could escape.
The Dragon Clan could never tolerate any form of humiliation. After this day, Yang Kai would become an enemy of the Dragon Clan. He didn’t even stand a chance of leaving this place alive.
“Is that so…” Yang Kai lowered his head and gave it a thought. Following that, he withdrew his hand and turned around, “Then I’ll take my leave now.”
“Don’t you dare!” Flustered, Zhu Qing stood up straight and pounced at him, grabbing his arm as she stared at him with widened eyes, “Don’t even think about leaving me behind!”
Yang Kai put on a grin, “It seems that you’re not willing to marry him. I’m relieved, then.”
As Zhu Qing wrapped her arm around his, her gaze turned dim as she muttered, “We’ll both die.”
“We already have a lot of happy memories together. Even if we have to die, we’ll die together. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
With her eyes welling up with tears, Zhu Qing snuggled up to him. In just a short moment, she managed to come round to the idea that since Yang Kai had come, it would be unrealistic to tell him to leave now. The only thing she could do now was face the Dragon Clan’s wrath with him.
Having made up her mind, she turned to look at her fellow clansmen, only to see how astounded they were.
There were not many things in this world that would shock a Dragon, but the incident on this day certainly counted as one of them. No one would have thought that someone had the guts to snatch a Dragon Clan bride, much less a mere Human. Moreover, Zhu Qing appeared very intimate with that Human.
At that instant, all the Dragon Clan members were dumbfounded, not to mention those Humans and Monsters whose jaws almost dropped to the ground.
Among the 300 cultivators, some of them were resentful of Yang Kai because, compared to how hardworking they were in the past month, Yang Kai didn’t contribute anything, which left them quite disgruntled. It wasn’t until this moment that they realized how bold Yang Kai was. They wondered how he could be so brazen, even having the guts to snatch the Dragon Clan’s bride. Compared to his action on this day, his loafing in the construction of the palace wasn’t even worth mentioning.
The world was never short of amazing events, but the incident on this day had really expanded their horizons.
At that moment, Fu Chi’s expression was grim. His bride was now linking arms with another man whom she appeared to be deeply in love with. Furthermore, they said that it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for them to die together, which put Fu Chi in an embarrassing situation. After this incident, no matter how the problem was solved in the end, his reputation would be ruined.
Earlier, when Zhu Qing wasn’t willing to get out of the palanquin upon Fu Ling’s persuasion, it was already a huge embarrassment for him. On the contrary, Zhu Qing was willing to step out of the palanquin upon hearing that man’s words.
It was the worst kind of humiliation not only for Fu Chi, but also for the entire Dragon Clan. With his eyes beaming with ferocity, he glared at Yang Kai as though the latter was already a dead man.
Exasperated, he growled, “Where is this brat from? How dare he be so impudent!”
His wedding had been ruined, and the woman that was supposed to be his wife had now snuggled up to another man. Although Fu Chi considered himself a well-mannered man, he still couldn’t take it anymore.
Zhu Qing stared coldly at him and uttered, “Fu Chi, mind your language. He’s my man!”
“Your… Man…” Fu Chi widened his eyes and staggered, upon which he came to his senses and stared resentfully at Yang Kai, “So, it’s you!”
He was aware that Zhu Qing had gotten together with a Human after she left Dragon Island some time ago. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had the chance to ask the Elders to marry Zhu Qing to him. His plan was that he would subdue Zhu Qing after the wedding and then leave Dragon Island to find that Human and dispose of him; however, he had never expected that this Human would come to Dragon Island and even be so impudent on his wedding day.
His expression had turned livid, while his eyes were burning with rage and hatred. He had already intended to kill Yang Kai, so he saw red when his love rival appeared right before his eyes.
“That’s right. I’m her man.” With a smile, Yang Kai pulled Zhu Qing into his embrace and planted a kiss on her forehead. He was acting willfully, as though they were the only people in the world.
Fu Chi’s expression grew gloomier when he saw that. His bride was kissed by another man in front of so many people. However, not only did she not attempt to resist, she appeared happy and shy. The fury in Fu Chi’s chest was about to explode like a volcano. Even the breath he let out was heavy and scorching hot.
On the other hand, Zhu Yan looked curiously at Yang Kai as he had just figured out his identity. Nevertheless, he appeared surprised at best, rather than angered or exasperated.
Although he didn’t agree to Zhu Qing and Fu Chi’s wedding, Zhu Qing had indeed made a grave mistake. Moreover, the Dragon Clan really needed more members to sustain their bloodline. Since the Second Elder wasn’t willing to relent, he wasn’t in a position to interfere. That was why he just let nature take its course.
He thought that decades or even centuries after Zhu Qing and Fu Chi got married, she would have forgotten about that Human. After that, he could come up with a plan to return her freedom; however, Zhu Yan never expected that this incident would happen on this day.
Suddenly, Fu Zhun shot a glare at Zhu Yan and glowered, “Did you already know about this?”
It was all but impossible to freely enter Dragon Island. More than ten years ago, they had enhanced the defences around the island. Even if a Great Emperor came over personally, the Dragon Clan would detect it immediately. If all the Dragon Clan members gathered, even a Great Emperor wouldn’t be able to force their way in. Therefore, Fu Zhun suspected that the reason Yang Kai could enter the island had something to do with the Great Elder.
Zhu Yan shook his head and replied, “How could I possibly know about this?”
With her doubt still unsolved, Fu Zhun snorted. [If this incident has nothing to do with him, how did this man enter Dragon Island without us knowing? Has the defence system we set up more than ten years ago lost its effects?]
Feeling uneasy, Fu Zhun couldn’t help frowning.
“This boy is pretty bold,” The Fourth Elder, Zhu Kong looked curiously at Yang Kai and put on a smile. “It’s no wonder Qing’er has fallen so deeply for him. I wonder if he’ll be lucky enough to survive this time though.”
If this matter wasn’t handled properly, Yang Kai and Zhu Qing were doomed to die; after all, the frozen-hearted Second Elder wouldn’t show any mercy towards them.
Upon hearing that, the Great Elder turned solemn.
“May I ask which one of you is the Second Elder?” Yang Kai turned around and looked in the Elders’ direction.
Despite his question, he was staring fixedly at Fu Zhun’s face. Of the three Elders, both the Great Elder and the Second Elder were Tenth-Order Dragons, so they were easily recognizable. This elderly man was obviously older than this cold-looking woman. His age suggested that he must be the Great Elder. That was why although it was Yang Kai’s first time seeing the Second Elder, he could recognize her at first glance.
At that instant, he cursed at the Second Elder in his heart. [There seems to be an eternally frozen ice sheet over her face. I wonder why she always puts on that cold expression?]
Not only was he not fond of the Second Elder, but Yang Kai was also resentful of her. [This woman basically has nothing better to do. Perhaps, she’s also suffering from some sort of mental disorder, which is why she insists on getting Zhu Qing married to Fu Chi.]
Despite his displeasure, Yang Kai didn’t want to fall out with them so soon. It would be wonderful if they could solve the problem peacefully. If they couldn’t, he would have no choice but to fight them. He was prepared to lose his life here. Even if he had to turn everything upside down, he had to leave with Zhu Qing today.
“Release her!” The Second Elder uttered coldly in an unquestionable manner without answering Yang Kai’s question.
With a calm expression, Yang Kai gazed at her, “Greetings, this Junior’s name is Yang Kai. I had no choice but to come here without any invitation, so I hope that you’ll forgive me.”
“I know who you are!” Fu Zhun stared coldly at him and replied dispassionately, “Release her if you want to live.”
Yang Kai shook his head, “Qing’er and I are deeply in love with each other. I’m sure you’re aware of this. I’m here to save her because she’s in a difficult situation. She isn’t my captive, so how am I supposed to release her? Aren’t you mistaken?”
“I said release her!” Second Elder growled as the temperature around her dropped by a few degrees. At that instant, the World Principles became a mess. Regardless of their cultivation realms, all 300 Human cultivators shuddered.
Hardly anyone in that place could endure Fu Zhun’s wrath, which was as terrifying as that of a Great Emperor’s anger. They looked at Yang Kai as though he was some kind of madman or freak. [The Dragon Clan’s Second Elder is already furious, yet he still dares to talk back? He must be courting death!]
Anger was rising within Yang Kai as his expression darkened. He wasn’t willing to fall out with the Dragon Clan directly, but it didn’t mean that he was afraid of them. Zhu Qing was part of the Dragon Clan, so if he was on bad terms with the Dragon Clan, it would put Zhu Qing in an awkward position, which was why he had been humble and sincere in his words. However, he didn’t expect that the Second Elder wouldn’t listen at all and instead just keep rebuking him.
After taking a deep breath to suppress his fury, Yang Kai tried once again, “Second Elder, please give Qing’er and me a chance to become husband and wife. We’ll be forever grateful to you.”
“Husband and wife?” Fu Zhun arched her eyebrows and spoke coldly, “Zhu Qing is getting married to Fu Chi today, so her husband is Fu Chi. What thing are you to spout nonsense here to damage our reputation?”
Zhu Qing immediately refuted, “Second Elder, you’re wrong. Yang Kai is my only husband. Whether or not the Dragon Clan will acknowledge or allow it, I’m his woman. Forever.”
“Impudence!” Fu Zhun snarled as her Dragon Pressure materialized and pressed down on Yang Kai and Zhu Qing.
Zhu Qing’s face turned ashen as she plunged into Yang Kai’s embrace. Her Dragon Vein had been sealed, and her cultivation had been suppressed, which was why she couldn’t bear the Second Elder’s wrath. If it weren’t because of her inherently strong physique, she would have lost her life upon impact.
Yang Kai also felt dizzy as his mind buzzed. At that instant, he was shocked as the pressure he felt was truly on par with that of a Great Emperor. Given his power now, he knew it would be difficult for him to deal with the Second Elder.
Zhu Qing’s resistance had completely infuriated Fu Zhun as she stared sternly at Yang Kai, “This is an auspicious day for the Dragon Clan, so I would prefer not to shed blood; however, since you’re so obstinate, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
As she spoke, her murderous intent spread across the entire island and sent shivers down everyone’s spine.
Although the hundreds of cultivators were not directly targeted, they still found it difficult to breathe as though a huge mountain had been pressed against their chests, which caused them to almost cough up blood. They felt that they might lose their lives at any moment and were already suffering miserably. So, what about the main target, Yang Kai?
Naturally, he wasn’t in a better position. When he was engulfed in Fu Zhun’s murderous intent, he felt a clear and unprecedented sense of death. He felt cold all over her body, as though all his meridians had been frozen over.
On the side, Fu Chi watched Yang Kai suffer and felt gleeful in his heart. Earlier, he was already enraged by Yang Kai’s words, which were humiliating for him. If the Elders were not there, he would have made a move already. Nevertheless, he dared not be so presumptuous in front of the Elders. Now that the Second Elder was indignant though, he simply took pleasure in Yang Kai’s misfortune.
All inhabitants of Dragon Island understood the Second Elder’s temper very well. She was an unwavering person, so no one had the guts to disobey her. Yang Kai’s obstinacy would mean that he would end up in a miserable state. Then, Fu Chi thought of something and looked resentfully at Zhu Qing, who had nestled against Yang Kai. Upon seeing that sight, he decided that he must force himself upon her after the wedding.
[Unfortunately, her Primordial Yin has been taken away by that Human. A Dragon woman’s Primordial Yin is a powerful supplement for both Dragons and Humans. I’m an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon. If I could have obtained Zhu Qing’s Primordial Yin, I might be able to achieve a breakthrough to the Ninth-Order. Sadly…]
Thinking so, Fu Chi felt frustrated as he shot a glare at Yang Kai.
“Wait one moment!” Yang Kai called out through clenched teeth as the veins on his forehead bobbed.
Unfazed, the Second Elder stared coldly at him and raised her fair hand. Principles swirled above her palm as the atmosphere around her turned glacial. She seemed determined to kill Yang Kai.
Yang Kai suddenly flipped his wrist, upon which a token appeared in his hand and he roared, “I have a Dragon Island Token with me!”
Fu Zhun was startled upon seeing that while the Great Elder, Zhu Yan, who had been silent the whole time, sized up the token in Yang Kai’s hand and nodded, “He is telling the truth. It’s a real Dragon Island Token.”
Zhu Kong uttered, “Oh? The last Dragon Island Token is with you. That’s interesting.”
It was the Dragon Clan who had created the Dragon Island Tokens, and there were only ten tokens in total. Over the past few years, the Dragon Clan had been trying hard to retrieve all these tokens, but they had only managed to retrieve nine so far. The whereabouts of the last token had remained a mystery up until today.
Previously, the main reason Zhu Qing left Dragon Island was to search for the last Dragon Island Token. Although she had figured out that the last token was in Yang Kai’s hands, she was unable to retrieve it. Then, due to a series of unexpected events, she had fallen in love with Yang Kai.
Now that Yang Kai had presented the Dragon Island Token to everyone, his intention was clear.
All of them were shocked when they saw the Dragon Island Token. The hundreds of cultivators had been living in Half-Dragon City for a long time, so they were familiar with the Dragon Island Token. However, they had only heard about it, and it was the first time they saw the real thing. At that instant, all of them shifted their attention to the Dragon Island Token and stared fixedly at it.
Fu Chi scoffed, “How can you take out a random token and claim that it’s the Dragon Island Token? Do you think that the Dragon Clan is made up of a bunch of fools?”
He decided to mock Yang Kai because he was resentful of him.
Nevertheless, Yang Kai looked at him as though the latter was an idiot, “The Great Elder has already said that this is the Dragon Island Token. Do you think you have a sharper vision than him? Or do you think he is lying?”
Fu Chi was startled as his expression darkened, “Boy, don’t slander me!”
Although he was an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, he wouldn’t be able to bear the consequences if he was regarded as not believing in the Great Elder. Therefore, he hurriedly turned to Zhu Yan and rectified, “Great Elder, that’s not what I meant.”
Zhu Yan waved his hand and gazed at Yang Kai, “Although I can see that the aura on this Dragon Island Token is pure, it requires further inspection to determine whether it’s the real Dragon Island Token. Would it be convenient for you to let me have a look?”
Yang Kai took a look at Zhu Qing, and upon getting a nod from her, he replied with a smile, “Please inspect it at will, Great Elder.”
After that, he tossed the Dragon Island Token to the Great Elder.
Upon catching the token, the Great Elder performed a hand seal and pointed at the token with one finger. Instantly, the Dragon carved on the token started moving and roared loudly.
The Fourth Elder, Zhu Kong, nodded, “En, it’s a real Dragon Island Token.”
In fact, the Elders were certain that it was the real thing when they first saw the token; however, since this was an important item, they had to examine it as well.
With a faint smile, Yang Kai uttered, “I heard that the Dragon Island Token’s holder can make a request of Dragon Island…”
Just then, his expression changed as he spoke angrily, “What are you doing?”
While he was speaking, the Second Elder suddenly extended her hand towards the Dragon Island Token in the Great Elder’s hand. Her movement was so swift that her hand transformed into an illusion as it tried to grab the Dragon Island Token.
The Great Elder had never expected that Fu Zhun would make a move, so he hurriedly twisted his wrist to evade it; however, the Second Elder was well prepared as her hand pursued the token.
The Dragon Clan’s two Elders remained in the same spots, but their hands transformed into countless illusions as they battled with each other in silence. After a loud thud, the atmosphere fell into silence again.
While Zhu Yan frowned, Fu Zhun remained dispassionate. Zhu Kong took a look at both Elders and heaved a sigh.
Right in front of everyone’s eyes, the Dragon Island Token in the Great Elder’s hand decomposed into a pile of dust as it trickled down his fingers and disappeared completely.
“Second Elder, what do you mean by this?” With a grim expression, Yang Kai stared at Fu Zhun as he clenched his teeth. He had never expected that she would destroy his Dragon Island Token right in front of so many people, which was the epitome of shamelessness. It was beyond his imagination that a Master, who was as powerful as a Great Emperor, would do such a thing in full view of the public.
Earlier, Yang Kai was already distrustful of this ice woman, which was why he only passed the Dragon Island Token to the Great Elder after getting Zhu Qing’s advice. Nevertheless, what happened just now was beyond his expectations.
Zhu Yan turned to look at Fu Zhun, awaiting her explanation.
Fu Zhun uttered unenthusiastically, “I don’t need to explain my actions to you. Since the Great Elder and the Fourth Elder believe that it’s the Dragon Island Token, I won’t deny it. I’ll just regard it as the Dragon Island Token, then.”
“You’ll just regard it as the Dragon Island Token?” The veins on Yang Kai’s forehead popped. [She’s basically lying in front of so many people. How can she deny my Dragon Island Token’s authenticity just like this?]
Fu Zhun wanted to shift the focus away from the issue, so she said coldly, “You’ve entered Dragon Island without the Dragon Clan’s permission; that’s your first crime. You’ve made a scene on the Dragon Clan’s wedding day; that’s your second crime. You’ve ruined a Dragon girl’s reputation; that’s your third crime. For these crimes, you should be killed three times over; however, I won’t kill you today. In exchange for the Dragon Island Token, you can keep your life, now leave!”
Unresigned, Yang Kai refuted, “I’ve never said that I want to trade that Dragon Island Token for my life. Second Elder, don’t you think you’re acting too despotic?”
He was truly infuriated by her actions. He had just fished out the Dragon Island Token and had yet to make a request, but this woman destroyed the token and said that it would be exchanged for his life. Even robbers wouldn’t do such a thing.
“If you don’t want it to be traded for your life, do you want to go to Hell then?”
Yang Kai raised his head and demanded, “I want you to release Qing’er and let her leave with me!”
“Dream on!” Fu Zhun sneered.
In a disappointed manner, Zhu Qing uttered, “Second Elder, according to the Dragon Clan’s rules, anyone holding a Dragon Island Token can make a reasonable request and have it fulfilled by the Dragon Clan. Although you’re the Second Elder, it doesn’t mean you can ignore our ancestors’ teachings!”
Yang Kai turned his head and shot a glare at Zhu Yan, “Great Elder, I need to hear your opinion.”
It was impossible to communicate with Fu Zhun. She was as obstinate as an eternally frozen ice block, so it was useless to try persuading her. Yang Kai would only get more exasperated if he kept speaking to her, which was why he shifted his attention to Zhu Yan.
Since the Dragon Island Token was destroyed right in his hand, he couldn’t evade the responsibility.
Hearing that, Zhu Yan nodded his head, “You’re right. There is such a rule in the Dragon Clan.”
With his gaze turning hopeful, Yang Kai cupped his fists and said, “Since that’s the case, I only have one request. I hope that you’ll forgive us and let Qing’er leave with me.”
After a moment of silence, Zhu Yan shook his head and replied, “I’m afraid I cannot agree to it.”
“Great Elder…” The light in Zhu Qing’s gaze went out. Without the Great Elder on their side, she and Yang Kai wouldn’t be able to leave this place.
Yang Kai sneered, “The Dragon Clan is indeed very mighty and honourable. Many thanks for opening my eyes today.”
The Great Elder shook his head and uttered, “It’s not that I’m making things difficult for you; it’s just that… Your request goes against the Dragon Clan’s principles, so I can’t agree to it. The Second Elder is right. You have a Dragon Island Token, so I’m supposed to grant your wish, but that request has to be reasonable! Allowing you to take Zhu Qing away is beyond what the Dragon Clan can tolerate, so you’d best leave on your own.”
The Great Elder’s statement was within Yang Kai’s expectation, so he wasn’t really disappointed.
Some time ago, he had asked Zhu Lie whether he could trade the Dragon Island Token for Zhu Qing’s freedom, but Zhu Lie had refuted his idea. The reason he even took out the Dragon Island Token today was to try his luck.
It seemed that Zhu Lie was right. Although he had a Dragon Island Token, Yang Kai couldn’t leave this place with Zhu Qing. It was impossible for the Dragon Clan to agree to such a request.
Just then, Zhu Kong said, “That’s right. You’d best leave now. We won’t stop you.”
Given the Dragon Clan members’ temperament, they would have directly killed any person who dared to make a scene like this. However, Yang Kai indeed possessed a Dragon Island Token, so no matter how rude he had been, the token was enough to be traded for his life. The prerequisite was that Yang Kai would just leave immediately.
“Huh?” The Second Elder suddenly snorted, “Did I say I’d let him go?”
The corner of Yang Kai’s mouth twitched when he heard that, and he scoffed, “So, you want to go back on your word and kill me. Alright, then. I’ll just fight with you. Since you’re making life difficult for me, I also won’t let the Dragon Clan live peacefully.”
“How conceited!” Fu Chi snorted.
The expressions of the other Dragon Clan members darkened as well. Obviously, Yang Kai had enraged all of them. They were already displeased at the fact that he had the guts to snatch the Dragon Clan’s bride, and now he was trying to threaten them in their own home. To the Dragon Clan, Yang Kai didn’t understand how outmatched he was.
“You’ll see if I have the ability to act conceited or not!” Yang Kai shot a look at Fu Chi, who he had decided to attack first if they really got into a fight.
Yang Kai had to vent out the anger he had accumulated over the past month.
[How dare this fool try to snatch my woman!]
“Second Elder…” Zhu Yan looked at Fu Zhun with a frown, “As members of the Dragon Clan, we are not supposed to go back on our word. What is your meaning here?”
Since the Dragon Island Token had been destroyed, it wouldn’t matter if they let Yang Kai go. Therefore, he didn’t understand why Fu Zhun went back on her word.
“Of course I won’t go back on my word.” Fu Zhun looked coldly at Yang Kai, “I’ve promised not to kill him, but I’ve never said that I’ll let him leave. If he doesn’t give the Ancestral Dragon Source to us, he shouldn’t even think about leaving Dragon Island!”
Hearing that, Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong turned solemn, as they understood what Fu Zhun was trying to achieve.
Yang Kai possessed Ancestral Dragon Source, and since he had come to Dragon Island himself, they certainly couldn’t let him go easily. The Ancestral Dragon Source was important to the Dragon Clan. If they could get their hands on it, the entire Dragon Clan’s power would increase dramatically.
Previously, Zhu Yan wanted Zhu Qing to invite Yang Kai to Dragon Island exactly because he wanted to obtain Ancestral Dragon Source. That was why when he realized the Second Elder’s intention, he stopped refuting her.
As far as he knew, Yang Kai had extremely high attainments in the Dao of Space, so if they let him go on this day, they might never be able to capture him again. After weighing the options, Zhu Yan decided to keep his mouth shut.
“Second Elder, don’t cross the line!” Zhu Qing was so furious that she started trembling.
“How dare you talk to me like this!” Fu Zhun glared at her.
“Shut your mouth!” Yang Kai shouted back at Fu Zhun with an even more ferocious glare, “So what if Qing’er talks to you like this?”
“Brat, you’ve gone too far! Since you desperately want to die, I’ll grant your wish!” Fu Zhun had never been insulted in such a way before, so she couldn’t contain her fury anymore and pushed out her palm at Yang Kai.
Instantly, her hand turned into an ice crystal as though it had been carved by the great sculptor. The formidable coldness transformed into a swirling current that engulfed Yang Kai.
Her palm magnified rapidly right in front of Yang Kai’s eyes, as though it could block out the entire sky.
Yang Kai snarled, “It is the Dragon Clan who is domineering and oppressive today, not I!” As he spoke, he pushed Zhu Qing away and, right in front of all the astounded people, he actually charged towards the Second Elder instead of retreating.
“Hou!!”
As soon as a roar was heard, Yang Kai swelled up and transformed into an 80-metre long gigantic creature. Stubby horns protruded on his temples, and his entire body was covered in scales. His flesh squirmed as his bones kept cracking. His hands had also turned into pointed Dragon Claws.
As a peerless Dragon Pressure spread out, Yang Kai puffed out scorching breath from his nostrils.
“Dragon Transformation Secret Art!” While the crowd broke into a commotion, the Dragon Clan members were dumbfounded.
The Dragon Transformation Secret Art was a legitimate Dragon Clan Secret Technique, so they were familiar with it. However, it was the first time they saw someone use it in such a domineering way.
Yang Kai had transformed into an 80-metre long beast, and while he could still only be considered a Half-Dragon in that form, the pressure he gave off was intense. Moreover, his Dragon Aura was extremely pure.
Some Sixth-Order and Seventh-Order Dragon Clan members secretly compared themselves with Yang Kai and reckoned that even without bloodline suppression, they might not be able to defeat him. Hence, they stopped being arrogant and disdainful of him as their expressions turned solemn.
Upon transforming into his Half-Dragon Form, Yang Kai immediately pushed his Dragon Pressure and engulfed Fu Zhun with it.
Fu Zhun was unperturbed, however, as the palm she had thrown out became even more translucent. In the blink of an eye, the two forces clashed with each other.
Right in front of everyone’s eyes, Fu Zhun’s palm easily broke through all of Yang Kai’s defences and landed on his chest. Silently, Yang Kai’s broad chest sank, as though it had been hit by a meteor boulder. At the same time, his back protruded as the shock wave exploded out behind him, astounding everyone.
*Kacha…*
It was then that the sound of countless bones cracking could be heard, which sent chills down the spectators’ spines.
The 80-metre-long Half-Dragon froze for a moment before it was sent flying backwards, like a bolt of lightning, flying more than a hundred kilometres in the blink of an eye, golden blood splashing out to form a long golden trail.
[We told you not to be so presumptuous!] That was the thought on the Dragon Clan members’ minds as they watched Yang Kai flying away from the impact.
After Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong traded glances, they shook their heads.
Although Yang Kai possessed the Golden Divine Dragon Source, and he was fairly powerful in his own right, he was now going against the Second Elder, who was a Master that was as formidable as a Great Emperor and a Tenth-Order Dragon. After Yang Kai had activated his Dragon Pressure, he failed in his attempt to suppress the Second Elder’s bloodline at all and without the advantage of bloodline suppression, he couldn’t possibly bear even one palm from her.
Even though her attack was clearly not made with her full strength, it allowed Yang Kai to realize the difference between a Great Emperor and himself deeply. On the contrary, he wasn’t able to hurt even one strand of Fu Zhun’s hair.
The place fell into silence as they were surrounded by the bitingly cold aura. With a dispassionate expression, Fu Zhun stared coldly at Yang Kai, who barely managed to stop and stabilize himself.
All of a sudden though, her pupils contracted as she slowly turned her head and narrowed her eyes. In a calm manner, she asked, “Zhu Qing, do you know what you’re doing?”
Hearing that, all of them came to their senses and looked in that direction, upon which they were all stunned.
When they were not paying attention, Zhu Qing had approached Fu Chi and engulfed him with her Dragon Pressure. At the same time, she had transformed her fair hand into a Dragon Claw and clenched at Fu Chi’s head as she stared warily at Fu Zhun.
She didn’t react upon seeing that Yang Kai was injured. It wasn’t that she didn’t care about his life or death; it was just that she couldn’t be distracted. The slightest lack of concentration in front of someone as strong as a Great Emperor would be enough to make Yang Kai’s plan fail, so Zhu Qing wouldn’t even dare to think about turning her head to examine his current state. At that moment, her pointed Dragon Claws had pierced Fu Chi’s flesh, and if she exerted any more force with her hand, Fu Chi would lose his life on the spot.
Apparently, Fu Chi had never expected that such a thing would happen. Just now, he was still laughing at Yang Kai for daring to challenge the Second Elder. Seeing that Yang Kai was on the losing side, he felt gleeful and hoped that the Second Elder’s attack could end his life.
While he was still thinking about that though, he saw a figure flashing across his eyes, upon which Zhu Qing appeared right behind him. Following that, he could feel the suppression from a Ninth-Order Dragon Vein as well as the pain on his head.
At that moment, Fu Chi’s expression was livid as he was extremely displeased.
A Ninth-Order’s suppression on an Eighth-Order wasn’t too overwhelming. If they were to fight face-to-face, Fu Chi could persevere for some time; however, Zhu Qing was fully prepared and managed to gain a decisive advantage from the start, so Zhu Chi’s life or death was now literally in her hands.
A myriad of expressions came over everyone in that place, as the sight before them was extremely strange. This was Fu Chi and Zhu Qing’s wedding day, and they were both clad in ceremonial red robes. They were supposed to be a loving couple, but at this moment, the bride seemed to have the intention of killing the groom, so the sight appeared very awkward.
Without answering the question, Zhu Qing placed all her focus on Fu Zhun.
“Your seal has been removed?” Zhu Kong frowned as he couldn’t believe it, “When did that happen?”
For quite some time now, Zhu Qing’s Dragon Vein had been suppressed and her cultivation had been sealed. However, now it didn’t look like any of that had happened to her. Apparently, she had restored all her strength, which was why she was able to make such a sneak attack.
