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Chapter 613: Outsmarting Humans, Outwitting Beasts
Chapter 613: Outsmarting Humans, Outwitting Beasts
"We understand," Shen Yi said, bowing respectfully.
Jing Xi noticed a hint of tension in Shen Yi's eyes as he bowed.
She reached out and grabbed Ye Jiu, who was about to rush back with his sword in hand.
This was the first time the Nanyang Sect Master had chosen to trust them, so they should trust him in return.
They believed that he could rely on his own strength, residing above the Dragon Cave, and annihilate the entire Western Dragon Palace!
"Tonight, not a single aquatic creature will leave this water alive," Jing Xi declared on behalf of her two senior brothers, making a vow to the young man in the black robe.
Then, she turned and disappeared into the moonlit night.
Ye Jiu and Qi Yansheng were momentarily stunned, exchanging a glance before sighing softly and transforming into streaks of light, each heading in opposite directions.
The Nanyang Sect had issued a decree, and the Seven Sects had no choice but to comply!
Meanwhile, on the other side, the two of them gradually regained their senses.
"Didn't he just obtain this array diagram?" Zi Yang asked, his expression grave as he looked at the peach blossoms above. The dark waters resembled a deep night sky, illuminated by the blooming flowers, forming a grand array that seemed flawless.
To put it bluntly, even if the seventeen sect leaders of the Boundless Dao Monarch Sect personally came to set up the array, they might not have achieved such perfect unity.
"Perhaps he really is the reincarnation of some old ghost from the Boundless Dao Monarch Sect," Zi Xian mused.
"Maybe he was pushed aside, wronged, and decided to live again, seeking revenge..." Zi Xian muttered to herself, imagining a grand drama of grudges.
She snapped out of her thoughts when her brother gave her a look as if she were an idiot. She sheepishly dismissed the idea, considering the character of the Boundless Dao Monarch Sect's cultivators, who were so eager to please Hongze Great Immortal that they would never dare to speak of slaying immortals.
"Do you think he can win?" Zi Xian asked.
With only mid-stage Heaven Realm cultivation, Zi Xian couldn't even tell who had the upper hand at the moment.
Zi Yang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head uncertainly. "It's hard to say."
While the Greedy Wolf Star Chart was powerful, the Western Dragon Cave was not that simple. It was a place where countless dragon bones were buried, and the surging aura it emanated was continuous and vibrant.
Even if it was temporarily suppressed by the immortal array, its power was limited. But the array consumed the cultivator's aura.
How could seventeen strong cultivators compare to the accumulated power of the Jade Horned Silver Dragon's lineage?
"Then why aren't you helping?" Zi Xian pushed her brother, her heart filled with excitement.
With the Ten Thousand Demon Hall causing chaos, she had thought her father's plan would be delayed. But now, they had met Shen Yi, a lucky star.
It seemed that they were just one night away from gathering the three Dragon Seals.
Zi Yang clenched his teeth, hesitating.
For some reason, he had a bad feeling about this. His father was brilliant, but this time, they were dealing with an immortal. He had never truly supported this plan.
But... they were just one step away!
All they needed to do was reach out and grasp it, so close yet so far.
Zi Yang's hesitation also had another reason. Every time he tried to help Shen Yi, the outcome was somewhat embarrassing.
Zi Yang took a deep breath and reached out to touch the Dragon Seal, as if making a firm decision, he clenched his palm.
"Brother Shen, I'll assist you!" Zi Yang exhaled and stepped forward boldly.
As a cultivator at the peak of the Heaven Realm, his aura surged, and as the Eastern Dragon Palace's prince, he was the strongest in terms of cultivation level.
However, as soon as he took a step forward, he instinctively covered his face with his arm.
The peach blossoms in the sky began to spin rapidly, and their light illuminated the surging waters, not attacking the numerous dragon demons but trapping them in place. Meanwhile, the rest of the light extended towards the deepest part of the waters!
The Greedy Wolf Star Chart isolated this place from the world.
Ji Shengtao took two steps back, his pupils constricting as he watched the silver-white radiance on his body slowly dissipate. He was horrified to find that his connection to the Dragon Cave had been severed.
"You're asking for death!"
The two were evenly matched, and Ji Shengtao was even slightly stronger, one relying on the Dragon Cave and the other on the immortal array.
But now, it seemed that Shen Yi had willingly given up the array, trading it for the Dragon Cave.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone present.
They finally understood why Shen Yi had unbuttoned his collar earlier.
A deep roar echoed.
Two ancient dragon souls suddenly soared and slammed into his sturdy chest.
Golden lines resembling cracks appeared on Shen Yi's fair skin, flowing like lava. He casually swallowed the Phoenix Yuan into his mouth and then drew out the Golden Rune Black Blade.
The black robe he had hastily thrown on fluttered wildly.
