Chapter 697 - 378: Annihilation! Dragon Palace
This change completely exceeded the expectations of the Sea-covering Demon Monarch, yet the reality unfolded before him, leaving a tremendous sense of defeat and unprecedented helplessness in his heart.
He could only watch as his fellow brothers died, unable to do anything and instead fleeing wildly like a dog with its tail between its legs.
The only reason for this was to carry the news back and plead for the Dragon Emperor to personally intervene to destroy this unprecedented enemy.
Otherwise, for the Flood Dragon Imperial Court, the consequences would be far more than just horrific.
He even briefly envisioned the inevitable catastrophic disaster that would befall the Flood Dragon Imperial Court in the future.
This was something he dared not imagine.
Meanwhile, on Zheng Yi’s side, his gaze grew colder. Forcefully driving the Immortal Slaying Sword Array exerted enormous mental pressure on himself, causing his emotions to be influenced by the sword array, trapping him in absolute calm, almost to the point of indifference.
The two sides were mortal enemies. Zheng Yi had no psychological barriers to killing three Nascent Soul Stage True Dragons. Instead, as the three dragons fell, his thoughts became clear, and both his divine soul and spiritual thought processes seemed to operate more smoothly.
Without saying a word, the Sea-covering Demon Monarch clenched his teeth, lacking the courage to even look back, driven solely by a desire to escape forward.
He raced desperately, with the peerless killing intent behind him casting a massive shadow over his mind, pinning him down, not daring to drop his guard for even a moment.
He hoped to convey the news back to the Flood Dragon Imperial Court as quickly as possible.
The dragon’s massive, undulating body moved endlessly; its claws waved, causing its blood to circulate rapidly, akin to rushing river waters, producing a ’splashing’ sound.
The Sea-covering Demon Monarch moved with lightning speed; a flick of the dragon’s tail placed him thousands of meters away, skimming over the sea surface, hastening towards the depths like a flash.
"Running further inward now?"
"Do you not understand the concept of ’distance as close as a breath, negligence brings proximity’s lesson’?!"
Zheng Yi spoke coldly, his Heart Spirit operating the Immortal Slaying Sword Array with absolute calm, akin to a god’s perspective. The consecutive slaying of three Nascent Soul Stage True Dragons had drained most of his divine soul.
The remaining mental energy was barely maintained, fully focused on the Sea-covering Demon Monarch. If he could finish off this last True Dragon, the karma could be initially resolved.
The great revenge would be fulfilled.
Watching the Sea-covering Demon Monarch flee further away, Zheng Yi considered the escalating cost of maintaining the Immortal Slaying Sword Array. He withdrew the Immortal Slaying Sword and looked at the rapidly moving dragon silhouette ahead, a deeper depth forming within his pupils.
The enormous sword array behind him felt as though its killing edge had suddenly dissipated, like maggots stuck to bone.
Realizing the opponent could not maintain such an enormous drain, the Sea-covering Demon Monarch felt slightly relaxed, but the boundless hatred in his eyes erupted instantly, swearing secretly in his heart.
Once the Dragon Emperor strikes, this vile person will be destroyed.
At that moment, he would beg to have the chance for the final strike himself.
He wished to dismember Zheng Yi piece by piece, burn his divine soul as a lamp, and torment for ten thousand years, never reincarnating.
Only then could today’s great vengeance be avenged!
It must be said, the world is unpredictable!
Back then, Zheng Yi was chased across this sea region by the Sea-covering Demon Monarch, leaving him with nowhere to flee.
The humiliating scene seemed to continuously flash before his eyes.
But now, circumstances have changed. The one now fleeing like a dog with its tail between its legs was tragically the Sea-covering Demon Monarch.
With a loud ’boom’, the sea surface burst open with a huge gap, as a massive hand suddenly rose from the sea bottom, two colossal hands converging like two towering mountains, harshly tyrannizing the fleeing Nascent Soul Stage True Dragon in the center.
In an instant, the terrifying force compressed the space, echoing sonic booms throughout the air.
Combining the powers of the Holy Spirit Stone Man and the Giant Spirit God, when unleashed, was terrifying beyond belief; a single strike seemed capable of annihilating entire space.
As an Innate Stone Spirit, the Holy Spirit Stone Man utilized the power of origin from the undersea mountain ranges — the massive, sky-blocking hands converged — carrying an overwhelming, suffocating force.
Without warning, the Sea-covering Demon Monarch had no chance to react, suddenly feeling the sky darken, the surface boiling, as enormous hands rose from the sea, enveloping his body.
"What?!"
Alert to a possible attack from the Isle Master Azure waves behind him, he never anticipated a third party at the critical moment.
Even more unimaginable was that the attack would originate from beneath the sea; the mountain ranges below erupted, forming towering stone pillars, the terrifying Holy Spirit hands looming, overwhelming, crushing from the center.
In an instant, the frightening power, akin to two enormous mountain ranges colliding, fiercely compressing the air, causing hollow explosions to echo.
