The Inverted Dragon’s Scale Chapter 522-526

Chapter 522: Dragon came from afar!

Living, this word transcends all the norms and codes of the world. 

Lu Lin felt Li Muyang's hesitation.

 He knew that what he said is exactly what he was worried about.

 He was chased by countless cultivators, fled in a wounded state, and before his injuries had recovered, he had come to Wind City to save his parents and family——All he wanted was it not just to let his parents and families live, let them live well? 

 If he dies, then his parents and family were all going to die. It was impossible for even Li Muyang to escape the combined a.s.sault of those people and they will be buried with him.

 Li Muyang was not a fool; he knew well what choice he had to make. 

 "Li Muyang, you're an intelligent man, you've concealed yourself very well before, you know what choice to make——I don't want to die, and you don't want to see your family die. Isn't that right? Put me down, and I'll take you to your parents. Also General Xuda and the others who escorted them here, I can leave them all to you."

 "My father only has one son, and in order to protect my life, he would be willing to accept any of your demands——Whatever you need, just talk to him——Li Muyang, let's make a deal——" "

 "Li Muyang, let's forget about the matter today——life is more important——Li Muyang——"——

 The more Lu Lin spoke, the more nervous he was, and the more nervous he was the more he wanted to convince Li Muyang. 

 Originally he thought that he could persuade Li Muyang with reasoning and move him with emotion. He thought that Li Muyang would certainly accept his deal that no one will have to die.

 However, he found that Li Muyang's face did not relax in the slightest, instead there was a mocking expression spreading across his face. 

 And his eyes——his eyes were like those of a beast, chilling and full of killing intent, blood tumbling inside. There wasn't any intent to compromise or negotiate, nor was there the slightest mercy.

 "He's going to kill me." Lu Lin thought. His body tensed up, heart violently pounding non-stop.

 "You are making a deal me?" Li Muyang hissed. The voice was biting-cold and ruthless, mixed with a hint of ridicule. 

 "Yes. I think——it's a win-win situation." Lu Lin finally let go of his young master's pride, let go of all his arrogance, and also let go off the backbone and self-respect that a human should have. "Li Muyang, in your eyes, I am just an ordinary human being, no, just a small ant——I cannot do any harm to you. When we first met, from the way you looked at me I already knew that you don't attach any importance to me."

 "Li Muyang, your opponent is my father, the cultivators and senior generals around my father——It was they who decided to betray the Lu family after consultation. It was they who surrendered to the Song family and the Imperial family for their own benefit. They imprisoned your parents and family——These things have nothing to do with me. I have done nothing." 

 "If you bring me to make a deal with Lu Wuyong, he's going to be in pain and struggle——but in the end he will have to agree to all your demands——isn't that what you want? Li Muyang, look, I really have nothing, why stain yourself with the blood of someone like me?"  

 "I'll also make a deal with you too." Li Muyang's voice was icy-cold, without a trace of human emotion.  

 "What deal?" Lu Lin exclaimed in joy. He thought that there was finally a turnaround, and Li Muyang was finally willing to compromise.  

 "Do you want me to break your neck or sever your legs?" 

 "Li Muyang——" He didn't expect the 'deal' that Li Muyang mentioned was to make him make such a difficult choice. In other words, despite his persuasion for half a day, he had not listened to any of the words he had said.

 If his neck was broken he would die, if his legs were chopped off then he would live no better than dead.

 "Li Muyang, you don't——"

 "If you don't want to choose, then I'll choose for you." Li Muyang said out loudly. 

 "s.h.i.+nian——Miss s.h.i.+nian——" Lu Lin wailed. As the son of the Lord of Wind City, as a huge branch of the Lu clan, how many times in his life had he been threatened like this before? When had he ever been through such torment? "Miss s.h.i.+nian, save me——considering my kindness to you these days, considering my hospitality, considering that I didn't kill you, please say a word for me——Miss s.h.i.+nian——" 

 Lu Lin sobbed, begging Li s.h.i.+nian constantly.

"Do you think you can summon someone here by shouting like this?" Li Muyang sneered: "I've put up a sound barrier in this room, no one else can hear your scream——"

 Li s.h.i.+nian had already quickly dressed herself, tied the waistband, and was ferociously staring at Lu Lin with infinite hatred: "Lu Lin, during these days, I was indeed grateful to you, because you did not directly kill me like the bad guys I know, did not kill my parents——because I know that, there is hope as long as I am alive. I know that it's possible——it's possible that our family can be reunited one day and we can live together happily again. That was what motivated me to hold on in these days."

 "But then the situation changed dramatically, the Lu family collapsed, Grandpa Lu died, my brother was described by you guys as a dragon, and then was hunted down——I know, you kept us here to lure my brother over, you set up a net here to kill my brother, and then kill us all——" 

 "I've begged you countless times to kill me——but you had the illusion that I'm going to compromise to the cruel reality, or obey to your abuse of power——Lu Lin, I only have hatred towards you and towards your family."

 "If you and your father had not made that stab in the back, how would the situation come to this? If it wasn't for you guys——how would the Lu family collapse? How would Grandpa Lu die in battle? And Aunt Gongsun and Tianyu——how would their whereabouts be a mystery? It is unknown whether they would survive——"

 Li s.h.i.+nian sobbed, tears falling like rain.

 She had spent a long period of time in Tiandu, and had developed a deep relations.h.i.+p with the Lu family. In particular, Gongsun Yu took great care of her and treated her as her daughter. Lu Tianyu at the beginning only wanted to play tricks on her but after Li s.h.i.+nian saved him, he was obedient and respectful towards Li s.h.i.+nian. 

 Thinking of the little fatty who would bring fresh melon and fruits over to her every day was being chased and possibly killed——

 Li s.h.i.+nian felt her heart being pierced by a knife. 