His eyes, filled with crimson bloodshot veins from the scorching heartfire, calmly scanned the numerous dragons within the array. His fingers tightened around the blade's hilt, and his pitch-black eyes were suddenly covered by a lifeless gray.
Shen Yi strode into the grand array, his long sword in hand. He extended his left arm and slowly clenched his palm.
In that instant, the last connection between the array and the outside world was sealed.
This feast had been a long-awaited delicacy for him.
Today, the banquet begins!
A slender young man, brandishing a long sword, took a step forward towards the majestic and towering dragon demons.
With each step he took, the proud descendants of the Western Dragon Palace unconsciously retreated a step.
"Roar—"
Ji Shengtao couldn't quite understand when it had started, but his aura was completely suppressed by this young man.
Instinctively, it let out a roar, a dragon's cry to subjugate all creatures, hoping to intimidate its opponent.
The invisible roar swept through like a storm, messing up Shen Yi's hair, but it didn't cause a ripple in his calm expression.
Instead, the Western Dragon King's action made him suddenly realize something.
These so-called rulers of Hongze, the lofty dragon clan, held the lives of countless creatures in their grasp, and a single word could decide the fate of the entire land and water.
But when faced with a true life-and-death struggle, they were no different from the black dog he had slaughtered upon his arrival, driven only by instinct.
Mere beasts.
The next moment, thick black clouds rolled in, resembling a sunset in the water.
"Father King!"
Qi Lao Wu sensed something amiss, his face filled with dread, and his figure swiftly darted towards the Western Dragon King.
Then, a figure covered in golden cracks emerged from the clouds, its sleeves fluttering as it appeared behind Qi Lao Wu.
A fierce knee strike landed on the demon's lower back.
Boom!
With the combined blessing of Divine Yue and the Azure Dragon's spiritual body, Qi Lao Wu's brain trembled, his mind went blank, and his body flew horizontally into the air.
Below him, Shen Yi's expression remained indifferent as he skillfully drew his sword.
A black golden aura spanned across the water, rising from below and sweeping upwards, like a night shroud engulfing all the light.
Pfft!
A dull sound reverberated through the surroundings.
The robust demon's body split in two, and its shattered internal organs sprayed blood that splattered onto Qi Shengtao's trembling face.
Its eyes widened, and it saw Lao Wu's two halves of the body falling.
The dragon claw that had reached out to rescue him remained frozen in midair.
"You..."
Accompanied by a hoarse voice, Qi Shengtao abruptly opened his mouth, revealing sharp fangs, and the dragon claw that had been frozen in midair suddenly struck like thunder through the water, carrying crimson demonic power. Its fingertip viciously slammed into Shen Yi's chest.
It exerted all its strength, attempting to tear apart this frail body.
However, Shen Yi showed no intention of evading, allowing the golden blood to flow and stain the dragon claw. His lifeless eyes stared straight at Qi Shengtao's neck.
In that instant, he swiftly clenched the Western Dragon King's fingertip, and with his other hand, he swung his sword down like a raging storm.
The body of a perfected Celestial Realm demon was incredibly robust, and the jade horned silver dragon's natural scales were rare treasures in the world. Moreover, this ancient dragon was clad in heavy armor forged from concentrated demonic power.
One swing, and the heavy armor shattered!
One swing, and silver scales flew in all directions.
As the long sword pierced the flesh, Shen Yi seemed like a bloodthirsty wolf, gripping the Western Dragon King's struggling fingers with one hand, repeatedly performing the same action repeatedly as if he would never tire.
"To dare exchange your life with mine, you're not worthy!"
The injury wasn't severe enough to warrant such a reaction.
But in the face of the flashing sword light, Qi Shengtao could only think of evading its edge. He raised his arm to block, and with great difficulty, he managed to extract his body and staggered back.
For some reason, his vision suddenly darkened.
He looked up in surprise and found himself standing in a gloomy netherworld mansion, not knowing when he had entered.
"What dark art have you used!"
Sensing the unsettling feeling of his soul, Qi Shengtao immediately stabilized his mind and recalled the two frost-white long swords into his palms before looking forward.
He saw Shen Yi also walking towards the eerie mansion, his torn black robe soaked in golden blood.
During their confrontation, the remaining dragon descendants had transformed into their true forms, and several jade horned silver dragons frantically crashed into the surroundings, but no matter how much blood they shed, they couldn't escape the range of the peach blossom.
At that moment, several illusory shadows simultaneously appeared before them.
The next instant, the furious dragon roars turned into mournful wails almost simultaneously!
"Roar!"
The indifferent figures uniformly swung their slaughtering blades.
Such massive dragon bodies, the blooming of scorching crimson blood flowers, even made the peach blossoms in the sky appear more alluring.
"Hiss!"