“So that’s how it is,” Zhu Yan quickly figured out how Zhu Qing’s seal was removed. Shocked, he looked at Yang Kai, who was flying back unstably as he pressed his giant claw against his chest.
Incensed, Fu Zhun stared at Yang Kai and snarled, “It’s you who did it!”
There was no way Zhu Qing’s seal had been lifted for no reason. Since the beginning, only Yang Kai had got into contact with Zhu Qing. Hence, besides Yang Kai, no one else could remove Zhu Qing’s seal without anyone knowing.
[How did he do it? I laid that seal personally!]
“You’re allowed to place a seal on her, but you won’t allow me to lift it? That doesn’t make sense,” Yang Kai appeared ferocious as there was still some Golden Blood on the corner of his mouth. He hadn’t managed to restore his chest to its original form either, so it was still slightly sunken. Fu Zhun’s attack was unbearably powerful. Although it didn’t cost him his life, it had roiled his vitality and broken several bones. His 80-metre-long figure approached Zhu Qing and landed on the ground in front of her. Like a hill, he stood in front of Zhu Qing and faced the three Elders’ pressure on his own.
Seeing that he was still alive and kicking, Zhu Qing, who had been extremely anxious just now, could finally heave a sigh of relief and set her mind at ease.
“You’ve done well, Qing’er.” Yang Kai praised her without turning his head. After all, they were husband and wife, so their hearts were already one. Although he didn’t have the time to tell Zhu Qing his plan, she was still able to make the optimal choice at the critical moment.
“He was just creating a diversion…” Zhu Kong raised his brow. At that instant, he had also figured out what just happened.
Yang Kai activated his Dragon Transformation Secret Art and transformed into an 80-metre-long Half-Dragon seemingly to confront the Second Elder. Although it looked like he was reckless and didn’t know his place, he was in fact just trying to draw everyone’s attention to himself.
While all of them had focused on Yang Kai, Zhu Qing, who had been concealed behind his towering figure, could move freely to assist him, and it turned out that the couple’s tactics were indeed useful.
Initially, Yang Kai was like a fish on the chopping block, while the Dragon Clan held the knife. Hence, he couldn’t resist their oppression. However, things looked a little different now.
Zhu Qing’s seal had been lifted, and her power had been restored. Now, Fu Chi was in her hands and she could instantly kill him if she pleased.
Despite the fact that Yang Kai had been injured by the Second Elder, he managed to gain the upper hand in the end.
[What deep schemes! What boldness!] Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong were stunned as they thought that if this matter couldn’t be solved perfectly, they would soon have a formidable enemy.
“Zhu Qing, are you trying to betray us? Release Fu Chi now! What you’re doing now is highly improper!” Fu Zhun’s expression was cold, and her voice was equally stern.
Unperturbed, Zhu Qing replied, “I only listen to Yang Kai. I’ll only release Fu Chi if he tells me to do so.”
Fu Zhun growled, “Don’t forget that you’re a member of the Dragon Clan as well as part of Dragon Island! You know what kind of punishment you’ll get for harming your fellow clansman!”
Seeing that the Second Elder was truly incensed, most of the Dragon Clan members became terrified.
They hadn’t seen the Second Elder so infuriated in a long time. The last time she became this furious was ten odd years ago, when she ended up confining her favourite daughter to the Dragon Grave. At that time, that person was the Dragon Clan’s Third Elder!
Now that Zhu Qing was also a Ninth-Order Dragon, supposedly, she could become the Dragon Clan’s Fifth Elder, but that didn’t matter anymore. Even the Third Elder was sent into the Dragon Grave by the Second Elder, so there was no way Zhu Qing could escape her punishment.
“Harming her fellow clansman?” Yang Kai snorted and extended his gigantic hand to grab Fu Chi. Instantly, all his Dragon Pressure engulfed Fu Chi, which caused him to let out a muffled grunt. At that moment, Fu Chi was seized by a sense of fear.
He was just an Eighth-Order Dragon and even Zhu Qing, who had a Ninth-Order Dragon Vein, could suppress him, let alone Yang Kai who possessed the Golden Divine Dragon Source. Perhaps a month ago, Fu Chi could put up some resistance against Yang Kai even if the latter activated his Dragon Transformation Secret Art; however, in just one month, Yang Kai’s integration of the Golden Divine Dragon Source had improved dramatically.
Fu Chi felt that the Dragon Essence in his body had stagnated completely at this moment.
However, that wasn’t what truly upset him. He was most frustrated at the fact that, as an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, he was now held in Yang Kai’s hand like a toy, with literally hundreds of eyes staring at him, utterly shaming him.
“Old hag, you sealed Qing’er’s cultivation and suppressed her Dragon Vein. You knew that she loved someone else, but you still forced her to marry a Dragon Clan member she didn’t love. Doesn’t that count as harming your fellow clansman? In my opinion, you’re the one who should be punished!”
All the Dragon Clan members’ foreheads were now beaded with sweat, while the brows of the Great Elder and the Fourth Elder twitched.
[This guy is too bold! How does he have the guts to talk to the Second Elder like this!?]
Fu Zhun’s face twitched as she said through gritted teeth, “What did you just call me?”
“Old hag, old hag, old hag, old hag, old hag!” Yang Kai cursed at her repeatedly with such force that spit and blood flew in all directions from his mouth, almost dirtying Fu Zhun’s face.
Fu Zhun’s expression turned glacial as her tender body trembled violently and the murderous intent she released nearly became tangible.
“Don’t even think about killing me,” Yang Kai looked down at her with a sneer, “Yes, if you want to kill me, I probably won’t be able to escape. However, I’m a timid man and am easily frightened. If I were to suddenly lose control of my strength and accidentally pinch him to death, that would be terrible!”
To prove that he wasn’t bluffing, Yang Kai exerted slightly more force with his claw.
Instantly, Fu Chi shrieked as he felt that all his bones were being crushed. While he gritted his teeth, his sweat streamed down his forehead. His gaze was filled with hatred as he glared at Yang Kai. He had never been humiliated so greatly in his life, and his resentment towards Yang Kai would never be resolved no matter what. However, since he had fallen into Yang Kai’s hands, he couldn’t even muster the strength to struggle.
“I heard that there are only a small number of Dragons in the Dragon Clan, so each one of you is precious. I wonder how valuable an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon is in your heart, Second Elder?”
Fu Zhun gnashed her teeth together and uttered slowly, “Today, either you will die, or the Dragon Clan will perish!”
The colour drained from Zhu Qing’s beautiful face when she heard that declaration.
A battle to the death!
The atmosphere in that place changed drastically when everyone heard what the Second Elder had said.
If someone else had said these words, it could be taken as just a threat; however, since the Second Elder was the one who had spoken, it really meant that they would fight with Yang Kai until either party lost their lives. She had been completely enraged, so she was determined to kill Yang Kai in order to wipe clean the humiliation that had been inflicted upon the Dragon Clan today.
Zhu Qing’s face turned totally pale.
She thought that by just capturing Fu Chi, they would have a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Elders, but she didn’t expect that the Second Elder would be furious enough to say such a thing. Zhu Qing was utterly flustered and didn’t know what to do, so she could only shift her attention to Yang Kai’s towering figure.
“How dare you threaten me!” Yang Kai’s expression turned even more ruthless as he directly grabbed one of Fu Chi’s arms, the difference between their sizes making it look like he was grasping a toothpick.
“What are you trying to do?” Fu Chi was stunned.
Right after Fu Chi finished speaking, Yang Kai exerted more force with his hand.
*Chi…*
In an instant, blood spurted out. Fu Chi was startled for a moment before he shouted in pain as his arm had been torn off by Yang Kai. The wound appeared uneven as his pure Dragon Blood kept squirting out like a fountain. Every drop of his blood appeared translucent as it dropped on the ground and dyed the place crimson.
Dragon Blood was precious, so every drop was extremely valuable. It could be used to make pills or just be consumed directly. For a Dragonborn like Li Jiao, Dragon Blood was even more useful than Dragon Blood Flowers.
However, at this moment, priceless Dragon Blood was actually being splashed out as though it was worth nothing. The blood’s vivid red colour sent a shock wave across everyone, making them completely terrified.
*Ssii…*
As all of them gasped as they looked dazedly at Fu Chi, their eyes brimming with fright.
With their expressions turning solemn, Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong stepped forward and tried to submerge Yang Kai with their peerless Dragon Pressure. They hadn’t made a move just now because Yang Kai hadn’t really done anything that had harmed the Dragon Clan’s interests, and for Zhu Qing’s sake, they weren’t willing to bully a Junior like Yang Kai.
However, things were different now because an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon’s arm had been torn off by Yang Kai. As the Great Elder and Fourth Elder of Dragon Island, they couldn’t stay put and do nothing.
“Don’t you dare!” Yang Kai turned his head as he glared at Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong and pinched Fu Chi’s other arm. With a ferocious expression, he looked like a beast that would bite anyone that tried to approach, his eyes flashing with a horrifying glare.
Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong stopped in their tracks, but after a short pause, Zhu Yan spoke, “You’ve gone overboard.”
Yang Kai shook his head, “It’s the Dragon Clan who has gone overboard.”
“It’s not up to you to determine who is right or wrong. Release Fu Chi now. We can talk it out.”
Yang Kai replied without any hesitation, “There’s nothing to discuss. Let Qing’er and I leave now, and I’ll let him live. Otherwise, all of us will die together!”
Earlier, if he said such a thing, it would just be regarded as a threat that was not to be feared. However, everyone took his threat seriously now because he had just torn off Fu Chi’s arm. Apparently, he was really prepared to die today.
Both the Great Elder and the Second Elder had the power to kill Yang Kai, but before they could, Fu Chi would undoubtedly lose his life. There were only a small number of Dragon Clan members, so they couldn’t afford to lose anyone.
“Release him!” The Second Elder said through clenched teeth.
Without uttering a word, Yang Kai sneered and exerted more force with his hand.
*Chi…*
Fu Chi’s other arm was swiftly pulled off; after which Yang Kai nonchalantly threw the torn arm away and stared fixedly at Fu Zhun, apparently daring her to continue speaking.
[You threatened me, and I tore Fu Chi’s arm out; you growled at me, and I pulled his other arm out! Although he has no more arms left, he still has two legs! All Dragon Clan members are tough anyway, so these injuries wouldn’t kill him. Aren’t you trying to get Zhu Qing to marry Fu Chi? Once I kill him, let’s see how you’re going to do that!]
Yang Kai knew that he mustn’t show any signs of weaknesses in front of the Dragon Clan, he needed to appear even more ruthless than they were.
Fu Zhun was so enraged that her face turned livid. Even the incident more than ten years ago didn’t anger her so. However, Yang Kai’s actions had made her rage rise to an unprecedented level.
Fu Chi’s face had turned completely ashen after his arms were torn off as he trembled fiercely. He was a member of the Dragon Clan whose physical body was incredibly tough, so in most circumstances, it was impossible for anyone to tear off his limbs.
Nevertheless, Yang Kai had transformed into an 80-metre-long Half-Dragon, so his physical strength was equally incredible. If somehow the Great Elder or the Second Elder fell into the current Yang Kai’s hands, he would be able to separate the limbs from their bodies as well, so it was no wonder he could do that to Fu Chi with ease.
Fu Chi hung his head low as his gaze was filled with hatred.
“I’ll count down from ten, you have until then to make your decision!” Yang Kai swept a glance across all the Elders and upon finishing his words, he really started counting down.
Although he was the weaker party, he still displayed unfettered arrogance, as though he was above all of them and was the one who had the final say, making everyone feel awkward at the sight.
“Ten… Nine… Eight…” His voice was calm, which suggested that he wasn’t nervous, and his expression was filled with resolve.
Zhu Qing stepped sideward and stood beside Yang Kai. After taking a deep breath, she too put on a steadfast expression.
They were husband and wife, so they should enjoy happiness or endure hardship together. Even if they had to die, they would do so together. Although Zhu Qing never uttered a word, her actions had revealed her stance.
“One!” After Yang Kai finished counting down, all three Elders still never replied to him.
It wasn’t that they didn’t care about Fu Chi’s life or death; it was just that they could never make a concession on this day. If this news was spread, the Dragon Clan’s majesty would be destroyed. Faced with Yang Kai’s domineering attitude, they had no choice but to consider giving up on Fu Chi.
Zhu Yan sighed secretly, as he had never expected that things would come to such a point. From an outside perspective, this was mainly because Yang Kai had been too aggressive in his approach; however, no one could achieve a perfect outcome when faced with such a problem. This would be an unfortunate incident in the Dragon Clan’s history, and it also meant the end of Yang Kai’s life.
Yang Kai lowered his head and smiled at Zhu Qing. However, given his Half-Dragon face, his smile appeared rather terrifying, “Qing’er, it seems that we might die together on this day.”
With her silky hair flapping in the air, Zhu Qing replied with a smile, “I’m glad that we can keep each other company on the way to the afterlife.”
“Good!” Yang Kai growled as his expression turned solemn. Suddenly, he started uttering complicated and abstruse syllables. The syllables were so strange that the hundreds of Humans there couldn’t understand anything from them. Nevertheless, all the Dragon Clan members could feel their hearts pounding against their chests when they heard his voice as their Dragon Blood began boiling.
“A Dragon Clan Secret Technique!” Fu Zhun’s expression changed drastically as she clenched her teeth, “How did you even learn of our Secret Techniques?”
Yang Kai stared at her without responding to her as his voice turned increasingly aggressive, just like a real Dragon Roar, resounding towards the far distance.
“It’s the Ancestral Dragon Source’s inheritance!” Finally understanding what was going on, Zhu Yan said with astonishment.
The complete inheritance of an Ancient Divine Spirit could not be passed down solely through oral or written records. In fact, almost all core parts of such an inheritance were hidden within their bloodline and Source. When the awakening of their bloodline reached a certain level, that inheritance would naturally reveal itself.
The Dragon Clan was the leader of all Divine Spirits, so they were not exempted from this rule.
As Pure Blood Dragon Clan members’ bloodline improved, they would also grasp some Secret Techniques that only True Dragons could use.
Now, Yang Kai was using a High-Rank Dragon Clan Secret Technique. Apparently, he had obtained the inheritance that was supposed to belong to the Dragon Clan, and that inheritance came from the Ancestral Dragon Source within him.
That was the reason Zhu Yan was astonished. Since Yang Kai had obtained the Dragon Clan’s inheritance, it also meant that he had been acknowledged by the Ancestral Dragon Source. It was no wonder that he was able to lift Zhu Qing’s seal without anyone noticing.
Zhu Qing’s seal was planted by the Second Elder using a Dragon Clan Secret Technique, but given the strength Yang Kai had displayed, he indeed had the power to remove the seal.
Since that was the case, he could no longer be considered a pure Human. He could now be considered an esteemed member of the Dragon Clan.
Since Zhu Yan had figured it out, there was no way that revelation hadn’t dawned on Fu Zhun, but at that moment, she still couldn’t believe that fact.
She had intended to detain Yang Kai and extract the Ancestral Dragon Source from him, but now it seemed her idea couldn’t be realized.
If she wanted to remove the Dragon Source from him, the first prerequisite was that it was in a complete state.
However, since the Ancestral Dragon Source had acknowledged this Human and even integrated a significant portion of itself into his being, there was no way to separate it from him without causing severe damage. Even if they managed to forcefully separate it from him, it would only result in an unbearable loss to the Dragon Clan.
Only members of the Dragon Clan could employ the Dragon Clan’s Secret Techniques, which was an unbreakable rule.
The syllables wafting from Yang Kai’s mouth were an ancient Dragon Language, and although the others couldn’t understand it, there was no way the Dragon Clan members didn’t.
At that instant, all the Dragon Clan members were dumbstruck with even the Elders falling into a dazed state.
Before they could come to their senses though, Fu Chi, who had been held hostage by Yang Kai, screamed suddenly as his body trembled violently. His red clothes were drenched in sweat and his hate-filled gaze suddenly became completely blank, as though he had been controlled by a form of spell.
Following that, a bolt of lightning wandered around Fu Chi as crackling sounds could be heard. Suddenly, an illusionary Thunder Dragon appeared above his head. The Thunder Dragon roared, as though it wasn’t willing to leave Fu Chi’s body; however, under the urging of Yang Kai’s Dragon Language, it was forced to slowly separate itself from Fu Chi as its eyes were filled with a sense of pain and fear. In just a short moment, its head had completely manifested.
Apparently, this was Fu Chi’s Dragon Source. Once his Source left his body, he would lose his identity as a Dragon Clan member, which was something more unbearable than death.
“Dragon Punishment!” The expressions of all Dragon Clan members changed drastically as their bodies turned cold, as though their Dragon Blood had been frozen over.
Even after a Dragon Clan member passed away, their Source wouldn’t disappear. It would return to the Dragon Grave and become a kind of formless Source Strength. When a female Dragon became pregnant with a child, the Dragon Clan members would hold a ceremony and communicate with the Dragon Grave so that this Source Strength could be transferred to the fetus.
In other words, although losses would be incurred when a Dragon Clan member passed away, it wasn’t the end for that Dragon Source. However, if the Source was destroyed, it would be gone forever.
That was why even though there were only a small number of Dragon Clan members, they were never truly at risk of going extinct. That was because every deceased Dragon Clan member would leave behind their Source to make their last contribution to sustain the Dragon Clan’s bloodline.
However, with one Source being destroyed, it would mean there would be one fewer Dragon Clan member forever.
‘Dragon Punishment’ was the most effective way to destroy a Dragon Source, which was why it was one of the most forbidden of Dragon Clan’s techniques.
Earlier, when Yang Kai threatened to die together with Fu Chi, the Second Elder could still accept it despite her fury; however, what Yang Kai was about to do wasn’t something she was willing to see. A Dragon Clan member could lose their life, but the Source could never be allowed to be destroyed!
“Stop right there!” Zhu Yan roared, his expression turning black.
Yang Kai really stopped what he was doing as the ancient syllables ceased. As for the Thunder Dragon which was being separated from Fu Chi, it appeared slightly relieved as well.
“Great Elder, what else do you have to say?” Yang Kai asked in a serious voice as he forced his racing heartbeat to moderate. Although he appeared very reckless, he wouldn’t want to lose his life unless he had no choice. Fortunately, the Great Elder was willing to extricate him from this difficult situation by stepping forward at the right moment. Otherwise, Yang Kai wasn’t even sure if he should continue on with this suicidal path.
Things had come to a point where Yang Kai had no way out anymore. He either had to negotiate with the Dragon Clan and pay a hefty price to leave with Zhu Qing or fight with them until the end. The second scenario wasn’t what he hoped to see. As for the first scenario, he was prepared to make a huge sacrifice.
Seeing that Yang Kai had stopped the Dragon Punishment, Zhu Yan heaved a sigh of relief. Since this young man had obtained the Dragon Clan’s inheritance, and the Ancestral Dragon Source had acknowledged him and integrated with him, he couldn’t be regarded as just a Human anymore. Hence, it was useless for the Dragon Clan members to continue being so haughty in front of him.
After giving it a thought, Zhu Yan decided to say something, but just then, a sudden change shocked everyone.
A deafening buzz could be heard in the far distance, as though the entire world was shaking. Following that, a beam of light exploded and shot up into the sky. The World Energy around them kept trembling, causing everyone to feel uneasy.
The Dragon Clan’s three Elders turned their heads and looked at the source of the noise. The next moment, they turned pale at the same time.
The Second Elder Fu Zhun shouted, “Oh, no!”
Upon finishing her words, she leapt into the air and flew towards that direction at the speed of lightning. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared from everyone’s sight as she had no time to deal with Yang Kai anymore.
Hundreds of Humans were dumbfounded at the sudden change. Even Yang Kai appeared shocked as he darted his gaze around.
No one knew the reason the Second Elder left in such a hurry. Supposedly, what was going on in this place would badly affect the Dragon Clan’s honour and dignity; after all, it was deplorable of Yang Kai to try to snatch the Dragon bride on the wedding day. The Second Elder also appeared domineering as she threatened that the Dragon Clan would fight with Yang Kai until one of them died. It could be said that this was a grudge that could never be resolved.
So, what happened in the distance that made a Master like Fu Zhun turn so pale and fly off in such a panic? She even stopped caring about Yang Kai and went to handle this other matter immediately. Apparently, something shocking had happened on Dragon Island.
It was hard for everyone to wrap their heads around this idea. Then, they shifted their attention to the other Elders and realized that both Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong appeared solemn, as though they were faced with a formidable enemy.
They didn’t even show this kind of emotion on their faces when Yang Kai tore Fu Chi’s arms off just now.
On the other hand, the other Dragon Clan members appeared uneasy as they had their own speculation.
“Qing’er, where is that place? What is going on?” Yang Kai secretly communicated to Zhu Qing via Divine Sense. Feeling excited, he could sense that this might be their chance to leave.
Of the three Dragon Clan’s Elders, the Second Elder Fu Zhun was the hardest to deal with. If it weren’t because she was so unreasonable, Yang Kai wouldn’t have done such an outrageous thing, so now that she had left, Yang Kai was certainly elated.
With the Second Elder out of the way, they could talk it out with the other Elders, Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong, in a peaceful manner. After all, they were from the Zhu Clan of the Dragon Clan, so they were biased towards Zhu Qing, which was evident from their attitude just now.
Upon hearing Yang Kai’s question, Zhu Qing replied, “The Dragon Grave. That place is the Dragon Grave. It seems that something has happened there.”
“The Dragon Grave?” Yang Kai raised his brow.
Certainly, he knew what kind of place the Dragon Grave was. It was somewhere the Dragon Clan members would go before their death, so it was their Restricted Area. Previously, the main reason Zhu Qing went to the Frozen Earth was to look for the lost Dragon Source so she could bring it back to the Dragon Grave.
[Since the Dragon Grave is the cemetery for the Dragon Clan, what could have possibly happened there? The Second Elder even left the place in a hurry without saying anything. How strange…]
Zhu Qing didn’t know the reason either, as she just knew that something must have happened to the Dragon Grave.
While Yang Kai and Zhu Qing were having a chat in secret, the Great Elder and the Fourth Elder were communicating with each other as well. After Zhu Yan finished speaking, Zhu Kong suddenly turned solemn.
Yang Kai darted his gaze around before he raised his head and uttered, “Great Elder, Fourth Elder, I know I’m in the wrong today, but I have no other choice. I’m doing this because I care about Qing’er’s happiness, so I hope that you two will forgive me.”
His conflict with the Dragon Clan was mainly because of the Second Elder Fu Zhun. Now that she was gone, Yang Kai could possibly leave with Zhu Qing if he managed to persuade the Great Elder and the Fourth Elder to let them go.
However, he wasn’t sure if the Dragon Clan was willing to let him off, so he was both restless and apprehensive.
Hearing his words, Zhu Yan and Zhu Kong were torn between exasperation and laughter as they stared at Yang Kai.
Earlier, Yang Kai appeared unwavering when he confronted the Second Elder, as though he was determined to fight with Fu Zhun until the end to prove his love for Zhu Qing. Now that Fu Zhun was gone though, Yang Kai decided to negotiate. It seemed that he was a man who understood the concept of give and take.
With a grim expression, Zhu Yan uttered, “You’ve wounded our fellow clansman and damaged the Dragon Clan’s honour. You can’t get away with it by just claiming that you had no choice.”
Yang Kai raised his brow and refuted, “What do you want then, Great Elder? I’m sure you’re aware of Qing’er’s stance, so you should stop forcing her to get married to Fu Chi and stop lying to yourselves as well. Fu Chi is a Dragon Clan member, so is Zhu Qing. You should think about her well-being.”
Zhu Yan shook his head, “You’re right, but things have come to a point where there won’t be a good ending anymore.”
Yang Kai’s expression turned dark, “Since you’ve said so, I have no choice but to fight with you. If I offend you in any way, please forgive me.” His attitude towards the Great Elder was starkly different from when he dealt with the Second Elder.
He had completely offended Fu Zhun. So, if there was a chance for a turning point, he wasn’t willing to offend the Great Elder.
“Supposedly, you should be killed because you’ve humiliated the Dragon Clan and harmed Fu Chi,” Zhu Yan uttered and then shifted his focus, “However, as your Senior, I’m unwilling to bully you. Otherwise, the Dragon Clan’s reputation might be further damaged.”
Yang Kai’s gaze brightened as he asked, “Great Elder, what do you mean?”
“Release Fu Chi, and I won’t deal with you.”
“Are you serious?” Yang Kai was elated upon hearing that. Of all the Dragon Clan members, he was most wary of the Great Elder and the Second Elder, as they were both as powerful as Great Emperors. Now that the Second Elder was gone, he could just leave Dragon Island as he pleased if the Great Elder wouldn’t make a move against him. It would be difficult for the Fourth Elder to make him stay.
At that instant, Yang Kai found the Great Elder to be quite amiable, and even the latter’s solemn expression appeared warmer now. [He’s from the Zhu Clan of the Dragon Clan, after all, so he’s still biased towards Zhu Qing, which is why he’s trying to let her go.]
“Great Elder, you’re a man of your word, so I definitely believe you.” Yang Kai nodded repeatedly with a joyful expression.
The hundreds of Humans couldn’t help rolling their eyes. [He appeared suspicious of the Great Elder just now, but in the blink of an eye, he’s now praising him that he’s a man of his word!]
“Release him, then.” Zhu Yan shot him a dispassionate glance.
Without hesitation, Yang Kai tossed Fu Chi forward.
Fu Chi had turned completely pale because he had lost both his arms. He thought that he would certainly lose his life on this day, but he didn’t expect that he would be brought back from death’s door. After he landed on the ground, he picked up his torn arms and dashed off towards a certain direction.
He didn’t dare to stay there as he just wanted to look for a place to recuperate. Although his arms had been torn off by Yang Kai, as a member of the Dragon Clan, he was naturally tough, so he just needed some time to recover from the injuries.
Before he left, he shot Yang Kai a glare, as he was determined to get his revenge one day. He was an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon and he felt that if it weren’t because Yang Kai made a sudden move by creating a diversion, he wouldn’t have been subdued by Zhu Qing so easily. Having suffered such a setback, there was no way he could forgive them.
He was injured right in front of so many people, and Zhu Qing had been snatched away from him. He would no longer be Fu Chi if he could tolerate it.
Hidden among the crowd, Li Jiao appeared grim and conflicted as he watched Fu Chi flee.
When Yang Kai taught Fu Chi a lesson by tearing off his arms, Li Jiao was extremely gleeful. If it weren’t for Fu Chi, Lu San Niang wouldn’t have endured hardship for hundreds of years. He hoped that Yang Kai would kill Fu Chi on the spot.
However, Yang Kai had come to an agreement with the Great Elder to let Fu Chi go, and while Li Jiao was disappointed, he also felt glad. He was disappointed that Fu Chi had escaped from his punishment, but at the same time, he was glad that Yang Kai didn’t kill him as the only way he could truly dispel the hatred in his heart was to kill Fu Chi himself, so the fact that Fu Chi had managed to survive had given Li Jiao a chance to get his revenge on his own.
However, in the end, Fu Chi was an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon. Although he was severely injured at the moment, Li Jiao was still no match for him. He only had a Third-Order Mid-Rank Dragon Vein, so there was no way he could defeat an Eighth-Order Dragon, unless he could upgrade his bloodline.
At that moment, Li Jiao was racking his brain about what he could do to kill Fu Chi. He knew full well the consequences of killing a member of the Dragon Clan; however, as a man, he should determine for himself the things he should and should not do.
While he was hesitating, Fu Chi had disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Besides Li Jiao, there was another person among the crowd who stared fixedly in the direction Fu Chi was fleeing. That person had a greedy light flash across the depths of his eyes as a myriad of emotions swirled behind his gaze.
“I have released him, so I hope that you will keep your promise.” Yang Kai turned to look at Zhu Yan.
Zhu Yan nodded his head, “Of course I won’t go back on my word.”
Upon finishing his words, he shot a look at Zhu Kong before flying off rapidly.
Judging from the direction he was heading, he was headed for the Dragon Grave as well, and his speed was comparable to that of the Second Elder. In just a short moment, he disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Upon that revelation, the crowd broke into a commotion.
The fact that the Second Elder had gone to the Dragon Grave was shocking enough, but now, even the Great Elder was heading to the same place. What was going on in the Dragon Grave that required immediate attention from two Masters, who were as powerful as Great Emperors?
Yang Kai fell into his thoughts as he scratched his chin. Suddenly, the corner of his mouth twitched as he uttered aggrievedly, “We’ve been fooled.”
“What do you mean?” Zhu Qing looked doubtfully at him.
