Chapter 464: A Spear Pierces Ten Thousand Swords

Chapter 464: A Spear Pierces Ten Thousand Swords

Without needing Qi Xinghuo's reminder, Cang Ya was also aware of the pressing time.

Suppressing her excitement, she stood before the iceberg, gazing at the massive head of the Yunhai Dragon. With a soft command, she said, "Look at me!"

The Yunhai Dragon was currently enduring the pain of the electric shock.

As soon as it saw Cang Ya in front of it, it opened its mouth to exhale its breath. However, Qi Xinghuo was quick to sense its action and punched it on the side of its mouth, forcing the dragon breath back down its throat, causing it to see stars.

In its pain, the Yunhai Dragon's eyes burned with even greater fury, revealing a look of madness.

Cang Ya's expression turned worried at this sight.

Wild dragons were difficult to tame, especially powerful ones like this Yunhai Dragon. However, she understood that Qi Xinghuo was intentionally acting ruthless, playing the role of the villain. He would be the bad cop, and then she would play the good cop to gain the Yunhai Dragon's affection.

This had been their plan all along.

"Go easy on it," Cang Ya said, her face filled with concern as she stopped Qi Xinghuo from continuing to beat the dragon.

"Then hurry up," Qi Xinghuo said in a low voice. "Your time is running out."

"I know," Cang Ya nodded hastily.

She quickly took out a bracelet with a 'Thought Link' enchantment and activated it, establishing a mental connection with the Yunhai Dragon. Her expression softened as she began to communicate with it.

Qi Xinghuo maintained his release of electricity, preventing the Yunhai Dragon from turning into mist and escaping.

The Yunhai Dragon struggled relentlessly, its eyes filled with resistance.

Whenever it tried to rage or struggle harder, Qi Xinghuo would immediately strike it with force.

"Behave!"

"If you resist again, I'll kill you. It's either submit or die; I won't let anyone else benefit from you," Qi Xinghuo said with a fierce expression, his attacks ruthless.

On the other hand, Cang Ya continuously soothed and persuaded the Yunhai Dragon, explaining the benefits of following her and revealing her identity, the strength and status of the Cang Dragon family, and the treatment it could expect in the future through their mental connection.

However, her efforts yielded little result.

The Yunhai Dragon hardly listened and continued to resist and struggle.

Whenever the control weakened, it would seize the opportunity to attack Cang Ya, its hostile intentions undiminished and even growing more hateful.

Qi Xinghuo shook his head.

This Yunhai Dragon had already reached the Fallen level, possessing superior intelligence, smarter than most people. Even without exposure to civilized society in the Sea Abyss, it wasn't easily deceived and might have seen through their act.

However, Cang Ya was extremely patient and continued to communicate and persuade it.

If it were any other situation, given enough time, they might have been able to tame this Yunhai Dragon, but they didn't have that luxury now.

"Someone's coming," Qi Xinghuo said, his electromagnetic senses detecting another presence. They had entered the 200-kilometer sea area and were approaching at a rapid speed.

Cang Ya's face changed slightly, but she continued to communicate with the dragon.

Soon, a colorful dragon appeared in their field of vision. It was over fifty meters long, with dazzlingly colorful scales that formed neat patterns. Its body was adorned with star-like spots, and its wings were as wide as sails, resembling a rainbow as it flew across the skyline.

This was a Star-Speckled Dragon!

On its back sat a female true dragon humanoid with a clear and beautiful appearance. She wore a complex coral-colored long dress, and her back was adorned with a pair of swords.

Upon seeing the frozen Yunhai Dragon in the iceberg, her eyes lit up with excitement.

"That's Star-Speckled Lan," Cang Ya said, recognizing the newcomer. "She's of common birth and only joined the Star-Speckled family as an adult. Most of the time, she lives on the East Emperor Island and often visits me. We're quite close, I'd say friends."

Though she called Lan a friend, her face was filled with wariness.

Qi Xinghuo also understood that, at this moment, friends could be the most dangerous. When it was time to make a move, one had to act decisively.

In front of the enormous benefit that was the Yunhai Dragon, not just friends but even clan members would turn against each other.