Even as a Nascent Soul Stage-level True Dragon, the Sea-covering Demon Monarch felt momentarily blind, his heart pounding, expression taut.
His body grasped by monstrous Giant Power; the heavy force pressed down rapidly with no time to react and no escape options available.
Although a Nascent Soul Stage True Dragon’s body was exceptionally robust, its dragon scales indestructible, huge beyond measure — one of the oldest species of the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm, with one of the most powerful physiques — yet under this terrifying tidal force, it was impossible to remain unharmed.
In an instant, the thick scales shattered directly, and dragon blood poured out from the damaged cracks like a torrential downpour, filling the air with a thick scent of blood.
Boom boom!
Wails echoed through this sea region, that terrifying power increased once again, ruthlessly pressing towards the center.
Even as the Sea-covering Demon Monarch fought desperately, exerting all his strength, writhing his enormous True Dragon body, and madly ramming into those gigantic stone hands, unleashing a thunderous boom, he still couldn’t shake the mountain-like terrifying pressure in the slightest.
His two dragon eyes burst, seeping bright red blood, letting out one last despairing dragon’s roar to the sky, only able to watch as his enormous body began to deform under the pressure of the Holy Spirit Stone Embryo’s hands.
The black dragon scales snapped brittlely, unable to bear the weight, until the two gigantic stone palms completely merged and the wailing abruptly ceased.
It was completely over.
The painful dragon roar echoed over the sea region.
Those sea creatures, frenzied by the attraction of True Dragon blood and gathering madly, were also swept away by the chaotic aura, turning into dust.
On the entire chaotic and turbulent sea surface, there were no more signs of living beings. Some slightly more sensitive creatures, sensing that terrifying aura, though having an extreme thirst for dragon blood, were still frightened away, fleeing far away.
Only the giant hands of the Holy Spirit Stone Man remained, like two massive stone mills, suspended in the air, continually grinding, emitting the sound of bones breaking inch by inch.
When the Holy Spirit Stone Man’s hands stopped and separated, the body of the Sea-covering Demon Monarch they held at the center had completely deformed, crashing into the sea.
Blood dyed the vast ocean surface red, and the dragon blood, which was originally precious, drifted carefree with the ocean currents.
The enormous serpentine body became a bloody mess, its form and outline unclear, with some parts turned into a mass of pulp, even the dragon head was crushed and deformed.
Perhaps until his death, the Sea-covering Demon Monarch could never have imagined that he would fall in such an extreme and tragic manner.
It was indeed too tragic and heroic.
If the Sea-covering Demon Monarch had a choice, perhaps he would rather be decapitated by the Immortal Slaying Sword directly than to suffer such a miserable death.
Unfortunately, it was all too late.
From the moment he started to pursue Zheng Yi, the seeds of today’s karma were already sown.
Zheng Yi, with incredible means, directly slew four Flood Dragons of the Nascent Soul Level and completely crushed the chief culprit, the Sea-covering Demon Monarch, into a paste, thus avenging his great vendetta.
This time, it could be considered a complete success.
"I only want the Dragon Essence!"
"The remaining flesh and mud, let it be a gift to you all!"
Zheng Yi extended his hand, the Five-Colored Divine Light surged, and the Seven Treasures Marvelous Tree Staff suddenly appeared in his palm. With a casual sweep, much of the core essence from the Sea-covering Demon Monarch’s broken body was extracted.
Then, holding the Immortal Slaying Sword, he directly cleaved apart the dragon’s head, retrieving the nearly obliterated Dragon Soul within.
As for the other deformed, mud-like body parts, they weren’t of much use to him.
He cut away the useful parts, and the remainder he scattered into the sea, which could be considered as giving back to the waters where he grew.
"Time to head back!"
After slaying four Nascent Soul Stage True Dragons, Zheng Yi was also greatly exhausted. Transforming into a trail of golden light, he vanished from the spot.
After a brief period, he found an island.
On a small mountain on the island, he sat cross-legged.
After regaining his breath, he set off back to Azure waves Island.
...
Meanwhile.
In the depths of the East Origin Sea Region, at the end of a stretch of undersea mountain range constructions, within an undersea palace.
This was the Flood Dragon Imperial Court’s Undersea Dragon Palace, the main base of the Dragon Court.
The entire Dragon Palace was abnormally huge, with various palaces of different styles built atop the undersea abyss, presenting completely different forms.
This Undersea Dragon Palace was not originally the ancestral land of the Flood Dragon Race.
It was, in fact, an ancient site passed down from the East Sea Dragon Palace, that had not been completely abandoned even after countless ages.
Later, the Pure-blooded True Dragon Race of this realm suffered a great catastrophe, their numbers dwindled, and the survivors migrated out of this realm, never to be heard from again.
On the basis of the ruins, the now-evolved Flood Dragon Race re-established their dominion, reconstructing grand buildings and palace complexes over millennia, ultimately becoming what it is today.