 Why did two good families become like this?

 Li s.h.i.+nian's heart was full of hatred. She hated all the people and things that took away her quiet and peaceful life, and her everything. 

 "If my brother had not arrived in time, I would have been a.s.saulted by you. I would have been more miserable than dead——Lu Lin, you still have the face to ask me to speak for you? You still have the face to say you treated me with kind hospitality?" 

 "Miss s.h.i.+nian, Li s.h.i.+nian, save my life, I am willing to be a slave to repay you——" Lu Lin howled sorrowfully. 

 "Break your neck, or you chop off your legs——have you decided?" 

 "Li Muyang——" 

"Then I'll choose to break your neck." Li Muyang's began to exert force to his grip on Lu Lin's neck. 

  "Leg. I pick my legs——" while still able to speak, Lu Lin shouted.

 If his neck was broken, he would be dead. 

 If his legs were chopped off, although his life would be miserable, he would still be alive——

Li Muyang, after a thought, said aloud: "I don't think you made the right choice."  

 As he was speaking, he hurled Lu Lin's body into the air. 

 Then, grabbing Lu Lin's hand in one hand and his foot in the other, he forcefully pulled in opposite directions. 

 Kacha—— 

 Blood splashed, flesh splattered. 

 Lu Lin's body was torn in half, before he was tossed to the ground. 

 His face, hands, and clothes were covered in blood. 

"Brother——" Li s.h.i.+nian was frozen where she was, staring at Li Muyang with a horrified expression.

 Li Muyang grinned at her, "When I saw what he tried to do to you, I had already thought what to do——" 

 "Brother——" Li s.h.i.+nian's tears fell like rain, pouncing over to hug Li Muyang. "Brother——"

 "In order to save Mother and Father, I did hesitate for a moment, but I decided to do it in the end——because if the bad guys go unpunished, the good guys will live very differently." 

 "Yes yes——" Li s.h.i.+nian nodded frantically, tears streaming down her cheeks.  "

 "Don't cry, don't cry——" Li Muyang felt his lapel soaked in tears, which was warmer than Lu Lin's blood that splashed onto his body. "Don't cry, you know, growing up, I am most afraid of you crying——"

 "I won't cry." Li s.h.i.+nian's face was buried in Li Muyang arms, shaking her head frantically, she said: "I won't cry. We'll go save Father and Mother——I don't know where they are being locked up, they didn't keep us together——"  —"

"Don't worry." Li Muyang gently patted Li s.h.i.+nian's shoulder, and comforted, "As long as they are alive, I can certainly save them."  

"Unless I die." 

Li Muyang didn't say this out loud. 

 His physical condition made it hard for him to be optimistic. 

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In the stone chamber, there was a small stone coffin.

 On top of the stone coffin plate was an instrument made of unknown ore that was shaped like a wine bottle. 

The instrument was adorned with various symbols, as well as depictions of mountains, turtles, birds, and animals. The instrument was attached to eight giant lions, each with a silver bead in its mouth.

 Facing the lions' mouths were eight toads squatting on the ground, each with their head lifted up, mouth opened wide, ready to receive the silver bead. 

 —— Clang——

 Following a loud clank, the silver bead in the mouth of the lion on the southeast side fell after a violent shaking. 

 Swoosh—— 

 The toad below leaped up, mouth widening and swallowed the silver bead into its stomach. 

 Gudong—— 

 With a deeply satisfying belch, the golden toad crouched back where it was.  

 "Isn't it a delight to have a dragon come from afar?" A bearded elder who was resting opened his eyes and stared at the place where the silver bead fell, twirling his beard and smiled. 

Chapter 523: Eight stars fall to the ground!

"Don't put on an act before me." An icy-cold voice came from the depths of the stone chamber. In a place where the light could not s.h.i.+ne stood a man whose whole body was wrapped in a black robe, and was shrouded in darkness all over. His body was hazy, like a malicious spirit from the underworld. "Who doesn't know that little dragon has reached Wind city, do we need your little toads there to play the trick of catching b.a.l.l.s?"

"The guy unable to see people, what qualifications do you have to criticise my instrument that can measure the seasonal winds and the movements of the Earth?" The bearded old man said with a sneer. "If you can keep that evil dragon here, why did you invite me from my Heavenly Blanket Mountain? Since you said you know that the little dragon has arrived, then why are you still standing here? The dragon is here, where is the dragon?" 

Why should I explain what I do to others? I go where I want, and I stay where I want. What can you do to me?" The icy-cold voice was increasingly ear-piercing.

"Then go, what are you doing here with me? This is my resting place, it is the location of my instrument, why are you here?" 

"State teachers, state teachers." A man in silk robes came in with a smile, "I can hear your argument from afar. You are the King of the Ghost region and you are the Earth Immortal of Heavenly Blanket Mountain. Both of you are well known across the Divine Continent. How can you let the trifling matter of a little dragon affect your good relations.h.i.+p?" 

Next to the shadow sat a dark-clothed, black-haired, cold and gloomy youngster on the ground with his eyes closed. He opened his eyes and nodded at the man dressed in a silk robe: "Uncle." 

"I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you lately?" The man in the silk robe smiled and greeted the black-clothed youngster. 

"Good." The black-clothed youngster responded with one word before he closed his eyes again. On his crossed legs was a strange, dark, slender sword. 

"It was that ghostly thing who insulted people first."

"Gong Zhouyi, you think I don't dare to take your life?" 

"There is naturally n.o.body that the Ghost King doesn't dare to kill, but whether you can kill is another matter."

"You dare look down on me?" 

"You're too arrogant." 

"I am going to test whether you have really reached the Earth immortal realm." 

"I also want to know if the King of the Ghost Region deserves his reputation." 

Inside the shadow, the black wind was howling. 