Yang Kai said through gritted teeth, “Old ginger really is spicier!”
Judging from the situation just now, something serious must have happened in the Dragon Grave, and even the Second Elder couldn’t handle it on her own, which was why the Great Elder had to rush over to help. In other words, whether or not Yang Kai released Fu Chi, the Great Elder couldn’t stay there for a long time.
If he just stalled for a bit longer, he wouldn’t even have to negotiate with the Great Elder. With Fu Chi still in his hands, he and Zhu Qing could easily leave Dragon Island. With the Great Elder and the Second Elder out of the way, he had guessed that the Fourth Elder wouldn’t be able to stop them.
However, Yang Kai had been tricked by the Great Elder. Now that his hostage was gone, he had lost a decisive advantage. Nevertheless, after a change of thought, he felt that this might actually be the best outcome.
If he didn’t agree to the Great Elder’s demand just now, the Great Elder might be forced to fight with him. By then, both Fu Chi and him would end up in a miserable state. With this thought in mind, Yang Kai became much calmer. Although he had been fooled by the Great Elder, the outcome was still acceptable.
With the two strongest Elders gone, only the Fourth Elder Zhu Kong and the other Dragon Clan members were left standing in front of the palace.
With a faint smile, Yang Kai turned to look at Zhu Kong, “Fourth Elder, what do you think? Will you let us go? Or will you fight with me until the winner emerges?”
It had been a day full of surprises so far, but things were going in his favour. With the Great Elder and the Second Elder out of the way, Yang Kai felt confident when dealing with the other Dragon Clan members.
After a sigh, Zhu Kong uttered, “It’s an eventful day on Dragon Island indeed. If possible, please stay here for a few days more, then we’ll talk it out.”
Yang Kai replied with a grin, “Fourth Elder, do you think you can fool me just because I’m young? If I don’t leave Dragon Island today, there won’t be any chance for me to do so again in the future. So, I cannot agree to your ‘request’.”
“You’re right.” Zhu Kong nodded slightly, “My request is indeed unacceptable.”
With a sincere expression, Zhu Qing stepped forward and stared at Zhu Kong, “Fourth Elder, Yang Kai and I are not willing to go against the Dragon Clan. We just want to leave this place. Please grant our wish.”
Appearing serious, Zhu Kong shook his head, “You’ve heard what the Great Elder said. There won’t be a good ending unless both of you surrender without resisting.”
“Come fight with me, then.” Yang Kai stepped forward. His figure was as sturdy as a steel tower, and his Dragon Pressure rolled around him.
The Fourth Elder narrowed his eyes, “There are only two of you, so you won’t stand a chance of winning. I suggest you stop resisting.”
Right after he finished his words, a figure suddenly appeared and stood beside Zhu Qing.
Zhu Qing turned to look at him and frowned. Then, she parted her lips in an attempt to say something, but she didn’t utter a word in the end.
On the other hand, Zhu Lie cupped his fists and said, “Fourth Elder, I’m sorry, but I have to side with Zhu Qing.”
The person who had appeared was none other than Zhu Lie.
Seeing that, all the Dragon Clan members turned ashen in an instant. Although Zhu Lie and Zhu Qing were siblings, what Zhu Lie was doing was basically rebelling against Dragon Island and the Dragon Clan. Besides the familial bond, it must also have taken him a lot of resolution to make such a decision.
Zhu Kong appeared unperturbed, however, as though this was within his expectations. After a nod, he said, “Good. Every decision comes with corresponding consequences. I hope that you won’t regret your decision today.”
Zhu Lie replied, “I won’t.”
Yang Kai guffawed, “As family, we should go to war and fight for our future together. Little brother-in-law, you’re truly not bad!”
The corner of Zhu Lie’s mouth twitched. Every time he heard Yang Kai call him ‘little brother-in-law’, he had the urge to beat him up.
Just then, a person stepped out of the crowd and stood firmly beside Zhu Lie. However, the way he carried himself was starkly different from Zhu Lie. He appeared timid, and his body was trembling slightly. Apparently, he was quite afraid.
“You’re here too?” Zhu Lie looked at Li Jiao in shock.
The corner of Li Jiao’s mouth twitched, “Young Master Zhu, it’s been a while since we last met.”
Without uttering a word, Zhu Lie extended his hand and clapped Li Jiao’s shoulder.
In an instant, Li Jiao appeared shocked at the gesture. Although he had been in contact with Zhu Lie previously, and they had even endured some life-or-death moments in the Revolving World together, Zhu Lie had never spared him a glance from the beginning.
Li Jiao could clearly feel that Zhu Lie was disdainful of him. As he was just a Dragonborn, he knew that it was impossible for him to get a Dragon Clan member to take him seriously… Until this day!
Although it was just a simple gesture from Zhu Lie, it represented his recognition and amiability.
Li Jiao wasn’t even sure if he should feel happy or sorrowful. He had just gained Zhu Lie’s recognition by stepping forward to side with him. If he managed to survive on this day, he would get innumerable benefits from him in the future; however, the chances of leaving alive today were slim to say the least. Li Jiao seriously wondered if he would have a chance to return to Fire Dragon Palace at all.
“A Dragonborn?” The Fourth Elder gazed at Li Jiao with a frown as he had identified him at first glance. Dragonborn were easily recognizable because their Dragon Blood wasn’t pure. All Dragon Clan members despised Dragonborn because they didn’t like the murky aura that lingered about their bodies.
No Dragonborn could raise their head in front of a member of the Dragon Clan as they felt inferior. They wouldn’t even dare to look into a Dragon’s eyes, let alone oppose them.
However, this Dragonborn’s actions were surprising. Zhu Kong looked meaningfully at Yang Kai because he knew that it must have something to do with this lad that this Dragonborn had the guts to step forward.
[How charismatic is this boy that even a Dragonborn is willing to risk his life for him? Anyway, it’s useless. Although this Dragonborn’s cultivation is strong, his bloodline is too impure, so he is not a match for the Dragon Clan at all.]
“Fourth Elder, there are four of us now!” Yang Kai arched his brow and stared at Zhu Kong.
Although the number of people on his side was still not comparable to that of the Dragon Clan, it had actually increased twofold, as there were only two of them initially.
Zhu Kong smiled faintly, “Four still isn’t enough.”
“Indeed, four people aren’t a lot, but what if you include us?”
Just then, a clear voice was heard right beside everyone’s ears. All of them were stunned because there didn’t seem to be any figure that had appeared, but they could hear the voice loud and clear.
“Huh?” Yang Kai arched his brow and looked towards the Void.
Noticing something as well, Zhu Kong narrowed his eyes and muttered, “This voice…”
A certain spot up in the sky nearby suddenly began to distort before space collapsed and a black tear appeared, looking like a great beast’s maw that could swallow up everything in existence.
“A Void Corridor!” Someone shouted in amazement.
A Void Corridor couldn’t appear for no reason, and judging from the person’s voice from just now, everyone immediately realized that a Master was approaching from this tear in space. However, who was this reckless person who had the guts to provoke the Dragon Clan even before appearing? That person must be tired of living, as hardly anyone could bear the Dragon Clan’s wrath.
Right in front of everyone’s eyes, a petite figure walked out of the Void Corridor. All of them were stunned at the sight because the person was too petite. She was just a little girl!
She appeared to be a seven or eight-year-old girl who was clad in an oversized dress. The long sleeves even reached her ankles. Her hair was tied into two ponytails. Her face appeared soft and adorable.
Besides the hundreds of Humans, the Dragon Clan members also couldn’t help sizing her up.
Right after the little girl appeared, she darted her gaze around and swept a glance across everyone in an attempt to look for someone. Excitement and expectation were written all over her face.
“Ah!?” Yang Kai exclaimed before he grinned widely.
Finally, the little girl’s gaze fell upon him. After she was startled for a bit, she charged forward and appeared before Yang Kai in the blink of an eye.
All of them couldn’t help feeling worried for her because there was a stark difference between Yang Kai’s towering figure and the little girl’s petite body. Even if the little girl stood on her toes, she would only be as large as Yang Kai’s nose.
At that moment, Yang Kai was grinning, like he was about to swallow the little girl with his enormous mouth.
Just when everyone was utterly anxious, the little girl spoke in a clear voice, “Master, why are you so big now?”
[M-Master?] All of them were dumbfounded, thinking that they had heard it wrong.
Zhu Kong’s expression became awkward as he could sense that although this little girl appeared young and innocent, there was an enormous power within her body. Moreover, that was the power of a Divine Spirit that was comparable to that of the Dragon Clan.
Nevertheless, he had never heard of such a strange yet formidable Master before. What puzzled him was that this little girl even addressed Yang Kai as ‘Master’. [Are they Master and servant? How is that possible?]
It was the first time today that Zhu Kong began to feel uneasy. He could sense that a profound change would befall Dragon Island on this day, and that revelation made his heart grow heavy.
Furthermore, the voice that appeared from nowhere just now wasn’t this little girl’s voice, that voice sounded more like…
“How dare you touch my butt!”
Just when everyone was in a dazed state, a woman was heard yelling. Following that, a beautiful woman in an imperial dress shuffled out of the Void Corridor. Then, with a furious expression, she turned to glare into the black nothingness.
The atmosphere had been quite intense when such words were heard all of a sudden, which caused everyone’s expression to become awkward. After such a disruption, the anxiety in their hearts vanished into thin air.
“I didn’t do it intentionally! You were the one blocking the way…” A third person’s voice was heard speaking. Everyone could hear clearly that it was the man’s voice from earlier.
The Void Corridor’s entrance flickered slightly, upon which a handsome and elegant man emerged. With a bitter smile, he appeared slightly embarrassed. Upon his appearance, the Void Corridor shrank and disappeared completely.
When Yang Kai tried to snatch the bride, all the Dragons were disdainful of him; when Yang Kai transformed into an 80-metre-long Half-Dragon, all the Dragon Clan members were amazed; when Yang Kai tore Fu Chi’s arms apart, all the Dragons were furious, as they couldn’t turn a blind eye to it after their fellow clansman was humiliated.
However, when this man and woman appeared, the expressions on all the Dragon Clan members’ faces changed drastically, as though they were faced with formidable enemies.
It was the same for the Fourth Elder. With a stern expression, he said through gritted teeth, “Jiu Feng! Li Wu Yi!”
The two Masters who had come over to this place through the Void Corridor were none other than Jiu Feng and Li Wu Yi from Spirit Beast Island. Putting Jiu Feng aside, Li Wu Yi was a Master of the Dao of Space who was widely known as the strongest in the Star Boundary below the Great Emperors. As such, it was no surprise he could bring a few people with him to shuttle the Void.
Judging from the expressions and attitude of the Dragon Clan members, it seemed that there were grudges between them. All the Dragon Clan members were gnashing their teeth together, as though they were ready to pounce on them and eat their flesh.
Yang Kai asked in shock, “Seniors, why are you here?”
With a faint smile, Li Wu Yi took a look at him, “One should never be ungrateful. Have you forgotten the favour I did you already?”
Not understanding what Li Wu Yi meant, Yang Kai appeared startled. However, he soon thought of something as his gaze brightened. Surprised, he asked, “Were you the one who left the Soul Clone behind?”
Li Wu Yi smiled faintly, “Good.”
“I see.” Finally understanding what had happened, Yang Kai cupped his fists, “Many thanks for your guidance, Senior.”
Previously, when Yang Kai and Li Jiao were trying to break into Dragon Island, they were trapped inside the Void Labyrinth, and they couldn’t find a way through it. It was only after a month of wandering aimlessly that they came across a degrading Soul Clone that guided them out of the labyrinth. If it weren’t because of that faint Soul Clone, they would have been trapped inside the labyrinth even now.
Yang Kai couldn’t figure out who was the one that had left behind that Soul Clone, but upon hearing what Li Wu Yi said, he finally knew that it was the latter’s doing. It was no wonder that he found the Soul Clone’s image familiar at that time.
Li Wu Yi waved his hand and replied, “It was the least I could do. Anyway, I have to thank you as well.”
“Thank me?” Yang Kai was puzzled.
Without explaining anything, Li Wu Yi turned to look at Zhu Kong and uttered, “Fourth Elder, it’s been more than ten years since we last met. It’s good that you still look so energetic.”
In response, Zhu Kong snorted. There hadn’t been much emotion on his face when Yang Kai tried to snatch the bribe and harmed a Dragon Clan member; however, facing Li Wu Yi now, he appeared wary and alert. Without replying to him directly, he simply asked, “Since you two are here, does that mean that person has come as well?”
Li Wu Yi replied with a light smile, “Why do you think the Great Elder and Second Elder had to go over there together?”
Although the Fourth Elder had figured the reason, his expression still dropped when his speculation was proven right.
“That person?” Yang Kai arched his brow. Although the conversation between Li Wu Yi and Zhu Kong sounded simple, a profound message was hidden in it. Then, when he recalled that the Great Elder and the Second Elder left in a hurry earlier, an inconceivable idea suddenly sprang to mind.
After that, he shifted his attention to the little girl.
Liu Yan quickly used her Divine Sense to speak directly into Yang Kai’s mind, “Martial Beast Great Emperor is here!”
Yang Kai was stunned for a moment before he turned elated. It was then he understood the reason Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun didn’t even have the time to deal with him. It was because the Martial Beast Great Emperor had arrived on Dragon Island. Faced with a Great Emperor, neither the Great Elder nor the Second Elder were confident of defeating him one on one, which was why they had to join forces to deal with him.
Puzzled, Yang Kai asked, “Why has Senior Martial Beast come to Dragon Island and even gone to the Dragon Grave?”
Liu Yan replied, “I don’t know the reason either, but this matter is clearly important to him.”
Although Liu Yan had been living on Spirit Beast Island for the past two years, she spent most of her time trying to integrate with the Phoenix True Fire. After she was reborn, she had been diligently cultivating the Phoenix Clan’s Secret Arts and Secret Techniques, so she wasn’t familiar with other matters on Spirit Beast Island.
This time, she got wind of the news and followed the other Masters to Dragon Island.
[Martial Beast Great Emperor… Dragon Grave… The incident more than ten years ago…] As these ideas flashed across Yang Kai’s mind, he realized that things were getting complicated. Nevertheless, the turn of events had put him in a favourable position now.
Initially, there were only four of them, so their collective power was still not enough for them to deal with the Dragon Clan. However, with the support of these people from Spirit Beast Island, the balance had been tilted in his favour.
Li Wu Yi and the others’ attitude suggested that they were the opponents of the Dragon Clan. Since Li Wu Yi was the Dragon Clan’s enemy, it essentially meant that he was Yang Kai’s ally.
After her initial outburst when she appeared, Jiu Feng had kept her silence. At that moment, she was darting her beautiful gaze around and scanning the surroundings. When she traded glances with Yang Kai, she even winked at him.
Although she appeared calm, she felt somewhat complicated in her heart.
She still recalled the first time she came across Yang Kai. At that time, he had just reached Dao Source Realm when she intercepted him on the way to Azure Sun Temple. In her eyes, he was just a Junior who had some decent luck, allowing him to cultivate the Dao of Space just like Li Wu Yi had. Nevertheless, at that point in time, she still could end his life with a wave of her hand.
However, only a few years later, she was no longer able to look at him in an aloof manner. His immense figure contained an unimaginable power, so naturally, she had to treat him as an equal now.
The speed at which Yang Kai had grown was incredible. It was the first time Jiu Feng saw the qualities of a Great Emperor in a First-Order Emperor Realm Master.
“Fourth Elder, you probably shouldn’t worry about it. Both of us have no right to interfere in the matter over there, so why don’t we take this opportunity and continue the unfinished battle more than ten years ago? What do you think?” Unlike the Fourth Elder, whose expression was solemn, Li Wu Yi kept a smile on his face as he appeared calm and collected.
Certainly, Zhu Kong understood that as well. Since he wasn’t a Tenth-Order Dragon, his power was significantly weaker than that of a Great Emperor. Although he was also an Elder of Dragon Island, his power paled when compared to that of the Great Elder and the Second Elder.
Indeed, he was of no help in the battle over there, which was the same case for Li Wu Yi and Jiu Feng. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have come here, as it would be better to help settle the decisive battle instead.
It was because Li Wu Yi and Jiu Feng understood their limitations that they decided not to stay there for too long.
As they spoke, a deafening rumble could be heard from the Dragon Grave again. Like arrows leaving the bows, the violent force spread across the entire horizon as the sea began to churn and the ground began to shake.
The battle over there had begun!
Yang Kai looked in that direction in excitement as he was eager to go over there.
That was a real battle between Great Emperor level powerhouses, something totally different from the battle between Duan Hong Chen and Wu Kuang that he had witnessed in the Shattered Star Sea in the past.
Although Duan Hong Chen and Wu Kuang were both Great Emperors in name, their powers had been significantly reduced at the time, so the battle was certainly not as stunning as the one on this day.
If he could just observe this battle and study its mysteries, it would be equivalent to years of secluded cultivation. At that instant, Yang Kai wished that he could install a pair of wings and fly over to have a look. Although it would be dangerous, he wouldn’t want to miss such a battle.
“Sir is indeed very impatient.” Li Wu Yi took a look in that direction and shook his head. Then, he turned his head and said, “Fourth Elder, if you think we should just take a seat and have a chat, I’m fine with that. I happen to have some bottles of wine with me, so you can have a taste.”
Zhu Kong stared fixedly at him, “Have you always been so verbose?”
Jiu Feng pressed her lips together and spoke up, “I told you to speak less and act more, but you just don’t listen to me. Don’t you remember the setbacks you suffered in the past? You’re like a leopard that never changes its spots!”
Feeling embarrassed, Li Wu Yi rubbed his nose and muttered, “It’d be best if we don’t have to resort to fighting. The Fourth Elder isn’t a pushover.”
Zhu Kong snorted, “Let’s see if you have the capability to defeat me!”
After trading glances, both of them made a move at the same time without any warning.
Li Wu Yi directly pressed his palm towards Zhu Kong as he pushed his Space Principles, upon which the Void engulfed the Fourth Elder.
With a stern expression, the Fourth Elder remained on the spot as a large Dragon’s illusory phantom emerged from his body and launched itself at the approaching Void wave with a roar.
There seemed to be a transparent layer or barrier within the Void which blocked the giant Dragon phantom; however, Li Wu Yi was also forced to hold out his palm as the Space Principles around him became turbulent.
Both of them appeared extremely solemn. While most of the spectators couldn’t grasp what was going on, a glint flashed across Yang Kai’s eyes as he observed Li Wu Yi’s use of Space Principles and compared it to his own. At that moment, he was learning a lot from Li Wu Yi.
Ancient and abstruse syllables were heard as Zhu Kong began forming a set of hand seals in a hurried manner while he ignored Li Wu Yi’s attack. The speed at which the syllables were wafting from his mouth increased as they formed into a line.
“The Blessing Technique!” Yang Kai frowned as he realized what Secret Technique the Fourth Elder was using.
Without any hesitation, Yang Kai also began chanting in Dragon Language and forming hand seals.
Zhu Kong stared fixedly at him as a sense of surprise flashed across his eyes. Earlier, he had learned that Yang Kai was able to use the Dragon Clan’s Secret Techniques, and since that was the case, it meant that Yang Kai had obtained the Ancestral Dragon Source’s recognition and its inheritance.
However, Zhu Kong had never expected that Yang Kai could even communicate with the Dragon Temple.
There were two Restricted Areas on Dragon Island. One of them was the Dragon Grave, and the other was the Dragon Temple.
The Dragon Grave was where the Dragon Clan members were buried, while the Dragon Temple was where their ancestors’ spirits resided. These two places were the foundation on which the Dragon Clan was built, so they were absolutely indispensable.
In order to communicate with the Dragon Temple, it required more than just a bloodline that was strong and pure. It also required years of prayers and an important ceremony. On Dragon Island, only the Elders could communicate with the Dragon Temple.
The biggest advantage one could get from communicating with the Dragon Temple was the ability to employ the Dragon Clan’s Secret Technique quickly without the need for complicated procedures. Besides that, the Dragon Temple could also provide a kind of Blessing that could help the Dragon Clan members resist bloodline suppression.
Zhu Lie had told Yang Kai before that the Blessing from the Dragon Temple could significantly offset the effect of bloodline suppression. Hence, on Dragon Island, if the Dragon Clan members were well prepared, the suppression of Yang Kai’s Golden Divine Dragon Source on them would be reduced significantly.
There were two main reasons why Fu Chi was subdued by Zhu Qing so easily. Firstly, he was not on guard, as he had never expected that Zhu Qing had recovered her strength, and that she would make a move on him. Secondly, Fu Chi did not have the Dragon Temple’s Blessing prior to that.
However, at this moment, the Secret Technique the Fourth Elder was using was none other than the Blessing Technique. He understood full well that the Dragon Clan’s biggest advantage in this situation was their numerical superiority, but their downside was their bloodline.
Yang Kai alone was capable of suppressing all the Dragon Clan members’ bloodlines at the same time, rendering all of them unable to utilize their full power.
If they allowed Yang Kai to use his Dragon Pressure, all of the Dragon Clan members here would be no match for him; therefore, before the battle even began, the Fourth Elder had to solve the problem of bloodline suppression, and the Blessing Technique was his only way.
As they uttered Dragon Language at the same time, Dragon Roars could be heard from the hidden Dragon Temple in the distance. Following that, a dozen beams of lights shot up into the sky as though countless Dragons were emerging as they zigzagged across the skyline and arrived above the Spirit Island in the blink of an eye. After that, they plunged towards the island.
The Dragon Clan members were elated upon seeing that, so they stepped forward to welcome the lights.
*Chi, Chi, Chi, Chi…*
One by one, those lights from the Dragon Temple entered the bodies of those Dragon Clan members. Although the lights couldn’t help them increase their power, they had given them a boost of confidence. At that moment, the Dragon Clan members felt as though they had been reborn, and they were no longer wary of Yang Kai.
“Come!” Yang Kai growled, upon which, a beam of light changed its direction and circumvented a Dragon Clan member, who was flying towards the light. After that, it landed beside Yang Kai and rushed into Li Jiao’s body.
Li Jiao shuddered as he still couldn’t grasp what was going on. However, after the beam of light entered his chest, he could feel his body going through a series of changes. The most conspicuous change was that the Dragon Pressure from the Dragon Clan members around him seemed to have less impact on him. Hence, his bloodline, which had been suppressed, was set free. His Emperor Qi also started flowing within his body without facing any obstacles.
“What is this?” Li Jiao appeared lost as he spread his palms and had a look. He still couldn’t believe what just happened.
“It’s the Dragon Temple’s Blessing,” Yang Kai replied nonchalantly and shook his head, apparently displeased.
His original intention was to intercept all the Blessings from the Dragon Temple. If he could achieve that, he wouldn’t even need to move a muscle to win this battle. His Golden Divine Dragon Source alone was enough to suppress all the Dragon Clan members, and he wouldn’t even need to utilize half of his power to defeat them.
However, he had underestimated Zhu Kong as he lost to the latter when grabbing the Blessings. In the end, Zhu Kong was the Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder, so he was naturally more skilful at communicating with the Dragon Temple.
A glint flashed across Li Jiao’s eyes after he heard Yang Kai’s reply. Since he was facing off against the Dragon Clan, he had been subjected to bloodline suppression. The reason he could step out of the crowd and side with Yang Kai in a steadfast manner earlier was that he wanted to do something for Lu San Niang. If he wanted to get her revenge for her, he needed Yang Kai’s help.
Nevertheless. he didn’t think that he would be able to contribute much to this battle; after all, he only had a Third-Order Mid-Rank Dragon Vein, so he wouldn’t stand a chance of defeating the pureblood Dragon Clan members.
However, now, the bloodline suppression had been significantly offset. It was as though their bloodlines had returned to the same starting point, and they were not able to suppress one another.
With a grim expression, Li Jiao looked in the direction Fu Chi had left as his eyes beamed with a ferocious glare. In a lowered voice, he uttered, “Brother Yang, thanks for your help. I want to…”
“Go ahead.” Yang Kai knew what Li Jiao wanted to do, so he agreed to it before the latter could finish his words.
“I’ll be right back!” After Li Jiao finished speaking, he retreated and disappeared from the puzzled crowd’s sight.
While Yang Kai and Li Jiao were having a brief chat, the space around the Fourth Elder started contorting, as though it would collapse at any moment. After resisting for a bit, he still couldn’t break this Space Divine Ability, so he heaved a sigh and growled, “Since you want a fight, I’ll grant your wish!”
Li Wu Yi snorted, “Come, Fourth Elder!”
As he spoke, his hand, which had been stuck in mid-air, plunged suddenly.
Without a warning, the Fourth Elder disappeared, as though he hadn’t been there from the beginning. At the same time, Li Wu Yi vanished into thin air as well, while the surface of the space where he stood rippled.
Yang Kai arched his brow as he realized that this was a move utilizing Space Principles. It seemed that Li Wu Yi had dragged the Fourth Elder into an unknown space.
Li Wu Yi lived up to his name as the strongest Master beneath the Great Emperors. Although Yang Kai had never battled against the Fourth Elder before, he had guessed that the latter must be much stronger than ordinary Third-Order Emperor Realm Masters, but despite that, the Fourth Elder still couldn’t break Li Wu Yi’s Divine Ability.
Apparently, Li Wu Yi wanted a one-on-one fight with the Fourth Elder, which Yang Kai was glad to see. With the formidable Fourth Elder out of the way, he wasn’t afraid of the other Dragon Clan members left in this place. Furthermore, he wasn’t alone.
“I suffered some setbacks when dealing with you bastards last time, so I’m going to get my revenge today!” Jiu Feng swept a glance across the Dragons with a sneer.
Hearing that, all the Dragon Clan members were enraged. The Dragon Clan was the leader of all Divine Spirits as well as the strongest race in this world, so no one had dared to call them ‘bastards’ before.
Even Zhu Lie frowned after he heard that. By cursing at the Dragon Clan, Jiu Feng was basically scolding Zhu Qing and him as well. Nevertheless, he and Zhu Qing had confronted Jiu Feng and Li Wu Yi in that incident more than ten years ago, so they knew how unrestrained this woman was.
With dark expressions, all the Dragons remained silent, but their gazes had indicated their emotions.
Yang Kai swept a glance over all the Dragons and said, “Let Qing’er and me leave, and I won’t make things difficult for you.”
He didn’t want to completely fall out with the Dragon Clan. So, it would be wonderful if they could just set their differences aside first and let Zhu Qing and him go.
“Brat, that’s not what a friend should do!” Jiu Feng shot him a glare as she didn’t expect that he would make such a suggestion at this point.
If Yang Kai left, she would have to face the Dragon Clan alone. Although she was fairly powerful, she wouldn’t be able to defeat the more than ten Dragon Clan members before her eyes.
“Senior, you can leave with us.” Yang Kai looked down at her.
Jiu Feng replied, “I’ve come here all the way from Spirit Beast Island because there’s a mission I have to complete. If I leave, how will the others cope with it?”
Yang Kai uttered, “The Great Emperor is practically almighty, so you don’t have to worry about him. As for Senior Li, he’s even more proficient in the Dao of Space than I am. If he wants to escape, no one on Dragon Island can stop him.”
Jiu Feng burst into laughter, “You’re right; however, these guys over there don’t seem willing to let you go.”
Yang Kai turned his head and realized that all the Dragon Clan members remained silent with stern expressions on their faces.
Seeing that, he knew that it was impossible to settle the issue peacefully on this day. Thus, he nodded slightly, “In every battle, there are bound to be injuries and even deaths. When that happens, don’t you dare complain!”
After he finished his words, his 80-metre-tall figure vanished into thin air suddenly.
Upon the circulation of Space Principles, Yang Kai pounced on a group of Dragons. With a ruthless expression, he extended his gargantuan palm and clawed at one of the Dragon Clan members in a reckless and arrogant manner.
Despite the sudden attack, the Dragons didn’t seem flustered as they had put up their guard. Seeing him, they immediately dispersed in all directions.
However, the Dragon Clan member targeted by Yang Kai suddenly felt that the space around him had turned sticky, like he was wading through mud. Seeing that, he was startled.
It was because of this short delay that Yang Kai managed to grab him with his claw. It wasn’t certain whether this Dragon Clan member was from the Zhu Clan or the Fu Clan, but judging from the level of purity of his Dragon Aura, Yang Kai knew that he must be an Eighth-Order.
Eighth-Order Dragons were pretty rare on Dragon Island. There were only about a couple dozen Dragon Clan members in total, five of which were Eighth-Order. Excluding Zhu Lie and Fu Chi, only three of them were in the Eighth-Order, and the Dragon in Yang Kai’s hand was one of them.