Purple rain showered from the sky, a sight that caused Zi Xian to instinctively avert her gaze. As a member of the Purple Beard White Dragon Clan, even in her angriest moments, she had never imagined such a scene.
As the Eastern Dragon Palace Prince, Zi Yang was much better off, but being a dragon himself, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of reluctance.
Of course, this fleeting reluctance soon dissipated.
What truly startled him was that from the moment Shen Yi stepped into the grand array, the overwhelming killing intent in Ji Shengtao's heart had gradually turned into fear, and he had been led around by the nose throughout.
Could it be that being in a high position for too long had caused him to lose his heart for slaughter? And what about Shen Yi, so young, from where did he cultivate such a ruthless temperament?
Zi Yang's expression turned solemn as he gazed into the array, momentarily forgetting the earlier embarrassment of being ignored.
The bloody rain, damp and reeking of blood, mixed with the murky water.
It hovered between the two figures.
Shen Yi had reached Ji Shengtao's front, while the Western Dragon King stood there, dazed, in the vast Western Flood Dragon Palace, now seemingly left with only himself.
In that moment of mental distraction, he failed to notice that the entire Nether Mansion had become illusory, and the enveloping dark mist seemed to be a sharp claw slowly clenching towards his body!
Boom! Shen Yi flipped over and kicked horizontally, fiercely smashing into Ji Shengtao's wounded neck, sending him tumbling off the broken bridge.
At the same time, he closed in, and his long sword, like the wind, enveloped the entire dragon body with its black golden aura.
Ji Shengtao furiously swung his sword, the frost-white long sword transformed from the jade horn, a treasure he had nurtured for many years, momentarily blocking all attacks from the golden rune black blade without shattering, only developing some additional cracks.
"You're not enough to kill me!"
"Even without the dragon den, what can you do? Without the protection of the immortal array, you're still no match for me!"
He fiercely swung his sword, causing the essence blood in his body to boil, and he pushed the golden rune black blade back inch by inch.
"..."
Shen Yi didn't feel flustered, even with the support of immortal arts and divine abilities. After all, his opponent was a dragon demon of a far higher realm, and it was normal to be at a disadvantage in terms of strength.
Decisively, he abandoned the Azure Dragon Devouring the Sun and kicked the long sword out of his opponent's hand.
Raising both fists, he unleashed a powerful strike, each fist carrying the might of a fierce white tiger, and slammed them into Ji Shengtao's face.
In an instant, they became like mindless beasts, devoid of the demeanor of strong cultivators, engaging in a close-quarters brawl, flesh against flesh.
"Come! Come on!"
"If it's a contest of courage and ferocity, do you think I, a dragon, would fear a mere cultivator?!"
Ji Shengtao gradually regained his youthful fighting spirit, growing bolder with each exchange, and the killing intent on his face intensified.
This was his familiar style of combat; even if this cultivator had learned many techniques, he was still just a monkey wearing a crown, how could he be a match for a dragon! In contrast, Shen Yi maintained his composure throughout.
When fighting a beast, one must be even more ruthless, but one shouldn't truly become a beast oneself.
Ji Shengtao didn't notice that the sharp claw formed from the black mist had slowly sunk into his body.
Two shadows slowly sank into the deepest part of the water.
Ji Shengtao felt Shen Yi's aura gradually weakening, and finally, he let out a sinister laugh, "Are you giving up?"
At that moment, he suddenly realized that Shen Yi had casually glanced at him, as if looking at some stupid creature.
Ji Shengtao finally realized something was amiss.
It seemed he had forgotten something.
He looked up at the sky and noticed that the mesmerizing peach blossom was gone, and the water had become gloomy.
Under the influence of the Supreme Netherworld and Yin-Yang Life and Death, he had grown bolder in battle but had long lost awareness of his surroundings.
That dragon den... Shen Yi had already returned it to him.
But now, it seemed a bit too late.
Shen Yi opened his palm and used the bloodstained peach blossom to cover his opponent's forehead, blocking his vision.
A hoarse voice, exhausted from the battle, slowly sounded in Ji Shengtao's ear.
"Greedy Wolf... Exterminates Immortal."
In the brow center, where no one could see, within the Ten Thousand Demon Hall soaring with black mist.
Seventeen stone guardians, led by Ke Shisan, opened their eyes.
The bloodstained peach blossom entered Ji Shengtao's pupils.
The next moment, his proud body seemed to turn to stone, cracking from the inside out, and a blinding white light, like the sharpest sword in the world, pierced through the cracks, illuminating the entire water body.
Ji Shengtao's brain trembled as he looked to the side.
The pitch-black, bottomless abyss was his most trusted dragon den.
Despair and unwillingness filled the eyes of this Western Dragon King.
Crack!
Amidst the crisp shattering sound, the immortal array, possessing near-Dao power, finally spread throughout the old dragon's body, shattering it into countless fragments.
(End of Chapter)
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