Chapter 1826 - 1408: Azure Dragon in the Clouds!
Above the East Sea.
Jiang Dali wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, slowly stood up, gripped the He’s Jade Disc in his hand, let out a faint laugh, and inwardly shook his head. "Old Qin, things have come to this, offending you has become inevitable. I did expect you might be interested in the Divine Dragon, but I didn’t expect you’d actually turn my plan back on me and reap the leeks I planted in my own vegetable field..."
"If I really let you use the Players to successfully slay the dragon, you could not only use Qin State’s battle achievements to lure Players over to Qin, but also greatly boost your prestige in the hearts of a large number of Players. This would be shaking my very foundations... In the end, this matter is also because this village chief failed to think it through."
With this thought, his arm muscles suddenly tensed with force, and he lifted his hand and hurled.
Buzz!——
The air violently quivered, shaken by that immense impact into erupting with a ring of grayish-white sonic cloud.
The He’s Jade Disc whooshed out in an instant for several thousand zhang, then with a thump started skimming across the distant sea surface, kicking up over a dozen nearly imperceptible splashes like a stone skipping on water, before finally sinking into the water.
After doing this, Jiang Dali rubbed his slightly dizzy forehead—dizziness caused by the loss of a Divine Fragment—then directly consumed three million Cultivation Points to restore the Power Realm that had started dropping due to the loss of that Divine Fragment.
Previously, in order to ensure the Divine Fragment had enough power to cooperate with Wan Wan in performing a Primordial Spirit Skill, he had split off as much as about twenty percent of his Divine Fragment.
And that twenty percent Divine Fragment, after performing the Primordial Spirit Skill together with Wan Wan, could unleash a Primordial Spirit Shock whose power was anything but ordinary—it was definitely not as simple as one plus one equaling two, but increased severalfold.
However, after that twenty percent of his Primordial Spirit was destroyed, the blow to him was also extremely heavy. If it were any other Returning to Truth Realm powerhouse, they would absolutely never take such a risk of splitting off a Divine Fragment in a desperate fight, damaging their own Cultivation foundation.
Yet for Jiang Dali, as long as he had enough Cultivation Points, the trouble of an unstable Power Realm caused by a destroyed Divine Fragment could be quickly resolved; naturally, he did not fear his Divine Fragment being destroyed.
At this moment, with the Mysterious Power born from the consumption of Cultivation Points, his entire body immediately felt comfortable, his Spirit became as calm as the deep sea, and the hidden pain from the Primordial Spirit injury also quietly disappeared.
Only then did he let out a breath of relief.
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Dali opened the Jianghu Forum and saw that Players had already started posting about the Azure Dragon being sent away by Xiao Feng. The videos in those posts even made him pause in surprise as he watched.
"Old Xiao’s actually this fierce now? These Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms seem to have been improved by him again... Looks like there are some traces of the Single Dragon Divine Skill in there. Right, Single Dragon Divine Skill..."
"That secret technique obtained from the Poison-Hand Mad Beggar Jin Shiyi has long been rumored in the Martial World to be the predecessor Martial Arts of the Beggar Gang’s Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Whether that’s true or not, just looking at Old Xiao’s Martial Arts now, it seems he’s already adjusted and optimized it himself to another level."
Jiang Dali was surprised, but not too shocked.
Xiao Feng was a born martial arts genius; even ordinary Martial Arts could be turned from rotten into miraculous in his hands. The Dragon Subduing Twenty-Eight Palm in his hands was refined by him into the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms best suited to himself, and from it he directly comprehended the Dragon Capturing Skill.
A normal Grand Ancestor Long Fist in his hands was practiced into the Grand Ancestor Divine Fist at the level of Divine Transformation, beating a crowd of Martial Arts Experts until they cried for their fathers and mothers.
That he could unleash extraordinary power after improving the stronger Single Dragon Divine Skill was only to be expected.
Sometimes even he had to admit that if not for his own hard work in harvesting leeks, purely in terms of martial arts talent, he was inferior to Xiao Feng.
Now that he knew the Azure Dragon was flying toward the East Sea, Jiang Dali immediately prepared to go meet it. After informing Hui Qi in the rear of his plan, he stomped with his foot on the still-galloping Demon Dragon, signaling it to turn around and head toward the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
Previously he had been searching for the Land of Catastrophe while waiting for a chance to intervene in the Dragon Slayer battle, waiting for a timing to rescue the Azure Dragon.
That timing could not be him rushing out as the sucker and making the first move.
He was convinced that the timing would definitely be stirred up by the Han Country or the Holy Dynasty. In any case, he absolutely could not allow Qin Shi Huang to lead the Players in actually slaughtering the Divine Dragon.