On top of the stone coffin, the eight golden toads croaked disorderly, eyes glowing red.

"State teachers, don't get aggravated. We gathered here in preparation for the arrival of that evil dragon. Now that the dragon has arrived the two state teachers are fighting because of a little misunderstanding. If the evil dragon escapes, n.o.body will dare blame the two state teachers, but Bolai's punishment will be severe." The man in a silk robe gave a cupped fist salute to the two men, "Can you give a little face to Bolai?" 

Hearing the silk-robed man say this, the black wind subsided, the golden toads quieten down, no longer croaking incessantly. 

Yan Bolai came to the shadow to give a deep bow: "Thank you, Lord." 

And then bowed deeply to the bearded old man. "Thank you, Lord Earth immortal." 

It was only then that Gong Zhouyi's expression eased a little, looking at Yan Bolai, he said: "City Lord Yan, since this matter is overseen by you then we should listen to the order. This instrument, which can measure the seasonal winds and the movements of the Earth, can glimpse into the secrets of the world, imagine the big from the small, and observe the great dragon from the tiniest place. As long as that little dragon comes, he can't escape from my detector instrument. The detector ball fell from the southeast corner just now, indicating that the dragon had come from the southeast. There the dragon qi had broken the balance of s.p.a.ce, which suggests the dragon had already fought with someone and his killing intent is ignited. Otherwise, the dragon qi would not have leaked, the essential qi would not have leaked, the detector ball inside the lion's mouth of the instrument would not have fallen." 

"The detector instrument is a treasure of the divine continent, and the information it monitors is naturally true." Yan Bolai smiled. "The evil dragon's sister, Li s.h.i.+nian, is being held there, he must have went to save his sister first." 

"His parents are in the stone chamber behind us, but we have deliberately set up a barrier here, so that he cannot sense their presence." Gong Zhouyi looked at Yan Bolai, saying: "If that evil dragon cannot detect traces of his parents, or mistakenly thinks that his parents are dead, wouldn't he go and escape?" 

"No," Yan Bolai answered with a smile. "Lord Earth immortal has forgotten that Li Muyang is from my Jiangnan city. I am acquainted with him and know a lot about him. He is tough, fierce and determined; he will not give up until his goal is reached. The reason why we hid his parents here is to increase the difficulty of his search, to increase the realness of the drama. If you hide them in a place that can be seen at a glance, he most likely will hesitate to come forward, isn't that right?"

"They're creating disturbance outside the city just to get the attention of people like Lu Wuyong. But what they do not know is that, besides Lu Wuyong, we still have the Ghost King immortal and Earth Immortal here." 

"I'm not an immortal." The voice from the shadow sounded again, as ear-piercing as before. "Those who pretend to be an immortal are all liars. How would there be immortals on this world? I am a ghost, a malicious ghost who specialises in taking the life of humans." 

"Yes, yes, Lord Ghost King please don't get angry." Yan Bolai came to the shadow and bowed apologetically once again. "Ghost King is the King of the Ghost Region, but also a Starry Sky cultivator who Bolai extremely respects." 

"When will that little dragon come? I want to kill him soon, to avoid neglecting today's practice."

"He should be here soon?" Yan Bolai said. 

He knew that the idiot son of Lu Wuying was very friendly towards Li s.h.i.+nian and goes to see her everyday. 

If Li Muyang had really gone to save his little sister first, then the first thing he do will be to suppress Lu Lin. Once Lu Lin is in that boy's hand, it will be a very simple task to ask for the whereabouts of his parents.

Presumably he will feel much safer with an answer obtained from taking a life? 

When that boy breaks into this place, even if he has wings, there is no way he can escape. 

The world is a chessboard, and everybody are chess pieces. 

Everyone is someone else's p.a.w.n.

Of course, Yan Bolai wanted to be an exception. 

A strong gust of wind swept in and the huge stone-walled door was smashed to pieces. 

In the midst of howling wind, a white figure charged straight to where Earth Immortal Gong Zhouyi was sitting on the stone coffin.

At the same time, countless sword lights burst out from the shadow, shrouding the entire stone chamber. 

The black-clothed youngster on the ground had unknowingly leapt into the air, the Ghost vessel sword in his hand flashed out its sheath, slas.h.i.+ng through the air in an unstoppable manner in the direction of the white figure.

Earth immortal Gong Zhouyi lifted his head up, a cold smile twisted his lips: "stupid bug, overestimated your ability." 

As he was speaking, he raised his hand into the air, and the eight golden toads on the coffin were swept up, tightly surrounding the white figure. 

An inescapable net, an ambush on eight sides. 

The white figure was encircled. 

Kacha——

Countless sword qi slashed the white figure, slicing it into countless pieces. 

Black-clad youngster Cui Jianxin directly aimed a sword strike to the head of the white figure. 

Each of the eight golden-yellow toads dragged a piece of minced flesh, and began to chew satisfiedly, as though it had not eaten in a long time. 

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

Piece after piece of limbs fell to the ground. 

The rays of sword light that shot from the shadow had vanished, the black-clad youngster had sat back on the ground, and the eight golden toads similarly returned to their original position, mouth wide ready to catch the silver beads that might fall from the lion's mouth at any time. 

Only Yan Bolai did not move. 

He sat where he was, looking at this mutilated limbs on the ground, and said loudly: "Li Muyang, since you have come, then show yourself. Your parents are right behind this stone wall."

The doorway was dazzling and the cold wind soughed through the gaps. 

No one responded. 

"What? Scared? Did you not pour your dragon qi into the body of the puppet and hurled it in to attract everyone's attention? Now everyone is waiting for you, why are you avoiding seeing us? Don't you want to save your parents?" 

Besides the whistling wind, there was dead silence outside the stone chamber.  

"Didn't expect Li Muyang to be a coward, killing a person like him would just be dirtying my sword." The shrill voice sounded again from the shadow.  