Having been captured by Yang Kai, the Dragon Clan member was flabbergasted. He was still reeling from the shock that Yang Kai was able to tear Fu Chi’s arms apart with ease. Being in Yang Kai’s hands now, he knew that he would end up in an even more miserable state than what had befallen Fu Chi.
Right then, a thunderous Dragon roar broke through the sky.
The Dragon Clan member transformed into a 200 metre long Dragon as his immense Dragon Pressure spread across the island, giving intense pressure to the others.
By turning into his true form, he was able to utilize his full power. No matter how powerful Yang Kai was, he couldn’t possibly pinch him to death with one hand. After all, the Great Dragon’s size was truly immense.
As expected, after the Dragon Clan member transformed into his True Dragon Form, Yang Kai claw was spread apart and he was no longer able to sustain his grip. The Dragon Clan member then squirmed and struggled out of Yang Kai’s grasp.
Nevertheless, Yang Kai growled and extended both hands before he grabbed his opponent’s Dragon Tail. The muscles on his arms swelled up, as though his arms had become twice their original size.
With the Dragon Tail in his hands, Yang Kai exerted more force and pulled the Dragon back down.
Under the gaze of all the dumbfounded people, the Great Dragon, which was about to fly towards the sky, was stopped and then thrown down on the ground like a dead snake.
With a loud thud, the ground in front of the palace separated and formed a spider-web like crack. At the same time, a distressed Dragon roar was heard.
After transforming into an 80-metre-tall Half-Dragon, Yang Kai had become immensely strong, so even a Great Dragon couldn’t stand it when he was smashed to the ground. As the unlucky Great Dragon roared, he sprayed out his Dragon Blood, apparently having suffered some internal injuries.
Yang Kai stepped on the Great Dragon and scanned his Dragon Scales with widened eyes. In just a short moment, he had located his target.
It was a Dragon Scale that was as large as a washbasin, which didn’t look different from the other Dragon Scales. However, upon closer inspection, Yang Kai could see that a glint flashed across that particular Dragon Scale intermittently.
It was the Blessing Technique from the Dragon Temple!
Based on his previous experience of dealing with Zhu Lie, Yang Kai knew that only a particular Dragon Scale would be blessed with the Blessing Technique. By just removing that Dragon Scale, the Blessing from the Dragon Temple would lose its effect.
Yang Kai stuck his claw under that special Dragon Scale as the veins on his forehead bulged. Utilizing all his energy, he yanked the scale out.
Feeling excruciating pain, the Great Dragon growled and turned his head before spraying out his Dragon Breath at Yang Kai. The breath was extremely cold, as though it was about to freeze Yang Kai over.
In an instant, Yang Kai’s towering figure was covered in frost, and his hair also became snowy white, but he remained unperturbed.
*Chi…*
Dragon Blood started spurting out of the wound as a dazzling Dragon Scale had been pulled out by Yang Kai.
Without the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, the Eighth-Order Great Dragon became listless as Yang Kai’s bloodline suppression had made him unable to use his strength. In the blink of an eye, his 200-metre-long figure had shrunk by tens of metres, as though he would be unable to sustain his Dragon Form for much longer.
After stepping off from the Great Dragon, Yang Kai landed a kick on him, upon which the latter shot into the air and then plunged into the sea with a splash.
Then, Yang Kai shook his body a little to shake off the ice. With the bloodied Dragon Scale in his hand, he swept a glance across the other Dragon Clan members and spoke in a cold voice that would send chills down their spines, “He was the first. Who’s next?”
Just like that, an Eighth-Order Great Dragon had been crippled.
However, it wasn’t accurate to claim that he had been crippled, as Yang Kai had only plucked out one of his Dragon Scales. Strictly speaking, this kind of injury was practically nothing. Under a different circumstance, an Eighth-Order Dragon would be totally unaffected and still fully combat-capable.
Nevertheless, without the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, and under the influence of Yang Kai’s Dragon Pressure, he couldn’t even sustain his Great Dragon form, let alone battle against Yang Kai. Although he was fine, he had lost the ability to keep fighting.
All the Dragon Clan members widened their eyes in disbelief as they were stunned at Yang Kai’s incredible agility and ruthlessness.
While Yang Kai was making a move on the Eighth-Order Great Dragon, the hundreds of Humans and Fu Chi’s women finally came to their senses as they shrieked and ran for their lives.
An epic battle was about to take place, so they wouldn’t dare to remain. In the blink of an eye, there were no longer any bystanders in front of the palace. All those that were left had something to do with the matters on this day.
At that moment, Yang Kai had Zhu Qing, Zhu Lie, Jiu Feng, and Liu Yan on his side. They were all the power he had. On the other hand, there were still about a dozen from the Dragon Clan’s side, so there was a stark difference in numbers.
However, Yang Kai was able to carry himself in an overbearing manner, which made him stand out among so many people. The Dragon Clan members had been pressed by his presence to the point where they could hardly breathe.
“Hahahaha!” Jiu Feng guffawed, “Brat, you’ve done a great job. These arrogant guys are indeed in need of a lesson!”
Due to the incident more than ten years ago, Spirit Beast Island and Dragon Island had found themselves on opposing sides. Naturally, Jiu Feng was gleeful to see that the Dragon Clan had suffered a big setback and as such found Yang Kai more pleasing to the eye now. [No wonder the Young Lady cannot forget about him. He’s indeed not a weakling.]
At the same time, she was glad that she didn’t bring the Young Lady with her. [If that little girl saw how audacious Yang Kai was just now, she would certainly fall head over heels for him. She has just come of age, so she’s very likely to be enchanted by a man’s heroic act at this stage in her life.]
Yang Kai swept a glance over them and demanded, “I’ll ask this question one last time. Will you let Qing’er and me go?”
All the Dragon Clan members were silent as they glowered at him.
“Fine then! Come at me!” Yang Kai growled and let out a scorching breath as he stomped his feet on the ground with a loud thud. In an instant, the entire Spirit Island shook a little. Like a cannonball, his massive figure leapt into the air and pounced on the Dragon Clan members, which signalled the true start of the battle.
With a precedent prior to this, the Dragon Clan members knew what Yang Kai was planning on doing; therefore, they hurriedly roared and assumed their true forms.
At that instant, Dragons of various colours, red, white, green, and blue, flew towards the sky. The smallest Dragon had a 100-metre-long frame, while the largest was 200 metres long. These Great Dragons hovered in the sky as their Dragon Pressure radiated out, seemingly causing the Heavens and Earth to shake.
Before Yang Kai could even reach them, the dozen Great Dragons opened their mouths and shot out their Pureblood Dragon Breaths from above.
At that moment, scorching Dragon Fire, freezing Dragon Breath, emerald green Dragon Poison, jets of Dragon Water, and blades of Dragon Wind were all directed at Yang Kai in a Heaven-shaking, Earth-shattering display.
Yang Kai roared and began chanting in the abstruse Dragon Language. As he parted his lips, a beam of golden light hovered above his head and transformed into a shield. All the attacks landed on the golden shield with loud thuds and, within moments, the Dragon Breath attacks hit Yang Kai as the shield shattered.
Yang Kai fell from the sky just as fast as he had soared into the air, his towering figure landing on the island and opening a huge pit on the ground, sending dirt and sand hurtling into the air. There were many wounds on areas of his skin that were not covered in Dragon Scales.
Upon seeing that, the Dragons were elated, but just when they were about to seize the chance and continue attacking Yang Kai, they were shocked to see that he was climbing out of the pit with difficulty. His horrifying eyes now beamed with a red glare. He looked like an enraged beast that was about to gobble up all his opponents.
After taking a look at the sky, Yang Kai moved his body and disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Alarmed, the Dragons appeared flustered.
Just then, a figure flashed across their eyes as Yang Kai appeared somewhere near them. He extended his hand in an attempt to capture a one hundred metre long Dragon.
The Great Dragon was prepared, however, and immediately flew away upon sensing Yang Kai’s appearance. The other Dragon Clan members also dispersed in a cautious manner.
“Solidify!” Yang Kai yelled and pushed his Space Principles wildly, which then transformed into an invisible cage and engulfed the 100 metre long Dragon in it. The space around him had turned viscous and now had considerable binding power.
For a moment, the Great Dragon was unable to free himself. Recalling Yang Kai’s ruthless acts just now, he roared in fright and turned his head to bite Yang Kai. With his mouth open, it could be seen that his teeth were as sharp as blades, which was horrifying.
Without stopping, Yang Kai balled up his fist and landed it on the Great Dragon’s head. The fist was so forceful that the Great Dragon’s head was jerked to the side, and a large patch of the scales on his head were peeled off. At that moment, he was clearly dazed and disoriented.
Seizing the chance, Yang Kai immediately grabbed his Dragon Tail.
Before Yang Kai could use the same trick as before though, another Great Dragon pounced on him and went round his legs with his huge figure. It was as though a python was strangling its target. In just a short moment, he managed to confine Yang Kai to the same spot and bind his body.
Seeing that, the other Dragon Clan members rushed over to rescue the dazed Dragon.
Yang Kai had crippled one of their clansmen on this day, but they could dismiss that as him being caught off guard. However, if the same thing happened again, the Dragon Clan’s reputation would be ruined. The Dragon Clan members had gone all out to deal with Yang Kai, so they mustn’t let a Human strut around before their eyes.
Meanwhile, Zhu Qing and the others finally rushed over.
However, the Dragon Clan members seemed prepared for them. Someone gave an order in secret, upon which the dozen Dragons separated and launched themselves at Zhu Qing and the others to stop them.
“Big Sister Qing, please don’t make it difficult for me. I don’t want to go against you, but I have no choice.” A Purple Dragon stood in front of Zhu Qing and parted her lips. It seemed that she had been put in a tight spot. This Purple Dragon was none other than Fu Ling.
She was just a Sixth-Order Dragon, so she felt diffident when dealing with a Ninth-Order Dragon like Zhu Qing. If it weren’t because of the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, it would be impossible for her to be bold enough to block Zhu Qing’s way as the bloodline suppression alone was enough to render her powerless.
Beside Fu Ling was a Blue Dragon that was slightly longer. Upon hearing that, she went along with Fu Ling and uttered, “Big Sister Qing, please stop this.”
This Blue Dragon was the Dragon girl who held a flower basket and cast a flower rain alongside Fu Ling earlier. Her bloodline was one rank higher than that of Fu Ling, making her a Seventh-Order.
However, with the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, she could join forces with Fu Ling and battle against Zhu Qing for quite some time. They might even gain the upper hand.
With a stern expression, Zhu Qing demanded, “Get lost!”
The Seventh-Order Blue Dragon shook her head, “I’m afraid I can’t agree to that.”
Without uttering one more word, Zhu Qing roared and transformed into a 300 metre long Red Dragon. There seemed to be fire burning on her body, and her size was more than two times larger than Fu Ling. Seeing that, Fu Ling and the Blue Dragon couldn’t help gulping.
Although the Blue Dragon had heard that Zhu Qing had broken through to become a Ninth-Order Dragon, she thought it was just hearsay. It wasn’t until now that she realized the rumours were indeed right.
Before Zhu Qing, there were only two Ninth-Order Great Dragons on Dragon Island, who were the Third Elder and the Fourth Elder.
The Third Elder had been imprisoned in the Dragon Grave more than ten years ago, and no one knew whether she was still alive or not. On the other hand, the Fourth Elder was an amiable person, so the other Dragon Clan members didn’t feel much pressure when facing him.
It was then they came to the realization that there was a huge difference between a Ninth-Order Great Dragon and themselves. Even with the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, they still felt terrified when confronted by Zhu Qing’s true form.
Then, Zhu Qing’s Dragon form turned into a beam of red light and launched herself at Fu Ling and the Blue Dragon, the heat from her body warping space wherever she flew.
Fu Ling and the Blue Dragon immediately tried to intercept her.
Zhu Qing had been blocked and Zhu Lie wasn’t spared the same treatment.
He had turned into his Dragon form as he was now fighting with an Eighth-Order Great Dragon. As they attacked each other with claws, teeth, tail, and using Dragon Clan Secret Techniques, it was as though there were unresolvable grudges between them. In the blink of an eye, they shot into the sky and continued the intense fight.
On the other hand, Jiu Feng managed to hold her ground while dealing with two Dragons on her own. Her movement was swift as she darted around the place, causing the two Dragons to be infuriated.
That was a terrible feeling despite the fact that they were strong. Jiu Feng just wouldn’t fight with them head-on, as though she was trying to mess around with them, which was why they were incensed.
“Little girl, go away if you don’t want to die!”
At that moment, Fu Qi was facing Liu Yan alone. His hundred-metre-long frame stood in stark contrast with Liu Yan’s petite figure. He leaned his head, which was as large as a house, close to Liu Yan and growled. It wasn’t that Fu Qi was a sympathetic person, but he had his pride as a Dragon Clan member. It would be shameful for him to deal with a little girl who was about seven or eight years old.
However, he soon realized that he had made a huge mistake, because this soft-looking and adorable little girl possessed a power that was as great as that of his own. When a loud Phoenix Cry was heard, two beams of fire shot out from Liu Yan’s back. The flowing fire had transformed into a pair of wings on her back as it started crackling.
At the same time, Liu Yan’s petite figure swelled up and transformed, upon which a Fire Bird that was as large as Fu Chi came into existence.
The Fire Bird appeared elegant, but her eyes were filled with a sense of majesty like a Queen’s.
“You’re from the Phoenix Clan!” Fu Qi yelled as his pupils contracted.
Although he had figured that this little girl wasn’t as innocent as she appeared, he had never expected that she was a Phoenix Clan member. Dragons and Phoenixes were often grouped together, and they were equals in terms of power.
Among all the Divine Spirits, it was difficult to tell whether the Dragons or the Phoenixes were the stronger clan, but in comparison, the Phoenix Clan was even rarer than the Dragon Clan. At the very least, the Dragon Clan had their own Dragon Island and inheritance, while there had not been any news about the Phoenix Clan in a long time.
Luan Feng of the Ancient Wild Lands of the Eastern Territory couldn’t really be considered to be a true Phoenix Clan member; she was from a branch of the Phoenix Clan. Even Jiu Feng, who had come all the way here, couldn’t be regarded as a real Phoenix Clan member.
However, the one before Fu Qi’s eyes was a genuine Phoenix Clan member. He hurriedly focused his mind as he dared not to be complacent.
If you think about it another way, it’s just a strong case of if you are from Alabama or not.
The Heavens and Earth seemed to have been shattered; Sun and Moon seemed to have lost their lustre; Principles had plunged into chaos; World Energy had become turbulent; countless tears in space appeared; waves on the sea rose by more than 300 metres.
The Small World in which Dragon Island was located appeared unstable at the moment. The grand battle on this day was bound to be recorded in the history books.
The Dragon Clan members had gone all out to destroy their opponents while Yang Kai and his allies were tackling their enemies separately. Although the pressure had been distributed, Yang Kai still had to confront seven Great Dragons alone. He was the primary culprit for all the things that had happened on this day, so naturally the Dragons hated and targeted him the most.
Of all the battles at the moment, only the battle between Yang Kai and the seven Dragons might end up with a winning side.
Zhu Qing was going against two people on her own, but she wasn’t on the losing side. It was the same case for Jiu Feng, but she mainly dealt with her opponents by evading their attacks. Although she couldn’t defeat the two Dragon Clan members, they were unable to harm her either. Just like Zhu Qing’s battle, it was hard to tell which side would end up winning the fight in a short period of time.
On the other hand, Zhu Lie was having a one-on-one fight with his opponent. Both of them were Eighth-Order Great Dragons, which meant that they were equally powerful, so it was hard to tell who would end up being the winner.
Although Fu Qi, who was battling against Liu Yan, did not have as high a ranking bloodline, he had a strong foundation supported by the Dragon Clan’s extensive heritage. On the other hand, even though Liu Yan had obtained the Phoenix Clan’s inheritance, she was still far from full maturity. Not long after the battle began, she was put in a disadvantageous position. The Dragon roared and the Phoenix cried as they scuffled.
At that moment, Liu Yan could only try to protect herself. Instead of defeating her opponent, she just hoped that she could help lift some pressure off Yang Kai’s shoulder. Worried about Yang Kai’s safety, she was constantly distracted, so it was hard for her to parry her opponent’s attacks.
For the other battles, the balance hadn’t been tilted strongly in favour of anyone; however, Yang Kai was clearly on the losing side.
After the failed sneak attack, the seven Dragons closed in on Yang Kai again and did not give him any room to maneuver. In a subsequent manner, they used their own Dragon Clan Secret Techniques to bombard him.
Having been injured, Yang Kai appeared utterly battered as his huge figure kept writhing about in mid-air. In just a few minutes, more than a hundred new wounds had appeared on his body. The wounds were so deep that his bones had been revealed. His Dragon Scales were soaked in blood, which made it look like a layer of golden powder had been painted onto his body.
Fortunately, his physical toughness had improved significantly after the transformation. Otherwise, he would have lost his life countless times by now from the mere fallout of this kind of high-intensity battle.
It was also thanks to his Space Divine Ability that he could twist space at every critical moment and escape fatal damage.
As his Golden Blood dropped into the sea, countless Sea Beasts got a whiff of the smell and rushed over to gulp down the bloodied sea water in order to cultivate their own Dragonic nature. Dragon Blood was extremely precious, and in normal times, it was impossible for the Dragon Clan members to bleed. That was why, although these Sea Beasts had been living around Dragon Island for years, they had never had the chance to have a taste of Dragon Blood.
However, now, Dragon Blood was dropping into the sea as though it wasn’t worth anything, so naturally the Sea Beasts fought with each other to obtain a greater share.
In the sky, Yang Kai was battling against the seven Dragons while in the sea, countless Sea Beasts were slaughtering each other. The entire world seemed to have descended into madness and bloodlust.
As the battle went on, they gradually drifted away from Fu Chi’s Spirit Island, so the island had become hardly visible to the combatants.
Panting heavily, Yang Kai straightened up his 80-metre-long figure with an arrogant gaze. The seven Dragons surrounded him as they stared fixedly at him.
“You must die for humiliating the Dragon Clan!” One of the Dragons growled.
“That’s right!” The other six Dragons agreed as their Dragon Roars seemed to contain some traces of a Dragon Clan Secret Technique. Their roars then transformed into an invisible Soul Attack which launched itself at Yang Kai and penetrated his Knowledge Sea.
After such a long battle, they had become less wary of Yang Kai. Earlier, they were indeed shocked by his ruthlessness when he crippled their fellow clansman in the blink of an eye; however, now it seemed that Yang Kai wasn’t as powerful as he appeared to be. He only managed to succeed before because he mounted a sneak attack.
It was a great honour for Yang Kai to have seven Dragons battle against him, so he should not have any regret even if he had to die.
Unperturbed, Yang Kai picked his ear and grinned, “It’s still too soon to tell who will be killed in the end! Don’t get too conceited, otherwise, you might end up having to eat your words.”
“Bold!” One Dragon Clan member growled impatiently, “Since you’re set on dying today, I’ll grant your wish!”
After he finished his words, deafening Dragon roars could be heard as the seven Dragons pounced on Yang Kai from all directions. The whole world was filled with their boiling Dragon Pressure. Any Third-Order Emperor Realm Master would be terrified of this Dragon Pressure and lose the power to resist.
Although Yang Kai wasn’t so weak, the playful smile on his face faded as his expression turned serious. Even though he wasn’t willing to admit it, he indeed couldn’t defeat the seven Dragons here on his own. These Dragon Clan members were truly hard to deal with.
[I need more people to help me.] With this thought in mind, Yang Kai tried to evade the Dragons’ attacks while secretly activating his Divine Sense.
On the other hand, Fu Ling and the Blue Dragon had joined forces to stop Zhu Qing, but there was no clear winner in sight. The three Dragons were tussling with each other in the sky, which made the atmosphere quite lively.
Suddenly, Fu Ling stopped what she was doing and sent out a Divine Sense Message to the Blue Dragon. Understanding her intention, the Blue Dragon twisted her body and rushed towards Zhu Qing.
Just then, Fu Ling, who was in her Purple Dragon form, suddenly flew towards the Blue Dragon and clawed at her stomach.
*Chi…*
The Blue Dragon shuddered and instinctively avoided getting her vitals injured; however, she soon felt a sharp pain in her stomach. At the same time, she was engulfed in the Ninth-Order Dragon’s Dragon Pressure, rendering her unable to circulate the Dragon Essence within her body. After she grunted with difficulty, her 150-metre-long figure started shrinking at a rapid speed.
[Bloodline suppression!] The Blue Dragon was both terrified and puzzled, as she didn’t understand what was going on. When she turned to look at Fu Ling, an inconceivable idea sprang into her mind, so she growled, “Fu Ling, you…”
At this moment, there was a light blue Dragon Scale gripped in Fu Ling’s Dragon Claw, and that scale obviously belonged to the Blue Dragon. It wouldn’t matter if it was just an ordinary scale, but that particular scale was where the Dragon Temple’s Blessing had been placed.
With the scale pulled out, the Blessing Technique had lost its effect, which was why she was affected by bloodline suppression immediately.
She still couldn’t understand why Fu Ling would attack her all of a sudden. If it weren’t because she was unsuspecting of her, she wouldn’t have let her have a chance to hurt her critically and destroy the Blessing Technique.
Apparently, Zhu Qing didn’t expect this either. While Fu Ling was mounting a sneak attack on the Blue Dragon, she approached Fu Ling and wrapped her body around the latter’s figure tightly. Then, she placed her pointed Dragon Claw on Fu Ling’s head, causing her red Dragon Blood to stream out of her wounds.
“Big Sister Qing, wait!” Fu Ling yelled in fright.
Her Dragon Form was less than half as big as that of Zhu Qing’s. It didn’t feel so obvious when she was battling against Zhu Qing alongside the Blue Dragon, but now that she had to face Zhu Qing directly, she started feeling horrified.
It seemed that Zhu Qing could end her life at any moment. It felt terrible to have her life or death controlled by someone else, but there was nothing she could do.
Zhu Qing grunted curiously and stopped what she was doing. After taking a look at the Blue Dragon, she shifted her attention to Fu Ling and asked, “Why did you do that?”
She didn’t understand why Fu Ling would mount a sneak attack on the Blue Dragon, as she and Fu Ling were not on good terms.
“I’m brother-in-law’s person,” Fu Ling hurriedly explained.
“Brother-in-law?”
“Yang Kai. Big Brother Yang.”
“What?” A murderous intent flashed across Zhu Qing’s eyes suddenly.
Fu Ling was astounded, but upon realizing the problem, she hurriedly added, “Brother-in-law planted a Soul Imprint in my Knowledge Sea previously, so I have to obey him now!”
She understood why Zhu Qing seemed to have the intention of killing her as she had said she was ‘Yang Kai’s person’, which obviously led Zhu Qing to misunderstand that there was some kind of immoral relationship between the two.
“He planted a Soul Imprint in your Knowledge Sea?!” Zhu Qing yelled in disbelief, immediately understanding why Fu Ling would help her all of a sudden.
Fu Ling hurriedly nodded, “Yes, he ordered me to make a move just now.”
“Got it!” Zhu Qing retracted her claw and took a look at the Blue Dragon. At this moment, the Blue Dragon had returned to her Human form. Under a Ninth-Order Dragon’s suppression, it was pointless for her to sustain her Dragon form, so she decided that she should just save her strength.
There was a long wound on her stomach as her blood was still streaming out of it. She covered her wound with her hand and glared at Fu Ling.
Anyone would be furious after experiencing such a sneak attack. However, upon hearing Fu Ling’s explanation, she understood that Fu Ling was left with no choice. Nevertheless, it was a humiliation for a Dragon Clan member to have a Soul Imprint planted in their Knowledge Sea by a Human, so she couldn’t help disdainfully gazing at Fu Ling.
“Big Sister Qing, brother-in-law needs help.” Fu Ling looked apprehensively at Zhu Qing.
“Don’t call him brother-in-law! Also, Zhu Lie will never marry you!” Upon finishing her words, Zhu Qing swung her Dragon Tail and flew towards Yang Kai.
She knew that Fu Ling was a promiscuous woman, so she didn’t want Zhu Lie to get married to her.
“I’m sorry.” Fu Ling looked at the Blue Dragon with an embarrassed expression and apologized to her.
“Keep the apology to yourself until you face the Second Elder. Let’s see if she’ll forgive you!” The Blue Dragon sneered.
A sense of fear flashed across Fu Ling’s eyes, but there was nothing else she could say, so she hurriedly raced after Zhu Qing.
Zhu Qing was worried about Yang Kai’s safety, so she was flying at full speed. As her gigantic figure soared across the sky, she left behind a beautiful arc that seemed to blaze with crimson flames, even burning some marks into the space she passed through.
Although Fu Ling was only one step later than Zhu Qing, she could hardly keep pace with her, so she was slightly frustrated.
Yang Kai didn’t just order her to go over to help. Most importantly, they had to destroy the other Dragon Clan members one by one, which was the key to winning the battle today.
Their biggest disadvantage was the small number of people on their side. However, if they could help Zhu Lie, Jiu Feng, and Liu Yan defeat their opponents first, there would be six of them by then. Although they would still be at a disadvantage when confronted by seven Dragons, their collective power would become much greater.
Unfortunately, before she could explain Yang Kai’s plan to Zhu Qing in detail, the latter had flown off. That was why Fu Ling was anxious, as she was worried that Yang Kai might reprimand her later.
Yang Kai’s battlefield wasn’t far away from Zhu Qing’s, so it only took them a short moment to reach it. When Zhu Qing saw the state Yang Kai was in, her eyes turned bloodshot.
At that moment, the seven Great Dragons were ganging up on Yang Kai like thugs. Every inch on his towering figure had been wounded and big pieces of his flesh had been completely torn off, revealing his bones.
Although Yang Kai was constantly resisting and evading their attacks, he was just one person after all, so he appeared battered and helpless. It was as though he would lose his life at any moment upon just one critical attack from the seven Dragons.
Zhu Qing roared and spat out a jet of her scorching flames at the seven Dragons.
Yang Kai and the Dragons turned to look at her. Flabbergasted, the Dragons wondered why Zhu Qing had arrived at this place.
The flame had temporarily gotten Yang Kai out of his predicament, upon which Zhu Qing immediately flew towards him. Apparently, she was ready to fight alongside him and share the burden with him.
The seven Dragons traded glances and came up with a solution instantly.
Two Dragons immediately shot towards Zhu Qing and blocked her way. In an instant, the three Dragons confronted and cast their Dragon Pressure together, causing the space around them to shake and the world to shatter.
“Move!” Zhu Qing growled.
Certainly, the two Dragons couldn’t step aside. One of them uttered, “Zhu Qing, stop destroying your own future! You’re now a Ninth-Order Dragon! If everything goes well, you’ll become the Dragon Clan’s Fifth Elder. Please look at the big picture and place the Dragon Clan first!”
Zhu Qing refuted coldly, “Before a Dragon, I am a woman! I don’t understand what big picture you’re talking about, all I know is that you’re hurting my man!”
The Dragon Clan member bellowed, “Mind your language! He’s just a lowly Human. Stop embarrassing the Dragon Clan!”
The other Dragon hurriedly reminded, “Zhu Qing, have you forgotten what happened years ago? She was as powerful as you are now, but look where she ended up. Do you want to go down the same path?”
Zhu Qing replied nonchalantly, “At that time, I didn’t understand why she was so obstinate, but I do now. Given a second chance, I would have stood on her side rather than against her at that time!”
“You’re so stubborn!”
“You’ll be thrown into the Dragon Grave. Zhu Qing, stop now!”
As they spoke, Fu Ling finally arrived at this place. As a Purple Dragon, she looked elegant and mighty, but upon her arrival, two people immediately scolded her, ““Useless!””
One of them was a Dragon Clan member. The seven Dragons didn’t understand why Fu Ling and the Blue Dragon couldn’t stop Zhu Qing although they had joined forces. Now, it seemed that the Blue Dragon had been injured. Otherwise, Fu Ling wouldn’t have raced after Zhu Qing on her own.
Supposedly, Fu Ling and the Blue Dragon had joined forces, and they had the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, so they should’ve been able to hold Zhu Qing up. However, in reality, they had only managed to hinder Zhu Qing for a short period of time, which forced two of the seven Dragons to come forward to deal with Zhu Qing.
The other person who scolded Fu Ling was Yang Kai, for he had never expected that she couldn’t even complete such a simple task. If she had accurately passed on his word and told Zhu Qing to help the others to defeat their opponents first, they would have been able to gain the upper hand.
However, Zhu Qing had directly arrived at this place, which meant that Fu Ling wasn’t able to complete her task, which was why Yang Kai was displeased with her.
