Chapter 463: Dragon Taming

Chapter 463: Dragon Taming

Ji Xinghuo emerged from the void and landed on the back of the Ice Soul Dragon, just a few steps away from Cang Ya.

With such a short stellar transition within his field of vision, he could control the error to within ten meters.

"Let's get out of here," Ji Xinghuo said.

Without hesitation, Cang Ya immediately turned the Ice Soul Dragon around and flew in the opposite direction at full speed.

The Azure Dragon beneath the waves followed closely.

She turned back and saw that Cang Beiming and the others were not pursuing them, nor were they continuing the fight. Instead, they were all scrambling for the fragments of the dragon scale. Ji Xinghuo's shot had shattered the scale into dozens of pieces, scattering them like falling petals, and even those who had been watching from a distance couldn't resist joining in.

At this moment, no one was stopping them from leaving.

Moments later.

The Ice Soul Dragon had already fled the battlefield, and with no sign of the dragon lords in sight, Ji Xinghuo handed the dragon scale fragments to Cang Ya.

This was the largest piece.

"Is it enough?"

Cang Ya nodded slightly. "It's enough to track it." She said urgently, "We must beat everyone else to locking onto the Cloud Sea Dragon."

Ji Xinghuo could tell that she wasn't very confident.

In fact, while Cang Beiming and the others were fighting over the dragon scale, they were also restraining their strength to avoid shattering it completely. They wanted to keep the tracking clues to the Cloud Sea Dragon for themselves and so maintained a tacit understanding during the fight.

Ji Xinghuo took advantage of their psychology and directly smashed the dragon scale.

"No one can be faster than us." Ji Xinghuo said calmly, "You point the way, and we'll just stellar transition over there."

Cang Ya's eyes lit up.

When she had watched the Dragon Sacrifice War, she had known that Ji Xinghuo had mastered stellar transition. However, since the two of them had set out to sea together, Ji Xinghuo had never used it, leading her to believe that his transition level was insufficient and that he could only transition himself.

"What about Shui Yun?" Cang Ya thought of another problem. "Can you take it with you when you transition?"

"Yes."

Ji Xinghuo nodded.

With a Level 4 stellar transition, as long as the volume did not exceed a 200-meter range from himself, no matter how large the object was, it would be considered a single entity and could be taken along with the transition.

"That's great!"

Cang Ya was overjoyed. She immediately ordered the Ice Soul Dragon to land on the back of the Cang Dragon. With the dragon scale fragment in hand, she closed her eyes slightly and carefully sensed the aura on it. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes and pointed in a direction.

"It's over there."

"Can you determine the distance?" Ji Xinghuo asked.

"It's vague." Cang Ya shook her head, unsure. "I estimate it to be between 2,000 and 3,000 dragon distances."

"We'll make a few transitions to adjust." Ji Xinghuo silently converted the units to kilometers and activated his stellar transition. Nearly 20 seconds later, a strong white light spread out and enveloped the two of them and the two dragons before disappearing in an instant.

The world twisted, and they traversed the void.

The massive Cang Dragon landed in the sea, splashing waves, but the surroundings remained an endless abyss, looking no different from before the transition.

However, when Ji Xinghuo scanned with his electromagnetic sensing, he confirmed that the transition had been successful based on the differences in the seabed terrain.

The electromagnetic sensing did not detect the Cloud Sea Dragon.

Cang Ya once again tracked through the dragon scale fragment and soon revealed a pleased expression. "I can feel that it's very close."

She pointed in a direction.

"It shouldn't be more than 500 dragon distances away."

Ji Xinghuo nodded and took her and the two dragons into another stellar transition.

This transition wasn't far.

In the first moment after emerging from the void, even without Cang Ya's tracking, Ji Xinghuo's electromagnetic sensing detected traces of the Cloud Sea Dragon. About 160 kilometers below the sea, a dark undercurrent was surging rapidly, its speed starkly contrasting the calm of the deep sea.

"Found it."

Ji Xinghuo spoke and continued the stellar transition, appearing in the sea area where the undercurrent was located.

"It's right below us." He pointed at the sea.

The ocean was the home field of the Water-type Dragon Lord. Even without Ji Xinghuo's words, Cang Ya had noticed the anomaly underwater.