Next to the shadow, the black-robed youngster clasped the Ghost Vessel Sword in a tight grip and stared sharply at the entrance mouth to the stone chamber. Because the stone door was smashed, there were shafts of light flowing in from there. The youngster who had been living in the Ghost Region for many years, was accustomed to life without daylight, and was somewhat repulsed at light.

A ball in the lion's mouth erupted in a blaze of silvery light, while a golden toad on the ground leapt up all of a sudden, swallowing the silver ball into its stomach.

Clang—- 

The several other light b.a.l.l.s were similarly blazing with silvery light, the several golden toads on the ground leapt up one after another, swallowing the light b.a.l.l.s into their stomach. 

Soon, all eight b.a.l.l.s of light in the lion's mouth had fallen and swallowed into the stomachs of the golden toads.

Rumble! 

The copper instrument that was like a wine goblet begun to rotate, wisps of silvery light beaming out. 

The bearded old man, looking at the earth-movement detector instrument before him, laughed coldly: "eight stars fell to the ground, the King has descended. Unexpected, unexpected, I didn't expect the one to come to be the King of the Dragon Clan."

Chapter 524: Create a diversion!

Kacha—- 

Kacha—- 

Kacha—-

It was the sound of shoes crunching into the snow. 

Crisp, clean, and with a never-going-back decisiveness.

All eyes were gathered on the hole in the stone chamber, waiting for the arrival of the evil dragon. His father and mother were behind the stone wall, thus he had no other choice.

Of course, had no one carefully thought over why the evil dragon would sacrifice his life to rescue his parents?

After all, in their eyes, those two should just be two small insignificant human beings, food that should be eaten. This was completely not in line with the image of the evil dragon.

They had tarnished his reputation, made up all kinds of stories about the evil dragon, but they were the one who used his parents and other people as bait, and laid out an inescapable net to kill him.

History books are written by the victors, and so is justice. 

Kacha— 

Kacha—– 

The sound was getting closer and closer, and the light at the hole was obscured by a dark shadow. 

Then a white shadow appeared on the edge of the hole. 

It was a girl, a pretty girl in a long dress. 

Everyone looked at the girl flabbergasted. Why is she here? 

This was the mountain cave of the City Lord's residence. A secret place where they had put up a restriction barrier.

Shouldn't it be the black dragon Li Muyang? Why is a delicate little girl instead?  

"Li s.h.i.+nian." Yan Bolai glowered at the girl in long dress at the mouth of the cave, his voice icy-cold: "Where is Li Muyang?"

"Are you looking for my brother?" Li s.h.i.+nian smiled, a flash of ridicule and hatred in her eyes. 

"Li Muyang don't dare to come see us, so told you to come?" Yan Bolai sneered, "What's the use of you coming here? Can you save your parents alone?" 

"Who says I'm here alone?" Li s.h.i.+nian grinned. 

"Where is Li Muyang?" The black-robed youngster Cui Jianxin fumed. He hated communicating with people and even more hated them talking nonsense. 

He hated everything except the long sword in his hand. 

There was a sudden resounding boom, and the whole mountain was trembling. 

It was quickly followed by another loud rumble. The cave trembled even more and boulders tumbled down. 

The stone wall cracked, and even inside the stone chamber were rocks whirling everywhere. 

Everybody present were top cultivators. All kinds of powerful qi and light s.h.i.+eld were operated right away, deflecting the rocks that were shooting over.

"Li Muyang is behind the stone mountain." Yan Bolai's face was dark with rage. 

"He wants to knock down the entire stone mountain, he wants to bury everyone here." 

"That boy is so hateful. If he falls in the hands of I, Ghost King, I will be sure to make him feel pain worse than death." 

Yan Bolai's eyes grew fierce, leaping up and darted towards the cave entrance where Li s.h.i.+nian was standing

No matter what motive Li Muyang had, no matter what kind of tricks he will make, if Yan Bolai first captured his sister Li s.h.i.+nian then he will be in an invincible position. 

Only Li Muyang would be careless enough to let his Little Sister who he had just rescued to appear at the entrance of the stone chamber alone.  

Yan bolai's movements were incredibly fast, his body like a bolt of lightning. 

The place was within easy reach.

He opened up his iron claws, like a strong eagle trying to capture Li s.h.i.+nian, the little rabbit that stood there at a loss because of fear. 

The eagle was seizing the rabbit, shouldn't the rabbit have this reaction of being unable to move? 

Yan Bolai's body was blasted away.

In front of Li s.h.i.+nian stood another youngster. 

Li Muyang s.h.i.+elded Li s.h.i.+nian behind him, staring viciously at all the people in the stone chamber. 

Yan Bolai reeled back from the force, and it was a while before he steadied himself again. 

Pff—–

He felt a sweet taste before a mouthful of blood spurted out. 

"Too careless." Yan Bolai thought to himself. "I've been hunting the goose all this time but didn't expect to be blinded by the goose. The mountain is still rumbling incessantly from the tremendous impact, why did Li Muyang suddenly appear in front of us?"

Yan Bolai wanted to seize Li s.h.i.+nian as a hostage, but did not expect Li Muyang to be hiding beside her just to strike him unguarded.

In that case, who was the person that kept hitting the rock mountain? 

It was not a person who struck the rock mountain, it was just a dog.  

When Song Gudu activated 'The Great Daylight', the Wolf King and s...o...b..ll both sensed the powerful flow of energy, and their animal instincts urged them to head to the distance to avoid it. And Li Muyang, who was in an attacking state, was directly struck by 'The Great Light', and lost consciousness. As a result, he lost communication with s...o...b..ll.

Later, Li Muyang was dragged into the Cloud piercing lark, and the wolf and dog couldn't find Li Muyang.

