Chapter 1300 - 1299: Su Aojun’s Trump Card
The Black Water Shield shattered, countless Black Water Curse Seals scattering and merging into the surrounding black water.
At the same time, the hundred-li Black Water Lake suddenly trembled, then endless black water surged up from the broken center deep underground, causing the entire lake to instantly expand and spread, engulfing the four hundred thousand Water Soldiers outside the lake in one sweep.
In the next instant, the black water boiled, and over a thousand humanoid black shadows suddenly flickered into existence within it.
These shadows were wreathed in black water, demon fire burning on their bodies, and they laid down a Four Gods Demon Fire Array ringed with black water across the entire space, surrounding the dozen or so True Dragon Experts at its core.
"Demons!"
"Over a thousand demons!"
Su Lingxi’s gaze flickered, and she immediately said, "They’re all Su Aojun’s subordinates—many Snake Demons, and other Aquatic Race demons—but now they’ve all been transformed into demons. It’s just that..."
"This is Su Aojun’s trump card?" Lu Zheng frowned. "The numbers are impressive, but only two or three of them are truly formidable. With that, they think they can turn the tables?"
"Of course not." Su Lingxi shook her head, glanced at the black water isolated outside the Jade Dragon Sea Covering Array, and said mildly, "But together with this vast black water, using the Four Gods Demon Fire to obstruct them and trap the Four Great Dragon Kings for a while, that won’t be a problem."
Lu Zheng couldn’t help but frown. "They want to run?"
Using the Black Water River Four Gods Demon Fire Array to trap the Dragon Race’s main force of experts—wasn’t that obviously to escape? Ao Shen and the other three outside the Black Water Lake, plus the other, slightly lesser True Dragons, simply couldn’t stop Su Aojun and the Demon Dragon King.
"But..."
Lu Zheng was puzzled. "If they wanted to leave, they could have done it before the army encircled them—might even have taken some subordinates along. Why wait for the Dragon Race army to arrive and then stage all this?"
"Perhaps their goal is not merely to flee." Su Lingxi said coolly, "Their aim is also to keep the Four Great Dragon Kings trapped for a period of time."
Lu Zheng’s eyes flashed and he reacted at once. "They want to launch a sneak attack on the Four Great Dragon Palaces?"
"To perfect the Four Gods Demon Fire." Su Lingxi nodded. "The Four Great Dragon Palaces are heavily guarded, but the Dragon Kings have taken half their top experts out with them. The ones remaining, no matter how strong, at most can defend the palaces; they absolutely won’t be able to keep those two from leaving, nor can they easily resist them snatching one or two young dragons with a strike from out of nowhere."
As expected...
At the center of Black Water Lake, as the thousand-plus demon shadows emerged and trapped the dozen True Dragon Experts, Su Aojun did not pause for even a moment. Her hands moved ceaselessly through Seal Techniques, countless Talismans driven by her into the earth below.
The Black Water Lake she had nurtured for several thousand years instantly unleashed all its accumulated foundation and might.
Countless Black Water Curse Seals and Black Water Spiritual Power surged out wildly, merging into the surrounding black water and blessing the thousand demon shadows, greatly amplifying their aura.
Since those demon shadows had all once been Su Aojun’s subordinates, they fused perfectly with the Black Water Spiritual Power, mutually enhancing one another, making the surrounding black water even denser and its aura even more pure and potent.
Endless Black Water Talismans turned into Black Water Snakes, densely packed throughout the black water. One side of them reversed to bind and restrain Ao Shen and the other True Dragons on the surface along with the four hundred thousand Aquatic Race troops, while another side cut off Ao Jin and the other Four Great Dragon Kings from all contact with the outside.
Seeing the Four Great Dragon Kings trapped, the Fiery Heaven-Destroying Demon Dragon King finally let out a harsh cackle. "The Divine Dragons of the Celestial Realm are idiots, and the True Dragons of the Lower Realm are fools as well—they only know how to blindly charge, charge, charge."
Su Aojun withdrew her hands, smiling faintly. "Grow used to domineering, and the brain stops working."