Now that he had seized the timing, and the Azure Dragon had successfully escaped, naturally he had to fully escort and take the Azure Dragon away, to prevent this stupid dragon from being locked on and killed across realms again by Qin Shi Huang using Breaking Realm Power.
As for the Land of Catastrophe...
He had searched for half a day earlier and still hadn’t found the exact location on the vast sea, and that strong malice he’d sensed earlier had also vanished suddenly. Jiang Dali had already decided to temporarily put the search on hold and continue after he’d intercepted the Azure Dragon.
Only Huiqi Monk was now wearing a bitter face, wanting to speak but stopping, merely sighing inwardly without persuasion.
That earlier bout of intensive searching by Jiang Dali had been clearly in his eyes; if it had been him searching for the Land of Catastrophe, he might not have been able to cover even a thousand miles of sea in a whole day—how could he be as efficient as the other?
Having spent so much time and effort searching an area of nearly ten thousand li, one could not say Jiang Dali hadn’t tried his best.
Now that the Azure Dragon had escaped, Jiang Dali going to intercept and protect this world’s only Divine Dragon Seed was also a great deed for the benefit of all under heaven. Matters have their priority; of course the Monk understood that this was the most rational Choice at the moment.
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An hour later.
With the Demon Dragon galloping at full speed, they crossed over three thousand kilometers just like that. In the distance, the clouds at Heaven’s Edge were torn apart; within the clouds, a faintly visible glimpse of scales filled with oppressive presence showed, revealing a long, snake-like winding black shadow, emanating waves of oppressive Dragon Power.
"Azure Dragon!"
Jiang Dali’s Spirit stirred, and he sprang up from the Ice Soul Jade Chair, tiger eyes gleaming as he stared at the Azure Dragon drawing ever closer in the distance.
"Divine Beast Azure Dragon!"
Hui Qi was likewise shocked as he stared at the colossal creature in the distance, holding his breath!
"Roar!"
The Demon Dragon let out a low roar of excited delight, speeding up as it twisted and soared, charging toward the Azure Dragon whose scales, under the sunlight, shone with a hard, green gleam, flaunting the Dragon Energy and joy coursing through its body, completely forgetting how it had earlier fled in fear of danger.
The Azure Dragon abruptly sensed the Dragon Energy radiating from the Demon Dragon’s body, and jolted awake from its semi-drowsy self-healing state. Its golden-black vertical pupils looked in wary confusion toward the Demon Dragon surging toward it, a low warning growl rumbling from its throat.
In its perception, the Dragon Energy exuding from the frolicking Demon Dragon nearby felt quite intimate and familiar, yet at the same time, the Orochi Poison Blood contained in the Demon Dragon’s veins gave it a faint sense of threat, as well as disgust and disdain, instinctively rejecting it.
Sensing the warning in the Azure Dragon’s roar, the Demon Dragon subconsciously slowed its flight, raising its head to let out a hissing whimper, like crying and complaining, its dragon head lowered, whiskers flying, looking utterly dejected and aggrieved.
"Azure Dragon! This village chief bears no ill will and has come to shelter you. If you trust me, then come away with me."
Jiang Dali immediately sent out a Spiritual Wave from his Primordial Spirit, while drawing out the Dragon Vein from his back and channeling a stream of Essence Qi into it to activate it.
In an instant, the vast Dragon Power released from the Dragon Vein, along with that ancient Emperor aura that suppressed and executed evil, made the Azure Dragon—long plagued by resentful thoughts—feel its Spirit relax and its whole body comfortable. It instinctively wanted to draw closer to this man holding the Dragon Vein, and the vigilance in its dragon eyes slowly faded.
It had already observed and sensed Jiang Dali’s Primordial Spirit aura, recognizing that Jiang Dali was the ally who had helped it earlier in opposing Qin Shi Huang.
And from the Great Strength Fire Qilin Saber on Jiang Dali’s back, plus the Dragon Vein in his hand, and the frequently wailing Demon Dragon, the not-so-dull Azure Dragon further deduced that the other side was friend, not foe. It relaxed its guard, let out a low roar, and its colossal body cut through the clouds as it dove closer.
Jiang Dali’s stern expression finally eased.
It was good that this Azure Dragon was willing to listen to human words; it saved him from having to immediately resort to violence, knocking this stupid dragon out and hauling it away. After all, this near-hundred-zhang colossus would be quite a chore to carry even for him.
But just then, a sudden upheaval erupted. In the sky between the two of them, the Void abruptly trembled, and a faint oppressive and irritable aura rippled outward, forming a ring of ripples.
"Breaking Realm!!"
"Not good! This fast?"
Jiang Dali and Hui Qi’s eyes shrank in unison, alarms blaring wildly in their minds.
The Azure Dragon was even more shocked, like a startled crayfish, its colossal body suddenly curling into a ball as it prepared to urgently evade danger...
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