It wasn't until Li Muyang regained consciousness, and established a connection with s...o...b..ll, that the wolf and dog these two little companions found Li Muyang again.

Worried that his infiltration into Wind city would inadvertently alert the enemy, or that his traces of essential qi would be discovered, Li Muyang thought to first let s...o...b..ll swallow him into its stomach until they find Li s.h.i.+nian.  

This was also the reason why Earth immortal Gong Zhouyi's instrument failed to produce a reaction in response to the dragon's arrival when Li Muyang first entered the City Lords residence.

Because all the movements and action of s...o...b..ll were only fluctuations of water elements. No matter how mysterious the earth-detecting instrument was, there was no way it can perceive the Heart of the Weak Water. It was even more impossible for it to distinguish between the water elements and the flowing water outside.  

Now, the son of the Red Moon, Wolf King, was being summoned by Li Muyang to strike the stone mountain with his head.  

Thud—-

Again and again. 

Tragic and dutiful.  

Yan Bolai wiped away the bloodstain in the corner of his mouth then uttered in a low voice: "Li Muyang, I didn't expect the boy from Jiangnan City to know how to use the tactic of creating a diversion." 

 Li Muyang fixed a vicious stare at Yan Bolai, saying in a cold voice: "City Lord Yan, long time no see." 

"You're not the person hitting the mountain outside? You have an accomplice?" 

"Who doesn't have a few brothers who will live or die together with them?" Li Muyang remarked loudly. "As long as there isn't something wrong with that person's character."

"Haha, who doesn't have a few brothers who will live or die together with you'. Young people are indeed hot-blooded, it really is envious." Yan Bolai laughed. "But today I'd like to see if anyone wants to be the brother who will live or die together with you." 

"Pfff."

s...o...b..ll timely spat out a bubble in response to this sentence. 

Chapter 525: King of the Ghost Region! 

"Pff——" 

"Pff——" 

"Pff——" 

s...o...b..ll's performance was cute and eye-catching.   

Everyone expected it to look ugly because of its ident.i.ty as the Heart of Weak Water——if it's ugly then people may even more acknowledge it as the legendary Heart of Weak Water, but because it looked like this, many people had doubts regarding its ident.i.ty.

How could there be such a cute divine weapon in the Divine Continent? What combat strength would such a cute little rabbit have?

s...o...b..ll's timely appearance was as though in response to the Lord of Jiangnan City Yan Bolai's sentence 'today I'd like to see if anyone wants to be the brother who will live or die together with you'. 

Yan Bolai did not find s...o...b..ll cute at all.  

"You're Li Muyang?" The black-robed youngster asked out loudly, staring intently at Li Muyang and his tone of voice without a trace of human emotion. In his eyes, Li Muyang is a pig, a dog, a demon that can be slaughtered by anyone. 

"Who are you?" Li Muyang asked.  

"Cui Jianxin." 

"A person of the Cui family?" Li Muyang's voice grew colder. "But it doesn't matter, it's not going to be the first time I kill someone of the Cui family." 

"Cui Zhaoren was killed by you, because he is not as skilled as others. He deserves it." Cui Jianxin stated in a cold voice. "Cui Zhaoren's actions will only bring shame upon the Cui family and bring an ineradicable stain. Only when the Cui family kills you, can they wash away that shame and erase the stain." 

"Truly——cruel and unscrupulous." Li Muyang sneered. "You all say I'm an evil dragon, and now look, who is more like an evil race? Who says 'deserves it' to your dead brother——If the Dragons are so vicious, then you, Cui Jianxin, you are 100,000 times more evil than the Dragon."

"The people of the Ghost Region have long viewed themselves as a ghost. What else do they care about?" Cui Jianxin stated coldly. 

Che—— 

He unsheathed the sword in his hand. The sword was slender, the sword body bent like a snake, and the blade was enveloped in black qi.

Just by observing its appearance, there was an eerie and sinister aura hitting one's face. It made one tense up all of a sudden, their hair standing on their ends and a chill running down their spine. 

Li s.h.i.+nian's feeling was the most intense. When she saw the sword, her hands and feet turned icy-cold, like all the blood in her body had frozen solid.

Li Muyang took a step forward, s.h.i.+elding Li s.h.i.+nian behind him. 

Then he looked directly at the long sword in Cui Jianxin's hand. 

"The Ghost Vessel Sword, one of the three famous swords of the Ghost Region? It is said to be strengthened with tens of thousands of ghosts, containing the forces of evil. You seem to have killed a lot of people in the Ghost Region, is that right?" 

"In the Ghost Region, those who live are people, and all the dead are ghosts." Cui Jianxin raised his long sword into the air, laughing grimly, "without killing tens of thousands of ghosts, how could I refine this Ghost Vessel Sword?" 

As Cui Jianxin was speaking, his body had already turned into a phantom.

By the time one notice that Cui Jianxin had moved, the s.p.a.ce in front was already fluctuating, and a beam of biting cold sword qi was directly aiming for the top of the head. 

Swoosh——

Li Muyang did not block but rushed in at great speed towards the inside of the stone chamber.

He clenched one hand into a fist. 

Rumble—— 

A bolt of lightning shot to the sky. 

Frighten Dragon Fist! 

Kacha—— 

The fist qi of the Frighten Dragon Fist and the sword qi of Ghost Vessel Sword collided in the air. One black and one white, two substance-like body of qi fought endlessly, crackling and booming in the air. 

Bang—— 

The two gushes of powerful force exploded, blooming blinding white light. 

When Li Muyang punched out, his body already darted into the stone chamber. The Art of Traveling through Clouds and Summoning Rain was displayed to its fullest. 

The black-clothed youngster gave a cold roar, before he chased after with the black-qi-shrouded Ghost Vessel Sword once again. 