"That's it!"

Cang Ya was extremely happy, but her expression soon turned serious as she said, "The Cloud Sea Dragon is also called the Sea Covering Dragon. In the sea, it's almost invincible. We must drive it out of the ocean and defeat it in the sky!"

"Have you fought it before? Are you prepared?" Ji Xinghuo asked.

"Of course."

Cang Ya smiled.

The last time she had discovered that she had no way of dealing with the Cloud Sea Dragon, she had promptly returned to Donghuang Island. It wasn't just to find help, but more importantly, to find a way to victory.

"I'll drive it from the sea to the sky. Get ready to fight." After Cang Ya saw that Ji Xinghuo agreed, she and the Cang Dragon dove into the sea.

The Cloud Sea Dragon swam extremely fast in the sea.

Even the Ice Soul Dragon had to fly at full speed in the sky to keep up.

However, Cang Ya and the Cang Dragon suddenly burst out at an incredible speed, faster than the Cloud Sea Dragon. They pursued while diving, rapidly closing the distance.

The Cloud Sea Dragon only then realized it had been exposed, but instead of fleeing, it turned back and charged straight at Cang Ya. The dark undercurrent rapidly expanded, driving a massive amount of seawater to form a water tornado with a diameter of more than 100 meters. The front end swept towards them.

The Cang Dragon was not to be outdone, transforming into a giant wave to meet it.

The two waves collided.

They tore at each other, mixing and reshaping, as if an undersea earthquake had occurred. After a few seconds, the disturbance reached the sea surface, creating waves hundreds of meters high.

Rumbling...

The tsunami triggered a storm.

The two dragons tangled for a few seconds before the outcome was quickly decided.

Cang Ya's Cang Dragon was a Shock-grade dragon, while the Cloud Sea Dragon was a Doom-grade dragon, and its hydrokinesis was clearly stronger than the Cang Dragon's.

Even among sea dragons, there were differences in their control over the sea and water. The Cloud Sea Dragon was unparalleled in this regard, while the Cang Dragon, though also strong in hydrokinesis, excelled more in close-quarters combat and struggled to match the Cloud Sea Dragon in the high-pressure deep sea.

She did not attack directly.

Instead, she allowed the Cang Dragon, transformed into a tidal wave, to shield her. She then took out a large metal barrel and opened its valve.

A pitch-black liquid poured out, indistinguishable from the surrounding darkness of the ocean depths. Cang Ya skillfully controlled the spread of the black liquid, mixing it with the seawater within a radius of several kilometers in just over ten seconds.

The Cloud Sea Dragon immediately sensed the anomaly and violently churned the dark undercurrent it had created, abandoning its attack on the Cang Dragon as it fled toward the distance.

Unimpeded, the Cang Dragon pursued relentlessly.

One in front, the other in hot pursuit.

The distance between the two dragons never widened. Cang Ya skillfully manipulated the metal barrel, continuously releasing the black liquid to invade and saturate the waters ahead of the escaping Cloud Sea Dragon, ensuring that no matter which direction it fled, it would remain trapped in the tainted waters.

"Brilliant!" exclaimed Ji Xinghuo in admiration.

Although he didn't know what the black liquid was, he could guess that it was either a poison or a unique potion specifically designed to counter the Cloud Sea Dragon. This move completely countered the Cloud Sea Dragon, leaving it with no option but to flee to the surface.

"When it comes to dealing with sea dragons, the Water-type Dragon Lords certainly have their tricks," Ji Xinghuo remarked as he kept a close eye on the situation underwater, ready to lend his assistance if needed.

The two dragons, one fleeing and the other in pursuit, swam over two hundred kilometers, causing tidal waves wherever they passed.

However, the Cloud Sea Dragon was unable to shake off its pursuer.

Its aura noticeably weakened, and the longer the chase continued, the more its strength diminished.

"It's coming up!" Ji Xinghuo's spirit lifted.

Finally, the Cloud Sea Dragon could endure no more and made a desperate surge toward the surface, soon breaking through and revealing its true form.

It was only then that Ji Xinghuo truly saw the Cloud Sea Dragon's appearance, and his first thought was of the mythical Chinese dragon, the 'jiaolong', with its serpentine body, four claws sprouting from its belly, and the absence of wings, which was unusual for a dragon.