Appearing embarrassed, Fu Ling stopped in mid-air and didn’t know what to do.
“Go over to help now!” One of the Dragons, who was confronting Zhu Qing, growled at Fu Ling.
Upon hearing that, Fu Ling had no choice but to fly towards Yang Kai. Seeing her, the other five Dragons snorted. They had already gained the upper hand by encircling Yang Kai with seven people on their side. Although Zhu Qing’s arrival forced two of them to leave the group to deal with her, they now had Fu Ling with them. Generally, the collective power remained roughly the same.
They had figured out all of Yang Kai’s abilities now. It was impossible for Yang Kai to win this battle, so they should just deal with him slowly by wearing out his confidence and energy until he could no longer use his elusive Space Divine Ability. By then, they would be able to kill or even capture him.
At the thought of this, the Dragons gazed at Yang Kai with a sneer and a sense of mockery. [What thing does he think he is? Where did he get the guts to make a scene on Dragon Island? Doesn’t he understand what place this is? There’s no doubt his end will be miserable!]
“Just choose one.”
While the Dragons were mocking Yang Kai in their hearts, he suddenly turned to look at Fu Ling and said something unfathomable.
The Dragons were stunned. [What does he mean, she has to choose one? What is he talking about?]
A sense of struggle and hesitation flashed across Fu Ling’s eyes. Seeing that, Yang Kai snorted and said coldly, “I’ll kill you if you dare disobey me!”
Her 100-metre figure shuddered when she heard that. Hesitating no further, she opened her mouth and shot a beam of purple light at one of the Dragon Clan members.
The Dragon Clan member had a frame that was as large as Fu Ling’s Dragon Form, so their power and bloodline should be roughly the same, which meant that they were basically there to assist the others. That was why he was focusing on Yang Kai and had never expected that Fu Ling would make a move against him suddenly. Hence, he was struck by the purple light directly, upon which he kept writhing about and roaring.
“Fu Ling, what’s wrong with you!?” One of the Dragon Clan members growled.
What just happened was utterly strange. As a member of the Dragon Clan, why did Fu Ling side with Yang Kai and attack her kin? That was absolutely absurd! Zhu Lie was Zhu Qing’s brother, so it was understandable that he would side with her, but why did Fu Ling go mad and side with them as well?
Knowing that she was in the wrong, Fu Ling didn’t try to defend herself. She simply transformed her gigantic figure into a beam of purple light and launched herself at her target.
Incensed, her opponent came to his senses and met Fu Ling head-on. In an instant, the two Dragons clashed, sending a shockwave across the sky as they chanted in Dragon Language to cast their own Secret Techniques. After they fell into the sea, they caused a huge splash that could eclipse the sky.
“What have you done to Fu Ling?” Not all of them were fools and a glint flashed across a Dragon Clan member’s eyes as he had figured out something, turning around to glare at Yang Kai.
On the other hand, Yang Kai chuckled and wiped away the blood on his face, which revealed his hideous countenance as he sneered, “Take a guess!”
The Dragon Clan member’s expression darkened as he realized that things were getting out of their control. Initially, they were dealing with Yang Kai with seven people on their side, which rendered him powerless to continue making a scene, and it was only a matter of time before they could suppress the battle. However, Zhu Qing’s arrival had forced two of them to leave the group, and now that Fu Ling had sided with Yang Kai, one more of them had to leave to deal with her as well.
Now, there were only four of them left, which was about half their original number. That was why they were slightly anxious. They had experienced Yang Kai’s elusive Space Divine Ability first hand. With the advantage of having more people on their side, they were able to intercept Yang Kai and make sure he couldn’t escape. However, with only four of them left, their plan and cooperation would be flawed now.
If Yang Kai could find a way to break their Blessing Technique, the Dragon Clan would be bound to lose the fight. No Dragon Clan member could ever accept this kind of humiliation.
Growing cautious, they didn’t dare to make a rash move again. As they traded glances, it was apparent that they were having a secret chat.
However, Yang Kai didn’t give them a chance. With his 80-metre-long figure, he appeared overbearing. As the four Dragons stared at him with caution, he launched himself at them, continuing their great melee.
…..
On a deserted island where World Energy was abundant, Fu Chi, whose face was completely pale, sat cross-legged and circulated his Dragon Essence. He had attached his arms, which had been torn off by Yang Kai, back on his body already, but although his vitality and restorative abilities were strong, being a member of the Dragon Clan, it would still take him one to two years to restore his strength to its peak.
It wasn’t certain if it was because he was in pain or something else, but with a contorting face, he was trying to heal himself while cursing at someone through gritted teeth, “That bitch! Slut! Whore!”
Although the entire Dragon Clan had been humiliated on this day, the humiliation that had been inflicted upon Fu Chi was a thousand times more intense than that on his fellow clansmen.
His bride had been snatched from him on his wedding day, and he had been subdued by his love rival. That Human even tore off both his arms. If it weren’t for the Great Elder rescuing him at the end, he would have been killed. Judging from how ruthless and resolute that Human appeared, Fu Chi was certain Yang Kai would not have hesitated to do it.
This kind of humiliation was like a mountain that pressed against Fu Chi’s chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
He could imagine that his reputation would be completely ruined after this day. In the future, he would be too embarrassed to meet his fellow clansmen. By just thinking about the expressions he would see on their faces, he felt utterly enraged.
As his blood was boiling, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of Dragon Blood, which dyed the ground in front of him.
At that moment, images of a man and a woman kept flashing across his mind. Feeling resentful of Yang Kai and Zhu Qing, he swore that he would make them experience pain and humiliation a hundred times more intense. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to soothe the rage in his chest. As for who he would make suffer the most, he hated Zhu Qing more than Yang Kai so she would be the greatest victim.
While Fu Chi was deep in such thoughts, he suddenly noticed something and looked up, upon which his gaze turned ferocious.
Someone was standing quietly in the sky nearby, but he was a Dragonborn rather than a Human.
Fu Chi could sense the mixed Dragon Blood aura wafting from this person’s body. He was most familiar with this kind of aura because those hybrids from Half-Dragon City all exuded this kind of revolting aura.
All Dragon Clan members loathed this sort of aura and instinctively felt repulsed by it. Fu Chi was no exception.
“Scram!” Fu Chi growled with a cold expression.
He had suffered an unbearable humiliation on this day, which was why he fled to this island to recuperate, but he never expected that a Dragonborn would stalk him here and even look down on him from nearby.
He had already been humiliated by a lowly Human, so was this hybrid going to do the same?
In normal times, Fu Chi would have killed him on the spot; however, he was in the process of healing himself right now and wasn’t in the mood to deal with this hybrid.
He thought that his growl would terrify this hybrid and send him running for his life. In fact, any hybrid from Half-Dragon City would never attempt to disobey a Pureblood Dragon. It had nothing to do with their strength, it was just inherent inferiority they had before the Dragon Clan.
The division of Dragon Veins was rigid. The difference between Pureblood Dragon Veins and Half-Dragon bloodlines was like the difference between the Heavens and Earth.
However, what shocked Fu Chi was that his growl didn’t elicit any expression from the hybrid. Instead, the hybrid just stared at him quietly with an expression that was as calm as a still lake.
Infuriated, Fu Chi decided to vent his anger on this hybrid and lashed out coldly, “You must court death!”
Upon finishing his words, he pushed his Dragon Pressure and engulfed Li Jiao in it.
The next moment, Fu Chi’s expression was transformed into shock, because the sight before his eyes was completely beyond his ability to comprehend. Under his Dragon Pressure, that hybrid didn’t seem to have been affected as he only frowned a little. Unlike what Fu Chi had imagined, Li Jiao’s bloodline had not been suppressed, and he didn’t fall on his knees in fright.
[What’s going on? This man is just a hybrid with an impure bloodline, while I’m an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon. There’s a huge difference between our bloodlines, so why does he still look fine? What went wrong?]
Unlike how shocked Fu Chi was, Li Jiao felt excited in his heart. [It’s really blocked! However, there’s indeed a huge difference between a Third-Order and an Eighth-Order. Although I still feel a little uncomfortable due to the suppression, I can finally see hope of getting my revenge!]
The Dragon Temple’s Blessing indeed lived up to its name. With the help of this Blessing, the difference between their bloodlines would be far less obvious, and Li Jiao would have a right to go all out to fight with Fu Chi. That was the right he needed most.
If it weren’t because Yang Kai had intercepted one of the Blessings from the Dragon Temple and redirected it into Li Jiao’s body, the latter would never have a chance to retaliate against Fu Chi for Lu San Niang. Everything was made possible because of Yang Kai, so Li Jiao was grateful to him.
Upon realizing what the cause of all this was soon after, Fu Chi widened his eyes and bellowed, “You have the Dragon Temple’s Blessing? How is that possible? How did you get it?”
Naturally, he wasn’t aware that after he left, the Fourth Elder communicated with the Dragon Temple and asked for Blessings to be delivered to his clansmen. What Fu Chi also couldn’t understand was how this Dragonborn managed to get a Blessing. Furthermore, there seemed to be an unresolvable feud between them, otherwise, this man wouldn’t have stalked him and looked at him with a gaze that was filled with hatred.
“What are you trying to do?” Fu Chi’s expression darkened as he sneered. [Does this hybrid think he can harm me just because I’m injured? Indeed, I’m wounded, but I’m still an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon!]
Without answering his question, Li Jiao uttered dispassionately, “My name is Li Jiao.”
As he spoke, a golden glint flashed across his hand, upon which a halberd appeared. It was an Emperor Artifact, the Golden Lion Halberd.
This halberd was made from the bones of a Twelfth-Order Monster Beast, the Sovereign Golden Lion, which was an ancient beast that had supposedly gone extinct. In ancient times, it was one of the most powerful creatures in the Star Boundary and could even compete with some Divine Spirits.
Li Jiao managed to obtain the Sovereign Golden Lion’s skeleton by chance. After that, he found an Artifact Refining Grandmaster to help him forge this halberd. The weapon had accompanied him for about 500 years now, and he had been cultivating it with his Blood Essence the whole time. It could be said that this halberd was his most powerful weapon.
With this halberd in his hand, Li Jiao’s aura and momentum reached a peak. Facing an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, he wouldn’t dare to lower his guard as although the other party was injured, Li Jiao knew it would be no easy task to defeat him, which was why he directly brought out his trump card.
Also understanding the situation, Fu Chi frowned deeply. He didn’t know what the feud was between them that made Li Jiao ready to put his life at risk, but that didn’t matter at this moment.
Just then, a breeze whisked past them, after which Li Jiao charged forward with the halberd in his hands as a cold glint flashed across the weapon. Upon reaching Fu Chi, Li Jiao swung, chopped, and stabbed with his halberd, engulfing the former in an innumerable number of halberd shadows.
“Impudence!” Fu Chi was enraged because he had been humiliated by Yang Kai and Zhu Qing earlier, but now even a hybrid was insulting him! As a member of the Dragon Clan, he would never allow anyone to disparage his dignity. Releasing a ferocious roar, crackling sounds echoed as lightning arcs exploded out. The arcs condensed together into a giant bolt that then struck at Li Jiao. At the same time, Fu Chi opened his mouth and spat out a massive lightning ball at the Golden Lion Halberd.
A red gleam glowed on Li Jiao’s body as his pores expanded, a clear sign he was burning his Blood Essence to fuel his assault.
Li Jiao knew that this battle had to be ended quickly. Only by turning his anger into near reckless courage could he stand a chance to win a battle against Fu Chi. The longer things dragged on, the slimmer the chance he would have to get his revenge, which was why he decided to burn his Blood Essence from the very start so he could kill Fu Chi in as few moves as possible.
Just then, a beam of lightning struck Li Jiao’s body, causing the red glow to flicker, as though it would be put out at any moment.
The lightning ball coming out of Fu Chi’s mouth hit the Golden Lion Halberd simultaneously, and after a loud boom was heard, Li Jiao was sent flying away, while Fu Chi, who was seated crossed legged, was pushed back almost a hundred metres.
“Go to Hell!” Fu Chi growled as his fury reached a breaking point and exploded like a volcano. However, when he raised his gaze, his expression changed slightly.
That was because Li Jiao, who was sent flying away, actually spat more Blood Essence onto the Golden Lion Halberd while he performed several complicated hand seals and pointed at Fu Chi.
*Huo!*
A thunderous roar could be heard, upon which the Golden Lion Halberd contorted and transformed into a huge lion. The king of beasts then turned into a beam of golden light and launched itself at Fu Chi.
Knowing that the attack would seriously injure him if he allowed it to hit, Fu Chi didn’t dare to take it lightly. After a roar, he transformed into his Dragon form and clawed at the golden light with all his might, upon which the lion disintegrated and turned back into a halberd. The glow appeared fainter now, as its spirituality had been damaged, causing Li Jiao to spurt out blood as his aura deflated.
“Since you dared to provoke me, you must die today!” Fu Chi curled his body up and looked down at Li Jiao. Like an emissary of the Heavens, he was pronouncing the judgment for Li Jiao.
However, the next moment, his expression changed drastically as a sense of anxiety rose within him. Upon closer look, he realized that there was a longan-sized bead in the puddle of blood Li Jiao had spat out. Although the bead appeared ordinary, it actually contained a formidable power.
Apparently, Fu Chi felt threatened by the bead.
“A Dragon Bead! How did you cultivate a Dragon Bead!?” Fu Chi exclaimed.
It was an inconceivable idea that a mere hybrid had managed to cultivate a Dragon Bead. Although the bead’s quality was extremely low, it was still a genuine Dragon Bead.
Every member of the Dragon Clan had their own Dragon Bead, which was their most precious possession as it was the foundation of their life and strength, equivalent to a Monster Beast’s Monster Core.
When facing a life or death crisis, a Monster Beast could spit out their own Monster Core to attack their opponent. Naturally, Dragon Clan members could do the same, but hardly anyone had done it before, because there were basically no creatures in this world that could threaten their lives. Even if there were such creatures, they wouldn’t choose to offend Dragon Clan, much less try to kill them.
It took immense courage to spit out one’s Dragon Bead. Although the Dragon Bead was incredibly powerful and by no means fragile, outside the body it became vulnerable to attack, and the slightest damage to it would also damage a Dragon’s foundation. This would either result in a reduction of strength, or in extreme cases, a loss of life.
Unless they were left with no other choice, a Monster Beast wouldn’t spit out their Monster Core, and a Dragon Clan member would never take out their Dragon Bead unless it was the only way they could destroy their opponent.
At this moment, a hybrid had actually taken out his own Dragon Bead in front of Fu Chi, demonstrating clearly his determination to kill his enemy.
[What’s wrong with this guy? What grudge is there between us? Why is he going as far as to even spit out his Dragon Bead to attack me?] In comparison to the fact that this man had cultivated his own Dragon Bead, Fu Chi was more surprised by Li Jiao’s resoluteness.
Even now, he did not understand why Li Jiao hated him so deeply. Since the beginning, Li Jiao had only announced his name and spoken no further. After just a few moves, Li Jiao was even ready to put his life on the line to win.
Fu Chi was caught off guard by this series of unexpected attacks.
Li Jiao was a Third-Order Emperor Realm Master, but he was now ready to put his life at risk to release his strongest strike. Even though Fu Chi was an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, he wouldn’t dare disdain this kind of suicidal attack.
With his expression turning solemn, Fu Chi roared and spat out a mouthful of Dragon Breath which transformed into a layer of protection in front of him.
After the layer of protection was struck by the approaching Dragon Bead, Fu Chi’s gigantic body shook while Li Jiao coughed up enough blood to dye his clothes scarlet. The Dragon Bead’s glow started flickering, but through pure force of will, Li Jiao managed to stabilize its radiance.
*Kacha…*
Suddenly, a cracking sound was heard.
Fu Chi’s expression changed again as he had underestimated Li Jiao’s determination. He thought that a setback would make Li Jiao back down, but it only made him grow more ferocious instead.
The hybrid didn’t care about his own Dragon Bead at all as he recklessly pushed its power, an absolutely insane move.
After Fu Chi’s layer of protection was destroyed, the Dragon Bead would almost instantly reach him. Just when Fu Chi was hesitating whether he should also take out his Dragon Bead to intercept it, the chance had already passed him by.
At that moment, the small Dragon Bead was like the sharpest weapon in this world and penetrated Fu Chi’s Dragon Scales, forming a big hole on his chest before it shot out from his back, after which copious amounts of Dragon Blood spurted from his wound.
Fu Chi wailed as he writhed about, smashing all the rocks on the island and throwing sand and dirt into the air.
Compared to his body size, the wound that was caused by the strike was small, but he had actually been severely injured. His five viscera and six organs had been shifted and his Blood Essence had become chaotic and unstable.
Infuriated, Fu Chi swung his Dragon Tail and hit right at the Dragon Bead behind him.
*Kacha…*
A crack was formed on the Dragon Bead, causing its glow to dim noticeably.
*Wa…*
Li Jiao opened his mouth and spouted out another mouthful of blood. His face had turned as pale as a white sheet and, unable to even support his own weight anymore, he fell on his knees. He gasped for air, but his aura only continued to dwindle. It was as though he would lose his life at any moment.
He raised his head and saw that Fu Chi had returned to his Human form, proving his final strike just now wasn’t useless. Although Li Jiao was in a sorry state, Fu Chi had been severely injured as well. At this moment, Fu Chi’s face was ashen as he pressed his hand against his chest and glowered at Li Jiao. His robes were covered in blood.
If they were to fight head-on, Fu Chi believed that this hybrid would be no match for him even though the latter had the Dragon Temple’s Blessing. However, this hybrid was extremely ruthless and resolute, catching Fu Chi off guard. If not for this, it would have been impossible for Fu Chi to have been injured so badly. As a result, at this moment, Fu Chi felt utterly humiliated.
Staring coldly at Li Jiao, he uttered slowly, “I’ll kill you!”
Li Jiao raised his hand with difficulty to wipe the blood off his mouth and gazed calmly at Fu Chi as he thought to himself, [I’ve failed. Even though I’ve done my best, it’s still impossible for me to kill a member of the Dragon Clan.]
He had already gone all out, using every trump card he had, so all he could do was lament that the Heavens were unfair to him. [With so many creatures in this world, why are we graded into different ranks? Why is the Dragon Clan above all others?]
Fu Chi shuffled towards Li Jiao as a ferocious glint flashed across his gaze. Although he was staggering, he was in a much better state than Li Jiao.
He had figured out that Li Jiao had used up all his energy, so he could now do with him as he pleased. There was no way Li Jiao could resist.
Fu Chi’s anger had reached the breaking point after he was injured by a filthy hybrid. Therefore, he decided to torture Li Jiao in the cruellest way possible to let the latter know the consequences of offending him.
He didn’t care why Li Jiao would put his own life at risk to kill him. He wasn’t interested in finding out what was on the hybrid’s mind.
There was only a distance of tens of metres between them, but it took Fu Chi an incense stick worth of time to cross this short distance, staggering as he stepped because he too was incredibly weak.
Standing in front of Li Jiao, he appeared to be the victorious one with a smug expression. His lips curved into a hideous smile as he watched Li Jiao panting heavily on his knees.
After a sigh, Li Jiao decided to close his eyes and await his final moment. If he still had any power to resist, he wouldn’t have stayed put. However, the spirituality of his Golden Lion Halberd, which he had been cultivating with his own Blood Essence, had been damaged. His Dragon Bead had also cracked. The foundation of his life had been hurt as well, so he didn’t even have the energy to move one finger.
[Has he conceded defeat?] Fu Chi stared coldly at him and sneered. [So what if he has conceded defeat? He has to pay the price for offending me!]
Just when Li Jiao was about to shut his eyes though, he suddenly opened them again as he looked behind Fu Chi in fright. He seemed to be looking at something unbelievable as he widened his eyes.
Seeing that, Fu Chi snorted, “What trick are you trying to play on me before your death?”
He thought that Li Jiao was just trying to distract him, but he felt that something was off immediately after he finished speaking, because there really was another presence behind him.
“Who?” Having goosebumps all over his body, Fu Chi whirled around, only to see an ugly monkey-like man grinning at him. The smile on his face was horrendous and filled with a kind of unfettered madness.
“It’s you!” Upon recognizing the man, Fu Chi frowned.
He remembered that this man was the one in charge of building his new palace. Some time ago, he and Zhu Lie went over to check on the palace, and it was this man who had guided them around. Only a short period of time had passed, so Fu Chi still remembered this man’s face. At that time, he couldn’t help feeling disdainful of his servile attitude.
In front of the Dragon Clan, all Humans were as lowly as ants.
“What are you doing here?” Fu Chi stared at him with a frown.
Everything felt off on this day. First, a hybrid stalked him and waged a life-or-death battle with him. Then, a Human appeared all of a sudden.
It was said once bitten, twice shy, so Fu Chi was now wary of this man.
Normally, he wouldn’t even spare this kind of man a glance; however, having been injured repeatedly on this day, he had become more cautious.
The inscrutable smile on this man’s face made Fu Chi furious.
Faced with Fu Chi’s question, Wu Chen didn’t answer him as he just took a look at Li Jiao with a smile before shifting his attention back to Fu Chi. Nodding slightly, he uttered, “Good! Good! Good!”
After he said ‘good’ three times, the smile on his face became more eerie, and he even stuck out his tongue to lick his lips. He looked like a starving wolf that was staring at its prey in the winter.
“Are you also here to oppose me?” Fu Chi stared at him coldly and sneered. He wasn’t a fool, so he could see that this monkey-like man was ill-intentioned. This Human was just a Third-Order Emperor though, so although Fu Chi was weak now due to his injuries, he still had confidence he could defeat him.
Upon hearing that, Li Jiao was elated and looked at Wu Chen with expectation written all over his face.
He was extremely crestfallen because he still couldn’t kill Fu Chi even though he had used up all his tricks, and he was already in his last moments now. However, if Wu Chen was there to deal with Fu Chi, then he could still get his revenge with the latter’s help.
“Oppose you?” Wu Chen shook his head with a smile, “No, no, no… That’s not the reason I’m here.”
Fu Chi replied disdainfully, “I didn’t think you had the guts.”
Wu Chen nodded and uttered, “I’m here to eat a Dragon.”
“Eat a Dragon?” Fu Chi was startled as he didn’t understand the meaning behind his words. However, he did not have the time to think about it, because right after Wu Chen finished speaking, the gleam that beamed from his eyes suddenly turned into a vortex.
As they were staring at each other fixedly, Fu Chi couldn’t help but feel astounded as he felt that those eyes seemed to have a mysterious devouring power that seemed to be trying to suck his Soul in.
Fu Chi’s expression changed drastically as he tried to look away, but it was too late.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t move his gaze. The mysterious power from the other party’s eyes grew stronger and more horrendous, forcing Fu Chi to stare fixedly at him, and in just a short moment, Fu Chi could feel that his Soul was really beginning to shake.
His back was drenched in cold sweat in an instant. Following that, his vision turned dark, and he started to lose consciousness. However, he remained rooted to the spot, unable to move a muscle.
Wu Chen stepped forward, and under the attention of the dumbfounded Li Jiao, his body went through a series of transformative changes.
His thin frame swelled up all of a sudden, and his monkey-like countenance started contorting. In the blink of an eye, Wu Chen had transformed into an authoritative-looking and overbearing man with a pair of sharp eyes.
Appearing to be a middle-aged man now, he didn’t look like Wu Chen at all.
[What kind of Secret Technique is this?] Li Jiao was flabbergasted as his eyes were brimming with fear.
Despite his sharp vision, he couldn’t see through Wu Chen at all previously. He believed that Yang Kai and the hundreds of people who built the palace alongside Wu Chen also didn’t notice anything off about him.
[Does this Secret Technique allow him to disguise his appearance and aura perfectly?]
Just then, Li Jiao couldn’t help feeling fearful after ‘Wu Chen’ swept a glance over him. There was no way he could resist this man’s attack. If this man, who had disguised himself as Wu Chen, wanted to kill Li Jiao, he could do it without any effort. That realization made Li Jiao terrified as his blood almost froze.
When he was facing Fu Chi, an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, he could still summon the courage to kill him even if he had to sacrifice his life to do so; however, a mere nonchalant glance from this man was able to shake him to the core, which went to show just how horrifying this man truly was.
“Hahaha!” That man circled around Fu Chi and started guffawing, “This is such a lucky day for me! It really didn’t take me much effort to get one.”
Upon finishing his words, he licked his lips again as his gaze was brimming with greed while he was staring at Fu Chi.
“May I know who Your Excellency is?” Li Jiao gulped and asked.
Now, he had realized that this man, who had disguised as Wu Chen, must be a terrifying hidden Master. This man also had to have some hidden agenda for him to pose as Wu Chen and sneak into Dragon Island. Judging from this incident that had just happened, his plot must be extremely wicked and might even turn all of Dragon Island upside down.
Ignoring Li Jiao’s question entirely, Wu Chen stared fixedly at Fu Chi and uttered, “I have to thank you for what just happened. If you hadn’t injured him, it would take me some effort to capture him.” He tutted, “It’s troublesome being so weak.”
[Did he just call himself weak?] Li Jiao was astonished.
What Wu Chen had just showcased suggested that he had incredible power. With just a stare, he was able to root an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon in place. If his power was considered weak, then Li Jiao’s power could only be regarded as trash.
“Stay right there. I’ll deal with you after I’m done with this little Dragon!” Wu Chen pointed at him.
Li Jiao felt cold all over his body. When he heard the man thanking him, he thought that he might be let off; however, upon hearing these last words, Li Jiao understood that he would be killed soon. [Forget it. Fu Chi will end up in a miserable state, so I’ve gotten revenge for San Niang. I’ve fulfilled my promise as a man, so I can die with no regrets.]
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to flee, but he knew that he wouldn’t stand a chance to escape from this man. He would only be killed sooner if he made a rash move. Therefore, Li Jiao decided to close his eyes and waited calmly for the end to come.
Right then, a sudden change happened. A strange aura pulsed from Wu Chen’s body, and at that instant, his expression contorted as he growled, “Old fart, what are you doing?”
Wu Chen immediately stepped backwards as a myriad of expressions flickered across his face. At the same time, two different auras began clashing with one another inside his body, an extremely eerie sight to behold.
Li Jiao stared at him in shock, not knowing what was wrong with him.
“Stop being so presumptuous! If you dare spoil my good deed, I’ll never let you off! Don’t you think I can’t devour you too!” The man growled again as the conflict between the two auras intensified. The confrontation between the auras also made Li Jiao’s skin feel painful.
Baffled, Li Jiao thought that the man was speaking to himself, as though he was suffering from a split personality. Li Jiao had lived in this world for thousands of years and seen countless strange things, but it was the first time he came across such an incident.
As Wu Chen spoke, both his hands started moving. What was strange though was that each hand was performing a different set of hand seals at the same time. Their movements were so rapid that Li Jiao couldn’t even see them clearly.
He was especially shocked by the complexity and abstrusity of the hand-seals, as he had never seen or heard anything remotely similar before.
A moment later, Wu Chen turned his head and glared at Li Jiao. With a contorting and hideous face, he said through gritted teeth, “Why are you still here? Are you sick of living?”
Li Jiao was flabbergasted. Realizing something, he pointed at the man and said, “You…”
Wu Chen growled, “Look for Yang Kai now and tell him…”
However, Wu Chen suddenly cut himself off and bellowed, “There’s no use looking for anyone! No one can stop me today!”
[Two Souls in one body! This man has two Souls in his body!] It was then that Li Jiao understood why this man was behaving so strangely. There were actually two Souls residing in his body, which was why he kept talking to and contradicting himself. Initially, he wanted to kill Li Jiao, but the next moment, he told him to flee immediately.
Li Jiao didn’t want to die. The reason he stayed put just now was that he didn’t see any hope of survival. Now that there was a chance though, he wasn’t willing to sit around waiting for death.
He took out some pills from his Space Ring and stuffed them into his mouth. Following that, he focused his mind upon which a cracked bead shot up from the sea and rushed into his mouth. It was his damaged Dragon Bead.
With the Dragon Bead back into his stomach as well as the help of the pills, he had managed to restore some of his energy. Then, he extended his hand and retrieved his Golden Lion Halberd, whose spirituality had been damaged. Upon taking a deep breath, he started running for his life.
He didn’t know the identity of the man behind him, but he realized that the Soul who told him to run away must know Yang Kai, which was why he had to tell the latter about it immediately. Unfortunately, that Soul didn’t give more details, or didn’t have the chance to do so. Otherwise, Li Jiao would have figured out the man’s identity.
…..
As the Dragon roars shook the sky, Yang Kai and four Dragons clashed across the sky. Although Zhu Qing and Fu Ling had shared some of his burdens, he was still put in a disadvantageous situation.