While Li Muyang was chased by Cui Jianxin, Yan Bolai took the opportunity to rush over to where Li s.h.i.+nian was. 

He thought to capture Li s.h.i.+nian again, in order to threaten Li Muyang to surrender. 

However, before he was halfway there, that d.a.m.n s...o...b..ll who only knows how to act cute opened its small mouth and inhaled——drawing Li s.h.i.+nian into its stomach.

Enraged, Yan Bolai clenched both hands into fists, blazing with violet-coloured flames. 

Flame Fist! 

The Yan's family handed down martial arts technique was refined from the Cui family's 'Incineration of three lives technique'. It is said that the ancestors of the Cui and Yan family were extremely close, trained and cultivated together. Finally, the ancestor of the Cui family founded the 'Incineration of three lives technique', and the ancestors of the Yan family, whose apt.i.tude was not as good, was inspired by the 'Incineration of three lives technique' to create the 'Flame Fist'. 

The Flame Fist and the 'Incineration of three lives technique' shared the same origin, but also had its own originality. It was just that the combat strength of Flame Fist was not as terrifying as the 'Incineration of three lives technique'. 

It is precisely because of the martial arts, the Yan family had always been the va.s.sal of the Cui family. Until now, the two had maintained a relations.h.i.+p related by marriage.  

Yan Bolai's double fists roared out, violet flames were seen blazing as two fireb.a.l.l.s launched in the direction of s...o...b..ll, incinerating everything along the way.

s...o...b..ll did not evade not dodge, but opened its mouth wide to swallow the two fireb.a.l.l.s into the stomach.

"Gudong——" 

There came a clear and resounding swallowing sound from it's throat. 

Perhaps these two flames came too swiftly and too fiercely, s...o...b..ll's eyes turned over, grimacing with pain. 

Soon, s...o...b..ll pretended that nothing had happened, and again blew out bubbles at Yan Bolai.

"Pff——" 

Yan Bolai gnashed his teeth with hatred, but couldn't do anything to this little guy.

Water suppresses fire. It was impossible for his family's handed down technique, Flame Fist to be displayed fully in front of this little dog formed from water elements. 

Because no matter how many essential yuan were transformed into raging flames, the little dog will eventually swallow it.

How can the fire of man fight against a natural source of water? 

Yan Bolai felt he was restrained to the point of death. 

If only his cultivation base was higher than s...o...b..ll, or that his raging flames had transformed into the purest heavenly fire. Only then he can bring unignorable damage to s...o...b..ll—— 

How can he directly transform the essential yuan into the heavenly fire that can incinerate everything without reaching the ninth stage and eighteenth level of the Flame Fist?

The cultivation of martial arts relies on 99 percent of sweat plus one percent of talent. 

The people of the Divine continent only remember the previous sentence, but do not know that there is another sentence that follows: that one percent of talent is more important than the 99 percent of sweat. 

The Heart of Weak Water, who was born to be able to swallow the world's water source, is composed of the purest mother water elements.  Such things were impossible for cultivators like him.

"Shameless little child." In the great shadows, the voice of the Ghost King was extremely piercing. "What kind of hero only evade and hide? If you are the heir of the dragon clan, then wouldn't you be a disgrace to your famous ancestors? If you're that good then why don't you play a game with my disciple. I would like to see whether the half divine body of the dragon is more powerful or the training in the bitter sea of my Ghost Region is better——"

Li Muyang simply sped ahead, paying no attention to the Ghost King's remark. 

He knew what his strengths are and what his intentions are. 

Now, all he can do is stall for as much time as possible—— 

Even if he really wanted to have a battle with Cui Jianxin, it must be when no outsider is present.

Li Muyang had long guessed that there were inescapable nets laid out in Wind City to capture him, but he had no idea that they would invite the Earth Immortal Gong Zhouyi and the King of the Ghost region and his disciple here——"

He had long been heard that there was a genius in the Cui family who was rejected by Starry Sky, and in a fit of anger, entered into the Ghost Region. What was even more unexpected was that the young man had actually become a disciple of the Ghost King.  

Li Muyang only a dog and a wolf on his side, at least that's what it seems on the surface. 

And on the enemy side there was the City Lord of Jiangnan City Yan Bolai, the Earth Immortal Gong Zhouyi, and the Ghost King and his disciple——Li Muyang felt he was at a disadvantageous position. 

But he had to fight no matter whether he could win or not.

As long as he could find a suitable way to fight, who can guarantee that he wouldn't be the final victor? 

The Earth Immortal Gong Zhouyi, who was similarly infuriated by Li Muyang's actions, flung his sleeve and recited a mantra, waiting for the eight golden toads on the earth-detecting instrument to leap up. In pairs, they began to crowd around Li Muyang.

More importantly, they were originally only the size of a palm, but as they were circling in the air, as though their body had blown up, suddenly they expanded dozens of times. Each golden toad had become the size of a lion dog.

Black-clothed youngster Cui Jianxin was slas.h.i.+ng his sword behind him, while the eight golden toads besieged him from all directions. The s.p.a.ce that Li Muyang could move within the Stone chamber suddenly became extremely narrow and limited.

Kacha——

The black-clothed youngster's Ghost Vessel Sword was sharp and unusual, and each sword strike he launched had a great destructive effect on the stone chamber.

The solid stones, like huge pieces of tofu, were sliced by his sword again and again.

Rumble—— 

Inside the stone chamber, there was another violent vibration. 

A golden symbol drifted past in the air, before flas.h.i.+ng and vanished.  

Yan Bolai's countenance changed greatly, yelling, "We've been tricked. This boy deliberately lured us to fight in the stone chamber, in order to make us break the restriction barrier in the stone chamber that we set up ourselves——" 

When the restriction barrier disappears, others can free his parents who were imprisoned behind the stone walls. 