The Cloud Sea Dragon stretched to a length of about 130 meters, with sea grass-like whiskers growing from its neck. Its deep blue scales shimmered with a lustrous sheen, patterned with the markings of the White Cloud Sea.

Its posture was graceful and robust as it soared into the sky after bursting through the surface.

Wingless, yet it could fly.

Moreover, it flew with incredible speed, its body enveloped in clouds and mist, its claws reaching as if to grasp the clouds themselves. Its scales faded to a lighter shade, and its slender body seemed to dissolve and merge with the mist.

At the same time, the sea within a radius of several thousand meters was shrouded in rising steam, gathering countless clouds in the sky that obscured both sight and sensory perception.

Turning the clouds and the sea!

This was one of the Cloud Sea Dragon's most formidable abilities, a combination of hydrokinesis, mist manipulation, and cloud control, allowing it to create an advantageous environment for itself. The range of this ability was vast, providing excellent concealment from physical harm while also enabling stealth attacks on its enemies, thus offering both offense and defense.

The ability to turn the clouds and the sea was a Star Fall ability, and it was from this that the Cloud Sea Dragon derived its name.

"Roar..."

A high-pitched dragon's roar reverberated.

The Ice Soul Dragon, having prepared for this moment, unleashed a mighty roar, releasing its full icy power to freeze the mist that was spreading.

A blast of icy dragon breath swept across, spanning hundreds of meters.

The Cloud Sea Dragon, in the midst of transforming into mist, was abruptly interrupted as its body was encased in a thick layer of ice, causing it to fall uncontrollably.

The sea surface froze over as well.

Boom!

The paralyzed Cloud Sea Dragon crashed into the icy surface, creating a hole hundreds of meters in diameter. Before it could recover from its stiffened state, the Cang Dragon rammed into it from below, sending it back up into the sky. However, the Cloud Sea Dragon once again attempted to transform into mist in the sky, mitigating the damage it had suffered.

What truly impacted the Cloud Sea Dragon was the poison it had ingested, significantly weakening it and causing it to fall from the Doom-grade to the Shock-grade.

At this moment, Ji Xinghuo also took action.

High in the sky, a thundercloud several hundred meters in size formed, and with a thunderous rumble, the first lightning bolt struck down.

The sinuous lightning bolt tore through the sky, instantly striking the Cloud Sea Dragon.

As it was in the process of transforming into mist, it was once again interrupted, its body trembling as it let out a pained roar. However, before it could finish its roar, a second bolt of lightning struck, followed by a third, a fourth...

Lightning continuously flashed over the sea.

The Cloud Sea Dragon's roars were drowned out by the deafening thunder, and no matter which way it tried to flee or the extent of its transformation, almost every second, a lightning bolt descended from the heavens, striking its head.

Its mist transformation rendered it impervious to physical harm, but it could not escape the electrical assault.

On the contrary, the effect of the electricity was enhanced, causing greater pain.

Ji Xinghuo's eyes sparkled with electrical sparks as he continuously unleashed lightning bolts to batter the Cloud Sea Dragon, rapidly depleting his stellar power. After more than twenty lightning strikes, the Cloud Sea Dragon could endure no more and fell back onto the icy surface.

The Ice Soul Dragon seized the opportunity and exhaled a blast of icy dragon breath.

Cang Ya also manipulated the seawater to surge and bind the Cloud Sea Dragon, transforming it into ice.

Within seconds, the Cloud Sea Dragon was frozen within a massive iceberg, isolated from the surrounding seawater. Its body and claws were immobilized, with only half of its dragon head protruding from the iceberg, yet even its mouth couldn't open.

Ji Xinghuo descended and placed his hand on the dragon's head, continuously releasing electricity to prevent it from transforming into mist and escaping.

"We've finally caught you!" Cang Ya exclaimed excitedly. However, this was only the first step in taming the dragon; the most crucial step was yet to come—establishing a connection and gaining its recognition as its master.

"We must act quickly," Ji Xinghuo urged.

The commotion of the battle was sure to have attracted the attention of nearby Abyss Hunters, and the other Dragon Lords might also have star transitioned to this location. They wouldn't have much time before reinforcements arrived.

(End of Chapter)

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