The Star-Speckled Dragon approached swiftly.

Soon, it stopped about ten kilometers away, and Star-Speckled Lan, seated on its back, called out, "Sister Ya, what a coincidence! I thought someone was fighting with the Yunhai Dragon and rushed over, only to find it's you!"

As she spoke, she didn't look at Cang Ya but instead fixed her gaze on Qi Xinghuo, as if pondering who he was.

Cang Ya replied in a calm voice, "Star-Speckled Lan, if you consider me a friend, it's best you back off now."

She addressed Lan by her name, her tone serious.

Star-Speckled Lan remained silent for a few seconds before responding, "Sister Ya, I also want this Yunhai Dragon. What should we do?"

"You're not qualified enough yet," Cang Ya replied coldly.

She had to communicate with the Yunhai Dragon, maintain the ice mountain's control over it with the Ice Marrow Dragon, and she couldn't afford to divert her attention to fight Lan.

But there was Qi Xinghuo.

With one hand pressed against the Yunhai Dragon's head, Qi Xinghuo continued to output electricity to prevent it from turning into mist. His body briefly blurred, and a shadow detached from him, instantly forming a shadow clone.

This shadow clone invested 16,000 star power, nearly half of Qi Xinghuo's current star power, and its combat strength reached seventy percent of the original body's.

To enhance its strength, this shadow clone was not equipped with any weapons.

Qi Xinghuo threw the Skyfire Dragon Tooth Spear to the clone.

The shadow clone gripped the long spear and turned its gaze toward Star-Speckled Lan, who was ten kilometers away. White light enveloped its body, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared.

The next second.

Qi Xinghuo's shadow clone appeared near the Star-Speckled Dragon, instantly entering supersonic speed, and the spear struck like a dragon.

Star-Speckled Lan was prepared and let out a soft cry. The twin swords on her back flew out.

In an instant, the two flying swords transformed into a dazzling display of sword lights, a myriad of colors, forming arrays, giant swords, and barriers. A red and blue torrent of sword lights rushed to meet the charging shadow clone.

Countless rainbow-colored sword lights filled the sky.

Boom!

Qi Xinghuo relentlessly surged forward, accelerating madly. As the crimson torrent of giant swords was about to strike, he abruptly changed direction, first avoiding the sharpest tips of the swords, then turning back and sweeping his long spear, striking the middle of the torrent.

The hundreds of meters long torrent of sword lights instantly exploded, blooming like a firework in the sky.

Qi Xinghuo's speed only faltered slightly, for an extremely brief moment, before he immediately accelerated again, facing the second torrent of blue giant swords.

This time, he didn't try to evade but chose to clash head-on.

He thrust his spear forward!

A super-high-temperature beam of light shot out from the tip of the spear, as thick as a pillar and crimson as fire. It collided with the torrent of blue giant swords without any fancy moves, and in an instant, the outcome was decided. The laser pierced the center of the swords, causing them to disintegrate from within.

The exploding sword lights rained down on Qi Xinghuo, showering him with countless sparks, but they couldn't inflict even the slightest harm.

Qi Xinghuo charged through the myriad of sword lights in the sky.

Regardless of the color of the flying swords or the effects they carried, when they attacked him, they were either deflected or collapsed, unable even to hinder his flying speed. Array after array and barrier after barrier were all pierced through by his spear.

Qi Xinghuo's speed continued to increase.

The sound barrier shattered with a sonic boom.

Finally, Qi Xinghuo tore through all the sword light obstacles, and the Skyfire Dragon Tooth Spear thrust forward. The tip of the spear erupted with a high-temperature beam of light, as if piercing through an invisible membrane. With a loud bang, colorful ripples appeared in the air before bursting apart.

The massive figure of the Star-Speckled Dragon reappeared in the sky.

On its back, Star-Speckled Lan's face was filled with panic and disbelief as the beam from Qi Xinghuo's spear had pierced her chest.

Boom!

Star-Speckled Lan was knocked off the dragon's back, spewing blood from her mouth as she fell.