This was why Li Muyang was circling in the stone room and kept on fighting. 

What he needed was time. 

What he needed was to break the barrier. 

As expected, beneath the ground of the Stone Mountain was a huge pangolin waiting outside the stone wall, motionless, as if dead. 

However, on closer inspection, one will find that the pangolin was made of wood. It had a sharp mouth made of wood, a wooden head, and wooden claws. Perhaps because the time to build it was too short or its master had done a sloppy job, there was only one eye and where the nose should be there was only a small dark hole. It looked incredibly ugly.

When the stone mountain quaked and the golden glow scattered around, the proud laugh of a fatty sounded from within the Pangolin.

"The barrier is broken, and now is the time for you to show your might." The fatty roared loudly. "Golden Pangolin, let's fight." 

He explored the stomach of the Pangolin, before he muttered some words, and a string of symbols spurted out his mouth.

Under his control, the Pangolin began to operate, opening its mouth wide and sank its teeth into the stonewall in front. 

Kacha—— 

The mouth of the pangolin was damaged, wood chips flew about in all directions, and large chunks of wood fell to the ground. 

Chapter 526: Lu Ban's war chariot!

The chilling wind and murderous cries filled the air. 

When the thousands of elites of the Ghost dancer corps gripped the blade in their hands, urged their battle horse forward, pushed away the battle formation of the Wolf army, and the Princess of the Peac.o.c.k Imperial Court Ying Qiandu personally beheaded the General of the Wolf Army, Lin Tingfeng, the battle intent of the Ghost dancer corps also reached its peak. 

Ying Qiandu took the lead, brandis.h.i.+ng a sword to kill the Wolf Army soldiers that had escaped.

The thousands of Ghost dancer soldiers dressed in colourful clothes and feathers followed closely behind. With Her Highness the Princess as the arrowhead, they ferociously and rapidly charged forward. 

Charge! 

Charge! 

Charge again! 

In the world of Ghost dancer corps, there is no fear and no retreat. 

There is no mercy, and no forgiveness.

Just now the Wolf army, like a group of red-eyed beasts, was pouncing towards them to s.n.a.t.c.h away their princess and to devour and slaughter them. 

And now they will not show the slightest mercy to the collapsed Wolf Army. 

Besides, the dispersing route of the Wolf army was the same as their route of retreat. 

Only when they killed the already terror-stricken Wolf army in front of them would they have enough room to move further north. 

Otherwise, these guys that were scattered over the wilderness, who were only escaping and screaming, will be a huge problem to them. 

Because behind the Ghost dancer corps were the 20,000 troops of the Sky Sea City, the 30,000 troops of the White Emperor City, and the 30,000 iron-clad army of Wind City led by General Lu Tiesheng. A total of 80,000 allied forces were charging up behind them to swallow the Ghost dancer corps, the strongest army in the world, and the precious Peac.o.c.k Princess Ying Qiandu.

Kill! 

Kill all the escaping soldiers before them. 

Then, the thousands of elites of the Ghost dancer corps pa.s.sed through the tide of escaping soldiers, heading straight for the northern border of West Wind. 

Further north was the boundary between the West Wind and the Dark Flame Imperial Court. 

 As long as the Ghost dancer corps can escape into the territory of the Dark flame imperial court, then no matter how many soldiers the West Wind has, no matter how strong their military strength is, they wouldn't dare to go beyond this. Otherwise, it will lead to a war between the West Wind and the Dark flame imperial court. 

Of course, the premise is that the guards and generals of the Dark flame imperial court agreed to allow the thousands of soldiers of the Ghost Dancer Corps to enter the Kingdom. 

The City Lord of Sky Sea City, Tang Lang, the City Lord of White Emperor City, Bai Xiu, as well as the great General of Wind City, Lu Tiesheng, spurred their horses to full speed and finally the three armies converged at the front line. 

"General Lu, although your Wind City is the host this time, but our Sky sea city will not be tolerant when it comes to taking the credit." Tang Lang, the Lord of Sky Sea City, an imposing-looking bearded man, was waving a horsewhip in one hand and carried a long, moon-shaped blade in the other. This was his famous weapon, the Crescent Moon Blade. 

"General Tang, don't hesitate to kill, you don't need to be polite." Lu Tiesheng's eyes were fierce, staring unblinkingly at the group of people clad in ghost-face mask and colourful clothes, and gritted his teeth: "Us brothers of Wind City like to share wine and credit with brothers of other forces." 

"Such good brothers." Tang Lang gave a hearty laugh.  

"Our White Emperor City came from far away, but still cannot let you take over while the brothers of our White Emperor City eat soil and drink the wind." The Lord of White Emperor City, Bai Xiu, spoke in a gentle and feminine voice, but there was an incomparable imposing manner exuding from him.

"Why would City Lord Bai say this? What sort of accomplishment is it to wipe out the Ghost dancer corps and capture the Peac.o.c.k Princess? Even if this credit is divided equally, it is still enough for all the brothers of the three cities to eat and drink to their heart's content——If City Lord Bai wants credit then behead a few more people."

"That's right." Bai Xiu uttered in a cold voice. The handsome and charming middle-aged man liked to wield a tremendous double chain hammer, which looked like two little chicks in his hands.

"Kill." Tang Lang bellowed.

"Kill." Lu Tiesheng commanded coldly.  

He knew that whether the others tried their best or not, he had to be give two hundred percent of his strength. 

Because before the ambush, uncle Lu Wuyong had already issued the order to annihilate the Ghost dancer corps at all costs and to capture the Peac.o.c.k Princess alive. Whether the Lu family's crisis can be solved or not was dependent on the outcome of this battle.

When Lu Xingkong was alive, the Lu clan was in crisis.

Now that Lu Xingkong was dead, the Lu clan was still in danger.  