Those in the Dragon Clan were Divine Spirits, and all four Dragons in that place were mature Great Dragons. Although bloodline was graded into different orders, every Dragon Clan member could easily defeat a Third-Order Emperor Realm Master. Although Yang Kai was now an 80-metre-long Half-Dragon that was mighty in its own right, he was still no match for the other Dragons.
At the same time, he was glad that Zhu Qing and Fu Ling had lifted some of the weight off his shoulders. Otherwise, he would have lost the battle by now. Although the situation wasn’t in their favour, they still stood some chance of winning.
Yang Kai was still waiting for the right moment to deal a critical blow to the four Dragons, as he still had a trump card to play. It was called a trump card because it could bring the best result for him when his opponents least expected it.
At that moment, Yang Kai was drenched in blood, as he had been wounded all over his body, and his aura was no longer at its peak, as though he would collapse at any moment.
Seeing that, the Four Dragons stopped hesitating and pounced on him from all directions.
Yang Kai moved a little to avoid the first Dragon that charged at him and evaded the Dragon Breath that had been shot at him by the second. At the same time, he parried the third Great Dragon’s Secret Technique. However, as his body shook violently, he realized that he had been grasped by the Fourth Dragon.
That Dragon was the strongest among the four, as was a Seventh-Order with a 150-metre-long body which he wrapped around Yang Kai to ensure that the latter couldn’t escape using his Space Divine Ability. At that moment, all of Yang Kai’s bones started cracking.
The other three Dragons were elated upon seeing this, after which they rushed towards Yang Kai again. All of their eyes glinted with a cold glare. If Yang Kai still couldn’t struggle out of the grip before they reached him, he would be doomed.
As Yang Kai growled, a glint flashed across his eyes. It had come to the point where he couldn’t hide anything anymore. He had no choice but to use his last trick to save himself. Just then, he was startled for a moment before he became ecstatic. After he twisted his wrist, something appeared in his hand. Then, he hurled the thing in his hand at a Dragon that was coming at him, and he growled, “Get him!”
The other three Dragons were shocked when they saw what Yang Kai had done. Before they figured out what Yang Kai had thrown at them, they didn’t dare to parry it, as they had witnessed how tricky and ruthless he could be. There was no way the tactic he had used at this point would be meaningless.
Under everyone’s attention, a round boulder was seen being catapulted into the air. The perfectly rounded boulder was only as tall as an ordinary Human, but it appeared quite ordinary.
[What is that?] The Dragon Clan members were puzzled when they saw this. The Dragon who was about to be hit with the boulder impatiently swung his tail in an attempt to sweep it away, but as soon as his tail came into contact with it, a sudden change happened.
An explosion was heard, upon which the boulder broke into pieces. This change stunned the Dragons, but upon closer examination, they realized that a strange stone man about as tall as a Human had emerged from the broken stones. This stone man had an angular appearance and sharp spikes protruding from his figure. He had complete facial features and his limbs were unusually long. It wouldn’t be so surprising if that was all though. The most important factor was that this stone man had flames covering his body, and there was an aura coming from him that was exclusive to Divine Spirits.
“Shi Huo!” One Dragon growled as disbelief was written all over his face.
As Divine Spirits themselves, the Dragon Clan members were familiar with Shi Huo. Although Shi Huo wasn’t ranked highly among the Divine Spirits, it was still powerful.
However, what the Dragon Clan members didn’t understand was why a Shi Huo would emerge from a boulder, which was thrown out by Yang Kai. They were surrounded by the seemingly endless sea, so how did Yang Kai manage to summon it?
Right after Shi Huo appeared, it released a roar. The sound waves coming from its mouth were so strong they were almost visible to the naked eye. The shock wave caused a ripple in the surrounding space, and the Dragon Clan member at the front couldn’t help but stop moving. Instinctively, they could sense that this Shi Huo was more complicated than it seemed.
“Scram!” The Dragon closest by extended his claws and swiped at the Shi Huo. [So what if it’s a Shi Huo? No Divine Spirits can ever be haughty in front of us, the Dragon Clan! Moreover, this Shi Huo should be a newly-born, so it should be quite weak now.]
The next moment though, this Dragon Clan member realized he was deeply mistaken. After a growl, this Shi Huo that was only as tall as a Human rapidly began to expand. 10 metres, 15 metres, 30 metres, 60 metres… In just a short moment, Shi Huo, who was just as small as an ant to the Dragon Clan members a short while ago, had grown to be just as gargantuan as them. The flames on his body appeared even more violent, as though they could burn anything in this world.
With a loud boom, the Dragon Claw clashed with Shi Huo’s chest, which caused sparks to fly along with a screeching sound. Shi Huo staggered backwards as a claw mark formed on its chest.
The Dragon Clan member who had made the move was startled by the change. [Is this really a Shi Huo? When did it develop this kind of Divine Ability?]
After being clawed, Shi Huo took a look at its chest and raised its head. Its flickering red eyes looked like dancing flames, and an eerie laugh sounded from its throat. Following that, it extended its arms and grabbed the Dragon’s tail before pulling him towards itself.
The Dragon roared as he didn’t expect that Shi Huo would pull him towards it suddenly. As the two bodies clashed together, a thunderous boom was heard. Following that, the smell of roasted meat filled the air. Groaning in pain, the Dragon tried to struggle out of Shi Huo’s grip as it moved towards the sea. After both of them plunged into the waters, they caused a huge splash with a surge of steam.
There were four of them initially, but Shi Huo’s appearance forced one of them to leave the group. Now, only three Dragons were left to deal with Yang Kai.
“Hahahaha!” Yang Kai suddenly guffawed, his voice as loud as thunder.
“You’re about to die. How dare you still be so conceited!” the Dragon Clan member, who had been binding Yang Kai, growled, for he didn’t understand why Yang Kai was laughing.
Although there had been many unexpected changes on this day, Yang Kai was obviously still on the losing side. Three Dragons were more than enough to deal with him.
“It’s the right time now!” Yang Kai’s expression turned solemn as he spoke in a lowered voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the three Dragons realized that something bad was going to happen. Hesitating no more, all of them decided to kill him immediately. The Great Dragon, who had been binding Yang Kai with his own body, exerted more force to restrict him so that there was no room for him to struggle.
The other two Dragons came at him from both sides as their Dragon Claws glinted with a cold glare. Breaking through the hindrance of space, they aimed at Yang Kai’s vital parts.
“Dragon… Transformation!”
The three Dragons were stunned when they heard Yang Kai’s hoarse voice. [Dragon Transformation? Hasn’t he already transformed into a Dragon? It’s already an inconceivable achievement that a Human has managed to transform into an 80-metre-long Dragon. Why did he yell ‘Dragon Transformation’ again? Does he want to turn into an actual Dragon?]
At the thought of this, the three Dragons couldn’t help but snort. In their eyes, Yang Kai could never become a True Dragon no matter how hard he tried. This was the limitation imposed on the Races, so he could never achieve that breakthrough.
But what happened next terrified them. After Yang Kai shouted ‘Dragon Transformation’, his already imposing Dragon Pressure started intensifying to the point where the three Dragons began feeling horrified. At the same time, cracking sounds could be heard, as Yang Kai, who was already 80 metres long, started expanding again.
“This…” The Dragon, who had been binding Yang Kai, widened his eyes in disbelief. He could feel that an immense force was pushing him outward, forcing his curled up body to expand.
80 metres, 100 metres, 120 metres, 150 metres!
With his head reaching to the Heavens while his feet firmly trod upon the void, Yang Kai now looked like a gargantuan monster as his terrifying Dragon Pressure spread across the sky, shaking the world, sending thousands of waves out across the sea.
The three Dragons could feel their eyes trembling violently. The Dragons, who were battling against Zhu Qing and Fu Ling, were dumbstruck as they gazed at Yang Kai.
Zhu Qing was startled for a moment before a glint of joy flashed across her eyes. She had never expected that Yang Kai had been hiding his true power as he awaited the best chance to fight back. Now, that chance had come.
There was a huge difference between an 80-metre-tall figure and a 150-metre-tall one. The strength of a Dragon’s bloodline could be judged by observing its size. Yang Kai had cultivated the Dragon Transformation Secret Art, so naturally, he had inherited this trait as well. The larger his size, the purer his bloodline was.
One month ago, his Dragon form was only 45 metres, but now, he had grown to be a 150-metre tall Half-Dragon, which meant that his size had grown by more than three times. Although his overall strength didn’t actually improve much, the increment in his size came with a proportionally more powerful Dragon Pressure and bloodline suppression.
It was thanks to those Dragon Blood Flowers that he had managed to improve his Dragon Transformation Secret Art to this point, especially those Dragon Blood Pills that were made from the two Peak-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers. Almost half of the result of his growth in the past month was brought about by just these two flowers, while the other High-Rank Dragon Blood Flowers made up the rest.
Given more time, Yang Kai could have grown even taller than 150 metres.
This was more than a mere increase in size though. Initially, the Dragon Scales Yang Kai was covered in didn’t appear all that special, but at this moment, all his scales started glowing with a golden gleam. His entire body seemed to have been covered in a layer of gold, which appeared dazzling under the sunlight.
The bulges on Yang Kai’s temples had protruded like sprouting seedlings as his Dragon Horns now appeared long and firm, like those of a True Dragon.
The whole space had been engulfed in his Dragon Pressure as though his presence had materialized, causing the three Dragons to feel suffocated. It was like their chests had been pressed by boulders, which made them frustrated, and the Dragon Essence within their bodies was circulating at half its original speed.
The three Dragons were astonished and panicked, especially when they realized that a particular scale on their bodies was glowing strongly.
The glowing Dragon Scales were where the Dragon Temple’s Blessing had been stored, and the reason for this abnormality was that the Blessing Technique had become unstable.
When Yang Kai was still an 80-metre-tall Half-Dragon, they were not affected by the bloodline suppression at all; however, after Yang Kai had grown to 150 metres, his Dragon Pressure’s impact on their bloodlines made them terrified, even though they still had the Dragon Temple’s Blessing.
Zhu Lie had said that the Dragon Temple’s Blessing could significantly offset bloodline suppression, but that didn’t mean it could be completely neutralized. When that suppression surpassed a certain limit, the difference between bloodlines couldn’t be ignored even though they still had the Dragon Temple’s Blessing.
Just like the time when Li Jiao was confronted by Fu Chi, at this moment, the three Dragons were extremely terrified when they were facing Yang Kai.
[This battle has to be ended quickly. Otherwise, the consequences could be dreadful.] The three Dragons decided in an instant.
After Yang Kai transformed into his 150-metre-tall form, his gaze appeared even more determined as he charged forward.
Yang Kai suddenly made a move. From an unbelievable angle, his fist that was as large as a house landed on the head of one of the large Dragons, who was coming at him from the left side. After a loud thud was heard, the Dragon wailed in pain as his head was jerked to the side from the impact, and some Dragon Scales on his head had been broken off. His towering figure writhed about in the air and then plunged into the sea.
The Dragon from Yang Kai’s right side reached him in the next moment, and like a blade that could cut through anything in the world, his Dragon Claw glinted with a cold glare as it stabbed at Yang Kai’s chest.
Since Yang Kai was still bound at this moment, he was unable to evade this attack nor could he teleport away. If the claw landed on his chest, he would be doomed. At the most critical moment, he made an instinctive move by swinging his Dragon Tail towards his opponent. Like a bolt of lightning that had descended from the sky, Yang Kai’s tail lashed at his opponent with incredible force.
*Pa…*
His Dragon Tail hit right at the Dragon’s spine, and after a pain-filled roar, the Great Dragon that was approaching shot out like a falling star.
With an awkward expression, Yang Kai scanned himself with his Divine Sense and arched his brow, for there was now a Dragon Tail on his lower back. The discovery shocked him.
After one month of painstaking cultivation, he knew that his Dragon Transformation Secret Art had improved significantly, but he wasn’t sure what he would look like after activating his complete Dragon Transformation… Until now!
His figure had grown to 150 metres long; Dragon Horns had grown on his temples; a Dragon Tail had been formed on his lower back; his Dragon Scales now glowed with a golden glint. These were all transformative changes that made him look starkly different from his 80-metre-tall Half-Dragon Form.
With a body as sturdy as a mountain, Yang Kai looked around in an aloof manner as though the entire world was now under his control. At that instant, his heart was filled with confidence and pride.
The Great Dragon, who had been restricting Yang Kai’s movements, widened his eyes in disbelief. All these turns of events happened in the blink of an eye. His two fellow clansmen were easily defeated by Yang Kai with just a fist and a tail sweep. Now, his chest tightened as he had to face Yang Kai, who had activated his second Dragon Transformation, alone.
A glint flashed across his eyes as he opened his mouth wide to bite Yang Kai’s head.
Yang Kai raised his arm to protect himself, upon which his opponent’s sharp teeth dug into it, causing his arm to be covered in blood in an instant. However, Yang Kai just put on a sneer, and under the terrified Great Dragon’s attention, he extended his other hand and grabbed the Great Dragon’s horn before twisting it.
“Argh!” A Dragon roar shook the sky. After this Great Dragon’s horn had been broken off, blood started spurting out of the wound on his head like a great fountain.
After taking the horn, Yang Kai extended his hand and clawed at the Great Dragon’s stomach.
*Chi, Chi…*
In an instant, a wound that was tens of metres long was formed on the Great Dragon’s stomach. Through the wound, his squirming organs could be seen. At the same time, hundreds of Dragon Scales had been ripped off, including the one that contained the Dragon Temple’s Blessing.
After a brilliant flash of light, the Great Dragon was unable to sustain his Dragon Form anymore and shrank at a rapid speed until he assumed his Human Form again. He immediately tried to run away from Yang Kai with his hands pressing against his stomach, his blood still trickling down from between his fingers. His face was completely pale.
With bloodshot eyes, Yang Kai shot him a disdainful glance, but he didn’t intend to chase after him. Without the Dragon Temple’s Blessing, this Dragon Clan member was no longer a threat to him.
With a roar, Yang Kai directly plunged into the sea, but oddly enough he didn’t cause a single splash. A moment later, a violent energy fluctuation was felt coming from the bottom of the sea. Following that, a water column shot up into the sky, upon which Yang Kai emerged from the sea with two Dragons, one in each hand. The splash he had caused reflected the sunlight and formed a great rainbow.
These two Great Dragons were the ones who had been defeated by Yang Kai earlier. With his huge palms clenching the necks of both Dragons, Yang Kai dragged them along as he flew towards the sky.
Yang Kai’s whiskers trembled as he laughed wildly. Exerting more force with his hands, he smashed the two Dragons’ heads into each other, causing a thunderous boom that had both of them seeing stars.
*Hong, Hong, Hong, Hong…*
It was as though Yang Kai had been addicted to playing this game, as he kept making them crash into one another. At that moment, their Dragon Blood spurted out of their wounds as their bones were constantly creaking.
After bashing their heads together several dozen times to get his revenge, Yang Kai tossed them away, using the same tactic as before to break the Blessing Technique on them.
Up in the sky, the two Dragon Clan members were forced to return to their Human Forms. They were staggering about and couldn’t even stand stably, as though they were completely inebriated. After they staggered out a few dozen metres, they turned to look at Yang Kai with gazes that were filled with fear and wariness.
Ignoring them, Yang Kai narrowed his eyes and targeted a particular place. The next moment, he pushed his Space Principles, upon which his figure vanished into thin air. When he reappeared, he had already joined Zhu Qing’s battle.
The two Dragon Clan members, who were blocking Zhu Qing, were shocked upon seeing him.
Although they were battling Zhu Qing just now, they were not far away from where Yang Kai had been fighting. Hence, they had seen the battle clearly. Going up against three Dragons, Yang Kai still managed to defeat them with ease. Those three Dragons were completely powerless to counterattack.
That was why they had now lost the courage to face Yang Kai’s ruthlessness. As Yang Kai’s Dragon Pressure penetrated them, their bloodlines were immediately suppressed.
After trading glances, they decided to turn into beams of light to flee. They were no longer able to resolve this issue today. In other words, they couldn’t solve the problem just because they had more people on their side. To restore Dragon Island’s reputation, they had to seek help from the Great Elder and the Second Elder. That was why they had to inform the two Elders about what was happening here now.
However, they didn’t have the chance to do that. Just when they were preparing to flee, the space around them became extremely viscous, as though they had been sealed off by a kind of mysterious force. Space Principles!
The two Dragons were both shocked and panicked as they pushed their Dragon Pressure to break free of the Space Principles’ impact on them; however, Yang Kai had already pounced on them and grabbed one of their tails. After spinning the Dragon around several times, Yang Kai hurled him at the other Dragon.
*Hong…*
Both Dragons were sent flying away as they roared. Yang Kai launched himself at them again and pulled away two particular Dragon Scales on their backs, forcing them to return to their Human Forms.
The following task would be much simpler. With his 150-metre-tall figure, Yang Kai could practically destroy the remaining opponents, who were below the Eighth-Order, with little effort.
After he helped Fu Ling defeat her opponent, the surroundings fell into silence.
Yang Kai shifted his attention to the sea where his Embodiment was still battling against another Dragon Clan member, both parties seemingly evenly matched.
The fact that his Embodiment had awakened gave him a pleasant surprise; after all, his Embodiment had been unconscious ever since he integrated with Shi Huo’s Source in the Ancient Wild Lands some time ago. Yang Kai didn’t expect that his Embodiment would awaken all of a sudden at this critical moment.
Yang Kai had been keeping an eye on his Embodiment since it absorbed Shi Huo’s Source, and according to his calculations, his Embodiment would only regain consciousness sometime in the future. Perhaps it had realized the situation Yang Kai was in somehow, allowing it to awaken early.
Although it had woken up in advance, it didn’t really matter. That was because Yang Kai could feel that his Embodiment had completely integrated with Shi Huo’s Source, which meant that his Embodiment was now the Divine Spirit, Shi Huo!
After telling Zhu Qing something, Yang Kai prepared to go over to help his Embodiment, but just then, a thunderous Dragon Roar rang out from the deepest part of Dragon Island.
That Dragon Roar was unlike anything that Yang Kai had heard before. It sounded almost like a wail, as though the one who was roaring was about to pass on.
When this Dragon Roar was heard, Zhu Qing and Fu Ling both turned pale at the same time as they turned to look in the direction it came from.
Besides them, all the Dragon Clan members also turned to look in that direction. The Dragon Roar lasted for about a cup of tea worth of time before it stopped abruptly.
The next moment, Yang Kai touched his cheek, for he could feel some liquid dripping onto his face. Looking up at the sky, he said with a frown, “Why is it raining when the weather is so lovely? The weather on Dragon Island is so strange.”
The sun was high above the sky while there were practically no clouds in sight. However, rain was now falling. Furthermore, it was torrential and turbulent rain.
What shocked Yang Kai was that the rain seemed to contain some spirituality.
“This isn’t rain!” Fu Ling had turned completely pale as she stared fixedly towards the origins of the previous Dragon Roar, subconsciously replying to Yang Kai upon hearing what he said as her tender body trembled uncontrollably.
With a dark expression, Zhu Qing uttered, “It’s Fallen Dragon Rain!”
“What?” Yang Kai turned to look at Zhu Qing and frowned. He could feel that something serious must have happened. Otherwise, Zhu Qing wouldn’t appear so solemn.
“A Dragon Clan member has died!” Zhu Qing turned to look at him with a face transformed by fear.
Yang Kai was startled as his pupils contracted, “How do you know? Is it because of the Dragon roar?”
[Although the Dragon roar sounded sorrowful, it doesn’t mean a Dragon Clan member has passed away, right? Maybe they were just severely injured.]
Above Dragon Island, rain was pouring down from the sky despite the lovely weather. The entire Dragon Island seemed to have fallen into silence as everyone was looking in a particular direction.
Fu Ling gulped and uttered with difficulty, “When a Dragon Clan member passes away, they will turn into spirit rain. This is the Fallen Dragon Rain!”
“Are you sure?” Yang Kai looked solemnly at Fu Ling.
Fu Ling replied, “Absolutely.”
Zhu Qing nodded in agreement, “Indeed, a Dragon Clan member has passed away.”
Yang Kai’s forehead was beaded with cold sweat, “No way! Who did it? Senior Jiu Feng? Or Li Wu Yi? Or Zhu Lie, that brat?”
He was shocked after Zhu Qing concluded that a Dragon Clan member had fallen.
Although he had fallen out with the Dragon Clan and even harmed some of them, the idea of killing any one of them had never crossed his mind. It didn’t matter for him to fall out with the Dragon Clan, as they could just not meet each other for the rest of their lives. He had always loathed the Dragon Clan’s haughty behaviour, so he would rather not have any contact with them at all.
However, if a Dragon died because of him, that would be a different story. When that happened, not only would Zhu Qing be put in a tight spot, but a blood feud would also be formed between Yang Kai and the Dragon Clan.
Given the Dragon Clan’s power, he was still no match for them. If they went all out to hunt him down, there would be no place in the world where he could hide.
Although Yang Kai had flared up and harmed some of the Dragon Clan’s members, he had not killed any one of them. Even those who were harmed by him didn’t suffer damage to their foundations. After breaking their Blessing Technique, Yang Kai simply stopped attacking them.
If he wanted to leave with Zhu Qing, he had to showcase his power and capabilities; however, he also had to make sure that he didn’t cross the line in whatever he did. While Yang Kai wanted to get the fury off his chest, he had to ensure that his actions would still be tolerated by the Dragon Clan in the end.
However, now, that line had been crossed because a Dragon Clan member had been killed. [Who was the one reckless enough to kill a member of the Dragon Clan on Dragon Island? Are they sick of living?]
Yang Kai’s expression turned serious in an instant as he was trying to figure out in his mind who the Dragonslayer was. [It’s impossible for Zhu Lie to do it. He is from the Dragon Clan as well, so he wouldn’t have the heart to kill his fellow clansman. Furthermore, he probably doesn’t have the power to do that. Jiu Feng probably couldn’t do that either.]
Yang Kai remembered that she was going up against two opponents at the same time, so it would be good enough if she could defend herself. There was no way she could have killed a Dragon Clan member.
[What about Li Wu Yi? The Fourth Elder is a Ninth-Order Dragon after all, so it’s not possible that he could be killed so easily. Could it be Liu Yan?] Yang Kai’s chest tightened when he thought of this possibility. If it was really Liu Yan who had done it, things would go really bad on this day.
Just when Yang Kai was deep in his thoughts, Zhu Lie and the others had calmed down as well. All of them stopped fighting with one another and returned to their own sides as a myriad of expressions came over them.
Jiu Feng caught some spirit rain with her hand as her expression suggested that she was taking pleasure in their misfortune, “Who is it that has passed away?”
Apparently, she knew a thing or two about Fallen Dragon Rain. As she shot a glance at the two Dragons who were battling against her just now, she mocked them by saying, “Could it be Zhu Yan or Fu Zhun?”
Despite what she had just said, she knew that it wasn’t possible. The Great Elder Zhu Yan and the Second Elder Fu Zhun were as powerful as Great Emperors, so even the Martial Beast Great Emperor would be unable to kill them. But then who was it that actually killed a Dragon?
Just like Yang Kai, she was astonished deep down in her heart. She went through all the possible culprits in her mind, but she negated all her speculations in the end.
While they had all calmed down, it was the same case in another battlefield. Four people were standing in silence in front of the Dragon Grave.
One of them was a burly man with thick arms and round waist who was clad in a dark red cloak. He appeared authoritative despite his calm expression. The aura wafting from his body was powerful enough to shake the Heavens and Earth and cause space to contort.
There was an extremely weak woman in his embrace. Her face was completely pale as she snuggled up to the man’s chest. Every breath she let out carried with it a pleasant fragrance, and her long eyelashes fluttered lightly. She appeared serene, as though it wouldn’t matter even if it was the end of the world, as long as she could remain in this man’s embrace. Upon closer look, it could be seen that beneath her serene facade, a sense of guilt was hidden.
On the other hand, Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun were standing not far away on both sides of the couple, still keeping a battle stance. The Great Elder was covered in a layer of green light, while the Second Elder was surrounded by her Ice Principles. Both of them were extremely wary of the man before their eyes.
The man had a masculine face with a thick brow and a bright pair of eyes. As he panted slightly, it was apparent that he had expended a great deal of his energy. Upon seeing the spirit rain though, he grinned suddenly and called out, “You two, I don’t think I need to remind you what Fallen Dragon Rain means. If you two keep fighting with me, I’m afraid all the members of your Dragon Clan will lose their lives one by one. When that happens, you two will be eternal sinners of the Dragon Clan. I don’t think you want to be held responsible for that, do you?”
The Great Elder and the Second Elder remained unperturbed. They had reached a cultivation realm where they could hardly be distracted by other things. Although it was an important matter that a Dragon had passed away, they dared not lower their guard.
It couldn’t be helped, as this man before their eyes was one of the Ten Great Emperors, Martial Beast Great Emperor, Mo Huang. He was just as powerful as the two Elders, hence, if the Elders were distracted or careless for even a moment, they might let the man before their eyes gain an advantage over them.
It was a significant matter that a member of the Dragon Clan had lost their life, but the issue of Mo Huang barging into the Dragon Grave and trying to leave with this exiled Dragon woman was equally important.
*Tsk…*
Seeing that the two Elders remained unfazed, Mo Huang couldn’t help but spit disdainfully. Frustrated, he uttered, “Just tell me straight away how you want to settle this matter today. I’ll consider it.”
The Second Elder replied dispassionately, “Release Fu Xuan and never come to Dragon Island again. I’ll let all of you from Spirit Beast Island leave safely.”
Mo Huang snorted, “Xuan’er and I are husband and wife who are deeply in love with one another. Why do you make it sound like I’m abducting her? All of you are stone-hearted people who follow your so-called rules blindly. You even threw Xuan’er into the Dragon Grave; however, I won’t try to settle the score with you about this. Let me leave with Xuan’er, and I won’t stop you from going over to settle the problems on Dragon Island.”
Fu Zhun shook her head, “Fu Xuan is the Dragon Clan’s Fourth Elder. She was born on Dragon Island, and she’ll die in the Dragon Grave. You can’t take her away!”
Mo Huang sneered, “I am going to take her away. You can try to stop me.”
Fu Zhun coldly replied, “We’ll have to settle it quickly, then.” As she spoke, the aura around her suddenly turned dangerous.
Ignoring her, Mo Huang turned to look at Zhu Yan, “Great Elder, what do you think? If you want to make a move on me, I don’t mind continuing the fight with you two. However, I’m worried that today will be the end of the Dragon Clan. All of you may have to go extinct!”
With a solemn expression, Zhu Yan sighed in silence. This was such an eventful day for the Dragon Clan. The series of changes happening on Dragon Island on this day was baffling. Although he had lived for many years, he had never seen anything like it before.
First, Yang Kai, who possessed the Ancestral Dragon Source, arrived at the wedding to snatch the bride. After that, the Martial Beast Great Emperor and the others from Spirit Beast Island broke into Dragon Island, and the latter even brought Fu Xuan out of the Dragon Grave. Then, before any of these matters could even be settled, a Dragon Clan member had been killed.
Although the Great Elder’s cultivation was incredibly powerful, he still found the issues on this day thorny. It was as though all the problems he hadn’t encountered in the past 10,000 years suddenly happened at the same time, so he was extremely exhausted.
They could never ignore the fact that a Dragon Clan member had been killed. The number of Dragon Clan members had always been small, and a death had not happened for many years. Most importantly, Zhu Yan wasn’t sure if the murderer still had the capability to kill other Dragon Clan members.
If the Dragonslayer still had the energy to slaughter other Dragons, he had to immediately go over to deal with that person. Otherwise, the consequences would be dreadful. Nevertheless, they couldn’t leave the matter at hand unattended either, so it was hard for him to make a decision.
“Great Elder, are you set on making things difficult for me as well?” Mo Huang questioned sternly, apparently losing his patience.
Zhu Yan raised his gaze and uttered, “Mo Huang, I have a proposal.”
“Go on.” Mo Huang arched his brow.
“We’ll put down the grudges with you for now.”
Fu Zhun frowned upon hearing that, but she didn’t rush to say anything.
Mo Huang laughed heartily, “That’s a great decision you’ve made.”
Zhu Yan continued, “However, you have to come with us.”
Mo Huang stopped laughing and stared seriously at Zhu Yan, as though he was trying to figure out if the Great Elder was pulling his leg. A moment later, he sneered, “Great Elder, are you out of your mind? A crisis has befallen Dragon Island, so naturally, I have to seize this chance and leave. After you two settle the problem, I won’t be able to leave anymore. Please don’t insult my intelligence.”