The Skyfire Dragon Tooth Spear pressed on relentlessly, and with Qi Xinghuo's accelerated boost, the scorching tip of the spear pierced the dragon's back, shattering the colorful dragon scales. A high-temperature beam of light penetrated its flesh and viscera, exiting through its abdomen.

The Star-Speckled Dragon let out a painful roar, frantically flapping its wings and rolling in the air, trying to shake off its enemy. Its back erupted with colorful flames.

Qi Xinghuo stomped heavily.

A dull thud reverberated.

The dragon scales under his feet caved in, and the terrifying force caused the rolling Star-Speckled Dragon to be slapped by an invisible giant hand, its entire body emitting the sound of shattering bones as it wailed and fell towards the sea.

Boom...

The Star-Speckled Dragon plunged into the sea and frantically dove underwater to escape.

However, Qi Xinghuo had already left. A flash of white light signaled his Star Realm Leap back to his original body, reintegrating with it.

Over a dozen kilometers away, the Star-Speckled Dragon resurfaced and flew back into the sky, with Star-Speckled Lan, pale-faced, on its back.

Both she and her dragon had sustained serious injuries.

"Who are you?"

Star-Speckled Lan asked, her heart still pounding with fear. Even now, she found it hard to believe that she had been defeated by such an unremarkable-looking opponent.

What she found even more unacceptable was that the attacker was just a shadow clone.

In just one exchange, the opponent's shadow clone had relied solely on absolute strength, speed, and defense to severely wound her and her dragon, and it was clear that he had held back. However, no matter how she observed and sensed him, this man was only at the Legendary realm.

If not for the pain all over her body reminding her of the beating she had just taken, she would have thought the whole thing had been an illusion.

Now, she felt that this man was unfathomably deep.

Qi Xinghuo did not answer.

Star-Speckled Lan glared at him hatefully and then looked at Cang Ya, "No wonder Sister Ya was so confident about capturing the Yunhai Dragon. Turns out you invited such a powerful helper."

"I told you to back off," Cang Ya said calmly.

In fact, she was also shocked.

She knew Star-Speckled Lan's strength. At a young age, Lan had already reached the Second Level of the Sixth Stage and was quite famous in the East Emperor Sea. She had also made it onto the Star-Ascending Sequence, although she was only on the fourth sequence, which was still far superior to an ordinary Sixth Stage powerhouse.

Cang Ya had sparred with Star-Speckled Lan before and lost more often than she won, and even her victories were never easy.

But in front of Qi Xinghuo, Star-Speckled Lan had been utterly crushed.

Killing her would have been as easy as flipping his hand.

Moreover, Qi Xinghuo hadn't even used his full strength; he had only used a shadow clone, which might not even be half of his true power.

Seeing that Cang Ya wasn't willing to say more, Star-Speckled Lan could only retreat to a safer distance.

However, she didn't leave.

Instead, she flew to a distance of over twenty kilometers, maintaining a safe distance, and landed on the sea to heal herself and her dragon. She knew that it wouldn't be easy for Cang Ya to tame the Yunhai Dragon, and there would definitely be others coming to snatch it away. Perhaps there would still be an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Cang Ya breathed a sigh of relief.

She continued to communicate with the Yunhai Dragon, but after just a few minutes, Qi Xinghuo gave another reminder, his expression even more stern than before.

Three Abyss Hunters appeared from different directions.

At the same time, a familiar figure appeared in the sky through a Star Realm Leap. This person was tall and sturdy, with a rugged face—it was none other than Whale Qin, whom they had met before. However, he hadn't brought his dragon with him, probably due to his insufficient Star Realm Leap level.

Just as Cang Ya was about to speak, she saw that Qi Xinghuo's attention wasn't on Whale Qin at all but was focused on another direction.

Ripples appeared in the void, forming a black rift.

It was as if a crack had appeared in the sky, and after a few seconds, a huge shadow leaped out from the void, instantly appearing in the airspace above this sea area.

Everyone present was astonished by what they saw.

Cang Ya's beautiful eyes widened in surprise, and she exclaimed in tension, "The Void Kun Dragon!"

(End of Chapter)

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