As a member of the Lu clan, he had to give it his all.  

"City Lords, the Ghost dancer corps had been running for days, they are already exhausted. We can certainly block them." Lu Tiesheng's eyes were fixed on the galloping horses ahead, shouting: "As long as we can stop the momentum of their escape, the joint forces of three armies will definitely win."  

Tang Lang, the Lord of Sky Sea City, shouted, "What General Lu said is right. I will go test it out." 

As he was speaking, his body had already soared into the air. 

While his body hovered in the air, he launched the crescent-moon blade in his hand at the Ghost dancer crops that were frantically fleeing. 

Rumble——

A red halo of light of several thousands of meters long landed toward the ground, and before the blade qi faded, the snowflakes on the ground were whirled up, branches snapped, and the Ghost dancer corps was blasted away towards both sides. 

Kacha—— 

A huge crack spread across the ground. 

Red flames were burning endlessly everywhere. 

The smell of scorched soil came, followed by the aroma of human meat. 

Unable to defend against the power of this sword, the group of elite ghost dancers were struck head-on. As a result, dozens of ghost dancers were killed under the blade of Tang Lang of Sky Sea City. 

"Dodge." A Ghost dancer general who had been protecting Qiandu all this time shouted.

Rumble—— 

The instructed ghost-dancer elites immediately separated toward both sides. The orderly arranged troops were reorganized into two long formations, still maintaining the lightning speed in the process of the change. 

At the sight of his blade killing dozens of Ghost dancer elites at once, Tang Lang's heroic spirit was ignited. He roared to the soldiers of the Sky Sea city in the distance: "Everyone, wipe out the Ghost dancer crops, capture the princess above. You must not let the guys around you get ahead of you." 

"Ao——" 

Witnessing the bravery of the City Lord, and hearing the City Lord's voice echoing across the high alt.i.tude, the 20,000 soldiers of Sky Sea City could feel their blood boiling.  

They had forgotten the tragedy of the slaughter of the Wolf Army, forgotten the fear in their hearts and the desire to escape. One after another, they brandished a long blade and spurred the horses to full speed, yelling while charging forward. 

When Lu Tiesheng saw that Tang Lang had rushed in front, he shouted to the Lord of White Emperor city at his side: "City Lord Bai, I will go ahead first."

As he was speaking, with the kick of his foot, like an eagle, he dived towards the Ghost dancer corps in front. 

He swung the long blade in his hand up, and, similar to what Tang Lang had just done, aimed it towards the area where the Ghost dancer corps had gathered around. 

From the crowd, a giant clad in a colourful robe and a ghost facemask suddenly flew up while bringing the long blade in his hand up in a slash. 

In the sky, a white flame was roaring towards the ground.

It was the Lu family's Heavenly Emperor sword technique. 

Above the ground, a white peac.o.c.k rose into the sky. 

Rumble—— 

The Heavenly Emperor blade qi and the white peac.o.c.k collided in the air. The white peac.o.c.k was split in two, and at the same time of its body rupturing, the blade qi also exploded into nothing.

The ghost dancer giant hissed and sped towards Lu Tiesheng who was charging over at incredible speed. 

Qiandu gave no response, like she completely did not care about the lives of the soldiers behind her. 

The only thing she had to do was continue to charge forward, gallop, and march towards the West Wind border along with the thousands of elites of the Ghost dancer corps. 

The border of West Wind was already in sight. She could see the tower of the Dark Flame Kingdom. 

She saw hope of victory. 

"Charge." Qiandu's voice was sharp and clear, like the cry of a sparrow reverberating across the sky. 

"Charge." The thousands of Ghost dancer elites responded in unison. 

TA—— 

TA—— 

TA—— 

Horses sprinted across the wilderness, whipping up snow. 

The ground was trampled by them, quaking as they came. 

"Charge." Qiandu roared once again. 

Lu Tiesheng obstructed the Ghost dancer giant with his blade before he howled to the soldiers of Wind city below: "Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill them——One hundred gold coins will be rewarded for every one of them killed. Every ten killed will earn a promotion to the next rank." 

Kill! 

The soldiers of Wind City desperately whipped their horse forward, frantically brandis.h.i.+ng the long blade in their hand. 

One side darted wildly, and one side chased desperately. 

Boom—— 

Qiandu took the lead and was the first to cross the border of the Dark Flame Kingdom. 

Boom—— 

Behind her were the thousands of the heroic Ghost dancer soldiers. 

They watched the Ghost dancer corps race into the territory of the Dark Flame Kingdom, seeing the Peac.o.c.k Princess disappear from their eyes.

Lu Tiesheng's face turned red with rage and his eyes filled with blood. 

He swung his long blade, pointing to the Dark flame kingdom border, and bellowed: "cross the border to kill, fight to the last breath."

"Cross the border to kill, fight to the last breath." The Wind City soldiers, driven by Lu Tiesheng's command, howled and charged toward the border. 

Che—— 

A crisp noise sounded. 

It was like the sound of a bowstring being pulled. 

Screech—— 

Within the Wind City army, a soldier saw a huge hole formed in his chest. 

Then, his pupils enlarged before he collapsed head first. 

No one heard the string, and n.o.body noticed the brother who had suddenly fallen from his horse.

Even if someone realised, there was nothing they could do. 

Whoosh—— 

A loud and clear sound pierced the air. 

The Wind city army that was storming ahead looked up to see countless black lines coming towards them. 

A large number of Wind city soldiers was struck by the iron arrows, before a tremendous force propelled their bodies back, and then skewered even more soldiers.

It was unknown when the Ghost dancer corps had split into two groups in the Dark flame kingdom, and in the vast center of them were a number of miniature-castle-like objects firing spears and arrows. 

"Lu Ban's war chariots." Someone exclaimed, "It's Lu Ban's war chariots——"