Zhu Yan shook his head, “If you don’t agree with it, then I have no choice but to join forces with the Second Elder and capture you first.”
Mo Huang uttered, “I’m amazed by your confidence.”
After a sigh, Zhu Yan replied, “If you were alone, both the Second Elder and I wouldn’t be able to stop you if you wanted to leave; however, you’re bringing Fu Xuan with you now, so there’s no way you can utilize your full strength. You don’t want her to get hurt, right?”
Mo Huang’s expression darkened when he heard that. Nevertheless, when he lowered his head to look at the woman in his embrace, his expression immediately turned gentler.
Zhu Yan went on to say, “In return, I’ll give you a chance. If you agree to my proposal, I’ll communicate with the Dragon Temple one day and beg for the ancestors’ mercy on Fu Xuan’s behalf. We’ll see if she’ll be granted a chance to leave the Dragon Grave.”
Mo Huang’s gaze brightened when he heard that, “Are you serious?”
Zhu Yan said, “I can only give it a try, it will all depend on the ancestors’ attitude.”
Mo Huang nodded, “I believe you.”
“It’s a deal, then?” Zhu Yan looked inquisitively at him.
Mo Huang turned to look at Fu Zhun, “That’ll depend on the Second Elder’s stance on it.”
Without uttering a word, Fu Zhun suddenly turned into a beam of white light and headed in a particular direction, her actions speaking for themselves. She didn’t agree to it, nor did she object to it explicitly. Obviously, it was a tacit approval; after all, it was the Great Elder’s proposal, so she couldn’t take a different position even if she didn’t agree to it in her heart. Moreover, this suggestion was the best solution to their current predicament.
Seeing that, Zhu Yan nodded at Mo Huang and turned into a beam of light before heading in that direction as well. The two Dragon Clan Elders left just like this, because they knew that since Mo Huang had agreed to it, he would not go back on his word. After all, he was the Martial Beast Great Emperor.
Moreover, it wouldn’t matter even if he really went back on his word. Even if he could sneak out of Dragon Island with Fu Xuan on this day, it wasn’t like his Spirit Beast Island could be moved to a different location. If he really broke his promise, all the Dragon Clan members would visit Spirit Beast Island sometime in the future. That was why the two Elders were not worried when they flew off.
“Is it worth it for you to do this?” A gentle voice was heard asking as Fu Xuan looked up at Mo Huang. His thick beard felt ticklish on her forehead, but she was yearning for this feeling, so she moved her forehead a little to rub his beard against her skin, as though she was trying to imprint this feeling in the deepest part of her soul.
Despite Mo Huang’s masculine face, he appeared gentle as he stroked her face and put on a smile, “No matter how beautiful the world is, you’re the only one I love.”
Fu Xuan’s gaze brightened up when she heard that.
Mo Huang grinned, “I heard Li Wu Yi, that brat, say this before. So, I’m just borrowing his words.”
Fu Xuan giggled, “So, those are Wu Yi’s words.”
After a sigh, Mo Huang uttered, “I’m sorry for what you’ve had to endure all these years.”
Fu Xuan shook her head and replied, “I had already expected this, and I deserved this kind of punishment. In any case, we’ve reunited today.”
In a serious manner, Mo Huang swore, “I’ll never let you leave me again!”
“But you’ll have to go against all of Dragon Island.” Fu Xuan pressed her head against the man’s broad chest. As she listened to his heartbeat, it was as though it was the most melodious music in the world and despite her words, the smile on her face suggested that she was truly happy.
Mo Huang snorted, “The day we met, I was already prepared to oppose Dragon Island.”
At the time when they chanced upon each other, they were both young and free-spirited. At first glance, Mo Huang could recognize that the arrogant-looking woman was a Dragon Clan member, and as the Martial Beast Great Emperor, whose Dao was that of Beast Taming, he had conquered many in this world, but he had never tamed a Dragon before. As his mind was filled with this thought, he couldn’t control his urge anymore. Repeatedly, he tried to approach her, forcefully at times. Eventually, he managed to subdue her, but he didn’t expect that he could never free himself from her after having a taste of her gentleness. Since then, grudges that were unknown to the outside world had been formed between the Dragon Clan and him.
As he reminisced about the past, he put on a warm smile and thought that it was the wisest decision he had ever made.
“How is Xiao Qi now?” Fu Xuan suddenly asked.
“She’s grown-up now, but she’s still acting like a spoiled child. You should go back to Spirit Beast Island with me to discipline her.”
Fu Xuan questioned, “She hasn’t found out about her identity, right?”
Mo Huang shook his head, “I haven’t told her about it. Hmm, that girl has been giving me some trouble recently though.”
“What happened?” Fu Xuan was shocked. After all, that was her own daughter. Although she had never met her daughter after giving birth to her, they were still mother and daughter, so naturally Fu Xuan was concerned about her.
“She’s been longing for a certain brat recently,” Mo Huan replied with a dark expression.
Fu Xuan was startled for a moment before she burst out laughing.
“What are you laughing at?”
Fu Xuan stopped laughing and explained, “Well, Xiao Qi has already come of age, so it’s expected that she’d be fond of one or two boys.”
Mo Huang shook his head repeatedly, “No, no. She’s still too young, so she shouldn’t even think about such things yet!”
Fu Xuan said gently, “Although I’m her mother, I have never had the chance to discipline her. You’re right to be concerned about her, but make sure that you won’t make her hate you because of this.”
Mo Huang was stunned, “She’ll hate me because of that brat?”
Fu Xuan pressed her lips together and smiled, “I don’t know. She’s grown up now, and women are generally more outgoing.”
Mo Huang’s expression darkened when he heard that. All of a sudden, he became worried about his daughter.
“Alright. We should go over to have a look now.”
With a frown, Mo Huang said, “We’d better not go. We’ll just have a chat here until the two old farts are done settling their problems.”
Fu Xuan looked up at him, “Please bring me there to have a look. They’re my fellow clansmen, after all.”
Mo Huang could never say no to her whenever she pleaded with him, so he immediately nodded, “Alright, alright. Since you’ve said so, we’ll go over now.” He paused for a moment and smiled, “If we’re lucky, we might even see that brat.”
Upon finishing his words, he carried Fu Xuan up and flew towards the sky.
Fu Xuan was startled for a moment before she grasped the meaning behind his words, “You mean, the boy Xiao Qi is fond of is on Dragon Island as well?”
“En. It’s thanks to him that I was able to sneak into this place without anyone noticing.” Mo Huang nodded his head. If it weren’t because Yang Kai had made a scene on Dragon Island and attracted the attention of Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun, Mo Huang would not have been able to sneak into this place unnoticed.
Normally, if he were to enter Dragon Island, Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun would immediately discover him.
“Is he a member of the Dragon Clan?” Fu Xuan frowned. She was a Dragon Clan member herself, so she knew that those male Dragons were all promiscuous people. If her daughter had fallen in love with a male Dragon, things would become thorny.
“No, he’s not a Dragon. He’s Human,” Mo Huang shook his head and replied.
“A Human?” Fu Xuan was puzzled, “How did a Human enter Dragon Island? What is he here for?”
Mo Huang pursed his lips and uttered, “He’s here to snatch a bride.”
Fu Xuan was shocked, and after she pestered him about it for a while, she finally found out what crazy things Yang Kai had done on Dragon Island. At that moment, she was astounded and thought that this young man was far too rash and brazen. However, after a change of thought, she realized that this boy called Yang Kai was in a similar situation as Mo Huang.
Both of them were Humans, and they had both married Dragon women. Naturally, the Dragon Clan was against their marriages, so they were forced to go against the Dragon Clan.
At that instant, Fu Xuan felt sympathetic towards Yang Kai.
Mo Huang was one of the Ten Great Emperors, but even he couldn’t bring Fu Xuan out of Dragon Island at that time. Certainly, Yang Kai couldn’t do that either. This love story between a Human and a Dragon was bound to have a tragic ending, as the Dragon Clan’s obstinacy was legendary.
…..
All of a sudden, a figure shot up from the sea, which attracted the attention of Yang Kai and the others. Upon a closer look, the Embodiment had shrunk to become as tall as an ordinary Human again. Steam was rising from its body as it flew towards the sky.
Zhu Qing and Fu Ling sized it up in shock and wondered where this thing had come from. However, the Divine Spirit aura on this stone man was conspicuous, so they immediately recognized that it was a Shi Huo.
What shocked them was that Yang Kai’s aura also lingered on this Shi Huo. If they scanned the stone man with Divine Sense instead of looking at it with their eyes, they would have thought that it was Yang Kai.
In a doubtful manner, Zhu Qing turned to look at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai uttered gently, “He’s with me.”
His Embodiment was a combination of his Soul Clone and a Stone Spirit. Although it had integrated with Shi Huo’s Source and become the Divine Spirit Shi Huo, it had not changed fundamentally.
It had been battling a Dragon Clan member earlier, but it was now returning to this place alone. Apparently, its opponent had fled, but none of them were certain what the outcome of the battle was.
Just when Yang Kai was about to ask this question, he was rooted to the spot upon hearing what the Embodiment said.
“Wu Kuang is here!”
Yang Kai asked in shock, “How do you know?”
Zhu Qing asked with a frown, “Wu Kuang? Which Wu Kuang?”
Fu Ling said with a smile, “Who is that? Why does he share the same name as Heaven Devouring Great Emperor?”
Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was a legend. More than 20,000 years had passed since his ‘fall’, but no one had surpassed him in terms of achievements and power. That was why even the haughty Dragon Clan members still remembered this name and were wary of him.
The Embodiment replied, “I wasn’t supposed to wake up today. I was awakened by a special force.”
“What kind of force?”
“A resonance from my cultivation technique!”
Upon hearing that, Yang Kai was finally able to connect the dots. His Embodiment’s cultivation technique was the Heaven Devouring Battle Law, which was a Secret Art created by Wu Kuang. In the past, Heaven Devouring Great Emperor had no equal in this world because of this Secret Art. During the Great Emperor War, he had even managed to kill a number of Great Emperors despite being completely outnumbered.
If there was anyone in this world who could sense Wu Kuang’s presence, it was the Embodiment.
It was no wonder the Embodiment would awaken in advance. It wasn’t that Yang Kai’s calculations were wrong, but a special circumstance had taken place.
“Why is he on Dragon Island? If he’s here, does it mean that Senior Duan has come as well?”
After the battle in the Shattered Star Sea, the Souls of Wu Kuang and Duan Hong Chen were forced to co-exist in one body. After that, in the Divine Ascension Mirror of Azure Sun Temple, Wu Kuang took control of the body and fled from the temple. No trace of him had appeared since then.
Yang Kai had never expected that Wu Kuang would come to Dragon Island. As he thought about it, his chest tightened all of a sudden. The reason the Embodiment could sense Wu Kuang’s presence was that Wu Kuang must have used his Heaven Devouring Battle Law. It was impossible for Wu Kuang to use his Secret Art for no reason. When Yang Kai recalled the sight of the Fallen Dragon Rain earlier, a horrifying idea sprang into his mind.
Yang Kai turned to look in a particular direction and yelled, “Damn it! Come with me!”
Upon finishing his words, he flew off in that direction. While in the air, cracking sounds could be heard from all over his body as he returned to his original form.
After they flew off, all the remaining Dragon Clan members, who had been defeated, traded glances with each other before they raced after them.
Wu Kuang had arrived on Dragon Island and even used his Heaven Devouring Battle Law. On top of that, a Dragon Clan member had died, so the possibility it was Wu Kuang’s doing was high. He possessed the foundation and heritage of the strongest Great Emperor in history, so if he wasn’t stopped immediately, no one knew how much damage he would inflict here.
Yang Kai didn’t care about the Dragon Clan’s safety, but Liu Yan and Jiu Feng were over there. If they came across Wu Kuang, they might not be able to deal with him.
In just a short moment, Yang Kai had returned to the previous battlefield and upon closer inspection, he couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. Liu Yan and Jiu Feng were fine, while the Dragon Clan members, who were battling against them, had stopped as they gathered together with dark expressions on their faces. Apparently, the fall of a Dragon Clan member had dealt an unimaginable blow to them, so they were not in the mood to keep fighting.
Furthermore, all the Dragon Clan members in this place were unharmed, which meant that Wu Kuang didn’t make a move here.
Seeing Yang Kai, Liu Yan hurriedly flew towards him. Yang Kai stroked her head and asked with care, “Are you hurt?”
Liu Yan shook her head. She had learned a great deal from this battle; after all, it was hard to have a chance to fight with a member of the Dragon Clan. After this battle, her strength and experience had increased significantly.
“Brat, did you do it?” Jiu Feng looked at Yang Kai and asked with a frown.
If Yang Kai was the one who killed a Dragon Clan member, he was doomed, which was why Jiu Feng couldn’t help but ask him about it.
Yang Kai shook his head, “It wasn’t me.”
Jiu Feng asked curiously, “Who was it, then? Did Zhu Yan or Fu Zhun really… never mind.”
She turned to look in a different direction, where two beams of lights, one green and one white, were approaching at incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, they landed on the ground in front of everyone. They were none other than Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun.
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The expressions of the two Elders were grim. Right after Fu Zhun appeared, she swept a glance over Yang Kai and Jiu Feng before asking coldly, “Who was it?”
“Second Elder, we’re fine.” Fu Qi stepped forward and cupped his fists before replying to her.
Fu Ling hurriedly reported, “We’re fine as well.”
Fu Zhun frowned upon hearing that. Zhu Yan swept a glance over the Dragons and noted, “Fourth Elder and Fu Chi are not here.”
There were only a small number of Dragon Clan members, so it was easy for Zhu Yan to count them and find out who was missing.
Zhu Kong wasn’t there because he had been dragged into the Void by Li Wu Yi. Given Zhu Kong’s strength though, he wouldn’t be put in a disadvantageous position when going up against Li Wu Yi.
Then, the only possibility now was that Fu Chi had passed away. Zhu Yan’s expression darkened when he thought of this.
Fu Chi was an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon, so he was quite highly ranked among the Dragons on Dragon Island. If he were the one who had passed away, the Dragon Clan would have suffered a great loss. Fu Chi had already been wounded by Yang Kai earlier, so his power must have dropped, still, on Dragon Island, who could have the capability to kill an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon besides those already here?
That was what puzzled Zhu Yan.
After giving it a thought, Yang Kai cupped his fists and uttered, “Great Elder, there’s something I need to tell you.”
Zhu Yan wasn’t fond of Yang Kai because he was the one who had caused all these troubles. Although he had nothing to do with Mo Huang’s appearance, he was the one who had turned Dragon Island upside down. The reason they didn’t discover the fact that Mo Huang had broken into Dragon Island was because Yang Kai had distracted them. That was why Mo Huang had managed to barge into the Dragon Grave and break the Dragon Clan’s rules.
As a temperate man though, the Great Elder kept his emotions in check and nodded slightly upon hearing that, “What is it?”
With a serious expression, Yang Kai replied, “Wu Kuang might have come to Dragon Island!”
“Wu Kuang?” Zhu Yan frowned, “Which Wu Kuang?”
Yang Kai uttered, “Is there another Wu Kuang in this world?”
Zhu Yan turned pale in an instant, “You mean… the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor?”
Upon hearing that, everyone gulped as they turned to look at Yang Kai in shock, as though they were trying to figure out if he had gone mad. Not many people were aware of the name Wu Kuang, but the title Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was known to all.
Even Zhu Qing gazed at Yang Kai in disbelief.
Fu Zhun snarled, “Stop spouting nonsense! It has been tens of thousands of years since Wu Kuang died, so how is it possible that he’d appear on Dragon Island? How dare you lie to us!”
She was already resentful of Yang Kai prior to his appearance here today, and with a Dragon Clan member dead, she was in an extremely bad mood, so it was no wonder that she spoke harshly to him.
With a calm expression, Yang Kai replied, “Wu Kuang isn’t dead.”
Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun were startled upon hearing that. While Zhu Yan shook his head repeatedly, Fu Zhun snorted as she obviously didn’t believe him.
Yang Kai was exasperated at their attitude. He was just trying to tell them what he knew without any ulterior motives. He didn’t expect the Dragon Clan to be grateful to him, but they shouldn’t appear so disdainful.
Displeased by the two Elders’ attitude, Yang Kai stopped trying to explain himself. The Dragon who died had nothing to do with him anyway. His most important task at hand was to leave Dragon Island with Zhu Qing and the others without being stopped by Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun.
“Heh, he’s not spouting nonsense.” After a clear voice was heard speaking, a burly man suddenly landed on the ground with a pale woman in his embrace.
Pleasantly surprised, Zhu Qing looked at that woman and called out, “Third Elder!”
The other Dragons also stared at Fu Xuan with conflicted gazes as they greeted her.
Fu Xuan turned to look at Zhu Qing and nodded at her with a lethargic smile. After that, she shifted her attention to Yang Kai and sized him up. Yang Kai happened to be gazing at her as well, and when their eyes met, he couldn’t help but be startled.
[Mo Xiao Qi? Why is she here?]
But the next moment, Yang Kai realized that he was mistaken. Although this woman looked similar to Mo Xiao Qi, she had a very different air about her. This woman appeared more mature than Mo Xiao Qi. If Mo Xiao Qi was like a bud, then this woman was like a blooming flower who was more charming than Mo Xiao Qi.
Most importantly, this woman did not have a butterfly mark on her face.
The butterfly mark on Mo Xiao Qi’s face was a seal, not a birthmark like Yang Kai thought it was initially. It was a life-saving technique that the Martial Beast Great Emperor had cast on her. Some time ago in the Shattered Star Sea, after breaking the seal, Mo Xiao Qi almost went berserk. In the end, it was Zhang Ruo Xi’s blood that managed to return her to her senses by sealing the Divine Spirit which was implanted in her again.
Therefore, this woman wasn’t Mo Xiao Qi. Perhaps she was Mo Xiao Qi’s relative or even her Elder Sister; however, Yang Kai was puzzled upon hearing how Zhu Qing and the others addressed her, so he wondered about the nature of her relationship with Mo Xiao Qi.
What puzzled Yang Kai the most though was the way this woman was looking at him. It was as though she was examining and evaluating him.
“Is she the Dragon Clan’s Third Elder?” Yang Kai was too embarrassed to continue meeting eyes with her, so he looked away and spoke to Zhu Qing using Divine Sense.
“Yes.”
“Then the one holding her…”
“He is the Martial Beast Great Emperor, Mo Huang!”
Upon hearing her reply, Yang Kai was flabbergasted. He reckoned that this man must be very powerful when the latter arrived at this place just now, but he didn’t expect this man to be the Martial Beast Great Emperor. He had never met the Martial Beast Great Emperor before, so he didn’t know what the latter looked like. He had only tried to imagine the Martial Beast Great Emperor’s appearance through Mo Xiao Qi’s face. However, this man in front of his eyes was vastly different from his imagination.
[So, he’s the Martial Beast Great Emperor, the one who can control all beasts in this world. As soon as he gives the order, no beast will dare to disobey him. He’s one of the Ten Great Emperors!]
With this thought in mind, Yang Kai suddenly realized something. With an awkward expression, he spoke to Zhu Qing in her mind, “Has Senior Martial Beast come to Dragon Island because of the Third Elder?”
Zhu Qing replied, “Yes. In fact, their situation… is quite similar to ours.”
Yang Kai wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and uttered, “Did the Third Elder get thrown into the Dragon Grave just because of this?”
Zhu Qing nodded and replied, “The main issue was that Third Elder conceived a child with Senior Martial Beast. Without that child, Second Elder wouldn’t have exiled her to the Dragon Grave; after all, she was a Ninth-Order Dragon. The Second Elder thought that there was still hope of her turning back, so she kept persuading her to break relations with Senior Martial Beast; however, after the child was born, everything became different.”
Yang Kai uttered, dazed, “So, Xiao Qi’s mother is a member of the Dragon Clan.”
Without the need to ask anything more, Yang Kai knew who the child of the Third Elder and Mo Huang was. There was only one Little Princess on Spirit Beast Island, the Martial Beast Great Emperor’s only daughter, Mo Xiao Qi. It was no wonder that this woman looked so similar to Mo Xiao Qi. They were mother and daughter, after all.
“What did you just say?” Zhu Qing turned to look at him.
With a serious expression, Yang Kai said, “Don’t worry. Even if we have a child of our own, I won’t let them send you into the Dragon Grave.”
Zhu Qing blushed and stopped pursuing the matter.
It was extremely difficult for a Human and a Dragon to bear a child of their own. The Martial Beast Great Emperor and Fu Xuan had been deeply in love with one another for more than a thousand years, but they had only managed to conceive Mo Xiao Qi in recent years, which went to show how difficult it was.
During those one thousand years, the other Dragon Clan members had always been against their relationship. However, since Martial Beast Great Emperor was involved, they couldn’t move too openly. They only made the final decision after Mo Xiao Qi was born.
At that time, the Dragon Clan went all out and stormed into Spirit Beast Island. Although Mo Huang wanted to resist, in order to settle the situation peacefully, Fu Xuan decided to follow her fellow clansmen back to Dragon Island. Naturally, Mo Huang had chased after them, but he was eventually forced out of Dragon Island since he was only one man.
After that, he had been constantly planning and waiting for the right moment to act.
While Zhu Qing and Yang Kai were communicating with each other in secret, Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun turned to stare at Mo Huang in shock, thinking that they must have heard it wrong.
Mo Huang sneered, “The Dragon Clan is really a conservative and self-centred bunch who never bother to learn about the outside world. That’s why you think that everyone would lie to you.”
“What do you mean?” Fu Zhun stared coldly at him.
Zhu Yan knitted his eyebrows together, “You mean, Wu Kuang is really still alive!?”
Mo Huang replied, “En, he’s been reborn.”
“What?” Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun turned ashen at the same time, while the other Dragon Clan members were astonished.
“How reliable is this news?” Zhu Yan stared solemnly at Mo Huang. If what the latter said was true, the world would go through a huge change soon. The Dragon Clan had participated in the Great Emperor War in the past, with Zhu Yan even being present personally. Only those who had dealt with Wu Kuang before knew how terrifying the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor truly could be.
Mo Huang went on to explain, “I spoke to him personally just over a year ago. How accurate do you think this news is?”
“You spoke with him?” Zhu Yan frowned as he didn’t understand what Mo Huang meant. As far as he was concerned, the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor wasn’t one to sit down and chat. Moreover, there were supposed to be deep grudges between the Martial Beast Great Emperor and him. How was it possible that they could communicate peacefully with each other instead of fighting the moment they met?
In an impatient manner, Mo Huang uttered, “Wu Kuang’s situation is a little special. He’d been hiding in the Source Sea of the Shattered Star Sea in an attempt to collect Blood Essence and build a new body so that he could be reborn. In fact, he almost succeeded; however, at the most critical moment, Duan Hong Chen broke into that place and fought against him. Both of them were severely wounded in the end. Wu Kuang did not obtain a new body as he planned, but he did manage to occupy half of Duan Hong Chen’s body instead.”
“Duan Hong Chen is involved in this?”
Mo Huang explained, “After they left the Shattered Star Sea, Old Duan began looking for ways to seal Wu Kuang’s Soul. He went to Serene Soul Palace, but even that old man did not have a solution. After he left, they came to look for me on Spirit Beast Island. That was how I found out what happened.”
Spirit Beast Island and Serene Soul Palace were both in the Eastern Territory, so it wouldn’t take much time to travel between them.
“Even that person from Serene Soul Palace had no solution?” Zhu Yan was surprised.
Besides the Master of Serene Soul Palace, no one else could be said to have studied and understood the Soul as deeply or thoroughly. If even he couldn’t solve the problem Duan Hong Chen was facing, who else in this world could?
“En, Wu Kuang is very much still alive.” Mo Huang looked disdainfully at the two Elders, “All of you should go out more often and learn about the outside world.”
In reality, only a tiny number of people in this world knew what happened with Wu Kuang and Duan Hong Chen. So, even if the Dragon Clan members really left their island, they might not be able to get wind of this news.
The fact that Wu Kuang had been reborn sent shockwaves across the Dragon Clan, rendering them speechless for a long time.
Just then, a figure appeared on the horizon, flying over from afar in an unstable manner. Looking like an intoxicated bee, the person appeared quite weak as he flailed through the air, like he would fall into the sea at any moment.
Everyone turned to look at him with doubtful gazes.
Yang Kai’s expression changed slightly after he recognized who the person was.
Zhu Qing uttered curiously, “It’s Li Jiao.”
With a pale face, Li Jiao suddenly spat a mouthful of blood. Upon seeing Yang Kai in the distance, he anxiously called out to him, as though he had met his long lost family member, “Palace Master Yang…”
Yang Kai hurriedly went over and supported his weight before checking on him. Upon making sure that he wasn’t at risk of losing his life, Yang Kai spoke to him using Divine Sense, “Is Fu Chi dead?”
“Yes!”
Yang Kai’s expression changed, “Did you kill him?”
Li Jiao shook his head.
He wanted to kill Fu Chi, but he was no match for him in the end. If that unwelcome guest hadn’t barged into that place at the most critical moment, he would have lost his life by now. Although Li Jiao understood the consequences of killing a member of the Dragon Clan, the situation he was in did not allow him to think things through. As he thought about what Lu San Niang had suffered through over the years, he knew that he could only get revenge for her by killing Fu Chi.
“It was Wu Chen! He killed Fu Chi!” Li Jiao uttered.
“Wu Chen?” Yang Kai’s expression turned awkward when he heard that. [How could it be him?]
Yang Kai could now set his mind at ease upon learning that it wasn’t Li Jiao who had killed Fu Chi; however, he still couldn’t believe what Li Jiao had said. When he was certain that Fu Chi was dead, only two possibilities came into his mind. First, Li Jiao suddenly experienced a surge of power and managed to slay him. If that was the case, Li Jiao shouldn’t even dream about leaving Dragon Island. Perhaps even his Fire Dragon Palace would be destroyed as well.
However, Yang Kai was doubtful this was possible. The reason he allowed Li Jiao to race after Fu Chi at that time was that he knew that given Li Jiao’s cultivation, it was impossible for him to kill Fu Chi. The most Li Jiao could do was to fight with Fu Chi to vent his anger. It would be unrealistic to think that Li Jiao could really kill Fu Chi.
The second possibility was that Wu Kuang had killed Fu Chi. That was far more likely, and perhaps the only possibility. However, what Li Jiao just told him was beyond his imagination.
[It was Wu Chen who killed Fu Chi?] Yang Kai had always felt that something was off about Wu Chen, so he had been wary of him. However, for the past month, Wu Chen had never shown any sign of hostility towards him. Instead, he had offered him help a number of times.
What concerned Yang Kai was the way Wu Chen’s cultivation had strangely broken through.
Initially, Wu Chen was just a Second-Order Emperor, but one month later, he had become a Third-Order Emperor. Although it was just a difference of a Minor Realm, it was as difficult as ascending to the Heavens for most cultivators.
Yang Kai did not know how Wu Chen got the opportunity to achieve this breakthrough, but he just felt that the latter was more complicated than he appeared to be.
“Who is Wu Chen?” Fu Zhun suddenly questioned.
Li Jiao uttered the last sentence directly instead of using Divine Sense, and everyone in that place had incredible cultivation, so naturally, they could hear what he had said clearly. Now, they were certain that Fu Chi had passed away. Upon finding out the culprit’s name, naturally, the Dragon Clan members wanted to know more about Wu Chen.
After Fu Zhun pressed him with her Dragon Pressure, Li Jiao spurted out blood again, looking like he was about to lose his life.
Yang Kai immediately stood in front of him and replied, “He’s a Human from Half-Dragon City.”
Fu Zhun snarled, “How did a lowly Human manage to kill a member of the Dragon Clan?” She suddenly stared at Li Jiao and narrowed her eyes, “Fu Chi’s blood aura still lingers on his body. You must be lying! It was you who killed him!”
Li Jiao hurriedly shook his head, “It wasn’t me! It was really Wu Chen! Although I fought with Fu Chi, in the end, I wasn’t able to do anything to him. In fact, he was just about to kill me when Wu Chen suddenly appeared out of nowhere and used some strange Secret Technique to instantly subdue Fu Chi.”
“How is this Wu Chen so powerful?” Zhu Yan was shocked by these words. It was almost impossible to instantly subdue an Eighth-Order Thunder Dragon. How could there be such a Master hidden in Half-Dragon City?
After giving it a thought, Zhu Yan uttered solemnly, “Tell us everything in detail. If you tell a single lie, your life will be forfeit.”
Although Li Jiao appeared battered, he remained calm and collected. So, he didn’t look like he was lying.
After nodding slightly, Li Jiao began to arrange his thoughts.