Within the Array, each of the Four Great Dragon Kings seethed with anger. When had they ever suffered such humiliation?
"Su Aojun, you court death!" Ao Qian shouted harshly. "If you manage to ascend, this old man will see your Divine Soul eternally cast into Dragon Abyss!"
Su Aojun gave a detached smile, not even bothering to respond to Ao Qian’s vicious threat. She only turned back to the Demon Dragon King and said calmly, "The Black Water Demon Fire Array should be able to hold them for three days."
The Demon Dragon King nodded. "More than enough. We’re not trying to conquer the Four Great Dragon Palaces. Black Water Plain is already sealed off from the outside. Speed is our greatest weapon—never mind three days, in just one day we can sweep through all Four Great Dragon Races and seize four little dragons.
Once I fully perfect the Four Divine Demon Fires, we will perform a dual cultivation together, and I’ll pass the Four Divine Demon Fires to you. You will cultivate both water and fire, turn all your Black Water Divine Techniques into Demonic Skills, and fully transform into a Demon Body. With a body of Demonic Magic cultivation, you’ll be reborn, ascend to the Demon Realm, and gain eternal life.
Then, you’ll no longer be just an ordinary Black Water Profound Snake of the Lower Realm, but the Water and Fire Profound Snake King of the Demon Realm!"
A flash of fervor shot through the chill in Su Aojun’s eyes. This was what she had always yearned for.
She had lived for several thousand years, only one step away from Ascension—but that single step was a heavenly chasm, the difference between heaven and earth, between Immortal and man, between eternal life and the dissolution of Dao and death.
She could not penetrate the mystery of life and death. She was unwilling to see her ten thousand years of Dao Practice washed away like running water. She refused to simply vanish from between heaven and earth.
So she sacrificed the foundation she had built over thousands of years, sacrificed all her followers, and sacrificed the pure bloodline of her Black Water Profound Snake—just to trade for a chance.
To become a demon, and ascend to the Demon Realm!
"Su Aojun, how can you trust the words of a Celestial Demon?" Ao Jin shouted crisply. "Persist in delusion and you’ll become nothing more than food in a demon’s maw."
The Demon Dragon King looked at Ao Jin and let out a grating laugh. "Ordinary folk are indeed just food for this king. But Madam Su is exceptionally talented; her future potential is limitless. She is fit to be this king’s consort. Of course, if you are willing to submit, this king would not begrudge you a seat as Demon General."
Ao Jin’s gaze turned fierce. The Seven Treasures Exquisite Tower above his head suddenly flared with radiant light, pushing all the surrounding demon fire away.
"Hahaha, overestimating yourself." The Demon Dragon King shook his head, turned to Su Aojun, and said, "Let’s go."
Su Aojun nodded, her gaze indifferent, not even sparing a look for the Four Great Dragon Kings trapped within the Array, who were at that moment charging and striking madly, trying to break the formation. The final Seal Technique in her hand took form and sank into the Infinite Black Water, making the entire Black Water Lake boil completely and fuse into one body.
If the Four Great Dragon Kings wanted to break the Array, they would have to slaughter over a thousand demons and evaporate the entire Black Water Lake.
"Let’s go."
Su Aojun nodded, then rose together with the Demon Dragon King, flying straight toward the outside of Black Water Lake.
Yet just as the two were about to leave the lake, a clear, cool female voice suddenly rang in Su Aojun’s ears.
"Do you know why you’re always one step short?"
Su Aojun’s figure did not halt, but a sharp light flashed through her eyes as she abruptly turned, scanning the surroundings. "Who’s there?"
The Demon Dragon King hadn’t heard the words of the voice transmission, but he sensed the ripple of it. The other party’s cultivation was definitely not beneath that of the Four Great Dragon Kings. He immediately spread his large hand and summoned a cluster of demon fire. "Who’s there?"
In the next instant, a Fire Phoenix spanning the sky suddenly appeared above the two of them, blazing brilliantly over the sea.
"If you cannot penetrate life and death, how could you possibly not die?"