Yang Kai gently grabbed Li Jiao’s wrist and directed his Emperor Qi into the latter’s body. After Li Jiao recovered a little, he shot Yang Kai a grateful glance before he began narrating the story.
He did not try to hide anything as he told them how he followed Fu Chi to the deserted Spirit Island and went all out to kill him. He also told them how Wu Chen appeared out of nowhere suddenly, and the transformation of Wu Chen’s body as well as the wild swings in his personality.
“After I fled from that place, I heard Fu Chi’s screams. Following that, rain started falling from the sky even though there were no clouds above. Although I’m just a Dragonborn, I know a thing or two about Fallen Dragon Rain, so that’s why I was certain Fu Chi had died, and the person who killed him was Wu Chen.”
Naturally, he was gleeful that Fu Chi was killed, even though he wasn’t the one who killed him. Nevertheless, Li Jiao had dealt some serious damage to Fu Chi using his desperation attacks, allowing him to vent some of his anger.
It would have been quite difficult for Wu Chen to end Fu Chi’s life if not for Li Jiao’s prior assault. Taking that into consideration, he had contributed to Fu Chi’s death. In other words, he had personally gotten his revenge.
Although he knew that Wu Chen was dangerous, Li Jiao still felt grateful to him.
After everyone heard his story, a myriad of expressions came over them.
With a solemn expression, Yang Kai uttered, “You mean, both his appearance and temperament changed…” [Wu Chen, Wu Chen… Wu Chen! Wu Kuang and Duan Hong Chen!]
Wu Chen was just an alias, a simple combination of Wu Kuang and Duan Hong Chen’s names, which was perfect for them. After all, these two Great Emperors now shared the same body, so it was apt that they had made an alias by combining their names.
Upon realizing this, Yang Kai put on a bitter smile.
No matter how imaginative he was, it was impossible for him to associate Wu Chen and the two Great Emperors; after all, Wu Chen didn’t show any demeanour that resembled that of a Great Emperor, not to mention that he was extremely thin, and he looked like a monkey. All in all, he looked nothing like either of those two Great Emperors.
Now, it seemed that Wu Kuang had obtained full control of the body, and Duan Hong Chen had been suppressed. Yang Kai wondered how Wu Kuang had managed to do that.
As he thought about it, Yang Kai became shocked all of a sudden. He recalled that 500 of them were recruited to this place to build the palace, but one month later, only about 300 were left. What’s more, most of those who had gone missing were Emperor Realm Masters. Yang Kai didn’t think too hard about what had happened to them, for their life-or-death had nothing to do with him; however, upon realizing Wu Chen’s identity, he now knew what their fate was. Wu Kuang must have devoured them.
Now, there was a reasonable explanation for the fact that Wu Chen’s power had increased significantly in just one month. He was the legendary Heaven Devouring Great Emperor who had created the Heaven Devouring Battle Law. Judging from how the Embodiment cultivated the Heaven Devouring Battle Law, Yang Kai understood that those cultivators must have become the food for Wu Kuang’s growth.
Since Yang Kai could figure out Wu Chen’s identity, naturally, Mo Huang, Zhu Yan, and the others could do the same. Mo Huang had just said that Wu Kuang and Duan Hong Chen were now living in the same body, which verified what Li Jiao said about Wu Chen’s personality swings.
Now, everyone realized the severity of the situation.
Fu Zhun immediately extended her hand towards Li Jiao and uttered, “Come with me.”
All the Dragon Clan members were shocked that Wu Kuang had killed a Dragon, but now, the most important thing for them was to find out Wu Kuang’s whereabouts. He had snuck into Dragon Island and even pretended to be a lowly Human, so it was impossible that he was just here to kill a Dragon.
In order to look for Wu Kuang, they had to bring Li Jiao with them, only he knew the location where Wu Kuang had made the move that caused Fu Chi’s death.
When Li Jiao saw Fu Zhun’s fair hand extend towards him, he became rooted to the spot as the Emperor Qi in his body stopped running entirely, he was barely even able to breathe. He was like an inexperienced rabbit that was stunned on the spot when a falcon was coming at him with sharp claws.
It was then he came to realize just how massive the gap between the Dragon Clan’s Second Elder and him was. Even with his prided Third-Order Emperor Realm cultivation, it only took an instant for him to be utterly suppressed. His already pale face turned a shade whiter at that moment.
Just then, cracking sounds could be heard as Yang Kai turned his hand into a Dragon Claw and, ignoring the hindrance of space, he reached for Fu Zhun’s fair hand.
As soon as he started moving, the Embodiment made a move as well by attempting to land a fist on Fu Zhun’s cheek. The attack appeared forceful and ruthless.
Right then, a phantom flashed across Yang Kai’s eyes as he felt a forceful thump on his chest, upon which he was sent flying backwards for more than hundreds of metres before he spat a mouthful of blood. Then, as if struck by lightning, the Embodiment stiffened and directly fell into the sea.
Shocked, Zhu Qing hurriedly flew towards Yang Kai.
Yang Kai covered his chest with his hand and raised his gaze, only to see that Li Jiao had been picked up by Fu Zhun as though he was a chicken. Then, she leapt into the air and flew in a particular direction. Seeing that, the other Dragon Clan members hurriedly followed her.
Yang Kai clenched his teeth and cursed at Fu Zhun. Although he knew that he was no match for someone as strong as a Great Emperor, he couldn’t stay put when Fu Zhun made a move against Li Jiao. Despite the difference in their powers, he had to show her that he was unyielding.
It was only because Fu Zhun didn’t want to waste time on him that she simply pushed him out of the way. Otherwise, he would have suffered a more severe injury.
“You’re quite bold.” Mo Huang shot Yang Kai a glance, but it wasn’t certain whether what he just said was praise or mockery.
It wasn’t until this moment that he finally took the time to observe Yang Kai. For some reason, he wasn’t fond of him. In fact, he was aware of the reason, but he just didn’t want to acknowledge it.
If it weren’t because Mo Xiao Qi had been longing for this brat, Mo Huang would have thought that this young man was a rising star worthy of praise. After all, no other young First-Order Emperor would have the guts to break into Dragon Island, let alone the ability to turn the place upside down.
Zhu Yan remained on the same spot as he looked past the void that was hundreds of metres away and gazed at Yang Kai and Zhu Qing, who were standing together. Then, he uttered, “Both of you, come with us.”
He couldn’t let Yang Kai and Zhu Qing stay in this place because he was worried that Yang Kai might seize the chance and flee from Dragon Island. The Dragon Clan couldn’t accept such an outcome. It had been an eventful day for the Dragon Clan already, but if Yang Kai managed to end everything by abducting a Dragon woman who was qualified to be an Elder, the Dragon Clan would lose what face it had left.
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With a livid expression, Yang Kai stared at Zhu Yan and uttered, “What if I refuse?”
There were only two choices for him now. First, he would agree to Zhu Yan’s suggestion and follow him, but for all intents and purposes that meant they would be under surveillance. Second, he would fight with Zhu Yan now and settle the issue by force.
Nevertheless, Yang Kai didn’t think he would end up being the winner. He wasn’t even an equal match for Fu Zhun, not to mention that Zhu Yan, who was a rank above the Second Elder.
He was the Dragon Clan’s Great Elder, so even if Yang Kai used everything at his disposal, he would still not stand a chance against him.
Zhu Yan shook his head slowly, “You will agree. I’m your Senior, so I’m not willing to bully you.”
Frustrated, Yang Kai felt a bitter taste in his mouth. Anyway, Li Jiao had been taken away by Fu Zhun, so he didn’t think he should leave him behind. As his friend, he was supposed to go over there and see what the outcome would be.
“Boy, just go with them. Mo Huang will take care of you.”
The corners of Mo Huang’s eyes twitched when he heard what Fu Xuan said.
Since she had said so, Yang Kai decided to agree. Nodding gently, he replied, “Many thanks, Third Elder. We’ll go over to have a look together, then.”
In response, Fu Xuan flashed a smile at him. Zhu Yan turned to look at Mo Huang and uttered, “Shouldn’t you make them stop now?”
Without saying anything, Mo Huang pushed out a fist in silence, upon which a layer of ripples was formed in the air as it spread to the front. The next moment, sounds of things breaking could be heard as two figures appeared out of nowhere all of a sudden. They were none other than Li Wu Yi and Zhu Kong. Both of them appeared to be fine. It wasn’t certain how they fought with each other just now, but no one could tell who the winner was by just looking at their appearances.
After the Space Divine Ability was broken, Li Wu Yi and Zhu Kong immediately widened their gap as they looked doubtfully at Mo Huang and Zhu Yan respectively, wondering what was going on outside the void.
“We’ll talk about it on our way there.” Zhu Yan turned around and leapt into the air. After a frown, Zhu Kong followed him.
“Let’s go,” Mo Huang uttered.
Just like this, all of them headed for that particular Spirit Island. On their way there, Zhu Kong and Li Wu Yi were informed of what just happened. Zhu Kong’s expression darkened as he had never expected that just one hour after he entered the Void, a Dragon had lost his life. Furthermore, the famous Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was involved in this matter.
Li Wu Yi appeared equally shocked as he continued chatting with Jiu Feng.
World Energy was abundant on this particular Spirit Island, while traces of the battle had been left behind, but those traces were mainly formed during the battle between Li Jiao and Fu Chi.
The other Dragon Clan members were already investigating this place. With an agonized expression, Li Jiao appeared fearful as he was surrounded by a few Dragon Clan members.
“Have you found anything?” Zhu Yan flew towards Fu Zhun and landed beside her.
“Fu Chi did indeed lose his life here.”
“Where’s Wu Kuang?”
“There’s no trace of him.”
Zhu Yan nodded. After slaying a Dragon, there was no way Wu Kuang would stay in the same place.
“Find him!” Zhu Yan snorted, as he was incensed. Earlier, he wasn’t really angry when Yang Kai tried to snatch the bride. He also wasn’t furious when Mo Huang broke into the Dragon Grave and brought Fu Xuan out of it. However, what Wu Kuang had done had obviously crossed the line for the Dragon Clan.
He who slew a Dragon must be killed in the cruellest way possible!
Fu Zhun nodded and parted her lips, upon which, the abstruse Dragon Language could be heard. As she rapidly performed different hand seals, it was apparent that she was using a Secret Technique to find Wu Kuang’s whereabouts through the traces left behind.
Fu Chi had passed away not long ago, so Wu Kuang couldn’t have fled from Dragon Island even with his incredible capabilities. In other words, he must be somewhere on Dragon Island, just concealing himself.
While Fu Zhun was using her Secret Technique to find where Wu Kuang was, Mo Huang didn’t just stand idly by.
There were many grudges between the Dragon Clan and him, and he even hoped that all the Dragon Clan members would go to Hell. However, since the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was involved in this, he couldn’t stay put and do nothing.
If the Heaven Devourer managed to flee from this place, the entire Star Boundary would be plunged into chaos. Although Spirit Beast Island would still be safe outwardly, Mo Huang couldn’t avoid his responsibilities. No one knew better than the Great Emperors about how horrendous Wu Kuang could be. His presence was like a plague that slowly consumed this world.
Just then, a small snowy white beast snuck out from Mo Huang’s sleeve. It looked like a combination of a mink and a fox, so it was hard to tell what species it was. The beast was only about the size of a palm, and its fur was a brilliant white. It was darting its gaze about at the moment, and after landing on the ground, it started sniffing around.
Zhu Yan didn’t try to stop it when he saw it. Instead, he decided to have a chat with Mo Huang, “Brother Mo, why do you think Wu Kuang would sneak into Dragon Island and kill a Dragon Clan member despite knowing that his identity would be exposed?”
They were battling against each other not long ago, but now they looked like they had been good friends for many years. The sudden change in attitude didn’t look strange. Instead, it was all quite natural.
Dispassionately, Mo Huang replied, “I’m not Wu Kuang, so how would I know what tricks he has up his sleeves? Great Elder, don’t you think you’re asking the wrong person?”
In fact, he did not understand what was going on either. Wu Kuang was an infamous man who was a common enemy of everyone in Star Boundary. Since he had managed to stay alive and even take control of Duan Hong Chen’s body, supposedly, he should have gone into hiding. Given the special characteristics of his Heaven Devouring Battle Law, it would only take him a few hundred years to restore his power to its peak. If he waited a few hundred years, he would become the most powerful person in the Star Boundary again. Unless a new Great Emperor War was launched, no one in this world would have the ability to deter him.
Zhu Yan nodded slightly and stopped talking. As they spoke, Yang Kai and the others finally arrived at this place. Seeing him, all the Dragon Clan members glowered at him, especially those who had fought with him before.
With seven Dragons going against one man, they were supposed to win the battle with ease and make Yang Kai concede defeat. Instead, Yang Kai managed to break their Blessings and battered all of them into an embarrassing state. Now that they met Yang Kai again, naturally, they all looked very hostile.
Yang Kai returned the glare, thinking that they shouldn’t be so arrogant since they had all been defeated by him. After trading aggressive glances for a while though, the Dragon Clan members gradually looked away.
Appearing smug, Yang Kai swept a glance over the other Dragon Clan members, only to see that Fu Xuan was gazing at him with a smile. Feeling embarrassed, he coughed and uttered, “I can feel that Wu Kuang is eagerly trying to restore his power.”
He had heard the conversation between Mo Huang and Zhu Yan just now, so what he had just uttered didn’t sound awkward.
“Certainly, he would want to increase his power quickly.” Zhu Yan nodded in agreement. Previously, Wu Kuang was the most powerful Master in the Star Boundary, so he always appeared haughty and aloof. He even managed to suppress all other Great Emperors. Now that his cultivation had dropped to such a low realm though, it was obvious he would be eager to restore himself.
Yang Kai uttered, “When Wu Kuang left the Shattered Star Sea with Senior Duan at that time, his cultivation was only First-Order Emperor Realm. When I came across him some time ago, he was already in the Second-Order Emperor Realm. However, in just one month, he managed to reach the Third-Order. The speed at which his cultivation improves is simply inconceivable. This time, he chose to kill a member of the Dragon Clan even if his identity got exposed. Maybe there’s something on Dragon Island that can help increase his power rapidly. For example… Fu Chi’s Dragon Source.”
A Dragon Source contained a lot of power, so it was certainly attractive to Wu Kuang. Zhu Yan’s expression changed when he heard that as a horrifying idea sprang into his mind and he suddenly raised his head and yelled., “The Dragon Grave!”
Mo Huang’s expression darkened, “He was trying to lure the tigers from the mountain.”
Wu Kuang’s actions would make sense if his target was indeed the Dragon Grave. The Dragon Grave was where the Source Strengths of all the deceased Dragon Clan members slumbered. If Wu Kuang could devour all the Source Strength inside the Dragon Grave, his cultivation would increase significantly. He already possessed the foundations of a Great Emperor, and he had even taken control of Duan Hong Chen’s body, so there were practically no bottlenecks in his cultivation.
Given the Heaven Devouring Battle Law’s special characteristics, he would be able to increase his power to an unbelievable point as long as he had enough resources. Even if this gambit wouldn’t allow him to reach the level of a Great Emperor, he would still be far stronger than a Third-Order Emperor by the end of it.
A Dragon’s Source was extremely precious as the power it contained was unbelievably immense. If Wu Kuang’s target was the Dragon Grave, it would be a major issue for the Dragon Clan.
The reason he exposed himself and even killed Fu Chi was to lure Zhu Yan, Fu Zhun and Mo Huang away from the Dragon Grave. After all, these incredibly powerful Masters were right in front of the Dragon Grave. Wu Kuang wasn’t a fool, so he wouldn’t show up in front of them. Now, everything fell into place.
Just then, Fu Zhun stopped casting her Secret Technique and looked in the Dragon Grave’s direction. At the same time, the weird little beast that was released by Mo Huang growled in the same direction.
Seeing that, all of them stopped hesitating and rushed over to the Dragon Grave. In an instant, beams of lights shot up into the sky in an overbearing and stunning manner. The sight would have shocked anyone who happened to see it.
The Dragon Grave was very far from their current location, and although they were all flying at full speed, it would still take an hour at least to reach their destination.
Even though Yang Kai appeared calm, he was secretly worried about Duan Hong Chen. He was now an Azure Sun Temple Elder, and there was a close relationship between Duan Hong Chen and the Temple. Hence, he was also somewhat related to Duan Hong Chen.
Moreover, Duan Hong Chen had helped him before. Yang Kai especially admired the fact that Duan Hong Chen decided to sacrifice himself by crippling his own cultivation over and over again just to break into the Shattered Star Sea.
Taking all these factors into consideration, he hoped that nothing would happen to Duan Hong Chen. However, it seemed that Duan Hong Chen had been completely suppressed by Wu Kuang as he couldn’t even control his own body now, which put him in an unfortunate spot.
Wu Kuang had already managed to achieve this even though he hadn’t regained his full power. If he could grow stronger, Duan Hong Chen would be doomed. Just like Wu Kuang had declared before, even the Bustling World Great Emperor would be devoured.
The fall of a Great Emperor would be a huge loss for the entire Star Boundary.
A moment later, the Dragon Grave finally came into their sight. It was a dim place that appeared as though it had been separated from the outside world, which was a depressing sight for anyone who saw it.
Zhu Yan and the others narrowed their eyes and looked dazedly at a spot in front of the Dragon Grave.
“Wu Kuang!”
There was a sturdy figure standing over there. Although there was no wind at the moment, his long robes were flapping in the air on their own. With a faint smile, he gazed at the people who were approaching him, his expression completely serene.
He was none other than Wu Kuang.
All the Dragon Clan members widened their eyes and stared at him. Although Wu Kuang, who was the most powerful Master in the history of the Star Boundary, had disappeared for countless years, all would still be terrified at the mention of his name. Rumours of him were so infamous and far-fetched that even the Dragon Clan members wondered if he really had three heads and six arms.
Naturally, Wu Kuang didn’t have three heads and six arms. Likewise, the current aura he was exuding was not that strong. If they hadn’t known his identity, they wouldn’t have associated him with the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor if they happened to come across him.
Not only did he not look like anything special, but his figure also appeared surreal in front of the Dragon Grave. It was hard to tell whether this was his true self or just an illusion.
With a dark expression, Zhu Yan stopped in his tracks.
“Damn it! It’s an Illusionary Soul Shadow!” Mo Huang bellowed with a grim expression.
The figure in front of them was indeed Wu Kuang, but it wasn’t his real body; it was just an illusion he had created using a Secret Technique. The illusion had perfectly replicated his aura and appearance.
“We’ve been fooled!” Fu Zhun said through clenched teeth.
Be it the Secret Technique she had used to trace Wu Kuang, or the lead given by Mo Huang’s little beast, they all pointed to the Dragon Grave. Paired with Yang Kai’s reasonable speculation, they all thought that the reason Wu Kuang had come to Dragon Island was to devour all the Dragon Sources in the Dragon Grave.
However, when they arrived at this place, they realized that they were wrong.
Wu Kuang had successfully attracted all of them to this place using an Illusionary Soul Shadow, while he was somewhere else carrying out his secret plot.
All of them had been fooled by him!
Only a Great Emperor could deceive another Great Emperor. Although Wu Kuang’s power hadn’t been restored, he was lurking in the dark while they were searching in the light, which was how he could play a trick on all of them with ease.
He was brazen, but at the same time, he had the means to back his confidence.
Just when all of them were in a state of confusion, Wu Kuang’s illusionary phantom flashed a smile at them, “Hey, long time no see, how are all of you?”
All of them ignored it because it was just an Illusionary Soul Shadow. It was pointless to communicate with it, and if they did, they might even accidentally fall into Wu Kuang’s trap.
Since the Dragon Grave wasn’t Wu Kuang’s target, what was it that he truly wanted?
Just then, Yang Kai and Li Wu Yi turned their heads and looked in a particular direction at the same time. Upon trading glances, they could see that both of them were equally shocked, “A Space Principle fluctuation!”
In that place, only the two of them were Masters of the Dao of Space, which was why they were the first to sense this kind of force when it was spread across the area.
Following that, Zhu Yan, Fu Zhun and even Mo Huang could sense it as well.
After stomping her foot, Fu Zhun transformed into a beam of white light and headed to that location, followed by Zhu Yan. Both of them were as rapid as meteors.
With a livid expression, Mo Huang bellowed, “It’s the Dragon Temple!”
All of them finally understood what was going on upon hearing that.
Wu Kuang’s real target was the Dragon Temple. He had used an Illusionary Soul Shadow to attract their attention, but his true self had snuck into the Dragon Temple. It wasn’t certain what his intention was.
“Damn it! He’s trying to flee!” Mo Huang growled as he had figured out something, upon which he also rushed over to the Dragon Temple. It was the first time he appeared so anxious, which went to show the severity of the matter.
While they were rushing over to that place, a dazzling light suddenly exploded in the distance, upon which a beam of light shot up into the sky and penetrated the Void, as though a big hole had been formed in the sky.
At the same time, the undulating Space Principles became increasingly powerful and conspicuous. Yang Kai was holding Zhu Qing’s hand and flying alongside her with a solemn expression.
As a Master of the Dao of Space, Yang Kai understood what this kind of undulation meant. However, he couldn’t understand how Wu Kuang managed to achieve it. Although he was the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, there were no records of him being proficient in the Dao of Space.
Yang Kai sighed secretly, thinking that all the Masters on Dragon Island had been fooled by Wu Kuang. Apparently, it was useless for them to rush over now.
Wu Kuang had spent so much time and energy playing such a trick on them, so he must be well prepared with a comprehensive plan. If Wu Kuang managed to flee, Yang Kai and Mo Huang would have to face the Dragon Clan’s wrath.
Mo Huang was the Martial Beast Great Emperor, so he probably wasn’t afraid of the Dragon Clan; however, it was a different case for Yang Kai. He still felt diffident when confronted by the almighty Dragon Clan.
After giving it a thought, Yang Kai told Li Jiao, Liu Yan and his Embodiment to come near him. When the others were not paying attention, he put them in the Small Sealed World, preparing to flee if the need arose.
The beam of light shooting up from the Dragon Temple became increasingly bright, to the point that it could illuminate all of Dragon Island, but a moment later, the light grew weaker and slowly became dim.
When all of them arrived at the Dragon Temple, the light had already gone out. Nevertheless, the lingering Space Principle fluctuations coming from the deepest part of the Dragon Temple could still be clearly felt.
The Dragon Temple was an impressive building in which the auras of the Dragon Clan’s ancestors resided for eternity. Having gone through its fair share of ups and downs for hundreds of thousands of years, it was one of the most important foundations for the Dragon Clan.
Only those with the Dragon Clan’s bloodline had the right to step into the temple, and the bloodline had to be absolutely pure. A Dragonborn like Li Jiao didn’t even have the right to approach this place, and if he tried to break in forcefully, he would be crushed to paste by the Dragon Pressure coming from the temple.
Yang Kai was the last person to arrive at the place, but only Li Wu Yi and Jiu Feng were seen waiting outside the Dragon Temple, while the others were nowhere in sight. Apparently, they had gone into the temple.
Seeing Yang Kai, Li Wu Yi flashed a smile at him, while Jiu Feng exclaimed in shock. That was because she realized that Liu Yan and those related to Yang Kai had gone missing. At that instant, she shot a meaningful glance at Yang Kai, but she didn’t point it out.
“I’ll go in to have a look.” Upon finishing his words, Yang Kai stepped into the temple with Zhu Qing. Instead of going in to watch a show, he wanted to find out the situation Duan Hong Chen was in.
The interior of the Dragon Temple was spacious with Dragon-shaped columns erected everywhere. The main hall looked nothing special from the outside, but it was a different story on the inside.
Inside the hall, a thick Dragon Pressure permeated the place, giving off a disorderly feeling. Zhu Qing frowned right after she stepped into it.
Certainly, she had entered the Dragon Temple before, but the place wasn’t like this in the past. The disorderly Dragon Pressure suggested that something was wrong with the temple.
After walking for a long time, they finally heard some footsteps in the distance. A moment later, a beam of light came into their sight. Following that light, they kept walking forward and finally saw Masters of the Dragon Clan.
The epic battle Yang Kai had imagined didn’t happen. All of them surrounded the light and watched it in silence. As Yang Kai observed their expressions, his chest tightened all of a sudden. He had a premonition at that instant. After he approached the light and took a closer look, he widened his eyes as he was shocked by the sight.
That was because the source of the light was actually a Void Corridor. At the other end of the corridor, stars could be seen twinkling in the dark. It was as though someone had torn off a small area from the Starry Sky, shrunk it innumerable times over, and then pasted it there.
While Zhu Yan’s countenance was livid, Fu Zhun’s expression was as gloomy as a dark cloud. It was as though ice would drop from her pretty yet grim-looking face.
Mo Huang shook his head repeatedly and said after a sigh, “It’s too late.”
After Wu Kuang managed to flee from Dragon Island on this day, he would certainly kill more people and cause more Star Fields to collapse in the future. The Heaven Devouring Great Emperor had done such things before. The world they lived in was extremely vast, so no one knew where Wu Kuang had gone to, and it was nearly impossible to track him.
Yang Kai took a look at both sides. Unable to contain his curiosity anymore, he approached Mo Huang and asked in a small voice, “Sir, has Wu Kuang successfully fled?”
Mo Huang nodded slightly.
Yang Kai uttered, “How did he shatter space? What’s more, I can tell this is no ordinary Void Corridor.”
Even the Cross-Territory Space Array he arranged could not cause such turbulent Space Principle fluctuations when activated. What’s more, Yang Kai could feel that this Void Corridor was leading to an extremely faraway place.
While Mo Huang remained silent, Fu Xuan replied, “He made use of the Dragon Temple’s power.”
Yang Kai raised his brow, “He made use of the Dragon Temple’s power? How was he capable of doing that?”
The Dragon Temple was the Dragon Clan’s foundation, so how was it possible that it would allow an outsider to make use of its power? Moreover, when Yang Kai stepped into this place earlier, he could feel that some extremely powerful auras were hidden in this hall. Some of these auras were just as formidable as the three Great Emperors in front of him.
Yang Kai guessed that those auras must be from the Dragon Clan’s ancestors.
Fu Xuan explained patiently, “The reason he killed Fu Chi and took his Dragon Source was to enter the Dragon Temple. As for how he managed to make use of the temple’s power and shatter space, I’m not sure.” She turned to look at Mo Huang and spoke in a gentle voice, “Do you know how he did that?”
While she was basically asking this question on Yang Kai’s behalf, it was also true that she was quite curious about it herself.
Mo Huang replied, “Wu Kuang is much older than any of us here. It’s just hearsay, but I heard that Wu Kuang was on good terms with the Dragon Clan’s first few generations of Elders.”
If anyone else had said such words, they couldn’t be deemed credible. It could even be said that it was just an unfounded rumour. However, since it was Mo Huang who had said it, it suggested that it wasn’t just hearsay.
Wu Kuang was probably on good terms with the first few generations of Dragon Clan Elders.
Since that was the case, it was no wonder that he knew information about the Dragon Clan’s Secret Techniques. He might even have learned some abstruse methods from those Elders. Basically, his plan was to communicate with the Dragon Temple through Fu Chi’s Dragon Source and make use of the temple’s power to break through the space.
When carrying out the plan, he had not made any mistakes, and he had even succeeded in the end. Although Yang Kai wasn’t fond of Wu Kuang, he had to acknowledge that the latter’s plan was brilliant. A Great Emperor’s intelligence and tactics were indeed exceptional.
“Since the Void Corridor is still here, why don’t we pursue him?” Yang Kai asked.
“Pursue him?” Mo Huang shot him a glance and put on a sneer.
Yang Kai frowned, “What’s wrong with that?”
“Do you know where this Void Corridor leads to?”
“Sir, please enlighten me.” Yang Kai asked humbly.
Although he had figured that this Void Corridor was leading to an extremely faraway place, he didn’t know the exact location.
“It’s to a Lower Star Field!” Mo Huang broke the shocking news.
Yang Kai was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. Then, he exclaimed, “A Lower Star Field?”
His loud voice had attracted everyone’s attention. Fu Zhun’s glare was especially cold.
Appearing embarrassed, Yang Kai rubbed his nose. Then, he asked anxiously, “How could it be the Lower Star Field? Isn’t there a great force called the Star Court that guards all the passageways from the Star Boundary to the Lower Star Fields? How did he manage to open this entrance?”
Certainly, Yang Kai was flustered that Wu Kuang had gone to a Lower Star Field. Although there were many Lower Star Fields, no one could be certain that Wu Kuang didn’t go to Heng Luo Star Field. If he happened to have entered Heng Luo Star Field, the entire Star Field was doomed. Moreover, Yang Kai’s roots were over there.